Tribeca Trib Covering Lower Manhattan

March 2007

A task force of Community Board 1 members rejected plans by the Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) for a boathouse and restaurant on Tribeca’s Pier 26. A resolution passed by the group on March 12 calls on the Trust to scrap much of the plans and start over, in consultation with the board and others who use the piers.

Fire on West Street
		Smoke blanketed northern Tribeca Feb. 16 after a fire broke out at a demolition site on West Street, near Watts. Sixty firefighters responded to the blaze that, according to a Fire Department spokesman, was touched off by sparks from a torch.

MTA Changes Transit Center Designs
		Demolition to clear the way for Downtown’s largest transportation project, the Fulton Street Transit Center, will soon be underway. The design of the center has recently changed.

HIV/AIDS Agency Comes to Tribeca
		APICHA, one of the largest HIV/AIDS organizations in the country dedicated to Asians and Pacific Islanders, recently moved into a five-story loft in Tribeca.

Broad Street Office Tenants Plagued
		The 25-story office building at 40 Broad St. is being converted into a 30-story condominium apartment building above the seventh floor. But for those who work in the remaining offices in the building, life has been difficult.

Homeless Man's Death Touches Many

Little is known about Larry Lytch. But this homeless man who died recently was well known in his own way. And along the few north Tribeca blocks that defined his world, he is mourned.

Laugh Lessons
		Pro comedian Becky Donohue taught an intensive stand-up comedy workshop in Tribeca last month. “I’m sort of against stand-up comedy classes,” she says. “So it’s kind of hilarious that I’m teaching one.”

Strip Club Owner Joins Preservationists

96 Greenwich St., along with two neighboring buildings, is being considered for landmark status. Among those advocating for it is the owner of The Pussycat Lounge, which occupies the ground floor of 96 Greenwich.

A First Look at Jewish Center Soon To Be in Tribeca
		The Jewish Community Project, an organization of Downtown families formed five years ago, got a peek at their new space at 146 Duane St., where they are slated to move this summer.

Seaport Plans Remain Sketchy Nearly 200 people showed up on Feb. 26 for a long-awaited presentation about the future of the Seaport. But to their disappointment, the plans unveiled were sketchy.

Cameras to Monitor Downtown Streets If you are driving on the streets of Lower Manhattan, the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center (LMCCC) will be watching you. That is the goal of an ambitious traffic surveillance and enforcement plan the agency hopes to put in effect by the fall.

North End of City Hall Park to Reopen For more than five years, much of the green oasis of City Hall Park has sat dormant behind locked gates, ostensibly for security reasons. This July a significant chunk of the north end of the park will finally reopen to the public.

Pier 26 Plans Reviewed: Kayaks & Dining A small group of kayakers and Community Board 1 members got the public’s first look last month at the Hudson River Park Trust’s (HRPT) detailed plans for a boathouse and restaurant on Tribeca’s Pier 26.

A 'Y' Heads for Tribeca The 92nd Street Y is moving two of its most prominent cultural programs to Tribeca, as reported in the Trib last month.

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