Beaten and Bruised On a recent afternoon on Park Row, a 60-year-old man was standing near his food cart when a middle-aged man approached him and shouted, “I’m going to crack someone in the head.” After he uttered these words, he struck the vendor with his cane on the left side of his head, causing 
SPURA SITE GETS 9,000 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS Last week, Community Board 3’s Committee on Land Use approved a proposal to develop affordable housing in the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), five vacant, city-owned lots on the Lower East Side. The site has been undeveloped for nearly 50 years and has been the subject of intense 
BY Kelly Rush Downtown Alliance’s Kelly Rush lets us know what’s opening and closing I love Lower Manhattan this time of year. I have at least 50 (no exaggeration) different spots along the water where I can sit and watch boats or the sun or children playing. I never get tired of seeking out new 
