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In Brief

POLS: LIMIT TOUR BUSES

CRIME CONTINUES TO FALL CITYWIDE September had 12.1 percent fewer reported crime than a year ago, making the month the safest September in the Police Department’s CompStat era, according to a release from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office. Overall, crime citywide has continued to decrease this year, with 3 percent fewer index crimes reported compared to this time last year, the release said. There have so far been 97 fewer shootings and 10 fewer murders this year than through September last year. The Transit Bureau and the Housing Bureau also reported fewer crimes this September compared to last year’s. “After the safest summer in decades, New York City remains the safest big city in America. While other cities across the nation fight rising violent crime rates, longterm crime trends in our city continue to fall,” de Blasio said. CompStat, for computer statistics, began in 1994, is a broad organizational tool that tracks crime data sets to, among other things, manage the deployment of officers.

Chin, Brewer take aim with legislation BY MADELEINE THOMPSON

In Lower Manhattan, where the population has doubled in the last decade and where several new tourist attractions have recently been built, residents are concerned about the side effects of extra attention. Especially when it comes to tour buses. The number of such buses with active licenses has tripled since 2003, according to Council Member Margaret Chin, who represents District 1. Chin and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer introduced legislation to the City Council last week that proposes to limit the number of buses in the area. “Oftentimes you see these double-decker buses that are empty on the bottom, and on the top they’re not full either,” Chin said. In testimony given on behalf of the De-

A tour bus winds its way through the Financial District. Photo: Prayitno, via Flickr partment of Consumer Affairs (DCA) at the bill’s introduction last week, Assistant Commissioner for Legislative Affairs Margaret Cooley said eight bus lines with 237 buses currently operate in Lower Manhattan. While the more than 50 million tourists who visit each year do contribute around $40 billion to the economy, they also

contribute to polluted air and congested streets. As the oldest neighborhood in the city, Lower Manhattan is not laid out on the same structured grid that governs the rest of it and thus feels more strongly the

CITY: PROGRAMS REDUCING NUMBER OF HOMELESS Increases in rental assistance and legal services, as well as reductions in evictions helped keep down the number of homeless people in shelters, the de Blasio administration said. The number of people in shelters is about 60,000, where about 67,000 would have been expected without the programs and other measures, a release from the administration said. Homelessness has become a persistent problem in the city, growing about 115 percent since the mid-1990s, the mayor’s office said. A shelter census at that time put the number of homeless at just under 24,000. A similar count in 2002 put the number at about 31,000. A spurt in the number of homeless happened in 2011, when a rental assistance program was discontinued, according to the release. Homeless people increased by more than 5,000 each year after that, growing from 37,572 to 54,835 in 2014. “We said five months ago when we announced the results of the 90-day review of homeless services that it would take time to reverse 20 years of policies and that the number of people in shelter might continue to grow. Our current programs have substantially slowed the rate of growth in homelessness,” the commissioner of the Department of Social Services, Steven Banks, said.

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AUTONOMOUS: SELFDRIVING CARS ON THE WAY The vehicles, expected everywhere within a generation, will require infrastructure modifications, new regulations BY MICAH DANNEY

Self-driving vehicles will roam New York City’s streets within a few decades, marking the beginning of a sea change that will require major modifications to the city’s infrastructure, according to transportation experts who addressed a forum on the topic earlier this week. The technology has advanced rapidly

A self-driving Audi A7 on display outside the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building earlier this week attracted passers-by, who gazed at the tangle of electrical wires in its trunk. Photo: Micah Danney

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The effort to help small seems to businesses in the city be gathering steam. Two city councilmembers, Robert Margaret Chin and Cornegy, have introduced create legislation that wouldSmall a new “Office of the within Business Advocate” of Small the city’s Department Business Services. Chin The new post, which have up told us she’d like to would and running this year, for serve as an ombudsman city small businesses within them clear government, helping to get through the bureaucracy things done. Perhaps even more also importantly, the ombudsman and number will tally the type small business of complaints by taken in owners, the actions policy response, and somefor ways to recommendations If done well, begin to fix things. report would the ombudsman’s give us the first quantitative with taste of what’s wrong the city, an small businesses in towards important first step fixing the problem. of for deTo really make a difference, is a mere formality will have to the work process looking to complete their advocate are the chances course, velopers precinct, but rising rents, -- thanks to a find a way to tackle business’ is being done legally of after-hours projects quickly. their own hours,” which remain many While Chin “They pick out boom in the number throughout who lives on most vexing problem. said Mildred Angelo,of the Ruppert construction permits gauge what Buildings one said it’s too early tocould have the 19th floor in The Department of the city. number three years, the Houses on 92nd Street between role the advocate She Over the past on the is handing out a record work perThird avenues. permits, there, more information of Second and an ongoing all-hours number of after-hours bad thing. of after-hours work the city’s Dept. problem can’t be a said there’s with the mits granted by nearby where according to new data jumped 30 percent, This step, combinedBorough construction project noise Buildings has data provided in workers constantly make efforts by Manhattan to mediate BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS according to DOB of Informacement from trucks. President Gale Brewer offer response to a Freedom classifies transferring they want. They knows the the rent renewal process, request. The city They 6 “They do whatever signs Every New Yorker clang, tion Act go as they please. work between some early, tangible small any construction on the weekend, can come and sound: the metal-on-metal or the piercing of progress. For many have no respect.” p.m. and 7 a.m., can’t come of these that the hollow boom, issuance reverse. owners, in business moving The increased beeps of a truck has generto a correspond and you as after-hours. soon enough. variances has led at the alarm clock The surge in permits

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RECYCLING BEAUTY The Hell’s Kitchen Painters have met, painted and lunched for 15 years BY DIAMOND NAGA SIU

They meet every week to paint on discarded canvases. For a couple of hours they express themselves through oil paints, then gather for lunch to discuss their shared creativity. Among their ranks are an actor, a ďŹ lmmaker, a singer and a professor of mathematics. All of them, though, are serious artists. They call themselves the Hell’s Kitchen Painters. Edla Cusick, whose work has been twice displayed in the National Academy’s Annual Exhibition, founded the group after she left her art teacher position at Hartley House, the Hell’s Kitchen not-for-proďŹ t community organization. The painters have met for 15 years. Cusick said that their work aims to recycle as much as possible. You could say their ambition is both to lessen waste and to add beauty. “A network of guys helps us ďŹ nd canvases in the streets,â€? she said. “It’s a sad thing to me, how many canvases are discarded in the city — you find a bunch of them leaning up against a

