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MEDICAL CENTER IN U.E.S. MANSION CEASES OPERATIONS The building housing the Center for Specialty Care on East 69th Street likely to go on the market BY BEN SCHNEIER

The Center for Specialty Care, a freestanding ambulatory surgical facility on East 69th Street, terminated its operations in May and closed its medical offices permanently on June 30. The outpatient clinic served over 5,000 patients a year and housed over 150 physicians in a unique mansion, offering a wide variety of medical procedures and specializing in plastic and reconstructive surgery. The Center and its owners, the Smith family, declined to officially comment on the closure, but a spokesperson said the building “is not on the market

yet.” Massey Knakal Capital Services valued the ﬁve-story building at approximately $40 million on the residential market in 2012, and it would likely fetch an even higher price if sold today. Dr. Charles Maltz, a professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell who formerly worked at the Center, said that the owners had previously attempted a private sale, and that he had spoken to a doctor who considered purchasing the facility. “In terms of selling the whole thing to someone else, they had somebody, but I guess the deal fell through,” he said. Maltz added that the closure was surprising, if not particularly monumental. “They decided rather abruptly to close it, with only a few weeks notice,”

he said. “People will ﬁnd other places, I don’t think it’s going to have much of an impact.” Adam E. Zeidel, CEO of real estate development firm Coconut Properties, noted the building’s specificity and corresponding high value, which was likely not being maximized as an outpatient clinic. “[This kind of building] is very rare, so if you have a type of use that can benefit from this type of aesthetic, there are very few buildings with this kind of opportunity,” he said. “There is a relatively smaller set of people who would bid on this kind of thing, but those people would be willing to bid a lot for it.” The building most likely cannot undergo signiﬁcant structural changes

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The Center for Specialty Care, a freestanding surgical facility in an East 69th Street mansion, closed on June. The ﬁve-story building is likely to go on the market. Photo: Ben Schneier

NAVIGATING THE TALL GRASS Sightings of elusive Psyducks, Dratinis, Venomoths in Central Park, the city’s Pokemon headquarters BY SILAS WHITE

Central Park has long been a spot for long nature walks and relaxation, but a recently a new breed of park goer has cropped up. Droves of (mostly) millennials can be seen looking at their phones, going on a digital safari to try and catch ‘em all. “It’s just another Pidgey,” they say, swiping away on their phones on the hunt for a more elusive catch.

Rhyhorn by the Pond. Photo: Silas White

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Any intrepid Pokémon GO player in New York City will tell you that Central Park is like Pokémon headquarters, but some places are better than others. If you’re going on a Pokémon safari, these tips might help you out. Heckscher Playground is home to Magnemites, Venomoths and Pincers. It’s also a Pokéstop, so if you’re entering the park from Columbus Circle it’s a good stop to make. The Pond is a great place to catch a couple water Pokémon like Goldeen, but we also found a Vulpix, an Ekans and a Sandshrew. There are a few Pokéstops around the perimeter of The Pond, so make sure you ﬁnd the

ones with active lures to make the most of your time. Bethesda Fountain is another good spot for catching rare water Pokémon. We were able to catch a Horsea, a Psyduck and a Slowpoke. A Squirtle was listed as being nearby, but none were seen. The fountain is also a Pokéstop, naturally. South of the fountain is the Rumsey Playﬁeld, where an Exeggcute

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Chapter 21

EVE AND OTHERS BY ESTHER COHEN

A group of people who live in the same building, a tenement in the Upper West Side, decide to band together to ﬁnd a man who his neighbor says is missing. It was the eighties in New York City. The man’s name was Alyosha Zim. Come to Another Potluck Naomi wrote, in big balloon letters. She used a thick red Sharpie. Maybe the sign needed more explanation. We Have to Find Alyosha Somewhere she wrote, in smaller letters. We Need All of Us To Do This. Then she arbitrarily chose a day and time: Wednesday at 7 PM. Around the corner was a Xerox place, family-owned small store operated by a Korean family with relatives enough to keep it open long hours every single day. The store sold every possible stationery sup-

ply, from inﬁnite pen choices to rainbow post-its. Their specialty was Xeroxing. Polly ran the store. She read every single document before she carefully placed it, centered, onto the Xerox machine. “Where did he go?” she asked Naomi. “Did he leave the country? People like the Caribbean. My guess is he’s there,” she said. She put flyers under every single door in her building and by Wednesday night, the apartment was once again full. Eve made a big pot of lentil stew. Just lentils really, but she called it stew. Even Charles made a dish: baked brie. A wheel of it stuck in the oven until it was extremely soft. He made a big daisy out of Ritz crackers, and placed the cracker dish right next to the cheese. Charles wore a top hat for the occasion of the meeting. And Eve a long black forties dress. Naomi wore her silver boots.

Mrs. Israel called the meeting to order. She stood in the center of the apartment, surrounded by people from the building, every single one of them some kind of artist, you’d think the word business didn’t exist: people who juggled, who wrote music that sounded like high pitched dog whistles and running water, operas about Pac-Man, hyper realistic paintings of Cabbage Patch dolls. Mrs. Israel was the odd exception, in her ersatz navy Chanel suit, her matching pumps. Her boxy handbag on the floor. Mrs. Israel was their queen with her clipboard, her yellow pad, her well-considered questions..” Mrs. Israel called the meeting to

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order. She stood in the center of the apartment, surrounded by people from the building, every single one of them some kind of artist, you’d think the word business didn’t exist: people who juggled, who wrote music that sounded like high pitched dog whistles and running water, operas about Pac-Man, hyper realistic paintings of Cabbage Patch dolls. Mrs. Israel was the odd exception, in her ersatz navy Chanel suit, her

matching pumps. Her boxy handbag on the floor. Mrs. Israel was their queen with her clipboard, her yellow pad, her well-considered questions: “How many weeks will we pursue this?” she asked the room. “What are your thoughts?” Pin-Ball spoke first. He was a surprising regular in the group, an old-fashioned drag queen with one fantastic outfit after another. For the Pot Luck, he was dressed as Cher in a Bob Mackie sequined gown. “Forever,” he said. “Until we find him.” “I think one more month is reasonable,” said tall Richard. “I disagree,” said Richard two. “Six more weeks,” he said. Albert, who had joined the dinner, Alyosha’s neighbor and occasional lover, stood up with vehemence. “We can’t give up ever,” he said. “We can and we will,” said Mrs. Israel. “A month seems reasonable to me. And I would guess that I am the most reasonable person here.” “All in favor say AYE,” said Charles. Everyone except Albert said AYE. “I want the chance for my NAY,” he said. “OK,” said Mrs. Israel, “but the ayes have it. One month from today,” she said. Everyone clapped.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG STATS FOR THE WEEK

PRICEY WATCH PROMPTS PROSECUTORS TO RAISE BAIL IN FRAUD CASE New York federal prosecutors have demanded an extra $2.5 million in bail for a Harvard University-educated businessman extradited from Colombia after they discovered he was wearing a $70,000 watch. Manhattan U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas agreed to boost bail for Kaleil Isaza Tuzman from $2.5 million to $5 million. But he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require a doubling of $500,000 in collateral the government had requested. Assistant U.S. Attorney Damian Williams says investigators found it â&#x20AC;&#x153;very disturbingâ&#x20AC;? when Tuzman stepped off a government plane Thursday with an expensive watch. Williams says Tuzman claimed he was desperately raising money for his bail from friends and relatives. Tuzman pleaded not guilty Friday to an indictment charging him with misleading investors and regulators as chairman and CEO of technology startup KIT digital Inc.

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p.m. on July 14, a 27-year-old woman attempted to buy a quantity of merchandise, including Helmut Lang pants, sweaters and a coat with a total value of $2,400, using a fraudulent credit card. A store loss-prevention officer called police, who made the arrest, charging the defendant with grand larceny.

