Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Garden Gets Going Ground Broken on New FiDi Park, After a Decade of Planning Local leaders ceremonially break ground on the new Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza Park in the Financial District A planned new public space that Lower Manhattan community leaders have been […]
Archives for September 5, 2019
Garden Gets Going
Garden Gets Going Ground Broken on New FiDi Park, After a Decade of Planning Local leaders ceremonially break ground on the new Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza Park in the Financial District A planned new public space that Lower Manhattan community leaders have been advocating for since 2009 took a significant step closer to being realized […]
Across the Harbor
Across the Harbor Empire Outlets is poised to become a shopping destination as more major brands establish their presence in this newly created space on Staten Island’s North Shore. While Greta Thunberg was sailing across the Atlantic to the shores of Lower Manhattan, we ventured across the Upper Bay of New York Harbor to the […]
Letters to the Editor Rector Street Bridge, Gansevoort Peninsular Park
Letters To the editor: Re: Preserving the Rector Street Bridge I would like to take this opportunity to report progress on saving the Rector Street Bridge to the Battery Park City Community. Early in July, the majority of residents, workers and tourists crossing the Rector Street Bridge did not know that it was threatened with […]
CALENDAR of Lower Manhattan Events Thursday September 5
CALENDAR Thursday September 5 8AM Morning Yoga Rockefeller Park Rise and shine to begin your morning with an outdoor yoga class that will help align your chakras and invigorate your day. Instructors focus on movements meant to enhance posture alignment and increase flexibility and balance. All levels welcome. Bringing your own mat is encouraged, as […]
Where Figs Ply
Where Figs Ply A Fig Aficionado’s Fest Fig Fest, an annual gathering of local fig growers and aficionados, will take place at the National Lighthouse Museum (200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island), steps away from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal at St. George on Sunday, September 15, starting at 4:00 pm. A $5 […]
Today in History September 5
Today in History September 5 Munich Massacre 1590 – Alexander Farnese’s army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris. 1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul’s Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died. 1698 – In an […]