Our Town August 28th, 2014

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In Brief PAROLE DENIED YET AGAIN FOR JOHN LENNON’S KILLER

Gone Fishin’ -- on the East River BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL When a summer tech internship didn’t work out for my 19-year-old son, Luke, he went fishing on the East River. After completing his freshman year of college as an engineering major, spending his first semester in Australia and his second in Boston, Luke returned to the Upper East Side in late April hoping for summer employment that would put him on the road to saving for a car. Unlike me, who as a teen in the Bronx needed simply to walk up and down Fordham Road to find a paid position, Luke hit Craigslist. Within a week he was working at a bait and tackle shop in midtown Manhattan. In his cover letter, he had talked about his love of fishing, although he hadn’t done it in a few years. When he was six years old, we were driving up the FDR and Luke saw men fishing off the promenade. He told my husband, Neil, that he’d like to give the sport a try. Neil had fond memories of going fishing on Long Island with his late father and four younger brothers, so he was glad to oblige. I am not a sports girl of any kind, but as soon as fishing turned into a hobby, I remembered the words of a long-married colleague, who talked football like a commentator because her husband and sons were fans: “Get involved or get left out.” So, instead of waving them goodbye, I grabbed a rod, closed my eyes, and stuck my hand in a bucket of bait. Soon after that, Meg and her Barbie fishing rod joined the fun and we became the family that fished. But as Luke got into his mid teens, he lost interest in anything other

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The pews at Our Lady of Peace were filled at a recent Sunday Mass to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of their priests’ ordination. Photo by Megan Bungeroth

A CHURCH HOPING FOR A MIRACLE NEWS Our Lady of Peace on East 62nd Street may face closure, to the dismay of its loyal parishioners BY MEGAN BUNGEROTH

UPPER EAST SIDE Many of the congregants at Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic church have attended the parish their whole lives. Baptisms, first communions, wed-

dings, funerals have all been held at the small church on East 62nd Street, between Second and Third Avenues, and parishioners speak of the close community. Congregants recognize one another at Mass every Sunday, help their elderly neighbors get to services and pitch in financially when their church needs repairs. But the congregation of Our Lady of Peace, committed but small at only about 350 people, is in danger of losing its spiritual home. Facing

a crisis of low attendance throughout Manhattan, the Catholic archdiocese needs to consolidate parishes, and it has targeted Our Lady of Peace for potential closure and merger with nearby St. Vincent Ferrer, on Lexington near East 66th Street. It may be close by, but members of Our Lady of Peace have no desire to leave their church for another. “This is what they call a personal church in the sense that we have no geographical boundaries,” said Bruno Cappellini, a longtime member at Our Lady of Peace who is fervently working to prevent its closure. He lives in Queens now but still comes to his Upper East Side church every week to celebrate Mass. “We’ve been writing letters to the pastor and mobilizing and making an issue out of it,” Cappellini said. “We do not want this church to close, it’s beautiful. It’s also a landmark.” The church was constructed by Italian Catholic immigrants in 1918; the chandeliers were imported from Venice and the artwork was all done by Italian artists. The names of orig-

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John Lennon’s killer was denied release from prison in his eighth appearance before a parole board, correction officials said Friday. The decision on Mark David Chapman by a three-member board came after a hearing Wednesday. Chapman fired five shots on Dec. 8, 1980, outside the Dakota apartment house where Lennon lived on the Upper West Side, hitting the ex-Beatle four times in front of his wife, Yoko Ono, and others. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, pleading guilty to second-degree murder. The panel wrote to the 59-yearold Chapman that it concluded that if released, “you would not live and remain at liberty without again violating the law.” It added: “This victim had displayed kindness to you earlier in the day, and your actions have devastated a family and those who loved the victim.”

JEWISH GROUP: CONDEMN ANTI-ISRAEL BRIDGE FLAG A prominent Jewish group wants city leaders to condemn a politically charged banner that showed up on the Manhattan Bridge during a Pro-Palestinian march. The Anti-Defamation League denounced Wednesday’s demonstration and the giant “Boycott, Divest, Sanction” banner as an attempt to “delegitimize Israel.” The banner appeared as hundreds of people marched on the neighboring Brooklyn Bridge. It was taken back up a short time later. The BDS movement is an international effort against Israel over the Gaza settlements. Jewish women and girls light Shabbat candles every Friday evening 18 minutes before sunse Friday August 29 – 7:14 pm. For more information visit www.chabaduppereastside.com.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK CHEAPEST APARTMENT IN MANHATTAN ON U.E.S. The least expensive apartment for sale in Manhattan below 96th Street has just been listed, and it’s on the Upper East Side, Curbed NY reported. The studio at 301 East 63rd Street is listed with an asking price of $170,000, technically making it tied with another studio on West 48th Street for the cheapest apartment for sale, though the West Side listing has income restrictions. According to the listing, the monthly costs for the studio, whose main living space is about 242 square

feet, come to $1,674.91. The building is a co-op and has a concierge, doorman and shared outdoor space. Curbed NY

KALLOS SLOW TO RESPOND TO RECORDS REQUEST The Daily News reported that Upper East Side Councilman Ben Kallos dragged his feet in responding to a Freedom of Information Law request from the paper, in regard to his own proposed bill that would improve access to the city’s open records by creating an online database for records requests. Kallos’ bill would set up a public portal

to show all information requests, and when they are answered, as a means to apply pressure to city agencies to respond in a timely fashion. The Daily News reported that Kallos’ office, however, took 44 days to procure 218 pages of internal documents related to the bill that the paper requested. Many of the documents received were heavily redacted, including items listed under a transparency hearing. The city receives more than 50,000 Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests every year. Some reporters and news organizations have expressed concerns This humble studio is, at $170,000, the cheapest apartment for sale in Manhattan below 96th Street.

that the FOIL request portal would allow competing publications to see what stories they’re working on and reduce the time they have to study and report on the documents. Good government groups, however, are supportive of the bill. “The FOIL legislation makes city government more transparent,” Kallos told the Daily News. “The goal is to help reporters and individuals.” Daily News

CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED IN SUBWAY TUNNEL DNAinfo.com reported that a construction worker on the Second Avenue Subway tunnel was injured last Wednesday on the job, according to the FDNY. The worker was rescued from the tunnel after receiving a leg injury around 3:30 p.m. in the tunnel underneath Second Avenue and East 83rd Street. He was hurt when a pipe pouring concrete from a machine struck his left leg. Emergency responders pulled him out of the tunnel with a crane. An FDNY captain at the scene told DNAinfo.com that the worker was in pain and had a “deformity to this left leg” but was taken to New York Presbyterian Cornell Weill Hospital in stable condition. DNAinfo.com

YORKVILLE VERSUS PARK SLOPE The New York Times made a side-byside comparison of the First Family’s new and old neighborhoods in the Sunday edition last week, suggesting that Mayor de Blasio’s adopted Yorkville isn’t all that different from his native Park Slope, Brooklyn. The paper of record asserted that de Blasio “will still find plenty of acceptable pizza joints, diners and health food stores; and just as in the Slope, there are families with strollers, dogs walking their owners, mom-and-pop stores, a bustling, lowkey gym, and a fair amount of economic diversity that belies the stereotype of the richer, crustier Upper East Side.” The piece offered several alternatives for the mayor’s usual haunts, such as Cavatappo Grill on First Avenue between 88th and 89th as a stand-in for de Blasio’s Brooklyn favorite Bar Toto, and nearby Asphalt Green as a workout home in place of the Park Slope YMCA. The story also quoted some neighborhood residents, who generally welcomed the new residents at the long-unoccupied Gracie Mansion - though they also couldn’t help but mention de Blasio’s support for the East 91st Street garbage transfer station that is suddenly in his own backyard. New York Times

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG WITHDRAWAL SLIP-UPS BAD HUMOR A woman’s Social Security number compromised her security. On Wednesday, August 20, a 74-year-old woman reported to police that unknown perpetrators had withdrawn money from her savings account on two separate occasions without permission or authority. On July 24, someone withdrew $3,900 and on July 28, withdrew another $2,900. Apparently, the perpetrator used the woman’s Social Security number on the withdrawal slips presented to Chase Bank. Police said an investigation is ongoing.

TAKEN BY A JAMAICAN An elderly woman fell victim to a money transfer scam. On various occasions between December 30 of 2013 and July 8 of this year, an 81-year-old woman living on the Upper East Side received phone calls requesting that she wire money in order to receive a larger amount of money. She wound up wiring a total of $28,617 to a scammer in Jamaica. Police are still investigating the matter.

A restaurant learned to be more cautious dealing with third-party vendors. At 8 a.m. on Friday, August 8, two men impersonating Good Humor employees removed a Good Humor freezer from a restaurant on the Upper East Side. Video is available of the incident. The stolen freezer was valued at $5,500.

UNBOLTED AND UNDONE A woman discovered how vulnerable to thieves an apartment window opening onto a fire escape can be, even with an air conditioner in place. At 6 p.m. on Monday, August 18, a 30-year-old woman returned to her home after work and found that her air conditioner had been removed from the window opening onto her fire escape. She then noticed that other property was missing from her apartment, including jewelry valued at $8,000 plus an Apple MacBook Air priced at $1,200. It seems that the air-conditioner was not bolted into the window, making it easy for thieves to remove before entering the property.

