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THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF LOWER MANHATTAN | Volume 17 • Issue 8 | July 16- 22, 2004
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By Arthur S. Leonard New York State Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Lewis has ruled that the lesbian partner of a victim of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack is entitled to receive at least a portion of the award granted to her deceased partner’s sole surviving relative, her brother. Newspaper for a canvas, city streets for inspiration By Tien-Shun Lee For Lower East Side street artist Tom Matt, sunny days mean work. Seaport retail owners discuss what’s next By Elizabeth O’Brien Nearly 30 merchants representing 295 years in business at the South Street Seaport gathered on Monday to plan for what many call their uncertain future in the neighborhood, where big changes are expected after the Fulton Fish Market leaves early next year. Assembly tries to separate stadium from Javits plan By Albert Amateau Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver sponsored legislation this week authorizing financing for the expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center but eliminating any reference to the stadium proposed (for a platform) over the rail yards south of the Javits.  Young guns running the city’s TV networkBy Erica Stein Imagine C-SPAN interspersing its interminable steady-cam coverage of the House floor with MTV2, IFC and the History Channel. The result would be something like the broadcast schedule NYC TV.
Protest permit snub draws protestors to City Hall
By David H. Ellis With a “final offer” of the West Side Highway or nothing presented Wednesday by the city’s police, parks and transportation commissioners, the group United For Peace and Justice responded the best way they knew how Thursday – staging a protest near City Hall, demanding a meeting with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Final push to sign up for W.T.C. Registry By Elizabeth O’Brien The city is making a concerted effort to enroll more residents in the World Trade Center Health Registry before the August 31 deadline. ARTS  Legendary Sternhagen brings in another fine performance By Jerry Tallmer She is a London charwoman in her 60s — quiet, self-effacing Mrs. Dowey — and throughout all these months of World War I, the war to end all wars, she has been sending letters to a son in the trenches, the way all the other old bags, her gabby fellow charwomen, have been doing. Koch on Film By, Ed Koch
“Time of the Wolf” (+) This film, directed by Michael Haneke, is well done. It depicts in a non-melodramatic way what happens when pestilence in some form descends on the French countryside. “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (-) I may be the only critic who didn’t give this film a glowing review. I found it boring, and I believe that children between the ages of five and eight will find it too scary and those between eight and twelve will at times find it incomprehensible and dull.
 Montreal band at Castle Clinton draws young crowdBy Aileen Torres The Stills, a Montreal-based pop-rock band, played at Castle Clinton National Monument last week to a full crowd. The concert was part of the annual Hudson River Festival, which is in its eighth season of presenting free shows to the public, courtesy of the Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.
R&B legend in summer gig
By Jerry Tallmer In Las Vegas the telephone rang and rang and rang. On the fourth or fifth ring, Ruth Brown, also known as the Queen of Rhythm & Blues, once also known as The Girl With a Tear in Her Voice, picked up the phone, asked who was calling, and said, “Just a moment, let me turn the radio down.”  It was a marvelous night for a MoonDance Sunday as dancers kicked off the Hudson River Park’s annual series with swing dancing to the sounds of David Berger & The Sultans of Swing on Tribeca’s Pier 25. There will be free dancing to live music every Sunday through August with tango scheduled for July 18. Lessons start at 6:30 p.m. and open dancing begins at 7 p.m. |
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