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Residential real estate prices in Yorkville will likely continue to rise in response to the launch of the Second Avenue subway, one expert says. Photo: Shinya Suzuki, via flickr

YORKVILLE AND THE SUBWAY REAL ESTATE Even after the opening of the Second Avenue line, Yorkville’s aura of affordability remains — but for how long? BY MICHAEL GAROFALO

Within the Upper East Side real estate market, Yorkville, between 79th and 96th Streets east of Third Avenue, has long held a reputation as an enclave of relative affordability, especially in comparison to the tonier western stretches of the Silk Stocking District nearby. For years, the neighborhood’s range of housing options — including high-rise apartment complexes, prewar tenement buildings, co-ops and, increasingly in recent years, luxury condominium towers — has made it an attractive option for a diverse group of residents, particularly cost-conscious young families, retirees and recent college graduates willing to live a half-mile or further from the

Lexington Avenue subway for the tradeoff of lower prices. But with the opening of the Second Avenue subway earlier this year, one longstanding reason for Yorkville’s lower prices — its distance from the nearest subway line — has disappeared, fueling anxiety among some residents that the neighborhood’s improved accessibility will be accompanied by rent hikes. To an extent, the new subway’s impact on the neighborhood’s rental market could be felt even before the Second Avenue line officially opened on New Year’s Day. November 2016 analysis by the real estate website StreetEasy showed that rents along Second Avenue have increased 27 percent over the previous five years, as the subway neared completion. Rents on First and Third Avenues saw jumps of 19 and 14 percent, respectively, over the same period — increases that are likely attributable, at least in part, to market anticipation of the new line’s completion.

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Keith Powers (pointing) won the Democratic primary for the District 4 city council seat, currently held by term-limited Council Member Dan Garodnick (right). Photo: Keith Powers Campaign

POWERS LOOKS AHEAD AFTER PRIMARY WIN POLITICS Keith Powers triumphs in Democratic election for District 4 Council seat BY MICHAEL GAROFALO

Keith Powers emerged as the winner in last Tuesday’s Democratic primary election for the District 4 city council seat, finishing atop a crowded field of candidates to replace incumbent Council Member Dan Garodnick, who is unable to seek reelection due to term limits.

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Powers finished with 4,019 votes, outpacing second-place finisher Marti Speranza by a nearly two-to-one margin. Powers, a member of Community Board 6 who previously worked as a lobbyist and staffer to Assembly Member Jonathan Bing and Senator Liz Krueger, celebrated his victory at an election night party in Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Town, where he grew up and still lives. The morning after the primary, Powers spoke with Garodnick, who had endorsed him a few days before the election. The incumbent’s message to his likely successor was “pretty simple,”

Powers said. “Be happy and go out and say thank you.” Powers took Garodnick’s advice to heart. “I walked around the neighborhood this morning just to say thank you to some folks,” he said. “It was really overwhelming.”

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FALLS PREVENTION FOR OLDER NEW YORKERS GRAYING NEW YORK More than 11 million people over 65 in the U.S. fall each year BY ALICIA SCHWARTZ

The first day of fall — September 22 — begins National Falls Prevention Awareness Week, an effort to educate people about how to prevent and reduce falls, especially among older adults. Nearly all 50 states, including New York, will participate in Falls Prevention Awareness Week activities this year. It’s a good time to talk about what family caregivers can do to help reduce this epidemic. In the United States, more than 11 million people over the age of 65 fall each year — that’s one of every three senior citizens in the country! Aside from the injuries and even death that might result, falling can lead to decreased mobility and even more fear of falling, which in turn can limit a person’s independence and negatively affect their quality of life. As a registered nurse with VNSNY CHOICE Health Plans, an affiliate of the not-for-profit Visiting Nurse Ser-

vice of New York, I work closely with the elderly and their loved ones to develop a health care plan that addresses each patient’s individual needs, helping them live safely and independently in the home. I’m often asked by family caregivers who don’t live with their older parents for advice on how to keep their loved ones safe. Here are a few things to keep in mind to help at-risk seniors avoid serious fall-related injuries. • Age Matters: While falls can happen to people of all ages, the older you are, the more susceptible you are to injury, and recovery becomes more challenging. In fact, people age 75 and older who fall are four to five times more likely than those age 65 to 74 to be admitted to a long-term care facility for a year or longer. • Know Your Meds? Taking four or more medications, especially those that may cause side effects or interactions such as dizziness or drowsiness, increases one’s risk of falling. You should talk with your primary doctor about any side effects your family member is experiencing from medications. Taking medicine with a meal or before bed or working with the doctor to have lowest possible dosages might

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help ameliorate some symptoms. • Seeing Clearly: Family caregivers should encourage older loved ones to get an annual vision exam, because failing vision can go unnoticed when someone is able to carry out daily activities such as reading the paper or watching television. Vision problems can be the cause of a trip or fall and improving vision can go a long way to keeping seniors safe on their feet. • Safe Home: It’s important to make periodic assessments of the home to reduce tripping hazards. Keep pathways clear of clutter and well-lit, make sure floors are dry, ensure that stairs are level and evenly spaced, and install handrails wherever there is more than one step down. Also, carefully gather wires, and tape down carpets. Bathtubs should have a bath mat to prevent slips and falls, a tub seat for individuals with poor balance, and grab bars in the bathroom so no one is tempted to grab onto a towel bar (which is not meant to support weight). • Keep On Your Feet: Research says if you’re over 65, you increase your risk of falling if you walk barefoot or only with socks. Our reflexes decrease as we age, so if your family member happens to step on something injurious, the re-

flex that causes him or her to hop off it may cause them to fall. Encourage your family member to wear comfortable well-fitting shoes both around the house and outside. Avoid shoes that have open toes or open heels which can cause the individual to trip or lose their balance if the heel comes off the shoe. • Assistive Devices: If your family member uses a cane, walker or crutch, make sure it fits properly in terms of height and handle grip size, and that they use it correctly. Avoid borrowing devices from others, since assistive devices are not one size fits all. At least once a month, turn it upside down and make sure the rubber tips are in good shape and change them if they show signs of wear. • Keep Your Balance: Good balance is important to prevent falls. But a person’s balance may be affected by illness or medication. Avoid bending or looking down as you walk as this causes the balance to shift, making the individual more prone to fall. Walking straight is best. Alicia Schwartz, MSN, RN, is care coordinator with VNSNY CHOICE Health Plans. For more information please visit s or call 1-888-867-6555.

