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LANDMARKS ASKS FOR MORE DETAILS ON PIER 17 MALL
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DEVELOPMENT Howard Hughes is asked to re-examine its pier redevelopment proposal BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS
Commissioners at the Landmarks Preservation Commission asked the Howard Hughes Corp. for more details on plans to redevelop Pier 17 into a mall, citing concerns over the height of a canopy the developer wants to build on the roof. Howard Hughes and SHoP architects want to build a retail and dining destination on the pier, which was demolished last year and is currently being rebuilt. The application before the LPC is technically a modification of a previously approved project, and involves demolishing the nearby Link Building, modifying an access road on the north side of the pier, and building a 30-foot tall glass pergola structure on the roof. Pier 17 falls under the LPC’s purview as the boundary line of the South Street Seaport Historic District cuts right down the middle of the pier. Greg Pasquarelli, the presenting architect with SHoP Architects, said construction workers are still driving piles to construct the pier platform. At the end of the hours-long hearing, commissioners encouraged Howard Hughes to address community and commission concerns over the height of the pergola and how it would affect views of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Seaport. “One image that was not included in the applicant’s presentation is the view of the Brooklyn Bridge with this new pergola,” said Peter Davies, a 35-year resident who testified against the proposal. “It obliterates the view of the Brooklyn Bridge.” Community members also expressed concern that the pier’s rooftop, billed by Howard Hughes as open space available to the public, would eventually be appropriated for mostly private events. “The Howard Hughes Corporation is proposing a canopy for the roof of Pier 17 that will enable them to remake Pier 17 into the ‘world’s premier boutique entertainment
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Our Take PLAYING GAMES WITH PUBLIC HEALTH Dr. Craig Spencer, the man who forever will be known as New York’s only Ebola victim, sat down with New York magazine earlier this summer to talk about his recovery. In the interview, he also described the city’s chaotic, and dysfunctional, initial response to the outbreak, a narrative that ran counter to boasts by local
been contained. Earlier this week, bringing their grade-school brawl to a new low, our mayor and governor held competing news conferences on the issue, laying out conflicting information, in the hopes of painting their nemesis as inept in a time of crisis. Of course, they both came off as losers. But they are playing a dangerous game. Public health, like public security, is one area
health officials about how they had successfully contained the disease. We fear the same story of dysfunction will be written in the wake of our current outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. A dozen people have died and 100 more have contracted the disease, all of them in the Bronx. The death toll continues to creep up, despite city officials’ nearly daily claims that the outbreak has
where the credibility of our elected officials is critical. Lives can be lost if warnings or advice is ignored. But that is where we’re headed, and the blame lies entirely with New York officials who have, in essence, made themselves untrustworthy when it comes to public health. And in the next crisis, if not in this one, a lot more of us may pay the price.
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FOR HIM, SETTLING SMALL CLAIMS IS A BIG DEAL presided over Arbitration Man has three decades. for informal hearings about it He’s now blogging BY RICHARD KHAVKINE
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In Brief MORE HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESS
The effort to help small seems to businesses in the city be gathering steam. Two city councilmembers, Robert Margaret Chin and Cornegy, have introduced create legislation that wouldSmall a new “Office of the within Business Advocate” of Small the city’s Department Business Services. Chin The new post, which have up told us she’d like to would and running this year, for serve as an ombudsman city small businesses within them clear government, helping to get through the bureaucracy things done. Perhaps even more also importantly, the ombudsman and number will tally the type small business of complaints by taken in owners, the actions policy response, and somefor ways to recommendations If done well, begin to fix things. report would the ombudsman’s give us the first quantitative with taste of what’s wrong the city, an small businesses in towards important first step fixing the problem. of for deTo really make a difference, is a mere formality will have to the work process looking to complete their advocate are the chances course, velopers precinct, but rising rents, -- thanks to a find a way to tackle business’ is being done legally of after-hours projects quickly. their own hours,” which remain many While Chin “They pick out boom in the number throughout who lives on most vexing problem. said Mildred Angelo,of the Ruppert construction permits gauge what Buildings one said it’s too early tocould have the 19th floor in The Department of the city. number three years, the Houses on 92nd Street between role the advocate She Over the past on the is handing out a record work perThird avenues. permits, there, more information of Second and an ongoing all-hours number of after-hours bad thing. of after-hours work the city’s Dept. problem can’t be a said there’s with the mits granted by nearby where according to new data jumped 30 percent, This step, combinedBorough construction project noise Buildings has data provided in workers constantly make efforts by Manhattan to mediate BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS according to DOB of Informacement from trucks. President Gale Brewer offer response to a Freedom classifies transferring they want. They knows the the rent renewal process, request. The city They 6 “They do whatever signs Every New Yorker clang, tion Act go as they please. work between some early, tangible small any construction on the weekend, can come and sound: the metal-on-metal or the piercing of progress. For many have no respect.” p.m. and 7 a.m., can’t come of these that the hollow boom, issuance reverse. owners, in business moving The increased beeps of a truck has generto a correspond and you as after-hours. soon enough. variances has led at the alarm clock The surge in permits
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WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FRENCH ARTIST JR COMPLETES WALL MURAL IN TRIBECA Last week, French artist JR added the final touches to his masterpiece: a four-story tall ballerina stretching towards
the top of the building located at 102 Franklin Street. JR is known for his large wall murals influenced by photographic images. The ballerina wall mural stems from JR’s short film, “Les Bosquets,” which was shown at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
The short film showcases Les Bosquets housing project located near Paris. The ballerina plastered on a buildings façade in Tribeca mimics the film’s leaping ballerina who’s dancing in a ballet JR choreographed. Tribeca Trib
A NEW MEMBER ON COMMUNITY BOARD 1 Keith Markel, who’s lived in downtown Manhattan for more than a decade joined Community Board 1 last month. Markel is an attorney and a father of four. He and his family are active members in the community, including his kids who play on several local sports teams. Markel joined the 50-member board replacing Jeff Galloway, who left the board after pleading guilt to tax fraud. Markel is a partner at Morrison Cohen in Midtown and will sit on the board’s Seaport/Civic Center and Planning committees. He is particularly concerned with safety and growth of the community after Hurricane Sandy. Downtown Express
WOMAN MAY BE EVICTED SO EXCONVICT CAN RETURN Tomoka Watabe, 49, has lived in her apartment located at 46 Downing Street for the past three and a half years, paying $2,000 a month. But according to a court, Ms. Watabe can no longer live in Apartment 1C, and
will be evicted to make room for an ex-convict who was evicted due to a default judgement. Former tenant, Otto Thompson, has lived in the West Village apartment since he was seven years old, remaining there after his mother died more than a decade ago. The apartment was rent controlled, paying $450 a month. Thompson was convicted in 2009 for attempted burglary of a theater and a restaurant. His landlord filed to evict Thompson while he was incarcerated, and in 2010, Thompson was evicted from his residence because he could not show up in court while in jail. So when Thompson was released in 2013, he was homeless, often times staying with friends or sleeping on the streets. In several more rulings, housing and appellate court judges dimissed the default judgement and eviction case of Thompson. Judge Phyllis K. Saxe of Manhattan Housing Court ruled that Watabe must be evicted to give Thompson his former home back. The judge gave Watabe till September 30 until she will be evicted. Watabe has appealed her eviction, wanting more time to find a new apartment. New York Times
CONTRACTORS CHARGED FOR DEATH ON CONSTRUCTION SITE Construction supervisors Wilmer Cueva and Alfonso Prestia in addition to the companies where they’re employed were charged for the death of a 22-year-old man who was “buried alive” at a construction site in the Meatpacking District. According to Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, the two construction supervisors and employers Sky Materials and Harco Consturction did take precautions for the hazardous conditions at the construction site. Carlos Moncayo was working in a trench more than 10 feet deep that should have been supported at the time of his death, said Vance. Apparently a health inspector pleaded with the construction supervisors for hours to removed the workers from the ill reinforced trench before it caved. DNAinfo
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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG
HOMELESS MAN SUES OVER LEGIONNAIRESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DISEASE A homeless man who contracted Legionnairesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; disease has ďŹ led notice he plans to sue New York City for $10 million. Marvin Montgomeryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney says he ďŹ led a notice of claim with the city Friday. The 36-year-old Montgomery remains hospitalized in Manhattan. He contends he contracted Legionnairesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; disease at Lincoln Hospital after passing out ďŹ&#x201A;yers in front of the building. Montgomery, who lives in a shelter on Wards Island, told The Daily News he â&#x20AC;&#x153;was strong as an oxâ&#x20AC;? and is now a â&#x20AC;&#x153;weak duckling.â&#x20AC;? His attorney, Adam Slater, alleges the city was negligent and failed to detect legionella
bacteria in a cooling tower. Slater says the hospital had a duty to inspect the tower. A spokesman for Comptroller Scott Stringer says his office closely reviews all claims.
