Tribeca Trib Covering Lower Manhattan: May 2008

LATEST:
		Anger After Falling Debris At Goldman Sachs Bldg. Downtown Little League players are concerned after a falling steel plate narrowly missed an outfielder.

		Firefighters Put Out Fire In Walls Of 45 White Street A fire broke out in the basement of 45 White Street, a newly converted 18-unit rental building, just before noon on Tuesday, May 20, drawing a quick response from nine firefighting units.

		Fire In Downtown Jail Police, Emergency Management officials, and more than twenty Fire Department units responded to a fire in the Manhattan Detention Center on Walker Street shortly before noon May 15. Division 1 Deputy Chief James Daly, who led the Fire Department’s response, said the rubbish fire was in the prison area, but was small and started in the walls between a bathroom and showers on the ninth floor. Daly said it was likely the fire started accidentally, but that fire marshals will conduct a full investigation. Light smoke filled some parts of the jail, but no one was injured in the fire.

		CB1 Rejects Hotel's Beer And Wine License The Duane Street Hotel failed to secure a recommendation from CB1's Tribeca Committee for a beer and wine license for its 40-seat restaurant May 15.

	CB1 Hears Transit Report The Cortlandt Street subway station is expected to resume R and W train service in a matter of months, but the future of the Fulton Street Transit Center is less certain.

		A Moving Performance The Winter Garden Is Turned Into Star And Stage Forty volunteers, ages 10 to 75, sprinted, crawled, traipsed or marched their way around the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden in three recent performances—a living, breathing commentary on movement, space and man’s daily trajectory through the physical world. Click here to see the Trib's video.

		David Byrne Plays The Building Artist and musician David Byrne will install a participatory sound sculpture in the great hall of the disused Battery Maritime Building this summer.

		Fire On Church Street A fast-moving fire that broke out at 177 Church Street gutted the ground-floor shoe repair shop where the Fire Department says it started, but firefighters were able to save upstairs residents. Click here to see the Trib's video.

	Battery Park City Authority To Lease Pier A The Battery Park City Authority Board of Directors voted to approve a deal to lease and redevelop the nearby Pier A at their monthly meeting May 6.

Vendors, Farmers Seek Park Peace		A Call For Artificial Turf On BPC Fields
Squeezed side by side on Cedar Street, Greenmarket farmers and other vendors try to coexist.		A task force wants the Battery Park City Authority to put an end to the grass fields that easily turn into mud.