Editorial
Planning a sensible zoning for north Tribeca 
The City Planning Department should begin to take the same type of community leadership role in north Tribeca that it has shown the last three years in adjacent Hudson Square.
Amanda Burden, City Planning’s commissioner, recently wrote a strong letter to the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals opposing a zoning variance for the proposed Arman Building in Hudson Square.

Letters to the editor

Under Cover

Talking point
The mayor’s the problem, Silverstein’s the solution
By David Stanke
Mayor Bloomberg and his City Planning Department repeatedly criticize Larry Silverstein for delaying World Trade Center redevelopment. They simultaneously challenge the commercial viability of the site, undercutting business confidence. Against the contradictory and misleading rhetoric streaming from the mayor’s office stands a clear and confident symbol for the future of Lower Manhattan: World Trade Center 7, developed by Larry Silverstein.

The Penny Post
Librarians’ shameful silence on Cuba
By Andrei Codrescu
I was born in a place where people were forbidden to read most of what we consider the fundamental books of Western civilization. Being found in possession of a book such as George Orwell’s “1984” could land one in prison for years. My good luck was to meet Dr. Martin in my adolescence. Dr. Martin was a retired professor who had collected and kept in his modest three-room apartment the best of interwar Romanian literature.

Police Blotter

Hungry body
Graffiti on a poster promoting a controversial cadaver exhibit at the South Street Seaport may help or hurt business at Ray’s Candy Store on E. 7th St. Owner Ray Alvarez of Ray’s Candy Store always says his Belgian fries do a body good, although some may see the sign as a warning.

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