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Time isn’t right for ‘clock tower,’ neighbors say By HeaTHeR DuBin A packed crowd turned out for Community Board 2’s Land Use and Business Development Committee meeting on Wed., June 12, to weigh in on a proposed 18-story residential building at 120-140 Sixth Ave. on a triangular lot at Sullivan and Broome Sts. Local residents expressed their disapproval of the application based on the building’s Photo by Tequila Minsky

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Along with their attorney, Jim Walden, right, local residents on Wednesday announced a lawsuit to remove the Citi Bike station from Soho’s Petrosino Square. See article, Page 11.

Solomon to judge ‘Soho Wild Man’ By HeaTHeR DuBin Richard Pearson, a mentally ill man who has been terrorizing residents and merchants around Spring St., will appear before Judge Charles Solomon in State Supreme Court on Tues., June 25, for allegedly throwing a brick at a person’s head on May 17 in Soho. Arrested on May 22, Pearson is charged with second-degree assault, a felony. A grand jury has indicted him.

According to Soho and Nolita residents and merchants along Spring St. and in the surrounding area, Pearson has wreaked havoc on their lives by verbally and physically harassing people. At a Fifth Precinct Community Council meeting on June 29, locals expressed concern for their safety, shared stories about Pearson’s behavior and asked police for help. Assistant District Attorney Kaitrin

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height, 223 feet, and claimed it would not fit in with the neighborhood. In the committee’s executive session after the meeting, community board members followed suit and resolved to recommend to the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals that the condominium tower be shorter, especially given that

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C.B. 3 committee pitches in to save children’s garden By saRaH FeRGusOn The embattled Children’s Magical Garden got a resounding thumbs up from the Parks Committee of Community Board 3 last week. C.M.G. came under attack last month when developer Serge Hoyda — who has a history of power plays on the Lower East Side — fenced off one of

the three lots which make up this garden on the corner of Norfolk and Stanton Sts., effectively bisecting this small green haven. Last Thursday, C.B. 3’s Parks Committee voted unanimously to endorse the gardeners’ request to transfer the garden’s two other lots — currently owned

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Meseritz ark destined for new life, new synagogue By Tequila Minsky The last tenement shul above East Houston St. is being converted into condos. But the heart of the shul, its two-story-tall ark, will be saved. In what is being hailed as a true-life story of b’shert (destiny), Anshe Meseritz’s 100-yearold, hand-carved ark — the housing for the Torah scroll — was saved from some unknown future, perhaps Demolition Depot, when the new Downtown Jewish congregation Tamid made it its own. Meseritz synagogue, at 415 E. Sixth St., between First Ave. and Avenue A, is an exterior landmark. Rabbi Darren Levine, founder of Tamid, went to meet Pesach Ackerman, 85, the shul’s longtime rabbi, and his son, Sandy, who did not want the ark to be lost forever. (Rabbi Ackerman died this past Friday at age 84. See obituary, right). Jason Friedman, an architect with the residential conversion project, upon seeing

the stunning ark, felt it could be salvaged. Meanwhile, Tamid member Salvo Stoch — who runs Found Objects, a company that travels the world finding unique furniture and gallery items — visited Meseritz and evaluated the ark. He determined it could be safely extracted, stored properly and retrofitted for use as Tamid’s own ark. And so it is. The ark, which was disassembled into 30 pieces, is currently being kept in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The hope is that once the new synagogue gets a permanent space, the full ark will be incorporated into it. Said Levine, “It’s not every day in New York that a new synagogue like Tamid opens in the same year that a historic one closes.” Levine sees this whole process as giving new life to Jewish ancient tradition, of Tamid’s being a historical caretaker while creating new Jewish roots in the Village and Lower Manhattan. “This, in a word, is b’shert,” he said. Tamid, which Levine described as a liberal

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The two-story ark at Anshe Meseritz on E. Sixth St. before it was disassembled and removed last month.

congregation, holds its Friday-night Sabbath services once a month in a church, St. Paul’s 9/11 Chapel. Tamid is also pushing into the Lower East Side, where Levine noted, “Do you know there is no liberal presence [below East Houston St.] in the Lower East Side? And there are a lot of young families moving into the area.” The new synagogue hosts monthly book discussions at Pushcart Cafe on East Broadway. By early last month, the interior of Meseritz

Synagogue’s sanctuary was gone. However, the stained-glass window, since it is part of the building’s exterior, is also landmarked and remains. There will be prayer services at the E. Sixth St. building in the future, but on the groundfloor level below the former sanctuary. Due to the upstairs sanctuary’s condition, the groundfloor hall was actually where most of the regular prayer services actually were held in recent years. The upstairs sanctuary was only used during the High Holy Days.

Rabbi Pesach Ackerman of Anshe Meseritz dies at 84 OBITUARY By Lesley Sussman Rabbi Paul (Pesach) Ackerman, the popular longtime rabbi of the Anshe Meseritz synagogue, 415 E. Sixth St., died on Fri., June 14, at Beth Israel Hospital of complications from pneumonia. The much-loved rabbi, 84, worked for 44 years as spiritual leader of his Orthodox congregation, without salary. In his final days, Ackerman was instrumental in working out a development deal for the badly deteriorating synagogue building that will revitalize the landmarked structure and also guarantee that space will be reserved there for the synagogue for the next 99 years. The building’s upper levels will be developed as residential condominiums. Friends described Ackerman as a deeply religious, kind, humble, selfless and generous man with a sense of humor that uplifted all who came in contact with him. At a time of dwindling synagogue attendance in the area, the rabbi attracted a loyal following that allowed services to be held there seven days a week. This writer regularly attended services there for the past 15 years. I was not religious when I first met the rabbi, and he patiently and gently instructed me on Jewish law to a point where I now consider myself a Modern Orthodox Jew. He was so loving and a guiding spirit in my life. Another Donovan, a leader of the East Village-based Local Faith Communities group, said, “He was a great presence in the neighborhood and part of its history. I will miss him and never forget him.” Robert Rand, the president of Meseritz synagogue, said that the rabbi, “just like Moses, was among the humblest of men — a true folk hero of the neighborhood. The love and care he displayed for all those whom he came in contact with, whether Jewish or not, was mirrored by the community,” Rand said. “He presided over a diverse congregation that epitomized the diversity of the neighborhood, from wheelchair-bound senior citizens to dreadlocked hipsters and everything in

Rabbi Pesach Ackerman.

between. His wit and charm touched all who passed through the synagogue gates.” Other congregants recalled that the rabbi was often more concerned about their wellbeing than his own, and that his “joy of life, deep faith and gratefulness to God for all that he was given — despite many of his own personal problems and hardships — was contagious.” The rabbi, who lived at 40 First Ave., was born in Manhattan on Dec. 24, 1928. His father and older brother, Leon, operated a modest shoe store business that they opened in 1936 at 29th St. and Second Ave. The store grew, moved to a new location and later became a successful brand known as Tiny Ackerman. The rabbi’s wife, Helen, died on April 5, 1983. He is survived by his daughters, Shelley and Sharon Ackerman, who live in the East Village, and two sons, Sandford Ackerman, who also lives in the East Village, and Mark Ackerman, who lives in New York City and Mexico City. The rabbi is also survived by two nephews, Gary and Jim Ackerman. Funeral services were held on Sun., June 16, at Sherman’s Flatbush Memorial Chapel, 1283 Coney Island Ave. He was buried at Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, N.J.

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$4,282.95. Making things even better, Ray — given name Asghar Ghahraman — also got an “A” on his Sanitary Inspection Grade from the city’s Department of Health. He had always been galled by his previous “B” and vowed he wouldn’t rest until he achieved an “A” — and, well, he done it! Speaking to East Village blogger Shawn Chittle, Ray held up the lease and said, “I couldn’t believe my own eyes. I got a new lease and the ‘A’ on the same day. It was exciting. Good news, good things happening in my life.” Ray celebrated by buying a new blue polo shirt and getting a haircut. This all deserves an egg cream — with a side of beingets, and — hey, why not? — some fried Oreos, too! Congrats!

RIVER RHYTHMS: As we were pedaling up the Hudson River bike way Sunday, making passing maneuvers around all the slow-moving Citi Bikes blinking like UFO’s, we were drawn onto Pier 54 — along with, of course, three excitedly whooping Citi Bike riders — by the sound of pounding drums. Batala NYC, an all-women’s Afro-Brazilian samba-reggae drum corps, was holding a rehearsal on the W. 13th St. pier, and parkgoers were lovin’ it. “We have permits,” Stacy Kovacs, the group’s fearless leader, told us, “Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. during the summer, and people are welcome to come dance.” Batala is an international movement started by Giba, a Brazilian drum master. Kovacs had the option of starting a co-ed group or an all-women group, and chose the latter, since guys tend to dominate the solos in drum bands. “In this country, little girls, when they want to play an instrument, they’re told not to play drums because they’re too loud,” Kovacs noted. “Women aren’t supposed to be loud. … This is a traditional male thing that we’re taking and owning.” Just a year old, in December, Batala NYC opened for the Rolling Stones at the Barclays Center, marching in while playing the drum intro to “Sympathy for the Devil” and wearing gorilla masks, a nod to the cover of the Stones’ new hits compilation, “GRRR!” Batala NYC is a diverse group, with both straights and gays — and one member who identifies as “them.”

FLEA MARKET’S HOPPING: The East Village Community Market will kick off its 2013 season on Sat., June 22 — and will run every Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. — in the

CORRECTION: In last week’s article on 6th and B Garden’s stage-roof fundraiser, Nora Kolosiej’s name was spelled incorrectly. Sorry, Nora!

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RACER XXX? As we were walking up West St. recently we noticed a new race car-themed graffiti mural on the building at the corner of Clarkson St. where a “gentlemen’s club” is planned. We thought we recalled that Thomas Wolfe, the proprietor of what was going to be called Platinum, had mentioned to us last fall that he would be doing some sort of artistic graffiti around the place’s new sign. Was this it? And, if so, was it too inappropriately kid-centric for a men’s topless club? Jennifer Economou and her son Lucas, 12 (above), were passing by on their way to watch a makeup ballgame at nearby Pier 40. They said they were O.K. with the colorful cars mural. It’s better than the gaudy sex clubs along the West Side Highway in Midtown, noted Jennifer, who is married to John Economou, president of Greenwich Village Little League. Jennifer said she’s not so much worried about the business’s impact on local kids as by “the kind of guys that would hang around.” Soho activist Bill Dobbs, who was spinning by on his bike, said he’s in favor of sex districts and the mural, too. “Keep New York sexy,” he said, adding, “It’s a G-rated mural.” Great cities need sketchy areas — at least this is Dobbs’s opinion. But when we called Wolfe this week, he said he didn’t commission the race car piece. According to Wolfe, whoever painted it also did a similar one up in the 40s or 50s on the West Side Highway. “I do not know who this guy is,” he said, adding, “We’re going to cover it up in two or three weeks.” As for the jiggle joint, he said it’s now called Mystique and should open in a few months. “We pretty much have our liquor license as long we comply with certain things they asked for,” Wolfe said. He had wanted to open at lunchtime, but has agreed his operating hours will be 5 p.m. to 4 a.m., though will close at 2 a.m. on Sundays. Asked if he still feels the club’s bouncers and exterior lighting will make Clarkson St. safer for Little Leaguers going to and from Pier 40, he said, “Of course, yes.” FOIE GRAS TO PHARMA FLIERS: Well, the long-vacant, ground-floor, commercial space in the Philip Johnson Urban Glass House, at Washington and Spring Sts., is finally being filled. It’s going to be a digital printing and promotion company, churning out materials for pharmaceutical companies and the like. Two guys there last week, as metal studs were being installed to divide the space up into offices, said a high-end restaurant had been planned for the space. “But then that came,” one said, gesturing to the Department of Sanitation mega-garage being built across the street. RAY’S INCREDIBLE DAY! Ray Alvarez of Ray’s Candy Store proudly displayed his new lease last week. After decades working at his hole-in-the-wall hot dog-and-fries shop on Avenue A, Ray, 80, feared his rent of $4,100 would be doubled in a new lease this month, beyond what he could afford. But he wound up getting a one-year renewal, with only a minimal increase to

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Y says shower stalls not installed due to incident By Lincoln Anderson When the formerly wide-open men’s shower room at the McBurney YMCA was divided up into individual stalls in April it sparked some speculation among members as to why it had been done. Had there been an incident, or incidents, at the high-profile gym, at 14th St. and Sixth Ave., that prompted a move for more privacy? No explanation was given prior to the work, in which each showerhead was sectioned off with fiberglass partitions on the sides and a thin, polyester shower curtain in front. The men’s main showers were closed for about three weeks during the renovation, during which the members had to use alternate showers in the facility. After the newly partitioned shower room was unveiled, the facility received many comments from members. According to John Rappaport, the McBurney Y’s executive director, the majority of the comments were positive, but a number of the remarks criticized some or all of the features of the new stalls. As a result, the following month, he addressed the feedback in a letter to members. In his letter, Rappaport gave several reasons for installing the stalls: First, he said, the dividers were actually part of the Y’s original design but were left out because the overall construction of the facility proved more expensive than original estimates.

