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New on EveryBlock today July 6, 2008

1 real estate listing

102 Fulton St 102 Fulton St listed on Trulia for $1,650,000
Listed on July 5, 2008.

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7 business reviews

5 stars out of 5: Strand Book Store Annex and Grotto Pizzeria reviewed on Yelp.com.
4 stars out of 5: South Street Seaport and Majestic Pizza reviewed on Yelp.com.
3 stars out of 5: Gatehouse and Daffy's reviewed on Yelp.com.
1 star out of 5: tgi friday's reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock yesterday July 5, 2008

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4 business reviews

4 stars out of 5: New York Wine Exchange and Salud reviewed on Yelp.com.
3 stars out of 5: Rise Bar reviewed on Yelp.com.
2 stars out of 5: Bulls & Bears Winery Inc reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock Friday July 4, 2008

2 news articles

World Trade Center Statue of Liberty's crown may reopen
As the nation celebrates Independence Day, the federal government is taking steps that could one day reopen the Statue of Liberty's crown for the first time since the World Trade Center attack, the Daily News has learned.

Published by New York Daily News on July 4, 2008.
ground zero 9/11 Health Official Is Ousted
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided not to reappoint the official who has coordinated health programs for ground zero workers, Congressional aides who spoke with him said.

Published by New York Times on July 4, 2008.

6 restaurant inspections

96 GREENWICH STREET, MANHATTAN PUSSYCAT LOUNGE inspected
Violation points: N/A Inspected on April 23, 2008.
261 WATER STREET, MANHATTAN MJ STEAKHOUSE inspected: 25 violation points
Violation points: 25 Inspected on June 25, 2008.
48 NEW STREET, MANHATTAN KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, DUNKIN' DONUTS inspected: 13 violation points
Violation points: 13 Inspected on June 27, 2008.
164 PEARL STREET, MANHATTAN SHINJU SUSHI inspected: 24 violation points
Violation points: 24 Inspected on June 23, 2008.
20 BEAVER STREET, MANHATTAN GEORGE'S PIZZA inspected: 49 violation points
Violation points: 49 Inspected on June 23, 2008.
16 MAIDEN LANE, MANHATTAN OKA SUSHI inspected: 10 violation points
Violation points: 10 Inspected on June 25, 2008.

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1 business review

4 stars out of 5: Zaitzeff reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock Thursday July 3, 2008

11 news articles

ground zero Whole Foods Seen as Boost To TriBeCa
About two blocks from the former World Trade Center site, the store is opening its doors on the heels of a report that the rebuilding of ground zero will take much longer than expected.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.
Chinatown Charge Filed Against Chief of Truck Firm After Crash
The president of a New Jersey company that owns the dump truck that crashed in Chinatown last week has been charged with unlicensed collection of trade waste.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.
ground zero Paterson writes Bush about WTC health czar
Gov. David Paterson asked the president Wednesday to extend the term of the official overseeing the federal government's response to ailing ground zero workers.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 3, 2008.
Battery Park Big City: Huddled Statues, Working to Be Free
Eleven years ago, a woman who had immigrated from South America several years earlier went to Battery Park with her sister to see the Statue of Liberty.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.
Lower Manhattan Rochester Billionaire Targets Silver With New PAC
The speaker, a Lower Manhattan representative who is likely to face a primary for the first time since 1986, has millions of campaign dollars at his disposal and broad name recognition from 32 years of incumbency.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.
World Trade Center Bush administration lets WTC health czar go
The Bush administration is letting go of its World Trade Center health czar.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.
lower Manhattan TATUM'S DRUG 'DEAL'
The Oscar-winner pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her cocaine arrest in lower Manhattan last month, and the charge will be dropped if she spends two half-days in a drug-treatment program, pays a $95 fee and stays out of trouble.