ďŹ re hydrant, and you know somebody died.â€? Some members incorporate what’s already on the canvases into their own paintings, while others entirely ob-

scure what was there and then begin their own work. For each, the process differs, and longtime Hell’s Kitchen Painters member Jo Ann Rosen said the variety of paintings speaks to the diversity of the group. “The portraits I usually do are of family and friends in some sort of familiar surroundings, but what I really look forward to is the posture of people, since you can already identify

someone because of the shape they’re standing or because of their gesture,� said Rosen, who studied at the Arts Students League and who earlier this year had one of her paintings show on a Times Square billboard. “Others do portraits as well. There are many still lives, beautiful landscapes, and one even — Myra Sobel — does market scenes from all over the world.� Rosen and Sobel, who formerly had a

Esla Cusick, reected in a mirror, leaned on a table as she discussed some of the art hanging in the room. While the Hell’s Kitchen Painters work only in oil, the medium still gives the painters lots of creative freedom to incorporate other materials such as cloth and wire in their work. Photo: Diamond Naga Siu

career as a writer and editor, wanted to showcase the assorted expressions conveyed in the group’s paintings, so they helped organize an exhibition. It will run for an entire month at the Riverside Library, near Lincoln Center. This is the second time they have shown at the library. “Everyone got more than one piece,â€? Rosen said. “There are about 60 works going into the exhibition, so we have to see how many will ďŹ t on the walls — we have three hours to put it all up.â€? Each of the group’s 14 artists chose two to seven pieces to display. The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of one the Hell’s Kitchen Painters own. Yvette Edelhart, who trained at The Art Students League and exhibited throughout the city, died on Sept. 16. She had a life that was closely intertwined with art, and worked at the Frick Collection a week before her death, members said. “She was an extraordinary woman who decided at age 50 that she wanted to become an actress,â€? Cusick said. “I think we’ve used one of her Adirondack landscapes as the poster and the postcard for the show.â€? The landscape was one of the last things Edelhart painted, and Cusick said that it is a marvelous occasion for an artist to have their last work also be their best. A reception for the exhibition’s opening is set for Saturday, Oct. 8 from 1-4 p.m at the library, 127 Amsterdam Ave., at 65th Street.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

ARREST IN EXPLOSION THAT KILLED FIRE CHIEF The NYPD said it arrested a man in connection with a house explosion that killed a fire battalion chief. Police say Manhattan resident Garivaldi Castillo was arrested on charges of criminal possession of marijuana. Police haven’t said how he’s connected to the Bronx explosion. Chief Michael Fahy, of Yonkers, was killed by falling debris Sept. 27 while directing operations from the street. He had been supervising an evacuation following a report of a gas leak at the two-story house. He was a 17year fire department veteran and father of three. Authorities are looking into whether the building that exploded was being used to grow marijuana. It’s unclear if Castillo has a lawyer. Police were questioning another man for possible ties to the explosion.

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Shoplifters bagged several bags from a downtown clothing store. At 3:25 p.m. on Sept. 23, unknown perpetrators took various items of merchandise from a Grand Street boutique. The items stolen included a green suede handbag valued at $695, a large black handbag priced at $785, and a red zip-up handbag tagged at $250, making a total stolen of $1,730.

Thieves can’t resist the allure of polo shirts costing several hundred dollars apiece. On Sept. 22, two men in their mid-20s entered the Vesey Street Gucci store and browse. According to a police account, they then put three shirts retailing for $1,485 into a shopping bag and left the store. The shoplifters were last seen fleeing northbound on West Street. An employee who reported the crime said the loss-prevention sensors were not working.

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MEMORY LOSS It’s the same old same old: Apple releases a new iPhone, and thieves steal it. At 9:55 p.m. on Sept. 24, a man was walking on the northwest corner of West Broadway and Park Place talking on his iPhone 7 someone and snatched the device out of his hand. A search of the area turned up nothing. The stolen cell is valued at $850.

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Farley Post Office will serve as a train hall BY DEEPTI HAJELA

Horrible. Dirty. A dump. Commuters going through the city’s Penn Station have choice words for it, none of them good. So plans announced this week that would widen concourses, raise ceilings and create a sparkling, light-filled waiting area across the street were greeted with cautious approval — and skepticism about whether the long-talked-about effort at the nation’s busiest train station would come to fruition. “I think anything would be an improvement,” said attorney Brigit Zahler, who splits her time between Red Bank, New Jersey, and West Islip, on Long Island, east of New York. She said she’s been going through Penn Station daily for more than a decade. “It’s horrible. I literally hate coming here,” she said last week, as she sat on her backpack because there was nowhere else to sit. “It’s everything that’s bad about the city: It’s too crowded, there’s not enough exits ... and it’s ugly.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo shared that sentiment when he announced the plan and its contractors late last month. “It is dirty, it is dingy, it is dark, and that is not what New

York is all about,” said Cuomo, a Democrat. The plans call for the construction of a new train hall in the historic James A. Farley Post Office across the street. The hall, to be named the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall in honor of the late U.S. senator, would have dining and retail options and office space. The underground maze of concourses that is the current Penn Station would be rebuilt, according to the plans. While it won’t be possible to bring in natural light, Cuomo said, the ceilings would be raised to 18 feet, and LED screens looking like a cloud-filled blue sky would be installed. The concourse, which commuter An-

thony Lee likened to the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, during rush hour, would be widened. The project is priced at $1.6 billion, with a planned 2020 opening date. Lee said he was skeptical of the project getting done, since it’s been talked about for years. “For the volume of people that actually comes through here, I think something should have been done a very long time ago,” he said. Penn Station has 650,000 daily passengers, three times the number it was designed for, on Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit train lines. The Moynihan hall plan had

Penn Station at rush hour. Photo: frankieleon, via flickr

been contracted to developers Related Cos. and Vornado Realty Trust for more than a decade. That agreement was cut, but Related and Vornado were selected again for the latest iteration of the project, along with Skanska AB. Yolanda Flores, of Babylon, on Long Island, has no intention of still living in the area by the time of the station project’s expected opening. And, after 39 years living in New York, she still didn’t entirely believe it would happen. But it would be a good thing, the payroll manager said. “For future generations,” she said, “that will be nice to come to New York City and be proud of Penn Station.”

