the tennis courts were relocated to the perimeter of the greenwich street side of the site. there is improved safety, security, and visibility for the entire playground, and as was mentioned, there is a 20% increase in open space and greenspace for the neighborhood, and with the reconfigurations of the park, this is one block of mason street and the new location of the library. by closing the 1 blog of mason street, there is an enhanced connection and safe access created between the park and the library. this is a model view showing the expanded park block, with the new library at 701 lombard. the one block of mason st. becoming additional public open space. the relocated children's playground at the center of the sides, and the tennis courts relocated to the perimeter at greenwich street. as was mentioned, in the summer of 2009, one block of mason street was temporarily closed to three project -- to through traffic. last year, it was also closed for farmers' markets on sundays, which will continue this year. the city did not observe any adverse effects on vehicular traffic

he joined private banker walter noel to found fairfield greenwich group. >> fairfield greenwich started as a small-scale investment advisory business led by a gentleman, walter noel, who had a pretty good reputation on wall street. not just in us money circles, but in foreign money circles, as well. he attracted a partner who also had a... a good track record, jeffrey tucker. they joined forces and got fairfield greenwich up and going. >> smith: walter noel's assistant remembers how, at first, they struggled until they found madoff. >> jeffrey just told walter, "i've got this guy who's got really impressive returns." you know, "come meet him. let's look into it. maybe there's a product we can develop." once they created fairfield sentry to invest exclusively with madoff, that's when things really started to accelerate. >> smith: and what attracted them was not just madoff's steady returns, but an unusual fee arrangement. >> madoff didn't charge them any fees. he said, "i'm making all my money on trading through my market-making operation and commissions, and so i won't take any fees and

peter alexander is in greenwich village tonight with reaction. >> reporter: good evening. this is where the gay rights movement was born. right outside the stone wall inn. that was 1969. it was the home of violent demonstrations. today, it's simply a place of euphoria as new york becomes the latest and largest state to give gay and lesbian couples the right to wed. in the streets of manhattan's greenwich village last night, celebrations and overflowing pride. >> tonight is our night to say, hey, we can do whatever we want. we can get married or not get married and it's not up to you any more. >> reporter: following year of debate, the bill passed new york state's republican-led senate friday. among those voting yes, a republican senator mark asante who ran for office vowing to oppose same-sex marriage before having a change of heart. >> who am i to say that someone does not have the same rights that i have with my wife who i love or they have the 1,300 plus rights i share with her? >> reporter: the bill marks a major victory for democratic governor andrew cuomo who signed

the crowd consisted of, you know, greenwich village types and upper-west side intellectuals and collegevard and yale, you know, and haverford who came in for the weekend, hopped on the train and came to new york to hear her perform. in that sense, at least initially, she was singing to the choir in a way. she was singing to people whose inclinations would have been very progressive to begin with. at the same time, because they'd never heard anything like this before, even they didn't quite know how to react. and there is this line in her autobiography where she describes how she first performed the song and how when she finished it, there was this moment of silence when she was done. and no one quite knew what to do. here she is singing about a lynching. you know, what do you do? i mean, do you clap? you know, do you follow the normal rituals of a nightclub? and i think it could even stop a supposedly sophisticated audience like this. and i can attest from personal experience to the fact that you play this song even today-- i mean, now, you know, we've heard everything today. it's very

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the news triggering celebrations in new york's greenwich village, the birthplace of the gay rights movement. we find t.j. winick with impact to this and reaction on all sides. t.j., good evening. >> reporter: david, good evening. this is where it all began, back in 1969, when riots sparked the the civil rights movement. excuse me, the gay rights movement. now, we can tell you that folks in the village are celebrating. they were already going to be celebrating, on gay pride weekend. now, they have something truly historic to celebrate. when the news came late last night, these streets erupted. the same streets outside the famous stonewall inn, where the gay rights movement began 42 years ago, this week. >> ayes, 33. nays, 29. >> reporter: the new york senate vote is considered by many, a milestone in the civil rights struggle of our times. jeffrey and robert have been together for 18 years. >> i guess i always felt it was a slap in the face. like, we pay our taxes. we do everything accordingly. and yet, we're told we're not allowed to be a happily married couple. >> reporter: celebration cam

time there was an old industrial building and it is still there downtown new york on the edge of greenwich village. is in the artistic collective now. in the old pictures you can see the high line railroad line running through the other stories of the building. >> that pitcher is in your book and i love that picture. >> right around that time just after the war, most of bell labs moved out to the suburbs. and shannon who officially work for the mathematics department stayed behind on his own in a cubbyhole. >> host: did he have a window? [laughter] >> i don't know. he was 13 with a young woman who worked across the street which the old nabisco buildings that they called the of cracker factory and he later married to the woman. betty shannon. but because during the war he had done in four -- useful work on a script doctor for -- cryptography and because bell labs was a unique institution where they believed in the value of three -- pure research people left him alone. managers did not know what he was working on, but he was allowed to do what he was doing was apparently not particularly use

