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Grand St. bike lane

is a hell on wheels,
local seniors say
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
Charging the Grand St.
bicycle lane is endangering
both seniors’ safety and
local stores’ and restau-
rants’ survival, Chinatown
residents and merchants
joined Councilmember
Alan Gerson at Mott and
Grand Sts. last Friday, call-
ing for modifications to
the new-style lane. Gerson
also said the Department
of Transportation must do
more community outreach
and consultation before
installing new bike lanes.
According to Gerson
and Project Open Door,
which provides social ser-
vices at 168 Grand St.
for Chinatown seniors,
Villager photo by Jefferson Siegel two months ago a senior
Susan Goren and a furry friend in Washington Square Park. from the organization was
knocked unconscious on
Grand St. by a cyclist who
didn’t stop for a red light.
On the other hand, the
lane’s critics also contend
it is underused. One local
merchant claimed he had
stood at the intersection
for two hours but seen
only five bikes go by on
the bike lane. Yet right as
he said this, one bicycle
was passing by and within
30 seconds, another two
came along.
Gerson said the seniors
dislike that the parking
lane on the street’s south
side has been moved sev-
eral feet out into the street
to create a protected bike
lane by the curb. Having
the parking by the curb
provided a protected area
Continued on page 8

Maybe it’s nuts, but they call Bald Man invasion

her ‘The Squirrel Whisperer’ got seriously hairy;
BY KARA BLOOMGARDEN-SMOKE
“When I was a small child, I used to walk through
In the fall, Goren imports acorns from the playground
outside of the McDonald’s on W. Third St. There are also a
At last, he’s gone
Prospect Park with my grandfather. I thought he was magic few oak trees in Washington Square Park that produce the BY DOTTIE WILSON recently disappeared from
because the squirrels always followed him,” said Susan squirrels’ favorite food. Ding, dong, the Bald the busy corner of Second
Goren. She later learned that her grandfather had dropped Like all rodents, squirrels’ teeth keep growing and they Man’s dead! At least in Ave. and E. Ninth St. Poof!
nuts as they walked all along. have to continuously shave them down. Goren says that the East Village he is. Max Though I never once dined
Although Goren has always noticed squirrels, it wasn’t sometimes you can hear the squirrels making scraping noises Brenner, the extremely at the famous “Chocolate by
until she went on disability three years ago following various on harder nuts like almonds and hazelnuts, which means popular chocolate-themed the Bald Man” corporation,
health problems and unexpected surgeries that she began to that they are filing their teeth. restaurant with locations
bring nuts and water, as well as attention, to the squirrels in “When I started, I used to get bitten, but I haven’t been bit all throughout the world, has Continued on page 6
Washington Square Park on a daily basis. year — knock on wood,” Goren said. “Bites hurt like the devil.
Goren spends about $150 a month on feeding squirrels. They have a very sharp set of teeth. They are rodents, after all.
“I had to start ordering online, because around here they “They don’t have rabies,” she added. EDITORIAL,
charge a lot for a pound of nuts, and that will last me less A friend of hers went to St. Vincent’s after getting bitten LETTERS
than a week,” she explained during a recent visit to the park. and the doctor said not to worry about rabies upon hearing
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“I can order online in bulk, but I don’t have room in my the type of animal bite.
apartment to store 25 pounds of nuts.” When a tree limb was cut down and the squirrels’ nest
Goren is planning to share the order with a fellow box fell, Goren fed the babies with a syringe filled with TIKI
Washington Square Park squirrel feeder. puppy food every two hours and was “heartbroken” when DOES
Goren and a friend did a squirrel taste test with almonds, the babies didn’t make it.
peanuts, hazelnuts and acorns. The critters take the acorns
THE SLIDE
every time, although acorns are not always available. Continued on page 32 PAGE 18

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alk Fl out concept is being well received: “A lot of people expressed
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this summer,” he said. We bumped into Power, a.k.a. the East

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Saturday night and Power said he wasn’t sure he would join in,
because he “can’t afford to get arrested again.” But Power was
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told by an officer that she couldn’t because the pier is operated basically sicced the kids on him. One of his wrists was in an
by “a conservancy.” Actually, the pier and park are run by an
authority, the Hudson River Park Trust, but we have heard
before that political leafleting isn’t allowed there. … Things
went better on Kurland’s “District Dog Crawl,” during which
she made the rounds of neighborhood dog runs, and vowed to
fight for more of them and also for passage of animal welfare
legislation. Kurland — who is strongly angling for the animal
lovers’ vote — brought along her two adopted Italian grey-
hounds, Sal and Luca, and she and her workers handed out
dog bandannas with “Yelp for Yetta” printed on them.
perpetrating attacks on the homeless sleeping around Tompkins
Square Park. Power said someone who is known in the park
ace bandage and the other arm had a bunch of fresh, bright-red
cuts. “Jim’s pretty traumatized after he got beat up,” Penley said,
though assuring Power will be there Friday night to do a planned
Obama mosaic light pole. ... As for the violence, in general, we
felt that the vibe on Avenue A seemed a bit hostile on Saturday
night. And then the next morning, we opened the newspaper to
read that Eric “Taz” Pagan, a bouncer at Forbidden City lounge
and a local resident, had been shot outside the place, just a few
blocks from where we had been standing only moments earlier,
another senseless murder by gun.