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DRIVERLESS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 during the last decade, so much so that one panelist projected that autonomous vehicles would be ubiquitous across the U.S. in 30 years. Although the shift is expected to happen in stages, with farm vehicles and freight trucks being the ďŹ rst expected to use the technology, the consensus is that public transportation would be close behind. But self-driving doesn’t mean driverless. In the models being developed by Tesla, Audi and Google, control is transferred between the driver and the vehicle depending on surroundings and other factors, such as road conditions. When a vehicle leaves a highway, for example, the driver can take over to navigate residential streets and traffic. “It’s essential to get the consumers and drivers to understand what the technology is, and not be afraid of it and misuse it,â€? said Brad Stertz, the director of government affairs for Audi. The last thing his company wants, he added, “is for people to think, ‘I can now jump in the back seat and take a nap or have a coffee or something.’â€? Roughly 45 people attended the forum, which was hosted by

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Wednesday at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building. “Self-driving vehicles are quickly transitioning from scienceďŹ ction to reality, so we need to think about how they will change the world we live in,â€? Brewer said before the forum. “Where this technology is, where it’s going, and the risks and rewards of integrating it into cities like ours are questions we need to wrestle with now, because these vehicles will be on our streets much sooner than you think.â€? While the technology’s assimilation into city streetscapes will be incremental, the speakers agreed that planning for it should start early, including for a host of new regulations. Vehicles would have 360-degree awareness and would communicate with other vehicles and a network built into the city’s infrastructure, such as sensors in traffic signals. They would also require well-maintained street markings and asphalt conditions for vehicles to navigate safely. Regardless, prospects are promising, said Will Carry, senior director for special projects at the city’s Department of Transportation. More predictable and uniform traffic ow could reduce gridlock, while less driver distraction and speeding could mean safer streets for pedestrians. People with disabilities could gain greater mobility. With the rapid growth of the electric car industry — Audi expects 25 percent of its new vehicles to be electric by 2025, Stertz

said — autonomous and electric infrastructure could be designed to work together, with self-driving taxis driving themselves to charging stations when their batteries get low. Carry said that the conversation about regulation of autonomous vehicles at the federal level doesn’t currently consider cities, but should. Jeff Garber, director of technology and innovation at the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, said that consumer protections, vehicle safety standards and accessibility for all New Yorkers will be essential to a system that is truly beneďŹ cial to the city. “In the best case scenario, all the positives of autonomous vehicles will show up on their own, but they won’t necessarily do it without some regulation to nudge them in the right direction,â€? Garber said. Joanna Oltman Smith, 46, a Park Slope resident and a member of Community Board 6 in Brooklyn and an advocate for safe streets, suggested that the city had miles to go before New York could safely accommodate the self-driving vehicles. “What I had not thought about is this need for the infrastructure to be in impeccable condition to maintain safety for our street users,â€? she said, “and all you have to do is step outside and see the conditions of our road markings on the city level, and they’re not up to the right level that they’re going to need to be to support this kind of vehicle.â€?

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TOUR BUSES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 consequences of the bus industry. “Our street grid is very irregular and with lots of small streets,” said Community Board 1 President Anthony Notaro, who described the tour bus issue as a very prominent concern of his constituents. “The main street through it is Broadway, which is heavily congested,” Notaro said. Since buses are “idling or cruising around in a very congested area, it causes a lot more fumes and exhaust,” he said. A 2000 study showed that double-decker buses like the ones used for sightseeing emit 25 times more diesel particles than a 40-foot MTA bus. Though the tourist buses aren’t always sold out, Chin speculated that the operators choose to run them anyway because of the money they get for hosting ads on the sides of the buses. “You have these buses roaming our narrow streets like a rolling billboard,” she said. “One of the questions that I asked at the hearing to the Department of Consumer Affairs and later on to the tour bus companies is, how much money are these companies making.” In her testimony, Cooley expressed a willingness to work on a solution, but she cautioned that limiting the number of buses could disadvantage smaller bus companies. The proposal “could have the consequence of granting a particular company or handful of companies an unfair advantage over new entrants into the market,” she said. “New and smaller companies would not have the flexibility to grow and the dominant positions of larger companies could be locked in.”

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IT’S ABOUT MAKING THE GRADE EAST SIDE ENCOUNTERS BY ARLENE KAYATT

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SHOW YOUR ADDRESS To the Editor: Re: Arlene Kayatt’s piece concerning lack of street addresses posted on building fronts (“Late Summer in the City – Sorry, no number,” Sept. 22). Arlene Kayatt writes that “it’s really a pain when you’re going somewhere and can’t find an address.” In fact, it’s an illegal and life-threatening situation which real estate interests have been, for too long, allowed to ignore. Not being able to find a specific street address is a major problem for the NYPD, FDNY, EMS and Con Ed, among others, when they respond to emergency calls, which often involve immediate and critical threats to life and property. Why the Department of Buildings and other agencies do not issue summonses for this very obvious and critical violation is a question that has needed to be addressed for many years. On a much lesser scale, it’s also a daily problem for delivery companies, car services and others who may have to circle a block several times looking for an address and thereby add to traffic congestion and air pollution. The city could add significant summons revenue and make life much safer and easier if the appropriate agencies were to enforce strictly the existing laws. And every city agency should have the power to issue summonses for these egregious and obvious lifethreatening violations. Frank Meade Manhattan

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Have grade, will travel — Several weeks ago I bemoaned the closing of commercial establishments from 86th and Third to 89th and Third. I was heartened at the time when a worker told me that Uptown restaurant, located mid-block between 88th and 89th, was coming back, maybe under new owners. And right he was. Now known as “TDT” — which stands for Two Door Tavern — the restaurant/pub reopened in late September. There are two doors with access to the restaurant but not sure that’s the reason for the name. There’s another location in Brooklyn. The inside is freshened up. More televisions. A communal table. A little more rustic. Nice. Inquiry as to whether TDT is a successor to Uptown ownership-wise is a little iffy. The woman who managed Uptown said that she’s the new owner and that TDT has nothing to do with Uptown. OK. However, there’s a Sanitation Inspection Grade with an “A” rating displayed in the window. Not unusual that Uptown, which was at the location at that time, would get the “A” rating, but after gutting the restaurant and not being inspected or re-inspected, why is TDT claiming the “A” grade? Huh? Even if the ownership is the same, there has to be a new inspection. The one on display is dated 01/13/16 and was issued to Uptown. In any event, an old inspection grade has no bearing on the newly opened, reconstructed restaurant now known as TDT. Even if TDT had returned with the Uptown name, they would not be entitled to display an earlier report when there was a subsequent closing and reconstruction. I’m sure TDT can make the grade on its own. Bingo bus(t) — Woman and man get on bus in the East 70s. He sits in the single raised seat immediately behind the driver. She sits on the opposite side leaning into her walker.

