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WOMAN KILLED BY TAXI; BYSTANDERS LIFTED CAB

Tom Hayes has chronicled his father’s time as the editor of Esquire magazine in a new documentary BY KYLE POPE

Tom Hayes had one of those Manhattan childhoods that all of us have fantasized about. He grew up in Babe Ruth’s former apartment, all 15 rooms of it, on the Upper West Side. He was once babysat by Gloria Steinem. And when his parents threw a dinner party, in their apartment on Riverside Drive, Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe and Gay Talese and Nora Ephron were as likely as not to be part of the crowd. For a 10-year-old boy, it was a heady time, and Hayes soaked it in from his perch on the living-room sofa. Now, nearly a half century later, Hayes has produced a documentary about those years, and about the legacy of his father, Harold Hayes, who ran Esquire magazine during its heyday. “I wanted to make sure the old man was remembered,” said Hayes, whose day job is producing newsmagazine segments for German television. “I’ve kind of realized the dream of being a filmmaker by making a film about my father.” Hayes sits behind a desk in an East Side apartment that served as his father’s pied a terre after the fam-

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Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers’ downtown location has been squeezed out after a rent hike and will soon close. Photo by Gabrielle Alfiero

A BOOKSTORE NOT TO BE SAVING SMALL BUSINESS Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers takes its final bow on Broadway BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

When Margot Liddell started in 1987 as the manager of the new Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers on

lower Broadway, near New York University, not even the books were safe in the now-upscale NoHo neighborhood. “It was wild,” Liddell said about the neighborhood in her low, raspy voice. Book thieves weren’t uncommon, she said, and ran from Shakespeare & Co. to the nearby Strand Bookstore or St. Mark’s Bookshop to the east with stolen merchandise,

hoping to sell the paperbacks for a small profit. “I used to chase people,” Liddell said. “I’d chase them myself, with my staff.” After serving the changing neighborhood and NYU community for 30 years, Shakespeare & Co. is closing. The longstanding shop, which Liddell remembers was once neighbored by vintage clothing shops Unique Boutique and Canal Jeans Co., lost its lease and saw a spike in rent, and closes for good on Sept. 6. “We’re sort of the last bastion of élan,” said Liddell, who noted that big-box retailers such as Kmart, Banana Republic and McDonald’s are now more common in the area. “And now we won’t be here, either.” Liddell retained hope for the fu-

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A woman struck by a taxi in Manhattan died despite the efforts of about a dozen bystanders who rushed in and turned the vehicle on its side to free her. Police said the woman, 58, was crossing Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side around 2 p.m. when the cab ran her over. Witnesses said the 30-year-old driver was making a left turn at 79th Street and appeared to be trying to beat a red light. Construction workers rushed from a nearby project and joined other good Samaritans in lifting the taxi van off of the woman. She was pronounced dead at Lenox Hill Hospital. Police said a 32-year-old woman riding in the cab was treated at the scene for pain. The driver was not injured, they said. Police didn’t name the victim, the passenger or the driver. Photographs showed the taxi on its side in front of a apartment building on 79th Street.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK ANTI-HORSE CARRIAGE PROTESTORS HIT GRACIE MANSION Last Tuesday, a group of protestors joined together outside Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new home on the Upper East Side, the New York Post reported. The anti-horse carriage activists were outside Gracie Mansion to demand that the mayor uphold his campaign promise to ban the industry fron the city, a promise he has reaffirmed since his election but has yet to take action on. Members of the Coalition to Ban HorseDrawn Carriages told the Post that they

were “very disappointed” in de Blasio for not acting on his vow to nix the industry. President Elizabeth Forel said that she didn’t trust polls showing that a majoring of New Yorkers don’t support a ban on horse-drawn carriages. New York Post

MAN, 20, ARRESTED IN CENTRAL PARK PELLET ATTACKS A suspect has been arrested in connection with a pair of Central Park pellet gun attacks that police designated as hate crimes.

Police charged 20-year-old Edward Fall on Saturday with assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon. They say the Manhattan man was one of five people who struck a 36-year-old woman with a pellet Aug. 18 and made anti-white statements toward her. Police say Fall also shot a pellet gun at a 34-year-old man on the other side of the park about three hours earlier. Both victims were struck in the head while jogging. The other suspects are still at large. The two men and two women are all described as black and between 15 and 20 years old. The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating. AP

NYC UNION: COPS NOT TO BLAME FOR DRUGGED-OUT DEATH Officers shouldn’t be held responsible for the death of a drugged-out man in police custody, the head of a police union said Saturday. The New York Police Department said Friday it was being investigated by Manhattan prosecutors for the July 13 death of Ronald Singleton. The 45-year-old was high on PCP, a hallucinogenic drug, and had been acting erratic in a taxi when officers

responding to a 911 call restrained him, placing him in a protective body wrap, police said. He was headed to a hospital to undergo a psychiatric evaluation when he went into cardiac arrest and died. The medical examiner’s office said Singleton was in a state of excited delirium related to severe intoxication from the drug. It cited “physical restraint by police” as well as heart disease as contributing factors in his death. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said it was the PCP that placed Singleton’s life in jeopardy and that officers were just doing their jobs. “The drug puts the abuser in an extremely agitated state while boosting the person’s strength to abnormal levels,” Lynch said in a statement. “Our members follow department protocols designed to best insure the safety of the drug abuser and of the police officers who are attempting to get the individual the necessary medical aid.” It is the second recent police custody death under scrutiny, after the July 17 chokehold death of Eric Garner in Staten Island. Garner, a 43-year-old father of six who had asthma, could be heard on an amateur video shouting “I can’t breathe!” as an officer placed him in a chokehold during an arrest on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. The officer was stripped of

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CONDO INVENTORY GROWING, AS WELL AS PRICES A recently released report by StreetEasy says condo inventory in Manhattan is growing at its fastest rate in five years, though the trend has failed to rein in record-high sales prices. According to the report, Manhattan condo prices set a record in July as resales of existing units traded at a 19year high. But while inventory and sale prices are growing, the total number of condos on the market continues to be well below the historical average. “Although the number of for-sale condos in July (4,174) was above yearago levels, it’s 16.2 percent below the five-year monthly average of 4,981,” said the report. The report recorded 104 condo sales on the Upper East Side with a median sale price of $1.9 million, a 35 percent increase over last year’s median sale price. However, the 104 transactions represent a 13 percent decrease in sales over last year. According to StreetEasy data, the Upper East Side has 600 condos in its inventory, an 18 percent increase over last year’s inventory. StreetEasy

David Menegon is a Mentor, Leader, and a decorated war Veteran. He will get results for the Upper East Side. In Albany David will:

ɾ Continue to oppose the Marine Transfer Station. ɾ Support the Women’s Equality Act and the “Boss Bill.” ɾ Preserve and create affordable housing. ɾ Secure our fair share funding for infrastructure and the 2nd Avenue Subway. ɾ Invest in our children’s education and after-school programs.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG TEXT TEST A young woman discovered another reason why texting while walking on the street has its hazards. At 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, August 31, a 23-year-old woman was texting on her cell phone while she was walking on East 92nd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues. All of a sudden, an unknown perpetrator on a bicycle swooped by and snatched her phone. The device stolen was an iPhone 5 valued at $750.

EVIL MACHINATIONS Having your ATM card in your possession does not protect you from unauthorized ATM withdrawals. At 5 p.m. on Friday, August 29, a 33-year-old woman discovered that an unknown person had withdrawn $1,450 from her bank account on two separate occasions, even though she had her ATM card in her possession the entire time.

TWO-WHEELED TERROR Yet another woman became the victim of a robber riding a bicycle. At 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 30, a 27-year-old woman was walking on East 83rd Street near First Avenue when a man on a bike came by,

pushed her to the sidewalk, grabbed her handbag, and ed. The contents of the stolen handbag included an iPhone valued at $400, a driver’s license, two credit cards, her keys, and $50 in cash.

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In these days of identity theft, it pays to keep a close eye on your account balances. At 12 noon on Tuesday, August 26, a 34-yearold woman was checking her bank accounts online, when she became aware of some unauthorized withdrawals. She went to her bank in person and discovered that three different withdrawals had been made out of state totaling $17,300.

