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A cross to bear on Church
By Julie Shapiro
The pulsing intersection of Church and Vesey Sts. in Lower Manhattan is a sea of buses, trucks, taxis, construction vehicles — and, most of all, pedestrians.
Port may consider early ban on W.T.C. tour buses
Reports of Deutsche demo were exaggerated
B.P.C. field space gets smaller on some Saturdays
By Julie Shapiro
Construction of two residential towers next to the Battery Park City ballfields is forcing children off part of the field.
More pinstripes for Wall St.
Is greed still good?
Downtown Soccer League highlights
Undefeated M.A.T. girls take city soccer title
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News
Two ways to zone Downtown schools
Downtown people & pols mixed on hosting terror trials
Goldman kitten story goes viral
City playing prevent defense on school gym?
By Julie Shapiro
The $2.25 million earmarked for Millennium High School’s gym could disappear unless the city finds a place for the gym soon.
Woman crushed by truck in bike lane
By Lincoln Anderson
In a gruesome accident, an elderly actress from Westbeth was partially run over by a Parks Department garbage truck while riding her motorized scooter in what is supposed to be a protected bicycle lane last Thursday morning.
M.T.A. promises faster M15 buses by next September
By Leslie Picker
“Faster and more reliable.”.
Cortlandt’s finishing touches
Downtown housing votes
Stogies stay up when the market goes down
By Leslie Picker
A dense haze billows above a dozen gentlemen seated in the cigar lounge at Barclay-Rex at 75 Broad St.
Low turnout for hearing on school move
Elk may get touch of the Irish
Cycling jump Downtown
‘Kill the drill’ and protect the water, protesters say
By Albert Amateau
A hostile crowd of about 800 people, including city officials, filled the Stuyvesant High School auditorium on Tuesday night at a hearing on New York State’s plan to permit gas drilling in the state’s Southern Tier, including the six counties of the New York City watershed.
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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 |
