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POLICE BLOTTER, week of Aug. 20, 2013 21 Aug 2013 | 01:23 am
Seaport brawl Two police reports were generated by a furious brawl outside the Pacific Grill restaurant in the South Street Seaport, police said. The fight took place in front of 89 South St., at ab...
Chin & Rajkumar to square off in Downtown Express debate 20 Aug 2013 | 09:56 pm
Margaret Chin Jenifer Rajkumar Downtown Express and its sister NYC Community Media publications are sponsoring a debate for the two candidates running in the Sept. 10 Democratic primary for the City...
Traffic moves with some problems through Broadway construction snarl 20 Aug 2013 | 09:34 pm
An ambulance was slowed getting through Broadway construction last week on Aug. 15. Downtown Express photo by Yoon Seo Nam BY KAITLYN MEADE | Traffic was flowing slowly but surprisingly surely last ...
NEST & P.S. 276 ranked high in reading despite ‘common core’ drops 20 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
District Borough/School Number Tested 2013 Number in 3&4 Lv 2013 Rank 2012 Rank Drop (Gain) from 2012 2011 Rank 2010 Rank 2009 Rank 2008 Rank 2007 Rank 2006 Rank 1 NEST 107 106 1 5 ...
Battery Park City Authority president resigns for unknown reasons 17 Aug 2013 | 05:14 am
Demetrios Boutris last October, just after he was named the new president of the Battery Park City Authority. Downtown Express photo by Terese Loeb Kreuzer. BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | Ten months ago, ...
Of Snow and Shakespeare 14 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
Photo by Edward Elder Slings, bards and arrows: Danny Ashkenasi and Bob Homeyer play all the parts, in “The Accidental Hamlet.” Common threads, among FringeNYC’s 185 shows BY SCOTT STIFFLER | If his...
A story emerges through careful subtraction 14 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
Photo by Adam Martin Writer and performer Miata Edoga bravely examines why no one can be crueler than one’s own flesh and blood. Edoga’s ‘Beyond’ is nuanced and complex BY SERGEI BURBANK | We are fo...
Tune in, Turn up, Drop Beats 14 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
Photo courtesy of Steez Promo Dave Nada (left) created moombahton at a DC basement party by mixing reggaeton and Dutch house. BY VONYX (soundcloud.com/mikawvawn) | Moombahton Massive: Nadastrom & Sab...
Kimono Inspirations 14 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
Images courtesy of the artist Carolyn Spiegel’s “Night and Day” (2013, cotton fabric, 33″ w x 27″ h). Tasked with creating a surface design dictated by the shape and size of a kimono, New York and Co...
Letters, Week of Aug. 14, 2013 14 Aug 2013 | 11:17 pm
Noise is not art To The Editor: Thank you for covering the reaction of Tribeca residents to Pier 26 noisy events (news article, July 31 – Aug. 13, “Is Tribeca pier too alive with the sound of music?...