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DOUR SHOWER A woman learned the hard way always to keep your gym locker locked. At 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 30, a woman went to use the shower at her Upper East Side gym, leaving her locker unlocked. It was not until the next day that she received a cell phone alert advising her that her Visa card had been used to make unauthorized transactions in multiple locations totaling $500.

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ture of the store when a prospective investor wanted to add a cafĂŠ to the existing shop, but he lost a bidding war to the new tenant, Foot Locker, which already operates a store on Waverly Place a block away. “That’s what I guess people are lamenting,â€? Liddell said about the customer outcry she’s heard since the news hit. “Who wants another shoe store?â€?

Shakespeare & Co. opened its first shop on the Upper West Side in 1981, where Liddell worked before helping open the Broadway branch, and expanded to include locations in Gramercy, on Whitehall Street, on Lexington Avenue near Hunter College and near Brooklyn College. The stores served students by carrying textbooks for courses at many of the city’s colleges. With New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts just across the street, the Broadway branch catered to a performing arts

NOT THE END FOR PRINTED BOOKS

Printed books are going to survive and I think they’re going to prevail. I think there’s going to be a big renaissance at some point. Whether it can happen in New York City because of the rents will be questionable. But I’ve had so many people say they get sick of reading an iBook or a Kindle.�

crowd, and carried the second largest selection of plays in the city, behind The Drama Book Shop in Midtown. Over the years, many Tisch students stocked the store’s shelves and worked the registers. Now, only the Lexington Avenue store remains, though the future of that outpost doesn’t seem certain. Liddell would only say that the lease and ownership of the remaining Shakespeare & Co. holdout is “under negotiation.� Matt Pieknik is the director of marketing for independent book store McNally Jackson on Prince Street. He has managed the theater section at the store, and would send his customers to Shakespeare & Co. if he didn’t have what they wanted, calling it a “go-to place for folks who are part of the downtown theater scene.� While McNally Jackson remains successful—a Williamsburg outpost is due to open this fall—Pieknik recognizes that

the shuttering of Shakespeare & Co. on Broadway leaves a void. “There’s a feeling whenever you see a well-established and well-beloved New York City business go, that you’re losing a very integral piece of the community,� said Pieknik. “Especially Shakespeare & Co., that has such a thoughtful collection and handwritten staff book reviews. It invites you to come in and linger, discover books and converse with folks who are enthusiastic about what you’re reading.� For Liddell, who has been selling books since starting at Shakespeare & Co. on the Upper West Side in 1981, the loss is immediate. “I haven’t addressed it yet,� she said as she continued to wait on customers who were snatching up discounted books during the store’s ‘everything must go’ sale. “I’m going to have to obviously get a job.�

Margot Liddell, general manager, Shakespeare & Co. on Broadway

It’s an ongoing thing to lament the closing of bookstores and dovetail that with the crisis in print media‌there are bookstores opening up in New York but they’re opening in Brooklyn, as New York City’s writing culture moves to Brooklyn. What it reinforces is that there’s almost a brain drain—a literary drain—in Manhattan.� Matt Pieknik, director of marketing, McNally Jackson

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THE STATE ASSEMBLY RACE: A PRE-ELECTION PRIMER Given that there’s no incumbent and that the field is relatively unknown, the race for the state assembly spot on the Upper East Side nevertheless has been surprisingly raucous. Below, a cheat sheet on the candidates and the issues from Our Town’s editorial board in advance of the primary on Sept. 9.

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ED HARTZOG

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• Former investment banker and hedge fund manager for 20 years • Wife, Courtney, pregnant with first child. “We’re very excited,” said Christensen. • Has never run for elected office • Endorsements: Lenox Hill Democratic Club, New York Times, Citizens Union

• Attorney specializing in insurance, employment, and commercial law • Wife, Nalika; son, Alex • Ran for City Council in 2013 • Endorsements: Former Congressman Peter Kostmayer; Americans for Economic Justice

STRENGTHS Christensen’s main advantage is his deep understanding of the world of finance, which could serve him well in the state legislature. He clearly knows a lot about the finanical and legal issues that affect New Yorkers on the state level, and has smart proposals regarding campaign finance reform and job creation. The argument can also be made that his personal wealth and ability to finance his own campaign makes him more immune to the outside influences of donors.

WEAKNESSES The candidate’s greatest strength could also be his downfall; while he speaks with authority on many topics, he can also come off as gruff, and we see a possibility of Christensen alienating both constituents and Assembly colleagues. While he may have the facts and smarts to back up his proposals, nothing gets done in Albany without an ability to collaborate, and Christensen will have to find the finesse required to form those necessary alliances.

STRENGTHS Hartzog possesses an affable, of-thepeople countenance and has wet his feet on the Upper East Side community board for several years. He knows the local issues well, and also strikes us as someone who could find middle ground for compromise at the state level, which is vital.

WEAKNESSES While the ability to compromise is admirable, it can also work against Hartzog. During the Our Town debate last month, Hartzog hedged his answers to several questions about hot button issues, such as bike lanes, and spoke somewhat generally about other topics. He knows the issues of his district, but it is less clear that he knows the ins and outs of Albany, which could make it tougher for him to fight for constituent concerns.

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• Marketing executive at Xerox, Iraq War veteran in the U.S. Army Reserves • Has never run for elected office • Endorsements: Four Freedoms Democratic Club, the Sierra Club

• Attorney specializing in contract law • Husband, Jay Hershenson; son, Brad; daughter, Haley • Has never run for elected office • Endorsements: Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney; State Sen. Liz Krueger; Comptroller Scott Stringer; Public Advocate Letitia James; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; Assemblyman Dan Quart; Councilman Dan Garodnick; former Assemblyman Pete Grannis

STRENGTHS His business experience and military service give him obvious leadership chops, which is evident in debates and interviews. Menegon can also be refreshingly frank when it comes to prickly East Side issues; during the Our Town debate, he was the only candidate to bluntly assert that the Marine Transfer Station was going to be built. Other candidates likely agreed with him, but were unwilling to take the risk of saying so.

STRENGTHS Despite her lack of political experience, Seawright has won impressive endorsements from across the political spectrum. She is passionate about educational issues, having sent her children to public school, and is a welcome female candidate in the all-male race -- not to mention the male-dominated Assembly.

WEAKNESSES

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Menegon has no political experience, and can sometimes seem adrift when discussing the process at work in Albany. In the Our Town debate, he also rankled some listeners with his attacks on Seawwright as a “PTA mom” and his comparison to political battles in Albany to fighting in Fallujah.

Seawright can seem adrift in some policy details, and has a tendency to resort to talking points. Her uncertainty with the issues was most tellingly clear in last week’s NY1 debate, when she clearly seemed not to understand the meaning of “right to work,” despite receiving endorsements from a number of large unions. A campaign spokesperson was later forced to step in and clarify her stance.

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Harold and Tom Hayes during the father’s ascendancy. Right, Tom Hayes today.

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ily moved to upstate New York. (Then, as now, Manhattan pied a terres carried with them the faint hint of middle-aged naughtiness, which, in Harold Hayes’ case, was apparently justified.) The walls are covered with the iconic covers that Hayes’ father published in rapid fire during his tenure at the magazine: Muhammad Ali shirtless and shot up with arrows; Andy Warhol drowning in a can of Campbell’s Soup; Robert Kennedy, JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. photoshopped together at Arlington National Cemetery. The movie, called “Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s,” is largely an exploration of Hayes’ stewardship of Esquire, though parts of it also feel like a home-movie tribute to father from son. But unlike other memoirs from the children of famous people, here there is no dark tinge; Hayes unabashedly loved his dad. “I was a little bit in awe of the man,” said Hayes. “I felt I was special, until my sister came along.” Hayes said the notion of exploring his father’s contributions to magazines, and to journalism, came after his father’s death, in 1989, and the flood of Harold Hayes tributes that followed. By learning more about Esquire, he says, he came to understand more about his family. In the movie, Hayes says this: “The magazine’s voice was dad’s. This voice also pervaded my childhood, making Esquire simply the older brother I never had.”

