Month: September 2021

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/30/21 ~ Lower Manhattan Becomes Reluctant Hollywood on the Hudson with Most Film Permits in City

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Lights, Camera, Aggravation Lower Manhattan Becomes Reluctant Hollywood on the Hudson with Most Film Permits in City A film crew prepares to shoot a scene on a street in Lower Manhattan, the location of 22 percent of all production permits issued in the City. According to...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/29/21 ~ Governors Island to Remain Open Throughout the Year

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Nutten Out of the Ordinary Governors Island to Remain Open Throughout the Year Governors Island, the 172-acre park that has come to be regarded as one of the crown jewels of public space in Lower Manhattan. Since Governors Island opened to the public in 2005, the...
Governors Island

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/28/21 ~ Vacant FiDi Lot with Troubled History Bought by Developer Specializing in Below-Market Rents

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Affordability Comes at a Price Vacant FiDi Lot with Troubled History Bought by Developer Specializing in Below-Market Rents Above: The vacant lot that has sat empty for more than a decade at 111 Washington Street (also known as Eight Carlisle Street, has remained desolate for more...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/27/21 ~ Church Street School for Music and Art Designates a New Leader

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Ars Gratia Artis Church Street School Designates a New Leader Above: Piruz Partow, the new executive director at the Church Street School for Music and Art, plays the Tar (a traditional Iranian four-stringed instrument, fashioned from mulberry wood and lambskin, and related to the lute), while...
Piruz Partow, the new executive director at the Church Street School for Music and Art

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/24/21 ~ The Winds of Change ~ Sustainable Schooner, Carrying Comestibles, To Make Port in Lower Manhattan

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper The Winds of Change Sustainable Schooner, Carrying Comestibles, To Make Port in Lower Manhattan The wind-powered schooner Apollonia hauls freight into New York harbor Tomorrow (Saturday, September 25), the South Street Seaport Museum will welcome the Apollonia, a traditional gaff-rigged schooner, capable of carrying 20,000 pounds...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/23/21 ~ ‘A Modern Debtor’s Prison’ ~ Nadler and Niou Lead Protest Over Court Fees That Hit Hardest Against the Poor

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘A Modern Debtor’s Prison’ Nadler and Niou Lead Protest Over Court Fees That Hit Hardest Against the Poor State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou: “Mandatory court fees are the ugly face of New York’s two justice systems: one serving the rich, the other attacking the poor.” On...