Month: March 2022

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/16/22 – Historic, Publicly Owned Battery Maritime Building Has Reopened, But Only for Paying Customers

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Preservation as Privatization Historic, Publicly Owned Battery Maritime Building Has Reopened, But Only for Paying Customers Above: The Battery Maritime Building, built in 1909, are reopened in the summer of 2021 as Casa Cipriani. Below: A rendering of the Great Hall, as originally conceived to...
The Battery Maritime Building, built in 1909, are reopened in the summer of 2021 as Casa Cipriani.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/15/22 – BPCA Chair Will Depart to Serve as Next American Ambassador to Greece

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Αποχαιρετισμός BPCA Chair Will Depart to Serve as Next American Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis, the chairman of the Battery Park City Authority since 2018 (shown here chatting with residents protesting in Rockefeller Park, last July) was recently confirmed as President Biden’s nominee to serve...
George Tsunis, the chairman of the Battery Park City Authority since 2018 (shown here chatting with residents protesting in Rockefeller Park, last July) was recently confirmed as President Biden’s nominee to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Greece.

The BroadsheetDAILY 3/14/22 News Analysis & Opinion: Stop Driving Us Out of Our Homes Why Parity Is a Parody of Affordability

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper News Analysis & Opinion: Stop Driving Us Out of Our Homes Why Parity Is a Parody of Affordability The author marches in support of housing affordability in Lower Manhattan. If you live in Battery Park City, you likely received a letter in the mail recently...
The author marches in support of housing affordability in Lower Manhattan.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/11/22 – The Colors of Empathy – Manhattan Youth Calls Upon Hue to Brush Aside Violence

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper The Colors of Empathy Manhattan Youth Calls Upon Hue to Brush Aside Violence Above: Local kids are invited to collaborate on a Mural of Hope at the Downtown Community Center on Saturday. Below: Manhattan Youth executive director Bob Townley: “This is why we do art....
Local kids are invited to collaborate on a Mural of Hope at the Downtown Community Center on Saturday

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/10/22 – Reverend Phillip Jackson Installed as Trinity Church’s Nineteenth Rector

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘By the Grace of God’ Reverend Phillip Jackson Installed as Trinity Church’s Nineteenth Rector Reverend Phil Jackson ceremonially accepts the keys to Trinity Church Lower Manhattan has a new spiritual leader: The Reverend Phillip A. Jackson was installed as the 19th Rector of Trinity Church...
Reverend Phil Jackson ceremonially accepts the keys to Trinity Church

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/9/22 – Take the Money and Run – One Chinatown Restaurant Appears to Have Had a Very Profitable Pandemic

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Take the Money and Run One Chinatown Restaurant Appears to Have Had a Very Profitable Pandemic The now-defunct Jaya restaurant, on Baxter Street, was paid $900,000 in taxpayer funds to close, while also allegedly running up more than $400,000 in unpaid rent. A defunct Chinatown...
The now-defunct Jaya restaurant, on Baxter Street, was paid $900,000 in taxpayer funds to close, while also allegedly running up more than $400,000 in unpaid rent.