https://www.otdowntown.com/news/tony-dapolito-center-still-faces-doom-new-tower-plan-revealed-cb2-AK6185893 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-13T15:13:30-04:00 Tony Dapolito Center Still Faces Doom; New Tower Plan Revealed: CB2 https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-10-at-3-06-49-pm_4-11091520_20260910171918.png The NYC Parks Dept. has further detailed their involvement in a planned housing project at 388 Hudson St., where they would oversee recreational space. Its construction would coincide with the destruction of the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tony-dapolito-rec-center-resize-crop_4-11091588_20260910172545.webp The 117-year-old Tony Dapolito Center has been closed since 2021 due to accumulated disrepair, with local residents and advocates calling on Parks Dept. officials to fully restore and reopen it. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-10-at-3-06-03-pm_4-11091584_20260910172338.png The new 388 Hudson St. project, still in the design and approval stage, could include a six-lane pool (above). https://www.otdowntown.com/news/crime-watch/anti-jewish-hate-crime-in-fidi-burglary-at-most-holy-redeemer-DI6192063 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-13T16:21:57-04:00 Anti-Jewish Hate Crime in FiDi; Burglary at Most Holy Redeemer https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/anti-jewish-hate-crime-fidi-burglary_4-11095648_20260913152657.jpg Wanted for anti-Jewish hate crime on Whitehall Street (left); Most Holy Redeemer burglary. https://www.otdowntown.com/food-drink/sarabeth-s-long-beloved-for-brunch-closes-two-restaurants-BX6154366 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-13T19:03:06-04:00 Sarabeth’s, Long Beloved for Brunch, Closes Two Restaurants https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/sarabeth-s-381-park-ave-south_4-11051629_20260831111226.jpg The 45-year-old restaurant chain Sarabeth’s that started as a jam making operation in an apartment on the Upper West Side shut down its 381 Park Ave. South location (above) and its Greenwich Village location on Aug. 16 https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/sarabeth-s-french-toast_4-11054052_20260831111226.jpg The Sarabeth’s chain serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, but it was perhaps most famous for its French toast and pancakes. It is credited with making brunch popular long before it was a NYC “thing.” Now two of its four locations have closed. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/sarabeths-sign_4-11051592_20260830135037.jpg Sarabeth’s served its last meals at two of its outlets–one at 381 Park Ave. South and aGreenwich Village location at 100 W. Houston St.–on Aug. 16 https://www.otdowntown.com/news/last-survivor-pulled-from-wtc-rubble-tells-9-11-miracle-story-XH6191550 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-14T17:41:26-04:00 Last Survivor Pulled from WTC Rubble Tells 9/11 Miracle Story https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/last-survivor-pulled-from-wtc-rubble_4-11100660_20260914163242.jpg Ganelle Guzman McMillan told her harrowing story about being entombed in the rubble of the WTC at the 9/11 Memorial at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbour, FL. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/last-survivor-pulled-from-rubble-9-11_4-11099738_20260914135124.jpg The 9/11 Memorial at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens (left); 9/11 survivor Ganelle Guzman-McMillan https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/last-survivor-pulled-rubble-9-11-crow_4-11099931_20260914140505.jpg Scores of students also attended the 9/11 ceremony at Curley Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbor. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/last-survivor-pulled-rubble-9-11-fdny_4-11099799_20260914135859.jpg One of the FDNY memorial plaques at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/last-survivor-pulled-from-rubble-9-11_4-11099791_20260914135527.jpg Memorial to all “who lost their lives... as a result of their actions at the World Trade Center.” https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/last-survivor-pulled-from-rubble-9-11_4-11099796_20260914135530.jpg The 9/11 Memorial at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens on Sept. 11, 2026. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/last-survivor-pulled-rubble-9-11-crow_4-11099813_20260914140204.jpg Some of the more 2,000 people at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens 9/11 ceremony. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/last-survivor-pulled-from-rubble-9-11_4-11099734_20260914134814.jpg Student art display at 9/11 memorial ceremony in Palm Harbor, Florida.