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CENTURY-OLD SECRETS ON 71ST STREET HISTORY Sokol has housed everything from Olmpic defectors to Lou Reed BY JOSHUA COPPERMAN

Hidden away on East 71st Street near York Avenue is a place where Czech immigration, gymnastics, Puccini, and the Velvet Underground all intersect. At first glance, Sokol New York might just resemble another fitness club, and the children’s tae-kwon-do classes on the bottom level would do nothing to

disprove that theory. How then to explain the pictures lining the walls of famous Czech Olympians or the Times article declaring 420 East 71st street “A 2-Story Survivor Amid Upper East Side High-Rises?” The original Czech Sokol organization started in 1862, in Prague. St Louis, Missouri got a Sokol in 1865, and New York’s would open in 1867 before moving to its current building in 1896 -- marking its 120th anniversary. The organization attracted Czech immigrants from around the neighborhood, including many who worked at cigar factories throughout the city. Kids who

attended spoke Czech. Eventually, the Czechs moved out, as assimilation changed the face of the neighborhood. “As the immigrants became more successful, they wanted to move to suburbia, [and] they wanted the American Dream,” said Ed Chandla, president of the Sokol library. “The neighborhood was no longer 40,000, 50,000 Czechs and Slovaks, but rather, a dwindling number of old timers, people that were comfortable enough to stay here and had good jobs.” Chlanda’s own family did the same - they “moved to a suburb called Astoria”. Members of this Sokol in-

cluded several Olympians, including the late gymnast Marie Provaznikova, who defected during the Olympics and immigrated to the United States, becoming president of Sokol New York and teaching gymnastics for most of her life. Several Czech Sokol members also went on to fight in both world wars (the list of people is tucked away on a plaque towards the edge of the gym). When looking at the plaque, Chlanda describes one man who met his wife at one of the socials before joining the Air Force in Scotland. Tragically,

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Chapter 15

BY ESTHER COHEN

Previously: A man whose name may have been Alyosha (could it have been a stage name? He was a dancer.) vanished. A group of tenants on the Upper West Side decided to try and ďŹ nd him. They went to his empty apartment, where they met with his handsome super, a man named Anibal. They stood around the refrigerator, the group of them. Alyosha’s apartment did not look lived in. It had a temporary quality, the opposite of cozy. Nothing seemed well-used. The room was too grey, and too white. No plants, no books, no comfortable chair or couch. All he had in the refrigerator was a single Budweiser, in a can. Not even an old apple. No real clues to who he was. Not really. Pin Ball did a reading out loud of the letter in question. Although his was more a drag queen identity, of the old

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it’s an international number. He said I just remembered that now.â€? “Israel,â€? said Mrs. Israel, and she laughed, something she did not do often. “You may not believe this,â€? she announced to the room, “but I’ve never been there. My husband either,â€? she added. “Turkoff is my maiden name, by the way.â€? “Noted,â€? said Charles, who brought a yellow pad of his own to his ďŹ rst detective outing. He liked the idea that detectives had yellow pads. “I’m worried,â€? said Naomi, who

worried all too often, “that we are losing sight of our goal. To ďŹ nd Alyosha. How many people think he answered this insane letter, that he actually fell for what has to be a scam?â€? “I would,â€? said Eve. “I’m not sure it’s so crazy. There’s always a chance it can happen. Why not? Are we all so cynical?â€? she asked. “Do you actually think that?â€? asked Charles. “This can’t be a real letter.â€? Richard and Richard both looked annoyed. “He was amused by the letter,â€? said Richard Number one, “that’s all.â€? Naomi put her hands in front of her mouth – an imaginary megaphone. “Ladies And Gentlemen and Everyone Else,â€? she said. The emptyish studio echoed. “Let’s actually do something. Let’s go to Anibal’s apartment on the second oor and call the number. Maybe Alyosha himself will answer. Our search will be over.â€? “Why would he have walked away?â€? asked Charles. “Just like that? There’s got to be a reason.â€? “If we call maybe he’ll tell us,â€? Naomi said. “My phone is your phone,â€? Anibal said, and they all walked down the stairs in single ďŹ le.

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fashioned variety, he loved sequins in all colors especially silver, they reminded him of ďŹ sh scales, even on his supermarket forays, he wore something sequined. He’d sewed them onto his Converse hightops. Pin Ball’s voice, however, was otherwise. Loud and authoritative. Pin Ball knew how to emote. “Dear Good Friend Sir,â€? he boomed. By the time he got to the conclusion, he’d morphed into Maria Callas, singing out loud: “Yours In Hope, In God, In Good Will, and In Eternal Friendship, Yoruba Edo EďŹ k, Jr. Jr.â€? Every single person clapped. It was Anibal who brought them all back into focus. Practical Anibal, who could mend broken pipes, paint and plaster, who knew how to lay down tiles and ďŹ x the plumbing.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

POLICE SEARCHING FOR MAN WHO POSED AS UBER DRIVER Police in New York City say a man posing as a driver for a ride-hailing service threatened to shoot and sexually assault a woman who mistakenly got into his car and also robbed her. Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect in the May 15 incident. Police say the woman got into a car that she thought was an Uber ride in Manhattan. Then she noticed they’d passed her exit. The suspect demanded money and threatened her. Police say the woman handed over an iPhone, wallet, $20, a debit card, a MetroCard, a jacket and a pair of gold earrings. She was able to escape unharmed when he stopped at a red light. Police have released a sketch of the suspect.

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find no lock when they return to their looted lockers; this time a victim found a new lock. At 3 p.m. on May 28, a 25-year-old man returned to his locker in the New York Sports Club at 23 West 73rd St. only to find a different lock on his locker. When he did manage to get inside the locker, his driver’s license, credit cards and $34 in cash were missing.

CIAO, CHOPPER Ducati owners love their motorcycles; thieves do too. At 10:30 a.m. on May 28, a 29-year-old man parked his two-

wheeler in front of 234 West End Ave. When he returned two hours later, his vehicle had vanished. The bike is valued at $12,000.

HARD KNOCKS AT EQUINOX At 2 p.m. on May 15, a 49-yearold man returned to his locker in the Equinox club at 160 Columbus Ave. and discovered that some $1,381 worth of belongings had been taken from his locker. The unknown thief was apparently proficient at picking locks, as the victim’s lock was still intact and locked after the robbery.

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Even those seeking spiritual enlightenment are too often confronted with harsh realities. At 6 p.m. on Monday, May 23, a 38-year-old man returned to his unlocked locker in the Bikram Yoga studio at 143 West 72nd St. to discover that his wallet containing three credit cards was missing. Fate did smile upon him however, as no unauthorized charges had turned up on the cards at the time of the police report.

