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EDITORIAL

Clock is Ticking
The clock is ticking for the involved parties to come up with an acceptable plan as to how Lower Manhattan is supposed to accommodate a monumental influx of people and buses, not just for this year’s critical opening of the 9/11 Memorial, but for the next two years.

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IN PICTURES

Getting hitched at City Hall

*Downtown Express photo by John Bayles*

A father never forgets
Joseph Graffagnino Sr. lost his son in the 2007 Deutsche Bank Building fire. Although 130 Liberty is now at ground level, Graffagnino Sr. chose to remind the L.M.D.C. that the tragedy that took his son’s life will never be forgotten.
Out of sight, but never out of mind BY Aline Reynolds Joseph Graffagnino Sr., the father of a New York City firefighter who died in the 2007 Deutsche Bank building fire, delivered an unexpected and poignant testimony on Monday evening at 250 Broadway. Tired of being ‘malled,’ residents reject Soho BID By Aline Reynolds A hotly debated business improvement district for Soho is close to materializing. The proposal, approved by the City Planning Commission last week, now only awaits approval by the City Council. B.P.C. hotel gets makeover, goes green BY Terese Loeb Kreuzer The former Embassy Suites Hotel at 102 North End Avenue is getting an almost total makeover. C.B.1 says D.O.T. presentation leaves much to be desired BY John Bayles In just over 200 days all eyes will be on Lower Manhattan. Many of them will descend upon the WTC site in droves for the opening of the National 9/11 Memorial. New study proves 9/11-related anxiety can linger for years BY Aline Reynolds Almost ten years have passed since the 9/11 attacks and a new study shows many survivors and first responders relive the horrors of that day for months or even years. Hazelden facility to call Tribeca home ARTS DOWNTOWN Birdland’s “Cast Party” heads to Town Hall BY SCOTT STIFFLER Host Caruso’s a swingin’ cat, a sly fox and one bad mother. B.P.C. Art Classes Win Raves BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER Winter session runs now through March.	Trinity says Hudson Square residential ready Negotiations for Peck Slip school in final, urgent stages BY Aline Reynolds Downtown parents are eagerly awaiting news concerning a 400-seat elementary school opening at the Peck Slip post office building in the Financial District. Whether its good news or bad news is yet to be determined. Beth Israel is coming to Chinatown Beth Israel Medical Center officially opened its Chinatown Multispecialty Group on Wednesday February 16 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 110 Lafayette Street at Walker Street. No left turns on Albany Street, says the D.O.T. Franklin Street partially closed until the summer BY Aline Reynolds Construction along Franklin Street, part of a five-year-long endeavor to update the aging infrastructure beneath Hudson Street in Tribeca, is now under way. ARTS DOWNTOWN Dance programs inspire and illuminate BY WICKHAM BOYLE Movement provides antidote for winter doldrums. Just Do Art! Far beyond flowers and candy Malcah Zeldis: A Life Traveled in Painting BY STEPHANIE BUHMANN When I walked into the Tribeca home and studio of folk artist Malcah Zeldis, my immediate impression was that I had physically entered a storybook. A large selection of paintings covered the walls with vibrantly colored narratives that enveloped me as I surveyed the space. Hot property in the Baltics lands at La MaMa BY JERRY TALLMER State violence collides with secret violence against loved ones.

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