Month: July 2021

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/21/21 ~ West Thames Pedestrian Bridge Dedicated in Honor of Downtown’s Civic Champion, at Urging of Battery Park City’s Founder

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Lower Manhattan’s Guardian Angel Gets His Wings West Thames Pedestrian Bridge Dedicated in Honor of Downtown’s Civic Champion, at Urging of Battery Park City’s Founder Above: The Robert R. Douglass pedestrian bridge Below: BPCA president B.J. Jones A years-long campaign by Charles J. Urstadt, the founder...
The Robert R. Douglass pedestrian bridge

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/20/21 ~ Landmarks Agency Confers Protection on Chinatown Monument

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Homage to a Hero Landmarks Agency Confers Protection on Chinatown Monument Above: The Kimlau War Memorial, at Chatham Square. Below: Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau (1918 – 1944) The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has granted legally protected status on the Kimlau War Memorial, a granite ceremonial...
The Kimlau War Memorial, at Chatham Square

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/15/21 ~ CB1 Endorses Plan to Limit Hotel Development

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Time for a ROAD TRIP! The Broadsheet will return on Tuesday July 20 Hostile to Hostels CB1 Endorses Plan to Limit Hotel Development The Moxy NYC Downtown hotel, at 143 Fulton Street, which opened in 2018 and recently went into foreclosure. Community Board 1 (CB1) is...
MOXY Hotel

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/14/21 ~ Marte Campaign Claims Win in City Council Race

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘Victory Is Statistically Certain’ Marte Campaign Claims Win in City Council Race City Council candidate (and apparent Democratic nominee) Christopher Marte While official results are not yet available from New York City’s notoriously dysfunctional Board of Elections—a chronic situation made more complicated by this year’s advent...

EYES TO THE SKY July 12 – 25, 2021 A rare event – Venus and Mars snuggle at dusk today and tomorrow

EYES TO THE SKY July 12 – 25, 2021 A rare event – Venus and Mars snuggle at dusk today and tomorrow Don’t miss the gorgeous evening tableau from July 12 to 14, 2021. The slim lunar crescent will guide your eye to the 2 close-knit planets, Venus and Mars. Published with permission EarthSky.org This evening...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/13/21 ~ BPCA Delays Controversial Plan for Another New Monument

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘You Did This!’ BPCA Delays Controversial Plan for Another New Monument Congressman Jerry Nadler at the podium yesterday while Community Board 1 chair Tammy Meltzer and State Senator Brian Kavanagh look on. A Monday afternoon rally at the Irish Hunger Memorial, originally planned as a protest...