Month: September 2021

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper More Cappuccinos, Less Broccoli Lower Manhattan Retail Landscape Sends Mixed Signals Above: Fully one quarter of all Downtown retail storefronts are now vacant. Below: An informal metric of lattes sold at Pret a Manger locations in Lower Manhattan (such as this one, as Broadway and Thomas...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper A Place of Quiet Reflection Governor Dedicates Hurricane Maria Memorial in Battery Park City Governor Kathy Hochul dedicates the Hurricane Maria Memorial on the fourth anniversary of the storm that claimed some 3,000 lives in Puerto Rico. Governor Kathy Hochul came to Battery Park City on...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Aspire Higher Silverstein Envisions Breaking Ground Within Months on New Skyscraper at Two World Trade Center Above: Until developer Larry Silverstein breaks ground at the corner of Vesey and Church Street (as soon as next spring), the site hosts a “podium” that houses utility and ventilation...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Penny-Farthing Lane New Bike Path on Brooklyn Bridge Opens Two Wheels, Four Paws: A canine cyclist hitches a ride with his human companion. On Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio, kept a promise made in his January State of the City address, by opening a dedicated bike...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Reclamation Trounces Preservation Demolition of Historic Structure in Seaport Now Underway Above: The historic New Market Building, which preservationists regarded as eminently worth saving, is now being demolished. Below: Howard Hughes Corporation proposes to rehabilitate the deck and pilings beneath the structure, and build a low-rise...