View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Penny-Farthing Lane Mayor Announces Bike Path for Brooklyn Bridge The plan announced by Mayor de Blasio on Thursday evening will dedicate one traffic lane, on the Manhattan-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge, for conversion into a two-lane bike path. On Thursday evening, Mayor Bill de Blasio, at his […]
Archives for January 2021
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/28/21 ~ City Council Member Margaret Chin Endorses Onetime Presidential Aspirant Andrew Yang Who Favors Universal Income
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Quit Your New Year’s Resolutions Early And Indulge In Restaurant Week No judgment for those of you who will want to drop those new year’s resolutions (or whatever other health kicks you’ve got going on) after reading this PSA: NYC Restaurant Week launched this week, as hundreds of […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/27/21 ~ Nadler Sponsors Legislation to Make Lower Manhattan Heliopolis No More
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Hoping to Make Whirlybirds an Endangered Species Nadler Sponsors Legislation to Make Lower Manhattan Heliopolis No More Passengers aboard a “doors-off” tourist flight bank over the Brooklyn Bridge. U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler, who represents Lower Manhattan in Washington, has introduced legislation that would impose stricter regulations on helicopter […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/26/21 ~ Atlantic City on the East River? Mayoral Hopeful Proposes Casino Development on Governors Island
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Atlantic City on the East River? Mayoral Hopeful Proposes Casino Development on Governors Island Above: The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio plans a Center for Climate Solutions on the 33 acres of Governors Island currently available for redevelopment. Below: Mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang: “Who’s going to use that […]
Eyes to the Sky ~ January 25 – February 7, 2020 ~ Sirius, The Big Dog and Thor’s Helmet
Eyes to the Sky January 25 – February 7, 2020 Sirius, The Big Dog and Thor’s Helmet Above: Thor’s Helmet, NGC2359 Emissions nebula. Astrophotography by Mario Motta, MD. All Rights Reserved Below: The constellation Canis Major contains Sirius, the brightest star. The constellation suggests the outline of a dog, sometimes fancied to be the dog […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/25/21 ~ Restaurant Week, Annual Food Fest Puts Lavish Local Meals within Reach of Thrifty Epicures
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Moveable Feasts Annual Food Fest Puts Lavish Local Meals within Reach of Thrifty Epicures New York’s annual food celebration, Restaurant Week, has been reimagined for the era of COVID-19. What’s new is that all meals will be for takeout or delivery. What remains the same is the deep […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/22/21 ~ HRPT President Madelyn Wils, Who Oversaw Build-Out of Waterfront Park to Step Down
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Doyenne of the Estuary Departs HRPT President Who Oversaw Build-Out of Waterfront Park to Step Down Above: Music lovers relax at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park, as Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra musicians perform. Below: Outgoing Hudson River Park Trust president Madelyn Wils. Madelyn Wils, president and chief executive officer […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/21/21 ~ New Law Aims to Play Fair with Fowl ~ “There may be as many as one billion birds killed by window and glass collisions every single year in the United States,”
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News For the Birds New Law Aims to Play Fair with Fowl A woodpecker killed in a collision with a Battery Park City skyscraper. The New York City Council recently enacted new legislation that will protect birds, who are killed by the thousands each year in collisions with the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/20/21 ~ National Thoughts ~ Amid These Truths, Clarity and Complexity and Better Things to Do
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News National Thoughts Amid These Truths, Clarity and Complexity and Better Things to Do More than 10,000 marchers gathered in Battery Park just days after Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, to protest policies they viewed as reprehensible. Nobody present was able to foresee that 400,000 Americans would be dead before […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/19/21 ~ Downtown Hotelpocalypse Continues as Two Hostelries in FiDi Go to Auction After Loan Default
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Inn-plosion Downtown Hotelpocalypse Continues as Two Hostelries Go to Auction After Loan Default Above: 126 Water Street Below: 51 Nassau Street A pair of Lower Manhattan hotels will be auctioned off to the highest bidder on Thursday, after the holding company that owns the properties was unable to […]