Year: 2021

September 16, 1920: Terror on Wall Street

On September 11 thousands gather at Ground Zero to honor those killed fifteen 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. On September 16 tens of thousands walk down Wall Street unaware that nearly a...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/16/21 ~ Demolition of Historic Structure in Seaport Now Underway

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Reclamation Trounces Preservation Demolition of Historic Structure in Seaport Now Underway Above: The historic New Market Building, which preservationists regarded as eminently worth saving, is now being demolished. Below: Howard Hughes Corporation proposes to rehabilitate the deck and pilings beneath the structure, and build a low-rise...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/15/21 ~ Lottery Opens for New Affordable Apartments in Financial District Building

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Sufficient Unto the Dey Lottery Opens for New Affordable Apartments in Financial District Building Above: The front entrance of 7 Dey Street (known more colloquially as 185 Broadway), where 63 rent-stabilized, affordable apartments will soon be awarded by lottery to applicants who qualify. Below: The tower...
7 DEY

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/14/21 ~ ‘It Will Be Very Easy’ New Governor Plans to Get BPC Opinions Regarding Essential Workers Monument

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘It Will Be Very Easy’ New Governor Plans to Get BPC Opinions Regarding Essential Workers Monument Above: Newly installed Governor Kathy Hochul, who wants to continue with plans for an Essential Workers Monument in Battery Park City. Below: Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in disgrace...
Governor Kathy Hochul

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/13/21 ~ A Pillar of the Community Passes from the Scene ~ In Memoriam: Gus Ouranitsas

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper In Memoriam: Gus Ouranitsas A Pillar of the Community Passes from the Scene Maria and Gus Ouranitsas, with their three grown children (from left): Nestor, Marina, and Konstantine. Konstantinos (Gus) Ouranitsas, a pillar of the Battery Park City community and the longtime Resident Manager of the...
Maria and Gus Ouranitsas, with their three grown children (from left): Nestor, Marina, and Konstantine.

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/10/21 ~ The Aftermath A Resident’s Recollections from the Months After September 11, 2001

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper The Aftermath A Resident’s Recollections from the Months After September 11, 2001 By Michelle Ashkin Everybody asks me what it is like to live “down there.” They mean, of course, near Ground Zero, which is a block away from my front door. The sounds, smells, and...