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STREAMLINING DEVELOPMENT ON THE WATERFRONT
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The push coincides with news of a massive Barry Diller project on the Hudson River BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS
The city’s Economic Development Corp. is working towards implementing a one-stop permitting process for building and other projects on the waterfront. The EDC released a request for proposals for a website that will centralize - from start to finish - the regulatory hurdles that come with any initiative involving waterfront development. The idea originated with the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, which has been leading efforts to reform the process, according to MWA President Roland Lewis. Lewis said bigger organizations and developers routinely hire specialists to guide them through the process, and aren’t really the target user for this website. Instead, the ideal users will be small business owners and independent property owners who have interests on the water, and who often are confounded by the paperwork and bureaucracy involved in getting anything done on the water. “You have multiple agencies from multiple levels of government, sometimes giving almost contradictory advice, so this is a way of straightening this out and helping the average applicant negotiate the process,” said Lewis. “Particularly for smaller maritime operators and homeowners.” For instance, the site would help tugboat and smaller barge companies, which Lewis said are vital to New York’s economy. “If we didn’t have them we wouldn’t have the port, and we have more trucks on the road,” said Lewis. The discussion around this issue is
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Rivington House on the Lower East Side has seen its occupancy drop as AIDS drugs have become more effective.
AN AIDS TREATMENT CENTER CLOSES, MARKING THE END OF AN ERA NEWS Improvements in AIDS treatment have left empty beds at Rivington House, stranding residents BY BRITTANY ROBINS
LOWER EAST SIDE Lawrence Carter begins each morning inge sting 10 pills with breakfast, then another seven at lunchtime, then another 15 in the evening, and so it continues. His 60-pill-a-day regimen is a difficult feat to achieve in and of itself. Carter, 59, a former janitor for the New York City Housing Authority, has been living with AIDS for nearly
20 years. He also suffers from seizures, liver problems and his slurred speech stems from a stroke he suffered almost two decades ago, leaving him permanently paralyzed on his right side. The New York native, who had no relatives to care for him, felt like he had found a family of his own at Rivington House—once the largest solely dedicated AIDS nursing home in the country and the only such facility in New York City. Carter lived at Rivington House since it opened in 1995. Three months ago, he was told that the only home he has known since his HIV diagnosis and stroke would be closing in November due to the beds remaining half-empty for two years. “When I heard they were closing,”
he said, “I was scared. The nurses were crying. I cried later.” Carter’s soft-spoken murmur befitted his wilted frame, which sunk deep into his wheelchair. His legs, as thin as boughs, and the cast on his right wrist, were offset by a spry esprit. Rivington House, a Romanesque Revival-style building that consumes an entire block on the Lower East Side, was not your average care facility. The seven-story structure featured meditation rooms, art studios, a media center and physical therapy rooms on a penthouse level overlooking the Manhattan skyline. The facility boasted a smoking room to make its residents feel more at
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A series of recommendations stemming from two Manhattan crane collapses -- accidents that killed nine people -- have been ignored by the city, according to an audit by Comptroller Scott Stringer. Stringer’s report says the city failed to make a series of changes needed to prevent future accidents, despite paying $5.8 million to private consultants to come up with the plan. Stringer’s report states that only eight of the 65 safety recommendations made by the consultant have been implemented by the city Buildings Department. Others were patrially implemented, but most went no where. The report stems from two accidents in the spring of 2008, when cranes collapsed on E. 51st St. and on E. 91st St.
STRIP-CLUB DANCERS DUE BACK WAGES Dancers at a Manhattan strip club are due more than $10 million in back wages and tips, a federal judge ruled after the dancers sued to be paid at least a minimum wage. And additional claims are headed for trial in the class action case, meaning there ultimately could be further awards to roughly 1,900 women who worked at Rick’s Cabaret in Manhattan between 2005 and 2012. The club’s owner said it planned to appeal and continue “vigorously defending the allegations.” The dancers got no steady wages, instead paying a fee to the club to perform there and in return getting paid by customers. But after paying club fees and required tips to deejays and other club workers, the dancers sometimes ended up in the red, Drake said. Friday’s ruling covered claims the judge felt could be decided based on court papers alone. The dancers are seeking more than $18 million in all.
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK BLUE MAN GROUP TO OPEN MIDDLE SCHOOL The Blue Man Group is set to open a middle school in downtown Manhattan in addition to their already existing grammar school. Members of the popular theatre group opened The Blue School eight years ago, an institution that has 250 current students and focuses on inquisitive learning. The middle school will be located at 233 Water St., close to the South Street Seaport and the existing school. The plan is to add the first sixth grade class in the Fall of 2015, and as that class moves up and new students join, there will eventually be a middle school. On their website the Blue School explains their mission as aiming to educate in a way that fosters creativity and nurtures relationships. Tuition at the Blue School for kindergarten through grade 5 runs at $36,900 per year. New York Observer
$9 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTION Two men who spent 16 years in jail for murder convictions in connection with a Lower East Side shooting have accepted a $9 million settlement after suing the New York City and the state and city
Housing Authority. Danny Colon, 50, and Anthony Oritz, 44, were arrested in the Fall of 1990 and charged with two murders in a 1989 incident that also injured two others. A major flaw in the prosecution of both men was the emphasis put on testimony supplied by Anibal Vera. A friend of Colon’s from childhood, Vera was given a lenient sentence for a 1990 drug possession arrest after he testified against Colon. In 2009 a court ruling declared Vera’s testimony and the prosecutors testimony that she did not help him to be flawed. Oritz told the New York Times that he has been scarred after losing so many years of his life while incarcerated. New York Times
CITY RAKING IN MONEY OFF .NYC DOMAIN NAMES On October 8th, .nyc domain names became available to New Yorkers for the first time through a deal with Neustar, a Virginia telecommunications company. An average of 5,000 domain names have been selling each week, and the 40% cut the city takes from each $20 fee means that roughly $448,000 has been made in revenue in just over a month. The new access to .nyc domain names means that companies and individuals can express in their
web address alone that they are New York City-based. The domain names are only available to people who can prove residence within the five boroughs. Reports about former Mayor Michael Bloomberg registering multiple domain names as a defensive measure hiked up awareness of the new online option. Crain’s New York Business
FRENCH TOURIST SCALES BROOKLYN BRIDGE Police say a French tourist was taken into custody after climbing the Brooklyn Bridge to take photos. The man climbed over a fence on the pedestrian walkway just after noon Sunday to reach a cable beam connected to the tower on the Manhattan-bound side. Police did not immediately release his name, pending charges. The daredevil feat comes seven months after two German artists scaled both towers of the Brooklyn Bridge and switched the American flags for white flags. In August, a Russian tourist was arrested after ascending a cable to the top of one of the towers. State Senator Daniel Squadron and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer have both called for stricter penalties for trespassing on high-profile structures. Associated Press
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG
GRAND THEFTS AUTO Three bad guys did some â&#x20AC;&#x153;garageliftingâ&#x20AC;? recently. At 12:10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, three men entered a parking garage at 24 Leonard St. One of the men held a silver handgun on a 68-year-old male employee of the garage and forced him into an upstairs office, where the baddies tied him up with duct tape around his wrists behind his back, ankles, and face. The perpetrators then took his cell phone and wallet from his pockets. At this point, the employee heard the garage elevator in use. After 15 minutes, he managed to free his ankles and went next door to 18 Leonard St., where a 35-year-old man freed his hands and face and dialed 911 for the victim. When police arrived on the scene, the garage employee discovered that three posh rides were missing. There were no tracking devices in the vehicles, nor cameras in the garage to photograph the thefts. The stolen cars were spotted heading to Brooklyn, two on the Manhattan Bridge and one on the Brooklyn Bridge, a few minutes after the break-in. The cars stolen were a blue 2012 Range Rover Sport with New York plates ESH9204, valued at $50,000, a black 2008 BMW X5 with
been removed, and two screwdrivers and a ďŹ&#x201A;ashlight belonging to the thief were found in the vehicle. Video shot outside 75 Varick St. showed the thief running from the scene southbound on Varick to Canal Street, where it is believed he took the 1 train. The recovered van was a gray 2000 Ford Econoline E150 with New York plates 67893ME, valued at $3,500.