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CRIME WATCH BY ALIZAH SALARIO STATS FOR THE WEEK Reported crimes from the 19th precinct for Week to Date

WOMAN DIES AFTER FALLING OUT OF CAB A taxi driver who ed the scene after a woman who fell out of his cab onto Lexington Avenue and was fatally struck moments later by another cab last week has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment

and leaving the scene of an accident causing death, authorities said. Azizur Mazumder, 46, was traveling southbound on Lexington Avenue in a 2015 Toyota Camry taxi about 5 a.m. on September 13. His fare, a woman who has not been publically identiďŹ ed, opened the rear passenger door and fell onto the avenue between East 69

Street and East 68 Street, police said. Mazumder then drove away, leaving the woman lying in the roadway. Moments later, a yellow taxi traveling southbound on Lexington Avenue ran over the woman. The second taxi driver also felt the scene, heading East on 68th Street, police said. Police are continuing their investigation.

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Responding officers found the woman lying in the roadway with trauma to her body. She was taken to New York Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. This is the second fatality involving a taxi in the neighborhood in just a few weeks. On July 28, an Upper East Side

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resident, Barbara Horn, 80, was crossing Third Avenue from west to east when was struck by a cab that had turned on Third from 70th Street. The taxi driver, Syed Ullah, stayed at the scene and was later arrested on charges of failure to yield to a pedestrian.

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Useful Contacts POLICE NYPD 19th Precinct

153 E. 67th St.

212-452-0600

159 E. 85th St.

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FIRE FDNY 22 Ladder Co 13 FDNY Engine 39/Ladder 16

157 E. 67th St.

311

FDNY Engine 53/Ladder 43

1836 Third Ave.

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FDNY Engine 44

221 E. 75th St.

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CITY COUNCIL Councilmember Daniel Garodnick

211 E. 43rd St. #1205

212-818-0580

Councilmember Ben Kallos

244 E. 93rd St.

212-860-1950

STATE LEGISLATORS State Sen. Jose M. Serrano

1916 Park Ave. #202

212-828-5829

State Senator Liz Krueger

1850 Second Ave.

212-490-9535

Assembly Member Dan Quart

360 E. 57th St.

212-605-0937

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright

1365 First Ave.

212-288-4607

COMMUNITY BOARD 8

505 Park Ave. #620

212-758-4340

LIBRARIES Yorkville

222 E. 79th St.

212-744-5824

96th Street

112 E. 96th St.

212-289-0908

67th Street

328 E. 67th St.

212-734-1717

Webster Library

1465 York Ave.

212-288-5049

100 E. 77th St.

212-434-2000

HOSPITALS Lenox Hill NY-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell

525 E. 68th St.

212-746-5454

Mount Sinai

E. 99th St. & Madison Ave.

212-241-6500

NYU Langone

550 First Ave.

212-263-7300

CON EDISON

4 Irving Place

212-460-4600

POST OFFICES US Post Office

1283 First Ave.

212-517-8361

US Post Office

1617 Third Ave.

212-369-2747

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The Second Avenue Subway Transit Garden, a traditional north-south protected bike lane on the Upper East Side. The city’s Department of Transportation is now developing a series of proposals for crosstown bike routes that it says will be unveiled “in the near future.� Photo: NYC Department of Transportation

THE BIG BIKE-LANE BOOM SAFETY Spurred by several recent tragedies and demands from advocates and elected officials, City Hall may expand bicycle infrastructure to include more east-west streets, not just north-south avenues BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

The recent growth of the on-street bicycle network in Manhattan has been nothing short of explosive. Now, a series of catastrophic accidents that has claimed the lives of three cyclists over the past three months has galvanized support for an even more dramatic expansion. At least 37.5 miles of bike lanes were added to the island’s signature street grid from 2014 through 2016, city Department of Transportation data shows. That’s up a sharp 77 percent from the 21.1 bike-lane miles introduced in the three-year period between 2009 and 2011.

The best-known and most heavily trafficked bikeways have taken root on the left-hand sides of principal north-south avenues, like uptownfacing First and downtown-facing Second Avenues on the East Side, and uptown Eighth and downtown Columbus Avenues on the West Side. But the potential new expansion — which is being developed by DOT and has been pushed by community boards, transit advocates and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and other elected officials — would transform the arterial infrastructure in a perpendicular direction. Instead of positioning the bike paths primarily on the broader avenues, numerous new lanes would also be positioned on the narrower, eastwest cross streets, potentially providing cyclists with a painless way of transiting between the East River and the Harlem River. Of course, that would also set the stage for painful new showdowns with pedestrians in the city’s oft-contested streetscape.

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Affordable Housing for Rent LOTTERY IS OPEN FOR PLACEMENT ON WAITING LIST ONE COLUMBUS PLACE ONE COLUMBUS PLACE NEW YORK, NY 10019 LINCOLN SQUARE / UPPER WEST SIDE Amenities: Concierge, Fitness Center*, Laundry Facilities*,Garage*, Appleseed’sŽ children’s playroom*, Resident Lounge and Patio* (* additional fees apply). Transit: Trains: A/B/C/D/1, Buses: M57, M31, M9, M12 1R DSSOLFDWLRQ IHH ‡ 1R EURNHUœV IHH ‡ This building is approved to receive a Tax Exemption through the 421-a(17) Extended Program of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation And Development (HPD) Who Should Apply?

