Author: Robert Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/3/20 ~ The Weighing Share to the Utmost, or Admit That You Have No Business Here at All

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News The Weighing Share to the Utmost, or Admit That You Have No Business Here at All Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), “Freedom of Speech,” 1943. Illustration for “The Saturday Evening Post”, February 20, 1943. From the collection of Norman Rockwell Museum. Fear not, dear reader. You are in no danger...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 11/2/20 ~ Downtown Dowager Gets Her Due ~ Jane Jacobs, First Lady of Lower Manhattan Recognized, Half a Century On

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Downtown Dowager Gets Her Due First Lady of Lower Manhattan Recognized, Half a Century On A map of the Lower Manhattan Expressway, proposed in the early 1960s, which would have obliterated vast swaths of Tribeca, Soho, Little Italy, and Chinatown. If you live in Lower Manhattan, and are...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/30/20 ~ Validating the Vision ~ CB1 Offers Qualified Endorsement to Plans for Brooklyn Bridge Revamp

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Validating the Vision CB1 Offers Qualified Endorsement to Plans for Brooklyn Bridge Revamp Some 15,000 pedestrians and 3,600 cyclists compete with each other and souvenir vendors for as little as ten feet of width on the deck of the Brooklyn Bridge, creating an unpleasant (and potentially unsafe) bottleneck....

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/27/20 ~ Preventing Garbageddon ~ City Council Candidate Proposes Ways to Stem Rising Tide of Refuse Engulfing Downtown

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Preventing Garbageddon City Council Candidate Proposes Ways to Stem Rising Tide of Refuse Engulfing Downtown Before the health crisis, Lower Manhattan experienced chronic problems with trash accumulating on local curbs, as seen here on Cliff Street, in the Financial District. With more than 60,000 residents crammed into one...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/27/20 ~ Howard Hughes Corporation Proposes Scaled-Back Towers for Seaport Site, Along with Package of Amenities

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Not-So-Super Tall Howard Hughes Corporation Proposes Scaled-Back Towers for Seaport Site, Along with Package of Amenities A view from the Brooklyn Bridge of the two new residential towers that Howard Hughes Corporation plans for 250 Water Street. The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) has unveiled its plans for 250...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 10/26/20 ~ Sovereign Impunity ~ CB1 Takes Aim at Illegal Parking and Seizure of Public Space by Government Employees

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Sovereign Impunity CB1 Takes Aim at Illegal Parking and Seizure of Public Space by Government Employees In spite of a putative (and now cancelled) crackdown on placard abuse, dozens of illegally parked cars bearing law enforcement placards remain on River Terrace each day. In a pair of resolutions...