The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Two Decades Later, What about the Children? Borough President and Council Member Want City Agencies to Document Outreach to Former Lower Manhattan Students at Risk of September 11 Illnesses On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, Charles and Uriah Frederick walked out of Gateway Plaza. […]
Archives for April 2022
The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/20/22 – Battery Park City Climate Action Plan Aims to Make Neighborhood Carbon-Neutral by Mid-Century
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Building a Greener Community Recognizing the Inevitability of Climate Change Impacts, Battery Park City Action Plan Aims to Make Neighborhood Carbon-Neutral by Mid-Century On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast, and the Hudson River rose and flowed into Battery Park City, a […]
The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/19/22 – Hudson River Park Trust Debuts Rooftop Park at Pier 57
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Elevated Acres Downtowners Have a New Place to Get High on Grass Above: Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams preside over the ceremonial ribbon cutting, officially opening the new rooftop park on Pier 57. Below: The park contains almost two acres of open green […]
The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/15/22 – Museum of Chinese in America to Expand
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage MOCA Ascendant A New Home for a Culture ‘Not Really Allowed to Call This Place Home’ Above: A rendering of the planned new home of the Museum of Chinese in America, on Centre Street. Below: Architect Maya Lin: “We are a country where, unless you’re […]
The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/14/22 – Lower Manhattan Leaders Arrested Protesting Start of Demolition at Jail Complex
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage The Chinatown Ten Phalanx of Local Leaders Arrested Protesting Start of Demolition at Lower Manhattan Jail Complex Above: Protestors block Baxter Street to obstruct the start of demolition at the Manhattan Demolition Complex, led by Jan Lee (center): “Until the Mayor meets with us, and […]
The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/13/22 – City’s Design Panel Gives New Lease on Life to “Fearless Girl”
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Girl-Illa Art City’s Design Panel Gives New Lease on Life to Local Agitprop Icon Washington Street Advocacy Group president Todd Fine joins District Leader (and State Senate candidate) Vittoria Fariello and artist Kristen Visbal (on screen, in center) at the site of Ms. Visbal’s “Fearless […]