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 Volume 73, Number 23 | October 8 - 14, 2003 |
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Villager photo by Ramin Talaie Andrew Jones, a neighbor, at Tuesday’s protest at Greenwich and 11th Sts. 
Protest focuses on Liebovitz as buildings still not repaired
By Albert Amateau A dozen West Village neighbors and Members of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation demonstrated in the West Village on Tuesday, charging celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz with the “demolition by neglect” of her three landmarked houses. ‘Meier City’grows on waterfront By Lincoln Anderson Three weeks ago, demolition began on the four-story, red-brick Pathfinder building at Charles and West Sts., just south of the new Richard Meier-designed, twin luxury residential towers flanking Perry St. The new building is also being designed by Meier and will likely be the same height and similar design as the existing buildings. Howl! scares Boys’ Club off Avenue A By Elizabeth O’Brien Howl! festival organizers say they were responsible for silencing a rival street fair that was scheduled for last Saturday on Avenue A, but the city says it was the decision of the fair’s promoter to cancel the event at the last minute. Ruling favors tenants in Soho eviction dispute By Elizabeth O’Brien A Soho family won its fight against eviction last month when a judge enforced an often-overlooked city zoning law stating that only working artists can legally occupy designated live-work quarters in Soho and Noho. New shop is latest to alter facade on St. Mark’s By Ashley Winchester In between the carved columns, ornately worked fire escapes and traditional stoops of the East Village brownstones, a chrome-and-white-walled store sets itself apart from the St. Mark’s Pl. scenery. African Burial Ground remains return Downtown By Josh Rogers Tears ran down Beverly Alston’s face on Saturday after she prayed near a coffin holding the remains of one of the 419 African-Americans discovered at Elk and Duane Sts. in 1991. She said she felt “happy and connected” that her ancestors were being returned to the ground. New School’s Kerrey sticks to his guns on Iraq By Lincoln Anderson Last winter, former Senator Bob Kerrey, New School University’s president, came under fire from some students and faculty after it became known he belonged to the Committee to Liberate Iraq, a loose-knit group of politicians that advocated toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Red Bull-Flugtag flap leaves sour taste for some By Lincoln Anderson Flugtag, a high-flying, higher-splashing event sponsored by Red Bull energy drink, touched down on Piers 45 and 46, at Christopher and Charles Sts., in the Hudson River Park last Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Knockoffs to Olsens, new beat keeping C.O. busy By Albert Amateau Capt. William Matusiak, a 19-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, is the new commanding officer of the Fifth Precinct, appointed Aug. 4 to the precinct that covers Chinatown, Little Italy and part of the Lower East Side. New Village veterinarian aims to be a breed apart By Ashley Winchester Eight-year-old Benny enters the hospital and immediately runs to his mom, who is waiting in the examination area. He then trots down the hallway to greet Daisy, a young, longhaired blonde in the next room. Mayor balks at toll study, but Silver interested By Josh Rogers Mayor Mike Bloomberg this week threw some cold East River water on a new report detailing the benefits of keeping the city’s bridges free to New Yorkers while instituting tolls to suburbanites. Minutes later, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver voiced his strongest support to date for East River bridge tolls — as long as city residents could get large discounts. Deli eviction, Starbucks rumor stir up latte protest By Jessica Mintz Over the summer, rumors ran rampant through the neighborhood that City Gourmet Deli was being evicted from its space at the corner of Horatio and Washington Sts.  Villager recalls colorful youth at Bronx bakery 
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