New York plates FLD1985, valued at $36,000, and a gray 2010 Audi Q5 with New York plates ESE3343, valued at $21,000. The total value of the three cars stolen came to $107,050.
A CAR THIEF WITH REEF Note to car thieves: it is probably not smart to blow clouds of pungent marijuana smoke while you are still sitting in the stolen vehicle. At 2:07 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, a police officer observed a 19-year-old man at 272 Spring St., sitting in a dark gray 2015 Cadillac ATS from which a strong odor of marijuana was emanating. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the car had been reported stolen earlier from the PV Holding Corporation of Queens. The driver, Valcourt Mikhail, 19 years old, was arrested Nov. 8 and charged with grand larceny auto. The recovered car was valued at $43,000.
HAVE MERCER! A senior citizen will probably keep a more watchful eye on her property the next time she goes for a stroll downtown. At 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, a 67-year-old woman was in front of 170 Mercer St. when she realized that her bag was missing. She had been traveling on the train and walking around for about an hour. One hundred dollars in anauthorized charges turned up on her stolen debit card at a local Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts, and another $28 had been charged in a movie theater. The woman subsequently canceled her card. Her stolen bag had also contained $130 in cash.
A MAN WITH A VAN A man apparently went for a joy ride in a stolen work van. At 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, an unknown man stole a van belonging to Midtown Masonry and driven by a 47-year-old male employee. The thief drove the stolen van southbound on West Broadway. Later the vehicle was recovered in front of 75 Varick St., where it had been abandoned. No property had been removed from the van, the ignition had
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NO MIRACLE If a thief is going to rob your business, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably better that he take a pocketbook than a safe. At 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, an unknown perpetrator walked into the 28 Warren St. office of the Miracle Trading Corp owned by a 67-year-old woman, went behind the counter, and took the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
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1ST PRECINCT Report covering the week 11/3/2014 through 11/9/2014 Week to Date
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home. When it opened in the mid-1990s, HIV and AIDS had decimated New York City. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the same year that Rivington House opened its doors, the AIDS mortality rate in the United States had reached an all-time high with 50,877 deaths. That year, The New York Times reported that AIDS had become the leading cause of death among Americans between the ages of 25 to 44. Because of the fear that the disease instilled in the medical community and general population, many of those infected were turned away. Consequently, VillageCare, a nonprofit organization purchased the building and transformed it from a public school into the facility as it stands today. “When people first came here, honestly, they were dying. They were dying everyday,” said Marcia Moodie, a registered nurse who has worked at Rivington House for 18 years. According to a Times article that ran two years after the facility opened, the average stay was 12 to 15 days, with the death rate reaching almost 50 percent. “At the time, we couldn’t keep the beds empty. These days we can’t keep the beds filled,” said Rob Goldman, director of communications at VillageCare. Today, antiretroviral drugs, the most advanced form of treatment to suppress HIV, have reached such a level of sophistication that the life expectancy for patients has been expanded into geriatric years. “People suffering from HIV are not dying from HIV. They die from heart disease, from getting run over by a bus,” claimed Matthew Lesieur, director of public policy at VillageCare. If Rivington’s lack of residents is a positive indication of the success of HIV and AIDS treatment, its termination marks the latest of a series of nationwide shutdowns that have unfolded over the last few years. Nevertheless, the building’s closure dealt a painful blow to its residents and staff. “People find respect here. They felt like somebody here,” said Washon Montgomery, a security guard for the building. “Even though they had a disease, they felt like they was somebody. Now it’s like a ghost town here.” On Sept. 9, Community Board 3’s Health and Human Services committee held a meeting in which VillageCare executives laid out their problems with the building. With 126 of the 219 beds having been filled for two years, the organization felt that the need for the facility was no longer there. VillageCare purchased the building in 1993 with a stipulation that it be used as a nonprofit residential healthcare facility. Realizing the decline in use, the organization tried unsuccessfully to transform it into the country’s first HIV assisted-living facility and then to a general geriatric home. Since the government is attempting to eliminate 5,000 nursing home beds
statewide, Gov. Cuomo rejected their efforts. “We have this building, we can’t use it for a geriatric nursing home and the assisted living option has been closed to us,” said Lesieur. The only option, he said, was to change the original agreement from nonprofit to a forprofit nursing home. But the majority of Community Board 3, many of whom have had loved ones live there, was against the prospect of transforming the building into a for-profit facility. VillageCare originally purchased the building for $72 million and is still paying off the mortgage. It also has $20 million-worth of pension obligations to the employees of Rivington House. While the VillageCare representatives maintained that the transition for patients has been smooth, some staff members at Rivington House tell a different tale. “Some people got sick from the move. I think it was from the stress,” said Moodie. “There was a resident who was blind but could do for himself, and as he heard about the move, he got sick, went to the hospital.” Anthony White, an occupational therapist at Rivington House, also detailed the difficulties the move presented for his patients. “It’s been hard for them because they been here so long, it’s like their home. To go someplace else—it’s a new environment and it’s going to be difficult for them,” said White. In addition to the stress that the closure has caused many of its patients, on Oct. 31, some of the 251 employees were laid off, while the rest will lose their jobs by Nov. 21, the official closing date. “It’s a hard hit for all of us. A lot of us have been here 18, 19 years,” said White. “I got a lot of bills to pay and the people on top they don’t care about that. They think about themselves.” After learning of the building’s closure, Rivington’s patients were given the choice of transferring to one of five facilities in the area. Carter chose Terence Cardinal Cooke, a hospice facility, as his new home. His former roommate from Rivington had transferred there a few years earlier—a history that made the unfamiliar a little less ominous. While Carter was delighted to discover that the nurses at Terrence Cardinal Cooke were nurturing, he hasn’t yet embraced his new surroundings. “There are no showers in the rooms. At Rivington House I had my own shower. This is an old building—no privacy,” he said. Carter yearned for the days when he was taken on excursions to parks and gardens, on picnics and to the movie theater. These days, he can no longer decipher the weather outside his diminutive hospital window. At Rivington House, only two patients remain and they will soon be transferred to other facilities. The building’s future for now is uncertain. As for Carter, adjusting to his new living environment, “I don’t like it here,” he said, aware of the fact that this may well be his final destination.