19TH PRECINCT Report covering the week 8/11/2014 through 8/17/2014 Week to Date

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DOWN TO THE WIRE IN ASSEMBLY RACE POLITICS Two candidates get big endorsements, one commits a gaffe during televised debate BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

UPPPER EAST SIDE Assembly candidate Rebecca Seawright landed a big endorsement recently when longtime East Side Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney publicly voiced her support for the campaign. Maloney, considered by many insiders to be the matriarch of Manhattan’s Democrat establishment, had previously avoided endorsing anyone in the race. One such insider told Our Town, “I think [Maloney] felt very strongly this was a chance to boost the rather disappointing number of women in the assembly.� In accepting the endorsement, Seawright said, “Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney is a golden name on the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island because of her unbeatable record on women’s equality, gun

safety, and expanding access to childhood education.â€? But not all is rosy in Camp Seawright. At a NY1 debate last Friday night, Seawright, who has significant union backing from the likes of 32BJ SEIU, 1199 SEIU and the Hotel Trades Council, was asked by fellow candidate David Menegon whether she would support the passage of right to work legislation if elected. Right to work legislation seeks to prohibit any established union from compelling an employee, current or prospective, to join a union and pays dues, and is anathema to union philosophy. New York is not currently a right to work state. “Absolutely, I think [New York] should be a right to work state and I would totally support that,â€? replied Seawright. Apparently ďŹ nished with her response, debate moderator Errol Louis asked her to expand on her seemingly odd answer. “I think it helps the economic base of the city and I think that the unions backing me would agree,â€? said Seawright. Menegon said he doubts the unions would agree, to which

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Seawright replied that that would depend on what the legislation says. “And the legislation that I would sponsor would deďŹ nitely be right to work, and it would be something that the unions who support me would support or I wouldn’t sponsor it,â€? said Seawright, before ticking off her union sponsors. Given the opportunity to follow up, fellow candidate Gus Christensen declined but got a shot in when he compared her to a drowning man. Seawright ďŹ red back, asking Christensen to explain the $250,000 check he wrote his campaign, and a Daily News article that alleged he bought his position in the Lenox Hill Democratic Club, of which he is president. A spokesperson for the Seawright campaign later told Our Town that she had misunderstood the right to work question. “We are pro-union, pro-labor,â€? said the spokesperson. “Rebecca is opposed to right to work laws and as long as she’s in the assembly she’ll vote against legislation like that.â€? Meanwhile, the Christensen

campaign received a boost by way of an endorsement from the good government group Citizens Union. As reported earlier this month, Our Town co-sponsored a debate with Citizens Union between the four Democratic candidates vying for the assembly seat. The group said it would endorse after the campaign, and chose Christensen last week. Our Town is declining to endorse a candidate in the race, which also features Community Board 8 member and lawyer Ed Hartzog, in addition to Seawright, Christensen and Menegon. In analyzing the race, a Democratic insider said Seawright and Christensen would be the candidates to watch, and the upcoming endorsement from the New York Times would play a crucial role. “Also, you can expect to see [Maloney] stepping up her campaign for Rebecca,� said the insider. “Having now endorsed a candidate, she’ll want to make sure she’s with a winner.� The Democratic Primary will be held on Sept. 9.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 than hanging with his friends in Central Park and on the steps of the Met. Since it was his idea to begin with, angling without him seemed silly, and sent Meg, Neil and I to pursue our own interests. Until Luke called me from the tackle shop in May requesting his social security number for his W2. His new job did more than just offer a paycheck; it reignited his desire to cast his line. The first night after work, I heard him rummaging around in his closet to examine what he had, and what needed to be replenished. The next night he invited a couple of friends to fish on the East River in the 90s, and has done so almost every night since. He and Neil have also gone to Randall’s and Ward’s islands in search of the big catch. On his days off, Luke will often try his luck at the Harlem Meer. We also fished on the beach out on Montauk. Luke decided against the car for now, but as he readies himself to go back to school, he has no regrets about how he spent his summer vacation. And, with my hand once again in a bucket of bait, nor do I. Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels Fat Chick and Back To Work She Goes.

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HOPING FOR A MIRACLE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 inal parishioners are carved into marble in the foyer of the church, next to the amounts they contributed to get the church built: $50, $100 – huge sums for immigrants in the early 20th century. At a recent Sunday Mass, about 100 people came to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ordination of Father James Loughran, who has been at Our Lady of Peace for the past 19 years. The congregation is relatively diverse, and there are young families with children as well as older members. In his sermon, Fr. Loughran emphasized the diversity of their community, and spoke about the mission of inclusiveness and acceptance. “God does not throw anyone out,â€? he said. “God only invites.â€? It wasn’t exactly a stronglyworded call to the diocesan authorities, but Fr. Loughran hinted at the plight of his parish, which is the most he can do within his role as a priest. The Catholic church, after all, isn’t a democracy, and the ďŹ nal decision about which churches to close and which to consolidate

lies solely with Archbishop Timothy Dolan. His office did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Parishioners insist that there is no reason to close their church, since it’s financially solvent; while many Catholic parishes need funds from the archdiocese to stay operational, Our Lady of Peace is able to contribute money back to the archdiocese after paying its expenses. “I’m going to spend the rest of my life protesting,â€? said Gene Bertoncini, a musician who has spent the past 50 of his 77 years attending Our Lady of Peace. “It’s a beautiful church and there’s no reason to close it, it’s solvent.â€? According to a preliminary report given to parishioners in June, however, Our Lady of Peace may be facing closure for other reasons, including “the growing shortage of clergy, the small size, the number of weekend masses (5), and the lack of sacramental preparation and religious education programsâ€? at the church. While the church façade is indeed landmarked, the property could still fetch millions for its prime Upper East Side locale, sandwiched between townhouses on a quiet, leafy block. On paper, there may be reasons to consolidate,

The facade of Our Lady of Peace, on East 62nd Street, is protected as a landmark, but that won’t necessarily stop the archdiocese from selling the property. Photo by Megan Bungeroth

but parishioners insist that the archdiocese will lose many members of the church altogether, especially the elderly congregants who would rather stay home or go to family members’ parishes than transfer to a bigger congregation at an unknown parish like St. Vincent Ferrer. “I was baptized here, I’ve

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lived in the neighborhood all my life, and I’ll be 80 next month,� said Mary Lou Raia, who is almost completely blind and needs help getting to church every week. If Our Lady of Peace closes, “I don’t know what I would do. I’m not as able to walk as far as I used to. I would probably go to [mass in] New Jersey with my brother.� Raia has written a letter to Cardinal Dolan and has distributed copies to others to sign as well, echoing her personal concerns. “Closing or merging Our Lady of Peace Church may not have a positive result as elderly parishioners may find it very difficult, if not impossible, to attend Mass at another location and may not be willing to contribute to the support of

another church,� Raia wrote in her type-written letter. “I feel like it’s my home,� said Mary Marchini Losi, who has received all the sacraments at Our Lady of Peace and has been praying a Novena there every Monday since 1970. “If this church closes, that’s a reason to leave town.� “We have a very very tight community-oriented parish. We try to help each other,� said Frank Pannizzo. “I can see no reason to close this parish unless the diocese wants to sell it and pocket the money.� The archdiocese has been examining all its 368 parishes, forming cluster groups for some to share resources, classes and priests, and merging others to shed the significant upkeep expenses for

churches that can’t fill their pews consistently. Parishioners at Our Lady of Peace insist that though their numbers are few, they are one of the strongest congregations in Manhattan, and they don’t want to dilute their close community by being absorbed into a larger church. Bertoncini said that the connection goes beyond the church’s physical beauty and location, and that what the community stands to lose is as much about religion as it is a sense of home. “The intimacy of this place breeds a certain kind of spirituality,� he said. “We want to keep this, it’s our church,� said Cappellini. “I’m not going to come in from Queens to go to St. Vincent’s.�

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< PROTESTING AGAINST THE CLOSURE OF FAVORITE RESTAURANTS I read the piece “Can Restaurants Be Saved?” (August 14, 2014) with great interest, as I live near the now closed Big Nick and Nickos, that I believe were owned by the same person. The only way I see the general

public can react to a closing of their favorite store because of exorbitant rent increases, is to vow not to patronize whoever decides to take on the huge lease. Best would be to send such a letter to the landlord. I believe

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the urbanist, Jane Jacobs, suggested this method to reduce rents to a reasonable level. George Yourke, West 74th Street

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NO SYMPATHY FOR PARKING COMPLAINER Comments from the web on a letter to the editors, “The Never-Ending Fight for Parking,” August 21, 2014: “As a car owner in the city I have to say too bad. Free parking isn’t a right, you should be thankful you got a spot at all. Having a car in the city is a luxury and complaining about a lack of spots is ridiculous. With that being said, points 2 and 3 are valid, although, I would say most people know you can’t save a spot and just claim ignorance. I wonder why you drove to World Trade knowing there is a lack of parking? Having a car is convenient but public transit is usually easier.” Ken “Or you could use public transportation and avoid these types of problems altogether.” MJJ34

New York’s Summer of Science

for learning and careers later in life. In high school, I started a tech consulting firm because of world-class teachers who helped me thrive. Now, that background underscores my work to build a smarter, more open and accountable city government. These two programs, Science Explorers at the 67th St. Library and Breakthrough New York, both prioritize STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Science Explorers at the 67th Street library offers a fun science demonstration in front of kids and caregivers. When I went, a big crowd awaited. I was deeply impressed with how engaged and excited the children were to

participate in the experiment. Breakthrough New York is a summer high-school and college preparatory program for children from low-income families. This year, they added a coding class to help students learn the technological skills they need to succeed. STEM careers are among the fastest-growing and reliable in a difficult economy. In the past decade, the number of STEM jobs has grown at three times the rate of other jobs. STEM jobs also tend to pay more. Our city’s ability to compete globally depends on thriving in STEM industries, which is why these jobs will be around for a long time. Not to mention, as I have learned by

being in government, tech and science savvy is needed in public service and across all fields. The future prospects that STEM can provide for children underscore the importance of such programs, and I encourage you to look for summer science activities and programs that are right for your family. However, it’s not simply about future opportunities. The hands-on summer science programs are fun and foster active minds. A summer of science is one way to fill a break and create opportunity at the same time. Ben Kallos represents the Upper East Side on the City Council

And a letter on the same subject:

Working on science projects in elementary and middle school can help kids later life to pursue STEM careers.

