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WHO’S WHO ON THE TAP ROOM WALL? Peter Brav sizes up the Princeton portraits, page 9.

Not a Tear Down, After All

An International Thanksgiving

House & Home

The Echo once featured 20 Green Street as a candidate for another tear-down. The Honsteins have another idea. Page 5

A hostess opens her home to some strangers from halfway around the globe. It’s old home week — please pass the gravy. Page 22

Area experts weigh in with timely advice to help you improve your current home or ﬁnd a new one. Special Section

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Time’s up for meters

ark down Monday, November 5, as the much anticipated replacement day for parking meters in Princeton. The thinking behind the new meters has been explained at numerous town council meetings, in one highly detailed parking study, in a Saturday morning presentation at Princeton Future, and in a comprehensive article in the Echo (June, 2018). More recently the town announced the discontinuation of the old Smart Card (in today’s world of parking technology considered not so smart). The town has taken out full page ads in the weekly newspapers. In this issue of the Echo (see page 24), the Princeton Merchants Association addresses the changeover. For all that advance planning, don’t expect the changeover to be easy. Parking is a hot button in any town. Last month at the Princeton Chamber’s business breakfast, the topic was what Princeton people could do to help Trenton. The subject of parking came up. Tom Gilmour, executive director of the Trenton Downtown Association, noted that the capital city was considering a parking meter conversion of its own. Having overseen a conversion to smart meters in his previous business development job in Asbury Park, Gilmour was able to offer some counsel for his counterparts in Princeton: If this town is like most others that have revamped their parking procedures, “at first everyone is going to hate it,” Gilmour said. But as people get used to it and understand how it works, “they’re going to love it.”

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We have already seen the first eyebrow raised regarding the new parking technology, in this letter from Linda Sipprelle: “Around October 12, 2018, all parking meters were removed in Princeton. Since that time there has been free parking for everyone every day. During this period, the amount of money that has been lost to Princeton government coffers is substantial. Why were the old parking meters removed before the new ones were ready to be installed?” We forwarded the letter on to Mayor Liz Lempert and Town Engineer Deanna Stockton, but never got a response. Our guess: They are up to their ears in the process (with eight meter installers working the last week in October) and trying to exactly time the removal with the replacement would take them even deeper into the morass. For information visit www. ipsgroupinc.com/princeton.

School referendum: Downsized and delayed

ust a few months ago it was the $130 million question: Should voters approve a bond referendum to add another elementary school, expand and renovate the high school, and acquire a commercial office building on Thanet Circle for additional staff space? Facing public opposition, the referendum was divided into two parts. Then it was reduced to just $27

million with a vote scheduled for Tuesday, December 11, to approve funding for security upgrades at all the schools, new HVAC systems, and — in the high school — four additional classrooms, a dining distribution center, more space for sports, and renovations to the guidance office. Board president Patrick Sullivan told reporters that the board would then develop another referendum, to be placed on the ballot a year from now, that would address the other needs listed in the earlier proposed referendums. Meanwhile, another item appears to be removed from the school board’s plate. A state judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Joel Schwartz and Corrine O’Hara asking that the district’s extension of the sending relationship with Cranbury be overthrown. The Schwartz-O’Hara couple contended that the board violated the Open Public Meetings Act because it had voted electronically, while “members of the public were neither made aware of how each board member voted nor what the final vote was.” Schwartz and O’Hara have another legal action on file, an appeal with the state Commissioner of Education to repeal the sending agreement with Cranbury, which permits Cranbury to send its high school students to Princeton. Schwartz and O’Hara maintain, among other points, that better options exist for Cranbury students in neighboring school districts closer to Cranbury.

J Transit, troubled by problems too numerous to mention in this space, has suspended its train service on several smaller branches, including the Dinky line between Princeton and Princeton Junction, so it can concentrate its effort on the main line. The Dinky service will be replaced by a bus, which may or may not be able to meet trains at the junction as reliably as the two-car train did. NJ Transit said the interruption of service, which began October 14, would last at least three months. Dinky passengers, who have witnessed previous attempts to reduce or eliminate rail service on the line, have rallied in defense of the Dinky line. More than 500 people have signed a petition at www. change.org to keep the Dinky running. The nonprofit group Save the Dinky, which advocated against the recent relocation of the Dinky station 460 feet farther from the center of town, has also joined the fight. “A months-long suspension of service will lead to major disruptions for Dinky riders who will be forced to either drive to Princeton Junction or use bus alternatives with longer travel times,” Save the Dinky President Anita Garoniak wrote in a letter to NJ Transit. A lengthy suspension of service may also reduce the ongoing ridership on the Dinky, making it appear to be less viable to the state-wide agency. “As you know,” Garoniak wrote, “ridership has yet to recover from the net 22 percent loss that followed the station relocation” to accommodate the new Lewis Arts Center.

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Leading Off: Tapping Into Downtown

The Tear Down That Wasn’t

Unoccupied and boarded up, the house at 20 Green Street, with some history in its past, appeared ripe to become another teardown. The new owners have another plan. By Richard D. Smith

The Great Wall of Tigers

The wall leading into the Nassau Inn’s Tap Room bears the portraits of 60 Princetonians. Who is there, and why? By Peter Brav

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Also known as the Lewis Science Library, the building at Washington Road and Ivy Lane hosts an open house. By Richard K. Rein

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Princeton families find joy in introducing Thanksgiving to international students, and Tom Le finds a Princeton audience hungry for traditional Vietnamese cuisine at the Pho Spot. By E.E. Whiting & Joe Emanski

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REAL ESTATE

Once a tear-down target, now primed for urban restoration By Richard D. Smith

istoric homes and neighborhoods have recently enjoyed — or, perhaps, been subjected to — a wave of renovations. Princeton presents notable examples. The Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, a long-time AfricanAmerican enclave with official historic district designation, is the site of renovations and repairs but also teardowns of 19th-century homes to erect modernistic structures on the lots (“Princeton’s battle between historic preservation and urban insertion continues on Green Street,” September 2016). One Witherspoon-Jackson district house with especially historic connections is the two-story frame home at 20 Green Street, between Witherspoon and John streets, with a backyard that borders Paul Robeson Place. Substantial for its time and place, tall with pleasing proportions, the house may have been based on plans found in one of the popular architectural pattern books of the later 19th century. It was once a boarding house where African-American visitors could dine and sleep in an era when white-owned hotels were closed to them. Its most famous known guest was believed to be Booker T. Washington, the leading teacher and orator who advocated liberation through

education, who was even photographed with fellows in front of the building. Its owner in the early 1900s was Bertha Hill Brandon, an activist in the black community whose Friendship Club gave out educational scholarships and sponsored concerts by great African-American performers, including Princeton-born Paul Robeson. But having stood vacant for some 30 years, the house at 20 Green Street appeared ripe for a tear-down, and it was presented as such in its initial marketing: A chance to buy the small but desirable lot, big enough for a desirable house within a short walk of everything in down-

With windows boarded up and crumbling concrete, the house at 20 Green was thought to be a tear-down candidate. The new owners have other ideas. town Princeton. The initial listing price was $835,000. The tear-down concern was understandable: Boxlike, modernistic homes (now assessed at nearly double the value of their older neighbors) have been erected at numbers 11 and 12 Green Street. Another nearby example of the urban insertion trend is 16-18 Quarry Street. At this writing RB Homes is applying for permission to demolish the old house at 11 Quarry Street for new residential construction. Founded by Roman Bar-

sky, who opened a Princeton office at 152 Witherspoon in 1995, the firm has successfully built traditionally styled homes in town. Nearby examples include 46 and 48 Wiggins Street, and 16 and 18 Jefferson Road. But these are three-bedroom, twocar garage homes: It remains to be seen what the Barsky firm proposes for the cramped 11 Quarry lot. (RB Homes did not respond to a request for comment.) Meanwhile, Jeaninne and Robert Honstein quietly acquired 20 Green Street See GREEN STREET, Page 6

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New and improved, the house at 20 Green will have an addition to accommodate a family room and master bedroom, facing Paul Robeson Place. were shown 20 Green Street by a real estate broker, the added joys and challenges presented by the home became additional inducements. “That house needs care and attention,” Honstein says. “I’ve wanted to do an old home renovation. So I was not intimidated by the project or by the condition of the house.” Jeaninne Surette grew up in New England and Robert Honstein in New Mexico. Their paths crossed at the University of Vermont on the very first day, in calculus class. They graduated with B.S. degrees in civil engineering in 1977. They have a son and two daughters, now ranging in age from 28 to 38 years, who grew up in Princeton and retain a love for the town though they have all since moved away.

Robert worked for a time at RH Development Company in Cranbury, before leaving with its owner, Randy Hack, to become a principal at PRINCO, the Princeton University Investment Company, which manages the school’s endowment. He later founded his own investment firm, with many clients among universities and other non-profits. Jeaninne has become an acclaimed painter and member of the National Association of Women Artists. Of late she has been working in metal sculpture, also with success: In 2016 she received the Council of American Artists’ Society Award for Excellence in Representational Sculpture for Bronze (www.jhonstein. com). In response to their active outreach to

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a neighborhood like Witherspoon-Jackson. “The zoning code was adopted in the 1940s,” says Hayden. “They didn’t write it for this neighborhood.” The drafters of such zoning codes, Hayden believes, “were trying to put a suburban aesthetic on what were really urban lots.” And the consequences? Numerous requests for zoning variances, especially involving building setbacks from property lines. In the case of 20 Green Street, says Hayden, “more than half the width of the house” would be within the nowmandated setbacks: “It doesn’t have usable yard space.” And that’s an issue for a plan which includes a backyard patio and even a gate in its backyard fence. Paul Robeson Place did not exist in the 1800s. Green Street backed onto what was then the alignment of Jackson Street. But in the 1950s most of Jackson’s humble old houses were deemed “blighted” and removed. Before this attempt at urban renewal there “was just a fence between neighbors,” says Hayden. Now there’s a fence along the south edge of the Green Street lots facing directly onto Paul Robeson Place — across from the four-story, nearly $2 million-valued townhouses now standing on the upper boundary of Palmer Square North. Garages in the backs of WitherspoonJackson neighborhood lots were not originally an issue, Hayden notes: Indeed, they helped provide additional privacy between homes. But now garage construction is also subject to the setback zone restrictions. If all this wasn’t enough complication, at some point a bedroom/bathroom was See GREEN STREET, Page 8

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added to the back of the house. “Judging from its concrete block construction,” says Hayden, a painful wince entering his voice, “it was probably added in the 1940s or ’50s. In addition to being completely out of proportion to the original structure, its low shed roof was not maintained. It just rotted away.” Hayden hopes that by January, 2020, the entire process will be happily competed. “This is one of the nicest houses on the block and I’m glad to see it refurbished,” he says. “Houses like this are repositories of peoples’ memories and lives.”