ODYSSEY GOES ON ODYSSEY A 23-year-old man was arrested on July 31 and charged with grand larceny auto. At 8:20 p.m. on July 29, a 32-year-old woman parked her gray 2006 Honda Odyssey in front of 1 Battery Park Plaza. When she returned at 9:40 p.m., she found that the minivan was missing. A canvass of the area turned up nothing, and there was no broken glass at the vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking spot. The van was tracked being driven in Brooklyn after the victim said she had parked it. The Odyssey, valued at $7,000, was later recovered at the 123rd Precinct in Tottenville, Staten Island, and Menooa Gambarian was charged with the theft.
CHROME CRIME Two pricey eyeglass frames were the targets of SoHo shoplifters recently. At 6:50
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A shoplifter made off with a handbag concealed in her handbag. At 3:50 p.m. on August 1, a woman removed merchandise from a display in the Balenciaga store at 148 Mercer St., stuffing it in her own handbag before and taking off on Mercer Street. The stolen handbag was valued at $2,075.
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p.m. on August 2, two men entered the Ilori boutique at 138 Spring St. and removed merchandise from a display before concealing it in their pants pockets. Police later searched the neighborhood but could not ďŹ nd the thieves or the stolen goods. Video is available of the incident. The items stolen were a brown Chrome Hearts eyeglass frame valued at $1,250, and a black-and-white
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RACK ATTACK One downtown boutique might want to move its merchandise farther away from its front door. At 12:20 p.m. on August 1, an unknown perpetrator removed a dress from a rack at the entrance of
the Kiki de Montparnasse store at 79 Greene St. before ďŹ&#x201A;eeing the location. An employee on duty had been distracted helping customers in the back of the shop and did not see the person who removed the dress from its hanger. A canvass of the area proved fruitless. The stolen dress was valued at $1,250.
ACQUAINTANCE ASSAULT Two women and three children were set upon by two men of their acquaintance. Shortly after midinight on August 1, a 21-year-old woman was walking on Whitehall Street from the ferry terminal with her girlfriend and her three kids when they were approached from behind by two men known to them. One of the men punched the woman while the other one took her property. Police could not ďŹ nd the attackers in the area, but they did manage to recover some of the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property in the Bowling Green subway station. The only item listed as stolen was a Nintendo DS of no stated value.
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IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT: UBER VS. YELLOW CABS As the taxi debate rages, it’s the drivers who are caught in the middle BY LEJLA SARCEVIC
On a muggy summer evening, a woman stood on a midtown Manhattan street corner and switched between raising her hand for a taxi and glancing at her phone, possibly for an Uber car. “She’s going to take whoever comes first,” yellow cab driver Jatinder Singh speculated as he scouted out the scene. While New York City riders have increasingly more choices in how to get from here to there with the rise of e-hailing apps -- and lawmakers grapple with how to regulate the booming industry -- the drivers who keep cars moving are stuck in the middle. Uber, a service that allows riders to choose a car type and pay by credit card from a mobile phone, has in four years gone from nearly non-existent to more than 26,000 drivers, joining the city’s 13,437 taxis. Some traditional yellow cab drivers say that since the arrival of Uber, the increased competition has cost them about 30 percent of their earnings. Uber drivers also have complained the crowded streets are hurting their bottom line, a notion disputed by the company, which is moving forward with a goal of adding 10,000 drivers by the end of the year. The plan alarmed New York City lawmakers who later backed off a plan to cap the number of cars on the street in exchange for ridership data to study the issue. Here’s a look at how the battle for New York City’s streets is playing out, through the eyes of those behind the wheel:
“The yellow cab schedule, you have to wake up at midnight or finish really late. And I have a daughter,” said Wang, who drives five to six days a week around his family schedule.
SUFFER THE TAXI DRIVER UBER RISING “In three years, there will be no taxis on New York City streets,” Uber driver Michael Keflom predicted. The 48-year-old driver moved from Eritrea, in Africa, to New York City in the late 80s, and during college started driving a yellow cab -- a job he kept on and off for 26 years during a career as a commercial pilot. He says that if Uber had existed back in the mid-90s, he would never have stepped foot in a cockpit. Keflom said he’s made it his mission to convince his taxi-driving friends to join him at Uber for the flexibility -- drivers own their cars and can work when they want. Liang Wang has been driving for Uber for about a year and this is his first driving job. He chose the company because he believed the yellow cab shift schedule was just too rigid.
Noureddine Benbedda, who owns his own yellow cab, said he used to take home $700 a week after paying a garage and the lease on the city medallion that allows him to drive. Now he’s lucky if he brings home $500. He used to have another driver take the night shift who has since quit, leaving Benbedda to drive longer hours to make up for it. “My family is suffering now,” he said. Mohammad Sultan echoes Benbedda. After 27 years as a taxi driver, the 59-yearold says his earnings have dropped by $200 a week. Even though he’s lost 30 percent of his business since Uber arrived on the streets, he remains positive. “It’s good that there’s no more taxi monopoly,” Sultan said. “Now we have another opportunity.”
IN BOTH DRIVER SEATS Driver Jatinder Singh has seen both sides:
he drove with Uber and returned to driving a taxi. “The drivers who are suffering they want to come back to a cab, but they can’t, because they bought a brand-new car,” he said. “My friend bought a Hyundai Sonata hybrid and they’re stuck for good, for five years until the car is paid off.” He owned a yellow cab, which he decided to paint black so he could start driving with Uber. That lasted about six months before he sold the car and returned to taxi driving. Singh hoped the surge pricing at Uber -- it costs more to get a lift when demand outpaces supply -- would make up for the lack of tips, but the money never came. “They had so many drivers, too many drivers.” Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance says the problem lies in Uber’s model, which she claims was never created to serve full-time drivers. “For them it’s a gig economy. If you’re a full-timer, you can’t compete with the flood of vehicles,” she said. “I don’t want to mince words here, for generations it has been a full-time job.”
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45 Years and Counting
A HARDWARE STORE DATING BACK TO THE FARM DAYS Wankel’s began in the neighborhood in 1896 BY MICKEY KRAMER
Every week, Our Town will celebrate our 45th anniversary by profiling a neighborhood business that has been around longer than we have. Know of a local business that should be on our list? Email us at news@ strausnews.com In 1896, the New York City subway system was eight years from operation, Grover Cleveland was president, and Wankel’s Hardware opened for business on Third Ave and 88th Street. One hundred and nineteen years later, Wankel’s is still family-owned and keeping locals supplied with tools, coffee makers, keys, and just about everything else. “In 1896, we were surrounded by mostly farmland and sold a lot of farming equipment and tools,” said Sean Wankel, 32. Now, of course, most of their
clientele come from residential buildings, and the biggestselling items shouldn’t surprise: air conditioners, light bulbs, and picture hangers. Electric fans and beach balls fill one front window, while the other features a pyramid of 15 Black and Decker cordless drills and a sign which reads “29.99”. Inside, the aisles are filled with the usual hardware store mix of gardening tools and potting soil stationed right across from a variety of vacuum bags. One particular shelf has mushroom bags and garlic keepers hanging mere inches from lingerie bags and laundry bags. “It’s nice to walk into a store and have someone offer to help,” said Donny Moss, a film maker and longtime neighbor and supporter of the store. “You don’t get that in big chain stores.” With so many independent businesses closing shop, what does Wankel attribute for its
LANDMARKS ASKS FOR MORE DETAILS ON PIER 17 MALL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 venue,’ in their own words,” said Wallace Dimson, president of the board of directors at Southbridge Towers. “While they say they will also let the public utilize the roof as an open space, which we’d very much like, the reality is they have no legal obligation to open that space to the public and every legal right to program it as they please and schedule as many concerts and other noisy, disruptive events as they wish.” Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Councilmember Margaret Chin also registered their concern with the potential for private use of public space. “We have heard a number of concerns from the community board regarding the impact of a rooftop canopy on the ability of an area of the rooftop to be rented out for private use, potentially reducing the number of days that area can be used for public use,” said Brewer and Chin in a joint statement. Chris Curry, Howard Hughes’ senior VP for development, said only certain portions of the roof would be used for private events, and that the public would have access to other parts of the roof year round.