AND THE (WEB) HITS KEEP COMING: The Council GERSON’S HARD SELL: After years and years in
District 3 debate that The Villager held on Aug. 13 continues the making, some new sidewalk vendor rules backed by
to get wider and wider attention. In addition to the more than Councilmember Alan Gerson are finally nearing the point
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Neighbors go postal over threatened station closings
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
Village neighbors, postal union representa-
tives and elected officials rallied in front of the
West Village post office last week to protest the
U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close the station
in October.
The full-service post office at 527 Hudson
St. is one of five stations in Manhattan, includ-
ing the Pitt St. post office next to the Seward
Park Co-op on the Lower East Side, and 14
total in all five boroughs proposed for closing
because of decreased mail volume and a corre-
sponding decline in revenue for U.S.P.S.
It is the second time in two years that the
West Village station has been threatened. In
2007 the full-service post office was scheduled
for conversion to an automated center that
would not be able to issue postal money orders.
After protests led by elected officials, full ser-
vice remained with automatic machines added.
About a year ago, the station was closed for
several months for a $250,000 renovation.
Congressmember
Jerrold Nadler said the
privatization of the U.S.
Postal Service a decade
ago into a private public-
benefit organization that
receives no subsidy from
federal tax funds was
a big mistake.
Congressmember Jerrold Nadler and
Clarence Wall, executive vice president of the
postal workers union in the New York metro
area, told the Aug. 20 rally at the Hudson St.
post office that the union believes there is no
economic justification for closing the station.
“I’m not convinced that these closures
would create real relief from the Postal Service’s
budget crisis,” said Nadler, adding, “As far as I
can see, the cuts are akin to moving furniture
around on the Titanic.”
Nadler announced that he was sponsoring
two bills in Congress. The intention of one bill
would be to save U.S.P.S. $3.5 billion per year
in operating expenses. The other bill would
require U.S.P.S. to fully justify station closings
and service consolidations, and would require
hearings and a public assessment of the need
for a station closure or consolidation.
Wall said that if it were not for $2 billion
that Congress last year forced U.S.P.S. to
prepay into its employee health insurance, the
Postal Service would have shown a surplus
this year.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn,
whose district includes the West Village, told
the rally that revenues alone couldn’t measure
the importance of local post offices.
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“Local post offices keep us in touch with
our friends and families,” she said. “Can you
imagine what Christmas would be like without
a post office near where people live? They are a
necessity. A post office is like a community cen-
ter where people meet their neighbors. Closing
post offices needs to be done with a scalpel, not
a machete,” Quinn said.
State Senator Tom Duane, whose district
includes the West Village, Assemblymember
Linda Rosenthal, representing Clinton and
the Upper West Side, and State Senator
Daniel Squadron, whose district includes
the Lower East Side and most of the East
Village, also spoke at the rally. Staff members
for Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and
Richard Gottfried were also at the rally.
Nadler said the privatization of the U.S.
Postal Service a decade ago into a private
public-benefit organization that receives no
subsidy from federal tax funds was a big
mistake.
“Mail service is a public good. It’s as old
as the United States — started by Benjamin
Franklin,” he said, adding, “It was an illusion
to believe that the Postal Service could sustain
itself.” He acknowledged, however, that there
does not appear to be support in Congress to
reverse the privatization. “That may change if
there are many more station closings,” he said.
At the end of last month, representa-
tives from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s Villager photo by Monica Schipper
Office led a rally in front of the Pitt St. post Residents say saving local post offices, like the Hudson St. station, above, as well
office protesting the station’s planned closing. as the Pitt St. station, is a priority.
The Pitt St. station, at 185 Clinton St., leases it
premises from the Seward Park Co-op.
The West Village station in July began
distributing questionnaires to its patrons as
part of the review of the potential closing. But
many Villagers felt the questions were rigged
to show that the nearby post office at 201
Varick St. could serve West Village residents.
Steve Gould, a staff member of Visiting
Neighbors, which serves elderly Village resi-
food. fun. sand.
dents, said the organization has many clients in
the West Village who are older than 80. LONG ISLAND CITY
“They can’t be asked to walk to Varick St.,
more than seven blocks further away,” he said SUN 9/13 • 1PM SAT 9/26 • 1PM-3AM (free bef. 6pm)
at the Aug. 20 rally. MARTINEZ VEGA RECORDS:
Harry Malakoff, a real estate broker and W. BROTHERS "GET TOGETHER"
12th St. resident, recalled that when he was
a college student 40 years ago, his political-
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science professor told the class that one of the
duties of a congressmember was to make sure SOUTH STREET SEAPORT
the district had a post office.
Albert Bennett, a Morton St. resident and
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member of his block association, said the West MELTING POT GLOBAL: NICKY SIANO
Village station is necessary for the association PARADISE SAT • 10PM-3AM
to send its monthly newsletter to residents.
“Closing the station would be the death of
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the Morton St. Block Association,” he said. THE STARS
Jo Hamilton, chairperson of Community
Board 2, said, “We fought the battle two GOVERNORS ISLAND
years ago to save the West Village post office.
Community Board 2 is very, very strongly SAT 8/29 • 8PM WEDS 9/9 • 8PM
behind our congressman’s calls to save that BADFISH N*E*R*D
post office. Whenever I go there, it’s always
crowded, which shows how heavily it’s used.” ASHER ROTH
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Students Back to Campus
Move-In Day
Parking Relief
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Our freshman class will begin arriving early on the morning of
Sunday, August 30, and will be moving into freshman residence
halls all day. We are sensitive to the effect this has on parking
and traffic in the neighborhood, and, for your convenience,
NYU would like to offer parking reimbursement to residents
in the area designated by the darker-shaded section of the
map above—from 14th Street down to Houston Street, between
Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) and Second Avenue—
Copters take flak at a hearing
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
Anti-noise and air-traffic safety advo-
cates joined elected officials at a Tuesday
hearing by the City Council Transportation
Committee on improving air safety fol-
lowing the Aug. 8 helicopter crash with a
private airplane over the Hudson River in
which nine people were killed.
The crash involving a sightseeing helicopter
from the W. 30th St. heliport in Hudson River
Park provoked repeated demands Tuesday
for banning such tourist flights, and inspired
more demands for closer Federal Aviation
Administration control over chopper and pri-
vate planes flying beneath 1,100 feet.
Manhattan Borough President Scott
Stringer proposed separate altitudes — 1,100
feet for small planes and 500 feet for helicop-
ters — which prompted boos and jeers from
audience members long concerned about
helicopter noise.
Stringer, however, also proposed a morato-
rium on sightseeing flights.
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried sub-
mitted a statement that said, in part, “We do not
need sightseeing helicopter rides. … [W]hatever
sightseers spend on a helicopter ride they would
eagerly spend on some other activity.”
Under the settlement of a 2008 lawsuit by
Friends of Hudson River Park, sightseeing
flights from the 30th St. heliport will cease
as of April 1, 2010, and the number of tour-
ist flights from W. 30th St. was reduced to
25,000 flights in the year that ended May 31
and to 12,500 for the coming year. Matthew
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the committee the lawsuit was filed to elimi-
nate the noise that disturbs park users.
“While our suit was not based on spe-
cific air-traffic concerns, we hope these
efforts will aid in a reduction of potential
dangers,” he said.
Ken Paskar, a Lower East Side resident and
a general aviation pilot for 30 years, told the
committee that the F.A.A. has rules for flights
at all altitudes, but at 1,100 feet and below,
the agency does not require private pilots or
helicopter pilots to file flight plans or be in radio
contact with flight controllers. The “see and
avoid” rule governs low-altitude air traffic.
Paskar, a volunteer representative with
the F.A.A. Safety Team but testifying as a
private citizen, said rules for the Hudson
River corridor could be improved. He noted
that in the Washington, D.C., area the F.A.A.
requires general aviation pilots to take a
course on “see and avoid” rules. Paskar said
a similar course should be required of pilots
flying the Hudson River corridor.
Congressmember Jerrold Nadler submit-
ted a statement calling on the F.A.A. to use its
authority to control airspace below 1,100 feet.
Nadler repeated his demand that small air-
craft must install a Traffic Collision Avoidance
System and a Mode C transponder, which make
low-altitude aircraft aware of each other.
Joy Held, president of the Helicopter
Noise Coalition, said sightseeing copters are
“utterly unnecessary, dangerous, noisy, a seri-
ous security risk and they cause pollution.”
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The bald truth about life next to a choco chain
Continued from page 1
this place gave me indigestion, headaches
even. While nearby mom-and-pop establish-
ments struggled to stay afloat, Max Brenner
was constantly packed, mostly with tourists.
These people would come all the way to the
East Village — just to eat at a chain restau-
rant. I didn’t get it.
And with childhood diabetes on the rise,
as well as obesity, I thought “society” was sup-
posed to be eating more sensibly. But not at this
joint. Struggling with menus the size of a hefty
coffee-table book, its carefree patrons were
devotees of a restaurant defined by indulgence,
i.e., dessert for breakfast, lunch and dinner and
drinks. In this land of “sugar on fat, on top of
sugar on fat” (read “The End of Overeating”
by David Al Kessler), this was an altogether
obscene environment.
On the Internet, I was astonished at the
humongous number of adoring fan sites this
eatery had from all over the world. (There
was also at least one “hate” site). Yet, as with
the other big-box retailers, banks, hotels and
dorms that threatened to overtake the essence
and historic nature of a neighborhood, the
big, brown head of the Max Brenner franchise
stuck out like a sore thumb. Cyberspace and
reality were clearly at odds.
The restaurant’s outdoor tables, usually
loaded with out-of-towners, took up an unusu-
ally large portion of sidewalk, and this annoy-
ing protrusion provoked many a resident on
his or her way to and from the Astor Place or
Eighth St. subways. On Friday and Saturday
nights, human gridlock was the norm.
To make matters worse, I was partially to
blame for this mess! Shortly after M.B.C.B.B.M.
opened in 2006, two people came knocking on
my apartment door bearing chocolates, cook-
ies and gifts, along with a petition to allow
a nearby sidewalk cafe. I hungrily/greedily
accepted the free goodies, and then (doh!)
stupidly signed a document that gave no clue
whatsoever as to how big a space they would
gobble up. Greed was not good.
Consequently, I guess, a crazy person from
a nearby apartment building started to get
sick and tired of the music from the place’s
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Continued from page 2
where they might actually be implemented
someday soon. The Police Department has
already signed off on one proposal, known
as “The Protrusion Bill,” Gerson reported
this week. This regulation would change the
way sidewalk widths are measured — for
example, in Soho, the measurement would
be from the edge of any “bubble-glass”
coverings or metal plates outside buildings
to the curb. In spots without such special
plates or sidewalk structures, the measure-
ment would be as it always has been, from
the building wall to the curb. This new rule
“would eliminate virtually all of the vend-
outdoor speakers. He hated getting woken up
every morning and night by the loud, clanking
metal chains and padlocks that were used to
prevent the theft of their ugly tables and chairs.
Employees from the restaurant who took their
breaks at the entrance of his building — smok-
ing and laughing it up till all hours, and acci-
dentally buzzing his apartment by leaning on
the intercom buttons — drove him nuts. This
guy was not a happy camper.
At first he tried to combat the problem by
throwing water and garbage out the window,
which offered immediate relief. But since
the noise just kept coming back, he began to
wage a war of revenge. While taking his big
black dog out for its nightly walk, he would
purposely bump into the outdoor cafe’s guard
rails — alarming customers, knocking over
drinks and causing disharmony. On a busy
and crowded weekend, this could have been
forgiven, since there’s so little room on the
block to begin with, but not with this guy “or
his little dog!” (Actually, it was a well-fed
From madness and
‘revenge’ to mayhem
and mystery — living on
the same block as Max
Brenner the Bald Man was
no piece of cake.
Labrador retriever whose big tail could wipe
out a chocolate milkshake in one happy
flash.) When this insane neighbor told me
he had moved on to slashing the chocolate
invader’s vinyl guard rails with a knife (think
shower scene from “Psycho”), I really started
to worry — and prayed that these hostile
transgressions were committed when no one
sitting there.
Earlier this year, the mutilated structures
were replaced with metal versions, but now
all that remains are rust-colored stains on the
ing on those narrow sidewalks in Soho,”
such as Spring and Prince Sts., Gerson
said, later downgrading that slightly to say
that “major parts” of these streets would
be off limits to vendors. Vendors on West
Broadway, where the pavement is wider,
would be less affected. Yet another Gerson-
backed regulation — still in need of Police
Department approval — calls for signage
and lightly colored curb markings that
would show where vendors could legally
operate. Finally, a third proposal by the
Lower Manhattan councilmember is the
so-called “20/20 Law,” under which there
would be 20 linear feet of space for vend-
ing along a sidewalk, followed by 20 feet of
open space and so on.
Max Brenner, and his logo, recently
vanished suddenly from Second Ave.
and Ninth St.
sidewalk, evidence of the scene of more than
one crime. I suspect the above-mentioned scary
person has either moved or been incarcer-
ated or is in/on ecstasy — or some other drug.
On the extreme opposite end of the spec-
trum, however, is a man (I’ve never met) who
I’m positive is totally distraught over the Bald
Man’s abrupt departure. He’s what I call one of
the many “recurring characters” in the neigh-
borhood. A heavyset guy with long, brown
hippie hair, he would sit there for hours, all by
himself and always facing west, with a white,
plastic takeout bag and beverage on the table;
rarely did you ever see him actually eat. And
day in, day out, this dude looked absolutely
miserable — utterly defeated by life. His entire
persona just screamed “sad sack.”
Other neighbors and I have had discus-
sions about what must have caused such
extreme depression, and why of all the
places in the neighborhood he chose to
frequent this one so often. Was this poor
guy in mourning or shock, i.e. had his entire
family been murdered at a different fast-food
chain? Maybe his wife left him for another
man, someone who had (“the horror”) no
hair? Perhaps being around all those happy-
go-lucky tourists was some form of radical
therapy! The answers to these life mysteries
will never be known. Like Max Brenner,
this tragic head case simply disappeared
overnight.
I contacted M.B.C.B.B.M.’s corporate
office to find out what happened. Despite
the economic recession, I thought surely
a company as big and successful as theirs
would survive. Then again, my observations
were mostly of the exterior, sidewalk activ-
ity, not the large amount of square footage
within. And it wouldn’t have surprised me
one bit if the owner of this heavily trafficked
piece of real estate jacked up the already-
astronomical rent. Maybe the corner itself
was cursed; the previous tenant spent a
fortune renovating and outfitting the space
with top-of-the-line equipment and light-
ing, and then suddenly closed after just
one month. They left practically everything
behind, including their plants, which were
left to freeze and die — except for a tall,
heavy tree I rescued after agents on the
premises allowed me take it.
As a fan of various historical and preserva-
tion organizations (see sidebar below) and the
East Village Community Coalition, as well as a
resident for almost three decades, I embrace a
significant “shop local” philosophy. However,
I do admit to once paying a brief visit to this
awful operation. It was a hot and humid day
— as usual, I was wearing all black — and
even though I was just a short distance away
from my sixth-floor walk-up, I urgently needed
a dose of fresh, cold air conditioning. Entering
Max Brenner through the front door on Second
Ave., I experienced approximately 8 seconds of
purposeful bliss, and then immediately exited
via their emergency side door onto E. Ninth St.,
right around the corner. This shortcut was both
delightful and spiteful, but sadly, no alarms
went off. Yet they should have. This time I was
the alien invader.
According to their spokesperson, it turns
out that Max Brenner — which, by the way, is
not a real person’s name — after having opened
two restaurants in New York City in 2006,
has decided to pull all resources from their
East Village location and focus on their Union
Square spot, while “expanding our chocolate
culture throughout the United States.” Right.
Gobbledygook meets mumbo jumbo, crass
tourist attraction be gone.
Ding dong, says the wicked witch of the
East, the sidewalk has been reclaimed. Veselka
(est. 1955) is across the street, the quintes-
sential East Village Meat Market but one door
over. B&H Dairy, Stage, Cinderella and Toy
Tokyo — and a precious handful of wonderful,
local East Village and Lower East Side baker-
ies, restaurants and specialty shops — are still
holding on. It’s a merry ol’ day!
Hopefully, the new tenant on the block
won’t be as scary as the big, bad Bald Man —
another business like this guy’s would feel like
getting hit by a flying house — or some fatso
named Duane Reade! Better get out those
horizontal-striped Oz socks just in case.
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228-2781 or e-mail to info@neighborhood-
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Photographer-curators James and Karla
Murray provide a window onto the rich
cultural experience of New York City as
seen through its neighborhood shops in their
book “Storefront: The Disappearing Face
of New York.” Through panoramic photo-
graphs, portraits of individual storefronts
and interviews with shop owners, their book
reveals how neighborhood stores help set the
pulse, life and texture of their communities.
Join the Murrays and local storefront own-
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Gerson says bike lane sped through without input
Continued from page 1
for seniors, he said.
Gerson accused D.O.T. of “pitting
local residents against bicyclists — and
this is so unnecessary,” adding, “There’s
no question there’s been an increase in
crashes between people and bikes since
the lane came in.”
The lane should detour onto Kenmare
St. between Lafayette St. and Bowery, as
proposed by the Little Italy Merchants
Association, Gerson said.
However, the councilmember was chal-
lenged at the press conference by sev-
eral young bike-friendly journalists, one
of whom was reporting for Streetsblog.
Caroline Samponaro, director of bicycle
advocacy for Transportation Alternatives,
also pulled up on her bike and debated
the councilmember. The pro-bike bloggers
and Samponaro said that, according to
D.O.T., accidents have decreased on the
street by 30 percent since the protected
lane’s installation.
Samponaro added that she had attend-
ed four Community Board 3 meetings at
which the bike lane had been discussed
prior to its implementation, and that
residents’ and merchants’ suggestions had
been incorporated into the design. She
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said it is underused, a number of cyclists passed by, including the woman above. A
motorized hand truck, at left, was also using the lane, easing sidewalk congestion.
sufficient community process.
“The community board supports this
project,” she stated.
involvement before any streetscape chang-
es, such as adding bike lanes — or “what
happened on Broadway with the bump-outs
and the Rutgers St. configuration.”
Gerson said the bill would require
“adequate notice, a comment period and a
post-implementation review period.”
Afterward Samponaro said of Gerson,
“He should be called out for using com-
munity process as a front. Ultimately, this
is a safer street because of what they’ve
done here.”
Grand St. in Chinatown and Little Italy
has traditionally been a “market street,”
Gerson noted. After the press confer-
ence, a Little Italy merchant who didn’t
give his name said he supports the bike
lane, but changes are needed to help local
merchants. Noting that the parked cars in
the buffer lane currently can stay there 18
hours a day, he said there should be a two-
hour limit. Also, parking should be allowed
on Grand St.’s north side at night instead
of having no parking there, he said.
“You can’t ‘X’ cars out of the city,” he
said. “You need cars for people to come in.”
Villager photo by Lincoln Anderson The lane traverses C.B. 2 as well as
C.B. 3. Jo Hamilton, C.B. 2 chairperson,
said she looks forward to having a dia-
logue with Gerson about the issue.
“In general, Community Board 2 has
Gerson countered, “They support it with been very supportive of D.O.T.’s efforts
modifications.” He said he intends to intro- to create a safe biking culture in the city,”
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HIGH LINE PUTS ON BRAKES
A controversial plan calling for a tax
on residents and property owners near
the High Line to help pay for the elevated
park was dropped last week after neigh-
bors apparently came out against the
proposal.
According to Friends of the High Line,
the nonprofit organization that oversees
maintenance and management of the
West Chelsea green space, the concept
of imposing taxes on building owners
based on their proximity to the High Line
caused enough of a stir to table the plan
for now.
“Friends of the High Line and the
District’s Steering Committee sought
broad community input on the idea of
creating an Improvement District to help
the City’s new High Line park,” read a
statement from F.O.H.L. “The Steering
Committee reached out to the larger High
Line community, so that their responses
would help determine whether to move
forward. Following these public outreach
efforts, it was decided to put the proposal
on hold. While many strongly supported
the concept, important concerns were
BETTER HEARING
also raised.”
The proposal, modeled after the city’s
business improvement district program,
sought to raise $1 million from various
Discounts for Students
$995
property owners for daily upkeep of the
& Senior Citezens park running between Gansevoort and
W. 30th Sts. The plan called for charging
100% Digital W/ Complete either a 3- or 9-cent tax per square foot
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Hearing Aid’s for buildings located near the High Line,
running for almost 20 blocks along the
length of the former railroad viaduct.
s(EARING4ESTs.EW(EARING!IDS “Friends of the High Line has always Prince St. store’s legacy will take over at the
s(EARING!ID2EPAIRs%AR-OLDSs"ATTERIES been a community organization, and the landmark location.
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 fied revenue stream for the High Line’s for more than a year.
future, so that the park can always be
maintained and operated at the level nec-
essary to make it a treasured asset to its
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abandoned Soho property that has been left
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at the NYS Psychiatric Institute for 22 days. three-story structure.
The property, at 43 MacDougal St. at
You can earn approximately $1479. the corner of King St. in the Charlton-King-
Vandam Historic District, had been left to
For more information (212) 543-6743. rot for years before the city finally began
fining the owners and pursued a lawsuit to
compel them to make repairs.
The city also responded by boarding up
the building’s broken windows and install-
ing scaffolding around the structure, but
the latter apparently has only helped squat-
ters set up camp inside the hollowed-out
townhouse.
“The sidewalk shed, which was built
one year ago by the Department of Housing
Preservation and Development to protect
passersby, has allowed ease of access for
squatters and vandals into and out of
the building,” read a letter from Andrew
Berman, executive director of the Greenwich
Village Society of Historic Preservation, to
several city agencies. He explained in a
separate note that the squatters — who
neighbors and G.V.S.H.P. staff have seen
living inside the property — face “very real
health and safety dangers, including the
very real possibility of accidental fires.”
Additionally, new graffi ti recently
appeared near the building’s third-floor
fire escape, and a pool of water has built
up on the roof that could cause structural
damage.
“I was grateful to learn in June that the
Landmarks Preservation Commission had
finally begun initiating a Demolition by
Neglect case against the building’s own-
ers,” Berman added in his letter, describing
the action taken by L.PC., which includes
levying substantial fines against the owners,
site visits, evaluation and a lengthy legal
process. “However, the beginning stages
of this process have been slow,” Berman
added, “and we are concerned that the
building will continue to deteriorate and
pose an increasing health and safety threat
to neighbors while we wait for the case to
take shape.”
VESUVIO 2.0
The next chapter in the Vesuvio Bakery
saga is probably the best Soho preservation-
ists could have asked for: Another bakery
committed to continuing the diminutive
The eco-friendly Birdbath bakery, which
has two locations in the Village, recently
negotiated to lease the nearly 90-year-old
reopenings failed and the store stayed empty
The new bakery will debut in October,
according to New York magazine, which
interviewed Birdbath proprietor Maury
Rubin on the planned move.
“It’s an heirloom, it’s a treasure, it means
the world,” he told the magazine. “That I
have a chance to have my bakery be in it is
a gift.”
Rubin will reportedly remove Vesuvio’s
historic, coal-burning ovens to ease the
landlord’s fire concerns, but otherwise plans
to keep as much of the old shop intact as
possible — one of the main reasons he was
chosen as the next tenant.
The bakery was formerly owned and oper-
ated by the “Mayor of Greenwich Village,”
Tony Dapolito, who died in 2003.
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Rose Pascale, 92, former Community Board 2 liaison