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he following applications for variances were approved, in most cases with conditions, at the October 24 meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment: 3 1/5 Madison Street, Florian Feuser, owner and applicant. The variance was needed to permit construction of a rear deck. 50 Princeton Avenue, Frances Zeitler, owner and applicant. Rear yard and side yard setbacks for construction of a 900-square-foot addition. 13 Bank Street; Anton and Francoise Nelessen, owners and applicants. Variances to permit addition, enclosure of rear porch, and attic expansion. 229 Terhune Road, Cosmo D. and Elizabeth M. Tamasi, owners. Grosso Homes LLC, c/o Richard Grosso Jr., applicant. Hardship variance for lot area to permit tear down of existing home and new construction. 293 Riverside Drive, Darrick and Melinda Brozyna, owners and applicants. Lot area variance to permit tear down of existing single family home and new construction. An application by Habitat for Humanity to construct a two-family duplex at 31 Lytle Street was postponed.

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he following listings of residential home sales are based on public records and tax files. The number in parentheses after the closing price indicates the amount it was above or below the original listing price. 145 Ridgeview Circle. Seller: JP Moser Properties Inc. Buyer: Princeton Investments LLC. Two-story Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. $1,550,000 (-$345,000). 160 Ridgeview Circle. Seller: Adele and Cecile Ahmed. Buyer: Ronnie Tam and Prisca Lee. One-story Contemporary in Princeton Ridge. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $890,000 (-$39,000). 123 Shadybrook Lane. Seller: Lewis Applegate Jr. and Constanze Schatz. Buyer: Yanmei Lu and Jun Gu. Split-level in Littlebrook. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $770,000 (-$115,000). 16 Boudinot Street. Seller: Pala Mostoller Trust. Buyer: Steven Cowley and Margaret Koval. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,945,000 (-$250,000).

330 Stonecliff Road. Seller: Mung Chiang and Ying Kei Hui. Buyer: Ilya and Lyudmyla Berin. Two-story Colonial in Ettl Farm. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths. $1,250,000 (-$170,000). 79 Prince William Court. Seller: Joseph and Sylvia Scheeren. Buyer: Norman and Yusra Lateef. Two-story Colonial in Riverside. 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,150,000 (-$180,000). 39 Park Place. Seller: Emily Chang Estate. Buyer: Dan Zhao. Duplex. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. $597,000 (-$188,000). 35 Sergeant Street. Seller: Sofia Milman. Buyer: Dawn McClatchy. Townhouse in Markham Square. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $725,000 (-$20,000). 19 Hamilton Avenue. Seller: Brooke Brown. Buyer: Tony Lee and Tammy Chen. Single-family, 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 2 half baths. $1,589,000 (-$100,000). 79 Ettl Circle. Seller: Xiaodong and Haiqing Wang. Buyer: Yinghua Su. Twostory Colonial in Ettl Farm. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,469,888. 30 Dorann Avenue. Seller: Princeton Capital Group. Buyer: Baowen Zhang and Shu Lin. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,275,000 (-$24,000). 884 Princeton Kingston Road. Seller: Kingston Trust. Buyer: Trupthi Kusuma and Vijaya Kethireddy. Two-story Cape Cod in Littlebrook. Road 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. $760,000 (-$69,000). 172 South Harrison Street. Seller: Timothy Wilkins and Amanda Irwin. Buyer: Brett and Katherine Bregman. Two-story Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $560,000 (-$77,000). 350 Herrontown Road. Seller: HanDietrich Weigmann. Buyer: Miriam Coria-Aguilar. Split-level in Littlebrook. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. $710,000 ($40,000). 15 Madison Street. Seller: Stephen Gilbert and Jennifer Hartshorne. Buyer: John and Shaun Sparacio. Three-story Victorian. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $1,150,000 (-$45,000). 299 Edgerstoune Road. Seller: Harry and Barbara Purnell. Buyer: Ravindran Ramaswamy and Usha Annipu. Ranch in Edgerstoune. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $940,000 (-$10,000). 27 Gordon Way. Seller: Carmen and Marie Petruzzi. Buyer: Manisha and Ranjan Mishra. Townhouse in Queenston Common. 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $635,000 (-$24,999). 142 Spruce Street. Seller: GSAA Trust. Buyer: Princeton Property Investment. Two-story Colonial. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $410,000 (-$160,000). 212 Bullock Drive. Seller: Cheruvasseri and Margaret Ravindranath. Buyer: Jorge and Diana Luque. Townhouse in Washington Oaks. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $723,000 ($5,000). 22 Lafayette Road. Seller: James and Teresa Knipper. Buyer: Steven and Elizabeth Baglio. Two-story Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. $2,400,000 (-$268,000). 161 Laurel Road. Seller: Jesse and Kim Marsch. Buyer: Magdalena Chaland and Alexander Manasson. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $850,000 (-$49,000).

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These days, eagerly anticipating the brisket, short rib, mozzarella, and port wine of the Princetonian sandwich on toasted brioche, your eyes are fixed on a choice bar stool opposite high definition screens before the Eagles take the field. As for the wall, you are blissfully oblivious. When I arrived in Princeton, I too was struck by the photos and the names at the “photo gallery,” as the Inn refers to it in a brochure. So many Tiger graduates with such an outsized influence on how things had gone in the 20th century and beyond. There were no Animal House Blutos, Otters, Niedermeyers, Flounders, Dean Wormsers, or Mandy Pepperidges here, despite Princeton’s well-documented history of knowing how to throw its share of good, and bad, parties. I knew them all, if only by reputation, and couldn’t help but think that some of them were not folks I admired. They were on the wall for one reason; they attended Princeton University and made a big impact, somewhere, in some way. I wanted to analyze that impact, in an essay, on a spreadsheet, the pros and should-be cons, our costs and their benefits. Even if I wasn’t absolutely certain that impact in the aggregate was a good one, I decided my concern was pretty judgmental, pretty arrogant, the subconscious jealousy of someone who had barely survived Cornell winters. I put the idea on the shelf. See THE WALL, Page 10

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his is a story about a wall, not the one neither Mexico nor Congress wants to pay for, that billion-dollar dream of keeping America’s reality imprisoned inside Stephen Miller’s fantasy. It’s not about Pink Floyd’s 1979 double album either, that lyric opera of a man’s isolation from a society he views as relentlessly repressive in the name of conformity, profit, and war. Not the holy site in Jerusalem nor the crumbled divider of postwar Germany. And certainly not any of the sorrowful testimonials to human horror and courage in the Holocaust, Vietnam, and 9/11 memorials found in New York and Washington. No, this is simply about a wall of photographs of Princeton University alumni, black-andwhite yearbook portraits mostly, framed and aligned in the heart of Princeton not long before I arrived here decades ago. You know the wall I’m talking about. You’ve passed it many times, having made your way through the sconce-lit lobby of the Nassau Inn where overnight guests have checked in for 250 years for a good night’s sleep. Past the wood-paneled front reception desk and bathrooms to the left and the concession-to-modernity dual elevators to the right, through the single door and into the dimly lit, rich wood confines of the Yankee Doodle Tap Room. There it is, brightly illuminated to your

The author, with his 1977 senior year photo from Cornell to his right, enjoys a fleeting moment of fame along the wall of the Nassau Inn’s Tap Room. right, opposite Einstein’s favorite booth where he etched his name in table wood now preserved under glass. A full 30 feet before you reach that Norman Rockwell mural perched behind the semi-circular bar, the one he did in 1937 of Yankee Doodle astride his horse that gave this place its name. You barely notice the wall now, though, leading your party to the host stand to be seated for onion soup, chef salads,

salmon, and all manner of ale. A solid, reasonably priced meal in a pub where the spirit of George Washington, Nathan Hale, or Aaron Burr might still be dining just one high-backed booth over. Years ago, you would stop and try so hard with friends to identify as many of the photographs as you could. Bill Bradley, Brooke Shields, Jimmy Stewart were easy. William D. Ruckelshaus and Gordon Wu, not so much.

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THE WALL, continued from page 9 Yet there I was, decades later, a recent Thursday night, watching a game with friends. I swear the food is better and the outdoor patio seating and fireplace are beautiful, especially if you prefer fresh air and can live without televised sports for a night. At halftime I made my pilgrimage of 30 feet, from bar stool to wall, and peered anew at each and every famous yearbook photo, wondering if those powerful impacts were foreseen in those youthful eyes. The answer was no, they were just like you and me, but my idea was back anyway. It isn’t like Sardi’s in Manhattan’s theater district, where Al Hirschfeld’s colorful drawings fill every wall caricaturing how some folks appeared at the peak of their fame. Or the Carnegie Wall of Fame of autographed headshots at the now-shuttered Seventh Avenue delicatessen. It’s just three synchronized rows of unadorned black and white prints in the simplest of frames, almost exclusively yearbook shots catching wide-eyed subjects at a certain time, that time they left Princeton, confident I’m sure but still uncertain of what lay ahead. There are 60 up there currently, half of them autographed, and only four with any kind of personal note. Fifty men and only ten women, most certainly a function of the university’s extremely delayed coeducation. When I started counting the non-Caucasians, the number was so small I decided to leave it to the reader to finish. And an interesting spread across decades reveals the 1950s to be a bit of a heyday, for a wall anyway.

1900s: one; 1910s: one; 1920s: two; 1930s: four; 1940s: five; 1950s: twentyone; 1960s: six; 1970s: nine; 1980s: eleven. After 1989’s Wendy Kopp and Jason Garrett, no one, not a soul. Impact takes time, I suppose.

ho decides who makes the cut? One man? One woman? A university committee? Tap Room management? Longtime bar patrons? Norman Rockwell? Has anyone ever been removed? And just how is it they do decide? If Brooke Shields ’87 is here, why not her old boyfriend Dean Cain, Class of 1988, gridiron quarterback-turnedSuperman on the WB Network? Jodi Picoult, but no F. Scott Fitzgerald who dropped out in his senior year of 1917 to fight in World War I? No David E. Kelley ’79, the creator of just about every television drama featuring a lawyer in the 1980s and ’90s? A strong argument could be made that he qualifies just by having been married to Michelle Pfeiffer these past 25 years. No sighting of “X-Files” and “Californication’s” David Duchovny or “Moneyball’s” Michael Lewis, both hailing from the Class of ’82. And just where is Ethan Coen who left his brother behind for a 1979 B.A. in philosophy before reuniting with Joel to co-direct some of my favorite movies of the past 35 years, “Blood Simple,” “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski,” “True Grit,” “A Serious Man,” “No Country for Old Men”? (And No Photo of Young Man on the Tap Room wall apparently.) Jason Garrett, sure, but what of Emily Goodfellow, Keith Elias, Yasser el Halaby,

