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Teachout blew out Gov. Cuomo in Village; Won with 68% of votes

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON

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ou might as well just call it Zephyr Village.

In the Sept. 9 Democratic primary for governor, upstart candidate Zephyr Teachout scored her highest margin of victory anywhere in the state in Greenwich Village’s 66th Assembly District, taking 68 percent of the

vote.

According to New York City Board of Election results, in the 66th A.D., Teachout won 4156 votes to Andrew Cuomo’s 1885, and Randy Credico’s 109.

The 66th A.D. includes the West Village, Noho, Soho, Hudson Square and Tribeca.

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BY YANNIC RACK

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pending permit application could see another church bulldozed for luxury residences, after loyal parishioners have prayed on the steps of the church since it was padlocked seven years ago.

Last month, a permit was

filed with the Department of Buildings for an 18-story, 30unit apartment building on the site of the century-old Our Lady of Vilnius Church, at 568-570 Broome St., as well as the neighboring brownstone at 572 Broome St. The Catholic Archdiocese VILNIUS, continued on p. 10

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No last-minute miracle for O.L. Vilnius Church?

Tower plan is filed

Flowers, photos, fond notes and flags were among mementoes left to lost loved ones at the 9/11 memorial on Sept. 11. See pages 6 and 7 for more photos.

In drag-out fight, neighbors say to give queens the boot

BY CLARISSA-JAN LIM

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motions ran high last week at a Community Board 2 meeting at which many community members voiced their opposition to a liquor-license application by a wellknown Christopher St. gay bar, Boots N Saddle, as it planned to relocate a few blocks away to 47 Seventh Ave. South.

Concerns about the bar at the board’s Sept. 9 State Liquor Authority Commit-

tee meeting ranged from the music level to the appropriateness of the entertainment. But chief among Boots N Saddle’s problems was that a large portion of the new space consists of an enclosed sidewalk cafe constructed of glass. Under city regulations, musical instruments are not allowed to be played nor speakers used in the cafe area. The bar planned to have entertainment-level music, a DJ and six televisions.

The Seventh Ave. South

space is bigger than the Christopher St. one. Bar owner Robert Ziegler, accompanied by the place’s founder, Ron Silver, said the bar was “busting out of [its] seams” at its current home.

According to Carter Booth, co-chairperson of the S.L.A. Committee, only about 25 percent of the space is confined by the four building walls — too small an area for the kind of entertainment that Boots N Saddle is lookBOOTS, continued on p. 20

Of cabaret and the Madoff clawback..............page 2 Photos of ‘knockout game’ suspects.............page 8 Drag queens lash back at rally........................page 21 A look at Cave’s “20,000 Days”....page 17

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TEACHOUT HOLDS OUT: Although Randy Credico, who finished a distant third in the governor’s Democratic primary, assures that Zephyr Teachout will soon endorse Andrew Cuomo, he might be proven wrong. Teachout has said she’ll decide whether or not to do so by Oct. 28, about a week before the Tues., Nov. 4, general election. A source close to Teachout told us there’s no way she’ll endorse the governor for re-election unless he comes down against fracking in New York. Plus, she’ll never back Rob Astorino, the G.O.P. candidate, after she repeatedly slammed Cuomo for virtually being a Republican. Meanwhile, her running mate, Tim Wu, gave a lukewarm endorsement to the Cuomo-Kathy Hochul ticket, saying he did it for the broader Democratic effort.

CRANE AND THE CLAWBACK: “I swear to God, I’m gonna go to jail rather than pay up a penny.” That’s not a line from a gangster movie but what Cynthia Crane, the cabaret singer, has to say to Irving Picard. The Madoff assets trustee is still suing Crane and her husband over “clawback” claims in the 2008 Bernard Madoff investment scandal because they took out money before the scheme broke down. The chanteuse is about to move back into the city after she spent the last two years on Long Island.

She and her husband, Ted Story, lost their Greenwich Village brownstone on 11th St. — along with an apartment in Paris and her beloved Steinway piano — in the Madoff meltdown. “Irving H. Picard, the son of a b----, he’s worse than Madoff. He really is,” said Crane, who had lived in the Village for 45 years.

“They should leave us alone, time has passed. But I’m not going down quietly.” Crane said she and her husband were introduced to Madoff some 30 years ago and took out money for home renovations two years before the epic ponzi “went bust. [The lawsuit] has been going on five years. We’ve been paying a lawyer about $12,000 to date, just dreadful. But according to Picard, we have made money.” Even their friends can’t believe they have to pay money back after losing almost everything. The couple has once again applied for hardship and is moving into the vicinity of a Downtown hospital because Story has chronic lung problems. “It’s kicking us while we’re down, literally,” Crane said, “because we lost the money and now they want what we have left.”

MEADOWS WILL BE IN THE FIELD: For the record, Alexander Meadows confirmed to us on primary day that he definitely will be running against Deborah Glick for Assembly on Nov. 4. We bumped

TROUBLE IN PARADISE: C.B. 2 Chairperson David Gruber tells us the board is set to pass an even tougher resolution urging the city to save the Elizabeth St. Garden and drop its plan for developing affordable housing there. “I’m going to put it on the calendar for October,” he said. “We had an encouraging resolution, and now we want a stronger one.” Gruber said the garden, which is a mere “postage stamp size,” is needed more than ever now, especially since the city is dragging its feet on earmarking two watershaft sites for future parks. “This was recently listed as one of the most beautiful open spaces in the city,” Gruber said of the municipally owned garden, “and I wish our elected officials would recognize that. The board is a strong supporter of affordable housing, but we don’t want it at the expense of one of our rare open spaces. It’s used by hundreds and hundreds of people from the neighborhood.” As for those “elected officials” he referred to, Councilmember Margaret Chin continues to push hard for the housing project on the Nolita garden. Because Chin couldn’t get 100 percent affordable housing (which, let’s face it, was always an unrealistic goal) in the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area project all the way over on the Lower East Side in C.B. 3, the Elizabeth St. Garden was quietly targeted as a supplemental site. “We were never formally notified that this was her intention,” Gruber stressed. “It didn’t get any public review. Thousands of people have signed onto a petition against this, representing thousands of voters in the district.”

FLORENT, THE TV SHOW: Adding some serious food savoir faire to this year’s Vendy Awards was Florent Morellet —formerly of Florent restaurant in the Meatpacking District, now of Bushwick.

Morellet was among the judges for the food-truck fare contest, held Saturday on Governors Island.

Beyond that honor, Morellet is also the inspiration for a new SundanceTV cable series in development, which may be titled, “Florent: Queen of the Meat Market.” Alan Cumming of “Cabaret” fame is set to portray Morellet. “I can very much see him being me,” Morellet told us. “David Sigal told me about Alan Cumming, and I immediately said, yes.” Sigal, who directed the movie of the same name, is the producer of the planned TV series. Patricia Resnick, the series’s writer, wrote the story for 1980’s “Nine to Five.” “She came to Bushwick to meet me in my new home,” Morellet said. Six episodes are in the works, though Morellet has no idea at this point what they will be about. But as he put it, “So many nights were an episode!”

YOU GO, BO! Firing out a detailed white paper on how he would restructure C.B. 2, Bo Riccobono announced to us his candidacy for board chairperson. Basically, he said, there are so many demands on the chairperson nowadays — from having to attend SCOOPY’S, continued on p. 31 TheVillager.com

Planning czar lays out affordable housing plan

BY GERARD FLYNN

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whole new era of affordable housing and a different city landscape is coming, Carl Weisbrod, Mayor de Blasio’s planning czar, declared during a breakfast at N.Y.U. Law School.

Real estate industry insiders made up the bulk of attendees at the Sept. 5 event. The City Planning Commission chairperson was speaking four months after the mayor announced his ambitious affordable housing plan in heavily gentrified Fort Greene, pledging 200,000 units would be built or preserved at a cost of $41 billion over the next 10 years.

“In order to even have a shot at 200,000 units of housing, we have to become a denser city,” Weisbrod, the former head of Trinity Real Estate, told the packed room.

And to achieve that taller, denser city, a “delicate balance” would be required, he said, with the public sector footing the bulk of the funds, even as communities in neighborhoods like East New York worry that higher-density housing, upon which the mayor’s plan hinges, might bring dramatic gentrification.

Weisbrod said developers would no longer have the option of building affordable housing in exchange for a floor-area bonus, which they had under the voluntary “inclusionary zoning” program.

Since its implementation in 1987, I.Z. delivered less than 5,000 units.

Under the de Blasio administration’s new mandatory inclusionary zoning, or M.I.Z., program, the city would demand affordable housing be in-

Carl Weisbrod.

cluded in future rezonings.

With M.I.Z., “You can’t build one unit unless you build your share of affordable housing,” Weisbrod said. “There will be a minimum that the developer has to do without subsidy.

“I understand that neighborhoods are wary of density,” he added. “We all know that. Neighborhoods fear change and are concerned about gentrification.” At the same time, he added, “Density has many pluses.

“Density provides better demand for retail,” he explained. “And most of the neighborhoods we are

looking at are underserved for retail and want retail, and the only way to get more retail is if there are more customers.

“The question for us is how do we achieve a consensus and receptivity to density in neighborhoods that are understandably wary about it?”

That task, he said, must begin by “engaging in ground-up development. That is, we are not going to impose development from above and say, This is what you are going to get whether you like it or not,” he said. “We are going to work with neighborhoods that we think can appropriately absorb greater density.”

What Weisbrod called mandatory inclusionary zoning’s “first test” — a 1,700-unit project on the Astoria waterfront with a mandatory affordable housing component — is already in its early stages.

But as the Wall Street Journal recently reported, the plan, which the planning chief expects to go through changes on its ULURP rounds, is already running into problems with the local community, concerned that another “hipsterization” is coming.

Despite Weisbrod’s many fans and former colleagues in the audience, not everyone was pleased at what they were hearing by morning’s end.

Judy Richeimer, a tour guide who said she has been hearing it from foreigners about a gentrifying city losing its spirit, asked Weisbrod what the mayor’s plan might do about imposing a cap on commercial rents.

Like many other progressives, she said she feels that the poor can hardly have a “meaningful experience” if businesses affordable to them can’t cut it.

The answer she sought wasn’t forthcoming.

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Teachout’s second-highest total came in high-voting northern Brooklyn’s 52nd Assembly District — covering the liberal enclaves of Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Gowanus — where she garnered 64 percent of the primary total, with 6783 votes to 3664 for Cuomo.

Teachout did extremely well on Manhattan’s West Side, in general. She won the 75th Assembly District, just north of the 66th A.D. — which includes Chelsea, the Flatiron District, part of Hells Kitchen and Central Park South.

She brought home 3010 votes to Cuomo’s 2602, good for 53 percent of the total. Ninety-four registered Democrats backed Credico.

In the 67th A.D., covering the heart of the Upper West Side, Teachout notched another 53 percent win, with 4073 votes to Cuomo’s 3540. Credico took 119 votes.

In the adjacent Assembly district to the north, the 69th — covering more of the Upper West Side, Morningside Heights and the Columbia University area — Teachout won again, with 56 percent of the vote.

However, back in Lower Manhattan, Cuomo pulled off a 58 percent win in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s 64th A.D., covering the Financial District, Battery Park City, the South St. Seaport, Chinatown, Little Italy and most of the Lower East Side.

But just to north of there, in the 74th A.D. — including the East Village, Stuyvesant Town, Gramercy and Kips Bay — Teachout ran virtually neck and neck with Cuomo; the governor won 49 percent, to Teachout’s 48.7 percent and Credico’s 2.2 percent.

In Uptown districts it was a different story as Cuomo repeatedly trounced Teachout.

In the 70th A.D., including Harlem, the governor secured 70 percent of votes cast.

In the 68th district, covering East Harlem, Cuomo won 73 percent of the votership.

In northern Manhattan’s 71st and 72nd Assembly districts, including Washington Heights and Inwood, Cuomo also won big.

He convincingly won the 65th A.D. — which covers the eastern part of the Upper East Side — but the race for the rest of the Upper East Side was surprisingly close: Cuomo won 2594 votes (51 percent) while Teachout got 2354 (47 percent) in the 73rd A.D., which includes tony Fifth, Park, Madison and Lexington Aves. Credico got 1.5 percent (76 votes).

Meanwhile, Tim Wu, Teachout’s running mate, also fared very well in the Village and Chelsea. The lieutenant governor candidate, who coined the term “’Net neutrality,” formerly lived

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Zephyr Teachout in Chelsea, part of a district where she won 53 percent of the vote.

in the Village and currently lives in Chelsea.

In the Village’s 66th A.D., Wu did even better than Teachout, winning 70 percent of ballots cast, taking 4236 votes to Kathy Hochul’s 1812.

In Chelsea’s 75th A.D., his home district, the Columbia law professor won 3,308 votes to Hochul’s 2,228, chalking up a 60 percent win.

In vote-heavy northern Brooklyn’s 52nd A.D., Wu racked up 68 percent of the turnout, garnering 7065 ballots cast to his opponent’s 3262.

Ayo Harrington, co-president of Coalition for a District Alternative, the East Village political club, said it came as no surprise that Teachout ran so strongly.