STEAL WHEELS Unfortunately, no Crime Watch column in summer is complete without a motorcycle theft. At 7:10 p.m. on July 12, a 40-year-old man parked his red 2013 Suzuki bike outside 209 East 72nd St. When he returned half an hour later, the Suzuki, valued at $8,000, was gone.

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An area newsstand is itself in the news after a daylight robbery. At 4:30 p.m. on July 12, a 30-year-old man entered the Trans Am bodega at 1147 Second Ave. He told the clerk behind the counter, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move, or Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kill you.â&#x20AC;? Then he walked behind the counter, grabbed an Apple cell phone valued at $300 along with $2,000 in cash before ďŹ&#x201A;eeing the location. The bad guy did not show a weapon. The 42-yearold clerk harmed.

he checked the locker again at 6:30 p.m., the momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possessions were gone. They included a Samsung 4 cell phone valued at $350, an iPhone 6 priced at $700 and all of her clothing. Police said that security at the John Jay Pool is being beefed up.

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There were two stories of Craigslist ticket scams in recent weeks, one of which led to an arrest. The ďŹ rst incident took place at 8:50 a.m. on July 9, when a 36-year-old man from New Jersey met with a 26-year-old man

at the Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts store at 1703 Third Ave. to buy tickets the seller had advertised on the site. The buyer paid $280 for two seats at a Justin Bieber concert, but when he showed up at the Prudential Center for the concert that evening, he was told that the tickets were counterfeit. In the second incident, two 18-yearold men met a 23-year-old male advertiser at the same Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts location, paying $700 for an unstated number of tickets to a soccer match at Met Life Stadium. Those tickets also were counterfeit. The scammer was positively identiďŹ ed and arrested on July 12.

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that plagues the area, particularly at P.S. 191, P.S. 199 and P.S. 452. “We wanted this meeting to take place today so that public comment could be offered at the July 20th CEC meeting,” Kim Watkins, chair of the CEC 3 zoning committee, said by way of introduction. “The basis of the working group today is to show maps of the scenarios that we’ve been talking about and to digest them.” Then, the signal was given to hand out the maps. In Scenario A — so dubbed to avoid confusion while discussing the two proposals — a new elementary school would be created where P.S. 191 currently stands at W. 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, and P.S. 452 would stay where it is at W. 77th Street and Columbus Avenue. P.S. 191 would then move a block west into a vacant building that was being constructed for a new school. Six school

Audience members at the hearing examining maps of the city plan. Photo by Madeleine Thompson zones would be redrawn, affecting students up to W. 90th Street. In Scenario B, which had already sparked an outcry from opposing parents prior to last week’s meeting, P.S. 452

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would move to P.S. 191’s current building 16 blocks further downtown than it is now. P.S. 191 would move into the vacant building a block away from its old location, and 11 school zones would be affected all the way up to W. 116th Street. Both proposals are intended to be implemented for 2017-2018 school year, and have several more levels of scrutiny to go through before either one is accepted. The disapproval for this plan is, at surface level, based on P.S. 452 parents’ wish to keep the school close by and to stay at a place that, though only six years old, has become an academic success. But there are signs that their opposition could also have to do with the fact that P.S. 191 is in a lowerincome area and does not boast test scores as high as the others. According to the news site Gothamist, a resident of a luxury co-op near P.S. 452 posted last month on a message board that moving the school to an area with a “very different demographic makeup” could “greatly affect” the value of neighbors’ homes. Sixty-four percent of P.S. 452 consists of white students, while P.S. 191 is made up of 81 percent black and Latino students. “I have faith in our parents,” Watkins said of the racially charged undertones accompanying the rezoning discussion. “I don’t want to comment on the rumors of what parents want in terms of keeping their all-white school.”

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CENTER CLOSED CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 since it’s in a historical district, but Zeidel suggested the mansion could possibly be converted into an art gallery restaurant, or boutique as well as residential use. The Center was singular in its combination of hospital-quality care and a luxurious, elegant building. Dr. Barry M. Weintraub, a renowned plastic surgeon, worked there for over two decades. He left four years ago to open his own plastic-surgical facility, which he said was inspired the Center’s luxury and quality. After the recent closure, he noted an inﬂux of physicians and patients to his establishment. “Quite a number of plastic surgeons who were previously operating at the Center for Specialty Care are now operating at my facility on the Upper East Side. The news of the closing was rather sudden, and has affected quite a number of surgeons who, from my understanding, quickly needed to ﬁnd another elegant facility in which to operate,” he said. While some surgeons who previously operated there will likely move to hospitals, “for certain patients who require a hospital-grade facility that is much more private and elegant, there are fewer options. There aren’t many facilities in New York City like the Center for Specialty Care,” he said. Dr. James W. Smith, a noted plastic and reconstructive surgeon, founded the clinic in 1985. It was created to offer outpatient surgical care without the inconveniences of overcrowded operating rooms in other city hospitals.

The building, at 50 East 69th St., is a 20,000-square-foot townhouse built in 1918 by renowned architect Henry C. Pelton, who was also the architect for New York’s Riverside Church and The Cloisters. The building was designed for Otto Dommerich’s family, who lived there until 1943, when they sold the building to the Henry George School of Social Science. The school then inhabited the mansion until it was sold to Smith in 1979 to become the Center for Specialty Care. Tom Miller, a historian who runs an architecture blog “Daytonian In Manhattan,” described 50 East 69th St. as “a neo-French Classic beauty that could easily hold its own with the palaces of Fifth Avenue.” Dr. Paul S. Striker, a prominent plastic surgeon who was a full-time tenant at the Center and worked there up until its closure, lauded its services. “I had hospital privileges also, but the ambulatory center was very important to my practices for the years up until its closing,” he said. “Working there was a great experience for me and I’m very sorry to see it stop serving the public and my patients.” While the shuttering may have some as a surprise, according to Zeidel, this kind of occurrence is commonplace. “It is not at all unusual. New York is a city of constant change and reinvention. People who own properties for a particular purpose, their business changes or the need for what they do changes, and they have a real estate asset, and when it’s time to close down their business, they want to monetize their asset.”

POKEMON GO, I CHOOSE YOU BY ERICA MAGRIN

With Pokémon Go taking the App Store by storm, here are 10 things for novices to know: • Pokémon is an abbreviated term for “pocket monster” — and that’s what a Pokémon is: a monster that can be carried around in a

pocket and used to ﬁght battles. • The objective of Pokémon Go is to catch as many Pokémon as possible. • Once Pokémon become strong enough, they can be used to ﬁght in battles against friends. • The Pokémon Company launched in 1996,

The Center for Specialty Care operated out of a neo-French Classic East 69th Street mansion built about 100 years ago. Photo: Ben Schneier

hitting millennials right where it hurts — their childhoods. • Pokémon Go relies on augmented reality, using the location tracker on a smartphone. Pokémon appear on player’s screens as they walk, but they have to stop in place to catch them. • Players need to go to a Pokéstop to purchase supplies in the game. In reality, a Pokéstop can be anything from restaurant to someone’s house. • There have been cases of Pokéstops being used to lure in unsuspecting players and rob them, so those who are playing the Pokémon

POKEMON CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 was seen. A Dratini was listed as being near the Model Boat Sail, but none were observed. The nearby Alice in Wonderland statue is a Gym, so come prepared if you’re looking for a ﬁght. Lastly, Cedar Hill by East 79th Street is a frequent spawning point for the Pokémon Tauros, among other more common Pokémon like Pincers and Pidgeys. All of the above Pokémon were sighted in the morning and afternoon, by a level 8 trainer. One should note that different Pokémon come out at different times of the day, and that the rarity of the Pokémon a trainer ﬁnds is affected by her level so experiences may vary. A fellow trainer gave us a tip that the game was built on the foundation of Ingress, another augmented reality game made by Niantic, the same developer of Pokémon GO,

Go must remember to stay safe. • Players can battle at Pokémon Gyms to earn badges and glory. In the real world, gyms are usually landmarks or even places of worship. • Because of The Pokémon Company’s global popularity, Pikachu, their mascot, may soon usurp the title of “most recognizable animated character” from Mickey Mouse. • The only way to advance in the game is to catch more Pokémon, so it doesn’t look as if this fad is going anywhere any time soon.

