Year: 2021

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Turns Out That Fighting City Hall Is Kinda Tough State’s Highest Court Rejects Appeal from Community Groups Battling Two Bridges Development An architectural rendering of the four new residential towers proposed for the Two Bridges neighborhood, which would contain more than 2,700 apartments. The tower at left is...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage A Fresh Perspective on a Fresh Start Alliance Assigns Digital Anthropologist to Document Downtown’s Rebirth Above: This photo, taken by Mr. Katz, offers a perspective on the sponsored studio space of Silver Art Projects at Four World Trade Center, where sculptors and painters are given workspace for up...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Odious Edifice City and State Prosecutors Team Up on Criminal Probe of Trump Finances at FiDi Landmark The 70-story, Depression-Era skyscraper at 40 Wall Street, owned by Donald Trump, is the focus of a criminal investigation by New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance and New York State...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Good Trouble City Hall Hopeful Arrested Blocking Traffic in Lower Manhattan to Mark George Floyd Anniversary Mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan knelt with fellow protestors, blocking traffic at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel. Mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan was arrested Tuesday afternoon on Canal Street, after participating in a...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Saluting Sacrifice Landmarks Agency Mulls Protection for Chinatown Monument Above: The Kimlau War Memorial, at Chatham Square. Below: Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau (1918 – 1944) The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has agreed to consider a proposal to confer legally protected status on the Kimlau War Memorial, a...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘A Whimsical Oasis’ Little Island Opens to Rave Reviews More than 130 concrete “tulips” (each a unique shape, size, and elevation) merge to form an undulating meadow that soars as high as 60 feet, and dips as low as 15 feet above the Hudson’s surface. The Lower West...