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THE THERE THERE EAST SIDE ENCOUNTERS BY ARLENE KAYATT

Restaurant redux, redux, redux — Il Carino, a charming Italian restaurant on Second Ave between 87th and 88th Streets has been around, I’d guess, for at least 30 years. In the same location. But they disappear for months, sometimes years at a time leaving the location empty. I’ve

never figured out nor have I asked why or how they always get to come back. Maybe they own the building. Anyway, right now Il Carino is back. But you’d have to look for it to find it. It’s completely non-descript — the exterior is painted white — and squeezed between the colorful canopied Selena Rosa Mexican restaurant with its outdoor cafe immediately to the north, and the almost street-long Genesis sports bar restaurant, also with an outdoor cafe, on the south side. Il Carino’s brown canopy doesn’t make it more noticeable or inviting. And why brown? Many years ago the Genesis spot was occupied by Dan Maxwell’s popular steakhouse. Il Carino was around in those days and its presence was more noticeable than it is today. It’s OK to be sedate, but if Il Carino

wants to stay in business — not stay and go — then they should figure out how to make the business more noticeable. The food’s top-notch. The room’s warm. Service is solicitous and friendly. Yorkville would welcome a restaurant of Il Carino’s caliber. Not much good though if nobody knows they’re there. Where’s the M — and does it or doesn’t it _atter? — I’ve been trying to find out — and figure out — the concept behind the branding of Quality Meats and Quality _eats restaurants since the latter now has a location on East 78th and Second. There’s another in the West Village. Owned by Michael Stillman, whose dad Alan brought the still standing Smith and Wollensky’s to our town (where the once venerable Manny

YOU GO, GIRL Binge-watching Gossip Girl on the show’s tenth anniversary reveals that the locations hold up well — but Upper East Siders will spot the ways that GG dates itself BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL

“So, was it like Gossip Girl?” Four years ago, that was what the classmates of my now 22-year-old son Luke, wanted to know after he told them he grew up in Manhattan. Not only were the Boston students curious, but so were the Australian ones he met during his semester abroad. Yes, on the other side of the world (my research discovered the show was big in China, too) everyone was fascinated by the golden gang that roamed the Upper East Side for six seasons between 2007 and 2012. The CW show is celebrating its tenth anniversary and I suspect there will be many who, like me, are paying trib-

Wolf’s stood on the corner of 50th and Third). Quality Meats opened in 2006, first in the space occupied by the shuttered Manhattan Ocean Club on West 58th St, and then it moved to its present location on the northeast corner of 57th and Avenue of the Americas. Or Sixth Avenue if you insist. It’s a classy spot for lunch and dinner with high-quality steaks at high-end steak prices. How to capitalize on that from a perch in what is now Trump Country and from a branding perspective that might pique even our brand-savvy president’s interest? What the younger Stillman and his chef Craig Kotetsu have done is put a millennial twist on the neighborhood steak place. So instead of calling itself “Quality Meats,” it’s signage on the 78th Street restaurant deletes the “M”

Location, Location, Location “Dress for Success” is the show’s motto and everyone lives up to and by it — especially doyennes Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford) and Eleanor Waldorf (Margaret Colin) — until someone refers to the Fashion Week tents at Bryant Park.

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Met steps, yellow taxi. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl ute with a Netflix binge. At first blush, the show holds up pretty well. The who’s-dating-whom plotlines are timeless. The GG onepercenters fit in just fine in our Trumpled country. Their classic preppy stylings, as well as the boho chic of Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), look contemporary. The major monuments used in exterior shots are as grand as ever: the Met steps, where Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) — and her headbands — held court; The Palace Hotel, where the van der Woodsen family lived; the Museum of New York, which served as the entrance of the high school; plus, the Frick, the Cooper Hewitt, Wollman Rink, Grand Central and, of course, Central Park are as they were. Those outside of Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill or Yorkville will still see modernday NYC, but true Upper East Siders

can spot the ways GG dates itself.

BK vs. NYC When going to the outer borough to visit The Humphrey family, they act as though their journey rivals that of those who landed at Ellis Island after a month on a boat. Brooklyn now outcools Manhattan, and some of us go there to hang out by choice.

Bloomies, Bergdorf’s and Bendel’s, Oh My Serena runs into wanna-be Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) shopping for dresses at Henri Bendel. Dead giveaway: The upscale department store no longer sells clothing, just wildly amazing accessories.

Tutor-less SAT prep Barron’s may be the only recourse for outsider Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), but the children of the elite without a $150 an hour academic coach? Oh, stop it. Just stop.

As opposed to protest destination. Watching the GG girls shop their way down Fifth Avenue with Trump Tower in the background, the black and gold monolith looks practically akin to an abandoned building without the barricades, police presence and Secret Service agents.

Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker Blair and Dan get dream internships at Condé Nast. Entry-level positions such as these can only be described as hard to get and prestigious — until the unpaid workers mutinied, won their law suit and the program was shut down.

Find My iPhone Any UES-er who ever bumped into a bunch of teens taking a group selfie (because you were texting while walking) would be taken aback by Serena & Co.’s use of flip phones, actual cameras for still and video, as well as listening to music on iPods — at least until Season 6.

How Do I Get To ... ? When not traveling via limo courtesy of Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), the golden children take yellow cabs. It’s

and the neon-ed sign reads “Quality _eats.” Cute. Maybe. Maybe not. Prices are cheaper and the crowd trends local. Quality Meats on 57th is more cosmopolitan and attracts a more business-attired crowd and those who may still have expense accounts. Several passers-by standing outside the newly opened Quality _eats on the East Side, and noticing the quirky, unlighted “M” in the restaurant’s name, thought the lighting on the sign was defective. A vegetarian hailed the darkened or deleted M thinking that the new owners had the guts to riff on the carnivorous crowd by deleting meat from the menu altogether. At the end of the day, another day’s ink and social media, and the crowds will come. And then maybe fall away when the next kitsch comes along.

actually a little jarring to go through a whole episode, let alone season, without hearing the word “Uber.” Reference is made to Blair returning from the Hamptons on the Jitney. Now, if she were actually going to brave the LIE, it would be on a Hamptons Ambassador (the Jitney’s classier older sister), but most likely she’d copter to the East End via Blade. When Blair gets into NYU, Nate Archibald (Chase Crawford) teaches her how to maneuver the pre-Q subway lines. Hey, where are the blue rows of CitiBikes?

I Crave A Half-Caf No-Foam Latte If UES-ers walk a block without a Starbucks cup in hand, can they really call themselves UES-ers? This group NEVER went to the Seattle-based coffee chain. I thought I was seeing things.

