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Shalom Chai Pizza on the Lower East Side. The owners say the market for kosher food is limited. Photo by Mary Crosse via Flickr.
In Brief BPC AUTHORITY GIVES SANDY UPDATE Battery Park City: Sixteen months after Hurricane Sandy inundated Battery Park City with water, the state authority tasked with overseeing the neighborhood is still making progress on repairs. Gwen Dawson, director of strategic planning for the Battery Park City Authority, said at a Community Board 1 meeting last week that a large portion of 2013 was given over to repairs of the ball field at Battery Park City, which had to be completely replaced. As for 2014, Dawson said the BPCA is looking to compete any outstanding Sandy-related projects, and assess where additional needs lie at Battery Park City with an overall infrastructure study.
MAN ATTACKED AFTER ANTIGAY CONFRONTATION
SEARCHING FOR KOSHER ON THE L.E.S. RESTAURANTS Filling a void for a dwindling Orthodox neighborhood BY NICK MARTINEZ
The Seward Park Coop Board will vote this week on what will fill the vacant space where Noah’s Ark Deli once stood. Noah’s Ark was among the last true kosher restaurants on the Lower East Side. As of now, the most vocal contender to take its place is Holy Schnitzel, a kosher local fast
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food chain that already has three establishments on Long Island, Staten Island and Brooklyn. But does the Lower East Side need a kosher restaurant? “There is no demand here anymore,” said David Davatgar, co-owner of Shalom Chai Pizza, a kosher pizza spot just down the block from the open space. “They’d come from Queens, Brooklyn. Now? Nothing.” While the Lower East Side once had a large and vibrant Jewish community, peaking in 1910 when over 300,000 Jewish immigrants lived in the area, now fewer than 80,000 people total call the neighborhood home, with around half of that number being of Asian descent. “There used to be more syna-
gogues,” Shalom Chai co-owner Joseph Moradi said. “It’s the cost of living, the rising rent. You see these people?” Moradi gestures to pedestrians on a nearly empty street. “Yuppies!” Recently, a petition circulated online, urging the Seward Park Coop to approve a kosher eatery in the space. “The Lower East Side is the bedrock of our people here in New York and has much history - both culturally and from a religious perspective - to offer to generations to come,” said petition signer and downtown resident Menachem Kastner. “Thus, this restaurant is vital to us. It will bring people back - first as visitors - and
Greenwich Village: A man was assaulted on a subway platform in Greenwich Village last week after an unidentified man began yelling antigay slurs at a couple, and eventually ended up punching one of the men. The couple initially ignored the harassment, but it quickly escalated as the man became more confrontational. The victim, a 39-year-old man from Clinton, New Jersey, suffered a broken nose, a fractured orbital bone, and a cut above the eye which required stiches, according to the Times. His partner was not injured. The NYPD has released a sketch of the suspect as described by the victims.
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK HUDSON RIVER PARK ENTICES NEW MEMBERS WITH PERKS Friends of Hudson River Park is now offering a deals and discount booklet consisting of free mini-golf, gratis golf clubs and various discounts to restaurants and bars in the area with a donation of $50 or more. “We’re looking to build a community partnership all around — experiences are the best way to get people activated,” said Gregory Boroff, Friends of Hudson River Park’s head since last August. “We understand that not everyone can afford to make a donation, but they can sign on for volunteer events.” DNAinfo.com
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PUBLIC OFFERS OPINION ON BOGARDUS GARDEN AND PLAZA REDESIGN About a dozen residents and busies owners recently gathered to offer their opinions on the redesign on Tribeca’s Bogardus Garden and Plaza. The public citizens spoke to a collection of city design officials and landscape architects. Last year, Friends of Bogardus Garden received a $2 million
grant from the Department of Transportation. “This is truly a public-private partnership,” Victoria Weil, president of Friends of Bogardus Garden. Tribeca Trib
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been an addictive fixture in the gaming community since its release in 2009. Now, an NYU PhD candidate is dedicating his time to creating a scale 1:1 model of Manhattan in the video game. The student, Christopher Mitchell, has relied on a variety of resources to achieve his goal. “Completion is reliant on getting models for every building on every street, and to my knowledge, only Google has that much information,” Mitchell said. Boingboing.net
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Despite occupying its current location for 70 years, the China Institute has put their Upper East Side mansion on the market for $32 million. The move will take the China Institute to a commercial condominium in the Financial District, which is cheaper and offers four times the space for galleries, multi-media displays and classrooms for learning Mandarin. The move has reportedly been two years in the making. The original mansion was purchased in 1944. Wall Street Journal
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A man’s apartment was broken into, but nothing was taken. The victim went on a vacation, leaving Wednesday, February 26, and returning Saturday, March 1. One of his neighbors called him during that period, after discovering that the man’s front door was ajar, and there were pry marks indicating a forced entry. When the man returned from his vacation, however, he discovered that nothing had been taken.
A man lifted cell phones from two women dancing in a club. At 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 2, two women were dancing at a popular Brazilian nightclub on Varick Street, when they noticed that their cell phones were missing from their pockets. Police were able to track the phones to a location in Brooklyn, where they arrested a sticky-fingered 32-year-old man who had both of the cell phones in his possession.
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Someone stole a number of items from an apartment on Thompson Street. At 11 a.m. on Friday, February 28, one of four apartment mates left their home and returned at 5:45 p.m. At that time in the afternoon, the front door was found open, with no signs of forced entry, and multiple items of property valued at $7,400 were missing, including three MacBooks, a camera, an iPad, earrings, a necklace, a diamond ring, and cash. It was believed that one of the apartment mates might have left the door open during the day.
Someone stole a man’s possessions that he had left unattended in a bar. At 9 p.m. on Thursday, February 27, a 32-year-old man discovered that items he had left unattended in a tavern on West Broadway for two hours were missing. These items included a MacBook Pro valued at $1,200, an iPad costing $500, prescription glasses valued at $500, and a $50 bag. The total haul amounted to $2,250.
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couple from Brazil were sitting in a café on Day Street, when the woman realized that her bag had been taken from the back of her chair. She and her husband had not seen the thief, and the bag contained $1,000 in U.S. currency, a $500 camera, and a number of credit cards.
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THIEVES IN THE NIGHT Two men were arrested for two subsequent muggings. At 11:25 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, three young men entered a bar on John Street and asked to see a 19-year-old male employee. When the employee came out onto the street, the three men jumped him and attempted -- but failed -- to take his wallet. Twenty minutes later, the three young men next accosted a 22-yearold man on the corner of William and Pine Streets, saying that he owed them money. An altercation ensued, during which the thieves pulled a knife on the 22-year-old. Police had been on the lookout for the three men following the earlier incident, however, and succeeded in arresting two of the muggers, a 21-year-old and a 24-year-old.
A woman’s bag was removed from her chair in a café. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, a tourist
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WHERE COULD SUCCESS ACADEMY GO NOW? CHARTER SCHOOLS In the wake of de Blasio’s move, the charter school powerhouse could be in the market for real estate.
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After Mayor Bill de Blasio blocked the co-location and expansion of three Success Academies, the charter school empire headed by former city councilmember Eva Moskowitz, the question remains as to where her displaced schools could find a home in the city’s current real estate market. Success’ needs are massive. For instance, one of the schools scuttled by de Blasio, in lower Manhattan, planned on phasing in anywhere from 450-600 kindergarten to eighth-grade students at Murry Bergtraum through the 2017-18 school year. Typically, the DOE calls for 20 square feet of space per pupil, putting the space allocation for such a school at roughly 9,000-12,000-square-feet, plus room for things like a library, auditorium and gymnasium. Up until now, of course, Success Academy has functioned rent-free. But now, with tensions with de Blasio rising, Moskowitz could find herself in the market for real estate.