Also, the idea was to create privacy for people showering, and to decrease “inappropriate behavior,” his letter continued. Rappaport noted that some Y members had “expressed feeling very uncomfortable showering in an open environment, or...had either felt uncomfortable being looked at, or had witnessed inappropriate behavior in the shower area.” Instances of inappropriate behavior had been described to the Y’s staff, the letter noted, as well as being “mentioned on several different Internet sites.” Some members wondered if the Y was trying to “re-create the culture of surrounding private clubs.” However, Rappaport responded this wasn’t the case at all, and that showers with stalls is the model for all YMCA’s. At least one longtime Y member, though, when he saw the new dividers, wondered if there was more to the story. Speaking to The Villager on condition of anonymity, he said there had been an incident a while ago involving the teenage son of an adult member. “The father was complaining to me that this guy had inappropriately touched his child,” the member said. “I think the cops were called. “It’s my surmising that there is a connection” between the incident and the showers’ renovation, the source said. The father has been avoiding the media, denying two interview requests by TV news, the member said. He gave the father The Villager’s contact information, but the man

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did not contact the newspaper for this story. Attempts by The Villager to reach the father were unsuccessful. The source added that at one point the father was so upset he claimed he was considering suing the Y. However, another Y member said when he inquired of the gym’s staff why the new stalls were added, he was told, “It had to be brought up to code.” It turns out that, in fact, there was an inci-

‘A lot of people…were uncomfortable in the gang type of shower.’ John Rappaport, YMCA executive director dent. A New York Police Department spokesperson said that Victor Paravati, 51, of 202 W. 24th St., was arrested on Dec. 21, 2012, at 11:30 p.m., at the McBurney Y for forcible touching. “He slapped the buttocks of a 17-year-old male for no reason,” the spokesperson said. The definition of “forcible touching” includes that the act was done “for no reason.” It’s an “A” misdemeanor offense. The police spokesperson confirmed that the arrest happened “inside the facility.” The complaint filed by the Manhattan district attorney also states that the “occurrence location” was “inside 125 West 14th Street,” the McBurney Y’s address. However, the alleged incident actually occurred earlier, on Aug. 19, 2012, at 8 p.m., but was not reported to police until November, who then made the arrest the following month. According to the police spokesperson, this was the only arrest at the McBurney Y in 2012, and there have been none there so far this year. As for why it took four months for the complaint to be filed, the Y member speculated of the victim, “Maybe it took him a while to open up.” Paravati has no other arrests in New York City, according to the N.Y.P.D. He is not a registered sex offender, according to the New York State Sex Offender Registry. According to the D.A.’s Office, Paravati was released on his own recognizance following his arraignment. There was a June 11 court date, at which the prosecution requested an adjournment until July 31. Efforts to reach Paravati by deadline were not successful. A New Jersey phone number listed for him was not in service. The Villager also left a message at his apparent employer, where he apparently works as a videographer. An employee who answered the phone there said the Victor Paravati that works at the company matched the description of the accused, but he did not want to be quoted for this article. He said he would pass the message on

to Paravati. In three separate telephone interviews with The Villager, McBurney Y Director Rappaport said he was unaware of Paravati’s arrest, and that there was no connection with the new shower dividers. “I didn’t know of such an incident,” he said. “That’s all news to me. There was nothing like this that was part of our thinking on it.” He reiterated that the shower stalls in the men’s locker room were part of the original plan for the Y, which opened in December 2002. “It’s a natural trend,” he said of the new dividers. “It’s something our members have been asking for for a long time. A lot of people had said they were uncomfortable in the gang type of shower. The world has changed. It just provides a better environment in a lot of ways.” The total cost of putting in the dividers this April was $40,000, and included moving back and reconstructing one of the walls to provide more room so the stalls could be installed. If they had been put in originally, it would have only cost $25,000. The price tag for building the whole McBurney Y was $40 million, which was “significantly over” the original estimate, he noted. Asked if Paravati is a member of the McBurney Y and, if so, if the Y had moved to terminate his membership, Rappaport said, “Any police matter is a police matter. I can’t comment on any member’s status...because it’s a privacy issue.” He added, “The Y has a very strict policy regarding anyone who has a criminal history or is a sex offender.” In such cases, the Y “would move to terminate membership for that branch and all Y branches,” he said. However, in this case, the police have not reached out to the Y, he said, adding, “I have not been contacted by the N.Y.P.D. on any situation in a long time.” He noted that the police “are here a half dozen times on various issues,” and sometimes accompany E.M.T.s if there is a serious sports-related injury or health incident — like shortness of breath — at the Y. Recently, the Y was having problems with break-ins in the men’s locker room, and hired a security guard to keep an eye on things there. Asked if, now that The Villager had alerted him of the arrest and given him the accused’s name, the Y would take any action or conduct its own internal investigation, Rappaport said, “Our justice system does say, ‘Innocent until convicted.’ When made aware of that conviction, we would immediately terminate membership. We make every effort to protect the rights of everyone using this facility — and that includes the right of every juvenile child.” Asked if the father had made a complaint to him or other Y staff, Rappaport said he couldn’t comment, noting, “That’s a very intense and private thing.” Asked when the planning for construction of the shower stalls occurred, the director initially said it was the summer of 2012, since

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After ﬁre, Village View man ﬁghts eviction effort By ClaRissa Jan-liM A resident of the Village View apartment complex faces an uphill battle to keep the home that he inherited from his parents in the middleincome co-op. Bohdan Rekshynskyj’s ordeal began on March 1, when his two-bedroom apartment, at 60 First Ave., at E. Fourth St., caught fire while he was out. Rekshynskyj, 53, has since been served with two holdover notices that, if upheld in court, would see him evicted due to complaints of hoarding, as well as “obnoxious odors” being emitted from his apartment. Usually, in such cases, a certification of eviction must first be obtained from a hearing officer with the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development before proceeding to Housing Court. In this case, due to the “emergency nature” — the tenant’s allegedly cluttered apartment and odors — H.P.D. has reportedly granted a waiver to allow the matter to go directly to Housing Court. Since the fire, he has been able to return to his home only three times, while under close watch by security, and otherwise has been unable to enter his apartment because the building’s management changed his door. Although he confesses to being a messy person, he said of his apartment, “It’s not a hoarder place like you see on TV. I’m just messy by nature,” he said. “I’ve been to other apartments, and a lot of people are messier than I am.” He also said that his love for cooking means there is the occasional accident, hence the smell.

“Maybe sometimes I burn a plate or two,” he said. Initial investigations by the Fire Department indicate that the blaze was accidental in nature. However, the building has been abuzz with rumors that it was arson, according to a source close to Rekshynskyj, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals. “If it was arson, the police would have arrested him by now,” the source said. “They’re spreading all these rumors about him... . There’s a guy going around saying he’s a terrorist.” As for the charges about smells, he retorted, “I do not have any obnoxious or noxious odors coming out of my apartment.” Rekshynskyj said that despite having been promised that his place would be cleaned and the windows fixed up after the fire, the management has yet to do so. “They are lying to me, consistently, about the renovations going on,” he said. “It’s been since March 1. They’re just lying, and lying and lying.” He also charged that his belongings have been rummaged through and some even stolen. “I have ancient coins which I would sell off to pay the rent, and I think they have stolen them,” he said. “I do not know for sure.” The source said Rekshynskyj was denied access to his apartment because the Fire Department deemed it inhabitable, but, she noted, “It’s never going to become habitable because he can’t go and clean it. It’s a Catch-22.”

Rekshynskyj’s efforts to speak to the complex’s manager, Joanne Batista, proved futile. “She refuses to talk to me,” he said. His attempts to discuss his situation at a Village View board of directors meeting on Tues., June 11, were also not acknowledged. Most recently, he had temporarily been living in the single-room-occupancy Sun Bright Hotel, at Bowery and Hester St., a place his friends helped him find. But he had to leave the S.R.O. on Tuesday. Speaking on his last day at the hotel, Rekshynskyj said he doesn’t know what will happen to him now. “These people are completely evil,” Rekshynskyj said, referring to Village View’s management and board. “I’ve never been this vulnerable. … I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow. I’m really in a desperate situation.” When contacted for comment, both the

board’s president, Adam Silvera, and an attorney for Village View, Robert Cecere, declined to speak about the situation due to legal reasons. Cecere instead referred questions to what he called Rekshynskyj’s court-appointed “guardian.” Rekshynskyj admits he has a “medical condition,” though did not want to specify its details. Village View maintains that he cannot take care of himself and needs help. However, Rekshynskyj and the source said he does not have a guardian. “Absolutely not,” Rekshynskyj said. “I don’t need a guardian. I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself.” Rekshynskyj’s court date for the holdover case is set for July 1.

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Bohdan Rekshynskyj visited his building last week at Village View, but was not allowed access to his apartment. In the photo above, he picked up what he called a letter of support that had been left outside his door.

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pOlIce BlOTTeR Indicted in anti-gay murder The defendant accused of fatally shooting a gay man on a Greenwich Village street, after shouting anti-gay slurs and threatening to kill several other people, has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder as a hate crime, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced on Tues., June 18. Elliot Morales, 33, was also charged with five counts of criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of menacing, including one count of menacing a police officer. According to court documents, the May 17 incident began when Morales urinated outside a restaurant on Barrow St. around midnight. After a restaurant worker confronted him, Morales then walked into the establishment and began making anti-gay remarks, and allegedly displayed his gun and threatened to shoot various diners. After he left the restaurant, Morales is believed to have walked past Mark Carson, 32, who was with another man near the corner of W. Eighth St. and Sixth Ave. Minutes later, shortly after midnight, Morales reportedly confronted the two men, again shouted anti-gay slurs, and then shot Carson in the head, the D.A. said. Carson was later pronounced dead at Beth Israel Hospital. In addition, when he was spotted by police officers on W. Third St. minutes after the

shooting, Morales allegedly pointed his gun at an officer before being tackled and arrested. Morales’s next court date is scheduled for July 30.

Surprise shoe smash A taxi driver, 33, told police that he was driving west on Christopher St. around 4:30 a.m. on Sat., June 15, when he spotted a woman — later identified as Lambert Kaleikini, 33 — near the intersection at Hudson St., and pulled over next to her. He claimed that Kaleikini then, without provocation, took off one of her shoes and used it to hit the front driver’s-side window, shattering the glass over herself and the driver, but without causing any injuries. Kaleikini reportedly then tried to flee the scene, but police caught her during a canvass almost immediately after the cabbie called in to report the incident. She was charged with criminal mischief.