An open car trunk is an invitation to street thieves. At 10:30 a.m. on May 15, a 55-year-old woman left her car trunk open outside 239 West 72nd St. as she was unloading her belongings. In the brief period of time during which the car was unattended, an unknown perpetrator made off with the woman’s designer boots, clothing and other goods worth a total of $2,161.

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A FAMILY REUNION, TAILS WAGGING NEWS Animal rescue dogs reignited with their siblings BY MICKEY KRAMER

This past Sunday morning, Bentley Keelan-Pelligrino was reunited with his brother Linus Slater, each of whom came to New York City via Puerto Rico, but were adopted out to separate families. The happy reunion took place on West 73rd Street at Camp Canine: Bentley and Linus are Beagle-Chihuahua mixes, rescued by Animal Lighthouse Rescue (ALR). Bentley, named for his one bent ear, and clad in a neck tie (“for special occasions only”) was adopted almost a year ago by Victoria Keelan and Louis Pelligrino. “He’s been amazing,” Keelan said. “We meant to only foster him, but after only two days, we fell in love and adopted him.” Laura Slater became Linus’ forever guardian also a year ago. “He has brought joy to our lives,” she says. About four years ago, Julie Sinaw was inspired to start ALR after seeing “stacks and stacks” of dogs at Puerto Rico’s only no-kill shelter paired with the knowledge that some 200,000 strays known as satos (slang for “stray” in Puerto Rico) roam free. “Puerto Rico

Tania Isenstein and her Animal Lighthouse Rescue, Nacho has a 95 to 98 percent kill rate in its municipal shelters, and I thought, ‘What if I just take one dog home?’” Following a quick adoption, her next trip returned two dogs, and ALR grew from there. Mello, a Black Labrador –Pit bull-boxer-mix, who spent much of the morning running up and down the doggie play ramp, was adopted by Allie Ceccola and Kevin Migliore in December. “I would not change it for the world… It’s always great

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coming home as he’s always so happy to see us,” Migliore says. Tania Isenstein has owned and operated Camp Canine, a dog boarding, daycare, and grooming spot, since 2012. Calling the dogs rescued from Puerto Rico, “the sweetest,” Isenstein and Camp Canine have fostered, cared for, and socialized over 100 dogs who are now in loving homes in the New York area. Isenstein, herself, adopted three-year-old Nacho about 18 months ago. “I

wasn’t intending to adopt, but fell in love,” she recalls of her furry friend who was picked up as a stray in a parking lot in Puerto Rico. Jay Stein came to the reunion with his four-year-old ALRadopted dog, Tamale. Stein is a rabbi in Westchester, and takes his dog to the synagogue almost every day. “The congregation loves her and on the rare day she’s not with me, everyone asks, ‘Where’s Tamale?’” A pair of black lab-mix brothers, Finn and Ajax, happily reunited for the second time since each found permanent families in Jersey City and Murry Hill, respectively. Amy Deipolyi brings Ajax “everywhere” and calls herself a “crazy dog lady.” Along with the morning dog-friendly party, there was also a human-centric nighttime event that featured a silent auction. The auction and morning raffle helped raise about $25,000 for ALR. Isenstein considered her first reunion party a success and hopes to make it an annual event “for fun and to raise awareness and funds.” Sinaw could barely contain her emotions after seeing well over 40 of her dogs at the morning reunion party, “I’ve cried three times already,” she said. “All of these dogs were just a few days from death and now they are all happy.”

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SOKOL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 his bomber plane crashed while on the way to meet his wife in London, who was working in the Czech embassy. Music has also been central to Sokol New York’s culture. (Maybe the Sokol culture in general too; there’s a Sokol building in Nebraska with a music venue underneath.) Lou Reed performed several concerts here with his band, art-rock legends the Velvet Underground, in 1967. Andy Warhol wrote in the book POPism that “The Gymnasium was the ultimate 60s place for me, because we left it exactly as it was with the mats, the parallel bars, weights straps and barbells... When you look again at something you’ve always taken for granted, you see it fresh, and it’s a good Pop experience.” While there have not been as many concerts since -- an attempt to do a tribute concert fell through when Reed passed away in 2013 -- the concert here remains a famous moment for

both the band and the Sokol building. It remains one even now; a 2014 reissue of VU’s album White Light/White Heat included an official recording of a gymnasium performance after years of bootlegs circulating. For a short period of time, Sokol would house a discotheque on weekends. A rival disco, fearing competition, firebombed and seriously damaged the gymnasium in 1971, leaving burn marks that remain on the gym floor today. For many years, as “nobody ever has enough insurance after a fire,” the gym was stuck with a cheap renovation, with everything covered up in plywood. Finally, in 2011, Chlanda stepped in for a restoration, making it resemble the old pre-firebombed state as much as possible. Today, it’s difficult to tell the gym was once a disco, or indeed, once housed everyone from Olympians to operas to cult heroes. But taking a moment to look around shows how long the history is, and the miracle that it stays standing.

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Most of the roughly 50 people in the audience at a Board of Standards and Appeals meeting last Thursday were there to protest the conversion of their church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, into luxury condominiums. Some wore t-shirts with the church’s slogan “New Beginnings.â€? And, in a rare outcome for cases like this, a new beginning is exactly what the church, at 361 Central Park West, was granted. The board rejected by a vote of 3-1, with one recusal, the proposal for Joseph Brunner’s North Development Group to expand and build 34 units in the church, which was built by CarrĂŠre and Hastings in 1903 and landmarked in 1974. “We’ve seen several iterations that have done nothing but shifted ‌ that revenue around, shifted the costs around,â€? Commissioner Dara Ottley-Brown told the developers at the meeting. “It’s very hard to ďŹ nd credibility in a new set of numbers.â€? Ultimately, the board did not ďŹ nd the new analysis, which was the third time this year the developers had pleaded their case before the board, credible. Several changes were made to this presentation compared to the others, including an updated estimate that the cost of the appliances in each unit would be closer to $35,000 rather than $10,000. The developers also reduced the number of units from 39 to 34. “I get it, we’ve been through several hearings,â€? said Mitch Korbey, North Development Group’s attorney. “This is an extraordinary project ‌ and something I think is the right thing to do.â€? Korbey cited the original approval of the Landmarks Preservation Commission as a recommending factor, though it was also rejected by the Department of Buildings around the same time. Ottley-Brown took the lead in questioning the developers, whom she said had not made an effort to market the units, as is usually done with luxury condos long before they are completed. After the commissioners were ďŹ nished, at least 20 members of the public lined up to voice their opposition, with only one speaker expressing approval for the project. Representatives from City Council Member Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, the Central Park West Neighborhood Association and Landmark West were just a few of those to speak.