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On the hunt near Hallett Nature Sanctuary. Photo: Silas White and that rare Pokémon can be found at the same locations of powerful “portals,” from Ingress. Essentially what this means is that places with lots of history are good places to find good Pokémon. A map of Ingress can be found on their https://www.ingress. com/intel, you can disregard whether the points are blue or green, but Pokémon can allegedly be found at the same spots. Note

that you must create a free account in Ingress to view the map. Pokémon GO also marks more obscure places as Pokéstops, such as trees or bridges you might not have known had signiﬁcance, so keep an eye out. Whether you’re Team Valor, Instinct or Mystic, happy hunting.

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THROWING THE BOOK AT A BROADWAY FIXTURE NEWS Police crack down on booksellers in shadow of upscale retailers BY RICHARD KHAVKINE

An Upper West Side mainstay disappeared virtually overnight earlier this month, when police dismantled the sidewalk bookselling enterprises along two blocks of Broadway. The booksellers’ tables, near-permanent fixtures on the west side of Broadway between 72nd and 74th streets for decades, were removed by police on July 5 and 7. The sole bookseller to return to Broadway following the sweep, Kirk Davidson, said that although there had been previous enforcement actions aimed at the booksellers, this latest one was the most sweeping in the 31 years he has been on Broadway. “This is new,” Davidson, 58, said. “It is sad.” Police acted after property owners and tenants association leaders met with Public Advocate Leticia James to complain about the sellers, representatives from that office said. The complaints alleged that the row of tables constituted an encampment and the sellers themselves had become a nuisance and an impediment to more conventional commerce. The property owners said the sellers harassed residents, openly drank alcohol, urinated in the street and created an overall “hostile environment,” representatives from James’ office said. In one alleged incident, one of the sellers threw a brick through a nearby shop window. Following those discussions, James sent a staff member to investigate. After being shown pictures of the booksellers and their stands and concluding that the sellers had declined to be held accountable for any troubles, James called police Commissioner Bill Bratton. “It was taken care of within a few days,” a representative from James’ office said. About a week after the tables were taken apart and thousands of books impounded, Davidson, sitting in a small chair in front of the Chase Bank branch just south of 73rd Street, a few feet from a single folding table covered with books, said parked police cruisers were now a constant presence. On July 13, three police cars were parked curbside near Davidson’s table. A halfdozen officers, including a sergeant and a supervisor, conferred nearby.

Davidson, who was not present during the initial July 5 sweep, was issued two summonses, one for storing unattended property on a sidewalk. Davidson said he was undeterred. Although he was making a few sales from the few dozen books arrayed on the folding table, he said he would go to court to seek the release of the inventory seized by police. A ﬁve-page invoice documented roughly 2,000 books police had impounded. Most of

“You’re going to have some that like us, others that don’t,” he said of residents and property owners. On that Wednesday evening and the following morning, passers-by approached him to express sympathy and disbelief at the city’s move. “Again?” one woman said to him. “This has been happening for 100 years.” On Thursday, a window washer sponged and squeegeed the windows

minium building across from the Ansonia, who earlier this year said that “some lower volume” of booksellers could be tolerable if city officials also addressed the homeless whom he suggested congregate nearby. Davidson acknowledged that there were “trouble guys” among the vendors – “This is New York City,” he said – but he also chastised city officials for what he said was their lack of consideration for street vendors. He suggested that rather than facilitating the installation of increasingly ubiquitous Wi-Fi towers, the city should install a public toilet and washroom. Davidson, who has been issued dozens of summonses for a variety of offenses – for neglecting to put prices on his books, for obstruction and for leaving unattended property – during his three decades on Broadway, called the latest police move “nonsense.” As booksellers, Davidson and his col-

Police officers confer steps from Kirk Davidson’s sidewalk book table on Broadway near 73rd Street on July 13, a week after police dismantled several similar tables and impounded thousands of books along that stretch of the avenue. Photo: Richard Khavkine Davidson’s inventory, as well as that of the other booksellers, most of whom work for Davidson, is comprised of donations. He attributed the latest police action to what he called “major money boys.” With exclusive retailers such as Bloomingdale’s planting a ﬂag in the neighborhood, and others likely on the way, he said, that stretch of Broadway was fast becoming a branded enclave that is, at best, wary of sidewalk enterprises. “Big money coming, little money got to go,” Davidson, wearing a pressed collared shirt and shorts and white sandals, said on July 13, the Wednesday following the sweep.

of the former Loehmann’s outlet while contractors cleared clutter from the bare insides, on the ground-floor of the Ansonia, the Beaux-Art condominium residence between 73rd and 74th Streets. News reports following Loehmann’s bankruptcy in 2014 suggested that asking rent for the 40,000-square-foot space was $4.75 million. Jesse Krasnow, president of Sirius Realty and the owner of the Ansonia for nearly 40 years, who earlier this year complained about the booksellers, did not return calls seeking comment. Neither did Gregg Wolpert, the president of The Stahl Organization and the developer of a 76-unit condo-

leagues are considered First Amendment vendors, meaning that they can set up shop without vending licenses. They must still abide by city regulations on where and how they display their wares, however. Norman Siegel, the civil rights lawyer, who has lived nearby for about 30 years, said he was puzzled by the city’s action. “The basic constitutional point is they do have a First Amendment right,” he said. “I don’t see any problem. They’re not blocking anything.” That the booksellers leave their wares overnight could, however, be more of a “gray area,” he said. And although Siegel alluded to the

JULY 21-27,2016 neighborhood’s changed profile as a possible motivation for city officials to remove the booksellers, he lamented their loss. “There should be Upper West Side tolerance toward the booksellers,” he said. But Councilmember Helen Rosenthal, whose district includes Broadway in the lower 70s, said she had heard complaints about the booksellers from nearly her first day in office in 2013. “I actually encouraged this to happen,” she said of the booksellers’ removal. Rosenthal said the booksellers’ presence was often raised at the 20th Precinct’s monthly community council meetings that she attended. The issue, she said, was among those of most concern to constituents. She said she had on several occasions met with residents and the police, but not with the booksellers themselves, to discuss residents’ concerns. “We get so many qualify-of-life complaints about vendors that don’t abide by the rules, in this case leaving things overnight unattended for a really long time,” she said. “It’s just a matter of abiding by the law,” Rosenthal said, alluding to the sellers’ unattended storing of their wares, which is addressed in a provision of the city’s administrative code originally targeting abandoned cars. “This was not done lightly.” Although Rosenthal said she was assured by police that all of the confiscated property was inventoried and catalogued, Davidson said a sizeable quantity of books was hauled away by trash collectors. Officials at the 20th Precinct referred questions about the books’ removal to the police department’s public information office downtown. An official there said by email only that that police “removed and safeguarded the unattended property.” The official did not respond to a follow-up inquiry asking why tables that were attended were also disassembled, or to claims that some books were trashed or about the number and types of summonses issued to the booksellers. Davidson has battled and sued the city following similar enforcement actions and obtained ﬁnancial settlements totaling in the tens of thousands of dollars for, among other matters, malicious prosecution, Davidson and his attorney, John Levy, said. Levy declined to detail the settlements or what he called “ongoing litigation” against the city. He did acknowledge that the neighborhood’s increasingly upscale character put pressure on the police. “Bloomingdale’s likes everything to be clean and neat,” he said, admitting that the booksellers’ trade sometimes “gets a little messy.” Still, he suggested that Davidson and other booksellers should not be shoved aside. “He can sue,” Levy said. “He is very honest. He’s out there trying to make a living.” Richard Khavkine: editor.dt@strausnews.com

