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Downtown Express photo by Jefferson Siegel Careful with the art Over the weekend, most of the Louise Nevelson’s “Shadows and Flags” sculptures were removed from Louise Nevelson Plaza. After 30 years, the welded steel work needs a little restoration and the temporary removal comes as the city is fixing up the plaza and its surrounding streets — Liberty, William and Maiden La. “It was covered in soot after 9/11,” said Maria Nevelson, the late artist’s granddaughter and leader of the Louise Nevelson Foundation. “ I’m glad the city is cleaning it up.” The redesigned plaza, once known as Legion Memorial Square, is expected to be completed within a year. Silverstein exec is ‘frustrated’ with Port’s W.T.C. progress By Julie Shapiro Janno Lieber, head of World Trade Center construction for Silverstein Properties, has no tolerance for unnecessary delays. City Hall Park cyclists riding safely, city says Insurers kick in money for Deutsche demo Charge of no leadership on arts center Neighbors say rats are enjoying L.E.S. nightlife too By Lesley Sussman Just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets of the East Village at night — here come the rats. State smells its mistake at dog run, and avoids obedience lesson By Julie Shapiro Jaws dropped last Wednesday night when the state Department of Transportation presented old designs of the W. Thames St. dog run to Community Board 1’s Battery Park City Committee. Seaport Museum gets a million City plans to start Chatham Square reconstruction next year	Mother secures son’s remains after 7-year bureaucratic snag By Julie Shapiro For seven years, 3,000 miles stood between Susanne Ward-Baker and her son Timothy’s remains. Kelly speaks frankly about the threats to his Downtown neighbors By Julie Shapiro As Police Commissioner Ray Kelly spoke to Lower Manhattan residents and Community Board 1 members Tuesday night, the room was silent. Seaport rink on ice for a few weeks Tenant leader says Gateway deal is likely Council backs rezoning with letter by deputy mayor By Albert Amateau The City Council last week unanimously approved the 111-block rezoning of the East Village/Lower East Side after the Bloomberg administration made a commitment to Councilmembers Rosie Mendez and Alan Gerson about anti-harassment provisions, affordable housing opportunities and protection for Chinatown and the Bowery corridor. Food markets, gardens and parking: Ideas proposed for Pier 57 By Heather Murray The Hudson River Park Trust unveiled grandiose plans from a trio of developers last week.
ARTS DOWNTOWN Ferrets, lies and that Mac guy By STACEY COBURN The former editor of the New York Times Magazine’s “True Life Tales” column, John Hodgman is the author of a recently released book filled with fake entries covering everything from mice to the Electoral College. Brawls and books By MATT HARVEY Back in March, the New York Review of Books moved to the West Village after spending the 45 years since its inception in the West Fifties. Cold fusion from Canada By DOROTHY A. WILSON Located in the eastern province of Canada, Québec is trés French with regards to art, music, and language especially. The cyberworld’s a stage By STEVEN SNYDER There are those who think of the Internet as an isolating influence, a virtual world that gets in the way of meaningful human interaction. A fairer house than prose	Putting LES galleries on the map By STACEY COBURN Gallery Bar owners Darin Rubell and Josh Boyd spend much of the day fielding phone calls. 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. 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

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