. ♪ >> the celebration erupted at the stone wall inn in greenwich village.emocratic governor andrew cuomo signed the bill into law after lobbying it for it heavily. >> new york made a powerful statement, for the people all across this nation. we reached a new level of social justice this evening. >> supporters call it a historic step. new york now becomes the sixth and by far the most populous state to legalize same-sex marriage. the catholic bishop condemned the law and said they were deeply disappointed and troubled. we'll have more on the law and impact coming up at 8:30. >>> here in san francisco, gay pride weekend kicked off with the 8th annual trans march. >> this year transgender march celebrated the landmark compton cafeteria riot. that erupted in 1966 when the transgender community decided to resist harassment by the police department. we have a list of events on our website at abc7news.com. >>> a bright and talented honor student just received a one year stay from being deported. young woman from los altos plans to spend that time fighting to to st

the building is still there downtown new york on the edge of greenwich village. in the old pictures you can see who the high line railroad line running through the stories of the building. >> host: you have pictures in your book. i love that picture. >> guest: right arm of this time, it was just after the war, most of bell labs worked out to marie hill and claude shannon who worked for the mathematics department kind of stayed behind on his own. >> host: dfa window? >> guest: i don't know if he had a window. i know he was flirting with a young woman that worked across the street during the war but it was the old nabisco building the call it the cracker factory and he later married this woman, the shannon. because during the war he had done important work he worked on kurt cryptography and because bell labs was a unique institution where they believed in the value of pure research, because these things people left claude shannon alone. his managers didn't know exactly what he was working on but he just was allowed to do what he was doing and was apparently not par

that line was created more than a century ago when it was decided samoa would be 11 hours behind greenwichide of london. three hours behind pacific time in los angeles. the theory went being on a similar time to the americas would benefit trade. but the types are changing. samoa now does most of its business with its neighbors. but sid any in australia is ten hours ahead of london. and bear with me on the math they're. that means samoa has been conducting most of itz trade with a country that is 21 hours ahead of it. so when it's friday morning in samoa, australian clients are already at the beach on a sunday any saturday. and when the aussies go back to work on monday, the samoans are still at sunday church or whatever they do on sundays. come december 29th, that will all change. samoa will leap forward a day and it will be just three hours ahead of sydney. samoans already that one historic change to align itself with australia in 2009, it switched from driving on the right side of the road as we do to the left side of the road. now they can import cheaper cars from next door. on the one

he is a little bit before the greenwich village folks but darrow when he was a bohemian at the end of the 19th century, wrote a lot about raking sort of victorian social structures. marriage was one that he wrote against and lived a bohemian lifestyle. but he also was a pacifist. he wrote several tracks and he would take these on on a lecture tour, that is pacifist believes. he idolized particularly the russian pacifist. during the first war, war breaks out in year. he disregards those words that he wrote and he comes out completely for the war effort. first the defense effort to war mobilization effort in them when the united states declares war darrow allows himself to be used as a piece of propaganda. he is one of those four minutemen. people felt terribly trade by darrow for doing that and you can read these in the letters that are sent to him. people are crying as they are writing these letters. they write in a letter, i'm crying as i write to you. i cannot believe you have done this. i can't leave you said this. how can you defend yourself? and what darrow said was well, i am a

the building is still there in downtown new york just on the edge of greenwich village. you know it. it is an artists' collective or something like that. in the old pictures you can see the highline rope line running right through the lower stories of the building. >> i love that picture. >> anyway, right around the time just after the war most of bell labs' moved out to the suburbs of new jersey to murray hill. claude shannon who officially work for the met next apartments kind of stayed behind on his own in a cubbyhole. >> did he have a window? >> i don't even know that he had a window. i know he was walking with a young woman who walked across the streets during the war. it was the old nabisco building. they call it the cracker factory. the microwave research group. he had been really important and useful work. because bell labs was a really unique institution where they believed in the value of pure research, because of these two things people left. his managers did not know exactly what he was working on, but he just was a lot to do was used during. unlike the trans

. >> at the stone wall inn in greenwich village long considered the birth place of the gay rights movement the considered the birth place of the gay rights movement the mood was ecstatic >> this vote is seen as major step forward in the effort to the allow gay marriage throughout the country. certainly a mail stone event in new york and elsewhere as well. now to bizarre twist in the case of local artist facing child pornography charges. joseph norris was best known for creating giant mosaic of glass tile. but tonight police say that some of the tile installed at school contain sexual image. jonathan bloom reports. >> tens of thousands of tile make up the giant mural artist anthony joseph more norris built all over san francisco often with the help of school children. but in between the pictures of trees and animals police say they found something that wasn't so innocent. >> last week the city was made aware that offensive images had been embedded in some of the mural on city property. >> hiden in speed limit of the tiny glass tile only an inch wide pictures that police say carry a sexual t

down here in new york and in greenwich village, the reactions were evident. >> 16 years in may.ing. >> it is such a relief to finally feel we are treated for equals. especially on that level. it is great. speechless. i'm estatic. everybody is. >> reporter: now those in opposition have often said there are the "unintended consequences" of a bill that redefines the legal parameters of marriage. they worry about lawsuits. pointing specifically to catholic adoption agencies and other sorts. there was a last moment amendment that was meant to allay the fears for the republican leaders over in giving the amount of votes necessary. this is an issue that will always be difficult among religious groups who call the redefinition of marriage effectively wrong and something they will fight. something the voters who are in opposition, they will vote the opposition lawmakers that supported the people in power and turn them over in the next election. >>> we turn to the trial of casey anthony. her brother testified about the stains in the trunk of her car. the stains were there long before cayl

