IPN Tenants Organizing Against Buyout
The president of the Independence Plaza tenants association told a crowd of about 350 residents on Oct. 16 that they would have to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and round up substantial political support to fight off what the association believes is a threat to their homes. (Posted Oct 18)

Read: Impending IPN Sale Stirs Tenant Fears (posted Oct 3)

Read: CB1 to Decide Which "Y" It Wants to Serve the Area (Posted Oct 3)

Group Mounts Campaign Against Burying West St.
A group of Battery Park City residents has launched a campaign to oppose the proposal to bury West Street as part of the World Trade Center site’s redevelopment—an idea the residents fear has already gained support among planning officials. (Posted Oct 11)

Downtown School Gets Uptown Start
After a late start recruiting students and a frantic search for a home, the Tribeca/Millennium High School opened last month with a first class of 97 ninth graders. But not withstanding its name, the new school is getting its start Uptown while a permanent Downtown home is sought, and it remains to be seen whether the school will give preference to Downtown kids and high-performing students, as Community Board 1 and many Lower Manhattan parents want. (Posted Oct 3)

BPC Man Critically Hurt in Apartment Fire
A Battery Park City resident was severely injured by a fire in his 30th-floor apartment in the early afternoon of Sept. 24. Alfred Rizzolo and his black cat were rescued by firefighters from his apartment in the Tribeca Pointe building, at 41 River Terrace, and a week later he remained in critical condition at the burn center at New York–Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. (Posted Sept 24, updated Oct 3)

It's Neighbor v. Neighbors in Eviction
Longtime loft tenants at 462 Greenwich St. are preparing for a legal battle to keep their rent-stabilized homes after their neighbor, who owns the building, said she would not renew their leases because she plans to turn the five-story building into a single-family home. (Posted Oct 3)

Tenants Fear Risks from New Cell Antennas
Carol Downey, a resident of 67 Vestry Street, watched in dismay last month as workers prepared to install cell phone antennas on the roof of her building. She is one of a group of tenants, many with small children, who fear the long-term health effects of radiation from the Verizon and AT&T antennas. (Posted Oct 3)

Surprise of Fireworks Causes Tremors of Fear Around Tribeca
A fireworks show over the Hudson River last month got an explosive reaction in Tribeca. The spectacular five-minute display on Sept. 24, capping a night of celebration on Tribeca’s Pier 25, sent sidewalk diners jumping to their feet, had evening strollers looking fearfully skyward, and left many residents wondering whether Lower Manhattan was again under attack. (Posted Oct 3)

Center Planned As Home for Mental Health Help
An effort is underway to put counseling and other post-9/11 mental health services offered Downtown under a single roof. Last month, coordinators of the project, tentatively called the 9/11 Community Resource Center, were looking for a ground-floor space to accommodate a wide range of new and existing programs as they awaited word about requested federal funding. (Posted Oct 3)

Personals: Beneath the Surface
What lies beneath the wild style of Tribeca’s outrageous restaurateur? Yafa Faro, owner of Yaffa’s restaurateur sheds a few layers. (Posted Oct 3)

New Kids' Theater Debuts with Kipling
In a fourth-floor loft at 380 Broadway in northern Tribeca, actors last month rehearsed “Rikki Tikki Tavi,” an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s tale about a mongoose that saves a human family from deadly cobras in its garden. The show, which opens Oct. 5, launches Manhattan Children’s Theatre, Downtown’s newest cultural venue. (Posted Oct 3)

Carnival Atmosphere
If ever there was fun in fund raising it was on the afternoon of Sept. 19, when the Washington Market Park held its first carnival. (Posted Oct 3)

St. Paul's Remembers the Way It Was
For almost a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, the 235-year-old St. Paul’s Chapel, across the street from Ground Zero but miraculously untouched by the destruction, became a sanctuary for rescue and recovery workers, and last month, the chapel re-opened to the public with an exhibition about its ministries. Jean Grillo, a Tribeca resident who served food at the chapel as a volunteer, looks back at her experience while exploring the exhibition. (Posted Oct 3)

Graceful Openers
The World Financial Center’s Winter Garden reopened last month with a new acoustical and lighting system, making it an even better cultural venue than it was before. The hall’s arts programming starts up again this month with a dazzling display of dance, from the athletic performance of Elisa Monte Dance to the graceful footwork of Susan Marshall & Company. (Posted Oct 3)

BPC Throws a Party
The Battery Park City community came together on Sept. 28 for a block party to celebrate its survival and renewal. (Posted Oct 3)

Manhole Cover Art Debuts on Wall Street
A historic building was returned to Wall Street last month, but you’ll have to look down at your feet to find it. Con Edison workers recently installed a custom-designed manhole cover (left) on the sidewalk between 30 Wall Street and Federal Hall, to commemorate the Assay Office, which stood at 30 Wall Street from 1823 to 1915. It is the first of a planned 10 special manhole covers to be installed as part of a project by New York artist Michele Brody. (Posted Oct 3)

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