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Don’t kill rail tunnel
The Gravina Island Bridge, a.k.a. the “Bridge to Nowhere,” was the poster child of pork-barrel projects — a $398 million bridge linking an Alaska town to an island containing an airport and just 50 residents.

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Letters to the Editor

TALKING POINT
Pool politics and an anti-fun zone
BY Ro Sheffe
Too much has been written about “the mosque at Ground Zero,” and you’re probably tired of reading about it. I know I am. So I was surprised to find a strangely different opinion piece recently. A successful Connecticut businessman named Raymond wrote it. He titled it: “A Mosque Perhaps, but a Swimming Pool?”

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Battery Park City Beat
BY Terese Loeb Kreuzer
News and views all around Battery Park City.

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Lofty Tribeca view
A 4,700-square-foot loft on Worth Street is connected to a rooftop (above), where the owners grow vegetables and an apple tree. Click here.
M.A.T. newspaper lands surprise exclusive; print not yet dead BY John Bayles Print news is not dead, at least according to the staff of the Scoop newspaper at the Manhattan Academy of Technology. Lighting up the Seaport with love and hope BY Ellen Keohane Lee Leshen said he remembers seeing his mother Joanne dancing as his band, the Hotcakes, played at Arlene’s Grocery in the Lower East Side last summer. Spring St. garage foes call ruling garbage, fight on By Albert Amateau The Tribeca and Hudson Square opponents of the Department of Sanitation’s three-district garage planned for the western end of Spring Street have not given up their fight to block the proposed 120-foot-tall project on the 2-acre site that the city has finally acquired from UPS. Locals organize art auction to benefit Haitian school BY Stephanie Buhmann In the weeks following the devastating Janunary 12 earthquake in Haiti, the world was filled with images from the Caribbean island nation of death, destruction and the struggle to survive. L.M.D.C. holding public sessions BY Aline Reynolds Now that the announcement has been made, the public will finally be able to weigh in on what Lower Manhattan projects they believe are worthy of federal funding. The only problem is a date has not yet been set for such an opportunity. Dogs in Battery Park get help from task force BY Andrea Riquier Madison, a 106-pound Great Dane, stood looking longingly at the Great Lawn of Battery Park. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, and the lawn had long been one of her favorite places to play. But other than two homeless people asleep under trees, the lawn was completely deserted. Dogs have not been welcome off-leash in the park since the summer. Open House New York comes to Hudson Sq. This year’s Open House New York included a new neighborhood for participants to peer into: Hudson Square. Last weekend marked the first time Hudson Square architects participated in the annual event, which takes place in all five boroughs and attracts upwards of 250,000 people. Ten different architecture firms participated. Squatter, artist, orator, electrician and a friend By Frank Morales It was while walkin’ down a deserted mean street back in 1985 that I first met Michael Shenker. ARTS DOWNTOWN Play in this “Traffic” — With Caution BY SCOTT STIFFLER Time-surfing musical disappoints, but McCartney dazzles	$100 mil makes P.A.C. seem like a reality BY John Bayles Lower Manhattan is now a step closer to having its own version of the renowned Lincoln Center. New, speedier bus service has curbside fare boxes BY Terese Loeb Kreuzer But still, there was some New York grumbling and some confusion. Farming at home, in windows and water bottles BY Aline Reynolds On the corner of William and Ann Streets lies a barely noticeable ground floor space. Brookfield releases plans for W.F.C. makeover BY Aline Reynolds The World Financial Center is due for a makeover in a few years’ time. Governor’s veto helps landlords, hurts tenants BY Aline Reynolds Low-wage tenants receiving public subsidies will continue to keep battling their landlords in housing court, following Governor Paterson’s veto of a new state law. Loft tours, a beloved park and stewardship BY Aline Reynolds Tribeca residents will be able to replenish their maintenance budget for their beloved Duane Park and continue its upkeep, thanks to the Inside Tribeca Loft Tour, an annual fundraising event. New group appears in protest of Park51 BY Aline Reynolds A handful of Park51 protestors gathered on the corner of West Broadway and Park Place Wednesday morning, denouncing Sharia law and calling Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s motives into question. Manson, Macbeth and murder — Oh, my! BY TRAV S.D. Koch on Film By Ed Koch Lift a glass to ‘Chihuly 2010’ BY JERRY TALLMER Felled by cars & surfboards, artist is ‘more choreographer than dancer’

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Volume 20, Number 42
The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan
October 13 - 19, 2010

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