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			October 2005

CB1 Calls for Community Input on WTC Site
Community Board 1 chided Gov. George Pataki and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation for ignoring community input in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. In two resolutions passed on Oct. 18, the board called upon the governor and the agency to move more quickly to bring retail to the site, restore cultural institutions to the planning, and to keep the rebuilding on schedule. Posted October 22

Pataki Announces $100 Million for WTC Memorial
The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation announced during a press conference Oct. 20 that the group has raised more than $100 million in private donations and will now begin seeking public donations for the construction of the memorial and museum. Posted October 22

For Music Seekers, A Rare Destination: Lower Manhattan

"Generally when I come to the city, it's not this far down," said Patrick Marshall, who on Oct. 17 found himself deep in Lower Manhattan on Broad Street, where after arriving by car from Boston he had been standing since 3 a.m. Marshall like the thousands that eventually lined up behind him, had come for free tickets to Music Downtown, a concert series to be held Nov. 14-20 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
Posted October 19

BPC Tower Construction to Begin

Construction is set to begin as early as November on the 45-story building that will be the future headquarters of Goldman Sachs in Battery Park City. Representatives of Tishman Construction and Goldman Sachs told members of Community Board 1 on Oct. 11 that work would continue through 2008.
Posted October 13

Downtown Relief Effort For Disaster Down South

Rescuers with a dinghy reserved for dogs approach a house in New Orleans. Photo: Courtesy of the Bear Search and Rescue Fund

Local CERT Team Joins Rescue Effort In New Orleans
A few lent helping hands-literally-to the people of New Orleans, by riding to the rescue and wading waist-deep in the muck.

Downtown Groups Raise Donations for Relief
As flood waters destroyed parts of Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina last month, many residents of Lower Manhattan got busy shipping clothing and supplies, organizing fund-raisers, and manning lemonade stands and yard sales.

Franz Musial-Aderer could only watch as a storm surge from Katrina flooded his father's home during a visit last month. Photo: Eric Musial-Aderer

Away From Home, Tribecans Caught In Storm
And two lucky survivors returned to Tribeca last month after harrowing hours spent in a one-story Mississippi home as the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina poured through the front door.

Mwikali's Gift: Tribecans Send Help and Hope to Kenya

Robert surrounded by kids. Photo: Carl Glassman

At the Washington Market School on Duane Street in Tribeca, Robert Malii and his 3-year-old students start their afternoon in music class. Photo: Carl Glassman

Local parents help bring the miracle of water to the parched Kenyan village of a beloved Tribeca teacher.
Posted October 5

Long Road to P.S. 234 Pact on Pile Driving

5B-Kevin and John: PTA president Kevin Doherty, left, and John Jiler were leaders of P.S. 234's 5B fight. Photo: Carl Glassman

After months of talks, community leaders and developer Minskoff Equities reached an 11th-hour agreement late last month that will place stringent noise controls on a major construction project across the street from
P.S. 234.
Posted October 2

Barnes & Noble Coming to '5B'


North Tribeca Rezoning Plan Draws Critics at CB1 Meeting
A draft of the city's proposal for the rezoning of northern Tribeca, presented publicly for the first time last month, drew criticism from residents and members of Community Board 1 who fear that the neighborhood's low-rise and low-key charm will be lost in the shadows of taller buildings and the rush of increased traffic. Posted October 2

Artist's Dream Takes Root in Church Yard

Tobin stands with his finished sculpture last month before it is lifted by crane from a flatbed truck on Broadway and placed in the Trinity Church yard. The patina of the piece, Tobin said, contains ground up World Trade Center ash and debris collected near the remains of the tree. Photo: Carl Glassman

Three years after it fell on Sept. 11, the roots of a sycamore tree that sheltered St. Paul's Chapel from destruction return-in sculpture.
Posted October 2


Washington Market Park Gets 'Wi-Fi' But It's With Concerns
"Wi-Fi" arrived unnoticed in Washington Market Park last month. But Washington Market Park's board of directors did not taking lightly the technology's potential impact on Tribeca's beloved oasis. Posted October 2

Sun Sets on Pier and Resident Artist

"This has given me life" says Xavier Rivera, reflecting on his 10 summers of work in Pier 25's sculpture garden. "A temporary one."
Posted October 3

Seafaring Seniors Cruise the Harbor

What they lacked in sea legs they made up for in spirit. Posted October 3

P.S. 150 Principal Alyssa Polack To Leave Post Next Month

Principal Alyssa Polack surprised parents at Tribeca's P.S. 150 late last month when she informed them that she will be leaving her job at the start of Thanksgiving break.
Posted October 3

Public Presents Views on WTC Memorial

Suellen Johnson shares her ideas for the World Trade Center memorial at a

What is the vision for the 100,000-square-foot memorial museum planned for the site of the World Trade Center? At a workshop held on Sept. 19, the public got a chance to offer its views.
Posted September 23

9/11 Remembered

Ground Zero is the epicenter of grief each Sept. 11, as families of the lost gather and the gut-wrenching reading of names is broadcast from the pit. But in the orbit of the World Trade Center site, Lower Manhattan observes the day in countless other ways.
Posted September 15

IN BRIEF
Animal Benefit
Day of the Dead
New Chief for Downtown Alliance
Taste of Chinatown
Open Auditions
Fall Youth Fair
Help Save the Trees
Wine Tasting
Big Top for Trapeze
Plant and Vote

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