Author: Robert Simko

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/18/20 ~ ‘How Solitary the City Has Become…’ A Downtown Photographer, Forced to Pause and Reflect, Sees New York in a New Light

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage ‘How Solitary the City Has Become…’ A Downtown Photographer, Forced to Pause and Reflect, Sees New York in a New Light The disquieting muse: “The giant-ness of the building and its architecture, juxtaposed with this small lonely, organic figure in the stream of light, seemed to capture a...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/17/20 ~ Pull Down the Shades! City Council Backs Study of Drones to Inspect Buildings

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Pull Down the Shades! City Council Backs Study of Drones to Inspect Buildings Unmanned aerial vehicles (also known as drones) may soon become a common sight outside the windows of Lower Manhattan high-rises. Lower Manhattan skies may soon be slightly more crowded. The City Council on Wednesday enacted...

Today in History September 16 ~ Terror in a Horse-Drawn Cart on Wall Street

TODAY IN HISTORY SEPTEMBER 16 Terror in a Horse-Drawn Cart On September 11, family members and others gathered at Ground Zero to honor those killed nineteen years earlier when commercial airliners were repurposed into deadly missiles, striking a blow at the very symbol of capitalism by targeting prominent buildings in New York’s Financial District. Today,...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ Urban Squatters Stake a Short-Lived Claim to Empty Lot in FiDi at 111 Washington Street

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage Notorious Adverse Possession Urban Squatters Stake a Short-Lived Claim to Empty Lot in FiDi The wood fence at 111 Washington Street, into which unknown persons cut a series of elegant arches over Labor Day weekend. A Financial District lot with a turbulent history that has sat empty for...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 9/15/20 ~ As Century 21 Shutdown Looms, Opportunity Arises to Ponder New Uses for a Storied Temple of Commerce

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage What’s Next for the Store of the Future? As Century 21 Shutdown Looms, Opportunity Arises to Ponder New Uses for a Storied Temple of Commerce With local shoppers still mourning the impending demise of Century 21, the renowned fashion discounter, the family that owns the soon-to-be-defunct retailer may...

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ A Basket of Inexorables Trump Supporters, Critics Make Their Cases in Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan’s Local News View as Webpage A Basket of Inexorables Trump Supporters, Critics Make Their Cases in Battery Park City A member of the pro-Trump flotilla that docked at North Cove Marina on September 11 displays his true colors. In a gesture that was apparently intended to provoke and offend residents of Lower Manhattan,...