Year: 2020

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/8/20 ~ Odious Edifice State Prosecutor Probes Trump Finances in FiDi 40 Wall Street Landmark

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Odious Edifice State Prosecutor Probes Trump Finances in FiDi Landmark The 70-story, Depression-Era skyscraper at 40 Wall Street, owned by Donald Trump, is the focus of a civil-fraud investigation by New York State Attorney General Letitia James. The office building at 40 Wall Street figures prominently in a...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/4/20 ~ Repositories Reemergent ~ Downtown Museums Begin to Welcome Back Visitors

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Repositories Reemergent Downtown Museums Begin to Welcome Back Visitors Lower Manhattan cultural institutions are beginning to stir from their months-long lockdown. The 9/11 Tribute Museum (92 Greenwich Street, at the corner of Rector Street), reopened on September 3. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum(within the World Trade...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/2/20 ~ Better to Light a Candle… Event Tonight Will Honor and Remember Tribeca Teen Who Made a Difference

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Better to Light a Candle… Event Tonight Will Honor and Remember Tribeca Teen Who Made a Difference At her June 2017 middle-school graduation, Imogen Roche joyously throws her cap into the air. A virtual vigil this evening (Wednesday, September 2) will recall the life of Imogen Roche, the...

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...