Month: August 2020

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/31/20 ~ Let There Be Light On-Again, Off-Again Decision about Tribute in Light Revives Calls for National Parks to Manage September 11 Memorial

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Let There Be Light On-Again, Off-Again Decision about Tribute in Light Revives Calls for National Parks to Manage September 11 Memorial The annual Tribute in Light consists of 88 xenon bulbs (each consuming 7,000 watts) arranged into two squares of 44 lights each, and positioned on the roof...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/28/20 ~ The Fate of a Neighborhood Appeals Panel Overturns Lower Court Decision Blocking Two Bridges Developments

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage The Fate of a Neighborhood Appeals Panel Overturns Lower Court Decision Blocking Two Bridges Developments An architect’s rendering of the four new residential towers proposed for the Two Bridges neighborhood, which would contain more than 2,700 apartments. The tower at left is already largely complete, while the four...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/26/20 ~ ‘Schools Are Not Safe to Reopen on September 10’

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘Schools Are Not Safe to Reopen on September 10’ Lower Manhattan Principals and Teachers Sound Alarm about Fall Semester Hundreds of students from the Battery Park City School (P.S/I.S. 276) converge on the sidewalk in front of their building in September, 2018, to transform it into a vast...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/24/20 ~ The Weight of Water Discussion about Development Highlights Local Infrastructure Challenges

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage The Weight of Water Discussion about Development Highlights Local Infrastructure Challenges A February, 2020 water main break on South Street highlighted ongoing concerns about the capacity of local infrastructure to handle to increased load placed on the system by ongoing development. At what point does a water and...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/21/20 ~ Pretty Good Odds City Health Data Show That Slightly More Than 13 Percent of Downtown Residents Test Positive for Coronavirus

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Pretty Good Odds City Health Data Show That Slightly More Than 13 Percent of Downtown Residents Test Positive for Coronavirus Out of 22,522 Lower Manhattan residents who have been tested, a total of 3,049 came back positive. While the rate of positive results for individual local zip codes...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/19/20 ~ How to Keep Shopkeepers in Their Shops ~ Kavanagh and Niou Aim to Protect Small Businesses by Offering Tax Incentives to Landlords

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage How to Keep Shopkeepers in Their Shops Kavanagh and Niou Aim to Protect Small Businesses by Offering Tax Incentives to Landlords This iconic array of small shops on Fulton Street evokes the changing retail landscape Downtown, where small businesses have been buffeted by rising rents and cut-throat competition...