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Terry Starks, a former pastor at the First Church of Christ, Scientist was received especially warmly and ended his three minutes to considerable applause. “If you give me two to three years, you wouldn’t have room enough to put me,â€? Starks said, pledging to ďŹ ll the church to capacity. “We’re not looking at numbers, we’ve looking at lives ‌ I’m asking you to give me an opportunity to restore that church back to its community. This will be one of the greatest decisions you ever made. I promise you.â€? Several members of his former congregation also testiďŹ ed to their church’s signiďŹ cance in their lives. What happens next with the church is uncertain, as its funding situation remains to be seen. At the meeting, attorney Michael Hiller alluded to two parties that had expressed interest in rehabilitating the property, one of which may have been fended off by the developers. Options for the church may include a children’s museum or event space that would allow the congregation to continue holding services there. “I’m thrilled,â€? Hiller said. “The decision safeguards landmarks in the city of New York for at least another generation. This was the single most important decision and variance application in the last decade or longer, because had the developers prevailed ‌ every landmark building would have become a target.â€?

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NATURE, AND CULTURE, FROM CENTRAL PARK OP-ED BY MELITTA ANDERMAN

Is there anything more enchanting than strolling in Central Park on a spring day? Blue sky, gentle breezes, green leaves fluttering overhead and a beguiling Belgian waffle in your hand, ready to be devoured. It was all that for me last week, plus the knowledge of living in the midst of unlimited culture. I sat on my bench daydreaming and counting the places I could visit without leaving the area. Without question there is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of the City of New York, the Guggenheim Museum. the Museum of Natural History and the Jewish Museum. But who knows about the New York Society Library at 53 E. 79th Street? A privately owned entity that is barely discernable as you pass, disguised as a classy apartment building. You have to be a member to take out books, but they welcome strangers who just want to browse in their reference room. Their discussion groups are also open

to the public for a fee. At one time I requested a tour of their fiction section and I was taken to another floor where these books were stored. I saw racks and racks of books of just the beginning of the alphabet and the rest were stored on upper floors. Nothing would have given me greater pleasure than to spend the whole day groping my way among the aisles looking for books I read years ago. But the librarian’s eyes were watching to make sure I didn’t get too attached to any book. A wonderful quiet retreat where you can sit, think and of course, read. The Albertine Book Store at 972 Fifth Ave. is under the umbrella of the French Consulate located in the imposing Payne Whitney mansion. Their collection of French and English books is diversified and there is something there for every taste. Don’t expect to find “Fifty Shades of Gray” lurking on the tables or shelves but you may be surprised at what you do find. As you wind your way up a little circular staircase you enter a small, cosy area of tables and chairs. Here there are programs for children in French and English. But you could well be alone

The view from Belvedere Tower. Photo by Alexi Ueltzen via flickr appreciating the solitude as you look out the window at the adjacent backyard. At the Albertine there are numerous lectures, displays all through the year and if you register at the front desk you will be emailed information about future programs. All for free. It’s time to visit our public library on 79th Street between Second and Third

avenues. The library is in an old mansion which definitely has seen better days. Every time I walk up the crumbling steps and open the beleaguered wooden door I can’t help wondering why the city is unable to make these repairs to take away the unkempt and uncared for look of this imposing structure. There is a very alert staff inside but a number of users leave a

lot to be desired. It’s unfortunate that these public places are homes for the strays walking around our city who use these facilities for nesting spots. The library’s location makes it accessible to the neighborhood and I find myself very often just taking a peek to see what’s new and picking up requested books. To log into their website requires technical maneuvers I didn’t know I had and I wonder who dreams up these steps. Do I have to use a dictionary to understand the instructions? When you went to pick up a book, in the past, you went to a shelf and looked under your last name. Now, you go to a shelf that has the last four digits of your code number. I know my last name but I can’t remember the last four digits. But the public library is still a wonderful free option into worlds of knowledge and pleasures for everyone who qualifies for a user card. The afternoon in the park is slowly winding down and before I depart I go to the Belvedere Tower, climb the steps, lean on the parapet and gaze at the wondrous sights of our town, New York City.

WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THE SUBWAY? STREET LEVEL There’s light at the end of the tunnel BY BILL GUNLOCKE

We think we don’t want to be on the subway. I’d rather be on the local than the express when I’m not in a hurry. There’s way more to see in the subway car than there is in my apartment, unless you think TV is better than the lighting and the faces and the clothing styles on the subway car. I like to see what people are reading. In Washington a few weeks ago, I couldn’t figure out how to buy a Metro ticket from their big machines. I went over to the information window and told that to the woman in the booth in a uniform and she came out from her office and pushed the buttons for me. It cost me more than $11 to ride out just past the Bethesda Naval Hospital and

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back. In a magazine article with the right photos and lighting, they could make the Metro look like something we should have here. I didn’t like it at all. No interior list of stops. No easy signs out the window when you’re pulling into a station. Terrible, hard-to-hear voice telling what stop you’re at. You had no idea. I like the way the machines here take your card when you hit the refill button. Not everything about the system is that quick. Why is there always a Shake Shack-long line downstairs at Grand Central to get subway information? It’s mostly tourists who just got into town. That’s their first impression. In the summer it’s insanely long. You seldom see anyone reading the ‘Times’ or the ‘Daily News’ or the ‘Post’ on the trains. Walker Evans did a great book, ‘Many Are Called ‘ of photographs of people on the subway in the Depression years. He hid his camera in his overcoat, lens Vice President/CFO Otilia Bertolotti Vice President/CRO Vincent A. Gardino advertising@strausnews.com

hardly peeking out. You could put it on hold at the library. It’s worth looking at, those black and white photos that you stare at. I pretend I’m looking at my iPhone for another song to play. I snap a photo instead. A lot of people do that, I’m sure. I would never listen to music on the train. Too much other good stuff going on. Sometimes the 6 train goes express form Bleecker Street to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall. Some of the older Asian people can’t understand English and miss the announcement that the train won’t be stopping at Canal Street. Here’s how Don DeLillo’s legendary novel, ‘Libra’ about Lee Harvey Oswald, begins with Oswald on the subway: “This was the year he rode the subway to the ends of the city, two hundred miles of track. He liked to stand at the front of the first car, hands flat against the glass. The train smashed though the dark. People stood on lo-

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cal platforms staring nowhere, a look they’d been practicing for years. He kind of wondered, speeding past, who they really were. His body fluttered in the fastest stretches. They went so fast sometimes he thought they were on the verge of no-control. The noise was pitched to a level of pain he absorbed as a personal test. Another crazy-ass curve. There was so much iron in the sound of those curves he could almost taste it, like a toy you put in your mouth when you were little.” I see some of the same people every day on the train. You see some kids go from being there with a parent or a nanny to going by themselves. When my son first started to take the subway, my husband and I used to follow him to make sure he was all right, and then we had to stop following him and let him do it by himself. -Julianne Moore

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I read a book on the train. I keep it in my backpack. I don’t read it at home. Just on the train. Best book I read on the train was ‘The Snow Leopard’ by Peter Matthiessen. So good I read it twice on the train. I love the comfort of daily life’s routines: things like being able to read a paper on the subway. It’s no accident that my favorite word is ‘quotidian.’ -Elizabeth Strout I find crossing the threshold to get on the train exciting and unpredictable. It’s really a concentration of the city. Runners heading to Central Park. Students heading to Hunter College. Couples with tickets to a concert at Carnegie Hall. European tourists with scarves on and good haircuts. None of that is going on in my apartment. I feel most like a New Yorker on the train. I feel lucky. I like that.

