Month: March 2020

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Community Contagion Additional Cases of Corona Virus Reported in Lower Manhattan More confirmed and possible cases of the pandemic COVID-19 virus have been linked to Lower Manhattan. Two employees of the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, leading that facility’s owner, the Intercontinental…

Church Street School Celebrates 30 Years Art and Music School Honors Local Family Church Street School of Music and Art could not have made it to its 30th birthday without the support of families like the Kleimans of Battery Park City. This year, in celebration of 30 years of music and art making, the school…

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Meditations in an Emergency Our Hometown and the Myth of Eternal Return You tell yourself that you’ve seen this story before, and more than once: edifices falling; waters rising. And you reflect that the worst situations are not those that can’t get any worse. The worst situations are…

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News A Lifeline for Mom-and-Pop Shops Amid Coron-Apocalypse, City Offers Loans and Grants for Struggling Small Businesses The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has inaugurated a program to aid small businesses that have experienced financial hardship because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Firms with fewer than 100 employees,…

Eyes to the Sky March 16 – 29, 2020 Scroll down this link FOR VIDEO > SET-UP TO RUN Find Orion and tell “Globe at Night” Here’s how: Tonight’s waning last quarter (half) moon rises at 2:19am, well positioned for moonlight not to interfere with evening stargazing. From today, March 16, through next Tuesday, March…

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Downtown Lockdown Lower Manhattan Goes Quiet in Response to Corona Virus Pandemic Tourists on Broadway and Wall Street The local impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continued to widen over the weekend. Multiple new confirmed cases of infection were reported, including at the office of the U.S Attorney for…