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CONFESSIONS OF A WANT AD JUNKIE OP-ED BY MELITTA ANDERMAN

I used to be addicted to reading the help wanted ads. The Sunday edition was the ultimate, large print, enticing leads, and lots of pages. I read the ads for sheer pleasure. The call for executive/administrative positions was my field (the industry did not matter but a glamorous office would be heaven). The one ad that kept me puzzled (maybe disturbed) was the call for a hands-on ability. Hands on who and what and how many were involved. Everything in the ad sounded very legit except the physical part. Then the calls for or pleas for personal assistants. I had all the qualifications for that job (or so I assumed). The wife of a prominent art dealer needed help for her charitable commitments but a physical disability kept her from doing the leg work. In other words the lucky job winner

would be a runner. Did a bicycle come with the job? Would the job be a replica Devil/Prada situation? The lady required the assistant to be available at all times. How about a bed to snatch a few winks in between? I could see a marathon type permanently wearing running shoes and support bras to leap over city blocks. I’m too delicate and must have my nightly sleep. So I put a big X through the ad. In due time my passion for reading ads became more than a passion since I needed a job. First I had to assess my wardrobe and come up with an appropriate look which would pass the scanning test of the eagle eyed interviewer of the Human Resource Department (it used to be called Personnel). These interviewers with their titles were the darlings of the graduate classes who would inﬁltrate the business world with their limited knowledge of real life but were given status because the times were changing and the executive look was in. They could delve into your past without blinking an eye (the

blinking might signify there was a soul in the interior). I was presentable, well spoken and could hold my own in a conversation. Why was I always besieged during an interview with scenarios out of hell, dialogued by a satanic personality with definite signs of a lobotomized brain. A doctor at a very prestigious hospital wanted the services of a highly qualified aide who would organize his forthcoming conferences and trouble shoot the daily logistics involved. I could see myself in my selected outfit waving my magic wand to shoo away the interlopers who could disturb the churning brain waves of my soon-to-be employer. I got an interview date and with an overexcited tummy arrived at hospital. The big man (no matter that he was on the small side and hunchbacked) shook my hand and brought me into his office. It was very small and fleetingly reminded me of my messy closet at home. Where to sit? He indicated a little chair (memories of the three little bears) and

Voices Photo by neetalparekh via flickr he perched opposite. That our knees touched wasn’t so bad but did his knee have to get between mine? I tried to be calm as he asked questions and my automatic answers got stuck in my throat due to the on going knee jerking activity. After a fluttering few more minutes I managed to get my knees together, stood up, thanked him for seeing me and left the closet office. His office called to arrange a second go-around which I declined. One of my nicest interviews led to a job with a pharmaceutical company. On my first day of work my boss took me to lunch to make me feel welcome. I did but

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it was short lived since my nice new boss got a better job. I was assigned to work with the ofﬁce drunk in charge of stock inventory. I hated it but I was on the verge of my about to be imminent pregnancy. I stuck it out (not my stomach) for a few more months until the liquor aroma surrounding him did not agree with my lunch. Motherhood put a halt to my career of being an every woman to appease a wunderkind boss. It ended the human resource drill, the waiting time for call backs, and best of all, no more applications listing next of kin in case of an emergency and the name of my elementary school.

tions are reporting that three more police officers in Baton Rouge have been senselessly killed and a number seriously wounded. This pattern follows the ruthless assassinations of NYC Police Officers Ramos and Liu in 2014 and the recent killings of Dallas police officers who were simply doing their job protecting anti-police protestors. Police officers perform their jobs and take risks so you and I don’t have to. The men and women I have met in the NYPD are some of the most dedicated, hardworking and talented people I know. But it is unfair to ask them to take on broader societal ills that we have not been able to solve through our political process. By giving the police our support we send a message to bad actors that their violent malignant efforts won’t work and also shift the discussion to the real causes of these very difficult issues. Sincerely, Nicholas Viest President The 19th Precinct Community Council

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ON READING, AND OTHER SUMMER PLEASURES GRAYING NEW YORK BY MARCIA EPSTEIN

I never understood the concept of â&#x20AC;&#x153;summer readingâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;a beach book.â&#x20AC;? What I read at the beach is what I read at home -- mostly literary novels and newspapers. If I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like what I consider bad writing at home, why would I enjoy it at the beach? I must sound like an awful snob, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a compulsive reader and pretty picky (though I really ought to read nonďŹ ction, too, I do understand that). Given that, if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m lying in a beach chair and enjoying a book, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a book I would enjoy in all environments. Beach reading is just a concept totally alien to me. Friends of Stryker Park is an organization that is committed to making the large plaza on 97th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues into a lively, multi-use space and public amenity. So far theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had three events, the last, on June 25th, which included music, coffee and treats from local retailers, and board games, as well as just sitting at tables and talking with neighbors. Bob Leonard, one of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-founders, says they

want to transform the block into a park. The three events were a pilot program with tables, chairs, umbrellas and plantings. The Department of Transportation is involved with this program and said it would support a pilot program starting in September. While the DOT is supportive, many community members are opposed to the idea. Some think that this area is already being utilized by people who stroll there without impediment (the sidewalk is five times the size of a normal sidewalk). Children can run and play freely. But others feel that the space is under-utilized and it would only enhance the neighborhood and enable people to mingle and get to know each other in what is often a lonely and isolating city. It has been agreed that the discussion will re-open in September when a larger hearing on the idea could be held at the monthly transportation committee meeting. Do you know about ReServe? My partner works for this nonproďŹ t that matches professionals 55 and older with nonprofits, public institutions and government agencies that need

Photo by LWYang via ďŹ&#x201A;ickr their experience. ReServists receive a small stipend of $10 an hour (itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called paid volunteering) and you can work up to 15 hours a week. So far, my partner has worked as a facilitator on health issues and now as an exercise coach at various senior centers around the city. He took special training for both and is happily engaged twice a week making a bit of money and helping other seniors in New York City.

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Contact ReServe at 212-727-4335 or www.reserveinc.org if interested. I saw the Roz Chast exhibit at The Museum of the City of New York. Of course I knew of Ms. Chast, who has published more than 1,200 cartoons in the New Yorker alone, along with several illustrated childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books and an award-winning visual memoir called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?â&#x20AC;? I saw a group

of tourists being led to the door of the exhibit, told a few tidbits about it, and then shepherded away. No wonder! You just have to be a died-in-the-wool New Yorker (and maybe a Jewish one at that) to fully â&#x20AC;&#x153;getâ&#x20AC;? this exhibit. I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen her memoir, but these cartoons are pure New York. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I found my mother!â&#x20AC;? I fairly shouted at one point, holding my sides with laughter. One whole wall was dedicated to her relationship with her parents, and it was so uniquely New York and really uniquely Jewish that I laughed and cried at the same time. I must buy her book, and I plan to send my grandchildren one or more of her illustrated childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books. What a poignant, delightful afternoon I had. The Museum of the City of New York is a treasure I visit often. I remember it from the days when it had a ďŹ&#x201A;oor of huge doll houses that my daughters loved. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always something worthwhile to see there, and of course to follow it up with a visit to the Conservatory Garden across the street just tops up the day to perfection. There are a few days that are just perfect. I try to savor them when they come. We all should.