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Given its unique needs, where in Manhattan could and should she start looking? According to Paul Proulx, a land use and zoning lawyer with Holland and Knight, there’s no shortage of potential locations below Canal Street as far as the city’s zoning laws are concerned. “A school constitutes a community facility use, which is widely permitted in Manhattan, except for in districts that also permit light manufacturing uses,” said Proulx. “As a zoning lawyer and Financial District resident with schoolage children, I’ve researched it and I can tell you that, with the exception of a three-block manufacturing district that extends a few blocks west from the intersection of Walker Street and Canal Street, there is nowhere below Canal Street where a school use would not be permitted.” Added Proulx: “With the shortage of seats in our district, a charter school would certainly be welcome.” According to Faith Hope Consolo, chair of the Manhattan realty juggernaut Douglas Elliman, Success Academy would do well to outfit a large-scale former retail building. “A big box retailer makes the most sense, depending on the size of the school. It will need
SUCCESS ACADEMY: 2010: Opens three additional A TIME LINE elementary schools across Harlem and the Bronx as well as 2006: The first Success one middle school in Harlem Academy opens its doors in Harlem serving 165 Kindergarten 2013: Opens six new elementary and 1st graders. schools, as well as two new middle schools. Now serving 2008: Opens three new 6,700 scholars at 22 schools elementary schools (Success Academy Harlem 2, 3 and 4), 2014: Mayor Bill de Blasio fulfills bringing its number of students a campaign pledge to take a to more than 1,000, along with more critical look at Success more than 100 teachers and co-locations, pulling the plug on school staff three of their locations
to be retrofitted, and security measures put in place, but we should have some vacancies coming up in the not-too-distant future,” said Consolo. Consolo said Success Academy could look in the World Trade Center area or at the Alexandria condo building on the Upper West Side at 72th Street and Broadway. “The Alexandria seems to have large spaces that might work - but whether residential buildings would want this is another matter,” said Consolo. “An older, small warehouse, or even an auto dealership might be convertible as well.” Consolo also broached the possibility of converting several vacant storefronts into a school, though the renovation on such a project could lead to a hefty bill before kids are even in the door. For Eli Verschleiser, CEO of Multi Group of Companies, the possibilities are endless. “New building permits are getting close to the pre-crash numbers and developers are looking to maximize on their
buildable square footage by adding a community facility component to their plans,” said Verschleiser. “There are many new construction projects in the these areas that are looking for community facility tenants.” As an example, Verschleiser mentioned a project MGC is involved in on William Street that has 30,000-square-feet of available space and would be suitable for a charter school. “Being that developers need the community facility tenant, as defined by the zoning code as specific type of tenant, rents are not as high as a regular tenant would pay,” said Verschleiser. Of course, this is all assuming that Moskowitz’s forthcoming litigation - she has vowed to take de Blasio to court over his decision - ultimately fails, and that she’ll be forced to trawl real estate listings for potential leads. If that’s the case, consider this a primer on where in your neighborhood Success Academy could wind up.
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SEARCHING FOR KOSHER ON THE L.E.S. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 then as residents.” Another group in support of a kosher restaurant in the area is the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy. The LESJC was founded in 1998 with a mission to preserving and celebrating the Jewish Culture and history on the Lower East Side. Laurie Tobias Cohen, the executive director of the LESJC, admits that the Jewish population isn’t as big as it once was. “When people are part of a traditional community, it becomes all the more complicated living in the city,” said Cohen, referring to the difficulty of large families and high rent. “But, there is evidence of a younger Jewish population moving into the area, so it’s going both ways." As far as what business is going to take the open space, Cohen has a clear opinion. “My understanding is that Holy Schnitzel is willing to pay the price and has a good idea of what they want to do there,” said Cohen. “They’re going to appeal to a bigger audience that isn’t just kosher.” Owners of Holy Schnitzel could not be reached for comment.
Dishes offered on the Holy Schnitzel menu.
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Graffiti artist Stephen Powers has worked around the world on large-scale paintings installed on walls and roofs. These public love letters are on display in Powers’ new book, “A Love Letter to the City.” To launch the book, Powers will embark on a short “Love Letter to the Indie Bookstore” national tour, the first of which will be at New York’s Strand Book Store downtown. A book signing and showing is scheduled for March 25 at 7 p.m. Photo by Emily Simpson
DANCES REPERTORY
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L.E.S. COMMUNITY CENTER OPENS
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The Educational Alliance, a leading provider of social services and programs throughout New York City, opened the Manny Cantor Center on the Lower East Side. The gut-renovated, 103,000-squarefoot, six-story building was designed by Platt Byard Dovell White Architects and includes early childhood classrooms, a state-of-the art fitness center, spacious art studios and a top-floor space for community events and rental.
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formance space with its own dedicated bar that will be available to rent.
Not everyone happy with proposal The plan is not without controversy. In 2011, Italian American activist Joseph Grano submitted a proposal to turn the pier into an Italian-American museum, but lost the bid to HPH. Several CB1 members also opposed any development plan that featured a restaurant, and said that Italian-Americans had no cultural reference point in an area that they helped form. “The state spent $30 million dollars to make it ready for them to build this restaurant, it’s ridiculous,” said John Fratta, a CB1 member who chairs the board’s Seaport Committee. As for the historical touches included HPH’s proposal, Fratta said he’s glad they’re mindful of the pier’s significance in Lower Manhattan, but “let’s see what they actually do.” Fratta doesn’t blame the Poulakakos family for expanding their business, but said the BPCA should have given more
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SIGNS OF LIFE ON PIER A DEVELOPMENT A long-ignored structure on the tip of Manhattan gets a restaurant spiced with history BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS
BATTERY PARK CITY For more than two decades, Pier A has sat empty, decrepit and neglected on the tip of Lower Manhattan just across from Ellis Island. Built in 1884 as the headquarters of the New York harbor police, it was used in the 1960s by FDNY fire boats. Also known as Liberty Gate, the pier was the first stop for foreign VIPs entering the country by boat through New York. Since 1992 though, the pier has fallen into disrepair and neglect, with several development falling through in the decades since then. But in 2008, the Battery Park City Authority started a $30 million restoration that would turn the pier into a public space with an expansive promenade and improved waterfront access. In 2011 the BPCA awarded veteran Financial District restaurateur Peter Poulakakos a lease to run a restaurant on the pier, a plan that could come to fruition as early as June. Poulakakos and his father, Harry, own and operate several restaurants in the Financial District, including Harry’s Steakhouse and Ulysses Folk House, among others throughout Lower Manhattan. Their
company, HPH, has a stable of 11 bars and restaurants in their portfolio.
What to expect When crafting Pier A’s future, the city and the BPCA were interested in maintaining a portion of the historic pier as a public space. “It was always part of the plan, absolutely,” said Anthony Notaro, chair of Community Board 1’s Battery Park City Committee. At a BPC committee meeting last week, a handful of representatives from HPH outlined some of their plans for Pier A, which is now fully restored. “We’ve designed it almost like a parked cruise ship,” said Danny McDonald, a partner with HPH in their Ulysses restaurant who is also involved in the Pier A project. “The downstairs, which we call the long hall, at one point was really the center for VIP immigration and we’re dedicating it to all those people who came through this area.” During warm months, a series of French doors on the first level of Pier A will be open, allowing for a cross-breeze coming off the harbor and the Hudson River. The first level, which will be free and open to the public, will feature an oyster bar and a visitor’s center. The promenade around the pier will also be free and open to the public. McDonald said the restaurant on the second level is “more like a programmed area,” that will feature several historical flourishes. “There’s a lot of little rooms there, and each room gives us an opportunity to pay special homage to the different aspects and histories of the pier.” For example, McDonald said, one room is dedicated to W.R. Grace, who as mayor of New York City in 1886 received the Statute of Liberty from the French. Pier A will also integrate 170 steam ship gauges from the 1880s that were found in the pier during its renovation. The second floor will also feature two distinct bars in addition to the restaurant. “We’re not skipping a beat on any of the homages that we’re trying to pay to the [pier’s] historic significance,” said McDonald. The third floor will be an events and per-
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weight to the area’s Italian-American heritage when awarding the bid. “We feel that there’s no Italian-American presence in that area,” said Fratta, who pointed to the nearby Holocaust museum, Irish Hunger Memorial and the American Indian museum. “The ItalianAmerican community has nothing in that area to show that we exist, and that’s where our ancestors first stepped into this country.” But Notaro said that HPH and the Poulakakos family have always been respectful of the areas in which they develop restaurants. “Harry [Poulakakos] has a great track record in Lower Manhattan so we know that he’s going to make it a success,” said Notaro. “He’s always been very attuned to the community so I’m sure we can work easily with him.” HPH is in the process of securing the necessary liquor license from the State Liquor Authority, and could open as soon as June, according to Peter Poulakakos. Pier A will employ upwards of 190 fulltime jobs, he said.
