The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Building a Greener Community Recognizing the Inevitability of Climate Change Impacts, Battery Park City Action Plan Aims to Make Neighborhood Carbon-Neutral by Mid-Century On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast, and the Hudson River rose and flowed into Battery Park City, a...
On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast, and the Hudson River rose and flowed into Battery Park City, a shocking warning of the dangers of sea level rise for a waterfront community.
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Elevated Acres Downtowners Have a New Place to Get High on Grass Above: Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams preside over the ceremonial ribbon cutting, officially opening the new rooftop park on Pier 57. Below: The park contains almost two acres of open green...
Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams are flanked by other officials as they cut the ribbon at the Pier 57 rooftop park.
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage MOCA Ascendant A New Home for a Culture ‘Not Really Allowed to Call This Place Home’ Above: A rendering of the planned new home of the Museum of Chinese in America, on Centre Street. Below: Architect Maya Lin: “We are a country where, unless you’re...
A rendering of the planned new home of the Museum of Chinese in America, on Centre Street.
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage The Chinatown Ten Phalanx of Local Leaders Arrested Protesting Start of Demolition at Lower Manhattan Jail Complex Above: Protestors block Baxter Street to obstruct the start of demolition at the Manhattan Demolition Complex, led by Jan Lee (center): “Until the Mayor meets with us, and...
Protestors block Baxter Street to obstruct the start of demolition at the Manhattan Demolition Complex, led by Jan Lee (center): “Until the Mayor meets with us, and listens to our plan for a fiscally responsible, safer, faster and less impactful gut renovation of the existing jail, we remain distrustful and feel betrayed by him.”
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Girl-Illa Art City’s Design Panel Gives New Lease on Life to Local Agitprop Icon Washington Street Advocacy Group president Todd Fine joins District Leader (and State Senate candidate) Vittoria Fariello and artist Kristen Visbal (on screen, in center) at the site of Ms. Visbal’s “Fearless...
Washington Street Advocacy Group president Todd Fine joins District Leader (and State Senate candidate) Vittoria Fariello and artist Kristen Visbal (on screen, in center) at the site of Ms. Visbal’s “Fearless Girl” statue.
The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Don’t Fence Them In Protestors Resolved to Block Start of New Jail Above: Jan Lee, co-founder of Neighbors United Below Canal: “Chinatown has witnessed the City tear down jails and build bigger ones before, and they have never got it right. When you build bigger...
Jan Lee, co-founder of Neighbors United Below Canal: “Chinatown has witnessed the City tear down jails and build bigger ones before, and they have never got it right. When you build bigger jails, you inevitably fill them with more and more people.”
