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Last updated October 10, 2008 |
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WTC Construction on New Timetable UPDATED OCTOBER 8, 2008: After admitting earlier this year that virtually none of its deadlines or budget predictions for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site were realistic, the Port Authority released a much-anticipated report showing just how far behind and over budget it really is.  Watch the Trib's Video of Construction on the 9/11 Memorial |
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A New Urgency in Classroom Search POSTED OCTOBER 3, 2008: Parents hold out hope that classrooms can be carved out of offices at the south end of Battery Park City, to be vacated next spring. But Department of Education officials say those classrooms can not be readied by the start of the next school year, when crowding is expected to be intense. |
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Martinis to Displace Tribeca Pushcarts? POSTED OCTOBER 3, 2008: It appears the vendor garage at 293 Church Street may have to let go of its hardscrabble past, and embrace $13 martinis. A Portland, Ore., restaurateur intends to turn the space into a bar/lounge called Honoria Drawing Room. |
| An Unhappy Ending to Strand Annex | Gallery Has "Scrawls" from NYC Streets |
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POSTED OCTOBER 3, 2008: Bibliophiles in Lower Manhattan bid goodbye to the Fulton Street Strand annex, which closed its doors for good late last month. |  |
POSTED OCTOBER 3, 2008: Harley Spiller's collection of anonymous passages, poems and other proclamations is currently on display at Tribeca's apexart. |
| Event Space May Open on Desbrosses | 56 Leonard St. to Tower over Tribeca |
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POSTED OCTOBER 3, 2008: The owner of an office space rental company wants to build a two-story, open-roof event space on top of the firm's building at 12-14 Desbrosses St. |  |
POSTED SEPTEMBER 16, 2008: A tower of jagged and jutting glass-faced apartments, “stacked” nearly 800 feet high, will rise like a giant game of Jenga over Tribeca. |
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Dancers say 'Step Right Up' to City Hall Park Circus Romp POSTED OCTOBER 12, 2008: City Hall Parkgoers used to the usual lunch-hour crowd of meandering tourists, lounging civil servants and stroller pushing nannies, got something different last month. Take the cone-headed chorus girls and guy with fake mustache and breasts for starters. Watch the Trib's Video |
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City to Consider Seaport Plans Impact on Historic District POSTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2008: As one of the country’s biggest shopping mall developers prepares to send its plan for a revamped South Street Seaport to city officials, Community Board 1 is scrambling to make sure it has a say in the proceedings. |
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They Ran for Their School, P.S./I.S. 89 Posted September 22, 2008: Scampering sneakers and squealing children, by the hundreds, returned to Battery Park City on Sept. 19 for Run for Knowledge, the annual mile-long run from Wagner Park to upper Rockefeller Park benefitting the P.S./I.S. 89 library. Watch the Trib's Video |
| Rezoning Proposed in North Tribeca POSTED OCTOBER 3, 2008: Since 2006, CB1’s Tribeca Committee has been negotiating with the city’s Department of City Planning to change the laws governing the size of new construction in North Tribeca, and the types of businesses that can open there. |
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At P.S. 234, Thanks for the Memories |
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New Park Is Coming to Life on Canal St. POSTED OCTOBER 6, 2008: A touch of serenity is coming to a triangular patch of Tribeca not known for its calm or quiet. It is a half-acre astride Canal Street called CaVaLa Park. |
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9/11 Teaching Brought to Millennium High POSTED OCTOBER 6, 2008: Students and teachers at Millennium High School were among the first in the country to see a new 9/11 video being distributed to America's schools. |
| Solution for Safe Passage Across Greenwich Street Still Up in the Air POSTED OCTOBER 8, 2008: The city is rethinking its announced plan to make the intersection of Duane and Greenwich Streets a safer place to cross by widening the sidewalk on both sides of the crosswalk. |
| Police Beat: Wall and South St. a Theft Corner for Motorcycles POSTED OCTOBER 8, 2008: Police recorded three separate motorcycle thefts from the same intersection in September. Reports indicated that the recent string of boosted bikes may all be connected. |
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Downtown Halloween Happenings From readings of spooky tales to costume parades to adventures aboard a haunted ship, there are Halloween happenings Downtown for every child. And for those who want to stay close to home, many businesses offer sweets to fill those deep trick-or-treat bags. |
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