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Downtown Express photo by Milo Hess
Yankee parade in Lower Manhattan Nov. 6, 2009. Check out more Yankee photos on our Facebook page and become a fan.
Downtowners help mayor squeak by, voting for Dems in other races
By Lincoln Anderson, Josh Rogers and Julie Shapiro
Despite outrage among many New Yorkers over last year’s extension of term limits and the fact that he spent a jaw-dropping $90 million on his re-election campaign,
Middle school move to FiDi moves forward
By Albert Amateau
About 100 parents of the potential new Greenwich Village Middle School class made a visit last week to the Financial District office building which the Department of Education intends as the new home for the middle school that now shares a crowded Hudson St. building with P.S. 3.
Education council favors temporary kindergarten zones
By Albert Amateau and Julie Shapiro
The group charged with rezoning Lower Manhattan’s schools emphasized parents’ need for certainty at a meeting last week.
Packing up the memories
By Julie Shapiro
Robert Lee had the lonely task last week of slowly emptying the Asian American Arts Center’s home of 33 years at 26 Bowery.
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Goldman Kitties Go Viral
Posh Squash Penthouse
The most exclusive penthouse in Lower Manhattan could soon be coming to 60 Pine St.
Gov shifts some on B.P.C. $$$, Silver says
By Julie Shapiro
Gov. David Paterson loosened his grip somewhat on the Battery Park City Authority’s money this week, at the urging of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
Stuy case helps I.P.N.’ers, their attorney says
By Julie Shapiro
While lawyers, housing advocates and real estate experts ponder the impact of last month’s Stuyvesant Town decision....
Rain and filters clean Downtown air
By Julie Shapiro
Lower Manhattan’s air is getting cleaner, a Downtown agency reported last week.
Dr. Tam’s name added to Canal Street
Orphan kittens get homes. Goldman ‘BlackBerries’ adopted
By Julie Shapiro
The five kittens rescued from the Goldman Sachs construction site are settling into new names and new homes this week as their saga finally comes to a close.
9/11 health bill
W.T.C. warship pays her respects
Deutsche demo underway
Manhattan Bridge work
Museum’s new space
Ramp changes
Scaring the rain away
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Downtown Express photo by Milo Hess (top) and Elisabeth Robert (bottom)
Lots of construction despite the fights over money
The physical signs of progress are all over Lower Manhattan including at Tower 1 at the World Trade Center, top, and the Goldman Sachs headquarters building which is about to open catty-corner to the W.T.C. in Battery Park City in November, right. But the long-term prospects at the W.T.C. are less certain. In our 14th annual Progress Report, we take a look at what’s going on Downtown with columns from some of Lower Manhattan’s leaders and others.
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The money fight at the World Trade Center
Port needs to help Silverstein build towers
By David Stanke
Construction progress
The 9/11 Museum has a place to go right now
By Joe Daniels
Demolition of Deutsche, once again, is about to begin
By Julie Shapiro
Little progress on the W.T.C. art building
By Julie Menin
We’ve still got work to do in B.P.C.
By James F. Gill |
ARTS DOWNTOWN
Embraced in Łódź, shunned in NYC lobby
By Jerry Tallmer
Bernard Aptekar comes by his politics honestly.
After violence: ‘People reeling, but no closure.’
BY JERRY TALLMER
One actress, three characters, many questions, zero answers.
Our advice? See Ivey as Landers.
BY SCOTT HARRAH
Long before Oprah, Ann Landers gave good advice
BY SCOTT HARRAH
Two-time Tony winner Ivey nails the accent, understands the icon.
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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
By Ed Koch |