Published by New York Post on July 3, 2008.
World Trade Center Higher Gas Prices and Tolls Cut Congestion
The story of the tiny St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and its efforts to rebuild after the collapse of the World Trade Center is one of well-intentioned promises that led to endless negotiations, design disputes, delays and mounting costs.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.
Freedom Tower The Choreography (Quickly!) of Concrete
City Room attended a concrete pour last month on basement level B3 of 1 World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower. We watched as the concrete mix arrived in trucks on Vesey Street, from which it was pumped about 175 feet through a hose to the construction site below.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.
Freedom Tower Drivers’ Walkout Has Ripple Effect Across City
A strike by concrete-truck drivers has all but halted work at scores of sites, from the Freedom Tower at ground zero to modest apartment buildings.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.
ground zero Church’s Rebuilding Troubles Typify Ground Zero Delays
But today, the church exists only on blueprints. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency overseeing reconstruction, has not finalized the exchange of land needed to provide the congregation with a new home near ground zero.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

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2 graffiti cleanup requests

100 gold St, Manhattan Graffiti reported at 100 gold St, Manhattan
Waiver authorizing cleanup received on July 2, 2010.
100 Gold St, Manhattan Graffiti reported at 100 Gold St, Manhattan
Waiver authorizing cleanup received on July 14, 2010.

1 lost and found posting

Chinatown I NEED TO FIND- WHERE DO STREET VENDORS BUY FAKE DESIGNER BAGS ? (Chinatown / Lit Italy)
I live in Arizona, and on my last trip to NYC, I bought some fake...

Posted to Craigslist on July 3, 2008.

4 business reviews

5 stars out of 5: Veronica's Kitchen reviewed on Yelp.com.
3 stars out of 5: Taste of Tokyo, Syms and Wall Street Cafe reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock Wednesday July 2, 2008

17 news articles

lower Manhattan Tatum O'Neal Pleads Guilty To Disorderly Conduct
Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 2, 2008.
lower Manhattan Tatum O'Neal pleads guilty in NYC
Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 2, 2008.
Freedom Tower WTC FIASCO'S BLAME GAME
The chief target for blame is ex-Gov. George Pataki, who led the rebuilding effort until leaving office at the end of 2006 - with very little visible progress completed at the site, other than a ceremonial steel beam erected for the Freedom Tower and a cornerstone.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.
World Trade Center Cement-truck drivers strike cripples WTC, Yankees/Shea stadiums
Hundreds of cement-truck drivers went on strike days before the Fourth of July holiday weekend, disrupting some of the largest construction projects in the city including the World Trade Center site.

Published by amNY.com on July 2, 2008.
Freedom Tower Cement-truck drivers strike in New York City
The projects that could be affected include the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site, where rebuilding has already been delayed and is over budget.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 2, 2008.
Freedom Tower Daly: Freedom Tower cornerstone is rocked by betrayal
The second date marks the day this block of granite was laid with great ceremony as the cornerstone of the new Freedom Tower at Ground Zero.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.
World Trade Center Cement Truck Drivers Strike May Disrupt Developments
Hundreds of cement-truck drivers went on strike days before the Fourth of July holiday weekend, disrupting some of the largest construction projects in the city including the World Trade Center site.

Published by New York Sun on July 2, 2008.
lower Manhattan Tech firm bags $40M in sale to Indian outsourcer
Prolifics, a software consulting firm specializing in IBM technologies, will become a SemanticSpace subsidiary, maintaining its headquarters in lower Manhattan. The sale will give the 30-year-old firm the ability to expand globally and the financial resources to grow via acquisition.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 2, 2008.
Freedom Tower Con Ed and Union Reach Tentative Pact
With the bulky, noisy ready-mix concrete trucks largely disappearing from the city’s streets, the walkout affected scores of projects, including the Freedom Tower; the Second Avenue subway; the new Yankee Stadium; Citi Field, the ballpark that will replace Shea Stadium; and many high-rise apartment buildings.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.
World Trade Center Design of Ground Zero Transit Hub Is Trimmed
Plans for enormous wings forming the roof of the main hall at the World Trade Center transportation hub have been altered as officials deal with budgets and timetables.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.
lower Manhattan TATUM O'NEAL PLEADS GUILTY AFTER DRUG ARREST
Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.
Ground Zero Governor urges reappointment of WTC health overseer
New York's governor is asking President Bush to reappoint Dr. John Howard as director of the institute that oversees Ground Zero health programs.

