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FRICK OPPONENTS GET ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT Coalition of community groups coalesce against museum expansion BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

Unite to Save the Frick supporterJames Andrew posted this image of the viewing garden and reception hall, both at risk of destruction, on his Instagram page.

Five months after the Frick Collection announced expansion plans for its landmark E. 70th St. museum, an organized opposition to the plan is taking shape. Unite to Save the Frick, a coalition fighting the renovation, which includes the highly contested demolition of a 1977 viewing garden by

landscape architect Russell Page, emerged shortly after the museum’s June announcement. Far from fringe opinion, the group has amassed more than 2,800 signatures to its petition, which it addressed to Frick trustees and staff, as well as city officials, including State Senator Liz Krueger and Councilmember Dan Garodnick. Made up of individuals, organizations and preservationist groups opposed to the expansion, Unite to Save the Frick coalesced amid growing

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A long-delayed pedestrian bridge may finally get built BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

After years of back and forth between the city and community, the pedestrian bridge linking E. 81st St. with the East River walkway will likely be replaced, with work beginning early next year, according to a spokesperson with the city’s Dept. of Design and Construction. “We expect shovels will be in the ground in the spring of next year,” said Howard Pollack, a spokesperson

with the Dept. of Design and Construction. “An estimated completion date is June of 2016.” Pollack said the DDC will be presenting their plan to Community Board 8’s Dec. 3 transportation committee meeting. The bridge will be replaced in its entirety and wheelchair accessible ramps will be installed on both sides of FDR Drive. Transportation committee cochair Chuck Warren said discussions surrounding the bridge go back at least five years and have generated no small amount of feedback from the community. A resolution

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CRANE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS IGNORED A series of recommendations stemming from two Upper East Side crane collapses -- accidents that killed nine people -- have been ignored by the city, according to an audit by Comptroller Scott Stringer. Stringer’s report says the city failed to make a series of changes needed to prevent future accidents, despite paying $5.8 million to private consultants to come up with the plan. Stringer’s report states that only eight of the 65 safety recommendations made by the consultant have been implemented by the city Buildings Department. Others were patrially implemented, but most went no where. The report stems from two accidents in the spring of 2008, when cranes collapsed on E. 51st St. and on E. 91st St.

MALONEY KICKS OFF #BECAUSEOFHER CAMPAIGN East side Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney moved to rally support for a National Women’s Museum at a brunch on E. 70th St. on Sunday. Her bill to build the museum has passed the House of Representatives, but is stuck in the Senate. “We started #BecauseOfHer to highlight the importance of inspirational figures,” said Maloney. “For me it was Geraldine Ferraro. She was a trailblazer. She was the first woman to be nominated to a major party Presidential ticket. Her story should be told.”

THE LONG WALK ON E. 81ST STREET NEWS

In Brief

A rendering of the East 81st Street pedestrian bridge, with the ramp and eight-foot fence extending south along the East River. The proposal, from the city’s Dept. of Design and Construction and dated 2012, is annotated as being the “final design.”

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK JUDGE ALLOWS SPA NEAR THE RITZ TO MOVE AHEAD A judge has decided on a dispute between the Ritz Hotel at 495 Park Ave. and the neighboring The Galleria at 115 E. 57th St. over the construction of a Spa Castle, a spa chain, on The Galleria’s roof. State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Oing denied the Ritz’s request for a temporary restraining order on the spa’s construction. The Ritz argued the nude Spa facility’s noise and indecency would disturb its residents. Spa Castle will take up The Galleria’s seventh, eighth and ninth floors, along with its rooftop. Its construction includes the installation of parapet walls, three hot tubs and six footsoaking stations on a cabana-style roof, DNAInfo reports. Though the Ritz was not granted its request for a temporary restraining order, Spa Castle cannot permit full nudity of its clientele on the rooftop aside from designated male and female locker room and bathing area. In addition to complaints regarding noise and nudity, the Ritz says Spa Castle violates a 1974 easement agreement because its rooftop walls block “light, air and view over a portion of the Galleria building,” according to its complaint. The lawsuit also states the walls make the building higher than 82.5 feet tall above sidewalk level, which is another violation of the agreement. DNAinfo.com

RECORD FOR TOWNHOUSE ON E. 81ST At a time when real estate prices in New York City are skyrocketing, it is no surprise that the record for the most expensive townhouse in