CAR OWNERS ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM As I was reading J.B.’s letter, I couldn’t help notice he lives on E. 89th Street. This is close to the 4/5/6 subway, and an easy trip by subway down to Fulton Street or Wall Street both within the Financial District. J.B. is part of the problem. Cars are not necessary in Manhattan. We have a great public transit system, that can get you anywhere in this city, usually faster than a car. The problem is that some people feel entitled to a car, and then to take and park said car wherever they may go. A car in Manhattan is a luxury. There are not many valid reasons for having one. In fact I can really only think of three: working outside Manhattan, having multiple small children, or a disabled person in the family are the ones that come to mind, but J.B. felt entitled to a space he should not have even needed, over someone who had a legitimate reason. G.R., West 95th Street

BY COUNCILMEMBER BEN KALLOS n the East Side, learning does not stop when school gets out. This summer, I visited two science programs for children of different age groups, both of which showed that education can continue well into the hottest months. That’s important: Research has shown that when children don’t participate in enriching summer activities, they lose significant learning by the time they return in the fall. As someone who loved science and technology growing up, I know firsthand the positive impacts it can have on passion

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AUGUST 28, 2014 Our Town

MOEY THE LOST DOG RETURNS HOME

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and a bath and a little bit skittish, but otherwise fine. The Falks are overjoyed to have their furry family member back. And the ordeal resulted in another addition to the family. “While I was searching for Moey last week, I answered a Craigslist ad last week because it sounded like an ad for a stolen dog that could have been Moey,� Yelena said. “We went out to the Bronx to look at the dog, and he wasn’t Moey, but we adopted him. So now we have Dougie and Moey.� The Falks hope that their story will remind other dog owners to remain vigilant and not leave their pets alone outside. Yelena said that she doesn’t plan on pursuing the woman who may have taken Moey and would rather focus on the happy times ahead. “Honestly, people were telling me to give up hope, that I’m taking it too far looking for the dog, that I should just chill – well we didn’t,� Yelena said with a laugh. “We did everything we could. Not that any of that was what led him to us, but I feel like sooner or later, it would have.�

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YOU READ IT HERE FIRST The local paper for the Upper West Side

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SOUP BURG CLOSED AFTER RENT INCREASE SAVING SMALL BUSINESS Venerable Upper East Side restaurant to be replaced by a TD Bank branch BY CATHERINE ELLSBERG

Soup Burg has served up its last bowl. The restaurant, which had called its Lexington Ave. and 77th Street location home for the past 10 years, was ďŹ nally forced to call it quits June 29 after the building’s landlord tried to raise the rent exponentially. Unable to pay the higher rent, Soup Burg’s owner, Jimmy Gouvakis, had to make the difficult decision to close the restaurant—a family-owned business since 1963—to make way for the building’s new tenant, TD Bank. Gouvakis has had the difficult news hanging over him since April; since then, his customers have showered him with support -- as well as a healthy dose of outrage. Many neighborhood fans and long-time customers see the closing of Soup Burg as part of a sad, and larger, epidemic—the ousting of small businesses, and the rampant excess of banks and chain stores that replace them. Nikki Henkin, who lives above the Soup Burg and who has been a devoted customer from the beginning, described the restaurant as a favorite local hangout. Located directly across the street from Lenox Hill Hospital, Soup Burg has long “served a neighborhood function,â€? says Henkin, catering to the hospital staff, neighborhood doormen, and “just people.â€? The restaurant, which was open from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., represented a neighborhood spirit for many people, including Henkin, who describes such small restaurants as “(necessities) in every community.â€? Other Soup Burg patrons have taken the restaurant’s closing as a particular blow and, to a degree, a sign of a wider decay:

“How far can we go with this? Are we just going to end up with a lot of banks?� added Henkin. Joie Anderson, another local devotee, chastises Mayor de Blasio, who in her eyes has allowed everything to “turn into a Duane Reade and a TD Bank.� For Anderson, these “mom and pop stores give character� to the area, and are welcome remedies to the ubiquitous Starbucks or Panera chains. At places like Starbucks, Anderson complains, there are different workers there every time you visit; Soup Burg, on the other hand, promises personalized attention, regularity, and consistency. “You go into Soup Burg and they act like you’re their favorite customer,� Anderson says, noting that such local joints keep “New York from being a suburban shopping mall.� But as angry as Henkin, Anderson, and a slew of other customers are, Gouvakis, has

been equal parts levelheaded and nostalgic. Recognizing that “a lot of people are upset,â€? Gouvakis acknowledged that this is “all part of business; it’s nothing personal against us.â€? Gouvakis, who owns Soup Burg with his two partners—his brother John and his brother-in-law Timmy— plans on relocating to somewhere else on the Upper East Side, an area they love and are now long familiar with. In the meantime, Gouvakis spent Soup Burg’s ďŹ nal day serving up last meals, to people and dogs alike. Joking that in his next life he’d “rather live with dogs than most humans,â€? Gouvakis has been known to hand out bits of ham to neighborhood pets. Gouvakis also made one of his famous cheeseburgers for his mother. “It was a pleasure being here for ten years,â€? Gouvakis told me: “This was my second family.â€?

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UPS tells employees to lie, overcharge customers: suit

U.P.S.’S SECRET MANHATTAN PROBLEM One of the Hagan brothers’ 11 Manhattan UPS stores, now closed.

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A former franchisee accuses the shipping giant of routinely gouging customers throughout the city BY KYLE POPE

Last month, when nearly a dozen UPS Stores across the city closed down in a single day, the initial focus was on the customers put out by the shutdown: dozens of people found themselves unable to access their rented mailboxes, while others complained of packages lost in the The UPS Store believes shuffle. On the West Side, a blog surfaced the allegations made against to swap information about the fate of a store on West 57th Street. it and UPS ... to be false. What none of these customers knew at The UPS Store customer service team is doing all we the time, though, was that they had uncan to assure the customers wittingly become part of a much bigger in the Manhattan store area – and at times bizarre – dispute involving affected are taken care of� the franchisee who until the shutdowns

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What can Brown screw from you? Two former UPS franchisees accuse the worldwide delivery service of telling employees to lie about the size and weight of packages in order to jack up prices on unsuspecting customers. Brothers Robert and Thomas Hagan, who owned and operated 11 UPS stores in Manhattan, claim in a federal lawsuit that a typical scam was to “add inches to the sides of measured boxes,� as well as an “enhanced declared value,� which allowed clerks to charge customers more. For example, a package with a length, width and depth totaling 26 inches would cost $106.85 to overnight from New York to Pittsburgh, but a 29-inch package would cost $117.19. In some cases, customers were overcharged as much as 400 percent, legal papers allege. “It’s pretty ugly,� said Steve Savva, the Hagans’ attorney. “It seems to be systematic, and the customers have no way of knowing.� The Hagans allege in court filings that The UPS Store, a subsidiary of the publicly traded United Parcel Service, was responsible for violating “the covenant of good faith and fair dealing� by: t 5FMMJOH DVTUPNFST UIBU HSPVOE EFMJWFSZ DPVME OPU CF HVBSBOUFFE BOE XPVME take longer than it actually would, in order to entice them to buy expensive, guaranteed air delivery. t $PODFBMJOH UIF DPTU PG DIFBQFS TIJQQJOH TFSWJDFT t $IBSHJOH DVTUPNFST GVFM TVSDIBSHFT GPS BJS EFMJWFSZ FWFO XIFO QBDLBHFT XFSFO U shipped by plane but by truck. Videotapes offered as evidence show UPS Store employees cheating customers,

UPS, and their right to operate a UPS store was revoked. But, in an effort to clear their name, the Hagans have ďŹ led an extraordinary claim against UPS in Federal Court that lays out, over 200 detailed pages, what they say is a systemic effort by UPS to rip off its Manhattan customers. The Hagans, UPS franchise owners since 2008 whose business grossed $6 million a year at its peak, even brought in a private investigator to secretly document the abuses they say occur at every UPS store in the city. Among their claims: Customers are routinely duped into paying more than necessary for shipping Employees are encouraged to lie about the weight and dimensions of packages to result in a higher bill Customers are told that one method of shipping is the cheapest, when often it is not The Hagans, in their lawsuit, says the deception is so widespread at UPS in

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29 G.M.A. SUMMER CONCERT: BRAD PAISLEY Rumsey PlayďŹ eld in Central Park 7 – 9 a.m.; free Come to Central Park this Monday morning to see Brad Paisley perform for Good Morning America! This country artist has won 3 Grammy Awards and has made over 15 songs that have reached number 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Song chart. Arrive early to secure a good spot for this show. centralpark.org