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Then and now: From the left eBay’s Meg Whitman ’77, Eric Schmidt ’76, former chairman of Google, and Amazon founder & space venturer Jeff Bezos ’86. Hobey Baker, Bud Palmer, Geoff Petrie, Brian Taylor, Armond Hill, David Blatt, and too many more to list, sports legends who helped lead Princeton to more Ivy League championships across all sports than any of the other seven schools? No sign of diplomat George F. Kennan ’25 or two-term President Woodrow Wilson (Class of 1879) for that matter — and no, he was not removed under pressure from student protesters. Class of 1981’s former New York Attorney General and Governor Eliot Spitzer is missing in action too. It is just a wall; can’t we look past some campaign finance issues and a few prostitutes? And when, oh when, can we expect to see Robert Mueller ’66, someone half the nation views as its last hope? I e-mailed Tap Room management to find out who to talk to if one has genuine concerns that some favorite classmate is not immortalized up there. I wanted to point out that there is plenty of space remaining on this wall, plus several other walls and a completely untouched ceiling. As per Jamie Volkert, the director of marketing at Palmer Square Management, which manages the Tap Room, it was in 1992 that then-General Manager Mark Flaherty started the wall. Since that time Tap Room management has coordinated with Princeton University on selection. The last update was just a few years back when the number of displayed alumni photos was doubled. So here it is, my summary, most defi-

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a well-known drug legalization group. He 16. Pierre Samuel du Pont IV ’54, phrenic opened fire. Unable to save two died this past summer at the age of 87. Governor of Delaware. After working Capitol police officers, he was true to his 10. Hodding Carter III ’57, Ameri- for the namesake chemicals and applied Hippocratic Oath in helping to save the can journalist and politician, U.S. Marine, products giant, he served in the U.S. life of the shooter. And yes, that wonjournalist, Civil Rights advocate, tele- House of Representatives and as governor derful Frist Campus Center opened in vision newsman, college professor still of Delaware and is generally given credit 2000 in the old Palmer Physical Laborafor reviving the state’s economy and tory building is named for him and other going strong. attracting many banks and credit card members of the Frist family who have 11. Marvin Harold Cheiten ’65, Lyr- issuers. His last-place finish in the 1988 passed through the university’s halls. icist & Playwright. Fine writer whose New Hampshire presidential primary was 19. Steve Forbes ’70, CEO and ediwork I have enjoyed, a talented Princeton his final political gambit, and he has spent local for as long as anyone can remember. the decades since with family, conserva- tor-in-chief of Forbes. A 1970 graduate with a B.A. in history, he took the reins of 12. Charles (“Pete”) Conrad Jr. ’53, tive think tanks, and various corporate Forbes Magazine after his iconic motorNASA Astronaut. An aeronautical engi- boards. cycle-riding father Malcolm (’41) died neer who took his love of flying to the 17. Mel G. Ferrer ’39, American actor, in 1990. Favoring supply side economNavy and then to the moon in 1969 as the film director, and producer. Forty-plus ics, deregulation, and a simplified tax third person ever to walk its surface. Hap- years on stage and screen and a 15-year code, he did not fare well in his attempts piest in the air, he died away in a motor- marriage to Audrey Hepburn. He died in to secure the Republican nomination for cycle accident in 1999. 2008. the highest office in the land in 1996 and 13. William K. Coors ’38, founder 18. Bill Frist ’74, U.S. Senator. A 2000. of Coors Brewing Company. Rebelled heart and lung transplant surgeon turned 20. William Clay Ford Jr. ’79, CEO of against the family tradition of attending U.S. Senator from Tennessee who made Ford Motor Company. A history major Cornell by attending Princeton as a chem- national news in 1998 when he provided and rugby player in college, he went into ical engineering student, then joined (not emergency medical services at the Capi- the automotive business his grandfather founded) the Golden, Colorado, fam- tol after a previously diagnosed schizoSee THE WALL, Page 12 ily business in 1939 after a brief stint at DuPont. 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THE WALL, continued from page 11 Henry famously founded at the outset of the 20th century. Vice chairman of another longtime family business, the always victory-challenged Detroit Lions. 21. James V. Forrestal 1915, first U.S. Secretary of Defense. Editor of the Daily Princetonian, Wall Street success story, career Navy man from World War I to future Secretary of the Navy and the country’s first Secretary of Defense. The drama of his sad May, 1949, demise out of a 16th-floor hospital window recalled his constant strife with Air Force Secretary Stuart Symington and President Truman and an extended battle with psychosis. His death remains a mystery to some, shrouded in questions of murder or suicide, anti-Semitism, Communist antagonists, and UFO cover-ups. 22. Alec Gallup ’50, pollster & chairman of Gallup Poll. Together with his brother, George, ran the polling company their father founded. He spent three years at Princeton, transferred to the University of Iowa for his degree, but returned to live and work in Princeton until his death in 2009. 23. George Gallup Jr., ’53, pollster, writer, and executive. The more public face of the polling company generally considered one of the top statistical gauges of public opinion. A longtime Prince ton resident and author of several works on religion who died in 2011. 24. Jason Garrett ’89, head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Entering his ninth season as head coach of the Dallas

Cowboys after playing quarterback for the Cowboys, Giants, and other teams. Played for Princeton, transferred to Columbia, and then transferred back to Princeton. 25. Charlie Gibson ’65, broadcast television anchor. A career television journalist and anchor though 2009, most familiar during his “Good Morning America” days and “World News with Charles Gibson” evenings. Got his start at Princeton’s own WPRB. The author of a personal touch on the wall reading simply “so long ago.” 26. Lisa Halaby ’74, Queen Noor of Jordan. The sole actual royalty up there, she had only slightly humbler beginnings growing up in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Pan Am president Najeeb Halaby. The widow of Jordan’s King Hussein since his 1999 death, she has used her platform to advocate for the arts, the environment, and other worthy causes. 27. John M. Harlan II ’20, Associ-

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Then and now: Ralph Nader ’55, still a social and political advocate; Tom Kean ’57, former governor and author of the 9/11 Commission Report. ate Justice of the Supreme Court. Ivy Club, Daily Princetonian editor, Rhodes Scholar, big firm New York lawyer, leading prosecutor of Prohibition cases, Army Air Force Colonel during World War II, and a 1955 Eisenhower appointment to the Supreme Court. Generally considered a conservative with a more restrictive view of the judiciary’s role, he nevertheless was known for opinions with strong First Amendment (free speech) and Fourteenth Amendment (due process) protections. He died in 1971. 28. Cosmo J. Iacavazzi ’65, Hall of Fame college football player. Wore #32 as a record-setting fullback for the Tigers and followed it up with an all-too-brief two-game NFL career as a teammate of fellow rookie Joe Namath on the 1965 New York Jets. 29. Andrea Jung ’79, CEO of Avon. A long career in fashion that saw her rise to the top of Avon before her 2012 departure. Board member of several public companies and executive with a large non-profit microfinance company, she remains active in public service. 30. Elena Kagan ’81, Supreme Court Justice. With Justice Alito, the other recent traveler on the Princeton University to Harvard Law School to United States Supreme Court career path. A former law professor and dean at Harvard. 31. Dick Kazmaier ’52, Heisman Trophy winner. Named Princeton’s football player of the century, Dick was a humble team player and inspiration for many who followed, and the last Ivy Leaguer to garner college football’s most prestigious individual award. Drafted by the Chicago Bears, he declined to pursue a professional sports career, opting instead for a Harvard MBA, training as a U.S. Navy officer, and a long career in sports marketing. He died in 2013. 32. Thomas H. Kean ’57, Governor of New Jersey. Former two-term New Jersey governor in the ’80s, president of Drew University, chairman of the 9/11 Commission, and critic of intelligence agency lapses before the tragedy. A moderate free trade Republican whose 1988 “The Politics of Inclusion” urged the kind of political cooperation across the aisle notably absent 30 years later. 33. Wendy Kopp ’89, founder of Teach for America. Hailing from Texas, she turned her senior thesis proposal for an organization like the Peace Corps to recruit college graduates to teach in areas in educational need into what we now know as Teach for America. Non-stop

fundraising at large companies such as Mobil and Morgan Stanley and H. Ross Perot’s challenge grant catalyst, media blitzes, training and recruitment, and her bestselling books have helped Teach for America and (the international) Teach for All become true beacons for positive social change. 34. Peter Lewis ’55, chairman of Progressive Insurance Co. In his 35 years guiding the Cleveland-based insurance giant co-founded by his father into the third largest auto insurer in the county, he gave us Flo, the always white-garbed commercial annoyance amid radio and television programs. But he also gave generously to the ACLU, marijuana decriminalization efforts, and other liberal causes and gave Princeton $101 million to create the world-class arts center on Alexander Street that bears his name. He died in 2013. 35. John F. McGillicuddy ’52, banking executive. Roommate and teammate of Heisman winner Dick Kazmaier. Harvard Law School, U.S. Navy, big Manhattan law firm, and a long career leading Manufacturers Hanover Trust that culminated in shepherding that institution through the large bank consolidation we know today simply as Chase. Given credit for assisting in the frantic 1970s reorganization of New York City and 1980s bailout of Chrysler Motors. He died in 2009. 36. Harold W. McGraw Jr. ’40, CEO of McGraw-Hill. Grandson of the former upstate New York teacher who cofounded the publishing house as a source of railroad journals. Captain in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After taking the reins of the public company in 1975, he fought off an extremely bitter takeover bid from American Express and subsequently led the continued expansion of the Standard & Poor’s financial services division and the educational publishing division (into the nation’s largest). He died in 2010. 37. Jeffrey Moss ’63, composer and writer for Sesame Street. Fourteen Emmy Awards as the first head writer of one of the most influential television shows in history, “Sesame Street.” A composer and lyricist who got an early start at Princeton’s Triangle Club, he wrote many of the hits for “Sesame Street” and the Muppets movies and created both Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch, in my humble opinion the two best characters on that morning children’s staple that will run forever. Died tragically still in his creative prime at the age of 56.