“She did very well,” Harrington said.

“She got a lot of votes at all of the poll

sites I checked. In the days prior to the election, everybody was saying, ‘I gotta vote tomorrow because I’m going to vote Zephyr Teachout.’ ” For his part, Speaker Silver was glad that his district delivered for the governor.

“I am not surprised Governor Cuomo won my assembly district,” Silver told The Villager. “Over the past four years, Governor Cuomo has achieved an enormous amount for our community, our city and our state. Working with the governor we have raised the minimum wage, made our tax code fairer, improved our economy and strengthened and protected affordable housing. I look forward to continuing to work with him to improve the lives of all New Yorkers.”

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POLICE BLOTTER Smuggled cigs seized Police executed a search warrant at a Village computer service center just past noon on Fri., Sept. 12.

During two hours of searching the business, at 200 W. 14th St., they found smuggled cigarettes and K2 synthetic marijuana, as well as some real pot. In all, police seized about $200 in various denominations, documents, marijuana, K2 and 28 packs of cigarettes bearing out-of-state tax stamps.

Sherief Alashwal, 34, and Oadi Alsaede, 21, were arrested and charged with violating tax law, a misdemeanor.

He posted their sex video A woman discovered her boyfriend had recorded them having sex in their residence at 9 Barrow St. and had uploaded it to the Internet. The woman, 29, told police on Sept. 4 that she learned about the video and immediately decided to ditch her 30-year-old beau and move out. Later, she confronted him via e-mail, asking why he provided the video to an amateur porn site.

Police say the man admitted via e-mail to his actions.

Five days later, police arrested Carlo Dellaverson and charged him with unlawful surveillance, a felony.

Yoga teacher stalked At about 5:30 a.m. on Mon., Sept. 15, a female yoga teacher exited the subway at W. 14th St. and Sixth Ave., bought coffee and headed toward her yoga studio at 434 Sixth Ave. On her way, at 10th St. and Sixth Ave., a man motioned to her to come over.

“Hey you! Come over here,” he said, according to a police report.

The woman sped up her pace and hurried all the way into the second-floor studio. But the man was not far behind as she heard him walking up the stairs before he began banging on the locked studio door for about 20 minutes.

“Let me in! I want to take yoga classes,” he said, according to police.

She called the cops, saying she was afraid and that the man was not a yoga student of hers.

Upon arrival in the building, police saw Shannon Gibbons, walking down the stairs and arrested him for stalking, a misdemeanor.

Spits on officer A police officer was walking down the street when he was approached by two men at about 2 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 13. One asked him for money and then, when the officer refused, said, “All right,

you’re not gonna give me my money? Fine!” before spitting in the officer’s face. The man ran away, but the cop gave chase and arrested Moussa Camara, 22 in front of 120 MacDougal St. Camara was charged with harassment.

Hot wheels Police spotted a stolen car opposite 91 Christopher St. on Fri., Sept. 12, around 3:50 a.m. Sitting inside of the 2014 black Toyota Camry was Latee Brockington, 24, according to the police report. The vehicle had been stolen from another precinct two days earlier.

Brockington was charged with criminal possession of stolen property.

False threat, real arrest A man threatened another man to move his car out of his way at a gas station at Eighth Ave. and W. 13th St. at about 4:45 a.m. on Sat., Sept. 13.

“Move your car m----- f-----, or I’ll shoot you. I have a gun,” the first man threatened. The other driver alerted police, who arrested Ross Shelley, 28, and charged him with menacing. No gun was found on Shelley, police said.

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Police release images of two ‘knockout’ suspects

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sking for the public’s assistance in making arrests, police recently released surveillance-camera images of two suspects wanted for assault in a “knockout game” attack on a 72-year-old West Village man last month.

According to reports, the elderly man was walking home with some beer he had bought at a deli on Abingdon Square on Mon., Aug. 11, around 5:29 p.m. The first suspect was waiting in front of 99 Jane St., and as the senior passed by, he struck him with a closed fist, knocking him down.

The attacker immediately fled the location with a second suspect who had been waiting across the street.

The victim was removed to an area hospital for lacerations and pain to his head and face.

The suspects are described as being in their early 20s.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). People can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or by texting to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.

All tips are strictly confidential.

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Police supplied these surveillance-camera images of two individuals they say are suspects in an Aug. 11 “knockout game” attack on a West Village senior. The man standing alone in photo at right is suspected of perpetrating the assault.

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lected officials last week announced a new coalition to promote affordable housing and put Airbnb under increased scrutiny.

They said at a Sept. 12 City Hall steps press conference that Airbnb promotes illegal hotels and enables unscrupulous building owners to flout a 2010 law banning apartment sublets of less than 30 days. The new organization, Share Better, will also advertise extensively to counter Airbnb’s own recent ad blitz. The San Francisco-based “home-sharing” company meanwhile denied wrongdoing and dismissed the new organization as beholden to city hotel interests.

The new group did not specify how many affordable housing units have been lost due to Airbnb’s activities. Councilmember Corey Johnson said, though, that action must be taken to protect the city’s remaining rent-regulated units.

“We all are in favor of the share economy, but what about the fair economy?” he said. “It’s got to be fair to rent-stabilized tenants. Rent-stabilized tenants are becoming an endangered species and if we don’t step up as elected officials — as advocates — we are going to lose them.”

Assemblymember Dick Gottfried — who co-sponsored the 2010 law with state Senator Liz Krueger, who was also at the event — said Airbnb ads present an image far from the reality of its roughly 20,000 New York City listings.

“We see all these cheery ads about nice people renting out rooms, but the illegal hotel law is aimed at something different,” Gottfried said.

“When people rent out their apartment again and again it makes life a nightmare for the neighbors in the building.”

Nearly two-thirds of rentals listed on Airbnb were for an entire apartment, according to the coalition, with 12 percent of hosts accounting for 30 percent of the company’s New York City listings.

State Senator Brad Hoylman, Councilmembers Rosie Mendez and Margaret Chin, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, Borough President Gale Brewer and Public Advocate Letitia James are also among the around 30 local politicians affiliated with Share Better, according to the coalition. Good Old Lower East Side

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(GOLES), Cooper Square Committee and the Urban Justice Center are among nearly three dozen advocacy and neighborhood groups involved with the effort.

Mayor de Blasio has yet to make a definitive statement on the issue, though city records indicate he received donations for his mayoral campaign from Airbnb’s founders.

By staying with an Airbnb host, guests are at risk because emergency egress, fire sprinklers and other mandated safety measures only apply to official hotels, according to the coalition.

“We are urging the mayor to hire more inspectors,” James said.

She added that efforts are also underway to urge the M.T.A. not to allow Airbnb to advertise on public transportation while state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman continues an investigation into the company’s business practices in the city.

Horror stories on the coalition’s Web site include a New York City host who returned to find used condoms and feces in an apartment.

According to Tom Cayler, a Hell’s Kitchen tenant and member of the West Side Neighborhood Alliance, one Airbnb host threatened his child after he complained.

Airbnb representatives were in the audience at the press conference.

Speaking afterward, they charged that the mainstream hotel industry is funding the coalition out of economic self-interest.

According to media reports, the coalition is using the services of Neal Kwatra, the founder of Metropolitan Public Strategies. Kwatra previously was Schneiderman’s chief of staff and political director of the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, the hotel workers union.

In a Sept. 12 statement, Airbnb said it opposes illegal hotels and seeks to promote affordable housing. More than 2,000 questionable listings have been removed from its Web site, the statement said.

According to Airbnb, 87 percent of its hosts live in the home they share, renting to guests on average about four nights per month. The number of the city’s Airbnb listings is too small to affect the city’s rent-regulated housing stock, according to the statement.

“Some in the hotel industry will do everything they can to stop the sharing economy,” the statement said.

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closed the church, next to the Holland Tunnel entrance, in 2007, citing a dwindling congregation and an unstable roof too costly to fix.

But a close-knit group of Lithuanians and other ex-parishioners won’t give up. The church was the city’s only national parish church for the Lithuanian Catholic community.

“I consider it like a terminally ill family member and I am going to sit at the bedside until the bitter end,” said Christina Nakraseive, who blogs about Our Lady of Vilnius and is the vice chairperson of the committee to save the church.

“It’s been endangered since 2006 and even though we weren’t successful in court, I guess we were able to put off what was inevitable for a long time. But now that it seems to be coming to demolition, it’s really very painful,” she said on the phone, audibly tearing up.

Most Sundays, summer and winter, a group holds prayer services on the small steps in front of the yellow brick church, even though their priest is long gone.

On any other day, the only thing giving away the church’s fate are the Buildings Department notices tacked to the front doors, whose red paint has faded.

The former congregation has fought hard to reopen their church since it was abruptly shuttered by then-Archbishop Edward Egan.

“After they closed it, we found an application for a demolition permit, and in December 2007 we began to contest this demolition based on New York State religious corporation law,” Nakraseive explained.

The lawsuit went all the way to the Court of Appeals in Albany — the state’s highest court — but was ultimately defeated in 2011. Not even a direct appeal from Lithuania’s president to Pope Benedict XVI could save the church, much less a 4,000-signature petition to the archdiocese and a land-

Development plans have been filed for the padlocked Our Lady of Vilnius Church, at Broome St.’s western end.

marking application.

“Sunday and Holy Day Masses were regularly attended by six to 30 persons,” read a letter from the archdiocese from the day the church was closed. “They were in English, inasmuch as the priest serving the parish for many years does not understand, read, or speak Lithuanian.

“There have been virtually no weddings or funerals in the church for years. Moreover, persons wishing to participate in Mass and parish activities in Lithuanian are informed of Lithuanian parishes in the neighboring Diocese of Brooklyn and Archdiocese of Newark.”

But Mindaugas “Gus” Blaudziunas, who went to the church since the early ’90s, said it experienced an influx of young people toward the end. He said that, at the time of closure, the parish membership list counted 395 persons, including Italians and Hispanics living in the area, as well as other non-Lithuanians.

At the end, only the basement was still open for services. The church’s main hall had been inaccessible for years because of a damaged roof support beam.

To the argument that there were no funerals or weddings anymore,

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he asked, “How can we do that in the basement?”

Nakraseive, whose grandparents were among the church’s first parishioners at the beginning of the last century, said she has dim memories of going to the church as a small child, attending Easter Mass and funerals.

Blaudziunas doesn’t see a way to stop the impending demolition.

“We’ve done a lot but now the church is in the hands of private people,” he said. “It’s a different situation.”

The New York Post reported that the church was sold to Extell Development for $13 million last year. Extell then flipped the property to the current owners, SoHo Broome Condos LLC, for $18.4 million earlier this year, according to New York YIMBY, a real estate Web site.

The developer listed on the building permit, KSK Construction Group, filed plans for the 60,800-square foot project through architects Builtd. New York YIMBY reported that the new owner bought the small walk-up next to the church for $12.3 million.

The Web site also mentioned that the project will not have an affordable component under the Hudson Square rezoning, since “the one-third density bonus [which would raise the F.A.R., or floor-area ratio, from nine to 12] is not enough to compel the developer to participate in the inclusionary housing program.”

“I think one of the things that I find hurtful, questionable, is that they’re selling the properties and it’s not like they’re building affordable housing.

Where does the money go?” said Elaine Derso, the chairperson of the Save Our Lady of Vilnius Committee.

Extell also bought the former rectory at 32 Dominick St., behind the church, although the building was landmarked two years ago along with 34 and 36 Dominick St. The rectory is now listed for sale as a single-family townhouse with Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Blaudziunas said the church’s func-

tion went beyond religious services.

“We used to have a lot of events in the basement there — artists, musicians, you name it — and especially for younger people, because there’s no other place to gather,” he said.

“Why could we not keep our community center? They said the Hudson Square development would revitalize the area,” he said, referring to the rezoning of the Hudson Square, the area above Canal St. and west of Sixth Ave., in 2013 to allow more residential use, a move he spoke out against at a City Council hearing at the time.

“If the application is submitted, of course it will be approved. So we just need to somehow say goodbye to our effort and the history of our community... . But we’re still thinking because you never know. It’s still standing after seven-plus years, so it’s already a miracle.”

However, Derso said the committee still has some fight left.

“We’re in the process of making some plans, I’m not sure exactly when or when,” she said. “But we figure, if the building is gonna go out with a bang, so should we!”

Blaudziunas noted, however, that the committee has not been active since the civil court case was lost in 2011.

He said a Save Our Lady of Vilnius Initiative includes him and six other members, among them Rita Stelmokiene, who also leads the prayers on the church’s steps. Their goal, Blaudziunas said, is to “save and reuse the building as a historic site of Lithuanian national heritage.”

Blaudziunas said the longtime owner of the building next door to the church was another ex-parishioner and only sold after the offers became irresistible.

“It seems part of this wholesale transformation of New York by the real estate market,” said Nakraseive.

The church was completed in 1910, built by Lithuanian longshoremen and their families who lived in the area before the tunnel’s construction in the ’20s uprooted them, seeing them resettle in the Bronx and suburbs.

Nakraseive said she is also worried for other parishes because it seems “it’s all of the small, closely knit ethnic churches that the archdiocese is seeking to close.”