Manhattan might be soon broken. A mansion at 24 E. 81st St. is projected to be worth $70 million. The record for the priciest Manhattan townhouse, of as now, belongs to the Harkness Mansion at 4 E. 75th St., which was bought by private equity investor J. Christopher Flowers for $53 million. The property owners of nearly 40 years are rumored to be selling the 15,000 square foot building that dates back to the 1920s. Currently, the building is divided into six apartments. The owners are allegedly scoping out brokers from the Corcoran Group and Brown Harris Stevens and are exploring the possibility of using multiple brokers, The Daily News reports. The spot is also notable for its 5,000 foot retail space that holds the restaurant Crown, a hotspot visited by celebrities Eva Mendes, Emma Roberts and Freida Pinto. NY Daily News

PROPOSAL TO BAN SUBWAY BACKPACKS Every New Yorker is familiar with overcrowded subway cars, and five times last month over 6 million people used the subway in a single day. Charles Moerdler, member of several MTA board committees, has a suggestion that might lighten the space problem but inconvenience riders. At a transit committee meeting, Moerdler proposed banning backpacks from trains to increase space. Carmen Bianco, NYC Transit President, did not respond to Moerdler’s suggestion. Moerdler also suggested banning food from the subway in the past, an idea that never came to fruition. Though unsure of how exactly to help lessen overcrowded trains, overwhelming numbers of people are making train service less efficient. According to

published MTA data, overcrowding caused 12,421 train delays last month, a number larger than all other categories, including track work and train breakdowns. Bianco said a more even distribution of riders in train cars will help alleviate the problem. The layout of stations forces people to board the same cars, and Bianco said the MTA is working on creating a more equal distribution among cars.NY Daily News

METRO FARES GOING UP Anyone currently living in Manhattan dependent on public transportation, if they listen closely, can hear their wallets whimpering. Subway fare is expected to increase in March and several proposals have been explored, though one is yet to be chosen. Subway and bus fare might rise to $2.75 per ride and increase the bonus on pay-perride MetroCards to 11 percent from 5 percent, the New York Times reports. Fares also might remain $2.50, with a decrease in pay-per-ride bonuses. Regardless, weekly MetroCards will increase by a dollar and an extra $4.50 will be tacked onto monthly cards. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board is set to vote on matters in January that would become effectual in March. This is the fourth price increase in seven years and another 4% price increase is expected in 2017. Larger fees, however, are necessary for the board to raise revenue. In September, MTA released a five-year capital plan stating it will cost $32 billion to keep the transportation system functioning. Currently, there is a $15 billion funding gap. With the price change, MTA riders will generate $234 million in 2015. NY Times

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

NANNY ACCUSED IN CHILD DEATHS APOLOGIZES A Manhattan nanny accused of killing two children in the bathtub of their home said she was sorry for what she had done, according to court papers ďŹ led Friday. Yoselyn Ortega has pleaded not guilty to killing 6-year-old Lucia Krim and 2-year-old Leo Krim on Oct. 25, 2012, in a bathroom while their mother was out picking up her third child from a swimming lesson. Ortega, 52, cut her throat in a failed suicide attempt. The court papers say she told authorities the little girl tried to fight back before she stabbed her and then killed the boy. She used at least two knives. ``Oh, my God, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I’ve done,’’ she said, according to the court papers. ``Relieve me of my misery.’’ The documents were included as exhibits in lengthy motions filed by

defense attorney Valerie Van LeerGreenberg. She asked that the prosecutor be dropped from the case and that the judge bar news media from an upcoming court hearing. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro denied both requests. Van Leer-Greenberg has said Ortega cannot understand the case because of her injuries and because she suffers from delusions. But a judge found her ďŹ t for trial. Ortega’s statements had not previously been made public. They included details from interviews with authorities after she regained consciousness. She told authorities that she hurt the children because she was having money problems and was angry at the parents. She said her schedule constantly shifted, she had to act as a cleaning lady though she didn’t want to and she missed an appointment with ``the psych,’’ according to the papers. ``I had to do everything and take care of the kids,’’ she said. ``God forgive me, so many things they made me do. Pray for me.’’ In the moments before the killings, the children were out getting ice cream and going to a park because Lulu, as Lucia was called, didn’t want to go to dance class, according to the court papers. The parents, Kevin and Marina Krim, have not spoken publicly about

the killings. Last year, at a fundraiser for their nonproďŹ t, they said they missed their children every day and will forever. ``We are just heartbroken,’’ Kevin Krim said. ``But they inspire us every day as well. Their lives give us a purpose.’’

