View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘Such Parties Have No Grievance That Is Ripe for Review’ Judge Rules City Can Proceed with Plan for Homeless Shelter in FiDi On Wednesday afternoon, a few hours before the City shut down for the Thanksgiving holiday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Debra James nullified a temporary […]
Archives for November 2020
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/25/20 ~ Even This Year, Thankful for What Is Easy, While the How Comes Harder
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Opposites Distract Even This Year, Thankful for What Is Easy, While the How Comes Harder Walking home at twilight in the near-deserted concrete canyons, you recall (for no reason that you can discern) the Old Man teaching you the word “dichotomy” a lifetime ago, and telling you that […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/24/20 ~ Last Call? Downtown Restaurants Brace for More Closure Orders
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Last Call? Downtown Restaurants Brace for More Closure Orders Blue Smoke, on Vesey Street, has announced that it will suspend indoor and outdoor dining, in anticipation of new restrictions As New York wades deeper into its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, some local restaurants are trying to […]
The BroadshetDAILY ~ 11/23/20 ~ Putting the ‘Lower’ in Lower Manhattan Distressed Downtown Real Estate Indicators Point South
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Putting the ‘Lower’ in Lower Manhattan Distressed Downtown Real Estate Indicators Point South The first Baron Rothschild is said to have advised, “the time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own.” If he was correct, this may be an […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/20/20 ~ Empathy Emporium Trinity Church Offers Food to Those In Need
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Empathy Emporium Trinity Church Offers Food to Those In Need Trinity Church is doubling down on its longstanding commitment providing assistance for those experiencing food insecurity, both in Lower Manhattan, and throughout the five boroughs. Trinity Church has launched its Compassion Market to aid New Yorkers experiencing food […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/19/20 ~ Homeless for the Holidays Judge Will Rule Next Monday on Whether to Allow FiDi Shelter Plans
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Homeless for the Holidays Judge Will Rule Next Monday on Whether to Allow FiDi Shelter Plans The Radisson New York Wall Street located at 52 William Street Hearings before State Supreme Court Justice Debra James on Monday and Tuesday left unresolved the question of whether the administration of […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/18/20 ~ ‘Not with a Bang…’ Poetry Library Shuts Down, Citing Pandemic Woes
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘Not with a Bang…’ Poetry Library Shuts Down, Citing Pandemic Woes The Battery Park City Authority recruited Poets House to locate in new headquarters at Ten River Terrace, in 2004. Poets House, one of a slew of cultural institutions brought to the community by the Battery Park City […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/17/20 ~ Giving Locally, Impacting Globally Eleemosynary Advice for Reaching Out and Making a Difference Downtown
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News BLOOD DRIVE TODAY Click here for more info 12 pm – 6 pm 6 River Terrace New York, NY 10282 Giving Locally, Impacting Globally Eleemosynary Advice for Reaching Out and Making a Difference Downtown An iconic photograph of homeless children in Lower Manhattan, by pioneering photojournalist Jacob Riis, […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/16/20/ ~ Getting into Hot Water Court Rules That FiDi Condo Buyers Can Recover Damages from Developer for Shoddy Construction
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Getting into Hot Water Court Rules That FiDi Condo Buyers Can Recover Damages from Developer for Shoddy Construction The Be@William condominium at 90 William Street, where apartment buyers allege shoddy workmanship cost them $3 million to repair, which they now seek to recover from the developer. More than […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/13/20 ~ A Victim’s Vengeance
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News A Victim’s Vengeance New Sculpture on Centre Street Inverts Myth to Send a Feminist Message Sculptor Luciano Garbati’s “Medusa with the Head of Perseus,” now on display in Collect Pond Park, on Centre Street. In a caustic counterpoint to the “Fearless Girl” statue that attracted worldwide attention after […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/12/20 ~ Decrying the Decree CB1 Backs Stringer on Rescinding Mayor’s Emergency Authority
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Decrying the Decree CB1 Backs Stringer on Rescinding Mayor’s Emergency Authority The guard posted to the lobby of the Radisson New York Wall Street Hotel (corner of William and Pine Streets, one block from Federal Hall). Requisitioning hotels as homeless shelters is among the $1.5 billion in contracts […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/10/20 ~ Downtown Traffic May Ease with Split Verrazzano Toll
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Excise Revise Downtown Traffic May Ease with Split Verrazzano Toll In a photograph taken in 2019, MTA chief Patrick Foye describes a plan to reinstitute two-way tolling on the Verrazzano Bridge, as (left to right) New York City Council Member Margaret Chin, State Senator Brian Kavanagh, and U.S. Congress […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/9/20 ~ Downtown Voters Are Biden Their Time Local Electoral Patterns Show Varying Levels of Enthusiasm for Presidential Contenders
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Downtown Voters Are Biden Their Time Local Electoral Patterns Show Varying Levels of Enthusiasm for Presidential Contenders Donald Trump’s flagship location in Lower Manhattan did little to win him votes in the election district within which 40 Wall Street is located — or anywhere else in the broader […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Unexpected Development ~ Local Small Business Swims Against the Tide by Reopening
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Unexpected Development Local Small Business Swims Against the Tide by Reopening Elizabeth Lind of Inatesso Café Casano In Italian, the word “inatteso” means “unexpected”—which is an apt adjective to describe what a small business in Battery Park City is doing. At a time when large enterprises, from the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/5/20 ~ Downtown Advocacy Group Prepares Lawsuit Over Lack of Connectivity for Homeless Kids
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Bandwidth for the Dispossessed Downtown Advocacy Group Prepares Lawsuit Over Lack of Connectivity for Homeless Kids The Radisson New York Wall Street Hotel, in the Financial District, has been used as a temporary homeless shelter since March. Advocates for the homeless are preparing to sue the de Blasio […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/4/20 ~ Votes Aren’t All That’s Still Being Counted… Lower Manhattan Contributed Almost $20 Million to Political Campaigns
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Votes Aren’t All That’s Still Being Counted… Lower Manhattan Contributed Almost $20 Million to Political Campaigns Individuals, businesses, and organizations domiciled in nine zip codes spread across Lower Manhattan contributed $18.7 million to various political campaigns this election cycle, data from the Federal Election Commission shows. A breakdown […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/3/20 ~ The Weighing Share to the Utmost, or Admit That You Have No Business Here at All
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Weighing Share to the Utmost, or Admit That You Have No Business Here at All Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), “Freedom of Speech,” 1943. Illustration for “The Saturday Evening Post”, February 20, 1943. From the collection of Norman Rockwell Museum. Fear not, dear reader. You are in no danger […]
Eyes to the Sky November 2 – 15, 2020 Big sky, long night
Eyes to the Sky November 2 – 15, 2020 Big sky, long night Evening sky circa 7pm. November 2, 2020. See gibbous moon rise first, then Taurus the Bull’s brightest star, Aldebaran. Constellations and planets approximate positions November 2 – 15. Moonrise later every night. Illustration: Judy Isacoff/Starry Night Night is fast overtaking day. During […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/2/20 ~ Downtown Dowager Gets Her Due ~ Jane Jacobs, First Lady of Lower Manhattan Recognized, Half a Century On
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Downtown Dowager Gets Her Due First Lady of Lower Manhattan Recognized, Half a Century On A map of the Lower Manhattan Expressway, proposed in the early 1960s, which would have obliterated vast swaths of Tribeca, Soho, Little Italy, and Chinatown. If you live in Lower Manhattan, and are […]