Illustration by John S. Winkleman success? “We have thrived these years by continuing to listen to the changing needs of our customers… From farm supplies in the late 1800’s, beer pails during the beer craze a few decades later, to all the light bulbs, cleaning, and paint supplies that the neighborhood needs today,” Wankel said.
A handful of supporters testified in favor of the proposal, touting the number of jobs it would bring to the district. A representative of the Downtown Alliance, on behalf of alliance president Jessica Lappin, said Howard Hughes’ proposal would revitalize the district and generate tax revenue. “New development will support the growth of local businesses and spur economic development for Lower Manhattan and our entire city,” said Lappin’s statement. “The plans before you would spur jobs in a variety of sectors and across wage brands for countless New Yorkers in construction, retail, hospitality and entertainment.” In a statement provided to this newspaper, Curry said the company is reviewing the LPC’s input. “We are processing the feedback we received from the Landmarks Preservation Commissioners and look forward to working with LPC staff to prepare a revised Pier 17 modification plan that responds to their comments,” he said. Commissioners asked that Howard Hughes reexamine the appropriateness of the height of the pergola, and for more information on their plan for an access road on Pier 17. The LPC would also like more information on the company’s plans for the nearby Tin Building. While the LPC does not consider issues of use, such as public versus private, commission hearings are often used as a venue to air such grievances.
Wankel, who has been vice president since 2009, is most proud of his family’s hiring practices. Led by president and owner (and Wankel’s aunt) Katherine Wankel, most of the store employees are hired via the International Rescue Committee, through the United Nations. “We hire people seeking political asy-
lum and are so pleased that many have left us for very successful careers,” Sean Wankel says. He points to Van Tran, from Vietnam, who worked at the store from 1998-2004 and is now a professor of sociology at Columbia University. Sean Wankel, who sees customers who’ve known him his entire life, is excited for
the store’s future: “The main thing that we want for the future is the continued privilege of serving our wonderful neighbors of the Upper East Side,” he said. “To continue to be a part of this great community.”
A rendering of the mall and rooftop glass pergola that Howard Hughes wants to build on Pier 17. Source: SHoP Architects.
A number of preservationists and preservation groups also accused Howard Hughes of segmentation, presenting plans for Pier 17 separate from another proposal to redevelop the Seaport. The most controversial aspect of that proposal is a residential tower the company wants to build on the site of the New Market Building adjacent to Pier 17, a plan that would render concerns about a canopy over Pier 17 blocking views of the Brooklyn Bridge obsolete. Howard Hughes has spent much of the past two years in a deadlock with community stakeholders over its vision for the Seaport. The company maintains that small business owners
and residents want to see the Seaport District revitalized after many years of neglect and stasis, and is offering a $300 million community benefits package that includes the creation of a public school, restoration of the Seaport and affordable housing, among other perks. Last year, the company downsized its original residential tower proposal to around 40 stories, but continued to draw criticism from Community Board 1, elected officials and other community members, who expressed a desire that the company find a site outside of the Seaport for any residential building that would mar the district’s low-slung character. Howard Hughes said revenue gener-
ated by the residential tower would pay for the restoration of the Seaport and the package of community benefits. Preservationists, local residents and elected officials, including Brewer and Chin, are interested in retaining and promoting the district’s maritime past and ensuring that the area isn’t given over to tourists and high-end housing. Another hearing for the developer’s Pier 17 plan is in the works but has not yet been put on the calendar. The Seaport community is also waiting to see what Howard Hughes will come back with concerning their residential tower proposal.
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PLANT OF THE WEEK: NEW YORK IRONWEED ironweed. A root system as brawny as its stalks could’ve also lent ironweed its name, but so too could the rusty color of its fading blooms and the seed clusters that appear in fall. Its botanical name is attributed to the botanist William Vernon, who gathered its seeds in New York in the seventeenth century. The species name noveboracensis locates the plant as being “of New York,” where it is found in abundance. Complementary in structure to Joe Pye weed, and seen sideby-side on the High Line, both plants are described by the poet Robert Morgan in his 1981
poem Purple Asters: In the months of lavender, late summer and early fall, you notice the first purple puffs on the thistles, and out along and high banks of weeds the joe-pyes lean like giraffes above the undergrowth
Ironweed does indeed attract a bevy of pollinators and wildlife; its seeds are a treat for chickadees and other small birds, who can perch with ease on its sturdy stems. You’ll even find a stamp created by the US Postal Service, in a series honoring native pollinators of the United States, which features a southern dogface butterfly pulling nectar from prairie ironweed. However, New York ironweed has bitter leaves and doesn’t appeal to deer and rabbits.
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< IN PRAISE OF BETTE DEWING To the Editor: I have always been an admirer of Bette Dewing, our community conscience for decades. Her last two articles on churches (and others) dying resounded fully with me. It is so sad to read about so much more than religious services expiring; with the death of a church or community facility come life-long commitments that are abruptly ended, often without any alternatives. I’m thinking of my
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fellow seniors who are suddenly cast adrift in a world where face-to-face conversations just don’t happen and technology is overwhelming (I can attest to the latter). My occupation as comptroller at Jan Hus makes me doubly grateful: first because I have a job at all (employment being so precious today) and also because I work in a place where our community services are actually expanding. The more I see churches closing or merging or community centers truncating hours or programs, the more I marvel
at the oasis in our urban desert. But I feel sorrow pangs for those who have no other joy in life but to get together with their peers. We are blessed to have Bette as our beacon, shedding light on many sad circumstances as she has done for so many years. When a small business closes and then a whole block lies fallow, she grabs us emotionally as if a close friend has died. Her insight and compassion are so much appreciated, and I am grateful that she is published regularly. Carol Schachter
Letter HARPER LEE IN MANHATTAN To the Editor: Re “Harper Lee’s Manhattan Roots,” Aug. 6: A few years ago, I volunteered at a soup kitchen where I became friendly with another volunteer who lived across the street from me. One day, while we were chatting on the corner, a matronlylooking woman walked by, carrying two heavy D’Agostino bags. My friend introduced her to me, identifying her as a good friend and neighbor. After the woman had gone, my friend asked me if I knew who she was. “She’s your friend, Nelle,” I said, a bit perplexed. She smiled. “That was Harper Lee.” Harper Lee probably lived at 1539 York Avenue until 1966, when the building was part of a parcel torn down to make way for Clermont Tower, a 35-story high-rise which occupies York Avenue between 81st and 82nd Street. Her last address in Manhattan was 433 East 81st Street, just west of Ottomanelli’s. She lived there for part of each year until she permanently left Manhattan for Alabama. Lorraine Diehl
MORE CHALLENGES FOR SENIORS LETTER To the Editor: Thank you for your column “Another Tale of Two Cities” (Senior Living column, July 23). All that you said was accurate and poignant. If I was going to add anything it would be that the city’s crumbling infrastructure
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FUNDING DEAL IN PLACE FOR ESPLANADE Money will come in part from the Hospital for Special Surgery BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS
The Hospital for Special Surgery has agreed to steward a maintenance fund for the East River Esplanade, a deal which was secured by City Councilmember Ben Kallos and U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. HSS agreed to invest in the East River Esplanade as part of a favorable land use vote held recently by the city council. The hospital will repair and maintain a two-block stretch of the esplanade and, in a partnership with Rockefeller University that’s being led by Kallos, will work with key community stakeholders to develop a master plan for the esplanade from 62nd Street to 78th Street. Rockefeller University previously agreed to maintain a $1 million trust to care for the esplanade in perpetuity. The partnership will kick off with a community visioning session, though a Kallos spokesperson said a date for that event has not yet been set. The deal includes the installation of eight-foot noise barriers under the hospital’s East Wing Building between East 70th and East 71st Street, where they’re constructing three new
inpatient operating rooms to meet increasing patient demand. The Hospital for Special Surgery will also provide a water fountain for the esplanade at 71st Street and irrigation to keep plants alive, and will repair and replace lighting and railings, as well as provide new seating between East 70th Street and East 72nd Street. The deal includes maintenance in perpetuity for all improvements on the esplanade along those blocks. Kallos’ office said the deal follows $35 million that he negotiated into last year’s final budget and $18 million from other investment sources. Kallos co-chairs the East River Esplanade Taskforce with Maloney, and both are ex-officio board members of Friends of the East River Esplanade, a conservancy. “The esplanade is a beautiful resource for the community, but it urgently needs some TLC,” said Maloney. “As HSS expands its operations in a way that will significantly affect residents, I am delighted they have agreed to make concrete contributions to an amenity that needs support. I am looking forward to seeing the positive changes.” Kallos said the renovation will include “fair investments” in the es-
planade to revitalize the East River waterfront. “Generous improvements to the esplanade from 70th to 72nd and invest-
ment in the East River Esplanade Conservancy’s success will be one piece of the strategy to maintain and improve our esplanade for all to enjoy, now and
in the future,” said Kallos. Lisa Goldstein, CEO of the Hospital for Special Surgery, said the institution is pleased to invest in a community asset as they expand. “We look forward to working with Council Member Kallos, Friends of the East River Esplanade, and the City of New York to enhance this wonderful neighborhood resource,” she said.
