Month: April 2022

The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/12/22 – Protestors Resolved to Block New Jail in Lower Manhattan

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Don’t Fence Them In Protestors Resolved to Block Start of New Jail Above: Jan Lee, co-founder of Neighbors United Below Canal: “Chinatown has witnessed the City tear down jails and build bigger ones before, and they have never got it right. When you build bigger...
Jan Lee, co-founder of Neighbors United Below Canal: “Chinatown has witnessed the City tear down jails and build bigger ones before, and they have never got it right. When you build bigger jails, you inevitably fill them with more and more people.”

The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/11/22 – CB1 Discusses Revamp of South End Avenue

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Getting to the Route of the Problem CB1 Discusses BPCA Revamp of South End Avenue, Calls for ‘Soft Reboot’ of 2018 Plan South End Avenue, which functions as the equivalent of Main Street for Battery Park City’s southern neighborhood, has been the focus of a...
South End Avenue, which functions as the equivalent of Main Street for Battery Park City’s southern neighborhood, has been the focus of a years-long effort to reach consensus on redesigning the thoroughfare.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/8/22 – America’s First Synagogue Celebrates Anniversary at Site Where, Centuries Before Liberty’s Lamp, Lower Manhattan Offered Refuge to Persecuted Jews

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage A Remnant Remembered America’s First Synagogue Celebrates Anniversary at Site Where, Centuries Before Liberty’s Lamp, Lower Manhattan Offered Refuge to Persecuted Jews An engraving of the original Mill Street Synagogue, which opened in Lower Manhattan (on what is now South William Street) in 1730. On...
An engraving of the original Mill Street Synagogue, which opened in Lower Manhattan (on what is now South William Street) in 1730.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/7/22 – Taking the ‘Our’ Out of ‘Arcade’ – CB1 Opposes Deal to Hand Developer 4,000-Plus Square Feet of Public Space

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Taking the ‘Our’ Out of ‘Arcade’ CB1 Opposes Deal to Hand Developer 4,000-Plus Square Feet of Public Space The public space at 200 Water Street as it appeared in the 1980s, with billowing canopies, fountains and other artistic elements designed to enhance the public’s enjoyment...
200 Water Street

The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/6/22 – The Lessor of Two Evils – Elected Officials Want Prospective Buyer of Affordable Housing Complex to Share Info

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage The Lessor of Two Evils Elected Officials Want Prospective Buyer of Affordable Housing Complex to Share Info Knickerbocker Village, in Two Bridges, has been a bastion of affordability for nearly a century. A coalition of elected officials are cautioning the prospective buyer of a Lower...
Knickerbocker Village, in Two Bridges, has been a bastion of affordability for nearly a century.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 4/5/22 – Dour Demographics – City Health Data Covering Entire Pandemic Show 150-Plus Local COVID Deaths, Among More Than 20,000 Cases

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Dour Demographics City Health Data Covering Entire Pandemic Show 150-Plus Local COVID Deaths, Among More Than 20,000 Cases Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 163 residents of Lower Manhattan have died from the disease, while more than 21,356 residents have been...