Month: May 2021

View as Webpage CMA CGM Marco Polo, the biggest ship yet to visit New York Harbor, arrived this morning. Lower Manhattan’s Local News Words of Hate Bias Crime at Borough of Manhattan Community College Above: “In the Line of Fire,” by Mildred Howard: An installation that evokes the contributions of African-Americans who served in America’s...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘Fixing A Hole Where The Rain Gets In…’ Cost of Roof Repair at Asphalt Green Goes Up by Half a Million Dollars The terrace overlooking the Battery Park City ballfields, which also serves as the roof for the Asphalt Green community center, is being rebuilt at a cost...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Considering a Gap Year Fewer Local High School Students Apply for College Financial Aid In what may augur a lingering social impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, data compiled by a national clearinghouse for information about college applications and admissions shows that five local high schools, either located in...

Eyes to the Sky May 17 – 30, 2021 Look west to Gemini’s Castor and Pollux and to Mars, Mercury and Venus Double star Castor photographed moving in space and time. Image courtesy of New Mexico-based astrophotographer Kent DeGroff. All rights reserved. As twilight deepens tonight, beginning around 9:30pm, locate the crescent moon in the...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Valorizing Velocipedes Multiple New Bikes Lanes Coming to Lower Manhattan, Adding to Growing Local Network The plan announced by Mayor de Blasio amid much fanfare earlier this year—to dedicate one traffic lane, on the Manhattan-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge, for conversion into a two-lane bike path—has been...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Riddle: What Does Downtown Have More of Than Any Other Neighborhood? Hint: Want to Buy a Brand New, Never-Used Condo Apartment at a Steep Discount? Multiple analyses of price trends in residential real estate for Lower Manhattan illustrate an ongoing portrait that is grim for homeowners and landlords,...