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BPC Throws a Party

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Battery Park City’s block party, held Sept. 28, was
an extraordinary event.
It wasn’t the square dancing, pie eating contest, kiddie rides, arts
and crafts or music that made it special.
It was the coming together of a community in celebration of its own
survival.
Who could have imagined such a party in the dark days of the recent
past, when every one of the neighborhood’s 9,000 residents were rendered
homeless.
“You could see Ground Zero down Vesey Street and no one was focusing
on it. They just seemed to be having a great time,” said Angela Benfield,
who helped organize the event. “It was a significant turning point
in the atmosphere of the neighborhood and now we’re ready to move
on.” |
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