WHO SAID CHANGE IS GOOD? A bad guy took advantage of a good Samaritan. At 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, a 58-year-old man was working in a local supermarket when a 55-year-old man entered the store and asked the employee if he had a $100 bill in exchange for two ďŹ fties. When the employee pulled a hundreddollar bill from his wallet, the younger man grabbed the money and ed the store in an unknown direction.

MEGA MARAUDERS Two cell phone thieves went right to the source. At 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, two men walked into an area telephone store and took three cell phones out of a display case before leaving without paying for the devices. The stolen phones were a Samsung Galaxy 4, a Galaxy Mega 2, and an iPhone 6, worth a total of $1,827. Video is available of the incident.

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19TH PRECINCT Report covering the week 11/3/2014 through 11/9/2014 Week to Date

Year to Date

2014 2013

% Change

2014

2013

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Murder

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0

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0

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10

6

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4

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VIOLENT PURSE SNATCHING An elderly woman became the victim of a mugger. At 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9, a 69-year-old woman was walking on 83rd St. between Second and Third Avenues when she was grabbed from behind, causing her to fall to the ground. An unknown mugger snatched her purse and ed in an unknown direction. The woman sustained injuries to her face, arm, and hand. The items stolen included her $200 bag, a $100 T-Mobile cell phone, and $100 in cash.

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MOST UNFARE A Plexiglas barrier was not enough to keep a cabbie from getting robbed by a passenger. At 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, a 37-year-old male cabbie picked up a 50-year-old male passenger on E. 60th St. between Second and Third Avenues. The passenger said he needed to go to New Jersey, and the two men haggled over the fare. After not being able to agree on a price, the passenger got out of the cab at 60th St. and Lexington Ave., but not before grabbing the cabbie’s wallet off the front seat. The passenger then ed southbound on Lexington. Items stolen were $120 in cash and a Discover card.

TO PREVENT CHRONIC PAIN, RETRAIN YOUR BRAIN. WHY I HURT: THE TRUTH BEHIND CHRONIC PAIN. PRESENTED BY NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER. Our experts will discuss the neuroscience behind chronic pain and how “retraining your brainâ€? can reduce pain and improve function. Date: Tuesday, December 9, 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm. Sign-in starts at 6:00 pm. Presenters: Olga Hincapie, Physical Therapist; Dr. Sherri Weiser, Psychologist. Location: The Center for Musculoskeletal Care. 333 E 38th Street. 6th Floor Conference Room. Info: This lecture is free, but space is limited and on a ďŹ rst-come, ďŹ rst-served basis. RSVP at nyulmc.org/cmc-lectures Contact Rick Kassler at richard.kassler@nyumc.org with questions.

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Community Board 8 postponed to December a resolution on the Chapin School’s expansion plans, according to board members. Members said a presentation by the school at a recent land use meeting was focused on promoting the school and not disseminating new information about the expansion. “After the presentation it was put over to the December meeting for further discussion because of the many questions from community board members,” said one board member. Other people who sit on CB8 said members of the board were annoyed the presentation was so thin on information. According to Latha Thompson, CB8’s district manager, board members voted 36 to 1 to lay the application over to the board’s December land use meeting. The Chapin School is requesting a variance to add three stories onto its existing eight-story building at 84th St. and East End Avenue. The added space would include a gym on the top floor, locker rooms and performance art space, according to an application filed with the Board of Standards and Appeals. The school has about 750 students but wouldn’t be adding to its student body with the increase in space. The school says the new gym is necessary because its existing athletic spaces aren’t large enough to hold games sanctioned by the National Federation of High School Associations. But a presentation on the expansion at this month’s land use meeting was insufficient for any decision to be

made, said Elaine Walsh, co-chair of the board’s zoning and development committee. She said there was a single slide that didn’t accurately depict the height of the proposed addition, and little information on how a gym at the top floor would affect the surrounding residential buildings. “The board was very concerned that the presentation was very inadequate, that they didn’t come in prepared,” said Walsh. And Chapin may be asking too much, at least from the community board’s perspective. The school added three floors and a mezzanine to its existing brick building in 2006, and according to the land use agenda for

last week’s meeting, this latest proposal “is contrary to the previously-approved plans, floor area, rear yard, height and setback requirements.” Walsh said there’s a sense among board members that Chapin hasn’t explored other options to fulfill its need for athletic space that meets national standards. I think the question is, why do they have to do it on that site?” said Walsh. “They could find other space [off campus].”

