Archives for October 2019

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com A Bridge Too Few Community Leader Rallies Support to Halt Planned Demolition of Pedestrian Span Over West Side Highway Bob Schneck: “What we’re asking for, instead of the bridge coming down in the next few months, is that we have a period of […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Shoot Chin Pushes Legislation to Rein in Production Permits A late-night film shoot on Tribeca’s Staple Street, one of the sites most frequently requested by production companies filming in New York City Council member Margaret Chin […]

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Shoot Chin Pushes Legislation to Rein in Production Permits A late-night film shoot on Tribeca’s Staple Street, one of the sites most frequently requested by production companies filming in New York City Council member Margaret Chin is co-sponsoring a package of bills in the municipal legislature to clamp […]

RiverWatch Cruise Ships in New York Harbor Arrivals & Departures ——————————————————————— Thursday, October 31 Regal Princess Inbound 6:30 am (Brooklyn); outbound 5:00 pm  Eastern Caribbean/Ft. Lauderdale, FL Friday, November 1 AIDAdiva Inbound 7:15 am in port overnight Celebrity Silhouette Inbound 2:30 am (Bayonne); in port overnight Seabourn Quest Inbound 7:15 am; in port overnight Silver Whisper […]

Today’s Calendar October 30, 2019   1PM Charlas Sobre la Ofrenda del Día de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead Altar Talks National Museum of the American Indian at One Bowling Green Join museum Cultural Interpreter Carrie Gonzalez as she discusses the significance of the Día de Los Muertos altar. 2:30PM Figure Al Fresco South Cove […]

  Thank You The Battery Park City Dog Association would like to thank the following people and businesses for participating in and donating to our 18th Annual BPC Halloween Puppy Parade on October 26th: Phil Castiglia and Judy Passer of Le Pet Spa, our Co-Hosts and the provider of the top prizes. All of the fantastic […]

It All Comes Down to This Moment In an era when monied parents are being sent to jail for buying seats at prestigious universities for their already-privileged kids, New York City’s sometimes-controversial Specialized High Schools offer one hard-to-refute virtue. The only way past the front door is via a competitive examination, meaning that every kid […]

Letters Re: Storefront vacancies Dear Editor, I read your article about store vacancies in Lower Manhattan with interest. While I do not dispute any of the claims regarding the store owners’ challenges, but I was disappointed that the article did not note that all of the photographed vacant storefronts had stairs or a step that […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com What’s In Store? Amid a Booming Economy, Lower Manhattan Retail Space Languishes Vacant storefronts dot the landscape of Downtown A new report from City Comptroller Scott Stringer finds that in one Lower Manhattan zip code — 10013, which covers parts of western Tribeca […]

What’s In Store? Amid a Booming Economy, Lower Manhattan Retail Space Languishes Vacant storefronts dot the landscape of Downtown A new report from City Comptroller Scott Stringer finds that in one Lower Manhattan zip code — 10013, which covers parts of western Tribeca SoHo, and the Canal Street corridor in Chinatown — there are 319 […]

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RiverWatch Cruise Ships in New York Harbor   Arrivals & Departures ——————————————————————— Thursday, October 31 Regal Princess Inbound 6:30 am (Brooklyn); outbound 5:00 pm  Eastern Caribbean/Ft. Lauderdale, FL Friday, November 1 AIDAdiva Inbound 7:15 am in port overnight Celebrity Silhouette Inbound 2:30 am (Bayonne); in port overnight Seabourn Quest Inbound 7:15 am; in port overnight Silver […]

Today’s Calendar October 28, 2019 7PM Janis: Holly-George Warren and Anthony DeCurtis McNally Jackson  Book reading Janis Joplin’s first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you could only find on obscure records and in roadhouses along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf […]

Eyes To the Sky October 28 – November 10 Worldview: Origin of our Sun, solar system, ourselves “Fly Like An Eagle” Nebula imaged by Astrophotographer Terry Hancock, Grand Mesa Observatory and Down Under Observatory. All rights reserved. During the dark time of year here in the northeast, our visual environment is more of the moon […]

Putting the Tension in Detention City Council Approves de Blasio Controversial Plan for New Jail Complex in Lower Manhattan; Legal Challenges Likely A rendering that illustrates the original bulk and shape of the 45-story, prison complex that Mayor Bill de Blasio proposes to erect in Lower Manhattan, which has now been scaled back by approximately […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Putting the Tension in Detention City Council Approves de Blasio Controversial Plan for New Jail Complex in Lower Manhattan; Legal Challenges Likely A rendering that illustrates the original bulk and shape of the 45-story, prison complex that Mayor Bill de Blasio proposes to […]