Posts Tagged ‘Lower Manhattan’

Roosevelt’s Island of Vice

Written by admin on . Posted in Arts & Film, Arts our town, Arts our town downtown, Arts west side spirit, Books, Lifestyle, Our Town

by Courtney Holbrook Whether he’s researching the strange methods of 19th-century scientists or on the trail of 17th-century pirates, author, historian and journalist Richard Zacks has an eye for the juicy bits in history. Now, the bestselling author of The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd and three other books has a new
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Neighborhood Chatter

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LOWER MANHATTAN DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE HOLDS LOVE STORY CONTEST Did you meet your soulmate by chance along the promenade of Battery Park City? On the Wall Street trading floor? During your lunch hour in City Hall Park? Whatever your Lower Manhattan love story is, the Downtown Alliance wants to hear it. In anticipation of Valentine’s Day,
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Elizabeth H. Berger, President of the Alliance for Downtown New York

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One World Trade Center will “top out” at 105 floors; Fiterman Hall will reopen in September to the benefit of the more than 20,000 BMCC [Borough of Manhattan Community College] students; Lower Manhattan’s residential population will continue to grow; another notable tenant will sign a large lease in Lower Manhattan; and New York City will
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HIV/AIDS Protesters Arrested Near Zuccotti Park on World AIDS Day

Written by Marissa Maier on . Posted in Blog, Breaking News, Crime Watch OTDT

Roughly 10 people associated with a rally to support housing funding for those living with HIV/AIDS were arrested this morning at the intersection of Broadway and Park Place. Occupy Wall Street members teamed up with the rally’s organizers Housing Works, VOCAL-NY and Health GAP to celebrate World AIDS Day, while also protesting Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s
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DOE Increases Spots at Soon to Be Opened Downtown School

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By Lillian Rizzo Lower Manhattan’s Peck Slip School has been given an additional number of seats for students, and it hasn’t even opened its doors yet. The news came yesterday as advocates such as the Community Education Council, Community Board 1 and Assemblyman Sheldon Silver pushed for a solution to overcrowded schools in the Downtown
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Hotel Chantelle Celebrates a Week of Frights

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By Veronica Hoglund Though last Saturday’s weather may have gotten us all a little scared, Monday’s Halloween festivities managed to bring all of the city’s monsters out and about town. At Hotel Chantelle, in Lower Manhattan on Ludlow Street, goblins and ghouls, and everything in between celebrated the spooktacular night with drinks and dancing. In
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