Author: Robert Simko

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Street Wise City Council Measure Stands to Make FiDi Thoroughfare Pedestrian-Friendly in Perpetuity Above: This map illustrates the quarter-mile length of Pearl Street, in the Financial District, which has been converted to limited vehicular access under the Open Streets program. Below: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer: “Going forward,...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Note to the 22nd Century: PATH Used to Cost a Quarter Port Authority Buries Time Capsule at World Trade Center Above: The vessel is inserted into the ground. Below: The leadership of the Port Authority gathers around the commemorative marker at the location of the time capsule. As...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘Slaughter Them All’ Onetime OWS Activist Convicted of Threatening Federal Officials Above: Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park 2011. Below: Former Occupy Wall Street protestor Brendan Hunt (also known as “X-Ray Ultra”): “Start up the firing squads, mow down these commies and letʼs take america back” A man...

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Not-So-Super Tall Landmarks Panel Approves Howard Hughes Proposal for Scaled-Back Tower at Seaport Site The full-block parking lot at 250 Water Street, which Howard Hughes Corporations hopes to develop, where an environmental cleanup is underway to remove toxins such as mercury and lead. The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission...

Lower Manhattan’s Local News Secondary Considerations Local Public High Schools Perform Well in National Rankings The U.S. News & World Report has issued its annual national rankings of high schools, and several local secondary institutions, either located in Lower Manhattan or else attended by large numbers of students from this community, have earned favorable mention....

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Much Ado about Nutten Governors Island Opens New Season Packed with Attractions and Events Above: Docking at Governors Island, the 172-acre park that is a five-minute ferry ride from Lower Manhattan. Below: The new, 132-foot-long ferry to Governors Island has increased the frequency of trips from Lower Manhattan...