Our Town MAY 8, 2014

From Vandals to Artists: Time Rouses More Appreciation for Graffiti

THESE WALLS CAN TALK ART Current exhibits explore NYC streets’ past and present BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

Last November, one of New York’s most iconic art exhibits was uncermoniously whitewashed. Outdoor art space 5Pointz, a destination in Long Island City where graffiti writers from all over the world came to leave their mark, was covered over with white paint last November at the behest of the building’s owner, Jerry Wolkoff. When the vast walls of colorful graffiti were covered, Long Island City resident Jeffrey Leder took notice. Wolkoff had allowed graffiti writers to legally create work on his property for more than a decade, but now plans to demolish the building and construct residential high-rises after winning legal disputes with the 5Pointz artists. Leder, who operates an art gallery a block away, joined forces with Marie Cecile-Flageul, a member of the 5Pointz community who also manages its press, to curate “Whitewash,� an exhibition responding to the destruction, featuring work by nine artists who once painted at 5Pointz. Included in the exhibit are paintings by Meres One, the longtime curator of 5Pointz as well as prints

Leder about the debut of the exhibit. “It was a celebration 5Pointz of the life of 5Pointz and also showed that there mourning its death.â€? was a need for While “Whitewashâ€? is a di- graffiti culture rect response to the recent as a tourist events at 5Pointz, the Jeffrey destination spot, Leder Gallery is not the only and so therefore local space exploring graf- any gallery or art fiti’s presence in New York institution that City. In February, Museum of can provide people the City of New York opened with their graffiti “City as Canvas,â€? an exhibi- ďŹ x will do so.â€? tion of 1980s graffiti art. City Gregory J. Lore, a non-proďŹ t organiza- Snyder, author tion that preserves and pro- of “Graffiti motes folk and grassroots Lives: Beyond arts movements, opened its the Tag in New new gallery space in April York’s Urban Undergroundâ€? with “Moving Murals,â€? a photographic display of graffiti-covered subway cars shot by photographers Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper during the 1970s and early 1980s. “Graffiti is so emblematic of the way people can be creative in their own environment,â€? said Steve Zeitlin, founding director of City Lore, who noted that, while graffiti still exists in the city, painted train cars are rare. In August, Gothamist reported that a tagged 4 train was spotted in the Bronx, though Zeitlin said it didn’t stay in public view for very long. “They never make it out of the train yard,â€? Zeitlin said. While graffiti is more policed now than in the 1970s and 1980s, street art has become a more accepted public display in urban areas, thanks in no small part to the international celebrity of clandestine British street artist Banksy, who completed a month-long ‘residency’ on New York City’s streets in October. Gregory J. Snyder, a sociologist and professor at Baruch College whose book “Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York’s Urban Undergroundâ€? resulted from a decade of immersive research into graffiti’s subculture, makes a distinction between the two forms. “A lot of what we consider street art was antici

Left, Henry Chalfant and graffiti writer SHARP at the City Lore exhibition opening. Photo by Fernanda Kock

the early 1990s stared deďŹ antly at Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s cleanup efforts. Snyder also acknowledged the open tension between graffiti writers and street artists. “Street artists do not necessarily have to answer for their vandalism the same way that graffiti writers do,â€? he said. “Graffiti is thought to break windows, where street art is just, ‘hey, I’m putting up art.’ So it’s a little bit easier in the public mind to be a street artist than to be a grafďŹ ti writer, and I think both of those subcultures like it the way it is.â€? Abby Ronner, director of the City Lore gallery, echoes Snyder’s sentiments. “They’re totally different aesthetics,â€? Ronner said, noting that the City Lore exhibit explores an era when graffiti was transitioning from pure vandalism to legitimate expression in the art world’s view. Graffiti’s presence in galleries and museums isn’t new, Snyder said, nor is its alignment with ďŹ ne art. Brooklyn Museum exhibited graffiti in 2006 and included some of the same artists as the Museum of the City of New York show which

sent artists rooted in graffiti and street art. Many artists who were part of graffiti’s halcyon days have gone on to professional art careers, including Barry McGee, also known by his tag name Twist, and Steve Powers, known as ESPO, who are now successful studio artists. Still, Ronner notices a recent uptick in public interest. “In New York City, the cost of living is increasing so signiďŹ cantly and quickly, and there’s so much commercial development,â€? said Ronner. “A lot of people feel New York is being lost. The very deďŹ nition of New York and the character of it are lost. People are seeking old New York City culture.â€? Snyder suggests that Banksy’s mainstream success and the current popularity of street art renewed some interest in graffiti art and its culture, though he wonders if the recent events at 5Pointz affected gallery and museum attention. “Curators have a good sense of the moment,â€? said Snyder, who said that, though 5Pointz became a prestigious space for graffiti writers from all over the world it wasn’t necessarily home to

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MURAL WALL PAINTING 212 West 83rd St. (Between Amsterdam and Broadway) 12 p.m.; free with museum admission Come to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan this Saturday for some mural wall painting! By mixing colors and examining cause and effect, kids will learn some basic science skills while also having a blast. This event is for children ages of 4 and under. cmom.org

328 E. 67th St. (Between 1st & 2nd Ave.) 11 – 11:30 a.m.; free Mr. Gomez will be holding a bilingual story time at the 67th street library this Friday! Speakers of all languages are welcome to come enjoy a FAMILY PERFORMANCE number of stories, songs and FESTIVAL: UNCLE EYE rhymes told in English and Spanish. nypl.org Peter Jay Shapiro Children’s Glade in Central Park 12 – 1:30 p.m.; free Bring your kids to the Peter Jay Shapiro Children’s Glade this Sunday for an afternoon of song and dance with Ira Scott Levin a.k.a. Uncle Eye. Uncle Eye will teach your children about water, BYOB ADULTS-ONLY recycling and other ways to OPEN STUDIO make our planet green, all to the tune of his many hit songs. 1501 3rd Avenue (Between centralpark.org

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Above, a train mural from the City Lore exhibition. Photo by Henry Chalfant

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84th and 85th St.) 7 – 9 p.m.; $20 Come paint pottery and sip your drink of choice at Make this Saturday night! Admissions fee includes your choice of ceramic and a wide variety of glazes and brushes. The studio will ďŹ re your piece for you. makemeaning.com

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SUNDAY SALUTATIONS 1928 Broadway (The Lululemon Store at 64th St.) 9:30 a.m.; free Lululemon will be offering complimentary yoga this Sunday. The class will take place in their store and mats will be provided. Come hydrated and ready to move! Lululemon.com

1 EXHIBITION TOUR The Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. 2 p.m.; free with museum admission Gallery Education Stephanie Jeanjean will be leading an exhibition tour this Labor Day. This particular tour will highlight Velocity and the Aerial in Art and Architecture. guggenheim.org

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GALLERY TALK Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave. 11 a.m.; free with museum admission The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open on this Monday holiday. Caroline Hannah will be holding a talk in gallery 534 on nature as structure in art and design. This talk will focus on art from the late 19th and 20th century. metmuseum.org

2 AUTHOR EVENT: AMY EWING Barnes & Noble at 150 E. 86th Street (Off of Lexington Ave.) 6 p.m.; free Come join teen book author Amy Ewing as she discusses her debut novel, “The Jewel”. The novel follows a young protagonist named Violet, who was born in to a life of servitude to a wealthy and royal family. bn.com

ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER HELP Yorkville Library, 222 E. 79th Street (Between 2nd & 3rd) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; free If you are having trouble with your computer, come to the Meeting Room of the Yorkville Library for one-on-one help with a volunteer tutor. These tutors can help you with programs such as Power Point, Excel, and Word, or just help you improve your skills. This is a program for adults. nypl.org

3 RUN CLUB 1127 3rd Avenue (Between 65th & 66th Street) 6:45 p.m.; free Run off some steam after work this Wednesday with Lululemon’s complimentary run club! Runs are lead by a local trainer and all levels are welcome. There is space to change and leave your belongings at the meeting location. Lululemon.com

REASSESSING AMERICAN STRATEGY IN VIETNAM The 92Y at 92nd and Lexington Ave. 12 p.m.; $24 Gregory Daddis will be taking a critical look at America’s combat strategies this Wednesday. Daddis is a Colonel and a Professor of History at the United States Military Academy. He is also an author, and will be selling signed copies of his book at the even. 92y.org

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WINE TASTING 1657 1st Avenue (on 86th St.) 4 – 7 p.m.; free Vino Versity will be offering free glass of wine and a number of samplings at their store. Come to the store with questions—their wine experts are happy to help you pair any wine with any occasion. vinoversity.com

FILMS ON THE GREEN: THE FRENCH MINISTER 116th & Broadway (Columbia University) 8:30 – 11 p.m.; free The French film, “The French Minister” will be playing outside the Low Memorial Library at Columbia University this Thursday. This film is a comedy directed by Bertrand Travernier, staring Raphael Personnaz, which follows the budding career of a French yuppie. Nycgovparks.org

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Our Town AUGUST 28, 2014

A WOMAN’S WORK IS IN THE MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS MoMA spotlights modern design by women BY MARY GREGORY