STREAMLINING DEVELOPMENT ON THE WATERFRONT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 seven years old, according to the MWA officials, who said they’ve received complaints about the arcane permitting process since their organization formed around 2008. One of the main recommendations of a 2010 white-paper authored by the MWA was establishing a one-stop-shop for waterfront permitting. According to Lewis, the EDC ran with the idea and the website and implementation is being funded with the state’s cooperation through the Empire Development Corp. The site will be called, “Waterfront One Stop” and Lewis estimated it would take at least a year to be up and running. Ray Fusco, a vice president with the EDC’s Ports and Transportation Dept., said Waterfront OneStop will be “a central repository for all information about permitting, providing a look at how all the elements come together, and encouraging greater coordination and communication among involved agencies,” according to the MWA. The push comes on the same day as a blockbuster announcement that billionaire Barry Diller, chairman of AIG/InterActiveCorp, is spearheading an effort to build a $170 million, 2.4 acre public and performance space that would replace the derelict Pier 54 at 14th St. on Manhattan’s West Side. The park would feature “a series of wooden nooks” and three performance spaces, including an amphitheater. Diller will be fronting $130 million for the project through a family foundation, and has pledged to cover the park’s operating expenses for 20 years after it is built. The other $40 million will come by way of a combination of funds from the city and state, as well as the Hudson River Park Trust Fund. The New York Times reported that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio are supportive of the project, even as some in state government are wary of private control and influence over public space and the seemingly secretive planning process that occurred before the announcement. While Diller and his associates will likely hire a specialist to guide them through the city’s permitting process, if his project proceeds, the park will likely impact a host of other waterfront concerns on the West Side, some of which are bound to be less well-off and will themselves need to make plans of their own. It’s Lewis’ and the MWA’s hope that this process will now be streamlined for the rank and file business owners that work on the water. “MWA is thrilled that an idea we have developed…is now being implemented by the city,” said Lewis in a statement. “A user-friendly, web-based permit review process will allow small business owners to make necessary improvements to maritime facilities in months, rather than years, and will allow potential applicants to focus on their jobs, rather than on piles of paperwork.”
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THE JAZZ AMBASSADOR AT CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE MUSIC Singers from all over the world trek to open mic night at an uptown club -- and many of them are there to see one man BY TOM CHERWIN
“Singers get so close to the essence of a song— you really learn how it’s meant to be done. I’ve always loved working with singers.” Happily for Keith Ingham, the thrice-Grammynominated British-born pianist (Benny Goodman; Roy Eldridge; Ben Webster), arranger and accompanist (Peggy Lee; Rebecca Kilgore; Susannah McCorkle, to whom he was married), he’s gotten to do exactly that every Sunday for the last five years, merely by strolling a few blocks from his Upper West Side flat and sitting down to play at his home away from home—New York City jazz fixture Cleopatra’s Needle, on Broadway between 92nd and 93rd streets. But the pleasure is hardly his alone. For Cleopatra’s, whose charms include daily happy hours, affordable Mideastern food, and the absence of a cover charge, is a vocalist’s mecca, to which jazz-worshipping pilgrims across a wide variety of geographic, skill and octave ranges trek Sundays, Mondays and/or Wednesdays to sing with a world-class trio. Take Sundays, when the sidemen are drummer Arnie Wise (Antonio Carlos Jobim; Bill Evans) and bassist Bob Arkin, whose varied credits include being an alumnus—along with the late, great jazz drummer Paul Motian—of Arlo Guthrie’s opening-night gig at Woodstock. Mondays and Wednesdays, singers are accompanied by the stellar pianists Jon Weiss and Les
Kurtz and their equally stellar trios (onetime Ellingtonian Steve Little is Kurtz’s drummer). The subs are likely to be stellar, too: On a recent Arkin-less Sunday, the “fill-in” was Ron McClure (a sideman for Charles Lloyd, Lee Konitz and many other jazz luminaries). And things sparkle the rest of the week as well, with featured instrumentalists and an open mic for players. But Cleopatra’s Needle would sparkle a bit less had Keith Ingham’s passion and talent not been a match for the obstacles he faced. When he was seven, his postwar-Britain-poor, jazz-disdaining parents (his father called it “devil’s music”) put an abrupt end to his lessons the day he shared with them the news his piano teacher had just laid on him over his scales: “They’re here, you know, they’ve landed in their UFOs—the Martians are amongst us.” But young Keith was determined, and, helped along by his 78s, his radio, and Fats Waller, “the first jazz pianist I ever heard,” he taught himself to play—wonderfully. “Coming to New York to hear the music became my ambition,” he remembers. In the 60s, Ingham would hire out as a ship’s musician on transatlantic liners to New York, taking small bites of the Apple but, though slowly being seduced by it, always returning to London. Finally, in 1978, realizing he was hooked, and heeding the advice of Benny Carter, he flew to New York to stay. And before long the seduction was mutual. Another of his ambitions was “to meet the songwriters I idolized. The songwriters are my heroes, because without them there wouldn’t be anything to play. A lot of what Charlie Parker and other bebop players wrote was based on standards like ‘I Got Rhythm’ or ‘Cherokee’ or ‘How High the Moon.’ Think of ‘All the Things You Are,’
Keith Ingham, a Cleopatra regular, has been nominated for a Grammy three times
The interior of Cleopatra’s Needle, on Broadway between 92nd and 93rd streets the number of times that chord sequence has been used. So meeting the songwriters in New York was wonderful.” And made for wonderful memories. In 1987, “I did this album of Jule Styne songs with (the singer) Maxine Sullivan. Jule loved the CD, and when it came out he threw a party at his apartment on Fifth Avenue. At one point he turns to me and says, ‘You see those paintings up on my wall? They were painted by George Gershwin; Ira’s widow gave them to me.’ Five minutes later the phone rings. He comes back and says, ‘That was Irving Berlin, asking how I’m doing.’ So here I am with Jule Styne, one of the major songwrit-
ers, and then here’s these other characters coming in. I thought I was in heaven.” Now, an old pro himself, Ingham is giving singers—the core group of about 25 (many of them with ever-growing credits) and the out-of-towners, the veterans and the newbies, the hope-tobes and the just-having-funs—a boost toward their own heavens. And even when they might not be creating heavenly music, he’s in their corner. “They make a good attempt, and you know they’re trying. They’re very dedicated: They come week after week—sometimes from Florida, or California, or Europe. If it gives them pleasure, and they’ve been waiting (for their number to come up on the sign-up sheet, allowing them two songs), you want to let them sing. When you think back, the great singers like Ella or Sarah Vaughan, when they had a trio behind them, man, that was it. So that’s what we’re trying to do, in our own small way, is just try to give these people as good a shot as possible.” At Cleopatra’s, the respect is mutual—and then some. The words you hear the club’s patrons most often use in describing what it’s like to sing at the mic with Ingham and his trio are “privileged,” “thrilled” and “honored.” On a recent Sunday, this writer was one of those people. Out of kindness to the audience, I limited myself to one song (“Melancholy Baby”), in a key that, after we did a quick run-through at the piano, Ingham suggested might work for me. It went well. Sure enough, he’d found the (possibly only) key that was entirely within my narrow range. “So,” Ingham says with satisfaction, “here we are at Cleo’s every Sunday from four til eight (and not infrequently closer to nine), playing a lot of these good tunes and trying to keep them alive; that’s why we so enjoy the gig.” And that’s why he says, “I’m just happy to work around New York,” and why he only occasionally does concerts elsewhere, most recently in Cleveland, for the Allegheny Jazz Party. And in New York, the festival producers, audiences, and those who share his stage are privileged, thrilled and honored to be there with him.
