View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Make-Believe Mennonite Market Denouement Another Much Admired Downtown Small Business Says Goodbye The Amish Market in Tribeca will close its doors before the end of September. In another symptom of the life-and-death struggle being waged by small businesses against the economic downtown triggered by the pandemic coronavirus, the […]
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The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/23/20 ~ Downtown Alliance Distributes Masks at Lower Manhattan Schools
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Pedagogical Prophylaxis Alliance Distributes Masks at Lower Manhattan Schools Above: Spruce Street School dismissal, pre-pandemic. Below: Downtown Alliance president Jessica Lappin helps deliver 4,000 PPE masks to the Spruce Street School. The Downtown Alliance has distributed 28,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) masks to seven Lower Manhattan schools, for […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/22/20 ~ Bionomics Begins at Home ~ BPCA Launches Ten-Year Sustainability Plan
View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Bionomics Begins at Home BPCA Launches Ten-Year Sustainability Plan The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has begun implementation of a landmark plan to “achieve progressive sustainability targets over the next decade, and lay the groundwork for continued sustainability action after 2030.” “Even in the midst of present challenges, […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/21/20 ~ Getting a Corner on the Market ~ Retail Developer Wins Years-Long Struggle for Control of Legendary Bank Building at 23 Wall Street
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Getting a Corner on the Market Retail Developer Wins Years-Long Struggle for Control of Legendary Bank Building The former headquarters of J.P. Morgan & Company at 23 Wall Street, vacant for more than a decade, may soon house new retailers. When the financial upheaval unleashed by the pandemic […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/18/20 ~ ‘How Solitary the City Has Become…’ A Downtown Photographer, Forced to Pause and Reflect, Sees New York in a New Light
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘How Solitary the City Has Become…’ A Downtown Photographer, Forced to Pause and Reflect, Sees New York in a New Light The disquieting muse: “The giant-ness of the building and its architecture, juxtaposed with this small lonely, organic figure in the stream of light, seemed to capture a […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/17/20 ~ Pull Down the Shades! City Council Backs Study of Drones to Inspect Buildings
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Pull Down the Shades! City Council Backs Study of Drones to Inspect Buildings Unmanned aerial vehicles (also known as drones) may soon become a common sight outside the windows of Lower Manhattan high-rises. Lower Manhattan skies may soon be slightly more crowded. The City Council on Wednesday enacted […]
Today in History September 16 ~ Terror in a Horse-Drawn Cart on Wall Street
TODAY IN HISTORY SEPTEMBER 16 Terror in a Horse-Drawn Cart On September 11, family members and others gathered at Ground Zero to honor those killed nineteen years earlier when commercial airliners were repurposed into deadly missiles, striking a blow at the very symbol of capitalism by targeting prominent buildings in New York’s Financial District. Today, […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Urban Squatters Stake a Short-Lived Claim to Empty Lot in FiDi at 111 Washington Street
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Notorious Adverse Possession Urban Squatters Stake a Short-Lived Claim to Empty Lot in FiDi The wood fence at 111 Washington Street, into which unknown persons cut a series of elegant arches over Labor Day weekend. A Financial District lot with a turbulent history that has sat empty for […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/15/20 ~ As Century 21 Shutdown Looms, Opportunity Arises to Ponder New Uses for a Storied Temple of Commerce
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage What’s Next for the Store of the Future? As Century 21 Shutdown Looms, Opportunity Arises to Ponder New Uses for a Storied Temple of Commerce With local shoppers still mourning the impending demise of Century 21, the renowned fashion discounter, the family that owns the soon-to-be-defunct retailer may […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ A Basket of Inexorables Trump Supporters, Critics Make Their Cases in Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage A Basket of Inexorables Trump Supporters, Critics Make Their Cases in Battery Park City A member of the pro-Trump flotilla that docked at North Cove Marina on September 11 displays his true colors. In a gesture that was apparently intended to provoke and offend residents of Lower Manhattan, […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/11/20 ~ The Forgetting Curve ~ Navigating the Waters of the River Lethe
