Author: Matthew Fenton

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Inn and Out Site of Planned Hotel in FiDi Faces Foreclosure In what may be a sign of further distress in the Lower Manhattan real estate market, a vacant lot in the Financial District is moving toward foreclosure. In a development first reported by Crain’s...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage An Aptitude for Apps Lower Manhattan College Awarded National Science Foundation Grant Borough of Manhattan Community College, located in Tribeca, is the beneficiary of a $600,000 grant to train students in developing mobile apps. The Borough Manhattan Community College (BMCC), headquartered in Tribeca, has received...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Weir Still Waiting City Hall Demands Fed Funding for FiDi & Seaport Resiliency Plan Mayor Adams on October 26, at a ceremonial groundbreaking for resiliency measures near the Manhattan Bridge: “We need our partners in the federal government to help provide us with regular and...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Born Free, But Everywhere in Chains Provocative New Public Art Piece Critiques Economics, Politics, and History “Moving Chains” is now on view on Governors Island, where it summons New York’s history as an economic engine for the nation. Below: The view from inside “Moving Chains” is...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Where to Figure Out How to Save the World Three Proposals for a Climate Solutions Center on Governors Island The administration of Mayor Eric Adams unveiled on Wednesday a trio of proposals submitted by the finalists in a competition to build a Center for Climate...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Seeking Concord on the Promenade CB1 Discusses Possible Uses of Park Space Along West Street The long rectangle outlined by blue dots shows the area in which the Battery Park City Authority is seeking ideas for enhancements, on the granite promenade that parallels the West...