Year: 2021

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper We wish our readers a Happy Thanksgiving and will return on Monday November 29 For Crying Out Loud Downtown Districts Rank Among City’s Most Cacophonous The Neighborhood Tabulations Areas (or NTAs) that comprise Lower Manhattan are among the City’s noisiest, according to the City’s Open Data...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Will the Levee Keep Us Dry? City Previews Plans for Augmented East River Shoreline as Bulwark Against Flooding An aerial view of the City’s most recent plan for resiliency measures in the Financial District and the Seaport In online meetings hosted last Wednesday and Thursday by...

The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Fearless Boy Prodigious Pilot Lands in the Battery Above: Mayor Bill de Blasio: “When artists help us move forward, help us look into a world where we address some of our imperfections, we find each other a different way.” Below: Sculptor Hebru Brantley in front of his new creation,...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Outward Mobility Has Anybody Seen 11,000 Neighbors? According to a new statistical analysis released by City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Lower Manhattan’s population declined during the COVID-19 pandemic by more than that of any other community in the five boroughs, due to residents moving away. The report,...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Uneasiness about the Easements City Moves Forward with Plan to Make Sidewalk Dining Permanent, Despite Objections from Downtown Leaders Above: Outdoor dining in the Financial District. Below: State Assembly member Deborah Glick: “The focus must be on working to ensure that the parameters of any new...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper A Seawall for the Seaport City Poised to Reveal Plans for East River Landfill as Bulwark Against Flooding An outline of the area originally studied for the 2013 Seaport City proposal, which is now back in active consideration, in modified form. In its waning weeks, the...