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A WARHOLIAN FUNHOUSE AT THE ARMORY EXHIBIT Art is everywhere, and in every form, at the Martin Creed show BY VIRGINIA RANDALL

When artist and musician Martin Creed tried to explain his work before “Martin Creed: The Back Door,” opened at the Park Avenue Armory, he shuffled and squirmed like a boy who had to recite in front of the whole class. “I’m not sure what people think about art,” he began. “It doesn’t have a clearly defined goal, like sport, with clearly defined rules and goals.” He picked up speed as he spoke. “Life’s very stupid. Nature is stupid. It does things for no reason. It seems very chaotic. So we make up rules, like in sport, doing things like running as fast as you can. It’s like narrowing things down to one thing,” he continued. “That’s kind of

artificial. It goes against life. Life is all over the place.” Creed’s life (and his art) is certainly all over the Armory’s entire first floor, and it’s a carnival ride through his boyish whimsy and obsessions. His paintings, sketches, sculpted works, videos, music and performance/conceptual art installations pervade rooms, hallways, trophy cases and the Armory’s very walls with abandon. Stripes on the Armory walls (Work No. 798)? Sure! An installation (Work No. 129) consisting solely of a door opening and closing, or a light turning on and off (Work No. 160)? Why not? In this massive setting, the work that earned him the Turner Prize in 2001 – and outraged the British public - “The lights going on and off” is a mere sideshow. (A few years ago he explained it with “I’ve always liked switching lights on and off.”) Co-curated by Tom Eccles and HansUlrich Obrist, “The Back Door” (at the Armory until August 7), is the largest

U.S. survey of this eccentric artist’s work, and the most extensive single artist installation at the Armory to date. Don’t come expecting traditional art. Creed’s eccentric vision is part fun house, part schoolyard prank – the vision of a man who has retained his childlike sensibility. For instance, Work No. 2734 “Roving musicians” is his choreography of a small group of musicians wandering throughout the space, playing two songs from “Thoughts Lined Up,” his album set for a July release. Both “I can’t say no” and “Where you gonna be?’ are plaintive and simple songs about his mother, who must have been extraordinarily indulgent (“I can’t say no”) and loving. Not all the art is for everyone. Anyone who grew up with brothers will have ﬂashbacks of “gross out” contests and a fascination with bodily functions, but a close reading of the list of installations will alert visitors where to ﬁnd

(or avoid) the short films “Shit” and “Sick,” showing women engaged in both. Only Martin Creed could create, specifically for the Armory’s 55,000foot Drill Hall, “The Back Door” video series, including his “Open and Closing Mouth” video series … and get his mom to participate. (She really can’t say no.) The standout exhibit, however, is in the Colonel’s Reception Room -- Work No. 2497 “Half the air in a given space.” The open door invites visitors to enter a staid 19th century wood-paneled study half filled with opaque white balloons, each about 24 inches in diameter. It’s fun to bounce the balls around, at first. Once you stop, though, the balloons close in, sounds become muffled and it’s impossible to look ahead, or behind or even up.It reproduces a kid’s experience of going somewhere adventurous for the first time -– it’s fun for the first couple of minutes, and then things get increasingly scary. At the Exit, you may well have the

same sense of relief you had finally catching sight of mom at a crowded amusement park. Creed’s placement of his works is as much a commentary as the works themselves. The ticking of the Metronomes (Work No. 2575) in the Mary Divver Room beating a steady tattoo similar to a drumbeat march, are a constant reminder that the show takes place in a military facility, while in the Library, crumpled paper balls (Work. No. 88, Work No. 218) sit on plinths sit in trophy cases, a witty counterpoint to the gleaming silver loving cups and trays. Overall, the Creed show is an extended look inside a unique and original creative mind who may well be Andy Warhol with a Scottish accent. This show is a funhouse, and after going through it, you might just take a second look at all the portraits of military ﬁgures. The smiles on their faces might strike you as genuine this time.

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Some New Yorkers may find traffic to be one of the least sexy topics out there, but the Museum of the City of New York’s ﬁrst speaker in its “Fast, Cool, and Convenient: Meeting New Yorkers’ High Demands” lecture series could very well change their minds. “Gridlock Sam” Schwartz is a leading expert in transportation and urban engineering, and has held many of the powerful positions in the industry. He will be giving a talk on traffic at the City Museum at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday as part of the museum’s second partnership with the New York Academy of Medicine and the New York City Council for the Humanities. Two more installments in the series — one on air conditioning and one on plastics — will follow in August and September. Here’s a preview of Schwartz’s talk.

How do you get to work in the mornings? Subway.

What are you going to be talking about on Thursday? I’m going to be talking about [Schwartz’s most recent book, “Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and Fall of Cars”]. Then I’m going to switch it over to how does that relate to New York City. The New York Academy of Medicine is a sponsor [of the series], so I’m also going to talk about the links between trans-

portation land use policies and public health.

are so many choices — it’s the cell phone.

That’s a pretty broad topic. Can you narrow it down a little?

Do you think New York City is prepared to handle the fact that vehicle use is declining for the ﬁrst time ever?

What prompted the book is that for 50 years or longer … I watched the growth of vehicle miles travelled in the region, in the country, and saw that it always went up. More people were buying more people were driving. Sure, there was a little dip during the Great Depression … but it kept shooting up during the 20th Century. Around 2003, unbeknownst to anyone, it started to go down. For 10 straight years in this country vehicle miles travelled were going down, something we never saw before since the advent of the automobile. It’s largely millennials. This was a reduction of 20 to 25 percent in driving by younger people, which is astounding. We created this generation … that decided they like accessibility versus mobility. Mobility allowed for you to live an hour out from where your school was, but after a while that mobility decreased because it took longer and longer to get where you were going. What the younger generation wants is to be able to go downstairs, go to a restaurant, catch a subway, go to a local bar, walking, without relying on a car. [Millennials] are driving a lot less but that doesn’t mean they’re doing a lot less. They go places without thinking about how they’re going to get home because they don’t have to. There

It’s a real risk. We’re already seeing deteriorations in service. Part of it is the bursting at the seams. I don’t see anyone recognizing that at a high enough level in government. A $27 billion transit program that the MTA put forward is probably less than half of what’s really needed to keep up with the demand.

Who is the ideal audience for your talk in terms of beneﬁting from your knowledge and recommendations? Drivers. Parents who have teenagers. Manhattan is different … but in other places I say “if you don’t want to lose your children [to more accessible cities] you have to create a different pattern.” With a New York crowd I hope more people from the medical community come. There was a medical doctor who was a pediatrician and he said, “The reason I’m here is I see too many children in my emergency room and also I see too children with diseases that children didn’t used to get.” And he says “I see the link as transportation.” That’s the other thing [millennials do], they already know that being active equals being healthy for the most part. *This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Antonucci

168-170 East 81 Street

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

Guzan Japanese Cuisine & Bar

1534 3 Avenue

Five Mile Stone

1640 2Nd Ave

Pig Heaven

1420 3Rd Ave

Le Bistro D’a Cote

1590 1 Avenue

Ryan’s Daughter Cafe

350 East 85 Street

Plenty Cafe Bakery Catering

1457 3 Avenue

China Taste

1570 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (18) 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.