The Roosevelt Island Tramway looking south along the East River Esplanade.
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Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA) swimmer Krystal Lara swam at the U.S. Swimming Futures Championship swim meet in Greensboro, N.C. Krystal swam 1:03.28 in the 100 backstroke prelims, qualifying for her for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
NY Yankees Manager Joe Girardi joined City Council Members Mark Levine and Helen Rosenthal, Parks’ First Deputy Commissioner Liam Kavanagh, NYC Coalition Against Hunger Director Joel Berg, Deputy Schools’ Chancellor Elizabeth Rose, the American Dairy Association and Share Our Strength to bring awareness to the availability of free summer meals for children 18 years and under at Lasker Pool in Central Park. Over the past five years, the number of city residents receiving aid under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has increased from 1.3 million to 1.8 million making the free summer meals program vital to city families. The summer meals program began on June 27 and runs through September 4 and is available to all children age 18 and younger — no registration or identification required— at roughly 1,000 locations, including pools, schools, libraries, parks, public housing sites and community-based organizations throughout the five boroughs.
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Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. 10 p.m. $20. ELEW is a virtuoso pianist with a unique style that he calls “rockjazz,” which blends ragtime, rock and pop. 212-505-FISH. www. lepoissonrouge.com/ lpr_events/elew-very-discodiscovery-august-13th-2015/
Fri 14 BABY SODA JAZZ BAND: HUDSON RIVER PARK’S SUNSET ON THE HUDSON Pier 45 in Hudson River ParkGreenwich Village, Christopher St. 7 p.m. Free End your week by watching the sunset every Friday night to the jazz stylings of some of the best jazz musicians in Manhattan. 212-561-7445. www. hudsonriverpark.org/events/ series/sunset-on-the-hudson
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Pier 46 in Hudson River Park, Pier 46 in Hudson River Park. 8:30 p.m. Free A funny, heartwarming family film about the classic children’s book character, Paddington Bear. 212-561-7462. http://www. hudsonriverpark.org/events/ series/hudson-riverflicksfamily-fridays
▼ THE MARKETPLACE AT ST ANTHONY’S St Anthony Church, 154 Sullivan St. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Founded in 1992, St. Anthony’s Market is one of New York’s most popular flea markets. 718-598-6604. www. themarketplaceatstanthonys. com
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FAMILY MOVIE: WALL-E CARNER AND GREGOR’S 7TH Hamilton Fish Park Library, ANNUAL BARELY 415 East Houston St. LEGAL SHOWTUNE 2 p.m. Free. EXTRAVAGANZA A classic Pixar film about a robot’s adventure to preserve the few traces of life left on Earth. 212-673-2290. www.nypl.org/events/ programs/2015/08/01/ family-movie
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Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. 7:30 p.m. $15, members free. A blowout summer concert featuring a cast of college performers, joined by a Broadway band and Broadway stars. 212-505-FISH. lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_ events/carner-gregory-august17th-2015/
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Morgan Library, 225 Madison Ave. 1-3 p.m. $18 adults, $12 UNDER THE TUSCAN students and seniors The New School partners with SUN ▼ the Morgan Library to present a weekly series of jazz brunch concerts. events.newschool.edu/ event/new_school_jazz_at_ the_morgan_library_sunday_ jazz_brunch_series_766#. Vcd-Xr5urzI
6 p.m. Free. The first half of a PBS miniseries about the life and accomplishments of famed French leader Napoleon Bonaparte. www.nypl.org/events/ programs/2015/08/18/ napoleon-soldieremperor-lover-statesmendocumentary-part-1
Wed 19 DOWNTOWN VOICES: CHOIR AUDITIONS Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street. 5-9 p.m. Free A semi-professional choir composed of aspiring singers from all over the New York metro area.
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CAFE CON LECHE Cielo Club, 18 Little West 12th St. 10 p.m. Price TBD. A laid back night of drinking, conversing and sampling Cuban/Dominican food. Tickets available at the door. Must be 21 and over. www.cieloclub.com/ event/929439-cafe-conleche-new-york/
Mon 17 DEEP SPACE SWINDLE & FRANCOIS K. Cielo Club, 18 Little West 12th St. 10 p.m. Free before 11 p.m. with eflyer www.cieloclub.com/ event/911167-deep-spaceswindle-new-york/ Francois K is one of the oldest and most influential dance musicians of all time. On this night, he partners with multiinstrumentalist Swindle. Must be 21 and over.
Seward Park Library, 192 East Broadway 6 p.m. Free. A dramedy about a writer who impulsively buys a villa in Tuscany in order to transform her life. 212-477-6770. www.nypl.org/events/ programs/2015/08/18/ movieunder-tuscan-sun2003-col-113-min
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FALL ARTS PREVIEW BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO
With season premieres, festivals and marquee exhibitions slated for the upcoming season, there’s little excuse for boredom this fall. Here’s our short list of upcoming arts events to keep the weekends packed, all before the last leaf falls.
MUSEUMS < PICASSO SCULPTURE Picasso’s sculptures haven’t quite received equal attention to his works on canvas. The trained painter explored the three-dimensional form with an experimental bent and treasured much of his sculptures, keeping them in his private home collections. They were shown en masse in a 1966 exhibition
in Paris, and a subsequent show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1967 but they brought them stateside, bu haven’t again been surveyed surveye in this presents 150 of country. Now, MoMA prese Picasso’s sculptures from tthroughout from the his career, many on loan fro Musée National Picasso-Paris, along Picasso-P with the 1914 metal Guitar and 1950 bronze sculpture She-Goat from MoMA’s holdings. Picasso Sculpture Sept. 14-Feb. 7 Museum of Modern Art 11 W. 53 St., between Fift F h and Sixth Avenues Museum hours: SundaySunday-Thursday and Saturday, 10:30 a.m.a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Friday 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Admission $25 For more information, visit vi moma. org or call 212-708-9400
ARCHIBALD MOTLEY: MOTLE JAZZ AGE MODERNIST > After the Whitney takes down its inaugural exhibition that encompassed the entirety of its new Meatpacking District bbuilding, the museum celebrates Harlem Ha Renaissance painter Archib Archibald Motley in the museum’s sky-lit sk gallery on its eighth floor. T The 45 paintings offer views of Motley’s Mo vibrant, colorful depictions of urban living, which include scenes from his native Chicago, as well as a 1920s Paris and Mexico. Archibald Motley: Jazz Age A Modernist Oct. 2-Jan. 17
Pablo Picasso Chair Cannes, 1961 Painted sheet metal Musée national Picasso–Paris © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort St., between Washington Street and Tenth Avenue Museum hours: Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Closed Tuesday Admission $22 For more information, visit whitney.org or call 212-570-3600
SACRED SPACES The Rubin Museum of Art builds out a popular centerpiece of its galleries: the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room. This recreation of a traditional shrine, decorated with many objects from the museum’s collection, presents sculpture, paintings and other devotional objects as they would be found in a private shrine, and for its upcoming exhibition Sacred Spaces, the museum doubles the capacity of the current room. With an increase in size, the shrine now accommodates seating, allowing guests to sink into the atmosphere, complete with dim lamp light, incense and the sounds of chanting. The exhibition, which opens Oct. 23, also includes a panoramic photograph from Northern Nepal, and a video depicting a sacred Indian communal ritual. Sacred Spaces Opens Oct. 23 The Rubin Museum of Art 150 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh Avenues Museum hours: Monday and Thursday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; closed Tuesday Admission $15 For more information, visit rubinmuseum.org or call 212-6205000
DANCE NEW CHAMBER BALLET New Chamber Ballet opens its upcoming season with a presentation
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of new and repertory works from its founder and artistic director Miro Magliore and choreographerin-residence Constantine Baecher. The season openers at City Center include La Mandragore, a duet that premiered in June, as well as In the Parlour, set to a violin sonata by Mozart. The company, known for its founder’s collaborations with musicians (Magliore began his ballet career as a composer) welcomes live violin and piano accompaniment featuring both contemporary and traditional compositions. New Chamber Ballet Sept. 11-12 City Center Studio 5 130 W. 56 St., between Sixth and Seventh Avenues 8 p.m. Tickets $29 To purchase tickets, visit smarttix. com or call 212-868-4444
BALLET MEMPHIS AT JOYCE THEATER > Ballet Memphis’ residency at the Joyce Theater introduces themes of the Mississippi Delta to New York audiences. Many of the program’s works come from the company’s Memphis and River Projects, series’ that explore the city’s diversity and the influence of the Mississippi River’s history on the area, and often incorporate music from Memphis artists, including B.B. King and Roy Orbison. The program’s six original works include Darting Eyes, inspired by images of river baptisms throughout history, and Politics, which addresses how women relate to one another in
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Tickets $10-$50 To purchase tickets, visit joyce.org or call 212-242-0800
FILM FILMS OF VITTORIO DE SICA In a month-long cinematic tribute, the windings of the career of Italian film and stage star Vittorio De Sica come to life. The 31-film series explores his role as a romantic lead in Italian comedies, his collaborations with Neorealist screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, and his work behind the camera, where he helped propel screen siren Sophia Loren into the movie star stratosphere. Films in the series, many shown from imported 35 mm film, include the 1954 Alessandro Blasetti film Too Bad She’s Bad, and De Sica’s Gold of Naples, both starring Loren. Films of Vittorio De Sica Sept. 9-Oct. 8 Film Forum 209 W. Houston St., near Varick Street Assorted show times Tickets $13 To purchase tickets, visit filmforum. org or call 212-727-8110
MUSIC JASON ROBERT BROWN Composer Jason Robert Brown acts as artist-in-residence at downtown music club Subculture, where he curates regular concerts with his vast repertoire as the foundation.
Ballet Memphis Photo Credit: Ari Denison
Jason Robert Brown Sept. 11, Oct. 1 and Nov. 2 Subculture 45 Bleecker St., near Lafayette Street 8 p.m. Tickets $50 To purchase tickets, visit subculturenewyork.com or call 212533-5470
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Painting “Tongues (Holy Rollers)” by Archibald J. Motley, Jr., 1929. Oil on canvas. View of a church meeting in rural Arkansas.
different settings, a performance that incorporates hip hop styles and live music performed by Memphis singers. Ballet Memphis at Joyce Theater Oct. 27-Nov. 1 Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Ave., at W. 19th Street Assorted show times
Celebrated for his musical scores, including those for The Last Five Years, Parade and The Bridges of Madison County (which earned him two Tony Awards), Brown continues to develop new work, including music for the upcoming Honeymoon in Vegas, which opens on Broadway this fall.
Sept. 10-Oct. 24 apexart 291 Church St., between White and Walker Streets Opening reception: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 6-8 p.m. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE For more information, visit apexart. org or call 212-431-5270
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CLOUD NINE
After executing just six people on death row in the last 55 years, Tennessee recently scheduled more than 10 executions. A group of prisoners on death row in Nashville, Tenn. responded to the surge by creating their own memorials. Working with professors from Nashville’s Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, these prisoners examine the implications of the state’s efforts through various mediums, including photography, painting and sculpture. Life After Death and Elsewhere
English playwright Caryl Churchill’s show Cloud Nine finds actors playing multiple rolls, bending genders, hopping time and talking sex. Set first in colonial Africa and later following some of the same characters to London in 1979, Cloud Nine receives its first major New York staging since the early eighties. Cloud Nine Oct. 5-Nov. 1 Atlantic Theater Company Linda Gross Theater 336 W. 20th St., between Eighth and Ninth Avenues
Assorted show times Tickets $65 To purchase tickets, visit atlantictheater.org or call 866-8114111
NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM Longtime film director and screenwriter Joel Schumacher, whose resume includes Batman and Robin, as well as 1980s teen films The Lost Boys and St. Elmo’s Fire, directs Jennifer Haley’s new play at the Flea Theater. Set in a suburban town where even lawn decorations must meet certain specifications, the play explores what happens when teenagers grow addicted to an online game that finds them battling zombies on their own, typically-tranquil streets. Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom Nov. 9-Dec. 21 The Flea Theater 41 White St., near Church Street 7 p.m. Tickets $15-$105 To purchase tickets, visit theflea. org or call 212-226-0051
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LINES WORTH THE WAIT EXHIBITIONS The Frickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rare showing of masterful drawings BY MARY GREGORY
Ask an artist. Often, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather see another artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sketches and drawings than completed paintings or sculptures. Drawings show how deftly one can capture a line, how quick is his or her vision. Color seduces. Line reduces. Drawings are unembellished. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pure. They give a glimpse of what the artist was thinkingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;where his or her head was at. By that criterion, John Constableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head was in the clouds. Through September 13th, the Frick is exhibiting Landscape Drawings, an exhibition culled from its holdings of works on paper. The Frick Collection is known for its superb collection, sought and bought by an extremely discerning and welladvised eye with incredibly deep pockets. Ian Wardropper, director of the Frick said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small collection but, piece for piece, as good as any collection
in the world.â&#x20AC;? The works in this exhibition prove his point. Landscape Drawings includes exquisite pieces by the likes of Titian, Rembrandt, Corot, Whistler and Claude Lorrain (widely known as just Claude, a sure sign he was a big-ticket item, like Michelangelo and Leonardo, Bono, and BeyoncĂŠ). John Constableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two cloud sketches, painted on paper, share a wall and anchor the exhibition. They are part of a series of studies the artist made, painted plein-air, as were most of the works in the show. Constable became famous during his lifetime for big, sprawling visions of the English countryside, stocked with cathedrals and castles, or farmers and cows. But, for many, it is these small oils on paper that shine as his greatest achievement. Constable once commented â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am a man of the clouds.â&#x20AC;? Clouds were his bread and butter; no matter what he was painting, his landscapes are all about the skies. During the summers of 1881 and 1882, he painted dozens, if not hundreds, of observations of clouds, often noting on the reverse the time and
weather. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marvelous to see how the two Cloud Study works in the exhibition break into patches of color up close, but resolve into three dimensional forms from a few feet back. To see true genius, notice how, with the utmost control and a flick of the wrist, Constable dragged his brush through the wet paint downwards, opening one grey cumulus into a fall of rain. A work attributed to Titian (ca. 1488â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1576) depicts a Landscape with a Satyr. With careful lines, a scene from mythology springs to life yet remains anchored in reality, thanks to the precisely portrayed city in the background. Far from precise is Whistlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nocturne, Venice from 1880. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both a whisper and a shout. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all soft tones and hazy details, but those very characteristics caused an uproar. Whistler debuted his Nocturne series just a few years earlier. They were moody, atmospheric interpretations that did not sit well with the public or critics who expected a picture to look like something. In Whistlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nocturnes, one can barely make out details, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the point. He titled many of works â&#x20AC;&#x153;arrangementsâ&#x20AC;? as they were about color and form primarily, and subjects and places
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John Constable (1776 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1837) Cloud Study, ca. 1822 Oil on paper, laid down on board 11 1/2 x 19 inches The Frick Collection, New York Photo: Michael Bodycomb only incidentally. He believed so strongly about the new direction of his workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tiptoeing towards abstraction and modernismâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that he sued Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top art critic for a scathing review and won. Whistlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was a bittersweet victory, since it just about bankrupted him. Because he still had to earn a living, he rarely again produced the hazy, blue-black beauties with suggestions of shapes like the Frickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s piece. Rembrandt was the master of everything he touched. In his paintings, he plied the paint to an almost sculptural level to achieve astonishing
effects of light. It was joked at the time (the 17th century) that one could pick up a Rembrandt portrait by its nose. Landscape with Cottage, Trees, and Stream, from about 1650, shows absolute mastery of another sort. Here, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the economy of line. Trees and shrubs sprout from rapid strokes that convey the sense of foliage, fullness, size and the type of light that hits them. The entire foreground consists of maybe a dozen lines, but brings to life soft banks and a gently ďŹ&#x201A;owing stream (dulled by a grey wash added by some later artist seeking to improve
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 7PM Storefront for Art & Architecture | 97 Kenmare St. | 212-431-5795 | storefrontnews.org Architecture is â&#x20AC;&#x153;the practice of giving form to thought.â&#x20AC;? Thirty architects present 30 thoughts in the form of drawings of the Storefrontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown gallery space. (Free)
Onstage Outlaws: Mae West and Texas Guinan
MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 7PM Jefferson Market Library | 425 Ave. of the Americas | 212-243-4334 | nypl.org Celebrate Mae Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday in the very room where she was sentenced to jail. An illustrated lecture shows off Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prohibition Era New York, as well as digging into her friendship with actress and fellow publicity hound Texas Guinan. (Free)
Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action october ď&#x2122;&#x160;, ď&#x2122;&#x2026;ď&#x2122;&#x192;ď&#x2122;&#x201E;ď&#x2122;&#x2C6; through january ď&#x2122;&#x201E;ď&#x2122;&#x192;, ď&#x2122;&#x2026;ď&#x2122;&#x192;ď&#x2122;&#x201E;ď&#x2122;&#x2030;
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 7PM The Town Hall | 123 W. 43rd St. | 212-997-1003 | ted.com Catch a slate of talks and short ďŹ lms designed to help make sense of the universe, and the possibilities of traveling deeper within it, as part of TEDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst-ever speaker event in Manhattan. ($100)
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on a Rembrandt). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing to see these artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to create something from nothing, as a slip of paper and a few drops of ink become a world. The selections in Landscape Drawings do more than just present beautiful works on paper. Through astute curatorial choices, they also give a short, but solid sense of the progression of art from the Renaissance right up to the edge of Modernism. From Titianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classical scene, through Rembrandtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Baroque vision, to Constable and Claude and Romanticism, we reach all the way to the Whistler that anticipated and informed Impressionism. On a side note, they also make a strong case for the Frickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need for more exhibition space. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tightly installed in The Cabinet Gallery, which is about the size ofâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you guessed itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a cabinet. Works of art on paper are fragile. Many of them spend the majority of their time locked away from light, in regulated environments, rarely making it to gallery walls. It would be a shame to let Rembrandtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stunning village, Titianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s satyr, Constableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clouds or Whistlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nocturne slip back out of sight, unseen.
Andrea del Sarto, Study for the Head of Julius Caesar (detail), ca. 1520, red chalk, ŠThe Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY
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< WAGE HIKE ONLY AFFECTING CERTAIN CHAINS Which food chains will be required to pay employees $15 per hour by 2021, thanks to a proposed increase to the minimum wage for New York fast-food workers? The wage hike would only apply to chains with at least 30 locations, amNY reports. The obvious fast-food
giants, such as McDonalds and Wendy’s, will have to gradually increase their wages until a $15 minimum wage is reached. The current wage is $8.75 an hour and should increase to $10.50 per hour in New York City by the end of the year. Some other city restaurants that
would be required to increase wages are Shake Shack, Rita’s Italian Ice, Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, California Pizza Kitchen, BurgerFi, Domino’s Pizza, Jonny Rockets, 16 Handles and Muscle Maker Grill.
In Brief RENOWNED PHILADELPHIA RESTAURANT TO OPEN NYC LOCATION Known for its breakfast sandwiches and baked goods, High Street is loved by Philadelphia residents and praised by food critics. According to Eater, New Yorkers will be able to get a taste of chefs Ellen Yin’s and Eli Kulp’s casual cooking at High Street on Hudson, slated to open this fall. The restaurant, located at 637 Hudson Street, will have a similar concept to the Philly restaurant. Master baker Alex Bois will join the New York location, baking brown rice baguettes, stuffed pastries and other starchy goods.
ORGANIC GROCERY SET TO OPEN IN WEST VILLAGE AFTER YEAR-LONG WAIT Mrs. Green’s Natural Market, located at 585 Hudson Street, will open on August 19, DNAinfo reported. The two-story market will provide organic and locally-sourced groceries and produce. Highlights of the new store will include a coffee bar with Stumptown coffee and a kombucha-like drink on tap, a juice bar, an extensive cheese section as well as a bakery department that caters to customers with dietary restrictions such as paleo or gluten-free diets. The grocery was expected to open a year ago, but the opening date was delayed due to construction, the company’s CEO Pat Brown told DNAinfo.
SOON YOU CAN BUY A FOUR-FOOT PIZZA Farinella Bakery is set to open this month on Amsterdam Ave, with other locations inn midtown and the Upper East st Side. The bakery provides Italian breads as well as pizza and salads, but is best-known for its four-foot long “palam,” a pizza that’s equivalent to two and a half large pizzas. According to the bakery’s website, each Roman-style giant pizza feeds about five to six people. The restaurant offers both takeout and delivery as well as a seating area for at least a dozen customers, DNAinfo reported.
THE 100-YEAR-OLD LOUNGE SINGER MILESTONE Irving Fields, a ‘neighborhood institution,’ has been belting out classics, in person and on YouTube BY LEJLA SARCEVIC
Most 100-year-olds don’t mark the milestone birthday with a news conference in a piano bar. Then again, Irving Fields isn’t most 100-year-olds.
Fields is one of New York City’s oldest lounge performers and still plays piano four nights a week at Nino’s Tuscany restaurant in Manhattan. Even though he gets around more slowly than he once did, he has no plans to stop playing and recording albums. “I have a brand new one, it’s called `100 Years and Still Tickling the Ivories,’’ he said at Friday’s gathering organized by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Maloney said Fields, whom she
called a neighborhood institution, has “an energetic spirit and zeal for his work.” Fields, best known for an album titled “Bagels and Bongos,” tapped into an interest for Latin music among the Jewish community in the 1950s and still takes request for such signature tunes as “Miami Beach Rhumba.” The centenarian started performing in New York City in the 1920s. Look up his name on YouTube
and you will find a playlist of almost 200 videos of Fields playing music that evokes the feeling of a cocktail party in a sunken lounge room. He said he has sold more than 2 million albums. Propped up on his piano stool by two cushions, Fields blew out the candles on his piano-shaped birthday cake Friday and said, “I can’t believe this, am I in heaven.” His simple advice for staying young at heart: “Love what you do.”
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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS
Reach Manhattan’s Foodies
AUG 3 - 6, 2015 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 Wren
344 Bowery
A
Epistrophy Cafe
200 Mott Street
A
Francisca Pizzeria Bagel Cafe
140 West 4 Street
A
Once Upon A Tart
135 Sullivan St
Grade Pending (19) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared.