Published by SI Live on July 2, 2008.
Ground Zero 9/11 ILLNESSES 'GET WORSE'
Of 10,000 Ground Zero workers suing the city, medical records show 67 percent suffer respiratory ailments and 45 percent have a gastrointestinal disease, their lawyers claim.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.
Freedom Tower Cement Truck Drivers Strike In NYC
The projects that could be affected include the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site, where rebuilding has already been delayed and is over budget. Local 282 spokeswoman Carolyn Daly said the union could not reach an agreement with the Association of New York City Concrete Producers over wages and working conditions.

Published by WNBC on July 2, 2008.
lower Manhattan Tatum O'Neal pleads guilty
Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.

Published by amNY.com on July 2, 2008.
ground zero N.Y.-N.J. War Brewing Over New Ground Zero Costs
A battle is brewing between New York and New Jersey over who will pay for the billions of dollars in expected cost overruns at ground zero.

Published by New York Sun on July 2, 2008.
Freedom Tower Cement-Truck Drivers Strike In NYC
The projects that could be affected include the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site, where rebuilding has already been delayed and is over budget.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 2, 2008.

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1 lost and found posting

chinatown michael mass (Chinatown / Lit Italy)
Anyone seen my cubby friend he goes by the name of cowboy. lives in chinatown,...

Posted to Craigslist on July 2, 2008.

5 business reviews

5 stars out of 5: Thomas Pink reviewed on Yelp.com.
4 stars out of 5: South Street Seaport and Petropolis reviewed on Yelp.com.
3 stars out of 5: Yushi reviewed on Yelp.com.
1 star out of 5: Suteishi reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock Tuesday July 1, 2008

28 news articles

Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty Rapfogel's Salary
In the comments section on that post, a vigorous discussion ensued about the size of the salary earned by executive director William Rapfogel of the not-for-profit Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, which got $500,000 in member items this year.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.
ground zero New WTC plan junks major element
The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub Tuesday, a day after concluding that most projects at ground zero are behind schedule and over budget.

Published by amNY.com on July 1, 2008.
Manhattan CB 1 Rebuilding at 9/11 Site Runs Late, Report Says
“For years, unrealistic deadlines were set,” said Julie Menin, chairwoman of Community Board 1, whose district includes the site. “There seemed to be more interest in having press conferences declaring how Lower Manhattan would be rebuilt better than ever, than in establishing realistic deadlines and budgets.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.
Ground Zero IT'S PA-THETIC! NEW WTC CHAOS
In the latest embarrassment to hit the bungled rebuilding of Ground Zero, the agency responsible for the massive project yesterday scrapped its timetable for completing it.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center Disappointed leaders glad 'truth is out' on WTC site
The announcement that the World Trade Center site will take far longer to rebuild than forecast left city leaders and watchdogs crestfallen, but resolute the project will rise.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.
Ground Zero Port Authority: Forget about 9/11 memorial in 2011
The memorial - estimated to cost $530 million and then revised to $650 million - was slated to open on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center terror attacks that killed 2,750 people.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.
Financial District Suicide stats show NYC is an unusually dangerous place for young women
When stunning Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova, 20, leapt to her death from her ninth-floor Financial District apartment on Saturday, she became another number in a worrying pattern in New York City suicides.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.
Ground Zero WTC hero police dog to be cloned
A German shepherd named Trakr, a hero of Ground Zero, will be replicated as a detection dog in a bizarre cloning experiment announced Monday.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center WTC transit hub design changes after agency report
The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub Tuesday, a day after concluding that most projects at ground zero are behind schedule and over budget.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.
180 Maiden Ln Tumble! Manhattan Investment Sales Plunge In '08
...submarkets in the second quarter of 2008. AIG’s 800,000-square-foot lease at 180 Maiden Lane in Downtown Manhattan brought June leasing activity there to 1.3 million square feet, compared...