Cardinal Dolan recently pushed back to late October his announcement of the next wave of church mergers and closures.

The archdiocese is closing churches to consolidate underused houses of worship in an initiative called “Making all things new.” One of those at risk of demolition is the Garment District’s Church of the Holy Innocents, the city’s last church offering Mass in Latin.

“I call it ‘Making all things condo,’ ” Derso said bitterly.

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Possessed of a mercurial temperament and never one to shy away from controversy, Reck came into conflict with a few other C.B. 2 members, notably Sean Sweeney and Doris Diether.

Reck’s conflict with Sweeney resulted in Reck’s breaking away from the Downtown Independent Democratic Club and organizing the Lower Manhattan Democratic Club.

“David was the lifeblood of the club,” said Zella Jones, an L.M.D.C. member. “He built it from 31 members in 2010 to more than 200. With David gone we’re in the process of reorganizing,” she added.

“David was very outspoken but also very principled,” said Alan Gerson a former C.B. 2 chairperson and a former city councilmember.

Frieda Bradlow, a Board 2 member for 45 years and a friend and near neighbor of Reck and his wife, said, “David was a rarity, a sweet guy with strong opinions. He was indefatigable when working on an issue. He just wouldn’t give up. He was among the first to come up with a rezoning

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He was diagnosed with lung cancer in fall 2013 and died this July 31, according to his wife, Eli Hausknecht.

A registered architect, David Reck was a skilled and passionate advocate for the improvement and preservation of the neighborhood where he lived and worked in the small Greenwich St. building he bought 37 years ago.

“He helped usher in a lot of changes in Hudson Square, and he became an expert in the workings of the State Liquor Authority in the neighborhood fight against noisy clubs,” said state Senator Brad Hoylman, a former chairperson of Community Board 2.

Tony Hofmann, president of the Village Independent Democrats club, hailed Reck for using his knowledge as an architect to help the community. Reck served as district co-leader in 2010.

In the 1990s, Reck organized Friends of Hudson Square in response to rowdy clubs in the area. As a member of C.B. 2, which covers Greenwich Village, the South Village, Soho and Hudson Square, he twice served as chairperson of the board’s Housing and Zoning Committee; headed the Traffic and Transportation Committee, and also served as vice chairperson of the Waterfront Committee.

Around 2000, Reck took a leading role in the rezoning of part of Hudson Square, which was passed in 2003 and was expanded two years ago under the leadership of Trinity Real Estate.

When the Hudson Square Connection business improvement district was organized, Reck was Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s representative on the BID’s board of directors.

“He was on our board for two years and was active on our streetscape planning,” said Ellen Baer, the BID’s executive director. “He and his wife frequently attended meetings. We considered him a partner and a friend.”

Reck was also co-chairperson of the Neighborhood Core Subcommittee of Stringer’s Community Task Force on New York University Development. The task force established planning principles and served as a forum on the univer-

plan for Hudson Square, long before Trinity became involved.”

Bradlow recalled Reck’s efforts to block the Department of Sanitation’s ultimately successful plan for a three-district garage on Spring St. “Contrary to the lies told about him, he campaigned against the Trump Soho hotel on Varick St.,” Bradlow said. “He was a complex person. He saw no contradiction in his starting a new Democratic club and his wife’s remaining active in Village Independent Democrats. He was also a very good architect. I lost a good friend and a good neighbor.”

David Reck’s devotion to local democracy started in the early 1970s when he was an undergraduate in Allegheny College, in Meadville, in northeast Pennsylvania, his wife said. He joined a grassroots agency made up predominantly of black members who were converting abandoned buildings to community use.

Reck was born in Millcreek, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Erie, the son of Bruce Reck and Margaret Guerin Reck. His father was a welder who later became a supervisor in the Hammermill Paper plant in Millcreek. David went to local schools and then entered college at nearby Allegheny. He started in chemistry, switched to photography and got involved with the school’s theater productions, his wife said.

After graduation Reck became active in antiwar protests as well as the volunteer group building the community center. In 1974, he and a group of friends decided to come to New York. Reck made a living taking private construction jobs, carpentry, electrical work and plumbing, all unlicensed.

“There was almost nothing he couldn’t do,” said his wife. David bought the building at 512 Greenwich St. in 1977 and decided he wanted to do more than freelance construction work in 1980 after he and Hausknecht began dating. He entered Pratt, studied architecture and earned a license.

Among his community board activities, he served as the Board 2 representative to the Canal Area Transportation Study, a.k.a. CATS, a program of the federally funded New York Metropolitan Transportation Council. He was an early member of the Committee to Save Washington Square and was part of former Manhattan Borough President’s Virginia Fields’s Nightlife Task Force.

“He was very forward-looking and a great believer in the community board as a way for citizens to exercise hands-on democracy,” his wife said.

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Valiant vendor is honored PHOTO BY TEQUILA MINSKY

At Saturday’s Vendy Awards on Governors Island, which recognizes the city’s top food-cart and food-truck vendors, Baare Batchiri — with his wife, left — received the Heroic Vendor Award. It was the first time a nonfood vendor has won the honor. In June, Batchiri — who sells cell-phone accessories in Soho on Broadway just south of Houston St. — was randomly stabbed by Richard Pearson, the “Soho Wild Man.” Pearson grabbed a scissors off the African immigrant’s table, then plunged them into the vendor’s heart, narrowly missing his heart. Despite being grievously wounded, Batchiri chased Pearson into the subway, where he pointed him out to police officers, who made the arrest.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Watershed moment To The Editor: Re “Riding wind of discontent, Zephyr runs strong” (news article, Sept. 11): Teachout won 68 percent of the vote in the 66th Assembly District, which covers Greenwich Village, the West Village, Tribeca, Soho, Noho and over to the Hudson River, parts of Little Italy and the East Village. Many movements throughout New York City history started right here in this district.

A point worth noting: According to The New York Times, Zephyr Teachout “won nearly

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every county in the state’s eastern half north of Westchester... .” These Upstate counties are lower in population and didn’t carry the overall vote.

But lower population makes sense when you see the large swaths of agricultural land for crops, dairy, livestock, vineyards and breweries. The Marcellus Shale (ripe for hydrofracking) runs under many counties and fracking was definitely an issue.

We truly hope that Cuomo and our legislators got the message as clear as the water supply we’re trying to preserve. Think of a future with “dirty water beer” from our Upstate breweries — the name sounds cool but the taste, well, we’ll leave

that up to the voters to decide.

Jeanne Wilcke Wilcke is president, Downtown Independent Democrats

‘Protest candidate’ doth protest To The Editor: Re “Riding wind of discontent, Zephyr runs strong” (news article, Sept. 11):

Wu has already endorsed Cuomo as will Teachout. Teachout was a progressive fake-out that the Times and NY1 promoted. Too bad these Rip Van Winkleish Democratic clubs went for the okey-dokey. Clubs mean nothing anymore.

Randy Credico

Realistic, not communistic To The Editor: Re “There’s only one way to save our small businesses” (talking point, by Sharon Woolums, Sept. 11):

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So, it’s high end...long live the new lobby desk NOTEBOOK

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sible, with the opening of the Whitney Museum. “High end,” I believe, describes a price point (and presumably but not necessarily a level of quality), but it’s also a style. I see it as the decorating equivalent of Daisy Buchanan’s voice: It’s full of money.

Like its relative “upscale,” it implies a ladder that one climbs to the top of and doesn’t come down from.

The other day I saw the new food court in the Winter Garden, where the Gap used to be, and there it was again: the expanses of white, the planks of exotic wood, the neutral tones, the high-end barbecue, the high-end bagels.

What did we used to say instead?

“Fancy.” But fancy tilted slightly toward the comical, implying flourishes and trimming and pretension. At some point, the noun “luxury” became an adjective, describing purring motors and wall-to-wall carpeting. But both terms connote a special treat rather than a way of life.

Things do grow shabby and some things grow obsolete, especially in a time when technology is proliferating faster than the real need for it. It makes sense to replace worn-out things with high-quality ones that will last. After all, the cost will be amortized across many years and many apartments.

The outlay is small, even negligible. I get all that. What concerns me is the constant escalation, the idea that it’s

always sound fiscal policy to upgrade, and that “keeping up with the Joneses” is seen not as a bromide but as a co-op’s duty.

I like my fellow board members and I believe they have the interests of our community at heart; it’s just that I think of our community as primarily a civic and social one and they see it as primarily a financial one.

So I would like to offer this post-mortem to our old desk. It was custom-made too, pro bono by a cabinetmaker who lives in the building.

I first saw it when I was living — quite comfortably — a block away in a building so cut-rate it didn’t even have a desk. I remember thinking the desk, which was new then, was pretty fancy.

It’s small and made of oak, with a quirky shape and many compartments, and its only technology is a hidden light bulb that our previous doorman used to set his egg sandwich on to keep it warm. Until it grew old and shabby — shabby in its own right and shabby when compared to the high-end desks in the three new buildings on the block — and one of its handles came loose, I thought it did a perfectly good job of being a desk. It made an admirable home for the doorman, the logbook, the paper towels and the doggy treats. Kids sometimes sat on it and no one minded. It was a Village sort of desk.

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’m a member of my building’s coop board, and I just learned something interesting about lobby renovations. The going rate for a new lobby desk is in the low five figures.

When I asked what seemed like a reasonable question — Isn’t that kind of a lot for a desk? — I was assured by my fellow board members, all savvy professionals in their various fields, that this was more than a fair price for a desk. After all, it’s going to be handcrafted. It’s going to be big. It’s going to be wired for various things.

I didn’t ask a follow-up question about the desk, because asking the first one made me feel like an outof-touch, pound-foolish cheapskate.

Who am I to complain about such details when we’re going to get a gorgeous new lobby that will make us even more desirable to buyers than we already are?

Our co-op has historically been loath to assess for improvements unless absolutely necessary, but lately I’m hearing a different sentiment.

Apparently, many co-ops assess all the time, sometimes for months or years on end, and it’s folly for shareholders to expect improvements for free. I hear this a lot: Our main obligation to the shareholders is to maximize their investment.

People in the Village didn’t used to talk this way. “Monetize” is one of the words that’s always hovering in such conversations, bound to spill out (the way “stewardship” spills out in conversations about land conservation).

When I hear the word “monetize,” I always have to stop and think: Where did this obscure term that used to mean “to coin or legalize as money” come from and when did everyone agree on its new meaning, which I gather is this: to take something that isn’t money and turn it into money.

I got up the next morning and thought maybe I’d hallucinated the last zero on the price tag for the desk. The smaller number, frankly, seemed like it ought to buy, if not a large, handcrafted, wired desk, at least a good chunk of one. But I went back and checked the proposal and it was still there with all its zeroes, lined up with the other equivalent amounts for other fixtures, amounts I would be shortsighted and silly to grouse about, given how much these changes will enhance the value of my apartment.

Increasingly, I feel I live in a parallel universe. Or I live in the same old universe, but a new one has materialized around it. It’s a place paved with slabs of stone and exotic but sus-

tainable woods in neutral tones and so many BTUs in the gas jets you’d think the stoves would up and fly to Sydney.

My apartment, on the other hand, has whatever it came with 25 years ago except for the things that broke and had to be replaced. It has standard chrome towel racks and faucets and honey-oak floor boards with the original floor guy’s bootprint still sealed in the polyurethane. Every time one of us walks by the kitchen cabinet with the balky hinge, we push the door in so it lines up with its mate.

In my universe, things are rarely perfect, and we don’t expect them to be. It’s nonetheless a very comfortable universe, particularly when compared to the way the vast majority of people live in this city and on planet Earth. Nearly every day I survey my living room and, even with the handme-downs and the frayed upholstery and the track lights that run on an obsolete style of track and have needed a good dusting for, oh, two decades now, I feel nothing but gratitude. (I also think it’s just a matter of a decade or so before the slabs of stone start to seem so ’10s and our ’80s-era fixtures rise to the level of “vintage.”)

The term for things like five-figure desks is “high end.” We live in a newly high-end block in a newly highend neighborhood that’s about to ratchet up even higher, if that’s pos-

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Village jazz remains red hot and blue Today built on yesterday, grooving to tomorrow

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decade or four ago I was a jazz-mad college kid, and anytime I had an extra dime in my pocket I’d bus down to the Big Apple to hear my heroes live in smoky hole-in-the-wall Village clubs: Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond rocking the nearly empty Jazz Gallery on St. Mark’s Place, Ornette Coleman wailing at Slugs on East Third St., not long before trumpeter Lee Morgan got shot on stage and the joint closed down.

One night I dashed with my date from catching Herbie Mann at the Village Gate (now Le Poisson Rouge), to hear Thelonious Monk at the Five Spot on Third Ave. by the Cooper Union. Monk was great, but he often wandered off the stand, leaving his band to carry on without him. A few beers had made me more than a little drunk, and when the band’s tenor sax player tried to pick up my date, I’m sad to say he succeeded, leaving me crying the blues sometime ’round midnight.