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MANHATTAN RESIDENTS VIE FOR COMMUNITY BOARD SEATS COMMUNITY Borough President Gale Brewer has received almost 600 applications to fill spots on Manhattan’s 12 community boards BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
Interviews of prospective community board members began last week, after nearly 600 applications were submitted to Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer’s office for the 2014-2016 term. Of the 596 candidates who applied
to serve on one of Manhattan’s 12 community boards, more than half are new applicants—with 62 people applying to lower Manhattan’s Community Boards 1, 2 and 3. In order to serve on any of the 50-member boards, applicants must live, own a business, work or have another interest in the district, such a child enrolled in school in the area. Across all districts, more than half of new applicants live in their areas, while more than a quarter both live and work in their districts. 30 percent of new applicants own a condo or co-op, while 28 percent rent a mar-
ket-rate apartment, and just 4 percent live in public housing. When it comes to issues, affordable housing is top-of-mind: nearly 140 new applicants listed it as a key issue, with transportation and education rounding out the top three areas of greatest concern. While a quarter of new applicants have lived in the city for 10 years or less, just as many have called Manhattan home for at least 41 years. And new applicants are an educated bunch, with nearly 90 percent holding a Bachelor’s degree or higher, and more than half holding a graduate degree. Applicants identified their top areas of community concerns.
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UNITING FOR DOWNTOWN SOCCER FUNDRAISING Downtown United, now more than 30 years old, raises money for its travel club. BY MARY NEWMAN
LOWER MANHATTAN For more than three decades, the Downtown United Soccer Club has been training some of the best young soccer players in New York City, which is how it attracted Claudio Reyna, the
former captain of the New York Red Bulls, to a recent fundraiser for the club at the Greenwich Village Country Club. The fundraiser helped pay for the club’s extensive scholarship program, which helps players who can’t afford the costs of competitive travel. “The whole DUSC philosophy is not just about improving players on the soccer field, we’re all about character development off the field as well,” said Coach Adam Norse.
Norse has been coaching soccer for 10 years, and began working with Downtown United in 2013. One of the things that stood out to him was the club’s willingness to help find funding for players. “We are able to be very inclusive since we’ve got such great sponsors, and fundraising going on. We can get kids playing the game that should be playing, and would otherwise be excluded,” he said. During a water break from a
recent practice, players talked about the program. “I think that this club is competitive, but in a really fun way,” said Renzo, age 12. There was an infectious energy among the entire team, each of them encouraging one another. “Leadership always leads to victory,” said goalie Jesse Wexler, “and this club has taught me how to be a leader.”
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Feedback WE’RE ALL GENTRIFIERS Re: Don’t Blame the Park (Mar. 6, 2014) Eric Marcus does not go back far enough to find the real gentrifiers of Chelsea and all of New York City; Peter Minuit, the original gentrifier, in what was then called New Amsterdam, gentrified Native Americans right off Manhattan Island. It hasn’t stopped since, and it’s not likely ever to stop. No New Yorker, no matter how long their tenure, has the right to point fingers and say to anyone else “the problem started when you arrived here.” I, for one, have been up in arms about my own Upper West Side neighborhood, where I’ve now lived for close to 48 years, and the detestable changes I’ve seen in that time. I blame everyone who came after me, but fail to see that it may all have started with me when I arrived in 1966, became president of my block association, opened the first upscale business on Columbus Avenue and participated in the change I now abhor. I’m now a little more tolerant of the inevitable and constant change in NYC. And you should be, too. John Elari, W. 74th Street
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WHAT NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING: HOW TO REDUCE TRAFFIC DEATHS
PUNISHING CABBIES IS NOT ENOUGH What should be done to cut down on pedestrian traffic deaths?
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The thing that upsets me are the bike lanes. Some of my friends have been hit by bikes.” Rita K., Upper East Side
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I’m surprised there aren’t more. It worries me when I’m with my son. I don’t have an answer. Anything more would be an inconvenience.”
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I am on the fence as to whether this is an “attack” on cab drivers, since they are involved, percentage-wise, in the majority of collisions in New York City. However, I am not on the fence as to another aspect: that this proposal is not nearly broad enough. At the public memorial for Cooper Stock – the young boy who was killed on West End Avenue and 97th Street by a taxi that failed to yield to the pedestrians in a crosswalk – Comptroller Scott Stringer made an incisive observation: there is something inherently wrong with a system in which a driver
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who kills someone is generally treated the same way as a driver who double-parks; i.e., they get a ticket. At the most recent Community Board 7 meeting, the Transportation Committee put forth a resolution asking that, within the five boroughs, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles permanently revoke the license of any driver who causes the death of or severe injury to a pedestrian, and is subsequently convicted in a civil court (i.e., Traffic Court, Taxi & Limousine Commission court) of infractions such as failure to yield or speeding (the two most common causes of pedestrian fatalities and injuries) – whether or not said driver is also charged with a criminal offense. And
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while this would seem unduly harsh (I would suggest suspension of a license for a minimum of one year in the case of severe injury, and revocation of a license in the case of death), it is definitely a long-overdue step in the right direction. Cabs certainly cause their share of collisions, including pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries. But they are obviously not the only vehicles that do so. Any “crack down” on drivers who kill or severely injure pedestrians needs to go much further than just taxicabs.
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I don’t think there’s enough signage. There should be more warnings in hot areas.” Kathy Z., Upper West Side
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It’s hard to stop people from doing what they’re going to do. It’s a persons choice [to jaywalk].” William R., Lower East Side
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L.E.S. HIGH SCHOOL DODGES CO-LOCATION BID EDUCATION University Neighborhood High School saved by de Blasio’s stance on charter schools BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS
LOWER EAST SIDE Last year, students and parents of University Neighborhood High School were told that the Dept. of Education had plans to phase in 500 additional students as part of a new technical high school to be co-located in their building. The UNHS community rallied to halt the location, but until recently it looked as if the plan would go ahead. Then the DOE announced two weeks ago that it decided to pull the plug on that plan, a move that’s due in large part to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s stance on charter schools, according to those familiar with the situation. De Blasio announced recently that he was halting the co-location of several Success Academy elementary charter schools, one of which was slated to share space with Murry Bergtraum High School, which sits at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan. After the announcement, the DOE said the tech school headed for UNHS would now be co-located with Murry Bergtraum, and has released an educational impact statement in anticipation of the move. Lisa Donlan, chair of the Community Education Council in District 1 and a critic of the DOE’s plan to co-locate at UNHS, thinks the reprieve originated with de Blasio’s support of public schools over charter schools. “This probably would not have happened if there were not another space,” said Donlan. “It seems to have been a necessary condition.” Shino Tanikawa, president of the Community Education Council in District 2, agrees with that assessment. “The new [tech school] would not have been moved to Murry Bergtraum unless the mayor was willing to rescind Bloomberg’s offer of the space to Success Academy, even though the solution as it stands now makes a heck of a lot more sense than the original proposals,” said Tanikawa. But parent Haydee Felix said de Blasio’s stance on charter schools had
nothing to do with the co-location being cancelled. She believes the DOE would have seen how misguided their plan to co-locate at UNHS was by the second year of the 500-student implementation; the DOE planned to add 75-85 tech school students per year up through the 2019-20 school year. “It has nothing to do with that,” said Felix of de Blasio blocking Success Academy from co-locating in Murry Bergtraum. “The DOE would have eventually seen that University Neighborhood High School is just too small.” Regardless of why the DOE changed its mind, supporters of UNHS are pleased with the results. They spent the last six months marshalling opposition by attending rallies, testifying at DOE hearings, and telling anyone who would listen that the school building, with its aging infrastructure, would not be able to accommodate another high school. “It’s a victory for parents and students across New York City,” said Donlan. “Not only does UNHS get to keep the integrity of its programs, and maybe even have the capacity to grow and expand its features, but the students that will be attending [the tech school] are going to be much, much better off. Their commute to [Murry Bergtraum]...will be a piece of cake whereas it would have been near impossible coming from the Lower East Side.” Donlan and others in the community previously told Our Town Downtown that the UNHS building was originally designed as an elementary school with narrow hallways and small classrooms. The building only has two sets of bathrooms, and the lobby currently functions as a gym, cafeteria and auditorium for UNHS students. “The infrastructure of the UNHS building just did not permit either school to be even comfortable. I’m not talking about thriving, growing or reaching potential,” said Donlan. “I mean comfortable.” Another reason the UNHS community fought the co-location of their building is that in the last four years the school has gone from a D to an A grade with the DOE, progress that those opposed to the plan - including Councilwoman Margaret Chin - said would be erased if the co-location went forward.