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FRICK OPPONENTS GET ORGANIZED Coalition of community groups coalesce against museum expansion BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
Five months after the Frick Collection announced expansion plans for its landmark E. 70th St. museum, an organized opposition to the plan is taking shape. Unite to Save the Frick, a coalition fighting the renovation, which includes the highly contested demolition of a 1977 viewing garden by landscape architect Russell Page, emerged shortly after the museum’s June announcement. Far from fringe opinion, the group has amassed more than 2,800 signatures to its petition, which it addressed to Frick trustees and staff, as well as city officials, including State Senator Liz Krueger and Councilmember Dan Garodnick. Made up of individuals, organizations and preservationist groups opposed to the expansion, Unite to Save the Frick coalesced amid growing neighborhood concern over what the group calls a “short-sighted plan.” Looking to raise awareness, find community support and prevent the destruction of the garden in favor of a six-story addition, area residents contacted preservation advocacy groups Defenders of the Historic Upper East Side and Historic Districts Council, Unite to Save the Frick said in an email. “[The local community] regards this as the museum down the block,” said Simeon Bankoff, executive director of HDC, whose organization issued a statement in October opposing the plan. “They regard this as a wonderful amenity to their home. The feel very strongly about it.” HDC cited the destruction of the Russell Page garden and the size of the addition as its major concerns with the proposal, which, its statement said, would “transform The Frick into an institutional environment.” The fate of the garden is one of the most visible concerns among critics of the expansion, and its salvation is one of Unite to Save the Frick’s top priorities. “Frankly, landscape art, you’re not really capable of picking it up and moving it and gifting it to another institution,” Bankoff said. “It’s not like they’re selling a painting. It’s like they’re ripping down a painting to put a door in.” The public’s response to the potential expansion of the museum has been singular, Bankoff said; he hasn’t seen such a strong reaction to any other institution in the area, save the New York Public Library. New Yorkers have a unique emotional connection to the
Frick, he said. James Andrew is one such New Yorker. An interior designer, lifestyle blogger and longtime visitor to the museum, Andrew joined in Unite to Save the Frick’s efforts. Though based in Murray Hill, his frequent trips to the Upper East Side, where many of his clients are located, often include a quick stop by the Russell Page garden. “It’s a wonderful living landscape painting,” said Andrew. “It’s for everyone to enjoy if they pass through the neighborhood, even if they can’t afford admission to the Frick.” Andrew’s involvement with the group began after he shared a photo of the garden with his 3,800 Instagram followers and linked to the petition in the photo caption. Organizers saw this and reached out to him for support, which he’s enthusiastically giving through blog posts and additional social media advocacy. Unite to Save the Frick shared a photo on its own Instagram account of Andrew inside the Russell Page garden, taken during an annual private party at the museum, one of the few events each year in which the garden is accessible. Gaining admittance into the gated garden was “something I’d always dreamed and fantasized about,” he said. In addition to advocacy efforts, Unite to Save the Frick and its supporters suggest alternatives to the construction of the six-story structure, including underground excavation and off-site options for administrative use through the acquisition of the Berry-Hill gallery space to the east of the garden. (Frick officials said that excavation is already
included in the expansion plan, and that EXCERPTS FROM UNITE TO SAVE THE FRICK’S Berry-Hill’s two floors don’t adequately ONLINE PETITION solve the museum’s space issues.) In the virtual garden tour as saying: “... The character-defining intimacy event that the museum does withdraw this garden is to be viewed -- from of the Frick Collection must be the proposal, Bankoff added, he and his the street or through the arched preserved. Due to the Frick’s colleagues invite a continued dialogue windows of the Reception Hall thoughtful architecture and with the institution about how to meet -- like an Impressionst painting integrated landscape design, the Frick’s needs without threatening ...” Complementing the Viewing an afternoon spent slowly and the intimacy and character of the instiGarden is the landmarked quietly exploring its halls feels like tution. Reception Hall Pavilion, designed visiting a private residence, not a Museum officials don’t expect to presby the architectural team of John corporate mega-museum. Lauded ent their proposal to the New York City Barrington Bayley, Harry van Dyke for its “small, smart shows,” the Landmarks Preservation Commission and G. Frederick Poehler. Frick contrasts with insensitively until early 2015 (the design is still being expanded art complexes that often revised, and LPC has yet to receive an Displaying art is not at the heart recall “something akin to an outlet application for a work permit). Bankoff of the Frick’s proposed expansion. mall on Black Friday,” as noted in noted that the Frick has been forthThe proposal would create 40,000 The New York Times. The Frick’s right with his organization and other square-feet of new, non-gallery human scale fosters an extremely interested groups about what museum facilities, to be housed in a personalized experience, which officials expected to be a contested exmassive 106’ tower, equal to the must be honored. pansion, which allotted time for a disheight of an 11-story building. It course on the proposal—and allowed includes primarily offices, a café, The Frick Collection’s Russell Page opposition to gather momentum. a larger gift shop and entry hall, a Viewing Garden is an important Though approval from the city is lab, an underground auditorium, work of art—and an essential required for changes to landmark a loading dock, and “flexible component of the museum’s properties, getting the go-ahead isn’t programming space” that can be cultural landscape—which must uncommon: LPC approves more than used as revenue-generating event not be destroyed. The Frick 13,000 work permits annually. But space. These uses do not warrant expansion plan calls for razing some Unite to Save the Frick supportdestroying the Viewing Garden the permanent Viewing Garden, ers don’t see much need for improveand Pavilion nor compromising the designed by renowned British ment at the Frick. Andrew suggests architectural integrity of the Frick landscape architect Russell Page that the museum explore other expanensemble. (a rare surviving commision in sion options that don’t include the dethis country, and one of only two struction of the garden, which, beyond To view the full petition, visit works in New York State). Galen its beauty, lends space to the notably https://www.change.org/p/tell-theLee, Horticulturist and Special intimate museum. frick-withdraw-your-destructiveEvents Designer for the Frick, is “That back garden adds to that, plan quoted on the Frick’s archived rather than the house being overwhelmed by this massive structure,” he sa id. “ The MoMA and the Met, they can be the ones to do the large-scale productions. There’s something about being able to enjoy works of art in this beautiful, seBACK TO WORK 50+ at Borough of rene space. I don’t Manhattan Community College can understand what they’re trying to help you learn new networking strategies, do.”
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Unite to Save the Frick supporterJames Andrew posted this image of the viewing garden and reception hall, both at risk of destruction, on his Instagram page.
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INCORPORATING NATURE INTO THE SCHOOLS As a college senior currently taking my first class in Environmental Education, I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my public school experience. While at the time I felt satisfied, looking back I now see how detached my schooling was from the outside world. We remained almost entirely inside the classroom, with field trips only supplementing our standardized curriculum. It was not until high school that I finally engaged with the local community and natural world, and felt I was positively impacting the area (and had the mindset, skills, and resources to do so)--and this was only because of a new, particularly progressive after-school student club I joined. This experience was vital to my current behaviors, awareness, and eagerness to engage in local activism, and is something that needs to be a greater focus of our education of the next generation. However, with articles such as Angela Barbuti’s ”Educating Schools on Tech” (September 2), I worry, instead, that with the increasing presence of technologies and higher standardized testing pressures, we are feeding into
Richard Louv‘s famous hypothesis of Nature Deficit Disorder, resulting in a range of behavioral and developmental problems and high rates of obesity. I am writing to share my idea for an alternative: promoting Environmental Education in public schools. This is something to be taken seriously, and a perfect opportunity for our neighborhood--one with eager students, dedicated teachers and parents, easy access to two large parks and water bodies, and active environmental departments and NGOs--to be a model for the state. Studies show that schools that incorporate the outdoors in their curriculums have improved student grades and test scores (in all subjects), enhance critical thinking skills, and lead students to have a more positive outlook on their school work. Environmental Education is thus vital for the students, the community, and the planet too. Let’s make use of this resource that we already have-- I guarantee that if the appropriate support is there, Environment Education will prove worthy of this praise. Laura M., W. 67 St.