Ken’s Asian Taste
40 Bowery
Grade Pending (16) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
Nice One Bakery
47 Bayard Street
Grade Pending (51) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Insufficient or no refrigerated or hot holding equipment to keep potentially hazardous foods at required temperatures.
Nyonya
199 Grand Street
Grade Pending (17) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
Maison Kayser Bakery
355 Greenwich St
A
Pie Pie Q Cafe
24 Bowery
Closed by Health Department (63) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
Thai Son
89 Baxter Street
A
Queen Bakery II
139 Centre Street
A
Vivi Bubble Tea
183 Hester St
A
Crema
111 West 17 Street
A
Socarrat (Paella Bar And Wine Bar)
259 West 19 Street
A
Great Burrito
100 W 23rd St
A
Sne Crepe
58 W 8th St
Not Graded Yet (2)
Hot Sichuan
130 9th Ave
A
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Real Estate Sales Neighborhd
Address
Price
Bed Bath Agent
Downtown Sales Snapshot
Battery Park City
2 South End Avenue
$510,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
Number of contracts signed so far in the second quarter
Battery Park City
2 South End Avenue
$465,000
1
1
Douglas Elliman
$0 - $600k
$600x - $1M
$1M-$2M
$2M-$5M
$5M-$10M
$10M+
Battery Park City
21 South End Avenue
$518,289
STUDIOS
40
35
7
3
1
-
Battery Park City
380 Rector Place
$1,750,000
1 BED
31
86
84
17
-
-
Battery Park City
212 Warren Street
$2,056,865
2 BEDS
-
31
65
94
15
-
Battery Park City
30 West Street
$1,325,000
3+ BEDS
1
2
6
37
33
11
TOWNHOUSE
-
-
-
-
3
1
Battery Park City
2 River Terrace
$2,400,000
Battery Park City
212 Warren Street
$2,347,066
Battery Park City
212 Warren Street
$1,955,040
Battery Park City
212 Warren Street
$2,647,450
Battery Park City
212 Warren Street
$1,985,587
Battery Park City
200 Rector Place
$705,000
Chelsea
234 West 20 Street
$1,960,000
Chelsea
310 West 18 Street
$264,000
Chelsea
140 West 22 Street
$1,475,000
Chelsea
100 West 15 Street
$810,000
2
2
Corcoran
2
2
Corcoran
1
1
Owner
0
1
Halstead Property
1
1
Bellmarc Realty
Median Sales Price STUDIOS
600,000
1 BED
999,000
2 BEDS
1,850,000
3 BEDS
4,100,000
Source: UrbanDigs LLC
Greenwich Village
69 West 9 Street
$560,000
Greenwich Village
100 West 12 Street
$980,000
1
1
Corcoran
0
1
Corcoran
Greenwich Village
250 Mercer Street
$694,000
101 West 12 Street
$627,500 $465,000
0
1
Corcoran
1
1
Halstead Property
3
3
Douglas Elliman
Chelsea
143 West 22 Street
$1,299,000
Greenwich Village
Chelsea
165 West 20 Street
$562,500
Greenwich Village
15 West 12 Street
Chelsea
125 West 21 Street
$2,035,000
Greenwich Village
77 Bleecker Street
$835,000
24 5 Avenue
$441,705
Chelsea
312 West 23 Street
$499,500
Greenwich Village
Chelsea
307 West 20 Street
$570,000
Lower East Side
309 East Houston Street
$701,000
East Village
323 East 8 Street
$525,000
Lower East Side
504 Grand Street
$510,000
East Village
111 East 10 Street
$675,000
Lower East Side
504 Grand Street
$470,000
East Village
254 East 7 Street
$650,000
Lower East Side
46 Rivington Street
$400,000
40 Bond Street
$7,550,000
1
1
Wohlfarth
East Village
125 East 4 Street
$870,000
Noho
East Village
400 East 14 Street
$1
Soho
151 Wooster Street
$6,100,000
Financial District
21-23 South William Street
$775,000
Soho
19 Greene Street
$2,800,000
Financial District
88 Greenwich Street
$717,000
Soho
246 Spring Street
$102,322,321
Financial District
15 William Street
$2,082,321
Soho
242 Lafayette Street
$2,480,333
31 Greene Street
$5,200,000
2
2
Douglas Elliman
Financial District
15 William Street
$1,776,846
Soho
Financial District
15 William Street
$1,257,538
Tribeca
14 Jay Street
$2,975,000
Financial District
15 William Street
$2,016,135
Tribeca
9 North Moore Street
$2,900,000
Financial District
20 Pine Street
$1,125,000
Tribeca
88 Laight Street
$3,925,000
Financial District
40 Broad Street
$2,985,000
Tribeca
295 Greenwich Street
$1,977,250
Tribeca
295 Greenwich Street
$600,000
Financial District
80 John Street
$1,830,000
3
2
Town Residential
Flatiron
240 Park Avenue South
$3,780,000
Tribeca
422 Greenwich Street
$5,200,000
Flatiron
35 West 15 Street
$2,267,606
Tribeca
39 Vestry Street
$3,875,000
3
2
Stribling
Flatiron
69 5 Avenue
$1,985,587
West Chelsea
434 West 23 Street
$1,950,000
2
1
Core
West Chelsea
445 West 19 Street
$1,809,600
1
1
Sotheby's International Realty
Fulton/Seaport
99 John Street
$826,375
Gramercy Park
145 East 15 Street
$2,160,000
3
2
Sotheby's International Realty
West Village
122 Greenwich Avenue
$3,575,000
Gramercy Park
18 Gramercy Park South
$7,500,000
2
3
Zeckendorf Marketing
West Village
822 Greenwich Street
$1,320,000
Gramercy Park
340 East 23Rd Street
$690,000
0
1
Douglas Elliman
West Village
167 Perry Street
$1,100,000
22 Perry Street
$1,675,000
Gramercy Park
305 2 Avenue
$1,680,112
West Village
Greenwich Village
29 East 10 Street
$3,250,000
West Village
344 West 11Th Street
$475,000
Greenwich Village
20 East 9 Street
$2,950,000
West Village
146-156 Bank Street
$1,215,000
Greenwich Village
101 West 12 Street
$670,000
Greenwich Village
54 East 11 Street
$4,200,000
Greenwich Village
45 5 Avenue
$999,999
0
1
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A BACK-TO-SCHOOL HEALTH CHECKLIST HEALTH Time to look at everything from shot records to bus routes Summer fun is almost over for millions American students. It’s time to put away the swimsuits, dust off the book bags and head back to school soon. To ensure that students of all ages go to class in the best possible health, the nation’s emergency physicians advise parents and guardians to do a little homework of their own and go through a back-to-school health check list. “Nothing is more important than making sure your child’s health is in check,” said Dr. Michael Gerardi, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians. “Make sure all of the necessary forms and information are organized and easily available to those who need it.” •Organize your child’s medical history records and emergency medical contact information. Provide copies of this information to your child’s school and any day care providers with instructions to take it with them to the emergency department if your child is sick or injured. The form should include information related to prescription medications, medical problems, or previous surgeries as well as pertinent family history and emergency contacts. Free forms can be downloaded on the EmergencyCareForYou website. An emergency information form is also available for children with special needs. Complete a consentto-treat form and give copies to the
school nurse and any day care providers to keep in your child’s record and to take with them if your child should need to go to the emergency department. The form will allow caregivers to authorize medical treatment. •Coordinate with the school nurse and your child’s physician to develop action plans for any health issues, such as asthma or food allergies. Communicate these plans to all appropriate care givers. •Schedule medical and dental checkups before school starts. Some children will need immunizations. Consider vision and hearing tests, since impairment can adversely affect learning. Consider a sports check-up if your child will be playing in sports. •Review and do a dry run with your child of his or her route to school, explaining potential hazards along the way. If your child walks to school, make sure he or she understands potential traffic dangers. •If your child takes the bus, establish a safe, visible pick up/drop off spot, preferably with a group of children and in an area where they can be clearly seen by adults. If your child drives to school, make sure he or she obeys all laws and wear seatbelts. •Make sure your children know how to telephone for help. Post emergency contact numbers by every telephone in your home. Have them practice how to call 911or the local emergency number and give their names address and a brief description of the problem. •Develop a family emergency plan in case something happens on the way to (or from) and while at school. Be aware of the emergency and evacuation plans for your children’s schools.
