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Downtown Express photo by J. B. Nicholas
Sitting outside the U.S. Courthouse on Monday, Elizabeth Williams hurriedly filled in the color and details on drawings she’d just made at the Bernard Madoff sentencing.
Artist captures the sketchiest character of all: Bernie Madoff
By Julie Shapiro
Flashbulbs popped and BlackBerries whirred outside the U.S. Courthouse on Pearl St. Monday afternoon, half an hour after Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison.
No cheers as Bergtraum shuts out school, Little League
By Julie Shapiro
To Aaron Silverman, the request seemed simple.
Fulton St. work is getting dangerous, neighbors say
By Jared T. Miller
Construction work continues to define Fulton St., but with a new twist: A Gold St. detour that has some locals concerned.
Rutgers Houses youth is the toast of the state
By Jared T. Miller
A recent private meeting with State Senator Daniel Squadron rounded out a busy school year for Christopher Rivera, a resident of Rutgers Houses who was recently named New York State’s “Youth of the Year.”
Like economy, choppers are down
By Julie Shapiro
One upside of the dismal economy and rainy weather is that fewer helicopters are hovering over Lower Manhattan.
AIDS activist says the fight’s ‘bigger than marriage’
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Landlord wouldn’t fix building; Tenants feel the squeeze
By Julie Shapiro
At the center of an affordable housing battle in Chinatown is a crumbling five-story building that is tilting slowly but steadily into the street.
For homeless, losing center is like losing their home
By Julie Shapiro
The phones were disconnected, the lockers were empty, and the homeless people who usually crowded into John Heuss House day and night were gone.
It’s a done deal — Gateway rent agreement is signed
By Julie Shapiro
The deal to extend rent protections at Gateway Plaza finally came through, four days before the prior agreement was set to expire.
Chinatown residents group backs Thompson for mayor
By Julie Shapiro
Comptroller Bill Thompson got a boost in his campaign for mayor this week when the Civic Center Residents Coalition endorsed him.
Life’s a beach at the new Governors Island ‘sandbar’
BAN group plans to keep Bowery building boom at bay
By Albert Amateau
The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors (BAN) last week presented a plan to limit the size of new buildings and preserve traditional commercial uses on the east side of the Bowery between Canal and E. Ninth Sts.
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Struggle to love spans the centuries
BY JERRY TALLMER
Potomac Theatre Project’s potent plays poised to please
Four separate shows, showing below Houston
BY STEPHANIE BUHMANN
‘The discovery of many rare treasures’ awaits
Vocal coach valued by the talented, profane, slightly insane
BY TRAV S.D.
Chelsea-based Maier envisions long life of cheering & chiding.
‘Unique and specific’ films bring focus to Mexican culture
BY STEVEN SNYDER
Sweeping epic, horror, family fare & a pop icon on the plate
Koch on Film
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Truly, deeply mad — or merely performing?
BY ELENA MANCINI
Surreal life and work leave many questions unanswered.
Out with the Ragu, in with the Mambo Mouth
BY JERRY TALLMER
Historic, hard-to-kill theater renovates, rises again.
Will it Rock-n-Roll away with a Tony?
BY SCOTT HARRAH
Flashy but thematically hollow
jukebox musical amuses.
When reality meets fantasy
BY STEPHANIE BUHMANN
Audubon denizens: awaiting Apocalypse or regeneration? |
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