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The tour guide's amplified
spiel from the tour buses that stop nearly hourly at Broadway
and Walker Street may tout Tribeca's iconic architecture,
but many passengers disembarking are in search of something
more along the lines of a stylish souvenir. "Purse
… purse …purse," whispers the welcoming
committee of peddlers waiting to greet them. And as these
peddlers branch out ever deeper into the neighborhood
to meet the demand, some residents are fighting back.
Posted November 2
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| A Grand New Home For a Tribeca
Corner |
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Sherri and Steven Schnall
swear they never intended to live so large. "Kind of surreal"
is how Steven, 38, describes the whole idea. But when the opportunity
came along to create a place of their own, on a Tribeca site
at North Moore Street and West Broadway that can be seen all
the way to Soho, the couple could not resist.
Posted November 2
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| Coming: Two Commercial (Wink)
Buildings |
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One building is named for a former
soap manufacturer, the other for a 19th Century concern that
cultivated enzymes. But it is plain to see that the developers
of a pair of "manufacturing" buildings in northern Tribeca have
much loftier intentions than their building's names let on.
The first clue is the terraces.
Posted November 2
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| Storm Evacuees Get Help on
Centre Street |
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It is easy sometimes to forget
that thousands of people remain homeless in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. Time has gone by, other storms have passed,
and it's been the political winds of Washington that have dominated
the news. But a sobering reminder sat in a Centre Street office
last month in the person of 35-year-old Nelson Penalver from
New Orleans' 8th Ward. He was waiting, as were a dozen others,
to learn what could be done to help him start a new life in
New York City.
Posted November 2
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| Trade Group Scraps Plans to
Build a Park |
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The traffic island at Canal, Laight
and Varick Streets has long been the promised site of trees,
benches and greenery—a welcome oasis for pedestrians caught
in the center of Holland tunnel traffic. But the project was
put on hold last month, as the city's Park's Department conceded
that the plans for the park space, in the works since 2001,
have been scrapped.
Posted November 2
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| CB1 Rejects Mormon Bid To
Erect Statue Downtown |
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If you were to make a pilgrimage through New York City's
parks and public spaces, you would happen here and there upon
the statue of a religious figure. In Times Square, there is
Father Francis Patrick Duffy. In Union Square, there is Mohandas
Gandhi. And in Chinatown, a mighty statue of Confucius lords
over his own plaza on East Broadway. But there's no room in
the public space of Lower Manhattan for a statue of Joseph
Smith, says Community Board 1.
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| CB1 Anger Grows Over Plans
for WTC Site |
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There was more controversy last
month over what will be built at the World Trade Center site,
as Community Board 1 lashed out at the Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg weighed in with suggestions
that could radically change the redevelopment plans.
Posted November 2
Mixed
Community Reactions To Freedom Tower's Redesign |
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| For New Moms, She Is
the Answer Lady |
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Manon Chevallerau is not
a doctor, nurse or nanny, but hundreds of Downtown moms,
with infants in tow, have come to her for advice.
Posted November 2
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Bushy-Tailed Bandit Brazenly Feasts on Greenwich
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| A New Old Park Opens with
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It was Laurie Anderson and Lou
Reed who headlined the unique free concert given, literally,
on Canal Street, near West Street, last month. But it was a
verdant triangular park across the street, and five north Tribeca
residents who had fought to create it, who were the real stars
of the evening.
Posted November 2
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| Picturing Lower
Manhattan, Circa 1609 |
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Who needs a time machine?
Just take a walk with landscape ecologist Eric Sanderson.
On a recent stroll through Lower Manhattan, Sanderson
conjured up primeval Downtown. "Between the
pond and the hill is a valley, with maple trees,
American chestnut trees and tulip trees. You've
got black bears, beavers, and Eastern mountiain
lions," Sanderson said. He was standing near
Foley Square.
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Pier's Gate Closes for Good
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It was something between a party and a wake on
Monday night, Oct. 31, when friends and workers
of Pier 25 gathered to grill some burgers, drink
some beer, and bid farewell to Tribeca's beloved
slab on the Hudson.
Posted November 2
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Concepts Shown for Governors
Island
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"Destination Island."
"Innovation Island." "Iconic Island."
These are not TV sequels to "Fantasy Island,"
but some of the conceptual plans for the development
of Governors Island, a five-minute ferry ride from
Lower Manhattan.
Posted November 2
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IN BRIEF
Fireworks
Spark Anger in BPC
Fire On Exchange Pl.
New Arts Space
New Park Board
Downtown Dining
Toys For Tots
Warning: Tunnel Blasting
More Buses Allowed on Closed
Park Row
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