For a time, in the mid- and late-1960s, Esquire was the hottest thing in media, and Harold Hayes was its impresario. Hayes’ innovation was to give every aspect of the magazine a distinctive and memorable voice and point of view, and to marry writers and subjects in ways that never before had been tried. Its impact on the culture was particularly astonishing given the five-month lead time between when stories were finished and when they would appear in print. Ultimately, Harold Hayes wound up on the wrong side of a political battle at Esquire and left the magazine. He later would anchor a cultural-affairs program on television and then turn to book writing. Tom, his son, doesn’t have much to say about the current state of Esquire, or about the magazine business in general. What makes the movie poignant is the recognition that magazines like the old Esquire are unlikely ever to return; they’ve been killed as the five-month lead time has been replaced by the five-second social media turnaround. The day we spoke, Hayes had just returned from the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on Broadway and 62nd Street, where the movie will have its premier on Sept. 12. After a 20-year effort to bring the story to the screen – including a Kickstarter campaign, which he had hoped would raise $50,000, but failed – Tom Hayes finally believes he’s captured his father and his contributions to his field. “I found myself really wrapped up in it,” he said. “Having done this, I feel like I know him completely.”

CATCH THE FILM Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s Starts Friday, Sept. 12 Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, Broadway and 62nd Street Tom Hayes will be at the early evening shows on Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 for a Q&A after the film

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Even nonbelievers should save faith groups BY BETTE DEWING

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Why are they giving away these St. Stephen of Hungary coffee mugs?â€? I asked a member of that East 82nd Street church who attends the exercise group for age 60-plus people held in its rectory. “Because.â€? she said, “they may be getting rid of things if the Archdiocese requires the church and also St. Elizabeth’s to merge with St. Monica’s on 79th Street.â€? “Oh, no!â€? said this Protestant church member. “That is terrible!â€? She and others agreed, but said, “But what can we do about it?â€? “Well, I sure will write about it,â€? I said. InďŹ nitely

more needs to be said about how so many secular groups, like these low-cost exercise classes sponsored by The Crown Community Group, ďŹ nd affordable or free meeting places on faith group premises. And especially vital to the health of society- atlarge, are the Alcoholics and other Anonymous groups which meet on faith group premises, including those of St. Stephen’s of Hungary. I ďŹ nd this church a uniquely community-concerned church, on week day levels, and on holidays. On Thanksgiving, “so no one is alone on this holiday,â€? it hosts a splendid dinner for its members and the community in its spacious gym/ auditorium. And speaking of inclusion and accessibility, its rectory building also has an automatic wheel-chair lift. And so much more, including a Saturday Greenmarket held on its sidewalk and in the adjacent churchyard. Now if only the crowds clamoring there for “food for the bodyâ€? would somehow support the existence of this “food for the soulâ€? church.

“What can we do about it?â€? Well, the next week I brought copies of Our Town to the group with its providential front page story, “A Church Hoping for a Miracleâ€? by editor Megan Bungerorth (8/28) about Our Lady of Peace church located on East 62nd between First and Second facing closure and a merger with St. Vincent Ferrer located on Lexington and East 66th. Its members are most actively, but respectfully and movingly telling the Archdiocese why this is such a heart-breaking move. The exercise group and its instructor, Betsy O’Neil, promised to widely share this so-needed story, and on the internet too. Also in need of protesting is the paper of record’s story “Greetings from Yorkvilleâ€? for omitting faith groups in its list of myriad area resources available to its inuential new de Blasio family neighbors. Our concerned letters won’t be printed now, but editors and also the public editor very much need to hear this demand for faith group inclusion. The exercise group vowed to

thank Our Town for this story which, again, so poignantly tells, not only how bereft parishioners would be by the closure of this longtime neighborhood church, but how it has enriched, even saved their health and their lives. And with the population aging, we must somehow stress how these houses of worship create community in an ever more impersonal and secularized society and with families scattered all over the globe. Churches can be support systems of the very ďŹ rst kind, and saving them should be the subject of sermons and in endangered synagogues too. Maybe saving these community builders will be addressed by the very active East 79th Street Neighborhood Association’s September meeting held at Temple Sharray TeďŹ la located on the 79th and Second Avenue corner. And as this year’s usual second Thursday of the month meeting date falls on September 11; association president Betty Cooper Wallerstein said, “Of course it will be reverently remembered.â€? And

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may she again query elected officials, including guest speaker Senator Liz Krueger, about the location of designated emergency public shelters. Rarely, if ever considered is how the massive replacement of public buildings (churches, temples, hospitals, schools etc.) by private high-rise housing, means that public shelter places will be few and far between. And I think of St. Stephen’s large gym/auditorium - large spaces which most faith group buildings have.

And in an era of ever more characterless, towering glass and steel at-topped ďŹ le cabinet architecture, faith group-inspired designs not only comfort the eye but the mind, in believing that these places still are, to use Christopher Lasch’s impassioned defense of families, “a haven in a heartless world.â€? They need to be saved. And it can be done if enough of us try! dewingbetter@aol.com

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PROBLEMS WITH PET SEARCH A letter in reference to our story “Moey the Lost Dog Returns Home,” August 28, 2014: While one can only empathize with anyone who has lost a pet, there are a few other issues worth mentioning in this context. 1) The article says the dog was ”briefly tied to a fence.” Is there no responsibility on part of

the dog owner? 2) The story says the family “plastered Manhattan with posters.” To “plaster” posters in this manner is illegal according to the Sanitation Code, Title 10-119, even in the case of a lost pet. Clearly such selfish fliers and illegal postings are an undesirable accoutrement to

the streetscape, especially in a historic, landmarked, neighborhood and are illegal for a reason. This said, you may wish to do a story on “illegal postings” and how such fliers on public street furniture have a deleterious effect on quality-of-life in our city. I know that the Sanitation Department’s Enforcement Unit will be

Feedback MORE ON THE SEARCH FOR PARKING The debate over “The Never-Ending Fight for Parking” (Aug. 21) continues, with the original letter-writer, JB, responding to letters printed in last week’s issue: Whether free parking is a right or a privilege is academic. My taxes helped pay for it and it exists for car/truck users. And the city is gradually wiping it out without anything that looks like a vote. Those who say a car in Manhattan is a “luxury” are implying that there’s something dirty about having some luxury in your life; why is that? After working hard and saving money for 40 years, can’t I have some luxury if I can afford it?? And have you taken a city bus lately, with its ear-piercing screeches and its freezing A/C? [4] I wasn’t “entitled” to own a car in Manhattan; I paid over $25,000 for it and it’s only 14 feet long. But on a recent drive into midtown, I spent 90 minutes looking for a parking space. JB That, in turn, prompted this response: JB, I don’t believe it is “academic” to call free parking a privilege. While your taxes help pay for free parking, others are also subsidizing your free parking with their taxes. Why do you expect the city to provide you with free parking when you drive your vehicle in the city anyway? I never implied that there is anything “dirty” about the luxury of a car in the city...you did. I just said that it is a luxury. As I mentioned I have a car and I view it as a luxury, and the fact that I have free street parking allows me that luxury. Nor did I say that you should not have the luxury of owning a car (that would be hypocritical) just that you shouldn’t expect a right to free parking. And again, why would you drive to midtown and expect free parking? There is a reason why there are so many parking garages down there... because there are so few parking spots. If you can afford the luxury of a car in the city you must also assume the expense of shelling out some money to park from time to time. Ken

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Is NYC Tourism Out of Control? BY JOHN ELARI YC & Co., NYC’s official marketing ombudsman for tourism, can now boast of reaching a staggering 55 million visitors to Gotham, one year ahead of their 2015 target. And with 18 tourist offices now operating in 18 different countries, their hope is to bring that total even higher as the years roll by. My question is, when is enough, enough? Yes, tourism is great for the economy of the city, but at what cost to New Yorkers? A recent walk west-to-east along 42nd Street, end to end, found me utterly inundated by all things tourist. NYC has been completely given over to the industry, a fact made evident to the far reaches of our five boroughs, and it’s only going to get worse. Our streets and subways are already more chaotic, congested, dirty, filled with noise and confusion by a recent upsurge in population, but now by the constant deluge of tourist, an estimated 100,000 and climbing roaming about daily. It now seems that everyone is trying to make a fast buck off tourists, and nowhere is that more obvious then by the sudden influx of live cartoon characters in Times Square infringing upon picture-takers and then demand-

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happy to provide guidance. Will the Falks now go out and clean up the fliers which they “plastered Manhattan” with? With regards, Chris Beynch

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ing a minimum five-spot for the unrequested favor. A recent New York Times piece points to plans for much further development in the Square in coming years; all geared toward tourism. A friend living close by says there are no amenities -- supermarkets, etc., -- but merely a plethora of tchotchke storefronts catering to you-know-who. Another friend lives at the foot of the High Line, where he often went to take in the sun, etc., but no longer but for the daily deluge of tourists. I too have abandoned my own favorite spot in Central Park for the very same reason: Strawberry Fields, the circus-like (John Lennon would be appalled) center of one of the city’s central tourist corridors between Columbus Circle and the Museum of Natural History is now off limits to this senior man.