New York, New York jazz has a long and distinguished history — who but jazz cats named our toddlin’ town the Big Apple? — a history that stretches back a century to James P. Johnson and Fats Waller playing stride piano in Harlem, Duke Ellington leading his elegant orchestra at the Cotton Club in the 1920s, Benny Goodman bringing an integrated band to Carnegie Hall in 1938, and Bird, Diz and Monk in the 40s and 50s plotting the bebop revolution Uptown at Minton’s and Midtown at a dozen clubs on West 52nd St.

Pianist Kirk Lightsey’s quartet comes into the Vanguard Sept. 23–28.

West and East Village jazz forms a multicolored thread in this history, a thread with more than a few twists and turns, but one woven from a no-holds-barred commitment to funky honesty and experimental daring. As poets and painters, writers and rebels, folkies and philosophers have long found an intoxicating freedom in the Village’s higgledy-piggledy streets, jazz cats have long found an improvisational freedom in those same Village streets.

Village jazz clubs come and go — Sweet Basil, Fez, and Blue Water

Grill are among the most recently departed — and the band on stage may be established stars or eager up-and-comers, but night after night the music still blows red hot and blue, and audiences of simpatico fans pack the clubs and clap and snap and groove with the cats all the way home.

No other jazz club tells more of the Village jazz story, or tells it better, than the Village Vanguard, founded in February 1935 by Max Gordon, a Polish Jew who had immigrated to America with his parents only nine years before. Gor-

don first opened a coffee house on Charles St. as a forum for poets and artists as well as musicians, but city officials refused him a cabaret license. “I knew if I was ever to get anywhere in the nightclub business,” Gordon wrote wryly in his autobiography, “I’d have to find another place with two johns, two exits, that stood two hundred feet away from a church or synagogue.”

He soon bought a triangle-shaped basement (and former speakeasy) JAZZ, continued on p.18 September 18, 2014

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Just Do Art

BY SCOTT STIFFLER

JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND’S “LOVE IS CRAZY” and “THE DRIFT”

Mx Bond x 2: Justin Vivian Bond appears at Florence Gould Hall and Joe’s Pub.

more info on the artist, visit justinbond. com. “Justin Vivian Bond: The Drift” is performed on Sept. 18, 19, Oct. 2, 3 at 7 p.m. at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette St., btw.

Astor Pl. & E. Fourth St.). For tickets ($25), call 212-539-8500 or visit joespub. publictheater.org.

METROPOLITAN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS “ICEBOUND”

INSTALLATION: “EVERYTHING BY MY SIDE”

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Olivia Killingsworth and Quinlan Corbett, in the Metropolitan Playhouse production of “Icebound.”

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Tirelessly devoted to presenting works from America’s theatrical heritage — and especially adept at choosing ones that are both revelatory and relevant — the East Village’s Metropolitan Playhouse opens their 23rd season (devoted to “Progress”) with “Icebound.” Seen only once on the New York stage since its 1923 premiere, this revival of Owen Davis’ Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama marks only the second effort from the author, since choosing to abandon a string of highly lucrative westerns, sex comedies and melodramas in favor of more serious fare. Set in rural

Maine (where Davis was born), “Icebound” concerns the chilly reception given to a shrewish second cousin who becomes heir to the estate of a stern matriarch. Denied any inheritance, the bitter children are also frozen out by the newly powerful cousin — who hires their on-the-lam black sheep brother to help around the house. They clash as well, but also envision a better future. “But nature will out,” warns Playhouse artistic director Alex Roe, in “a play that asks whether our habits and fears will always defy our highest aspirations.”

Previews: Sept. 19, 21, 22, 25 at 7:30 p.m. & Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. Opens Sept.

26, closes Oct. 19, Thurs.–Sat. at 7:30 p.m. & Sun. at 3 p.m. (plus Oct. 8, 11, 15 & 18 at 3 p.m.). At Metropolitan Playhouse (220 E. Fourth St., btw.

Aves. A & B). Preview admission: $15, $10 for those under 18. During the run, tickets are $25 ($20 for students & seniors; $10 for those under 18).

Purchase by calling 800-838-3006 or at metropolitanplayhouse.org.tickets.

The color may be plain and pure, but what’s waiting inside is fraught with mixed signals about everything from loneliness to intimacy to what’s public and what’s private. Argentinian dramatist and visual artist Fernando Rubio makes his U.S. debut with “Everything by my side,” in which seven white beds will be spaced along the riverside skyline, occupied by seven women. One by one, they will beckon the installation’s sole audience member to join them, at which point they’ll hear a whispered childhood memory. Part of The French Institute Alliance Française’s Crossing

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“Love is Crazy” is performed on Thurs., Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at FIAF’s Florence Gould Hall (55 E. 59th St., btw.

Park & Madison Aves.). Tickets ($30, $20 for FIAF members) can be purchased by visiting fiaf.org/ctl or calling 800982-2787. For info on other Crossing the Line Festival events, visit fiaf.org. For

PHOTO BY MATTHIEU BONICEL

From that gloriously damaged, ad-libbing, self-medicating songstress of Kiki and Herb fame to author of the remarkably randy memoir “TANGO: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels” to a nuanced cover artist (the “Silver Wells” CD) to the dead-on turn as the title character in Scott Wittman’s 2012 La MaMa production of “Jukebox Jackie: Snatches of Jackie Curtis,” Justin Vivian Bond is sexual, intellectual and artistic expression in perpetual motion. Intensely fluid in every sense of what that might mean to you, Mx Bond can — and should — be seen in Uptown and Downtown form.

Presented as part of the French Institute Alliance Française’s Crossing the Line Festival, “Love is Crazy” is an evening of “raucous and seductive songs and stories about love,” with selections from V’s debut CD, “Dendrophile,” as well as the aforementioned “Silver Wells.” Fingers crossed, and maybe you’ll hear the standout “Wells” track: “Something Cool.” Sung from the point of view of Blanche DuBois, it’s not the only Tennessee Williams connection to be found. At Joe’s Pub, “The Drift” finds Mx Bond immersed in spoken word and song inspired by the title character from Williams’ novella “The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.”

The Hudson River Park interactive installation “Everything by my side” marks the U.S. debut of Argentinian artist Fernando Rubio.

the Line festival, this site-specific performance is co-presented by Hudson River Park and Performance Space 122 — which continues to present work throughout the five boroughs, during the ongoing massive overhaul of their East Village home (see ps122. org for more info).

In English and Spanish. Fri. - Sun., Sept. 26-28, 2-7 p.m. Performances take place at 15-minute intervals, for individual audience members. At Hudson River Park’s Pier 45 (cross at Christopher St.). Tickets ($5) can be purchased at ps122.org or by calling 212-352-3101. For info on other Crossing the Line Festival events, visit fiaf.org.

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An inspiring monument to the creative process ‘20,000 Days’ is as versatile and ambitious as its topic, Nick Cave

FILM 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH Written by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollared and Nick Cave Directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard 2014 Runtime: 97 min.

Through Sept. 30 At Film Forum 209 W. Houston St., W. of Sixth Ave. Screenings at 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00 & 9:30 p.m.

Tickets: $13 Film Forum Members: $7.50 Tickets & info: filmforum.org

COURTESY OF DRAFTHOUSE FILMS

BY SEAN EGAN

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hroughout his decades-long career, Nick Cave has made a point of pushing himself forward musically and artistically.

With his main band, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Cave’s albums incorporate loud, heavy rock, piano-based ballads, electronic and looping experiments, acoustic instrumentation and orchestral arrangements — to say nothing of the raw post-punk of his first band, the Birthday Party, the noisy thrash of side project Grinderman and his moody, ambient film soundtracks. The one consistent thing throughout these stylistically disparate projects is the man himself, and his distinctive authorial (and singing) voice — dark, humorous, powerful, verbose and a little profound, and willing to tackle the headiest of themes and existential questions, or cheekily subvert rock ‘n roll clichés.

It’s fitting then, that “20,000 Days on Earth,” the new film which finds Cave as its subject, refuses to be categorized easily. Not quite a documentary and definitely not a concert film (though it features some extraordinary performance footage), it’s perhaps best described as a non-fiction film with a fictional framing device. While initially being hired to film promo footage during the recording of the Seeds’ 2013 album, “Push the Sky Away,” directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard TheVillager.com

Nick Cave plays with a magnifying glass at his archives.

decided to expand the footage into a feature. Following Cave as he drifts through his fictional, titular 20,000th day, the film mixes the off-the-cuff and real with the manufactured in ways that provide a unique, subdued portrait of an artist who deserves a film as distinct as his voice.

One of the ways the filmmakers accomplish this is by staging situations to provoke certain reactions from Cave and company, and allowing the participants to react via unscripted conversation. Early scenes, for instance, show Cave speaking with a psychiatrist and opening up about his youth, his relationship with his father, and how the passage of time affects his work. Later on, he’s allowed to pick through things from the Nick Cave Collection (a collection of his papers, writing and photographs), causing him to reminisce about the early days of his career and meet up with right-hand Bad Seed Warren Ellis for lunch — during which they have a conversation about the best gigs they’ve ever attended. The most

intriguing of these real/fake situations are the hallucinatory sequences which find Cave driving with various figures from his past. Putting Cave in the car alone with Kylie Minogue, actor Ray Winstone, and ex-Bad Seed Blixa Bargeld sparks conversations that muse on the trappings of fame, identity, the nature of creative collaboration. It’s an interesting way to structure the film, which often yields quietly revelatory responses.

Perhaps the most interesting and revealing information comes from the obviously staged moments, when Cave (who, along with the directors, co-wrote the film) is left alone to wax philosophic. Periodically, Cave’s rich baritone intones internal monologues over picturesque images of perennially rainy Brighton, England (the cinematography is top-notch, awash in rich navy blues, greens, grays, and beige). In his characteristically vivid language, he speaks on his creative process, offering candid insight into how he approaches writing music and lyrics — comparing himself to a

cannibal, consuming and regurgitating life experiences into lyrics, and songs to wild beasts that need to be captured and tamed. His thoughts on performance and his rock star persona are similarly enlightening — he talks eloquently about how he lives for performing, the transformative experience of being on stage and connecting with people.

It’s no surprise then that the film, and Cave himself, are never more hypnotizing than when he’s playing with the Bad Seeds. One scene, filmed during the recording of “Push the Sky Away” captures Cave at his most musically introspective — hunched over his piano, leading the band in a beautiful rendition the rambling epic “Higgs Boson Blues.”

Outside the studio, the band viciously tears through “Stagger Lee” (a profane, grimy rocker from 1996’s “Murder Ballads”) to a crowd of hyped-up fans — the soft-spoken and mild-mannered Cave of the preceding film becoming the swaggering, fiery rock icon fans see him as.

The climax of the film comes as Cave the Bad Seeds take the stage of the Sydney Opera House, in their home country of Australia. Joined by an orchestra and a children’s choir, they launch into a transcendent performance of “Push the Sky Away” standout “Jubilee Street.” The band works itself up to an impressive crescendo, and footage of Cave performing onstage over the decades is interspersed (in the last of a few frenetically edited montages) — as Cave belts “I’m transforming, I’m vibrating...Look at me now.” It’s a dynamic, almost overwhelming, way of showing both how much and how little time has affected Cave as a performer, and how his art and devotion to performance carried him and the band from scrappy punk clubs to opera houses.

This unexpectedly affecting and totally cathartic sequence speaks to all of the film’s strengths. For Nick Cave fans, it serves as an indispensable document of the man in action, and a glimpse into his often inscrutable mind. For film lovers, it’s beautifully shot, expertly edited, and plays around with the form and conventions of documentary/non-fiction film in creative and exciting ways, blurring the line between artifice and reality. And for everyone else, “20,000 Days on Earth” functions as an inspiring monument to the power of performance and the creative process.

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Best jazz in town still found in the Village JAZZ, continued from p. 15

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PHOTO BY JIM EIGO

The Vanguard Orchestra (sax section, seen here) appears every Mon. at the Village Vanguard.

Smalls will be closed for renovations as of Sept. 22. Regular programming resumes Sept. 26. © 2013 TOSHI SAKURAI, COURTESY CHICK COREA PRODUCTIONS

at 178 Seventh Ave. and named it the Village Vanguard.

In its early years Gordon dedicated the Vanguard to poetry readings and folk music, and club goers heard Maxwell Bodenheim, the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians, declaim his verse and Leadbelly sing plaintive Southern songs like “Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie.” Yet in 1940 trumpeter Roy Eldridge packed the 123-seat club, and soon after so did Sidney Bechet, Art Hodes and Mary Lou Williams.

Following the trend, Gordon began booking three jazz acts a night.

Not every group, however, proved an instant success. On Thelonious Monk’s first Vanguard night in September 1948, Gordon’s wife Lorraine remembered, “Nobody came.

None of the so-called jazz critics.

None of the so-called cognoscenti.

Zilch.” With the loyalty that endeared them to generations of jazz artists, the Gordons kept booking Monk and enjoyed watching him grow to international fame.

Through the 1950s the Vanguard became the home club for dozens of modern jazz stars: Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Anita O’Day, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Stan Getz and Carmen McRae. Fans who loved the carefully sculpted sounds of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra made their Monday night gigs a must-hear jazz institution from 1966 to 1990. Other fans who liked their jazz more unbuttoned packed the Saturday afternoon jam sessions. “My pals and I went to the Vanguard for the jamming,” remembered one devoté. “We could go hear Lester Young, Ben Webster; all the greatest jazz musicians for fifty cents at the door!”

