THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF LOWER MANHATTAN

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EDITORIAL

Pier 40 Rubik’s Cube
That a new ad hoc committee of the Hudson River Park Trust is taking a fresh look at Pier 40 is welcome news. The effort is being spearheaded by two Trust board of directors members who live in the community, which is also a positive step, since we have long held that the Pier 40 process must be more grassroots, and that the best solutions — and likely the only solutions — will be those acceptable to the community.

Letters to the Editor

Police Blotter

Mixed Use

Under Cover

DOWNTOWN NOTEBOOK

Her night with Barbra and Bill
By JERRY TALLMER
Ask a silly question, and you get…“What do you mean, was I there? Yes I was there, washing the windows, vacuuming the rug.”

IN PICTURES

Park sounds

Bridge used to take a toll

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

Downtown Express,
October 12, 1992

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A gamble or a sure thing? By Julie Shapiro Southbridge considers privatization. Subway work tightens the squeeze on Fulton By Julie Shapiro Work on the Fulton St. Transit Center is ramping up, and Downtown residents and commuters are starting to feel the effects. Queens imam loves U.S., says radical attorney Kuby By Mary Reinholz Only a few weeks ago, left-leaning criminal defense lawyer Ron Kuby knew little about a popular 37-year-old Queens imam who worked at a funeral home serving the Muslim bereaved. Rector bridge will stick around Liberty bridge closure Rector St. traffic Demonstration vs. demolition	News Park plan swings back to the original redesign By Julie Shapiro The demolition of Tire Swing Park will begin next week, after a last-minute push to save the park failed Tuesday night. Gerson, Chin munch mooncakes together Political friends and rivals gathered Sunday at the Museum of Chinese in America to chow down on some traditional mooncake for a Mid-Autumn Festival in the museum’s new Centre St. center. City officials learning how to share their cars By Julie Shapiro The city is taking aim at the government cars that fill Lower Manhattan’s streets. Demo plan ready to finally take down Deutsche By Josh Rogers Even shrouds have expiration dates. Rent rants focus on mayor By Patrick Hedlund Tenants from across the city and elected officials gathered on the steps of City Hall to decry recently enacted rent increases for the city’s 1 million rent-stabilized apartments — and chastise the mayor for refusing to support a rent freeze.
ARTS DOWNTOWN Kazan: Vilified namer of names, socially conscious auteur BY TRAV S.D. Body of work contrasts ‘controversy that plagued its creator’ Celebration of culture merits more than cult following BY SCOTT STIFFLER Asian ‘Third Wave’ Americans define identity by being themselves Koch on Film	Welcome Home, Poets House BY MARCELLA VENEZIALE Glass-enclosed space’s opening was grand. Pan Asian Rep rips, reveals Marcos BY JERRY TALLMER Salty commentary, spoken and sung, gives ‘Imelda’ satirical sting.

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