Year: 2020

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...