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Chin applauded the DOE’s decision to pull the plug on co-locating University Neighborhood High School, and called it a win for both UNHS and Murry Bergtraum. “Over the past several months, we rallied, testified at hearings, and wrote several letters expressing our serious concerns about the proposed co-locations in University Neighborhood High School and Murry Bergtraum High School,” said Chin in a statement. “I am pleased that the Dept. of Education heard the voices of the parents, students and educators
who understand firsthand educational needs of our community.” Chin was opposed to Success Academy’s plan to move in with Murry Bergtraum, and her office is currently reviewing the educational impact statement that the DOE released in connection with their plan to co-locate the tech school with Murry Bergtraum. But UNHS and Murry Bergtraum aren’t necessarily out of the woods yet; Eva Moskowitz, head of the Success Academy empire, enjoys a tremendous amount of influence at the
local and state level - Gov. Andrew Cuomo came out in support of her at a recent charter school rally in Albany – and has vowed to fight de Blasio’s decision to block three of her Success Academies from co-locating in public schools. “Anything can happen in the courts,” said CEC 1 chair Donlan. “She has deep reach, she is closely associated with very monied, very powerful sources...I know she’s going to follow through on her threat. Until the actual school is open, anything is possible. And even then, the courts can linger.”
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unter College High School, at 71st East 94th Street, is a school of superlatives. It’s regularly recognized as one of (if not the) most successful public schools in the city and nationwide, and is an ivy feeder, putting its graduates on the fast track to a life amongst the intellectual elite. Now, it’s been saddled with a less-stellar distinction: saddest spot in New York. A new study by the New England Complex Systems Institute
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released August 20 took a measure of mood in the city using geo-tagged tweets. Twitter users are known for their informal, concise language, and tweets are frequently accented by the use of emoticons like “:)â€? or “:(“). After researchers established a correlation between the emoticons and the words that would accompany them, they divided all the chosen tweets by location and mapped the city’s mood. Yaneer Bar-Yam, the study’s principal investigator, notes that high-density traffic spots like the midtown tunnel are associated with more negative emotions, while Central Park and Fort Tyron Park – the peaceful, green lungs of Manhattan – are associated with positive sentiment. “We looked at the locations with strong positive or negative sentiment, and the results are intuitive, which is strong confirmation that we’re doing the right thing,â€? he said. And, according to the study, in all of New York City, the most negative place to be is Hunter College High School. Several Hunter grads rushed to defend the institution. “I had a really great time there,â€? Mynette Louie, an independent film producer from the class of ’93 says. “I wasn’t happy about commuting over an hour to get to school‌ but I had a good time, because I was surrounded by all these smart people‌ it was pretty nerdy, but it was also just fun.â€? Caroline Friedman, class of ’06, thinks the atmosphere was
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long ago. The side not often heard above the rallying cries of well-meaning preservationists, however, is that of the actual church or synagogue members. The landmark process, meant to protect and preserve historical assets that theoretically belong to everyone, can sometimes end up displacing the very people who hold the actual deeds to these properties and destroying the community that resides within the building in order to preserve its facade. On the Lower East Side, a well-known synagogue is hoping to avoid a landmark designation that some in the community are eager to obtain. The Town & Village Synagogue on East 14th Street has occupied a building for decades that has been technically calendared (meaning that a vote was already taken to schedule a hearing) by the Landmarks Preservation Commission since 1966, though a hearing was never Continued on page 8
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After its ďŹ rst cancellation in a three-decade history last year, the parade is struggling to ďŹ nd enough money to raise itself from the dead By Omar Crespo
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he Village Halloween Parade has had quite the rough year. Last year, hurricane Sandy left the costumes, floats, and music inoperable. This year, organizers have been forced to turn to Internet crowd funding in hopes of keeping the event going. Sandy left the parade in dire need of donations and funding, which left its organizers in a state of limbo. Jeanne Fleming, the parade’s head coordinator for the past 33 years, is optimistic the event will come together for this year’s Halloween. “We hope so,� she said. Because of the unintended shutdown of the parade last year, the event coordinators have had to try and recoup the losses suffered. The parade committee turned to the popular crowd-sourcing website
Kickstarter, which helps artists fund their creative pursuits through public monetary pledges. The Kickstarter campaign, which began on September 16, has been slowly making its way to the $50,000 green-light goal. If the full amount isn’t pledged by a October 21 deadline, the parade won’t get any of the funds. Fleming said that compared to the hundreds of thousands of people who have attended and enthusiastically supported the parade over the decades, “the Kickstarter response has been lukewarm.� As of press time, the campaign had raised $41,975 from 732 backers, and five days left. The $50,000 collected this year will go to investment insurance for the businesses and individuals who donated last year but did not get a parade. Before this new digital venture, support for the parade came in the form of sponsorship from companies, businesses and TV licenses, as well as from grassroots-level funding such as children selling cookies or restaurants donating food. Recently, the Greenwich VillageChelsea Chamber of Commerce, which represents small businesses in the downtown area, announced that the Rudin Family Foundations and the Association for a Better New York will give a $15,000 matching fund if the parade
Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th St. 11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m., Free The task of this conference is to inquire into the idea of phenomenological personhood by elucidating it through three speciďŹ c domains of discourse that engage the phenomenological tradition: science, theology, and politics. If the phenomenological tradition’s mode of analysis centers upon access and meaning, the person or the self stands at the forefront of all of its research. The issue of personhood thus serves as an intersection for the distinct phenomenological work being done today, and creates a conversation on the role and future of phenomenology. 212-229-5600
CAVE CANEM POETRY READING 58 West 10th St. 5 p.m., Free Douglas Kearney’s latest collection is “Black Automatonâ€? (Fence Books, 2009). Ruth Ellen Kocher’s “Goodbye Lyricâ€? is due from Sheep Meadow Press in 2014. This event is co-sponsored with Cave Canem Foundation. No RSVPs are required; seating is ďŹ rst come, ďŹ rst served. 212-998-4700
15 HEALTH CARE INFORMAL INFO SESSION Hamilton Fish Park Library, 415 East Houston St. 11 a.m., Free Stop by your local library to get the facts about Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) and learn how you can enroll into a health care plan. This informal information session is designed to provide consumers and small business owners with information about the Affordable Care Act, the new health insurance marketplace and the enrollment. 212-673-2290
