Archives for January 2020

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Panegyric to Paul Veteran Community Leader Honored for Decades of Service In 2014, Mr. Hovitz joined Spruce Street School principal Nancy Harris to lead protestors in raising concerns about standardized test that students, parents, and teachers found incomprehensible. State Assembly member Deborah Glick […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Super-Tall Stalled Plan for Lower Manhattan’s Highest Residential Tower Put on Hold The “super-tall” residential tower planned for 45 Broad Street (on which work recently halted) was slated to rise 80 stories, to a height of 1,115 feet. In what may be a […]

Super-Tall Stalled Plan for Lower Manhattan’s Highest Residential Tower Put on Hold The “super-tall” residential tower planned for 45 Broad Street (on which work recently halted) was slated to rise 80 stories, to a height of 1,115 feet. In what may be a harbinger of the decades-long  Lower Manhattan real estate boom coming to an […]

Ars Gratia Communitas Battery Park City’s Annual Art Exhibit   The annual Spring Art Exhibit opening reflects the community spirit where people of all ages are exposed to and involved with Art in their daily lives.   Battery Park City’s annual art exhibition opened on Sunday, January 26. A fraternity of artists and art lovers mingled […]

Calendar Thursday 1/30/20 New Street 11AM American Impressionist Painter Mary Cassatt 200 Rector Place Mary Cassatt is a U.S. born painter and printmaker that depicted the lives of women, especially the special bond between mother and child. Mentored by the greats Degas and Pissarro, Cassatt was the only American artist to exhibit with the Impressionists […]

Letters   To the editor: Re: Trestle Tussle The BroadsheetDAILY, January 7 Five members of the Transportation Committee voted against 3,700 community members to advance the demolition of the Rector Street Bridge rather than explore the possibility of community engagement to save it. CB1 had repeatedly passed resolutions over the years on the Rector Street Bridge, […]

Calendar Wednesday 1/29/20 Bowling Green station 1PM Adult Chorus 6 River Terrace   Directed by Church Street School for Music and Art, the BPC Chorus is open to all adults who love to sing. Learn a mix of contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community events throughout the year.Battery Park City Authority FREE 6:30PM Never […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Ars Gratia Communitas Battery Park City’s Annual Art Exhibit The annual Spring Art Exhibit opening, reflects the community spirit where people of all ages are exposed and involved with Art in their daily lives. Battery Park City’s annual art exhibition opened on Sunday, […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Ars Gratia Communitas Battery Park City’s Annual Art Exhibit The annual Spring Art Exhibit opening, reflects the community spirit where people of all ages are exposed and involved with Art in their daily lives. Battery Park City’s annual art exhibition opened on Sunday, […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com A Pooling of Interests Would Floating Filtration System That Doubles as a Swim Facility Be a Net Plus? A rendering of how +Pool would appear moored along the East River waterfront of Lower Manhattan. A decade of grassroots advocacy may be gradually bearing […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com You Won’t Have John Catsimatidis to Kick Around Anymore Gristedes Shuts Southern Battery Park City Location Amid General Retrenchment in Supermarkets The Gristedes at 71 South End Avenue will shudder the space has occupied for decades, as the location is shopped to other […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com CANDY on Vesey Street The Downtown Weekend Calendar Make your own Surva-inspired mask and take part in a parade on Saturday Saturday January 25 10:30AM A reading of Christoph Niemann’s picture book “SUBWAY” Skyscraper Museum  39 Battery Place Young learners will be inspired by a […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Agenda-Setting Opportunity Assembly Member Niou to Host Constituent Symposium This Weekend State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou will host a Town Hall meeting this weekend, at which Lower Manhattan residents are invited to ask question and help set priorities for the Albany legislative session […]

Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Asking for the Millennium City Announces Agreement to Expand FiDi’s Millennium High School City Council member Margaret Chin (center), Community Board 1’s Youth and Education chair Tricia Joyce (center left) and Millennium High School principal Colin McEvoy (right) look on as the City’s […]

Calendar Tuesday 1/21/20 10:30AM Zumba Jumpstart 6 River Terrace Join a fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of salsa, merengue, hip-hop, and more! Enthusiastic instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new steps each week. Bring your friends and share in this fit and fun dancing community.  Battery Park City Authority FREE […]