38. Ralph Nader ’55, American political activist. Did his Lebanese immigrant father really set him on course by turning down Princeton’s full scholarship because the family could afford to pay full boat and he wanted the proffered funds to go to a needier prospective freshman? It is said he read a book a day outside of his Prince ton coursework before leaving for Harvard Law School, which left him bored with its courses and disenchanted with its role as corporate feeder. How many millions of lives were saved by the editorial fire of 1965’s “Unsafe at Any Speed” and its single-minded young author who had rewritten the book entirely after leaving the only copy of the nearly completed manuscript in a taxicab? His name has become synonymous with people protection by his subsequent founding of Public Citizen and other worthy organizations. A frequent name on presidential ballots since 1972, it was his significant showing in the critically close 2000 Gore versus Bush election that has some progressives still recalling his can-

Then and now on the Supreme Court: Elena Kagan ’81, Sonia Sotomayor ’76, and Samuel Alito ’72. didacy with anger. The activist’s activist, the reformer’s reformer, he still expresses himself on a typewriter and does not own a car (despite the myriad mandated safety improvements his pioneering work engendered). 39. Michelle R. Obama ’85, First Lady of the United States. Princeton University to Harvard Law School to the White House and still young enough to return there or to the nearby Supreme Court. Known to virtually everyone alive since her husband Barack’s 2008 election, she has been a strong advocate for women’s rights and civil rights in this country and abroad. 40. Don Oberdorfer ’52, journalist for the Washington Post. Career journalist, college professor, and scholar with a special expertise on Korea, where he served in the U.S. Army after the 1950s ceasefire. He died in 2015. 41. Gen. David Petraeus ’87, CIA director. The epitome of the career mili-

tary man who paused during the 37-year career arc from 1974 United States Military Academy grad to commander of the forces in Afghanistan and Iraq to obtain his master’s and Ph.D. at Princeton. In what is likely the only instance of one alumnus on the wall saving the life of another, he was wounded during a 1991 training exercise by an errant M16 bullet, then operated on successfully by then-surgeon and future Senator William Frist ’74 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Since his hasty 2012 resignation as CIA director, brought on by an extramarital affair and charges of leaking classified documents, he has been quite busy as a lecturer, non-profit contributor, and investment banking partner. 42. Jodi Picoult ’87, best selling novelist. All her recent family drama novels have quickly found their way to No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller lists. She lives these days in Hanover, New Hampshire, a little known college town home

to a school beginning with D and ending with mouth whose entire name escapes me presently, this despite having gotten her start in Princeton’s creative writing program. 43. David Remnick ’81, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New Yorker editor. A career journalist whose 20 years at the helm of the New Yorker have made that magazine into the sometimes difficult to read but always worth it weekly that it is. As editor-in-chief, likely responsible for more would-be writers applying to culinary school than anyone. 44. Lawrence S. Rockefeller ’32, philanthropist. One of the few notable wall typos (as his first name is spelled Laurance). Princeton University to Harvard Law School with a twist, electing to forego his third year of law school after his billionaire’s revelation that there was truly no need to become an actual lawyer. A pioneer in venture capital and the 1969 See THE WALL, Page 14

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WALL, continued from page 13 founder of Venrock Capital, an early funder of Intel, Apple, Microsoft, and countless other now corporate behemoths. (Writer’s note: This writer did not take advantage of an early attorney position with the law firm representing Venrock and other Rockefeller enterprises, picking up zero shares in those familiar corporate names before departing after my lawyer’s revelation that there was truly no need to become an actual billionaire.) He developed a strong interest in UFOs and the paranormal during his last few years, even helping to fund the controversial Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) parapsychology program. He died in 2004. 45. William “Wayne” McMillan Rogers ’54, actor, investor. Alabama-born, yet another Princeton Triangle Club thespian-turned-Navy man who was best known as Trapper John on “M*A*S*H,” one of the most popular shows in television history. A successful investor familiar to viewers of Fox Business Network, he died on New Year’s Eve in 2015. 46. William D. Ruckelshaus ’55, head of the EPA. Coming from a family of Indiana lawyers, he served in the U.S. Army in the ’50s and graduated from both Princeton and Harvard Law School. Initially practicing law and serving in various government positions in his home state, he subsequently was at the Justice Department, became the first head of the EPA, and was the F.B.I.’s acting director for a brief time. His greatest fame, however, came when he chose to

Now and then: Lisa Halaby ’74 became Queen Noor; Bill Bradley ’65 moved from the basketball court to the U.S. Senate. resign from Justice with Eliot Richardson in the infamous Saturday Night Massacre rather than obey President Nixon’s order to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, an exercise of principle that resounds ever more loudly 45 years later. He remains active on corporate boards and as an advocate for ocean and environmental protection. 47. Louis R. Rukeyser ’54, financial journalist. A career journalist most familiar to Friday night viewers years ago as the witty host of public television’s “Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser,” the first program to attempt to make the previously droll subject of making unearned income into informative entertainment. His faded and illegible personal note on the wall contains only one visible word above his signature, “bullish,” surely no surprise to past viewers. He died in 2006.

48. Donald H. Rumsfeld ’54, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Navy pilot, U.S. Congressman, Nixon Cabinet member, central figure in the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Twice the Secretary of Defense, 30 years apart, he certainly was quotable in the position the second time around. His March, 2003, introduction of a war that cost trillions of dollars and countless lives by hauling out the mid-1990s Pentagon concept of shock and awe (that had been purposefully until then left in mothballs) remains unfortunate bluster more becoming of Vince McMahon’s WWE than the Princeton wrestler he once was. And today’s headline concepts of fake news and truth isn’t truth might just owe a little something to his oft-cited wartime explanation of known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. 49. Eric Schmidt ’76, former chairman & CEO of Google. If you Google

him, you will find he is one of the wealthiest people in the world on the heels of leadership positions at Sun Microsystems and Google and long a central player at the intersection of technology and privacy. 50. Brooke Shields ’87, actress and model. Who else has appeared as a child in advertisements for Ivory Snow (99 and 44/100 percent pure) and child prostitute in Louis Malle’s “Pretty Baby” (the other 56/100 percent)? After obtaining her B.A. in romance languages, she was Susan in the hit show “Suddenly Susan,” a Broadway star, best bud of Michael Jackson, and nemesis of Scientologist Tom Cruise as she spoke publicly of her battles with postpartum depression. And the author of the only extended and legible comment on the wall: “To the Nassau Inn, just as you are etched on my [heart] my name is carved onto one of your tables! Thank you for helping me come of age! Love, Brooke

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Shields (Class ’87)” Nice carving, Brooke, but with all due respect, you’re no Einstein, as a table carver anyway. 51. George P. Shultz ’42, U.S. Secretary of State. A four-time cabinet member, best known for his Reagan years as Secretary of State and efforts to improve relations with the Soviet Union. Still impressively active and writing on public policy for the Hoover Institution and others at almost 98 years old. 52. Anne M. Slaughter ’80, CEO of New American Foundation. An international legal expert who has taught at Princeton and Harvard and is the former dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. Served in the office of the Secretary of State during President Obama’s tenure and has written extensively in the past few years about women and work, advocating for paid maternity leave, affordable childcare, and more. 53. Sonia Sotomayor ’76, Supreme Court Justice. Born to native Puerto Ricans, she grew up in the Bronx and turned a child’s fascination with Perry Mason into becoming the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. Along the way she fought Princeton University as an undergraduate over Puerto Rican hiring, prosecuted homicides in New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s office, became an expert on intellectual property as a partner in a New York law firm, and ended a Major League Baseball strike with her 1995 ruling as a district court judge. 54. Adlai Stevenson ’22, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Son of a Grover Cleve-

land vice president, he was Daily Princetonian managing editor and majored in literature and history. After dropping out of Harvard Law and finishing up years later at Northwestern, during the 1930s he served in various government positions, practiced law, and was a strong proponent of American intervention in World War II. A one-term Illinois governor, he was unsuccessful in presidential bids in 1952, 1956, and 1960, impressing with his intelligence and oratory but failing to shake accusations that he was soft on Communism or not a friend of the working class. Notably, in yet another historical resonance, he was approached by the Soviet ambassador offering 1960 election financial and marketing assistance. He rejected it as “highly improper, indiscreet, and dangerous to all concerned” before reporting it to President Eisenhower. He died in 1965. 55. James M. Stewart ’32, American actor. In the now iconic 1946 Frank Capra film “It’s A Wonderful Life,” Jimmy’s everyman George Bailey finds out just what a difference he has made in the world after a kindly angel intervenes in his attempted suicide. Thankfully neither the United States military, for which he flew numerous World War II European combat missions (after years of beseeching superiors seemingly content to use the celebrity as a stateside non-combat promotional figure), nor Capra, Hitchcock, and others for whom he appeared in much-heralded motion pictures had to wonder what the world would have been like without the tall and lanky 1932 graduate. He died in 1997.

56. Paul Volcker Jr. ’49, former chairman of the Federal Reserve. While at Treasury, a key catalyst in President Nixon’s decision to leave the gold standard. His subsequent tenure as Federal Reserve chairman from 1979 to 1987 began during a period of extremely high inflation, continued through a recession and unemployment rate of 10 percent, and culminated (with Reagan tax cuts and increased military spending) in large deficits. Nevertheless, his aggressive interest rate tightening during a frightening inflationary period and his hands-on approach generally have made him one of the most highly regarded leaders of the Fed ever. He remains active in business and government service and his constant call for insured bank depositories to be prohibited from risky proprietary trading and private equity was dubbed in 2010 by President Obama as the Volcker Rule. 57. Cornel West ’80, theologian, activist, and author. Currently at Harvard, he is professor emeritus at Prince ton, a prolific author, and familiar figure to television viewers as a poetic activist and pundit on issues of race and wealth and power inequality. 58. Margaret Whitman ’77, former CEO of eBay and Hewlett-Packard. From Princeton to Harvard Business School and glass ceiling-breaking careers at Procter & Gamble, Disney, Bain, DreamWorks, Hasbro, and HewlettPackard. She made her fortune at eBay and funded a residential college at Princeton that bears her name. Running for elected office has not worked out and she recently reunited with Jeffrey Katzenberg

of DreamWorks to monetize tiny bits of televised entertainment on smartphones. 59. George Will ’68, Pulitzer Prize winner. Longtime conservative print journalist and television commentator who has increasingly broken with more fringe elements of the right. Big baseball fan and author, likely still reveling in the 2016 World Series triumph of his beloved Chicago Cubs. 60. Gordon Wu ’58, chairman of Hopewell Holdings Ltd. Princeton engineering student and Hong Kong billionaire who has donated generously to his alma mater. Joined other Hong Kong scions 15 years ago in opposing direct independent democracy in Hong Kong.

nquestionably impressed? Questionably unimpressed? Still wondering about Ethan Coen or Robert Mueller or one of your own perceived omissions, perhaps James Madison, Alan Turing, John Nash, Eugene O’Neill, Lee Iacocca, Thornton Wilder, or that roommate of yours you swore was the inspiration for Animal House’s Otter? Write the university, write the Tap Room, hang your own picture and write your own name in if you must. But really, who cares? It’s just a wall, after all, and your table is ready. Peter Brav moved to Princeton in 1995 because he loved college town Ithaca but couldn’t see returning to that gray frozen tundra. He has been a frequent contributor to the U.S. 1 Summer Fiction Issue and his longer fiction is available on Amazon.com for about the same price as a Swiffer. You can contact him and see some of his work at www.peterbrav.com.

