Author: Robert Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/20/21 ~ Landmarks Agency Confers Protection on Chinatown Monument

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Homage to a Hero Landmarks Agency Confers Protection on Chinatown Monument Above: The Kimlau War Memorial, at Chatham Square. Below: Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau (1918 – 1944) The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has granted legally protected status on the Kimlau War Memorial, a granite ceremonial...
The Kimlau War Memorial, at Chatham Square

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/15/21 ~ CB1 Endorses Plan to Limit Hotel Development

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper Time for a ROAD TRIP! The Broadsheet will return on Tuesday July 20 Hostile to Hostels CB1 Endorses Plan to Limit Hotel Development The Moxy NYC Downtown hotel, at 143 Fulton Street, which opened in 2018 and recently went into foreclosure. Community Board 1 (CB1) is...
MOXY Hotel

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/14/21 ~ Marte Campaign Claims Win in City Council Race

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘Victory Is Statistically Certain’ Marte Campaign Claims Win in City Council Race City Council candidate (and apparent Democratic nominee) Christopher Marte While official results are not yet available from New York City’s notoriously dysfunctional Board of Elections—a chronic situation made more complicated by this year’s advent...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/13/21 ~ BPCA Delays Controversial Plan for Another New Monument

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘You Did This!’ BPCA Delays Controversial Plan for Another New Monument Congressman Jerry Nadler at the podium yesterday while Community Board 1 chair Tammy Meltzer and State Senator Brian Kavanagh look on. A Monday afternoon rally at the Irish Hunger Memorial, originally planned as a protest...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/12/21 ~ Elected Officials Voice Opposition to Cuomo Monument Plan in Advance of Rally Today

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ‘A Bad Idea’ Elected Officials Voice Opposition to Cuomo Monument Plan in Advance of Rally Today The rendering above shows one possible location for Governor Cuomo’s planned Essential Workers Monument, on Esplanade Plaza, which would have the effect of destroying the volleyball court that is often...
Governor Cuomo’s planned Essential Workers Monument,

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper ~ 7/9/21 ~ God, Guns, Grits, and More in Lower Manhattan ~ Analysis and Opinion: A Personal View from a Downtown Resident

View as Webpage The Broadsheet Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper God, Guns, Grits, and More in Lower Manhattan Analysis and Opinion: A Personal View from a Downtown Resident Some years ago, I was wandering the shelves of Barnes and Noble while my daughter was picking out her latest Archie comic and I stumbled across “God, Guns,...