THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF LOWER MANHATTAN

Volume 20, Number 50 | The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan | APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 2008
Downtown Express photo by Milo Hess Seaport kiss Kissing style can be a little more laidback Downtown than it is in Paris, site of Robert Doisneau’s famed photo by the Hotel de Ville. Here comes the judge? Freed may go for broke in Council race By Josh Rogers Downtown might have Kathryn Freed to kick around again. Tribeca work to continue with $21 million from the state By Julie Shapiro Connie Fishman, president of the Hudson River Park Trust, had such good news to share with Community Board 1 that she couldn’t wait until she was at the front of the room to make her announcement. City to begin search for E. River waterfront operators By Clark Merrefield and Julie Shapiro Underneath the fume-laden FDR Drive near Rutgers Slip, the city is planning two new pavilions where ping-pong, aerobics, tango and karate could become the norm.	84% jump in new students at P.S. 89; P.S. 234 swells By Julie Shapiro Principal Ronnie Najjar is an expert at squeezing new students into P.S. 89. Brooklyn Bridge to get a little coffee color The Brooklyn Bridge is getting a $300 million facelift. Downtown political club moves toward peace By Josh Rogers A Downtown political club’s leaders moved to make peace this week after yelling and acrimony broke up last week’s meeting. Greenmarket to return, but street vendors say no sale By Julie Shapiro The Greenmarket in Zuccotti Park will open next Tuesday, despite objections from street vendors who say they will be displaced. Tenants hope win won’t be demolished on appeal By Julie Shapiro When it comes to affordable housing, any victory is better than no victory — but a group of Baxter St. tenants aren’t celebrating just yet. IN BRIEF Capsoutos raise dough on Passover Bikes and ‘Brown’ hope to co-exist along the new Washington St. lane
ARTS DOWNTOWN In others’ worlds, in other words By David Callicott By invoking the confessional, the theme of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival—“Public Lives/Private Lives”—addresses the shifting boundaries in modern media, literature, and society, and the impact those limits have on free speech and human rights. Fashion first: a spectacular art By Talia Page “What a stark contrast,” noted an observer looking out the gallery windows at throngs of people who were packed together like sardines, shoving their way into Chinatown’s cubicle-like market stalls.	Film festival spills into the streets By Lawrence Everett Forbes The Tribeca Family Festival, a fan favorite that drew crowds of more than 300,000 people last year, promises to live up to expectations this year with a lineup of fun and lively entertainment featuring talented performers, dancers, stilt-walkers, Broadway performances, arts and crafts, and face painters. For students, the power of collective witness By Michael Rymer Most high school students associate their cell phones with freedom. Their contact lists and photos are directories for their independent social lives. Drive-In thrills with family-friendly fun By Lawrence Everett Forbes Sports fans, music aficionados, and families alike are bound to find themselves parked up front and center at the North Cove of World Financial Plaza for the annual Tribeca Drive-In outdoor screenings.

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