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The Tale of the Ticker Tape, or How Adversity and SpontaneityHatched a New York Tradition

The Tale of the Ticker Tape, or How Adversity and SpontaneityHatched a New York Tradition What was Planned as a Grand Affair became a Comedy of Errors New York’s first ticker-tape parade erupted spontaneously from bad weather and an over-zealous stockbroker. While the festivities in New York Harbor didn’t go as scripted that afternoon, the...

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...

The BroadsheetDaily ~ 10/23/20 ~ Who Says ‘It Can’t Happen Here’? Shades of ‘Stand Back and Stand By’ In Staged Reading of 1930s Cautionary Tale

View as Webpage Lower Manhattan’s Local News Who Says ‘It Can’t Happen Here’? Shades of ‘Stand Back and Stand By’ In Staged Reading of 1930s Cautionary Tale Lewis’s novel was adapted as a play, which Depression Era arts agencies sponsored around the United States. The dramatic reading now being produced by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene...