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Small businesses ask City Council for assistance BY ALINE REYNOLDS Though Lower Manhattan is ranked as the fourth largest commercial district in the country, the neighborhood’s small businesses struggled substantially following 9/11 and the ensuing recession. Such was the message relayed by several business owners at a City Council hearing on Downtown small businesses held on Thurs., Sept. 15. Prior to 9/11, Lower Manhattan was home to about 8,300 compaPhoto by Tequila Minsky

New-York based blues and folk singer Feral Foster sang his original soulful melodies. He said he spent three years singing in the park.

Bringing it all back home Washington Square Park was the long-awaited scene of the first annual Folk Music Festival on Sept. 17 and 18. Eli Smith, host of the online Down Home Radio, “a hardcore, unreconstructed, paleo-acoustic, folk music program,” was hired by the Parks Department to produce it. The Mario Batali Foundation was one of the festival’s sponsors. The free festival hosted a variety of bands and gave Villagers a chance to dig it on the grass.

Rudin moving forward on St. V’s redevelopment despite opposition BY ALBERT AMATEAU The Rudin Organization came to a raucous Community Board 2 hearing last week with its proposal for new zoning and special permits for the $800 million residential conversion of the east side of the defunct St. Vincent’s Hospital campus. As expected, the emotional high point of the Sept. 15 event was the demand for a new full-service hospital by Yetta Kurland and her partisans. But Community Board 2 members stuck to the environmental review issues at hand. The central issue was Rudin’s

large-scale development application to replace a similar zone that the city granted in 1979 for St. Vincent’s Coleman and Link Buildings on the east side of Seventh Ave. Rudin plans to demolish Coleman and Link, along with two other buildings in the former hospital campus and replace them with the adaptive reuse of four buildings, a 203-foot-tall apartment tower on Seventh Ave., a new mid-rise building on 12th St. and five townhouses on 11th St., with a total of 450 luxury condos. The proposed 113-foot-tall midrise building on 12th St. would replace the existing 109-ft. tall Reiss Building.

The plan also includes the conversion of the O’Toole pavilion on the west side of the avenue into a comprehensive community health center and freestanding emergency department to be operated by North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System. A 15,000-square-foot park is planned for the triangle on the west side of the avenue across 12th St. from O’Toole. On the east side of the avenue the plan calls for 9,400 square feet of back yard gardens between the 11th St. townhouses and the residential buildings

nies and was arguably the most famous business district in the world, noted Councilmember Margaret Chin. The 9/11 attacks damaged or destroyed 14 million square feet of office space, eliminated 650,000 jobs and disrupted or closed nearly 18,000 businesses, according to the City Council. More than 700 businesses were displaced in the former World Trade Center alone, and some 3,400 small firms

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St. Mark’s Bookshop, Cooper Union bound together in rent talks BY AIDAN GARDINER After a meeting last week with Cooper Union administrators, the owners of St. Mark’s Bookshop said they might be one step closer to saving their ailing store, thanks in part to the recent outpouring of community support. The president and board of trustees of Cooper Union, which rents space to the iconic bookstore, were expected to convene on Sept. 20 and 21 to decide how to pro-

ceed. Bob Contant and Terry McCoy, the store’s owners, said they hope the college will agree to decrease their rent from $20,000 to $15,000 because steadily declining sales have made it difficult to pay the higher rate. Cooper Union administrators said they would reach out to the owners on Thursday, Sept. 22, to discuss the next steps. Cooper Union representatives could not be reached for

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Cocktails, crafts and charity for Girls Club BY BOB KRASNER The Lower Eastside Girls Club has a lot going for it. Formed in 1996 to address the lack of social services for girls and young women on the Lower East Side, the group continues to make a difference. In addition to their dedicated staff members, they are blessed with “The Angel Alliance,” a volunteer group created to support the mission of the Girls Club with fundraising and mentoring. Co-chaired by Paulie Dibner and Lisa Laukitis, the Alliance held its first major fundraiser at The Astor Center. Thanks to the generosity of the sponsors, paying guests had the opportunity to eat, drink, listen to live music and create their own souvenir of the event. The embroidery table was full of women carefully stitching their initials, and glue guns at the “make a flower” table never had a chance to cool. If the gourmet treats donated by The Cleaver Company were not what one was in the mood for, hot dogs and popcorn were waiting. Choice of spirits included cocktails courtesy of Dushan Zaric of Employees Only, beer provided by Whole Foods or wine, a gift of David Bowler Wine. Kimberly Koharki of Astor Center also conducted a wine tasting. After three hours of feasting and imbibing, Mary Cleaver took a moment to note that “it was a good crowd — I had a fine time.” She has been a supporter for a number of years because “it’s a terrific organization.” The crowd of 250 or so not only had a great time but raised a great deal of money as well. Kate Sease of the LEGC reported a total of $13,000, well over the proposed goal. “It was definitely a success,” she said. “We were really impressed by the turnout.” “It came together really well,” added Dibner. “We would do it again in a heartbeat.”

Photos by Bob Krasner

Volunteering for the cause: From left to right, Blake Ramsey (Martha Stewart Living), Paulie Dibner (event cochair), Lisa Laukitis (event co-chair) and Steph Hung (Martha Stewart Living).

Serving the public interest, from left to right, Valerie Galindo, Sierra Williams and Milady Ramirez.

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is Rev. Billy, the perennial thorn in Starbucks side. The pugilistic pastor, the Free Art Society and The Coalition to Save the East Village are organizing a street funeral in honor of the beloved East Village coffee shop on Mon., Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. in front of the shuttered establishment. The funeral will parade across the street to The Bean’s new location for a resurrection celebration. Free coffee will be served from 6 to 7 p.m. Wear your funereal best. THE NEW 3 A.M. PANCAKE SPOT: For those of us not originally from New York City, IHOP is a mainstay of fulsome and filling family fare. So it is no surprise that the all-American restaurant chain, famous for buttermilk pancake stacks and unlimited coffee, has finally discovered the appetites of the East Village. The restaurant, which started stacking on Tues., Sept. 20, is situated at 235 E. 14th St. between Second and Third Aves. “Business has been just right since we opened,� said manager Mike Carlos. A more official Grand Opening is being planned for the upcoming week, and several more locations will be piling up in Manhattan. Regarding the supposed off-duty cop that would fend off nocturnal drunks, Carlos said it was not true.

Photo by Jefferson Siegel

The Bean, just before the coffee plug was pulled.

UNCHAIN MY HEARTH: Encroaching on the eastern edge of the East Village is — hold onto your rent-stabilized apartments — a boutique hotel, slated to go up on the northwest corner of 9th St. and Ave. A. The building was zoned for an SRO, but nobody did anything with it for years. But despite telephone calls to the realty company and contractor phone numbers posted on the wooden barrier at the construction site, who or what is yet unknown. The when is spring 2012. What is known is The Bean cafe will have ground floor space. The friendly hangout was just forced to close its doors at 49-1/2 First Ave. and E. 3rd St., another victim of landlord greed. According to manager Guy Puglia, they found out they were no longer welcome after ten happy years when a man with a plan walked into the cafe and asked him about the renovations for Starbucks. “I kicked him out. It was very tacky,� he said. The owner, Ike Escava, said the landlord gave them no interest in renewing their lease. “I assume they had already made their deal with Starbucks,� he said. The good-bye sign on the window says, “We are heartbroken but not broken.� Talk about a heartless breakup. The cafe is currently operating out of a truck, just south of their former location, in order to continue to serve their loyal customers while they prepare to move into 26 First Ave., corner of Second St.; they also have another location at 824 Broadway at E. 12th St. But not taking it lying down

OTHER COMINGS: Veselka, our favorite food haunt, is opening a branch at 9 E. First St. between Second Ave. and the Bowery. The new location will have a more modern, refined version of traditional Ukranian food — and a full liquor service. Owners are shooting for a mid-October opening. Ricky’s, the hair and beauty care shop, is primping on First Ave. between 6th and 7th Sts. OR NOT COMINGS? What would Scoopy be without a little buzz: Rumors have been swirling for some time that N.Y.U. is taking over the shuttered Strauss Auto Parts at 644 E. 14th St. at Ave. C. However, according to John Beckman, vice president for public affairs at the university, those rumors are unfounded. “Somehow whenever a vacant building pops up, rumors start that N.Y.U. is going to take it over. I believe it’s just grist for the rumor mill,� he said. We will follow these (non)developments. LITTLE ITALY TO BELL TACO JOINT: The Friends of Petrosino Sq., a Little Italy community group, is reportedly furious with the State Liquor Authority for ignoring its recommendation to deny reissuing an alcohol license to La Esquina, 106 Kenmare St. at Lafayette. As reported in the New York Post, the S.L.A. renewed the license for two years on June 1 without consulting with Community Board 2 as required by law. The trendy Mexican taqueria has been known to throw noisy parties for soccer games and football matches. The group is suing the regulatory agency for “turning a blind eye to complaints,� although the owner claims that they are “trying to be good neighbors,� according to the Post.

Children’s Museum of the Arts set to reopen in new Hudson Sq. home BY JOHN BAYLES Parents who enjoy spending hours with their kids, looking at art and creating it, can now mark their calendars for the official opening of the new and improved Children’s Museum of the Arts. Founded in Lower Manhattan in 1988, the organization is moving from its original Soho location to a 10,000-square-foot former loading dock in Hudson Sq. at 103 Charlton St. The grand opening is set for Oct. 1. Beyond the typical arts programming associated with run-of-the-mill museums, the Children’s Museum of the Arts has unique programs designed for homeless families and children with learning disabilities and those in foster care.

The new space is triple the size of the museum’s old digs and was designed by Dan Wood and Amale Andraos of the architecture firm Work AC. The former loading dock will boast a new media lab featuring a sound station, a clay bar and video-making and animation equipment, which the museum hopes will garner even more accolades for its award-winning media programs. “Make Art (In) Public� will be the first exhibition in the new space and will feature noted public artists like Keith Haring, Swoon, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Remed, Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Moondog. For more information, visit www.cmany.org.

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Bocce bumps out insult clown at San Gennaro Feast BY LINCOLN ANDERSON The 85th Annual Feast of San Gennaro kicked off in Little Italy on Thurs., Sept. 15, and runs through Sun., Sept. 25. This year, in a first, the block of Mulberry St. between Prince and Houston Sts. features a free, sand-filled bocce court, with balls waiting to be tossed. It’s part of what’s being called San Gennaro Gateway North — an effort to make the feast’s northernmost block a quieter cultural spot, along the lines of a traditional Italian piazza. There are also picnic tables, where people can eat their sausage sandwiches or other festival fare. Plus, live musical performances occur on nine of the festival’s 11 days on the steps of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral every evening around 7 p.m. and on some afternoons. A raffle offers a chance to win a Vespa scooter. On Saturday, an arts group created a sculptural piece on this block, intended to mirror the traditional San Gennaro arches to the south. San Gennaro Gateway North is being produced by the nonprofit Two Bridges Neighborhood Council. Below Prince St. there are the usual food vendors and games, in which players can win prizes like stuffed dolls. An effort earlier this year to keep the festival south of Kenmare St. was unsuccessful. Residents and merchants at Mulberry St.’s northern end had argued the 11-day extravaganza was killing their quality of life and business. Games like “Dunk the Clown” — with a Don Rickles-style character yelling zingers at the crowd — were disrupting the neighborhood too much, they said. At this year’s festival, there are no vendors or games north of Prince St. The feast runs along Mulberry St. between Canal and Houston Sts. and along Grand and Hester Sts. between Mott and Baxter Sts.

Photos by Lincoln Anderson

The Feast of San Gennaro has free bocce courts this year at Prince St.

As usual, sausages are on the menu, and the festival is drawing tourists in droves.

Another lucky winner at the feast, judging by his stuffed doll.

