Month: October 2022

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Weir Still Waiting City Hall Demands Fed Funding for FiDi & Seaport Resiliency Plan Mayor Adams on October 26, at a ceremonial groundbreaking for resiliency measures near the Manhattan Bridge: “We need our partners in the federal government to help provide us with regular and...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Born Free, But Everywhere in Chains Provocative New Public Art Piece Critiques Economics, Politics, and History “Moving Chains” is now on view on Governors Island, where it summons New York’s history as an economic engine for the nation. Below: The view from inside “Moving Chains” is...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Where to Figure Out How to Save the World Three Proposals for a Climate Solutions Center on Governors Island The administration of Mayor Eric Adams unveiled on Wednesday a trio of proposals submitted by the finalists in a competition to build a Center for Climate...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Seeking Concord on the Promenade CB1 Discusses Possible Uses of Park Space Along West Street The long rectangle outlined by blue dots shows the area in which the Battery Park City Authority is seeking ideas for enhancements, on the granite promenade that parallels the West...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage The Right to Light Community Groups Revive Lawsuit Against Towers Using New State Constitutional Provision The four new residential towers proposed for the Two Bridges neighborhood would contain more than 2,700 apartments. The tower at left is already largely complete, while the four to the...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage An Attractive Tract Marte Pushes for New Park and Public Space Alongside the Brooklyn Bridge A site plan that illustrates that various phases of the Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan. City Council member Christopher Marte is throwing his support behind a plan to create a new, dozen-acre...