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Downtown's Jersey barriers: Safe & secure or unsafe & ugly?
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| Downtown Express photo by Corky Lee A woman approaches the Jersey barriers outside the Citigroup building in Tribeca.
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Everyone seems to agree that more security is a good thing. But critics Downtown and around the country are starting to complain that the rising number of security barriers in front of buildings is both unsightly and unsafe.
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Libeskind signals flexibility in memorial process
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| Downtown Express photo by Ramin Talaie Maya Lin, one of the jurors of the memorial selection committee
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Daniel Libeskind now seems willing to allow the kind of changes to his design for the World Trade Center site that he was unwilling to consider a few weeks ago.
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Doctoroff presents Downtown plan Downtown
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| Downtown Express photo by Elisabeth Robert Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff talks to a resident after his presentation to Community Board 1 last week at Pace University.
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Daniel Doctoroff, the city's first deputy mayor to have the word rebuilding in his job title, received a warm reception last week at a Community Board 1 forum when he presented Mayor Bloomberg's plan to add parks, housing and a new commuter connection to Lower Manhattan.
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33 charged with falsely claiming 9/11 needs
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau last week charged 33 defendants with defrauding government and private relief agencies of $135,000 in a series of scams in connection with the World Trade Center attack.
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Grandma lawyer, accused terrorist, parties Downtown
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| Downtown Express file photo Lynne Stewart
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There were more than a few light-hearted moments during a Downtown party thrown last week for beleaguered criminal defense lawyer Lynne Stewart, the 63-year-old grandmother who was accused of "aiding terrorism" as a result of her representation of convicted terrorist Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman.
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Committee restores 120-foot limit at South St. Seaport
The City Council land use committee voted unanimously on April 9 to limit the height of new buildings in the South St. Seaport Historic District to 120 ft.
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First 'green' tenants
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| Downtown Express photo by Lorenzo Ciniglio Tim Carey, president and C.E.O. of the Battery Park City Authority, left, and Gov. Pataki flank Robin and Robert Cantone at an environmental conference last week.
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The first signed tenants for the Solaire, Battery Park City's "green" residential high-rise that is nearing completion at 20 River Terrace, spoke briefly last Thursday at a meeting of the United States Green Building Council at the Embassy Suites Hotel.
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Dangerous lead was found in some apartments
Like countless couples before them, Josh and Maria Wilson are relocating to the suburbs with their young child. But the Battery Park City couple never intended to follow this time-honored trajectory of new city parents.
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Chinatown fights back against false SARS rumors
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| Downtown Express photo by Corky Lee Chivy Ngo, owner of Bo Ky restaurant, left, said rumors of his death from SARS have been greatly exaggerated. He and everyone else in Chinatown have remained free of the disease.
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With fears and rumors spreading of the frightening flu-like SARS virus, Chinatown's restaurants, souvenir shops and grocery stores are feeling the impact of slowed tourism in the area, further hitting a neighborhood already affected by 9/11 even harder.
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B.M.C.C. celebrates new job center on John St.
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| Downtown Express photo by Akiko Miyazaki Rob Walsh, left, Acte Maldonado, Sadie Bragg, Antonio Perez, and Richard Ferguson at the opening of the school's new job center.
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The Borough of Manhattan Community College launched its new Center for Workforce Development in April after nearly a two-year wait.
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Ideas for the New Downtown
Downtown Express asks its readers for their ideas on how Downtown should be rebuilt
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33 charged with falsely claiming 9/11 needs |
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Grandma lawyer, accused terrorist, parties Downtown |
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Committee restores 120-foot limit at South St. Seaport |
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First 'green' tenants |
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Dangerous lead was found in some apartments |
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Chinatown fights back against false SARS rumors |
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B.M.C.C. celebrates new job center on John St. |
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Ideas for the New Downtown |
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Downtown Progress Report 2003 |
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Majors and tee-ballers open Downtowners' season |
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Battery Park improvements continue with new plans |
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Taxman cometh to take 9/11 grants |
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New commander takes over at First Precinct |
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I.S. 89 misses curriculum exemption list |
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Merchant sues Seaport mall for $21 million |
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Nadler proposes bill to protect ports |
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Reflecting on a life with U.S., Israeli leaders |
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Taking a break from creativity to clean |
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Coffee/art house opens near Wall St. |
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A mix of progress and delay Downtown |
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The Penny Post by Andrei Codrescu |
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Downtown Local |
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Police Blotter |
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Beginning to put Downtown's plans in place |
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Balancing money and values in the W.T.C. plans |
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Hoping to return to live across from the new W.T.C. |
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New parks could help Downtown immediately |
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A shorter trip and a grant brought him to Gateway |
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Airport access is a key to Downtown's future |
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Progress and recovery continues in B.P.C. |
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Action is needed now to revive Downtown |
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Chinatown battling after economic hits from Sept. 11 |
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Church needs spirituality and space on Church St. |
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