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Instead I plant my bottom on Central Park West adjacent to my block, where I watch the doubledeckers roll by, one every several minutes, and where I’m asked “where’s the Dakota” at least twice daily. Other New Yorkers must have similar stories. My purpose here is to open a dialogue and to examine if we have cause for concern. NYC is already the number one tourist destination in the country, maybe the world; so do we really need to push for more? And is there really a way to ebb the tide at this point? I wonder if we’re on our way to becoming the Venice of North America, a theme park by any other name, where tourists have choked the life’s blood out of the city to generate still more of those tourist euros. And will New Yorkers, like Venetians, eventually leave to escape the

Editor In Chief, Kyle Pope editor.ot@strausnews.com Editor, Megan Bungeroth editor.otdt@strausnews.com

constant onslaught? All those benefitting from tourist dollars say “yes” to push for more; they worship their ever-expanding bottom line, while others like me will say the fight has already been lost. The flood gates have been opened and there’s no stopping the tidal wave. NYC & Co. thinks only of increasing numbers, expanding still more sights-to-see (the planned worlds’ largest Ferris wheel on the northern shoreline of Staten Island and more) but cares little about the quality of life for those who live nearby. Others too must bear the brunt of inflated prices for everything, enduring mounting resentment and growing congestion. By the end of 2015 we’ll perhaps see 60 million here; and maybe 65 million by the end of 2016. Think about that.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PARK? BIRDS AND BLOOMS The end of summer has brought the first-of-season Eastern Wood-Pewees and a female Scarlet Tanager. There have also been quite a few species of warblers hanging about such as Canada, Yellow, Black-and-white, Blue-winged, Chestnutsided, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, and Northern Waterthush. Come and see for yourself on a bird walk with Birding Bob! More info at www.birdingbob.com. Looking for September blooms? Check out the Oakleaf Hydrangea, Phlox, Coneflower, Purple Coneflower and Rose of Sharon during your next stroll through the Conservatory Garden. Make a virtual bouquet with these blooms at www.centralpark. com/virtual-bouquet/create

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LAST WEEK’S ANSWER One of only a few amusement parks within the New York metropolitan area, Victorian Gardens occupies the Wollman ice skating rink every summer in Central Park. Congratulations to Yuping Wu, Marisa Lohse, Bill Ferrarini, Tatiana Townsend, Lisa Quevedo, Henry Bottjer, Nancy Newkirk Quintanilla and Robin Roth-Moise for answering correctly!

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6 THEY CALL ME Q St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 W 46th Street @ 8th Ave 2 p.m. $39.50 - $59.50 They Call Me Q is the story of an Indian girl growing up in the Boogie Down Bronx who gracefully seeks balance between the cultural pressures brought forth by her traditional parents and wanting acceptance into her new culture. Along the journey, Qurrat Ann Kadwani (“Q�) transforms into 13 characters that have shaped her life including her parents, Caucasian teachers, Puerto Rican classmates, and AfricanAmerican friends. Laden with heart and abundant humor, They Call Me Q speaks to the universal

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Galerie Perrotin, 909 Madison Ave. at 73rd St. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Free Explore this inspiring exhibition by the Iranian artist attended CalArts in the 1980s, and it certainly shows in his glitter infused paintings. The opening reception just happened on September 4th, and this work blends elements of Pop Art, Conceptual Art, comics, advertising, classic portraiture and religious iconography. He also peppers his work with images from ancient Persian culture and modern Iran. 212-812-2902, www. perrotin.com

Kaufmann Concert Hall at 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd St. 7:30 p.m., $30 What’s next for “SNL�’s breakout sensation Vanessa Bayer? Don’t miss a night of nonstop laughs as she’s joined by her brother and collaborator, Jonah, and Grammy winner Jack Antonoff, of the bands Bleachers and Fun. www.92y.org

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3rd Avenue from 86th to 66th Street 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Free The 37th Annual 3rd Avenue Community BeneďŹ t Festival hosted by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce CBF

Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th St. 7:30 p.m., $30 - $35 See excerpts from two world premiere productions: While I Yet Live by Tony Award–winner Billy Porter, which explores a

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MEL BOCHNER: STRONG LANGUAGE The Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave. at 92nd St. 1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Free with Museum Admission Educators and curators engage visitors in discussions about select works of art in the exhibition Mel Bochner: Strong Language. Mel Bochner: Strong Language focuses on the artist’s career-long fascination with the cerebral and visual associations of words. In his spectacular recent paintings, Bochner juxtaposes the vernacular and the proper, the formal and the vulgar, and the high versus the low, using terms often appropriated from Roget’s Thesaurus. thejewishmuseum.org

9 CROSSING THE LINE 2014 French Institute Alliance Française, 22 E 60th St. at Madison Ave. 12 p.m., Free - $40 The French Institute Alliance Française’s eighth annual fall festival brings an intriguing offering of theater, dance, art and talks to the institution’s home base and to sites across New York. Among the featured artists: singers Patti Smith and Justin Vivian Bond, theater troupes 600 Highwaymen and Nature Theater of Oklahoma, actor Rossy de Palma and choreographers Gilles Jobin and Ivana MĂźller. www.ďŹ af.org

THE NORTH WOODS TOUR Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m., Free View tumbling cascades, rustic bridges, and picturesque pools in the Park’s largest woodland area, a landscape designed to offer a forest retreat right in Manhattan. Route involves many hills and stairs. 75 minutes. Free, registration not required.

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THE REAL WOLF OF WALL STREET 92Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd St. 7:30 p.m., $30 Leonardo Dicaprio brought the tales of cocaine, strippers in the office, cursing out clients to life in the ďŹ lm The Wolf of Wall Street. Based on true events, hear from the real Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort discuss what it was really like during those turbulent years. Belfort will be at the 92nd Street Y to discuss his book that inspired it all. He’ll be talking with experts like CNBC’s Kelly Evans and attorney Daniel Alonso about the bizarre truths of Wall Street culture, and what should change. Who better to discuss the problems with the stock exchange than the most famous guy to go to jail for market corruption? Stick around after the discussion for a candid Q&A. www.92y.org, 212-4155500

11 DANCES PATRELLE Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, 695 Park Ave at 68th St. 7 p.m., $30-$50 The company celebrates its

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25th anniversary with a revival of Francis Patrelle’s Romeo & Juliet. Starring Alexander Castillo and ChloÊ Sherman in the title roles, the production includes current Patrelle students alongside former students turned professionals. The shows will run through September 14th, but you can experience the excitement of opening night this Thursday. www.kayeplayhouse.hunter. cuny.edu, 212-772-4448

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Artist Beatrice Glow has created a free library on a boat in the Hudson River

Lilac Museum Steamship | Hudson River Park’s Pier 25, New York City September 6, 2014-October 3, 2014 Open Wed-Sun; Hours vary, see schedule online at www. floatinglibrary.org