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a wide range of fascinating objects from MoMA’s permanent collection that highlights the ways women’s work shaped the modern world. The exhibition focuses on the years from 1890 to 1990 and brings hundreds of objects to the spotlights of the galleries to tell a story of 100 years of women’s design. Spurred by newfound possibilities, women flocked to art schools and studied painting, sculpture, architecture, metal-

smithing, jewelry making, fashion, advertising and design. Examples of all these, and many that combine and cross disciplines, can be seen in the exhibition. There are presentations of plate and cup designs that are simple and elegant, rock and roll posters that are edgy and raw, whimsical lights, functional chairs, and even a display focusing on Loie Fuller, a dancer who caused a sensation in Paris in the early 1900s. Grabbing attention away from Pica asso, o, M atissse at s ,G Picasso, Matisse, Gertrude S St tei ein ei n an and d th heiir ga g n was no ng Stein their gang ea e asy task, task, assk, k but butt L oiie Fuller o easy Loie diid just did just that. ju tha hat. t Sh t. he danced d da She in a spectacle s eccta sp acl cle e of o flo w n robes wi owing liit by ccolored lit ollo olor orred d sstage tage ta g llights, ge i in an n apparition app par arit itio it ion io n th hat a recalled r that tthe th ed de erv vis ishe hess and a d presaged an pr pr dervishes Ma art rtha h G ha ra ah ha am m.. Martha Graham. Ma M a any ny y of of the the works work wo rk k on exMany hi ibi b t br rid idge dge tthe h rrealms he e hibit bridge of func fu ncti nc t on ti onal alit al iittty y an and d ar a functionality art. This wa was as a ma m jo or th hem eme of the major theme e er a Th a. T he e ar r ts t and a nd crafts era. The arts m mo veme ve ment me n , an and d la movement, later the B Ba uh hau aus, s, ssought ou ugh ht tto bring Bauhaus,

art into daily life, and specifically into the home. A 1952 kitchen designed by Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier, is on view, as is Lilly Reich’s 1931 design for an Apartment for a Single Person. It featured a foldaway kitchen, that opened into a sink with shelves, burners, cabinets and a kettle hook. One of Eileen Gray’s iconic round glass and chrome tables is also on view. There are several pieces that bring out the magical inspiration and fertilization that often exists between wives and husbands who are creating simultaneously and often collaboratively. Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald were one such couple. The exhibition presents rooms designed by the pair. Though Mackintosh became world famous, he said, “Margaret has genius. I have only talent.” Anni Albers’ elegant geometric designs in fabric echoed many of the same technical and intellectual themes as did the work of her famous husband Josef Albers. Anni’s work is not as easy to find or see in museums, partly because she worked in textiles, often relegated to craft or decorative arts status. But her careful, formal abstractions are worthy of attention, and the choice of material opens a whole separate level of meaning and thinking. The exhibition also focuses on the synergies made possible in a world where women were important patrons of the arts. Women of the cultural and intellectual elite, like the Cone sisters, asserted great influence on the art of the 20th century. But so did average women, with their hands on the purse strings. The enormous growth of the consumer created a golden age of advertising that

brought new possibilities and new creative frontiers to conquer. In the section of the exhibition focused on recent decades, rock and roll advertising made by women makes a powerful statement. Bonnie Maclean created graphics for the Fillmore Auditorium, in the 1960s. Her poster for The Doors is a classic of psychedelic pop. Lorraine Schneider’s 1967 War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things became a rallying cry in the anti-war movement. Patti Smith, artist, musician, poet, author, and other things too many to enumerate, is presented in the section titled Punk To Postmodernism, 1970–1990,

along with other works of design and art from those decades, bringing the exhibition to a powerful close. We live in a world half made by women. So, while it might seem either moot or woefully inadequate to mount an exhibition of the obvious, at the same time, the under-representation of women artists in museums remains a tremendous oversight. Not all artists write manifestos. Many, many more exert quieter influences. Anything that heightens awareness of the role of women in design, or just gives a chance to see work by these important artists and designers firsthand is worthy of a show and a visit.

Above: Bonnie Maclean (American, born 1949). The Yardbirds, The Doors. 1967. Offset lithograph. The Museum of Modern Art Left: Robert Venturi (American, born 1925) with Denise Scott Brown (American, born Zambia, 1931). Queen Anne Side Chair, 1983. Maple plywood and plastic laminate, Mfr.: Knoll International, Inc., New York, NY. The Museum of Modern Art

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FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

OPERA

DVOŘÁK’S “RUSALKA” Renee Fleming stars as the title character in this production of Czech composer Antonin Dvořák’s fairy tale, giving the opera star an opportunity to perform the show’s signature song, “Song to the Moon.” The performance also features Polish tenor Piotr Beczala as the Prince. Yannick NézetSéguin conducts. Thursday, August 28 Lincoln Center Plaza Columbus Avenue between West 63rd and West 64th Streets 7:45 p.m. FREE

MUSIC DANDY WELLINGTON AND HIS BAND Harlem native Dandy Wellington takes inspiration from the big band music from the 1930’s and ‘40s. Well-dressed and dapper, Wellington—who also works as an event producer and stylist for lifestyle brands—and his hornheavy band perform more obscure music from the era and beyond, plucking songs from classic cinema and Dixieland jazz to round out their repertoire. Thursday, August 28 Front/Row Stage at South Street Seaport 11 Fulton St., near Front St. 6 p.m. FREE

FILM “THROUGH A LENS DARKLY” At just over 90 minutes, filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris explores how black photographers have used the medium for self-definition, while white photographers have historically used film to perpetuate racist imagery. Beginning with an examination of Harris’ own family album, the film was inspired by the book “Reflections in Black,” a history of black photographers by Deborah Willis, who will be on hand for a Q&A and book-signing. Thursday, August 28 Film Forum 209 West Houston St. 7:20 p.m. Tickets $13

THEATER “RED EYE OF LOVE” This new musical, adapted from Arnold Weinstein’s 1961 play, premieres, with Alli Mauzey starring as Selma Chargesse, who’s caught in a love triangle with a wealthy meat shop proprietor and an idealistic and politically impassioned man of more limited means. Through September 28

Dicapo Opera Theatre 184 East 76th St., between 3rd and Lexington Avenues Assorted show times Tickets $25-$75 Discounted tickets available at http://www. amasmusical.org/redeyeoflove.html

“CYMBELINE” The Free Theatre’s site-specific production of Shakespeare’s tragicomedy is set in West Park Presbyterian Church, which the Free Theatre transforms into the wilderness of Wales. Audiences are led throughout the rooms of the church in this interactive presentation. August 29 through August 31 West Park Presbyterian Church 165 West 86th St., at Amsterdam Avenue 7 p.m. FREE

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BELTING IT OUT FOR AN AUDIENCE THEATER New play staged in East Village karaoke bar BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

EAST VILLAGE For director Kathryn Hamilton, the sight of words lighting up on a karaoke screen with a buoyant dot jumping from one word to the next is “one of the most melancholy things in the world.” “I don’t know why,” said Hamilton. “Maybe it’s the absence of the body in that space. Maybe it’s the assumption of joy that’s not being fulfilled.” Rarely do karaoke lounge lizards garner a paying audience, but Hamilton’s charging admission. Her latest play, “Dead Behind These Eyes,” opens August 29 in a karaoke bar on Avenue A, a few blocks

from Tompkins Square Park. Inspired by “Look Back in Anger,” British playwright John Osborne’s 1956 play about class and political apathy, Hamilton translates the conceits and regrets of discontented youth from a traditional stage to a karaoke setting, complete with a modern pop soundtrack that includes songs by artists as diverse as Jeff Buckley and Katy Perry. Hamilton began developing the show with her theater company Sister Sylvester around the same time the Occupy Wall Street protest movement took root in Zuccotti Park. The serendipitous alignment led her and her collaborators to consider their involvements (and lack of) in modern political movements, a scenario that plagues the disaffected young characters in Osborne’s text. “You have these characters

essentially stuck in a room, and they lash out at one another because they’re bored,” said Jeremy Barker, dramaturge for the production. “They’re just sort of stuck there. So what we did was we took that and basically put it in a karaoke bar.” At each performance, the line between the performers and the 12 audience members blurs, Barker said. Without the distance implied by the fourth wall, the audience members might not realize at first who the actors are among them. Hamilton’s production references Osborne’s work—a groundbreaking and defiant text in pre-sixties Britain— but loosely. Non-narrative and without distinct characters, “Dead Behind These Eyes” follows the bar structure of a musical composition, though the actors improvise and adapt based on the audience’s reac-

Performers in the new play “Dead Behind These Eyes,” which takes place in a karaoke lounge.

tion during a given performance. “People come in with really different expectations to a karaoke room than they do in a theater,” Hamilton said. “The codes you assume in a theater just aren’t there, partly because of the intimacy and the setup and the way the performers speak to the audience, but partly because people have had a few drinks and they’re walking into a karaoke room. They have a different frame to understand what’s being performed there.” Mariah MacCarthy, a playwright and producer, favors site-specific theater for intimate and immersive audience experiences, which are

more difficult to achieve in a traditional black-box theater, and also more expensive. She staged her latest show in a friend’s apartment in Astoria, and split ticket sales with the host. Renting a theater space for one week can cost, at the very minimum, $2,000, she said, a prohibitive amount for many small companies. MacCarthy suggested that the popularity of “Sleep No More,” an immersive adaptation of “Macbeth” that opened in a series of Chelsea warehouses in 2011, made site-specific work more visible, but not necessarily more prevalent. “Everything site-specific that came after that, everyone had to compare to ‘Sleep No More’