Gun in their faces An apparently crazed man allegedly pulled a gun on three unsuspecting pedestrians early on Wed., June 12 — but didn’t pull the trigger.

The three victims, all men, ages 17, 18 and 57, told police they were walking past the corner of Bethune and Washington Sts. around midnight, when a strange man — later identified as Charles Maraia, 54 — walked up to them, pointed a handgun in their faces, and then fled on foot. The men called the police, who quickly caught Maraia during a canvass of the area, using the description provided by the victims. According to police, Maraia was packing a fully loaded, .25-caliber handgun. He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.

Windshield wiper mayhem Police arrested Jonathan Jenks, 22, early Sun., June 16, after he reportedly ripped a windshield wiper off a car parked near the corner of Leroy St. and Seventh Ave. South, and then used the wiper to bash in all of the car’s windows. Fortunately for the car’s owner, a witness down the street called police to report the incident as it was happening, around 4 a.m., and Jenks was caught minutes later by responding officers. He was charged with criminal mischief.

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June 20 - 26, 2013

editorial

letters to the editor

Conservancy concerns

Conservancy group was ‘clueless’

This Thursday evening June 20, Community Board 2 may — or may not — vote on whether or not to recommend approval of a new conservancy for Washington Square Park. We have no issues with a private, nonprofit group raising funds for the park. Indeed, there are already groups that do so, such as the Friends of Washington Square Park, which is the Washington Square Association’s fundraising arm. However, this new conservancy seems somehow different — and this raises questions and concerns. The main issue is whether a conservancy — if not initially, but eventually — would assume control of policy and activities in the park. In general, as sincerely well-meaning as this new group may be, there has been a lack of transparency about this effort. We have tried to set up a meeting with the four women who are the conservancy’s founders, but so far, due to scheduling issues, have not done so. We look forward to meeting with them soon. However, it’s unclear why Sarah Neilson, Washington Square Park’s new administrator, would also be the director of this new Washington Square Park Conservancy. This seems to blur the boundaries uncomfortably, in our view. In addition, if all that this group wants to do (at least, for now) is raise funds for a horticulturalist for the newly renovated park’s plantings, and ensure the park is kept clean, then we don’t see why they can’t just move forward as an independent, nonprofit entity, with no Parks Department connection. Also, the presence of not one — but three — Parks officials at this month’s C.B. 2 Parks Committee meeting where the issue was discussed, indicates Parks is strongly invested in this. Joining Neilson were Bill Castro, the Manhattan borough Parks commissioner, and Steve Simon, Parks chief of staff. Castro stated Parks would maintain its authority and operational jurisdiction over the park, and that the conservancy would never have a contract, license or memorandum of understanding with Parks. It’s troubling, though, that no one has seen the conservancy’s bylaws yet, or knows who will sit on its board other than the four founders. We also must say we have some concerns about how C.B. 2’s review of this initiative has proceeded. A resolution from the board’s Parks Committee was not readily forthcoming after its meeting two weeks ago. Indeed, we were only able to obtain a “draft” resolution late on Wednesday afternoon. We’re told that all C.B. 2 members will have a chance to review this resolution — “but not 100%” of it — before the full board meeting. The draft resolution includes caveats C.B. 2 wants the conservancy to include in its bylaws. Based on the assumption — key word — that the conservancy would accept these caveats, then, the resolution states, C.B. 2 “appreciates and endorses the effort of this group…to create an organization to build community stewardship of the park, raising additional funds for maintenance, plantings, horticultural activity, increased PEP [Park Enforcement Patrol officers] presence, and organizing volunteers and the like… .” The draft reso states: “W.S.P.C. will not have a role in policy, planning or event creation, and all policies concerning the park will continue to be set by Parks with input from C.B. 2,” also that funds raised by the conservancy won’t be mixed in with and used for the park’s general budget. But shouldn’t Board 2 wait until this group produces its bylaws, showing that these points have been incorporated? Washington Square isn’t just any park. As the C.B. 2 draft resolution states, Washington Square “serves as our community’s ‘flagship’ park” and is a “world-renowned landmark.” Over all, this process has been much too rushed. The board, in our respectful view, should table this vote until at least next month’s meeting — if not until September after the August break. There is absolutely no rush to approve this Thursday night. But there is definitely a need for more review. Table it.

To The Editor: Re “Jane and the death and life of an American park” (talking point, by Cathryn Swan, June 13): Having attended the C.B. 2 Parks Committee meeting, I am flabbergasted that the founding members of the conservancy are so clueless. As Cathryn writes, they did not know the budget, which meant they had no idea how much they would have to fundraise, or what for. They had no draft bylaws and no draft mission statement. They had no clear idea how to grow their board, although there was a vague idea that potential new members would be “anyone who was enthusiastic.” These four ladies are clearly unprepared to run a nonprofit. But not to worry, they and the Parks Department told us. Their solution is to hire a Parks Department employee who will wear two hats: administrator of the park and executive director of the conservancy. I think Cathryn missed that they answered “not yet” when asked, for the third time (after several prevarications), if Sarah Neilson would be paid a salary by the conservancy. This likely means that eventually she will. You might want to look up the composition of the boards of existing park conservancies here in New York to get idea of what the board will most likely look like. You will see one or two community leaders, one or two local businesses, a smattering of nonprofit leaders and numerous officers of financial, real estate and development corporations. Elected officials serve ex-officio and community board members are not included. At this point, these four founding members want to “just fundraise.” But looking at the history of the other conservancies, this is just the beginning and, in the end, the rest of us will lose what little say we have over what happens in this diamond of a park. I am totally disappointed that C.B. 2’s Parks Committee is willing to give Washington Square Park away to a conservancy. Lora Tenenbaum

‘Edginess’ wouldn’t be conserved To The Editor: Re “Jane and the death and life of a great American park” (talking point, by Cathryn Swan, June 13): I have no problem with a group of people raising funds for the park they love. The concern, as Cathryn Swan makes vividly clear, is twofold. First, will the city cut back funding in proportion to any influx of private funds, rather than having those private funds add on to the public’s contribution? And, second, will the conservancy, whether intentionally or not, begin taking control over decisions with regard to the park?

EVAN FORSCH

The latter always happens, and Washington Square Park is too precious and “edgy” to allow N.Y.U., the conservancy or any other private entity to gain say over it. Mitchel Cohen Cohen is a member, Brooklyn Greens / Green Party

Village is turning into suburbia To The Editor: Re “Will a Democrat for mayor stand up for small stores?” (talking point, by Sharon Woolums, June 6): I have recently moved back to the Village after having been away for about 20 years. The first thing I noticed was the extent of change concerning small, indigenous businesses. Twenty or 30 years ago there were almost no chain stores and the character of the Village — the sense of community and distinctiveness — was defined by the small businesses that gave it much of its charm. Today we find chain stores on every corner and the Village is looking more and more like a typical suburban mall with apartments over the stores. If we want to preserve the identity of the Village and other neighborhoods throughout New York, we must do all we can to counter this trend. Richard Weldon

It’s about saving our city To The Editor: Re “Will a Democrat for mayor stand up for small stores?” (talking point, by Sharon Woolums, June 6): This goes to the heart of the matter. How many more Duane Reades and banks are going to pop up before our city is totally ruined? Nicky Perry

N.Y.U.’s A/C solution is flawed To The Editor: Re “Carrots, sticks, air conditioning and N.Y.U.” (talking point, May 30): Thanks to Mr. Tessler for a well-crafted talking point on the ongoing shell game played by New York University with both local politicians and the community over the toxic tsunami that is N.Y.U. 2031.

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An old Villager entertains a newcomer at her place nOTeBOOk By kaTHRyn aDisMan It’s not just the bike stations all in a row, metallic gleam — sterile as stainless steel — an ad for a bank. Uh-oh! Here comes the grumble of the old West Villager. There seems to be a concerted effort to put the West Village on the grid. As someone who’s spent her entire life off the grid, I take it personally. This used to be a walker’s paradise built for rambling. But they haven’t killed the spirit. This little corner of the globe sturdily refuses to die. “Greenwich Village is a calling,” wrote Suze Rotolo in her memoir about the ’60s. Even when I arrived in the ’80s, I was drawn here by its bohemian history. Ironically, now my neighborhood is morphing into something else — namely, prime real estate. My local bank branch financial adviser represents the new demographic. He owns a co-op in Queens and wants to buy my apartment as a pied-à-terre where he can crash after nights out entertaining clients. He’s an eager beaver. When I approached him a year ago, anticipating it would be a good time to sell, I had to pitch the virtues of a 250-square-foot back studio facing a brick wall. Now he’s chomping at the bit to replace me. I regale him with the history of the building — with my history. I started as a subletter in 1984. Six months earlier I could have bought my unit for less than $20,000. Instead I end up paying quote “fair market value” rent to an overtenant for 20 years. I’m living the life of the starving artist in the garret. Meanwhile, the woman I sublease from is getting published, a successful chick-lit novelist. Before she finally decided to sell in 2004, I considered moving to the Upper West Side. The broker took one look at my application. “Oh, you live in the bordello district,” he remarked. “What did he mean by that?” asks the banker, who has come to see my place today. “Once upon a time, there was a prostitution ring upstairs on the fourth floor… .” “Really?” He can’t help glancing upward. “And then there was the young lawyer who had a different girl here every week,

Asian mostly.” “No kidding?” “My next-door neighbor uses his place for trysts with his quote ‘girlfriend,’ ” I continue. “I’ve heard this used to be a sailors’ hotel.” The young banker’s eyes widen. I did my own entertaining here. Oh, I could tell him a tale or two that would makes his eyes pop. Casually, I reach for the box of color snapshots on the desk. “You’re never going to believe this… .” I hand him the box. There’s a photo of a woman wearing red: red lace top, red velvet skirt and red purple lipstick. She has black hair. She’s standing behind a bar in front of a mirror with a shelf full of liquor bottles, smiling as she pours.

sunlight. He thinks he’s calling the shots, this young hotshot, but he doesn’t know what shots I’ve poured. At my place I’ve finally hooked up my turntable to the Bose so I can play my old LPs: The songwriter for Was (Not Was) — the ’80s soul-rock band out of Detroit my friend David formed with his buddy Don — “He was here,’’ says the ex-groupie in me. In the file cabinet, a folder marked “Coney Island” contains a photo of the cast and crew of “Kid Twist,” the play by my N.Y.U. prof about the Coney Island gangster, produced on site, circa 1987 — “He was here, too” — not the head of Murder, Inc., but of Coney Island U.S.A. — “in two different decades!” This place — I see myself referring with

‘You’re never going to believe this… .’ I hand him the box. There’s a photo of a woman wearing red: red lace top, red velvet skirt and red purple lipstick.

“Do you know who that is?” Hint: It’s not Manet’s portrait of the barmaid reflected in the mirror. “Is it…you?” “Good guess. That’s me bartending more than 20 years ago.” He leafs through the pics of me and another woman with our arms around each other. “Who’s that?” he asks. “I can’t remember her name, but that woman cost me my job,” I say. “She was a regular customer who worked at St. V’s. Used to come in at noon on her lunch hour to get her quota of Rolling Rocks, and she’s pissed the bar’s not open yet. So I turn to the owner, ‘It’s your fault we’re not open on time.’ ” I’ll never forget the look on his face. As he kicked cartons around the back of the bar, I greeted every customer: “I think this is my last day.” I was fired, but… “…The story isn’t over yet” is all I say the last time I go by the bank and my adviser escorts me out onto the street in his uniform suit and tie to catch a ray of Member of the New York Press Association

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a grand gesture to my apartment the size of a closet — has seen a few things (and people) in its day. His eyes still wide from the “bordello” reference: “Yeah?” “Yeah! Everything you’re thinking? It’s all true.” “The Meatpacking District — it used to be transvestites,” the banker informs me, as if it were a fact out of Ripley’s. “I know.” I don’t tell him about the night I was mistaken for one. “When did it change?” “It started in the ’90s under Giuliani.” It was September 1999. I remember I went to vote after work and the polling place had been moved from the L.G.B.T. Center temporarily there. This little man in wire rims who could have been the banker taps me on the shoulder from behind. “Got a light?” Ah, the good old days when we still smoked. I produce my Bic and light his cigarette. Then, he asks me, “Where have all the heshe’s gone?” “The what?” “You know,” and he describes them.

