Author: Robert Simko

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper A Place of Quiet Reflection Governor Dedicates Hurricane Maria Memorial in Battery Park City Governor Kathy Hochul dedicates the Hurricane Maria Memorial on the fourth anniversary of the storm that claimed some 3,000 lives in Puerto Rico. Governor Kathy Hochul came to Battery Park City on...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Aspire Higher Silverstein Envisions Breaking Ground Within Months on New Skyscraper at Two World Trade Center Above: Until developer Larry Silverstein breaks ground at the corner of Vesey and Church Street (as soon as next spring), the site hosts a “podium” that houses utility and ventilation...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Penny-Farthing Lane New Bike Path on Brooklyn Bridge Opens Two Wheels, Four Paws: A canine cyclist hitches a ride with his human companion. On Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio, kept a promise made in his January State of the City address, by opening a dedicated bike...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Reclamation Trounces Preservation Demolition of Historic Structure in Seaport Now Underway Above: The historic New Market Building, which preservationists regarded as eminently worth saving, is now being demolished. Below: Howard Hughes Corporation proposes to rehabilitate the deck and pilings beneath the structure, and build a low-rise...

View as Webpage The Broadsheet: Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Sufficient Unto the Dey Lottery Opens for New Affordable Apartments in Financial District Building Above: The front entrance of 7 Dey Street (known more colloquially as 185 Broadway), where 63 rent-stabilized, affordable apartments will soon be awarded by lottery to applicants who qualify. Below: The tower...