RECENT SITE-SPECIFIC THEATER 2003—“The Angel Project”— Theater and opera director Deborah Warner’s adaptation of her London-based project debuted in New York as part of the 2003 Lincoln Center Festival. She presented the show as a walking tour of the city, and planted actors at different destinations. 2011—“Sleep No More”—Now a celebrated example of sitespecific theater in the city, this adaptation of “Macbeth” by British theater company Punchdrunk, reimagines Shakespeare’s tragedy in a Noir-like series of rooms in the McKittrick Hotel in Chelsea. Audience members wear white masks and much of the performance is without dialogue. 2013—“Then She Fell”—Based on “Alice in Wonderland” and set at Kingsland Ward, a former psychiatric hospital in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, this immersive production from Third Rail Projects invites 15 theatergoers at a time to wander through a maze of highly-designed rooms and corridors and experience one-on-one performances.

to understand what it was,” she said. “But it’s been there longer than people have noticed.” In “Dead Behind These Eyes,” the actors reach for the microphone, of course, though the show is not a musical, Hamilton said. Instead, the play possesses a crucial soundtrack, and some of the singing is what you’d expect at a karaoke lounge on any other evening, Hamilton said, echoing the nature of individual involvement, whether in sing-alongs or political movements. “It’s about participation, right?” she said. “On all these levels, participation is not necessarily about virtuosity, but the act of participating.” To that end, staging the show in a karaoke lounge was a logical choice. Since Sing Sing Karaoke, where the show takes place, doesn’t open until the evenings, the actors rehearsed in the space during the day. And, Hamilton said, karaoke is akin to theater. “A play is a piece of karaoke, too,” Hamilton said. “Speaking these other people’s words, maybe like you mean them or maybe like you don’t. Maybe with distance, but they’re words that aren’t yours.” “Dead Behind These Eyes” opens on August 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Sing Sing Karaoke (81 Avenue A), and runs through September 19. For tickets, call 212-352-3101 or visit abronsartscenter.org.

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< ANNUAL VENDY AWARDS ADDS ANNIVERSARY CATEGORY The annual celebration of the city’s most coveted street food kicks off on September 13 on Governor’s Island, and in celebration of the awards’ 10th anniversary, a new category has been introduced, the Daily News reported. The Vendy Awards invited past winners of the Vendy Cup—the competition’s top prize—back

In Brief CRUMBS REOPENING IN COLUMBUS SQUARE Crumbs Bake Shop at Columbus Square is set to re-open this fall, following the abrupt closing of all Crumbs locations last month, and the company’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the New York Post reported. New owners Marcus Lemonis, host of CNBC series “The Profit,” and Fischer Enterprises, LLC won a bid to acquire the fledgling company in July, with a $6.5 million dollar proposal, and will re-open just over half of the 49 recently-shuttered locations in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. When the 795 Columbus Ave. location opens its doors next month, the bakery will also serve coffee and beverages in addition to its signature giant cupcakes, the Post reported. At the time of last month’s bankruptcy filing, Manhattan had 13 different Crumbs locations, including its original outpost on the Upper West Side, which first opened in 2003.

MARIO BATALI AND FRANK BASTIANICH TO OPEN RESTAURANT IN MARITIME HOTEL

to compete for the Master’s Cup. Nominees for the newest awards include: Solber Pupusas, which has sold its Salvadoran corn tortillas at the Red Hook ball fields for the last 15 years; Astoria vendor King of Falafel (known for its chicken shawarma and white sauce), Mexican and Southern fusion vendor Calexico; NY Dosa

MAKING HAPPY MEALS INTO HEALTHIER MEALS NUTRITION East Side councilman wants fast food restaurants to serve healthier fare in exchange for the ability to give away toys to kids BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

Happy Meals might soon need to get healthy. Upper East Side Councilman Ben Kallos introduced legislation last week that would set stricter nutritional standards for meals served with toys. The bill, which is co-sponsored by Council Members Stephen Levin and Corey Johnson, would prohibit fast food eateries from offering free toys or coupons in kids’ meals—such as McDonald’s Happy Meals—that contain more than 500 calories or 600 mg of sodium. Kallos, a Democrat, introduced the bill on Thursday. The measure is designed to help

Chef and restaurateur Mario Batali, of Babbo, Del Posto, Eataly and Food Network fame, will open another restaurant in Manhattan with his partner Joe Bastianich, this time in the Maritime Hotel in Chelsea. The partnership between the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group and the West 16th hotel, which is currently home to Italian fine-dining spot La Bottega, includes the breadth of the restaurant’s food and beverage program, Grub Street reports, including the lobby bar and room service. According to a statement on Batali’s website, the hotel’s updated menus will reflect “the hotel’s nautical architectural elements, featuring cooking of the Italian coast and Islands,” with an emphasis on seafood, while the décor of the renovated La Bottega space will feature terra-cotta elements and a pastel palette that “will transport diners to the terraced hillsides of Positano.”

Guy, run by Sri Lankan chef Thiru Kumar, who sells his lentil and rice flour crepes on West 4th Street near Washington Square Park; and Hallo Berlin, the city’s first German food cart and winner of the inaugural Vendy Cup in 2005. Other categories for this year’s awards include Rookie of the Year and Best Dessert.

It is difficult enough for parents to give their children healthy food without the fast food industry spending hundreds of million dollars per year advertising to children, and nearly half of that on toys.” Councilman Ben Kallos

fight childhood obesity. “An estimated one fourth of a child’s meals come from restaurants or fast food places. These could be healthy calories,” Kallos said in a statement. “It is difficult enough for parents to give their children healthy food without the fast food industry spending hundreds of million dollars per year advertising to children, and nearly half of that on toys.” According to a survey conducted by USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, almost half the calories children consume outside of the home comes from fast food eateries. In the statement, Kallos’ office points out that a 2012 Federal Trade Commission report indicated that, in 2009, fast food companies spent $714 million advertising products to children, with nearly half the spending going to toys. Half of elementary school students are overweight, according to the New York City Department of Health, and 20 percent of kindergarten students are obese. “For far too long, fast-food chains such as Wendy’s and Burger King have been using toy giveaways to lure children to meals of cheeseburgers, French fries, and sodas and other meals of poor nutritional quality,” said Margo Wooten, nutrition policy director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “This is a practice that is meant to exploit the cognitive immaturity of children and make parents’ job harder.” Council Member Leroy Comrie first introduced the legislation in 2011. If the bill eventually passes, Kallos said restaurants will be able to incentivize children to make healthier choices, as opposed to seeking out calorie and sodium-laden fast food

THE HEALTHY MEAL CRITERIA For restaurants to meet the bill’s health standards, children’s meals must include: • 500 calories or less • Fewer than 35 percent of calories from fat • Fewer than 10 percent of calories from saturated fat • Fewer than 10 percent of calories from added sugar • Fewer than 600 mg of sodium • One full serving of fruit, vegetables or whole grains

THE HAPPY MEAL BREAKDOWN Nutritional information for a McDonald’s Happy Meal with cheeseburger, French fries, fat-free chocolate milk and apple slices: • Total calories: 550 • Calories from fat: 150 • Total fat: 17g (26%) • Saturated fat: 6g (31%) • Sodium: 880mg • Sugars: 32g Happy Meals currently come with a Hot Wheels car or Barbie figurine meals in order to snag free toys. Under the bill, restaurants that violate the measure will have to pay a fine of up to $500 for the first offense, up to $1,000 for a second offense and up to $2,500 for all subsequent violations. A call to a McDonald’s spokesman was not immediately returned.

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Real Estate Sales Neighborhd

Address

Price

Bed Bath Agent

Murray Hill

155 E 34 St.

$598,000

0

1

Noble Realty

Beekman

30 Beekman Place

$1,675,000

2

2

Core

Murray Hill

415 E 37 St.

$2,500,000

3

2

Halstead Property

Carnegie Hill

141 E 88Th St.

$4,887,600

3

2

Stribling

Murray Hill

5 Tudor City Place

$290,000

Carnegie Hill

11 E 86 St.

$3,125,000

3

3

Keller Williams

Murray Hill

123 E 37 St.

$399,000

0

1

Halstead Property

Carnegie Hill

141 E 88Th St.

$6,414,975

Murray Hill

225 E 36 St.

$876,000

2

2

Oxford Property Group

Carnegie Hill

131 E 93 St.

$640,000

Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

80 Park Ave.

$915,000

1

1

Town Residential

2

1

Carnegie Hill

130 E 94 St.

$527,500

1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Murray Hill

330 E 38 St.

$959,998

1

0

Vipler Realty

Carnegie Hill

1356 Madison Ave.

$1,475,000

3

2

Corcoran

Murray Hill

320 E 42 St.

$314,000

0

1

Corcoran

Carnegie Hill

1235 Park Ave.

$2,120,000

2

2

Corcoran

Murray Hill

310 Lexington Ave.

$355,000

0

1

Myc & Associates, Inc

Carnegie Hill

141 E 88Th St.

$6,227,006

4

4

Stribling

Sutton Place

400 E 56 St.

$945,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Carnegie Hill

1120 5 Ave.

