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EDITORIAL

We are the World (Cup)
As one daily newspaper columnist recently put it, while its organizers claim the Olympics is the sporting event that most brings the international community together, figure skating and gymnastics really have nothing on World Cup soccer when it comes to uniting the planet in the name of sport. And that sense of camaraderie transcends merely the soccer pitch.

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DOWNTOWN NOTEBOOK

Another Ground Zero, says residents
By Helaina N. Hovitz
It’s no surprise that tourists have recently been mistaking the giant construction pit on Fulton and Gold Street for Ground Zero. The disaster area resulting from the simultaneous construction of the Fulton Street Transit Center and DeLury Square Park has been disrupting our lives for almost a full year, turning our community into one big construction site.

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

Nine years later, the search is still on
On June 19, 2001, in an article entitled “Downtown leaders huddle about school-space squeeze..

YOUTH SPORTS

Belle’s get revenge in a fun filled moms only game
In an exciting contest between the Peaches and the Belles, the Downtown Little League Moms played a follow-up game to last months’ win by the Peaches.

 

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Teachers and workers send message to Mayor Bloomberg
BY Michael Mandelkern
Several thousand members of the United Federation of Teachers voiced their outrage in front of City Hall on Wednesday at the looming $493 million in state cuts to the city’s public schools. And Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been lambasted for not doing enough to ease the burden.

DID using charter revision to get back to roots
BY John Bayles
It’s petition time for the Downtown Independent Democrats, something the organization has taken very seriously since its grass roots days when it began in the early 1970’s. And it’s that grassroots attitude that President Jeanne Wilcke is hoping to revive.

Picking college over the big leagues
BY Joseph Rearick
On June 7th, in the 42nd round of the 2010 MLB Draft, the Mets called an eerily familiar name, a name the club called upon to close out games for nearly fifteen years. Sitting in his Tribeca apartment, John (J.J.) Franco, Downtown Little League alumnus and son of beloved former Mets closer, John Franco, had no idea his life-long dream had come true. In fact, he thought it was a practical joke.

Home after 1,000 days at sea

Memorial event for Harry Weider

Hotel’s view in the eye of the beholder
BY John Bayles
The relentless noise from the construction next door is somehow inaudible, as long as one stays in their room. But should one desire the sought after bird’s eye view of Ground Zero and venture up to the north terrace, there are no double-paned windows to deafen the pounding of jackhammers that occurs virtually 24-7 at the site.

News

Free Concert turns into nightmare for fans
BY John Bayles
Only 5,000 fans were expected on Tuesday for a free concert by the up-and- coming Canadian rapper Drake at the South Street Seaport. Instead, an estimated 20,000 people showed up and when the organizers decided to shut down the show, a riot broke out.

A Mecca for World Cup Fans

N.Y.U. agrees to meet with WTC agencies to discuss options
By John Bayles
Until last Friday, officials from New York University had not approached the Port Authority or the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation about moving into the Tower 5 site near Ground Zero.

DT Alliance gives Yankees yet another piece of granite

No bullying, support for a new kind of school
BY Nikki Dowling
At the Community Board 1 Youth and Education Committee meeting Tuesday night, members of the board voted unanimously to encourage the New York City Department of Education to take a more proactive approach to stop bullying and cyber-bullying.

Cuomo files suit against condo developers
BY Ellen Keohane
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo filed a lawsuit on June 9th against the developers of the Rector Square Condominium in Battery Park City. The suit alleges that YL Rector Street, LLC and its principal, Yair Levy, depleted the building’s reserve fund, leaving just $70 for repairs and necessary improvements.

Transit

Cuts to keep youth out of work
BY Michael Mandelkern
About 4,000 youth have applied for a seat in the Henry Street Settlement’s Summer Youth Employment Program this summer, but only about 15 percent of them will be accepted due to significant cuts from the state.

So close we can taste it
By Helaina N. Hovitz
From fine wine to fish tacos, the first annual Taste of Front Street will have something to offer everyone.

 

ARTS DOWNTOWN

Another Downtown theater bites the dust
BY TRAV S.D. 
Vital Soho institution booted to make way for needless boutique.

 

 

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 6
The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan
June 18 - 24, 2010

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