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| Pedestrians Who Cross West Street Will Get
a Lift |
Crossing West Street, at Vesey Street, is about
to get easier with elevators and escalators going into service
in the next couple of months.
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| LMDC Names Advisory
Committee for WTC Memorial Center |
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announced
April 8 the formation of an advisory committee to guide in the selection
process of archives, artifacts and personal stories to be exhibited
in the Memorial Center at the World Trade Center site.
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IPN Tenants Cheer Rent Agreement
"A weight has been lifted." Stacy
DiLieto's words, spoken on the evening of March 8, were repeated
again and again last month by residents of Tribeca's Independence
Plaza North following the announcement of a deal between their
tenant association and their landlord, Laurence Gluck. In short,
they could afford to keep their homes.
Posted April 3
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| Key Dates and Developments in the Process |
A deal to keep future IPN rents affordable, struck
last month between tenants and the complex's new owner, was a long
time in the making. It was also only the latest development in what
has been a long struggle for tenants and workers of the complex. Here's
a look at key dates and developments in the process.
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Hundreds Turn Out for Tower Hearing
Before a single one of the 400
Downtown residents at a public hearing last month to address
concerns about a proposed 35-story tower planned for a lot behind
P.S. 234 had a chance to speak, the plans fell to the floor.
The audience burst into applause, gleeful over even this symbolic
downfall of a project that, at least in its present configuration,
they vehemently oppose.
Posted April 3
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Chef Seeks Eviction of Fellow Tenants
Hoping to create a luxury hotel
above his restaurant City Hall, Henry Meer is seeking to oust
the building's tenants, most of whom are artists who have lived
there for more than 25 years.
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| Owner
Says Teddy's Crown Up for Grabs |
When a giant Statue of Liberty crown
was installed on the roof of 217-219 West Broadway in 1985, some Tribeca
residents called it an eyesore. Now that the building is coming down,
some in the neighborhood are eyeing the crown as a keepsake.
Posted April 3
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| 50-Story Tower Will Go Up Next to Hospital |
A 50-story residential tower, to be designed by renowned
architect Frank Gehry, is planned for the parking lot of NYU Downtown
Hospital. The lower floors are expected to house retail stores and
a 10,000-square-foot outpatient center for the hospital. Other floors
may be the new home for Pace University's business school and student
dorms.
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| Co-op
President Bitter Over His Ouster |
Kyle Wittels boasts an admirable
stewardship of his co-op at 35 White Street. But in a special
election last month, after only three months of service, Wittels'
neighbors dumped him for the previous president and he claims
to know why. "The only reason I can think of is because
of my age," said Wittels, who is 21.
Posted April 3
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| LMDC Presents Its Options
for a Closed Park Row |
Barring a reversal of security
policy from the Police Department, a pedestrian mall or permanent
parking lot may be in Park Row's future.
Posted April 3
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| City Said to Want to Split P.S. 234 into Two
Schools |
As part of the race for more classroom space to keep
up with increased residential development, the city has reportedly
proposed to split P.S. 234 into two schools.
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| Minds Change and Street Is
Co-Named |
After further consideration and
tearful persuasion, a family who lost three in the World Trade
Center attack will have a street co-named for them.
Posted April 3
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| Local Amenities, Rail Link Vie For Remaining
Funds |
What will $1.2 billion buy?
Certainly not enough to satisfy everyone. But that's the amount that
the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) will be divying
up in the next few months as it allocates the last of the federal
money awarded for Downtown economic revitalization after Sept. 11.
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| Getting in the Act |
In weekly workshops last month,
students at P.S. 150 were gently led through the basic plot
points of the A Midsummer Night's Dream before attending the
a production of the performance on March 18.
Posted April 3
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| Lamont
Williams' Youth Service Honored |
"I kind of think of Lamont
as pre-Tribeca. There's the Odeon, Washington Market Park, and
him," declared Oz Hanley, a grateful parent and one of
more than 90 people who gathered on March 27 at the Manhattan
Youth Community Center to honor 28-year-old Lamont Williams'
service to thousands of children in the organization's Downtown
Basketball League and P.S. 234 after-school program.
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Skyscraper Museum Lands a Home
Carol Willis is no stranger to concrete and steel. The architectural
historian has made the study of skyscraper construction her
life's calling. But it wasn't until she watched workers convert
5,800 square feet of space into a home for her Skyscraper
Museum that she developed her fullest appreciation of the
process.
Posted April 3
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IN BRIEF
T.O.A.S.T.: Tribeca's
Great Art Walk
Hearing Tests Downtown
Call for Crossing Guards
Park Lawn Closed
Invitations to Plant
Flea Market at IPN
T.O. Elections
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