$5,250,000

2

2

Warburg

Sutton Place

345 E 56 St.

$966,625

Carnegie Hill

160 E 91 St.

$295,000

0

1

Cooper & Cooper

Sutton Place

333 E 53 St.

$538,798

1

1

Charles Rutenberg

Carnegie Hill

141 E 88Th St.

$3,920,262

2

2

Stribling

Sutton Place

60 Sutton Place South $990,000

1

1

Halstead Property

Carnegie Hill

1349 Lexington Ave. $2,100,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Sutton Place

400 E 54 St.

Carnegie Hill

50 E 89 St.

$1,950,000

Sutton Place

36 Sutton Place South $6,057

Lenox Hill

360 E 72 St.

$660,000

1

1

Frank Ragusa Lreb

Sutton Place

400 E 56 St.

$560,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Lenox Hill

220 E 60 St.

$745,000

1

1

Core

Sutton Place

415 E 54 St.

$1,060,000

1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

405 E 63 St.

$740,000

Turtle Bay

255 E 49 St.

$740,000

Lenox Hill

403 E 62 St.

$850,000

Turtle Bay

100 United Nations

$879,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Lenox Hill

405 E 63 St.

$525,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Turtle Bay

45 Tudor City Place

$300,000

0

1

Urban Compass

3

2

Brown Harris Stevens

Turtle Bay

349 E 49 St.

$550,000

1

1

Corcoran

Turtle Bay

310 E 53 St.

$3,500,000

3

3

Focus Real Estate Group

$651,680

Lenox Hill

40 E 61 St.

$3,750,000

Lenox Hill

11 E 68 St.

$17,819,375

Lenox Hill

900 5 Ave.

$4,900,000

3

4

Douglas Elliman

Turtle Bay

240 E 46 St.

$670,000

1

1

Citi Habitats

Lenox Hill

1175 York Ave.

$1,341,883

3

2

Halstead Property

Turtle Bay

349 E 49 St.

$460,000

1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

841 Madison Ave.

$6,350,000

2

2

Halstead Property

Turtle Bay

230 E 50 St.

$782,000

1

1

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

440 E 62 St.

$740,000

1

1

Corcoran

Turtle Bay

216-218 E 47 St.

$960,000

1

1

Nestseekers

Lenox Hill

205 E 63 St.

$2,250,000

4

3

Warburg

Turtle Bay

150 E 49 St.

$885,000

2

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

200 E 66Th St.

$1,705,568

1

1

Corcoran

Turtle Bay

251 E 51 St.

$1,280,000

Lenox Hill

300 E 62 St.

$790,000

1

1

Halstead Property

Upper E Side

210 E 73 St.

$1,340,000

2

2

Stribling

Lenox Hill

200 E 66Th St.

$6,211,325

Upper E Side

29 E 72 St.

$1,100,000

0

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

520 E 72 St.

$410,000

Stribling

Upper E Side

205 E 78 St.

$712,000

1

1

Helen Downey Company

Lenox Hill

58 E 66 St.

$17,150,000

Lenox Hill

233 E 69 St.

$825,000

Lenox Hill

11 E 68 St.

$19,346,750

Lenox Hill

304 E 65 St.

$885,000

1

1 0

Stribling

Upper E Side

181 E 73 St.

$1,695,000

2

2

Stribling

2

1

Corcoran

Upper E Side

205 E 77 St.

$395,000

0

1

Citi Habitats

Upper E Side

1025 5 Ave.

$2,600,000

2

2

Sotheby’s International

1

1

Halstead Property

Upper E Side

174 E 74 St.

$1,360,000

2

2

Halstead Property

Upper E Side

325 E 77 St.

$405,000

0

1

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

110 E 71 St.

$1,875,000

Lenox Hill

200-210 E 65 St.

$5,750,000

2

2

Fox Residential Group

Upper E Side

205 E 77 St.

$1,761,000

Lenox Hill

300 E 71 St.

$695,000

1

1

The Dressler Group

Upper E Side

163 E 81 St.

$1,900,000

2

2

Sotheby’s International

Lenox Hill

315 E 68 St.

$712,775

1

1

David Frankel Realty

Upper E Side

363 E 76 St.

$850,000

1

1

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

737 Park Ave.

$12,791,310

5

7

Macklowe Investment

Upper E Side

404 E 79 St.

$1,390,000

2

2

Nestseekers

Lenox Hill

300 E 71 St.

$1,065,000

2

2

Corcoran

Upper E Side

363 E 76 St.

$396,000

0

1

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

150 E 69 St.

$5,225,000

Upper E Side

32 E 76 St.

$1,975,000

2

2

Gild

167 E 82 St.

$1,250,000

1

1

Town Residential

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Midtown

641 5 Ave.

$2,100,000

1

2

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side

Midtown E

240 E 55 St.

$440,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side

1035 Park Ave.

$3,255,500

Murray Hill

330 E 38 St.

$147,000,000

Upper E Side

1010 5 Ave.

$1,249,000

Murray Hill

300 E 40 St.

$726,000

Yorkville

428 E 84 St.

$3,850,000

1

1

Corcoran

Murray Hill

330 E 38 St.

$1,225,000

2

2

Bid On The City

Murray Hill

300 E 40 St.

$750,000

1

1

Inoue Realty

Murray Hill

235 E 40 St.

$725,000

1

1

Corcoran

Murray Hill

201 E 36 St.

$1,205,000

2

2

Klara Madlin

Murray Hill

30 E 37 St.

$625,000

0

1

Town Residential

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n New York City and throughout the country, the inequality gap continues to widen and working people are being left behind. Retail workers, in particular, continue to be underpaid with inadequate part-time hours and unpredictable scheduling. The real problem is that the retail industry has shifted away from stable jobs towards part-time, on-call work that denies employees the opportunity to work the amount of hours that they need to earn enough to support themselves and their families. When workers are under-scheduled and their hours are subject to change on a moment’s notice, they have no certainty as to how they’ll survive. Part-time work has become the new norm, but people still have full-time families and full-time responsibilities. Take Melody Pabon for example. She is a mom, a full-time student and a cashier at Zara. Her manager frequently sends her home early, which cuts back even more on her hours and shaves money off her paycheck. Due to the low wages and insufficient hours she received at Zara, Melody had to pull her son Mason out of daycare because she couldn’t afford it. In order to reduce growing work-hours uncertainty in our economy, we must update the definition of reporting to work to reflect today’s employment practices. Currently, the reporting pay law is not enforced in New York State. In 2012, 73 percent of retail workers said they were paid for a full four hours when sent home early. Employers do not adhere to this state law, nor are workers made aware of their right to four hours of pay should their shift end early. From childcare to transportation, the cost of reporting to work can run high in relation to daily earned income. Working New Yorkers need stronger reporting pay law enforcement so they are paid for the time to which they are entitled by law. Additionally, workers no longer report to work in person. Instead, more and more companies are requesting that workers call their manager a few hours before their shift in order to know if they are scheduled for work or not. Employers contend that this practice allows them to respond to customer traffic and sales, yet it leaves workers in the lurch when the shift they were counting on gets cancelled at the last minute. The time they spend waiting to hear about their on-call shift is time they could have spent working at a second job, taking care of their family, or attending school. In reality, the time on-call workers spend waiting for notification must be classified as reporting to work. The bottom line is that even as wages go up, part-time workers cannot provide for their families without adequate, stable, and predictable hours. If we want to make sure that working families are able to support themselves, we need to support them in building a collective voice to address all of their concerns in the workplace, including the hours they work. Wage increases and other workplace improvements are never guaranteed without a contract. Collective bargaining is the only vehicle for workers to democratically decide how to build family-sustaining jobs. What would truly make a difference in retail and in other low-wage industries would be to provide workers with livable hours and regular schedules that their families can rely on – and a union contract which guarantees the gains they have made can’t be taken away. Collective bargaining–and fairness for workers who seek it–has always been and will continue to be the single most important means for creating jobs that can build better lives and stronger communities.

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< FULTON RESTAURANT CLOSED The Fulton at 3rd Avenue and 75th Street closed unexpectedly last week, “with no notice to its regular customers,” according to a reader of Our Town who contacted the paper. The restaurant, owned by the same proprietors of the nearby Citarella gourmet grocery store, opened in 2008. A notice in the window

In Brief LEGISLATION INTRO’D TO PROTECT STREET VENDORS Lower Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin recently introduced legislation that would allow any vendor who becomes too sick to work to transfer their vending license to a family member who can continue to run the business. Chin’s office said the legislation came in response to the plight of Chun Yi, the wife of a street vendor who became ill and gave his license to her in order to make money for their family. Vending licenses in New York are currently non-transferrable, meaning they cannot be used by anyone other than who the city originally issued the license to. “The result is that the family members can either no longer support themselves financially, or are forced to continue running the business without a proper license, thereby facing numerous tickets and/or arrests by police,” said Chin’s office in announcing the legislation. “Either way, the outcome is deeply negative and destructive for those families as they struggle to get by.” Chin’s office said the Dept. of Consumer Affairs agreed in June to temporarily transfer the license to Yi, but that her situation remains uncertain. In a broader sense, Chin’s legislation seeks to protect vendors in similar situations by requiring the DCA to fully transfer the license to a family member when the original licensee falls ill or is otherwise debilitated. “These are stories we can’t ignore - and this bill is about doing the right thing for our city’s hardworking street vendors and their families,” said Chin. “Vendors and their families already face great challenges as they struggle to get by, and current City regulations only create further hardship in times of debilitating illness or death. We must change that. We must make it right.”