Chick Corea & The Vigil appear at The Blue Note for a six-night stand, Sept.

30–Oct. 5.

Fortunately, many great Vanguard nights got recorded. Sonny Rollins taped three LPs there, and Art Pepper, Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane and Wynton Marsalis are a few of the artists who have put out “Live at the Village Vanguard” albums — a title, says Bruce Lundvall, head of Blue Note Records, “that has a direct and positive influence on an album’s sales.”

The day after Max Gordon died in 1989, Lorraine Gordon closed the Vanguard. The next day she opened it again, and by hook or by crook she’s kept the place going ever since. “It’s still the way everybody likes it,” says one longtime habitué.

What makes a café or bar a bonafide jazz club? It’s not always easy to say. Hothouse, the free monthly guide to the New York jazz scene,

lists 77 venues south of 34th St., but some of those are tablecloth and candle restaurants where a decorous pianist plays standards at Sunday brunch, and others are rock-blues joints where the band might cover Ray Charles and Herbie Hancock hits. Between the two extremes a dedicated jazz buff can find a wide variety of clubs bursting with both seasoned and fresh talent six and seven nights a week.

Max and Lorraine’s daughter Deborah now manages the Vanguard. Lorraine, in her 90s, doesn’t come in to the club much anymore, but trombonist John Mosca says, “We’re still afraid of her!” Pianist Kirk Lightsey’s quartet comes into the Vanguard Sept. 23 to 28, followed by another sax quartet, this one led by Ravi Coltrane, son of jazz pioneers John and Alice Coltrane, appearing from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5.

The 18-piece band Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, now led by trombonists Mosca and Doug Purviance, still rules the roost Mondays and plays JAZZ, continued on p.19

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Village jazz guide

PHOTOS BY JENNY RUBIN

Cornelia Street Café has pianist Sebastien Ammann’s quartet, hot after a European tour, on Sept. 29.

JAZZ, continued from p. 18

new works as well as many Thad Jones-Mel Lewis orchestrations that date back to the 60s.

The Blue Note continues its star-studded booking tradition with Lou Donaldson coming in for one night, Sept. 25, and pianist Chick Corea & the Vigil covering a six-night stand Sept. 30 to Oct. 5, both groups playing two sets at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Smalls will be closed for renovations from Sept. 22 to 25,

but reopens Fri., Sept. 26 with an afternoon open jam session from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular programming then resumes with Ralph Lalama’s band, Bop Juice, at 7:30 p.m., Myron Walden’s Momentum at 10:30 p.m., and Anthony Wonsey’s piano trio playing until closing or dawn, whichever comes first.

The smaller joints are jumping too. The Cornelia Street Café has flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny leading a quartet through improvised originals and Duke Ellington classics Sept. 24 at 8:30 p.m., and pia-

VILLAGE VENUE GUIDE

Traditional jazz still holds sway at Arthur’s Tavern, but look out for more modern surprises.

nist Sebastien Ammann’s quartet, hot after a European tour, on Sept.

29. Guitar virtuosos and 55 Bar regulars Mike and Leni Stern will be back at their old haunt this fall: Mike Sept. 22 24 & 29 and Leni, Sept. 23. At Arthur’s Tavern, traditional jazz still hold sway, but look out for more modern surprises.

At Fat Cat, you can play billiards while listening to eager up and comers, and you might as well go the new WhyNot Jazz Room Sept.

24 and hear Rale Micic & Vic Juris howl on two guitars — why not?

CAFFE VIVALDI

ANALOGUE

19 W. Eighth St. (btw. Fifth & Sixth Aves.) analoguenyc.com | 212-432-0200

ARTHUR’S TAVERN

57 Grove St. (btw. Seventh Ave. & Bleecker St.) arthurstavernnyc.com | 212-675-6879

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131 W. Third St. (btw. Sixth Ave. & MacDougal St.) bluenote.net | 212-475-8592 TheVillager.com

SMALLS JAZZ CLUB

32 Jones St. (btw. Bleecker and W. Fourth Sts.) caffevivaldi.com | 212-691-7538

183 W. 10th St. (btw. W. Fourth St. & Seventh Ave. South) smallsjazzclub.com | 212-252-5091

CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ

THE STONE

FAT CAT

VILLAGE VANGUARD

55 BAR

ZINC BAR

29 Cornelia St. (btw. Bleecker & W. Fourth Sts.) corneliastreetcafe.com | 212-989-9319 75 Christopher St. (at Seventh Ave. South) fatcatmusic.org | 212-675-6056

THE BLUE NOTE

Or check out the newest club on the block, Mezzrow, across 10th St. from Smalls.

“Jazz in the Village never ceases to amaze me,” says Jim Eigo, a diehard fan who’s become a publicist. “Old, new, traditional, experimental, big clubs, little clubs, known players, unknown players. There’s so much energy, so much daring. Go to a place you’ve never heard of, listen to a band you think you’re not going to like. I guarantee, if you open your ears, you’re going to have a Village night you’ll never forget.”

55 Christopher St. (btw. Seventh Ave. So. & Waverly Pl.) 55bar.com | 212-929-9883

GARAGE RESTAURANT & CAFE 99 Seventh Ave. South (btw. Grove & Barrow Sts.) garagerest.com | 212-645-0600

JULES BISTRO

65 St. Marks Pl. (btw. First & Second Aves.) julesbistro.com | 212-477-5560

At the corner of E. Second St. & Ave. C thestonenyc.com | 212-473-0043 178 Seventh Ave. South villagevanguard.com | 212-255-4037 82 W. Third St. (btw. Thompson & Sullivan Sts.) zincbar.com | 212-477-9462

MEZZROW

163 W. 10th St. (corner of Seventh Ave.) mezzrow.com | 646-476-4346

WHYNOT JAZZ ROOM

14 Christopher St. (corner of Gay St.) whynotjazzroomm.com | 646-756-4145

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ing to provide.

“The law is pretty clear. I’m not sure if stipulations would allow for what you guys want to do at the location,” Booth told the applicant.

The bar previously hoped to relocate to 37 Barrow St. But that plan fell through after its liquor-license application was denied by C.B. 2. Its Plan B was to take over the vegan restaurant Soy and Sake’s space on the ground floor at 47 Seventh Ave. South.

Above the space are five residential units and an office. Velvet Abashian, board president of 13-15 Morton St — the building’s residential entrance address — said the building’s bylaws prohibit activity, such as loud music, that would disrupt any of its residents or occupants.

Beth Walman, the owner of a residential building next door to the space, said the large quantity of trash the bar would produce would affect her tenants, some of whom have windows facing the alley that the buildings share.

“Plus,” Walman added, “the smoking and loitering at all hours of the night — it just makes the neighborhood, which is so nice and quiet, into something it was never intended to be.”

Many were worried about the noise and behavior of patrons. David Poster, head of the Christopher St. patrol, an anticrime group, said that Boots N Saddle’s bigger space on Seventh Ave South would be certain to attract larger crowds and increase traffic to and from Christopher St. and the surrounding area.

“It would bring back the mayhem we have fought so hard to eliminate,” he predicted.

Poster insisted the bar would have a devastating impact on the area and its residents.

“Therefore we highly disapprove Boots N Saddle reopening on 47 Seventh Ave,” he said, before firmly adding,“or basically anywhere in the West Village.”

The neighborhood’s character was a frequent topic during the discussion. Albert Bennett, representing the Morton St. Block Association, who is also a public member of the C.B. 2 Landmarks Committee, said the building with the disputed space was designated a landmark.

“Landmark applications are for the certificate of appropriateness,” he said. “I cannot imagine anything less appropriate for this part of our enclave than this particular application.”

Posters for drag queen performers at Boots N Saddles posted outside the bar on Christopher St.

Some also brought up the drag shows and karaoke nights at Boots N Saddle as a cause for concern. A representative from the Central Village Block Association pointed out the proximity of the Hudson Park Library, where children’s programs are held. Reading snippets of online reviews of the bar, the representative mentioned one that described a full-service bar with gay male strippers in thongs, panties and black boots.

“That’s not homophobic,” she said. “That’s about what’s going to be seen through the glass doors.”

Bennett also stressed that the Morton St. Block Association should not be accused of homophobia, noting that the association had elected two gay presidents in succession.

The attorney for Boots N Saddle’s application, John Philip, countered

with the “bigger picture” argument.

Philip pointed out that further north along Seventh Ave South toward the Christopher St. subway station, there are a multitude of clubs and bars, including Jekyll and Hyde and The Garage, a restaurant that has music by a big band.

“I think there has been a major point that has been missed,” Philip said. “The very character of the Village was created by these cabaret spaces. Drag performers — these are fundaments of the Village. And if you take all of these away because you say it’s too loud or too this, you’re going to destroy something ineffable in this very community.”

A number of those present at the meeting were in support of Boots N Saddle, although none spoke up.

After the committee had finished hearing the issue, the majority of

people left. However, many openly voiced their outrage as the discussion continued outside the meeting room. Bernice Holtzman, a Village resident for almost 30 years and five-year patron of Boots N Saddle, said that owner Ziegler was a “wonderful neighbor and a wonderful human being,” as she recounted personal anecdotes about the “Boots family.”

“Just to sit there and hear the horrible lies about the crime and the urination — it just doesn’t happen,” she asserted. “When I walk by, I feel safer because of their presence,” she said of the bar. “It’s well-lit, it’s responsible, and the noise — it’s not noisy. “[Ziegler] had invited them to come the last time to see what they were about, and somebody had stuck their head in and said, ‘Don’t you get it — we don’t want you here.’ So don’t tell me that’s not homophobic. The way they’re painting it — adult entertainment, an S&M bar — it’s nothing like that.”

Sandy Kaufman, a longtime Boots N Saddle patron, said the place has been a refuge for him.

“It was a place where I could feel secure being a gay person,” he said.

“It continues to be a place I could meet doctors, professors, lawyers, servicemen.”

During the meeting, committee member Shannon Tyree applauded the warm relationship Boots N Saddle had developed with the community it catered to, and said she would love to see the bar find a place that’s right for it.

“It just isn’t this space,” she stated.

Afterward, Philip remained optimistic.

“We believe we’ll be approved [for the liquor license] there, because we’re grandfathered in.

“We understand their concern, we understand their fears,” the attorney said. “Hopefully, they’ll see it and we’ll all be good neighbors.”

However, it looks like Boots N Saddles’s search for a new home will continue. Booth subsequently told The Villager that the bar has withdrawn its application for 47 Seventh Ave. South.

“I think the community board’s position is that we hope they can find a home, in the area, in a good location.”

As for Boots N Saddles being “grandfathered,” Booth said that was not certain, since the bar has a tavern license whereas the Seventh Ave. South space has a restaurant license.

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‘We were here first,’ Boots drag queens lash back

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n Sunday, drag queens gathered for a rally at Christopher Park to protest what they say were discriminatory remarks from the West Village’s block associations.

The rally was organized as a response to last week’s Community Board 2’s State Liquor Authority Licensing Committee meeting, at which popular Christopher St. bar Boots N Saddle, known for its nightly drag queen shows, proposed to move to the old Soy and Sake space on the corner of Seventh Ave. South and Morton St. At the meeting, members of some of the community groups criticized the drag queens, voicing concerns about noise, crowds and residents’ children seeing such performers.

“I feel bad,” said Elaine Goldman, president of the Christopher St. Merchants and Block Association. “Everyone feels bad. No one wants anyone to lose their jobs. It is very factual. It is very sad.

People just want to sleep.”

Goldman emphasized that people wanting a quiet place to come home and sleep was at the heart of the issue.

“It is about past behavior forecasting future behavior,” she explained. “They are being judged about past behavior.”

The bar has a reputation in the neighborhood for being loud and always having a crowd, whether inside the bar or outside on the street smoking, explained Greg Jackson, of the Morton St. Block Association. He said he visited Boots N Saddle about a month ago to check out conditions there.

The rally was organized by Frostie Flakes, one of Boots N Saddle’s drag queens, as well as an L.G.B.T. activist.

“It was an outrage,” Flakes said of last week’s meeting.

Added Robert Ziegler, co-owner of Boots N Saddle, “They can talk about me and the bar, but it upsets me when they go after my employees, customers and entertainers. We will keep fighting.”

About 50 people attended the “We Were Here First” rally, whose name referred to the idea that the Village was a place for the L.G.B.T. community before the middle- and upper-class families that now inhabit the area.

“I hope that our voice is heard and that the message is received that this is our home,” Flakes said before the rally’s start. “We are not opposed to sharing, but don’t kick us out.”

“I definitely want to bring light to the issues that stem from homophobia and bigotry,” said Brenda Dharling, a drag queen who works at Boots N Saddle, describing her goals for the rally. “We are not going anywhere. We are not big monsters. We really love the neighborhood. I hope they become more embracive.”

Drag queens, community leaders and activists were among the speakers at the rally, which began at 4:30 pm.

“Drag queens are full of life, love and color,” said Flakes in her introductory speech.

She talked about the concerns that some neighborhood families say they have over the drag queens’ presence in the community.