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ON BIKE LANES AND GRANDCHILDREN GRAYING NEW YORK BY MARCIA EPSTEIN

Aging in Place has become the preferred option for those of us heading towards the years when help may be needed for basic functioning. I know people who have had their apartments set up for possible live-in help, such as reďŹ tting a bathroom for a wheelchair or turning a den into an extra bedroom. Most of us hope to stay in our own apartments, as I certainly do. My women’s group at the JCC has been doing another kind of Aging in Place. We are the longest running senior group there, and many of the original members, as well as other long-timers, are still alive and kicking. (Well, maybe not kicking. Sprightly as we were eight years ago, several now have canes or walkers, and others are dealing with bad knees, shoulders, backs and various other body parts.) Every Thursday we come together to share our joys and our woes, and it’s such a feeling of comfort to know that we will be supported in our feelings and concerns. As one member said, “Another birthday, another body part goes.â€? But we soldier on, helping each other and sometimes just listening.

Without my group, I would feel adrift. Right now, I have a sturdy boat and I certainly hope we stay aoat for many more years. Speaking of my group, they have asked me to bring two matters to public attention. One is a thank you to the MTA for making buses walker and wheelchair accessible. My friends who need such transportation amenities speak of the courtesy of the drivers and the fact that this accessibility makes it possible for them to navigate the city in a way not before possible. They also asked me to speak about bikers who don’t obey the bike lane rules, who ride the wrong way, too fast, or just too inconsiderately. Some have had near misses which frightened them badly. Also mentioned were children on scooters and parents or caretakers who aren’t paying attention. Children are by nature selfcentered and it’s the caretaker who must be watchful, especially for the elderly. Actually, I believe these kids belong in the park, not on the streets. Seniors can be the invisible denizens of a neighborhood and also the most vulnerable. Let’s give them some thought, folks. In one column I discussed the sadness of difficult parent/adult child relationships. There’s another kind

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Photo by Marco via ickr of sadness that comes with adult children moving far away and the difficulties of seeing them and grandchildren as we age. I volunteer as a lunchtime English conversation partner at The Riverside Language School, and over the years I’ve learned that in many countries, children are expected (and seem to want to) stay much more connected to their parents than in

America. Many of the students have come here to care for aging parents who came before. Some bring parents with them as they seek a better life. American children have been raised to be independent, to y away whenever they choose. It’s part of American individualism for one’s children to have the choice to do that, but something is lost also. Even if there is no fam-

ily rift, traveling as we become older sometimes is difficult or not possible, and our children and their families may have busy lives elsewhere. That’s the tradeoff we Americans have made. Those of us with families nearby count ourselves lucky, and even then, contact can be less than optimal because everyone is so busy working and raising these independent-minded children that even if they live relatively close by, contact can be minimal. Finally, I am angry enough about robocalling that I could burst. It’s bad enough during the day, but I received two calls from India “about your computerâ€? and “about your electric billâ€? from “Daveâ€? and “Anna.â€? One call came at 10:30 at night, which sent me ying to the phone in case it was one of my daughters. I was furious and I let poor “Annaâ€? have it. The other call came at 8:00 a.m. I was half asleep and just slammed the phone down, which is what I usually do. One time I said, “Oh, you know about my computer all the way from India?â€? Look, I know these people need the job, I feel sorry for them, but for us, these constant calls are nothing but a nuisance. The Do Not Call list is useless. If anyone knows another way to stop this harassment, I’d sure like to know. Happy Summer. It’s ďŹ nally here.

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92nd Street Y, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street 8:15 p.m. From $40 See Boston Globe “Spotlight� journalists Ben Bradlee Jr. and Mike Rezendes, with their book “Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church.� 212-415-5500. www.92y. org/Event/The-SpotlightInvestigation

CONVERSATION WITH A CONSERVATOR Met Fifth Avenue, Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street 11–11:30 a.m. Free with museum admission Jean-François de LapĂŠrouse, conservator with the Department of Objects Conservation, discusses “Cylinder Seal: ScorpionMan and Bull-Man Attacking Kneeling Nude Male.â€? 212-535-7710. www. metmuseum.org/

Guggenheim Museum, Fifth Avenue and 89th Street 11 a.m. Free with museum admission. This ďŹ lm program includes documentaries on LĂĄszlĂł Moholy-Nagy and the Bauhaus, selections of abstract cinema, modern interpretations of Moholy-Nagy’s scenarios for “Dynamic of the Metropolis,â€? and works by contemporary ďŹ lmmakers inspired by the artist. 212-423-3500. www. guggenheim.org/

THEL WITH SPECIAL GUEST FLUTRONIX Met Fifth Avenue, Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street 5-8 p.m. Free with museum admission Ralph Farris, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Nathalie Joachim, ute; Allison Loggins-Hull, ute perform works by Schickele, Farris, Loggins-Hull, Joachim 212-535-7710. www. metmuseum.org/

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Sat 11 ART GALLERY TOUR Meet at 1018 Madison Ave., near East 78th Street 1 p.m. $25 Visit seven modern art galleries in the uptown center for contemporary art, including exhibits in painting, sculpture, electronic media and photography. 917-250-0052. www. nygallerytours.com

HANDELS’ XERXES RECITAL 96th Street Library, 112 East 96th St. 1-4 p.m. Free New York Opera Forum performs the complete opera. A live musical recital performed in concert with piano accompaniment. 212-289-0908. www.nypl. org/

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YORK AVENUE ESTATE HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOUR Includes City & Suburban Homes landmark, Shively Sanitary Tenements, Webster Library, John Jay Park and others. 1 p.m. Free. Meet at the City & Suburban Homes archives room, 515 E. 78th Street. 212-388-0883

Mon 13 MILFORD GRAVES & DEANTONI PARKS Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave. 8 p.m. $45 The art of music making gets examined through the lenses of science and technology in this thrilling double bill of music and projection by percussion pioneers. 212-616-3930. www. armoryonpark.org

