Year: 2020

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...