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“Oh! Did you think I was one?” “I was hopin’!” Considering I’d once been mistaken for Howard Stern on the street, I wasn’t fazed. I don’t mention to the financial adviser how Wire Rims and I pass an hour together at Hogs and Heifers commiserating — two outsiders sharing simpatico stories, singing “The Song of the Freak.” Neither of us fits in. This was the night I’d been passed over for a promotion at People. And he has a boring office job and his Italian Catholic wife never wants to…you know — do anything unconventional. And I won’t tell the financial adviser how Wire Rims gets me to go with him down a darkened, wharf-bound street in pursuit of two he-she’s in heels strolling arm and arm, leading us on, when suddenly one of them turns around and confronts us: “What do you want?” she demands. “She wants to watch me do you,” W.R. says, pointing in my direction. “Who? Me?” I never said that. Do what? The two of them burst out laughing in his face, our face, and turn tail. Their mocking laughter chases us down the street long after they are gone. “Oh, well,” says my little friend, resigned to call it a night, as we shake hands to part. He promises to think of me later as he gets off. Thanks, I guess. “Will you think of me?” he asks. Yes. … …My prospective buyer shakes my hand at the door. Primed for the kill in his red sweat suit, he’s off to the nearest branch of New York Sports Club, before heading home on the subway to Queens. He’s a small-town kid in a corporate job. What does he want with my place? The old aura of freedom in Greenwich Village still has the power to lure a new generation…off the grid. Like any good museum curator who knows the value of his collection, I’m reluctant to sell. But thanks to the curiosity of my visitor, I see the “real” estate I now own is not bounded by four walls. It will accompany me wherever I go. Greenwich Village, says Rotolo, is “a state of mind.” Maybe it’s time to come out of the closet, literally. Even if it means venturing onto the grid to tell her story — the story of the woman who lived here, once upon a time. Where’s the nearest bike station?

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leTTeRS TO The edITOR Continued from page 8 Tessler writes: “This ‘gift we pay for’ [a reference to Creative Steps] doesn’t even begin to mitigate the damage the N.Y.U. 2031 plan will do to Greenwich Village. But that’s O.K. — just turn on your air conditioner (whether it’s hot or not) and you won’t notice a thing… .” The Villager may not have witnessed the negative reactions from tenants at N.Y.U.’s open-house presentations of an air conditioning-based, noise-mitigation system for Washington Square Village. To say that this plan is flawed is a ridiculous understatement. For starters, air conditioning from dawn till dusk is not a possibility in the cooler months (November, December, January, February — at the least). In addition, Washington Square Village residents, including those on fixed incomes, will be required to pay Con Edison out of their own pockets to defend against the noise; use of air conditioning significantly inflates the monthly charges, potentially more than doubling them. So tenants are essentially being told that they must cover a huge additional expense and freeze their “assets” — not to mention the inconvenience of putting on and removing cumbersome air conditioner covers — for a masking of mind-numbing noise from this monstrous construction effort. N.Y.U.’s noise mitigation plan is unlikely to work unless you’re a buff polar bear with megabucks to burn.

(news article, June 13): Over and over again I see politics at large being played out in small spaces, like the Artists Alliance and now at Dias y Flores. I can’t even have transparency in a community garden on the Lower East Side? This is appalling and disheartening. It doesn’t sound like GreenThumb is handling this situation at all well, and it’s not their first bungle. Every day I walk past the filthy, private club that is “Committee of Poor Peoples of the Lower East” community garden. They never welcome anyone into the garden. It’s a Latino men’s club. They never clean it. Garbage piles up on the fence and they just look at it from over the tops of their beer cans. The flame trees around it are covered with thorns and were hanging down over the sidewalk just 4½ feet above the ground, making people duck or get their eyes poked out. I called GreenThumb and nothing happened. Six months later I called again and sent photos and finally they trimmed the bushes. Although it was an artless hatchet job, at least no one will get hurt and we can use the sidewalk again. How can Dias Y Flores not be grateful to have someone like Jeff Wright in that garden? He keeps it diverse and makes it a space for the creative flavor of the L.E.S. How can the board not value that? Thank you to The Villager for the article and I hope I’ll read more about this. Linda Griggs

Jeff had a dream… Free the gardens!

At least someone is interested!

To The Editor: Re “Garden revokes his membership again, throws away the key” (news article, June 13): Actually, I heard that the garden voted to have monthly parties. It’s just that Jeff made a mission of it and created some really fine celebrations that will be remembered. His goal — and I followed its development and know the intention — was to get more people in to enjoy the garden...a diverse crowd of all ages, races and persuasions. Dr. King would have appreciated that. And that was the spirit, especially, of the M.L.K. Day party. It’s unfortunate that Ms. Friesner passed by and remembered just this one line from a song and bent it to serve her dislike of Jeff.

Renee Feinberg

Jerry Trudell

Yes, we can be Bike City

Sal Hirsch

To The Editor: Re “We tried to say something” (letter, by Renee Feinberg, June 6): Recently, I wrote and asked, “Who wants to know” in this “see something say something world”? The Nosuch Security Agency wants to know. Do you think they would respond to an emergency phone call about cars parked in bike lanes or someone comatose on the sidewalk? What’s the N.S.A.’s 800 number, or do I just rely on Verizon to put me through?

(news article, June 6): This article was a very one-sided account of reality, in my opinion. These so called “parties” have been improperly characterized as being boisterous, loud and offensive to a residential neighborhood. In reality, these backyard barbecues, typically between the hours of 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., with a few running as late as the ungodly hour of 8, have been attended by a small group of middle-aged artists and other middle-aged Lower East Siders. They resembled the one that the reporter attended on Memorial Day more than the ones that the reporter wrote about. These backyard cookouts have never actually been as large as claimed in the article, as most have been in the dozens, not in the hundreds, and never in the thousands. Hardly a loud “party” by any standards, of any community in America. Opponents of these barbecues have greatly exaggerated the so-called “incidents,” none of which I was involved in, as falsely reported by The Villager. Ron Kuby has never attended any of these events, to my knowledge, so his point of view is more based on what he has heard than what he has actually seen. Conversely, I have been a regular attendee, and insist that these backyard barbecues do not fall into the category that they have been pushed into by this lopsided article and its uninformed point of view.

Lori Ortiz

Seeing the forest for the trees

The ‘parties’ aren’t that wild

To The Editor: Re “Garden hero — or partier amid the plants? Or both?”

To The Editor: Re “Bike-share sites could have been a win-win, but alas” (talking point, by David Gruber and Corey Johnson, May 23): This was a thoughtful piece. Its points need to be addressed by the Department of Transportation, and will be no doubt. Should human-powered transportation be able to become what it can be in this most suitably dense urban space, this can become Bike City, and should. The barrier is mostly in the volume of waste produced by the current, industrial-scale transportation system and the efforts of those who feed off of it, from the tabloids to the oil, insurance and banking interests, exerting their influence in innumerable ways. The strangulation of urban rail 80 years ago — with the help of more than 400 of GM’s and Esso’s secret holding companies — is hard evidence of the determination by these interests to prevent any serious competition to their poisonous, overpowered and out-of-scale creations. The benefits that we may earn, through our embrace of human-scale transport — small, clean and safe, with a little exercise thrown in — here in a perfect place, as closely packed as New York City is, are real and important. The noise generated by those wed to the status quo and its mixed blessings will be loud and continuous. It will eventually yield to the music made by those listening to themselves and each other. Steve Stollman E-mail letters, not longer than 250 words in length, to lincoln@ thevillager.com or fax to 212-229-2790 or mail to The Villager, Letters to the Editor, 515 Canal St., Suite 1C, NY, NY 10013. Please include phone number for confirmation purposes. The Villager reserves the right to edit letters for space, grammar, clarity and libel. The Villager does not publish anonymous letters.

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Drag-racing driver careens onto sidewalk, injuring 4 A driver allegedly drag-racing against another car lost control and careened up onto the sidewalk at Second Ave. and E. Fourth St. on Wednesday morning, injuring four people on the pavement in a horrific crash. According to news reports, the driver may have been drunk or high on drugs, and was seen swerving down Second Ave. before his white Nissan Altima fly up onto the sidewalk just before 7 a.m.

Following the terrifying crash, the car’s driver, identified as Sean Martin, 32, was arrested at Bellevue Hospital, where he was being treated for his injuries. He was reportedly found to be carrying hashish in his sock. He refused to take a Breathalyzer test and was charged with D.W.I. The Daily News said that Martin has a prior D.W.I. and a bust for cocaine possession.

With suit, Petrosino Square protest shifts into high gear Wednesday morning, the law firm Gibson Dunn joined pro bono clients Friends of Petrosino Square, the Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Lodge of the Sons of Italy in America, the Soho Alliance, the Chinatown Civic Association, the Noho Neighborhood Association and others to announce the filing of a lawsuit in State Supreme Court against Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, the Parks Department and the City of New York. The suit calls “arbitrary and capricious” the siting of the Petrosino Square Citi Bike station because it “usurps public parkland” dedicated to large sculpture and other three-dimensional installations. The petitioners called for the station to be relocated into the roadbed across Spring St., holding signs with a photo composite demonstrating “an appropriate alternative location” about 50 feet away from the bike station’s current site near the northern tip of Petrosino Square. Friends of Petrosino Square founder Georgette Fleischer called on SadikKhan to give the community back its parkland and art space, which she called not just a public benefit, but a necessity. “Our community and all communities need room for imagination,” said Fleischer, who detailed a 30-year history of three dozen art installations in the formerly dilapidated Soho park that was initially reclaimed by Abstract Expressionists in the 1980s. The square underwent a major renovation and expansion from 2008 to 2011. After the renovation, the park triangle’s northern tip was utilized for large temporary public sculpture, until D.O.T. on April 27 in the dead of night installed the line of bike docks. Since then Friends of Petrosino Square has been joined by other groups in protesting the taking of their pubic parkland, with artful rallies and free on-site lifedrawing classes. Attorney Jim Walden of Gibson Dunn

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Among the four people injured on the sidewalk were a male cyclist, 37, who had been aboard a Citi Bike, as well as two other men, ages 39 and 54, who were all listed in stable condition. Mohammed Akash Ali, 62, who manned the flower shop outside the East Village Farm market on the corner, was the most seriously injured and was listed in serious condition at Bellevue Hospital. A female passenger in the Altima was bleeding but able to walk under her own power after the crash. The News reported witnesses saying that the Nissan had been roaring at 80 miles per hour and weaving through trafPhoto by Tequila Minsky

At Wednesday’s announcement of the lawsuit against the Petrosino bike-share station, a resident held up a composite image showing where protesters think the Citi Bike docks should be relocated — into the street, at the northeast corner of Lafayette and Spring Sts.

said, “The community board said No to this, the community said No to this, and the community’s elected representatives said No to this. For a month, everyone asked politely to have it removed. The time for asking nicely is now at an end.” Brandishing a legal submission thickened by more than 600 petition signatures and 132 letters, Walden pledged that his firm would fight hard for the rights of the Petrosino protesters. Famed sculptopr Claes Oldenburg, who is renowned for his public artworks, also wrote a letter to SadikKhan, pleading with the D.O.T. big wheel, “Leave us our little piece of park, please, our place to dream and think!”

fic minutes before the crash. As it went up onto the sidewalk, the Nissan also knocked down a tree and tore a fire hydrant and a Muni-Meter out of the ground, as well as mangling bikes that were chained up to poles. The white car, its front end smashed in, came to rest in the crosswalk at Fourth St., but the second car sped off, according to witnesses. Later on Wednesday morning, the sidewalk along the west side of Second Ave. from midway on Fourth St. down to midway on Third St. was cordoned off by police as they conducted an investigation of the accident scene.

