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July 4, 2005

Dispute over space at proposed Beekman St. school

Downtown Express
by Ronda Kaysen

Members of Manhattan Community Board 1 are questioning details of the plans for the K-8 public school in Forest City Ratner's Frank Gehry-designed mixed-use downtown Manhattan development at Beekman Pl.

A neighboring hospital has concerns about use of the public plaza adjacent to the hospital for outdoor playground space and the facilities might not be sufficient for amount of children expected on enroll. All this for the most expensive public school ever built in NYC.

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Posted by lumi at July 4, 2005 7:39 AM