IMO, there were simply too many recent positive indicators to not excavate the basement of that building. Technology has advanced. And having new eyes examine an old landscape (case) often leads to fresh discoveries.
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When Cy Vance was running for Manhattan District Attorney, he and his opponents were approached by Stan Patz, the father of missing child Etan Patz, and asked to re-open the case, help the family get closure and bring to justice the person who kidnapped and murdered the 6-year-old boy in 1979.
Vance made a commitment to Patz: if he was elected he would re-examine the case. He did so shortly after he was elected, meeting multiple times with Patz and former federal prosecutor Stu Grabois, who had devoted much of his career to the Patz case.
In January 2010 the case took on new life. Dormant since the former Manhattan DA, Robert Morgenthau, opted not to present evidence against one suspect to a grand jury, it got a fresh look by a team of prosecutors and an FBI agent assigned to it. Old interviews were reconsidered, old evidence re-examined, and a fresh round of interviews with subjects of the original investigation began.
Do we know for sure that the basement space had finished or semi-finished walls in 1979? I was under the impression that the walls at that time were the original brick walls of the building.
Or as some news reports say perhaps the original walls were cinder block? Those buildings are old. I doubt very much they are cinder-block.
Was the Playgroup in this same basement space? Or was it just a work space for Mr. Miller? Or, did he leave and the Playgroup took over?
Do we know for sure that the basement space had finished or semi-finished walls in 1979? I was under the impression that the walls at that time were the original brick walls of the building.
Or as some news reports say perhaps the original walls were cinder block? Those buildings are old. I doubt very much they are cinder-block.
Was the Playgroup in this same basement space? Or was it just a work space for Mr. Miller? Or, did he leave and the Playgroup took over?
Re-posting from yesterday:
He [OM] said he wasnt there; he had some sort of alibi, and it sort of checked out, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing. That alibi was supported in part by a coworker, the person said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/n...ince-street-basement-and-an-old-handyman.html
The ORIGINAL Whole Foods, at 117 Prince Street between Greene and Wooster, was opened by Charles Rosenblum in 1970 and closed on April 1, 2000.
And let’s not forget Dean and DeLuca. In 1973, Giorgio DeLuca, son of an Italian food importer, opened The Cheese Store at 120 Prince Street (now the site of Olive’s), where he sold a wide selection of domestic and imported cheeses previously not readily available in the US, and then in 1977, DeLuca, along with two partners, Joel Dean and Jack Ceglic, went on to open Dean and DeLuca, the gourmet food superstore across the street and converted The Cheese Store into a sandwich shop.
DEAN & DELUCA introduced its first café at 121 Prince Street
The restaurant Food (see my post on Food here) opened in late 1971 at 127 Prince Street at the corner of Wooster.
The entrance to FOOD on Prince at Wooster. In the lower-left corner of the photo you can also see the entrance to SoHo Plagroup.
is the co-worker JS?
I attended the SoHo Playgroup from 1972, around when it opened in the Prince Street space, until I was old enough to enter kindergarten at P.S.3 (no such thing as pre-K back then!). My sister also attended, from around 1974-1977. Cynthia was the teacher there the entire time we attended, and I think it stayed open for a few more years, until around 1980.
She said that Etan’s parents were part of the cooperative at times and that their daughter, Shira, was in the group. She did not know if Etan participated.
Even worse, he also believes that two weeks ago he may have seen the scent jars - he described glass jars with pads in them spaced evenly through the part of the basement he was in..