Contributors and Advisory Board

SAUL SCHERL

Saul Scherl is President of the New York Tri-State Region at The Howard Hughes Corporation. Mr. Scherl has more than twenty years of experience in the realms of retail, residential, hospitality, and mixed-use real estate.

LUIGI ROSABIANCA

Longtime downtown resident and founding board member, Rosabianca lends his expertise on a wide array of subjects including real estate, political affairs, and architectural history, and is a frequent editorial contributor.

DREW NIEPORENT

A renowned restaurateur, “The Mayor of Wall Street” opened his first downtown restaurant in the ’80s. Nieporent’s Myriad Restaurant Group includes the TriBeCa Grill and Nobu.

DR. AMY LEWIS

Dr. Lewis is a nationally renowned medical expert in cosmetic dermatology. A Yale School of Medicine grad, she has been featured in national media as a dermatology expert, and has built a premier private practice specializing in cosmetic and laser dermatology.

ANDREW MATUSIK

Matusik loves collaborating with talented stylists, models, and artists and is devoted to creating striking images through great composition and beautiful light. For this issue, he photographed Sam Waterston for the cover and feature on page 44.

MATT KAPP

An award-winning documentary filmmaker and writer, Kapp’s book, A Century Downtown: A Visual History of Lower Manhattan, came out in 2019. Matt interviewed Silverstein Properties’ COO Dino Fusco, on page 14.

MICHAEL FIEDLER

Fiedler created the Working Journal Project using photography and handwriting to tell the stories of the people he encounters. He photographed Chef Rafele Ronca on page 24, and as always, has the issue’s Last Word, with Bob Lewis on page 88.

CATHERINE MCVAY HUGHES

Member of CB1 for 19 years, eight of those years its Chair, and for 13 years the Chair of CB1 World Trade Center Redevelopment Committee. Hughes has worked with agencies at the city, state, and federal levels.

SAMANTHA COX

Samantha Cox is Vice President, Creative, New York, at Broadcast Music, Inc. She also provides advice and supports myriad projects at the Center for Performing Arts at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell.

FRANK CELENZA

Dual-certified in Orthodontics and Periodontics, Celenza teaches post-graduate studies at institutions such as New York University and Rutgers. He has offices in New York City, Scarsdale, and New Jersey.

RORY MCCREESH

Rory McCreesh founded Duce Construction Corporation, specializing in designing and constructing high-end homes and apartments in Manhattan, Westchester, Connecticut and New Jersey.

LAURA FORESE

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian, as well as an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Forese oversees a leading system in quality, safety, efficiency, and service.

JEFF SIMMONS

Executive Vice President of Anat Gerstein, Simmons has spent three decades in private and public sector communications, previously serving at the Alliance for Downtown New York.

PATRICIA MARKERT

Markert has worked as an editor, educator, poet, and citizen scientist. She can be found swimming at pools citywide. For this issue, she wrote about her love of swimming on page 85.

NOEL Y. CALINGASAN

Calingasan was born and raised in the Philippines. He is a research scientist and a photography hobbyist. His photo of Flushing Meadows Corona Park in bloom appears on page 22.

NICOLE HADDAD

Haddad is a Brooklyn-based writer who covers interior design, culture, architecture, and lifestyle. For this issue, she intervied Frederic Fekkai on page 78, and Dr. Amy Lewis on page 80.

CONTRIBUTORS

ISAAC NAMDAR

Namdar is an ENT doctor who comes from a long line of photographers. He has spent summers in Fire Island Pines for 18 years. He documents the beauty of Fire Island with his phone, camera, or drone. His work appears on page 52.

ARTIE RASLICH

Raslich documents Humpback whales in the waters off Long Island and New York City. He is the official photographer for Gotham Whale and the photo curator of Gotham Whale’s New York City Humpback Whale catalog. Raslich’s photographs appear on page 66.

CYNTHIA K. CORTES

Cortes was born and raised in New York City to a mom who emigrated from Ecuador and a dad from Puerto Rico. She studied dance at Alvin Ailey, then discovered photography at the International Center of Photography. For this issue she photographed SOS Chefs on page 16.