SIR PATIENT FANCY Wild Project, 195 East 3rd St. 8 p.m., $18 The Queen’s Company, NYC’s all-female classical theater company, will be presenting a production of Aphra Behn’s Sir Patient Fancy, directed by The Queen’s Company Artistic Director Rebecca Patterson (Lucille Lortel Award winner) and featuring the company’s signature all-female cast playing all the male and female roles. 866-811-4111
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Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th St. 3 – 4:30 p.m. $17.50 general, $15 seniors ECCO is comprised of soloists, chamber musicians, principals of major American orchestras, and Grammy award winners. ECCO members play with the symphony orchestras of Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston among others. Members also play with the Enso, Jasper, Johannes, Jupiter, Parker,
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PURIM CARNIVAL B’nai Jeshurun Sanctuary 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Free Kids of all ages are invited to celebrate Purim at BJ. There will be fun games and activities related to the mitzvot of Purim: a megillah scavenger hunt with s bounce house, mishloah manot prizes, opportunities to make gifts for the needy, and snacks for a Purim “Feast.” 212-787-7600
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DRAWING WORKSHOP Chatham Square Library, 33 East Broadway 1 – 3 p.m., Free Workshop with instructor Wendy Wong. Take place in our spacious community room on the 3rd floor. This program is made possible through a partnership with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Community Connections TimeBank, an organization of volunteers. 212-964-6598
GORDON CHAMBERS Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 West 3rd St. 8 p.m., $10 bar, $20 table Award-winning singersongwriter and record producer Gordon Chambers has written for over 60 recording artists, including household names Aretha Franklin, Queen Latifah, Usher, Brandy, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, and Marc Anthony. He is best known for his 1994 GRAMMY®-winning hit, “I Apologize,” for Anita Baker and his 1995 No. 1 Grammynominated smash “If You Love Me” for the trio Brownstone. 212-475-8592
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U.S. PREMIERE OF VOLCÁN Blue Note Jazz Club 131 W. 3rd St., between 6th Ave. and MacDougal St. 8 p.m., $20+ A modern Latin jazz all-star group featuring the prodigious talents of pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, bassist Jose Armando Gola, drummer Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez and percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo. The group is the product of years of friendship, respect and a diverse and rich musical heritage. With over 150 albums among them as leaders and sidemen, these highly revered musicians have joined forces to our delight. bluenote.net
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WORLD PREMIERE OF ALONE IN TRIPTYCH Concrete Temple Theatre, 145 6th Ave. 8:30 p.m., $15+ Alone in Triptych is an alternately thrilling, disturbing and darkly humorous play that investigates the hidden connections between three people linked by their isolation. ConcreteTempleTheatre.com
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KIPS BAY & HARLEM HEIGHTS: THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE ON MANHATTAN, 1776 Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street 6:30 p.m., $10 Following its narrow escape across the East River from Brooklyn in the fall of 1776, America’s fledgling armed forces hoped to maintain its position on Manhattan. However, it soon met the enemy in two new engagements as the War for Independence continued. This lecture, presented by Dr. Philip Briggs, explores those events and their results on the continuing struggle. frauncestavernmuseum.org
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Jazz musicians played the Garage in the West Village last Saturday night. Photo by Mary Newman
MUSIC Many small jazz clubs have disappeared from Manhattan, but there are still places to go for intimate sessions and great atmosphere BY MARSHA MCCREADIE
Bradley’s, Sweet Basil: if these names have a mythic aura, there’s a good reason. They’re now gone, but jazz greats used to play there, sometimes for little or no cover; the Village neighborhood knew it and responded with enthusiasm, and regularity. These were the kind of spots with photos of Billie Holiday on the wall – not posed ones, but real impromptu shots. Any night at Bradley’s you might catch Betty Carter or Jaki Byard, fantastic performers who have recently passed, but whose legacy remains. Carmen McRae, known as the musician’s singer for her range and fluidity, was known to pop in unexpectedly. From 1969-1996 at University Place a living room type atmosphere allowed Art Blakey to have his own table in the cozy and dimly lit place.
ALL THAT JAZZ HAS GONE AWAY Even farther west, Sweet Basil showcased greats like McCoy Tyner, or Nat Adderly, from 1974-1992. Breakthrough albums were recorded, and the model of just bar/or table service prevailed. Novelist Rosewitha Kluge, a long-time resident of West 11th Street, says she would often dip in on the spur of the moment with colleagues from the nearby Writers Room. Some of the Village magic disappeared, she says, when the music part of the equation went kaput.
Small Clubs Fizzled Out So what caused their demise? No point in going through the real estate laundry list that New Yorkers know so well. “It was just too hard to run a small business in the late 1990s in the Village,” said Wendy Cunningham, who owned Bradley’s. Uptown in the West 90s on Columbus Avenue, Mikell’s had a parallel, in some ways even more spectacular,
story. Whitney Houston sang her first solo there, Wynton Marsalis debuted, and the group Stuff played three times a week. Professional musicians would pop by late at night after other gigs to “sit in.” Eric Jensen, who moved to Manhattan in the 1980s, says the spontaneous excitement of Mikell’s was one reason he, a non-musician, moved to the Upper West Side from the Midwest. Named after its owner, Mikell’s closed permanently in 1991. Now, to see Wynton Marsalis with any regularity, you have to fork out a hefty chunk of change at the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center. True, you can scour the web and get deals, like a recent one offering Maria Schneider (that rare phenomenon, a female band leader) and her orchestra for the relative pittance of $23.00. But these appearances are in a concert setting, lacking the frisson of a club environment. Schneider was a regular at Vi-
siones in the West village until it went under in 1998.
From the Ashes Yet all is not lost for those craving low or no cover, and a sense that anything might happen musically. Antje Weber of the West 70s says she still mourns the passing of Mikell’s, but that she believes the so-called “Obama effect” has sparked a jazz renaissance in her neighborhood. She cites Cleopatra’s Needle, though owner Maher Hussein says he has owned the spot since 1989. An Egyptian, proud to trace the name of his place to Cleopatra’s Needle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he stresses you will see “every age and nationality here.” Cleopatra’s Needle is at Broadway and West 89th Street, with food and cover-free music every night. “I am an immigrant, and I don’t mind working day and night to keep this place going,” Hussein said. He
provides a family atmosphere with a reasonably priced organic menu. This reporter has seen patrons who are singers get up and take the stage: a classy kind of karaoke bar. Wending down to the Village, you can find an encouraging example of no cover jazz at the Garage, owned by music enthusiast and professional restaurateur Sal Perillo. “The Village still oozes creativity,” Perillo said. “Though things have changed some. $3,000 a month rentals make people less eager to spend big bucks for entertainment; I aimed to make jazz more available, with no entrance fee. We have some regular performers, but you never know from one night to another who will be performing. That keeps things lively.” He explains his 18-year Village longevity: “In my experience jazz clubs make either music or food the priority. I went for a bang-up job with both.”
