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DAILY NEWS Wednesday; May 16, 1 990 Maritime Building converted BW if '11 By JOAN SHEPARD tate development program South Ferry Plaza. In the past, the Battery Maritime Building was used as storage space and a refuge by homeless until the cultural project started. But until the real estate deal for the proposed South Ferry Plaza is complete, the city is letting the groups use the space free of charge. The two groups will probably not be permanent, full-time tenants until the mid-90s. "Right now, the commercial real estate market is a little soft," noted David White, director of Dance Theater Workshop, "and the deal for the South Ferry Plaza is still being put together." Several groups of artists have been working since January and installed artwork which relates to maritime and political history.

And on the very first day, an art controversy developed. On the roof of the building BATTERY IS INCLUDED: The Battery Maritime Building will be used to house iwo arcs groups for exnioits and performance space. Creative Time and Dance Theater Workshop were chosen to be the cultural tenants. Manhattan Cultural Affairs Editor Two arts groups have begun the first phase of a downtown cultural program which converts part of the historic Battery Maritime Building, operated by the Department of Ports and Terminals, into an exhibit and performance space. The two arts groups, Creative Time and Dance Theater Workshop, were chosen to be the cultural tenants.

They have use of one floor, the rooftop and the Weehaw-ken Ferry entrance area, as well as a few old piers. The building on the water at South and Whitehall Sts. is an official New York City landmark. An elaborate Beaux Arts-style building built in 1909, it was used as a ferry slip for South Brooklyn-bound boats until 1938. It is destined to be part of a proposed $400 million real es Affairs Commissioner Mary Schmidt Campbell.

"New York has been cited as having the most aggressive real estate-cultural initiatives." In addition to the exhibition, dance and other types of theater performances will be held. The first public performance, "Half A World Away," by A. Leroy and Janie Geiser, will be held on May 26-27 at 2 and 4 p.m. there is an enlargement a diagram of a slave slip which sailed into New York. "A lawyer who saw the work from his office window called," explained Cee Brown, director of Creative Time.

"He was angry because he said there was no slavery in New York City. But I told him he was wrong, not true," said Brown. "There was slavery in New York City until 1827." The artwork is not installed in a formal manner. "It is subtle, you have to walk around a lot," said Brown. There are sculptures and paintings all over and some of it is out in the water, including a tiny garden made from pre-colonial seeds which sits atop a group of old piers.

"This is definitely an unusual project," said Cultural Jonathan Lovett, the lawyer for the coalition, said the case was not lost and "We are going to pursue our to make the facility the best it can be," he said. Work could start as early as today, he said. GfixmnranysG' Westchester has said it was in a housing crisis and needed adequate shelter for the homeless as quickly as possible. In a two-page ruling, the appeals court said the Legislature had dealt with the issues presented to the court and there was "no indication this determination was affected by an error of law or was arbitrary and capricious." It said there was no likelihood of success in the case and therefore denied a preliminary injunction against clearing the land. WestHELP's founder and president, Andrew Cuomo, called the decision good news for both the homeless and for taxpayers who pay the cost of keeping them in hotels.

"Now we want to work in a spirit of cooperation with the local residents An appeals court cleared the way yesterday for work to start on a controversial transitional homeless project in Greenburgh. In a unanimous decision, the Appellate Division said there was no reason to set aside a decision of the Westchester County Board of Legislators to turn over land to WestHELP, which is building the facility for homeless women and children. A citizens' group. Coalition for United Peoples, had sued to stop the 108-unit project planned for six acres adjacent to Westchester Community College. The coalition maintained that the county failed to do proper environmental studies and had not sought an alternative site.

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