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THE GRAND VICTORIAN 221 East 71st St., Regina Peruggi Room, TEA▲ 6:30pm Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, 421 East 61st St. 4-8 p.m. $40 A proper tea party, with finger sandwiches, scones and fancies in a darling garden attached to an impossible Victorian cottage overlooking modern Manhattan. All guests will have access to the museum as well as the garden. 1800-1910s summer garden party with all white, cream and pastel colors encouraged. No modern casual wear, please. 212-838-6878. www.mvhm. org/

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“Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War for Better and for Worse,” Candice Shy Hooper focuses on the extraordinary and influential lives of Jessie Frémont, Nelly McClellan, Ellen Sherman and Julia Grant. 212-396-7919. www. roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu

CINÉSALON: ‘MISS AND THE DOCTORS’ French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th St. 4 & 7:30 p.m. $14; students, $7; members; day of, free; in advance, $3. Writer-director Axelle Ropert’s 2013 feature about two bachelor brothers and the woman they fall in love with. With Cédric Kahn, Laurent Stocker and Louise Bourgoin. In French with English subtitles. 212-355-6100

Wed 15 COMMUNITY BOARD 8 Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th St., Draesal Hall 6:30 p.m. Full board meeting 212-758-4340. cb8m.com/ calendar-meeting_date

Landmarks Committee meeting 212-758-4340. cb8m.com/ ‘WRITING FROM calendar-meeting_date EXPERIENCE’ Shakespeare & Co, 939 Lexington Ave at 69th Street 7 p.m. A conversation, with writers and teachers Judith Hannan and Nancy Davidoff Kelton. ‘LINCOLN’S GENERALS’ 212-772-3400. shakeandco. com/

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ALTERING THE SELF AND THE WORLD A selection of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge’s paintings, sculptures and other work explores her connections to Hindu mythology and to Nepal BY DONATHAN SALKALN

High up inside the Rubin Museum of Art, just under the atrium’s skylight, is a love nest of two people who became one. Both are naked. Each had undergone years of cosmetic and other procedures as part of Genesis Breyer POrridge’s so-called “Pandrogeny Project,” a twin attempt by Breyer P-Orridge and Breyer P-Orridge’s wife, Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, to join as a single being. Each underwent breast augmentation surgery, nose, lip and facial reconstruction, hormone treatments and tattooing, to look and feel alike. The images glow as bright white-light. In the background are black caskets. Above the atrium’s well hangs a psychic cross and at far center is an image of Breyer P-Orridge’s crucifixion, similar in perspective to Salvador Dali’s “Christ of Saint John of the Cross.” Breyer P-Orridge has lived and worked in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley on several occasions during the last three decades. The exhibition, titled “Try to Altar Everything, 2016,” looks at how

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“Tongue Kiss.” Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. 2003. Mixed media, 72 x 23 x 23 inches. Courtesy of the Artists & Invisible-Exports. Photo: David De Armas

Twin images of Breyer P-Orridge and Breyer P-Orridge’s wife, Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, in the Rubin Museum of Art’s atrium. Photo: Donathan Salkaln

Hindu mythology and Kathmandu Valley have influenced the Breyer P-Orridge and h/er art. The exhibit’s title, “Try to Altar Everything, 2016,” of course denotes “altar” – where the two united in marriage — but also plays on “alter,” as in change — and Breyer P-Orridge’s life work of rebelling against conventional thinking and ideals. “I’ve been involved in a total war with culture since the day I started,” s/he once said. “I am at war with the status quo of society and I am at war with those in control and power. I’m at war with hypocrisy and lies, I’m at war with the mass media.” Breyer P-Orridge has always fought the system and in the Rubin’s exhibit, s/he goes the distance in rebelling against nature’s own DNA, combining the genetic traits of two into one. Breyer P-Orridge’s artwork is displayed in large arched-shaped wall recesses. You’re likely to find a favorite piece and also to be appalled by another, as Breyer P-Orridge’s art strikes at the core of conventional thought. Besides the overwhelming entrance, these are my favorite moments: “Begging Bin-Eshe, 2012:” A large version of a Nepalese beggar’s silver bowl that, when looking into it, echoes sentiments one might have when looking up at the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling. In it are cut up and rearranged images of both Genesis and Lady Jaye with multiple arms, a reference to Hindu deities, laid on an image of sky. Much of the show’s art contains similar cut-up photo collages, as Genesis has been heavily influenced by William Boroughs’ cut-ups: slicing texts at ran-

dom and arbitrarily rearranging them. “It’s All A Matter Of Time:” A chance find of a small grandfather clock is an especially poignant piece. Inside, hanging alongside the clocks weights, is an early Polaroid of Lady Jaye, who died in 2007. The piece includes a shining chrome egg, symbolic of birth. Below rests a prehistoric fossil tooth, possibly representing Darwinism and evolution. The piece addresses life’s brevity, and, with its mirrored clock face, includes the viewer. “Tongue Kiss:” The heads of two wolves facing each other, one above and one below, with long daggers projecting from their mouths, signify mankind’s more primal instincts. The piece is made all the more dramatic by a harsh lighting casting long shadows against the wall. The beauty in the beasts is that as the top wolf head spins in space, the shadows of the daggers touch, connecting the two heads.

IF YOU GO WHAT: “Try to Altar Everything” WHERE: Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St. WHEN: Until Aug. 1 www.rubinmuseum.org

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CARO RETURNS TO HIS ALMA MATER, THIS TIME WITHOUT DEMERITS

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On the headmaster’s lawn he once mowed as punishment for violating the dress code, breach of decorum and other transgressions, Robert Caro is presenting a writing award his old high school has named for him. “We had a very strict demerit system,” the Pulitzer Prizewinning historian and former editor of the student newspaper says with a laugh about Horace Mann School, from which he graduated in 1953. “Week after week, I had the most demerits.” Former history department chair Barry Bienstock and school headmaster Thomas M. Kelly helped establish the Robert Caro Prize for Literary Excellence in the Writing of History, now in its fifth year. The reward is an intimate and informal luncheon held in the headmaster’s yard, across the street from the school, with Caro the featured guest. This year’s winner is 17-year-old Yuanjun Zeng, known as Sarah, a junior who turned in a 23-page paper titled “The Mysteries Behind the Cuban Missile Crisis.” Sa ra h, who em igrated with her family from China when she was 12, said before Wednesday’s ceremony that she knew little about United States history when she arrived. Caro’s books on municipal builder Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, frequently taught at the elite private school, were part of her education. “ I t h o u g h t it was really amazing how dedicated he was to his work,” she said of Caro, whom she met for the first time