THE VIEW FROM THE FRICK To the Editor: Re “Another View on The Frick” (Nov. 17) The Frick has planned for decades to expand the museum on the site currently occupied by one of its three gardens. The expansion will enable the Frick to further its mission as a museum and library. Between 1940 and 1972, the museum purchased the three townhouses on 70th Street with the intent of constructing on the entire site a new wing to house much-needed classrooms, a larger auditorium, conservation facilities, and other amenities to better serve the public. Following the purchase of the third lot, the Frick in 1973 received approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to construct on the parcels a terrace and an interim garden, both of which were to serve as place-
holders for approximately ten years until financing for a large addition could be secured. After an analysis showed that costs of building a temporary garden were considerably higher than anticipated , the museum instead decided to install what was referred to as a “permanent” architectural garden and a one-story pavilion to house a reception hall, coat check, and shop on the groundfloor level, and two small rooms in the basement to satisfy the “forseeable minimal needs of the Collection for certain interior space,” as stated by former Frick Director Everett Fahy in his May 21, 1974 testimony to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Considering the use of the word “permanent” in the context of “foreseeable minimal needs” is critical to understanding the Frick’s intent concerning
the property. Forty years later, the museum’s minimal needs are no longer being met. As has been reported, the Frick studied several plans that would have kept the garden and pavilion intact, and concluded that the original plan calling for an addition on the entire parcel is the best solution to satisfy the Frick’s needs. It will also allow for the opening of a major portion of the second floor of the mansion as galleries. The garden on East 70th Street, while attractive, is not original to the property and period of the Frick residence or the 1935 conversion to a museum by John Russell Pope. While building on this site is not an easy choice, it is the best way for the Frick to achieve its mission-driven goals, and is the reason the Frick spent so many years and substantial funds acquiring the parcel.
The Frick has three gardens now (two outside one inside) and will continue to have three gardens after the addition is built. The historic Fifth Avenue Garden by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. will remain unchanged as will the signature interior Garden Court by John Russell Pope. The 70th Street Garden will be replaced by a garden atop the new addition that will be open to the public and offer views of Central Park and an outdoor space for contemplation. Our interactions with a range of interested parties have been positive and helpful, and we look forward to continuing this dialogue as we refine and finalize the proposal. Ian Wardropper, Director The Frick Collection
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IS RIVERSIDE PARK SAFE? A pair of assaults rattles those who use the West Side park BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS
Riverside Park at night is quite beautiful, even along the stretch of park where two assaults were carried out earlier this month. On a recent night, it was raining lightly, at that annoying rate where you go back and forth on whether to use an umbrella. But the rain wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keeping the dozens of bicyclists, joggers and dog walkers from their usual routines. But on Nov. 6, a homeless man walking in the park around 10 p.m. - three hours before curfew - was accosted by four strangers who demanded his bag. The man refused, and was thrown over the railing into the Hudson River somewhere between 68th St. and 73rd St. He would stay there on the riverbank with a broken leg until the next morning. About an hour later, a 21-yearold college student walking through the park in the same area was assaulted by who police believe to be the same perpetrators. This time, they threw a bag over their victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head and beat him with a rock, according to police. An account in The New York Post said the student was bleeding profusely from his head and his face was swollen. His laptop, phone and wallet were stolen. A Parks Dept. employee later said the thugs had bashed the studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head against a pillar. He was taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries.
The homeless man was found the next morning around 7 a.m. by a woman walking her dog and also taken to the hospital. In response to the attacks, police in the 20th Precinct said they stepped up patrols in the park of both uniformed and plainclothes officers. A week later, three of the four suspects had been arrested. Carlos Rivera, 18, was charged with criminal possession of stolen property in connection with the attack on the college student. Kevon Watt, 19, was charged with robbery, two counts of assault, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. Christian Torres, 22, was charged with the same crimes as Watt. Rivera and Watt live in East Harlem. Police said Torres is homeless. They declined to say whether theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re close to identifying or arresting the fourth suspect. The night before the arrests a light fog was rolling in off the Hudson, diffusing the light from lampposts along the paths. Overhead the cars hummed down the Henry Hudson Parkway, a sound that while ever present is easy to tune out. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left of the abandoned 69th St. Transfer Bridge was silhouetted by twinkling lights across the Hudson River, which each year claims a bit more of the sinking and derelict jetties that used to help transfer rail cars to the Weehawken Yards in New Jersey. At 8 p.m. a Parks Dept. patrol car drove to the end of the West
70th St. pier, turned around, and continued south along the river. June and Ava Ramirez were taking an evening stroll along the river and were surprised to hear of the attacks a week before. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I walk around here with my girlfriends sometimes,â&#x20AC;? said Ava Ramirez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel unsafe as long as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m with someone.â&#x20AC;? The Ramirezes live on the Upper West Side and said they use the park quite often. News of the attacks isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely to change that, they said, and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel unsafe in the park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always use the buddy system,â&#x20AC;? said June Ramirez. Chase DeShields works for the Parks Dept. and is in the park every day, he said. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not concerned for his safety, and said while he read about the attacks, those who carried it out arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely to return anytime soon because they caught the attention of the police. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those kids, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to come back,â&#x20AC;? said DeShields, pausing to chat in front of the ball ďŹ eld at West 72nd St. He said the attack on the college student occurred on the south side of the pier at West 70th St. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was on the other end, on the dark side,â&#x20AC;? said DeShields. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no light down there. This part is lit up, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty safe.â&#x20AC;? Indeed, around 68th St. there are patches of darkness where the West Side Highway casts its shadow or where the lampposts along the running and biking paths donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite make ends meet. While the paths are mostly lit up, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not hard to imagine where an attack might take place. But around 8:15 p.m., people could still be seen running and bicycling the paths, past NYPD signs offering a reward for information on those who were there the week before, looking for victims, and finding them in a homeless man and a young college student.
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27 THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE SMITH The Smith, 55 Third Ave. 1-9 p.m., $55 for three courses, individually priced plates available. Take the hassle out of Thanksgiving and let The Smith
feed you a feast including butternut squash soup, ricotta gnocchi, pumpkin risotto and sticky toffee pudding. 212-420-9800. www. thesmithnyc.com
MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE 77th Street and Central Park West. 9 a.m.Free. Your favorite holiday characters and performers will be marching and cheering down Central Park West and 6th Ave. to Macy’s in Herald Square for the 86th year in a row.
PILGRIM PEDAL THANKSGIVING DAY BICYCLE RIDE East River, E. 23rd St. at the East River. 8 a.m., $25, includes breakfast. Start Thanksgiving on an active note with a 10 or 12 mile ride including a social, sit down pancake breakfast. citybikecoach@gmail-com. www.shop.citybikecoach.com
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING MENU T Bar, 1278 Third Ave. btwn E. 73rd and 74th St. 1:30-7 p.m.$75. Pumpkin soup, indian corn, oven roasted turkey and warm apple crisp awaits couples and families in an all-inclusive holiday menu. 212-772-0404.