R.I.P. The pre-under new management Campbell Apartment (now simply The Campbell) where Serena and Nate cheated on Blair; Centolire where Blair dined (FYI: the breaded chicken was to die for); and Juicy Couture, in front of which, Chuck and Blair had one of their famed knock-down drag-outs. Regardless, Happy Anniversary Gossip Girl. And to the UES that inspired it—xoxo Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels “Back to Work She Goes” and “Fat Chick,” for which a movie is in the works.

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DILLER’S DREAM ISLAND DIES PARKS Pier 55, conceptualized six years ago, was beset by lawsuits, escalating costs

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BY MIHIKA AGARWAL

Six years ago, billionaire Barry Diller and with his wife, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, set out to rejuvenate derelict Pier 54, aspiring to replace it with a 2.4-acre undulating cultural island rechristened Pier 55. Supported by 550 concrete pylons in the Hudson River, the futuristic waterfront enclave was intended for offshore at the level of West 13th Street and would be linked to the mainland by two pedestrian bridges. Construction was to have begun last year. But beset by a string of lawsuits over the project’s environmental impact and other claims, Diller last week announced it was “no longer viable to proceed.” Pier 55, Diller wrote in a conclusive email to backers, was sunk by “multiple stallings in our build process, escalating costs and delays, and media attacks that colored this project in a controversial light from which it will be difficult to recover.” What had started as a $35 million idea had burgeoned into a $250 million enterprise intended to include a series of winding pathways and viewing platforms peppered between pockets of trees, and performance venues for arts and culture shows. But since soon after its conception, Pier 55 has been subject to a saga of lawsuits initiated by The City Club of New York and co-plaintiffs Tom Fox and Rob Buchanan.

Last month, a federal judge cited serious deficiencies in a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and in effect rescinded the permit. In his email, Diller said a settlement of the lawsuits was being pursued until very recently. But, he added, “I couldn’t in good faith agree to a settement agreement as I felt we had done nothing wrong and that to give victory to these people was in itself wrong.” Diller’s capitulation brought polarized emotions from the project’s various stakeholders, among them U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, one of the project’s supporters, who expressed frustration at the ability of a small of number of people to impede such a largescale project. “So much wonderful work, the work of all of you, has gone

to naught,” Diller wrote. “I am so sorry.” In an email to his supporters, Michael Gruen, president of The City Club, said the goal was never to annul the project, but to simply insist on public participation and adherence to laws designed for the welfare of the public as well as marine life. “Great donors — and Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg are great donors — should be profusely thanked, but occasionally reminded that their role is to facilitate,” he wrote. The reconstruction of Pier 54 will now be undertaken by the Hudson River Park management, which will “increasingly be based on public involvement and the highest respect for the natural beauty and habitat the Park is intended to nurture,” Gruen said.

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Thu 21 WWI ETCHED IN STONE ► Arsenal in Central Park, 830 Fifth Ave. 9 a.m. Free Through vintage photographs, original renderings and historic objects, “Over Here: A Centennial Commemoration of World War I Memorials in NYC Parks” examines the city’s tributes to The Great War. On display through Nov. 24. 212-360-8163. nycgovparks.org/events

BLANK OUT Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave. 8 p.m. $40 Join contemporary composer Michel van der Aa at the premiere of his latest work, a chamber opera based on the life and work of South African poet Ingrid Jonker. This eclectic performance combines 3D film, classical instruments, electronics and the vocals of soprano Miah Persson. Through Sept. 27. 212-616-3930. armoryonpark.org/programs_ events

Fri 22 ‘GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST’ Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. 7:30 p.m. $40 Composer John Adams and librettist/director Peter Sellars discuss their newest collaboration with San Francisco Opera general director Matthew Shilvock, an opera based on the real-life characters of California's Gold Rush. Highlights will be performed prior to the world premiere in San Francisco. 212-423-3500 guggenheim. org/event

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GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL

Bryant Park 5 p.m. Free Do-si-do your partner at the sixth annual Bryant Park square dance extravaganza. The hoopla includes trick roping, a mechanical bull, food curated by the Hester Street Fair, live music, fun crafts and, of course, plenty of dancing. bryantpark.org

Great Lawn, Central Park 2 p.m. Free At this socially conscious music festival, join Stevie Wonder, Green Day, Pharell and other A-listers who have put fighting global injustices on their agenda. Guests earn their tickets after taking a series of actions to effect change around the world. globalcitizen.org

Sat 23 HIT A HIGH NOTE: MUSICAL FOSSIL HUNT American Museum of Natural History Noon and 2:30 p.m. Free with museum admission Hunts for missing fossils in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs at this delightful opera for families. Based on the real-life experiences of Rhoda Knight and her grandfather Charles R. Knight, the famous naturalist illustrator. Additional dates: Sept. 24, 29 and 30. 212-769-5100. amnh.org

Sun 24 LETTERPRESS PRINTING WORKSHOP Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden, 421 East 61st St. 2 p.m. $15 Learn about the history of printing in New York City, then try your hand at an early 19thcentury portable printing press to create your own letterpress stationery to take home. Reservations requested. 212 838-6878. mvhm.org

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◄ EAT LIKE A SAMURAI Japan Society, 333 East 47th St. 6:30 p.m. $20 If lotus root, dried taro stems, wasabi and shiso please your palate, you’ll enjoy this talk about the samurai diet, which was designed to give warriors strength on the battlefield. Kanna Himiya, author of “The Samurai Gourmet,” shares the eating habits and recipes of Japan’s military class. 212-832-1155. japansociety.org

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92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. 5 p.m. $35 Professor Buultjens’ 15th annual Global Prospects lecture, an analysis of global political and economic conditions and crises, will look at the winners and losers in our current state of affairs. 212-415-5500. 92y.org

The Explorers Club, 46 East 70th St. 6 p.m. $25 Mitchell Stephens, a professor of journalism at NYU’s Carter Institute, will discuss Lowell Thomas’s 1924 book “With Lawrence in Arabia.” Stephens, who followed Thomas’s trail around the world, is the author of a new forward to the book. 212-628-8383. explorers.org/ events.