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Residents reject Sixth Ave. condo tower as too tall Continued from page 1 the location may border a future extension of the Greenwich Village Historic District — a.k.a. the so-called South Village Historic District, which the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation has been advocating for. Margery Perlmutter, counsel for the developers, Madison Equities and Property Markets Group, began with a brief history of the site, and described the project’s parameters to about 70 people. However, those at the meeting were mostly opposed to the triangular-shaped building with a large clock at the top. Although the site is zoned for commercial use, the application to the B.S.A. requests a variance for residential use, as well as five additional parking spaces. “It’s an unusual site. It’s a triangle, with an unusual history,” said Perlmutter. She explained how in 1924 the extension of Seventh and Sixth Aves. southward through the neighborhood “caused havoc, and sliced our site in half, leaving a slight triangle,” which, she said, kept the block from becoming overwhelmingly commercial. Perlmutter also showed the variations on the block and said there was a “juxtaposition of low buildings next to very tall buildings,” with “different textures, brickwork, masonry and windows.” Robert Gladstone, C.E.O. of Madison Equities, became involved with the property a few years ago when it still had both a gas station and a car wash. “There was a foreclosure on it, and we were very concerned about the car wash,” he said. “We felt we couldn’t build anything of quality with those things in place.” Two years later he purchased the land from the owners and the car wash lease. “This took a very long time, and no one was in agreement,” he added. Gladstone wanted a “big-name architect” and chose Cary Tamarkin of Tamarkin Co., who he introduced to the audience at last Wednesday’s C.B. 2 meeting. “You do New York buildings, and you do buildings that fit in with this neighborhood,” Gladstone said of the architect. “We looked at this difficult site, and were trying to see this as an opportunity,” Tamarkin said. He detailed the project’s components: an 1,800-square-foot retail showroom, four 4,500-square-foot townhouses with rear gardens, and 27 apartments. As Tamarkin showed drawings of the building superimposed on photos of the neighborhood, the audience gasped and shook their heads no. Perlmutter fielded questions submitted to a Web site prior to the meeting, and said they would only build what they apply for. “A variance from the Board of Standards and Appeals is rigid,” she said. “We must build what they approve. “This is a hardship application, and the reason we can’t develop with the conforming use is an economic hardship,” she said. Perlmutter also said the building’s proposed height is comparable with the James Hotel on Grand St., two blocks to the south.

Photos by Tequila Minsky

The 120 - 140 Sixth Ave. project’s proposed design is 18 stories and resembles a modern Downtown version of the Flatiron Building, but also sporting a big clock at its top on its northern side. The view above is from the south.

Richie Gamba, “The Mayor of Spring St.,” testifying last week, thought he had seen it all when God’s Love We Deliver was allowed to transfer its air rights to an adjacent luxury residential project. But now comes the condo clock tower on the former car wash site.

Board members questioned the height of the building — “It’s a bit tall,” one said — and suggested a significant reduction. Some wondered about the possibility of including affordable or artists housing, and Tobi Bergman, the committee’s chairperson, asked if a public garden could be created on part of the site. “This is something we can look at,” responded Gladstone. As for whether the developers could address the height concerns, and how that might impact the project’s financials, Perlmutter replied, “If we were to lower the height, they can look at

the reasonable return on the project, based on the analysis, and get back to you.” When the floor was opened up for questions, Andrew Berman, executive director of G.V.S.H.P., slammed the project’s size. “I’m amazed by the presentation that only looks across Sixth Ave. and ignores the three other views,” he declared. He asserted a different height for the building. “It’s 253 feet to the top of the building,” he said, “which is much taller than a lot of the buildings they’re citing as context.” Perlmutter later confirmed that it is 253 feet to the bulkhead. Berman also wants the floor area ratio (F.A.R.) reduced from what is currently allowable at the site under commercial zoning (5.0) to what is allowable under residential zoning (3.44), which would result in a 31 percent smaller building. “We think it would make much more sense if mass was taken away from the tower,” he stated. According to Berman, with his proposed changes it would be only a 10-to-12-story building, and while it would still be much larger than other buildings, he said, “It would fit their argument to fit in” with the surrounding neighborhood. However, despite Perlmutter’s earlier comment, Gladstone said it’s not financially feasible to shorten the building. Berman suggested another tactic. “We also shouldn’t take them at their word that a 5.0 F.A.R. is the minimum threshold [for profitability],” he said, “The B.S.A. is based on the numbers, and unless the community board is going to crunch the numbers, the feedback is ‘appropriate neighborhood character.’ ” Other residents were concerned the build-

ing would block sunlight, and inquired about a shadow study. “I can only imagine this will completely obliterate the light for everyone to that easterly side [of the project site],” said Jicky Schnee of Thompson St. “While I appreciate the aesthetic of the lower part, the tower is incredibly out of proportion,” Schnee said. She mentioned that residents have fought over the heights of new buildings like the James Hotel and Trump Soho condo-hotel for the past 10 years. “Look to the east and west of James Hotel, it’s more industrial. And you’re looking at an area that has lost a significant amount of its residential character,” she added. Deborah Clearman of Sullivan St. was the last public speaker. “We get labeled as preservationists, which seems kind of backward thinking,” she said. “I think of this as future thinking: This South Village neighborhood belongs as being a lowrise neighborhood to complement the high-rise neighborhood as we go into the future.” In executive session, the committee members discussed how they felt the tower should be lower, and noted that the presentation of the proposed building included views only from the west, not the east. They agreed to not worry about the 5.0 F.A.R., but instead to request that the tower’s height be reduced to the minimum requirement for “necessary relief,” in terms of the project’s financials. The full board of C.B. 2 will vote on the 120-140 Sixth Ave. application at its meeting on Thurs., June 20, at the Scholastic Building, 557 Broadway (between Spring and Prince Sts.), starting at 6 p.m., after which it will submit its resolution to the B.S.A.

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C.B. 3 committee supports saving L.E.S. kids garden Continued from page 1 by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development — to the Parks Department for preservation under the GreenThumb program. The committee further recommended that the Bloomberg administration offer Hoyda a deal to swap his relatively small interior lot for a comparable city-owned lot elsewhere. The full board will vote on the committee’s resolution on Tues., June 25. But since the community board generally approves the recommendations of its committees, such unequivocal backing was critical for C.M.G. At the meeting’s outset, Councilmember Margaret Chin told board members she had reached out to both H.P.D. and Parks to discuss ways of preserving the garden, but said she needed the board’s “strong support” to move forward. “This garden has been in the neighborhood for 31 years, the same age as my son,” Chin noted. “H.P.D. says their mission is to build affordable housing. But I think this site, because it has been here so long, I’ve said it is important to preserve the green space. That’s what I’ve talked to [H.P.D.] about, but we need the community board to support that, so I hope you will listen to them,” Chin said, gesturing to the gardeners and supporters who filled the meeting room at the Bowery Residents’ Committee off Delancey St. Earlier, Chin accompanied scores of garden fans — including many children dressed as superheroes, sprites, fairies and even a couple of “Angry Birds” — as they rallied at C.M.G., then marched to the meeting site. “Gardens are forever!” and “Make it permanent!” they chanted to the beat of a bass drum played by a member of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. At the meeting, C.M.G. members presented a short video documenting the history of the garden and a petition signed by nearly 2,000 people, calling on Mayor Bloomberg to preserve the space. They also submitted letters of support from 35 local businesses and the principals of the four public schools that front on the garden, as well as nonprofit groups that utilize C.M.G. as a play and learning space. Mimi Fortunato, the principal of Marta Valle High School, located across the street from C.M.G., spoke earnestly about its role in an area notably lacking in green. Youth leaders from Marta Valle meet every week at C.M.G., and this year the school’s culinary classes even used eggs from the chickens C.M.G. housed to make quiche. “This kind of connection to the real world around us is an essential, essential, essential thing,” Fortunato stressed. C.M.G. treasurer Dave Currence, owner of Tiny’s Giant Sandwich Shop on Rivington St., said his restaurant composts its kitchen scraps at the garden. C.M.G. board president Kate Temple-

Photos by Michael Natale / Gammablog

On Thursday, children and parents marched from the Children’s Magical Garden to the Community Board 3 Parks Committee meeting.

West, a writer and herbalist, said she had been tending plants — and children — at C.M.G. since she was a 19-year-old theater major at New York University. Now 36, Temple-West choked up as she described the evolution of the kids she’s helped mentor there. “There are people I would not know if it weren’t for this garden,” she said. “Over the years, I’ve spoken to teachers who say their children, some of whom have trouble in their classrooms, behave differently in the garden. I get emotional because it’s hard to explain what this community garden means to the children. These children inspire me every day I get to be with them.” Her emotion was echoed by Rachel Kramer, a single mom who spoke with her 7-year-old daughter, Frances, by her side. “In this neighborhood, my kid gets to see people behaving pretty poorly,” said Kramer. “Here she gets to play with chickens and worms. “I grew up in New York City,” Kramer added. “I never dreamed about seeing my child on Stanton St. hold a chicken in her hands. It makes me feel like a good parent.” Shaun Joseph, an architecture student, said he and other college students with the group Freedom by Design were working on projects to improve C.M.G. — like installing a new pond with a solar-powered pump and a nicer exterior fence — using a grant awarded to C.M.G. by the Citizens Committee for New York City. Many spoke to the way the garden has become embedded in their lives. Emily Wiechers said her 5-year-old, Tristan, walks by the garden every day on his way to kindergarten at P.S. 20, and often plays

The Children’s Magical Garden has a very positive influence on kids, its advocates say. This “Angry Bird” said, “I’m not angry, I’m happy.”

there after school. Now P.S. 20 is working with C.M.G. to teach its students how to compost and grow tomatoes and herbs as part of the “Wellness in the Schools” program. Yet when security guards and police arrived last month to fence off Hoyda’s lot, Wiechers said young Tristan was told by an attorney for the developer that he could be arrested for trespassing if he and his father did not leave. “It would be a real shame to do anything

but preserve it where it’s been for the last 31 years,” Wiechers told the committee, her voice edged in anger. Hoyda and his representatives declined to appear before the committee. The only voice of dissent came from a neighbor, James Gregg, who said he has lived two doors down from the garden for the past seven years. Gregg said he spoke on behalf of “a group” of fellow residents who felt C.M.G. did not benefit the wider community. Specifically, Gregg complained that C.M.G. did not have the “recognized attributes” of a community garden — “well-tended grass, posted hours and specific policies about what is allowed and what is not.” “The area continues to be a blight on the community,” Gregg told the committee, using a term frequently used in condemnation proceedings. “It was ratinfested for over a year. It’s full of junk and generally poorly maintained.” Gregg’s comments were met with loud “boos” and shouts of “Who paid you?” A board member asked Gregg whether he or any of the others in his group had children. He conceded they did not. Thomas Wu, the Parks Committee’s chairperson, asked whether the city had ever agreed to swap a city lot for private land in the past. “There have been past swaps of land where gardens were involved,” Matt Viggiano, director of land use policy for Councilmember Chin, responded. “But H.P.D. has never said to a private owner that it would swap private land for cityowned land elsewhere.” “That’s not to say that with lots of pushing and prodding it’s not possible,” Viggiano added. “But it would be a unique experience for the agency.” When The Villager first asked H.P.D. about the possibility of swapping a private lot for a city-owned one, a spokesperson termed it “not a common practice” by any stretch. Hoyda, however, may be more open to the idea. C.M.G. board member Aresh Javadi, co-founder of the activist group More Gardens!, told the committee that when he and Temple-West pitched the land swap idea to Hoyda last fall, the developer told them he might welcome the idea. “I think he would be open to some swap or some other incentives — like getting a zoning bonus at another project,” Javadi told the committee. Hoyda, Norfolk Development Corp LLC, Hoyda’s property management firm S&H Equities, and lobbyist Greenberg Traurig LLC did not respond to The Villager’s requests for comment. But Javadi remains optimistic. “I think we can do this,” he told the committee. “I already see the garden fence going down. With the help of our elected representatives, it’s absolutely doable.”