Sette Mezzo

969 Lexington Avenue A

Papadam

1448 1 Avenue

Blue Bottle Coffee

945 Madison Ave

The Stumble Inn

1454 2 Avenue

Dunkin’ Donuts

411 East 70 Street

Dallas Bbq

1265 3 Avenue

Caffe Dei Fiori Ristorante

973 Lexington Ave

T-Bar Steak & Lounge

1278 3 Avenue

Nica Trattoria

354 East 84 Street

Gina La Fornarina

1016 Lexington Ave

Caledonia

1609 2Nd Ave

Rongoli Exquiste Indian Cuisine

1393A 2Nd Ave

Balon

245 East 81 Street

Mezzaluna

1295 Third Avenue

Food Passion

1200 Lexington Ave

Mckeown’s

1303 3 Avenue

Vinnie’s Pizzeria

1603 2Nd Ave

Arlington Club

1032 Lexington Avenue

Piazza Pizza & Grill

1530 3 Avenue

18 Restaurant

240 East 81 Street

Finnegan’s Wake

1361 First Avenue

Le Charlot

19 East 69 Street

Grade Pending (17) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Hot food item that has been cooked and refrigerated is being held for service without ﬁrst being reheated to 1 65º F or above within 2 hours. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Bottega Restaurant

1331 2 Avenue

Hummus Kitchen

1613 2Nd Ave

Cafe Mingala

1393B 2Nd Ave

Crepes And Delices

222 E 86Th St

Green Life Juice Bar

311 E 76Th St

Big Daddy’s

401 East 76 Street

Grade Pending (27) Food Protection Certiﬁcate not held by supervisor of food operations. Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared. 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.

1596 1598 2Nd Avenue

Jones Wood Foundry

Amura Japanese Restaurant

1567 2Nd Ave

Morini Ristorante

1167 Madison Avenue

Hu Kitchen

1536 3Rd Ave

Jaques Brasserie

204 E 85Th St

Not Yet Graded (24) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Taco Today

1659 1St Ave

Grade Pending (17) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Aba Sushi

1588 York Ave

Grade Pending (23) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Bagel Bobs On York

1641 York Ave

Irving Farm Coffee Roasters

1424 3Rd Ave

Casa Pizza

1427 3Rd Ave

Not Yet Graded (42) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked ﬁsh and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Insufficient or no refrigerated or hot holding equipment to keep potentially hazardous foods at required temperatures.

Vivolo

138140 East 74 Street

Grade Pending (42) 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.

Neil’s Cofee Shop

961 Lexington Avenue Grade Pending (27) 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. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

The Pony Bar

1444 1 Avenue

Iggy’s

1452 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (21) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Sushi Sasabune New York

401 East 73 Street

Garden Court Cafe (Asia Society)

725 Park Ave

Nectar Of 82Nd Street

1090 Madison Avenue A

Eli’s Table

1411 3 Avenue

Cafe Sabarsky

1048 5 Avenue

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STANDING UP FOR THE VILLAGE The building was serving a cultural function.” But Jane Street is not the only road in this part of the Village that could soon look dramatically different. At 500 Washington Street, a block in from the Hudson River across from Pier 40, Westbrook Partners and Atlas Capital Group came before Community Board 2 in late May to present a massive residential-commercial development featuring three tall towers. The project would be made possible by a transfer of air rights from the aging Pier 40 to the St. John’s Center at 500 Washington Street between Clarkson and Spring Streets in exchange for the developers’ investing $100 million in the renovating of the pier. At the time, GVSHP’s special projects director Harry Bubbins expressed concern about the precedent that could be set for more “projects of this enormous scope” to be built so close to the waterfront. And at 46-74 Gansevoort Street, just two blocks from 8589 Jane Street, the LPC recently approved a proposal to redesign

NEWS Community pushes back against a number of megaprojects in the far West Village BY MADELEINE THOMPSON

Though in general the Alexander Hamilton craze may be slowing down, the founding father’s legacy popped up last week in an unexpected place, and this time Hamilton the musical wasn’t mentioned once. At a Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing on the conversion of 85-89 Jane Street into a mega-mansion complete with a separate glass tower, one community member’s testimony in opposition to the project cited Hamilton’s personal connection to the area as a reason not to allow the proposed development. “Jane Street was just a country lane … when Alexander Hamilton died in the Bayard Home in 1804,” she said of the William Bayard House that once stood at 82 Jane Street. “The house was demolished, but the memory of Hamilton is still living, and is an important part of Greenwich Village’s history.” In recent months, the far West Village and the Meatpacking District have seen several large, luxury projects appear before Community Board 2 and the LPC that have brought residents out in droves -- the LPC received 250 emails from residents in response to the 85-89 Jane Street project alone -- to stand up for their historically diverse neighborhood, which was given landmark status in 2006. “While it’s incredibly charming, it’s usually very simple,” Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, said of Greenwich Village architecture. Berman described some of the recent proposed developments as “castle-like” and out of scale. “I think what the applicant [for 85-89 Jane Street] is bumping up against is they have a very grand idea of what they want their home to be like, and as the commissioner said, it’s intriguing, it’s inventive, but it doesn’t belong in this spot,” he said. After nearly two hours of discussion last week, the LPC ultimately took no action on the glass tower and renovated row house that were designed by Steven Harris Architects LLC

Rosemary Kristiansen and Ron Shipley holding signs in protest of the planned Jane Street development, at the LPC hearing. Photo by Madeleine Thompson for 85-89 Jane Street. The commissioners’ comments on the huge single-family home made it clear that they did not find the buildings to be appropriate for the neighborhood, despite its striking aesthetic. “It is a very interesting presentation, and intriguing in terms of drawing from different building typologies and thinking creatively,” LPC Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan said. “But I think in the end all these ideas are not reﬂected in this building. I just grapple with the idea that this tower is representative of what has been identiﬁed as the inspiration, which are these water towers and other industrial-type smokestacks … The execution fails to make that transformation.” Srinivasan’s comments were loudly applauded by the audience, and went on to be echoed by every other commissioner. The conversion of a one-story garage at 11-19 Jane Street into a five-story residential building inspired similar ire and also resulted in no action from the LPC when it was brought before them in late June. “Certainly the trend we’ve been seeing in the far West Vil-

lage is these areas are becoming increasingly expensive and desirable for new people moving in,” Berman said. “And in a lot of cases what that’s resulting in is a desire to make some pretty dramatic changes to the landscape even in areas that are designated historic districts or landmark districts.” Ironically, though wealthy buyers targeted by projects like 85-89 Jane Street are moving in because of the old, charming architecture, they appear not to be interested in preserving it. Zack Winestine, a founder and co-chair of the Greenwich Village Community Task Force, thinks the new era of the neighborhood he has called home for 28 years began a while ago. “I wouldn’t say that they’re going to usher in a new era because I think that, fortunately or unfortunately, that era has started some time ago,” he said. Winestine lamented the loss of the mix of industrial and residential buildings with small businesses that made the community feel like home. “Formerly, [85-89 Jane Street] had been the Steinway piano showroom,” he said. “It was a place where pianists could come down and practice.

the whole block on the eastern side between Washington and Greenwich streets. “There are definitely cases where we feel that they have been too weak, much too weak in fact,” Berman said of the LPC. “They have approved things that really I think don’t hold up to the standard that they’re supposed to enforce which is appropriate for a historic district.” He acknowledged that he has seen them be appropriately critical of some of the more outlandish projects, like with 85-89 Jane Street, but he said he’s “not counting our chickens before they hatch.” In his testimony at the LPC hearing last Tuesday, Berman emphasized that he is not opposed to change in Greenwich Village and said the project may come to be a “welcome addition” to the area with direction from the commission. At the moment, however, like the other luxury developments that propose to drastically alter the face of a simple, charming neighborhood, it is most unwelcome.

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CITY APPROVES “LOWLINE” PROJECT After the smash-hit success of Chelsea’s High Line, the ﬁrst round of approval for a Lowline on the Lower East Side was handed out last week. In what was once the Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and the New York City Economic Development Corporation gave the okay for, according to the press release, “the world’s ﬁrst underground park.” In order to achieve such a vision, the project will have to raise $10 million in the next year, and must involve the community in the design and progress of the park. Crain’s NY reported that Lowline Executive Director Dan Barasch has already set up “an open laboratory and subterranean horticulture exhibit” to workshop the technology that will make the park so innovative. On weekends until March of next year the lab, which has already attracted 70,000 visitors, will be free and open to the public. “The Lowline represents an incredible fusion of technology and public space,” Glen said in the press release. “For 80 years, this underground space has sat idle. … We can’t wait to see this experiment unfold.”