Mon 25 OPERA FOR ALL: BELLINI’S ‘NORMA’ Times Square 6 p.m. Free A new production of Bellini’s bel canto tragedy “Norma” opens the Met’s 2017-18 season, and you don’t have to have season tickets to see it. The performance will be broadcast to multiple giant screens in Times Square, a tradition that has given more New Yorkers access to opera since 2006. 212-362-6000. metopera.org

Tue 26 KEN BURNS TALKS ‘VIETNAM’ Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. Noon. $60 Join filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, along with Vietnamese-American author Duong Van Mai Elliott and former U.S. Senator and Vietnam War veteran Bob Kerrey, as they discuss “The Vietnam War,” a 10-part documentary on PBS that

Wed 27 UP-AND-COMING LATINX ARTIST PORTFOLIO REVIEW El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Ave. 3 p.m. Free Artists of Puerto Rican, Latinx, Latin American, or Caribbean descent are invited register for a 20-minute, oneon-one portfolio review with a member of El Museo’s curatorial team. Works in process welcome; register in advance. 212-831-7272. elmuseo.org

MICHAEL CHABON READS ‘MOONGLOW’ Unterberg Poetry Center, 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. 7:30 p.m. $22 Chabon’s latest novel, “Moonglow,” straddles the line between fact and fiction. Hear the real-life Chabon read from his memoir-esque novel starring Mike Chabon, who sets out to explore the life of his engineer grandfather. 212-415-5500. 92y.org/ event

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SEE CALDER RUN The Calder Foundation’s Sandy Rower on “Calder: Hypermobility” at the Whitney BY MARY GREGORY

“Calder: Hypermobility” at the Whitney, organized in collaboration with the Calder Foundation, on view through October 23, offers a rare chance to understand how Alexander Calder’s work was meant to be experienced. Some three dozen works (and additional pieces that are brought in by the Calder Foundation for one-time displays) are being activated throughout the course of the exhibition. Sandy Rower, Calder’s grandson and president and chairman of the Calder Foundation discusses his grandfather’s work and the exhibition. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

Did anything surprising to you come out of working on the show? The whole premise of the show is unusual — the idea of installing Calder’s work the way he intended or at least trying to get as close to that as we can, given all the constraints of modernity

IF YOU GO WHAT: “Calder: Hypermobility” WHERE: Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St. WHEN: Through Oct. 23 whitney.org/ these days. Owners don’t want people touching their sculptures. So how do you give people a personal, interactive experience while still preserving the works? That’s what’s different and that’s what’s exciting about the show.

Can you talk about the Calder Foundation’s role in the exhibition? Something that’s been so extraordinary for us at the Foundation is presenting works of art which people don’t have much access to (except in a vitrine or at a distance) and actually bringing them into the gallery for one hour and talking about their significance and how they fit into Calder’s work, and then presenting them, performing them, moving them, activating them in ways that you never get to see. That’s been the most exceptional part of the show for me, personally.

Alexander Calder’s sculptures and mobiles fill the Whitney’s eighth floor gallery. Photo: Adel Gorgy

“Red Panel,” c. 1934, Plywood, wood, sheet metal, wire and paint, with motors, 11 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. Calder Foundation, New York; promised gift of Alexander S. C. Rower (Sandy Rower). Photo: Adel Gorgy

Does the charm of Calder’s works belie their radicality? Today, completely. That was one of the frustrations I had as a kid, seeing my grandfather’s work in exhibitions in the ‘60s, when I was really little, and in the ‘70s — until he died and then after he died, this kind of grave misunderstanding about who he was, what he was about, what he was getting at. What he was trying to communicate was minimized. His intellectual achievement was totally minimized by curators and people who thought they were honoring the artist, but that weren’t, because they didn’t understand what he was about — what he was getting it.

There are philosophical aspects in the works — questions of predetermination and fate — so much so that Jean-Paul Sartre wrote about them. Does that still come through? Yes, very much.... The earliest motorized work in the Whitney show is called “Two Spheres” that’s 1931.... If you look at it as some sort of choreog-

Alexander Calder, “Parasite,” 1947. Sheet metal, wire and paint, 41 × 68 × 28 in. Calder Foundation, New York; promised gift of Holton Rower. Photo: Adel Gorgy

raphy and ballet, that’s nice, but that’s not what it’s about. What it’s about — it’s nonobjective which makes it difficult.... My grandfather was actually quoted in 1932 about that very object, and the interviewer said the ball going up and down looked like a ball in a shooting gallery.... And my grandfather said that the balls in the shooting gallery have a utilitarian purpose and that these have no utility and no meaning. And that it was deeply emotional. So, no utility and no meaning and deeply emotional. And, then he said, if it did have a meaning, it would be easier to understand, but would not be worthwhile. So how do you understand that in 1931 or even today? If it has no meaning, and you’re standing there in front of a stark black panel with stark white balls, slightly different sizes, going in two different motions at a certain slow-ish speed, what are you supposed to understand? Well, you’re supposed to have an experience, and some people will experience something deeper and something more significant than others.

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Would you share your thoughts on “Parasite,” one of the most technically dazzling mobiles in the exhibition? More than my thoughts, I’ll describe how it moves, because that really helps understand what’s going on.... I actually grew up with that sculpture. It was in our home when I was a child. Certain things happen that are unexpected. There’s a delicate spray of little red dots at the end at the extension of the sculpture that’s counterbalanced by a disk with a hole in it that’s white. That, in turn, counterbalances a disk that’s gray with a hole in it. It has a black base that comes up through that hole. One of the things that you can’t theorize when you’re looking at a picture of it, is that the black base is struck by the gray disk when it spins. As the mobile is spinning around and the gray element goes clunk against the black point of the base, it slows the gray but speeds up the rest of the mobile. So, you would think that it would stop the motion, but it actually quickens the motion at the extension. It kind of takes the energy and throws it out in space. And then the white inclusion disk and the reds go faster and spin ever harder. When that happens, the red elements come in and get all kind of twisted up into the supporting black wire that runs between the gray disk and white disk, and so it gets sort of introverted. And then, eventually, as it continues to turn, it unwinds itself and extends itself again into a very extroverted external state. There are incredible psychological and emotional twists and turns going on in this sculpture as it spins around.

