Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Of Separation and Celebration Reaching Across the Chasm, At Least for an Evening Jean Leon Gerome Ferris’s 1915 oil painting, “The First Thanksgiving 1621,” enshrines a redemptive (if somewhat simplified) fable of reconciliation among polar opposites, that remains both resonant and relevant today. […]
Letters
Letters The Rector Street Bridge November 18, 2019 To the editor: People who cross a bridge trust that it is safe; that it is built to proper standards; that it is inspected by engineers for reliability; that it meets neighborhood needs; that it is a permanent public asset. The majority of the residents, workers, visitors […]
Letters ~ The Climate Movement
Letters If You Think Your Voice Doesn’t Matter in the Climate Movement Then You Need to Read This To the editor: Just a month into the school year and virtually every student across the world is asking themselves the same question: can youth protest really make an impact on the climate crisis? […]
Preservation of Lower Manhattan’s Rector Street Bridge
Letters The Rector Street Bridge To the editor: I couldn’t agree more with the idea that we need to do everything we can as a community to keep this extremely important passage intact. Unless there is a compelling reason presented by the appropriate authorities (safety issue with existing structure), I can’t […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 24
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Join us for our kickoff Chocolate & Cocktails Sail on Friday, July 26th, 2019 from 9:30pm-11:30pm. Take in views of the amazing NYC skyline on this indulgent sail. Tickets are $79.00 per person and include Chocolate & Pairings and then Beer & Wine as […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 22, 2019
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Join us for our kickoff Chocolate & Cocktails Sail on Friday, July 26th, 2019 from 9:30pm-11:30pm. Take in views of the amazing NYC skyline on this indulgent sail. Tickets are $79.00 per person and include Chocolate & Pairings and then Beer & Wine as […]
The BroadsheetDAILY July 17, 2019 The News of Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Waves of Change Honoring a Matriarch of the Hudson Students collect water and marine life samples from the Hudson at Pier 40. On Monday (July 22), the River Project will host its 2019 Summer Cruise, raising funds for the highly regarded, Lower Manhattan-based […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 16, 2019
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com The BPCA Gets a Credit Limit Increase Albany Legislature Okays Half a Billion in New Bond Debt for BPCA The State legislature has enacted a measure that will allow the Battery Park City Authority to take on up to half a billion dollars […]
The BroadsheetDAILY July 15, 2019 News of Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Come Hell and High Water Federal Report Foresees More Frequent Flooding for Lower Manhattan Superstorm Sandy floods West Street A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), the federal scientific agency responsible for study of oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere, […]
Today in History July 15
Today in History July 15 Rembrandt’s Danae was first painted in 1636, but later extensively reworked probably in the 1640s. It is in the Hermitage Museum, in St. Petersburg, Russia. 1099 – The first Crusaders capture, plunder Jerusalem 1381 – John Ball, a leader in the Peasants’ Revolt, is hung, drawn and quartered in the […]
CLASSIFIEDS & PERSONALS Swaps & Trades Respectable Employment Lost and Found in Lower Manhattan
CLASSIFIEDS & PERSONALS Swaps & Trades Respectable Employment Lost and Found 212-912-1106 editor@ebroadsheet.com $99 Hypnosis Session ($247 value) Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss, Motivation, Sports Performance, Confidence, Stress, Insomnia… Call Janine Today. Limited time offer! 917-830-6127 Situation Wanted: Experienced Elder Care (12 years) Able to prepare nutritious meals and light housekeeping Excellent references […]
The Wetter Angels of Our Nature
The Wetter Angels of Our Nature City of Water Day Invites New Yorkers to Make the Moist of Our Urban Archipelago An annual celebration of the water that surrounds us, feeds us, cleans us, transports us, exhilarates us, calms us and at times scares the bejeezus out of us will take place tomorrow, Saturday, July […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 12, 2019
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com TONIGHT IN WAGNER PARK! Brewer and the Big House Borough President Expresses Concerns about Jail Plan, But Gives Okay Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer: “There is an overwhelming sentiment that we must remember: Rikers Island must close.” Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer has […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 10, 2019
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Canyon of Heroines Ticker Tape Parade for Women’s Soccer Team Is First in Four Years; One of Very Few Honoring Female Athletes If you live or work in Lower Manhattan, prepare to adjust your schedule this morning, when the United States Women’s National […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 9, 2019
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Packet Racket CB1 Calls for Delay in New Staten Island Ferry Route That Will Use Local Terminal Community Board 1 (CB1) is pushing back against a plan by the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio to launch in 2020 a new ferry service […]
A TIMELAPSE OF THE MAKING OF THE PRIDE LAWN AT ROCKEFELLER PARK
CLICK HERE TO WATCH A TIMELAPSE OF THE MAKING OF THE PRIDE LAWN AT ROCKEFELLER PARK timelapse by Jonathan Gross/BPCA
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 3, 2019
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com National Thoughts Of Unfinished Revolutions and Ongoing Evolution “The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation,” Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in 1835, “but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” Tomorrow is a day, of course, […]
South BPC Resiliency Project ~ Feedback Wanted
South BPC Resiliency Project The full presentation and video from the South BPC Resiliency Project Public Meeting #3 held last week at 6 River Terrace is now available on the Battery Park City Authority’s Resiliency page under the heading “South Battery Park City Resiliency Project.” Additional feedback on the concepts presented may be submitted until Monday, July 15 to the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 2, 2019
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Valediction Paul Hovitz Concludes 27 Years of Service on Community Board 1 Fledgling Firebrands: Mr. Hovitz (right), Mr. Townley (center), and Mr. Goldstein (left) at a meeting of Community Board 1 in the early 1990s After nearly three decades of building schools, fighting […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ July 1, 2019
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com| ebroadsheet.com Fiat Lux Multi-Year Traffic Safety Push Culminates as Traffic Light Comes to South End and Rector The new traffic signal being installed at the intersection of South End Avenue and Rector Place on Saturday. More than a decade of advocacy by community leaders […]