November 5, 2014
April 17, 2014 The local paper for the Upper West Side
LOST DOG TALE, WITH A TWIST LOCAL NEWS
A family hopes that Upper West Siders will help bring their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel back home Upper West Side For the past week, Eva Zaghari and her three children from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, have been papering the Upper West Side with over 1,300 flyers asking for information on their beloved dog Cooper. ?We are devastated, please return our dog,? the sign implores. The catch though, is that Cooper didn?t technically get lost, or even stolen. He was given away. When she explains the story, sitting at Irving Farm coffee shop on West 79th Street before heading out to post more flyers around the neighborhood, Eva and her kids are visibly distraught. About a month ago, on September 5th, her husband Ray had arranged to give the dog away, via a Craigslist ad. He mistakenly thought that removing a source of stress from his wife and kids ? walking and feeding and caring for a dog, tasks which had fallen mostly to Eva ? would make everyone happier
October 2, 2014
October 8, 2014
The local paper for the Upper East Side
A CENTURY OF SEX TALK ON THE EAST SIDE MILESTONES Shirley Zussman, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, worked with Masters and Johnson, and still sees patients as a sex therapist BY KYLE POPE
UPPER EAST SIDE Some people’s life stories write themselves, and Shirley Zussman, the 100-year-old sex therapist of the Upper East Side, is one of those people. She was born in 1914 at the start of World War I (less than a month after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand), lived in Berlin at the height of the Cabaret era, became a protege of the original Masters and Johnson, and, now into her second century, continues to see patients in an office in the ground floor of her apartment building on E. 79th Street. Last month, more than 50 people crowded Yefsi restaurant, a Greek place
August 7, 2014
August 20, 2014
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12 Our Town Downtown NOVEMBER 20-26 ,2014
LEONARD LAUDER’S CUBIST PASSION FINE ART His fabulous collection is now on view at the Met BY VAL CASTRONOVO
Fruit Dish and Glass, Sorgues, autumn 1912. Charcoal and cut-and-pasted printed wallpaper with gouache on white laid paper; subsequently mounted on paperboard 24 3/4 × 18 in. / 62.9 × 45.7 cm Promised Gift from the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Leonard Lauder started small. When he was six years old, he began collecting postcards, focusing on pictures of Art Deco hotels in Miami Beach. A self-professed “history buff,” he moved on to posters of World War II, developing a fascination with the visual language of propaganda. From there, he began acquiring posters by Toulouse-Lautrec and eventually picked up a Picasso, “Carafe and Candlestick” (1909), his first Cubist oil painting. Then came the 1983 show at the Tate, “The Essential Cubism,” which inspired Lauder to focus his collecting. With the guidance of art historian Emily Braun and other scholars, he carefully built what is being billed as the most important grouping of Cubist works still in private hands. The entire collection, a promised gift to the Metropolitan Museum, can now be seen for the first time by the public in the first-floor special exhibition galleries, where more than 80 paintings, collages, sculptures and works on paper are on view through February 16. Lauder, chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies, zeroed in on the Big Four— Georges Braque (1882-1963), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Juan Gris (1887-1927), and Fernand Léger (1881-1955). They were the pillars of Cubism, “the most influential avant-garde movement of the first half of the 20th century,” the wall text states at the outset. Braque and Picasso are credited with founding the movement, with Braque having the distinction of initiating the style with “Trees at L’Estaque” (1908), one of two landscapes displayed at a Paris gallery in
1908 in a groundbreaking show devoted to his work. Both kick off the current exhibit, following photos of Lauder’s residence on the Upper East Side, with trophies from the collection dotting the walls. The Cubists pioneered a radical new way of seeing the world. They dispensed with traditional perspective and opted for shallow, two-dimensional spaces that offered views of objects from unusual angles and shapes that pushed outward not inward. Soft, round modeling of figures was replaced with sharp, jagged edges and a collision of geometric forms and overlapping planes. The bulk of the show is devoted to founding members Braque and Picasso in the years 1909-1914, with an illuminating look at the collaborative, and quite competitive, nature of their relationship. Both lived in the Bateau-Lavoir, an artists’ enclave in Montmartre in Paris. They painted by day and critiqued each other’s work by night. A painting by Braque wasn’t finished until Picasso said it was, and vice versa. Braque seems to have singlehandedly redefined painting when, after spotting faux woodgrained wallpaper in a shop window in Avignon, he purchased some and incorporated a section into “Fruit Dish and Glass” (1912)— the first papier collé (collage) and thrillingly shown here. Picasso and other revolutionaries soon followed suit, adding snippets of newspapers, advertisements, sheet music and other mass-produced items to their fine art canvases to tease viewers and offer clues to the meaning of their pictures. Above all, the Cubists reveled in visual and linguistic puns. Their works were puzzles that had to be decoded and studied to see the complex, underlying truth. Color offered a “way in.” The exhibit devotes a section to illustrating how Picasso and
Braque expanded their monochromatic palettes in spring 1912 and reintroduced color to enhance and help unlock the significance of their art. Lauder’s collecting zeal continues to this day. His purchases of works by the four “essential Cubists” were made with an eye to building a history of the movement and donating the works to a museum—not to profit off them. As he says in an interview with collection curator Emily Braun that prefaces the show’s exhaustive catalogue: “Much of the fun, what drives me, is the pursuit. I want to conserve, not possess.” His holdings are the result of more than 30 years of careful study and dedication. When he decided to set his sights on building a world-class, museumworthy collection of Cubist art, he dove in and read obsessively about the subject: “I got every book I could lay my hands on— especially the catalogues raisonnés [a listing of works with notes]—and read them again and again…and again.” Travel and the hunt for key pieces followed. He disputes the claim of one detractor that, in Lauder’s words, “anyone with a few billion dollars could walk up and down Madison Avenue and assemble the same collection,” responding: “Yes unlimited money can buy some icons, but collecting rare works from the past is a journey that can’t simply be bought. It takes time, patience, and a good eye.” And Leonard Lauder.
IF YOU GO “Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection” The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd St Now through Feb. 16 www.metmuseum.org
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FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
MUSEUMS WANG JIANWEI: TIME TEMPLE When Beijing-based artist Wang Jianwei produced a series of geometric wooden, rubber and metal sculptures for his current exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, he didn’t map out how he would display the pieces, but instead responded each day to the work he’d done the day prior. The work, which was commissioned by the museum, reflects the artist’s movements in time and space, a major theme for Jianwei. Wang Jianwei: Time Temple Through Feb. 16 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave., at 89th Street Museum hours: SundayWednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-7:45 p.m., closed Thursday Admission: $22
CY TWOMBLY: TREATISE ON THE VEIL 20th-century painter Cy Twombly was born in Lexington, Virginia and studied art at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and New York’s Art Students League, but lived most of his life in Rome, where, in 1970, he painted Treatise on the Veil, a 33foot long canvas with thin, chalk-like white lines drawn in crayon on a gray background. Cy Twombly: Treatise on the Veil Through Jan. 25 Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Ave., at 36th Street Museum hours: Tuesday-Thursday; 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Admission $18
GALLERIES PICASSO AND JACQUELINE: THE EVOLUTION OF STYLE The nearly 140 paintings, drawings and sculptures on view in the Pace Gallery’s exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s later work all depict one subject: the artist’s second wife and muse Jacqueline Roque. Some earlier works in the exhibition nod to the
style of Picasso’s friend, Henri Matisse, who died in 1954, the same year Picasso and Roque started living together. A series of accompanying photographs by documentarian David Douglas Duncan, show the artist at work. Picasso and Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style Through Jan. 10 Pace Gallery (two locations) 32 East 57th St., at Madison Avenue 534 West 25th St., at Tenth Avenue Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE
FILM SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS The 1954 musical about six brothers’ quests for the perfect wives following the marriage of their seventh sibling, features elaborate, ensemble dance sequences set in 1850s Oregon. Screening as part of Film Forum’s children’s classic film series, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers stars 1950s film musical mainstays Howard Keel and Jane Powell. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Sunday, Nov. 23 Film Forum 209 West Houston St., near Varick Street 11 a.m. Tickets $7.50
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BILL T. JONES WITH GLORIA STEINEM
was “happy.” then it meant
Dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones, executive artistic director of New York Live Arts, joins Gloria Steinem to discuss his new biography, Story/Time: The Life of An Idea, in which he tells the history behind his recent autobiographical dance piece, Story/Time, and delves into details of his southern upbringing in a large African-American family, his place in a predominantly white dance world and his efforts to create work that is both accessible and challenging to a broad audience. Bill T. Jones with Gloria Steinem Monday, Nov. 24 Strand Books 828 Broadway, at 12th Street 7 p.m. Book purchase required for attendance
are saying “that’s so gay”
“homosexual.” now, people to mean dumb and stupid. which is pretty insulting to gay people (and we don’t mean the “happy” people). 2. so please, knock it off. 3. go to ThinkB4YouSpeak.com
14 Our Town Downtown NOVEMBER 20-26 ,2014
Food & Drink
< LYFE KITCHEN SET TO OPEN California-based restaurant chain Lyfe Calif Kitchen Kitchen, which serves healthful fast food like quin quinoa buttermilk pancakes with berries and Greek yogurt and sea bass with soba noo noodles in a kimchi broth, prepares to open its first location in New York City, St Grub Street reported. Each menu item
In Brief PIER A HARBOR HOUSE OPENS
contains fewer than 600 calories and 1,000 milligrams of sodium and was developed by a three-person team of chefs, including Oprah Winfrey’s former personal chef and healthy eating advocate Art Smith and vegan chef Tal Ronnen, who also cooked for Winfrey. Lyfe Kitchen
already has outposts in Palo Alto, Chicago and 12 other cities in the country, and the opening of the West 55th Street location between Broadway and Eighth Avenue is the company’s fi rst East Coast location. An exact opening date has yet to be announced.
