Month: January 2022

The BroadsheetDAILY – 1/6/22 – Manhattan’s Local Newspaper – SLA Okays New Performance Venue in FiDi, Despite Opposition from Local Leaders

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper An Aversion to Immersion SLA Okays New Performance Venue in FiDi, Despite Opposition from Local Leaders A new performance venue, planned for 20 Exchange Place (tall center building), has sparked opposition among nearby residents in the Financial District. Over the objections of Community Board 1 (CB1)...
20 Exchange Place

The BroadsheetDAILY – 1/5/22 – In Tribeca, A Onetime Haunt of Ponies, Plutocrats, and Club Rats Will Get a Room with a View

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper A New Aerie at the Former Home of Area A Onetime Haunt of Ponies, Plutocrats, and Club Rats Will Get a Room with a View Above: The facade of 157 Hudson Street (the smallest building in this lineup) is an elegant, but unassuming mid-block presence, opposite...
The facade of 157 Hudson Street (the smallest building in this lineup) is an elegant, but unassuming mid-block presence, opposite the Holland Tunnel Rotary.

EYES TO THE SKY January 3, 2022 – January 10, 2022 Darkest mornings: Summer stars, Mars, Omicron ophiuchi

EYES TO THE SKY January 3, 2022 – January 10, 2022 Darkest mornings: Summer stars, Mars, Omicron ophiuchi Diagram for week of January 3 circa 6:15am. The brightest stars — Arcutus, Spica, Castor, Pollux, Procyon visible until about 6:40am.  Top margin, fragment of Big Dipper. On the southeast horizon, Scorpius the Scorpion rises, its heart star red Antares, 1.03...
Diagram for week of January 3 circa 6:15am. The brightest stars — Arcutus, Spica, Castor, Pollux, Procyon visible until about 6:40am. Top margin, fragment of Big Dipper. On the southeast horizon, Scorpius the Scorpion rises, its heart star red Antares, 1.03 magnitude. To the left of Antares, the faint point of glowing reddish light is Mars, 1.54m. Binoculars recommended. See detail and text. Image © Judy Isacoff/Starry Night

The BroadsheetDAILY 1/4/21 Lower Manhattan’s Local Newpaper – Plan for Climate Solutions Center on Governors Island Advances

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Where to Figure Out How to Save the World Plan for Climate Solutions Center on Governors Island Advances Above: At the end of his administration, former Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a plan for a Center for Climate Solutions on Governors Island. Below: This rendering shows...
Center for Climate Solutions on Governors Island

The BroadsheetDAILY – 1/3/22 – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper – Assembly Member Niou Challenges Kavanagh for State Senate Seat

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Click on the image above to read about the BPCA’s work in maintaining Battery Park City’s parks and public spaces. ‘We Need An Activist and an Advocate’ Assembly Member Niou Challenges Kavanagh for State Senate Seat Above: Assembly member (and Senate contender) Yuh-Line Niou: “It isn’t...
Assembly member (and Senate contender) Yuh-Line Niou: "It isn’t enough for things to return to a pre-pandemic ‘normal.’ That’s why I’m running for the State Senate.”