OBITUARY
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
Rose Pascale, the East Harlem activist and daughter
of Italian immigrants who is remembered in the Village
for her service four decades ago as the beloved commu-
nity liaison to Community Board 2, died Aug. 14 at the
age of 92. She was the window of Pete Pascale, executive
director of the SCAN/LaGuardia Memorial House on E.
116th St., and worked by his side at the settlement house
for many years.
A Republican, she was appointed in 1969 by Manhattan
Borough President Percy Sutton, a Democrat, as commu-
nity liaison to the Greenwich Village community board.
She also served the two succeeding Manhattan borough
presidents, Democrats Andrew Stein and David Dinkins,
until she retired in 1986.
“She was a lovely lady, always with a smile and she never
got upset,” recalled Rita Lee, an aide to Councilmember
Alan Gerson. Lee recalled that when Rose Pascale was
first appointed as Sutton’s emissary to the Village, com-
munity boards had no budgets, no typewriters and no
offices. “She was the Community Board 2 office, working
in the Municipal Building,” Lee said. “Rose would bring
armloads of correspondence and records to the board
meetings and committee meetings wherever they were
held.”
Lulu Evans, Rose Pascale’s daughter, recalled at her
funeral on Aug. 20 that she overheard Rose taking a call
from a Brooklyn resident who needed help and had heard
that Rose was someone who would help anyone who
needed help.
“She worked for years with the Greenwich Village
community board and when [the Borough President’s
Office] transferred Rose to a Midtown board, all of
Greenwich Village was furious and in an uproar; so Rose
was assigned back to the Village and had to tend two
boards,” Evans added. “Rose had such good friends in the
Village, like Doris Diether, Rita Lee, Maggi Peyton and
Tony Dapolito.”
Rose’s abilities were in such demand
that, at one point, she was the
liaison to two community boards.
In connection with her work in the Village, Rose
became associated with Father Robert Lott, associate
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, who founded The Caring
Community senior-services organization in 1973. When Rose Pascale
Lott was transferred in 1987 to a church in East Harlem,
Rose joined his new organization developing affordable Republican Club since 1974, a delegate to the Republican
housing for seniors and low-income families. National Convention that year and president of the New
Rose was born Sept. 30, 1916, in New Brunswick, N.J., York County Republican Federation of Women.
to Elizabeth and Louis Capaldo, immigrants from Melfi, She was honored in 1998 by then-Manhattan Borough
Italy. The family moved to East Harlem when she was 3 President C. Virginia Fields for six decades of community
years old. She had to quit school after the eighth grade in service, and in 1999 by then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for
order to work to help her family, her daughter said. service to the people of East Harlem. Rose was president
Rose married Pete Pascale, an East Harlem community of the Rosary Altar Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
leader in 1938. She remained active and was a board Church in East Harlem, where her funeral was held last
member of the SCAN/LaGuardia center after his death week. In addition to her daughter, a son, five grandchil-
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212 Avenue A near E. 13th St., was shot to
death in front of the bar at 4:25 a.m. Sun.,
Aug. 23, and the suspect in the shooting was
arrested that evening, police said.
The victim, Eric Pagan, 42, of 725 F.D.R.
Drive, near E. Sixth St. in the Lillian Wald
Houses, was shot in the face when he
intervened in an argument in front of the
club. The incident started after a white
van brushed by two patrons who were
leaving the place. The two patrons started
to argue with the driver of the van, who
pulled a handgun and fired two rounds, hit-
ting Salvador Moran, 30, in the right hand
and grazing the neck of Robert Calbo, 31,
according to police.
Pagan, a single father of a teenage girl
and boy, was in the bar but not on duty and
ran out. He was shot after confronting the
shooter, who fled in the van, according to
witnesses. Pagan died on arrival at Bellevue
Hospital.
Louis Rodriguez, 29, of 452 E. 117th St.,
was arrested around 8:30 p.m. Sunday and
charged on Monday with murder, assault
and criminal possession of a weapon. He
was identified in a Daily News article as hav-
ing served nearly five years in prison on an
assault charge in the Bronx.
Moran and Calbo were taken to Bellevue
in stable condition.
Bag grab and grope
Police arrested Gustavo Martinez, 20,
shortly after 2 a.m. Mon., Aug. 17, and
charged him with robbing and sexually abus-
ing a woman on Second Ave. near E. Third
St. The suspect, a Yorkville resident, simu-
lated a gun, snatched the victim’s bag and
pushed her into a building vestibule, where he
groped her, police said. The victim punched
the suspect in the face, and her boyfriend
arrived and held the suspect for police.
Martinez was being held in lieu of bail pend-
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robbery and sexual abuse, a spokesperson for
the Manhattan district attorney said.
E. 12th St. mugging
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man on E. 12th St. near Second Ave. at
4:45 a.m. Sat., Aug. 22, and demanded his
shoes, according to police. The victim, 29,
refused, and one of the suspects punched
him and took an unspecified amount of cash.
The three were arrested soon after and one
of them, Glenn Williams, 24, of Brooklyn,
was charged with robbery. He was being
held pending a court appearance on Aug.
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St. Mark’s middle school preps students for success

BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK
“To wipe your mouth, take the napkin
from your lap, dab it around your mouth,
don’t rub. Then lay it back down on your
lap,” explained Tom Gold, former New
York City Ballet principal dancer, as he
demonstrated the proper way to perform
this sequence. Listening attentively were two
young men to whom Gold was teaching for-
mal dining etiquette at a luncheon in June at
the Friars Club on E. 55th St. These partici-
pants were not the big engines of enterprise
— at least not yet. They were 14-year-old
eighth graders, the 2009 graduating class
from George Jackson Academy, located at
104 St. Mark’s Place in the East Village.
After spending the last four or five years
at the insular world of George Jackson —
which offers grades 4 through 8 — the boys,
who are some of the city’s best and bright-
est middle-schoolers, requested the lesson
in order to be prepared to fit into the next
phase of their academic lives. They are head-
ed to the real world of high school at such
faraway prep schools as Andover, Concord
Academy and St. Mark’s in Massachussets,
St. Andrew’s in Delaware, Choate Rosemary
Hall in Connecticut and local elite high
schools, like Stuyvesant, Bard, Poly Prep,
Browning, Calhoun and Bronx Latin on par-
tial or full scholarships.
“We are very proud of their achieve- Villager photo by Bonnie Rosenstock
ments,” said David M. Arnold, head of George Jackson Academy students made a toast, with soda, to their continued academic success during a formal dining etiquette
school. “We give them the tools they need luncheon at the Friars Club.

and the character, strength and confidence
to succeed in all different kinds of environ-
ments.”
Dining details are just another challenge
to these students’ inquiring minds. Apart
from the exacting traditional school curricu-
lum, they also studied such subjects as Latin,
adolescent psychology, astronomy, social jus-
tice, comparative religion, civics, economics
and architecture. Some learned to play string
instruments and participated in choral work
in partnership with Juilliard; others wrote
and performed their own plays through the
Theatre Development Fund.
What future fiction writer Brandon Lara
of the Bronx, who is going to Brooklyn
Friends, took away from the etiquette les-
son was “a lot of important rules, like you
should make everybody comfortable if you
are the host.”
Making people feel comfortable is one of
the hallmarks of George Jackson, which is
based on the De La Salle tradition of educat-
ing the whole child, Arnold explained.
“Matters of the heart and spirit are as
important as academic rigor,” he said. “They
take a lot of care for younger peers, peers
and the school itself. It becomes an exten-
sion of home. By the time they leave here,
they are completely connected for life.”
George Jackson Academy was founded
by Brother Brian Carty, founder and prin-
cipal of the private, independent, nonsec-
tarian De La Salle Academy, established
in 1984, a middle school on W. 97th St.
for academically gifted boys and girls
from low-income families. Carty named
the East Village academy in honor of one
of his former students at the now-defunct
Monsignor Kelly School on W. 83rd St. —
George Jackson, former C.E.O. of Motown
Records and film producer, who died in
2000 at age 42.
Shortly before the Harlem-born-and-
bred, Harvard-educated Jackson died, he
and Carty were lamenting the fact that
there weren’t enough eligible boys for De
La Salle, and they believed a single-sex
middle school would benefit them. Even
though very little, if any, of the pledged
$10 million from Jackson’s Hollywood
friends, entertainers and Harvard materi-
alized after his funeral, Carty began the
school six years ago on a wing and a prayer
and the determination to honor Jackson’s
memory. He raised the money from many
of the same sources that funded De La
Salle. This fall, enrollment stands at 137
African-American, Latino and Asian stu-
dents, who make the long trek from the
South Bronx, northern Manhattan, Queens
and Brooklyn.
Both De La Salle and George Jackson
are need-blind institutions. In other words,
they will not turn down any child who is
qualified if his family can’t pay the tuition,
“which is all of them,” noted Susan F.
Siegel, the academy’s director of develop-
ment. The school, which does not have an
endowment, has to raise a “bare-boned
budget” of $2 million every year. The
biggest line item is for private bus trans-
portation for the fourth and fifth graders.
Although the tuition averages $14,000 per
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child, parents pay what they can, typically
$100 a month for 10 months.
“Compared to private school tuition of
between $28,000 to $35,000 annually, we
are half and have probably the same or
a better education,” Arnold stated. “For
example, our students develop a mastery
of Spanish far superior to any private
school. The intellectual foment of the kids
is really inspirational. It’s a joy to teach
because they raise their hands and ask so
many questions.”
During the academic year Arnold teach-
es a course on how to navigate the high
school placement process, and for the man-
datory July summer session he instructs in
great books. The school employs 16 teach-
ers, many of whom are De La Salle alumni,
plus a cadre of volunteers who are experts
in their fields, like digital photography and
computer technology.
“Our requirement is if they have a pas-
sion for the subject and can convey it to
the kids,” said Arnold.
Admittedly, the academy focuses on
a pre-select group of top students drawn
from the city’s public schools.
“We try to catch these boys before they
become disaffected from learning,” said
Arnold. “Oftentimes schools, rather than
being a springboard to greater success and
happiness, become an inhibitor. You are
sometimes putting yourself at risk if you
allow your intelligence to come out. The
kids bully you.”
However, the vetting process is “tough
as nails,” the head of school said. First,
there is a written exam, an IQ test and a
reading test. Most are reading two years
above their grade level.
“If you have a great IQ but you can’t
read, you can’t keep up with the academic
demands,” Arnold said.
Next, they are put through a day of
simulated classroom activities, includ-
ing math, puzzle solving, writing and
commenting on poetry and collaborative
assignments to observe how they interact
with each other. The final tier is interview-
ing the parents.
“If they don’t have support at home,
their parents are not involved or utterly
clueless, no matter how motivated the kids
are, left to their own devices, they will get
into mischief and avoid work,” Arnold
explained.
This year, 100 boys applied, and they
accepted 33 — 18 for the one-section
fourth grade and 16 for the fifth grade,
which has two sections.
So are the kids prepped to meet the
preps? (Bravo’s reality show “NYC Prep”
is every kid’s worst nightmare.)
“Most of them do very well because
they keep in touch with us,” said Siegel,
the director of development. “They have
developed the confidence and character
to call people out on things and not fall
into negative behavior. They get here early
enough. By third grade, we can recog-
nize certain qualities in a kid, and these
qualities are nurtured. They are all little
Obamas, ready to change the world.”
Arnold, who is a product of an all-boys
school, is aware of some of the criticism
leveled at single-sex schools. He described
‘Compared to private
school tuition of between
$28,000 to $35,000 annu-
ally, we are half and have
probably the same or a
better education.’
David M. Arnold,
head of school,
George Jackson Academy
his own experience as “a highly competi-
tive pressure cooker. Instead of teaching
boys how to work with and support one
another, we were taught to beat the hell
out of one another,” he recalled. “The cul-
ture in this school is so antithetical to that
highly rapacious individualism.”
Siegel cited a seven-year study, which
included George Jackson Academy, just
being completed by a prominent research-
er at New York University’s Steinhardt
School.
“The conclusion was that a certain
subset of boys will thrive in this kind of
setting and should be given every opportu-
nity,” she said.
Emmanuel Ntow from the Bronx, who
wants to become an electrical engineer,
is headed for the Calhoun School on the
Upper West Side, his first choice.
“In this small school I got more atten-
tion and help, and it has taught me to
strive better,” Ntow said. “My brothers
around me were also there to help during
troubled times.”
For Austin Pu of Forest Hills, Queens,
bound for the Upper East Side’s Trevor
Day School for math, science and engi-
neering, the etiquette lesson taught him
“to try and not make a fool of myself.”
What George Jackson taught Pu was
what being a brother was all about. And
with that, he extended his hand to shake
this reporter’s and went off to join his
brothers for a final farewell.
George Jackson Academy, 104 St.
Mark’s Place. Telephone: 212-228-6789.
Web site: www.gjacademy.org . On Sat.,
Sept. 19, the St. Mark’s Block Association
will hold a block party, proceeds from
which will go to the school. In addition,
the school is seeking donations of high-
quality books in very good condition,
levels 5th to 10th grade, for its growing
library.

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Villager photos by Q. Sakamaki

Return to Detroit: Things aren’t getting any better

East Village photographer Q. Sakamaki, who was in Detroit earlier this year to document the recession and the troubled state of the auto
NATION industry, recently returned there to continue his coverage of the ongoing economic crisis. This page, clockwise from top: Detroit police guard-
ed GM’s headquarters as, nearby, demonstrators with the People’s Summit, a four-day protest event, called for bailouts for people, not corpora-
tions; a People’s Summit participant; a man scavenged metal from an abandoned house, an illegal but common practice in a city lacking job opportunities. Opposite page,
clockwise from top: Trying to make ends meet, Jeremy, left, and Jess, both 26, picked beans in their backyard garden, where they and their housemates grow organic
vegetables to eat, as well as sell for a living; Kevin, 42, a squatter, smoked in the abandoned house where he lives; a homeless man danced with an activist at a week-
end soup kitchen that also distributes free clothes.
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18 August 26 - September 1, 2009
New Tompkins Square playground is an overdue hit
BY HARRY BARTLE
Much to the delight of parents and
children throughout the East Village, the
Tompkins Square Park playground reopened
last month after almost a year under con-
struction. Designed by Parks Department
architect Gail Wittwer-Laird, the $1.1 mil-
lion renovation has outfitted the playground
with state-of-the-art jungle-gym structures
and a distinctly modern sensibility.
‘The wait certainly was
frustrating.’
Eileen Johnson,
director,
Little Missionary Day Nursery
Before being closed for restoration on
Aug. 25 of last year, Tompkins Square’s
main playground had fallen into a state
of semi-decay marked by broken slides
“fixed” by construction netting and a
noticeable shortage of swings. The play-
ground was originally scheduled to reopen
this spring “at the latest,” according to a
statement Wittwer-Laird made to The
Villager last October; but an extended
delay left locals crammed into Tompkins
Square’s other, smaller playgrounds up
until July 16.
“The wait certainly was frustrating,”
said Eileen Johnson, director of the Little
Missionary Day Nursery on St. Mark’s Place,
who uses the playground quite a bit as part
of the nursery’s daily activities. Johnson said
she often noticed a complete lack of activity
during the construction. “After September,
there were long periods of time when no
work was being done at all,” she said.
Worried that the play area would not
reopen by summer, Johnson began a corre-
spondence with the Parks Department.
“They gave me one date after another [for
the playground’s reopening] and kept miss-
ing them,” said Johnson, who has been tak-
ing nursery schoolchildren there since 1987.
“Finally, I started asking parents to call 311
and complain. That’s when things seemed to
start moving.”
With the neighborhood’s prime play-
ground off limits for so long, East Village
parents like Marnie Ann Joyce had to search
elsewhere for play areas suitable for her chil-
dren, ages 2 and 6.
“We found other places to go,” said
Joyce, “the playground on First St. and First
Ave., mostly. The other Tompkins Square
Park playgrounds were overcrowded and
overfilled with bigger kids who overwhelmed
my little ones.”
Wittwer-Laird, who has two children of
her own, ages 6 and 7, and has long been a
Councilmember Rosie Mendez channeled her inner kid on some new, state-of-the-
art play equipment at the official ribbon cutting for the Tompkins Square playground
renovation last week, above. Below, former Giants running back Tiki Barber tried out
a slide. Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, Borough President Scott Stringer and
Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe were among other officials also at the event.
frequenter of the park herself, attributed the
missed deadlines to Mother Nature.
“Weather played a huge role in the delay,”
she wrote in an e-mail. “This was one of the
rainiest winters and springs on record. The
new safety surface could not be installed
until the subsurface was sufficiently cured
and dry and the temperatures were consis-
tently warmer.”
Both Joyce and Johnson, however, had
trouble buying that explanation.
“There was a lot of time before the rainy
days came when work just stopped,” said
Joyce. “It was too long to be without such a
major part of our children’s lives.”
Although it may have been a long time
coming, many parents seem to agree that
the redesign is ultimately a success. Sarah
Roebuck, mother of 3-year-old Axl, has
turned the trip to the park into an almost
daily routine.
“We love the new playground,” said
Roebuck.
Pam Strohm-Gorden, Axl’s grandmother,
added, “The only thing is that everyone
seems to love it, so we have to get there
pretty early to avoid the crowds.”
Indeed, on two recent visits to the park,
the spacious playground was jammed with
kids chasing, climbing and yelling to their
heart’s content.
Renovated for “environmental, aesthetic
and, above all, safety reasons,” the new play-
ground features separate structures for both
little and big children, eco-friendly sprin-
klers, an all-new sandbox, child-oriented
benches, a popular rubber safety surface and
other interesting additions.
“The benches are great,” said Joyce, refer-
ring to the small, shaded benches and swing-
ing chairs located in various spots around
the playground. “They allow the kids to
take a small break without coming over and
whining to their parents, so they can keep
Photos by William Alatriste, NYC Council
playing, but in a calm and relaxed way.”
The redesign also took care to fence off
the playground’s infamous “Pee-Pee Tree,” a
popular spot among younger users to relieve
themselves without having to interrupt play
for too long. However, there are two other
trees that playground parents have specu-
lated may assume the role of the Pee-Pee
Tree in the near future.
Despite its spiffy new look, the play-
ground is not without its faults, in the view
of parents. Several were quite upset with
the proximity of the new sprinklers to the
sandbox, which has led to clogged drains
and some awfully dirty clothes.
“At first they had people there telling
kids not to mix [the sand and water],”
said Johnson. “Then they had people there
sweeping out the sand. But now, there’s
no one.”
One problem, if not the biggest, concerns
the new climbing walls — short, little walls
with small, hand-sized rocks scattered across
them. Not that there’s anything wrong with
climbing — though it seems the walls largely
go unused — but they block sight lines for
naturally anxious parents that need to keep
an eye on their children.
“With all of those solid walls everywhere
you can’t see through any apparatus to see
a kid who might be on the other side,” said
Joyce. “This is the main thing that makes me
not want to spend a lot of time in this park.
Instead of sitting, relaxing and keeping an
eye on my kids, I’m either completely losing
track of one or the other or walking around
to find one, only to find that I’ve lost the
other in the meantime.”
All things considered, though, the reno-
vation seems to be a welcome improvement
to Tompkins Square.
“I can remember when we were picking
up syringes from under the mats in the ’80s,”
said Johnson. “It sure looks better now.”
 August 26 - September 1, 2009 19