Alexander Calder’s “Half-circle, Quarter-circle, and Sphere,” 1932, Sheet metal, wood and paint, with motor, 76 5/8 × 35 1/2 × 25 in. Whitney Museum of American Art. Photo: Adel Gorgy

Is it fair to say you’re both guardian and guardian angel to your grandfather’s legacy? No. I’m no angel. I have to be fierce, sometimes, in the abuse Calder’s legacy has suffered and continues to suffer. There are strange, strange claims against my grandfather’s intentions and wishes. I have to protect that. But guardian, definitely.

In 1934’s “Black Frame,” the artist put the elements of art on stage. Today the work, and others, are performed in “Calder: Hypermobility.” Photo: Adel Gorgy

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS SEP 4 - 11, 2017 The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml. Sweetgreen

1500 3rd Ave

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Subway

1256 Lexington Ave

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Nick’s Restaurant Pizzeria

1814 2 Avenue

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Merrion Square

1840 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (20) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, crosscontaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

Bagels And More

1585 3rd Ave

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Go Cups

1838 2nd Ave

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Glaser’s Bakery

1670 1 Avenue

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JFK Fried Chicken

2041 1st Ave

Grade Pending (21) 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.

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YORKVILLE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 But despite the upward market pressure that’s already been created by the new subway, there’s still plenty of value to be found in the neighborhood, particularly for potential buyers, said Amanda Brainerd, a broker with Brown Harris Stevens. “It’s really a cheap neighborhood, relatively speaking, for the more modest market,” she said, noting that it’s possible to find one-bedrooms in the $350,000 range in Yorkville — a price point buyers would hard-pressed to match even in farther-flung parts of Brooklyn like BedfordStuyvesant. Brainerd expects prices to continue to rise in the years to come as a result of the new sub-

An unprotected, one-way bike lane on the Upper East Side. The city’s Department of Transportation is now developing a series of proposals for crosstown bike routes to be unveiled “in the near future.” Currently, the best-known bikeways are on the north-south avenues, and the new plan would introduce them in greater number to the east-west cross streets. Photo: Community Board 8

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way, and used the example of the High Line, which had a significant — but not immediate — impact on the Chelsea market, as a rough analogy. “It took a little bit of time for the High Line to have a real impact,” she said, adding that she expects the subway’s true impact on Yorkville prices to manifest itself within the next two years. The uncertainty surrounding a controversial waste transfer station on the East River at 91st Street helped keep prices down in Yorkville for many years. With construction now underway, Brainerd believes that fears over idling trucks and diminished air quality around the site have subsided somewhat, opening the door for a subway-fueled pickup in the market. “Right now, there’s a window of opportunity where there’s

still enormous value to be had in Yorkville if you purchase,” she said. “Down the line, I see those values going away and prices going way up because of the subway.” Newer developments in the neighborhood are generally luxury condominiums with big floor plans and bigger prices, like 20 East End Avenue, an 18-story condo building designed by Robert A.M. Stern where listings started at $4.5 million for a two-bedroom. But even within the higher-end market, Yorkville prices are often moderate in relation to other Manhattan neighborhoods. Brainerd pointed to a four-bedroom, five-bath co-op at 25 East End Avenue recently listed for just under $4 million. A similar listing in Gramercy, she said, could go for $10 million.

Details, locations and timetables remain sketchy: Would the plans focus mostly on adding unprotected oneway bike lanes to those that already exist on 29th, 30th, 70th, 71st, 77th, 78th, 90th and 91st Streets? Or would the new lanes be protected, barricaded and cordoned off from traffic? Or a combination of both? It’s unclear. And still on the drawing boards. “We are actively developing a series of crosstown bikeroute proposals, and we will be coming to the community with more details in the near future,” a DOT spokeswoman said on September 18. What is clear is that tragedy has propelled the drive, helped it garner political support, and vested it with a newfound urgency. There have been six cyclist fatalities in Manhattan so far this year, DOT crash data shows. That compares to two in 2016, two in 2015, two in 2014, five in 2014 and three in 2013, according to the Vision Zero website. Pedestrian fatalities continue to outstrip those tallies, with 10 deaths in Manhattan as of July 31. There have also been four motorist fatalities this year. Among the horrors befalling cyclists over the past few months: • September 14. A 48-yearold woman died of injuries sustained when she was struck by a turning box truck

as she biked near the corner of Broadway and Walker Street in Tribeca. The driver who hit Lower East Side resident Yan Jindee remained at the accident scene and wasn’t charged pending an investigation. • September 11. A woman on a CitiBike riding eastbound on West 30th Street at the corner of Seventh Avenue was struck by a dump truck driver making a right turn and briefly pinned under the vehicle. She was treated at Bellevue Hospital for body trauma, but wasn’t critically injured. • June 17. An 80-year-old, Crete-born cobbler was struck and killed by a commercial bus as he rode south on Seventh Avenue near the corner of West 29th Street in Chelsea. Michael Mamoukakis had run Mike’s Shoe Repair, on Dey Street near the World Trade Center, for more than a quarter-century until he was forced to close the business after 9/11. • June 12. A 36-year-old Credit Suisse financier became the first rider to die in a CitiBike accident since the system debuted in 2013 when he was struck by a charter bus on West 26th Street near Eighth Avenue, also in Chelsea. Dan Hanegby, a father of two, had been a veteran of the Israeli special forces and was a passionate tennis player. Referring to the deaths of Hanegby and Mamoukakis, just five days and a handful of blocks apart, Brewer, in an op-ed piece in The West Side Spirit on September 14, wrote, “If there had been protected bike lanes on those streets,

these two men would probably still be alive.” Her solution: DOT should examine the island’s crosstown streets to “determine which could best accommodate protected, river-to-river bike lanes with the least amount of disturbance to traffic flows.” As for a timetable, “start building new bike lanes by next summer,” she wrote. Also advocating for eastwest bikeways was Community Board 4, which encompasses Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, and whose members fired off a letter to DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg on July 6 that also referenced the crashes that took the lives of Hanegby and Mamoukakis. “Without crosstown protected bike lanes to connect to the network of north-south lanes, riders are in great danger on the cross streets due to the narrowness of the streets or the intense congestion on some of them,” they wrote. “Neither painted bike lanes nor sharrows [shared-lane markings] are adequate to protect riders’ lives since they allow for double parking and for drivers to overtake the lane,” the CB 4 letter added. Meanwhile, after the September 11 crash on West 30th Street that injured a female CitiBike rider, City Council member Corey Johnson, who represents the area and has also been pushing for bike paths on crossing streets, weighed in with a couple of blunt tweets: “We need safer streets NOW,” Johnson wrote. “We need to do more.”

