'Philly on Fire,' a documentary on the 1985 MOVE bombing, won the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize. The film will focus on the Philadelphia police and politicians responsible for the attack, and the Black liberation group's survivors. The $200,000 prize is meant to help the filmmakers finish production and distribution.
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Bus to Nowhere The Port Authority’s latest bus terminal plan meets every need except that of practicality.
New York
Infrastructure and energy
The Port Authority recently unveiled its latest proposal in the long-running saga to replace its midtown bus terminal with a new, state-of-the-art facility. There’s no doubt that it needs to be replaced. It’s rundown, lacks access for the disabled, doesn’t accommodate articulated or double-decker buses, and can’t meet current needs, much less projected passenger growth.
Recognizing the need to replace the terminal is one thing; figuring out how to do it has been the problem. The bus terminal’s location, on Eighth Avenue between West 40th and West 42nd Streets, was the outcome of a late 1940s political fight between the Port Authority and master builder Robert Moses. (Moses, who wanted to expand the Greyhound terminal near Penn Station, lost that battle.) The site is ideal because it sits adjace