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Middle school zoning debate intensifies in Battery Park City
By Julie Shapiro
A battle is brewing over who will attend Lower Manhattan’s new middle school.
Chinatown and Little Italy unite in historic district move
If the newly designated Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District had a mascot, maybe it would be Marco Polo.
Chinatown protestors at Bloomberg event
L.E.S. ‘beach pier’ won’t see W.T.C. steel storage
By Julie Shapiro
The Port Authority scrapped its plan to use Pier 42 for a staging area for World Trade Center construction after an outcry from local residents and elected officials.
Downtown heat on Iran
Parents get in the fun as Downtowners top Village league
Three dozen Little League parents from Tribeca, Battery Park City and Greenwich Village lived their fantasy last week when they took the field at the Yankees’ minor league stadium in Staten Island for a softball game that turned into a successful fundraiser.
Downtown soccer action
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Would condos or London Eye float on Pier 40?
By Lincoln Anderson
A new ad hoc committee on Pier 40 has been formed at the Hudson River Park Trust to come up with ideas to renovate and redevelop the critical but crumbling 14-acre pier.
A Senate freshman in the center of Albany’s fights
By Josh Rogers
Daniel Squadron didn’t bring Albany to a standstill for over a month, nor has he ever been arrested for domestic violence, but he nevertheless was one of the state senators making news this year in one of the most turbulent sessions in the Capitol’s history.
Pols & parents renew call for Morton middle school
By Albert Amateau
Kids on stilts and balloons galore made it look like a circus last Thursday in front of 75 Morton St. But the crowd of about 200 Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Tribeca neighbor.
Tribeca park work picks up speed, Trust says
By Julie Shapiro
By this time next year, it may be possible to play miniature golf several hundred feet out in the Hudson River.
City eyeing Governors Isle contol
Architects take new crack at remaking Greenwich St. South
By Josh Rogers
The Downtown Alliance has taken a new look at the neighborhood now known as Greenwich Street South with a $400,000 study and an outdoor exhibit displaying some of the ideas.
New design could save Tire Swing Park
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Fifth FAB! Fest fetes Fourth Street — for free!
BY STEVEN SNYDER
E.Village cultural district is one of a kind.
Best bets for Fall dance
BY BRIAN MCCORMICK
Events feed the soul, worth the bread.
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