BY OLIVER MORRISON

New York artist Beatrice Glow is building shelves and stacking books on a historic boat along the Hudson River for her latest art installation: a floating library. While many of the 150 people that can fit on the boat may show up in order to page through old volumes or feel the breeze off the water, they may also be in for a surprise. Although Glow wants boaters and bibliophiles to come, her ultimate goal is more subversive: to create a community of intellectual pirates. The problem for the millennial generation, she thinks, is that all her contemporaries have ever known is the constant drumbeat of wars and rising global temperatures. As a result they have become inured, hopeless and apathetic, to the point that they stare down at their screens and are quicker to answer a text than engage with someone in front of them, Glow said. So instead of asking for money for passage onto her ship, “the fee that I’m charging to get on board is turn off your phones.” “We had a joke that I should wear a sequin parrot on my shoulder,” said Glow, who will be counting and greeting peo-

ple as they board. “It’s based on pirate utopias and mini-societies that have evaded living on the grid.” The floating library is being staged on an 81-year-old boat called the Lilac that used to take supplies out to lighthouses. The Lilac is one of only three of its kind still around and it has seen many lives, including a retrofit for World War II, before finally being decommissioned and turned into a floating museum under refurbishment. Glow drew inspiration from the repurposed spaces of South American artists, where she spent several years after graduating from NYU. “[The museum] is fixing the mechanical issue of an 81 yearold ship,” said Glow. “And the floating library is proposing to deal with a parallel of fixing socio-cultural issues.” It’s an ephemeral project opening on Sept. 6, which after a month at Pier 25 just north of Stuyvesant High School, will be broken back down on Oct. 4 and the books donated. But Glow sees this as an advantage. Unlike the institutions on land that have to persist for long pe-

riods, the short life of the floating library will give people permission to engage in ways they wouldn’t otherwise. So she has collaborated with a number of artists over months of coffee meetings to create workshops inside the boat’s cabins. “We’re one of the performers of her performance piece,” said Alexander Campos, executive director of the Center for Book Arts who will lead workshops and forums on the boat. “We’re an item or component in her piece, a prop if you will.” The main attraction is the silent library on the top deck, where readers will be asked to stay quiet as the open sky and the open book compete with the sounds of the Hudson for their attention. Passengers will then be able to indulge

the spirit of DIY-“maker” culture through bookbinding and modular furniture workshops. Indeed, most of the project will be constructed on the boat and then taught to participants in workshops: the furniture and shelves on the library deck will be made from just 30 donated wood pallets, each of which can be assembled and reassembled, shifting in form as needed. Glow grew up along California’s fault lines so she has a deep appreciation for structures built on a fluid foundation. Participants can dangle their feet on a swing that was made from the pages of a chapter in Moby Dick by the artist Amanda Thackray. By literally turning the pages of Moby Dick into rope, people will be able to see that the physical parts of boats

such as ropes have always been imbued with the magic of literature. Then participants can immerse themselves in a cabin full of pulsing electronic music from six artists who created music inspired by works of literature. Or they can attend the workshop of Glow’s mentor, the Bronx artist Nicolás Dumit Estévez, and apply dark eye shadow and make sandwiches from French cherry jelly, natural peanut butter and “dense, healthy” bread from Zabar’s. “The full title is ‘Talking life and art while applying eye shadow and spreading PB+J on bread,’ so it’s a long title,” said Estevez, of his performance piece scheduled for Sept. 27. He wants to explore people’s associations with these objects,

such as when of his aunt hit him for rummaging through her expensive vanity, and in part because he wants to try looking like a raccoon and give others permission to do the same. Instead of a library full of academics with their heads down, Glow hopes to produce daydreamers whose eyes drift up. The floating library is what a library would look like if it was built by and for artists rather than by and for academics: under the open sky and over the undulating waves, books are not problems to be solved but inspirations to be dreamed up. “This is an in-between space between art and life, water and land,” said Glow’s mentor Estevez. “You can sort of dream things, imagine things and also bring them to fruition.”

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FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

GALLERIES

NICK CAVE AT JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY Chicago artist Nick Cave, whose colorful, large-scale horse sculptures took over Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall in March of 2013, shows new work at both Jack Shainman galleries in Chelsea. “Rescue” at the West 24th Street space is a gathering of sculptures prominently featuring found ceramic dogs, while the sculptures in “Made for Whites by Whites,” at the West 20th Street location incorporate found historical objects that show stereotypical depictions of black men. September 4 through October 11 Jack Shainman Galleries 513 West 20th St. and 524 West 24th St. Gallery hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. FREE

THEATER “RUTHLESS!” !”

DANCE “ALICE’S ADVENTURES ADVENTUR IN WONDERLAND”

This productionn of the 1992 musical stars Sophia phia Anne Caruso as a drivenn and diabolical child actress who stops at nothing—even murder—to land the lead role. Spoofing on Broadway hitss such as “Gypsy” and “All About Eve,” the show, written by Marvin Laird and Joel Paley, debuted in 1992, with a young Natalie Portman as an understudy for the lead role. September 5 through September22 Stage 72 158 West 72nd Street, near Amsterdam Avenue 7 p.m. Tickets $35-$45

The Joyce Theater Foundation Fo presents The Nationa National Ballet of Canada’s production of Lewis Carroll’s timeless and ethereal tale. With choreography by Christopher Wheeldon and W set se and costume design by Bob de Crowley, who was the scenic designer for such Broadway shows as “Mary Poppins,” “Aida” and “Once” (for which he won Tony Awards),the production includes a score by British composer Joby Talbot. September 9 through September 14 David H. Koch Theater 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, at 63rd Street Assorted show times Tickets $35-$145

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THE REAL WOLF OF WALL STREET

This six-piano sextet closes out the Rite of Summer Music Festival on Governor’s Island, a free, season-long classical music series. The New York-based group, which plays at Bleecker Street music venue (Le) Poisson Rouge, performs on six pianos simultaneously and features a program of new works by Philip Glass, Kate Moore and Steve Reich, as well New York premieres by composers Michael Gordon and Grand Band member Paul Kerekes. Saturday, September 6 Governor’s Island Colonel’s Row 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. FREE

In 1999, former stock broker (and subject of the recent Martin Scorsese film “The Wolf of Wall Street” starring Leonardo DiCaprio) Jordan Belfort was convicted of securities fraud and money laundering, and served 22 months in prison. Belfort appears at the 92Y for a legal discussion with New York University law professor Thane Rosenbaum, former assistant United States attorney Daniel R. Alonso, and CNBC anchor Kelly Evans, who was a lead prosecutor on Belfort’s case. Wednesday, September 10 92nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert Hall Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street 7:30 p.m. Tickets $40-$55

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REMEMBERING, REFLECTING, RECONCILING

Journeys of Hope, Faith and Love - A Series on Diversity

Sunday, September 14, 2:00pm Join us for this musical play starring Jason McKinney that tells the story of Paul Robeson, the famous African American athlete, singer, actor, and advocate for civil rights around the world in the 1920s-60s.

Admission: $20, at door; $15, seniors/students.