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Photo: EGiniger1, via Wikimedia Commons Male voice intones, “Give me the numbers.” Female voice calls out, “I can’t tell. I think it’s 2, 6, 8, 5.” “Can’t be, can’t be, look again,” as she takes out a magnifying glass to look more closely at the numbers on her pill prescription vial. “For god’s sake, I still can’t hear you,” the man shouted after several more unsuccessful attempts to hear the numbers which, it turns out, he was texting to the pharmacist. Whereupon the bus driver called out, “Damn it, you two, this is no place for Bingo.” What? This is New York where anything can happen and most everything does. All in together — Life’s getting really really compartmentalized. A dad,seated at a table in a local food shop with his 5-year-old son and maybe 7-year-old daughter, dutifully kept an eye on the stroller/ carriage alongside his table with his several months’ old baby in it. Between sandwich bites and a few pliés, big sister climbed into the carriage and played with the baby. She

was soon joined by little bro. He slid himself into a seat just beneath the raised carriage with the baby and big sister. When dad was finished drinking his coffee and texting, he got up, turned the wheels, pushed the carriage and, voila, the family was gone. A heavy push but at least the family’s all in one place. Would love to be around when dad and the stroller meet up with mom/pop and the family pooch. Bialys take center stage — Growing up it was bagels and bialys. In that order. Nowadays, not so much. Bialys are finding — or have found — their own niche. They’re smaller than bagels and instead of having a hole in the middle, there’s a depression, or indentation if you like. Bialys are made of a chewy yeast and baked. Bagels are made of yeasted wheat dough and boiled. When a bialy’s cut in half, you get a flat bottom and raised top. Somehow, with its hole in the middle, a bagel just doesn’t make the cut for pizza. So find your way to the

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newly opened Bagel Café on 93rd and Third for fabulous bialy pizzas made on oversized bialys — standard bialys are a 6-inch circle. The cafe’s always busy with all manner of Upper East Sider — from kids with and without parents to singles, couples, oldsters, teens, millennials — in an airy white-tiled, all windowed café. Bialy pizzas have names and ingredient descriptions — from pepperoni, cheese, tomato sauce (aka “Sergeant Pepperoni”); grilled chicken, cheddar cheese, black bean, corn, pico de gallo and pickled jalapenos (aka “Fiesta”) to garden veggies and tomato sauce to plain mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce (aka “Say Cheese.)” Best of all, though, is the Hail Caeser, piled high with romaine, grape tomatoes, artichoke hearts, black olives, parmesan cheese and croutons and drizzled with Caesar dressing. OMG, bialy heaven. Great for leftovers. And cheap — $6.95 to $8.95. Note to our Mayor: Bagel Cafe’s a short sprint from Gracie Mansion. Have a bialy pizza. They’re perfect with fork and knife.

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PAGING THE VILLAGE BY BETTE DEWING

Surely the big story this week is the death of former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres. The world’s foremost leaders

attended his funeral, where his countless and extraordinary accomplishments were rightfully praised, but too little if anything would have been said about the stroke he suffered on Sept. 13 and how this awful disorder desperately needs more

Surely the big story this week is the death of former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres. The world’s foremost leaders attended his funeral, where his countless and extraordinary accomplishments were rightfully praised, but too little if anything would have been said about the stroke he suffered on Sept. 13.”

hand. Are you like me at risk for stroke, an atrial fibrillation victim or have someone you love been stricken. If we push for more attention and achieve — and in the name of Peres too — that would be his greatest accomplishment. And the big traffic story is of the train derailment at Hoboken station. By withholding critical funds that would help establish greater safety on the rails and in public transportation overall, government hasn’t fulfilled its primary duty to protect cities. Trains are still the safest mode of travel on land, more so than buses and infinitely more than private cars; Attention must be paid and support must be had.

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portive intergenerational support system. It takes a village, indeed.

attention paid to prevention and treatment. Above all for a better understanding by all is needed of the utter helplessness of a severe stroke victim. And yes, I’m going to say it, if strokes did not predominantly afflict older people, more attention would in fact be paid. Too little was said about the likely suffering of a great leader, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. One news piece did say when he was first stricken that he was able to shake his son’s

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MARBLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH Sunday Worship at 11:00am

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Sunday Worship, led by Dr. Michael Brown, is the heart of the Marble Church community. It is where we all gather to sing, pray, and be changed by an encounter with God. Marble is known throughout the world for the practical, powerful, life-changing messages and where one can hear world class music from our choirs that make every heart sing. Busy? Live stream Sunday Worship with us at 11:00am at MarbleChurch.org.

WeWo: Wednesday Worship at 6:15pm Marble's weekly Wednesday Worship, lovingly nicknamed WeWo, is a service that blends traditional and contemporary worship styles, taking the best of both, creating a mixture that is informal and reverent, often humorous and always Spirit-filled.

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Saturday, October 15 12:00pm - 4:00pm

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS’ 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Marble is excited to once again open our doors as a part of Open House New York. Our church is a prominent example of Romanesque Revival architecture with Gothic influences and preserves many original 1854 features. See our historic Sanctuary, featuring beautiful stained glass windows, two of which are Tiffany, our Labyrinth Room with an inlaid labyrinth and our lovely Chapel. From the spire to the fine details of the interior, Marble is a treasure worth exploring. Join us for guided or self-guided tours.

City Winery NYC, 155 Varick St. 6:30 p.m.-2 a.m. $150 general admission, $50 students, $25 after-party Join the Center for Constitutional Rights in celebrating its 50th Anniversary and in commemorating its visionary Michael Ratner. 212-614-6499. www. ccrjustice.org

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Alchemical Studios, 104 West 14th St. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $50 Get active and creative with the Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre by participating in their ensemble theater exercises workshop. 212-675-1390. www. hedgepigensemble.org

Upcoming Events

Open House NY

Get a free SunPatien plant (one per person) from Downtown Alliance at its Alliance Plant Give-Away. 212-566-6700. www. downtownny.com

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ADOPT-A-PLANT► Downtown Alliance, Broadway and Whitehall St. 10 a.m.-noon. Free

AYURVEDA FALL FEAST Fulton St. Ayurvedas World, 80 Nassau St. 7-9 p.m. $25 Enjoy a four course meal cooked by Dr. Naina Marballi’s students to celebrate the arrival of fall. 212-260-6084. www. ayurvedasworld.com

9:30-11:30 a.m. $35 Enjoy some yoga, workouts, refreshments and city views while supporting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. 844-696-1776. www. crunchgoespink.com

