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Silverstein leader blasts Port plan, but sees some movement at W.T.C.
By Julie Shapiro
A Silverstein Properties executive slammed the Port Authority’s most recent proposal for the World Trade Center site Monday night but also said it could represent a small step in the right direction.
Broome St. collision
Council candidate was accused of harassment in custody case
By Josh Rogers
City Council candidate Pete Gleason was accused of harassment by the mother of his child soon after she gave birth to their son almost nine years ago.
From church to pub to landmark status
By Julie Shapiro
After a six-year struggle, preservationists won the landmarking this week of a former Syrian church at 103 Washington St.
Haring mural gives way to labyrinth
A window to a magical world is opening at the corner of East Houston St. and the Bowery.
Downtowners beat Harlem 3-1 in tourney game
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25 Broadway makes the grade for private school’s expansion
By Julie Shapiro
Claremont Prep’s $30 million expansion is back on track after the school finalized a lease this week for 200,000 square feet at 25 Broadway.
It appears Pier A actually now will not be profitable
Pols, protest, stuck string; Jacobs would have loved it
Most waitlisted students still denied first choice
Arts center might swing over to the south side
By Julie Shapiro
The long-delayed Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site is making a comeback.
Two more disciplined in Deutsche fire
By Julie Shapiro
The fallout from the city’s investigation into the fatal Deutsche Bank fire continued last week, as the Dept. of Buildings announced Friday that it was disciplining two supervisors for their failures leading up to the fire.
Water Day
New Yorkers will be able to experience the Manhattan waterfront for free this Saturday, as part of the second annual City of Water Day celebration.

Asians celebrate Superman and other immigrant comic heroes
By Jared T. Miller
Though they can have superpowers that originate from another planet or at least a radioactive insect, Larry Hama believes there’s a more human story behind the superheroes of our childhood. |
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Four fleeting Chelsea art exhibits, to be seen soon
BY STEPHANIE BUHMANN
Introspection, satire, wit used to explore subject, form, self.
Summer in the City
Best Downtown Bets for July & August
Struggle to love spans the centuries
BY JERRY TALLMER
Potomac Theatre Projects potent plays poised to please
Four separate shows, showing below Houston
Vocal coach valued by the talented, profane, slightly insane
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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? |