Save $5 when ordered in advance. Tickets available at www.MarbleChurch.org, or contact Siobhan Tull, STull@MarbleChurch.org. Dr. Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister 1 West 29th St. NYC, NY 10001 (212) 686-2770 www.MarbleChurch.org

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See What’s GROWING MAKING A NEW PET FEEL AT HOME Upstate! PETS

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After the initial excitement of adopting a pet dog or cat, most owners will very quickly realize the benefit of starting their companion on the right “paw.” Regardless of whether you adopt a dog, puppy, cat or kitten, immediate training and enrichment is most effective if done from day one, because the saying “good and bad habits are hard to break” is without a doubt true. At Bideawee, the organization prides itself on trying to help the adopter think about these things before adopting, which is why we have an entire matchmaking team and a matchmaking application to help match people with pets. It comes as no surprise that a good matchmaking program is essential for a successful adoption, but it’s also no surprise that it is impossible to go over every situation one might face down the road. This is why finding an experienced and knowledgeable dog trainer can be such a critical tool in ensuring a successful adoption. If your dog is a puppy (under 5 months) then a positive group puppy class is a great way to go. If your dog is over 5 months, then a group obedience training class is recommended so the owner can teach and work with their dog in difficult circumstances. Not only can you teach your puppy or adult dog commands such as “sit,” “down,” “come,” “leave it,” “heel,” etc., but the bonding between you and your dog is greatly strengthened. If you think that your dog needs one-on-one attention due to specific behavioral problems, there are many trainers who will be able to help you, whether in the home or at a training facility. When thinking about catt

training, you want to focus on options and enrichment. When I say “options,” I mean making sure that your cat or kitten has a safe option for finding and going into the litter box, as well as giving them the ability to “safely” (from their perspective) access food and water. Enrichment deals with giving the cat or kitten many things to play with such as kitty teasers, scratching posts, catnip toys, balls, fake mice, etc. Although most of my work at Bideawee consists of training and helping the owners with their newly adopted dogs, about 25 percent of the phone calls I get are about a cat not using the litter box properly, scratching the furniture, playing too roughly with the kids, etc. In order to avoid these things, think about the aspect of litter box placement and cleanliness, as well as providing plenty of toys and scratching alternatives for your cat immediately after adoption. There are many owners who can teach their cat commands such as “sit” and “down,” but the priorities are to make sure your cat is able to live cleanly and peacefully with you and your family from day one. This will certainly minimize chances of the aforementioned behavior problems in cats. Above all, training should be fun and effective. So have fun with your dogs and cats, and do your best to prepare them to live safely and comfortably in their environments. Always think about the fact that a well-trained dog or cat usually has much more access to things in our world (people, different environments), which result in more fun for everyone involved! For more information about Bideawee’s Bideawee s Behavior and Training department, visit www.bideawee.org/ Programs-Training. If you’re thinking about adding a fourlegged companion to your family, Bideawee is waiving the adoption fee on all animals 6 months of age or older in September. To find the animal who will make the perfect pet for you visit www. bideawee.org/adopt to see all of Bideawee’s adoptable animals. All animals are updated daily so check back often.

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The Sixth Borough

When Life Gives You Broccoli Stalks

BY BECCA TUCKER n acquaintance sources botanicals for Proctor & Gamble. When you see shampoo infused with mint oil, he’s the guy tracking down the mint. He came over to a party at our farm, and a few beers in said: Hey, you should grow stuff for me. A few beers in ourselves, we said: Definitely! He suggested we grow purslane. Purslane... while we know it’s high in omega-3 goodness, it’s such a common weed that we decided, eventually, that a) introducing it to our farm might be a bad idea, because it would spread to where we didn’t want it to be and b) if this casual agreement fell through, no one would want to buy our purslane, since it’s the stuff you’re pulling out of the cracks in your driveway. What else in the plant kingdom was trending? Broccoli, our guy said. That we could do. Probably. I am a big broccoli fan, but growing it had so far eluded me. Last year, I was given a few young broccoli plants, and they got leafy and blue-green beautiful – and then they got eaten by one of the countless groundhogs that infiltrates our garden through a maze of underground tunnels. This time, I would start the seedlings inside and transplant them in the back field, the “orchard,” as we’ve taken to calling it. It’s a deer superhighway; I know because in the winter the deer

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beat a muddy path through the snow, nibbling my young fruit trees along the way. But I would defend the broccoli by planting onions around it. There were hiccups along the way (the paths between beds turned out to be too narrow for our push mower and so were being overtaken by weeds), and the deer were sampling here and there. But maybe because the deer were having trouble finding the broccoli in all the weeds, for the most part my strategy appeared to be working. The first head of broccoli, Husband Joe and I gazed at as if it were a newborn child. We saved it to eat for dinner when my dad was over. He chuckled at the sight of it. I guess it was on the diminutive side, but I wanted to get it before the deer did. Then I went away for a weekend, leaving Joe a task list that included: Do something about the weeds in the paths. The thing he did accidentally included mowing my row of onions to the ground. Now the broccoli was front and center, and the deer partook with gusto. Alas, such are the vicissitudes of a farmer’s fortune. I resigned myself to the fact that the three florets I’d already harvested would remain the sum total of my lifetime broccoli haul, at least until next year. The headless stalks, getting daily haircuts from the deer, looked as sad as Dr. Seuss’ truffala trees after the Onceler had come through. I texted our Proctor & Gamble guy to ask if he could use stalks with a few leaves attached? Nope. There the mini tree trunks stood, commemorating another crop failure. Or so it looked through my blinkered eyes. You always seem to find things when you stop looking. It was an uneventful lunch with a colleague. We got salad fixins and grilled chicken from the grocery store, ate in the office lunchroom, and I took home the extra greens. The next night I got out the half-full bag of slaw and noticed: it was broccoli slaw. Nothing special, the kind of thing you’d toss on a salad for a little crunch – but it was clearly made from the broccoli stalks, not tops. Possibilities began to percolate. Stalks are tougher and take longer to cook than the better looking florets, but

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they’re no more unwieldy than, say, kohlrabi. I could toss the stalks in the Cuisinart and make a slaw – better than feeding them to the pigs, but still kind of eh. What else? Google had some ideas. Soup, frittata, vegetable stock, pesto, a broccolicheese spread, broccoli chips. Bingo! The stalk was already circular, you just had to slice it into pieces, salt and oil and bake ‘em. Easy! Well. I harvested three stalks, but couldn’t cut them with any implement in the kitchen. Clippers from the garden shed? Maybe a saw? Miraculously, the Cuisinart turns out to have an attachment that seems made precisely for chopping broccoli stems into chips. The machine jerked around the counter like an animal in its death throes, but in under a minute, the stems had been turned into translucent coins. I tossed the coins with olive oil, salt and pepper, and all of a sudden toddler Kai started clamoring for “ships! ships!” (translation: chips) and eating them raw. I think she liked the salt, but hey, she was eating broccoli. Ten minutes in the oven at 425 degrees until the edges got brown. Some of the chips were too woody, and those ones Kai made a big show of spitting out on the floor, but the thinner ones were really quite satisfyingly chip-like. Joe came in from weeding the garden. He is usually the chef in the house, and a ruthless critic. He took a chip. Then another. “You could sell these!” he said. “What’s the method?” There is no higher compliment from Joe than the recipe request. I wished it were more complicated. Becca Tucker is a former Manhattanite who now lives on a farm upstate and writes about the rural life.

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< SUBWAY INN REMAINS OPEN…FOR NOW Longtime dive bar Subway Inn, on 60th Street near Lexington Avenue, will remain open after receiving a temporary stay of eviction on Wednesday, August 27. This civil court ruling comes after the bar received word from its landlord that its $20,000 per month lease would not be renewed and it

A VISIT TO THE SEED LIBRARY COMMUNITY KITCHEN The Hudson Valley Seed Library cultivates many seeds that end up in New York City gardens BY LIZ NEUMARK

One of the best moments I shared with Ken Greene, founder of Hudson Valley Seed Library, was when he confessed – “I really don’t care that much about eating, I love collecting the seeds.” There it was in a nutshell, the difference between us. Seeds are a delicious, if not essential, part of many of my meals, while for Ken, it is the preservation of seeds that feeds his passion. The Hudson Valley Seed Library (HVSL) began in 2008 after Ken had worked for four years at the Gardiner Public Library where he

turned his librarian skills and a passion for preserving heirloom seeds into a part of the lending system; take a seed, return a seed. After four years, it was time to make this a full-time business and HVSL was launched with his professional and life partner Doug Muller. I went to Accord, NY to visit the legendary farm and seed-packing center. It is a transitional moment in the lives of the HVSL as they prepare to move into a “real” office before month’s end from the makeshift trailer and other ad hoc structures. Nestled in a few acres at the foothills of the Catskill Mountain, formerly a site of a Ukrainian Summer Camp, I met the crew who take orders, pack seeds, prepare the art, tend the fields and grow the company. HVSL is not a typical seed company. Aside from its mission to

would have to move out by August 20. News of the 77-year-old bar’s fate first surfaced in July, when Subway Inn announced via its Facebook page that it was closing. However, a judge ruled last Wednesday that the family-owned bar can remain open until a new closing date is set. The bar is looking to remain in business at