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100 Washington St. 2-4 p.m. $32 online, $50 at door Watch the largest Asian fashion show featuring designers SHAKE OUT WITH LRC such as Alice Yim, JSong, Malon Breton and Manhattan Portage. Lole, 112 Mercer St. 347-850-0872. www. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free asianinny.com Join the Lole Run Club for a scenic three to four mile run in the SoHo area 800-250-5056. www. lolewomen.com

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CHILDREN’S HARVEST FESTIVAL Jefferson Market Garden, 70 Greenwich Ave. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free Join the Jefferson Market Garden for some music, crafts and activities appropriate for all families www.jeffersonmarketgarden. org

PAULA COLE City Winery, 143 Varick St. 8 p.m. From $73 Throwback to the 90s with Paula Cole, a singer-songwriter who made the Billboard Hot 100 almost two decades ago 212-608-0555. www. paulacole.com

BUILDING OF THE DAY TOUR Schermerhorn Row, 10 Fulton St. Noon-1 p.m. $10 Tour one of the oldest structures in Manhattan, which has transformed to become the South Street Seaport Museum. 212-748-8600. www. southstreetseaportmuseum.org

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BOOK SIGNING The Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren St. 6:30 p.m. Free Enjoy a reading, conversation and book signing with Jan Fedarcyk from her debut novel Fidelity 212-587-1011. www. mysteriousbookshop.com

PIAF AND BREL (THE IMPOSSIBLE CONCERT) SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam St. 8-9:15 p.m. $30 Join a tribute concert featuring drama and passion for two French music icons Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel 212-691-1555. www. sohoplayhouse.com

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WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN NEW YORK NUMBERS

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Artist Joseph Reginella created an artwork to tell a fictional tale. Photos: Joseph Reginella

A TALL TALE’S TENTACLES A nephew’s questions inspire artist’s tale of disaster BY ULA ILNYTZKY

Ever hear about the gargantuan octopus that dragged a New York City ferry and its 400 passengers to the river bottom nearly 53 years ago? A cast bronze monument dedicated to the victims of the steam ferry Cornelius G. Kolff recently appeared in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, erected a stone’s throw from a handful of other somber memorials to soldiers, sailors and mariners lost at sea or on the battlefield. But if you can’t recall the disaster, it could be because the artist behind the memorial, Joseph Reginella, made the whole thing up. The 250-pound monument, which depicts a Staten Island ferry being dragged down by giant octopus ten-

tacles, is part of a multi-layered hoax that also includes a sophisticated website, a documentary, fabricated newspaper articles and glossy fliers directing tourists to a phantom Staten Island Ferry Disaster Memorial Museum across the harbor. It took Reginella six months to put it together. He said the idea for the project came to him while he was taking his 11-yearold nephew from Florida on the ferry between Manhattan and Staten Island. “He was asking me all kinds of crazy questions like if the waters were shark-infested,” he said. “I said ‘No, but you know what did happen in the ‘60s? One of these boats got pulled down by a giant octopus.’” “The story just rolled off the top of my head” and the idea for a mock memorial was born. It evolved to become “a multimedia

art project and social experience — not maliciously — about how gullible people are,” said Reginella, who creates artworks for store windows and amusement parks. The monument never stays in one spot for more than two days “because the city will come and take it away,” he said, adding that it takes two people to break it down. “It’s definitely an experience when you see people who don’t know about it. They get this strange look on their face, they stare out at the water and walk away,” he said. “I sit close by with a fishing pole and fish. I eavesdrop on the conversations.” Sometimes, he said, when he overhears people saying, “How come nobody has ever heard of this?” he’ll interject, offering that the disaster happened on Nov. 22, 1963, a day that the news was dominated by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. “It creates a plausibility for them, and they shake their head ‘Maybe.’” Puzzled tourists looking for the memorial museum on Staten Island and its supposed collection of wreckage

The statue comes complete with a fictional account. with “strange suction-cup-shaped marks” sometimes wonder into the Snug Harbor Cultural Center asking for directions.

The staff at the nearby Staten Island Museum admits it too was puzzled at first. “We kind of scratched our heads and said we don’t know where it is and started looking further into it, and realized it was a hoax,” said spokeswoman Rachel Somma. “Most people have the feeling that it’s not a reality. It’s a treasure hunt for them. It’s fun. That’s what we love about it. ... It’s great that it gets people out here,” she added. Melanie Giuliano, who produced a mock documentary for the monument’s website, used her father in the role of a maritime expert and her neighbor as an eyewitness. Reginella’s wife’s co-worker served as the narrator. “I thought it was an insane idea but I thought it was hilarious,” said the videographer and filmmaker. One thing about the preposterous story is real. There really was a Cornelius G. Kolff ferry. It ferried passengers for 36 years before becoming a stationary floating dorm for Rikers Island inmates. It was sold for scrap in 2003.

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From left, Holmes Towers resident Saundrea Coleman, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Council Member Ben Kallos spoke out Saturday against a plan to demolish a playground to build new housing. Photo: Madeleine Thompson

BATTLE CONTINUES OVER PLAYGROUND AT HOLMES TOWERS Housing Authority: we’ll replace it later BY MADELEINE THOMPSON

A young boy stood nervously behind a microphone on Saturday afternoon. “We are a family, and I think this park should stay here,” he said. He was flanked by several smiling elected officials and members of his community at Holmes Towers. The nearly 1,000-resident housing project at First Avenue and E. 92nd Street — and specifically, a small playground between the towers — is the future site of a new building in the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) NextGen Neighborhoods initiative. The effort aims to close the authority’s $17 billion budget deficit by partnering with private developers. Housing Authority officials set their sights on the Holmes Towers playground a year ago, and the community has been fighting them ever since. “Do you want to get rid of this playground? Do you want to put up fake affordable housing that you could never afford?” Council Member Ben Kallos, who represents the area, asked the crowd of 50 people gathered at this weekend’s “Party to Protect the Playground” rally. Each time, the answer was an emphatic “no!” Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and State Senator Liz Krueger joined Kallos in railing against the plan.

At a meeting with residents last October, the housing authority promised to make longawaited repairs at the existing buildings in the Isaacs/Holmes public housing community and to give residents preference when the new building’s portion of affordable units are built, but that wasn’t enough to stem the reaction. The tenants walked out of that meeting, and have said that there is nothing that could make them agree to the project. Saundrea Coleman, who has lived at Holmes Towers for more than two decades, said the housing authority should go through the official land use review process. “They think they’re not supposed to do that,” Coleman said. “We think that would be fair…we welcome all of our community to come and play here.” Coleman added that her community has taken a couple of significant hits in the last few years. She mentioned the fight over the playground, new construction nearby that caused a blackout and the death of a resident this past spring who was run over by a garbage truck. That fatality highlighted the dangers of a new marine waste transfer station opening down the street in 2017. “What I find sad about it is each administration puts their own commissioners in place who are only here for a limited amount of time,” she said. “But they’re making decisions for our lifetime. That’s not right.”