Top photo by Harry Bartle. Bottom two photos by William Alatriste, NYC Council

Kids are working all the angles in new playground

Children in the renovated Tompkins Square playground can take their pick from low rock-climbing walls and jungle-gym-like structures to a spray fountain.
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abandoned property is payable.
Telephone number 1-888-464-0727
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or before the tenth day thereof, such unclaimed property will be paid to Thomas P. DiNapoli, Comptroller of the State of New York, and shall thereupon cease to be liable
therefore.
22 August 26 - September 1, 2009
EDITORIAL
Safer demolitions
For many of us, the vivid memories of the 9/11
attack will always be there. As we approach the
eight-year anniversary, there are also still physi-
cal reminders of the tragedy hovering over the
World Trade Center. The two remaining buildings
that were damaged on that day — the former
Deutsche Bank building and the City University
of New York’s Fiterman Hall — are literally the
biggest reminders.
Demolition of Fiterman began about a month
ago and deconstruction at the trouble-plagued
Deutsche Bank building could finally be resum-
ing next month. Since two Greenwich Village-
area firefighters were killed battling a blaze at the
Deutsche Bank building more than two years ago,
we’ve learned to be skeptical about any claims
about bringing this dangerous hulk down. But
we’re pleased that preparatory demolition work
began this week.
More important, some of the long-overdue
safety improvements for demolition and construc-
tion projects appear to be working effectively, but
more needs to be done. There was, of course, no
need to wait for the tragic deaths of Firefighters
Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino, Jr., who
were stationed at the firehouse at Houston St. and
Sixth Ave., to begin taking safety more seriously:
Community leaders and Downtown Express, our
sister publication, warned about safety problems
before the deadly fire — but any time safety is
increased, it potentially saves lives.
There were many preventable reasons for the
firefighters’ deaths, but at the top of the list was
the broken standpipe that was never inspected
or repaired. Firefighters were sent into a “death
trap” without a water source, according to
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau,
who is still investigating the case.
At Fiterman Hall, work was stopped a few
weeks ago when the standpipe failed a test. That’s
how things are supposed to work. As a building
is being dismantled, the standpipe must be cut
repeatedly and, in turn, tested repeatedly.
More troubling are the cigarette butts recently
found at Fiterman. Smoking was prohibited at
the Deutsche Bank building because of the flam-
mable materials, but workers typically smoked
there and a cigarette started the blaze, according
to investigators. Fiterman no longer has flam-
mable materials needed for the abatement of
toxic materials because demolition did not begin
until the abatement in the building was finished
— another post-Deutsche reform. Smoking may
not be as hazardous there as it was a few months
ago, but it is still dangerous and is prohibited for
a reason. Last year, inspectors found cigarette
butts at the Deutsche Bank building, and one of
our photographers got a photo of a construction
worker smoking while working on One World
Trade Center, even though smoking is prohibited
throughout the site.
If no-smoking rules are flouted at high-profile
sites at and near the W.T.C. where inspectors are
on site, it seems likely that there are more viola-
tions elsewhere around the city.
Building safety appears to be getting better,
but clearly more vigilance and enforcement are
needed. Construction work is dangerous enough.
Lax enforcement only increases the risks.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Kurland shone at debate
To The Editor:
Re “Quinn on hot seat in debating Passannante-Derr and
Kurland” (news article, Aug. 19):
Yetta Kurland is clearly the better candidate! She asks
the hard questions, listens and engages the audience. Quinn
repeatedly agrees with her, while giving open-ended answers
and refusing to take responsiblity for the overdevelopment
and rampant displacement of the district on her watch.
The article fails to mention that 75 percent of New
Yorkers did not want Quinn and the mayor to extend term
limits; and the police permitting scheme approved by Quinn
has chilled political dissent and forced citizens to file for
permits to exercise their right to free speech.
Quinn championed the destruction of the Union Square
north plaza, and approved miles of luxury condos with
no regard to the resulting effect on existing communities’
schools, utilities, traffic and transportation. Derr is too rabid
and withdrawn to lead. Kurland on Sept. 15!
Susan Howard
Alphie’s column was a gift
To The Editor:
Re “My brother Frank: The teacher who walked beside
me” (Memorial, by Alphie McCourt, Aug. 19):
Alphie, thank you for writing something so real. Thank
you for bringing us into the room with you and into your
thoughts and memories around Frank. It is these things that
are of real value. I breathe a deep breath of fresh air. It is
such a pleasure to be free of cloying sentimentality.
Marta Szabo
We’ve got problems
To The Editor:
Would someone please explain to me how Mayor Bloom-
berg creates these oxymoronic catchy titles for himself?
First, he is the “Education Mayor” — for kids without
schools. Then, he is the “Good-For-Business Mayor” — and
I just see more and more empty store windows.
What about that plant-a-million-trees for PlaNYC? Guess
what? I just noticed today that no one in his administration
IRA BLUTREICH
It would be funny — if it wasn’t so sad.
seems to know that once the trees are planted they need
watering. The trees on Eighth Ave. in my neighborhood
around 12th St. seem to be dying.
Now he is going to be tough on the M.T.A. just after a
ceiling at the 181st St. I.R.T. station collapses. Has he been
dong anything regarding the M.T.A. during his reign?
Please, I need help, I just have a graduate degree. Anyone
out there?
Pamela L. La Bonne
A ‘certain kind of Jew’?
To The Editor:
Re “Thanks, Budd, for everything, even for Sammy
Glick” (Memorial, by Jerry Tallmer, Aug. 12):
It is appalling that Jerry Tallmer should identify Sammy
Glick as a “certain kind of Jew” who could have come out
of the “cartoons in Julius Streicher’s Nazi newspaper... .”
Streicher’s “cartoons” portrayed Jews not primarily as greedy
and unprincipled but as lethal and sordid parasites who
sucked the blood, gold and vitality out of the German nation
(and made it lose World War I) and who therefore had to be
eliminated from society.
This, of course, is a recognizable, updated version of the
medieval European myth accusing Jews of draining the blood of
kidnapped Christian children to use for the production of matzo
for Passover. This “blood libel,” as it became called, was cynically
employed to justify and incite pogroms in Europe for centuries
— even as late as 1946 in Kielce, Poland (source, for those inter-
ested, is Nora Levin’s “The Holocaust”), and still circulates.
Ruthless as Glick may be, he does not descend to the level
of the mythological anti-Semitic stereotype of bloodsucker in
Streicher’s propaganda. One wonders whether Tallmer actu-
ally saw some of Streicher’s bilge before he leaped into print.
Tallmer implies that Glick’s merciless, unethical and
exploitative behavior in climbing the ladder of success derives
from his being a Jew; a “certain kind of Jew” is still a Jew —
someone who has Jewish ancestry and is a product of Jewish
history and culture and a member of the Jewish people.
What he does not say is that Glick is an assimilationist Jew
— one who has rejected and discarded Jewish culture and its
behavioral norms and, instead, has chosen to model himself on
a certain type of man in the majority culture. In his case, it is the
rapacious, capitalist robber baron of the late 19th century.
Tallmer should have identified Glick as being a man who
chose the worst type in American life to emulate, not as a ste-
Continued on page 24
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Let pilots keep on flying free in Hudson corridor

TALKING POINT Mayor Bloomberg, on the other hand, with his experience
as a pilot and familiarity with the Hudson V.F.R. corridor,
from the major airports. Indeed, you can fly over almost all
of the United States without talking to an air-traffic control-
was brilliantly rational in his comments just hours after ler except in the proximity of the busiest airports. Airspace
BY IAN DUTTON the accident. What happened was extraordinarily rare and where contact is required is actually the exception.
On July 26, a tragic crash on the Taconic Parkway in presents a much lower risk to the public than, say, lightning Compare this to driving: Who is “controlling” your
Westchester County claimed eight lives, four of them chil- strikes. Nonetheless, the aviation community thoroughly actions as you cruise along at 75 miles per hour on the
dren. The Taconic Parkway is heavily traveled and was investigates each and every crash with a scientific precision, thruway? Who is responsible for your separation from
designed in the 1920s and ’30s when current traffic volumes other vehicles? When you change lanes, shouldn’t there be
and speeds were not imagined. This is no cruise through someone giving you permission to do so? When driving,
Iowa cornfields; a driver must pay attention and be prepared you may be just feet from the nearest car, while when flying,
for the unexpected. Because of these conditions and the his- Mayor Bloomberg, with his pilot it’s exceedingly rare to be within a mile of another aircraft.
tory of multiple fatal crashes every year, after the most recent And probability is on your side: It’s a big sky, even in the
well-publicized crash, local and federal elected officials held experience and familiarity with most congested areas. The National Transportation Safety
a press conference to demand that no more cars be allowed Board reports that in the week preceding the Hudson crash,
on the Taconic. the V.F.R. corridor, was brilliantly each day an average of 225 aircraft flew in the corridor.
In our own backyard, in a recent one-year period, Houston Even if you limit “day” to 12 hours, that’s less than one
St. had three separate crashes each of which resulted in the rational speaking after the accident. aircraft every 3 minutes. Count how many cars pass you on
death of a cyclist. In an average year, dozens of pedestrians the West Side Highway every 3 minutes — and they are all
are treated for injuries when struck by cars and trucks while at the same altitude.
just trying to cross this thoroughfare. Wisely, a coalition of our In the wake of the crash, some statements from our local
representatives expressed outrage and called for the closure of and this process will likely generate specific recommenda- officials are simply offensive. Though I hold Manhattan
Houston St. to all traffic in order to stop the carnage. tions that deserve careful consideration. Borough President Stringer in the highest regard, for him to
And on the Cross Bronx Expressway, besides the hundreds As has been reported, it is possible to fly over the Hudson state, “Amateur hour in the sky is over,” shows that he has
of collisions that take place every year, children in neighboring River at altitudes below 1,100 feet without any specific no connection with the aviation community. If by “amateur,”
communities have the highest rates of childhood asthma in requirements to be in contact with air-traffic control. This, he means inexperienced or untrained, I question whether
the U.S. To prevent thousands of innocent kids’ lives being so in essence, is what is meant by the term “V.F.R. corridor.” he means the 30-year veteran Piper pilot or the 2,700-hour
negatively affected, there is an uproar as public officials call There is nothing unusual with this at all; in fact, many large commercial helicopter pilot. The extensive training and test-
for a ban on driving on the Cross Bronx. cities have such corridors to segregate small aircraft proceed-
Of course, I’m being facetious. Despite the clear dangers ing on their own from commercial aircraft operating to and Continued on page 34
faced by motorists and innocent bystanders alike, no elected
official ever gets up and says that we should close a road-
way, even after clear patterns of tragic impacts. Can you say,
“Queens Boulevard?”
Contrast this with the July 8 collision over the Hudson
River of a Piper Lance and a Eurocopter sightseeing helicop-
ter. While certainly a great tragedy, this was the first midair
collision in the Hudson Visual Flight Rules, or V.F.R., corridor
since 1963 — nearly 50 years ago — and only the third fatal
general aviation accident in New York City since 1990. Yet a
stream of elected officials, many of whom I otherwise hold in
high regard, have been angling for time in front of a camera
to tell you that, before any investigation has been completed,
they know the right solution: Ban the flights, close the cor-
ridor.
This is what is known as a “windshield perspective.” These
elected officials are probably quite familiar with driving, and
though they consciously know cars kill more Americans each
and every month than were lost in the tragedy of Sept. 11,
they accept the collateral damage because it is familiar. I’d
also guess that these same elected officials have not under-
taken flight training and thus are unable to relate to concepts
such as see-and-avoid, positive-control airspace or the role
of a flight plan to Instrument Flight Rules, or I.F.R., versus
Villager photo by J.B. Nicholas
V.F.R. aircraft. As a result, they make suggestions that are
either irrelevant to the scenario or don’t reflect the risk at After the midair crash 1,100 feet over the Hudson River on July 8, a tire from the small Piper Lance plane land-
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rowhouse was constructed on W. Third St., perhaps 100 feet
west from where the original historic building stood. Take a
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well that “preservation” solution worked.
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)$//7(506(37²'(& Re “Provincetown drama encore as theater’s wall partly compromise, we were rather wary of it. The issue is not and
removed” (news article, Aug. 19): never should have become the design of the replacement
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7HHQVLQJLQJFODVV)ULGD\ preserve, New York University has now reprised its lamen- Village. The preservation solution was remarkably simple —
7HHQ$FWLQJFODVV)ULGD\ table behavior with the Poe House in 2002. There, too, N.Y.U. the Provincetown Playhouse and Apartments should have
6DWXUGD\ struck a deal with the community in which it promised to pre- been preserved, both on the site’s merits, as well as an anchor
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claimed it was not feasible to preserve and reuse the promised
sections of the building, to the outrage of many.
that it had done a thorough engineering evaluation of the
building (of which the small theater it promised to preserve
comprised less than 6 percent), and that this evaluation pro-
vided irrefutable evidence that the building was not structur-
ally capable of being reused for the new Law School offices
the university wanted to build on site.
Yet somehow it now seems the engineer’s evaluation
missed that the walls of the theater that N.Y.U. was promising
to preserve might not be able to be saved. N.Y.U. held out this
promise as part of the basis upon which it received approvals
for this project from many of its supporters. Even those of us
who did not buy N.Y.U.’s argument and lobbied instead for
preservation and reuse of the entire building — which the
New York State Historic Preservation Office ruled was quali-
fied for listing on the State and National Register of Historic
Places — acknowledged that the plan to preserve the build-
ing’s theater section was a step forward from N.Y.U.’s original
plan to demolish all but the tiny theater entry facade.
Now it would seem that N.Y.U. either hid the fact that
it could not keep the promise upon which the approvals
it sought were given, or at the very least failed to do due
diligence to see if this commitment was one it was really in
a position to make.
This comes on the heels of the discovery that N.Y.U. is
seeking building permits for a taller and larger structure at the
former Catholic Center site than it claimed it plans to build
there; the reasons for this are still unclear, but the university’s
claim that it had to file such permit applications in order to
pursue a variance for the shorter, smaller building it promised
to pursue have been refuted by the Department of Buildings.
Is this really the new N.Y.U. transparency, or just the
same old N.Y.U. dishonesty?
Andrew Berman
Berman is executive director, Greenwich Village Society for
Historic Preservation
Fooled by N.Y.U. again
To The Editor:
Re “Provincetown drama encore as theater’s wall partly
removed” (news article, Aug. 19):
When the Historic Districts Council heard about the deal
Instead, a long-winded argument was made about the site’s
historic integrity and alterations that were made 50 years ago
robbing the site of its historic character. Balderdash. The theater
was still the Provincetown Playhouse, which still had a strong,
if not completely unbroken, 70-year history as a major theatri-
cal center, which was proudly proclaimed in the Playbills of
shows produced there until N.Y.U. closed the place’s doors to
the public. That was the first step — soon the building became
inadequate for the university’s needs and a perfectly fine his-
toric building had to be replaced with a historicist building.
Never fear, though. N.Y.U. reassured the concerned
community that the complex’s heart — the Provincetown
Playhouse itself, which even the university’s consultants
admitted had significance — would remain intact, if not
untouched. Too bad no one walked down the block to Poe
House to see how well that turned out.
Simeon Bankoff
Bankoff is executive director, Historic Districts Council
Park acoustics are totally off
To The Editor:
Re “Park neighbors want drummers to just beat it” (news
article, Aug. 5):
Let’s remember that the acoustics in Washington Square
Park have been completely changed with the new design.
We now have a vast, barren plaza with no trees or buildings
as sound buffers around the plaza and fountain. This space
is now also completely open to Fifth Ave. and Thompson
St. for miles of sound travel. This problem was predicted
and ignored by the Parks Department at many pre-design
meetings.
The exceptional ruckus caused by the “pots-and-pans
guy” was a terrible disturbance and, thankfully, it has been
eliminated. But banning all drums in the park is not an
acceptable solution. A big part of the charm and character
of Washington Square is the variety of musical groups and
spontaneous entertainers. In fact, a 10-year-old relative of
mine is always dazzled by finding “a virtual music gallery”
on a walk through the park, each group a different style
without overwhelming the nearest one, or so it was.
The installation of trees might be a good idea for the
plaza, even if they must be in tubs. But the problem does
need solving. With all the experts and money involved, it
Continued on page 33

