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The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/30/20 ~ Validating the Vision ~ CB1 Offers Qualified Endorsement to Plans for Brooklyn Bridge Revamp

October 30, 2020 By Robert Simko

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Validating the Vision CB1 Offers Qualified Endorsement to Plans for Brooklyn Bridge Revamp Some 15,000 pedestrians and 3,600 cyclists compete with each other and souvenir vendors for as little as ten feet of width on the deck of the Brooklyn Bridge, creating an unpleasant (and potentially unsafe) bottleneck. […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized 10:54 am

Contract One, Station One The Jewel in the Crown ~ The flagship of New York’s first subway

October 28, 2020 By

Contract One, Station One The Jewel in the Crown Just below the surface of City Hall Park sits one of New York’s architectural gems. Built during the City Beautiful movement, its design sought to uplift the spirits of New Yorkers on their daily commute. City Hall Loop station—Contract One, Station One—was the flagship of New […]

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The Tale of the Ticker Tape, or How Adversity and SpontaneityHatched a New York Tradition

October 28, 2020 By

The Tale of the Ticker Tape, or How Adversity and SpontaneityHatched a New York Tradition What was Planned as a Grand Affair became a Comedy of Errors New York’s first ticker-tape parade erupted spontaneously from bad weather and an over-zealous stockbroker. While the festivities in New York Harbor didn’t go as scripted that afternoon, the […]

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The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/27/20 ~ Preventing Garbageddon ~ City Council Candidate Proposes Ways to Stem Rising Tide of Refuse Engulfing Downtown

October 28, 2020 By Robert Simko

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Preventing Garbageddon City Council Candidate Proposes Ways to Stem Rising Tide of Refuse Engulfing Downtown Before the health crisis, Lower Manhattan experienced chronic problems with trash accumulating on local curbs, as seen here on Cliff Street, in the Financial District. With more than 60,000 residents crammed into one […]

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The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/27/20 ~ Howard Hughes Corporation Proposes Scaled-Back Towers for Seaport Site, Along with Package of Amenities

October 27, 2020 By Robert Simko

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Not-So-Super Tall Howard Hughes Corporation Proposes Scaled-Back Towers for Seaport Site, Along with Package of Amenities A view from the Brooklyn Bridge of the two new residential towers that Howard Hughes Corporation plans for 250 Water Street. The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) has unveiled its plans for 250 […]

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The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/26/20 ~ Sovereign Impunity ~ CB1 Takes Aim at Illegal Parking and Seizure of Public Space by Government Employees

October 26, 2020 By Robert Simko

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Sovereign Impunity CB1 Takes Aim at Illegal Parking and Seizure of Public Space by Government Employees In spite of a putative (and now cancelled) crackdown on placard abuse, dozens of illegally parked cars bearing law enforcement placards remain on River Terrace each day. In a pair of resolutions […]

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