“We are teaching them it is not O.K. to be who they are,” Flakes said of drag queens and the lesson children will learn about them if the former are pushed out.

Bob the Drag Queen emphasized the Village’s safe haven aspect.

“They don’t understand what it is like to be

Drag queens and others spoke out in support of Boots N Saddles bar at a rally Sunday in Christopher Park.

aware of your gayness every second of every day,” she said.

“This is our home, man,” said Tod Tif Fernandez, who lived on Morton St. for five years in the early 2000s. “This is our home. New York is still not a safe haven.”

Siobhan Weiss, who has lived in the neighborhood for 27 years, angrily blasted the critics at last week’s C.B. 2 meeting.

“Why did you move to Greenwich Village, moron?” she scolded. “There are other neighborhoods that you can peddle your brand of entitlement.”

Teens and young adults need a place like Boots N Saddle, Weiss explained, because it’s somewhere for them to go and be accepted, when they might not otherwise find that same sense of acceptance of who they are in their own community.

“I heard what happened and it pissed me off,” Weiss said of why she attended the rally. “I walk by there almost every day when walking my dog, and never had a problem other than the occasional snarky comment about my fashion sense.”

“Boots N Saddle is one of the best businesses we have. The owner is loyal and fierce,” declared Jessica Berk, founder of the Christopher St. Partnership.

Yet, for some drag queens, deciding to attend the rally was not a clearcut choice.

“What if it causes more commotion than it really is?” asked Yuhua Hamasaki, who performed at Boots N Saddle the night before the rally. On Saturday night, Hamasaki was still undecided if she would attend.

At the rally, there were only three drag queens dressed in their costumes. Around 10 drag queens were estimated to be in attendance, according to Flakes. Boots N Saddle has 21 drag queens that

perform weekly.

After a march down Barrow St. and up Christopher St., the rally concluded at St. John’s Lutheran Church, where Pastor Mark Erson gave remarks to the community.

“I get upset when anyone is being blamed for bigger issues,” Erson said. “His bar is blamed for a lot of problems and it is unfair — such as noise levels and people acting out — and wanting to make it sound that it is the patrons of the bar because they are near in proximity.”

Similar to the “We Were Here First” rally title, some see the Boots N Saddle issue as a reflection of changes in the community.

William V. Madison, who blogged about the Boots N Saddle issue, mentioned how the West Village changed after so many gay men died during the AIDS epidemic, leaving apartments open for rent and, thus, demographics open to change.

Speaking of changes, Goldman said the neighborhood also has become much safer. Neighborhood improvements have actually increased residents’ diversity, she contended.

“I have seen the changes in this neighborhood,” said Steven Menendez, who lives in Harlem, and goes out in the Village two to three times a week.

“All the rents being raised and gay businesses closing, the heart of gay liberation and historical places behind gay liberation.”

Sunday’s rally may be the needed spark for a bigger fight to preserve the West Village as a safe haven for all, in his view.

“This is the beginning of much more being done in this neighborhood,” Menendez said. “This is a place where I feel comfortable to be myself. This is why we have to come here.”

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anhattan real estate remains hot and is increasingly exclusive. That’s the message from Corcoran’s second quarter 2014 report. The average price for resale co-ops, resale condos and new developments increased 20 percent over last year, up to $1.697 million. That number topped the first quarter and sets a new record high price.

Median price, however, while increasing 6 percent to $920,000, has still not rebounded to the 2008 second quarter all-time high of $975,000.

Price per square foot saw a large gain, up 15 percent to $1,286 market-wide, which is also a new record. Larger units are seeing higher price gains, with annual growth at 2 percent for studios, 6 percent for one-bedrooms, 11 percent for two-bedrooms, and a whopping 23 percent for three-bedrooms.

New development slowed in the second quarter, but not for lack of demand. Price increases reflect not only appreciation but also the high quality

The rustic dining room of the penthouse duplex at 430 E. 10th St. in the East Village.

of new supply. The new development market increased 63 percent over last year and price per square foot increased 31 percent. Median price was

up 16 percent, to $1.731 million.

New developments skewed larger, with 27 percent three-plus bedrooms, compared to just 14 percent of existing stock. The greatest number of new development closings took place on the Upper East Side.

Douglas Elliman’s second quarter report found that consistent with a declining vacancy rate, Manhattan rents have grown steadily over the past five months. Tight mortgage underwriting standards and an increase in city employment levels were key factors. Median rental levels increased 5.4 percent to $3,205 compared to second quarter 2013, the biggest increase for that quarter in six years. The number of new rentals increased modestly by 7.2 percent to 4,938.

In Brooklyn, Elliman found, the rental market is also hot, with prices up for the 14th consecutive month and smaller apartments bearing the bulk of the increases. Tenants showed a greater willingness to seek affordability elsewhere rather than renew existing leases.

Price gains were seen across the studio and one-bedroom markets, with more mixed results in the larger size categories.

The median rent in Brooklyn grew 6.6 percent from a year ago to $2,852, but the luxury market rate increased only 1.8 percent to $4,500. The number of new rentals listed jumped 127 percent to 892 over the same period, reflecting strong tenant resistance to renewing leases at higher cost.

For Manhattan buyers, new developments, particularly on the Upper

East Side near the Second Ave. subway, provide great options. When Phase I of the new subway line opens in late 2016, it will carry 200,000 straphangers from 96th St. to connections at 63rd St. and Lexington Ave. For views of the East River, there is the spanking new SixtyFour at 300 E. 64th St. at Second Ave., developed by architects Stonehilll & Taylor. A luxury condo conversion of a rental building, SixtyFour is exclusively sold through Douglas Elliman. Unit sizes runs from one- to three-bedrooms, including a penthouse, all with hardwood floors and oversized or floor-to-ceiling windows, and square footage ranging from about 725 to 1,431. Kitchens are outfitted with Liebherr and Bosch appliances, and bathrooms have soaking tubs, Kohler Caxton sinks and marble vanities.

A communal open-air penthouse, furnished and with a barbeque grill and four exposures, offers spectacular views of the river and the Queensboro Bridge. The building also includes a screening room and a gym. Prices start at about $925,000. (sixtyfourcondo.com) The Charles from Bluerock Real Estate was designed by Ismael Leyva, with interiors by David Collins Studio. A luxury condominium with private access full-floor residences — including a duplex penthouse with two large terraces, each more than 3,000 square feet — The Charles is at 1335 First Ave. near 72nd St. Prices average $2,500 per square foot. Special REAL ESTATE, continued on p. 23 TheVillager.com

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touches include very high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, and white oak Oyster Gloss wide-plank flooring that in the living rooms has radiant heat.

Eat-in kitchens are outfitted with mirror-polished, high-gloss lacquer cabinetry, Corian countertops and backsplashes, and appliances by Sub-Zero and Miele. Polished dolomite marble tile bathrooms feature radiant heat floors and Kohler tubs.

Shared building amenities include a residents’ lounge, a Technogym, a game room and private storage. Exclusively marketed and sold through TOWN Residential, the Charles’s move-ins begin late this year. (charlesnyc.com) If the High Line park is your hot button, consider 505 W. 19th St. Off 10th Ave, the building was designed inside and out by Thomas Juul-Hansen and is made up of towers framing the park. With just 35 units ranging from one- to five-bedrooms, including a penthouse, square footage ranges from 1,050 to more than 5,800. A number of units include direct elevator entry and some have private outdoor space. Features include wide-plank riftsawn white oak flooring and large windows positioned to enhance privacy for the lower-floor units and with expanded views on the higher floors.

Kitchens offer quarter-sawn white oak, and cerused, limed and stained gray cabinetry trimmed with brass. Countertops and backsplashes are absolute black granite and appliances are from Miele.

Master baths with radiant heat floors offer honed Stellar White marble floors and shower walls and The Gluck+ Architects-designed 345 Carroll St. in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

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black lacquer vanities. All units feature Kohler cast-iron tubs and glass-enclosed showers. Community pleasures include a fitness center and private storage units. Marketed and sold by Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, prices start at $2.54 million. (505W19.com) Downtown, a duplex penthouse co-op with private outdoor space has just come on the market at 430 E. 10th St., between Avenues C and D. This loft-like, four-plus bedroom unit in a meticulously renovated building merges modern amenities with original details, including exposed brick walls, wood beam ceilings and rustic wood columns throughout. Spanning more than 3,400 square feet with a private rooftop that practically matches the interior square footage, the apartment has new electricity and plumbing, central heating and cooling systems, double-paned windows and white oak “floating” floors installed with professional-grade acoustic soundproofing.

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created from the original 19th-century flooring topped with Belgium bluestone and appliances are by SubZero, BlueStar and Miele. The 500-bottle wine storage and tasting room is also created from the original floors. The corner master bedroom suite has a walk-in closet and an en suite bath with a freestanding tub, a glass-enclosed shower, double vanities and Lefroy Brooks fixtures. There is also a separate laundry room with full-size washer and exterior-vented dryer. Listed with TOWN Residential, it’s priced at $3.998 million (townrealestate.com/ sale/id-303796/430-East-10th-Street4th-Floor-East-Village) Other Lower Manhattan properties include the contemporary architectural statement Ismael Leyva created at the Tribeca Royale at 19 Park Place near Church St. Developed by ABM Realty LLC, it’s made up of 24 half- and full-floor condominiums pre-wired for smart-home technology, each with floor-to-ceiling glass curtain walls with frameless glass balconies, wide-plank European oak floors from Mercier, and in-home washers and dryers by Miele. One- to three-bedroom units range from 716 to 1,336 square feet, and the mix includes a duplex and

a penthouse with a gas fi replace framed in Calacatta marble.

Master baths with radiant heat floors and hydronic towel warmers are done up in polished onyx porcelain slab walls by Ariostea Ultra Onici and honed walnut brown marble floors. Fixtures include a Wetstyle oval-shaped freestanding tub and a glass-enclosed shower with a slatted teak floor.

Communal amenities include a second-floor outdoor landscaped terrace. Priced from $1.12 million with anticipated 421a tax abatement, this development is marketed and sold through Halstead Property Development Marketing.

Occupancy is set for spring 2015.

(19pptribeca.com) New developments are popping up across wide swaths of Brooklyn. According to a July report from the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, there are 7,800 housing units in the development pipeline, 2,000 of which will be market-rate condominiums. Streeteasy (streeteasy. com) recently reported that Brooklyn’s up-and-coming neighborhoods include those on the eastern edge of the borough, such as East New York and Carnarsie, plus neighborhoods near Prospect Park,

such as Kensington, Flatbush and Sunset Park.

Centrally located in Downtown Brooklyn and developed by the Stahl Organization, the SLCE-designed 388 Bridge Penthouse Collection is now on the market atop Brooklyn’s tallest condominium, located between Fulton and Willoughby Sts. On floors 45 through 53, there are 40 two- to four-bedroom penthouses, most of which are duplexes with private outdoor space for eyefuls of New York’s landmarks.

Units range from 1,133 to 2,371 square feet. All feature wide-plank gray-wash white oak floors, ceilings as high as 11 feet, and solar shades.

Master bathrooms feature white quartz walls, limestone floors, walk-in showers and custom-designed white lacquer vanities. This full-service building with a 24-hour doorman includes a 46th-floor sky lounge with a fi replace, pool table, large screen TVs, a pantry and a wet bar. The adjacent outdoor terrace features a playground, two barbeques and a lounge area. Amenities also include a playroom, a media room, a pet spa and a two-story REAL ESTATE, continued on p. 28

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HQ ENERGY TRADING, LLC Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/24/2014. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 75 Carriage Road, Wilton, CT 06897. Purpose: Any lawful activity. The LLC is to be managed by one or more managers.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GENERATIONS PRODUCTIONS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/21/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 41 Great Jones St., 5th 10012. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 RH 88, LLC a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/25/14. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process The LLC, c/o Robyn Heiberger, 240A E. 67th St., NY, NY 10065.

General Purposes.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 Notice of Qualification of Park Square Capital USA LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/19/14.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 299 Park Ave., 6th Fl., NY, NY 10171.