Our Town MARCH 13, 2014
THE PET PAINTER
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GALLERIES Through her paintings, artist Harriet Sobie Goldstein reimagines human and animal relationships BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
Artist Harriet Sobie Goldstein has a knack for painting dogs. She’s fond of floppy ears and wrinkled, wide-eyed pugs. She’s just not sure she actually wants to own a dog. “My mother always had parakeets,” Goldstein, 70, said with a laugh. “Maybe I would get a dog. Maybe sometime in the future, but not any time soon. Dogs are a lot of work.” However, the dogs in Goldstein’s paintings don’t require house training and walks three times a day. Her current show, “Pets and Their People,” opened on Saturday, March 8 at the Phoenix Gallery (210 Eleventh Ave. at 25th Street), an artist-run cooperative space which Goldstein considers her “home gallery.” The 14 oil paintings all feature both human and animal subjects rendered with thick brushstrokes and bright colors. Usually the pet, if not the owner, gazes deliberately out from the canvas, a reflection of how Goldstein thinks animals communicate. “If you go up to a dog, you’re going to get that dog’s attention,” she said. “Whereas
people, it depends on their personalities how they react to you.” The relationships between Goldstein’s human and animal subjects are purely imagined: none of the animals are actual pets, but interpretations of animals she found in books and dropped into a scene. She doesn’t know all the breeds— she’s not sure if the statuesque gray dog in her piece “The Thinkers” is a Weimaraner— but her selections are deliberate. One subject, the daughter of a fellow painter, seemed reflective. “So I put her in a wheelchair,” she said about the setting of the painting, “and I gave her a helpful dog.” In the piece, titled “Worlds Apart,” the blonde-haired girl glances over her shoulder and looks forlorn, while what resembles a black Labrador retriever sits at attention next to her. Though she often paints posed models, one of Goldstein’s favorite pieces, “Downtown Madonna,” features a woman Goldstein saw waiting for a bus on Tenth Avenue, about a block from the gallery, who she painted from memory. The woman had an infant snuggled to her chest and shopping bags slung over her shoulders. Goldstein, a New York native who grew up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, said she related to the city dweller. “I wanted her to have a
strong-looking dog to protect her in the city,” Goldstein said about the leashed, brown bulldog she added to the scene. Goldstein picked up drawing in first grade, and wanted to do little else. She learned she loved bright colors because she favored yellow Life Savers, and has always been adventurous with color, she said, a penchant that is evident in the bold, geometric cityscapes and lush, sunny lawns incorporated into her current work. She took art classes at James Madison High School in Brooklyn. After graduating from Hunter College with an art degree, Goldstein taught kindergarten and eventually middle school literacy in what became a 30year career in New York City’s public schools. Her interest in art remained, however; she taught other literacy teachers to infuse art into their curriculums through the United Federation of Teachers. Quick to credit her own teachers, including a sixth grade teacher who said she was talented, Goldstein still considers herself a student of art. “I’ve never stopped learning,” she said. “People have to be lifetime learners.” Some of her earlier shows at the Phoenix Gallery have featured abstract work, and “Pets and Their People” is her return to realism. Last year’s show, “Reactions to Gun Violence” was a response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. “The work I showed there reflected this depression and this sadness and anger,” said Goldstein, who retired from teaching about 10 years ago. “So I thought, well you know, I want something a little happy this time.” Some pieces in the current show were ongoing projects, including a portrait of a pregnant woman she started 12 years ago. The model sat nude for the portrait, but when Goldstein painted her she added a thin white dress. “Clothes express personality,” Goldstein said. “She’s not just an object to me.” The finished painting, called “Pregnant Pause,” a deliberate play on words, has the woman lying on a window seat with a sleeping cat next to her, itself an expression of the temperament she imagined for her human subject. “I think that’s how I felt when I added these animals,” Goldstein said. “It’s part of the composition and the story that each painting tells.”
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Food & Drink
< GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS IN OLD HURRICANE CLUB SPACE General Assembly Restaurant and Bar opened March 5 in the former Hurricane Club Steak and Sushi space on 360 Park Avenue South at 26th Street. Chef Craig Koketsu, formerly of Quality Meats and the now-shuttered Park Avenue, helms the kitchen at the massive, 170-seat restaurant.
In Brief RARE SKIN INFECTION TRACED TO CHINATOWN FISH MARKETS A rare skin infection has been traced to raw seafood purchased at fish markets in New York City’s three large Chinese neighborhoods, city health officials said Wednesday. There have been 30 reported cases of infection caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium marinum, according to the city Health Department. Symptoms include red, tender lumps and swelling under the skin of the hands or arms. Those infected sometimes also develop swelling or pain in their hands or arms and have difficulty moving their fingers. Anyone who is infected should be treated with antibiotics, the department said. All the victims said they had handled live or raw seafood from fish markets in one of the city’s three large Chinese enclaves, the department said. Those are in Chinatown, Brooklyn’s Sunset Park and Flushing, Queens. The Health Department is urging people to wear waterproof gloves when handling raw fish that came from markets in one of the three areas. There is no risk associated with eating the fish. Patrick Kwan, a spokesman for the Chinatown Partnership, a business group, said people should wear gloves and wash their hands if they are handling live or raw fish from any neighborhood, not just Chinatown.
INSOMNIA COOKIES MOVES TO MACDOUGAL STREET Serve U Brands, the parent company of Insomnia Cookies moved its West Village location from 50 W. 8th Street to 116 MacDougal Street. The new MacDougal Street storefront opened its doors to customers on Thursday, February 27. The bakery, open until 3 a.m. daily, begins delivery at 4 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. on weekends. The store opens at 11 a.m. on weekdays and 12 p.m. on weekends. Delivery is available to New York University, throughout the West Village and to parts of the East Village. Insomnia Cookies also has plans to open a new bakery in the East Village in the coming months.
Diners can expect seasonal dishes featuring locally-sourced ingredients, such as fried skate wing with a lentil crust and grilled porgy with Swiss chard puttanesca. Traditional desserts get an elevated twist: think apple-ginger sorbet and sticky toffee pudding, or choose from an array of éclairs, which are presented tableside.
The drinks menu features more than 130 wines, cocktails infused with herbs and house-made tonics and an extensive craft beer list that includes General Assembly Saison, a hoppy, bespoke brew from Kelso Beer Co. General Assembly opens nightly at 5:30 p.m. and is now taking reservations.
SOMMELIER BRINGS WINE EXPERTISE TO DOWNTOWN HOTSPOT RESTAURANTS Grant Reynolds is a master sommelier, working at Charlie Bird restaurant to keep its wine selection fresh and innovative BY MARY NEWMAN
In less than a year, Charlie Bird has distinguished itself as a popular downtown destination amid the sea of new restaurant endeavors, thanks in large part to its resident wine director, Grant Reynolds. Reynolds has been involved in the restaurant from the start, after moving to New York in January of 2013. Originally from Lake Placid, New York, Reynolds has spent the last several years dividing his time between Colorado and Europe. When he was 16, Reynolds traveled to Italy as a part of a study abroad program. There he was introduced to the culture and the love affair that Italians have with wine. One of his early memories of wine was when he was drinking grocery store Barbera, which he explained was the “equivalent to slugging a warm Bud Light and watching Nascar – and it was great. Perfect for an American high school kid who’d just landed in northern
Italy for a year abroad.” While living in Boulder, Colorado, Reynolds’ charm and impressive knowledge of wine and hospitality caught the eye of Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey. Soon he began volunteering at Stuckey’s Boulder restaurant Frasca, absorbing all the information he could. He returned to New York and ended up meeting with Charlie Bird owner Robert Bohr. He knew he wanted to a part of the Soho restaurant, which prides itself on its urban Italian aesthetic. They have some exciting new things to look forward to
this spring, including a new outdoor patio. Reynolds told us they are using the same designers from Leroy St. Studios who worked on the restaurant’s interior. Due to its popularity, Reynolds explained that the additional outdoor seating will “really grow our capacity to meet the rising demand.” In keeping with their goal to be an accessible New York eatery, Reynolds and Bohr approach their wine list in an unconventional and laid back manner by crafting a list of around 150 types of wine, with nothing over $250. He told Wine & Spirits magazine
“Money is huge in terms of making someone comfortable with their selection.” A favorite option among customers is the ability to purchase a half bottle of wine, allowing the flexibility to enjoy several options throughout a meal. Despite their reputation of being one of the new, trendy downtown eateries, Charlie Bird is working to prove its longevity. “Great restaurants are ones you associate with a neighborhood or time period, they are timeless and not just a poof in the air,” Reynolds explained. “We keep our focus on remaining causal, and offering food and wine that are delicious and simple.”
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<REAL ESTATE’S $106 BILLION BOOST With the city budget hearings gearing up, the real estate industry wants to get the word out: we create tax revenue. A new report commissioned by the Real Estate Board of New York and completed by AKRF Inc. shows that the real estate industry generated $15.4 billion in taxes in 2012, rep-
In Brief LENOX HILL OPENING IN THE VILLAGE The North Shore-LIJ Health System said its new health center under construction in in Greenwich Village will open this summer. The “Lenox Hill HealthPlex” will be located at 7th Avenue between W. 12th and 13th Streets, in the shadow of the old St. Vincent’s Hospital. The first phase of the more than $150 million project opens in late June, with the debut of Manhattan’s first freestanding emergency center that will provide patients with access to boardcertified emergency physicians, specialty trained nurses, specialist consultations and other health care professionals.