preserve and promote heirloom seeds and undertake breeding projects for new seeds utilizing the traditional methods of plant breeders and open-pollination, the packaging of the seeds is entirely unique as well. There is an annual outreach to the artistic community for submissions of artwork in diverse media whereby 20 applicants are selected “to produce a unique work for a new variety.” These original artworks interpret the new varieties with exquisite style. It is completely possible that you will purchase HVSL seed packs for the artwork on the package as I did, falling in love with the engaging packages, ignoring the seeds. Whatever the hook, it is the undeniable link between art and agriculture – two sides of the same coin – that HVSL embodies. HVSL is about body and soul, with great tasting authentic food, and evocative and stimulating artwork. Ken took me on a tour of his farm, where some of the seeds are cultivated. The first plot is filled with white zinnias, called Polar Bear, naturally. It is far from the brilliant red ones, to discourage cross-pollinating. In this business, it is more than the beautiful flowers that matter. Each and every flower and vegetable are scrutinized closely

for selection of the fittest. Looking at the center of their big heads (where the seeds live), I start to get the idea that this is a very different kind of farm. It is an interesting moment – I harvest lettuce when the fully formed heads are at their peak. Ken lets them go to seed, something a seed farmer must do, and watches for traits t h rou ghout t he growing cycle that lead him to select some seeds over others. The overgrown lettuce heads (reaching a height of a few feet) resemble Christmas trees, and zucchini are left to grow as big as possible and then rot before the seeds are harvested. It is a time in the growing cycle when the plant puts its energy into the seeds and not the leaves or fruit. I loved hearing about a variety of tomatoes like the New Yorker, which have been bred to withstand conditions other tomatoes cannot. They are more resilient, faster growing and obviously wellnamed. Also for urban dwellers, there is a varietal of dwarf sweet corn, Jade Blue, perfect for limited backyards or terraces. There is an ancient corn varietal that is being cultivated for wider use, as well as other vegetables Ken is growing from virtually lost heirloom seeds sent to him for breeding, like the Upstate Oxheart from a Dutchess County family. According to Ken, one third of their New York state gardeners are from New York City, which was one of the biggest surprises. Fans include community gardens, rooftop gardeners and farmers, and urban folks with containers and sunlight. Last year, the HVSL was invited to showcase their seeds in city Greenmarkets where they ‘fielded’ a “ton of city gardening questions.” “Popular varieties in the city run the gamut. Small space selections like our Little Gem Lettuce Mix, Tiny Tim Tomato, and Ultimate Salad Bowl

its location across from Bloomingdale’s until November 30, while its landlord, Word-Wide Group, requested that the bar vacate the premises by October 21st. Though the exact move date has not yet been settled, the bar’s owners hope to take its neon sign and interior furniture to a new location.

were big sellers at the markets along with culinary herbs that grow well in pots like Gigante D’Italia Parsley, Basil Bouquet, and Cilantro, Ken said. “But our number one seller in NYC is....can you guess...New Yorker Tomato. The pack features a reimagined map of the city with tons of tomato dots representing community gardens taking over!” A seed is a miraculous thing. Its tiny form holds the DNA for a new life complete with fruit as well as the seeds of the next generation. I continue to be astonished each season at Katchkie Farm as a new batch of seeds are germinated, then planted, yielding such incredible and delicious abundance. How does such a tiny thing contain so much power? As Ken says, “Seeds teach us that small can be powerful” – a perfect message for today’s times. Learn more about the Hudson Valley Seed Library at seedlibrary. org Liz Neumark is the CEO of Great Performances catering company and the author of the cookbook Sylvia’s Table.

Above; One of the artfully designed seed packets from the Hudson Valley Seed Library Left; Farmers for the Hudson Valley Seed Library keep the zucchini on the vine and let it rot in order to allow more developing time for its seeds.

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Real Estate Sales Neighborhd

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Bed Bath Agent

Carnegie Hill

1185 Park Ave.

$4,031,086

Carnegie Hill

120 E 90 St.

$953,000

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Brown Harris Stevens

Carnegie Hill

1136 5 Ave.

$35,000,000

Upper E Side

440 E 79 St.

$2,150,000

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Corcoran

Murray Hill

300 E 40 St.

$1,560,000

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Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

2 Tudor City Place

$500,000

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Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc.

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Coldwell Banker Bellmarc

Turtle Bay

301 E 48 St.

$420,000

Lenox Hill

200 E 69 St.

$4,365,000

Beekman

424 E 52 St.

$544,000

1

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Douglas Elliman

Lenox Hill

740 Park Ave.

$71,277,500

Lenox Hill

1160 3 Ave.

$677,500

2

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

446 E 86 St.

$926,500

2

2

Corcoran

Upper E Side

55 E 72 St.

$5,750,000

3

3

Brown Harris Stevens

Yorkville

1760 2 Ave.

$481,000

0

1

Halstead Property

Yorkville

301 E 79 St.

$3,825,000

Turtle Bay

145 E 48 St.

$835,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

345 E 81 St.

$950,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Midtown E

250 E 54 St.

$1,800,000

2

2

Fox Residential Group

Yorkville

1619 Third Ave.

$1,145,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Midtown E

250 E 54 St.

$1,800,000

2

2

Fox Residential Group

Turtle Bay

100 United Nations Plaza $1,565,000

2

2

Mallan Real Estate

Sutton Place

419 E 57 St.

$1,260,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Sutton Place

2 Sutton Place South

$2,250,000

2

2

Stribling

Lenox Hill

301 E 69 St.

$739,935

1

1

Corcoran

Midtown E

150 E 56 St.

$720,000

2

1

Modern Spaces

Lenox Hill

420 E 72 St.

$635,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Midtown E

153 E 57 St.

$400,530

Yorkville

340 E 80 St.

$512,500

Yorkville

300 E 93 St.

$480,000

0

1

Kleier Residential

Lenox Hill

315 E 68 St.

$663,600

1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

333 E 69 St.

$975,000

1

1

Corcoran

Upper E Side

515 E 72 St.

$919,734

1

1

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

200 E 69 St.

$4,800,000

Upper E Side

225 E 73 St.

$763,687

Upper E Side

325 E 77 St.

$1,350,000

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Halstead Property

Upper E Side

221 E 76 St.

$326,000

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Halstead Property

Yorkville

333 E 79 St.

$478,000

0

1

Corcoran

Upper E Side

240 E 79 St.

$597,000

Upper E Side

900 Park Ave.

$2,750,000

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2

Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

311 E 38 St.

$599,000

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1

Douglas Elliman

Midtown South 220 Madison Ave.

$399,000

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Douglas Elliman

Lenox Hill

150 E 61 St.

$385,000

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Corcoran

Lenox Hill

345 E 69 St.

$785,000

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Anchor Associates

Upper E Side

509 E 77 St.

$315,000

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1

Owner

Lenox Hill

730 Park Ave.

$6,850,000

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< CONDO PROJECT COMING TO U.E.S. A development company is bringing a 500foot condominium tower to a lot at Third Avenue and 63rd Street, the Real Deal reported. Inverlad Development and Third Palm Capital bought the property at 1059 Third Avenue in 2012 for $31.5 million from the Battaglia

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The End of the Summer Real Estate Season BY MICHAEL SHAPOT he Manhattan real estate market is doing what it historically does at this time of the year – slowing down and preparing for autumn. Sellers are prepping their properties for the fall market. The buyer frenzy of April and May has slowed to a normal level, still strong and steady, but sane. Upper West Side inventory is down about 7 percent this month according to Urban Digs, consistent with normal summer slow downs. A typical open house in April would have generated 30 visitors. Some of those lookers were ready to buy; others were just beginning their searches. Last weekend, my open house had five visitors. All of them had done their homework and seemed poised to pounce for the right apartment. Alas, my listing was not the right one for any of them. Perhaps next week. Sellers have inquired many times over the past couple of weeks: “Should we wait to list until immediately after Labor Day or until after the Jewish holidays?” Depending on the circumstances, it probably makes sense to list earlier rather than later. Why wait? Serious buyers are real estate shopping now; it makes no sense to wait for the competition to show up. The fall market is short and it will be Thanksgiving before we know it. My advice to my serious sellers: seize the moment. Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. List now and make hay while you can! We show days-on-market trends slightly rising but still at very low levels. Listing discounts are VERY low with many properties trading at ask price or above. Inventory remains tight, and demand continues to drive the market. Financing is readily available with lenders offering low rates, appraisers finally making accurate adjustments for our rising real estate market and funds readily available for qualified borrowers. Prices are firm. Well-marketed property continues to fly off the shelves with multiple bids. Gazing into my crystal ball, I see a strong Manhattan market continuing through Labor Day and into the fall. Real estate buyers looking for “a deal” will continue to be disappointed. Overaggressive and arrogant sellers will have no serious activity. Realistic buyers and sellers will be pleasantly surprised. Michael Shapot is a real estate broker at Keller Williams Realty. He is reachable at www.michael shapot. com

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family. At the time of acquisition, the website said, developers had access to 52,500-squarefeet of buildable space. It’s likely, however, that developers have since obtained air rights as Dept. of Building records indicate that permits have been filed to demolish the existing five-

story building. The Real Deal said the Corcoran Group’s Tamir Shemesh will be in charge of brokering the condos once the building is built.