JOB PROGRAM PORTAL ANNOUNCED Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled Monday the State Recruitment Resources Center, an online hub that just launched for disabled people seeking jobs in the state. According to the governor’s office, the program will work in tandem with his Program to Hire Persons and Veterans with Disabilities. “The website enables job seekers to upload their resume and transcript, and also provides application information regarding disability certification so that they can be best connected with employment opportunities at state agencies,” said the governor’s office in a press release. His jobs program allows qualified people and veterans with disabilities to be appointed to entry-level competitive civil service positions without a written examination. The first step in the process is to be certified eligible by the Department of Civil Service’s Employee Health Service. Once certified, participants can submit their information on the State Recruitment Resources Center indicating employment history, academic achievements and location preferences for state employment. Information on being certified for the program can be found online at www.cs.ny.gov.

of the Fulton told neighbors, “In an effort to focus all of our talent and resources on the continued evolution of Citarella, we have opted to close Fulton.” Citeralla has been in business since 1912, according to their website. Elsewhere in the Fulton notice, owner Joe

Gurrera writes, “When [Fulton] opened six years ago we received an enthusiastic welcome from the neighborhood and sincerely appreciate your continued loyalty and support.” Calls to Citarella for more information went unreturned.

PRATT STUDENT’S DESIGNS IN THE SPOTLIGHT PROFILE A graduate student at the Pratt Institute won a design competition to sell his notebooks in Barnes & Noble BY CATHERINE ELLSBERG

When Ben Tuber, now a graduate student at the Pratt Institute, was an undergrad at the University of Chicago, he wasn’t exactly planning a future in design. Immersed in the relatively esoteric world of ancient Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphics, Tuber revealed in an interview that he had other lofty ideas, including one fantasy of becoming the next Indiana Jones. After taking a beat, Tuber added, “I realized I wasn’t going to be the next Indiana Jones.” Hieroglyphics — something that had hildhood for captivated Tuber since childhood ns” s — re“more purely visual reasons” ation, mained a lingering inspiration, owhowever, eventually followgh ing him to Pratt. Though e he had been drawing since he was a little kid, Tuberr described his light-bulb moment when he realized “there was a career for this thing — it’s called design.” iToday, Tuber has experienced something of an upward trajectory at Pratt;; in keeping with the school’ss onarness going partnership with Barnes esigns & Noble, some of Tuber’s designs — along with those of a small tugroup of other graduate stu-

dents at Pratt — are now on sale at more than 400 Barnes & Noble stores nationwide as part of the “For Students By Students” collection. The participating, selected students were challenged to create unique designs for a target age group; other than those minimal instructions, though, the project was completely up to them to execute. Keeping a younger demographic in mind, Tuber began thinking about products — sketchbooks, pencil cases, and journals — that would actually appeal to college-age students. Noting that “everyone is plugged in,” he turned to texting symbols themselves — “a kind of second language.” Soon, emojis, smiley icons, and “TTYL” shorthand found their way onto the sketchbooks — an attempt, in some small way, to breach the digital divide. Describing his designs, Tuber is at once equal part parts philosophical and straigh straightforward; recognizing that texting t lingo has “infiltra trated our normal speech,” he also realizes that digit tization is rampant, and h to stay. Rather than here rebuff computers and iPhones, Tuber has tried to straddle creativity with the digital age; the two need not be m mutually exclusive.

Pratt student Ben Tuber turned his dreams of Indiana Jones glory into a career in graphic design.

b k he believes Tuber’s line of sketchbooks, believes, will appeal to anyone who has a “longing to sketch something by hand.” It is an oldschool approach, perhaps, but stands as evidence that you can “have fun outside of the computer.” Barnes & Noble has several partnerships with schools, not all of which end up benefitting the students whose designs go into production. Last week, a former student at the Fashion Institute of Technology claimed in a federal lawsuit that she hasn’t made any money off a top-selling backpack she created for the store in 2010. Diana Rubio designed the “everything backpack” when she was assigned to enter Barnes & Noble’s “Back to Campus” contest. Her bag won, and it continues to be a top seller for Barnes & Noble, which sells it for $39.95 and credits Rubio as the designer. But Rubio says in the lawsuit that she never received any money from FIT or Barnes & Noble. Barnes & Noble says it pays royalties to FIT and that the matter was between Rubio and the school. Tuber, however, has enjoyed seeing his work out in the real world; an Upper West Side native, he remains particularly devoted to the 82nd Street Barnes & Noble. Pratt’s partnership with the bookstore has been a “great opportunity,” he said. He described the thrill of seeing his work materialize in his hometown bookstore as an honor — one that might even trump the Indiana Jones fantasy.

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GETTING OLD BUT STAYING SHARP SENIORS Study says that brainpower in the very old may be improving If you’re lucky enough to live into your 90s, how well will your brain hold up? You may have an edge over people who got there ahead of you, a recent study hints. Researchers found that on tests of mental abilities, a group of 95-year-old Danes scored better than a group of Danes born 10 years earlier, who had been tested when they were about the same age. In a standard simple test, for example, 23 percent of them scored in the highest category, compared to 13 percent of the earlier-born group. Out of the 30 questions and tasks, members of the later-born group averaged two more correct re-

sponses than the earlierborn group did. The results were released by the journal Lancet. Why the better mental performance? It wasn’t just better education, but beyond that the researchers could only guess at things like more intellectual stimulation and better diets earlier in life. More people are living to such old ages. The U.S. census counted 425,000 Americans age 95 and older in 2010, a 26 percent increase over the total in 2000. The researchers also found that later-born Danes were better able to carry out basic living tasks like getting out of bed or a chair. So they were functioning better overall, the study concluded. Lead author Dr. Kaare Christensen, head of the Danish Aging Research Center at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, was cautious about applying the results to

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the United States, although he said the availability of education in the U.S. after World War II would be a plus. Dr. James Pacala, associate head of the department of family medicine and community health at the University of Minnesota Medical School, who didn’t participate in the study, said he suspects the same trends are present in the United States. He also said the findings fit with previous work that shows people are functioning better at given ages than they used to. But Pacala, who heads the board of the American Geriatrics Society, noted that even in the better-functioning group of Danes, at least 40 percent and probably more had dementia. Denise Park, an expert in mental function and aging at the University of Texas in Dallas, called the mental test results provocative but said it’s not clear why the differences appeared. She said she would want to know if the effect holds up for 80-year-olds as well. “If it’s real, it should,� she said. Lancet journal: thelancet.com/ journals/lancet

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YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES Meegan Gregg moved to New York to bring barre workouts to the city after becoming hooked on them herself.

A NEW BARRE FOR NEW YORK CITY Q&A Meegan Gregg, director of operations for fitness studio Barre3 West Village, gives us a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the studio’s launch BY ANGELA BARBUTI

A new exercise studio that just opened in the West Village is hoping that New Yorkers’ quest for that perfect workout will end at the ballet barre. Barre3 gives workout classes that tone and shape students through a combination of ballet work, yoga and Pilates. The inaugural studio, which had its unveiling on August 25th, is located on 8th Street, and its founders see the friendly atmosphere there as reminiscent of their corporate home in Portland, Oregon. With over 70 Barre3 studios throughout the country, this is the first to open in New York. Chelsea resident Meegan Gregg dis-

covered the Barre3 workout when she lived in Portland and quickly became hooked. “I just got totally into it,” she said. As a result of her passion and commitment, she was sent here to serve as the director of operations at the Manhattan flagship location. As far as her goals for the studio go, Gregg said she hopes to make it as welcoming as possible. “We want to offer a third place for people - work, home, and Barre3,” she said.

For people who have never taken Barre3, how would you explain it? Barre3 is a combination of ballet barre, Pilates and yoga. It’s perfect for all fitness levels. It tones and shapes the body, but also emphasizes the mind/body connection.

What is the benefit to taking a Barre3 class as opposed to other workouts?

a very balanced body, so we don’t overwork anything. We do a lot of back body work. So I would say that it’s a total body workout that balances and lengthens the body.

It really lengthens the muscles and works the body in a naturally functional way. We try to develop

What is your background in the fitness world?

I don’t really have a background in the fitness world. I worked in a bunch of different jobs. I worked for a hedge fund, a marketing company, a production company. I was planning on living in Portland for just a few months, and then going back to San Francisco. But I started taking barre classes when I moved to Portland, over three years ago, and then started teaching them there.

How did the studio’s New York location come about? We wanted to have a presence in New York, so the owners, Sadie and Chris Lincoln, and Amy LeClerc decided to send me out here.

Out of all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, how did you decide to open in the West Village? Well, we love 8th Street and just thought it was a great street. The West Village just really resonated with us. It just felt very neighborhood-y and Portland is a very neighborhood-based city, so it felt a little bit less imposing. You see the same people all the time, and that’s what we love.

How many people work at the studio?

We only have five instructors in total. I’ll probably be teaching 10 to 12 classes a week.

What are you doing to promote the studio? Just by word of mouth. A lot of it is through friends, honestly. We have an underground community that has been taking classes with us while we waited to open.

You just moved to Chelsea. How long have you lived here? I moved here in February during the freezing cold winter. So it was a pretty intense time. [Laughs] I had lived in the West Village briefly in 2009. And I spent a lot of time in New York when I lived in San Francisco.

What are you favorite places in the city? As far as restaurants, I love Prune in the East Village and Nourish in the West Village. Stumptown Coffee is awesome and also from Portland, so they’re good friends. I spent an incredible amount of time in the lobby of The Marlton Hotel, getting work done on my laptop, since our studio had been under construction. They have Wi-Fi, a coffee bar, and a great restaurant.

GET THE WORKOUT Barre3 is located at 63 West 8th Street at 6th Avenue, 2nd Floor To celebrate its opening, the studio will offer free classes during its first week of business, August 24th – 31st. For a limited time, specially priced lifetime memberships will be available. Visit www. barre3.com for more information.

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