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TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH, 7PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Building | 476 Fifth Ave. | 917-275-6975 | nypl.org Score a ticket to this conversation with the basketball superstar, who will be discussing his newfound passion for writing mystery novels with his hero, Walter Mosley. ($40) Horace Mann school Wednesday. “For example I heard he moved to Texas to do research and do work (on his Johnson books).” Caro has a deep attachment to Horace Mann, in part because it was his dying mother’s wish that he study there. And he takes special pleasure in the Caro Prize, designed to encourage the kind of deep research and vivid writing that he was praised for in such epic works as “The Power Broker” and “Master of the Senate.” A school committee chose the best work, then sent the entry to Caro, who read through it and offered comments during his speech, when he praised Sarah for a “wonderful feat of writing” that made a complicated subject accessible. The winning student also received a gift as heavy as a teen’s backpack: A

tote bag filled with signed hardcover editions of Caro’s five books, all at least hundreds of pages long. His 20-minute talk was like a Caro book in miniature -- wideranging, digressive and informative. His subjects ranged from “The Iliad” to a Long Island family farm ruined by one of Moses’ parkways. He spoke of the need for writing to matter as much in history as it does in fiction. He read a brief passage from “The Power Broker,” his Moses book, and explained how rhythm could transform a list of road projects into a work of poetry. “You have to write it so they read it,” he said. Caro, a longtime Manhattan resident, was lax in his day about such school requirements as having a pocket handkerchief. But Horace Mann now honors him. His books are included in an Hisbooks alumni display case on campus, and a picture of the historian hangs in Bienstock’s classroom, along with vintage photos of Johnson. The 80-year-old Caro remains in close touch with some of his former classmates and curious in general about the Bronx-based school. After the ceremony ended and a car waited to take him and his wife back to Manhattan, he made sure not to leave without upholding one last personal commitment. He picked up a copy of the school newspaper.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS MAY 17 - JUN 02, 2016 The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/restaurant-grades.page

Brisas Del Mar Seafood Market

1785-1787 Lexington Avenue

Grade Pending (22) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/ sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Cafe On 5Th/Sterling Affair

1216 5 Avenue

Grade Pending (25) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

Delicious

1974A 2Nd Ave

Not Yet Graded (42) 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. No facilities available to wash, rinse and sanitize utensils and/or equipment.

La Nostra Pizzeria

2146 2 Avenue

A

Kfc

1922 3 Avenue

A

Hot Jalapeno Restaurant

219 East 116 Street

A

Dunkin’ Donuts

1391 Madison Avenue

A

Yummy City

1557 Lexington Avenue

A

Wing Gong Restaurant

2109 1St Ave

A

Aloha Harlem

2245 1St Ave

A

Subway

201 East 116 Street

A

Side Park Cafe

1230 5Th Ave

A

Domino’s

1993 Third Avenue

A

Dear Mama

308 E 109Th St

Not Yet Graded (2)

La Fonda Restaurant And Tapas Bar

169 East 106 Street

A

Maoz Vegetarian

0 106 Street & 5 Avenue

A

Tastings

251 East 110 Street

A

El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant

209 East 116 Street

A

Fattonys Pizza Shop

188 E 104Th St

Not Yet Graded (3)

Kennedy Fried Chicken

A

Q Marqet

38 E 98Th St

Grade Pending (29) Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. Toxic chemical improperly labeled, stored or used such that food contamination may occur. 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.

1774 Lexington Avenue

Ali Kenedy Fried Chicken

2100 2Nd Ave

Not Yet Graded (58) Insufficient or no refrigerated or hot holding equipment to keep potentially hazardous foods at required temperatures. No facilities available to wash, rinse and sanitize utensils and/or equipment.

Patisserie Vanessa (La Marqueta)

1590 Park Ave

A

Natural Essentials & Wellness

2105 1St Ave

Grade Pending (24) Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding. Tobacco use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area observed. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Emack & Bolios

1564 1 Avenue

A

16 Handles

1569 2 Avenue

A

Yorkafe

50112 East 83 Street

A

Aba Sushi

1588 York Ave

Not Yet Graded (19) Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Tre Otto

1410 Madison Ave

A

Lexington Pizza Parlor

1590 Lexington Ave

A

Burger King

154 E 116Th St

A

Taco Bell

1503 Lexington Ave

A

Mercado’s Cuisine

1759 Lexington Avenue

A

The Duck

2171 2 Avenue

A

Pasteles Capy

242 East 116 Street

A

Le Pain Quotidien

1399 Madison Ave

A

Adar Lounge

1637 Park Ave

A

Taco Bell

1884 Third Avenue

A

Mcdonald’s

1872 3Rd Ave

A

Erminia Restaurant

250 East 83 Street

A

Maxwell’s Bar & Restaurant

1325 5Th Ave

Not Yet Graded (26) Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Nicola’s Restaurant

146 East 84 Street

A

Italianissimo Ristorante

307 East 84 Street

A A

1404 Madison Ave

Jesuit Mission House Kitchen

53 East 83 Street

Sammys Gourmet

Nargila Grill

1599 York Avenue

A

Jaiya Thai & Oriental Restaurant

1553 2 Avenue

B

Campagna Quattro Gatti

205 East 81 Street

A

Bonjour Crepes & Wine

1585 2 Avenue

A

Tal Bagels

1228 Lexington Avenue

A

Not Yet Graded (55) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

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CHELSEA’S OLDEST HOME BECOMES BATTLEGROUND Residents, elected officials urge city agency to nix planned structural changes, but neighbors say alterations are needed BY JEFFREY KOPP

Several dozen Chelsea residents rallied on Saturday to protest a preliminary approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission permitting drastic alterations to Chelsea’s oldest dwelling. The four-bedroom home, at 404 West 20th St., was built in 1830 and is considered a district treasure because of its Federal style and became a model for nearby Cushman Row, according to the 1970 historic district designation report and a letter to the LPC from Community Board 4. It is also well-known by many Chelsea residents because its previous owners, the Doyles, hosted meetings for various advocacy groups in the community. After its sale last year, for a reported $6.5 million, its new owner, British banker Ajoy Veer Kapoor, submitted plans to alter the house. According to an April letter from Community Board 4 to the chair of the LPC, carrying out the plan would “demolish the entire house except for its brick street façade.” The exact plans are somewhat vague and neither a representative for Kapoor nor the LPC clarified whether the plans would involve a wrecking ball or simply stabilization and renovation efforts. In a letter to commission Chairman Meenakshi Srinivasan, Councilman Corey Johnson, state Senator Brad Hoylman, Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Gail Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, urged the commission to reject the application. “The proposed alterations to this building and elimination of the alleyway are an insult and contrary to the purpose of historic districts and to the Chelsea Historic District. The owner knew when he bought this landmarked house that it