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New School prez promises change and refocus BY KHIARA ORTIZ David E. Van Zandt was officially installed as The New School’s eighth president on Sept. 15. It is a position he has been studying for since his arrival on Jan. 5. Over 400 students, faculty, and staff gathered at the ceremony in the university’s landmark John Tishman Auditorium, where Van Zandt gave his inaugural speech. “Today more than ever, higher education must continually reinvent itself to remain relevant,� Van Zandt said. “The New School is about change and seeks to equip its students for an unfamiliar and unpredictable future. I am proud to become the leader of a community that embraces that philosophy and look forward to collaborating with students, faculty and staff on defining the next great New School moment. “From the beginning,� he added, “The New School has had a flexible structure that was highly entrepreneurial. The ‘New’ in our name refers not to youthfulness but to the fact that we are always pushing the envelope.� A higher education veteran, Van Zandt served for 15 years as dean of the School of Law at Northwestern University, where he created an integrated three-year JD-MBA program and later introduced the Accelerated JD, allowing students to complete their law degree

in two years rather than the typical three. As a graduate of Yale Law School, where he was managing editor of the Yale Law Journal, and with a Ph.D. in sociology from the London School of Economics, Van Zandt is a more than qualified successor to ex-president Bob Kerrey, who served from 2001 to 2010. “I don’t think there is a handy-dandy recipe for leadership success in higher education,� said Henry Bienen, president emeritus of Northwestern University. “Rather, I believe that leadership in higher education — and perhaps leadership everywhere — is time, place, task and context specific. The abilities and personal qualities that serve well in leading one university may not serve as well at another institution. However, there are some qualities that are givens or necessary in most situations: energy, courage, clear thinking, good humor, perspective and respect for diverse views and people. All these David Van Zandt has.� Van Zandt hopes to “refocus the school on its founding principles and public engagement.� He also looks forward to meeting people in the Village and formally implementing the university in the community. “I think The New School is in a great position to make a difference,� he said. “This is a very innovative and creative place.�

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After win, Scott says, ‘It’s time to get to work’ BY LINCOLN ANDERSON AND TERESE LOEB KREUZER Following his resounding victory in last week’s election for Democratic district leader, John Scott said he’s glad voters acknowledged his record of community activism, and that now he’s ready to get back to work on important community issues. “The voters spoke,” Scott said, talking a few days after his win. “I won by a big margin. I’m thrilled. After many years of doing hard work in the community and not getting credit, this is gratifying.” In the 66th Assembly District, Part B, Scott defeated incumbent David Reck, garnering 76 percent of the vote. Incumbent Jean Grillo faced no opposition for female district leader. Scott’s victory was part of the emphatic sweep of local district leader races by the Downtown Independent Democrats against upstart rival club Lower Manhattan Democrats. The 66th District, Part B, includes a small part of Battery Park City, Tribeca, Soho, Noho, parts of Greenwich Village, the East Village and the City Hall area. Scott was strong throughout the district. “The only building that I didn’t win was [former City Councilmember] Alan Gerson’s,” he said. Gerson supported Reck — the district

leader for the past eight years — and there was even an expensive-looking Gerson glossy mailing sent out to voters. Turnout was admittedly low, but that was no surprise, Scott said. There was no major race, such as for mayor or governor, that would have drawn people to the polls. “In an election like this, you go after the prime voters — that was 1,400,” Scott explained. “There was no big name on the ballot — I think it was a good turnout.” Thus, the contest was basically a battle for political supremacy between Downtown Independent Democrats, which backed Scott, and Lower Manhattan Democrats, of which Reck is a member. Although the split between L.M.D. and D.I.D. two years ago was rancorous, Scott said it’s now time to move on and for everyone to work together. “The election’s over,” he said. “We just have to get back to work. I have nothing bad to say about David. He does good work on the community board. We have a mayor’s election in two years — we have to elect a Democrat.” The position of district leader is unpaid, but is influential in bringing the concerns of local residents to the attention of elected officials at the state and national levels. Scott is a longtime tenant leader in Tribeca and is a former Community

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From left, P.J. Kim, John Scott and Jeanne Wilcke on Sept. 10 at the Hand in Hand event sponsored by Community Board 1 in which thousands of people joined hands from Battery Park northward in remembrance of 9/11. Wilcke is D.I.D. president and Kim, who ran unsuccessfully for City Council two years ago, is active in the political club.

Education Council member. Among issues he said he’ll focus on is Independence Plaza, where tenants are in court with their landlord as they try to move the Tribeca complex into rent stabilization.

‘The voters spoke. I’m thrilled.’ John Scott

New York University’s expansion is another concern. “It’s going to be these large buildings, with dust and all kind of problems,” he said of the planned large-scale development that has Villagers up in arms. “We’re trying to say that N.Y.U. shouldn’t overdevelop here.” For his part, Reck claimed D.I.D.’s campaign was dishonest and “nasty.” “I’m sorry that I lost,” he said. “I really feel I ran an open and honest campaign. “The nasty mailings that went out from D.I.D. were full of out-and-out lies about me,” he charged. “They said I had brought the Trump Hotel to Hudson Square, which is an out-and-out lie. I’m the guy who started the fight on that and found out what was wrong. They claim that I brought the Sanitation garage to [Community] Board 2. That’s a bunch of nonsense, too. I started the fight on that.” Scott said he spoke to the leaders of the fight against the Sanitation “mega-

garage” on Spring St. and that it didn’t seem Reck had really taken the lead on that issue. In the 64th Assembly District, Part C, Paul Newell, the incumbent, and Jenifer Rajkumar, a newcomer, defeated Jeff Galloway and incumbent Linda Belfer. Newell received 68 percent of the votes cast, and Rajkumar received 70 percent. Roughly 1,200 people voted in the 64th A.D., Part C. Rajkumar is the first South Asian candidate to win election in Manhattan. She is the founder and president of W-Spin, Inc., a nonprofit that aims to catapult women into government leadership positions, increasing the number of women in decision-making bodies worldwide. Belfer, district leader for many years, is president of Gateway Plaza, as well as a member of Community Board 1. Scott said, in his opinion, Belfer was too busy with other responsibilities to do her job as district leader properly. “All these different jobs take up a lot of time,” he said, adding of Rajkumar, “It’s good to get young people involved.” After absorbing such punishing defeats, L.M.D. has to consider its next move. “Obviously, we will be making an assessment of the election and review what we did,” said Robin Forst, the fledgling club’s acting president. “But as far as what we would do next time, it’s too soon to say.” Sean Sweeney, D.I.D.’s former longtime president, offered his own assessment. “Reck lost by an incredible margin — unheard of for an incumbent,” he said. “It is usually the other way around, with the incumbent winning by a huge margin.”

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Small businesses ask City Council for assistance Continued from page 1 in the immediate vicinity of Ground Zero lost a total of $795 million. “In many of these communities, including Chinatown, the negative effects of continuing street closures and loss of tourism are still felt today,” said Chin. “For many of these owners, recovery has not been so easy, and coming [to today’s hearing] meant taking time off from work or even closing shop for the morning.” Such was the case for Doug Smith, whose art management and framing business, “World Trade Art Gallery,” was closed for six months following 9/11. In order to keep the business alive, Smith now works six days a week and has cut his staff from seven employees to three. The business was hit hard in 2002 when customers had to pass two security checkpoints just to be able to access the store, Smith recalled. Although a $40,000 grant from the N.Y.C. Department of Small Business Services helped Smith’s company weather the tough times, it didn’t keep revenues from slumping by 50 percent since 2000. “The numbers for 15 years before 9/11 were great. We call it the good old days,” said Smith. “We haven’t even considered opening other shops in 10 years, whereas it was normal practice [before] to open shops every few years and sell them.” Finding out about available grants and

loans, Smith said, has been half the challenge. “It sounds so simple…but it’s not easy to know where to go,” said Smith. “The huge thing is getting the word out to individual businesses.”

‘In many of these communities, including Chinatown, the negative effects of continuing street closures and loss of tourism are still felt today.’ Margaret Chin

U.S. Telecom, a Downtown-based computer consulting firm, has also been on a downward slope since 9/11, according to Vice President Leah Berger. Flooding in the firm’s Warren St. offices in the fall of 2001 wrecked a lot of equipment that the company lacked insurance for. Revenues have been especially sliding since the recession hit in 2008, Berger said, and a grant from the Lower Manhattan

Development Corporation only helped the business stay afloat, not prosper. “The loss for us was very large, and it was all about survival,” said Berger. The N.Y.C. Business Solutions Center, a branch of the Department of Small Business Services that testified at the hearing, assured the public that help was on the way. The center’s Lower Manhattan branch, at 79 John St., served more than 3,600 business owners and entrepreneurs Downtown and citywide in 2010 and helped to launch an estimated 60 new businesses, secure existing businesses loans and facilitate pro-bono legal advice for dozens of entrepreneurs. Other city agencies offer companies incentives packages. The N.Y.C. Economic Development Corporation’s Lower Manhattan Energy Program, for example, provides property owners south of Murray St. with a reduction in electricity, transportation and delivery costs of up to 45 percent. The program has benefited some 1,400 office tenants and has led to savings in the amount $26 million. The various forms of financial aid should be better publicized among the businesses, according to Gregory Carafello, former owner of a digital printing business on the 18th floor of the former South Tower. At the time, Carafello received less than 15 percent in interruption insurance claims he submitted and, once his company relocated to New Jersey, revenues dropped by 85 percent. He was forced to close up shop in 2003.

Finding out and applying for grants, Berger echoed, has been an exhausting process. “We need a 311 to help the small businesses in the area,” said Berger. “If you closed up shop and [temporarily] left the area, it took a very long time for you to figure out where these grants are, where there is help available and whom you should speak to.” Councilmember Diana Reyna, chair of the Committee on Small Business, assured that the government agencies want to be a partner, not a hindrance, in helping the businesses recover from hardships. “There seems to be this incentive to push in new businesses rather than [ones to] help those that have experienced the worst and encourage them to continue to stay,” Reyna said, after listening to some of the testimonies. “Perhaps more could be done for existing businesses.” Despite the various services available, certain entrepreneurial needs are not being met, Chin agreed. “Many small business owners in Lower Manhattan…feel like they got lost in the shuffle,” she said after the hearing. Besides better distribution of the grant and loan information, the government agencies could work to create a small business directory, promote local goods and coordinate small business showcases, she noted. “I look forward to continuing to work with small business owners to find out what I can do to help them in moving forward,” said Chin. “It may be 10 years later, but we still have work to do.”

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Rudin moving forward on St. Vincent’s plan Continued from page 1 on 12th St. In addition, Rudin is seeking a special permit for an underground accessory garage with parking space for 152 cars with an entrance/exit on 12th St. Without a special permit, an accessory garage for the residential project would have space for no more than 98 cars. Rudin is also seeking a zoning text amendment to reduce the existing open space requirement for the east side of the avenue and a waiver of height and setback requirements for the project’s new buildings. The project, which is beginning the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (U.L.U.R.P.), also needs a permit to allow doctors’ offices to be located on the second and third floors of the avenue high rise. A permit would also allow three retail sites on the ground floor of the avenue building. Community board members focused on the details of the project, despite almost constant heckling by opponents. David Gruber said he was reluctant to support a rezoning that would recreate zoning granted in 1979 for a hospital. “You’re asking us to rezone back to what was for a community benefit. It was for a hospital. It was not designed for luxury housing,” Gruber said. Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, speaking at the open public session of the hearing, agreed. “It is fundamentally wrong to recapture that [1979] zoning so that it can be used for private residential and commercial purposes,” Berman said. But Melanie Meyers, Rudin’s land use lawyer, replied that only the Link and Coleman Buildings were built in 1979; the other buildings went up even before the cur-

rent 1961 zoning rules were adopted. She noted that Rudin is seeking permission to build on 590,660 square feet, down from the existing 677,360. “A residential project makes absolute sense for this community,” Meyers added. Nevertheless, Richard Davis, a member of the C.B. 2 St. Vincent’s Omnibus Committee, found fault with the plan for an accessory garage. He questioned the need for any garage in the project. The proposed garage would be the fourth on W. 12th St. between Seventh and Sixth Aves. and the fourth one on the block with entrances/exits on W. 12th St. Meyers replied that the project is expected to increase the demand for parking, and the developer wants to accommodate the demand within the project. John Gilbert, chief operating officer of the Rudin Organization, said later that the new project would occupy 13 percent less square footage than what is now on the site. “Obviously, people want another full-service hospital, but we all know there is nobody out there to run one.” Gilbert said. He noted that the Rudin Organization has guaranteed the plan for a new public elementary school for 563 students on the bottom six floors of the Foundling Hospital on Sixth Ave. at 17th St., which is expected to open by the fall of 2014. The proposed 16-story avenue building on the St. Vincent’s campus would be as tall as the Coleman Building now on the site and about as tall as the residential condo at 175 W. 12th St. across the street from the site. “Other voices need to be heard – Local 1199 [representing hospital employees] and the building trades council support the project, to say nothing about the first property taxes to be paid on this site in more than 150 years,” Gilbert said.