Due to the dreary weather, most of the music and festivities taking place to celebrate the playground were held inside. But for the main event the group moved outside to the make their voices heard – on the very turf in question. With kids swinging off the monkey bars in the background, the elected officials blasted the housing authority’s plans to take away green space in an area that is starved of it. Maloney said the housing authority is “taking away a sense of hope for our young people.” “What are they going to give us instead?” Maloney asked. “Concrete and glass and no play room.” Later on, Brewer described the plan as ill-fated and terrible. Barely 24 hours before the rally, NYCHA released a statement announcing that they will conduct a series of familyfriendly workshops where residents can help design a replacement playground. Friday also happened to be the last day the authority was accepting bids from developers to construct the new building, which the authority will require be started only after a new playground is built. “Families participating in the playground workshops will be able to share feedback on the site of the new playground and the type and placement of engaging play equipment, from swings to slides,” the statement read. Though the community was

made aware of this development at the rally on Saturday, residents and officials were not satisfied. Opponents to the current plan wondered where

NYCHA planned to put the new playground, and mourned the prospect of losing light and air that will be lost in an area that doesn’t have much to spare.

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ACTIVITIES FOR THE FERTILE MIND

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Falling Man, Tumbling Woman

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 7PM National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum | 180 Greenwich St. | 212-312-8800 | 911memorial.org Don DeLillo joins a post-performance conversation of Kenneth Fuchs’ short opera “Falling Man,” inspired by the DeLillo novel of the same name, in a look at creativity in response to tragedy. (Free)

Dead Darlings: October Surprise Edition

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 8PM Judson Memorial Church | 55 Washington Sq. S. | 212-477-0351 | judson.org A quartet of writers and artists and cabarettistas come together for this month’s Dead Darlings, resurrecting material otherwise destined for the cutting room floor. (Free)

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 7PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Building | 476 Fifth Ave. | 917-275-6975 | nypl.org Performance artist Marina Abramovic discusses her new memoir and its revelations about a career filled with inspiring acts of stamina. Just announced: New York icon Deborah Harry will be holding up the other half of the conversation. ($40)

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS SEP 23 - 30, 2016

Amorino

162 8Th Ave

A

The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/restaurant-grades.page

Gingersnaps Organic

113 W 10Th St

A

Jue Lan Club

49 W 20Th St

A

Blossom Du Jour

259 W 23Rd St

Grade Pending (23) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Alta

64 West 10 Street

A

Salinas

136 9 Avenue

A

Boilermaker

72 E 1St St

A

Cacio & Pepe

182 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (21) Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Empellon Cocina

105 1 Avenue

A

Lafayette

380 Lafayette Street

A

Feast

102 3 Avenue

A

T-Swirl Crepe

247 E 14Th St

A

Kappo Totto

458 W 17Th St

Not Yet Graded (7) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Lucky’s Famous Burgers

264 West 23 Street

A

Slice & Co. Brick Oven Pizza

527 6 Avenue

Grade Pending (9) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Murray’s Bagels

242 8 Avenue

A

Chartwells

65 West 11 Street

A

Liquiteria

267 West 15 Street

Grade Pending (19) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/ sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Muscle Maker Grill

114 7Th Avenue

Grade Pending (27) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/ sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Starbucks Coffee Company 10 Waverly Pl #47195

Not Yet Graded (15) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Pauls Da Burger Joint

131 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (16) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewageassociated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Beecher’s Handmade Cheese

900 Broadway

A

Honeyhaus Coffee

334 E 11Th St

A

Proto Pizza

50 2Nd Ave

A

Bowllin’

27 Waverly Pl

A

Amsterdam Billiards

85 4 Avenue

Grade Pending (23) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewageassociated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Queen Vic

68 Second Avenue

A

Josie Wood’s Pub

11 Waverly Place

A

A

Irving Farm

71 Irving Place

A

Grade Pending (24) Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Nohohon Tea Room

9 Saint Marks Pl

A

Union Fare

5-7 E 17Th St

A

Awash Ethiopian Restaurant

338 East 6 Street

A

Whiskey Town

29 East 3 Street

A

Very Fresh Noodles

425 W 15Th St

A

Serenata

111 W 17Th St

A

Juice Press

100 10Th Ave

A

Avenue

116 10 Avenue

A

Donut Pub

203 West 14 Street

A

Cafe Beyond

620 6 Avenue

A

Socarrat (Paella Bar And Wine Bar)

259 West 19 Street

A

Chinese Fast Wok

230 7 Avenue

A

Intelligentsia Coffee

180 10 Avenue

A

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A

Starbucks

124 8 Avenue

A

The Half King

505507 West 23 Street

A

Spain Restaurant & Bar

113 West 13 Street

A

Bar Six

502 6 Avenue

A

A Salt & Battery

112 Greenwich Avenue A

Horchata

470 Avenue Of The Americas

A

Gotham Pizza

144 9 Avenue

Legend Bar & Restaurant

88 7 Avenue

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A pending land swap would allow Manhattan Valley community gardeners to keep roughly two-thirds of their plots at La Perla garden on West 105th Street. Photo: Sarah Nelson

GARDEN LAND SWAP NEAR DONE The agreement would reduce the size of La Perla but keep it on two adjacent lots BY SARAH NELSON

A land swap agreement that would allow Manhattan Valley community gardeners to cultivate on two contiguous lots awaits just the consent of the city’s Economic Development Corp. About a year ago, the owners of two roughly 17-foot by 100foot lots — the nonprofit Manhattan Land Trust, which owns the easternmost lot, and two neighborhood families, which together own the middle of the garden’s three lots — agreed in principle to swap plots. But a deed restriction for the easternmost lot that calls for it to “be used in perpetuity for open space purposes” complicated matters. For the exchange to go forward it needs approval from the EDC, meaning that the restriction must in effect piggyback on the swap. A subsequent endorsement of the agreement by Community Board 7 and Councilman Mark Levine has since bolstered the chances for ratification by the EDC of an “unusual process,” the director of the Trust for Public Land’s New York City Program, Andrew Stone, said.

