Downtown Express photo by Scot Surbeck

February is supposed to go in and out like a lion but we’ve had some mild days this month, opening up springtime fun possibilities like pleasant skating in Wagner Park.

Friends & foes reflect on Pagan’s complex legacy
By Lincoln Anderson
On a bitter cold Thursday night four days after former City Councilmember Antonio Pagan died on Sun., Jan. 25, at age 50, his friends and family gathered to hold a memorial for him.

Young woman killed crossing West St.
By Julie Shapiro
A drunk driver slammed into a young couple crossing West St. early Saturday morning, killing Marilyn H. Feng, 26, and shattering her boyfriend’s leg.

Officials get their standpipe stories straight a week later
By Julie Shapiro
Clear answers were hard to find in the week after a worker at the Deutsche Bank building accidentally severed the building’s standpipe.

Groups wonder if it will be fun to be near the YMCA
By Julie Shapiro
Bob Townley is of three minds when he thinks about the new Battery Park City community center, which is slated to open at the end of 2010.

Chinatown groups sue, calling zoning ‘racist’
By Albert Amateau
The Chinatown groups and their Lower East Side supporters who denounced the East Village/Lower East Side rezoning approved in October as “racist,” went to court last week to annul the environmental impact statement for the 111-block land-use measure.

Fulton train project waits at the station for Congress
By Julie Shapiro
As the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives announced a $789 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday, Lower Manhattanites are hoping the Fulton Transit Center does not get lost in the shuffle.