Author: Robert Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/10/22 – Reverend Phillip Jackson Installed as Trinity Church’s Nineteenth Rector

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘By the Grace of God’ Reverend Phillip Jackson Installed as Trinity Church’s Nineteenth Rector Reverend Phil Jackson ceremonially accepts the keys to Trinity Church Lower Manhattan has a new spiritual leader: The Reverend Phillip A. Jackson was installed as the 19th Rector of Trinity Church...
Reverend Phil Jackson ceremonially accepts the keys to Trinity Church

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/9/22 – Take the Money and Run – One Chinatown Restaurant Appears to Have Had a Very Profitable Pandemic

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Take the Money and Run One Chinatown Restaurant Appears to Have Had a Very Profitable Pandemic The now-defunct Jaya restaurant, on Baxter Street, was paid $900,000 in taxpayer funds to close, while also allegedly running up more than $400,000 in unpaid rent. A defunct Chinatown...
The now-defunct Jaya restaurant, on Baxter Street, was paid $900,000 in taxpayer funds to close, while also allegedly running up more than $400,000 in unpaid rent.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/8/22 – City Says Planned Improvements to East River Waterfront Are On Hold

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Esplanade or Espla-Nada? City Says Planned Improvements to East River Waterfront Are On Hold A diagram illustrating the more-modest slate of improvements now contemplated for the East River Esplanade, between Peck Slip and Catherine Slip. The February 22 meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1) included...
A diagram illustrating the more-modest slate of improvements now contemplated for the East River Esplanade, between Peck Slip and Catherine Slip.

The BroadsheetDAILY – Lower Manhattan Local News – 3/7/22 – In Memoriam: Stan Braverman (1948 – 2022)

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper In Memoriam: Stan Braverman (1948 – 2022) Devoted to Family, Married at Windows, and Enamored of Automotive Elegance (Editor’s Note: Longtime Battery Park City resident Stan Braverman died on February 28. This remembrance is provided by his widow, Maryanne Braverman.) Early Monday morning, Stan passed...
In Memoriam: Stan Braverman (1948 - 2022)

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/4/22 – Hometown School Makes Good Community College in Tribeca Honored as Top School for Hispanics

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Click on the image above to read about the BPCA’s work in maintaining Battery Park City’s parks and public spaces. Hometown School Makes Good Community College in Tribeca Honored as Top School for Hispanics  Borough of Manhattan Community College, located in Tribeca, has been designated...
Borough of Manhattan Community College, located in Tribeca, has been designated as one of the nation’s leading Hispanic-serving institutions.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 3/3/22 – Bridge to Know Eire – Local Leader Proposes An Eponym for the Overpass

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Click on the image above to read about the BPCA’s work in maintaining Battery Park City’s parks and public spaces. Bridge to Know Eire Local Leader Proposes An Eponym for the Overpass The Morris Street pedestrian bridge As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, a Lower Manhattan community...
The Morris Street pedestrian bridge