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City Council, Chin pull the plug on Bowery old-timer BY ALBERT AMATEAU The City Council voted yesterday to deny landmark designation to 135 Bowery, between Grand and Broome Sts. following the lead of Councilmember Margaret Chin, who originally supported landmark status for the building that dates from 1817. A week earlier, the Council’s landmarks subcommittee voted four to one to deny landmarking for the oldest building on the famed thoroughfare despite pleas to approve it from more than 40 preservation groups and more than 500 signatories to a petition. Chin, representing the district where the three-and-a-half-story building is located, told the subcommittee on Sept. 15 that she decided to reverse herself because of the dire condition of the building and the need to help Chinatown’s economic recovery. Representatives of the building’s owner, First American International Bank, told the subcommittee the bank is seeking federal tax credits that would enable it to include office space for small local businesses at below market rent in a new seven-story replacement. Chin noted that she has supported many landmark designations on the Bowery. “But in this instance, I have to look at the bigger picture and find a balance. There is an opportunity to help the community recover from [the World Trade Center attack], which it hasn’t done. I just hope that the advocates will see my point of view on this and that we will have the opportunity to continue to work to preserve the historic character of the Bowery. But on this building we will have to differ.” Chin said. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the landmark in June after an earlier hearing. The Council has the final approval for designations and usually follows the lead of the councilmember, whose district includes the landmark. However, owners of designated properties may apply for a hardship exemption to alter or demolish a landmark if they can prove it is economically unfeasible to comply with landmark regulations. First American International did not choose the hardship option, but took a less common action instead, and asked Chin to join a council rejection of the landmark designation. Preservation advocates told the subcommittee that First American International’s plea to the council was intended to beat the landmarks law. “There is a well-documented hardship process. The owner hasn’t applied it, ” said Simeon Bankoff, executive director of the Historic Districts Council. “They are here in an attempt to circumvent the law,” he added. Elizabeth Finklestein of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation was also concerned about the precedence of a City Council disapproval of designation by

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Number 135, the oldest building on the Bowery, denied landmark status, set for the wrecking ball?

the Landmarks Preservation Commission. “This is not the first time that the owner of a landmarked building has voiced concern over the perceived costs of maintenance,” Finklestein said. “Fortunately, there is a way to deal with that issue that does not involve an overturning of the Landmarks Preservation Commission vote by the City Council,” she said, referring to the hardship application. David Mulkins, president of the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, said the building occupied “a central place in one of the oldest, most well-preserved intact stretches of the Bowery.” The street where the landmark was built and the building itself will become eligible in October for listing in the National and State Registry of Historic places, Mulkins said. However, Adam W. Rothkrug, the attorney for First American International, said the bank bought the vacant building for $5 million in 2007 in order to build “a modest seven-story building before there was any hint of landmarking.” Plans were approved in February of 2010. Engineers for the company determined the building had been modified numerous times over the years. They indicated the façade was severely compromised and noted “the prohibitive cost to restore or recreate the [original] elements, involving the replacement of almost every single structural element of the building,” Rothkrug said. Four landmarks subcommittee members voted not to approve the designation, with Lower East Side Councilmember Rosie Mendez, the only vote in favor of approval.

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September 22 - 28, 2011

P.S. 234 waitlisted students get good, timely news BY ALINE REYNOLDS A group of parents breathed a sigh of relief when they found out days, and in some cases, even hours, before the start of the new school year that their child was going to be able to attend a neighborhood school. Thirty-eight prospective kindergarteners previously on P.S. 234’s waitlist were either offered a seat at the public school or at another Downtown elementary school, according to P.S. 234 parent coordinator Magda Lenski. Spots at the neighborhood schools became available, Lenski explained, because many of the families made alternate plans over the summer, namely choosing private schools or gifted-and-talented programs. Earlier this year, the waitlisted families at P.S. 234, at 292 Greenwich St. between Chambers and Warren Sts., were petitioning against the N.Y.C. Department of Education’s original decision to offer their children seats at P.S. 130, a public school at 143 Baxter St. in Chinatown, that many deemed too far away. “It’s very good news for everybody,� said Lenski of the results. “I think the families are very glad they’re [staying] in the neighborhood instead of having to travel across town with a five-year-old.� D.O.E. spokesperson Frank Thomas said in a statement that seats at the Downtown schools opened up “as part of the normal process, and we are happy most parents got

their preferred outcome.� “When students are waitlisted,� Thomas continued, “we are obligated to provide them alternate offers, as we did in this case.�

‘I’m glad it worked out the way it did, but I think the whole system‌caused a lot of anxiety for parents.’ Lily Woo The 11 children that now remain on P.S. 234’s waitlist will be offered spots at the school through mid-fall, if and when there are additional openings, Lenski noted. Otherwise, the waitlisted youths will get priority in the school’s first grade class next year over youngsters new to the neighborhood. Marc Siden, who lives a block away from P.S. 234, said he was “elatedâ€? when notified that his daughter, Riley, was accepted to the school. Siden previously thought he would be sending Riley to P.S. 130, where he feared she would have a difficult time adjusting. “Although she would have been fine

after a while, it would have been that much more traumatic for her to start at a school where she didn’t know anybody,â€? said Siden, noting his daughter already had friends in the neighborhood. Besides being able to accompany her to and from school every day, “It was very comforting to see her rejoin a lot of her friends,â€? said Siden. “We felt very lucky.â€? The accommodation of P.S. 234’s waitlisted children, in turn, allowed P.S. 130 Principal Lily Woo to accept all 17 siblings of students in the Chinatown school’s upper grades. None of P.S. 234’s waitlisted children ended up accepting their offer at P.S. 130 once they were given the option to attend a school closer to home, the principal noted. “I’m glad it worked out the way it did, but I think the whole system‌caused a lot of anxiety for parents,â€? said Woo. While she is still welcoming in newcomers, Woo said she is reluctant to take in kindergarteners who have already accepted seats at other public schools. “I’m not a believer in taking children out of a school if they’re already settled there,â€? Woo said. “We don’t want to be perceived as taking in children for the sake of filling classes.â€? P.S. 130 parents were equally pleased with the outcome, including Civic Center neighborhood resident Ed Lam, whose fiveyear-old daughter, Alisen, was offered a spot there the day before the start of

the school year. “We were ecstatic — we dropped everything and we ran to the school,� said Lam. Lam said he had never anticipated a problem with sending Alisen to P.S. 130, since his older son, Adrien, is enrolled there. “[The D.O.E.] shouldn’t be able to override their policies to accommodate another group of families [over siblings],� said Lam. Had Alisen not gotten a seat at P.S. 130, Lam was going to home-school her, since P.S. 1, the family’s zoned school, isn’t as highly ranked and Transfiguration Lower School, a local private school, was at capacity. “Having four children go to four different schools would have been very, very difficult, if not impossible,� remarked Lam. “We have to go in three different directions as is — to drop them off and pick them up.� Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver released a statement saying he was thrilled to hear that the kindergarteners waitlisted at P.S. 234 were appropriately accommodated. “It is vitally important for children, especially those in elementary school, to be as close to home as possible,� said Silver. “For that reason, I will continue advocating for more schools in Lower Manhattan, so that families in our community continue to have access to high-quality educational opportunities.�

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Bike-share program will spin around by next summer BY KHIARA ORTIZ Although the city’s highly anticipated bike-share program wasn’t in place for this summer, Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan last week announced that Alta Bicycle Share, Inc. will be operating the privately funded program, which is now slated to start up next summer. The bike-share program will give New Yorkers a convenient and environmentally friendly mode of transportation around the city and also help people make connections between subways and buses. “We could not be more excited to bring our successful bike-share system to New York City,” said Alison Cohen, president of Alta Bicycle Share. “Bike share is a new form of public transportation that will help connect New Yorkers to their own neighborhoods, to other neighborhoods and to public transit. At the same time, it will make New York City a healthier, cleaner, greener and safer place. Alta Bicycle Share is elated to help make this happen.”

A sticker between the bikes’ handlebars will inform riders on safety rules for cruising through the city, and helmet discounts will become available. Already a popular mode of transportation in Paris, London and a few U.S. cities, the program will come at no cost to New York taxpayers and run on solar power. G.P.S. tracking devices will help prevent the theft of these $1,000 bicycles for which an annual pass will reportedly cost $100. So far, the plan is for 10,000 bikes to be distributed among 600 stations at locations in Manhattan below 79th St. and in Brooklyn neighborhoods, including Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Park Slope and Carroll Gardens. A number of demonstrations and workshops, with six already scheduled in the near future, will be held throughout Manhattan to generate community feedback from bike testers to improve the plan’s execution. An online Web portal at www.NYCityBikeshare. com is available for comments and facts on the program.

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As seen at the Sept. 14 media conference, there will be kiosks where people can insert a credit card or membership card to use a bike-share cycle.

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September 22 - 28, 2011

Demonstrators take to the [Wall] street BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL Hundreds took to the streets of Downtown last Saturday for an action dubbed “Occupy Wall Street.” Organizers called for political and economic reforms to recognize that 95 percent of the population is struggling in a bad economy. Over the course of several days, participants marched throughout the Financial District under the watchful eyes of police and set up an encampment in Zuccotti Park, a privately owned public space across from the World Trade Center site. By Tuesday night, hundreds of people had already spent several nights in the park. A Twitter post asking for online donations for food led to thousands of dollars in contributions. A local pizzeria was the main beneficiary, as deliverymen made several trips a day to the park, pushing carts piled high with hot pies. In the weeks leading up to the occupation, organizers had held a series of public “General Assembly” meetings in Tompkins Square Park where participants were encouraged to voice their suggestions for the occupation. The collective atmosphere was reminiscent of a 1960’s commune. Open discussions were frequent among the diverse group. Piles of food awaited anyone who was hungry. Many likened the occupation to the “Spanish Revolution” last May when protesters rallied against the country’s financial crisis, as well as to Egypt’s Tahrir Square revolution, where tens of thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators gathered. On a Monday morning march, police arrested a man whom they claimed had jumped a barricade. However, a reporter and photographer for The New York Times documented the incident and showed the man was not near the metal barrier. Later in the afternoon, police changed their story, saying the man had instead been charged with disorderly conduct. During the day, several others were arrested for wearing masks and writing chalked messages on the ground. Andrea Osborne, 19 from Brooklyn, was one of those arrested. “I asked a policeman if it was okay to chalk on Broadway,” she recounted as she sat among friends several hours later. Charged with damaging a sidewalk, she was issued a summons and released. “They are terrified of us and what we’re able to do,” she said. Early Monday evening the gathering again left the park and began another march down Broadway. Near Battery Park, they turned east into the narrow streets, escorted by rows of police on foot and motor scooters. Finding their way to Wall Street blocked at every turn, they returned to their encampment. Anna Kathryn Sluka, 24, travelled from her home in Muskegon, Michigan, for the occupation. She was arrested earlier Monday for refusing a lawful order and spent several hours in a holding cell before being given a summons and released. “It was not my plan at all,” she said that evening. “I’m from a town that has the highest unemployment in America. I came for the

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Marchers approach Broadway on Monday evening.

car workers, ship workers, steel workers who are trying to feed their families,” Sluka, a vegetable farmer, explained. Late Monday night, a portable generator hummed away, powering laptops, cell phones and video cameras, providing a live Internet feed of the scene. At one point, police and firemen had entered the park to remove a red container filled with gasoline used to power the generator. Barbara Ross, a volunteer with the environmental advocacy group Time’s Up!, sat nearby editing video clips for posting on the Web. She spent Sunday and Monday nights in the park, subsisting on vegan pizza and tea. During her days there, Ross observed the crowd to be “100 percent peaceful.” “Corporations have too much power over society,” Ross observed. “This is a way for the people to have a voice in the course of where America goes.” At 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning, police entered the park and began asking that the tents and tarps be removed. As the crowd stood watching, several police commanders started grabbing people. The crowd shouted, “The whole world is watching,” a chant dating back to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, where police violence was so prevalent, a subsequent report called the response a “police riot.” As police formed a line in front of the encampment, the group yelled, “Courtesy, professionalism and respect!” Three were arrested. Charges ranged from disorderly conduct to resisting arrest. The crowd again marched down Broadway, edging closer to Wall Street before returning.

Marchers pass Trinity Church on Broadway at Wall St. Monday evening.

September 22 - 28, 2011

POLICE BLOTTER E.V. rape arrest An East Village man was arrested on Sat., Sept. 17 for raping a woman in broad daylight as she was walking near Ave. B and E. Sixth St. Police apprehended Neal Essex, 51, of 538 E. Sixth St., at the scene and charged him with raping and strangling the woman. Essex grabbed the victim around 8:19 a.m., threw her to the ground, repeatedly punched her in the face, pulled down her pants and raped her. The suspect then choked the victim until she lost consciousness, according to the complaint filed with the Manhattan District Attorney.

Noontime armed robber Police are looking for a suspect who robbed two women at gunpoint inside 34 E. Seventh St. around 12:30 p.m. Tues., Sept. 6. The gunman was described as black, about 6’ tall, thin build, between 30 and 45 years old, dark complexion with his hair in braids and gold lower teeth embossed with letters. He came up behind the victims, 21 and 24 years old, as they entered the building and threatened to shoot them if they didn’t hand over their money. He took an undetermined sum of cash and an iPhone from the two women and fled in an unknown direction. Anyone with information on the identity of the robber may phone Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or online at www. Crimestoppers.com

was struck by a livery cab, police said. The driver remained at the scene and police are investigating the incident.

Died at St. Brigid’s A homeless woman, believed to be about 50 years old, was found dead around 8:51 a.m. Sat., Sept. 10 in front of St. Brigid’s Church. Police said there was no sign of trauma and the Medical Examiner’s office is investigating the cause of death.

Cold Meat Market case Police arrested Zaleka Davis, 37, on Wed., Sept. 14 and charged her with the June 15 robbery of a woman victim on Ninth Ave. at W. 13th St. in the Gansevoort Market District. Davis, who had a male accomplice not apprehended, pushed the woman to the ground and made off with her bag. The victim sustained neck and ankle injuries, police said.

An East Village resident was struck and killed while crossing FDR Dr. at E. Sixth St. around 10:48 p.m. Tues., Sept. 13, police said. Makever Brown, 22, of 90 Ave. D in the Jacob Riis Houses, was running across the northbound lane of the highway when he

Stonewall bash guilty plea Matthew Francis, 22, and Christopher Orlando, 18, pleaded guilty on Thurs., Sept. 8 to the 2010 hate crime assault of a gay patron of the Stonewall Inn. As part of the plea bargain, Francis is expected to receive a two-year jail term when he is sentenced on Tues., Sept. 27. Orlando is expected to receive a six-month jail term at his sentencing on Jan. 3, 2012. The defendants, both of Staten Island, attacked the victim on Oct. 3, 2010 in the bathroom of the renowned bar on Christopher St., where the 1969 riot sparked the gay rights movement.

