VOLUME 28, NUMBER 7
SEPTEMBER 10-SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
NEW SCHOOL JOY AT PECK SLIP BY DUSI CA SUE M ALESEVI C trollers lined the building Wednesday, children ran around playing and yelling, parents greeted one another with hugs and kisses — and all were excited about the first day at the newly opened Peck Slip School in the Seaport. “I think it’s absolutely gorgeous — it’s brand new,” said Dana Bullaro, whose son John, 7, is in the second grade. “We look forward to a great year.” The family lives nearby on John St. and Bullaro said they tracked the progress of the school’s construction closely. Kiran Srikant, a second grader, initially shy, promptly told Downtown
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‘RETRO’ BARBER SHOP THAT’S ACTUALLY OLD Downtown Express photo by Dusica Sue Malesevic
Posing for selfies at the 9/11 Memorial.
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Smiles & selfies @ #9/11Memorial BY DUSICA SUE MALESEVIC alifornians Joe Vasco — both the second and the third— leaned back, grinned and took a photo with a selfie stick. They were not at the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty, but rather in front of one of the two pools at the 9/11 Memorial. Vasco senior said he hadn’t been
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to New York City in 30 years and it was the first visit for his son. “First and foremost thing would be to come here,” he told me on a busy Tuesday afternoon last week. “Every American should come here.” They spent four hours at the 9/11 Museum while wishing they had two days to spend on the exhibits, he said.
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BY YANNIC RACK n New York City of today, the Royal Barber Shop on Fulton St. stands out from the competition in a lot of ways. For one thing, you won’t find the antique fixtures and expensive hair products here that many newly opened, retro-style barbers seem to use as justification for their often-outlandish prices. But the most obvious difference remains the fact that since the late 1930s, the Royal has been serving customers underground and almost out of sight — inside the Fulton St. subway entrance between Gold and William Sts. “I got used to it,” owner Dominick Abruscato said on a recent weekday
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