“They OK’d the concept and said they would cooperate,” Stone said. “They understood what we wanted to accomplish.” The easternmost lot was sold in 1999 by the EDC to the Trust for Public Land. It was conveyed to the Manhattan Land Trust about six years ago. The trade would allow the gardeners at La Perla, just east of Columbus Avenue, to continue to tend to dozens of roughly four-foot by eight-foot raised beds as they have since the mid1990s, albeit on arable land reduced by about one-third. The gardeners received permission from the two families — Elizabeth and Douglas Kellner and Lizabeth and Martin Sostre — to use the middle lot about 1995. But a steadily increasing tax bill on the lot — the families now pay nearly $16,000 in annual property taxes — convinced the families to sell the lot, Kellner said. La Perla’s fate had been uncertain since spring 2015, when the two families decided to sell the 17-foot by 100-foot property they purchased for $500 at public auction in the late 1970s. The sale of the lot, now assessed at about $350,000 — and its likely development — would have made it especially difficult for the gardeners to salvage their venture on two essentially separate lots.

The holdup gave the gardeners an additional season at the garden. Liz Hall, decade-old La Perla member, said the longer the garden remains a whole entity, the better. “(The swap) is obviously a very sad thing for La Perla, but we recognize that a lot of gardens just disappear altogether,” she said. “At least this way we get to keep the garden. It’s important for the neighborhood to have these green spaces. Levine, who represents the district, agreed, but called a swap the best possible outcome. “It’s a loss to lose green space like this. There’s no way to sugarcoat it,” he said last year. But “to have split the property down the middle would have been devastating.” La Perla, translating literally to ‘The Pearl,” exists as a jewel to the community. Once a haven for crime, the neighborhood has undergone a renaissance in the last few decades. The garden’s website describes La Perla as an “inspiration and a way of life.” The green space is now home to murals, benches, personal garden plots and a plethora of flora and fauna. Concerts are often held on the small, wooden stage located in the corner of the plot.

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YOU READ IT HERE FIRST The local paper for the Upper East Side

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PARK TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

FIND A QUIET ESCAPE

Fall is a great time to visit the world famous Central Park Zoo & Wildlife Center and the Children’s Zoo, home to more that 1,400 animals and 130 species in tropic, garden and polar temperature zones. There is also the Tisch Children’s Zoo which features a petting zoo, Acorn Theatre and the Enchanted Forest — a habitat for birds, turtles and frogs. To read more visit: www.centralpark.com

Take a walk up to Conservatory Garden, the only formal garden in Central Park. It is made up of three stylized gardens, each unique: English, Italian and French. All are open daily from 8 a.m. until dusk. The Garden is free from runners and bicyclists, and the quiet, calm atmosphere makes it an ideal spot for weddings and relaxing afternoon walks. Read more on: www.centralpark.com

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LASCOFF DRUG STORE

PLANET KIDS

1209 Lexington Avenue at 82nd •Opened in 1899, closed July 2012 -- 113 years in business •Inability to compete with modern pharmacies and illness forced owner to sell the store and retire According to the Times, Lascoff was the first registered drug store in the state of New York. Dr. Lascoff and his son were known for their old-time remedies—in particular, leeching. Costumers have described their shopping experience at Lascoff as stepping into a time warp, thanks to the building’s high cathedral ceilings and its traditional apothecary smell.

247 E. 86th St., between 2nd & 3rd (also a West side location, which also closed) •Baby store • Original store opened in 1999, closed Feb. 2014 •Owner forced to close due to competition from online retailers and high rent Planet Kids was known for its wide variety of kids merchandise and its great customer service. The store prided itself on its employees’ close relationships with their regular customers. Planet Kids was a staple on the Upper East Side, and its loyal customers are sad and surprised to see it go.

NANCY’S PIG HEAVEN

GIRASOLE

1540 2nd Ave. at 80th •Chinese restaurant • Opened in 1984, closed in September •Owner lost the lease; rumored plans of its demolishment to make way for new condos Upper East Siders will soon miss this classic neighborhood Chinese restaurant. For decades, many have enjoyed Pig Heaven’s reliable take out and its unmistakable display of toy pigs. The good news is that Nancy Lee, the owner, has secured a new lease nearby and plans to re-open soon

151 E. 82nd St. between 3rd & Lexington • Italian restaurant • Open for about 23 years Girasole was a neighborhood classic among local East siders. This tucked-away restaurant was often overlooked by tourists, despite its bright yellow awning. Locals, though, described it as underrated.

MOORMENDS

JACKSON HOLE

1228 Madison Ave. between 88th & 89th • Luggage, photo and toy store • Established in 1935 What started as a luggage store, turned into much, much more. Residents turned to Moormends when in need

1270 Madison Ave. between 90th & 91st •Burger joint This Carnegie Hill restaurant will be truly missed. Among other customers, it attracted a flock of kids from nearby Spence for sandwiches and hot chocolate.

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The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre and SummerStage present a new work geared for adults. It fuses dance with traditional and contemporary puppetry in a modern retelling of a medieval tale of idealized love between two people intimately connected, yet separated by the sea. When: Oct. 6-9, 6:30-8 p.m. at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, 79th Street and West Drive For more info visit: www. centralpark.com/events

45 Years and Counting

Illustration by John S. Winkleman

AN EAST SIDE BREAD LINE FOR NEARLY A CENTURY Orwasher’s Bakery has expanded well beyond bread. But locals still line up for the baguettes. BY MICKEY KRAMER

along with Gramercy Tavern, Untitled (the restaurant at the Whitney Museum), and others. Queens native Cohen spent 14 years in the bread business

the salt stick is his personal favorite, on this day, rye was the choice—his wife’s preference. While munching on a “to die for” cranberry scone, Maria

are true French baguettes… crusty and extremely tasty. Other baguettes I’ve had more resemble Italian bread. When you want a real French baguette, get it from Orwash-

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A long-time Broadway book vendor is facing opposition from an Upper West Side that

is going increasingly upscale. The sidewalk vendor, Kirk Davidson, has been selling books on Broadway between 72nd and 73rd streets for 31 years. But recently, with the arrival of national retailers like Bloomingdale’s in the neighborhood, Davidson has drawn the opposition of Realtors and nearby business owners, who complain that he, and

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a clutch of other vendors on the same block, no longer belong in the neighborhood. “The vendors are disturbing business and residents by clogging the sidewalks ... leaving rubbish and worse in their wake and turning the sidewalks into de facto

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SPIRITUAL SLEEPOVERS Overnight programs at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine introduce youth to faiths other than their own BY MELODY CHAN