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E. 81ST ST. EXCERPTS FROM UNITE TO SAVE THE FRICK’S ONLINE PETITION

FRICK OPPONENTS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 neighborhood concern over what the group calls a “short-sighted plan.” Looking to raise awareness, find community support and prevent the destruction of the garden in favor of a six-story addition, area residents contacted preservation advocacy groups Defenders of the Historic Upper East Side and Historic Districts Council, Unite to Save the Frick said in an email. “[The local community] regards this as the museum down the block,” said Simeon Bankoff, executive director of HDC, whose organization issued a statement in October opposing the plan. “They regard this as a wonderful amenity to their home. The feel very strongly about it.” HDC cited the destruction of the Russell Page garden and the size of the addition as its major concerns with the proposal, which, its statement said, would “transform The Frick into an institutional environment.” The fate of the garden is one of the most visible concerns among critics of the expansion, and its salvation is one of Unite to Save the Frick’s top priorities. “Frankly, landscape art, you’re not really capable of picking it up and moving it and gifting it to another institution,” Bankoff said. “It’s not like they’re selling a painting. It’s like they’re ripping down a painting to put a door in.” The public’s response to the potential expansion of the museum has been singular, Bankoff said; he hasn’t seen such a strong reaction to any other institution in the area, save the New York Public Library. New Yorkers have a unique emotional connection to the Frick, he said. James Andrew is one such New Yorker. An interior designer, lifestyle blogger and longtime visitor to the museum, Andrew joined in Unite to Save the Frick’s efforts. Though based in Murray Hill, his frequent

trips to the Upper East Side, where many of his clients are located, often include a quick stop by the Russell Page garden. “It’s a wonderful living landscape painting,” said Andrew. “It’s for everyone to enjoy if they pass through the neighborhood, even if they can’t afford admission to the Frick.” Andrew’s involvement with the group began after he shared a photo of the garden with his 3,800 Instagram followers and linked to the petition in the photo caption. Organizers

Frankly, landscape art, you’re not really capable of picking it up and moving it and gifting it to another institution. It’s not like they’re selling a painting. It’s like they’re ripping down a painting to put a door in.” Simeon Bankoff, executive director of HDC

saw this and reached out to him for support, which he’s enthusiastically giving through blog posts and additional social media advocacy. Unite to Save the Frick shared a photo on its own Instagram account of Andrew inside the Russell Page garden, taken during an annual private party at the museum, one of the few events each year in which the garden is accessible. Gaining admittance into the gated garden was “something I’d always dreamed and fantasized about,” he said. In addition to advocacy efforts, Unite to Save the Frick and its sup-

porters suggest alternatives to the construction of the six-story structure, including underground excavation and off-site options for administrative use through the acquisition of the Berry-Hill gallery space to the east of the garden. (Frick officials said that excavation is already included in the expansion plan, and that Berry-Hill’s two floors don’t adequately solve the museum’s space issues.) In the event that the museum does withdraw the proposal, Bankoff added, he and his colleagues invite a continued dialogue with the institution about how to meet the Frick’s needs without threatening the intimacy and character of the institution. Museum officials don’t expect to present their proposal to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission until early 2015 (the design is still being revised, and LPC has yet to receive an application for a work permit). Bankoff noted that the Frick has been forthright with his organization and other interested groups about what museum officials expected to be a contested expansion, which allotted time for a discourse on the proposal—and allowed opposition to gather momentum. Though approval from the city is required for changes to landmark properties, getting the go-ahead isn’t uncommon: LPC approves more than 13,000 work permits annually. But some Unite to Save the Frick supporters don’t see much need for improvement at the Frick. Andrew suggests that the museum explore other expansion options that don’t include the destruction of the garden, which, beyond its beauty, lends space to the notably intimate museum. “That back garden adds to that, rather than the house being overwhelmed by this massive structure,” he said. “The MoMA and the Met, they can be the ones to do the largescale productions. There’s something about being able to enjoy works of art in this beautiful, serene space. I don’t understand what they’re trying to do.”

