Year: 2021

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/23/21 ~ Community leaders and education advocates are fuming over an apparent about-face by the City’s Department of Education

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Question: When Is a Promise Not a Promise? Hint: When the Department of Education Gives Its Word Above: Tricia Joyce, chair of Community Board 1’s Youth and Education Committee: “Gyms are really important. They are part of our infrastructure, but the DOE treats them like an...
Trinity Place School

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/22/21 ~ Construction Milestones and Hiring Mark Progress Toward Planned Arts Venue at World Trade Center

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper What’s Up, PAC? Construction Milestones and Hiring Mark Progress Toward Planned Arts Venue at World Trade Center Above: The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, at the World Trade Center under construction. Below: As it will appear by day. Lower Manhattan is two steps closer to...

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...