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EDITORIAL
WTC arts center remains right move
When New Yorkers started to think about what should replace the World Trade Center after the horrific attacks, there was almost universal support for a memorial to honor the 3,000 lives lost. Probably the second most popular idea voiced by the thousands who spoke during the public process was for a cultural center. Then-Governor George Pataki often paid lip service to this idea, as did Mayor Michael Bloomberg. They all thought, correctly, that part of the response to incomprehensible evil should be beauty and art. Seven years later, the idea remains an afterthought with not much prospect of being even partially realized.

Letters to the Editor

Mikhaela Reid

TALKING POINT
Business improvement district’s work is paying off
By Jennifer Falk
For the dynamic Union Square district, 2007 marked another major leap forward for the neighborhood’s continuing revitalization. The eclectic energy along 14th St. and around Union Square Park is evident in the area’s rich mix of retail stores and restaurants, Off Broadway and multiplex theaters, museum and exhibition spaces, universities, hospitals and the city’s first and largest Greenmarket.

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Shall not be moved on tax day

**Volume 2, Number 29** **The Weekly Newspaper of Chelsea | APRIL 18 - 24, 2008**
No use for nuts as Persian grocer shutters on 30th St. By Charlotte Cowles When he first opened his Persian grocery store on West 30th St. nearly two decades ago, Hassan Hassani said the area was ideal for his business. Manhole blaze closes 21st St. Balazs project cracks up a Meat Market neighbor By Jefferson Siegel As a musician, Novac Noury looked forward to “bringing down the house” with each performance. Chelsea students chalk it up to the High Line By Patrick Hedlund Pedestrians pacing along 14th St. in the Meatpacking District gawked on Wednesday as a group of kids with chunks of chalk fixed to their feet paraded down the street as part of a performance art/public awareness project to draw attention to the High Line.	NEWS Indictments fall as Quinn eyes reforms in slush fund scandal By Paul Schindler In a press conference aimed at turning the corner on a week-long controversy over revelations that more than $17 million had been budgeted for fictitious organizations during the past eight years and then appropriated at the City Council speaker’s discretion to other organizations It’s easy being green, if MTA can harvest riders By Chris Lombardi Solar panels on subway station roofs, eco-conscious MetroCards and tidewater used to power the Roosevelt Island tram. HIV testing vans mobilize mission on West Side By Alex Cotton Zachary Westcott knows that he should get tested for HIV. As a 27-year-old sex worker who serves both women and men, he is especially at risk. Commissioners grill St. Vincent’s on rebuild plans By Albert Amateau The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s second round of hearings on the St. Vincent’s Hospital/Rudin redevelopment plan ended Tuesday after four a half hours with commissioners grilling hospital officials about many aspects of the project. Newly blessed St. Vincent’s ambulance to roll in papal motorcade this week By Caroline N. Jackson A new St. Vincent’s Hospital ambulance was showered with holy water three times on April 4 to prepare it for use in Pope Benedict XVI’s motorcade.
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE La Jetée En Spirale BY BRIAN MCCORMICK Two large images of the ancient planet earth projected on either side of the windowless room where the time capsule was opened. A small screen — so familiar to the vintage humanoids either entering in mostly pairs but some strays or stood empty on the stage — receiving full attention. Static alerted the dumb creatures to silence their units. Keith Haring’s nonstop pop Clausen relays Haring’s artistic life in Manhattan and his influence around the world.	Close to home from far and away By Leonard Quart Begun in 2002 as an effort to revitalize Lower Manhattan in the wake of 9/11, the Tribeca Film Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff. The Festival’s success has benefited local inhabitants and businesses as well as the city as a whole, and has also been a channel for positive links with foreign countries via the arts. Fruits of a film festival By Steven Snyder In recent years, the Sundance Film Festival – held every January in Park City, Utah – has effectively splintered into two separate and wildly different events. On one hand, the festival remains committed to its original mission of discovering, celebrating and advocating independent filmmakers. On the other, however, it has eroded ever so slightly into an annual celebrity circus, a place where A-listers go when they want to make a detour towards smaller-budget works, all in hopes of winning awards. Tex-Mex and the city BY ERASMO GUERRA Everyone’s invited. Or at least they should be. That’s what Franco Mondini-Ruiz feels about the exclusionary world of art.

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