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front of Aurora bar, 510 Broome St. at W. Broadway around 9:10 p.m. Fri., Sept. 16, when a stranger grabbed her bag from the bench beside her and fled. She lost two wallets and credit cards which were in the bag.

Secret vice? Two men entered the Victoria’s Secret shop at 350 Broadway between Leonard and Franklin Sts. around 4:38 p.m. Wed., Sept. 14 and made off with 60 pink negligees without paying for them, police said. Security employees discovered the theft after looking at a surveillance tape four hours later.

“Flower Bandit” sentenced Edward Pemberton, who passed along flowers with his demand notes when he robbed two banks in Chelsea in July 2010, was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison on Wed., Sept. 14. Pemberton used a plant in a flower pot with his demand note to rob the Capital One branch at 401 W. 23rd St., and used a bouquet of cut flowers a short time later when he hit the Bank of Smithtown Branch at 127 Seventh Ave. at 18th St. Pemberton, 45, who has 14 prior arrests in West Virginia, apologized for his transgressions at his sentencing.

Phony money An employee of Ciao, the bar at 185 Bleecker St., examined a $20 bill that a patron had given her around 1 a.m. Tues., Sept. 13, discovered it was counterfeit and followed the man out. She phoned 911 and kept an eye on the suspect until police came and arrested Miguel Castro, 25. Police said they found several other counterfeit 20s in Castro’s possession.

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Police arrested Louis Mercado, 22, on Sat., Sept. 17 and charged him with the Wed., Sept. 7 burglary of Bar 13, 35 E. 13th St. at University Pl. Mercado and an accomplice kicked in the front door and made off with two bank boxes containing a total of $2,500 and a laptop computer, police said. A surveillance camera captured the burglary. The accomplice has not been apprehended.

Snatched wallet Fatal FDR accident

Sherman Abrams, 28, who entered the NYPD Police Academy in July, collapsed after completing a run with his academy class in East River Park between 14th and Houston Sts. on Mon., Sept 12. He suffered chest pains and lost consciousness around 5 p.m. Abrams was taken to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was declared dead. He had served as a corrections officer for four years before entering the Police Academy.

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Seek Village rapist Police are still seeking a suspect who beat and raped a woman, 23, after forcing his way into her third floor apartment on W. 13th St. around 2 a.m. Thurs., Sept. 8. The suspect, who was caught on a surveillance tape, was described as Hispanic, about 35 years old, 5’8”and 180 lbs. He was wearing a gray suit, white shirt with an open collar and no tie. Anyone with information may phone NYPD Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or online at www.nypdcrimestoppes. com or by texting 274637 (crimes) and entering TIP577.

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A thief snatched the wallet of a man who was sitting at a table outside Dos Caminos restaurant, 675 Hudson St. near Christopher St. around 5:30 p.m. Mon., Sept 19, police said. The victim chased the suspect, knocked the wallet out of his hand, and identified him when police arrived to arrest Rayvon Cable, 16, on a larceny charge.

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September 22 - 28, 2011

Code red and a code green response CLAYTON On Friday, Sept. 9, the news hype machine was in full gear screaming NYC is in lockdown — Code Red, a possible car bomb. The emergency response teams were highly visible around Manhattan, so I assumed that we were prepared for any kind of emergency. Around 9:30 p.m., I took a cab Uptown from the Lower East Side to view the Richard Hambelton art opening at Phillips de Pury, 450 Park Ave. South at 15th St. There must have been 500 beautiful people crammed shoulder to shoulder, who all somehow looked the same. I got lucky; I saw Richard, took a couple of photographs and had to make an exit from this glitzy madness. I took the 6 train Downtown. Around 9:55, as the train pulled into the 14th St. Union Square station, an announcement came over the PA system that the conductor was looking for any passengers who could handle a medical emergency. No big deal. I sat on the train and waited. When it didn’t move, passengers got off. I got off. Then a few cars away I saw firemen, a rookie cop and some civilians attending to a man on the floor. I would guess the fallen white man was around 30 years. He was wearing what looked like the kind of blue scrubs one sees hospital workers wear. He appeared to be coming in and out of consciousness, obviously in need of medical attention. The firemen and civilians had done everything they could to stabilize the man. There were just a few people standing around, no drama, and the young rookie cop had the situation under control. Time

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Emergency response team comes to the rescue.

passed, and passed and passed. A fireman walked back to the staircase and looked up. The conductor was on the radio. Finally around 10:20 p.m., the ambulance crew showed up. By 10:30, the man was strapped to a chair and on his way to the emergency room. The emergency response team was doing all they could, but somehow the chain of command seemed to be off. Instead of a car bomb, it was a man lying on the subway floor who needed emergency help and the system broke down. No question that the man was ill. I hope he survived. Bloomberg seems to be more show than go.

Richard Hambelton (with bowtie), well-known Downtown artist, making a comeback with a large retrospective at Phillips de Pury during Fashion Week.

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Volunteer takes quality of life to heart by doing what he can BY KHIARA ORTIZ He’s the Village’s volunteer handyman, caretaker and, most recently, lumberjack. For more than 25 years, Anthony Cali has swept through the streets of the Village tending to anything that needs fixing, picking up garbage and keeping the drains clean while never asking for anything but a “Thank you.” He grew up in the West Village on Thompson St. and his family lineage there dates back 100 years. Cali started out as a collector but had an “epiphany” to give back to the community after hearing a sermon on the radio by Dr. Kelly Andrew. Quoting Henry David Thoreau, Andrew said, “to improve the quality of life is the biggest attainment.” From then on, Cali set himself to making his neighborhood a “cleaner, safer, healthier and more beautiful place.” “If I do anything, I have to do it myself,” said Cali. “There’s not one street in Soho and the West Village that I have not cleaned.” He also donates to Goodwill and the Salvation Army. After Tropical Storm Irene’s brief visit to New York City, Cali was ready to take action when an old tree at W. Houston and MacDougal Sts. fell, blocking car and pedestrian traffic. Knowing that the Parks Department had a full agenda, Cali took it upon himself to break up all the branches with his bare hands, and used his old saw to

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The Greatest Pub Crawl of All Time teammates outside McSorley’s.

Chris Solarz, left, and Ivan Wanat at bar number 250, celebrating their record-breaking pub crawl with — what else? — a beer.

Crawl crew drink in thrill of victory, set new mark BY LINCOLN ANDERSON Chris Solarz has snagged yet another Guinness World Record — his fifth — though he had some help. Earlier this month, the East Villager’s 12-member team set the new mark for most bars visited in 24 hours, and it was all done in his neighborhood. The previous record had stood at 102 bars visited in 24 hours by a nine-member

Maryland team in Chicago two years ago. Solarz and his crew shattered that number, more than doubling it. “We had a great time, and we set a great record — 250 bars!” said Ivan Wanat, one of Solarz’s teammates. “We started at 8:45 a.m. and finished at One and One — the nexus of the universe — at 12:30 a.m., keeping everything entirely in the East Village.”

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Solarz, Wanat and their drinking partners definitely lived up to what they had cockily trademarked in advance as the Greatest Pub Crawl of All Time TM. The epic event started out at the International Bar, on First Ave. near Seventh St. From there, they didn’t have far to go to find the next bar, and the next, and the next, since the East Village’s 10003 zip code has 474 establishments licensed to sell alcohol — more than any other in the U.S. Under the rules, one drink had to be purchased and consumed by one team member in each bar. The bar’s owner or bartender

had to sign a witness log to attest to the consumed beverage. Teams were not allowed to take private transportation and had to arrive at and depart from each bar on foot. Before the crawl, Wanat had declared, “Ocean City is a pleasant but sleepy village. But a record of this magnitude belongs in New York City — the capital of the world.” Speaking of the world, Solarz set his fourth Guinness Record earlier this summer when he ran in the Rio de Janeiro Marathon, giving him the fastest combined time for marathons on seven continents.

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EDITORIAL Lower Manhattan health care Lower Manhattan residents, workers and students have certainly felt the loss of St. Vincent’s Hospital since its closure in spring 2010, leaving the lower west side of Manhattan with a huge hole in its capacity to serve its population. Gouverneur Healthcare Services, the largest municipal freestanding health care clinic in the city, is helping to fill the gap in care with an improved and spruced-up ambulatory care center. Its building at 227 Madison St. on the Lower East Side is being transformed into a sprawling, state-of-the-art facility, where physicians will be able to perform surgeries, colonoscopies and CAT scans. The health care center, which celebrated the opening of the first renovated floor on Mon., Sept. 19, is also in the process of expanding its nursing department by 40 percent. New York Downtown Hospital has made its own new contribution to area health care by opening a 10,000-square-foot wellness and prevention center on Gold Street last May. The new facility has state-of-theart medical equipment including echocardiography and mammography machines and boasts the capacity of treating up to 2,500 patients per year. While some Lower Manhattan residents and workers object to the free-standing emergency room scheduled to open at the site of St. Vincent’s in fall of 2013, pending approvals, we believe it is a critical step in the right direction in terms of offering acute medical care to the growing population of Lower Manhattan. The facility, to be built and run by North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care System, is poised to become the first free-standing emergency department in the city. It will house a 19,000 square-foot round-the-clock emergency department — larger than the one previously at St. Vincent’s — and when it opens it is projected to receive 30-35,000 visits per year. We acknowledge, however, that these facilities can’t completely fill the gap of a full-service hospital that Lower Manhattan residents so desperately want and need. But the recent opening up of the facilities at Gouverneur and New York Downtown Hospital, and the projected opening of the Comprehensive Care Center in the old St. Vincent’s O’Toole building, not to mention the availability of a full-service acute care hospital and E.R at Beth Israel, go a long way towards meeting the health care needs and the growing population of Lower Manhattan.

Tradition at San Gennaro Last February a movement to shorten the 85-yearold Feast of San Gennaro, both in terms of geography and in term of hours of operation, became a flashpoint of debate. The opponents of the street festival, which began as a one-day, religious-based event centered on Mulberry St. between Grand and Hester Sts. and has turned into an 11-day-festival stretching from Houston St. to Canal St., voiced their concern that the event had become a hindrance to the neighborhood. The Feast draws over one million spectators a year and is one of the most well-known street fairs in the entire country. In the end both sides agreed to shorten the hours of the Feast on weekdays by one hour and on weekends by 30 minutes. By our own observance of the Feast on its opening weekend, the crowd appeared to be just as jubilant, just as large and just as hungry as any year prior. True, there might be more tourists than locals and Little Italy is not as big as it once was. But for its passionate supporters, San Gennaro is more than a feast or a street fair, it is a tradition.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Stripped and searching for answers To The Editor: Re “N.Y.U. wants Parks to own two of the superblock strips” (news article, Sept. 15): “Under the plan, N.Y.U. will be opening up the massive interior courtyard of its northern superblock to public access.” This is typical misleading N.Y.U.-speak. The Sasaki garden (the “massive interior courtyard”) is already open to the public and is a popular spot for tenants, other community members and students to recreate and socialize. Moreover, this particular open green space is the largest, most planned and most architecturally celebrated of all those under discussion. Yet, just because it owns the land, N.Y.U., a miserable custodian of this rich and treasured resource (it’s letting it go to seed as I type and calling it run-down and “not nice”) seems bent on destroying it while proclaiming itself a guardian of green. Tell us again, N.Y.U.: What’s the problem with FiDi, where your needs could be met without encroaching on the community, where you would be welcome and contextual? Once again, why must you violate Greenwich Village with your Midtown-style skyscrapers? Jezebel Jones

Doesn’t dig N.Y.U. proposal To The Editor: Re “N.Y.U. wants Parks to own two of the superblock strips” (news article, Sept. 15): N.YU.’s proposal is a crime and a disaster. As usual, N.Y.U. continues to be tone-deaf to the needs and life of the local community. It is nothing but a vicious land-grab. The Department of Transportation strips that have been here the longest (La Guardia Corner Garden and the Time Landscape) should be immediately given parks status and removed from all consideration of being built on or being built under. Moreover, N.Y.U.’s desire to dig under the D.OT. strips is an ecological disaster and a health risk to the entire neighborhood. It’s also, in my book, wanton destruction of public (D.O.T.) property. It is up to all of us in what remains of the Village to prevent N.Y.U.’s monstrous plan from happening.

