Issue 497 April 18, 2005
Issue 497 April 18, 2005
More good news downtown is the announced reopening of Park Row, alongside NYPD headquarters, to pedestrians and buses. Mayor Bloomberg announced last Thursday that by mid-May, barricades on the street would be eased, citing a reduced level of terrorist threat. Bus traffic on the route would only return to about one-third of its normal level, according to the NY Times, and buses will be subject to search and moveable barriers. Chinatown businesses and advocates have held for several years that the closure has hurt them by walling off the neighborhood from lower Manhattan government and business centers.
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