Author: Robert Simko

EYES TO THE SKY February 22 – March 7, 2022 Leading the Sun at dawn: eye-popping Venus, our solar system’s hottest planet

Image taken in May 2016 by Akatsuki, a Japanese robotic research spacecraft orbiting Venus. Venus was captured in infrared light showing a surprising amount of atmospheric structure on its night side. The vertical orange terminator stripe between night and day is so wide because light is so diffused by Venus’ thick atmosphere. APOD Picture of the...
"NASA’s Parker Solar Probe WHISPR has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space.” NASA release February 9, 2022.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 2/22/22 – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper – Lower Manhattan Is Fourth-Fastest Growing Community in NYC

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Lower Manhattan Is Fourth-Fastest Growing Community in NYC Alliance Report Parses Census Data to Show Downtown’s Population Swelled by Five Figures in Ten Years An analysis by the Downtown Alliance of preliminary results from the 2020 Census indicates that Lower Manhattan boomed in the decade...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 2/18/22 – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper – ‘He Drove Me Away Like A Dog’

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘He Drove Me Away Like A Dog’ Black History Month: Lower Manhattan Taken for a Ride on Monument It Actually Needs Above: The intersection of Chatham and Pearl Streets, as it looked in the mid-1800s. Below: Elizabeth Jennings Graham While the saga of Rosa Parks...
Elizabeth Jennings Graham

The BroadsheetDAILY – 2/17/22 – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper – ‘Forcing Student to Dodge Forklifts’ CB1 Pushes for Periodic Closure of FiDi Street, to Allow Safe Access to Scho

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘Forcing Student to Dodge Forklifts’ CB1 Pushes for Periodic Closure of FiDi Street, to Allow Safe Access to School Above: The side entrance to 26 Broadway is the point of ingress and egress for more than 800 students, who compete for space on the narrow...
The onetime home of Standard Oil, at 26 Broadway, is now home to four public schools.

The BroadsheetDAILY – 2/16/22 – Downtown Alliance Real Estate Analysis Tracks Indicators for Rentals, Condos, and Retail in Lower Manhattan

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper The Curves Are Up Alliance Real Estate Analysis Tracks Indicators for Rentals, Condos, and Retail The Downtown Alliance has published its annual report, “Lower Manhattan Real Estate Year in Review,” which contains multiple, significant data points about the state of the community. According to the...

The BroadsheetDAILY – 2/15/22 – Paws to Reflect – Local Leaders Push City Hall to Consider the Cat’s Meow

View as Webpage The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Paws to Reflect Local Leaders Push City Hall to Consider the Cat’s Meow Community Board 1 (CB1) is urging the City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to protect a colony of feral cats that have come together in the South Street Seaport, at the site of...