VILLAGER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Wanna buy (a book about) The Brooklyn Bridge?
New book of old pictures enriches, sans coffee table
BY JERRY TALLMER
On page 27 of a new book of old pictures of the Brooklyn
Bridge, there is a photograph that might pull you up short,
shock you and blow you away.
For just that tiny instant, you may think you’re staring
at the front facade of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris,
France — with two high-arched medieval cutouts for win-
dows. But no, this is in fact the New York end of the Brooklyn
Bridge under spiky, thorny construction circa 1874, linked
only by steel cables to the much similar Brooklyn end, or
tower, slightly to the right across the river in the background.
Suddenly, looking at this image, I remember the only time I
ever met Samuel Beckett: one night in Paris in 1964, with the
Nobel prizewinner to be, warmed up on the red wine of the
workman’s restaurant he had chosen, magically educating me
at some length on the genius of Viollet le-Duc, the architect
who had restored Notre Dame and much else of that era.
Okay, back to Brooklyn. To my mind, the Brooklyn Bridge
is not, as it’s so often labeled, “The Eighth Wonder of the
Modern World,” it’s the First Wonder, bar none, come one
come all.
It is my own cathedral and always has been — par-
ticularly in those years when that very bridge was not much
more than a stone’s throw from where I was toiling on South
Street for the New York Post.
It was in one of those years, 1983 (the bridge’s centen-
nial) that there occurred a huge heart-stopping fireworks
display, along the BB and its support cables and up and down
the river, to put to shame the few scanty fireworks photos in
the book at hand.
The book is “Historic Photos of the Brooklyn Bridge.”
It is — indubitably — a coffee-table book, but can serve
a useful service as such if people pick it up and leaf through
who know nothing whatsoever about this First Wonder of
our present world. It may set them wanting more. And
worrying.
Because David McCullough, who gave us the brilliant
real book about that wonder, “The Great Bridge: The Epic
Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge” (Simon &
Schuster, 1972) — is today telling us via Internet that the
very existence of the BB is now in grave hazard; like the giant
Buddhas the Taliban blew up in Afghanistan.
Nor does this book of photographs more than barely
mention (and thank) Ken Burns for his superlative 1981
documentary film, “Brooklyn Bridge,” crafted in large part
out of McCullough’s masterwork, with McCullough himself
as narrator and starring the voice of Julie Harris as Emily
Roebling — riding across the bridge on opening day, May 24,
1883, with a white rooster on her lap. Some 150,000 people
walked across it along with her.
But here’s what you do get in “Historic Photos of the
Brooklyn Bridge”:
A photo of the head and shoulders of John Roebling, the
Prussian-born engineer and steel-cable manufacturer who
had the whole dazzling idea of a vast suspension bridge
(longest in the then world) across the East River.
A photo of John Roebling’s son Washington Roebling, a
battlefield hero at Gettysburg who always seemed to be in
the right place at the right time, and who a few short years
later took over when his father died in 1869 of an injury
incurred early in the construction of the bridge.
Add ironies: Washington Roebling himself was knocked
off the job — for good — by a crippling case of the bends
(caisson disease) also incurred at (or deep under) the bridge.
Book cover photo ccourtesy of the Brooklyn Public Library
Key figures gathered on the Brooklyn anchorage
(1878)
For the remainder of the construction, he can only stare out
at it from a window (we look out that same window via
photo) some blocks away on Columbia Heights, while his
wife Emily takes over as de facto chief engineer for the dura-
tion of the great project.
And Emily? We get her portrait too, of course, one you
have seen many times before — a smiling powder puff
around a core of steel.
Photos, photos, drawings, engravings; the great bridge
itself, in every phase of construction including a cover illustra-
tion from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper of five work-
men with painting gear in hand, clinging like flies to a spider’s
web of cables high, high over the East River. It reminds me of
nothing so much as Margaret Bourke White’s daring shots of
men in space atop the Empire State Building during the con-
struction of that amazing project at the start of the 1930s.
KOCH
ON FILM
“INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS” (+)
I thought this flick was based on some historical facts. It
is not. It’s a spoof. If you view it as such and don’t get super-
sensitive thinking one should be extremely careful when
engaging in a spoof that involves elements of the Holocaust,
you will enjoy this film.
Interestingly, Brad Pitt’s performance does little to height-
en the enjoyment. He portrays Lt. Aldo Raine, a Tennessee
hillbilly in charge of eight Jews. The performance of
Christoph Waltz, playing the Nazi Gestapo figure Col. Hans
Landa, is the highlight of the film. His ability to convey
courtliness and sympathy and then go to commit the cruelest
of horrors is simply superb.
The plot is simple. The U.S. Army authorizes Lt. Raine (Brad
August 26 - September 1, 2009 25
BOOK
HISTORIC PHOTOS
OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Text and captions by John B. Manbeck
Turner Publishing (Nashville, TN, August 2009)
216 pages; $39.95
Another: Master mechanic E. Frank Farrington, waving
his hat with his right hand, to the (unseen) mob below, while
his left hand clings to the attachment of the swing-seat he’s
riding, like s tiny cable car, from one tower to another — to
prove how safe it is!
Another: A drawing of the bridge’s first jumper, a certain
Robert Odlum, when in 1885 he drops to his death from
high over the ferry and sailboats that are paying no attention
whatsoever far below — as in Auden’s great poem, Musee
des Beaux Arts.
In fact, the book in its entirety is a chronicle of overlap-
ping, contrasting modes of transportation: sail, steam, side
paddle, horse and wagon, cable car, railroad, automobile, sub-
way train, and of course the good old, bad old, human foot.
One more: A movie poster for “It Happened in Brooklyn”
(Sinatra, Lawson, Grayson, Durante, 1947) autographed by
the film’s songwriters Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne.
What you do not get in “Historic Photos of the Brooklyn
Bridge”:
Any paintings whatsoever of a subject hundreds of super-
lative artists have addressed, from Joseph Stella to Andy
Warhol to LeRoy Neiman and on up and down. Not to men-
tion poets from Hart Crane to Marianne Moore to Vladimir
Mayakovsky to Jack Kerouac and on up and down.
Any photography credits whatsoever (except one passing
reference to Lewis Hine). This is the real crime in a book
like this.
Still and all, a cathedral is a cathedral. When you turn to
page 27, prepare to blink.
Pitt) to take eight Jews with him, parachute into Germany and
then simply kill Nazis. He states that each of them owes him 100
Nazi scalps before they are through with their campaign. They
proceed to kill their share of Nazis and literally scalp them.
The Jew hunter, Col. Hans Landa, pursues Jews in occu-
pied France. There is an enormously touching scene show-
ing a French farmer giving up the Jews he had hidden in his
house out of fear that he and his three daughters would be
killed. The heroine is a Jewish woman, Shosanna Dreyfus
(Melanie Laurent), who does us all proud. A fictional
finale involves an apparently successful effort to kill Hitler,
Bormann, Goering and Goebbels at a French theater. The
film at that point becomes a rollicking musical without
the music. All I could do was hum “Springtime for Hitler,”
which I liked immensely.
Quentin Tarantino, writer and director, did it again.
PT said: “I didn’t really enjoy the film, although it was
very well produced and quite realistic except for the outra-
geous bits: Brad Pitt as a hillbilly, Jewish soldiers trying to
pass themselves off as Italian filmmakers, and other unreal-
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26 August 26 - September 1, 2009
Rooftop Films presents P-Star, under starry sky
2009 Tribeca Film Festival flick gets Brooklyn premiere
BY ELENA MANCINI
P-Star Rising is the story of a second
chance that emerged from a Harlem hous-
ing shelter, “a rose in concrete,” as director
Gabriel Noble refers to the character and
talent of child rapper P-Star (on which his
feature documentary is based).
When Noble met Priscilla “P-Star” Diaz
and her father/manager/former hip-hop
hopeful Jesse Diaz at a rapper debut dance
party in NYC, he knew immediately that
P-Star was not just a kid with a lot of spunk
— she had a story that was worth telling.
At the time, she was all of nine years old.
What struck Noble about P-Star (apart from
her tender age and the fact that she was out
at a party past midnight on a school night)
was “the aggressiveness of her flow, charis-
ma, her street smarts and her fire.” As Noble
describes it, he wanted to learn “where
that cadence was coming from.” Coupled
with P-Star’s precociousness and passion for
performing was also the consciousness of
wanting to bring forward the dream that had
seemingly eluded her father.
Five years have passed since Noble’s first
encounter with the Diaz family. During that
five year period, Noble (with the help of pro-
ducer Marjhan Tehrani) has spent four years
getting to know the family intimately and
filming them for this tour-de-force feature
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P-Star dancing in foreground, looming
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documentary. The process of filming brought
Noble and the Diaz to form a close bond.
Noble described it as feeling like a member
of their family. The comfortable rapport
between the director and the family certainly
comes across in watching the documentary.
All of the family members seemed at ease
playing themselves. Their interactions with
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2009; 83 minutes; feature documentary
Directed by Gabriel Noble
Free; Thursday, September 3 (rain date,
September 10) Live 8:30 p.m. music perfor-
mance by P-Star; 9:00 p.m. screening, fol-
lowed by Q&A with the filmmaker
At the lawn of Ft Greene Park, North Portland
and Myrtle Avenue, Ft. Greene, Brooklyn (G
train to Fulton)
For information, www.rooftopfilms.com
one another appeared natural and candid
throughout. This sense also remained strong
in moments that highlighted character weak-
nesses, poor judgment, disappointments and
defeats.
Particularly noteworthy in this regard
was Jesse Diaz. Armed with scant resources
and cast in an emotionally challenging famil-
ial situation, this single father did not have
an easy time at bringing up two young
Koch on Film
Continued from page 25
istic flights of the filmmaker’s fancy. I just
couldn’t reconcile the serious parts of the
film such as the giving up of the hidden Jews
with the comedic elements.”
1 hour, 52 minutes; Rated R.
At the Regal Union Square Stadium
14 (850 Broadway). For screening times,
call 1-800-326-3264 x628. For the Box
Office, 212-253-6266. Also at, among
other places, Chelsea Clearview Cinema
(260 West 23rd Street). For screening times,
call 212-777-3456 x597. For the Box Office,
call 212-691-5519.
“DISTRICT 9” (-)
This horror/sci-fi film received kudos
from the critics, some giving it four stars.
Ridiculous. Stay away.
The picture reminded me of the serials
or chapters that I watched as a child every
Saturday afternoon. For one dime I saw two
films and also received a free soda and a comic
book. Of course, “District 9” cost a lot more
to make because of the technology involved.
A spaceship, unable to move from its posi-
tion in the sky, appears over Johannesburg,
South Africa, in the 1980s. The alien craft
is invaded by members of the South African
military and police force who find a million
daughters who longed for their absentee,
crack-addled mother. Jesse’s parenting style
might be unorthodox, but his straight talk
and refusal to whitewash his checkered past
for their benefit is a testament to his love and
unwavering devotion.
As much as the story depicts the perks
and pitfalls of launching and managing a
career in the New York City hip-hop scene,
it’s even more a story about a family’s strug-
gles to fulfill a dream without present for
one another and sticking together. The Diaz
family brings its both its love for one another
and its baggage to the well documented risks
and gains of child stardom. It learns many
lessons along the way.
P-Star must learn to temper her pluck
and talent with her need to just be a kid.
Jesse must come to accept that despite his
commitment to confronting the pressures
and responsibilities that come with dual role
of manager/father, the intervention of hum-
bling realities cannot be prevented. Solsky
must learn the importance of self-expression
in a shadow role. While this is in many ways
a distinctly New York story, its disarming
authenticity and emotional rawness give
it universal appeal. Noble, whose future
projects include a documentary on gypsy
children in Romania, tells P-Star’s story with
sensitivity and respect.
or so creatures onboard that look like insects
and to some like crustaceans.
The extraterrestrials are initially treated
humanely and placed in a refugee camp
known as District 9. Relations deteriorate
and they are soon viewed as social outcasts
and referred to as prawns, a slur. In an
apparent allegory, the treatment toward the
aliens by the blacks and whites of South
Africa, with their history of Apartheid,
becomes brutal. A war is declared to get rid
of them and they are moved to an undesir-
able slum area.
I frankly thought it was all ridiculous,
particularly so when an attempt to add a
“buddy” component was introduced. One of
the aliens, Christopher Johnson (Jason Cope),
tries to help Wikus (Sharlto Copley) who was
in charge of the aliens’ care. After accidentally
becoming infected, Wilkus starts to turn into
an alien and Johnson promises to cure him.
I repeat. Stay away. This movie is an
enormous waste of time and they don’t hand
out free sodas or comic books.
1 hour, 53 minutes; Rated R .
At the Regal Union Square Stadium
14 (850 Broadway). For screening times,
call 1-800-326-3264 x628. For the Box
Office, 212-253-6266. Also at, among
other places, Chelsea Clearview Cinema
(260 West 23rd Street). For screening times,
call 212-777-3456 x597. For the Box Office,
call 212-691-5519.
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Last call for FringeNYC