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DOING THE MATH WHEN IT COMES TO TIPPING Can we please do away with the automatic tip? BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL
Pier A Harbor House, a landmark building in Battery Park that opened in 1886 as the headquarters for the New York Harbor Police that was later used as an exclusive entrance to the city for European ambassadors and then as a station for the New York City Fire Department’s Marine Division, now houses a large restaurant operation in Battery Park City. Tribeca Citizen reported on the soft opening of the restaurant’s first-floor bar area this past weekend; the menu in the casual dining area is seafood-heavy, with a raw bar, steamed clams and mussels, New England clam chowder and shellfish platters mixed in with cheeseburgers, buffalo wings and other traditional bar foods. The second floor of the 28,000 square foot space is designated for a fine dining restaurant, set to open around the end of the year.
UNDERWEST DONUTS OPENS IN CARWASH New confectioner Underwest Donuts opened earlier this month in one of the city’s more unlikely locations: a carwash on the West Side Highway. Scott Levine, former sous chef at now-shuttered Tribeca restaurant Chanterelle, opened the shop in Westside Highway Car Wash at West 47th Street, Grub Street reported, and will sell his old-fashioned, sugared and glazed donuts from a to-go window, along with Brooklyn Roasting Company coffee. Included on a menu that offers a plain, old-fashioned cake variety are bright pink sugar-coated coco-raspberry, glazed coconut lime and brown butter donuts.
Take my wallet, please. A twist on an old joke, yet I’m not laughing. Twice in the span of two weeks I went out to eat and much to my surprise, the establishments had added the tip onto the check “for your convenience.” I am familiar with this custom when it pertains to parties of eight or more to ensure that the server, who was running ragged to address the needs of a dozen people during the dinner rush, gets appropriately compensated on a bill that could go into the hundreds. But on a tab for two? Since when? The first time it happened, I had taken my 91-year-old mother for coffee and cake at Lady M on E. 78th St. I will say, though, that they have a little card at the front counter to at least give patrons the heads up about their gratuity practice. However, the second time, when I was treated to lunch at the Central Park Boathouse by an 80-year-old publisher I work with, he almost left a double gratuity because he mistook the tip they added for the tax. I’m sure this isn’t the first time that’s happened. I don’t understand how this practice conveniences me or anyone else. Do they think I’ll hurt my head figuring out the percentage? Or maybe servers are starting to fear that patrons will begin pausing a moment to ask, “What exactly am I leaving a tip for?” Slipping someone a little extra dough came about in the late 19th century as a way for rich people, who tipped before-
hand, to get more attention lavished upon themselves, or when someone in a service position went above and beyond to cater to a customer’s needs. When was the last time a server (or cabby or delivery person) did more than what was expected at their job? The answer is usually never. But we live in a tipping culture, so when presented with our tally, we call upon our grammar school math skills or iPhone calculator to total what 15 or 20 percent is; although in some circles, even 20 is now looked upon as tightfisted. While in my 40 years of earning a paycheck I have never worked a job where I had to rely upon tips to boost my salary, I have always supported the practice for those who do, even when the server did
nothing more than pour the coffee into a cup and put a plastic lid on top, as I take umbrage with those industries that do not pay workers a fair wage. So if I’m going to leave a monetary thank you anyway, why do I care who adds it on? Because there’s a difference between reaching into my pocket to give someone something, and having them reach in for me and just take it. If those in the service industry really want to do something for my convenience, bring the food in a timely manner, make sure I have whatever else I need (like a fork), and after I tip, just say, “Thanks.” Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels “Back To Work She Goes” and “Fat Chick.”
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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS
A Cowgirl Thanksgiving
NOVEMBER 10 - 15, 2014
In Four Courses
The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygieneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. Dragon Land Bakery
135 Walker Street
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Grotta Azzurra
177 Mulberry Street
A
Parigot
155 Grand Street
A
The Original Vincentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Establish 1904
119 Mott Street
A
Shangai Cuisine
89 Bayard Street
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Caffe Bean
106 Mott Street
Not Graded Yet (2)
Circa Tabac
32 Watts Street
A
Citi Employee Cafeteria
388 Greenwich Street
A
Mark Forgione
Zutto
134 Reade Street
77 Hudson Street
Grade Pending (36) Cold food item held above 41Âş F (smoked ďŹ sh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ÂşF) except during necessary preparation. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, crosscontaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food and/or non-food areas. Filth ďŹ&#x201A;ies or food/refuse/sewageassociated (FRSA) ďŹ&#x201A;ies present in facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food and/or non-food areas. Filth ďŹ&#x201A;ies include house ďŹ&#x201A;ies, little house ďŹ&#x201A;ies, blow ďŹ&#x201A;ies, bottle ďŹ&#x201A;ies and ďŹ&#x201A;esh ďŹ&#x201A;ies. Food/refuse/ sewage-associated ďŹ&#x201A;ies include fruit ďŹ&#x201A;ies, drain ďŹ&#x201A;ies and Phorid ďŹ&#x201A;ies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred. Grade Pending (23) Cold food item held above 41Âş F (smoked ďŹ sh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ÂşF) except during necessary preparation. Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
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286 Spring Street
A
The Greek
458 Greenwich Street
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42 Mulberry Street
279 Church Street
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Real Estate Sales Neighborhd
Address
Price
Bed Bath Agent
Gramercy Park
1 IRVING PLACE
$800,000
0
1
Kian Realty
Battery Park City
225 RECTOR PLACE
$1,032,505
1
1
Halstead Property
Gramercy Park
4 LEXINGTON Ave.
$725,000
1
1
Brown Harris Stevens
Battery Park City
300 RECTOR PLACE
$480,000
1
1
Corcoran
Gramercy Park
160 E 22ND St.
$2,739,082
3
2
Toll Brothers
Battery Park City
2 SOUTH END Ave.
$498,000
1
1
Nestseekers
Gramercy Park
131 E 15 St.
$500,000
1
1
Town Residential
Battery Park City
377 RECTOR PLACE
$770,000
1
1
Brown Harris Stevens
Gramercy Park
201 E 17 St.
$680,000
1
1
Bond New York
Battery Park City
70 LITTLE W St.
$2,015,000
2
2
Douglas Elliman
Gramercy Park
305 2 Ave.
$1,374,637
1
1
Cantor and Pecorella
Chelsea
360 W 22 St.
$600,000
0
1
Douglas Elliman
Gramercy Park
230 E 15 St.
$625,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
Chelsea
85 8 Ave.
