THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF LOWER MANHATTAN

EDITORIAL

Obama makes history
Shocked by the reelection of a president who had led us into a disastrous war under false pretenses, we wrote four years ago about “feeling blue in a land of red” and said the Democrats had to figure out a way to win votes in the Republican states.

Letters to the Editor

Mixed Use

Under Cover

IN PICTURES

Water Chambers

Seaport spooks

YOUTH SPORTS

M.A.T. girl spikers reach the finals in final year
The first class of girls to ever play volleyball at Manhattan Academy of Technology Middle School finished their career in dramatic fashion by defeating top schools Baruch and Wagner on their way to the Manhattan volleyball championship.

Strong showings as Downtowners makeup rained out matches

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Downtown Express photo by Milo Hess Obama revelers celebrated in Rockefeller Center, above, and all over Lower Manhattan Tuesday night after his presidential victory was announced. A jubilant Downtown celebrates Barack Obama’s win With public classes crowded, empty private school is filling up By Julie Shapiro Dana Haddad arrived at Claremont Preparatory School in the fall of 2006 to find that three students and one teacher had an entire floor to themselves. Deutsche dog sniffing for smokes The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is using a tobacco-sniffing dog to screen workers at 130 Liberty St. to make sure they’re not bringing any cigarettes onto the site. First promise kept During his State Senate campaign, Daniel Squadron, below, promised people at Caring Community’s senior citizens center in Independence Plaza he would not forget them and that he would return soon after the election. Squadron made good on his promise at noon Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he had won. $14 million for some streets with names: Greenwich, Leonard & Harrison	Fiterman demo in sight as city ends fight By Julie Shapiro The city agreed this week to pay its share to rebuild Fiterman Hall, a City University of New York building damaged on 9/11, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told Downtown Express Wednesday. Suddenly facing Gerson, Council candidates press on Port to dress up the W.T.C. site for the rest of construction Hunger museum feels a pang Schools, a pool, art? Floating possibilities for yet another pier By Heather Murray Two developers who have already tried and failed to win the right to develop Pier 40 at W. Houston St. have answered the Hudson River Park Trust’s second attempt to secure a successful bid for Chelsea’s Pier 57. St. Vincent’s gets approval to demolish landmark site Board asks city to take extra look at Extra Place
ARTS DOWNTOWN Gone with the woodwind By WILL McKINLEY Like many young people, Rebekah Heller met her first love on summer vacation. Unlike many young people, the object of her affection was a bassoon. To hell with humanity A fairer house than prose Live from New York, it’s the public library Jumping off BY BRIAN MCCORMICK Joining the ranks of the many new (and returning) performing arts executive directors around the city, Stanford Makishi quietly took over at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in January of 2008. Under the spiegeltents, all the Seaport’s a stage	How’s he doing? By LORI ORTIZ Performance Space 122’s freewheeling spirit has only been fast-forwarded by its newish artistic director Vallejo Gantner. Martha Wainwright finds new confidence By ADRIENNE URBANSKI As the daughter of musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright spent her childhood in the shadow of the spotlight. Under the cover lovers The fashion queens of Christopher St. By Laurie Mittelmann On Staten Island, 20 wigs crowd the public housing unit of transgender model and prostitute Shawn Rachel, 28.

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