Disease ratted out in Tompkins Square To The Editor: Re “Dog run manager fears rat disease could kill canines” (news article, Sept. 15): Thanks so much to Betsy Kim for her well-written article. I understand how difficult writing medical- and science-based articles can be — and even more difficult when reporting on animal health issues because veterinary statistics are far less accurate than those gathered for human health issues. I think you navigated that difficult territory well by not creating undue alarm. You reported on our neighbor’s experience with the disease and used your source’s opinions about the rats causing the disease to force readers to draw their own conclusions. As I mentioned, we can’t trace the disease directly to the rats in Tompkins Square. However, there have been at least two other articles published in The New York Times over the past decade in which veterinarians directly link the disease to rodents in city parks. I know we’ll never fully eliminate the rats; however, it stands to reason that with more rats there will be more cases of leptosporosis. Thanks again for your interest and the care you took in crafting an excellent article. We are always in debt to editor Lincoln Anderson for making the paper what it should be — the very best at tackling local issues, providing serious reporting and never taking the heat off the front page until the issues are resolved. Garrett Rosso Volunteer manager, Tompkins Square dog run

Going batty over rats To The Editor: Re “Dog run manager fears rat disease could kill canines” (news article, Sept. 15): They need to plug up those holes with cement containing glass shards. Dog owners, come out at night and bring a bat! Arrest those pigeon and squirrels feeders. All this, 24/7. Rat poison is dangerous to children, dogs, adults and precious hawks. Dottie Wilson

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Get up, stand up: Ziggy Marley thinks Israel rocks just wound up a concert tour in Israel, are not about to be swayed by the scare tactics and virulent hatred spewed by the organizers and supporters of the most recent boycott against Israel.

TALKING POINT BY MICAH HALPERN In the year 1930, Ethiopia crowned a new emperor. He took the name Haile Selassie and, like all emperors in Ethiopia, he traced his roots all the way back to wise King Solomon and his wife, the African beauty, Queen of Sheba. This emperor, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I — also known as the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords and the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah and the Elect of God — was thought to be a messianic figure among followers of the Rastafari movement. The religion, begun in the slums of Jamaica, holds that Africans are the true Israelites sent to exile in Jamaica as divine punishment. On a visit to Jamaica in 1966 the emperor, who denied any divine abilities, unsuccessfully tried to convince Rastafari supporters of his mere mortality. Upon his arrival on the island a long drought broke, and it finally rained. Among the many people transfixed by Haile Selassie and moved to convert to Rastafari was Rita Marley, the wife of Bob Marley. Bob Marley changed the world through his music. He introduced the beat of Jamaican music to the West. And as he popularized reggae music in the Western world, he taught what it means to be a follower of Rastafari — not just the dreadlocks, but the customs and the politics. Marley was not the first to combine music with politics, but he was one of the best. Bob Marley’s son Ziggy follows in his father’s footsteps in music, in culture and — in accordance with Rastafari belief — in being a major proponent of marijuana. This summer, Ziggy performed two concerts in Israel, one in Tel Aviv and the other in Jerusalem. In an interview with YNET, an Israeli news Web site, Ziggy, whose middle name is David, as in King David, father of Solomon, described how he was envious of Jewish tradition and how he celebrates all the Jewish holidays. Ziggy Marley married an Israeli woman named Orly and together they have three children who are, according to Jewish law, all Jewish. Ziggy’s wife and children all have biblical Hebrew names. Orly means “my light.” Their daughter is named Judah Victoria, their eldest son is named Gideon and their baby boy is Abraham Selassie. Ziggy went on to explain that he has had a strong connection with Judaism, with Israel and with the Jewish people since childhood. He said that the teachings of his father and learning Bible stories and the connection with Rastafari thought and Halie Selassie’s message were inspirational. He said they combined to instill in him a message of love and affinity. Marley acknowledged that he participates in Jewish holiday observances because his wife and his children are living the Jewish experience. Although he knows he is not Jewish, Ziggy is very comfortable with Judaism and Jewish traditions. Jewish culture and the Jewish calendar are a big part of his life. He would never boycott Israel the way so many other big name entertainers have done. Ziggy Marley, like Bob Dylan, who

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Jon Morris, left, and collaborator install on-shore wireless panel, which changes the patterns of LEDs in the Hudson River.

An associate repairing a LED light after Irene turned off the star-lit sky.

LED-generated installation switches on the stars BY ELBERT CHU When Jon Morris looked up after arriving in New York from Kentucky four years ago, he could not see stars. He felt disconnected from the rhythms of nature. So Morris decided to make his own stars in the Hudson River and share them with New Yorkers. On the decaying wooden stumps of Pier 49, off Bank St., 150 solar-powered LEDs shine in white and blue, perched inches above the water. “Reflect the Stars” is an interactive public art project conceived by Morris, creative director for Windmill Factory, which organizes art events with corporations and nonprofits to bring attention to social and environmental issues.

“We want to shift urban landscapes to raise questions about how we live through interactive art,” said Morris. “It’s like living in a room with a six-foot ceiling,” he said, waving his arms dramatically toward the sky.” The simple idea, intended as a commentary against so-called light pollution, was fraught with technical challenges. Morris, the artist, enlisted his friend, Adam Berenzweig, the Google programmer. “I’m accustomed to working with huge computing clusters with thousands of machines. The chips in the stars have less than 1k of RAM, probably less than some watches,” said Berenzweig. The whole system is wireless, so that a fish hatchery around the old pier pilings is not disturbed. Berenzweig said the biggest challenge was making sure the stars would shine through the night, powered by tiny solar panels. A wireless radio communicates with the LEDs to turn them on or off. “I played lots of tricks to spare energy, like only turning on the radio once every few seconds and putting the microprocessor into various levels of sleep modes,” he said. Morris’ original budget was $171,000, but he could only raise $23,000. Some came from 50 “star buyers,” who donated $100 each to dedicate stars on the Reflect the Stars website. “It’s a testament to how many people came together and made this truly a public art piece,” he said.

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Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, who has pushed for new and replacement city lampposts to have fully shield bulbs so light is directed down and not diffused, is a fan of the installation. “It’s sad,” she said. “My nephews don’t know what it means to look up in the sky and wish upon a star.” But Arnold Wechsler, a painter and 30-year resident at Westbeth said, “I don’t miss the stars at all.” Looking down at Reflecting the Stars from the roof of Westbeth, Wechsler said, “They look like stars, but I think there should be more lights.” The original installation included 160 lights, but Hurricane Irene washed out 10 LEDs. The launch event was delayed one day so Morris, Berenzweig and others could jump into the Hudson to make repairs. After sunset, visitors interact with the installation through a wireless control panel on the Hudson River railing. Patterns that represent constellations no longer seen above New York light up with a press of a button. Morris defines success as the moment visitors stare at the watery stars. “I want to give people a moment to step back and think about what they can’t see,” he said. “There’s a great humility as human beings to see the heavens, to see the infinite.” The installation, Windmill Factory’s public art debut, is set to run through late October.

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VILLAGER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Dreams, Passions, and Naked Truths Movement vocabulary articulates Irish step dancing in Eriu Dance Company’s “Noċtú”

DANCE ERIU DANCE COMPANY “Noctú” Irish Repertory Theatre 132 W. 22nd St. Through Oct. 2 Mon. at 7pm, Tue.-Sat. at 8pm Wed., Sat., Sun. at 3pm $55-$65; irishrep.org Or 212-727-2737 BY GUS SOLOMONS JR. The small stage of the Irish Repertory Theatre seems an unlikely setting for a dance spectacle, but the Eriu Dance Company’s “Notú,” which opened there September 12 for a three-week run, worked surprisingly well. This production from Ireland, conceived and directed by Riverdance alumnus Breandán de Gallai, is an attempt to let us “under the skin of those who perform in the dance world” to understand the passion

As with other popular folk forms like hip hop, ‘Noċtú’ turns Irish step dancing, popularized by Riverdance and then Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of the Dance,’ into a movement vocabulary that can express a full range of emotion, not just virtuosic display. that drives them. “Noċtú” is informed by the backstories of the three principals in brief monologues presented in a confessional spot — a grid of light on one wall (Michael O’Connor’s lighting making the most of a limited stock of equipment). As with other popular folk forms like

Principal dancers Callum Spencer, Peta Anderson and Nick O’Connell in Breandán de Gallai’s “Noctú” at the Irish Repertory Theatre through October 2.

hip hop, “Noċtú” turns Irish step dancing, popularized by Riverdance and then Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance,” into a movement vocabulary that can express a full range of emotion, not just virtuosic display. The intimacy of the theater suits the production, even though its small stage limits the amplitude of the high-legged prancing. Many of the big group formations face head-on, shoulder to shoulder, like canned sardines, but solos and smaller groups are more three-dimensional. The dancers stroll onstage in bright colored rehearsal clothes — shorts and tank tops or T-shirts — chatting with each other. They stretch their quads and hamstrings and do an aerobic warm-up class — there is, after all, a lot of jumping and hopping in Irish dance. Next, they strip off their practice togs and don black kilts and fitted tops (costumes by Nikki Connor), giving us tantalizing glimpses of their nicely toned physiques. They’re young, fresh-faced and strong-legged. Oddly, consider-

ing their prowess in the Irish styles, only seven of the 16 dancers are natives of that country. The first big dance, “Senior Celli Invention,” crams all 16 onto the bite-size stage doing brisk, kaleidoscopic formations. Their close-order, unison precision is as impressive as the accuracy of the intricate, lightning-fast footwork. Strangely, they keep switching instantaneously from dour faces to beaming grins for no apparent reason, but with precision choreography. Emotions carom somewhat randomly in subsequent sections, too, from “Anxiety” to “Violently Happy” — danced to music by Björk. In “Shadow Dolls,” seven waifs in white tunics and masks dance as one. A repeated motif has them freeze momentarily on one foot and fix us with a menacing stare from their featureless faces. Then, Callum Spencer dances to hornpipes by Sean O’Brien, blasting from a boom box, while Nick O’Connell sits motionless in a downstage corner.

The attempted “human interest” feels superfluous; in this case, wonderful dancing doesn’t need text to enhance its emotional impact. The crackerjack skill of the ensemble and its disarming charm drive the show. There are solos and a trio — including a brief pillow fight — for the three principals — Peta Anderson, ugly duckling turned swan; Spencer, the kid who’s taunted by rugby-playing mates for wanting to dance; and deer-in- the-headlights O’Connell, who speaks volumes with his tautly held trunk and spectacular legs. De Gallai’s eclectic musical taste ranges from traditional Irish music to Cake, Kate Bush, and Leonard Cohen. Traditional Irish steps fit the contemporary rhythms like a glove. And in the finale, the ensemble even takes on the “Infernal Dance” from Igor Stravinsky’s “The Firebird,” as well as pulsing, high-powered original music by Joe Csibi, with a pounding and ferocious tribal intensity that’s pretty irresistible.

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FAB! FESTIVAL An abbreviation for “Fourth Arts Block” or just a more efficient way to say “fabulous?” Why can’t it be a little bit of both? “FAB!” lives up to the promise of its name and then some, with their annual “FAB! Festival” — a daylong celebration of creative expression from the artistic entities that occupy Manhattan’s only official cultural district. In that one short block (East 4 Street, between Lafayette and Second Ave.), you’ll find a dozen theaters, eight dance/ rehearsal studios, three film editing suites and a large screening room. But they’re just getting started. Over the next two years, nearly 40,000 square feet of space on the block will be reclaimed for cultural use. Within 10 years, that number will climb to 145,000 square feet. At that point, they’ll probably have to add another day or two to this fab little fest. But for now, here’s a partial list of the dance, theater and music you’ll find on multiple stages: Once again, Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance opens the FAB! Festival fierce modern dance from choreographer Enrique Cruz DeJesus (accompanied by hot Latin beats and warm R&B rhythms from the elegantly funky SoulJaazz Band). On the Cabaret State, artists from Nuyorican Poets Café offer the best of their spoken word, and an excerpt from the new play Felony in Blue. Other outdoor performers include Bang Dance, Dixon Place, Downtown Art, JT Lotus Dance Company, La MaMa, Li Chiao-Ping Dance, The Living Theatre, Metropolitan Playhouse, New York NeoFuturists and Rod Rodgers Dance Company. At La MaMa E.T.C. — The Club, “Plays, Plays and More Plays!” delivers a glimpse of Off-Off Broadway, by way of a one-hour review of, well, plays, plays and more plays! Elsewhere indoors, “WOW! Wow Cabaret” features performers from WOW Café Theatre (the country’s oldest women and trans folks’ theater

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Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance tears it up. See “FAB! Festival.”

collective). To reserve a seat, visit fabnyc.fabfestival.org. At The New York Theatre Workshop rehearsal space, take part in the classes Introduction to Feldenkrais and Awareness Through Movement —taught by Annie Rudnick. Other classes include Hatha Yoga, Writing & Performing Your Story: An introduction in Neo-Futurism for Seniors. For info, visit fabnyc.fabfestival. org. On the street all afternoon: Materials For The Arts encourages you to create your own mixed medium art pieces — with reusable materials. For more info, mfta.org. “Get Your

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WESTBETH ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Opened in 1970, the West Village’s Westbeth continues to offer affordable artists’ housing and an array of cultural activities. Westbeth Artists’ Housing provides affordable living and working spaces for artists and their families. Lest you think the absence of starvation or squatting has made them soft, this annual three-day festival showcases the work of Westbeth’s prolific community. Listen (and dance to) music from world-renowned classical composers David del Tredici and Richard Hundley; New York’s Soul Man Bobby Harden and his eightpiece soul band; John Menegon & Patrick McKearn; Marie McAuliffe; Barry Temkin Raytones; Hal Miller, Steve Berger with Bob Dorough and Pat O’Leary and 3Spirit — as

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From 2010: Mettawee River Theater Company, Artistic Director Ralph Lee and Michael Moss’ ZONE in background with Michael Moss (reeds), Mel Nusbaum (piano), Robert Edwards (bass), Lou Selmi (drums). See “Westbeth.”

