https://www.otdowntown.com/news/new-novel-bright-stars-reflects-on-coming-of-age-during-9-11-world-YX6176818 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-08T13:28:45-04:00 New Novel “Bright Stars” Reflects on Coming of Age During 9-11 World https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/kimberly-tait_4-11080144_20260908132834.jpg Author Kimberly Tait said she drew on many of her own experiences as a young college grad in New York City in the days after the 9-11 attacks. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/bright-stars-9-11-4-11075098-20260904_4-11078134_20260908095112.webp ”Bright Stars” by Kimberley Tait is the author’s sophomore novel and the first published with Tait’s new endeavor, Dogstar Press. https://www.otdowntown.com/voices/25-years-after-9-11-world-trade-center-remembrances-HB6164458 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-08T17:30:23-04:00 25 Years After 9/11: World Trade Center Remembrances https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/letter-on-display-in-st-paul-s-chape_4-11081666_20260908173008.jpg Thousands of letters from school children poured into the rectory of Trinity Church after its St. Paul’s Chapel next to Ground Zero became a staging and rest stop for first responders in the days after 9-11. “I hope it never happens again. Thank you,” said one letter which remains on display today. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/911rubble1-4-8128548-20240909174358_4-11071679_20260903133809.webp Photographer Peter Foley was able to capture firefighters digging on the rubble on the day the towers fell because one of the lieutenants from the West Side firehouse where Foley had lived for a year smuggled him on board a bus transporting firefighters to search for survivors at Ground Zero. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/glen-davis-photo-of-keith-kelly-and-p_4-11062355_20260903122052.jpg Forbes photographer Glen Davis captured a photo of editor Keith J. Kelly and his wife Pat Walsh on the deck of the Highlander yacht on the evening of Sept. 10 with the Twin Towers in the background. It would emerge as one of the last photos ever taken of the Twin Towers at night. A little more than 12 hours later, the towers fell. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/wall-of-heroes-4-8128604-202409091750_4-11071415_20260903122050.webp Photo journalist Peter Foley lived in the firehouse at West 48th St. and Eighth for a year before 9-11 and captured photos of the firefighters. Fifteen members would perish in the terrorist attack, making it the house with the largest number of fatalities that tragic day in which 343 firefighters were killed. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/missing-poster_4-11071683_20260903133810.jpg In the days after 9-11, family members made posters of missing relations, hoping against hope that they’d be found alive. In NYC, the death toll would eventually reach 2,753 out of the 2,996 who died in the terrorist attacks that day. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/one-world-trade-and-perelman-center-p_4-11081665_20260908173009.jpg The 104-story rebuilt World Trade Center opened on Nov. 3, 2014 ,after an eight year rebuilding project. The Perelman Center for the Performing Arts, an art and culture center at the base of the WTC opened in September 2023. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/st-nicholas-greek-orthodox-church-ap_4-11081599_20260908164624.jpg St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed when the South Tower collapsed on 9-11, reopened in 2022 after a rebuilding effort of more than two decades. It is on a ledge overlooking the WTC reflecting pools. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tamid-arc-the-mezeritz-restoration_4-11081473_20260908162124.jpg Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue has been holding Jewish religious services in the St. Paul Chapel of Trinity Church since 2012. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/archdiocese-sexual-abuse-plaintiffs-miss-deadline-but-settlement-talks-continue-AH6180222 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-08T21:18:23-04:00 Archdiocese, Sexual Abuse Plaintiffs Miss Deadline but Settlement Talks Continue https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/dolan-and-hicks-4-10651415-2026042320_4-11081849_20260908212003.webp Cardinal Timothy Dolan (left) began settlement talks with people claiming sexual abuse at the hands of priests and lay personnel but it will be up to newly installed Archbishop Ronald Hicks (right) to try to complete a deal. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/chelsea-downtown-manhattan-events-sept-10-16-YG6181643 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-09T12:08:34-04:00 Chelsea & Downtown Manhattan Events: Sept. 10 - 16 https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/eldridge-street-via-www-eldridgestree_4-11083172_20260909120836.jpg eldridge street via www.eldridgestreet.org https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/madison-square-park-via-www-madisonsq_4-11083177_20260909120837.jpg madison square park via www.madisonsquarepark.org https://www.otdowntown.com/news/chelsea-downtown-manhattan-events-sept-10-16-HG6181687 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-09T12:13:10-04:00 Chelsea & Downtown Manhattan Events: Sept. 10 - 16 https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/madison-square-park-via-www-madisonsq_4-11083193_20260909121313.jpg madison square park via www.madisonsquarepark.org https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/eldridge-street-via-www-eldridgestree_4-11083197_20260909121314.jpg eldridge street via www.eldridgestreet.org https://www.otdowntown.com/city-arts/shelter-inn-place-takes-off-broadway-by-storm-XI6183415 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-10T11:26:32-04:00 “Shelter Inn Place” Takes Off-Broadway By Storm https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/shelter-poster-final-2026-07-13-size_4-11085353_20260910110141.png The cast of "Shelter Inn Place” at Theater Row on West 42nd Street: Front row (L-R): Haley Zale, Mike Roche. Back row (L-R): Alyssa Simon, Aaron Lamm and Martin Revere. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-0453_4-11085390_20260910111355.jpg Award-winning actor Mike Roche plays Frank Bennett, the innkeeper in "Shelter Inn Place" who wants “his turn” to live his dream. A hurricane forces him to shelter in place with people who want him to put their needs first. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/joan-kane_4-11085413_20260910112216.jpg "Shelter Inn Place” award-winning director Joan Kane is founding Artistic Director of Ego Actus and one of our own having graduated from the High School of Performing Arts, studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner, and earned an MFA in Directing from The New School. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/henry-feldman-photo-2026-09-08_4-11085416_20260910112526.jpg ”Shelter Inn Place” author Henry Feldman is an actor-turned-playwright who spent 40 years in Houston and now splits his time between Cold Spring, NY and NYC. He studied acting and directing at the University of Houston after getting his engineering degree from Rice University. So far, his plays are all comedies.