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Y says shower stalls were not installed due to incident Continued from page 4 the summer is when the plan for the facility’s upcoming year is always done. In a later interview, he said the final decision was made in the summer, and when asked to be more specific, said, “April / May / June.” However, he added in the last interview, “It was already on our to-do list long before the summer. Y upgrades are not driven by any one event but by long-term planning and a dedication to excellence.” The McBurney Y’s women’s showers have always had dividers and curtains, he added. However, at least one other Y staff member was aware of the incident. When a Villager reporter, last weekend, asked a McBurney pool lifeguard why the men’s shower stalls were added, the lifeguard’s immediate, first response was to blurt out, “Someone touched someone.” He then went on to talk about what he had heard about the incident and the arrest. When the reporter subsequently identified himself as such, though, the lifeguard then quickly added that the dividers were put in because they were part of the Y’s original plan — and he didn’t mention the touching incident again. While it remains an open question what

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prompted the shower stalls’ installation, there’s no question that the shower curtains are generating some debate. The longtime Y member cited above noted that he and others don’t like having to brush up against them. “You have hundreds of people going through,” he complained. “There could be bacteria.” Another Y member — noting he feels cramped in the small new shower stalls — told The Villager he didn’t like the curtains, either, saying he was concerned about “mold.” However, Rappaport responded, the curtains are antimicrobial and are changed regularly. Rappaport added that the Y is due for other upgrades, including new furniture in its upstairs lobby and downstairs lounge areas by this August, and new flooring in these areas by this December or next August. The Y will also be getting Wi-Fi in its public spaces, he said. The equipment has been installed, but details with Time Warner are being worked out. The signal won’t be accessible in the locker rooms, and inappropriate content will be blocked, in keeping with the Y’s “family friendly” environment, he said. Full disclosure: This reporter is a McBurney YMCA member.

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villager arts & entertainment Two Tickets to Ride Film festivals put the focus on cars, bikes Auto-Cinema Through June 25 At Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Ave., at E. Second St.) Tickets: $10 ($8 for students/seniors/ children 12 or under) For tickets, visit the box office before the show For info, call 212-505-5181 or visit anthologyfilmarchives.org BICYCLE FILM FESIVAL June 26-30 At Anthology Film Archives & other venues For a schedule, and to purchase tickets (prices vary), visit bicyclefilmfestival.com

Image courtesy of the distributor and Anthology Film Archives

Stuck in traffic: A Wall Street whiz kid loses his fortune while cruising around town, in David Cronenberg’s “Cosmopolis.”

BY SEAN EGAN With the unveiling of Citi Bike, the MTA increasing subway fare and the seasonal rise in gas prices, the best (and most cost efficient) way to get from point A to point B has been at the forefront of many New Yorkers’ minds. With many now seriously considering the pros and cons of different modes of transportation, it seems particularly timely — and relevant — that Anthology Film Archives is providing two film series which focus on two very different kinds of vehicles. The Anthology-curated Auto-Cinema series (now through June 25) presents a collection of previously released films that prominently feature automobiles, in an attempt to examine their role in cinema as well as society at large. Soon thereafter, Anthology will host the annual Bicycle Film Festival (June 26-30), which not only promises to present films concerning its titular vehicle, but also a number of other exciting bike-related events.

AUTO-CINEMA

Auto-Cinema scrutinizes the function and significance of the commonplace machine most take for granted. The series was reportedly inspired by

the relatively close release dates of two of 2012’s most interesting auteur-driven movies: David Cronenberg’s “Cosmopolis” and Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors.” While the films differ wildly in tone and content, they both featured inscrutable protagonists who spend a large portion of the film riding around sprawling metropolises (New York and Paris, respectively) from the back seat of state of the art stretch limousines. With this coincidence sparking their interest, Anthology dug deeper to find other films raising similar thematic questions through the lens of the car. In “Cosmopolis,” writer-director David Cronenberg — the master of body horror and all things icky and technological — adapts Don DeLillo’s 2003 novel about a gifted twentysomething Wall Street financial wizard, Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), who loses his fortune over the course of the day while stuck in traffic. This simple summary does not do Cronenberg’s slow burn of a film justice, as he uses the limitations of his setting to make a deeply paranoid and unsettling picture. Through claustrophobic camerawork, moody lighting and vaguely science-fiction-y iconography, the limo becomes a hermetically sealed capsule, which keeps out the (literal) anarchy of the outside world (and, in the process, potently uses the vehicle as a metaphor for the

modern world’s over-reliance on gadgetry). These themes of isolation and lack of concern for the world are aided immeasurably by Pattinson’s distant and detached performance as the nonchalant Packer, and the inscrutable, steely grimace he wears for the majority of the film. Both incredibly relevant to today (especially with its presentation of the “one percent” and Occupy-like protests), and timeless in its ideas, “Cosmopolis” is highly recommended viewing. No less potent a rumination on the dangers of technology now than when it came out, Cronenberg’s 1996 psychological thriller, “Crash,” is also an official selection of the Auto-Cinema series. Highly controversial upon release (due to its twisted and explicit portrayals of sex and violence), Cronenberg again uses the automobile to criticize the modern world and unsettle the audience. Set in a future not unlike our own, the film follows a ragtag cast of characters (headed by James Spader and Holly Hunter) who become sexually aroused by violent car crashes and the destruction they produce. The film is classic Cronenberg, liberally and thoughtfully intertwining sex and violence, and the human with the mechanic — all while conjuring up disturbing imagery that would make even the bravest filmgoer squirm (the “leg scene” in this film is defi-

nitely not for the faint of heart). “Crash” uses the automobile as an example of how people in the modern world frequently fetishize machinery and technology to the detriment of the ones they love and society as a whole. If Cronenberg’s films show the car to be indicative of a larger, more sinister problem with technology eating at the heart of society, Carax’s “Holy Motors” is a vibrant and inventive movie about the transformative potential of the automobile and technology. The plot of this mind-bending, genre-hopping, whacked-out film — if you can call it a plot — concerns a man named Oscar (Denis Lavant), who uses his limo as a state-ofthe-art changing room to get into elaborate costumes while riding to various “jobs” in Paris that seemingly require him to perform as a variety of distinct characters, for some mysterious and/or unknown purpose or audience. This conceit allows for the film to gleefully shift tones on a dime, careening with aplomb from slapstick comedy to intimate drama to violent thriller to full-scale musical numbers. The car becomes a symbol with a multitude of potential meanings: as the place where we are most vulnerable and in touch with our real selves, as a place of

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Wheels in motion, at Auto-Focus and Bicycle Film Festival Continued from page 15 reinvention where we shape our identities or as the backstage to some grand-scale theatrical performance. These are just some of the heady themes one can mull over once this wickedly clever and visually stunning film has faded from the screen. Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, like Cronenberg, has a pair of features being screened for the Auto-Cinema program. “Taste of Cherry” (1997) and “Ten” (2002) both take place almost exclusively within the confines of normal cars, but the scope of the ideas Kiarostami explores within them know no limits. “Taste of Cherry,” a winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or, concerns a man who wishes to commit suicide as he drives around Tehran, interviewing potential candidates for people to bury his body. With its long conversations and beautifully shot landscapes, the film becomes a meditation on life and death, with the car also acting as a place for open dialogue between individuals. Stripping away the sumptuous cinematography of “Taste of Cherry” in favor of a couple of dashboard mounted digital camcorders, “Ten” explores similar themes, focusing exclusively on a series of conversations between a young mother and her various passengers. These conversations span from the incredibly personal ones with her obstinate son, to encounters with friends, sex workers and a religious old woman. Kiarostami here shows the car to be a space where people can debate and examine societal norms and the “big questions” (particularly those concerning women in society and sexual politics), as well as have intimate and honest conversation with others, including family. The festival is rounded out by a few more screenings of rare works held by Anthology. An impressive short film program promises to be interesting, featuring five films examining the automobile from different social, political and environmental lenses. Chip Lord’s feature length video, “Motorist,” features Richard Marcus as a driver on a road trip, commenting on his surroundings and the nature of cars, while director Saul Levine presents a conversation in a car with his friend Katha Washburn in a single 82-minute take, as part of his “Driven” video series. These last selections help to ensure Anthology’s Auto-Cinema program will be expansive, thought-provoking and something audiences can’t find anywhere else.

BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL

After Auto-Cinema wraps up, Anthology Film Archives will serve as the main venue for the Bicycle Film Festival,

a totally unique kind of event that is centered around the bicycle, both in cinema and in real life. The festival was conceived in New York City by founder Brendt Barbur over a decade ago, after he was hit by a bus while riding his bike. Wanting to turn this accident into something positive, Barbur (an avid cycler and film aficionado) decided to put on a film festival, noting that he “felt that film and art were a great way to express what’s positive about bikes.” The first Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) was held in New York City 13 years ago — and in fact took place at Anthology Film Archives, where it found an enthusiastic audience and received great press. Today, the festival has expanded worldwide to dozens of cities, with thousands in attendance. Barbur says that the festival’s “spirit hasn’t changed at all, and it’s still very community oriented.” The New York BFF remains special, though, despite all the global expansion. “It’s our hometown,” says Barbur (whose office is located in Chelsea), who feels “very honored to have the 13th year of the festival at Anthology.” He continues, noting that “New Yorkers are becoming more excited about bikes. You can see it. Certainly 13 years ago, we did not see the same amount of cyclists. The increase is evident.” But what of the films? Barbur prides his festival on being a place where a wide range of genres are screened, and where special and unique films — “like a movie directed by a 17- or 18-year-old without a million dollar budget” — can find an audience of cyclists and general movie enthusiasts alike. The one thing unifying these films is the bicycle itself. “At the Bicycle Film Festival, the bike is the star,” says Barbur, who asserts that “In Hollywood, the bicycle has been shortchanged.” He notes that cyclists in Hollywood films are usually presented negatively, as kind of nerdy, immature or weak (think Pee-Wee Herman in “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” or Steve Carrell in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”) — which is a far cry from all the healthy, good-looking, well-educated and welladjusted cyclists who populate the streets of cities like New York. The BFF seeks to be a place where this trend is reversed. This year’s festival is no exception, featuring many exciting bike-centered films, with positive portrayals of cyclists. Danish documentary “Moon Rider” is a festival highlight, and tells the story of a young Danish cyclist named Rasmus Quaade attempting to become a world champion professional cyclist. The film

Image courtesy of the filmmaker and the Bicycle Film Festival

Danish Cyclist Rasmus Quaade dreams of turning pro, in the documentary “Moon Rider” — part of the Bicycle Film Festival.

will receive its United States premiere at the BFF. Noted photographer Peter Sutherland (who has worked with clients ranging from “Vice” to Adidas) follows up his 2001 bike-doc “Pedal” with “The Way I Roll,” which offers portraits of many different cyclists. “Basikeli” is a new documentary that focuses on the Kenyan National Cycling Team. In the film, the team hopes to be as successful in cycling as their country has been with running in the past, and introduce the sport to a wider audience in Kenya. The fun isn’t just limited to the theater. Over the years, the BFF has become a multimedia enterprise. Its current incarnation features a concert series (whose previous performers include Matt & Kim, Dan Deacon, Deerhunter, No Age and others) as well as an art show (which in the past has included work by distinguished figures like Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze and Albert Maysles). This BFF will also include a June 29 video exhibition, with the Hester Nights at the Eventi Hotel in Chelsea — as well as an art show at the same location. BFF has

planned a huge street party in Seward Park, which will include music, food and, of course, bikes. Barbur, though, is still looking to the future of the BFF and getting word out about the benefits of cycling. He is currently in the process of directing his first feature film, “The Commentator” — a movie about a Danish filmmaker who goes to the Paris-Roubaix race, influenced by and honoring the work of Jorgen Leth, and featuring camerawork by Albert Maysels and others, and music by alt-rock band Blonde Redhead. Barbur continues to do what he does because he thinks that the festival has helped to provide a voice to the cycling movement, stating that continuing to promote bike usage motivates him. “I don’t ride a bicycle because I’m an environmentalist, but because it is the best way to get around,” he says, joking, “Who wants to wait for a subway and watch rats run around?” Ultimately, he wants people to recognize and celebrate the bicycle. “Hopefully people are inspired. I know at least one person has been inspired, and that’s enough for me.”