LLC formed in DE on 8/14/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc. (NRAI), 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o NRAI, 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: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF AMERICAN IMMIGRATION GROUPNYRC, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/08/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 230 Park Ave., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10023.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Real estate finance.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BLUEROOKIE11B LLC Arts. of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/21/14. 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 Linda Plotnicki, Esq., Kaufman, Friedman, Plotnicki & Grun, LLP, 300 East 42nd St., NY, NY 10017, also the registered agent.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF THE GOLDEN HINGE GROUP LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 8/7/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: P.O.BOX 751132, NY NY 11375. Purpose: any lawful act.2335391.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF S & C REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/12/14. 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 Moses & Singer LLP, Attn: Daniel S. Rubin, Esq., 405 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10174-1299. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF NEW YORK 255 LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/27/14.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 1900 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. LLC formed in DE on 5/21/09. 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: 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: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 491 CHELSEA APARTMENTS, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/08/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 08/18/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the NJ addr. of the LLC, 44 Woodcrest Ave., Short Hills, NJ 07078. Arts. of Org. filed with NJ Dept. of the Treasury, Div. of Revenue and Enterprise Services, 33 W. State St., 5th Fl., Trenton, NJ 08646. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF CENSEO HEALTH LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/28/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/30/09.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, also the registered agent. Address to be maintained in DE: 1675 S State St., Ste. B, Dover, DE 19901. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TS 509 W 34, L.L.C. Authority filed with Secy of State of NY on June 5, 2014. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in DE on 3/4/2014. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: National Registered Agents, Inc. 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th floor, New York, NY 10011. NRAI is the registered agent as well. Address required to be maintained in home jurisdiction: 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org filed with DE Secy of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Streets, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 127 ASSOCIATES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/4/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, One Penn Plaza, Ste. 4000, NY, NY 10119. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF J R JEWELRY US , LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/09/2014. 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: J R Jewelry US LLC, 70 west 36th Street, Floor 6th, New York, NY 10018. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 2329 FIRST AVENUE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/10/14. 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, 632 Broadway, 7th Fl., NY, NY 10012. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF NH NEW YORK CITY LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/2/14.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in MI on 7/16/14. 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. MI and principal business addr.: 14115 Farmington Rd., Livonia, MI 48154. Cert. of Org. filed with Director of Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau, PO Box 30004, Lansing, MI 48909. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF QUOGUE AVIATION II LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/20/14.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in DE on 8/18/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 50 W. 57th St., 15th Fl., NY, NY 10019, principal business address. DE address of LLC: 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: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 50 CLINTON PROPERTY OWNER LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/09/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/05/14.

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, Div. of Corps., State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 09/18 - 10/23/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FXFL LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/28/14. 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: FXFL LLC 590 Madison Ave. Floor 25 New York NY 10022. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 09/11 - 10/16/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 1560 BROADWAY GFI, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/14. 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 Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, 125 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 09/11 - 10/16/2014 Name of LLC: Boredom Therapy LLC Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 8/14/14. Office loc.: NY Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Asaf Katzir, 140 W. 70th St., #4R, NY, NY 10023, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act.

Vil: 09/11 - 10/16/2014 MAXDELIVERY 2, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/06/2014. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Gilbride, Tusa, Last & Spellane LLC Attn: JMW , 31 Brookside Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Vil: 09/11 - 10/16/2014

Notice of Qualification of BMC Software Federal, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/15/14.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 2101 CityWest Blvd., Houston, TX 77042. LLC formed in DE on 9/18/13. 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 addr. of LLC: 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: 09/11 - 10/16/2014 Notice of Qualification of The Line LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/15/14.

NYS fict. name: The Line NY LLC. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 10/19/12. 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.: 3555 Timmons Lane, Ste. 800, Houston, TX 77027. DE addr. of LLC: 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: 09/11 - 10/16/2014 PARACADEMIA LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/01/14. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Milica Paranosic, 281 West 119th Street, #5A, New York, NY 10026. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Vil: 09/11 - 10/16/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DIANA ADAMS LAW & MEDIATION, PLLC a professional service limited liability company (PLLC).

Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/05/14. 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: Diana Adams Law & Mediation, PLLC, 48 Wall Street, 11th Floor, New York NY 10005. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 09/04 - 10/09/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HIPPIE ROSE LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/28/2014. Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: United State Corporation Agents, Inc 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. The principal business address of the LLC is: 499 Fashion Avenue, 3rd Floor NY, NY 10018 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 09/04- 10/09/2014

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SILKSTONE HOSPITALITY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/20/14. 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, 17 Orchard St., NY, NY 10002. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 090/04 - 10/09/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BETSOLA LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/08/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Betsy Olum, 222 Park Ave. S., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil: 09/04 - 10/09/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JUSTICE: JUST US LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/14/14. 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: JUSTICE: Just Us LLC, 45 Wall Street, Apt 2203, New York, NY 10005. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 090/04 - 10/09/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF BOUTWELL FAY LLP Notice of Registration (Foreign) filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/14. Office location: NY County. LLP formed in CA on 6/15/98. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLP to: Boutwell Fay LLP, 1 Park Plaza, Ste 600, Irvine, CA 92614. Principal business address: 40 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013. CA address of LLP: 1 Park Plaza, Ste 600, Irvine, CA 92614. Certificate of LLP filed with Secy of State of CA located in Sacramento CA. Purpose: any lawful act. 2330640.

Vil: 09/04 - 10/09/2014 IPPUDO KURO-OBI, LLC a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/8/14. 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, c/o R.O.S.E., 420 Lexington Ave., Ste. 2160, NY, NY 10170. General Purposes.

Vil: 09/04 - 10/09/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SPIN CERAMICS USA LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/22/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606, the registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 09/04 - 10/09/2014

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 210 WYCOMBE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/28/14.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 Paul Wrobleski, Clarfeld, 560 White Plains Rd.,Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF FILING OF THE ARTS OF ORGAN OF 2862 ASSOCIATES, LLC filed with NY Secy of State on 06/24/2014. Office location: New York County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Julian W. Friedman, Ballard Spahr Stillman & Friedman, LLP, 425 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Purpose: To engage in all aspects of real estate development and management.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GRAMERCY DAISY 22 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/12/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 304 Sweetbriar Court, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF INDUSTRIE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/19/05. 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 Industrie Wear, Attn: Eli Hamway, 1375 Broadway, 15th Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LONGCLAW, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/07/14. 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: Longclaw, LLC, P.O. Box 105, New York, NY 10009. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GRANUM, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Sec. of State of NY (?SSNY?) on 7/10/14.

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, c/o Globex Int’l, Inc., 515 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attn: Leonid Kogan. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 57 DEVELOPER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/15/14. 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 Royal Realty Corp., Attn: Corporate Counsel, One Bryant Park, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 58 DEVELOPER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/15/14. 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 Royal Realty Corp., Attn: Corporate Counsel, One Bryant Park, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF VOXILITY, LLC Application of Authority filed with Secreptary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/16/2014. Office location: NY County. Principal business address: 580 California Street, 12th floor, suite #1243, San Francisco, CA 94104. LLC formed in Virginia (VA) on 09/05/2012.

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, 580 California Street, 12th floor, suite #1243, San Francisco, CA 94104. VA address of LLC: N/A. Articles of Formation filed with VA State Corporation Commission, 1300 E Main St, Richmond, VA 23219. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GGMC PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/13/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1651 Third Ave., Ste. 207, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MYNYC PARTNERS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/23/2014. Office location, County of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 6 Stuyvesant Oval #8H, NY, NY 10009. Purpose: any lawful act.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 100 SARDINES MANAGEMENT LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 5/5/2014. 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, c/o Portuga Restaurant, 31 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014

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NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ABBOTT SELECT VENTURE FUND, L.P. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/17/14.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 1290 Ave. of the Americas, 9th Fl., NY, NY 10104. LP formed in DE on 7/10/14. 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: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 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: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 336 EAST 81ST ST LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/12/14.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: c/o Trevi Retail LLC, 130 E. 59th St., Ste. 14A, NY, NY 10022.

LLC formed in DE on 8/7/14. 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: 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: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF SONS OF LEO LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/14/14.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in DE on 8/11/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 234 W. 44th St., Ste. 800, NY, NY 10036, principal business address. DE address of LLC: 1679 S. DuPont Hwy., Ste. 100, Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 344 EAST 85TH ST LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/12/14.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: c/o Trevi Retail LLC, 130 E. 59th St., Ste. 14A, NY, NY 10022.

LLC formed in DE on 8/7/14. 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: 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: 08/28 - 10/02/2014

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GREENWICH 1982 LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 8/4/14. Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address:c/o Sabin, Bermant & Gould LLP, 4 Times Square, NY NY 10036 Attn: Managing Partner Purpose: any lawful act.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TRANS WORLD INTERNATIONAL, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/31/14.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 1360 E. 9th St., Ste. 100, Cleveland, OH 44114. LLC formed in DE on 4/24/14. 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: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 08/28 - 10/02/2014 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for

by East Village Hospitality LLC d/b/a Racing for Pinks to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 242 East 10th Street NY, NY 10003.

Vil: 09/18 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by 1 Ludlow LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at One Ludlow Street aka 141 Division Street aka 38 Canal Street NY, NY 10002.

Vil: 09/18 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 781 METROPOLITAN AVE JV LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/14. 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 Adam America Real Estate, 850 Third Ave., Ste. 13D, NY, NY 10022, Attn: Omri Sachs. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 32 FRONT PORCH LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/30/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 51 W. 52nd St., NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/15/2002. Office location: NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 370 Lexington Ave., Ste. 803, NY, NY 10017. The principal business address of the LLC is: 370 Lexington Ave., Ste. 803, NY, NY 10017 Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ARC NY24549W17, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/05/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/31/14.

Princ. office of LLC: 106 York Rd., Montgomery, PA 19046. 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. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LOH CONSULTING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/1/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Franklin Loh, 240 E. 93rd St., Apt. 14F, NY, NY 10128. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 APP FOR AUTH FOR WOMENS HEALTH PRACTICE, LLC App for Auth filed with SSNY 12/30/2013 LLC. Registered in Wyoming on 11/21/2012 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, c/o Edline V. Walters, 232 Seven Spring Mountain Rd., Monroe, NY 10950. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 36TH STREET HOSPITALITY, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/13/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/28/12.

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: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014

AMIKAM LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 7/1/2014. 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, 70W 36th St., Ste 5A, New York, NY 10018.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 VERADEANA PROPERTIES LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/25/2014. 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, 240 East 47th St., Apt 17B, New York, NY 10017. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 353-357 BROADWAY OWNER MEMBER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/5/14.

Office location: NY County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF AGCP IV LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/1/14.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in DE on 7/30/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Angelo Gordon & Co., L.P., 245 Park Ave., 26th Fl., NY, NY 10167, principal business address. DE address of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 353-357 BROADWAY OWNER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/5/14.

Office location: NY County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 14 FIELDVIEW LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/15/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whim process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: % Avi Telyas, 200 Central Park South, Apt 9-R, New York, NY 10019. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFILE ENTERPRISES 2 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/04/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 347 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10016. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Gatsby Enterprises at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 16 FIELDVIEW LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/15/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whim process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: % Avi Telyas, 200 Central Park South, Apt 9-R, New York, NY 10019. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil: 08/21 - 09/25/2014 FORMATION OF COLLISTER MEDIA LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/24/14.

Office loc.: New York County. The principal business loc. is 12 E. 36th St., New York, NY 10016.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Essex Equity, 7 Columbia Turnpike, 2nd Fl., Florham Park, NJ 07932. Mgmt. shall be by one or more managers.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF JET CITY GLOBAL II LLC App. for Auth. filed w/ Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/15/14. Office loc.: NY County. Formed in DE on 5/14/14. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal bus. add. of LLC: 80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, #602, New York NY 10004. DE address: A Registered Agent, Inc., 1521 Concord Pike #303, Wilmington DE 19803. Cert of LLC filed with Secy of State of DE at: 820 N French St, 4th Fl, Wilmington DE 19801. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NICE BIKE TOURING, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/19/14. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Shukat Arrow Hafer Weber & Herbsman, Att: Jason Finestone, Esq., 494 8th Ave., NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 BKLYN156 LLC a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/31/14. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Watershed Ventures LLC, 170 E. 61st St., 4th Fl., NY, NY 10065.

General Purposes.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 505 GREENWICH STREET UNIT 6E LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/10/14. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Hyde Park Holdings, 500 Fifth Ave., 50th Fl., NY, NY 10110.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NICE BIKE MEDIA, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/19/14. Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Shukat Arrow Hafer Weber & Herbsman, Att: Jason Finestone, Esq., 494 8th Ave., NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LORIMER NEIGHBOURS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/05/14. Office location: NY County. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 12/31/2044. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, 82 Nassau St. #222, NY, NY 10038. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MUM’S THE WORD LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/06/14. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Alexandra G. Williamson, 215 E. 73rd St., Apt. 3FG, NY, NY 10021.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF DAWN CITY GLOBAL II LLC App. for Auth. filed w/ Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/15/14. Office loc.: NY County. Formed in DE on 5/14/14. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal bus. add. of LLC: 80 Broad Street, 5th Floor, #602, New York NY 10004. DE address: A Registered Agent, Inc., 1521 Concord Pike #303, Wilmington DE 19803. Cert of LLC filed with Secy of State of DE at: 820 N French St, 4th Fl, Wilmington DE 19801. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, 1280409, for beer, and/or wine has been applied for by Entrez Bar & Grill, Inc. d/b/a Farfasha to sell beer, and/or wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at, 162 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10007, New York, New York County, for on premises consumption. Entrez Bar & Grill, Inc. d/b/a Farfasha.

Vil: 09/11 - 09/18/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF THOMPSON HOTELS LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/14. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/12/06.

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 Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PAUL MOSS INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/9/14.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in OH on 10/18/11. 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. OH and principal business address: 3700 Park East Dr., Ste. 350, Beachwood, OH 44122.

Cert. of Org. filed with OH Sec. of State, 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 2085 LEXINGTON JV LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/19/14. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 6/18/14. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purp.: any lawful activities.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 685 FIFTH AVENUE OWNER LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/19/14. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 5/15/14. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to NRAI, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.