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage The Forgetting Curve Navigating the Waters of the River Lethe Photo: Robert Simko In the recent controversy over whether the National September 11 Memorial & Museum ought to carry on this year with the annual traditions of reading the names of people who died during the terrorist attacks […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/10/20 ~ Whose Memorial Is It, Anyway? New York Congressman Pushes for National Parks Takeover of September 11 Memorial
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Whose Memorial Is It, Anyway? New York Congressman Pushes for National Parks Takeover of September 11 Memorial The annual Tribute in Light (on the roof of the Battery Garage) is managed by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which controversially cancelled the observance this year, before executives reversed […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/9/20 ~ Priorities Pedagogical and Epidemiological ~ FiDi School Deemed Unsafe to Reopen Over Ventilation Concerns
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Priorities Pedagogical and Epidemiological FiDi School Deemed Unsafe to Reopen Over Ventilation Concerns The High School of Economics & Finance, on Trinity Place. A Lower Manhattan public school has been identified as potentially unsafe during a Department of Education (DOE) review of whether building ventilation systems meet new, higher […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/8/20 ~ Odious Edifice State Prosecutor Probes Trump Finances in FiDi 40 Wall Street Landmark
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Odious Edifice State Prosecutor Probes Trump Finances in FiDi Landmark The 70-story, Depression-Era skyscraper at 40 Wall Street, owned by Donald Trump, is the focus of a civil-fraud investigation by New York State Attorney General Letitia James. The office building at 40 Wall Street figures prominently in a […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/4/20 ~ Repositories Reemergent ~ Downtown Museums Begin to Welcome Back Visitors
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Repositories Reemergent Downtown Museums Begin to Welcome Back Visitors Lower Manhattan cultural institutions are beginning to stir from their months-long lockdown. The 9/11 Tribute Museum (92 Greenwich Street, at the corner of Rector Street), reopened on September 3. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum(within the World Trade […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/2/20 ~ Better to Light a Candle… Event Tonight Will Honor and Remember Tribeca Teen Who Made a Difference
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Better to Light a Candle… Event Tonight Will Honor and Remember Tribeca Teen Who Made a Difference At her June 2017 middle-school graduation, Imogen Roche joyously throws her cap into the air. A virtual vigil this evening (Wednesday, September 2) will recall the life of Imogen Roche, the […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/31/20 ~ Let There Be Light On-Again, Off-Again Decision about Tribute in Light Revives Calls for National Parks to Manage September 11 Memorial
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Let There Be Light On-Again, Off-Again Decision about Tribute in Light Revives Calls for National Parks to Manage September 11 Memorial The annual Tribute in Light consists of 88 xenon bulbs (each consuming 7,000 watts) arranged into two squares of 44 lights each, and positioned on the roof […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/28/20 ~ The Fate of a Neighborhood Appeals Panel Overturns Lower Court Decision Blocking Two Bridges Developments
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage The Fate of a Neighborhood Appeals Panel Overturns Lower Court Decision Blocking Two Bridges Developments An architect’s rendering of the four new residential towers proposed for the Two Bridges neighborhood, which would contain more than 2,700 apartments. The tower at left is already largely complete, while the four […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/26/20 ~ ‘Schools Are Not Safe to Reopen on September 10’
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘Schools Are Not Safe to Reopen on September 10’ Lower Manhattan Principals and Teachers Sound Alarm about Fall Semester Hundreds of students from the Battery Park City School (P.S/I.S. 276) converge on the sidewalk in front of their building in September, 2018, to transform it into a vast […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 8/24/20 ~ The Weight of Water Discussion about Development Highlights Local Infrastructure Challenges
Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage The Weight of Water Discussion about Development Highlights Local Infrastructure Challenges A February, 2020 water main break on South Street highlighted ongoing concerns about the capacity of local infrastructure to handle to increased load placed on the system by ongoing development. At what point does a water and […]