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Events so gay they make a picnic basket look butch Sexy and soulful LGBTQ arts happenings On Wed., June 26, lesbian storyteller and performance artist Annie Lanzillotto (along with special guests) will read from “L is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir.” Born into a “brutal but humorous” Italian family, the 1960s tomboy makes the great leap from the stoops of her home borough to cross-dressing on the streets of Egypt and haunting the 1980s NYC gay club scene — with stops along the way to explore, absorb and endure the “wide world of immigration, cancer treatment, mental illness, gender dynamics, drug addiction, domestic violence and a vast array of Italian American characters.” Lanzillotto, who certainly gets around, will migrate from Bluestockings to Housing Works Bookstore Cafe for another reading on Thurs., June 27. At Bluestockings Bookstore (172 Allen St., at Stanton St.). Suggested donation: $5 (nobody is turned away for lack of funds, and the space is wheelchair accessible). For more info, visit bluestockings. com or call 212-777-6028. Join them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter (@ bluestockings).

BY SCOTT STIFFLER

HOMO COMICUS

Host Bob Montgomery’s long-running showcase of queer, questioning and lavender-friendly stand-up comedy comes — to Gotham Comedy Club — on the first Wednesday of every month. So don’t feel left out just because you missed the ultraout Pride edition of “Homo Comicus.” Yes, it’s true, you’ve blown that June opportunity to catch “funny that way” comics Curt Upton and Janine Brito. But they’ll likely be back doing their “Homo” thing soon enough (a soft touch with high standards, Montgomery always books those who kill for repeat offenses). Next up, however, a fresh crop of cock-sure comics will get their Yankee Doodles on — in a star-spangled July 3 celebration…of July 4! Erin Foley (from “Chelsea Lately”), Claudia Cogan (from NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”) and Justin Sayre (creator/host of the hit Downtown show “The Meeting”) are on the bill. Don’t forget to drink up, as you go down…to Gotham! Wed., July 3, at 7:30pm. At Gotham Comedy Club (208 W. 23rd St., btw. Seventh & Eighth Aves.) $20 cover, 2-beverage minimum. For reservations, call 212367-9000. Visit homocomicus.com.

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BLUESTOCKINGS BOOKSTORE

Dudes in drag, dykes on bikes and queer contingents of every conceivable configuration make their way down Fifth Avenue (in parade form, at least) but once a year. But just below Houston, Bluestockings Bookstore has your rainbow back covered on a regular basis. Now celebrating its 14th year of literature, feminism, activism and community, the ultra-inclusive Safer Space hosts social justice, cultural criticism and queer identity events nearly every night of the week. Once a month (along with events like the Feminist Book Club and the Dyke Knitting Circle), Bluestockings is home

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Still standing: “Last Comic” vet Claudia Cogan is among the gaggle of gay (and openminded) humorists on the next “Homo Comicus” bill.

to a Women’s/Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike. This month’s edition takes place on Tues., June 25, at 7pm (the start time of most Bluestockings events). Vittoria Repetto — “the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the Lower East Side” — hosts, inviting you to deliver up to

eight minutes of your own poetry, prose, songs and spoken word. The featured writers are LuLu LoLo (who will perform excerpts from two of her plays) and Tammy Remington (reading her new story “Giving Ground”). Visit vittoriarepetto. wordpress.com for more info.

The Housing Works mission, to end homelessness and AIDS, is made possible in part by the proceeds from a dozen funky (in the best sense of the word) thrift shops located, among other places, in the Village, Soho, Tribeca and Chelsea. But apart from racking up sales (from the sales rack) to fund the provision of lifesaving services to those in need, the organization recognizes the need for brick and mortar community. That’s where the volunteer-run Housing Works Bookstore Cafe comes into play. In addition to providing a great place to meet friends, relax and shop, “the best book, movie and music selection in New York City” has

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June 20 - 26, 2013

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great live events (including author readings and in-store concerts). On June 27, the Pride Week Reading features Charlie Vasquez, Gil Cole and “L is for Lion” author Annie Lanzillotto (hot off her June 26 Bluestockings Bookstore appearance). Vasquez’s latest collection of poetry, “Hustler Rave XXX,” examines the lives of the boys of the night — and the generous older men who patronize them, in every sense of the word (by providing financial support, while objectifying their bodies). Gil Cole will read from “Fortune’s Bastard or Love’s Pains Recounted.” Published by local imprint Chelsea Station Editions, the Shakespeare-inspired novel puts a gay spin on the swashbuckling romance/adventure genre, with a palpable whiff of the pain and suffering endured by a Lifetime movie lead. Lusting for broader horizons (and other men), young Antonio flees the religious hysteria of Renaissance Florence and eventually becomes a notable merchant of Venice (after traversing the Mediterranean as a pirate, an itinerant actor and a fugitive). Free. Thurs., June 27, at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (126 Crosby St., btw. Houston & Prince Sts.). For info, call 212-334-3324 or visit housingworks.org.

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“L is for Lion” author Annie Lanzillotto reads at Bluestockings (June 26) and Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (June 27).

ECCE HOMO: THOMAS LANIGANSCHMIDT AND THE ART OF REBELLION

If every sister who swore she threw a brick at Stonewall were standing in her truth (as Suze Orman likes to say), they’d still be cleaning the debris from Christopher Street. He’s not claiming to have gone all Ignatz on the fuzz that night, but Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt was definitely part of the 1969 rebellion — as evidenced by the late Fred W. McDarrah’s photo (which is part of the exhibit at Pavel Zoubok Gallery). “Ecce Homo” pays tribute to the ripple effects of contributions made by LaniganSchmidt — but not for his role in LGBT rights (the Obamas already covered that base, when the artist was invited to the White House, along with other Stonewall veterans). Subtitled “The Art of Rebellion,” the exhibit celebrates Thomas LaniganSchmidt as well as those whose aesthetic bears his imprint (including Nayland Blake, Arch Connelly, Tony Feher, Oliver Herring, Christian Holstad, Greer Lankton, Hunter Reynolds and Christopher Tanner). Foil, glitter, cellophane and found objects are among the building blocks of LaniganSchmidt’s work — but despite this kitschy collage treatment, the use of religious iconography imbues the tragic suffering of his subjects with a transcendent dignity. As Pontius Pilate said when he presented a bound, beaten and crowned-with-thorns Jesus Christ to a mob of angry onlookers just prior to the Crucifixion: “Ecce Homo.”

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Fred W. McDarrah (1926-2007): “Celebration After Riots Outside Stonewall Inn, Nelly (Betsy Mae Koolo), Chris (Drag Queen Chris), Roger Davis, Michelle and Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt.” (RC Print, 1969. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches).

In other words, “Behold the man!” Through July 19, at Pavel Zoubok Gallery (531 W. 26th St., btw.10th & 11th Aves.). Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am6pm. For info, call 212-675-7490 or visit pavelzoubok.com.

June 20 - 26, 2013

The New Adventures of an Underemployed Urban Elf Rev. Jen, on why Downtown still kinda rocks BY REV. JEN Saying Downtown is dead is like saying disco is dead. It’s not. As long as weddings and bar mitzvahs exist, someone, somewhere in this world will dance to KC and the Sunshine Band or The Village People. But like disco, Downtown can be unbearable at times — especially on Saturday nights, when Ludlow Street turns into “Girls Gone Wild Cancun” without the tans or bikinis. If you live Downtown, as I do, there is oft a night when two Benadryl and two earplugs are required just to block it out, sleep and face the next day. Despite this, Downtown still kinda rocks. Here’s a few reasons why. Let’s start with my favorite subject: me! After 12 years of working at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, where I provided stellar customer service and yuks, I was fired — without warning, a severance package or any trace of humanity. Rather than curl up in the fetal position, drinking and crying for several days (okay, I did do that), I bounced back and did what the Lower East Side is best at: I turned the lemons into lemonade. As many of you know, I have run my own “Museum” since 2000. “Reverend Jen’s Lower East Side Troll Museum” is located in my apartment, where my collection of over 400 troll dolls is displayed — surrounded by my psychedelic paintings and a level of eccentricity most consider as outmoded as the cotton gin. The Troll Museum is kind of like Warhol’s Factory without the money, fame or recognition. So upon my job “termination” I decided the thing to do was to create a historic stroll of the neighborhood combined with a visit to the Troll Museum. I also added a bikini-clad assistant and a musical guest. Immediately, people signed up. Why? Because the Guggenheim, MoMA, Met, the Tenement Museum and even the Museum of Sex have no trolls, bikini-clad assistants or musical guests. We began our stroll on the Southeast corner of Orchard and Delancey. I wore a sandwich board advertising the Troll Museum and my “Barker Beauty” Amanda Pearson (a burlesque performer who has also posed for “Penthouse”) wore a hot pink bikini while holding up an applause sign as guests gathered. Among them was a child who wanted me to autograph her troll dolls and a young man wearing elf ears. The child brought along a portable fan with which to cool down other guests. Our first stop was Bereket Turkish Kebab House (187 E. Houston St.). As one Yelp reviewer pointed out, Bereket’s food is a great weapon against hangovers. It’s also where our musical guest, Super Bad Brad, who’s appeared several times on “Amateur Night at the Apollo,” greeted us. Armed with a giant boom box, ill-fitting '70s attire and a voice like Marvin Gaye, he busted out hits ranging from “Ave Maria” to “Me and Mrs. Jones.”

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Don’t call it a tour, but DO tip your guide: Rev. Jen (inside sandwich sign) and crew, on the inaugural Troll Stroll.

After dancing in the streets, we waved goodbye to Brad and went by Katz’s Deli (205 E. Houston St.), a dining establishment that's survived two World Wars and the Great Depression. Why? Because people love a good swinging sausage party. This was followed by my “Gentrification Puppet Show” wherein I used poorly made cardboard puppets to reenact the Dutch “purchasing” Manhattan from the Lenape. The fun didn’t end there. After several other stops, which included a visit to the empty lot that is now the resting place of Collective: Unconscious (where I used to do my open mic), we made our way to B&B International LLC, Discount Center (110 Ludlow St.), where you can look at holographic art featuring tigers, Jesus and the Virgin Mary for a lot less than a visit to MoMa. There, one visitor even procured a pair of hot pink goggles, which matched Amanda’s bikini perfectly. We then stopped by Jade Fountain Liquor Corporation (123 Delancey St.) — a store I’ve frequented for two decades due to their prices. As yet another astute Yelp reviewer observed, the money they’d saved shopping there will buy them “a new liver” when the time comes. Since temperatures were soaring above 90 degrees, we cut out other stops and climbed “Mount Rev” (my six-floor walkup) to the

Troll Museum — where visitors regaled in the bewildering variety of trolls on view. I think most Troll Strollers would agree that it was an experience unique to the Lower East Side and unlike any other experience on earth. The next one will leave from the Southeast corner of Orchard and Delancey on Saturday, June 22nd, at 3pm. FREE (though donating money to your extremely poor “guide” is heavily encouraged). Aside from the Troll Stroll, if you’re looking for cool stuff to do on the Lower East Side, there's plenty of activity. The day after the Stroll was a Sunday. This is considered by many to be a day of rest. However, when you’re on “funemployment,” every day is a day of rest. I decided to go out. For over a year, my friend, Tom Clark, has produced a music show called “The Treehouse” at 2A (25 Ave. A), a favorite bar of mine — not just because it features great talent, but also because the address is in the bar’s name (it’s on Second and A). So no matter how banged up you get on government cheese and Budweiser, you can find it. Also, Tom doesn’t book crappy musicians. Ever. This week, I saw a renowned musician named Ann Klein play a cover of Glen Campbell’s “Gentle on My Mind” that offered me a catharsis. And, amazingly, that catharsis was free. Check out the Treehouse every Sunday at 8:30pm. The musicianship will amaze you.