The character-defining intimacy of the Frick Collection must be preserved. Due to the Frick’s thoughtful architecture and integrated landscape design, an afternoon spent slowly and quietly exploring its halls feels like visiting a private residence, not a corporate mega-museum. Lauded for its “small, smart shows,” the Frick contrasts with insensitively expanded art complexes that often recall “something akin to an outlet mall on Black Friday,” as noted in The New York Times. The Frick’s human scale fosters an extremely personalized experience, which must be honored. The Frick Collection’s Russell Page Viewing Garden is an important work of art—and an essential component of the museum’s cultural landscape— which must not be destroyed. The Frick expansion plan calls for razing the permanent Viewing Garden, designed by renowned British landscape architect Russell Page (a rare surviving commission in this country, and one of only two works in New York State). Galen Lee, Horticulturist and Special Events Designer for the Frick, is quoted on the Frick’s archived virtual garden tour as saying: “... this garden is to be viewed -- from the street or through the arched windows of the Reception Hall -- like an Impressionist painting ...” Complementing the Viewing Garden is the landmarked Reception Hall Pavilion, designed by the architectural team of John Barrington Bayley, Harry van Dyke and G. Frederick Poehler. Displaying art is not at the heart of the Frick’s proposed expansion. The proposal would create 40,000 square-feet of new, nongallery facilities, to be housed in a massive 106’ tower, equal to the height of an 11-story building. It includes primarily offices, a café, a larger gift shop and entry hall, a lab, an underground auditorium, a loading dock, and “flexible programming space” that can be used as revenue-generating event space. These uses do not warrant destroying the Viewing Garden and Pavilion nor compromising the architectural integrity of the Frick ensemble. To view the full petition, visit https://www.change.org/p/ tell-the-frick-withdraw-yourdestructive-plan

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 from 2012 articulates the committee’s criticisms of the plan, which include the potential for crime on the bridge, bikers speeding due to its length, and the look of an eight-foot fence that will be installed over FDR Drive and along the ramps. According to the minutes, the committee asked the Dept. of Transportation and the DDC to install surveillance cameras, safety call boxes and signs on the bridge telling bikers to walk. The minutes from 2012 do note that a number of changes were made to the design, but that the “bridge still does not fit with the surrounding neighborhood.” But the plan doesn’t seem to have changed since that meeting in 2012. What looks to be the same presentation from 2012 was provided to Our Town by the DDC as what will be presented Dec. 3. No mention of security cameras, call boxes or signs is made in the presentation, which is marked “final design.” As such, some in the community are still wary of what the final product will look like. Charles Whitman lives at 45 East End Avenue and is a point person of sorts on community concerns about the bridge. The cul-de-sac in front of his building is where the pedestrian bridge begins at 81st Street, and will likely serve as a staging ground for construction come the spring. If construction is completed according to the current proposal, the cul-de-sac will have a ramp running through it with an eight foot fence, which he said will look like a prison. Whitman said he understands the city is bound by certain rules it must follow, such as the length of the ramp, which many in the community are opposed to. But he was told the Americans with Disabilities Act says that for every inch a ramp increases in height, a foot must be added to the length. Also, the eight-foothigh fence along the bridge and ramp is there to stop people from jumping or throwing objects onto FDR Drive. “You can’t seem to get around the fence issue, and you have an ADA compliance issue,” said Whitman. “The question I think is more one of architecture.” Whitman doesn’t know if the solution the city has come up with is the best one, and simply wants a chance to let his and others’ concerns be known. “There are other possible solutions,” said Whitman. “That’s one of the things right now I’m trying to figure out, whether that’s the best that can be done or not.” For residents who live along the East River, the eight-foot-tall fences on the bridge – which sits over 30 feet above FDR Drive - and ramp mar views of the water. “There is no question that [the city’s plan] does make a statement and it does block your view,” he said. CB8’s transportation committee will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Sloan Kettering, 430 E. 67th St., room 103.

