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EDITORIAL

Park state of mind
Boasting beautiful weather, the summer weekends are a great time to get out and enjoy Downtown Manhattan’s beautiful parks. Not everyone is able to get away, to jump in a car or on a train and find a stretch of sand and feel the ocean breeze — but it doesn’t really matter, given the spectacular state of the parks. In fact, one must wonder, “Why even leave town when you’ve got parks like these?” In particular, the Hudson River Park is a reason to forget about the Hamptons, or Fire Island, or even Long Beach.

Letters to the Editor

Under Cover

Police Blotter

TALKING POINT

Investing in our city
BY Margaret Chin
New York City faces the largest budget crisis in a generation. Right now, we see only its outlines. We hear proposals to close libraries and senior centers and cultural groups; to shut down day cares centers and after-school programs; to cut school nurses and close fire companies. With these programs threatened, New Yorkers have risen up to defend our communities.

DOWNTOWN NOTEBOOK

Cuts would be a horrible chapter for our libraries
By Henry Chang
I first discovered the New York Public Library as a grade school kid, going on class trips to the local Chinatown branches at Chatham Square and Seward Park. I discovered a world of books, mysteries and magazines, and was thrilled to get my first library card so I could bring material home to read.

 

IN PICTURES

Civil protests in the name of immigration reform

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Protest draws crowd, group says only the beginning
By Ishita Singh
Signs that read “Stop welcoming Islamic terrorists,” “Ground Zero is a burial site,” and “No mega mosque on sacred grounds” spilled from the sidewalks of Church and Liberty Streets into Zuccotti Park on Sunday afternoon.

Changing of guard as Winski is 1st Precinct chief
By Albert Amateau
Captain Edward J. Winski, who became commanding officer of the First Precinct at the beginning of last month, brings 17 years of experience to the job and a familiar name to the precinct covering Lower Manhattan.

Three years later, public review of Trib loft guidelines to begin
BY Albert Amateau
After three years of back and forth with Community Board 1, the Department of City Planning on Monday began the public review process for new development guidelines for a 25-block area of historic loft buildings in Northern Tribeca.

Mad at oil and saving Gee Whiz
BY Michael Mandelkern
Four days before their first performance, the cast seemed nervous, determined and excited at rehearsal. The directors nudged the pre-adolescents to focus as they socialized amongst themselves.

Parade’s original Godfather declines to lead celebration
This Sunday will mark the Puerto Rican Day Parade’s 53rd annual celebration, but there is a cloud hanging over it this year.

Only the gifted need apply, festival thriving in second year
BY Aline Reynolds
Eighteen-year-old Ishmael “Ish” Islam remembers jotting down poems and rap rhymes as a youngster. Little did he know that his notebook scribblings were an art form.

News

As school year ends, overcrowding for next year still hot topic
BY Michael Mandelkern
Since 9/11, Lower Manhattan has been the most rapidly developing area in Manhattan, as an abundance of families are moving into the sprouting high-rise complexes.

Seward Park Library incident sparks outrage
BY Aline Reynolds
At around 5:30 pm on May 6, a nine-year-old girl was in Chinatown’s Seward Park Library with her mother.

Downtown bars gearing up for world’s biggest sporting event
BY Joseph Rearick
The entire world is gearing up for its most popular sporting event, the World Cup, and Lower Manhattan’s bar scene is no exception. Hoping to attract the tabs of thousands of international and homebred fans, several Downtown bars and restaurants are making special preparations for the coming matches, fostering an environment of soccer enthusiasm.

Neighboring fire cause for alarm at 60 Hudson
By Nikki Dowling
The 23-story building at 60 Hudson Street in Downtown Manhattan houses more than just residents — it also stores more than 80,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Concern over the oil, which is used to power generators, came to a head on May 18 when a fire started in the adjacent Ace Hardware.

Pols to eliminate bank fees in cases of fire, tragedies
By Ellen Keohane
May Leung’s eyes filled with tears as she explained how she attempted to access her safe deposit box after a seven-alarm fire destroyed her Chinatown apartment building on Grand Street on April 11.

Committee hears three presentations, security concerns abound
BY John Bayles
At Community Board 1’s South Street Seaport Committee meeting on Tuesday, the board members flew through five resolutions approving sidewalk permits for the summer season for various restaurants.

Festival doles out inaugural award
Downtown Arts founder and director Ryan Gilliam kicked off the citywide festival with a presentation of its very first “Local Hero” award.

Waves of protest poured out over Gaza flotilla fiasco

Gov. Island opens

I.S. 89 Cougars are Manhattan Champs

First Place Barons and Grays Tie

Tigers split with walk off single

ARTS DOWNTOWN

Downtown Theater Roundup
 BY TRAV S.D.
June’s busting out all over — with scary shows.

 

 

Pins, needles, and a sense of history
By Stephen Wolf
The walls of a Chelsea high school tell an epic tale.

Upcoming Tony honors a lifetime in the theater
By Jerry Tallmer
Gifted interpreter of Albee and O’Neill joins their ranks.

More time for ‘Zero Hour’

Koch on Film
By Ed Koch

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Volume 23, Number 5
The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan
June 11 - 17, 2010

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