Thirty-three candles float through the darkened main chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. They emerge from a lit stairwell onto the cathedral’s nave. About 30 teenagers and their adult chaperones each hold a candle close, cupi h i h d d

group and wander into the dark cathedral. They walk slowly and silently until they find a spot to sit and meditate. They have been told that this is a solo activity, and to think about anything and do so in solitude. About 20 minutes later, a band – guitars, bass, drums – begins a mellow, bluesy introduction to a Hindu mantra ‘Shri Ram Jai Ram’. All of the participants move towards its source, a portable stage in front of the altar. The candles are placed in a box of sand, lighting h f l

joins the song. The rituals are part of Nightwatch Crossroads, an overnight program designed to bring teenagers closer to faith through contemplative activities. There are two different sections: Christian and Interspiritual. The programs are held on 12 Friday evenings throughout the year, with participants sleeping over in the cathedral’s basement. “What I hope that we’re accomplishing is to offer the youths a night to unplug and an opportunity i l h

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The Gill is located the park’s Ramble. It is a stream that tumbles down a rocky slope which flows into the Lake. It was one of the first areas to be landscaped. The area is one of the most active bird-watching spots in the park. The water of the Gill originates from a pipe fed from the New York City reservoir. In 2008, the Conservancy completed restoration work on the area, widening the mouth of the Gill as part of a comprehensive effort to stabilize the shoreline of the Lake. Congratulations to Gregory Holman for answering correctly.

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DAVIDSON’S NOW FEELING AT HOME AT FORDHAM A new dean on the university’s values and what he hopes to accomplish there BY ANGELA BARBUTI

In August, Fordham welcomed Anthony Davidson as dean of their School of Professional and Continuing Studies and he already feels right at home among the faculty there. “I’m very happy to say that, having been at many high-level meetings, they don’t only talk the talk, they walk the walk. And it’s really very refreshing in today’s society, to be involved in an institution that does that.” Having been a dean at both NYU and Manhattanville College, he comes to the position with the experience that Fordham was looking for to maximize their program’s potential. A Jesuit university, it is grounded in the principle of cura personalis, which translates to “care for the whole person.” Davidson cited the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, which is geared towards adults and nontraditional students, as a perfect example of that. “I think this school is the best manifestation of that motto, because we can develop the whole person and help people who come here be what they can really be.” For Davidson, creating programs that benefit them is the most rewarding part of the job. “My greatest satisfaction is when I get emails years later from students who say this program changed my life.”

What was the first thing you tackled at Fordham? To me, the most important thing was to understand the tradition of Fordham, its mission, its values. It has a global reputation, of course, and their values are very important to them, starting from Father McShane and throughout the whole university. And that’s really one of the main reasons that I joined here.

signed to help women advance in the workforce, to gain leadership skills. And we launched it in a very short period of time and have already two successful annual conferences. The first of which we had only four months after we launched the institute. And we ran a certificate in executive leadership and had women who were sponsored by companies like Morgan Stanley, Swiss Re, PepsiCo, MasterCard, Westfair Communications and they all reported tremendous development. When we talk about diversity, gender diversity is an important component.

What are the best parts about working at universities and what are the hardest parts?

I’ve taken journalism classes at NYU’s School of Professional Studies. You worked there for 11 years. How is it different from Fordham?

Great question. Let me deal with the second part first. The hardest part is change. Universities, by virtue, are very charter in existence. They are difficult to change and attract people who don’t really want to change. And it takes a long time, very often, to get change implemented. And even those universities that recognize that things need to change and they do, just because of market conditions, there’s still a lot of pockets of resistance. The best part of universities from an individual perspective is when I create a program and people’s lives are changed as a result. And on a global perspective, it’s that you’re dealing with a different mindset than sometimes in corporate. Corporate could be a lot more hard-nosed and cutthroat. And in universities, for the most part, you are surrounded by really wonderful colleagues, and that’s especially true at Fordham.

At NYU, I built and became the founding dean of a division of programs in business. And these were very focused, applied master’s degrees, undergraduate, professional certificates, executive certificates. Fordham is poised to do the same thing. I think they wanted somebody who had done what I did at NYU for over here because people understand that that’s the bridge between your traditional academic institutions and the typical for-profits. For-profits don’t have the academic gravitas, but they do understand the market. They understand that there’s a whole bunch of people out there who want to become more qualified. Not all of those people want a graduate degree. Some of them want a certificate. And most of them, quite honestly, they just want to upgrade and update their skills. If you took marketing 20 years ago for your MBA, it’s not your marketing you do today.

How much interaction do you have with students? Do you keep in touch with them? The students are very important to me. I’ve always had a very close relationship with all my students. Even as a dean, every semester, I’ve always held what I call Dean’s Hours, where I invite students to just come and sit around the table with me for an intimate conversation. They’re not allowed to bring complaints, but they are allowed to bring suggestions. If you want to see my because you have a problem, I’ll see you in the regular protocols. This is for us to just be able to have a fireside chat. I’m proud of the fact that I do remember my students. I remember them by name, because I just have a knack for that. And I am in touch with students from 30 years ago still.

What are some interesting courses that they offer here and what do you still want to see on the curriculum?

I love the atmosphere. I find it’s very respectful of people. It’s very considerate of people. And I had an amazing outpouring of people, professional colleagues and friends, when they found out I was coming to Fordham, everybody spoke so positively about it. It’s very upbeat, so I’m very happy.

I think adult reentry programs are very important. There was just a feature on CBS News actually. We have a student who is 100 years old. Talk about lifelong learning, right? There are people who come back to get their degrees and they should feel accomplished. I see lots of room for the development of programs and initiatives that fill a need in the marketplace today, where people can change their careers or can advance in their current career. And we are giving them the kind of skills that employers thirst for.

You were at Manhattanville for five years and created the Women’s Leadership Institute there. Tell us about that.

You grew up in London, but went to Baruch for your undergraduate and graduate degrees.

It was a concept that had been in my mind for quite a while, even before I came to Manhattanville. But I felt that Manhattanville, with its history, having been a women-only college with some notable graduates, was the right place to launch it. It really was de-

I started coming to America in the summers because I started a soccer program in a sports camp up in the Catskills. I was always involved in business. When I was a teenager, I was running my own business exporting secondhand pianos to Europe. I want-

What’s the atmosphere like at the university?

ed to do business and I had friends here and loved the place after spending a few summers here. And I moved and completed my education here, my B.B.A. and MBA. I did consulting work and always taught on the side. Then I decided to do my Ph.D. in Total Quality Management Systems at Cass Business School in London. Then an opportunity came to me at NYU and they asked me to build out first their program, and it became a whole series of programs, and then it became an entire division.

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