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Just Do Art! Continued from page 22 well as, of course, surprise guests and many, many other gifted Westbeth performers rass Ensemble. The Westbeth Gallery will also be open during the Festival (presenting the group “Lehman Downtown”—featuring work from faculty members of Lehman College Art Department and members of the Lehman College Gallery). Free. Fri., Sept. 23, 8-11pm, at the Brecht Forum (451 W. St., btw. Bank & Bethune). Sat., Sept. 24 & Sun., Sept. 25, 12-7pm, at the Westbeth Courtyard (155 Bank St., btw. Washington & West).

MEDEA Japan Society launches its Fall 2011/ Spring 2012 Performing Arts Season with a North American premiere — the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) production of “Medea.” Satoshi Miyagi (celebrated Artistic Director of SPAC and successor to the legendary Tadashi Suzuki) brings the scale and visual scope of a kabuki play to the Euripides masterpiece by transforming it into a play-within-aplay takes place in a traditional Japanese restaurant. As male members of the establishment call upon female waitresses for entertainment, late Meiji era gender-based tensions bubble to the surface. Live music as well as Miyagi’s signature bunraku pup-

pet theater-inspired style (utilizing two actors per role — one to speak and one to move), puts a uniquely Japanese cultural spin on the classic Greek tragedy. Since its premiere in 1999, the production (featuring a cast of 19) has appeared in 20 cities and 11 countries. Performed in Japanese with English subtitles. Fri., Sept. 23 and Sat., Sept. 24 at 7:30pm. Sun., Sept. 25 at 5pm. At Japan Society (333 E. 47th St., btw. First and Second Aves.). For tickets ($32), call 212-832-1155 or visit japansociety.org. Also visit spac.or.jp.

ART: “EXPLOSIONS IN COLOR” Although it’s not a very tough argument to win, ArtQuilt Gallery•NYC has been making the case for quilting’s aesthetic and cultural credibility within the NYC art scene since its debut in April (with Daphne Taylor’s “Quilt Drawings”), Their current exhibit — Carol Taylor’s “Explosions in Color” — opens the commercial gallery’s fall season with a collection of dynamic (at times, hypnotic) quilting and embroidery from artist Carol Taylor. The season continues on November 15, with “Material Witnesses: New Work from the Manhattan Quilters Guild” — featuring 22 quilts by the 22 members of the 31-year-old NYC-based Manhattan Quilters Guild. But for now, the spotlight shines on Taylor. Catch

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Micari, Kazunori Abe. See “Medea.”

“Explosions in Color” through Oct. 29, at The ArtQuilt Gallery•NYC (133 W. 25th St., btw. Sixth & Seventh Aves.). Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm (other times

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THEATER: CRANE STORY Fusing elements Japanese Bunrakuinspired puppetry with magical realism, Jen Silverman’s “Crane Story” takes you on a quest through a magical land of the dead. East meets west, and myth meets storytelling, when the suicide of her brother launches a Japanese-American girl on a journey to rescue his soul. This world premiere is being presented by The Playwrights Realm. Dedicated to nurturing emerging young playwrights, they produce only a single full Off-Broadway play each year. But 2011’s production didn’t happen overnight. “Crane Story” was developed during the past four years, though a series of workshops and readings. Tues. through Sat., 8pm (through Oct. 1). At Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St). For tickets ($30), call 212-239-6200 or visit playwrightsrealm.org.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF HENRY STREET, 1905 Many, many years before those Reality TV train wrecks on Bravo introduced the infamous moniker “Real Housewives” into popular culture, some NYC Lower East Side immigrant housewives were keeping

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it real. Theirs was a world of no refrigerators, door-to-door cabbage-shavers and pushcart markets where a thrifty shopper could buy a single egg, half a parsnip and a handful of barley. Learn about what daily life was really like for immigrants living on the Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th century, at this event held in Henry Street’s historic dining room. Sip on a Henry Street Highball (made with Manischewitz wine) while you watch a strudel-making demonstration and listen to “97 Orchard” author Jane Ziegelman explain how the housewives cooked in their primitive tenement kitchens and kept Old World traditions alive in their new homeland. Historic gastronomist Sarah Lohman will be on hand to speak about her three-day experiment keeping Kosher by following a daily menu from the Ellis Island Kosher kitchen — and historian Suzanne Wasserman (Director of the Gotham Center for New York City History) will show a film clip about the 1902 Kosher butcher boycott on the Lower East Side (from her upcoming film “Meat Hooked!”). Sun., Sept. 25, 3pm. Tickets: $19.05. At Henry Street Settlement (265 Henry St., at Montgomery). For more info, call 212-7669200 or visit henrystreet.org. For Twitter: Twitter.com/HenryStreet. For Facebook: Facebook/HenryStreetSettlement.

L to R: Drowned Man puppet, Christine Toy Johnson and Louis Ozawa Changchein. See “Crane Story.”

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L’Shana Tova Good health, happiness and peace. Assemblymember

Deborah J. Glick 853 Broadway, Suite 1518, New York, NY 10003

Tel: 212-674-5153 / Fax: 212-674-5530 glickd@assembly.state.ny.us

Photo courtesy of the collection of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum © 2011

Let’s get real: See “The Real Housewives of Henry Street.”

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Just Do Art! Continued from page 24

THEATER: FELIX & THE DILIGENCE Young, scrappy, sassy and occasionally dirty, the relatively young Pipeline Theatre Company has tackled everything from Bertolt Brecht (“The Caucasian Chalk Circle”) to Charles Busch (“Psycho Beach Party”). This self-professed “Downtown to the core” theater ensemble’s made good on that boast by staging every single one of their mainstage productions in the East or West Village. Their current production sees them tearing up the sod in that familiar stomping ground. “Felix & The Diligence” time warps its audience back to World War II — and injects a sense of wonder, chaos, confusion, innocence and optimism into what they promise will be “the greatest play about fishermen in the 1940’s you’ll ever see.” Well, they were right about being Downtown to the core, so we’ll take that as a sign that “Felix” is going to be something worth seeing. If you’re still on the fence, consider this: It’s got mermaids, sea monsters and Nazi spies. You’d have to work very, very hard to go wrong with that formula. Sept. 27-30 and Oct. 1, 4, 5-8 at 8pm. Late night performances at 10:30pm on October 1, 7, 8. Matinee at 3pm on Sept. 25. Reception follows the 8pm Sept. 24 performance. at the Connelly Theater (220 E. 4th St., btw. Aves. A & B). For tickets ($20, $15 for students/seniors), call 212-868-4444 or visit smarttix.com. For info on Pipeline Theatre Company, visit pipelinetheatre.org.

Photo by Ahron R. Foster

The crew from “Felix & The Diligence” sets a course for adventure.

15TH ANNUAL DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL For three days, the Dumbo Arts Festival showcases the work of over 500 artists (via 120 open art studios and 40 live performances). It’s all free — and, if past years are any indication, it’s all good. Visual Art events include Mac Premo’s “The Dumpster Project” — which exhibits more than 400 personal objects on a converted 30-foot long industrial dumpster; and “Immersive Surfaces” — which projects video onto the Manhattan Bridge. Emilie Baltz and Jeremy Linzee’s “Buoys” has a set of circular, metal disks floating on

the surface of the East River and reflecting the surroundings. The iconic Gleason’s Gym will celebrate the art of boxing, when they present the work of over three dozen visual artists and writers (see Gleasonsgym. net for what makes them one of the greats). Musical performances taking place throughout the neighborhood all weekend

— everything from rhythm and blues to Latin. At St. Ann’s Warehouse on Sat. afternoon, a showcase of local indie bands will feature (among others) Young Boys, The Long Eye and others. In a category all its own is Shaun ‘El C.’ Leonardo’s “Battle Royal.” This performance art endeavor presents a recreation of the opening scene of Ralph Ellison’s “The Invisible Man” — as told by 15 blindfolded professional wrestlers fighting inside a 16-foot high steel cage. By the end of that scene, only one man will be left standing. Family-friendly events include “Waterbombs!” — in which street performers The Acrobuffos perform an “interactive water balloon gladiator show.” Robert Elmes’ “Dumbo Kite Flying Society” teaches kids of all ages how to go fly a kite. At Great Small Works’ “Workshop and Procession,” kids can make puppets, cut-outs and flags — then showcase their work in parade through the streets of Dumbo. Free. Throughout the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn (on the waterfront, between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges). Fri., Sept. 23, 6-9pm. Sat., Sept. 24, 12-8pm. Sun., Sept. 25, 12-6pm. All outdoor projections are open from 6pm-Midnignt (all three nights). For an up-to-date list of artists and programs, visit dumboartsfestival. com. For Twitter: Twitter@dumboartsfest. Also visit dumbonyc.org.

PU B L I C NOTI C E S NOTICE First Republic Bank has submitted an application to the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to establish a branch office at 443 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the regional director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its regional office at 25 Jessie Street at Ecker Square, San Francisco, California 94105, before processing of the application has been completed. Processing will be completed no earlier than the 21st day following either the date of the last required publication or the date of receipt of the application by the FDIC, whichever is later. The period may be extended by the regional director for good cause. The nonconfidential portion of the application file is available for inspection within one day following the request for such file. It may be inspected in the Corporation’s regional office during regular business hours. Photocopies of information in the nonconfidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request. A schedule of charges for such copies can be obtained from the regional office. Vil 9/22/11

CITATION FILE NO.: 2011-369 SURROGATE’S COURT, NEW YORK COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent To: Jenna Haden Jones and Joseph Allen Jones, if living, and if either died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown; and all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Nicholas T. Scheel a/k/a Nicholas Tyler Scheel, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot, after diligent inquiry, be ascertained. A petition having been filed by Patrick J. McGee, who is/are domiciled at 342 E. 53rd Street, New York, New York 10022. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, at Room 510, 31 Chambers Street, NewYork, on October 25, 2011, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Nicholas T. Scheel, a/k/a Nicholas Tyler Scheel lately domiciled at 342 E. 53rd Street, Apt. 2D, New York, New York 10022, United States, admitting to probate a Will dated May 20, 2010 (and Codicil(s), of any, dated _______________________________________), as the Will of Nicholas T. Scheel, deceased, relating to the real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Patrick J. McGee Further relief sought (if any): to serve without bond. Dated,Attested and Sealed, September 15, 2011 HON. /s/ HON. KRISTIN BOOTH GLEN Seal Surrogate /s/ DIANA SANABRIA Chief Clerk Kathleen M. Citera Print Name of Attorney Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, LLP (212) 404-8745, Firm 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1130, New York, NY 10169, Address NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. Photo courtesy of the Dumbo Arts Festival

From Ari Taibei’s “Runaway Keep Art” — a nesting exhibit that’s part of the Dumbo Arts Festival.

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September 22 - 28, 2011

PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF INFRACONSULT LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/29/2011. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/28/2006. 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. Cert. of Form. filed with State of DE, Secy. of State, Div of Corps., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SOHAM WELLNESS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/27/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 2116 Frederick Douglass Blvd., NY, NY 10026. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. As amended by Cert. of Amendment filed with SSNY on 07/27/11, changed the name of LLC to: SOHAM WELLNESS NYC LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 ASM CAPITAL IV, L.P. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/20/11. Office location: NY Co. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/11/11 SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LP 7600 Jericho Tpke STE 302 Woodbury, NY 11797. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 MARK MARMER, PLLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/25/2010. Office in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of PLLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The PLLC 240 E. 76th St. 11B New York, NY 10021. Purpose: The practice of law and any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF RAILSMITH PAPERWORKS, LLC Application for Authority filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/7/11. Office location: NY County. Principal business address: 138 W. 118th St., Apt. 1, New York, NY 10028. LLC formed in New Mexico (NM) on 03/17/06. 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, c/o Krista Peters, 138 W. 118th St., Apt. 1, New York, NY 10028. NM address of LLC: 4056 Cerrillos Rd., Suite F-1, Santa Fe, NM 87507. Articles of Formation filed with NM Public Regulation Commission, Corporations Bureau, 1120 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LOQUACIOUS LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 04/16/11. 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: LOQUACIOUS LLC, 300 east 33 Street, 19E, New York, NY 10016 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MORTON & HUDSON DESIGN GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 67 Morton St., Ste. 5B, NY, NY 10014. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o William Rodgers at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF MADISON COURT, LP. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/11. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/29/2011. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, 260 Park Ave. South, Apt. PH-B, NY, NY 10010. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, State of DE, Dept. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ROSENFARB LLC. Arts of Org filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on July 8, 2011. Office location: NY County SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of any process to: 200 East 65th St New York, NY 10065. Principal business address: 825 Third Ave New York, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful act. 1737929 Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TCG GMS ADMINISTRATIVE LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/13/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/7/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 520 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022, Attn: Orit Mizrachi. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PURPLE BOX LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/2/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, 575 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RACHLAN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/10/11. 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 Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, 575 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022, Attn: Bruce M. Sabados, Esq. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF CONVERSION OF 413 WEST 14TH ASSOCIATES, A PARTNERSHIP, TO MEILMAN FAMILY REAL ESTATE, LLC. Cert. filed with NY Dept. of State: 7/1/11. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: 421 W. 14th St., Ste. 3R, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF AFFINITY BROKERAGE, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/22/11. NYS fict. name: Good Sam Insurance Agency, LLC. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 64 Inverness Dr. E., Englewood, CO 80112. LLC formed in DE on 2/19/97. 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 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF MBK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.L.C. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/1/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 7/1/11. 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. 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: any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF WILEY PUBLISHING LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/25/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030. LLC formed in DE on 4/25/11. NY 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. 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: any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF WARBURG PINCUS (GANYMEDE-II) PRIVATE EQUITY X, L.P Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/29/11. Office location: NY County. LP formed in DE on 3/29/11. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Warburg Pincus LLC, 450 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10017, Attn: General Counsel. DE addr. of LP: 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: any lawful activity. Vil 8/18-9/22/11 ELITE APARTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of State of NY 07/07/2011. Off Loc.:NewYork Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to THE LLC, 872 Madison Avenue, Suite 2A, New York, NY 10021. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Vil 8/25-9/29/11 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF SHERWOOD 30 LAND GROUP LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/13/11. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 5/12/11. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to CTC, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil 8/25-9/29/11 NOTICE OF QUAL. OF SHERWOOD 30 MANAGEMENT LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/19/11. Office loc.: NY County. LLC org. in DE 5/17/11. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to CTC, 111 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. DE off. addr.: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any lawful activities. Vil 8/25-9/29/11