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MAKEOVER FOR A WEST SIDE BUILDING RESTORATION The Alexander Robertson School gets a cleaning — and students get a lesson in culture and science BY SOPHIE HERBUT

The faculty at the Alexander Robertson School on 95th Street and Central Park West could not remember the last time the exterior of the building had been cleaned, but they said it was about 80 years ago. Because of cosmetic wear, there was scaffolding around the school for more than a decade. This made it easy to overlook the grand, gothic structure. The school, which is run by the Second Presbyterian Church, partnered with Karcher, a power-wash supplies company originally from Germany, to clean and restore the historic school as part of a cultural sponsorship. Bram Lewis, chair of the school committee and an elder of the church, said the delay in cleaning the school was “benign neglect.� Because of the

advanced technology and environmentally-sound solutions Karcher uses, school officials are more conďŹ dent in the future sustainability of the building. Lewis was glad older, harsher chemicals weren’t used to potentially erode the exterior. Karcher’s cultural sponsorships started 35 years ago as a philanthropic program to help historic structures and their communities, according to Kris Cannon-Schmitt, head of marketing and communication of Karcher’s North American branch. Through this sponsorship, Karcher has cleaned Mount Rushmore, the Seattle Space Needle, and the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. “When you’re an old church,â€? Lew is said, “and you’re scrounging around for every penny you can find and they come and do this work for free, it takes a weight off.â€? This is the first step in a list of renovations the school and church have started, including redoing the electric system and repairing the roofs. Lewis had a personal connection who told him about

Karcher and the work they do. After speaking with Karcher, Lewis thought they were a “perfect fit� and work began nine months later. The school, founded in 1789 by Alexander Robertson, a successful merchant, was one of the first co-ed schools in the city. That same year, George Washington was elected president and the French stormed the Bastille. Irwin Shlachter, head of the school, said Alexander Robertson is choosing to preserve its history instead of remodeling as other buildings have done throughout the city. “What’s interesting about Manhattan,� Shlachter said, “is that there these historic relics and hundred-year-old buildings that are being redone into giant glass buildings without thinking of restoring [them].� The irony of a foreign company preserving American history is not lost on the faculty of Alexander Robertson School, but they valued the opportunity to teach their students about cultural sponsporships and the science of restoration. “[This was] to help them un-

derstand sponsorship and giving back to the community,â€? said Joan Harrison, director of communications and community relations. Harrison was brought into the school about three years ago, along with Shlachter, as part of an initiative to expand the school. The number of students has doubled and they are almost at capacity now. Before the cleaning, the school had scaffolding covering their entrance on 95th street for 13 years. It prevented the students, and other passersby, from seeing the school’s structure completely. When it came off, some students who have been in the school for a few years noticed immediately. “At ďŹ rst, I didn’t love it,â€? said Pete, a fourth-grade student. “Because I wasn’t used to it. But now I like it.â€? Although the scaffolding

A Karcher employee pressure-cleans the building. The company partnered with the Alexander Robertson School as part of their cultural sponsorship program. Photo: Romina Hendlin on the 96th Street side is still there, it’s expected to come down in a few weeks. “I’m excited for it to come off,� said Cannon-Schmitt. “I’m also excited for people to recognize what we can offer them.� The school and church’s exterior was also a mystery to its faculty. Harrison mentioned they did not know the building had been painted gray until the employees at Karcher began working. It’s a transformative time for the school, but they hold onto and value their roots.

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DISHING IT OUT AT THE VENDYS Godshelter and Bisola Oluwalogbon, who serve West African fare, took top honors in the food truck competition BY CARSON KESSLER

Two years ago, Godshelter Oluwalogbon was dishing out traditional Nigerian fare out of the back of his car. This weekend, the 41-year-old carted home the Vendy Cup, the top honor in the annual street food competition put on by the Street Vendor Project. Oluwalogbon and his wife, Bisola, pride themselves on serving authentic food from the west African nation. And they did so Saturday on Governor’s Island, which hosted the 13th annual Vendy Awards, the main fundraiser for the Project, a nonprofit that provides legal representation and advocacy for street vendors. Since 2015, The Oluwalogbons have operated DF Nigerian from a signature bright green food truck on the corner of Second Avenue and 44th Street, serving both new and returning customers steps from the Nigerian Consulate. And there is plenty of repeat clientele. “I want people to go away with the impression that this is authentic,”

Godshelter Oluwalogbon said. “This food is real.” On Saturday, the Oluwalogbons served sample-size portions of colorful jollof rice, traditional moi moi, and peppered goat stew that wowed attendees. “There was such a good spice to everything,” said Ron Banlong, a volunteer at the Vendys. “The meat was just falling apart.” Another attendee at the event, Emily Spadafora, also celebrated the cuisine. “It seems like they put a lot of heart into what they do,” she said. “The taste was so different.” Born in Ghana and raised in Nigeria, Oluwalogbon immigrated to the United States in October 2001. Within two months, he had secured a job at an Upper West Side staple, Zabar’s. After 10 years and a promotion from prep cook to sous chef, Oluwalogbon, by then a father of three, decided to start his own catering business. Another aspect that sets DF Nigerian apart from its competitors is variety. In a kitchen of less than 16 feet, the husband-wife team cooks and serves more than 30 items each day. Oluwalogbon said that a typical food truck will serve around five or six items and break them into smaller portions to mimic variety.