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THE ARTS

The Gehry building, 10 years old, invites the public to see the dream By Richard K. Rein

hat is that strange looking creation on the Princeton University campus at the corner of Washington Road and Ivy Lane? A short answer is the Lewis Science Library. An even shorter answer, and one that says it all for some critics, is the Gehry building. By either name, the 10th anniversary of the building is being celebrated Thursday, November 8, with a daylong event called “Celebrating Science at Princeton: a stellar past & a brilliant future!” The 4:45 p.m. keynote address is, well, a freakish blend of art and science, a lecture on “Frankenstein, Frankenstein, and the Dream of Science” by Susan Wolfson, professor of English at the university. No, the creator of this multi-layered, curvilinear, surreal structure is not Frankenstein. Rather it’s Frank Gehry. And if you want to see for yourself how one world renowned architect blends art and science, the building will be open for tours throughout the day on November 8. So what is the “art” of this building? As Gehry explained at the time of its opening, one goal was to create a visual context for 13-story Fine Hall, the mathematics building lurking above it. “The massing of the building is developed into an architectural expression which is a response to the material, colors, and textures of the context buildings,” Gehry said. “A sculptural body-language develops out of these responses and evolves with development of the design. This is how we work.” But is it art or fantasy? That’s not an idle question. In the 1980s, when Gehry spoke at Princeton, a member of the university’s architecture school posed a question: “Mr. Gehry, do you have nightmares? Is that how you concoct this stuff?” Gehry did not even answer. He explained his reaction to the questioner: “I just figured he was an idiot.” Then what is the science? A lot of science went into a customized, computerized three-dimensional model, built using software that digitized the block form masses used by Gehry. As stated in the press statement at the opening, “the architectural plans do not have dimensions written on them, as more traditional plans would. Rather, the builder can extrapolate dimensions and x, y, z coordinates from the digital model.” “The technical solutions to construction are an integral part of our design process,” Gehry said. “They develop right along with the architecture and inform the creation of shapes. Many times we need to invent a new way of putting things together to get the shapes we are

after. We have a very creative technical staff, and we use computer models to fully explore design methods before we get the projects under construction.” The process? The raw materials were 88,000 pounds of embossed stainless steel and 620 tons of clay brick combined with the glass, steel, and stucco they were considered reflective of the nearby buildings. Then came the complex layering of twisted shapes and forms, so complicated that the contractor had to construct a 20foot mock-up of certain sections of the building to allow the builders to practice assembling the structure before working on the real thing. Mindful of a lawsuit MIT had filed against Gehry for leaks and other maintenance issues associated with a Gehry building there, Princeton was cautious throughout the construction process, at one point even spraying the building with fire hoses to check for leaks. The man who put up $60 million to get Princeton’s Gehry building kick-started was Peter B. Lewis, Class of 1955 and the CEO of Progressive Insurance. As the building was nearing completion, but still two years away from the grand opening, the cost estimate had risen to $74 million. And the result? Lewis, the longtime friend of the architect who would later donate $101 million for the new Lewis Center for the Arts on the campus (and who died in 2013), said that the science library brought “together two things that are very close to my heart — Princeton University and the architecture of Frank Gehry. The building represents the kind of inspired risk-taking that is necessary for education and progress, and I am thrilled that Princeton has embraced Gehry’s unique architecture on its campus.” Dale Cotton, the author of “Princeton Modern,” a collection of photo essays on architectural landmarks on the Princeton campus, had high praise for the new building. “Like an Igor Stravinsky composition for ballet, counterpoint, and contradiction dominate the exterior: sawtoothed rooflines are juxtaposed against sloping steel profiles and brick boxes; soaring towers confront horizontal rooms; shiny steel embraces light-color brick.” A group of Princeton School of Architecture alumni from the Class of 1969 held a mini-reunion on the campus just as the finishing touches were being applied to the Gehry building. “It’s starchitecture,” said Graham Hunter. “You’re not anybody until you have a Frank Gehry building on campus.” He compared the structure to “a couple of melted ice cream cones with some tin foil thrown on the top.” Gehry is hired,

‘The building represents the inspired risk-taking that is necessary for education and progress.’

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From Sketch to Stainless Steel: The architect’s original vision for the Lewis Science Library was later included in ‘Frank Gehry: On Line,’ published in 2008 in conjunction with an exhibition of his work at the Princeton University Art Museum. Below the dream (it wasn’t a nightmare, you idiot) realized.

said Hunter, “to bring a signature building to an institution rather than have an institution get a good building that fits in.” Stephanos Polyzoides predicted “it will have the shelf life of a Twinkie,” he says. “We live in a time where architecture as a profession is detached from campus planning. Architects have generated an aura — through art, expressed in buildings, you can put your place on the map.” But, he added, “Princeton doesn’t need anybody to put it on the map. It is already famous, already wealthy. Its late-19th and early-20th century buildings are so stellar, so unique. Architects must work to the weight of the university itself.” The math building next to it, he added, “looks like a territorial jail in Montana. The Gehry is the equivalent of a McDonalds.” But the Gehry building still stands. And like strange creations everywhere it has spawned some fans — especially people who have found their way to the second story reading room, known as “the tree house.” In the room lights hang from a ceiling that reaches almost 34 feet in height, and the glass-enclosed space offers views of neighboring tree tops — a chance for budding scientists to literally have their heads in the trees. Lewis Science Library, 10th anniversary celebration, Thursday, November 8. 9 a.m.: Nature walk with Professor Henry Horn; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Tours of Lewis Science Library; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: science board games; 3:30 to 5 p.m.: free food; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: student poster session. 4:45 to 6 p.m.: “Frankenstein, Frankenstein, and the Dream of Science,” a lecture by Susan Wolfson, Professor of English, Princeton University. Introduction by Anne Jarvis, Princeton University Librarian.

From the bookshelf

hree big league Princetonians have new books. “The Patch,” scheduled for release November 13, is the latest from Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction writer John McPhee. The essay collection consists mainly of excerpts from pieces that were previously unpublished or had not appeared in book form. Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, published “America: The Farewell Tour” in August. The books explores the ills plaguing America and asserts that neither current political party is equipped to address them. He appears at Labyrinth books on Tuesday, November 27, at 6 p.m. Coming November 6 from Princeton University Press is “Millions, Billions Zillions: Defending Yourself in a World of Too Many Number” by computer science professor Brian Kernighan. He appears at Princeton Public Library on Thursday, November 8, at 7 p.m. to discuss how the media, politicians, and others use numbers to mislead — and how consumers can defend against that.

For the music library

wen Lake and the Tragic Loves, the electro-country band led by Jeff Snyder, releases its newest album, “The Best of Your Lies,” on November 30. Snyder, the director of electronic music at Princeton University, coordinated with his wife, children’s book author and fiddle player Anica Mrose Rissi, on the album’s two originals, the title track and “Wicked Heart.”

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ~ FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY Dear Friends and Neighbors, I am a proud supporter of our public schools with a daughter who recently graduated from Princeton High School and another daughter in the 5th grade at one of our four exceptional, public elementary schools. I announced my candidacy for the Board of Education when the Board tried to rush through a wasteful $130 million facilities referendum without community input or support. This record setting referendum would make Princeton unaffordable to many. Members of the community organized and we were successful in persuading the Board to eliminate or postpone $103 million and to focus on addressing the schools’ Critical Facilities Needs. It is time to add new leadership and new financial skills to the Board of Education. I need your help to protect our schools and our community from uncontrolled borrowing and spending. My qualifications include decades of executive leadership experience in finance and investments, most recently as a COO of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (ret.), and leadership positions in our community organizations.

Please vote on November 6.

What are my positions? FOR Academic Excellence in the Princeton Public Schools. FOR a $27 million Referendum to address the Critical Facilities needs. FOR increases in maintenance to preserve school facilities. FOR nurturing our 5th graders in the elementary schools, rather than moving to a new middle school.

AGAINST borrowing $47 million to expand the high school for students who live outside of our school district. AGAINST borrowing $40 million for an experimental new grade 5/6 school. AGAINST borrowing $13 million to buy new property for administrators and buses. AGAINST wasteful spending.

FOR good teachers and small class sizes. FOR adding classrooms to relieve overcrowding. FOR keeping Princeton affordable.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. The Princeton native celebrates her 14th album, “Sometimes Just the Sky.” 8 p.m.

Saturday 11/3 Historical Society of Princeton House Tour, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road. www.princetonhistory.org. Self-guided of six area homes. $50. 10 a.m. Holiday Menu Tastings, McCaffrey’s, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street. www.mccaffreys.com. Continues November 4, 10, and 11. 11 a.m. Baby Got Bach, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, 609-2582800. www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org. Family concert. 1 p.m. Princeton Football, Powers Field, Princeton University. www.princetontigersfootball.com. Versus Dartmouth. 1 p.m.

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Maria Taglioni and the Transformation of Ballet, Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street, 609-924-9713. www.dorotheashouse. org. Simon Morrison discusses the 19th-century Italian ballerina. Free. 5 p.m.

Black Voices Book Group, Princeton Elias Boudinot IV with Dr. Joe Wroblewski, Morven Museum and Garden, Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 60955 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www. 924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. “Bemorven.org. Presentation on Annis Boudinot hold the Dreamers” by Imbolo Mbue. 7 p.m. Stockton’s brother. $10. Register. 2 p.m. Millions, Billions, Zillions: Defending IAS Film Series: Crisis and Critique, Yourself in a World of Too Many Numbers, Monday 11/5 Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Continuing Conversations on Race and Study, 1 Einstein Drive. www.library.ias.edu. Street, 609-924-9529. Brian W. Kernighan White Privilege, Princeton Public Library, Films exploring the discourse on crisis, fol- presents. 7 p.m. 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www. lowed by discussion. Free. Register. 4 p.m. Contact, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 princetonlibrary.org. Noel Ignatiev presents Frankenstein’s Progeny, East Pyne Hall Nassau Street. www.princetongardenthe“Looking Back at the New Abolitionism.” 010, Princeton University. A panel discussion atre.org. A screening of the film adaptation 6:30 p.m. with Peter Singer, Joyce Carol Oates, Mad- of Carl Sagan’s novel. Presented by Princeton Rutgers Jewish Film Festival, Princeton elyn Broome, and Gunnar Rice. 4:30 p.m. astrophysicist Joshua Winn. 7:30 p.m. Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street. bildnerAbigail Washburn and Wu Fei, PrincValerie Jarrett in Conversation with center.rutgers.edu/film. New Jersey premiere Brandice Canes-Wrone, Robertson Hall, eton University Concerts, Richardson Audiof “Who Will Write Our History.” See website Princeton University. www.wwws.princeton. torium, Princeton University, 609-258-2800. for full schedule. Tickets range from $6 to $13. www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org. On edu. Free. 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. banjo and guzheng. 7:30 p.m. Fail State, Lewis Center for the Arts, Mystery Book Group, Princeton Public Understanding Syria through Syrian James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924Street. arts.princeton.edu. Documentary Stories, Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 9529. “Snowblind” by Ragnar Jonasson. 7:30 filmmaker Alex Shebanow screens his film on Nassau Street, 609-924-0103. www.nassaup.m. the dark side of American higher education. A church.org. Wendy Pearlman presents. Free. 7:30 p.m. panel discussion follows. Free. 5 p.m. Tuesday 11/6

Day of the Dead, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street, 609-9248777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. StrollRutgers Jewish Film Festival, Princeton ing mariachis, sugar skull decorating, face Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street. bildnerpainting, folk arts and crafts, and food, plus a center.rutgers.edu/film. “116 Cameras” and costume pageant. Free. 3 p.m. “The Last Suit” in the morning, and “Rescue Fran Lebowitz in Conversation with Bus 300” in the afternoon. See website for Don Gilpin, Nassau Presbyterian Church, full schedule. Tickets range from $6 to $13. 61 Nassau Street, 609-924-9529. www.princ- 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. etonlibrary.org. Part of Beyond Words: An Behold America: The Entangled HisEvening to Benefit Princeton Public Library. tory of “America First” and “The Ameri$40. Register. 6 p.m. can Dream”, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonlibrary. Sunday 11/4 org. Sarah Churchwell presents. 6 p.m. Princeton Half Marathon, Hinds Plaza, Writers Room, Princeton Public Li65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonhalfbrary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924marathon.com. Proceeds benefit HiTops. 9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Writers can $100. Register. 7 a.m. both share their work and offer suggestions Frankenstein, Princeton Garden The- to others. 7 p.m. atre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetongarNew Compositions, Richardson Audidentheatre.org. Starring Jonny Lee Miller as torium. music.princeton.edu. Graduate and Victor and Benedict Cumberbatch as Creafaculty composers present their work, as perture. $18. 12:30 p.m. formed by freelance musicians. 8 p.m. Fall Color Workshops, Friends of Princeton Open Space, Mountain Lakes House, 57 Wednesday 11/7 Mountain Avenue. www.fopos.org. Explore Rutgers Jewish Film Festival, Princeton observing, recording, extracting, and applyGarden Theater, 160 Nassau Street. bildnering color from nature. Register. 2 to 4 p.m. center.rutgers.edu/film. “The Interpreter” in To Music, To Joy, Princeton Pro Musica, the afternoon and “Bye Bye Germany” in the Richardson Auditorium, 609-683-5122. www. evening. See website for full schedule. Tickets princetonpromusica.org. $10-$60. 4 p.m. range from $6 to $13. 1 and 7:30 p.m.