BARRIO 47, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 4/18/11. NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Alexandre Volland, 270 W. 17th St., Ste. 2A, NY, NY 10011. General Purposes Vil 8/25-9/29/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KUGGIE HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/15/11. 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, 169 Broadview Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 8/25-9/29/11

LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT S. DOWD, JR. LLC, a foreign Professional Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/11. NY office Location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The PLLC, Three University Plaza, Ste. 207, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Purpose: Law Vil 8/25-9/29/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIVONIA APARTMENTS, L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 8/15/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Institute For Community Living, 40 Rector St., 8th Floor, NY, NY 10006. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2060. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 8/25-9/29/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION 343 WEST END AVENUE, LLC art. of org. filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 6/24/11. Off. loc. in NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Pines & Kessler, 110 E 59th St 23rd Fl, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil 8/25-9/29/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TANYA TAYLOR DESIGNS LLC. Authority filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/25/11.Juris. of org: DE filed: 5/11/11 NY off. loc. in New York Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Withers Bergman, 660 Steamboat Rd, Greenwich, CT 06830. LLC address in DE: CTC, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of org. on file with SSDE, Div of Corps, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19801 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil 8/25-9/29/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF WAR CHEST CAPITAL MULTI-STRATEGY FUND LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/11/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/1/09. Princ. office of LLC: 1 Rockefeller Plaza, Ste. 1703, NY, NY 10020. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 8/25-9/29/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RABI NY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/11/11. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o DeGaetano & Carr, 488 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 8/25-9/29/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EDWARD MENDELSOHN, M.D., PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/8/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 853 Broadway, Ste. 200, NY, NY 10003. Sec. of State designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Edward Mendelsohn, 22 Edgemont Rd., Glen Rock, NJ 07452. Purpose: practice medicine. Vil 8/25-9/29/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF HENRY COMPANY LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/5/11. NYS fictitious name: Henry Building Products LLC. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in CA on 12/14/10. 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. CA and principal business addr.: 909 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 650, El Segundo, CA 90245. Cert. of Form. filed with CA Sec. of State, 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 8/25-9/29/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF SUNS SPV LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/10/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 500 Park Ave., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10022. LLC formed in DE on 6/24/11. 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. 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 8/25-9/29/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF TIGER ACCELERATOR FUND, L.P. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/6/11. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Cayman Islands (CI) on 4/5/11. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Tiger Accelerator GP Ltd., c/o Tiger Management Advisors L.L.C., 101 Park Ave., NY, NY 10178, principal business addr. CI addr. of LP: c/o Maples Corporate Services Ltd., PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, CI. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed with Reg. of Exempted LPs, Citrus Grove Bldg., Goring Ave., George Town, Grand Cayman, CI. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 8/25-9/29/11 237 REALTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/1/2001. Office in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC P.O. Box 908 Monsey, NY 10952. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/1-10/6/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ILIAD 38, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/8/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/6/11. Princ. office of LLC: 745 Fifth Ave., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10151. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, New Castle Cnty., DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/1-10/6/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF RHOMBUS SERVICES, LLC. Authority filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/12/11.Juris. of org: NJ filed: 9/27/10 NY off. loc. in NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to principal address: 560 Benigno Blvd, Bellmawr, NJ 08031. Arts of org. on file with State of NJ Treasurer, 125 W State St, Trenton, NJ 08808 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil 9/1-10/6/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF 360 WEST 31ST STREET HOLDINGS II, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/17/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/15/11. Princ. office of LLC: 10 E. 53rd St., 37th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/1-10/6/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF OH 161ST STREET, L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 5/7/2010. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, 95 Pine St., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10005. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2057. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/1-10/6/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SPLASH ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/11/11. 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, 445 W. 23rd St., 11A, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/1-10/6/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HYPER DIMENSION SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/26/11. Office location: NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc. 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001, also the registered agent. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil.9/1-10/6/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF O’BRIEN LLP. Arts of Org filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/06/11. Office loc: NY Cty. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail process to: 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Principal business address: 590 Madison Ave, 18th Fl, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful acts. Vil 9/1-10/6/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PCMH LYVERE, L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 8/17/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Postgraduate Center For Mental Health, 158 E. 35th St., New York, NY 10016. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2061. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/1-10/6/11

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FOSTER KENT NY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/1/07. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 410 Park Ave., 15th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/1-10/6/11 33RD STREET NYC LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/5/11. NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her toThe LLC, 155 W. 33rd St., NY, NY 10001. General Purposes Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF APOLLO CREDIT MANAGEMENT (EUROPEAN SENIOR DEBT), LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/24/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/19/11. Princ. office of LLC: 9 W. 57th St., 41st Fl., NY, NY 10019. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with the Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EGA57, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/15/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 1057 First Ave., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Janet Giaimo Vitale at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VIA DIAZ, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Paul I. Rosenberg, Esq., Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., 17 State St., 34th Fl., NY, NY 10004. Purpose: To own real estate. Vil 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ERNOK MANAGEMENT, LLC. Arts of Org filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/04/11. Office loc: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of any process to the principal business address: 295 FIFTH AVE, #111, NEW YORK, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF RT INVESTMENT HOLDINGS GP LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/18/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/21/06. Princ. office of LLC: 280 Park Ave., 23rd Fl-East, NY, NY 10017. 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, New Castle Cnty., DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PM SECURITIES, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/25/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/7/04. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 110 Chadds Ford Commons, Chadds Ford, PA 19317. DE addr. of LLC: 1313 N. Market St., Ste. 5100, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Townsend Bldg., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF METRO NETWORK SERVICES, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/1/10. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/18/11. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 90 White St., NY, NY 10013. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed w/DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19904. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF IRVING 24D, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/25/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 69 Thompson St. #11, NY, NY 10012. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ART REMBA, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/12/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET SERVICES, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/20/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/24/10. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8 Ave. NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed w/DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19904. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF CWS CONSULTING GROUP, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/14/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Massachusetts (MA) on 3/4/09. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 1005 Boylston St. #243, Newton Highlands, MA 02461. MA address of LLC: 189 Carlton Rd., Newton, MA 02468. Cert. of Org. filed with MA Secy. of Commonwealth, 1 Ashburton Pl., 17 Fl., Boston, MA 02108. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF SKYLARK AND KING LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/15/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/16/11. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13 Ave. #202, Bklyn, NY 11228. DE address of LLC: 1521 Concord Pike #301, Wilmington, DE 19803. Cert. of Form. filed w/DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19904. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JAYWELL PROPERTY GROUP LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/13/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 420 W. 42 St. #394, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CHROMATIC GALLERIE LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/29/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13 Ave. #202, Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF RHODESTONE PARTNERS LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/29/10. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13 Ave. #202, Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DEBORAH S. STEHR, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/3/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13 Ave. #202, Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF MONSTER MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/11/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/14/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Imagem Music USA, 229 W. 28th St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10001, Attn: Victoria Traube. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF KKR EQUITY STRATEGIES L.P. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/23/11. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/10/11. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o KKR Asset Management LLC, 555 California St., 50th Fl., San Francisco, CA 94104. DE address of LP: The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF QUEENSCLIFF ASSOCIATES LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/11/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/7/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 900 Third Ave., Ste. 201-10, NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 615 South DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF HPS CREDIT OPPS ONSHORE, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/23/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/25/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC, 40 W. 57th St., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE address of LLC: 615 South DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF INSIDE EXPERIENCES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 8/10/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 33 E. 33rd St., Ste. 1107, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF GH CHELSEA LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/15/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 11/24/10. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, Attn: CT Corporation System, 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 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF GH WEST SIDE LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/15/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 11/24/10. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, Attn: CT Corporation System, 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 9/8-10/13/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF INDOMITABLE ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 8/5/11. Office loc.: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 225 Varick St., Ste. 304, NY, NY 10014. LLC formed in DE: 5/5/09. 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., 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PRIAM CAPITAL ASSOCIATES LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/16/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 3/28/11. 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.: 445 Park Ave., Ste. 1401, NY, NY 10022. DE addr. of LLC:The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 9/8-10/13/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Red Malbec LLC d/b/a Buenos Aires to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 509 East 6th Street New York NY 10009. Vil 9/15-9/22/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by West 17th Street Italian Restaurant LLC d/b/a Artichoke Basille’s Pizza & Bar to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 457 West 17th Street New York NY 10011. Vil 9/15-9/22/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license number 1255859 for an on-premise liquor license has been applied for by GUSTOSO LLC d/b/a Bar 9 to sell liquor at retail in the restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 807 9th Avenue New York, NY 10019 for on premises-consumption. Vil 9/15-9/22/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that license #1257380 has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a restaurant under the alcoholic beverage control law at 186 Franklin St., New York, NY 10013 for onpremises consumption. 186 KT, LLC d/b/a KUTSCHER’S TRIBECA Vil 9/15-9/22/11

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Cask and Cave Inc. d/b/a Top Hops to sell beer and wine at retail in a tavern. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 94 Orchard Street New York NY 10002. Vil 9/15-9/22/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by The Little Kitchen Restaurant Group LLC d/b/a Little Muenster to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 100 Stanton Street New York NY 10002. Vil 9/15-9/22/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by Gam 18 LLC d/b/a Alison Eighteen to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant with one additional bar. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 15 West 18th Street New York NY 10011. Vil 9/15-9/22/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, number 1030455 for beer, liquor and wine has been applied for by Theatre Refreshment Company to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a bar in the Cort Theatre under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 138 W. 48th Street New York, NY 10036 for on premises consumption. Vil 9/15-9/22/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, number 1030455 for beer, liquor and wine has been applied for by Theatre Refreshment Company to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a bar in the Cort Theatre under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 138 W. 48th Street New York, NY 10036 for on premises consumption. Vil 9/15-9/22/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HARLEM YOGA STUDIO LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/10. Office located in: NY County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to:the LLC, 41 W64TH ST., #5C NY, NY 10023. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Vil 9/18-10/20/11 RSG.ENT. LLC A domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/22/11. NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 400 W. 43 St., #43-S, NY, NY 10036. General Purposes. Vil 9/15-10/20/11

WRIGHT WEATHER CONSULTING, LLC A domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/22/11. NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, P.O. Box 117, NY, NY 10108. General Purposes. Vil 9/15-10/20/11 MARATHON CONSULTING, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/13/02. Office in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Madama, Griffits, O’Hara LLP 450 Park Ave South 8th Fl. New York, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Section 206 Vil 9/15-10/20/11 THE NEWSBRIDGE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/4/11. Office in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Zachary Weiss 211 Ave. A Apt. 35 New York, NY 10009. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Section 206 Vil.9/15-10/20/11 PWM ASSOCIATES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/3/10. Office in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Jill Wilpon 525 Park Ave. New York, NY 10065. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Section 206 Vil.9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF UNIFY MANAGEMENT & SERVICES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/18/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 40 Elizabeth St, Suite 305, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil.9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PI BETA PHI FHC ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC. Filed Sec of State of NY (SSNY) 8/2/11. Formed Oklahoma 10/3/08. Off. Loc.:NY Cnty. SSNY designated as Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o National Registered Agents Inc, 875 Avenue of the Americas, Ste 501 New York, NY 10001 Purpose:Any lawful activity. Vil.9/15-10/20/11