MAYOR ANNOUNCES INCREASED ACCESS TO FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation making feminine hygiene products free and accessible for public schools, shelters and jails in New York City. “There should be no stigma around something as fundamental as menstruation,” de Blasio said. “These laws recognize that feminine hygiene products are a necessity – not a luxury.” The bill was introduced earlier in the year by City Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, and it passed unanimously in June. According to the Huffington Post, 300,000 school girls and 23,000 women in shelters will beneﬁt from the policy. While jails are already required to offer menstrual products, their availability is generally known to be inadequate. “Under the new law, jails will have to offer feminine hygiene products to inmates immediately upon request,” the Huffington Post reported. “The legislation makes New York City the ﬁrst city in the nation to proactively guarantee access to menstrual hygiene products.” First Lady Chirlane McCray, who has long been an advocate for women’s’ rights, expressed her vehement support for the law in a press release. “Young women hear far too many negative messages about their bodies,” she said. “I’m so proud our city has chosen to send such a decisively positive one.”

REMODELED SECTION OF GOVERNOR’S ISLAND OPENS TO THE PUBLIC Governor’s Island has gotten a makeover that ﬁnally opened for public enjoyment on Tuesday. The Hills, a section of the island that was once a parking lot, has been under reconstruction since 2013 to implement the new design of landscape architect Adriaan Gueze. “In his design of the new 30-acre park, Geuze included a maze of hedges, four cascading slides and four summits composed largely of debris from the buildings that were torn down to make room for them (the highest of the perches is 70 feet above sea level),” wrote the New York Times Style Magazine after their preview tour of the Hills earlier this month. At 172 acres and seven minutes from the tip of Manhattan, the Hills features 360-degree views of the Statue of Liberty in addition to its user-focused design strategy. According to the Guardian, measures have been implemented to protect the park from climate-related changes and weather events like Superstorm Sandy, though during Sandy the island remained safe and dry thanks to a previous decision to raise its lowest part by 15 feet. “A stone shelf juts out from the coast into the sea, covered by large rocks which absorb and dissipate the pounding waves,” the Guardian reports. “Should water breach this, a further, subtle barrier is set back from the cycle path.” The anticipation that has been building for months will peak on Tuesday as the ﬁrst public visitors explore the Hills. Governor’s Island is open until September 25, until 6 p.m. on weekdays and 7 p.m. on weekends.

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MICRO LIVING, AT 260 SQUARE FEET PROPERTY “Micro” apartments make up in amenities what they give up in space BY KATHERINE ROTH

New York City’s ﬁrst “micro” apartment complex is open for business, challenging the limits of minimalist living. What the tiny dwellings lack in square footage, they try to make up for in amenities. Carmel Place, a 55-unit complex that opened June 1 in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, represents the ﬁrst time in decades that the city has allowed apartments to be built this small -- ranging from 260 to 360 square feet. That’s roughly the equivalent of a one-car garage. It’s the latest entry in a national trend toward smaller urban housing. The rise in single-person households -- now nearly a third of New York City’s households -and ever-higher rents led the city to approve the experimental project. Carmel Place got city land and a waiver from New York’s 400-square-foot minimum on new apartments, set in 1987. Frank Dubinsky of Monadnock Development, which built Carmel Place along with the Lower East Side People’s Mutual Housing Association, said there would probably be more new micro-apartments in New York soon. Compared to other modern buildings in its neighborhood, Carmel Place offers relatively modest rents, and services and amenities -- such as multi-functional furnishings -- that are aimed at making small-scale living a little easier. Architectural elements like 8-foot windows and nearly 10-foot ceilings are also meant to make small spaces more livable. The complex of services and amenities were put together by a company called Ollie, its name inspired by the words “all inclusive.” “Just because people need a living room and a bedroom doesn’t mean they need a designated living room and a bedroom. They just need the functionality of both rooms,” explains Chris Bledsoe, cofounder of Ollie, which did design work on the apartment interiors as well. The firm nArchitects designed the interior and exterior of the building. The amenities are meant to save tenants time and money, and create a sense of community, he said. Carmel Place is “a more plug-and-play living experience -- one that solves a housing need for the next two years of someone’s life, not forever. You don’t need to buy your own

Photo by Mekko Harjo furniture or hire a cleaning company. Everything is set to go,” he said. In addition to Internet and Wi-Fi, rent includes a weekly tidying service and a monthly deep clean, along with dog walking, dry-cleaning pickup and even a butler app called Hello Alfred, for customized errands. The nine-story complex also includes shared spaces. Thirty-two of the units are market rate, with rents from $2,446 to $3,195. Another 14 apartments have rents set by affordable-housing programs topping out at $1,490 per month; 60,000 people applied for those in a lottery. “In cities, space is at a premium and the only real solution is to make living spaces smaller,” said Lisa Blecker, spokeswoman for Resource Furniture, which provides most of the furniture included in the micro-apartment units. The furniture -- much of it made by the Italian company Clie --- emphasizes slim lines and multi-functionality. The 9-footlong sofa converts into a queen-size bed. A tiny cube of an ottoman transforms into dining chairs. A slim console table expands to seat 10.

Although the pieces are pricy -- Resource Furniture’s Swing wall-sofa-bed surrounded by cabinets costs between $10,000 and $15,000 -- Blecker says clients see savings in housing costs and “the realization that 350 square feet can feel luxurious if it’s well designed with the right furniture.” Bledsoe said micro-apartments’ convenience and affordability can be particularly appealing to young singles, empty nesters, long-distance commuters, and baby boomers in transition or looking for an urban pied-a-terre. Of course, tiny apartments in New York are not exactly new. Veteran appraiser Jonathan Miller estimates there are about 3,000 older apartments citywide that measure less than 400 square feet. And some real estate agents say New York’s young professionals are increasingly seeking small studios, willing to sacriﬁce space to be near work and away from roommates. Cities from San Francisco to Boston have OK’d some micro-apartments in recent years, seeking to address housing squeezes.

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LAFAYETTE RETURNS DOWNTOWN Fraunces Tavern Museum’s exhibit on “The Lancelot of the revolutionary set” BY ERICA MAGRIN

Any and all exhibits concerning Alexander Hamilton have skyrocketed in popularity since the rise of composer LinManuel Miranda’s hit musical, “Hamilton.” The life of this often-overlooked founding father has suddenly become more interesting than just a history lesson. Trinity Church is the burial site of Hamilton and his family, including his wife, Eliza; his sister-in-law, Angelica; and his son Phillip, who are all characters in the musical as well. Visitors to Trinity Church’s historic cemetery have increased significantly since the show’s fall opening. Recently, the church even hosted a pop-up exhibit featuring the first U.S. treasury secretary and his lineage. The Alexander Hamilton room at the American Museum of Finance has also benefited from the upsurge, with the museum posting: “you’re not a true “Hamilton” fan until you’ve visited [this site].” But with popularity comes mass influx, and this founding father’s history is no exception. With everyone demanding more Hamilton, the Fraunces Tavern Museum is turning to another figure featured in the hit musical. “Lafayette,” the new exhibit at the downtown landmark, showcases Hamilton’s brother-in-arms, General du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette — a name which the musical rhymes with “the Lancelot of the revolutionary set.” In a similar way to that of his financially minded friend, interest in this historical hero has become more prominent, hence the Fraunces Tavern Museum exhibit. The new exhibit features 20 different artifacts relating to Lafayette, including his pistol, sash and calling card. Also on display is a “life masque” of the war hero, crafted by noted French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. This was molded in 1785 “by placing layers of plaster of Paris over Lafayette’s face,” according to the museum. “There are three versions created after the original, all of which are in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The one exhibited here is a [20th century] Louvremade copy. This later 1790 ver-

