December 2007

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Developer Solicits Input For South Street Market
General Growth Properties asked Community Board members to help compile a list of community needs that might be addressed in future development at the site.

Tenants Must Sign Waivers To Get Flood Reimbursements
Agents of the Port Authority are making residents of 90 West Street sign broadly worded waivers before they will release reimbursement funds to cover out-of-pocket expenses while the building was evacuated.

CB1 Debates Street Fairs
Members of CB1's Financial District Committee approved eight new street fairs for next year, but only after contentious debate.

Towering Feat

The reunion of two unlikely friends united by the greatest highwire stunt in history.

 


Designers Give BPC School Preview

  Architects unveiled detailed plans for PS 276, the new "green" k-8 school planned for Battery Park City.
 

Parks Dept. Unveils Potty Plan

 

  In Washington Market Park, good news for parents, but some gardeners oppose the disruption that will be caused by the installation of toilets.

Bubby's To Mend Its Ways

  Ron Silver, the owner of the Tribeca eatery, said recent health violations are prompting him to approach his restaurant in a new way.
 

Tenants Upset Over Waivers

  Agents of the Port Authority are making residents of 90 West Street sign broadly worded waivers before they will release reimbursement funds to cover out-of-pocket expenses while the building was evacuated.
 

Sinking Sidewalk A Mystery

  Neighbors and city officials are perplexed by the erosion of earth beneath the Greenwich Street sidewalk.

CB1 Questions Streetfairs

 

Streetfairs are a popular way for public and private organizations to raise money, but some Financial District residents say they have had enough of the noise and street closures.

 
 

 

Predator Drives Neighborhood to Pull Together
The molestation of a Tribeca girl has inspired residents to meet to discuss safety and quality-of life issues.
  A New Chapter
Tribeca's Barnes & Noble speaks volumes about neighborhood change.
 
Gerson Files More Legislation Against 60 Hudson Street
The Councilman's latest filing would ban the manual refilling of aboveground diesel tanks at the telecom building.
 
Official Hears Demands for Safe Crossing
Friends of Washington Market Park met with a Department of Transportation official last month to call for a safer pedestiran crossing at the corner of Duane and Greenwich Streets.
 
EPA Survey Finds Little Contamination in Apartments Near WTC
A voluntary survey by the Environmental Protection Agency found almost no contamination in sampled apartments other than that caused by lead paint. But residents and labor activists say the study is flawed.
  Lesson in Activism at Museum in BPC
Students learned about the Darfur Genocide and planned their own activism campaign last month at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
 
A Lengthy Process for LMDC Grant Panel
Community Board 1 Chairwoman Julie Menin explains the process that went into the selection of recipients for the LMDC's Community Enhancement Fund grants.
  Pleasure Of The Spoken Word On West Broadway
The Phoenix Reading Series brings poets closer together.
 
Soccer Castoffs Give Lift to African Youth
For the second year in a row, parent volunteers gathered soccer uniforms and gear for children in Zimbabwe.
  Harlem Congregants Visit Ancestral Worth St. Home
Members of the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem journeyed downtown last month to visit the church's original home.
 
  I.S. 89 Principal, Ellen Foote, Loses Son In Bicycle Accident
Sam Hindy, 27, died in a freak accident on the Manhattan Bridge.
 
Police Beat
The month in crime, straight from the pages of the NYPD 1st Precinct's police log.