Author: Matthew Fenton

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Outlier on the Esplanade Southern Battery Park City Shows Bump in COVID Test Results Amid generally receding concerns about COVID-19, the southern section of Battery Park City had the fourth highest rate of infection in Manhattan during the one-week period between October 25 and 31,...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Ask and You Might Receive Push for Seaport Community Center at Site of Demolished Waterfront Building Community Board 1 and the Seaport Coalition are calling for the construction of a low-rise community facility (shown at right), featuring a gymnasium, marina, and rooftop recreation space. Below:...

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...