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EDITORIAL
An appreciated waterfront addition
The first snowflakes fell upon the city on Monday and with them came an instant realization that summer is long gone. But at the end of North Moore Street in Tribeca, there exists a promise of the next heat wave and the fun that will come along with it.

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TALKING POINTS
‘Waiting for Superman,’ or just for a simple answer?
By Shino Tanikawa
“Waiting for Superman” portrays five kids and their guardians in their search for better education. The film starts innocuously enough with good statistics that illuminate the decline of American public education.

FROM THE ARCHIVES
A man who was hungry for parks
An article by John Bayles in last week’s Downtown Express entitled “CaVaLa No More; Park renamed for local legend,” told how the small park between Canal, Varick, and Laight Streets had been re-christened Albert Capsouto Park.

SPORTS

Giants midget team has an “O” line that is outstanding
When a football team is run-oriented, the unsung heroes are always the offensive linemen. It’s usually the running backs that get the glory, because it’s the running backs that carry the ball across the goal line. But without an offensive line to open the holes, the running back would have nowhere to run.

DLL Soccer: Wizards avenge tie
Following a contest from earlier in the season, which ended in a 3-3 tie, the Kansas City Wizards faced off against the Real Salt Lake team at the chilly East River Park fields.

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*Downtown Express photo by Milo Hess*

Air at the pier!
Pier 25 in Tribeca re-opened last week and is home to Manhattan’s newest skate park. It’s already getting a lot of use.
Lack of funding is root of problem Part 2 in a 3-part series on N.Y.C.H.A. BY Aline Reynolds New York’s public housing system, founded in the 1930s, is historically considered to be one of the most successful in the country. It owns and operates 344 housing developments, 30 of them in Lower Manhattan. Read Part One: When waiting for repairs puts lives in jeopardy Report on Battery Park City Authority provokes rebuttals BY Terese Loeb Kreuzer A scathing report from the New York State Inspector General’s office issued last Friday condemned the Battery Park City Authority for wastefulness, favoritism in promotions and compensation and sloppy internal accounting practices. More parkland for Lower Manhattan New pier will remain in old hands There’s a small contingent of residents out there, clinging to nostalgia, that sorely miss their old, funky Pier at the end of North Moore Street in Tribeca. 130 Liberty delayed due to crane issues BY Aline Reynolds The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation has missed its deadline yet again to dismantle the tower at 130 Liberty Street. One pass opens the doors to eight museums BY Aline Reynolds Art and history buffs can now delve into Lower Manhattan’s cultural milieu for cheaper, thanks to the new Downtown Culture Pass. A group of eight Downtown museums have banded together to pilot the program, which offers a discount on exhibits as well as a walking tour. Focusing on a lack of parking and a lack of parks BY Aline Reynolds Last Thursday’s Community Board 1 Planning and Community Infrastructure Committee meeting focused on transportation and green space and included presentations from the City Department of Transportation and the Chinatown Working Group. Residential rents, commercial vacancies both on the rise BY Aline Reynolds Residential rents in Downtown are up compared to last year, a sign of overall economic growth, according to a report released last week by The Real Estate Group New York. And the Downtown Alliance’s latest quarterly report of the Lower Manhattan market shows an increase in leasing activity as commercial landlords are scaling back on rents. Naima Rauam remembers the Fulton Fish Market By Terese Loeb Kreuzer It will be exactly five years on November 11 since the Fulton Fish Market, once centered on South Street between Fulton Street and Peck Slip, moved to Hunts Point in the Bronx, but artist Naima Rauam evokes the vanished sights and clamor of the market in her drawings and paintings. Susie Ying, 73, of Suzie’s restaurant A Soprano plays the guitar Girls Club ground broken on Ave. D By Albert Amateau It looked like everyone in the East Village and beyond was on Avenue D last week at the official groundbreaking for the new club headquarters for the Lower Eastside Girls Club. Youth Take on Violence, Suicides BY WINNIE McCROY Nearly 100 LGBT youth and their allies joined with elected officials on the steps of City Hall on October 21 to speak out against recent suicides and anti-gay attacks in the city and nationwide, and to stress the pressing need for effective solutions. ARTS DOWNTOWN Tribeca artist’s retrospective offers many “Sensations” BY SHANE McADAMS Color, as a form of energy, ‘stimulates our perceptual processes.’	Countdown until the 9/11 Memorial opens BY Joe Daniels When visitors enter the National September 11 Memorial and Museum offices, they pass by a large clock. A brand new Lower Manhattan BY Liz Berger Let’s make it official: This is not your father’s Wall Street! Possibly a watershed year for Lower Manhattan BY Julie Menin It’s been an extraordinary year for Community Board 1. Park protectors: Learning from the past BY Mark Costello In the past few weeks, the “town” that is Lower Manhattan paused to celebrate the work and life of two disparate men. The future looks bright for Hudson Square BY Jason D. Pizer We have weathered the harshest impact of the economic storm and the signs from our vantage point today point toward a more stable and prosperous tomorrow. Our schools downtown: Racing against time BY Tricia Joyce When asked to write this op-ed on our school situation post 9/11 in Lower Manhattan, I took a step back to look upon the neighborhood I moved to 20 years ago September and thought, “how could this happen here?” A City Councilmember’s first year on the job BY Margaret Chin I am writing this piece on November 1, the first day of my eleventh month serving as your Councilmember. Hometown pride and progress BY Sheldon Silver The future of Lower Manhattan has never looked brighter. Believe it or not, progress in Albany BY Daniel Squadron I know that many people will be surprised to read about Albany in the “Progress Report.” Canal Park Playhouse is open for business BY ALINE REYNOLDS Cabaret, clowning, acrobats comprise throwback aesthetic. A ‘Swan’ is Bourne BY SCOTT STIFFLER Return of radical rethink more than the sum of its male members. Reviewing Martin Denton BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK Prolific nytheatre.com founder pioneered comprehensive coverage. Koch on Film By Ed Koch

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Volume 20, Number 46
The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan
November 10 - 16, 2010

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