Author: Matthew Fenton

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage The Right to Light Community Groups Revive Lawsuit Against Towers Using New State Constitutional Provision The four new residential towers proposed for the Two Bridges neighborhood would contain more than 2,700 apartments. The tower at left is already largely complete, while the four to the...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage An Attractive Tract Marte Pushes for New Park and Public Space Alongside the Brooklyn Bridge A site plan that illustrates that various phases of the Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan. City Council member Christopher Marte is throwing his support behind a plan to create a new, dozen-acre...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Scimitar on Subway Sword Attack at World Trade Center Station Causes Stampede A surveillance video image of the unidentified suspect in Thursday’s sword attack on the A train, in Lower Manhattan. Amid fears of rising crime, a man with a sword attacked a subway rider...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Above: The 1930s Art Deco tower at 70 Pine Street, which is widely regarded as an architectural masterpiece. Below: Current conditions in the lobby, which has the unusual status of a legally protected interior landmark. Preserving the Patrimony Concerns about Plan to Obscure Legally Protected...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage A Very Lucrative Landmark Private Space in a Publicly Owned Building Seeks Expansion of Expensive (and Exclusive) Club The Battery Maritime Building, built in 1909, reopened in the summer of 2021 as Casa Cipriani. Community Board 1 (CB1) is casting a skeptical eye on plans...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage A Report Card on Resiliency A Decade After Sandy, Comptroller Says Downtown Is Farther Ahead Than Other Communities, But Still Lagging A map pointing to an increase in the average sea level for Lower Manhattan (exclusive of flooding caused by high tides and extreme-weather events),...