RETAIL RENT RISES ON UPPER EAST SIDE Upper East Side retail spaces have seen a major spike since the fall of 2012 according to a report by the Real Estate Board of New York. It will cost $1,400 per square foot to open up a new retail location between 57th and 72nd streets, an increase of 42%. The progress of the Second Avenue subway line has contributed to the tremendous retail growth in the neighborhood, as has a lack of available space. Madison Avenue is already saturated with retail storefronts, and according to the Madison Avenue BID, 33 new stores opened on the avenue last year between 57th to 86th streets, a drop from 60 new stores opened up in 2012, as a result of lack of space.
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resenting 38 percent of the city’s tax revenue. The report puts the total economic impact of the real estate industry’s activities at $106.2 billion in jobs, wages and output— including approximately 13 percent of the Gross City Product. The industry’s tax pie is enough to pay the
City’s entire share of $13.1 billion in payroll expenses for teachers, police officers, fire fighters, sanitation workers and correction officers, with $2.3 billion left over. See the full report and the “Faces Behind The Numbers,” which includes examples of people working in the real estate industry, at rebny.com.
Guida with the ShareRoller afixed to a Citi Bike. Image courtesy of ShareRoller
STARTUPS Jeff Guida has launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop a product that makes Citi Bikes easier to operate BY OMAR CRESPO
Citi Bike pedaled its way into New York last spring with great success, racking up 96,000 annual memberships and thousands of rides since its 2013 debut. Even with its overall approval ratings high, however, the Citi Bikes have generated some grievances, one being that the clunky-bulky frames make them heavier than a standard bike and thus more difficult to operate. An entrepreneur and bike aficionado hit the repair garage as soon as the Citi Bikes made their debut to ameliorate some of these concerns. Jeff Guida has invented a device he calls ShareRoller, made to fit on bike share cycles. “It’s the first portable, detachable, friction-drive system that will work on bike share programs around the world,” said Guida of the ShareRoller, a suitcase-like device that attaches to the front of Citi Bikes and propels them without much human interaction. In short, it would turn a manual bike into an electric one. At the moment, there is a blurry line between the legality of an electrically assisted bicycle and a motorized vehicle in New York State. The Department of Transportation of New York states on their website, “New York State Department of Motor Vehicles does not register electric bicycles, therefore their operation is prohibited in New York City.” The DMV website clarifies what counts as a motor-assisted bicycle, which cannot be registered: “A bicycle to which a small motor is attached. A motor-assisted bicycle doesn’t qualify for a registration as a motorcycle, moped or ATV and doesn’t have the same equipment.” The DMV also has restrictions on other motorized devices prohibited such as scooters, mini-bikes, dirtbikes and go-carts.
PICKING UP SPEED FOR BIKE SHARE But the question is whether a Citi Bike with an added electric motor constitutes an electric bike. “From my reading of the law,” said Guida, “they make it clear, that the motorized scooter definition says, that it is capable of propelling the device without human power.” The ShareRoller is designed to only be started with initial human force, after a mile or two of pedaling. “The way the law was written it sorts of puts in the opportunity for bikes that require human effort, electric assists with human efforts, to be exempt from the law,” said Guida. There is currently a bill in the New York Assembly, introduced in January 201,3 to specifically define an electric assisted bicycle as “a bicycle with two or three wheels, which as a saddle and fully operative pedals for human propulsion and also has an electric motor,” along with having a power output of 750 watts and maximum speed of 20 miles per hour. Some worry that streamlining the Citi Bikes to allow effortless mobility
could create safety issues. The bulky frames of the bikes are cited for allowing a low center of gravity and thus a more stable ride. Guida states that he believes increased differentials in speed during traffic are a main cause of accidents. With Citi Bikes matching regular bikes speed wise, potential accidents would decrease, not increase, he said. “I see people all the time that have to go around Citi Bikes and frequently having to veer into the lanes of traffic to get around a slow moving Citi Bike,” said Guida. The price points for the planned mass release of ShareRoller in the end of the summer are $1,195 for the 12mile standard range and $1,495 for the 20-mile extended. The price is $995 for Kickstarter backers. But it does have the potential to pay for itself. If a biker were to forgo his $112 MetroCard and switch to a ShareRoller operated bike, it would take a little over 8 months to break even, said Guida. Die-hard manual bicyclists have
A rendering of how ShareRoller fits to a Citi Bike. Image courtesy of ShareRoller
been critical of this invention, accusing users of laziness. But Guida points out that his design is geared toward making commuting faster and easier. “We certainly don’t look at people who take the subway or ride the taxi to the office as being lazy,” said Guida. “We don’t lambast them for not working out on the subway in the way into the city.” As of press time, the Kickstarter campaign for the ShareRoller has made $33,191 of its $100,000 goal from 61 backers, with 20 days left to go.
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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 4, 2014
Revel Itm Garden
10 Little West 12 Street
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 www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml.
The Westway
75 Clarkson Street
A
Barrio 47
47 8 Avenue
A
Saturdays Surf
17 Perry Street
A
Chocolate Bar
19 8 Avenue
A
Employee’s Only
510 Hudson Street
A
Burrito Loco
166 West 4 Street
A
Diablo Royale
189 West 10 Street
Grade Pending (29) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
Karavas Pizza N Pita
108 7 Avenue South
A
Manatus Restaurant
340 Bleecker Street
A
Hudson Bar And Books
636 Hudson Street
A
Gobo
401 Avenue Of The Americas
A
Grade Pending (22) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, crosscontaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.
Off The Wagon
109 Macdougal Street
A
Black Fat Pussy Cat
130 West 3 Street
A
Slice & Co. Brick Oven Pizza
95 Macdougal Street
Grade Pending (34) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.
Valbella N.Y.
421 West 13 Street
The Rusty Knot
374 West 11 Street
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Ofrenda
113 7 Avenue South
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Paradou
8 Little West 12 Street
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Bed Bath Agent
Battery Park City225 Rector Place
$810,571
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$3,200,000 3
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William B. May
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Battery Park City250 South End Ave.
$453,000
1
Battery Park City333 Rector Place
$910,000
1
1
Battery Park City21 South End Ave.
$649,643
Chelsea
248 W 16 St.
$750,000
1
1
Chelsea
234 W 16 St.
$450,000
1
Chelsea
166 W 22 St.
$415,000
Chelsea
214 W 16 St.
Chelsea
Financial District20 Pine St.
$1,125,000 1
1
84 Forsyth St.
$992,794
210 E Broadway
$509,000
1
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Halstead Property
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Financial District123 Washington St.
$2,425,000 2
50 Orchard St.
$2,902,012 4
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Ccg Real Estate Brokerage Financial District75 Wall St. & Acquisition Flatiron 23 E 22 St.
Douglas Elliman
$1,787,028 2
2
Douglas Elliman
Lower E Side
417 Grand St.
$452,000
$43,010,000 6
5
Douglas Elliman
Reaction
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210 E Broadway
$320,900
1
Corcoran
Noho
445 Lafayette St.
$3,818,437 3
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445 Lafayette St.
$6,364,062 3
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Soho
210 6 Ave.
$847,665
Soho
505 Greenwich St.
$1,665,000 1
1
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471 W Broadway
$3,650,000 2
2
Halstead Property
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Corcoran
2
Brown Harris Stevens
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Brenda Victoria, Lreb
Flatiron
16 W 16 St.
$549,000
Flatiron
23 E 22 St.
$11,605,504
Douglas Elliman
Flatiron
69 5 Ave.
$2,150,100 2
2
Halstead Property
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Douglas Elliman
Flatiron
54 W 16 St.
$820,000
1
1
Brown Harris Stevens
0
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Halstead Property
Fulton/Seaport 99 John St.