Finally, they say laughter is the best medicine — and as somebody who can't afford medicine, I couldn’t agree more. Tuesday nights offer two great opportunities to laugh away crippling depression (I would have written about Mondays but until I can also afford Botox, I need a day off). My first stop Tuesday was Lucky Jack’s, a pub that hosts a free comedy open mic. If you are a neophyte comedian or a potential audience member who wants to laugh while drinking a properly poured Guinness, go there (every Tuesday, 6pm, 129 Orchard St.). You can find even more yuks immediately after (at 8pm) at No Fun, a bar just two blocks away (161 Ludlow St., btw Stanton & E. Houston Sts.). Don’t let the name fool you. No Fun is fun! Host Todd Montesi books a comedy show that will make you forget you are suffering. So there you have it. The Lower East Side isn’t completely lame. There is plenty to do that doesn’t involve velvet ropes or excessive cash. So get out there and support the avant-garde, the experimental and the 99 cent-plus places of Downtown NYC. The opinions in this column are those of one very specific urban elf, and do not necessarily reflect those of the staff, interns or drinking buddies of this fine publication. For all things Rev. Jen, visit revjen.com.

June 20 - 26, 2013

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Notice of Formation of CS 122 West 146th Street LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/30/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1350 Broadway, Ste. 1010, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/13 - 07/18/2013 Notice of Qualification of 1749 Holdings LP Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/24/13. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 152 W. 57th St., 22nd Fl., NY, NY 10019. LP formed in DE on 4/24/13. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LP:The CorporationTrust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 06/13 - 07/18/2013 Notice of Qualification of GSO Bakken Overseas Holdings I LP Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/23/13. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 5/8/13. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr. of the LP: 345 Park Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10154. DE addr. of LP: c/o The Corporate Service Company, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 06/13 - 07/18/2013 Notice of Qualification of CLEAR CLINIC & SCHWEIGER DERMATOLOGY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/15/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Vcorp Services, LLC, 1811 Silverside Rd., Wilmington, DE 19810. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19801. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013

Notice of Qualification of WEST SEATTLE ACQUISITION CO., L.L.C. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/21/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/17/13. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013 Notice of Formation of BLAIR A. CASDIN, MSW-LCSW, PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/23/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. As amended by Cert. of Amendment filed with SSNY on 05/29/13, the name of PLLC is: BLAIR A. CASDIN, MSW, LCSW, PLLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013 Notice of Formation of LEWNOWSKI RED KITE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/24/13. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Oskar Lewnowski, III, 120 W. 12th St., NY, NY 10011. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013 Notice of Formation of RLJ NY HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/30/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Baker & Hostetler LLP, Attn: Laurence S. Markowitz, Esq., 45 Rockfeller Plaza, NY, NY Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013 Notice of Formation of North Coast Properties of New York LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/24/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Schanker and Hochberg, PC, 27 West Neck Road, Huntington, NY 11743. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013 Notice of Formation of Van Brocklin & Associates, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/16/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Finley Van Brocklin, 222 E. 75th St., 4C, NY, NY 10021. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013

Notice of Formation of ANI 88th Street LLC Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/17/13. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 79 E. 79th St. #14, NY, NY 10128. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013 Notice of Qualification of AlphaMetrix Group, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/20/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 5/27/08. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Victoria L. Adams, Chief of Staff, AlphaMetrix, 181 W. Madison St., 34th Fl., Chicago, IL 60602. Regd. agent upon whom process may be served: National Corporate Research, Ltd. (NCR), 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE addr. of LLC: NCR, 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013 Notice of Qualification of Blackstone Treasury Solutions Advisors L.L.C. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/12/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 3/4/13. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o The Blackstone Group L.P., 345 Park Ave., 16th Fl., NY, NY 10154. Regd. agent upon whom process may be served: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 06/06 - 07/11/2013 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of LAGUARDA. LOW ARCHITECTS. LLC Authority filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in TX on 10/13/00. SSNY designated as an agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 4333 North Central Expressway Dallas TX 75205. Cert of LLC filed with Secy of State of TX located: 4333 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75205. Purpose: any lawful act. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The name of the limited liability company is Gaelic Park Management Company, LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 03/15/2013. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to The LLC, 52 Duane Street, New York, New York 10007. Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity. Principal business location: 52 Duane Street, New York, New York 10007. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF East End Tennis and Sport, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/8/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 328 8th Ave, Ste 347, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful act. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013 NOTICE OF FORMATION of YOUR CHILD IN FOCUS LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/15/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: YOUR CHILD IN FOCUS LLC, Caroline Rosen 1095 Park Avenue, APT. 9B New York, NY 10128. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013 BAM 213 FUNDING, LLC, a domestic LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/1/13. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Bryan Sanders, 12 W. 18th St. #8-W, NY, NY 10011. General Purposes. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013 NOTICE OF FORMATION of CHRISTIAN ZAMORA STUDIO LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 04/11/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: CHRISTIAN ZAMORA STUDIO LLC, C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. Purpose:To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013 Notice of Formation of Cascabel Hospitality Group LLC Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/2/13. Off. loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1538 Second Ave., NY, NY 10028. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013

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Publ ic Notice s Notice of Formation of Lisa Verde LLC Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/8/13. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 134 E. 93rd St., Apt 11C, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013 Notice of Formation of Stanley Senior Housing Developer LLC Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/13/10. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CPC Resources, Inc., 28 E. 28th St., 9th Fl., NY, NY 10016, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013 Notice of Qualification of GSO Capital Solutions Fund II LP Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/14/12. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Cayman Islands (CI) on 4/20/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr. of the LP: c/o GSO Capital Partners LP, 345 Park Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10154. Regd. agent upon whom process may be served: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. CI addr. of LP: c/o Maples Corporate Services Ltd., PO Box 309, Ugland House, S. Church St., Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, CI. Name/ addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with Registrar of Companies, Citrus Grove Bldg., Ground Fl., Goring Ave., Georgetown, Grand Cayman, CI. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 05/30 - 07/04/2013 Notice of Formation of Tre Monelli LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/10/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Linda Marini, 9 Murray St., #7SE, NY, NY 10007. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013 ARIANE PROPERTIES, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 01/30/2013. Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, 261 Madison Avenue, Fl 9, Suite 964, New York, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013 Notice of Formation of 1315 SEABURY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/07/13. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Pembroke Companies, 70 E. 55th St., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013

Notice of Formation of BREWSTER MEWS DEVELOPER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/10/13. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013 Notice of Qualification of 146 MULBERRY, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/14/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/04/13. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Hendrie Lane Partners, LLC, Attn:Tony Calabrese, 411 LaFayette St., 6th Fl., NY, NY 10003. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, New Castle Cnty., DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Townsend Bldg., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013 Notice of Qualification of 425 Lexington Realty Company LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/6/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 5/3/13. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE address of LLC: The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013 Notice of Qualification of 54 East 64th Street Townhouse, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/9/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 4/15/13. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP, 101 Park Ave., NY, NY 10178, Attn: John J. McDonald, Esq. DE addr. of LLC: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013

Notice of Qualification of RS Funds Distributor LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/6/13. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 388 Market St., Ste. 1700, San Francisco, CA 94111. LLC formed in DE on 9/6/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: brokerdealer, securities and other lawful business. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013 Notice of Qualification of IVP CIF II (AIP A), L.P. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/14/12. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 12/11/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Insight Venture Associates Coinvestment II, L.P., 680 Fifth Ave., 8th Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE addr. of LP: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil: 05/23 - 06/27/2013 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PACIFIC 4, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/08/13. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Vincent Boitier, 431 Broome Street, New York, New York 10013. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013 Notice of Application for Authority for a Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC): Name: STORY SHELTER, LLC. Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/23/2013. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O STORY SHELTER, LLC. 635 West 42nd Street, Apartment 4H, New York, NY 10036. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013

Notice of Qualification of ATALAYA SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND (CAYMAN) IV LP Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/01/13. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Cayman Islands (CI) on 06/16/11. Princ. office of LP: 780 Third Ave., 27th Fl., NY, NY 10017. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Arts. of Org. filed with Registrar of Companies, P.O. Box 123, Ground Fl., Citrus Grove Bldg., Goring Ave., George Town, CI KY1-9000. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013 Notice of Formation of EAST 74TH STREET BRIDGE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/30/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Attn: Jay Neveloff, 1177 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013 Notice of Qualification of 53 FRONT STREET, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/26/13. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/19/13. Princ. office of LLC: 5 Hanover Sq., 25th Fl., NY, NY 10004. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013 NOTICE OF FORMATION of NEW WAVE DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, PLLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/06/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC is to: The PLLC, 400 Jericho Tnpk., Ste. 100, Jericho, NY 11753. Purpose:To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013 NOTICE OF FORMATION of NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, YES LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/22/13. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to:The LLC, 290Third Avenue, #30A, New York, NY 10010. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013

SANDEMAR CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a domestic LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/1/13. Office location: NewYork County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Moss & Kalish, PLLC, 122 E. 42nd St., Ste. 2100, NY, NY 10168. General Purposes. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013 UNITY YOGA LLC, a domestic LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/10/12. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 311 W. 127th St. #807, NY, NY 10027-1892. General Purposes. Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013

Notice of Qualifica-

tion of JZ REIT Fund

tion of Screaming

tion of Valar Ven-

Flatbush Portfolio,

Spirit Productions,

LLC

tures LLC

Authority filed with NY Dept.

of State on 4/26/13. Office

location: NY County. Princ.

location: NY County. LLC

bus. addr.: 767 5th Ave., 48th

formed in DE on 8/12/11.

formed in DE on 4/22/13.

Fl., NY, NY 10153. LLC formed

NY Sec. of State designated

in DE on 4/11/13. NY Sec.

agent of LLC upon whom

of State designated agent

process against it may be

of LLC upon whom process

served and shall mail pro-

process against it may be

against it may be served and

cess to the principal business

shall mail process to: c/o CT

addr.: c/o Home Box Office,

Corporation System, 111 8th

Inc., 1100 Ave. of the Ameri-

10011, Attn: CT Corporation

Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.

cas, NY, NY 10036, regd.

System, regd. agent upon

agent upon whom process

whom process may be

may be served. DE addr. of

served. DE address of LLC:

LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-

ington, DE 19801. Cert. of

1209 Orange St., Wilmington,

Form. filed with DE Sec. of

State, 401 Federal St., Dover,

DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful

Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.

purposes.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013

Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/25/13. Office

served and shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave., NY, NY

DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401

Vil: 05/16 - 06/20/2013

Public Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday July 3, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from LDV Greenwich LLC to establish, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 363 Greenwich Street in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE PROPOSED REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, ATTN: FOIL OFFICER, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004. Vil: 06/13 - 06/20/2013

Public Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday July 3, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from Piacere Enterprises, LLC to continue to, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 351 Broome Street in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE PROPOSED REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, ATTN: FOIL OFFICER, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004. Vil: 06/13 - 06/20/2013

Public Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from RIOMAR CORP to continue to, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 1003195 in the Borough of Manhattan for a term of two years. REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THE PROPOSED REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS: FOIL OFFICER, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004. Vil: 06/13 - 06/20/2013

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