Inside the home, staircases are straining and pulling out of the wall and the curved floors indicate the building is tilting. Ceilings, too, are separating from the rest of the structure. Photo: Jeffrey Kopp

was in the Historic District and one would presume that was much of the charm, besides the house itself,” they wrote last month. “The proposed alterations ... would spoil one of the most historically significant and architecturally distinguished areas in Chelsea and set a bad precedent.” Some community members also argue that the proposed changes violate LPC code and go against the commission’s mission to preserve landmarked buildings. Several elected officials and other community leaders came to voice their support on Saturday. Brewer told the crowd, “You need to follow the law to the n-th degree! ... It’s a no brainer. He [Kapoor] gets to do what the law of that particular building is, and that’s it!” Gottfried also spoke, saying, “The reason this person paid so much for it [the house] is that this community gives it so much value,” he said. “It is profoundly wrong to benefit from the value of the community by trashing that value that your neighbors created. In this case it is also illegal.” A public relations person representing Kapoor, Michele de Milly, and a friend of the owner, Shawn Felker, said it was incorrect to say that Kapoor’s plans for the house were borne of greed or that he was willfully tearing at the neighborhood’s history for his own benefit. “They [the owner and his family] have an interest in doing exactly what has been done up and down this block,” de Milly said. Besides, Felker said, the home’s interior was in shoddy shape. “The inside is structurally deficient. Everything historic about this house is gone,” he said. “Just because it’s 186 years old doesn’t mean you keep it in perpetuity.” A tour of the interior of the house showed wooden bracing mandated by the Department of Buildings following an inspection just after Kapoor purchased the home. Staircases are straining and pulling out of the wall and the curved floors indicate the building is tilting. Ceilings, too, are separating from the rest of the structure. Felker and de Milly declined to provide contact information for the owner. The planned alterations are also supported by the owners of the two adjacent buildings, Marion Buhagiar, of 402 West 20th St., and Jose Antonio and Debra Guerrero, of 406 West 20th St., who sent letters to the chair of the LPC endorsing the proposed changes. “For decades my maintenance workers and myself have observed the steady deterioration of the structure of 404 West 20th Street,” Buhagiar wrote. “We very enthusiastically support the plans ... to undertake the major, expensive work needed to stabilize, enlarge and restore this building to be safely occupied by the family.” Antonio and Guerrero wrote that “[Kapoor] is making a great effort to save a house that is in desperate need of repair.” Final plans for what the LPC will permit continue to be worked out between Kapoor and the commission. De Milly said she thought it likely that “much” of the building would “come down.” She said some material would be reused in any reconstruction.

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In Brief CITY LAUNCHES AD CAMPAIGN FOR TRANS RIGHTS The New York City Commission on Human Rights launched the country’s first ad campaign in support of the transgender community’s right to use whichever bathroom -- male or female -- they feel most comfortable in. The ads encourage people to “look past pink and blue,” and are especially relevant after the recent passage of a law in North Carolina that requires people to use the bathroom associated with the gender that is specified on their birth certificate. “No New Yorker should have to worry about hiding their gender identity to take care of basic human needs,” First Lady Chirlane McCray, the honorary chair of the commission, said in a statement. “Others may advance hateful agendas that discriminate based on gender or gender identity, but that kind of bigotry will never be acceptable here, and we will keep fighting to root it out until no New Yorker feels discriminated against.” The ads, which feature the faces of real trans New Yorkers, will be posted in subways and phone booths, and in ethnic newspapers in languages including Spanish, Korean and Bengali. The campaign runs in conjunction with Pride Month, which lasts throughout June and which will host many more celebrations of the LGBTQ population.

FIRST BUILDING OPENS AT HUDSON YARDS Last Tuesday, the 52-story building at 10 Hudson Yards opened, signaling the beginning of a new era for the area. Luxury designer Coach snagged the prime spot in its lobby and has already moved its employees into new offices there. The project has been more than a decade in the making -since the Far West Side was rezoned in January of 2005. Related Companies, which developed the 17 millionsquare-foot space, along with Oxford, has spent over $20 billion on it. Coach paid $750 million for its 740,000 square feet, according to The Real Deal. “This is just a preview of what’s to come, but I think you can see the quality of what we’re doing here and what our vision is,” Related’s CEO Stephen Ross told the website. The Real Deal also reports that Related and Oxford are collaborating on another building at 30 Hudson Yards, which is set to open in 2019. In the not-so-distant future, the Hudson Yards area will also include a public square, residential and retail space, a hotel and a school spread out among eight buildings. Companies such as CNN, L’Oreal and Time Warner Cable have already claimed space in several of them.

RESIDENTS COLLABORATE AGAINST CITY’S WORST LANDLORD A list published by Public Advocate Letitia James’ office last November named Ved Parkash as the worst landlord in the city. Last week, tenants from 10 of his 11 buildings banded together to form a tenant coalition to fight for repairs and improvements in Parkash’s properties, which are entirely located in the Bronx. According to DNAinfo, the Parkash Tenant Coalition outlined their many complaints in a letter to Prakash, listing failures such as termites and a lack of hot water. “In some of your buildings, the front doors do not lock, allowing anyone to come in off the street,” reads an excerpt from the letter in DNAinfo. Last Thursday morning, several elected officials were present at a rally to support the tenant coalition outside of Bronx Housing Court. “I am here to lend my voice to these tenants to demand that they be treated with respect and dignity,” James said at the rally. “This is not a question of whether they pay their rent. … They are entitled to services.” Mayor Bill de Blasio has also promised to stop paying rent for the tenants on public assistance at one of Parkash’s buildings until the repairs are made. This will not be the first time Parkash has faced legal action from his tenants.

VERIZON WORKERS BACK TO WORK NEWS Strike was one of the largest in recent years BY JENNIFER PELTZ

Nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees returned to work after reaching a tentative contract agreement that includes 1,300 new call center jobs and nearly 11 percent in raises over four years but also makes health care plan changes to save the company money, the company and unions said. The pact, subject to approval by union members, stands to end one of the largest strikes in the United States in recent years. Workers and Verizon Communications Inc. had reached an agreement in principle Friday but hadn’t released details or a date for the workers’ return. The strike began in mid-April. The Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers unions, which both represent the strikers, called the deal a victory for American workers. “We are turning the tide from cutbacks against working people to building a stronger labor movement and strengthening the power of working Americans,” Dennis G. Trainor, vice president of the union’s District 1 in the Northeast, said in a statement. The IBEW said it protected American jobs