The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Beth Lew-Williams presents. 6 p.m.

Friday 11/9 Tony Tulathimutte and Princeton Students, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-924-9529. Part of the C.K. Williams Emerging Writers Reading Series. 6 p.m.

Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei with Dan Night of the Laughing Dead, Princeton Trueman, Princeton Public Library, 65 Triangle Club, McCarter Theater, 91 UniverWitherspoon Street. www.music.princeton. sity Place, 609-258-2787. www.triangleshow. edu. Free. 7 p.m. com. Annual student-written musical comAn American Language: The History of edy. $25. Also November 10 and 11. 8 p.m. Spanish in the United States, Princeton The Dreams That Remain, WestminPublic Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Rosina ster Choir College, Bristol Chapel, Walnut Lane, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu/arts. Lozano presents. 7 p.m. Westminster Williamson Voices conducted by James Jordan. $20. 8 p.m. Thursday 11/8 Contemporary Fiction Book Group, Saturday 11/10 Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Dining By Design, Paul Robeson Center Street, 609-924-9529. “The Ninth Hour” by for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609Alice McDermott. 10:30 a.m. 924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Afternoon Concert, Princeton UniversiDance party, wine bar, light fare, and sweet ty Chapel, Princeton University. www.music. treats. $125. 6 p.m. princeton.edu. Free. Also November 15 and Solo Organ Recital, Dryden Ensemble, 29. 12:30 p.m. Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological SemiLong Players: A Love Story in 18 Songs, nary, 64 Mercer Street, 609-466-8541. www. Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609drydenensemble.org. Organist Jacob Street 924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Peter performs an all-Bach program. $25. 7:30 p.m. Coviello and Sophie Gee in conversation. 6 See EVENTS, Page 20 p.m.

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Sunday 11/11 Veterans Day. Conference and Multifaith Service for Peace, Princeton University Chapel, Princeton University, 609-924-5022. www.peacecoalition.org. Featuring Jesse Jackson, Wendy Sherman, Ray Acheson, William D. Hartung, and Leon V. Sigal. $50. Register. 11 a.m. Let There Be Light: The 100 Year Journey to Fusion, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Film and panel discussion with scientists from Prince11/16 • James Keelaghan ton Plasma Physics Lab. 2 p.m. Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Richardson Chamber Players, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Audi- Meyer, McCarter Theater, 91 University torium, 609-258-2800. www.princetonuni- Place, 609-258-2787. Genre-benders on banversityconcerts.org. Performance faculty, jo, tabla, and bass fiddle. 7:30 p.m. guest artists, and students perform a concert Tuesday 11/13 “From Buenos Aires to Brooklyn.” 3 p.m. Valuation Day, Morven Museum and Choral Reading of Carmina Burana, Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609-397-9374. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of www.morven.org. Rago Arts and Auction Princeton, Route 206 at Cherry Hill Road. www.princetonol.com/groups/psma. Choral Center appraises heirlooms. By appointment singers welcome. No auditions required. Vo- until 1 p.m. Drop-ins from 1 to 3 p.m. 10 a.m. cal scores provided. $10. Email musical.amateurs@gmail.com for information. 4 p.m.

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Opening Reception, Lewis Center for the Arts, Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts Complex, Princeton University. arts.princeton.edu. New work by Marc Andre Robinson. On view through December 16. 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Securing Your Future — Home, Legal, Financial, Princeton Senior Resource CenLife: A Critical User’s Manual and the ter, 45 Stockton Street, 609-924-7108. www. Will to Punish, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nasprincetonsenior.org. $10. Register. 8:30 a.m. sau Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonlito 1 p.m. brary.org. Didier Fassin presents. 6 p.m. Heaven on Earth: Painting and the Open Archives: Farming the Garden Life to Come, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nas- State, Princeton Public Library, 65 Withsau Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonli- erspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Interact with brary.org. T.J. Clark presents. 6 p.m. little-seen artifacts and documents. 6:30 Poets at the Library, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-9249529. Lois Harrod and Tony Gruenwald read from their works. 7 p.m.

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League of Women Voters, Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton Street. www. lwvprinceton.org. Recap of voter service acMeetings, PFLAG Princeton, Trinity tivities and planning for the year. 7 p.m. Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.pflagprinceton.org. Support group for families and Wednesday 11/14 friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender Topics & Trends in Education, Lewis and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Peer-facili- School of Princeton, 53 Bayard Lane, 609tated discussion and information sharing in 924-8120. www.lewisschool.org. Seminar on a safe, confidential, non-judgmental setting. “Auditory Processing and Attention.” Regis7 p.m. ter. 1 to 2:30 p.m.

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Opening Reception, Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609-9248144. www.morven.org. “Masters of Illusion: The Legacy of John F. Peto.” 6 p.m.

Great Minds Salon: Cultivating Mindfulness, The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, 609-921-0100. www.thejewishcenter.org. Carthy Quartner Bailey presents. Dessert served. $5. 8 p.m.

Anthony Appiah: “The Lies that Bind”, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Part of the Library Live at Labyrinth series. 6 p.m.

Friday 11/16

Gallery Talk: Indigenous Belongings and Belonging with India Young, PrincLeave No Trace, Lewis Center for the eton University Art Museum, Princeton Arts, James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau University, 609-258-3788. www.artmuseum. Street. arts.princeton.edu. Academy Award princeton.edu. Celebrating the “Nature’s Nanominee Debra Granic screens the emotional tion” exhibition. 2 p.m. story of a father and daughter living dangerLean on Pete, Princeton Public Library, ously off the grid. Q&A follows. Free. 7 p.m. 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Interstellar, Princeton Garden Theatre, www.princetonlibrary.org. A teen embarks 160 Nassau Street. www.princetongardenon a journey across the country with an aging theatre.org. Introduction by Princeton Uniracehorse he’s been hired to care for. 6 p.m. versity Art Museum director James Steward. Q&A with Kevin H. Wilson, Prindie: 7:30 p.m. Princeton Independent Film Festival, Guy Maddin and Caryl Phillips, Lewis McCosh Hall 50, Princeton University. www. Center for the Arts, Wallace Theater, Lewis prindiefest.com. Talk by the writer/director of Arts Complex, Princeton University. Emmy student Academy Award winner “My NephAward-winning filmmaker Maddin and 2006 ew Emmett” and screenings including “Hale PEN Open Book Award winner Phillips read County This Morning.” Register. Free. 7:30 to from their work. Free. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Jazz Vocal Collective, Taplin AuditoriJessica Lang Dance, McCarter Theater, um, Princeton University. www.music.princ91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www. eton.edu. Free. 7:30 p.m. mccarter.org. “Tesseracts of Time” and other Jazz Vespers, Princeton University Cha- works. “Tesseracts” is a collaboration with pel. music.princeton.edu. A service of poetry, Lewis Center architect Stephen Holl. 8 p.m. music, and meditation. Free. 8 p.m. Organ Concert: A French Potpurri, Princeton University Chapel. music.princThursday 11/15 eton.edu. Works by Dubois, Faure, Langlais, Nature’s Nation Conversation, McCosh Lefebure-Wely, and Vierne. Free. 8 p.m. 50, Princeton University, 609-258-3788. James Keelaghan, Princeton Folk Muwww.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Author and sic Society, Christ Congregation Church, 50 environmentalist Naomi Klein in conversation with activist scholar Ashley Dawson. Walnut Lane, 609-799-0944. www.princetonfolk.org. $20. 8:15 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Princeton University Press Poets, Lab- Saturday 11/17 yrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-924Grist Fixers to the Rescue, Prindie: 9529. Austin Smith discusses “Flyover CounPrinceton Independent Film Festival, try” and Dora Malech presents “Stet.” 6 p.m. McCosh Hall 50, Princeton University. www. Historical Fiction Book Group, Princ- prindiefest.com. Screenings including “Three eton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, and a Half” and films on the environment. 609-924-9529. “News of the World” by Pau- Presentation by the Grist Fixers on navigatlette Jiles. 6:30 p.m. ing the ins and outs of addressing climate Princeton Independent Film Fest, change in our everyday interactions. AfterPrinceton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau party, award announcement, and VR techStreet. www.prindie.org. Opening night of nology. Register. Free. 1 to 8 p.m. the festival, featuring film screenings, live Princeton Football, Powers Field, Princperformances, VR demonstrations, talks, and eton University. www.princetontigersfootmore. See website for full schedule. 7:30 p.m. ball.com. Versus Penn. 1 p.m.

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The New Chinese Acrobats Featuring Monday 11/19 Cirque Eloize, McCarter Theater, 91 UniMonthly Meeting, Women’s College versity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. Club of Princeton, All Saints’ Episcopal org. 7:30 p.m. Church, Terhune Road. www.wccpnj.org. PreMusic for Two Voices, All Saints’ Epis- sentation of tracing the legacy of slavery in copal Church, 16 All Saints’ Road. www. the Sourland Mountains dating back to the contemporaryundercurrent.com. Kayleigh Revolutionary War. Speakers are John Buck, Butcher and Alexandra Porter. 7:30 p.m. Elaine Buck, and Beverly Mills. Free. 1 p.m. Katie Welsh: New York on Broadway, Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Defend Free Speech, Princeton Public Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilof- Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924princeton.org. Cabaret. $15. 7:30 p.m. 9529. Keith Whittington presents. 7 p.m.

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Saturday 11/24 Cafe Improv: Community Stage Event, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. $2. 7 p.m.

