July 25, 2025

Online at DowntownExpress.com • Find & Post Local Jobs for Free at amNY.com/jobs Bring the hostages home! THE NEWSPAPER OF LOWER MANHATTAN VOLUME 38, NUMBER 30 JULY 25, 2025 Fight to preserve church Page 3 ‘Blue’s Clues’ host bares soul Page 14 PHOTO... More

Online at DowntownExpress.com • Find & Post Local Jobs for Free at amNY.com/jobs Bring the hostages home! THE NEWSPAPER OF LOWER MANHATTAN VOLUME 38, NUMBER 30 JULY 25, 2025 Fight to preserve church Page 3 ‘Blue’s Clues’ host bares soul Page 14 PHOTO COURTESY AVALON ASHLEY BELLOS PORTRAIT OF A MATRIARCH: Robert Henri’s Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and the power of being seen Page 15 Less