amid concern about concern about work moving overseas. New York-based Verizon Communications Inc. said it was a good deal for workers, customers and the telecom giant alike. “This will allow our business to be more flexible and competitive,” chief administrative officer Marc Reed said in a statement. Union members will vote on the deal after returning to work. Besides the raises and new call center jobs, the tentative agreement includes $1,250 in signing bonuses and health care reimbursements for new workers, a 25 percent increase in the number of unionized crews maintaining Verizon’s utility poles in New York state, and three 1 percent increases in pensions, which Verizon had proposed to freeze, the CWA said. It also includes a first-ever contract for wireless retail store workers, affecting 70. The deal also entails changes that Verizon says will save significant money, such as adopting Medicare Advantage plans _ private health insurance contracted with the government-sponsored Medicare program _ rather than costlier insurance. The tentative agreement also increases flexibility to route customer service calls from one call center to another, the company said. Installers, customer service employees, repairmen and other landline and cable workers in nine Eastern states and Washington, D.C., have worked without a contract since August. During the strike,

other workers have stepped in, but there were some delays in installations of Verizon’s Fios fiber-optic service. The unions said they were striking because Verizon wanted to freeze pensions, make layoffs easier and rely more on contract workers. Verizon said it had high health care costs for its unionized workers, a group that has shrunk as Verizon sold off large chunks of its wireline unit and focused on its mobile business, which was not unionized. It also wanted the union workers, around one-fifth of its U.S. workforce, to agree to move around to different regions when needed, which the union opposed. The strike made its way into the presidential campaign. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton visited strikers outside a Verizon store in midtown Manhattan, and rival Bernie Sanders cheered workers on a picket line in Brooklyn. But the walkout was also complicated by allegations that strikers in Delaware intimidated and harassed non-union replacement workers. Union locals said any problems were isolated incidents not sanctioned by labor leaders; a Delaware judge said Thursday he felt the unions had ``a causal role’’ but declined a Verizon request to hold them in contempt of a court order on permissible strike activities. Verizon workers last went on strike in August 2011, when about 45,000 were off the job for about two weeks.

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CULTIVATING THE CITY’S GREEN SPACES The executive director of the City Parks Foundation on her devotion to the city parks and educational community centers BY ANGELA BARBUTI

As a native New Yorker, Heather Lubov has always understood what parks mean to our city. “Having green space, for me at least, calmed my mind down. Whether you choose to see a concert, which is a loud and boisterous activity, or to sit quietly and relax, there are enormous benefits, both physical and mental, to public parks,” she said. A graduate of Columbia University, Lubov earned her master’s in public administration at New York University, and said her decision to stay in New York for college was “very intentional” since she could not imagine living anywhere else. Her commitment to the city is apparent from her resume, which includes positions at The Partnership for the Homeless, The New York Public Library and the Park Avenue Armory.

Now, as the executive director of the City Parks Foundation, Lubov oversees all the arts, sports, environmental education and community development programs in 300 parks throughout the five boroughs. Their iconic event, SummerStage, which is the largest free performing arts festival in New York, is already underway and in its 31st year of providing a diverse and eclectic outdoor musical experience to audiences throughout the city.

You’ve worked at some iconic nonprofits throughout the city. Did you always know that would be your career path? No, not at all. I fell into this. I actually thought that after college I would go into publishing. I ended up working for six months doing graphic design and decided that I hated it and it had no meaning to me whatsoever. And that’s when I went back to the employment office in college and found a job listing at The Partnership for the Homeless, which really did have a lot of meaning for me. And I spent three years as a program assistant, but really what I ended up doing was writing grant

proposals and reports for the program that I was working in within the organization. So I learned a huge amount about fundraising and grant writing. The thing that is really meaningful is I got to respond to a proposal from the city to create a drop-in center for homeless men that still exists on 23rd Street called Peter’s Place. I wrote the project plan to create it, which was just totally cool. That to me, had an impact on New York whereas what I was doing in graphic design did not. I did that for three years and then moved to The New York Public Library where I spent 14 years. And then I wanted to do something very different, so switched to the Park Avenue Armory, which was the complete opposite because it was a startup organization, and then did that for six years. And then I landed at City Parks Foundation. I’ve been a SummerStage audience member when it started, so it’s the perfect place for me.

What does your job entail? Is there a typical day there for you? The City Parks Foundation does four different things. We do arts, sports,

environmental education and community development. But the common thread is that everything we do is meant to bring people out into their local neighborhood parks. So if there is a typical day, it’s really thinking about what we should be programming in a specific park and how we are serving each neighborhood we’re in. We’re in 300 different parks, so we’re literally all over the city. As executive director, I think a lot about how we are marketing what we are doing in the different communities we are in. And of course, every community in New York is different and every marketing strategy is different. I think a lot about fundraising and making sure we have enough money to do all of the things that we need to do. I work really closely with the Parks Department because of course, we’re in parks. We’re the Parks Department’s largest private programming partner. So everything we do is possible because of our relationship with them.

What are some initiatives you’ve launched since you’ve been at the City Parks Foundation? One of the things I’ve spent a lot of time on is thinking about marketing. It’s thinking about how we’re communicating our message to New Yorkers. I think the name SummerStage, which is one of our brands, is very recognizable, but I don’t know that the name City Parks Foundation is necessarily recognizable. So I’ve spent a lot of time on press and PR and changing the way that we market, particularly SummerStage, as an arts organization. We are the largest free performing arts festival in New York, but I don’t know that a lot of people recognize that either. So I spend a lot of time doing that and thinking about SummerStage outside of Central Park, because we actually do more concerts outside of Central Park then we do inside. So building up the staffing for the shows outside of Central Park and improving the audience experience there so that no matter where you’re seeing a show, it’s still an incredibly wonderful experience.

How much work goes into planning SummerStage? When do you start the process? How do you find the performers?

SummerStage, the City Parks Foundation’s iconic event, is the largest free performing arts festival in the city. Photo: Durst Breneiser

We start now for next year, so it’s a year-round process. We have a team of curators who select the artists. We have a programming staff of about four who do that. And they spend their time, some traveling around the world, to make sure that they know who is the newest, coolest, hottest star of whatever country. Because our job is really to pick artists who represent the diversity of New York’s population.

Heather Lubov oversees arts, sports, environmental education and community development programs in 300 city parks throughout the five boroughs.

Tell us how you’re gearing up for summer with the other programs you offer, such as Learning Gardens, where children get instruction from CPF’s horticulturists and environmental scientists. I can’t pick a favorite, but if I had to pick one, Learning Gardens would be up there. We do free sports programs at about 70 parks around the city. Registration is now up on our website, so parents can register their kids for our sports programs. Whether it’s tennis, golf, track and field or soccer, we provide all the equipment free of charge. So the lessons and the equipment is free. It will start the minute school ends, on July 5th. Our Learning Gardens and our other environmental education programs, the same thing. Parents can go online and register their kids. And if their kids are part of camp groups and community-based organizations, those groups are also able to register for some of the spots. And, of course, year round we do community development work, so there are always projects in parks where volunteers can come out on a weekend and do a park clean up or paint benches or plant and pull out weeds. So we always have volunteer work going on in parks all over the city. To learn more, visit www. cityparksfoundation.org

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