Year: 2021

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Fate of a Neighborhood State’s Highest Court Blocks Suit by Brewer, Chin Opposing Two Bridges Plan 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, closest to the Manhattan Bridge,...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Getting Squeezed Coming and Going Washington Okays Congestion Pricing Program that Local Leaders Fear will Penalize Lower Manhattan Residents Mitch Frohman: “So this is going to be great for rich people, who can afford to pay for convenience, to have less traffic. It will be better for them,...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Banks Heist Local Leaders Get Irredentist to Reclaim Park Space Dispossessed for a Decade The park known as Brooklyn Bridge Banks has been closed to the public for more than a decade, to facilitate maintenance work on the span above. Community Board 1 (CB1) wants the administration of...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Compulsory Commemoration Governor Opens Hurricane Maria Memorial The design of the newly opened Hurricane Maria Memorial (located at the Chambers Street overlook, on River Terrace) features an ascending glass spiral, meant to evoke both a hurricane and a nautilus shell—symbolic of protection against a hostile environment. On Friday,...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Pearl of Wisdom Brewer Pushes for FiDi Thoroughfare to Be Made Pedestrian-Friendly in Perpetuity Above: This map illustrates the quarter-mile length of Pearl Street, in the Financial District, which has been converted to limited vehicular access under the Open Streets program. Below: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer: “Going...

One Act of Kindness Matt Keating is a singer/songwriter who lives in Lower Manhattan with his wife Emily. In a recent post on Facebook, he described his friendship with a man who took shelter outside his building, and how he helped this man receive his federal stimulus check. March 20 This is my neighbor Jamal....