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Burger shack plan shakes up Little Italy
By Patrick Hedlund
Ever-expanding burger empire Shake Shack has met with stiff resistance in its bid to open a new restaurant that would serve about 100 customers per hour on a calm stretch in Little Italy.
Financial District to get new middle school
By Julie Shapiro
Greenwich Village Middle School will move to the Financial District this fall, after the city Panel for Education Policy approved the relocation last month.
Sparks fly as Deutsche work stops
The Deutsche Bank building racked up more safety violations with a small electrical fire last week and a sparking elevator this week.
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Plans to reduce Chambers to one lane
Leonard’s new look
I.S. 89 Cougar teams playing strong as playoffs near
W.T.C. noise goes up again with train hub excavation
By Julie Shapiro
After some months of relative quiet, the racket at the World Trade Center site is ramping up again, residents near the site say.
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Thompson tapped to lead B.P.C.A.
Feb. 18, 2010 A spokesperson for Gov. Paterson’s told us that the governor is naming Bill Thompson to be the next chairperson of the Battery Park City Authority. Paterson hopes the State Senate confirms Thompson on Wednesday. Thompson, the former City Comptroller and mayoral candidate, until recently had veto power of the Battery Park City surplus funds. Last year, he was very critical of Paterson’s plans to use the city funds to help the state budget. Authority chairperson Jim Gill left the board last week. Read our 2009 articles on the B.P.C. surplus money: here, here and here.
Tiger comes in with a bang
P.S. 234 still crowded after all these zoning fights
By Julie Shapiro
P.S. 234 has received 186 applications for 125 kindergarten seats and will hold a lottery next month to decide who can attend school there in the fall.
With landmarks approval, Pier A now in search of tenants
By Julie Shapiro
The redevelopment of Pier A cleared one hurdle this week when the project won unanimous approval from city Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The woman who often says ‘No’ to Con Ed
By Julie Shapiro
Behind every Downtown street that gets ripped up is the person who issued the permit, and in many cases, that person is Audrey Jackman.
Charter wants to grow, but 2 other schools say No
Haitian school talk
St. Vincent’s layoffs, pay cuts as Mass. group eyes hospital
Downtown birth rates suggest new school will be needed
Downtown’s baby boom could mean overcrowded schools unless the neighborhood gets more elementary seats soon, parent activists warned last week. |
Film Forum, at 40, finally honored
By Jerry Tallmer
MoMA gives Cooper free reign for ‘Carte Blanche.’
See ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’ before it has to
BY SCOTT STIFFLER
Record store that never was loves what we’ve lost. |
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Bird flies LES stage for the page
BY TRAV S.D.
Novel ‘not the output of a man at peace with the world,’
Koch on Film
By Ed Koch |