“We have so many different items of food because that is what we represent,” he said. “When people come here and ask for the most traditional dish, we want to say ‘yes, we have it.’” While Oluwalogbon is the culinary expert, DF Nigerian is a family affair. Everyone in the family contributes, from Bisola running the business when Oluwalogbon travels to the three children washing vegetables (or encouraging passers-by to try their dad’s food). Oluwalogbon hopes to pass the business down to his children someday. “I cannot trade working with [my family] for anything,” he exclaimed. “We’ve sacrificed a lot. You can’t have it all perfect, but I love it.” Those challenges were all made worth it when Oluwalogbon discovered he was nominated for the Vendys, he said, something he had never even heard of. The nomination process opens every spring, when customers from all around the world whittle down the city’s 10,000 food trucks into 25 finalists. “This came from the heart of the people,” he said about the unexpected nomination. “It shows we’re touching some good lives here and people really value that we’re out there.” While DF Nigerian came prepared to

Godshelter and Bisola Oluwalogbon, along with their three children, with the the Vendy Cup, the top honor in the annual street food competition put on by the Street Vendor Project. Photo: Carson Kessler win with a diverse array of dishes, the victory was more than a celebration of its traditional mince pies and efo elegusi, a traditional Nigerian vegetable soup. Of the estimated 20,000 street vendors in New York City, 90 percent are immigrants like Oluwalogbon, according to the Street Vendor Project. These are the individuals, couples and families sharing their cultures

and traditions everyday on the streets of city through a universal language: food. On Governors Island, with an unobstructed view of the Statue of Liberty, the immigrant community and their contributions took center stage. “This is a beautiful thing for my family and for all Nigerians,” Oluwalogbon said as he embraced his wife and three children with one arm and raised the coveted trophy with the other.

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AN INSTRUMENTAL PART OF THE CITY’S SACRED MUSIC Choral conductor Kent Tritle takes us into his classical career BY ANGELA BARBUTI

Kent Tritle’s resume reads like a greatest hits list of the musical havens that fill Manhattan: He is the director of music at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, director of choral activities at the Manhattan School of Music, an organist at the New York Philharmonic, a faculty member at Juilliard and the music director of professional chorus Musica Sacra. Growing up on a farm in northwest Iowa, he was raised in a musical family that sang together around the piano and at church, experiences that would ultimately shape his career as one of the nation’s leading choral conductors. In 1982, he came to New York to attend Juilliard and vividly remembers seeing the fountain at Lincoln Center for the first time. “I thought, oh man, that’s my campus, and it’s been my campus ever since,” he said. On October 22, Tritle will play the organ at Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, a concert series he started while he was choral director at Saint Ignatius Loyola. The organ holds a special place in his heart as he was an integral part of getting it built. The largest tracker-action pipe organ in the New York metropolitan area, it weighs 30 tons and stands at 45 feet high, with 55,000 parts.

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What was your experience like at Juilliard? What do you teach there now? Juilliard was a very different school than it is now. Today, it has tremendous financial assistance for its students, particularly the student life functions are completely different. In those days, there was no housing. My feeling about it was it was like a very high-class trade school. It didn’t really matter how you made your money or how you got along. You had to walk in those doors, perform at a very high level, and then go fend for yourself. I am very delighted to watch Juilliard become something quite different now. And I am on the faculty and very proud of what has happened there. I teach a graduate elective in the vocal arts department. It’s what we call a “oratorio practicum.” Oratorio is that genre of classical music which is Mozart’s “Requiem,” Handel’s “Messiah,” Mendelssohn’s “Elijah.” That’s something I ended up specializing in. I fell headlong into this classical music world, never knowing that this is what would happen and this is where I’d be spending my life.

What did your job entail at Saint Ignatius Loyola? I started there in 1989 and it was a one-horse show. We built the program from scratch. I added an assistant and built a professional choir, a children’s chorus and volunteer choir. And then the concert series and then we put in the organ in 1993, which is just amazing.

You were instrumental in getting that organ into the church. Why were you so passionate about it? The place was completely sleepy, in my experience, so we started these concerts. When I walked in, we had an electronic organ on its last legs. So as we were building a program and there was enthusiasm coming around, with the help of the pastor then, we envisioned what actually could happen there. And then one day, we had an amazing donor inquire about what we could do about the organ, so I presented this idea. And we were able to make this thing happen. It was groundbreaking and had everything to do with the fact that the room’s acoustic was so fantastic that if we put in a fantastic organ, it would create a really unique situation for the tri-state area. I mean, the organ is renowned around the worl ... it’s a mechanical action instrument. So it’s built in the way organs were built up until the turn of the last century, before they started going crazy with electronics and placing different parts of the organ in different parts of the room. In that regard, it’s a highly desired instrument and has a really unique place. I was able to go through the process to determine the organ builder and the scope of the instrument, and then work with the organ builder on the design and installation. And then see it happen and continue to live with it for almost 20 years, before I left and went to Saint John the Divine.

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It’s an amazing place. When I was back at Juilliard, I would go up to Saint John the Divine for my Sunday evening escape. You can go to a service there, now it’s at 4 o’clock on Sunday evenings, and sit in the choir stalls and imagine that you’re in Europe because you’re in this Gothic and Romanesque space. It looms very large in imagination of New Yorkers and is many things to many different people. And working there, as a part of that fabric, is a real trip and incredible experience. On October 1st, we’ll have our feast of Saint Francis where we’ll have 2,000 people in there for this service. It has Paul Winter, a famous soprano saxophone jazz artist, with a choir of 220 and a modern dance ensemble and a West African dance ensemble. And at the end, a procession of animals. We’ve been able to build up the music program to a level of excellence that I think it hadn’t had in decades and we’re very proud to be a part of what it is. It was chartered as a house of prayer for all people and so while it’s an Episcopal cathedral, it’s very broad in its embrace.

There are so many memorable things, but the first thing that jumps to mind was the funeral of Jackie Onassis. We did it at Saint Ignatius. I conducted the whole thing and at the last minute, we learned that it was being broadcast around the world. We built the program and it was operating at a very high level and you felt like everything we had done up to that moment was to prepare us for that. And it really taught me an awful lot about why we do what we do. It was a tremendous honor to be able to work with the family and be a part of that moment. www.kenttritle.com

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