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Article: BETTING ON BOND STREET.(Bond Street Theater expansion plans )
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- WWD
- Article date:
- April 17, 2006
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Byline: Sharon Edelson
NEW YORK - Only two blocks long and covered in cobblestones, Bond Street in Lower Manhattan has always harked back to an earlier time.
"It was a no-man's land," said Joanna Sherman, artistic director of the Bond Street Theater and a 25-year resident of the street. "It was a heavy crack area. Eventually enough people started moving into the neighborhood that they formed this vigilante group. Every night at about 10 they would go out with their signs and shout at the druggies."
Because of its borders - Broadway on one end and the Bowery on the other - Bond Street has always been quiet and off the beaten path. In the ...