SECOND-AVENUE SINATRA GOES MISSING Ironworker-turned-crooner hasn’t been seen since the end of July BY JENNIFER PELTZ
He was the velvet voice in the hard hat, a karaoke-loving ironworker whose serenades from a subway construction site briefly became a sliceof-life sensation. Four years after his brush with fame, the “Second Avenue Sinatra” is being sought after for a darker reason: He’s been missing since he left his house shortly after midnight July 28. Police and relatives have been searching for Gary Russo, whose construction-site stage lent a new twist to the “if I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere” message of “New York, New York,” a song he covered. But the limelight faded somewhat over the years, and although Russo has continued performing, a close friend says he recently seemed at a loss about where to concentrate the creative energy he has credited with changing his life. “It was only when I set out to do what I loved -- singing for others ... that I really found what I was looking for. Myself,” Russo wrote in a 2012 self-help book he co-authored with a
psychologist cousin. Now it’s Russo’s family and friends who are desperate to find the 54-year-old, divorced father of two. They’ve plastered fliers and scoured his coastal Queens neighborhood, Howard Beach. His longtime employer, Omaha, Nebraska-based Kiewit Corp., has been spreading word among workers in hopes they can help locate the foreman, spokesman Bob Kula said. Police have checked hospitals, rooftops, rivers, subway tunnels and Russo’s frequent haunts and job sites. Russo’s car was found, empty, near a stretch of reeds in Howard Beach on Monday, said Rich Belziti, a longtime friend involved in the search. A member of Ironworkers Local 40 since 1997, Russo was helping build the future Second Avenue subway under Manhattan’s Upper East Side in late July 2011 when he decided to use his lunch breaks to try something he yearned to do: sing in public. With a karaoke machine and a handlettered sign inviting local residents to forget about construction noise and enjoy the music, he started crooning such tunes as “Mack the Knife” and “Sweet Caroline.” Bystanders danced. Co-workers
started singing backup. And a local resident’s online video of Russo singing the Sinatra hit “Summer Wind” drew media attention and more than 1 million views. Within weeks, Russo was featured on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” was declared “The Best New Thing in the World Today” by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. He performed at the storied Blue Note jazz club and was asked to sing “New York, New York” at the start of the New York City Marathon. “This was a dream realized,” said friend Dan Guarino, president of the Rockaway Artists Alliance in Queens. But Russo’s job-site shows proved short-lived: He was transferred to another location after about a month and said the act didn’t fit in there. The crush of calls from TV networks slowed, though Russo has continued to sing at the marathon, appears periodically in other venues and makes motivational speeches. Lately, he’s been renovating a houseboat and working on a host of creative projects, including a play about his life, says Apryl Nebozenko, a friend who performs with him. But Russo seemed uncharacteristically down and drained at a gathering at her home July 12, saying he “didn’t know how to focus his energy,” she recalls. She urged him to read some inspirational books, and he seemed more upbeat when they spoke about a week later, she said. “He really wanted to please everybody, and I think he just got burned out,” she said. “I, personally, think he’s out there and just needs to check out for a while.”
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BACK IN THE SADDLE IN CENTRAL PARK Brianne Goutal on growing up in Manhattan and becoming a professional horseback rider BY ANGELA BARBUTI
“As a kid, it was my dream to ride my pony in the park,” professional equestrian Brianne Goutal said. The 28-yearold gets to fulfill that childhood fantasy at the Rolex Central Park Horse Show that runs from September 23 to 27. Although she admits she may be a bit biased, the native Upper East Sider, who, in 2005, became the only person to win all four junior equitation championships, holds this event closest to her heart. “I have to say, I have competed all over the world ... and in my opinion, the show in Central Park is, bar none, the most amazing competition I have ever seen.”
How did you get into riding? We used to have a house in Watermill when I was a kid. And out there, right on (Route) 27, is a farmers market called The Green Thumb. I don’t know if they have them anymore, but they used to have two ponies tied to a fence. When the parents were shopping, the kids could get walked in a circle with the ponies. I used to go there all the time with my mom, and one day, discovered I could go around in a circle with a pony and once I did that, there was no turning back. I was obsessed and was torturing her to put me in pony camp. Normally they have two sessions, a morning and an afternoon. I went so crazy that I insisted on doing both. [Laughs] So I would go in the morning, and then my mom would come and bring me lunch and I would stay for the afternoon session.
You grew up on the Upper East Side. Did you have any friends from the city who were also involved in the sport? A lot, actually. I went to Chatham and then I switched in seventh grade to the Professional Children’s School because my riding commitments just got really crazy. Even when I was at Chatham, I had at least five friends who were doing something similar. And by the time I switched to PCS, those friends remained. There weren’t that many riders at PCS, but two or three older riders. But yeah, there were a ton of kids in the city. For sure, it wasn’t a very common thing, but there were plenty.
How many horses do you own? Now I run my own business and we
have about 42 horses under management. I compete probably eight. We stable them at Sam Edelman’s farm in Sherman, Connecticut. He has a very long rapport with show jumping. He has a ton of experience and is the number one horse dealer in America, actually. He has this amazing facility which is an hour and a half from New York. I just started working with him three months ago and I’m super excited about it.
You went to Brown University. How did you balance school with riding? You know, I think I got used to learning how to juggle school with my riding commitments, really starting from the beginning, in second or third grade. The PCS atmosphere is basically a collegiate one, but in high school. It was an amazing preparatory program for college. Brown is very liberal and was a wonderful experience for me. I was able to organize my classes. First semester, I took one extra, so I took five instead of four. And I was able to take one less second semester because I was flying back and forth to Florida. Even when I was taking five, I was always able to keep my classes in the beginning of the week, so I was done by Thursday. Then when I went down to Florida, things got really crazy, so I took all three classes on Monday and Tuesday. So I would fly into Providence on Monday morning and fly out of Boston on Tuesday night. It was insane.
Tell us about the competition that’s coming up in Central Park. How is it different from other ones you compete in? Maybe I’m biased because I’m from the city ... The location for one, for New Yorkers, specifically, is great. Most people on the Upper East Side just walk. My boyfriend works on 57th Street; he comes from the office. You finish up around 9:30, you walk over to Nobu. It’s just unbelievable. The stabling is a
little far from m the ring, so you have to actually get et on your horse. They clock it as a fourminute walk. k. And at that point, t, you get on your horse and you’re literally iterally riding through gh Central Park. It’s the coolest thing ever. r. For us, we always talk about bout the conditions for the he horses. And they do such a good job getting the horses in and out of the show. The jumps that hat they provide at the show are beautiful. autiful. The backdrop is like a fairytale. le.
Do you have any ny funny stories from you career? A lot of mishaps. shaps. [Laughs] We fly internationally y now with all the horses. So let’s say we e go to Florida for the winter, and then decide to go to Europe for the summer. Each horse already weighs almost 2,000 0 pounds. But with each horse, also comes omes probably 500 pounds of equipment. nt. So with the amount of stuff we have e to ship, we may as well run the U.S. Army. Nothing ever goes smoothly. You ou think it goes smoothly and last minute, ute, something doesn’t arrive.
Our paper did a cover story on the banning es in Central Park. What’s of carriage rides your opinion onn that? I’m really anti-carriages. nti-carriages. Historically, I think that they are part of New York City. I’m totally lly sympathetic to the reason people want them. But at the end of the day, the he major problem is we’re just not equipped pped to have horses in New York City or at least the way they’re being handled right now. It’s just not acceptable. Thee living and working conditions for them hem are just atrocious. It’s dangerous; it’s t’s dirty; it’s stressful; it’s cruel. I mean,, I could go on. I do sympathize with the he fact that, in our minds, it’s a utopian n thing to ride a carriage around the park. ark. But, at the end, I don’t even think it’ss that pleasant because it’s so dirty. They y smell and the carriages are not well maintained. I don’t know, but to me, the he drivers don’t seem so proud either.. I’m really not sure what the appeal is other than a lack of desire to let go of the e past. For informationn on the Central Park Horse Show, visit cphs.coth.com s.coth.com
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