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…
Month: September 2021
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/21/21 ~ Governor Dedicates Hurricane Maria Memorial in Battery Park City
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…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/20/21 ~ Silverstein Envisions Breaking Ground Within Months on New Skyscraper at Two World Trade Center
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…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/17/21 ~ New Bike Path on Brooklyn Bridge Opens
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…
September 16, 1920: Terror on Wall Street
On September 11 thousands gather at Ground Zero to honor those killed fifteen years earlier when commercial airliners were repurposed into deadly missiles, striking a blow at the very symbol of capitalism by targeting prominent buildings in New York’s Financial District. On September 16 tens of thousands walk down Wall Street unaware that nearly a…
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/16/21 ~ Demolition of Historic Structure in Seaport Now Underway
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…