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Under Cover

Under Cover, Week of June12, 2013

Seaport Report

Seaport Report, June 13, 2013

B.P.C. Beat

Battery Park City, June 12, 2013

Brick up your ears

  Photo by Gyda Arber Sound designer Ryan Holsopple’s revival of Alvin Lucier’s 1969 recording, “I Am Sitting in a…

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Just Do Art! Week of June 12, 2013

SUMMER MUSIC IN CHELSEA The next installment of St. Peter’s Summer Music in Chelsea concert series features an all-Mozart program…

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The unsinkable River To River rises, again

Down by the water and in the streets, 150+ events at 28 sites  BY MAEVE GATELY  |  Every time spring…

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Check this out!

Transit Sam, Week of June 12, 2013

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING IS IN EFFECT ALL WEEK Sunday is Father’s Day! Traffic is not as bad as on Mother’s Day but I expect the Holland Tunnel to be jammed late afternoon. FASTRACK repairs on the Broadway line mean no trains at N, Q, and…

June 12, 2013 / 5 Comments / Read More

Seaport Report, June 13, 2013

BY JANEL BLADOW  |    Summer is upon us… let’s hope the action in the…

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Battery Park City, June 12, 2013
Transit Sam on Citi Bikes, week of June 6, 2013
Another ballet school floats into B.P.C.
Battery Park City, Week of May 29, 2013
Transit Sam, May 29, 2013
Citi Bikes, for me or you?

Brick up your ears

  Photo by Gyda Arber Sound designer Ryan Holsopple’s revival of Alvin Lucier’s 1969 recording, “I Am Sitting in a Room,” presents the avant-garde composition as a concert-style performance using 2013 technology. Brooklyn theater hosts festival of sound design BY TOM TENNEY | The Brick Theater…

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Just Do Art! Week of June 12, 2013

SUMMER MUSIC IN CHELSEA The next installment of St. Peter’s Summer Music in Chelsea concert…

June 12, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
The unsinkable River To River rises, again
Dance New Amsterdam files for bankruptcy
Different Planet
Downtown heats up with the diversity of jazz and indie
ARC’s CD, LP sale is summer’s number one hit
Rhyme Machine

March to ‘stop the hate’ follows anti-gay crime

A wave of anti-gay violence in recent weeks, escalating with the murder of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village on May 18, prompted a march of 1,500 people from a nearby L.G.B.T. Center Monday, May 20, to the site of the shooting on 8th St. The…

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Chinatown celebration

A member of the Crimson Kings, a Chinatown-based children’s marching band, carried a non-working rifle…

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Artful Backdrop for Birthday Bridge
Marching for immigrants’ and workers’ rights
Beach volleyball
Tribeca Family Festival
9/11 run brings city together
9/11 run brings city together

Downtown school waitlists drop to zero

BY JOSH ROGERS  |And then there were none. Lower Manhattan principals said Friday that their waiting lists have dropped to zero, meaning 5-year-olds waiting for kindergarten seats will receive offers to nearby schools next week. “I’m very happy — can’t you tell, I’m actually smiling,”…

June 14, 2013 / 4 Comments / Read More

Mayor’s got a plan to protect Downtown from storms

BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER with JOSH ROGERS | In a building at the Brooklyn Navy…

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City agrees Downtown needs more schools, Silver says
Bloomberg: Study building ‘Seaport City’ to protect Downtown from storms
Art vs. bikes. Parks Dept. quietly backs Soho protesters
Dynamite! Governors Isle building demolished to make way for park
Asphalt Green opens Saturday
De Blasio backs Downtown’s anti-terror barriers

Taste of Tribeca in pictures

The Taste of Tribeca chefs, like many of us, miss Grandma’s cooking. As a taste of Taste, we asked many of the chefs to talk about the dishes they served, and for some of their cooking tips (read more chefs’ answers at downtownexpress.com). Over 70…

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Tribeca Treats, Rachel Thebault

Rachel Thebault, Chef/owner Tribeca Treats 94 Reade St. 212-571-0500 www.tribecatreats.com Dish served? This year we’re…

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Duane Park Patisserie, Madeline Lanciani
Taste of Tribeca helps the neighborhood schools
Tribeca Grill’s Kamal Rose, Chef
City Hall Restaurant, Henry Meer
Chef Los Americanos, Alan Rodriguez
Tribeca Canvas, Masaharu Morimoto