Author: Robert Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 12/2/20 ~ Alluvion Alarm Study Says Much of Downtown Will Have That Sinking Feeling by 2050

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Alluvion Alarm Study Says Much of Downtown Will Have That Sinking Feeling by 2050 A map from Climate Central, illustrating projected risk to Lower Manhattan from rising sea levels and extreme-weather events by 2050, shows almost one-third of Downtown under water. In 29 years, approximately one-third of Lower...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 12/1/20 ~ Super-Talls Cut Down to Size Pair of FiDi Skyscraper Projects Suffer Setbacks

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Super-Talls Cut Down to Size Pair of FiDi Skyscraper Projects Suffer Setbacks 161 Maiden Lane, where glass panels have been removed from the partially completed structure, which a former contractor alleges is tilting ominously. Two separate residential towers planned for the Financial District are suffering from the local...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/30/20 ~ Judge Rules City Can Proceed with Plan for Homeless Shelter in FiDi

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News ‘Such Parties Have No Grievance That Is Ripe for Review’ Judge Rules City Can Proceed with Plan for Homeless Shelter in FiDi On Wednesday afternoon, a few hours before the City shut down for the Thanksgiving holiday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Debra James nullified a temporary...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/25/20 ~ Even This Year, Thankful for What Is Easy, While the How Comes Harder

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Opposites Distract Even This Year, Thankful for What Is Easy, While the How Comes Harder Walking home at twilight in the near-deserted concrete canyons, you recall (for no reason that you can discern) the Old Man teaching you the word “dichotomy” a lifetime ago, and telling you that...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/24/20 ~ Last Call? Downtown Restaurants Brace for More Closure Orders

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Last Call? Downtown Restaurants Brace for More Closure Orders Blue Smoke, on Vesey Street, has announced that it will suspend indoor and outdoor dining, in anticipation of new restrictions As New York wades deeper into its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, some local restaurants are trying to...

The BroadshetDAILY ~ 11/23/20 ~ Putting the ‘Lower’ in Lower Manhattan Distressed Downtown Real Estate Indicators Point South

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Putting the ‘Lower’ in Lower Manhattan Distressed Downtown Real Estate Indicators Point South The first Baron Rothschild is said to have advised, “the time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own.” If he was correct, this may be an...