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What exactly, are we building?
Last week there was long-awaited and welcome news announcing the allocation of $100 million for the planned Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center. The P.A.C. will be built at what is commonly called Site 1B, which is at the intersection of Vesey and Greenwich Sts., just to the east of One W.T.C. The temporary PATH entrance occupies that location now.

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TALKING POINT
Funding the dream of Hudson River Park with special district
By A.J. Pietrantone
Since our creation by neighborhood waterfront activists in 1999, Friends of Hudson River Park has helped to secure more than $240 million to build the largest new park in the city in more than 150 years.

NOTEBOOK
Secrets of surviving an art commune: Westbeth at 40
By Kate Walter
When I finally signed a lease for an affordable alcove studio in the West Village, I called my parents in New Jersey to shout the miraculous news.

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Pier 25 almost ready for fall
Noreen Doyle, the Hudson River Park Trust’s executive vice president, is still optimistic that the new Pier 25 will open by the end of the month. “We’re pushing, still pushing for October,” said Doyle. Pictured above is the 18-hole miniature golf course that will include one hole with a cave.
The Performing Arts Center study that was never seen By John Bayles In late winter of 2010 the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation commissioned a taxpayer-funded feasibility study to look at the former Deutsche Bank building as a possible site for the Performing Art Center. The environment takes center stage for C.B. 1 BY Aline Reynolds All things “green” were on the agenda at a Community Board 1 Planning and Community Infrastructure Committee last week. 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. Two-way tolls on the Verrazano In attempt to alleviate congestion, U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler is working on federal legislation that would implement two-way tolling on the Verrazano Bridge: only this time, it would be cashless, thanks to a new system introduced by the M.T.A. A board game made of gold Trinity Wall Street’s new concert season launches By Terese Loeb Kreuzer George Frideric Handel’s “Israel in Egypt” was a flop when it debuted in 1739 but that was certainly not the case on Oct. 14 when the Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra conducted by Julian Wachner performed the oratorio as the first offering of Trinity’s 2010-2011 concert season. At the end of the concert, the audience gave the performers a well-deserved standing ovation. No more park graduations N.Y.U. conspiracy theorists and watchdogs always suspected the Washington Square Park renovation was being done, in part, to make the park more user friendly for the university’s annual commencement ceremony. But, in fact, just the opposite has occurred: The renovation has driven N.Y.U.’s graduation out of the park — permanently. ARTS DOWNTOWN My Night in a Haunted (Merchant’s) House BY SCOTT STIFFLER A skeptical reporter, hot on the heels of a sensational exclusive, accompanies a team of ghost hunters as they investigate a spooky old house that’s been the site of numerous encounters with apparitions, floating orbs and flying objects. So much to do, it’s scary COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER Halloween things that’ll shock & awe. Koch on Film By Ed Koch Play in this “Traffic” — With Caution BY SCOTT STIFFLER Time-surfing musical disappoints, but McCartney dazzles.	Careless driving law passes A new law will crack down on careless drivers that injure pedestrians, cyclists and other users of the roadways. City reaches a cool milestone via white paint BY Aline Reynolds New York City just reached a milestone in coating its rooftops, including ones in Lower Manhattan, which can actually lead to a drop in outside temperatures. More pedestrian managers, bridge still ultimate goal BY Aline Reynolds The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation recently allotted funds for pedestrian safety managers at three intersections along West Street during rush hour, per Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s request. The Battery Park City Authority is managing the contract, which was awarded to Sam Schwartz Engineering. Rowdy bar patrons, newsstands make for lively meeting BY Michael Mandelkern Rowdy bar patrons, underage drinking and newsstands were the order of the day at Community Board 1’s Tribeca Committee meeting last Wednesday. Don’t wait — vaccinate Restoration complete after window is installed BY Aline Reynolds The long-awaited restoration of the Museum and Synagogue at Eldridge Street is finally complete. A large stained-glass window, installed earlier this month on its eastern wall, marked the end of a 24-year-long overhaul of the building. Manson, Macbeth and murder — Oh, my! BY TRAV S.D. 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 43
The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan
October 20 - 26, 2010

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