Author: Matthew Fenton

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Between the Hammer and the Anvil City to Spray Low Concentration of Mosquito Poison Through Lower Manhattan Tonight Above: A truck from the City’s Department of Health fleet spreads a fog of insecticide. Below: A map from the Department of Health outlines the areas where...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Jail Bate Prison Revision: No to Demolition, Yes to Distaff Detainees The current Manhattan Detention Complex, which the Adams administration controversially plans to demolish and replace with the world’s tallest jail, could instead be used as a prison for women, according to Community Board 1...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Kitchen Confidential Landlord Accuses FiDi Tenant of the Ultimate Side Hustle The residential skyscraper at Eight Spruce Street, which the private equity landlord alleges that a tenant is operating a secret (and illegal) restaurant on the 75th floor. A Financial District landlord is accusing a...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Quad Erat Auferendum Real Estate Group Proposes Redeveloping ‘Highly Coveted’ College Campus in Tribeca Above: The Borough of Manhattan Community College campus sits on six square blocks of prime, publicly owned land along the Hudson River waterfront in Tribeca. Below: BMCC’s campus occupies 4.3 acres...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage From the Shelter to the Dorm Trinity Boosts Support for Downtown’s Hometown College Above: Borough of Manhattan Community College, located in Tribeca, is the beneficiary of a $2-million grant from Trinity Church to create a dormitory for homeless students. Trinity Church, the Episcopal parish in...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage The Fine Line Between ‘Discerning’ and ‘Discriminating’ Equity Remains Elusive at the Crown Jewel of City’s Public High Schools Stuyvesant High School is one of the handful of elite secondary schools in the New York City public education system, at which admission is governed by...