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF HALCYON AGILIS GP LLC. App. for Authority filed with the Sect. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/9/11. N.Y. Office Loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 7/6/11. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Walkers Corporate Services Delaware Ltd. 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, DE 19809. DE addr. of LLC: 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, 19809. Cert. of Form filed with DE Sect. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF HALCYON AGILIS MANAGEMENT LP. Authority filed with the Sect. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/10/11. Office Loc: NY County. LP formed in DE on 7/6/11. SSNY has been designated as agent of LP upon process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Walkers Corporate Services Delaware Ltd. 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, DE 19809. DE addr. of LP: 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, 19809. Name/ addr. of genl. ptr. avail from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Sect. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil.9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF HREP CHELSEA PARTNERS LLC. App. for Authority filed with the Sect. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/9/11. N.Y. Office Loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 6/29/2007. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Walkers Corporate Services Delaware Ltd. 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, DE 19809. DE addr. of LLC: 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, 19809. Cert. of Form filed with DE Sect. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil.9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF HREP MAMMOTH BLOCKER LLC. App. for Authority filed with the Sect. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/9/11. N.Y. Office Loc: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 3/19/2007. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Walkers Corporate Services Delaware Ltd. 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, DE 19809. DE addr. of LLC: 200 Bellevue Pkwy, Ste 170, Wilmington, 19809. Cert. of Form filed with DE Sect. of State, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil.9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GURU-73, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/2/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 950 Third Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 6 Tory Ln., Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/15-10/20/11

NORTH EAST FAMILY REALTY LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/3/11. NY Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Jean Claude Compas MD, 255 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238. General Purposes. Vil 9/15-10/20/11 UEI 640 TENTH LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/8/11. Office in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process The LLC 1450 Broadway, Fl. 21 New York, NY 10018. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Latest date to dissolve: 1/4/2061 Section 206 Vil 9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WASICO, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/11. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Milbank, Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP, 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, NY, NY 10005. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 316 E. 18th St., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF CITY PLAN FUND, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/1/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 7/18/11. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Permal Asset Management Inc., 900 Third Ave., NY, NY 10010. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Vanguard Corporate Services, Ltd., 3500 S. Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/15-10/20/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #TBA has been applied for by S.L. 93 Corp d/b/a Ottomanelli NY Grill to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 1424 Lexington Avenue New York NY 10128. Vil 9/22-9/29/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, #1257397 has been applied for by Dong Chun Hong Corp to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 312 5th Avenue New York NY 10001. Vil 9/22-9/29/11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Hotel liquor license, #1256131 has been applied for by EROS MGMNT & REALTY LLC & WYNDHAM HOTEL MGMNT INC d/b/a Wyndham Tryp Hotel to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a hotel. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 345 W 35TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10001. Vil 9/22-9/29/11

BREAD IN TRIBECA LLC IS APPLYING FOR A RENEWAL OF ITS UNENCLOSED SIDEWALK CAFE LICENSE. Requests for copies of the proposed revocable consent agreement may be addressed to: Department of consumer affairs, attn: foil officer, 42 broadway, new york, ny 10004 Vil 9/22-9/29/11 KING K-9 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/2/11. Office in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process Tom Shannon CPA PC 1568 N. Wakonda St. Flagstaff, AZ 86004. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Section 206 Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ROOSTER WORLDWIDE LLC. Art. of Org.filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/1/10. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13 Ave. #202,Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity.Vil 9/22-10/27/11 TORTUS CAPITAL FUND LP Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/26/11. Office location: NY Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/22/11 SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Tortus Capital GP LTD 721 5th Ave #34G NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange ST Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Section Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SMCINTOSH, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/18/11. Office location: NY County. 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, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF ARTIZAN INTERNET SERVICES, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Connecticut (CT) on 3/18/05. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001. Principal office address: 200 Applied Pkwy, University Park, IL 60484. Arts of Org. filed with the CT Secretary of State, 30 Trinity St., PO Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115-0470. Purpose: any lawful activities. Vil 9/22-10/27/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SL MANHATTAN BURGER DEVELOPMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/18/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Anna M. Boutzalis, CPA, 600 Old Country Road, Ste. 230, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BEST FRIENDS BURGERS MANHATTAN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/27/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Anna M. Boutzalis, CPA, 600 Old Country Road, Ste. 230, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF OAKWOOD DENTAL ARTS SOUTH SHORE, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/25/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 76 Pond St., Staten Island, NY 10309. Purpose: practice the profession of dentistry. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GRAND CENTRAL CHIROPRACTIC & PHYSICAL THERAPY PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/11. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Gary Willner, 370 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: practice the profession of physical therapy. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF EF-43 OPERATING LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/11/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/9/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc. (UCS), 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. DE address of LLC: c/o UCS, 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HOPPER HOME LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 8/30/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Women’s Prison Association, 110 Second Ave., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JOHN JAMES BARBIS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 7/1/11. Office location: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 15 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KKKENHORST L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/2011. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 487 Greenwich St., Ste. 5A, NY, NY 10013. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2051. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PRIVATE EQUITY CONCENTRATED ENERGY FUND II, L.P. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/11. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/09. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 West St., NY, NY 10282. DE address of LP: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11

NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION OF PRIVATE EQUITY CONCENTRATED ENERGY II ADVISORS, L.L.C. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/11. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/30/09. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 West St., NY, NY 10282. DE address of LLC: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BIDIESSE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/22/11. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: DeGaetano & Carr, 488 Madison Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. Vil 9/22-10/27/11 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SKIP SALES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/23/11. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 601 W. 26th St., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10001. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Vil 9/22-10/27/11

PROBATE CITATION FILE NO. 4782/08 SURROGATE’S COURT – NEW YORK COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO : The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of William Jacobson, also known as William Jacobson, Jr., deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributes, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Public Administrator of the County of New York send GREETING: A petition having been duly filed by Jonathan D. Golby, who is domiciled at 120 W. 58th St., NewYork, NY 10019, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, at 31 Chambers Street, Room 503, New York, on November 18, 2011, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore-noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of William Jacobson a/k/a William Jacobson, Jr. , lately domiciled at 120 West 58th St., New York, NY 10019 admitting to probate a Will dated January 23, 2005, as the Will of William Jacobson a/k/a William Jacobson, Jr., deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [ X ] Letters Testamentary issue to: Jonathan D. Golby [ ] Letters of Trusteeship issue to: [ ] Letters of Administration c.t.a. issue to Dated, Attested and Sealed HON. __s/Nora S. Anderson__________ Surrogate September 8, 2011 ___s/Diana Sanabria________ Chief Clerk Jonathan D. Golby, Attorney for Petitioner 261 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000, New York, NY 10016 Tel. (212) 247-1347 [NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] P-5 (10/96) Vil 9/15-11/3/11

AT IAS PART 21 OFTHE SUPREME COURT OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK, HELD IN AND FORTHE COUNTY OF NEWYORK, ATTHE COUNTY COURTHOUSETHEREOF, ONTHE 30TH DAY OF AUGUST 2011. P R E S E N T: HON. MICHAEL D. STALLMAN Justice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -X In the Matter of the Application of MASHEE REALTY CORP., ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE For an Order and Judgment pursuant to RPAPL 1931 Discharging an Ancient Index No. 107297/11 Mortgage Petitioner, -againstESTATE OF FRANK RIDOLFI, JOSEPH A. DEROSE, JOHN DOE #1 THROUGH JANE DOE #10, being persons unknown and intended to designate the heirs, beneficiaries and descendants of Frank Ridolfi, deceased, Respondents. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -X Upon the annexed affirmation of SIMON H. ROTHKRUG, of the firm of ROTHKRUG ROTHKRUG & SPECTOR, LLP, attorneys for the petitioner, dated August 19, 2011, the affidavit of Victor Shaman, sworn to on July 18, 2011, and the affidavit of Simon H. Rothkrug, sworn to on August 19, 2011, and upon all the proceedings heretofore had herein, it is ORDERED, that the respondents and all persons interested in the mortgage described hereinbelow, SHOW CAUSE at an IA Motion Submission (Room 130) Part thereof to be held at the County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street, NewYork, NewYork, on November 1, 2011 at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order pursuant to Section 1931 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law should not be entered discharging of record a certain mortgage for $120,000, dated July 31, 1973, between petitioner and mortgagee Frank Ridolfi, which mortgage was recorded in the Office of the Register of the City of NewYork for the County of NewYork on August 3, 1973 in Reel 287 Page 235, and indexed against the real property located in Block 588 Lot 29, being 296 Bleecker Street, Borough and County of New York, said mortgage now being a lien on the said premises, and for such other and further relief as the Court may deem proper. SUFFICIENT reason appearing herein for the granting of this Order, let service of a copy of this Order upon the respondents be deemed good and sufficient service if made by personal service to Carol Ann Quigley and Andrew Brusini on or before September 19, 2011, and by publication once a week for 3 successive weeks, in The Villager a newspaper published in the County and City of New York, on or before September 26, 2011. E NT E R ___/s/ Michael D. Stallman_______ J. S. C. Vil 9/8-9/22/11

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Letting it all hang out at Ground Zero on 9/11 There was something of everything at Ground Zero on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, from conspiracy theorists who want to bring out the “truth,” to a mustachioed photographer who didn’t leave much hidden. There were supporters of the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” as well as one of its most vehement critics, Koran-burning preacher Terry Jones, above right.

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Keying in to cool To The Editor: Re “For locksmith, creativity is the key to happiness� (news article, Sept. 15): Really cool and interesting. As a fellow locksmith (in Texas), I can really appreciate Philip Mortillaro’s work. Keys are symbolic, and at first glance may seem just repetitive and the same, but actually, they carry a lot of history with them and are each unique. Nimi Zackay

On Life support To The Editor: Re “Life is suspended for Life Cafe; Famed eatery closes — for now� (Sept. 15):

As a regular visitor to Life Cafe, I have observed how unstable the building has become over the past year. There’s not a straight line in the place. Wine glasses slide off the tables! I now fear for the safety of the tenants who live in the apartments above as the building is obviously very sick and in need of urgent reconstructive repair. The actions of the landlords have and continue to be completely irresponsible. J.G. Sunderland

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St. Mark’s Bookstore Continued from page 1 comment despite multiple attempts, and as of publication, it is not known what the results of the two-day meetings were. A dramatic drop in sales and increasing rent has pushed St. Mark’s Bookshop to the brink of closure. Sales have dropped by roughly 35 percent since the economy plummeted in 2008. Their situation worsened when the rent increased to its current rate as per their lease agreement with the college. Contant and McCoy took drastic efforts to try to keep the bookstore solvent. Last year, they laid off all part-time staffers. The eight remaining employees now get significantly less pay and fewer hours. The owners, who also work at the store, have docked their own salaries and started drawing from their Social Security savings for additional funds. “We’ve made all the financial adjustments we can make,� Contant said. “If we don’t get any assistance on the rent, we may go out of business.� News of their dire financial situation spurred an outpouring of community support. Joyce Ravitz, chair of the Cooper Square Committee, started an online petition to save the bookstore and has garnered almost 30,000 signatures. “It’s a unique cultural institution,� Ravitz said. “It offers more things that no other bookstore offers or can even offer.� The bookstore’s struggle has even attracted the attention of local leaders like Councilmember Rosie Mendez and Borough President Scott Stringer, who have each urged Cooper Union’s president to decrease the bookstore’s rent. “The East Village cannot afford to lose St. Mark’s Bookstore,� wrote Stringer. “We must do everything we can to hold onto those longrunning businesses that express the neighborhood’s unique character.� Added Mendez, “Given the breadth of Cooper Union’s real estate investments, including the soon-to-be-developed 51 Astor Place as a fully commercial building, I believe a rent

concession would not constitute a large burden to the institution.� If Cooper Union doesn’t listen to the community’s opinions, Ravitz said she plans to reach out to the college’s students, faculty, and alumni to increase the pressure. She praised Cooper Union because it subsidizes all of its students’ tuition, but said it also has a responsibility to support the neighborhood around it. “Cooper Union does a lot of good things,� Ravitz said. “But they shouldn’t be cutting off the community’s education.� This isn’t the first time that Cooper Union and St. Mark’s Bookshop have been at the center of controversy. In 1990, when Cooper Union erected the tall tower, neighbors in the immediate vicinity strongly opposed yet another dorm along the Third Avenue corridor. The college asked the bookstore to move into the empty retail space on the ground floor level of the dormitory building as a way to placate outraged community members. “They offered us 20 percent less rent than we were paying at St. Mark’s at the time,� Contant said. Contant said that he’s unwilling to move the store again, partly because the current location is good for traffic and partly because of cost. “We couldn’t afford to unless somebody wanted to pay for it,� he said. As an unexpected benefit, the publicity and community outreach surrounding the bookstore’s predicament have increased sales. According to employee Chris Davidson, incoming students at neighboring colleges have boosted sales even higher — although it is unlikely to last as student shoppers dwindle in the coming months and the press moves on to another story. Still, those who work at St. Mark’s Bookshop said they’re pleased with the new interest in their store and hope that it can pull them out of their dire financial predicament. “It’s ironic,� Contant said. “If everybody who signed the petition also bought a book, we wouldn’t be in this position.� “But we’re in the battle, and we intend to stay in the battle,� he asserted.

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THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION, PART TWO.

AVENUES NYC CAMPUS ON THE HIGH LINE

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