Year: 2021

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...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/12/21 ~ Elected Officials Voice Opposition to Cuomo Monument Plan in Advance of Rally Today

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘A Bad Idea’ Elected Officials Voice Opposition to Cuomo Monument Plan in Advance of Rally Today The rendering above shows one possible location for Governor Cuomo’s planned Essential Workers Monument, on Esplanade Plaza, which would have the effect of destroying the volleyball court that is often...
Governor Cuomo’s planned Essential Workers Monument,

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/9/21 ~ God, Guns, Grits, and More in Lower Manhattan ~ Analysis and Opinion: A Personal View from a Downtown Resident

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper God, Guns, Grits, and More in Lower Manhattan Analysis and Opinion: A Personal View from a Downtown Resident Some years ago, I was wandering the shelves of Barnes and Noble while my daughter was picking out her latest Archie comic and I stumbled across “God, Guns,...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/8/21 ~ CB1 Weighs In on Plans for Essential Workers Monument in Battery Park City

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘Memorial Fatigue’ CB1 Weighs In on Plans for Essential Workers Monument in Battery Park City BPCA chairman George Tsunis: “We have come to the end of memorials in Battery Park City. We are suffering from memorial fatigue.” During a five-hour meeting of Community Board 1’s Battery...
BPCA chairman George Tsunis: “We have come to the end of memorials in Battery Park City. We are suffering from memorial fatigue.”

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/7/21 ~ Plan for Monument to Essential Workers to Be Discussed at CB1 Meeting Tonight

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘A Rushed and Flawed Process’ Plan for Monument to Essential Workers to Be Discussed at CB1 Meeting Tonight Several days of meetings and rallies focused on the controversial proposal to build a memorial to essential workers who served during the pandemic will culminate tonight (Wednesday, July...
Rockefeller Park