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center These Wings Will Not Fly
It was to have been an audacious gesture in an already daring design. As envisioned by the architect Santiago Calatrava, the enormous counterpoised wings forming the rooftop of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub were to have opened almost 50 feet wide to the sky, in fine weather and on each anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.
Lower Manhattan Audit Faults Police Storage of Weapons
The audit “found a stunning lack of organization, order and control,” Mr. Thompson said at a news conference in Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.
ground zero Chris Ward Seizes WTC Reins
Now, with the imbroglio at ground zero officially in his court, Mr. Paterson faces the less-than-fun tasks of determining just how to triage projects (and dealing with stakeholders for the site’s portions that are not at the top of the list); figuring out what to cut; rounding up hundreds of millions in additional money for the site...

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center WTC Transit Hub To Change Design After Project Report
World Trade Center site's owner announced a major design change to its overbudget transit hub a day after it said most projects at ground zero are delayed and will cost more.

Published by WNBC on July 1, 2008.
Battery Park Friday, July 4th
Later, helping to alleviate the general feeling of nausea will be Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth, who are hot in that ageless sort of way, performing at Battery Park, thereby allowing us to relive our six months of grungy rebellion in middle school, when we wore ripped jeans and smelled pot (before deciding against it).

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center Port Authority changes design of the WTC transit hub
The World Trade Center site's owner announced a major design change to its overbudget transit hub, just one day after it said most projects at ground zero are delayed and will cost more.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.
TriBeCa CON ED WORKERS FACE LIGHTS OUT IF TALKS FAIL
Both sides will return to the bargaining table today at 9 a.m. at the State Labor Relations Board's offices in TriBeCa. Reps met yesterday to discuss logistics for the meeting.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.
Lower Manhattan Rebuilding at 9/11 Site Runs Late, Report Says
Still, the reference to phony ribbon-cuttings and the like amounted to a rebuke of Mr. Pataki, who was in office in 2001 and viewed the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan as a central element of his 12-year legacy.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center Rebuilding at 9/11 Site Runs Late, Report Says
At the World Trade Center site, the memorial to the people who died on Sept. 11, 2001, will not be open to the public in time for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack, as had been previously announced.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.
Financial District Is Syms Stitching Big Deal Downtown?
Syms, the off-market chain known for its black paper bags proclaiming “An educated consumer is our best customer,” purports to be a retailer. Others, including some of the chain’s shareholders, suspect Syms is actually a real estate firm masquerading as a retailer, with secret plans to erect a tall building where its squat shop now stands in the heart of the Financial District.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center WTC transit hub design changes after agency report
The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub today, a day after concluding that most projects at Ground Zero are behind schedule and over budget.

Published by SI Live on July 1, 2008.
130 Liberty St. Dates, Budgets For Ground Zero So Far Missing
In his report, Mr. Ward said an accurate scheduling assessment is impossible due to at least 15 unresolved decisions involving, among others, the design alternatives for the transportation hub, which is budgeted at $2.5 billion with expected overruns; the demolition of the former Deutsche Bank Building at 130 Liberty St.; a land deal with St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, and construction concerns related to the suspended parts of the No. 1 subway line, which divides the site.

Published by New York Sun on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center Dates, Budgets For Ground Zero So Far Missing
More than 80 months since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey cannot say when New Yorkers can expect to see the World Trade Center site rebuilt or how much it will cost.

Published by New York Sun on July 1, 2008.
Chinatown Free summer meals for NYC students
M.S. 131 in Chinatown was chosen as the launch site for the Department of Education's summer meals program on Tuesday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center Plenty of blame in WTC debacle
The Port Authority called for a do-over yesterday in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, but declined to provide an exact timeframe as to when any of the 16-acre site would be completed or how much it would cost.

Published by amNY.com on July 1, 2008.
World Trade Center WTC Transit Hub Design Changes After Agency Report
The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub Tuesday, a day after concluding that most projects at ground zero are behind schedule and over budget.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 1, 2008.
130 Liberty St Port Authority Finds WTC Cost Overruns, Delays
...source from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the state agency that owns the building at 130 Liberty St. and is in charge of demolition, says the building is on track for its scheduled...

Published by GlobeSt on July 1, 2008.
New York Stock Exchange Court drops charges in Grasso pay suit
The executive pay lawsuit against former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso appeared to end with a whimper Tuesday when a state appellate court dropped the last two remaining charges.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

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2 crime reports