DEVELOPER MAKES CHANGES IN ‘POOR DOOR’ DESIGN HOUSING Following an outcry from the public and elected officials, an Upper West Side developer is giving affordable-rate tenants more access BY JENNIFER PELTZ

A plan for a luxury skyscraper with a so-called “poor door” is changing to extend more of a welcome to residents of its cluster of affordable apartments, officials and the developers said Friday. The retooled plan for 1 West End Ave. still involves separate entrances, but all residents will now have access to such building amenities as a courtyard and river-view roof deck, and the affordable segment’s lobby will be stylishly appointed and set facing a park. The retooling follows an outcry over developments that got government incentives to include affordable housing but have separate amenities and even entrances for higherpaying residents. Developers say such arrangements can help make it financially feasible to build affordable housing at pricey addresses. But some residents and officials see the divisions as discriminatory, and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has said it aims to bar separatedoor schemes. With 1 West End Ave. approved under a prior administration in 2010. Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner

Vicki Been called the changes the best solution possible for now. The Wall Street Journal first reported them. “This project sets the tone” for working with developers to make such buildings more inclusive, Been said in a statement. “This negotiation resulted in a project that will help create an economically diverse community, ensures the longterm sustainability of the affordable units and makes all of the tenants feel welcome.” Part of a development called Riverside Center on the Upper West Side, the building is to include about 250 marketrate condos and 116 affordable apartments. The affordable units will now be rentals in-

stead of co-ops, at the urging of officials who note that people of modest means sometimes can’t meet financial standards for owning co-ops. Because of the building’s layout, some residents would have a long walk to elevators if there were only one entrance. Developers Silverstein Properties Inc. and El Ad Group are “proud to have best-in-class, affordable housing as a central element” in the project, Silverstein executive Janno Lieber said. “We want to create a community that honors the spirit of our city and Manhattan’s West Side,” Lieber said. The company declined to comment on the cost of the changes but said

they wouldn’t delay construction. It’s in the foundation-digging stage now and due to finish in late 2016. The site is a few blocks from another upcoming building where a “poor door” setup has ignited controversy. That tower, being built by a different developer, is already dozens of stories tall and expected to go forward unchanged. To Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, one of the officials who pushed for the adjustments to 1 West End Ave., they represent progress but not a full solution to what she calls a “loophole.” “Now, we have to close it,” she said.

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EDUCATING SCHOOLS ON TECH Q&A Upper East Side CEO Kathy Walter bridges the technology gap for teachers and students BY ANGELA BARBUTI

The days of back-to-school purchases being simple supplies like pencils and notebooks is shifting as schools embrace the technology age. Now, there is the added component of computers in the classroom, and educators must prepare accordingly. That’s where Kathy Walter comes in as the CEO of Nsoma, a company she started to assist with the daunting process of putting educational technology into place. The Upper East Sider comes from a long lineage of teachers, and entered into the profession as an ESL educator. She also did a stint at the Board of Education, where she helped New York City public schools get acclimated to their operating systems. Her newest partnership is with Open School Project, a company that created an ePortfolio system for students and teachers to virtually log their work. Its director called upon Walter to help seamlessly integrate the program into schools.

How did your company, Nsoma, come about? I created the company in the beginning of this year. I had worked for a number of different companies doing product management and product development for a number of years, and was also in technology. And those two things, when it comes to education, really come together because there’s a ton of technology out there. And what I realized is that there’s a lot of technology, but not a lot of organization. So what ends up happening in the schools is that they just keep getting more and more technology thrown in. What I do is work with companies that create technology for education and help them fit better into the school environment.

Can all schools afford this technology? They absolutely can. What ends up happening is oftentimes schools make purchases and realize once they get something, that it’s only part of the battle. The best example I have is 20 years ago --

my parents are both teachers -- they bought a bunch of top-ofthe-line Apple laptops. And they wanted all the kids to use them in the classroom but didn’t spend any money on the internet, which, at the time, was cutting-edge stuff. They didn’t even have an internet cable into the school. And the sad part is that 20 years later, the same thing is reoccurring.

upload that project to be in whatever language or level of English it needs to be. It works on the other end of the spectrum too. If I have a bunch of students in my class who are really far ahead and I need to work more with those who are a little further down, I can put projects in for those higher-level students.

What is your teaching background? What about teachers who are older and didn’t grow up using computers? You have teachers at a lot of different levels of technology. A very good friend of mine is a retired teacher and she was consulting with us at the Department of Education. It’s not so much the age, but just that people have different levels of understanding technology. So when you’re putting a technology product together, you have to take that into account.

How can you explain the concept of an ePortfolio? You can think of it as when an artist or an architect carried around that big, black, flat, folder. You’re trekking it all over New York because you want to show people what you’ve done. That is simply what an ePortflio is. It’s taking a big, bulky thing, and allowing you to put it online. What we do with the product that’s a little different than some other ePortfolios is, we actually also attach all of those work products to a project. So when you’re seeing what a student has done, you’re seeing it in the context of the project they worked on.

Who’s putting the work into the portfolio, teachers or students? It’s interesting because there are actually two parts to it. Teachers can go in and create their projects; they can turn all of their curriculum into assignments. There’s also a second half that is student-directed. So if I’m a student and get really excited about a particular area that I’m working on, or go on vacation and take a lot of pictures, there’s a side where students can submit things to the teacher that aren’t associated with a project at all.

You were an ESL teacher. How easy is this program for students whose first language isn’t English? What’s great about the interface is that there’s not a lot of words. And as an ESL teacher, when I’m speaking to my students, I can

My parents were both th teachers and when you grow up and start expanding into your own world, ng I’m going you say, ‘The last thing hat ends up to be is a teacher.’ What ality sets in happening is the reality oing to be a that there’s always going ing to want part of you that’s going aughs] And to be an educator. [Laughs] arents who I have great-grandparents were teachers as well and started ollege in Ina teachers’ training college dia that’s still there. And so, at a zed there certain point I realized was no fighting it and that I really did like teaching. So a few ng up in years ago, I was living Boston and there was a great astern program at Northeastern aduate that I took to get a graduate ng Engcertificate in teaching guage. I lish as a second language. focus more on adults, but the n a classreality of teaching in en taught room is the same. I then business and social science as an adjunct professorr at Northeastern for studentss who were ster’s level coming in at the master’s igh enough and hadn’t gotten a high TOEFL score.

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like someone is trying to take advantage of you. So you have to first change how you’re talking about it and get people to realize if you start a school and people are paying to be there, that’s a business.

What did your job at the NYC Board of Education entail? The group was rather unique. We were a product management group in the Department of Ed-

ucation. So the way that worked was you had these large program teams that were launching things like online assessments for 1.3 million students and 90,000 staff. What would happen is, you have folks in the Department of Education who have great experience and ideas, but don’t know about the heavy technology. So our goal was helping them manage the products that were in the system.

Kathy Walter works to help local schools use technology to imrpove communication between students, teachers and parents.

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