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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 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...

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...