Author: Matthew Fenton

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage How Lower Manhattan Is Voting Preliminary Tallies Indicate Downtown Is Deeper Blue Than City or State, But Paler Than Manhattan Incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul (shown here dedicating the Hurricane Maria Memorial in Battery Park City, in September, 2021) bested opponent Lee Zeldin in Lower Manhattan...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Where There’s Smoke… Convenience Stores Raise Concerns about Neighborhood Going to Pot Children crowd around the counter of the Battery Park Convenience store on its opening day. A new convenience store on Battery Place is sparking concerns about the possible sale of smoking and vaping...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Wagnerian Woes Battery Park City Hotel Operator Implodes Amid Allegations of Loan Default, Fraud Even by the standards of the distressed Lower Manhattan hotel industry, the spiraling adversity faced by the owners of the shuttered Wagner Hotel in Battery Park City is remarkable. On Thursday,...

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...