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“Lafayette,” at the Fraunces Tavern Museum, features 20 artifacts related to the French Revolutionary War hero. Photo: Erica Magrin sion replica hides Lafayette’s well documented long sloping forehead with a wig.” Various portraits of the revolutionary solider are on display with the artifacts as well, some of which were engraved as early as 1790. Lafayette played an important part on the battlefield in both the American Revolution and the French Revolution, having been a military officer in both the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. Because of this, historians often refer to him as “the Hero of Two Worlds.” Born a French aristocrat, he was commissioned an officer of the military at age 13, and soon came to the colonies because he found the idea of the American Revolution noble and committed himself to the cause, becoming a major general when he was only 19. It was at this point in his life that he made the acquaintance of Alexander Hamilton and company. After aiding the colonists in victory at the Battle of Yorktown, Lafay-

ette returned home to France in 1787. With the intersection of Thomas Jefferson he assisted in authoring the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. After the storming of the Bastille, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the National Guard of France. Eventually being forced to ﬂee the country by a radical faction, Lafayette returned to France once again in 1797 and became a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1814. He returned to the United States in 1824, for an 16-month tour of all 24 states. He debarked at Castle Clinton, steps from the museum, to a hero’s welcome. He died 20 years later in 1834 and is buried in Picpus Cemetery in Paris, under soil from Bunker Hill. Lafayette is on view at until the end of the year. The Fraunces Tavern Museum is located on Pearl Street. Ticket prices are $7 – a lot less expensive than the sold-out musical.

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GIVING BACK TO THE GAME Major League Lacrosse player spreads his love for the sport at city camps BY ANGELA BARBUTI

It was at summer camp that Max Seibald was first introduced to lacrosse so it’s only fitting that he returns to that setting to get children to appreciate the game the way he does. The midfielder for the Boston Cannons has been running his own lacrosse camps since he graduated from Cornell University in 2009. This summer, he partnered with Gold Coast Academy to help start a sports series at its camps in New York and New Jersey. As their lacrosse expert, Seibald built curriculum, assisted in selecting coaches and created a daily video message shown to all campers, who range in age from six to 15. When he is not playing or coaching, he is working towards a business degree at New York University and volunteering on the board of CityLax, a nonprofit that provides lacrosse programming in high schools throughout the five boroughs. The Long Island native, who has been playing professional lacrosse for eight summers, has been on fields all over the country, but always returns to his home in Manhattan. “With all my travel, I get to escape to other parts of the country almost on a weekly basis, especially in the summer,” he explained. “It’s nice to get away, but

also nice to live in the best city in the world.” I started at sleepaway camp in 1994. I was 6 years old turning 7. I went to Camp Starlight, an all-sports camp with a boys’ side and girls’ side. I was introduced to lacrosse that summer and kind of fell in love with it then and have been playing it ever since.

traded to New York and played for the New York Lizards for three years. And I’m currently on the Boston Cannons and this is my second season with them. I played professionally indoor as well for the Philadelphia Wings from 2010 to 2013. I played for the Team USA outdoor team in 2010. In 2011, for the Team USA indoor team. And then again in 2014 for the Team USA outdoor team.

You played at Cornell. How did you balance school with sports?

You are based in New York. Why do you think you always come back to the city?

Sports has always been a part of my life and given me structure. So it wasn’t much different than being at Cornell doing the same thing. The only difference being that you have a little bit more free time on your hands when you’re on your own in college. But for me, between practice and training and weightlifting, it gave me a schedule which allowed me that structure and time you had to get work done. And I’m an organized person, so at the beginning of each semester, I laid everything out so I knew what I had to get done and when. The school and team also provided support which helped me ease my transition into college. It was not too much of a challenge to keep the workload on point. Obviously it’s a very good school. Time management is key and that was one of the skills I had learned before going away, so it wasn’t too tough.

I’ve always been based in New York. I grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, and have been living in Manhattan since I graduated from Cornell. I have a lot of things based here. First of all, my family. I have two older sisters and now two nephews and a niece, all on the Upper East Side. My parents still live in Hewlett, so I’m close by there. I run a couple of business based out of New York. One is a lacrosse club team called LC New York, which are travel club teams based out of New York City. I run a couple of other training programs in New York City and Long Island in the off season. And I’m also currently in business school at NYU, so that’s another reason I’m in New York right now. And a majority of my friends from high school and college all reside in or around the Tri-State area.

How did you get started playing lacrosse?

Tell us about your pro career.

What skills do you think you need to be a good coach?

This is my eighth summer playing pro. I was drafted and played for the Denver Outlaws for three years. I got

I look at it as almost a teacher. You have to have extreme patience, obviously, for all different levels of

Max Seibald coaching. Photo: Adam Watstein kids. I think you have to understand whatever it is that you’re doing on a very fundamental level and be able to translate that to whoever you’re teaching or coaching in very basic terms. The beauty about lacrosse is that to be good at it, you have to really master the fundamentals. Keeping it simple and fun at the same time to try to keep the kids’ attention. And again, drilling the fundamentals and making it a competitive, but encouraging environment. I’ve played for a lot of different coaches and coached a lot of different groups in many different areas of the country. One thing I ask of the campers that I have to do myself is to be able to adapt, because kids in Long Island are a lot different than New York City which are a lot different than Texas and they all are exposed to different things.

You’re on the board of CityLax. Explain the organization.

Max Seibald coaching. Photo: Adam Watstein

It’s a not-for-proﬁt, a public-private partnership based out of New York City that supports public schools in the ﬁve boroughs to play throughout the year. Because the state doesn’t fund the programs in the high schools, someone has to. We raise money to support the teams at the high school level. There’s over 40 high school boys’ and girls’ teams and they fund

the coaches, equipment, ﬁeld, travel, transportation and anything that they need. And because at the high school level, it’s a little late for some people to start, we’re starting to transition to middle school, so the kids can start younger.

What are your future plans? I always plan to have some involvement in coaching and spreading the game. I’ve been doing it as a business now and have also been very active with CityLax. My playing career, I don’t know how much longer it will last. Having been playing for eight years, I’m deﬁnitely at the tail end of my career. So I think I have a couple more years left with that. I have another year or so of business school. Once that’s done, I’ll be entertaining other options full time outside of lacrosse, but I’ll always have that outlet to give back to the game that’s give me so much. www.goldcoastsportsacademy.com www.citylax.org

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Medical and Office Cleaning Company Looking to Buy SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED CLEANING COMPANIES FROM 1 TO 100 ACCOUNTS

Goldberg PO Box 2962 Church St Station 10008

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800.530.0006

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Call Barry Lewis today at:

212-868-0190

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462 Broadway MFG No Retail/Food WANTED TO BUY

+/- 9,000 SF Ground Floor - $90 psf +/- 16,000 SF Cellar - $75 psf Divisible Call David @ Meringoff Properties 212-645-7575

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3 3 3 UPPER EAST SIDE 1 BEDROOMS FROM $2,995 CONV 2 BEDROOMS FROM $4,295 3 BEDROOMS FROM $6,995

MIDTOWN & UPPER WEST SIDE 1 BEDROOMS FROM $3,695 2 BEDROOMS FROM $5,295 3 BEDROOMS FROM $8,495

TRIBECA & FINANCIAL DISTRICT 1 BEDROOMS FROM $3,795 CONV 2 BEDROOMS FROM $4,495 2 BEDROOMS FROM $6,195

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