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small businesses? What do you do when the state agency has an agency called “Small Business Division” and yet when you call to speak with someone nobody seems to know how they advocate for small busi-

Voices nesses throughout the state or what exactly this agency does? They say they are open for business, but how? What do you do when staff are a bunch of political hacks who have never operated their own lem-

onaid stand? Anon resident If you are against people, commerce, and tall buildings, why are you living in NYC? Maggie

INCORPORATING NATURE INTO THE SCHOOLS As a college senior currently taking my first class in Environmental Education, I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my public school experience. While at the time I felt satisfied, looking back I now see how detached my schooling was from the outside world. We remained almost entirely inside the classroom, with field trips only supplementing our standardized curriculum. It was not until high school that I finally engaged with the local community and natural world, and felt I was positively impacting the area (and had the mindset, skills, and resources to do so)--and this was only because of a new, particularly progressive after-school student club I joined. This experience was vital to my current behaviors, awareness, and eagerness to engage in local activism, and is something that needs to be a greater focus of our education of the next generation. However, with articles such as Angela Barbuti’s ”Educating Schools on Tech” (September 2), I worry, instead, that with the increasing presence of technologies and higher standardized testing pressures, we are feeding into Richard Louv‘s famous hypothesis of Nature Deficit Disorder, resulting in a range of behavioral and developmental problems and high rates of obesity. I am writing to share my idea for an alternative: promoting Environmental Education in public schools. This is something to be taken seriously, and a perfect opportunity for our neighborhood--one with eager students, dedicated teachers and parents, easy access to two large parks and water bodies, and active environmental departments and NGOs--to be a model for the state. Studies show that schools that incorporate the outdoors in their curriculums have improved student grades and test scores (in all subjects), enhance critical thinking skills, and lead students to have a more positive outlook on their school work. Environmental Education is thus vital for the students, the community, and the planet too. Let’s make use of this resource that we already have-- I guarantee that if the appropriate support is there, Environment Education will prove worthy of this praise. Laura M., W. 67 St.

THE VIEW FROM THE FRICK To the Editor: Re “Another View on The Frick” (Nov. 17) The Frick has planned for decades to expand the museum on the site currently occupied by one of its three gardens. The expansion will enable the Frick to further its mission as a museum and library. Between 1940 and 1972, the museum purchased the three townhouses on 70th Street with the intent of constructing on the entire site a new wing to house much-needed classrooms, a larger auditorium, conservation facilities, and other amenities to better serve the public. Following the purchase of the third lot, the Frick in 1973 received approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to construct on the parcels a terrace and an interim garden, both of which were to

serve as placeholders for approximately ten years until financing for a large addition could be secured. After an analysis showed that costs of building a temporary garden were considerably higher than anticipated , the museum instead decided to install what was referred to as a “permanent” architectural garden and a one-story pavilion to house a reception hall, coat check, and shop on the ground-floor level, and two small rooms in the basement to satisfy the “forseeable minimal needs of the Collection for certain interior space,” as stated by former Frick Director Everett Fahy in his May 21, 1974 testimony to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Considering the use of the word “permanent” in the context of “foreseeable minimal needs” is critical to understanding the Frick’s

intent concerning the property. Forty years later, the museum’s minimal needs are no longer being met. As has been reported, the Frick studied several plans that would have kept the garden and pavilion intact, and concluded that the original plan calling for an addition on the entire parcel is the best solution to satisfy the Frick’s needs. It will also allow for the opening of a major portion of the second floor of the mansion as galleries. The garden on East 70th Street, while attractive, is not original to the property and period of the Frick residence or the 1935 conversion to a museum by John Russell Pope. While building on this site is not an easy choice, it is the best way for the Frick to achieve its mission-driven goals, and is the reason the Frick spent so many years and substantial

funds acquiring the parcel. The Frick has three gardens now (two outside one inside) and will continue to have three gardens after the addition is built. The historic Fifth Avenue Garden by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. will remain unchanged as will the signature interior Garden Court by John Russell Pope. The 70th Street Garden will be replaced by a garden atop the new addition that will be open to the public and offer views of Central Park and an outdoor space for contemplation. Our interactions with a range of interested parties have been positive and helpful, and we look forward to continuing this dialogue as we refine and finalize the proposal. Ian Wardropper, Director The Frick Collection

