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| WFC Ferry Terminal Delayed |
Construction of a new World Financial
Center ferry terminal is scheduled to be completed in January
2007, six months later and costing $13.5 million more than previously
expected.
Posted December 4
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| To Save a Tree |
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In a final fit of community spirit
on the doomed Pier 25, a 30-foot pine is rescued.
Posted December 4
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| Yankee Ferry Departs Pier
25 |
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On Saturday
morning, Dec. 3, a tug pulled the 98-year-old Yankee from the
pier and, for the first time in 15 years, left the Tribeca waterfront
without the ferry's iconic presence.
Posted December 4
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| At P.S. 234, One Good Turn
Deserved Another |
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Late one afternoon last month,
Mary Henderson, principal of Franklinton Elementary School in
Louisiana, sat alone in her office and opened the day's mail.
One envelope contained a surprise: a check for $4,332.28 from
a school in Tribeca, more than 1,000 miles away.
Posted Posted December 4
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| Ousted Owners Decry Scarce
Options |
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"We're not looking for fancy
space, just equivalent space," said Arthur Castle, a statistician
and one of 140 business owners soon to be displaced by the new
Fulton Street Transit Center. "And there is simply not
enough small space down here to move into."
Posted December 4
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| Visions of Future Retail on
WTC Site |
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Gleaming office towers may rise
again on the World Trade Center site, the top of the Freedom
Tower might twinkle from the symbolic height of 1,776 feet,
and a memorial, museum and cultural center could draw visitors
by the millions. But for many Downtown residents and business
groups, the structures most urgently needed at the site to revitalize
the neighborhood in a tangible way is the more humble storefront.
Posted December 4
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| EPA Unveils Its Final Plan for WTC Dust
Testing Downtown |
The federal Environmental Protection
Agency last month announced a revised, and probably final, plan
for testing and cleaning Downtown residences in an effort to
remove any lingering World Trade Center dust.
Posted December 4
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| End Arrives for an Age-Old
Business |
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The new owners of Freund & Freund
Co., a 161-year-old ticking manufacturer in on Franklin Street,
have no intention of continue the business. The textile industry
in Tribeca is not what it used to be. But, surprisingly, they
do not intend to capitalize on what is perhaps Tribeca's most
lucrative business these days-converting buildings into condominiums.
Posted December 4
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| Changing of the Principals
at P.S. 150 |
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It was the day before Thanksgiving,
Alyssa Polack's last day on the job as principal at P.S. 150,
and there were hugs and tears from the students as they said
their goodbyes. Yet for all the sadness, no one doubted that
Polack was leaving the school in good hands. "She's pretty,
funny and cool," Leticia Moya said about Maggie Siena, the new
principal. "She's awesome."
Posted December 4
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| A Venerable Tribeca Club Closes
Down |
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Turn out the lights (and shut off
the fog machine), the party's over at Tribeca Rock Club. The
live music venue at 16 Warren Street will host its final show
this month before clearing out of the building to make way for
condominiums. Posted December 4
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| CB1 and 'Friends' Nearing Pact Over Control
of Disputed Funds |
Community Board 1 and Friends of
Lower Manhattan-formerly Friends of Community Board 1 and formerly
on much better terms with the board-appear to be close to finally
settling their differences.
Posted December 4
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IN BRIEF
No Seat for
CB1 at LMDC Table
Lennon Remembered
Free Gift Wrapping
Register for Little League
Culture vs. Memorial
A Rockin' Record Sale
Coat and Toy Drive
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