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Electric Shuttle Bus Set for Spring Launch
A free, non-polluting shuttle bus service, expected
to begin by late spring, will connect the east and west sides of Lower
Manhattan. The service will operate between the north end of Batther Park
City, at Chambers Street, and the South Street Seaport via a loop around
the tip of the island.
Personal Views:
Passionate responses to the WTC schemes
This is the time for public comment on the nine WTC
site plans, by seven design teams, on display in the World Financial Center’s
Winter Garden. At the end of this month, the Lower Manhattan Development
Corp. will complete its master plan for the site and begin a design competition
for the memorial. While thousands of opinions on the designs will be offered
, none will be so personal as the expressions of those who, by virtue
of geography, livelihood or tragic circumstance, have an intimate connection
to Sept. 11 and the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site. Trib
editor Carl Glassman accompanied a victim’s husband, a local business
owner, and two neighborhood residents as they viewed the plans and offered
comments from their special perspectives. Their responses may say as much
about the diverse passions of this community as they do about the merits
of nine visions for the future. (Posted January
3)
Jim Stratton's City Charrette
In his column, Jim Stratton says that "only
flying cars" are missing from the WTC proposals."
(Posted January 3)
New Life for Beleaguered Landmark?
The huddled masses yearning to visit the Statue of
Liberty and Ellis Island may prove to be the saviors of a $30 million
waterfront development project on Pier A, near the tip of Manhattan, that
has been mired for years in legal and financial troubles.
(Posted January 3)
CB1’s Dilemma: Which ‘Y’ for Downtown?
After multiple presentations and proposals from the
92nd Street Y and the YMCA of Greater New York over the past six months,
Community Board 1 is still stumped over its choice of a partner in its push
to put a $40 million community and cultural center Downtown.
(Posted January 3)
New School’s Zoning Is Still in Question
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein responded last month
to a Community Board 1 ultimatum that demanded that Downtown children
get preference for seats in the new Millennium High School. But his reply
did little to clear up critical questions about the admissions policy,
at a time when eighth-graders were finalizing their high school choices.
(Posted January 3)
Union Delegate for Fired IPN Workers Goes to
Prison
The former union delegate for Independence
Plaza North’s building workers is going to prison this month in connection
with a labor bribery scheme at another housing complex. Ismet “Izzy”
Kukic, who was sentenced to a year and day, was the delegate for IPN’s
24 security guards when management fired them in April 2000, and many
of the workers complained then that Kukic did little or nothing to
help them. (Posted January 3)
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