it stretched almost two miles from midtown to greenwich village. >>> billy the kid photo sells for $2.3 million. it is the only known photo of the legendary gunfighter. >>> should kids be exposed to those gory shoot 'em up games or not? the justices are expected to rule this week on whether states can stop sales of violent video games to minors. kate baldwin is at the supreme court, following or waiting to hear a decision. let's talk a little bit about the case, kate. >> reporter: all right, kyra. this is a free speech debate between the state of california and multibillion dollar video gaming industry. this is a law that was signed back in 2005 by then governor arnold schwarzenegger. basically it would ban the sale of excessively violent video games to children, to anyone under the age of 18. the state says they have a vested interest in trying to protect, access to alcohol, cigarettes, even pornography but the multibillion dollar gaming industry say this is a first amendment issue and that it's violating their first amendment right to creative expression. so, many people are watching

it all happened at richards, a tony department store in affluence greenwich, connecticut.police who nabbed her on the sidewalk. but why would someone who prides herself on being part of the in crowd risk it all by stealing a scarf? >> people are still shocked that these women who seem to have the perfect life would get into this kind of trouble. but it shouldn't be so shocking. these are women who are trying to fill the emptiness that they have inside with objects. >> reporter: her alleged crime has put her among a-listers with sticky fingers. lindsay lohan pled no contest to shoplifting this necklace, as seen on this video provided by "entertainment tonight." and who could forget winona ryder stealing over $5,000 worth of clothes from a saks department store? >> it's an adrenaline rush. some kind of void in your life. something that you feel that you were entitled to, you don't have it. so, you're going to take something else that is somebody else's. >> reporter: as for beata boman she tells police she was planning on returning the $11,000 scarf all along. making this one

supporters danced in the street of new york city greenwich village, where the gay pride movement beganyears ago. new york is now the sixth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriages. >>> in his weekly radio address, president obama says the key to boosting the nation's economy is to bol center technology and manufacturing, he unveiled the initiative friday after a visit to carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh. he says teaming government with universities will spur new job growth. >>> the trustee for victims of the bernard madoff scandal is now seeking $19 billion in damages from jpmorgan chase, that is three times more than originally sought. the court-appointed trustees the bank was complicit in the scandal. jpmorgan denies the charge. madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence for his ponzi scheme. >>> the duchess performed his first military role as royalty today, awarding medals to members of the irish guards. the guards served a recent six-month combat tour in afghanistan. with him yam serves as a colonel in the unit. i know how much you love the royals, lonnie, no p

host: our last caller is from greenwich, conn., for caroline smith dewall.uest: i love orange soda. i do, i do, i do. host: another fan of orange soda. what did you take away from this conversation? guest: i am very interested that we had so many callers and so many people. this is an issue that impacts consumers every day. i want to recommend to your viewers that they go back to their kitchen, did it an extra scrubs, and make sure they're keeping their raw meat, >> thursday on "washington journal" we get an update on the recent challenges to the affordable care act. and that we have somebody from the national association of manufacturers. after that, nora from the center for new american security discusses a congressional report on the successes and failures of the nation-building effort in afghanistan. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern -s

our hope is that they will start a successful company in greenwich for the next 20 years.re is no point in time to say whether they are happier or otherwise. host: idaho, democrats line. caller: i have a 14-year-old son starting high school. he can take a dual credit courses in his junior and senior year, which costs less money than enrolling in the university here. he wants to go to the army. he is in the rotc program where they explain what it is. he can get $600 a month while he goes to school for the last 10 years. i told him, i would pay for it, as long as he stays home. the only expense we have is tuition and books. this would cost less and they would not have to go in debt on student loans. in the beginning, he disagreed with me. now he says, that is a good idea. i can go to the military, have access to federal programs, and they would pay for it. -- graduate programs, and they would pay for it. guest: i would want teenagers to think through all of their choice is very clearly. make sure you understand what you're getting out of college, what your commitment is, wha

host: our last caller is from greenwich, conn., for caroline smith dewall.uest: i love orange soda. i do, i do, i do. host: another fan of orange soda. what did you take away from this conversation? guest: i am very interested that we had so many callers and so many people. this is an issue that impacts consumers every day. i want to recommend to your viewers that they go back to their kitchen, did it an extra scrubs, and make sure they're keeping their raw meat, poultry, and seafood separate from any other items they are preparing. let's hope for the people in germany the outbreak -- outbreak ends. host: thank you for being with us. what is the state of the u.s. economy, and what does a 9.1% jobless rate mean? diane swonk will join us from chicago in a moment. first, about the other stories making is this wednesday morning. nancy calo in the c-span radio studios. >> nato's top official says the alliance will not put troops on the ground in libya to keep order once the conflict ends. the secretary spoke following a meeting with defense ministers from 28 coun