Purp.: any lawful activities.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF ADI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/20/13. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 9/11/13. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 529 5th Ave., 8th Fl., NY, NY 10017. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PACIFIC RESOURCES BENEFITS ADVISORS, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/23/14.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in IL on 4/18/14. 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. Principal office address: 321 N. Clark St., Ste. 940, Chicago, IL 60654.

Cert. of Org. filed with IL Sec. of State, 213 State Capitol, Springfield, IL 62756. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF UNTITLED COWBOY, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/28/14.

Office location: NY County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 453 W. 21st St., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10011. LLC formed in DE on 7/22/14. 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. 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: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF FOREIGN REGISTRATION OF CARPENTER LIPPS & LELAND LLP. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/7/14.

Office location: NY County.

LLP registered in OH on 12/11/01. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 280 N. High St., Ste 1300, Columbus, OH 43215, principal office address. Cert. of Org. filed with OH Sec. of State, 180 E. Broad St., Ste 103, Columbus, OH 43215 . Purpose: practice the profession of law.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF ADI CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/20/13. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 9/19/13. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 529 5th Ave., 8th Fl., NY, NY 10017. DE off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities.

Vil: 08/14 - 09/18/2014

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PHOTOS BY MILO HESS

Just one of those days A photographer with an eye for color and shape can see some pretty weird things on the street. For instance, last week in the Meatpacking District, a pink elephant was being unloaded. (“Gotta stop drinking,” the shutterbug thought to himself.) Then, there was a “construction accident” on Harrison St. And, well, the “Stay Weird” sign back in the Meatpacking District on W. 14th St. pretty much summed it all up.

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PARKER LIFESTYLE, LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/24/14. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 600 Kellwood Pkwy., Chesterfield, MO 63017. LLC formed in DE on 6/20/14. 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: CT Corporation System, 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.

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It’s fall, but the real estate market is hot REAL ESTATE, continued from p. 24

Manhattan Athletic Club, to which membership can be purchased.

Marketed by Halstead Property, prices begin at $1.742 million.

(388bridge.com) Developed by Sterling Equities and designed by Gluck+ Architects, a new boutique development at 345 Carroll St., between Hoyt and Bond Sts., begins selling units this month.

The building includes 32 luxury residences, with 18 two- to four-bedroom units with square footage ranging from 1,215 to 1,973. There are also eight four-bedroom penthouses, sized from 1,847 to 2,393 square feet, and six one- to three-bedroom garden duplexes, with square footage ranging from 1,647 to 2,899.

Master baths have custom herringbone Italian marble radiant heat floors, walnut vanities topped with marble, glass shower stall and tubs with marble decks. Amenities in-

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clude a vegetable garden and one that is landscaped, a rooftop deck, a kids’ playroom, a dog-washing area and a bocce ball court. Lobby attendants are 24 / 7 and parking and storage areas are for sale. Marketed and sold through Stribling Marketing Associates, prices begin at $1.5 million with occupancy slated for fall 2015. (345carroll.com) Cliff Finn, executive vice president at Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, offered his take on Brooklyn’s rental market.

“Many renters prefer the technology, design and amenities of today’s new developments, and they are usually willing to trade off a little space and often location to get it,” Finn said. “Brooklyn is no longer the big discount to Manhattan it once was.

However, in most cases, there is still a bit of a discount when compared to comparable buildings in other Manhattan neighborhoods, which now may only be a 10 percent to 25

percent savings, sometimes higher or even lower depending on the location. Compared to some Upper East Side and Upper West Side locations, one will find parts of Brooklyn more expensive.”

Finn offered a telling example.

“An average sized one-bedroom in our new boutique rental development, 267 Pacific in Boerum Hill, recently rented for $3,600. The same unit in the similarly sized new Hell’s Kitchen development would rent for $3,900, and in a new Greenwich Village rental, perhaps $5,000. The appeal, aside from new development housing stock, is the authenticity of its neighborhoods. Renters and purchasers like the look and feel of the various intimate neighborhoods, with their small neighborhood parks, mom-and-pop businesses, and the light and air one gets from having more low- and mid-rise buildings.”

The signature design feature at 267 Pacific is the 50-foot-by 50-foot

“Sign Language” mural from famed street artists Chris Stain and Billy Mode, who collaborated with the Brooklyn youth arts group Cre8tive YouTH*ink. The mural, which covers the building’s entire right side, pays tribute to legendary photographer Martha Cooper. Developed by Quinlan Development Group and Lonicera Partners and marketed through Elliman, the GF55 Partners-designed project offers 60 units with wideplank solid white oak floors, ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, some with terraces, plus penthouses with private terraces and spectacular views.

Bathrooms have CaesarStone-topped vanities. Communal amenities include a large bike garage and dedicated workshop and a large rooftop terrace with entertaining space, a sundeck, a misting shower and barbeque grills. Almost ready for occupancy, monthly rents will start at $2,525. (267pacific.com) TheVillager.com

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which calls for simple arbitration if the two sides couldn’t agree on a fair lease renewal. Why? Because they have no honest legal argument.

Small businesses have been gouged for decades and the real estate industry has had an unchecked bonanza on the backs of mom-and-pops for the last 25 to 30 years!

Since when is arbitration unfair or “communistic” as Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, stated in the New York Post? That is a laugh. Almost every agreement today at any level of business has an arbitration clause in it, from multimillion-dollar contracts to your cell phone! Is the real estate industry afraid of just a little fairness, a few crumbs of rights to the neighborhood small business owner?

Every single city councilmember should be rushing to scream that they will pass this ASAP! We are losing jobs and local businesses every day, in all communities, in all five boroughs. The idea to give more money to the landlords — as proposed by Councilmember Robert Cornegy, of the Small Business Committee — sounds like the “Twilight Zone.”

Whose side is he on? Not small business.

Oh, and finally, this is not rent control or rent regulation, it is mediation and arbitration. Is that communist?

This is the single, most important legislation to impact jobs across New York City of all the initiatives in the last 25 years combined. Who has the courage to stand up and get this done already?

What are the new progressive councilmembers waiting for? If we had 32 to 33 members before, we should have all 51 now. Pass this jobs bill for New York City now. Do the right thing.

Steven Barrison

Mideast debate rages on To The Editor: Re “Standing up for Gaza but not with certain groups” (talking point,

by Bill Weinberg, Aug. 28):

I recently learned that Bill Weinberg listed our organization first among allegedly impure groups with which Mr. Weinberg would not deign TheVillager.com

to stand, despite his proclaimed love for the Palestinian cause.

I wondered what evidence he had provided for our dastardly designation.

Was it because I traveled throughout Gaza and the West Bank as a freelance reporter in 2001, discovered the carnage, and began an organization called If Americans Knew to give people the facts?

Did he dislike our designer’s infographics about Gaza, reaching millions — our Web master’s creation, considered one of the top sites on Palestine?

Did he dislike my recent book on the history of the Israel lobby with its almost 8,000 sales?

No, none of this is mentioned. Mr. Weinberg’s “evidence” consisted of two items. The first was an extraordinarily creative (and erroneous) Sherlock Holmes-like deduction: “It is obvious from its name that this is basically a right-wing nationalist formation with (at least) an anti-Semitic streak.”

The second was an equally creative (and erroneous) description of an alleged If Americans Knew flier that contained, he wrote, “a big quote from Gilad Atzmon,” an Israeli author who apparently causes Mr. Weinberg such anguish that when he heard Atzmon praised, “[a] wave of existential loneliness swept over me.”

The problem is that there is no such If Americans Knew flier.

Poor Mr. Weinberg, in his agony over those not marching to his own, highly flawed tune, simply got things wrong.

Alison Weir Weir is founder, If Americans Knew

Bill Weinberg responds: If any readers fail to see the anti-Semitic nature of the name “If Americans Knew,” it is beyond my power to enlighten them. As stated in my talking point, the inescapable connotation is that “Americans” (the authors of drone terror and the destruction of Fallujah) are pure and righteous, but are being hoodwinked into supporting atrocities by deceitful Jews.

The vigil outside St. Mark’s Church where I picked up the flier in question on July 28 was giving out two pieces of literature. One was the flier

with the Gilad Atzmon quote. The other was the book (with the not-sosubtly anti-Semitic title and subtitle) “Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel,” by none other than Alison Weir. So I think it is fair to say, at the very least, that they are partisans of If Americans Knew.

If Ms. Weir is so aghast at her supporters associating her with Gilad Atzmon, I suggest she have a little talk with the activists distributing her book for free on the streets of New York.

I also find her protestations highly ironic, as she has publicly and repeatedly come to the defense of Atzmon.

Google “The unfortunate division over Gilad Atzmon” and “More on the Gilad Atzmon controversy and why it matters.”

Atzmon’s bona fides as a Jew-hater are well established by the material I quoted from his Web site, e.g. that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was “in direct response to the declaration of war on Germany by the worldwide Jewish leadership.” None are so blind as those who will not see. I direct-

ly link to some offending pages on Atzmon’s Web site in the version of The Villager talking point that I ran on my own site, World War 4 Report.

Readers with strong stomachs are directed there to see for themselves: ww4report.com/node/13507 Readers are also referred to the online statement signed by numerous progressive writers and activists, including myself, “Anti-Imperialism and the Anti-Humanist Rhetoric of Gilad Atzmon,” urging the Palestine solidarity movement to disassociate itself from this problematic (to be very polite) individual.

Weir and her partisans are not helping the Palestinians by associating their just struggle with Jewhaters. Quite to the contrary.

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Pre-K slots for the taking at the Salvation Army

BY JOSH ROGERS

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ayor Bill de Blasio’s citywide push to expand pre-K was very limited Downtown — so much so that the Village’s ever-popular P.S. 41 rejected many 4-year-olds with siblings already in the school. But there is one neighborhood place that still has many full-day slots available.

The Salvation Army New York Temple, at 132 W. 14th St. between Sixth and Seventh Aves., is still accepting students. Run by Johanna Torres, the pre-K center occupies the entire second floor of the Salvation Army building, with two classrooms stocked with brand new furniture and educational toys, and a kitchen serving free hot breakfast and lunch every day to all students.

The program has no religious component since it’s city-funded. It runs from 8:45 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.

Parents are hoping to set up an afterschool program whereby a McBurney YMCA staff member would pick up children and walk them across the street to participate in Y activities.

According to one parent, who wished to remain anonymous, Torres is “a caring, experienced educator who has hired a great team of teachers.”

For more information, contact Sarah Fay, at 212337-7439 or sarah.fay@use.salvationarmy.org.

They’re really starting to put it all together at the Salvation Army pre-K.

Former champ Agassi is a hit in Hudson Square A week before the U.S. Open started, Andre Agassi, a two-time men’s champion of the tennis tournament, rallied in Duarte Square, at Canal St. and Sixth Ave., on a makeshift court set up by Nike.

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SCOOPY’S, continued from p. 2 multiple meetings to appearing at weekend events — that it makes sense to delegate some responsibilities to the board’s first and second vice chairpersons. “What happened over the years is that board chairperson became more of a job,” he explained. “I don’t know if that’s because of the Internet.” The problem, as he sees it, is that this rules out “the vast majority” of board members — those working full-time jobs and without flexible hours — from running for the board’s top office. Riccobono’s proposals could be enacted without changing the board’s bylaws.

“It would really be a three-member leadership team,” he noted. He also supports taking a “big picture” apTheVillager.com

proach on zoning, rather than barraging board members and the public with numbing technical details. As for his chances in the November race, Riccobono told us, “I know I have a significant number of people supporting me, otherwise I wouldn’t run.” ...

We asked Richard Stewart, another declared candidate, about Riccobono and the “Bo Plan.” “I’m just excited to see so many people interested in chairing the board,” he said. “I’m not so sure what he wants to do.” For his part, Stewart said, “I don’t want to do anything fanatical — that’s all I’m going to say!” Tobi Bergman has also expressed interest in leading the board.

COOL AS A CUDE-CUMBER:

There are rumors a female candidate might also throw her hat into

the Board 2 chairperson race. Hmm... for some reason, Terri Cude’s name keeps coming to mind — so we asked her. “I have not yet made any decisions on how I can best serve the board,” replied Cude, who is currently C.B. 2 second vice chairperson. One thing that she could tell us, though, as chairperson of the board’s Arts and Institutions Committee, is that the new Whitney Museum, on Gansevoort St., is on track to open in March 2015.

PATROL GETS BOOTED: Jessica Berk, of Residents in Distress, tipped us off that the Christopher St. Patrol has gotten the boot from St. John’s Lutheran Church, on Christopher St., after the patrol’s president, David Poster, made critical remarks about

Boots N Saddles at a recent C.B. 2 S.L.A. Committee meeting. The patrol, which includes Guardian Angels members, gathers at the church before going out on its anticrime sorties.

But apparently word of Poster’s remarks got back to Pastor Mark Erson, who took exception. Terri Howell, the patrol’s No. 2, confirmed to us that it’s all true.

CORRECTION: Last week’s article on the Democratic primary election for governor incorrectly stated the amount of money Zephyr Teachout spent on her campaign. In fact, she raised about a half million dollars and spent nearly all of it. ... (For the record, Teachout didn’t do any TV ads or mailings, but she had ads online, including on Facebook.)

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