Sunday 11/25

Frankenstein, Princeton Garden The- Wednesday 11/21 atre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetonFestival of Trees, Morven Museum, gardentheatre.org. Starring Benedict Cum- 55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www. berbatch as Victor and Johnny Lee Miller as morven.org. A juried collection of trees and Creature. $18. 12:30 p.m. mantles displayed throughout the museum’s Trenton Brass Quintet Plus One, Princ- galleries. Continues Wednesdays through eton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Sundays through Jan. 6. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 609-924-9529. Selections from the 1400s to Thursday 11/22 the present day. 2 p.m. Thanksgiving. Bank and postal holiday. Rachel Barton Pine Plays Paganini, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, 609-497-0020. www.princetonsymphony.org. Also must by Janacek and Stravinsky. Rossen Milanov conducts. Pre-concert talk at 3 p.m. 4 p.m.

Turkey Trot, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.trinityturkeytrot.org. 5K run/ walk benefits Arm in Arm, Urban Promise, Trenton Children’s Chorus, and Housing Initiatives of Princeton. Donations of non-perCecile McLorin Salvant, McCarter The- ishable food invited. $40. 8:30 a.m. ater, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. Friday 11/23 www.mccarter.org. “New Big Band Project.” The Nutcracker, McCarter Theatre Cen4 p.m. ter, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www. Guest Recital, Princeton University arballet.org. $35-$65. Also November 24 and Music Department, Taplin Auditorium, 25. 2 p.m. Princeton University. music.princeton.edu. One Table Cafe, Trinity Church, 33 MerKelly Hall-Tompkins, violin, and Donna Weng cer Street, 609-216-7770. www.trinityprincFriedman, piano. Free. 5 p.m. eton.org. Share a dinner and program. Examine Me, Westminster Choir ColPay what you can to benefit Mercer Street lege, Bristol Chapel, Walnut Lane, 609-921Friends, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, Bread for 2663. www.rider.edu/arts. Westminster Jubithe World, and Episcopal Relief. Register by lee Singers conducted by Vinroy Brown. $20. the Wednesday preceding event. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday 11/29 Stephen Greenblatt in Conversation with Jeff Dolven, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-924-9529. 6 p.m.

Happy Days Are Here Again: The Jazz Ivy Film Fest, Princeton Garden TheAge and the Birth of Radio, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609- atre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetongardentheatre.org. Film festival for students, by 924-9529. Fred Miller presents. 3 p.m. students. $5. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday 11/27 Fall Concert, Westminster Choir ColGhost in the Shell, Princeton Garden lege, Bristol Chapel, Walnut Lane, 609- Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetonAmerica: The Farewell Tour, Labyrinth 921-2663. www.rider.edu/arts. Westminster gardentheatre.org. Anime staple presented Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-924-9529. Kantorei with Renaissance and Baroque by English professor Anne Cheng. 7:30 p.m. Chris Hedges presents. 6 p.m. masterpieces. $20. 8 p.m. Gould Lecture, Princeton Public LiJazz at Princeton University Small Tuesday 11/20 brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924Group I, Richardson Auditorium, 609-258Writers Room, Princeton Public Li- 9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Psychology 9220. music.princeton.edu. Trumpeter Am- brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924- professor Ken Norman presents. 6:30 p.m. brose Akinmusire. 8 p.m. 9529. Writers share their work and offer sugCreation and Cosmology: Sacred and gestions to others. 7 p.m. Secular Perspectives, Princeton Jewish Sunday 11/18

Harp Extravaganza, Princeton University Chapel. music.princeton.edu. Elaine Christy’s harp students perform. Free. 8 p.m.

Friday 11/30 Music Made Visible: Metaphors of the Ephemeral, Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, Princeton University. wws.princeton. edu/about-wws/bernstein-gallery. Featuring work by Marsha Levin-Rojer. Through January 31. 9 a.m.

Princeton Environmental Institute Faculty Response to Nature’s Nation, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Center, 435 Nassau Street, 609-921-0100. University, 609-258-3788. www.artmuseum. www.thejewishcenter.org. Rabbi Adam Feld- princeton.edu. Moderated by exhibition coman and astrophysicist David Spergel con- curator Karl Kusserow. 2 p.m. trast Biblical stories of creation with scientific Opening Reception, D&R Greenway findings in cosmology. $10. 7:30 p.m. Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, 609-924Aizuri Quartet, Princeton University 4646. www.drgreenway.org. “Lovely as a Music Department, Taplin Auditorium, Tree” exhibition, running through Jan. 25, Princeton University. music.princeton.edu. 2019. 5:30 p.m. Performing works by Princeton University Die Zauberflote, Westminster Choir graduate and faculty composers. 8 p.m. College, Robert L. Annis Playhouse, Walnut Lane, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu/arts. Wednesday 11/28 Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” presented by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Princeton University Westminster Opera Theater. $25. 7:30 p.m. Public Lectures, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Dance Festival, Lewis Center Princeton University. lectures.princeton.edu. for the Arts, McCarter Theater, 91 University Free but ticket required. 5 p.m. Place. arts.princeton.edu. Repertory works Tamsen Wolff: “Juno’s Swans”, Laby- by Robert Battle and the premiere of new rinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-924- works by choreographers Marguerite Hem9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. 6 p.m. mings, Malcolm Low, and Abby Zbikowski. People Like Us: The New Wave of Can- $12. 8 p.m. didates Knocking at Democracy’s Door, Zoe Keating, Institute for Advanced Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Study, Wolfensohn Hall, Einstein Drive, Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonlibrary. 609-734-8000. www.ias.edu. Canadian-born org. Sayu Bhojwani presents. 6:30 p.m. American composer, cellist, and “one person The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Lewis Center for the Arts, James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street. arts.princeton.edu. Desiree Akhavan screens her empathic and humorous film set in a gay conversion therapy camp. Q&A follows. Free. 7 p.m.

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e all were once strangers in a strange land, even those Native Americans whose benign presence at the “first” Thanksgiving has evolved into an enduring icon of the Pilgrim myth. On a less Norman Rockwell level, anyone who has travelled knows it is quite daunting to find yourself in another place during a festival that interrupts the usual flow. You don’t know the customs, you don’t know what to do or where to go. Magnify that a thousand-fold and you have Thanksgiving, the day America stops everything to eat, watch football, and fall asleep. For a foreign student at Princeton, the scene must be dislocating. The usual bustle of the campus is stilled, the town is nearly deserted after the early morning buzz of the Turkey Trot. Everyone has somewhere else to be, except you unless you have been invited to a friend’s home for dinner. Even if you have heard about this major American holiday from movies or friends, you can’t have a full appreciation of the deeply rooted tradition as it has evolved without being there. Thanks to the Davis International Center at Princeton University, families in town have the opportunity to welcome students who “come from away” to join them for this classic American event. We have invited students three years in a row and have had a rewarding and sometimes hilarious time. I knew about the opportunity because I had been a conversational English tutor through the center. How many students could we entertain? Heck, the more the merrier because who wants to be alone on Thanksgiving? Each year I was given the students’ emails some weeks prior to Thanksgiving so I was able to let everyone know that we would be serving a quintessential Northeastern midcentury meal, including the iconic green bean casserole, complete with crunchy onion rings from a can. I included it only for its value as an archetype, never thinking it would be demolished. Some dishes were tentatively tried and sampled, others once tasted disappeared. Our first year we had three graduate students, one from Germany, one from France, and one from China. They were strangers to us and to each other, but that became irrelevant almost instantaneously. Each was studying something completely different so we had a built-in icebreaker. My significant other’s college-age sons were also there so conversation flowed easily, even extending into an impromp-

tu music evening after dinner. Never be without a piano in the parlor. The next year we also had three students, this time all from China. Again, the conversation flowed, mostly surrounding the differences among the different regions they each hailed from. It was surprising to hear one student who had been raised in an exceptionally rural area correct the impressions of life in the hinterlands held by the other two, who were urbanites. The city kids had thought they knew all about the cultural and political life of the area, and it was great to see their faces when the “country mouse” politely said, “Actually, that’s not true…” We never knew what our guests would find arcane or what aspects of daily American life would require explanation. That second year, I excused myself to go into the kitchen to whip the cream for the pies. As I busied myself getting the ice-cold beaters and bowl out of the freezer, I became aware that two of the students were standing wideeyed by the counter. Who knew they had never seen real whipped cream being made, and they were fascinated. I suspect getting to lick the beaters made it into at least one email home. Last year we had two students. One was studying ORFE, operations research and financial engineering, which elicited appropriate ooohs and ahhhhs given the reputation of that department’s cuttingedge areas of inquiry. It was a general source of amusement that even our extremely articulate guest, with his impeccable English, could not for the life of him tell us what the heck they really do in his department. Each year we have been impressed by how eager our guests have been to join us. Some are much more fluent in English than others, but eating is universal.

We have invited students three years in a row and have had a rewarding and sometimes hilarious time. Each year we have been impressed by how eager our guests have been to join us.

Pho hits the spot By Joe Emanski

hen Tom Le unlocked the door to his 19-seat, Vietnamese restaurant in the Princeton Shopping Center on October 1, he saw it as a soft opening for “The Pho Spot,” an opportunity to fine-tune his recipes and stock his fridge and pantry properly in advance of a full-blown grand opening sometime down the line. Instead he found curious Princetonians hungering for a steaming bowl of pho (“fuh” is a generally acceptable pronunciation) while nursing a cup of slow-drip Vietnamese coffee. The response was so immediate and strong that he has worked day and night since the day he opened. Pho, a featured dish in Vietnamese cuisine for more than a century, traditionally consists of rice noodles, proteins and aromatics in a long-simmered broth, often made with beef bones, and served with an array of condiments, as well as sriracha and hoisin sauces to dip meat into. Le, 47, was born in Vietnam. He lived there until he was 9, when he settled in Tinton Falls with his family, but he has made countless trips back to his native country since then. In Vietnam, and throughout Asia, there are many restaurants that focus exclusively or almost exclusively on one dish. The logic is that if they make only one thing, they probably make it very well. So the only things Le offered at the beginning were pho ($13 large bowl, $10 small); Vietnamese spring rolls (shrimp or tofu, served with peanut sauce, $2.50 per roll); Vietnamese coffee (hot or iced, $4); and a side of kimchi ($2). But Le also offers a choice of beef broth and a vegetarian broth, and he also gives customers a variety of ingredients from which to choose: flank steak, brisket, and beef balls, as well as less traditional options like shrimp, tofu, chicken, and mushrooms. For a $3 premium, they can also choose from among oxtails, filet mignon, and short ribs. He says customers have ordered everything from mushrooms and tofu in beef broth to steak and brisket in veggie broth. He is happy to accommodate them all.

Tom Le at his restaurant, The Pho Spot “A lot of Vietnamese restaurants, when you go there you tell them you want to get different things and they tell you no, they can’t do it,” Le says. “When I was opening this place, I said I didn’t want to do any of the things that drive me nuts about most Vietnamese restaurants. In a Vietnamese restaurant, no one serves you one spring roll at a time. But when I eat out, I want one spring roll. So that’s what we have.” Le isn’t a trained chef, but from 1996 to 2001 he owned and operated Le Bakery and Cafe in Shrewsbury. Later he worked in the Princeton area as a field sales manager for Samsung. After more than a decade of that, he wanted a change. He developed a passion for good pho over the years, estimating that he has eaten it in more than 150 places in Vietnam. For the Pho Spot he started with a recipe for broth from a friend who owns a restaurant in Philadelphia, fine tuning it to get the flavor he was looking for. “I have a very good palate, so when I eat pho at different places I have a good sense of what’s inside the broth, the ingredients they used,” he says. To make the broth he simmers beef bones overnight. In the morning he takes out the spent bones and simmers the meats for the day’s pho. He says some places

Tom Le planned a soft opening for his ‘Pho Spot’ but instead found curious Princetonians eager for steaming bowls of pho.