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Is ANYthing all right? BY BETTE DEWING ope, not very much, or I wouldn’t be writing a column. Anyway, this joke is about waiters at the Borscht Belt hotels (when they existed – another lamentable loss) reportedly asking their patrons, “Is ANYthing all right?” Bless Alexis Goodwin, a recent NYU School of Social Work graduate’s howling laughter response. But she’d never think of asking a client or anyone, “Is everything all right?” Nor want them to say “I’m fine,” when they’re not. So what kind of a Thanksgiving column is this? We shouldn’t be thankful? This native Minnesotan says “Doggone right, we should!” And I am, and inordinately thankful for this newspaper in which to say we’d have a lot more to be thankful for if… For a universal example, I was reminded how thankful I am for quiet neighbors, by a noisy neighbor grievance (forget the “complaint” word) shared at the E. 79th Street Neighborhood Association meeting, and how the community police there were sorry to tell the victim that noisy neighbors aren’t covered by the city’s noise code. What? When reportedly the number one grievance to 311 is the noisy neighbor plague (forget the “problem” or worse, the “issue”). Ah, but this so thankfully reminded association president Betty Cooper Wallerstein of the group’s 2006 anti-noisy neighbor project under the direction of noted anti-noise-pollution authority, Dr. Arline Bronzaft. But the cooperation from managing agents was so small, it prompted New York Times City Section’s Jake Mooney’s February 19, 2006 piece, “A Report on Noise, Draws Rarely a Peep.” And because we miss Mooney’s reporting so much, along with the City section, we’ll quote a lot from his so-needed account: “When Sinatra sang about the city that never sleeps, the odds are that he was not referring to early morning jolts from crying babies, barking dogs or heavy-footed neighbors on uncarpeted floors. Yet in this tightly packed city, these are the sounds that can pry a New Yorker’s eyes open.” Not to mention “try men’s souls,” many of us claim, including, of course, Dr. Bronzaft, whom Mooney quotes, “It’s always the rug thing.” She adds, “But most managing agents don’t give a hoot.” Mooney reports how “the association’s’ one-page questionnaire, sent to managing agents of 56 Upper East Side buildings, drew only 13 responses.” Only one building allowed distribution to tenants and another said they could be left on the lobby table. Among the laments returned, Mooney reports was: “The carpet rules of leases must be enforced. Landlords should inspect apartments within one month when a tenant moves in.” Another wrote “about a woman next door who raised her son by screaming and that now as a teenager, he has unsuper-

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So here’s to the E. 79th Association reviving big-time, all-out concern for this citywide unaddressed menace. Make New York “The Good Neighbor City” which surely means reasonably quiet vised parties, is rebellious and frequently slams the door.” And I would add, it’s also “the loud music thing” which for many neighbors is the most insidious audio assault. Dr. Bronzaft urges education, education, education, about the incalcuable harm done by noise pollution which doesn’t have to be loud to be hurtful. I think of high heels clicking across bare floors and how rubber tips attached to the heels can remedy that. Mooney notes Wallerstein’s concern for the many now working at home who must endure neighbors’ lengthy noisy renovations. And think of those who are homebound. Indeed, renovators should give Bose headphones to nearby neighbors. Hey, and so should developers give them to residents near their construction sites. Ah, if ever anyone deserved them, it’s the tens of thousands living or working near the Second Avenue subway construction areas. So here’s to the E. 79th Association reviving big-time, all-out concern for this citywide unaddressed menace. Make New York “The Good Neighbor City” which surely means reasonably quiet neighbors - and reasonable ones. Ah, but Citibike should make a nice little sound. Yup, the ubiquitous threat of red light-running, wrong-way bicycling was as usual scored at the association meeting. And incidentally, Mooney did another fit-to-print piece about a friend and my anti-scofflaw biking protest outside a candidates meeting a decade ago. And yet another on some neighbors and my protest against the closing of Beth Israel North Hospital. What a loss. Again, we’d have more to be thankful for if, well, we’d just not say “that’s how it is” and start squawking – the louder, the better! dewingbetter@aol.com

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22 ARCANGEL AND D’EON IN CONCERT Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. 7 p.m., $25. Chris d’Eon, canadian keyboardist and composer, performs Cory Arcangel’s “Dances for the Electric Piano,�

CATHER’S “O PIONEERSâ€? REVIVED an event that commemorates the 125th anniversary of the Marymount Manhattan MET’s Department of Musical College, 221 E 71st St. btwn Instruments. Second and Third Ave. 2 p.m., $5-10. 212-535-7710. metmuseum. org In this musical adaptation of “O Pioneers,â€? Willa Cather’s CULTURAL IMPACT OF 1913 novel, a young Swedish immigrant dedicates herself to COMPUTER VISION managing her family’s Nebraska Museum of Arts and Design, prairie after her father’s passing. 2 Columbus Cir. at Eighth Ave. 212-517-0430. mmm.edu 3 p.m., Free. Join this roundtable TRIO BRINGS BAROQUE discussion with artists and TO FRICK COLLECTION designers to discuss ways in which certain advances in The Frick Collection, 1 E 70th machine vision and ubiquitous St. btwn Madison and Fifth Ave. cameras have started to 5-6:30 p.m., $35-40. inuence culture. Musical trio John Holloway,