$646,588
0
1
Nestseekers
$499,000
1
1
Corcoran
Gramercy Park 340 E 23Rd St.
$950,000
1
1
Eisenberg Exclusives
85 8 Ave.
$470,000
0
1
Halstead Property
Gramercy Park 145 E 15 St.
$830,000
Chelsea
234 W 16 St.
$400,000
1
1
Epointe Properties Group
Gramercy Park 235 E 22 St.
$865,000
E Village
628 E 14 St.
$307,000
1
1
Spark Properties
Gramercy Park 1 Lexington Ave.
$2,000,000
E Village
305 E 4 St.
$839,000
1
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Owner
$3,900,000
E Village
283 E 4 St.
$275,000
1
1
Town Residential
Greenwich Vil-26 E 10 St. lage
E Village
70 E 10 St.
$1,530,000 2
2
Beth Chase Real Estate
Greenwich Vil-77 Bleecker St. lage
$500,000
Greenwich Vil-11 5 Ave. lage
$2,800,000
Greenwich Vil-77 Bleecker St. lage
$799,000
Financial District120 Greenwich St.
$782,500
Financial District123 Washington St.
$1,630,000 1
1
Corcoran
Financial District123 Washington St.
$1,323,725 1
1
The Marketing Directors
Financial District21-23 South William St. $673,800 Financial District3 Hanover Square
$760,000
1
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Financial District90 William St.
$1,310,000 2
2
Douglas Elliman
Greenwich Vil-1 5 Ave. Ccg Real Estate Brokerage lage & Acquisition Greenwich Vil-250 Mercer St.
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A JEWISH BOOKMITZVAH FOR A MUSLIM TALE OF HEALING Q&A
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Co-authors Susan Shapiro and Kenan Trebincevic discuss their new book The Bosnia List BY MEGAN BUNGEROTH
Last Saturday night, over a hundred people gathered at the Greenwich Village physical therapy office of Kenan Trebincevic to share in a feast of Jewish and Bosnian food and toast the birth of a book he had written with Susan Shapiro, an author and writing professor. The book chronicles Trebincevic’s traumatic childhood flight from his hometown in Bosnia in the midst of the 1992 ethnic cleansing war waged against Muslims. At age 12, he and his family escaped and came to the United States. Years later, Trebincevic became a physical therapist and an American citizen, and met Shapiro when she was his patient. When he discovered that Shapiro was grading essays on the assignment to “write about your most humiliating secret,” he laughed. But it prompted him to write several pages about his experience and show Shapiro, who urged him to continue. The Bosnia List tells of Trebincevic’s return to his hometown of Brcko with his father and brother, confronting the friends and neighbors who turned on his family decades ago, interspersed with flashbacks of his childhood. At the book party on Saturday, Shapiro joked that Trebincevic was an honorary Jew for the evening, calling up friends and family to light candles on a cake with the book’s jacket superimposed on icing, shepherding the book into the world with a “book mitzvah.” It was a culmination of the cooperation between the co-authors, who said that they each found encouragement and solace in respecting each other’s religious and historical suffering.
Kenan, what was the writing process like for you? Kenan: English is my second language, and I studied science, not literature. I just kept writing. I had never made sense of how and why we survived. I would give [Shapiro] these essays, and she would say, you can take the worst thing that has happened to you, and turn it into the most beautiful thing. And I felt like a mouse in a maze where every time I would remember a new story, there would be one more roadblock I had to find my way around. It started to feel soothing and addicting.
When you were writing, were things coming up for you that you had not previously remembered? K: Yeah, Sue would always ask essential details – touch, sound, what people would look like – and it all started to come back. I have a
Kenan and Sue will speak about The Bosnia List on Wednesday, April 2, from 7:30 - 9 p.m. as part of the Secrets of Publishing First Person Panel at the Strand Rare Books Room, 828 Broadway. Visit www.kenantrebincevic.com for more information about the book. good memory to begin with, but I would start to remember what people wore, what they looked like, and I had a lot of those aha moments. I didn’t get emotional at all, but I had to relive the experiences, but this time make sense of them as an adult.
When you went on your trip back to Bosnia, did you think about how you’d process the experience later?
Shapiro and Trebincevic at their book party celebrating the release of The Bosnia List. Photo by Mary Newman
K: Vacation for most 30-year-old single American guys means party and romance. On my list was visiting graveyards and finding people who betrayed us. I had this huge agenda of 12 things on my list. When you go back, you have two films playing in your head – the current film, things that you see, and then you see things that you saw when you were 12.
students who were Islamic and Arab and Palestinian, fighting, saying negative things about this country. So interestingly, when he first told me he was Muslim, I thought, OK I’m not going to talk about religion and I’m not going to talk about ethnicity at all, which is hilarious because - what did we do for two years?
What was the toughest part of that trip? K: Running into certain people who did us harm, and not fearing for myself but fearing for them. I knew I had managed to put my life together, become an American citizen, finished college. I didn’t want to upset my dad. You see these people, and they say hello to you like nothing happened. My mom’s friend who left us at a checkpoint to die, who could have helped us, he said ‘What’s up guys, where you been?’ I ran into an old neighbor who stole from us. I went to confront her, in a nice way, just to ask her questions. And either she had 20 years to change the history, or she had 20 minutes from the time she was getting her blow dry finished, to change her story. That was the toughest, anticipating who I was going to run into.
How did the two of you work together to write the book? K: We were so immersed in the project. She was reliving the experience with me. So many times I would call and she would be crying. Every morning, lunch, evening, weekend, every free minute I had would be on the phone, texting, emailing, discussing the book. Sue: The deal was, you fix my back, I’ll fix your pages.
Sue, you’ve written many books yourself. How did you approach working with Kenan? This is my third collaboration [writing a book]. I’m known as a Jewish journalist, and
What was the most challenging part of working on the book for you? The book chronicles Trebincevic’s search for reconciliation with his war-torn past. Photo by Mary Newman
I’ve actually reviewed quite a few Holocaust books for the New York Times Book Review for a syndicated column that I had. When I saw the first pages, I thought, it’s the male Muslim Anne Frank who lived to tell the story. So I had written about Jewish subjects and I had lost relatives in Eastern Europe in the Holocaust, so that was the context I immediately put it in.
You call The Bosnia List a Jewish-Muslim book of healing. How did your historical and religious backgrounds contribute to the process? S: I think if there is going to be any kind of Jewish-Muslim peace, it should start where we started, which is completely respecting each other’s pain. We had a very intense connection that way, because I came to him and I was completely vulnerable and really in a bad place, and it was extremely sensitive reliving stuff that had happened to him. So there was this intense respect I think. K: I think there was also growth for you, what happened with you in 9/11, and it gave you a picture of the other side of being Muslim. S: I was actually a little bit afraid of being Islamaphobic because I have so many relatives in Israel. After 9/11 I did have fights with several
S: When we handed in the book to Wendy Wolf, our editor at Penguin, we handed in 200 pages, and she said, everything you have is fantastic, now just add 100 pages of Yugoslavian history. K: So we did it like a family history, like a narrative, so it didn’t come out boring. With my brother in Queens, my dad, discussing, asking him, watching documentaries on the History Channel, asking him about World War I, my father’s war. And also when I went to the cemetery in Bosnia, I asked about all these dead relatives. We didn’t want to write antoher strictly political and academic book. We wanted to tell the story of a 12 year old boy, juxtaposed with the perspective of a 30-year-old American citizen.
Do you feel more connected to that 12-year-old boy you were in Bosnia? K: When I started writing it was more out of a personal matter, to understand what really happened to the family and us, but then came more obligation to tell the story, not just for myself but mostly for my people and anyone who has been persecuted because of their religion, ethnicity or nationality. So I can’t think of a better way to preserve memory of everything that has happened. And I can’t think of a bigger revenge. This is my revenge for the crimes that were committed against innocent civilians.
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