Two to see, one to miss
THEATER
REVIEWS
HIS GREATNESS
Written by Daniel MacIvor
Directed by Tom Gualtieri
A 2009 New York International Fringe Festival presentation
Presented by Adam Blanshay and Lyric Productions, in associa-
tion with The Present Company
At the Cherry Lane Theater (38 Commerce Street)
Aug 27, at 3:45 p.m.; Aug 29, at Noon
For tickets ($15), visit www.fringenyc.org or call 866-468-7619.
Visit www.HisGreatnessPlay.com

BY SCOTT HARRAH
This provocative show, based on a true story about “two
days in the last years of the life of playwright Tennessee
Williams,” is one of the undisputed highlights of the 13th
Annual New York International Fringe Festival.
Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor’s brilliant script,
the stellar performances of the three cast members and
Tom Gualtieri’s tight direction create a top-notch bio-drama
about one of America’s most celebrated, controversial the-
ater icons.
“His Greatness” is not officially about Williams. The
Broadway/Hollywood legend’s name and play titles are
never mentioned, and the lead character is simply called
The Playwright (Peter Goldfarb). However, Daniel MacIvor Photo by Neilson Barnard
covers all the notorious territory about Williams’s private Tennessee Williams, sorta, center, in “His Greatness”
life — from his alleged problems with alcohol and drugs to
his failed attempts at writing in his later years.
The story takes place in a Vancouver hotel room circa SCATTERED LIVES
1980, as The Playwright prepares for the opening of a new,
Written, directed and choreographed by Yoshihisa Kuwayama
updated version of an old play. “His Greatness” focuses on
the complicated symbiotic relationship between the writer A 2009 New York International Fringe Festival presentation
and his high-strung, devoted assistant/lover (played with
aplomb by Dan Domingues). Troubles abound when a calcu-
A presentation of Samurai Sword Soul, in association with The
lating hustler (the superb Michael Busillo) is hired to escort Present Company
the old man to the gala opening. At the Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, third floor
Goldfarb is first-rate as The Playwright — playing him
as a lovable yet sad person on a path of self-destruction. Aug 28, 9:30 p.m.; Aug 29, 4:30 p.m.
Dan Domingues is totally incandescent as The Assistant. For tickets ($15), visit www.fringenyc.org or
He brings down the house with his manic mannerisms as he
delivers MacIvor’s beautifully written dialogue. When The call 866-468-7619.
Playwright complains about pain in his soul, The Assistant Visit www.HisGreatnessPlay.com
quips, “That’s not your soul — it’s your hangover.” The
Assistant is the only one who can get The Playwright out Photo by Motoyuki Ishibashi
of bed and keep him sober enough to get through a radio BY SCOTT STIFFLER The Samauri storytellers of “Scattered Lives”
interview and the opening of the play. Domingues portrays They drink! They fight! They repeat that process all day
The Assistant as a compassionate but frustrated man who and all night! cians, a nine-member cast and their swords. They swords
tries desperately to help the egotistical, deluded author over- Occasionally, the good, bad and conflicted Samurai pause aren’t real, though; but the well-constructed props glisten
come his battle with alcoholism and drug addiction so he can long enough to experience fleeting moments of moral and with deadly implications and the resulting sound when blade
maintain both his career and dignity. philosophical clarity amidst the relentless bloodshed and meets blade, although not that of metal, lets you know in no
“His Greatness” doesn’t solely rely on the sordid power grabs. In the end, only a disembodied spirit and the uncertain terms that a battle is taking place.
aspects of Williams and his personal problems. There’s drunken shell of a former great fighter remain to survey the The fight choreography, by writer/director Yoshihisa
also great detail on why critics were so fascinated with damage and vow that their swords will only be used improve Kuwayama, is relentless, imaginative and effective in its
his female characters, and what he really thought of such life rather than reign destruction upon the land. implication of drawn blood and death (of which there is
theatrical peers as Arthur Miller. Ultimately, however, “His That’s the fascinatingly complex moral drawn at the end much!).
Greatness” is a portrait of a once-great writer’s decline and of the simple story to be found in Samurai Sword Soul’s pro- But along with all the violence you’d expect from a
why so many people turned on him in the end — showing duction of “Scattered Lives” — a fine example of minimalist Samauri tale comes a thoughtful plot which sees two war-
exactly why the real life of Tennessee Williams was every technique made to serve the telling of an epic tale.
bit as tragic as his plays. The bare, black box stage is filled only with three musi- Continued on page 28
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Last call for FringeNYC

Continued from page 27

ring factions duel to the death and a drunken clown achieve

redemption. By the end, only the reformed drunk and the
ghost of the good-guy master remain on stage to contemplate
the way of the warrior and the responsibility that comes with
the power to take a life with relative ease. That’s the unique,
unexpected ingredient which makes “Scattered Lives” more
than just a series of violent encounters.

UNION SQUARED
Written by David S. Singer
Directed by Diana Basmajian
A 2009 New York International Fringe Festival production of the
Present Company
At The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street)
For tickets ($15), visit www.fringenyc.org or call
(866) 468-7619. Visit www.UnionSquaredTheComedy.com
Photo by Aaron Epstein
Aug 26, 3:15 p.m.; Aug 27, 10:15 p.m.; Aug 30, 1:15 p.m.
The hardworking, but doomed cast, of “Union Squared”

BY SCOTT HARRAH
Everything about David S. Singer’s Fringe Festival pro-
duction of “Union Squared” reeks of mediocrity — from the
half-baked, formulaic “romantic comedy” plot to the one-
dimensional characters (all of whom are absurd stereotypes).
This tale of “sex, money and massage therapy” has all the
elements of a traditional comedy of errors, but ultimately
falls flat due to trite dialogue, silly plot twists, and uneven
performances from the cast.
Spoiled Wall Street stockbroker Brad (Levi Sochet) must
deal with his meddling Jewish mother, Sophie (Anita Keal),
when she informs him he’s going to inherit several million
dollars that his late father socked away illegally in a Swiss
bank account. Trouble arises when we learn that Brad is
cheating on his devoted wife Rachel (Annie Meisels) with
sexy blonde massage therapist, Shannon (Carlina Ferrari).
As Sophie, Anita Keal does her best to bring badly
needed depth to the character; a warmhearted woman who
wants the best for her son — and nothing to do with the
money his father made through unethical business practices.
The problem is, as written by playwright David S. Singer,
Sophie is a mere caricature of every Jewish mother; but not
in a positive way. From her endless use of Yiddish words to
her exaggerated mannerisms, she comes across as a cartoon
rather than a believable lead character.
Levi Sochet is totally miscast in the role of Brad. He
has zero chemistry with the rest of the actors, and is far
from plausible as a greedy, oversexed, unfaithful husband.
It’s a shame that Sochet’s comic timing is so off — because
Meisels as Rachel and Ferrari as Brad’s mistress Shannon
are far more competent actors. Unfortunately, the playwright
has written their characters as oversimplified ethnic clichés.
Rachel is a nagging Jewish-American princess wife, and
Shannon is an Irish-American with a drinking problem.
Director Diana Basmajian fails to make the cast gel as
a cohesive unit. Even with more rehearsal time and better
casting, it would likely be impossible to add much to this
flimsily-written play. Nothing in the hackneyed narrative is
original. Everything about the show — from the opening
when Brad learns about his father’s secret Swiss cash stash
to the unfolding, unfunny marital infidelities of the couple
— is predictable. “Union Squared” tries to be an intelligent
adult comedy, but is in fact nothing but an amateurish string
of moments about uninteresting people and their supposedly
humorous daily lives.

Artists & Writers

Residencies
www.vermontstudiocenter.org
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THE
COMPILED BY
SCOTT STIFFLER
A
Scott@thevillager.com

MUSIC
LIST
ART
NIGHTSHIFT III
This group gallery show pulls back the curtain to reveal the talents of those
who toil during the daylight hours as arts institution staff and/or artist
assistants to big names in the established art world. By night, however, this
sub-community spends their hours maintaining disciplined studio practices
of their own. Show up and find out what they have to show for it — and
you might just end up pinpointing that moment in time when the student
becomes the master. Through October 6. Viewing Hours: Tues through Fri,
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat, 1 to 4 p.m.; at Hudson Guild Gallery, 441 West
26th Street. Call 212-760-9837. At the closing party on Oct 6, 6 to 8 p.m.,
you can meet the artists and take in some performance art.
Image courtesy of the artist (Sara Pringle)

“Blue Tony” (2009)

READING
LOSERS LIVE LONGER
Longtime East Village resident and
Photo by Gene Martin author Russell Atwood reads excerpts
Cedar Walton, performing with his quartet, Aug 29 from his new novel, fresh off the truck
from the nefarious souls at Hard Case
Crime books. “Losers Live Longer” is the
CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FEST name of the book — and the name of
City Parks Foundation’s 17th edition of the Charlie
the official book launch event. “Losers”
Parker Jazz Festival features two afternoons of free
marks the return of East Village private
jazz headlined by Frank Wess Quintet and Cedar Walton
investigator Payton Sherwood. This time
Quartet — all in the service of paying tribute to the
around, Sherwood is once again up to
great Charlie Parker. Gary Bartz, José James, Aaron
his knees in a pig-pile of murder, lust
Parks, Papo Vazquez Pirates Troubadores and the Dred
and greed on Manhattan’s Lower East
Scott Trio. Free. Performances begin at 3 p.m. on Sat, Photo courtesy of harrypocius.com Side (just when you thought they man-
Aug 29 (at Marcus Garvey Park (124th Street and Mt. Russell Atwood (foreground), pounding out some fresh pulp aged to make the place respectable).
Morris Park) and at 3 p.m. Sun, Aug 30 at Tompkins
Atwood is joined at the event by fellow
Square Park (E. 8th Street, between Aves. A and B).
pulp fiction writers Charles Ardai and Joe Guglielmelli. Free. Sun, Aug 30, 7 to 9 p.m.; at KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th Street.
Visit www.kgbbarlit.com
2009 DOWNTOWN
MUSICFEST
Downtown MusicFest, an
effort from J&R Music to revi-
KEEPING THE

talize lower Manhattan and
encourage people to keep
returning to the downtown
area, accomplishes that task
by making like the pied piper
and luring crowds with free
FILM
INDEPENDENT FLAME
First Run Features gets a respectful retrospective,
as the Film Society of Lincoln Center celebrates
thirty years of fiction and documentary films from
the company founded in 1979 by a group of film-
makers dedicated to (OK, obsessed) with advancing
Photo courtesy of Matt York

Jimmy (left) and Dick the distribution of independent film. The gay his-
R&B, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Latin
Dale tory documentary “Before Stonewall” is on the bill
and pop music. Aug 27, meet
(Sept 3), as is “49 Up” (Aug 30, 31) — part of a
and greet Surf music inventor Dick Dale and
decades-long doc which checks in with a group of
son Jimmy; 2 p.m. at the J&R store. Aug 28,
Brits every seven years. Also included is a screen-
in concert at City Hall Park, it’s J Moss and
MUSIC