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One fascinating topic of conversation is always having them tell us about the harvest festivals at home. Timing of the festivals varies, of course, given the rhythm of each region’s climate but there is always something special that happens when the bounty of the land comes in before the long cold settles over cities and villages alike. Each culture has its special food or sweet that is unique. At our table, cranberry sauce is mostly an acquired taste as is mince pie, but pumpkin and pecan pies are inhaled. It has been gratifying to see each student at least try everything. Our guests have all adopted the courtesy of the hostess gift. The year we had three students from China, they all chipped in to present us with a massive basket of goodies we had never seen before. It was such a treat to learn what each item was and what made each thing special. The one thing no one seems to have communicated to them, however, is the art of the thank you. While effusive with thanks as they departed, only one ever sent a follow-up e-mail a few days later. Yet, this is a trivial quibble given the pleasure of company. By 1621, 50 Europeans, only half of the settlers who arrived on the Mayflower, had survived their first year in the New World. Sometime around September they celebrated their first harvest. They were strangers in a very strange land but some of the locals helped them settle in.

To be a host: The Davis International Center is seeking host families for Thanksgiving 2018. To host one or more international scholars, e-mail Hanna Hand at hhand@princeton.edu by Monday, November 5, with your name, address, phone, and email, as well as the number of students you can host. The Center also matches international students with long-term host families who arrange regular gatherings for meals, outings, and other cultural activities. For more information visit davisic.princeton.edu.

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f you thought Princeton needed another coffee shop, you may be in the minority, but you’re in luck. Sakrid Coffee Roasters is scheduled to open soon at 20 Nassau Street. It bills itself as a modern take on the classic Italian espresso bar. Also coming to 20 Nassau Street is Small Bites by Local Greek. Tony Kanterakis is expanding his popular Leigh Avenue Greek spot with an outpost serving Greek sandwiches, salads, donuts, yogurt, and ice cream. localgreeknj.com. Now closed: Two Sevens, the Latin American restaurant on Witherspoon Street, closed in October. The space will reopen as a family-style restaurant in 2019.

simmer the meat with the bones, but by not doing so he keeps his broth lighter. A mix of spices in the broth give it the signature pho flavor. The key spices, he says, are star anise, cinnamon, and licorice, which he sources directly from Vietnam. The vegan broth is his own creation, using apples and pears to give the broth some sweetness. Le, who lives in Jackson, is proud to say he makes his broths without monosodium glutamate (MSG). “When I told my friend I wanted to do that he said, ‘It can’t be done,’” Le says. “But we’re doing it.” A steaming bowl at the Pho Spot comes with the ordered proteins and a nest of noodles at the bottom. Aromatics include green onion, cilantro, and recao, also known as culantro, which has a flavor similar to cilantro, but has broader leaves. Recao can be difficult to find and isn’t always found in pho in the U.S., but Le says in Vietnam it is a must-have ingredient. When eating pho, one is permitted, even expected, to slurp the broth up with the noodles. Some people add sriracha or hoisin sauce directly to the broth, but pho aficionados usually advise portioning some out on the side for dipping the proteins in. Le admits that he doesn’t even add lime directly to his pho, instead squeezing some out into the ramekin and dipping the meat into that. Le had some difficulty keeping all of his proteins in stock in the early going. Demand for tofu was especially strong — the Pho Spot used more than 50 pounds of it in the first two weeks. There are some traditional proteins such as beef tendon and tripe that aren’t on the menu yet, but Le says if there’s enough demand he will consider adding them. Feedback has also been strongly positive to the highly focused menu. “People are telling me straight out, it’s so good, it’s so simple,” Le says. The Pho Spot, 301 North Harrison Street. 609-3560064. facebook.com/thephospotprinceton.

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es, everyone, parking really is about to get easier in Princeton. This month the municipality is launching the first phase of improvements aimed at simplifying parking regulations, improving signage, and eliminating the need to scour your cars and pockets for loose change just so you can visit for a while. We’ll be replacing the heads of parking meters along the streets and in smaller parking lots. Digital smart meters will be able to accept coins and also take payment through credit cards or via mobile app. Meters in larger lots will be replaced with pay stations. The mobile apps aren’t just to make paying for parking easier when you first get out of your car. Paying through your phone makes it easier for visitors to keep enjoying themselves in town without having to run back to extend time for another 20 minutes. Imagine: you can be at dinner, realize your meter is running out, and not have to hurry through the end of your meal so you can make it back to your car in time. Time limits in metered parking areas will still be enforced, of course. If you’ve paid for a full two hours, you’ll still have to move your car (and not just one space up, but more about that in a moment) at the end of two hours. But if you’ve only paid for an hour and you want more time, you will soon be able to add time to your meter from wherever you are in town on the Park Princeton mobile app. That’s good for our visitors and for our businesses — if someone can add another 45 minutes onto their meter without having to leave the restaurant, that person might stick around for dessert and coffee. Time limits will be simplified and made easier to identify, and rates will be more evened out as well. For too long, Princeton has had eight different time limits and a dozen rates on its meters, most blocked off into particular areas. But now there will be just five time limits — 15 minute, 30 minute, two-hour, three-hour, and all-day — downtown. Three-day parking at the Dinky station will be expanded to seven-day. Rates will also be more uniform. Along with those eight time limits, Princeton has had 12 different rates, depending on where you park — even if you’re parked in the same area. Did you know, for example, that parking on the town side of Nassau Street was a different rate than parking on the university side of Nassau Street? A lot of us didn’t, and that’s the kind of thing we’re trying to fix. And as for moving your car, the idea is to give visitors time to enjoy visiting, but also to keep spaces opening up. When

you pay through your app or credit card, the meters will know where you parked, so if you want to stay in town a little longer, you won’t be able to just roll up to the open space in front of you. You’ll have to move around the corner. But keep in mind, blocks of time will no longer be a thing. Each area of town will have a mix of parking times, so odds are you’ll be able to park closer to where you need to be. The idea is to make it easier for anyone who might have two small errands to run in two different parts of town — now they won’t have to go from 15-minute parking to three-hour parking (with different rates) just because their second errand happens to be in a longerparking end of town. We’ll also be adding about 30 new spaces to our metered inventory, so you will be more likely to find a place to park. They’ll also be easier to see. Part of the revamp will be color-coded meter decals and new signs that will tell you at a glance what time limits are available. We’ve worked with Princeton-based design firm Smith + Manning to make sure the town’s parking signs and meter decals are easy to see and immediately obvious. If you see green, for example, you know you’re looking at a twohour parking space. Orange? That’s three hours. And yes, we’ll still have yellow meters to let you know you have 30 minutes. The first phase will also include consideration of special event parking. That’s going to be a lot easier with the digital meters. Rates and parking times can be updated automatically to allow for special events parking. And there will be free parking some days, with a message to enjoy a day of shopping without having to pay to stay on the meter head. The next phase of our parking revamp will kick off in the first quarter of 2019. Here we’ll be looking to make parking simpler for anyone who works downtown. The municipality is working with Princeton’s business owners and, of course, the Prince ton Merchants Association, to investigate opportunities to provide employee onstreet parking permits in designated areas. While the next phase of parking in Princeton still needs council approval, we’re not worried. The municipality and the PMA are working together to make the transition as streamlined as possible so that when it comes time for the council to sign off, there should be no reason not to. We’ll also be updating our parking maps and our municipal website to make things clearer and more accessible. If all goes well, Phase 2 should be implemented by the time the Princeton Class of 2019 graduates. Deanna Stockton is the municipal engineer.

The first phase of improvements will simplify parking regulations, improve signage, and eliminate the need to scour your pockets for change.

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PARTING SHOT

The weather girl By Pia de Jong

used to have a little weather house that looked like an Alpine chalet. When the sun shined, the cheerful girl in a dress came out her door. But when rain was forecast, she vanished indoors and the little man appeared with his umbrella. That meant closing our windows and getting out our rain ponchos. The modern weather house is the television. When bad weather is ahead, such as recently with Hurricanes Florence and Michael, the meteorologists appear on the screen, decked out in rain suits, waders, sou’westers, and of course gripping a huge microphone while they shout into the teeth of the wind. Soon after I moved to America in 2012, it was announced that Hurricane Sandy was going to visit our neighborhood. On television I saw vivid multicolor images of the route she was going to take, the rainfall, the wind speed, and, above all, the scary eye, that mysterious black hole in the center of the storm. Yet it was still a beautiful October day. We sat outside in the sun. I could not imagine anything as violent as a hurricane. It seemed pointless to bring potted plants, badminton nets, and even our bird house inside. And was it really necessary to clear out the basement and store a supply of food? With the recent Hurricane Florence,

the impending violence was creepily and realistically predicted in an animation that I saw. The cartoon showed a weather girl standing in the middle of a square in a residential area. Nothing wrong. But then the water started rising -- first above her waist, then above her head, and finally so high that it was lapping on the roofs of houses. It was obvious that there would be no defense against a calamity of this scale. But that message had not gotten through to a man I saw on another channel, futilely piling sandbags against his door.

hen Florence began her devastating journey and the people in the Carolinas were full of fear and trembling in their homes and shelters, the weather women and weather men came out in full force. On all TV channels they were fighting the elements to bring optics to their work. I saw a reporter interrupt her reporting to rescue a dog from drowning. Without hesitating, as if she did this every day, she grabbed the dog and carried it to a safe place. And yet, despite all the warnings, preparations, and meticulous reporting, there were once again deaths. Nature is not a sentimentalist. Preparations don’t matter. The saddest stories spent a day on the front page of the newspapers, on their way to the obituary pages. The other deaths eventually become statistics.

The misery that “my” Hurricane Sandy caused six years ago is still fresh in my memory. When I think of those days, I see a slim weather girl struggling to stand on a pier somewhere on the New Jersey coast, gripping a railing. As she shouted into the howling wind as loudly as she could, the waves smashed into the houses behind her. Meanwhile, water was rising in our cellar Then suddenly our power went out. The TV turned black, the house darkened. The weather girl was gone. A week later the names of the dead from our area were printed in the newspaper. We are

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still numbed by the shock. Sometimes I dream about that weather girl. She is standing there, screaming into the storm. Then she is lifted up by the wind under her dress, and like another Mary Poppins, she rises spinning into the sky until she blows safely away. Pia de Jong is a Dutch writer who lives in Princeton. Her bestselling memoir, “Charlotte,” was published last year in the United States. She can be contacted at piadejong.com.

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