Year: 2020

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 4/20/2020 ~ Lower Manhattan Collecting 100,000 Fewer Pounds of Trash Post CV19

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Who remembers Iggy, the 40-foot iguana formerly of the Lone Star Cafe on Lower 5th Avenue and subsequently perched atop Pier 25 by Bob Wade and Bob Townley in the 1980s? For some years now, Iggy has resided at the Fort Worth Texas Zoo reptile exhibit. The charismatic...

TheBroadsheetDAILY 4/17/20 ~ Latest Local Pandemic Statistics

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Governor Cuomo has issued an executive order requiring all people in New York to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles. More information: coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home or call 1-888-364-3065.All non-essential workers must continue to work from home and schools will...

The BroadsheetDAILY 4/16/20 ~ One Survivor’s First-Person Account of Grappling with the Coronavirus

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘As Sick as I’ve Ever Been in My Life’ One Survivor’s First-Person Account of Grappling with the Coronavirus (Editor’s Note: This narrative was supplied to the Broadsheet by a Battery Park City resident who has asked to remain anonymous.) When I first heard about this, back in late...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ A Personal Appreciation: Michael Sorkin 4/15/20

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage A Personal Appreciation: Michael Sorkin A Friend and Comrade of the Late Architect Recalls Battles Waged on Behalf of the Community Author, architect, critic, and scholar, Michael Sorkin: “Tribeca – and its surrounding neighborhoods — are among the most ‘at risk’ for the loss of an architecture and...

The BroadsheetDAILY 4/14/20 ~ A Bear Market for Lower Manhattan Apartments

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage A Bear Market for Apartments Downtown Residential Real Estate on Life Support As business activity ground to a halt in March due to the pandemic coronavirus, the market for apartments in Lower Manhattan experienced something akin to a heart attack during the first quarter on this year, according...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 4/13/20 Small Businesses Struggle with COVID-19

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Doing Good, Even When Not Doing Well A Local Business Struggles to Survive, By Helping Those Less Fortunate In happier times: Karen Barwick (right) and her staff, at Tribeca’s Boomerang Toys Karen Barwick, the proprietress of Boomerang Toys in Tribeca, which has been a fixture in the lives...