Month: September 2022

The BroadsheetDAILY – 9/21/22 – The Fine Line Between ‘Discerning’ and ‘Discriminating’

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage The Fine Line Between ‘Discerning’ and ‘Discriminating’ Equity Remains Elusive at the Crown Jewel of City’s Public High Schools Stuyvesant High School is one of the handful of elite secondary schools in the New York City public education system, at which admission is governed by...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 9/20/22 – Running the Good Race

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Running the Good Race Annual Run Through Battery Tunnel Honors Memory of Fallen Hero The Tunnel to Towers run, which memorializes fire fighter Stephen Siller (who perished during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001) draws more participants than any race other than the New...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 9/16/22 – Multiple Contaminants Identified at FiDi Development Site

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Say It Taint So Multiple Contaminants Identified at FiDi Development Site The vacant lot at the corner of Washington and Carlisle Streets, in the Financial District, where environmental analysis has confirmed the presence of arsenic, barium, lead, and mercury, among numerous other pollutants. Community Board...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 9/15/22 – Public Property, Private Profit

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Public Property, Private Profit Rally for Affordable Housing at World Trade Center Site Precedes Hearing Tonight Above: Democratic Congressional nominee Dan Goldman addresses a rally of supporters for 100 percent affordable housing at Five World Trade Center. Below: A rendering of the proposed 900-foot-plus tower...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 9/14/22 – Declining Apartment Rents and Spiking Office Vacancies Signal Soft Property Market

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Lower Manhattan Gets a Bit Lower Declining Apartment Rents and Spiking Office Vacancies Signal Soft Property Market The Downtown Alliance has released its summary of Lower Manhattan real estate indicators for the second quarter of 2022, and most signs point to a slowdown in the...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 9/13/22 – Whose Park Is It, Anyway?

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Whose Park Is It, Anyway? City Agency Plans to Fence Off Five Thousand Square Feet of Battery for Storage Above: The site of the former Beer Gardens at the View restaurant is slated to become a parking and equipment storage facility. Below right: The current...