Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com The BroadsheetDAILY and the print edition of the Broadsheet will resume on January 6, 2020. Happy Holidays to All! Shutter to Think Turns Out That Ignorance of the Law Is an Actually Pretty Good Excuse The 1867 structure at 315 Church Street, which […]
Archives for December 2019
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ The News of Lower Manhattan ~ 12/19/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Listen to the sounds of the season at the Seaport Bridge of Sighs CB1 Meeting Tonight Will Be Last Opportunity to Support Preservation of Rector Street Bridge The Rector Street pedestrian bridge, which was constructed in 2002 and originally slated for demolition in […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 12/18/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Exaction Redaction Downtown Traffic May Ease as Congress Okays Change to Verrazzano Toll The Verrazzano Bridge is located more than eight miles from Lower Manhattan, but multiple studies indicate that tolling patterns there have a significant impact on traffic congestion here. The United […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 12/17/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Recalling Five Points Epicenter of a Notorious Slum Proposed for Commemoration The Five Points gang, a criminal organization that drew its members from the ethnic immigrant populations that inhabited the neighborhood. In 1831, the City government considered a petition that warned, “that the […]
Recalling Five Points
Recalling Five Points Epicenter of a Notorious Slum Proposed for Commemoration The Five Points gang, a criminal organization that drew its members from the ethnic immigrant populations that inhabited the neighborhood. In 1831, the City government considered a petition that warned, “that the place known as “Five points” has long been notorious… as being the […]
Letters
Letters The Esplanade Plaza is the site of many a community activity year round Dear Editor: Well, this is an interesting development: both the Hurricane Maria Memorial and a statue of St. Frances Cabrini gracing our neighborhood! In my opinion, St. Frances will not be much of an intrusion – she won’t take much space […]