Author: Robert Simko

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage NEWS ANALYSIS AND OPINION A Bittersweet Mother’s Day A Community Leader Reflects on Parenting, Privacy, and Personal Freedom More than 5,000 demonstrators turned out for the May 3 rally in Foley Square, protesting the pending Supreme Court decision that will rescind a woman’s right to...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Talus All About It New Sculpture at World Trade Center Evokes the Innocence of Childhood Above: “XO World,” on the outdoor plaza of the World Trade Center, facing West Street. Below: “XO Play,” on exhibit inside the Oculus. Lower Manhattan’s newest piece of monumental public...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage ‘OK. Now Wire Me Some Money. :)’ Battery Park City Resident Indicted by Feds for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud Suni Munshani A Battery Park City resident has been indicted by federal prosecutors for allegedly taking part in an elaborate, years-long scheme that defrauded Protegrity,...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper {View as Webpage} Delmoni-Goes? Famed Eatery May Be Evicted from FiDi Space It Has Occupied for 185 Years Above: Delmonico’s restaurant as it appears today, at the corner of Beaver and South William Streets. Below: An engraving of Delmonico’s from 1893, around the time of its 70th anniversary....

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Good Trouble The Chinatown Ten Appear in Court Following Arrests at Anti-Jail Demonstration Members of the Chinatown Ten and their supporters (including City Council member Christopher Marte, left, and attorney Edward Cuccia, right) gather on Monday, before their appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court. The coalition...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Ever Upward Tribeca Loft Buildings to Share a Rooftop Addition Above: A historical view of 62 and 64 Reade Street in 1864. Below: A rendering of the facade of the buildings, with the new addition to the rooftop. The owners of a pair of adjoining...