ing of the Harlan Ellison cult fave “A Boy and His

Grammy-nominated R&B and pop singer Mario.
Dog” (Aug 26) and appearances from filmmakers.
Aug 29, KRS-One and Buckshot are among the
August 26 through September 4 at the Walter Reade
performers. Free. 5-7 p.m. on Aug 27, 28; 1-5
Theater (165 West 65th Street). Single Screening
p.m. on Aug 29; at City Hall Park (across from
Tickets: $7; series Pass, for $40 admits one person
23 Park Row & Broadway). For more informa- PHOTO COURTESY of First Run Features
to five screenings. For a complete schedule, visit
tion, call 212-238-9000 or visit www.jr.com. A middle aged participant of “49 Up”
www.filmlinc.com.
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lawful activity. Registered
Agent: Alon Hacohen 366
Amsterdam Ave, #132 NY,
NY 10024.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF BAM CAPITAL
HOLDINGS, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/18/2009. Office location: NY
Co. LLC formed in Delaware
(DE) on 12/12/2008. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to Bam Asset
Management L.P. 135 E 57th
Street, 27th Fl. NY, NY 10022.
DE address of LLC: 1209
Orange Street Wilmington,
DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. filed
with DE Secy. of State, PO
Box 898 Dover, DE 19903.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF COMPASS
FINANCIAL ADVISORY,
LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
06/29/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 02/23/09. Princ.
office of LLC: 825 Third Ave.,
Ste. 203, NY, NY 10022. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the LLC at
the addr. of its princ. office.
DE addr. of LLC: Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington,
DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed
with DE Secy. of State, Div.
of Corps., John G. Townsend
Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF WAVERLY CAPI-
TAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/08/09. Office location:
NY County. LLC formed in
Delaware (DE) on 06/23/09.
Princ. office of LLC: 90 W.
Houston St., Apt. 3B, NY, NY
10012. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to the LLC at the princ.
office of the LLC. DE addr.
of LLC: Corporation Service
Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste.
400, Wilmington, DE 19808.
Arts. of Org. filed with State
of DE, Secy. of State, Div. of
Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CITY FUELS LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/27/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, 4353 Broad-
way, NY, NY 10033. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMA-
TION OF BEDFORD 61ST
STREET ASSOCIATES,
LLC
Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 6/9/09. Office
location: NY County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to c/o
Nat. Reg. Agents, 875 Ave
of the Americas, Ste. 501,
NY, NY 10001, the Reg. Agt.
upon whom proc. may be
served. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MC GREENPORT, LLC
Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 6/1/09. Office
location: NY County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to c/o
Metropolitan Council, 80
Maiden Lane, NY, NY 10038.
Purpose: any lawful activi-
ties.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMA-
TION OF THE WEDDING
DIRECTOR, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y
of State (SSNY) on 4/24/09.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of pro-
cess to c/o CSC, 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207, the Reg.
Agt. upon whom proc. may
be served. Purpose: any law-
ful activities.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LU NING ARCHITEC-
TURE, PLLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
06/30/09. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
PLLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the PLLC is to: The
PLLC, 55 E 87th St, 7M, New
York, NY 10128. Purpose:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME: USA
AUTO TRADERS LLC
Articles of Organization were
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY)
on 06/19/09. Office location:
New York County. SSNY has
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of
process to the LLC, c/o The
Law Offices of Spar & Ber-
stein, P.C., 225 Broadway,
Suite 512, New York, New
York 10007. Purpose: For any
lawful purpose.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PHILMEDIA, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/16/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: Cliff Sloan c/o Phil-
Media, LLC, 95 Morton St.,
NY, NY 10014. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF M AND B PARKING
LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/29/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, 50-25 Bar-
nett Avenue, Sunnyside, NY
11104. Purpose: any lawful
purpose.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
ALPARI SECURITIES, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 6/30/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 14
Wall Street, Suite 5H New
York, NY 10005. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF PUPS TO GO,
LLC AMENDED TO PUP
TO GO, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
5/21/2009. Office location: NY
Co. LLC formed in Delaware
(DE) on 5/18/2009. SSNY des-
ignated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to Meena Manshara-
mani 524 E. 72nd St #29C NY,
NY 10021. DE address of LLC:
1209 Orange St Wilmington,
DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. filed
with DE Secy. of State, 401
Federal St, Ste 4 Dover, DE
19901. Registered Agent is
Meena Mansharamani 524 E.
72nd St #29C NY, NY 10021
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF FLY ON THE WALL
FILMS LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/10/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to Altman, Greenfield
& Selvaggi, 200 Park Ave.
South, 8th Fl., NY, NY 10003.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABIL-
ITY COMPANY. NAME:
BROADSWITCH MOBILE
LLC
Articles of Organization were
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY)
on 07/16/09. The latest date
of dissolution is 12/31/2060.
Office location: New York
County. SSNY has been des-
ignated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail a copy of process to
the LLC, c/o Blueswitch, 61
Broadway, Suite 2710, New
York, New York 10006. Pur-
pose: For any lawful pur-
pose.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BARBARA L PORT-
MAN, LLC
Article of Organization filed
with the Secretary of State of
NY (SSNY) on 05/26/09 Office
location NEW YORK County.
SSNY has been designated
as agent upon whom process
against it may be served. The
Post Office address to which
the SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon him/her is C/O
the LLC 7014 13th Avenue.
Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose
of LLC: to engage in any
lawful act or activity. Street
address of Principal Business
location is: 860 Fifth Avenue.
New York, NY 10065.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF POLYMODAL LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/19/09. Office location: NY
Co. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: National Registered
Agents, Inc., 875 Avenue of
the Americas, Ste. 501, NY,
NY 10001, also registered
agent. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF E-PLAY, LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 6/12/09. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in OH on 6/15/04. NY
Sec. of State designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY
10011, regd. agt. upon whom
process may be served. OH
and principal business addr.:
1177 Olentangy River Rd.,
Columbus, OH 43212. Arts.
of Org. filed with OH Sec. of
State, 30 E. Broad St., Colum-
bus, OH 43266. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF INTERNA-
TIONAL HOUSE OF
PANCAKES, LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 2/26/09. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 450 N. Brand
Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203.
LLC formed in DE on 1/15/69.
NY Sec. of State designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY
10011, regd. agt. upon whom
process may be served. DE
addr. of LLC: c/o The Corpo-
ration Trust Co., 1209 Orange
St., Wilmington, DE 19801.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF HARVEST
PARTNERS, LP
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 7/14/09. NYS fict.
name: New Harvest Partners,
L.P. Office location: NY Coun-
ty. LP formed in DE on 3/3/06.
NY Sec. of State designated
as agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal business
addr.: Harvest Partners, LP,
280 Park Ave., 33rd Fl., NY,
NY 10017. DE addr. of LP:
1209 Orange St., Wilming-
ton, DE 19801. Name/addr. of
genl. ptr. available from NY
Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed
with DE Sec. of State, 401
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HIGHLAND PROJECT
CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
5/14/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Corporation Ser-
vice Company, 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207, registered
agent upon whom process
may be served. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMA-
TION OF TRAINING
CONCEPTS CONSULT-
ING, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
June 2, 2009. Office location:
New York County. SSNY des-
ignated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o Shira Bor-
doloi, 126 East 57th Street,
#3B, New York, NY 10022.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF KY 270 BROADWAY
LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/7/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Fox Rothschild
LLP, 100 Park Ave., Ste. 1500,
NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 23NYC FIDI LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
5/1/08. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Filippo Cinotti, 50
Broad Street, Ste. 1911, NY,
NY 10004. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
BEAUTY EMPOWER-
MENT, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/17/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Arnie Herz, Esq.
14 Vanderventer Ave., STE
255 Port Washington, NY
11050. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
JUNKO Y. CUSICK CON-
SULTANTS, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 6/3/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 425
Fifth Avenue #19D New York,
NY 10016. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
THE ROMERO FIRM LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/27/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Custodio
Anibal Romero 271 W 47TH
Street Suite 44B New York,
NY 10036. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
WORKLAB CONSULT-
ING, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/9/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 21
East 10TH Street, APT. 11C
New York, NY 10003. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
FAIRWAY FUND VIII LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/31/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Kriss &
Feuerstein LLP C/O Kenneth
P. Horowitz 360 Lexington
Avenue 12TH FL New York,
NY 10017. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
FIXITSOLIFE LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/7/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 34
West 12TH ST APT 3R New
York, NY 10011. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
MODOLOGY, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/19/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Ohanes Gara-
bedian 204 West 14 Street,
#3D New York, NY 10011.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
WARCOMM, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/20/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Wayne A. Ross
158 West 144TH Street, Suite
5B New York, NY 10030. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
SLR LEASING LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/6/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Scott Roth 800
6TH Avenue, APT 27E New
York, NY 10001. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF JUN GROUP
PRODUCTIONS, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/30/2009. Office location: NY
Co. LLC formed in Connecti-
cut (CT) on 12/13/2005. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to THE LLC 21
West 39TH Street, Suite 4A
NY, NY 10018. Arts. Of Org.
filed with CT Secy. of State,
30 Trinity Street Hartford, CT
06106. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF LRZ STRUC-
TURED CAPITAL, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
06/05/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 06/04/09. Princ.
office of LLC: c/o Enterprise
Asset Management, Inc.,
Attn: General Counsel, 521
Fifth Ave., Ste. 1804, NY, NY
10175. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to the LLC at the addr. of
its princ. office. DE addr. of
LLC: c/o National Registered
Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree
Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, Cnty. of
Kent, DE 19904. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of
the State of DE, 401 Federal
St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SC STUDIO NEW
YORK LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/21/09. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
Moses & Singer LLP, Attn:
Ross J. Charap, 405 Lex-
ington Ave., NY, NY 10174.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC at the addr. of its
princ. office. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF NEWRO PROPERTY
LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/22/09. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
19 W. 34th St., NY, NY 10001.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC at the addr. of its
princ. office. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BELLAFARE LLC
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of
New York (SSNY) on 7/20/09.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY has been designated
as an agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may
be served. The address to
which SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC is to: Bellafare LLC,
261 W 28th St, #3A, NY, NY
10001. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF VIP SPECIAL
SERVICES, LLC
Application of Authority
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
04/13/09. N.Y. Office Loca-
tion: NY County. LLC formed
in New Jersey, on 04/12/05.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon to the LLC: c/o
National Registered Agents,
Inc., 875 Avenue of the Amer-
icas, Suite 501, New York, NY
10001. The Principal Busi-
ness Address of the LLC: 583
Valley Road, West Orange,
NJ 07052. Purpose of LLC:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF INDIGO SHOWROOM
LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
06/03/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: The LLC, 545
8th Ave., Ste. 14NC, NY, NY
10018. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BREAD AND BUTTER
MARKETING, LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
04/30/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: Philip F. McGovern,
Jr., Esq. Connoll Foley LLP,
Harborside Financial Center,
2510 Plaza 5, Jersey City, NJ
07311. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF KIMMERICH, LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/15/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Herve N. Linder,
Ernst & Linder LLC, 17 Bat-
tery Pl., Ste. 1307, New York,
NY 10004. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF M-K SOUTH BROAD-
WAY ASSOCIATES LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
01/11/02. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: C/O Kenart Realties
Inc, 10 W 47th St., NY, NY
10036. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ISABEL SCHAREN-
BERG CREATIVE MAN-
AGEMENT LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
06/04/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Marie-Isabel
Scharenberg, 417 E. 6th St.,
#2, NY, NY 10009. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GRAMERCY PSY-
CHOLOGICAL SERVICES,
LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/06/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, 205 E. 16th
St., Apt. 1A, NY, NY 10003.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LEWIS JACOBSEN
ARCHITECT LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/20/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: Ingram Yuzek Gainen
Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP, 250
Park Ave., 6th Fl., NY, NY
10177. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF OR BOOKS LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/06/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Colin Robinson,
213 W. 21st St., #3B, NY, NY
10011. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SHAHIN GHARIB MD,
PLLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/06/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of PLLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: C/O Corpora-
tion Service Comp., 80 State
St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.
Purpose: profession of medi-
cine.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GOTHAM WELLNESS
ACUPUNCTURE, PLLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/01/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of PLLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The PLLC, 96 Craft-
sland Rd., Chestnut Hill, MA
02467. Purpose: profession
of acupuncture.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ESV SAILING
LLC
Authority filed with the SSNY
on 05/07/09. Office location:
NY County. LLC formed in DE
on 05/13/2008. SSNY is des-
ignated as agent upon whom
process against the LLC may
be served. SSNY shall mail
a copy of process to: C/O
the LLC, 225 Broadway, Ste
3407 , NY, NY 10007. Address
required to be maintained in
DE: 108 West 13th St. Wil-
imington, DE 19801. Cert of
Formation filed with DE Div
of Corps, 401 Federal St - Ste
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any Lawful Purpose.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF 867 MADISON,
LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 7/1/09. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 867 Madison Ave.,
NY, NY 10021. LLC formed
in DE on 4/4/05. NY Sec. of
State designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o CT
Corporation System, 111 8th
Ave., 13th Fl., NY, NY 10011.
DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corpora-
tion Trust Co., 1209 Orange
St., Wilmington, DE 19801.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NAME OF FOREIGN LLC:
NIELSEN MOBILE, LLC
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 5/8/09. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 6/10/98.
County off. loc.: New York
Cty. Sec. of State designated
as agent of foreign LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. The Sec. of State
shall mail copy of process
to: Nielsen Mobile, c/o The
Nielsen Company, 770 Broad-
way, NY, NY 10003, Attn: Tax
Dept. Addr. of foreign LLC
in DE is: 615 South DuPont
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Auth.
officer in DE where Cert. of
Form. filed: DE Sec. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MTI SHOWSPACE
GP LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/30/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, c/o Music
Theater International, 421 W.
54th St., NY, NY 10019, Attn:
Drew Cohen. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MTI SHOWSPACE L.P.
Certificate filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/1/2009. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LP, c/o Music
Theater International, 421
W. 54th St., NY, NY 10019,
Attn: Drew Cohen. Name/
address of each genl. ptr.
available from SSNY. Term:
until 12/31/2108. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GENESIS PART-
NERS REAL PROPERTY
HARLEM, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
June 12, 2009. Office loca-
tion: New York County. LLC
formed in Delaware (DE) on
May 15, 2009. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o GENESIS
CORNERSTONE PARTNERS,
LLC, 594 Broadway, Suite
1107, New York, NY 10012.
DE address of LLC: c/o Karim
Hutson, 55 Cascade Lane,
Suite A, Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware 19971. Arts. of Org.
filed with DE Secy. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CHAMPION PARKING
77 LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/10/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, 655 Third
Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Pur-
pose: any lawful purpose.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
PUBLIC NOTICES
NAME OF FOREIGN LLC:
STYX SPV-1, LLC
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 6/23/09. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 6/19/09.
County off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec.
of State designated as agent
of foreign LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The Sec. of State
shall mail copy of process to:
The LLC, 299 Park Ave., NY,
NY 10171. Addr. of foreign
LLC in DE is: c/o National
Corporate Research, Ltd., 615
South DuPont Hwy., Dover,
DE 19901. Auth. officer in DE
where Cert. of Form. filed:
DE Sec. of State, Townsend
Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF RENEWABLE COM-
MUNITIES, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY)
on 07/30/2009. Office loca-
tion: NY County. SSNY has
been designated as an agent
upon whom process against
the LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: Renew-
able Communities, LLC
c/o Law Offices of Howard
Goldman 475 Park Avenue
South New York, NY 10016.
Purpose: To engage in any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/12 – 9/16/09
PIG & OX PICTURES, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/7/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to THE LLC
201 East 30TH ST. APT. 37
NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any
lawful activity. Registered
Agent: Robert Demarco 201
East 30TH ST. APT. 37 NY,
NY 10016.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
ADVANCE YOUR IMAGI-
NATION LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 4/22/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Mirlet Auguste
C/O Ayi-First Taste NYC 208
W. 29TH ST., Suite 406 New
York, NY 10001. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
MIMI & ME LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/7/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 320
West 86 Street #5C New York,
NY 10024. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of
Limited Liability Company
(“LLC”). Name: ONY Pro-
tection, LLC. Articles of Orga-
nization filed with the Sec-
retary of State of the State
of New York (“SSNY”) on
7/15/09. N.Y. office location:
New York County. The SSNY
has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The SSNY shall mail
a copy of any process to ONY
Protection, LLC, c/o Omni
New York LLC, 885 Second
Avenue, 31st Fl., Suite C, NY,
NY 10017. Name/address of
each member available from
SSNY. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF EXCELERATE
DISCOVERY, LLC
Application for Authority was
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on July
30, 2009. Office location: NY
County. Principal business
address: Piedmont Center
North, 3575 Piedmont Road,
N.E., Building 15, Suite 900,
Atlanta, Georgia 30305. LLC
formed in Georgia (GA) on
August 25, 2008. SSNY has
been designated as an agent
upon whom process against
the LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY
shall mail a copy of any pro-
cess against the LLC is to:
Capitol Services, Inc., 1218
Central Avenue, Suite 100,
Albany, New York 12205. GA
address of LLC: Piedmont
Center North, 3575 Piedmont
Road, N.E., Building 15, Suite
900, Atlanta, Georgia 30305.
Articles of Organization filed
with GA Secretary of State,
Corporations Division, 315
West Tower, #2 Martin Luther
King, Jr. Dr., Atlanta, Georgia
30334-1530. Purpose: any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF BLUE SPRING
SHIPPING COMPANY
LIMITED
App. for Auth. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 6/19/09. Office
loc.: NY County. LLC org. in
Gibraltar 7/3/08. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of proc. to c/o CTC,
111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011,
Reg. Agt. upon whom proc.
may be served. Gibraltar
office addr.: Helen Bonavia,
10 Blackwood Tower, Brymp-
ton, S. Barrack Rd., Gibraltar.
Art. of Org. on file: Regis-
trar of Companies, Compa-
nies House Gibraltar, 1st Fl.,
The Arcade, 30-38 Main St.,
Gibraltar. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ORIZZONTE CON-
STRUCTION INTERNA-
TIONAL LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
06/30/09. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC served upon
him is C/O the LLC 55 Broad
Street 15E, New York, N.Y.,
10004. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
ROLLER RINK 515 LLC
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with the
Sec of State of NY on 6/25/09.
NY Office location: New York
County. SSNY is designated
as agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may be
served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC served upon him/
her to The LLC, 515 W. 18th
St., NY, NY 10011 General
purposes
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ARCHER SPE
OFFSHORE I, L.L.C.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/24/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 06/23/09. Princ.
office of LLC: 570 Lexington
Ave., 40th Fl., NY, NY 10022.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
Joshua Lobel at the princ.
office of the LLC, regd. agent
upon whom and at which
process may be served. DE
addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of the State of
DE, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF CROSSBOR-
DERS, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
08/03/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 10/29/03. Princ.
office of LLC: 207 W. 25th
St., Ste. 507, NY, NY 10001.
NYS fictitious name: CROSS-
BORDERS OF NEW YORK,
LLC. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to the LLC at the addr. of
its princ. office. DE addr. of
LLC: c/o Corporation Service
Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste.
400, Wilmington, New Castle
Cnty., DE 19808. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of
the State of DE, Corp. Dept.,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: Production
services.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF KOTP INVESTORS
I LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/27/09. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
135 W. 18th St., 2nd Fl., NY,
NY 10011. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to James A. Pappas at
the princ. office of the LLC.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF THE LAW OFFICE
OF FIONA OLIPHANT,
ESQ., LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
04/16/09. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: PO Box
250166 New York, NY 10025.
Purpose: To engage in any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA- FANTASTIC PAW, LLC
TION OF CLARITY SOLU-
TIONS GROUP LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
Authority filed with Secy. of State (SSNY) 5/28/2009.
of State of NY (SSNY) on Office in NY Co. SSNY
5/1/09. Office location: NY
design. Agent of LLC upon
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 3/25/09. SSNY whom process may be
designated as agent of LLC
served. SSNY shall mail copy
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall of process to Michael Grego-
mail process to: The LLC, 298 ry 360 West 21ST Street 2K
Mulberry St., Apt. 7H, NY, NY
10012. Address of the princi- New York, NY 10011. Pur-
pal office: 665 Broadway, Ste. pose: Any lawful activity.
503, NY, NY 10012. Address Vil 8/19-9/23/09
to be maintained in DE: 615
South DuPont Hwy, Dover,
DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed
MS. TEASE DANCE STU-
with DE Secy. Of State, 401
Federal St., Ste 4., Dover, DE DIO, LLC
19901 . Purpose: any lawful
activities. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09 of State (SSNY) 7/27/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF JUNOON NYC LLC. design. Agent of LLC upon
Articles of Organization Filed whom process may be
with Secretary of State of served. SSNY shall mail copy
New York SSNY on 6/11/09.
Office located in NY county. of process to THE LLC 129-08
SSNY has designated for 7TH Ave, 1ST Floor College
service of process. SSNY
Point, NY 11356. Purpose:
shall mail copy of any pro-
cess served against the LLC: Any lawful activity.
Rajesh Bhardwaj, 56 Traut- Vil 8/19-9/23/09
wein Cresent, Closter, NJ
07624.
Vil 8/19 – 9/23/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SECOND BUTTON
DREAMS ANIMATION
LLC LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. Art. of Org filed Sec’y of State
of State (SSNY) 8/3/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY (SSNY) 7/27/09. Office loca-
design. Agent of LLC upon tion: New York County. SSNY
whom process may be
designated as agent of LLC
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to THE upon whom process against
LLC 590 Madison Avenue,
it may be served. SSNY
21ST Floor Manhattan, NY
shall mail copy of process to
10022. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP,
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
1350 Broadway, New York,
D & C MCKEEGAN LLC NY 10018, Attn: Thomas G.
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. Huszar, Esq.. Purpose: any
of State (SSNY) 2/6/2009. lawful activities.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
copy of process to THE LLC
Mckeegan & Shearer PC 192 CATION OF C/S 12TH
Lexington Avenue New York,
AVENUE LLC
NY 10016. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity. Authority filed with Sec. of
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
State of NY (SSNY) on 8/2/02.
MHT VISIONS LLC Office location: NY County.
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. LLC formed in DE on 7/31/02.
of State (SSNY) 5/19/2009. SSNY designated as agent
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon of LLC upon whom process
whom process may be against it may be served and
served. SSNY shall mail copy shall mail process to: c/o
of process to C/O Mona Tem-
chin 509 East 81ST Street Apt Peter Sharp & Co., Inc., 545
16 New York, NY 10028. Pur- Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022.
pose: Any lawful activity.
DE address of LLC: Corpora-
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
tion Service Co., 2711 Cen-
BOMBSHELL TAXI LLC terville Rd., Wilmington, DE
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
of State (SSNY) 3/20/2009.
DE Sec. of State, P.O. Box
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
898, Dover, DE 19903. Pur-
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy pose: any lawful activity.
of process to THE LLC 313 Vil 8/19-9/23/09
Tenth Avenue NY, NY 10001.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Registered Agent: Evgeny A. NOTICE IS HEREBY
Freidman 313 Tenth Avenue GIVEN
NY, NY 10001.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09 that license number 1229697
has been applied for by the
EXPERT NETWORK
GROUP, LLC undersigned to sell liquor at
retail in a hotel under the
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 6/17/2009.
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Office in NY Co. SSNY
Law at 128 West 29th Street,
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be New York, N.Y. 10001-5301
served. SSNY shall mail copy for on-premises consump-
of process to The LLC Attn
tion. BRISAM WEST 29 LLC
Mark S Wolkstein 201 East
15TH ST APT 4C New York,
d/b/a DOUBLETREE HOTEL
NY 10003. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity. MANHATTAN-CHELSEA
Vil 8/19-9/23/09 Vil 8/19/09 & 8/26/09
32 August 26 - September 1, 2009
Call it nuts, but she is ‘The Squirrel Whisperer’
Continued from page 1
“I am not a rehabber yet, but every time
I take care of new babies I get a little closer,”
Goren said.
A squirrel rehabber is licensed by the state
and must pass tests, submit references and have
an interview in order to get approved. Certified
squirrel rehabbers are listed with the Center for
Animal Care & Control so they can be called up
if a motherless or injured squirrel is found.
When a squirrel recently got hit by a car, a
rehabber kept the squirrel in a dark room and
the animal recovered, Goren noted. If a squirrel
is sick or injured, it can be taken to a veterinar-
ian that specializes in wildlife.
“I took a squirrel in a carrier on the subway
to a vet on the Upper East Side. The squirrel
needed surgery but ultimately didn’t make it,”
Goren recalled.
Goren once saw a dog kill a squirrel in
Washington Square Park.
“There is a leash law for a reason,” she said.
“A squirrel is just as sentient a being as a dog
or a cat.
“I spend a couple hours a day watching
them when I have time,” she said. “In the sum-
mer, the days are longer so they stay out later.
They don’t come out at night because they are
scared of rats.”
Goren is not the first local resident to
spend time observing squirrels. “Squirrels at
My Window: Life With a Remarkable Gang
(IZIPSTQIRX[MXLE0MGIRWIH4VSJIWWMSREP'SEGLMRK
of Urban Squirrels,” considered an essential
text, was written by Grace Marmor Spruch, a
former New York University physics professor,
and details Spruch’s observations from the win-
dow of her Washington Mews apartment.
“The book is very accurate,” Goren said.
“Everybody who feeds squirrels in Washington
Square Park has a copy.”
There are reddish squirrels in the Hanging
Tree in the northwest corner of the park.
Someone told Goren that the squirrels’ color
could be because of the reddish sap of the tree,
and she thinks that it is a plausible explanation.
According to Goren, there are only four or
five black squirrels in Washington Square Park,
but there are more in Stuyvesant Town and in
Union Square, although she doesn’t know why.
“We have the fattest squirrels in the city in
Washington Square Park,” Goren noted. “I’ve
heard that the squirrels in Union Square are
starving because nobody feeds them.”
There is no law against feeding squirrels.
Councilmember Alan Gerson backed an anti-
pigeon-feeding ordinance, but that does not
apply to squirrels, explained Goren. Goren
does not feed the pigeons, but she makes an
exception for a white pigeon that somebody
named Paz.
“Paz adopted me, I didn’t adopt Paz,” she
said. “She is too well mannered, I think she
might be from a pigeon coop.”
Local Parks Department officials are mostly
supportive of Goren’s efforts. One Parks worker
came by to tell Goren that he had seen a baby
Villager photo by Jefferson Siegel
One of Washington Square Park’s
between 75 and 100 squirrels on top of
one of the park’s squirrel houses.
squirrel in a nearby tree.
Squirrels have babies in February or March
and then again in August and September.
“There are new babies now; so the spring
babies have to learn how to cope on their own,”
Goren explained. “They get pushed out of the
nest to make room for the new ones.
“I saw squirrels screwing a few times,” she
said. “It was the funniest thing on the planet.
They were making babies!”
Goren estimates that there are between 75
and 100 squirrels in Washington Square Park.
She can often tell them apart because of the
markings on their faces.
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“People ask if I give them names,” Goren
said. “But there are too many for that!”
She improvised her own sound to attract
the squirrels.
“The sound I make is not a squirrel noise,
but they know it’s me and I won’t hurt them. I
made it up because it echoes well.”
Goren feeds the squirrels on the east side
of the park, along with what she says are half
a dozen other people who do the same. The
squirrel feeders split up the park into different
sectors, which Goren explains began when the
park was under reconstruction.
During the Washington Square Park phase-
one reconstruction, a score of squirrels died,
according to Goren.
“I think it is because years ago they didn’t
put rat poison in boxes, it was just loose,” she
said. “So maybe it was in the soil when they
dug it up.”
Goren is a popular fixture in Washington
Square Park.
A student from New York University’s Tisch
School of the Arts recently used footage of
Goren hand feeding the squirrels for a film-class
project and posted a clip of it online.
“The N.Y.U. film students call me the
‘The Squirrel Whisperer,’” Goren said.
She is used to posing for pictures with the
Washington Square Park squirrels.
“I am in more pictures taken by foreign
tourists than anything. The Italians and the
French love to take pictures of me feeding
the squirrels.”
 August 26 - September 1, 2009 33