$525,000
1
1
Corcoran
Gramercy Park
201 E 17 St.
$705,000
1
1
ROOM Real Estate
Chelsea
151 W 21 St.
$952,063
Greenwich Village
55 E 9 St.
$826,650
Chelsea
151 W 21 St.
$2,978,381
Greenwich Village
835 BROADWAY
$4,300,000
3
2
Keller Williams NYC
Chelsea
151 W 21 St.
$1,831,831
Greenwich Village
77 BLEECKER St.
$2,125,000
2
2
Halstead Property
23 E 10 St.
$798,706
2
1
Citi Habitats
Chelsea
151 W 21 St.
$1,094,618
Greenwich Village
Chelsea
151 W 21 St.
$833,946
Lower E Side
210 E Broadway
$730,000
Chelsea
151 W 21 St.
$3,090,388
Lower E Side
118 SUFFOLK St.
$810,000
Chelsea
120 W 20 St.
$2,160,000
2 1
2
Lower E Side
575 GRAND St.
$600,000
Corcoran
Lower E Side
500 GRAND St.
$590,000
Chelsea
356 W 23 St.
$835,000
Chelsea
261 W 22 St.
$795,000
Noho
710 BROADWAY
$2,800,000
2
2
Douglas Elliman
Chelsea
151 W 21 St.
$2,851,100
Soho
25 W HOUSTON St.
$2,300,000
2
2
Town Residential
E Village
98 Ave. C
$165,000
3
4
Douglas Elliman
2
2
Douglas Elliman
1
1
Citi Habitats
1
H F Hewitt Realty
Tribeca
169 HUDSON St.
$6,200,000
90 HUDSON St.
$1,725,000 $3,425,000
E Village
428 E 10 St.
$1,850,000
3
2
Urban Compass
Tribeca
E Village
283 E 4 St.
$352,000
1
1
Rockefeller Realty
Tribeca
101 Warren St.
E Village
211 E 13TH St.
$1,560,000
Tribeca
200 Chambers St.
$1,798,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
79-81 WHITE St.
$2,730,000
2
2
Warburg
E Village
65 COOPER SQUARE
$999,950
1
1
Sotheby’s
Tribeca
E Village
123 3 Ave.
$1,320,000
1
1
Coldwell Banker Bellmarc
Tribeca
50 FRANKLIN St.
$1,519,679
Financial District
20 Pine St.
$740,000
0
1
Kian Realty
Tribeca
50 FRANKLIN St.
$2,008
Financial District
20 Pine St.
$1,625,000
2
2
Douglas Elliman
Tribeca
33 HARRISON St.
$69,852,905
Financial District
20 W St.
$500,000
0
1
New York Residence
Two Bridges
31 MONROE St.
$600,000
Financial District
88 Greenwich St.
$1,075,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
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BROADWAY’S TRIPLE-THREAT FAMILY Q&A The mother and two sons whose second home is the theater BY ANGELA BARBUTI
The dinner table conversation at the Carlyon/Whitman household irrevocably revolves around theater. Matriarch Barbara Whitman said, “It’s not only because we all work in the field. It’s also because it’s something we all love.” As a producer for 10 years, Whitman’s credits include “If/Then, “Of Mice and Men” and “Fun Home,” a musical coming this spring to Circle in the Square. Her two sons, Daniel, 25, and Will, 23, inherited her passion and are already building their careers on Broadway. Currently, you ca n find Will
From left, Will, Barbara and Daniel
as a Kit Kat Boy in “Cabaret,” a role he won right upon graduating college. Daniel, who is based in Chicago but returns to New York for some projects, just completed his work as a sound design intern on “Disgraced.” We sat down with the family (Daniel on Skype) in Barbara’s office in Midtown for a discussion on all things theater. Barbara, what’s the best and worst part of your job? The best part is that I get to do what I love. I spend all day every day doing, creating, going to and talking about theater. Everyone I’m around is involved in theater. I’ve loved theater my entire life; I grew up in the city. The worst is probably waiting to see what the reaction to a show is. I can believe in a show I’m doing but I have to get the critics to like it and the audience to buy tickets. So it’s not all in my control if a show is successful. You studied at NYU and Colum-
bia. How do you think your education prepared you? My Columbia program was a master’s in producing so it 100 percent prepared me for the job. I had been a performer many years ago, and then I stayed out of the business when I had the kids and stayed home with them. And then I worked in finance. I wanted to go back into theater, so got a master’s which was a way to use my finance and theater backgrounds. I started producing while I was still a student there. Will, “Cabaret” is your first job out of college. What was that experience like? It was beyond what I could have imagined happening so soon after graduating from school. I had my first audition for it last year in late September or early October and has six call backs and was cast on November 1. I read that you are a quadruple threat because you play an instrument. Explain. Since so many shows include actors that play instruments as well, the term quadruple threat started filtering in. So theoretically, I sing, act, dance and play instruments. But really, I act and sing as my job, but I also play cello particularly well because I studied through high school. I got the job primarily because of my cello playing. And I dance a little bit, but not as well as some of the other people in the cast. How long are you playing the cello in “Cabaret?” I play t he entire score through the whole show. What’s the atmosphere l i k e b a c kstage? It’s lots
of fun. Lots of debauchery and hijinks happening. Daniel, explain what a sound designer does. The first half is how the sound actually reaches people’s ears, through the microphones and speakers. It’s the reinforcement of what the actors and musicians are doing. That’s the half I’m learning when I do shows like “Disgraced.” The other half is finding and creating sound effects and finding and composing music for the show. That’s the stuff that I learned in school. Working on “Disgraced” is really nice because it gives me the opportunity to learn a side of theater that I don’t get to experience out in Chicago. So you’ve completed your work on “Disgraced.” I was the sound design intern so was working with the sound team. I was only there as long as the designer was. After opening night, my job ended. The sound operator is there running the show, but all the rest of us left. I’m mostly in Chicago. But have been coming back to New York once or twice a year since I graduated college to work on a show. Do any of you go to the Tonys? Barbara: I go if I have a show that’s nominated or if I’m nominated for a show. Last year was very cool, because he was on the Tonys. Will: I got to perform with my cast, which was a very surreal experience. Who are your favorite people you’ve met through your work? Will: Alan Cumming is a remarkable man and he’s been so incredible throughout the entire experience. He’s definitely up there for me. Michelle Williams and Emma Stone as well are very, very cool. Daniel: I feel like Alan Cumming for me, too. I meet plenty of cool people. That’s one of the best things about theater, being able to meet a bunch of new, cool people on every show you do. Barbara: Chris O’Dowd and James Franco. Jude Law was a lovely guy. Some of the bigger movie stars are a little less accessible, but plenty of them are totally approachable. Especially because I meet them in informal settings. When we met Sean Combs, he was fantastic. He was such a nice guy. That was my first show ever. [“A Raisin in the Sun”] What are some of your favorite shows? Will: I have a special place in my heart for “Sunday in the Park with George” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. I think it’s a beautiful musical. And “Hamlet.” You gotta love Shakespeare. Daniel: In college, I worked on
“Copenhagen” by Michael Frayn and that blew me away. It’s a beautifully written play about history and physics and the history of physics- all subjects that you would not expect to be very compelling. Will: “Next to Normal” Barbara: Yes, “Next to Normal.” For me, it’s two of my shows, “Next to Normal” and “Fun Home,” the one I’m bringing to Circle in the Square in the spring. It is a small, heartfelt musical about a family and I absolutely love it.
WHERE TO SEE THEM
Barbara’s show www.ifthenthemusical.com
Will’s: www.cabaretmusical.com
Daniel’s: www.disgracedonbroadway.com
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