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Last updated January 6, 2009 |
| On Ellis Island, An Entire Hospital Complex Awaits Restoration |
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POSTED JANUARY 2, 2009:Not far from the meticulously restored Ellis Island Immigration Museum, with its polished woodwork, sparkling floors and trove of historical documents, is the Ellis Island that visitors do not see. Here are the remains of the immigration center’s hospital complex, a self-contained city with its own kitchens, laundry room, library, operating room, nurses and doctor’s dormitories, power plant and morgue.  Click here for a slide show of Ellis Island's hospital complex |
| DA: Galt Employee Stole $1.2 Million From Deutsche Bank Detox POSTED JANUARY 6, 2009: A former purchasing agent for the John Galt Corporation, the one-time contractor responsible for the decontamination and demolition of the Deutsche Bank tower, was indicted Jan. 5 after investigators learned he allegedly stole more than $1 million from the tower's owners. |
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Healing the Wounds of War Downtown POSTED JANUARY 2, 2009: One flight up, just above the hubbub of lower Broadway, men and women who have gone to war come to seek peace. There, counselors help to dress the emotional wounds of vets, some untreated for more than 40 years. |
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‘Survivor’ Stairs Move to WTC Museum Site POSTED JANUARY 2, 2009: More than three years before the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum is due to open to the public, its first artifact was hoisted into place. Click Here to See the Trib's Video of the Survivor Stairs' Final Move |
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Rocky Tribeca Roof Addition Gets CB1’s Blessing POSTED JANUARY 2, 2009: It is one of the few hard and fast rules that Community Board 1’s Landmarks Committee follows when it comes to new rooftop additions: two-story penthouses have no place in Tribeca’s historic districts. Unless, apparently, the committee falls for the design. |
| Tribeca Senior Center Alive with Dance | GGP Selling Seaport, But Plans Press On |
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POSTED JANUARY 2, 2009: For three weeks last month, more than a dozen women in their late 60s, 70s and 80s met for dance classes at Independence Plaza. Click Here for Video |
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UPDATED JANUARY 2, 2009: Even as struggling mall owner General Growth Properties puts its South Street Seaport holdings up for sale, the company insists it still wants to redevelop it. |
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Two Raids Empty Canal Street Stalls POSTED JANUARY 5, 2009: Instead of the usual parade of tourists in pursuit of a steal on “designer” handbags, jewelry and sunglasses, it was a dozen police officers and city inspectors one morning last month who milled about the warren of shop stalls they had just raided in an office building near Canal Street. |
| FDNY's Only Manhattan Cut Will Hit South Street Firehouse POSTED JANUARY 5, 2009: In an effort to shave $60 million off of its budget by the end of the fiscal year, the New York City Fire Department announced last month it would partially suspend nighttime service at four New York City firehouses, including one in Lower Manhattan. |
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City Releases Plan for Downtown Kindergarten in 2009 Lower Manhattan parents will get to choose where their kindergartners-to-be will attend class in the fall of next year, according to the city’s Department of Education. |
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Born of Tragedy, 9/11 Art Finds a Home POSTED JANUARY 5, 2009: Coupled with the outpouring of emotion spawned by the Sept. 11 attacks came an unprecedented creative response. Last month, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum launched a virtual gallery where almost any work inspired by 9/11 can find a home, and be seen. |
| Downtown Caterer Indicted on Charging $300K to Ex's Credit Card POSTED JANUARY 5, 2009: Prosecutors are charging a Duane Street resident and owner of a Lower Manhattan catering company with living it up at Battery Park City’s Ritz Carlton Hotel—spa treatments, limousine rentals and luxury purchases—all by way of unauthorized charges to his ex-boyfriend’s corporate credit card. |
| POLICE BEAT: Thief Stole $10,000 Projector From BPC Theater POSTED JANUARY 5, 2009: An unknown suspect stole a $10,000 movie projector from the Regal Cinema in Battery Park City, plus other crimes in Lower Manhattan. |
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Construction Supervisors Charged in Bank Fire |
