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BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The Democratic candidates running for Lower Manhattan’s 65th Assembly District in the Sept. 13 primary election have been vying to raise the most green, as in cash, for their campaigns. Last Thursday, they competed at a forum for the title of who is personally the “most green” — as in, best read more here »
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Pier55 vs. peace and quiet To The Editor: “Nine piles pounded for Pier55; But antis set to argue ‘Nein!’ ” (news article, Sept. 1): The proposed Pier 55 “Entertainment Center” that will jut into the Hudson River is a terrible idea. Leave the river alone. The sound impact over Greenwich Village will be horrendous. I read more here »
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BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Everything is looking good for next week’s inaugural Astor Alive! Festival — except one key piece, the centerpiece, is still missing. Tony Rosenthal’s famed “The Alamo” sculpture a.k.a. “The Cube” still is being restored and might not be back in place in time for the festivities. As a result, a planned dedication read more here »
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BY HARRY BUBBINS | The intersection of Waverly Place and Mercer St. is just east of Washington Square Park. This unique part of town is still world renowned for history, culture, arts, creativity and university intellect. Just the place we need…another Starbucks. A tip from a local resident who saw the construction led us at read more here »
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BY ALEX ELLEFSON | An application to build another “supertall” residential tower on the Lower East Side, which stalled earlier this summer while developers dueled over air rights, can now go though the Department of City Planning review process. The green light for the application to move forward — first reported by Crain’s New York read more here »
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To “clear the way” for New York University’s new “Zipper Building,” workers on Tuesday chainsawed down a cluster of Kwanzan cherry trees on Bleecker St. just west of Mercer St. that were beloved by the community. Some more of the trees, which flower pink petals in the spring, still stand on Mercer St., but will read more here »
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Gunfire in the park According to police, on Wed., Aug. 31, around 11:15 p.m., a man displayed a firearm inside the northwest corner of Washington Square Park, and fired a shot toward a 29-year-old man. The victim was struck by a concrete fragment that was sent into the air when the round struck the pavement. read more here »
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Lillian Lifflander, a member of Coalition for a District Alternative, or CoDA, and a lifelong activist who worked in the labor, peace and justice movements, died at the end of last month. She was 96. She lived in the Seward Park co-ops. Her friends and comrades recalled Lifflander as “one of the Lower East Side’s read more here »
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BY BETH SOPKO | Richard Kopperdahl died Aug. 21 at the age of 83 after a long battle with cancer. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Richard was born in Seattle, Washington, but spent his childhood and formative years in San Francisco. He worked for more than 20 years at the Village Voice read more here »
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BY BILL WEINBERG | Bob McGlynn, a longtime figure in New York City’s anarchist scene who linked the Tompkins Square Park protests of the 1980s to pro-democracy movements in Eastern Europe, died of a heart attack on Aug. 23 at his home in Yonkers. He was 60. With his long hair, army boots, sleeveless denim read more here »
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