Posts Tagged ‘9/11’

Neighborhood Chatter

Written by admin on . Posted in Breaking News, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

NeighborhoodChatter LOWER EAST SIDE SILVER PROPOSES GUN BUY-BACKS AT RUTGERS HOUSE In response to increased gun violence in the Lower East Side over recent months, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver wrote a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly recently, asking for their support in a plan to reduce gun violence. Silver’s plan is to rally the DA’s office and NYPD
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Neighborhood Chatter: 9.15.11

Written by admin on . Posted in News OTDT

FINANCIAL DISTRICT THE VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL After a two-year incubation period at the Tweed Courthouse on Chambers Street, the students of the Spruce Street School finally moved to their permanent location in the Gehry Tower last week. A red carpet—though more for the rain than for fanfare—was laid out at the school entrance
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Impressions With Philip Glass

Written by admin on . Posted in Arts & Film, Film

Composer Talks Scoring REBIRTH From Kundun to The Hours to The Fog of War, Philip Glass isn’t the type of composer to wed himself to one cinematic genre. Like an actor, Glass noted in a phone interview, he imagines the emotional motivation of the characters, fictional or otherwise, when scoring a film. While working on
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After Loss Comes Rebirth

Written by Marissa Maier on . Posted in Arts & Film, Film

A doc 10 years in the making shows rebuilding of ground zero and the stories of 9/11 survivors There are documentaries with the power to transcend the silver screen and create lasting, perceptible change in the three-dimensional world. REBIRTH is one such film. A feature-length documentary, REBIRTH is part of a larger organization whose mission
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Memorial is Ready

Written by Josh Rogers on . Posted in Breaking News

The 9/11 Memorial plaza looked just about ready to open last Thursday as Downtown community board members took in the oaks and the empty square reflecting pools built at the Twin Towers’ footprints. The memorial pools with water flowing down the sides will open on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, during a ceremony Sunday
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A Decade After 9/11, Lower Manhattan Survives and Thrives

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Ten years ago, there were 30,000 people living in Lower Manhattan and the neighborhood was a 24/7 destination. Then on one fateful day, 3,000 lives were tragically lost and a 16-acre hole blasted through our community, taking 50,000 jobs and 60 percent of all Class A Downtown office space. The total economic damage in Lower
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