Year: 2021

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/26/21 ~ Atlantic City on the East River? Mayoral Hopeful Proposes Casino Development on Governors Island

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Atlantic City on the East River? Mayoral Hopeful Proposes Casino Development on Governors Island Above: The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio plans a Center for Climate Solutions on the 33 acres of Governors Island currently available for redevelopment. Below: Mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang: “Who’s going to use that...
Former Democratic presidential aspirant and current City mayoral contender Andrew Yang

Eyes to the Sky ~ January 25 – February 7, 2020 ~ Sirius, The Big Dog and Thor’s Helmet

Eyes to the Sky January 25 – February 7, 2020 Sirius, The Big Dog and Thor’s Helmet Above: Thor’s Helmet, NGC2359 Emissions nebula. Astrophotography by Mario Motta, MD. All Rights Reserved Below: The constellation Canis Major contains Sirius, the brightest star. The constellation suggests the outline of a dog, sometimes fancied to be the dog...
Thor’s Helmet, NGC2359 Emissions nebula. Astrophotography by Mario Motta, MD. All Rights Reserved

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/25/21 ~ Restaurant Week, Annual Food Fest Puts Lavish Local Meals within Reach of Thrifty Epicures

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Moveable Feasts Annual Food Fest Puts Lavish Local Meals within Reach of Thrifty Epicures New York’s annual food celebration, Restaurant Week, has been reimagined for the era of COVID-19. What’s new is that all meals will be for takeout or delivery. What remains the same is the deep...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/22/21 ~ HRPT President Madelyn Wils, Who Oversaw Build-Out of Waterfront Park to Step Down

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Doyenne of the Estuary Departs HRPT President Who Oversaw Build-Out of Waterfront Park to Step Down Above: Music lovers relax at Pier 45 in Hudson River Park, as Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra musicians perform. Below: Outgoing Hudson River Park Trust president Madelyn Wils. Madelyn Wils, president and chief executive officer...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/21/21 ~ New Law Aims to Play Fair with Fowl

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News For the Birds New Law Aims to Play Fair with Fowl A woodpecker killed in a collision with a Battery Park City skyscraper. The New York City Council recently enacted new legislation that will protect birds, who are killed by the thousands each year in collisions with the...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 1/20/21 ~ National Thoughts ~ Amid These Truths, Clarity and Complexity and Better Things to Do

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News National Thoughts Amid These Truths, Clarity and Complexity and Better Things to Do More than 10,000 marchers gathered in Battery Park just days after Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, to protest policies they viewed as reprehensible. Nobody present was able to foresee that 400,000 Americans would be dead before...