Today’s Calendar October 15, 2019 8AM Bird Walk at The Battery with NYC Audubon The Battery Explore the diversity of migrating birds that find food and habitat in The Battery. The walk will be led by Gabriel Willow, an educator from NYC Audubon. Gabriel is an experienced birder and naturalist, and is well-versed in the […]
EYES TO THE SKY October 15 – 27, 2019
EYES TO THE SKY October 15 – 27, 2019 Morning stars for late risers, meteors The evening sky at 7:30 p.m. on October 14, 2019. Great Square of Pegasus, upper left. Milky Way sweeps up through the Summer Triangle. Diagram: Judy Isacoff/Starry Night I am always giddy at the turning point of the season when […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan 10/15/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Joint Pains City Hall Hints at Scaled-Back Plan for Lower Manhattan Jail, While Pushing Ahead on Plan for New Prison Downtown A rendering that illustrates the bulk and shape of the 45-story, 1.27 million-square-foot prison complex that Mayor Bill de Blasio proposes to […]
The Weekend Calendar of Events in Lower Manhattan 10/12 & 10/13
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com The Weekend Calendar of Events in Lower Manhattan for October 12 & 13 This weekend calendar is sponsored by 3E3 Industrial-inspired, full-floor, three-bedroom condos steps from the Bowery. Exclusive sales and marketing by The Freiberg-Cella Team | Compass. Click here to schedule an appointment. Open House: Sunday (10/13): 12:00pm-1:30pm […]
The BroadsheetDAILY News of Lower Manhattan 10/11/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Festina Lente City to Reduce Speed Limit on West Side Highway Tomorrow Beginning tomorrow (Saturday, October 12), the City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin installing signs on the five-mile length of the West Side Highway between Battery Place and West 59th Street, […]
TODAY IN HISTORY October 10
TODAY IN HISTORY October 10 Alberto Giacometti 680 – Muhammad’s grandson Husayn ibn Ali is decapitated by Caliph Yazid I’s troops. 1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy. 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in […]
Today’s Calendar of Events for Lower Manhattan 10/10/19
Today’s Calendar Thursday October 10, 2019 6PM Modern Love in China: All in My Family China Institute 40 Rector Street In All in My Family, documentary filmmaker Wu Hao (People’s Republic of Desire, 2018) turns his camera inward. After starting a family with his husband in the United States, Wu documents his Chinese family’s journey to […]
Aesthetic Inventory
Aesthetic Inventory BPCA’s Public Art Collection Represents Multiple Layers of Value The Pylons, a pair of granite and stainless steel obelisks by sculptor Martin Puryear (who represented the United State at the 2019 Venice Biennale) is one component of a public art collection owed and maintained by the Battery Park City Authority that appraisers estimate […]
Fraunces Tavern Celebrates 300 Years
Fraunces Tavern Celebrates 300 Years Peter C. Hein, President of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York welcomed the crowd and toasted Fraunces Tavern It’s not often you get invited to a 300th birthday party. Last week, Fraunces Tavern and Fraunces Tavern Museum celebrated the 300th anniversary of the construction of […]
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 10/10/19
Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Broadsheet Inc. | 212-912-1106 | editor@ebroadsheet.com | ebroadsheet.com Aesthetic Inventory BPCA’s Public Art Collection Represents Multiple Layers of Value The Pylons, a pair of granite and stainless steel obelisks by sculptor Martin Puryear (who represented the United State at the 2019 Venice Biennale) is one component of a public art collection […]