Congratulations to Mr. Nadler and to the visibility and the organizational framework

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Continued from page 24
seems likely there is a sensible solution.
This problem should also be a wake-up
call to the Parks Department for the new
location and design of the performance
stage. Current plans appear to reduce and
move that space and leave it wide open to
LaGuardia Place, without sound buffers. It’s
worth another analysis, before work begins,
to avoid a repeat of environmental impact
on this neighborhood and its residents and
many Downtown arts groups that will share in
the funds Mr. Nadler was able to direct to them.
This lifeline of shared wealth will be welcome to
not only artists but to the the neighborhoods as
merchants. well. The presence of artists is one of the first
But let’s not ban any musical instruments signs of neighborhood resurgence, and these
because of design mistakes. funds will keep that process on track.
However, Downtown public (as in street)
Mary Johnson artists are entirely left out of this process.
They unwisely disbanded the only organiza-
tion (S.I.A.C.U.) that exclusively represented
fine artists (A.R.T.I.S.T. is a vending group),
Our artistic void so public fine artists could not apply or
qualify for these funds. Too bad, because
To The Editor: without promotion or recognition, public
Re “Nadler nets millions for the arts” artists simply fade into the haze of illegal
(news brief, July 29): vendors and bootleggers and therefore lose
necessary for recognition and control over
their own destiny.
Good new for A.R.T.I.S.T. Bad news for
public artists.
Lawrence White
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POLICE BLOTTER
Bravest really was
An off-duty firefighter from Engine 10 on
Liberty St. was in the Union Square subway
station coming home from a party at about 10
p.m. Fri., Aug. 21, when he spotted a man lying
on the tracks across from his platform. The
firefighter, Adam Rivera, 30, jumped down,
ran across the track and pulled the victim to
the platform, where two bystanders helped lift
him to safety as a train was pulling in. The res-
cued man, Marco Delemo, 45, was taken to St.
Vincent’s Hospital with serious head injuries,
according to a Daily News article.
Meth mystery
An employee of a dog-grooming and day-
care center at 41 W. 13th St. near Sixth Ave.
methamphetamine to police on Thurs., Aug.
20. The employee found the bag a week ear-
lier, according to reports.
2 a.m. Wed., Aug. 12, passed out and woke
up at 10:30 a.m. at the northwest corner of
the West Side Highway at 40th St. to find his
iPhone and credit cards missing. There was
an unauthorized withdrawal of $400 from a
debit card and $300 in unauthorized charges
Beers weren’t fly on a credit card, according to police.
A Brooklyn man told police he was at a
party at Kiss & Fly, 409 W. 13th St. in the Alber t Amateau
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Let pilots keep on flying

free in Hudson corridor
Continued from page 23
ing required to obtain even a basic private
pilot’s license stands in stark contrast
to the minimal requirements required to
legally drive a motor vehicle, even on
a commercial basis, such as a taxicab.
Further, I’d wager that at the moment
you are reading this, there are multiple
unlicensed drivers speeding along on our
neighborhood streets; I’d be mortified if a
single unrated pilot flew the Hudson cor-
ridor in the last month.
Congressman Nadler, otherwise a leader
on transportation issues, also showed dis-
appointing unawareness. His suggestions
that pilots operating in the V.F.R. corridor
are “unregulated” and that the corridor is
“the Wild West” hardly reflects the mas-
sive Federal Aviation Regulations and
Aeronautical Information Manual guid-
ance that must be adhered to while flying.
Is driving on a city street unregulated?
Are there not speed limits, right-of-way
rules and places you must not drive?
These regulations apply even for the most
basic flight and are barely the tip of the
iceberg.
Flying in the congested New York air-
space is unquestionably challenging and
not for pilots who are unwilling to operate
at the peak of their skills. Indeed, most pilots
choose to avoid the area altogether, for it is
no cruise around an Iowa cornfield. Sounds
a lot like the Taconic Parkway or Cross
Bronx, right?
Statistics and reality bear out, though,
that the average New Yorker has much more
to fear from that which we accept as every-
day risk. Careful investigation may provide
opportunities to make the Hudson corridor
even safer, and the unrelated discussion of
relocating the tourist heliport out of what
has become valuable parkland is relevant.
However, we have the world’s safest
aviation system because we use a scientific
approach, not by looking for sound bites
and reassuring politics. If, as asserted in
this newspaper’s editorial column, this was
“an accident just waiting to happen,” it
sure waited a very long time.
Dutton is a member of Community
Board 2 and a Newark-based first officer on
the Boeing 757 and 767 for a major airline
and previously was a light-aircraft flight
instructor.

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