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Jane Gower and Lars Ulrik Mortensen play German and Italian music from the 17th century. 212-288-0700. frick.org

24 ART IN THE ROUND: ARCHITECTURE TOUR Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. 2 p.m., $18-22.

‘ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL’ SCREENING JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave at W 76th. 7:30 p.m., $9 member, $12 non-member. See Pascal Plisson’s touching documentary about the hardships many children face every day simply to get to class on time. 646--505-4444. www. jccmanhattan.com

HOLIDAY FILM: THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, First floor. 1 p.m, .Free. Watch this celebrated 2000 documentary about environmental justice and reunification of a Native American family and enjoy the rest of the museum afterwards. 212-360-8143. www.nmai. si.edu

Experts discuss the art and history of the Guggenheim building itself. Elisabeth BardtPellerin, gallery educator, shares the story behind the museum’s design, created by Frank Lloyd Wright. 212-423-3500. guggenheim.org

NEW MEDIA ART: THEN AND NOW The Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. at 70th St. 6:30-8 p.m., $10-15. Art curators Tim Griffin, Barbara London and Michelle Yun examine New Media Art, an art genre encompassing digital art mediums, such as computer graphics, Internet art, robotics and video games. 212-288-6400. asiasociety. org

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26 HOLIDAY ARTS AND CRAFTS Yorkville Library, 222 E. 79th St. btwn Second and Third Ave. 4 p.m., Free. Kids from ages 3 to 12 make Thanksgiving crafts together during the holiday season. 212-744-5824. nypl.org

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PILGRIM PEDAL THANKSGIVING DAY BICYCLE RIDE East River, East 23rd st at the East River. 8 a.m.$25, includes breakfast. Start Thanksgiving on an active note with a 10 or 12 mile ride including a social, sit down pancake breakfast. citybikecoach@gmail-com. www.shop.citybikecoach.com

THANKSGIVING WITH FRENCH SAVOIR FAIRE Picholine NYC, 35 West 64th St. between Broadway and Central Park West. 12:30 p.m., $115. Experience chef Terrance Brennan’s elegant Thanksgiving feast featuring dishes such as Pumpkin Bisque with porcini marmalade and truffle and “Cappuccino” Turkey with huckleberry-foie gra dressing. 212-724-8585. www. picholinenyc.com

MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE 77th Street and Central Park West. 9 a.m., Free. Your favorite holiday characters and performers will be marching and cheering down Central Park West and 6th Ave. to Macy’s in Herald Square for the 86th year in a row.

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A family hopes that Upper West Siders will help bring their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel back home Upper West Side For the past week, Eva Zaghari and her three children from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, have been papering the Upper West Side with over 1,300 flyers asking for information on their beloved dog Cooper. ?We are devastated, please return our dog,? the sign implores. The catch though, is that Cooper didn?t technically get lost, or even stolen. He was given away. When she explains the story, sitting at Irving Farm coffee shop on West 79th Street before heading out to post more flyers around the neighborhood, Eva and her kids are visibly distraught. About a month ago, on September 5th, her husband Ray had arranged to give the dog away, via a Craigslist ad. He mistakenly thought that removing a source of stress from his wife and kids ? walking and feeding and caring for a dog, tasks which had fallen mostly to Eva ? would make everyone happier

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A CENTURY OF SEX TALK ON THE EAST SIDE MILESTONES Shirley Zussman, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, worked with Masters and Johnson, and still sees patients as a sex therapist BY KYLE POPE

UPPER EAST SIDE Some people’s life stories write themselves, and Shirley Zussman, the 100-year-old sex therapist of the Upper East Side, is one of those people. She was born in 1914 at the start of World War I (less than a month after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand), lived in Berlin at the height of the Cabaret era, became a protege of the original Masters and Johnson, and, now into her second century, continues to see patients in an office in the ground floor of her apartment building on E. 79th Street. Last month, more than 50 people crowded Yefsi restaurant, a Greek place

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LEONARD LAUDER’S CUBIST PASSION FINE ART His fabulous collection is now on view at the Met BY VAL CASTRONOVO

Fruit Dish and Glass, Sorgues, autumn 1912. Charcoal and cut-and-pasted printed wallpaper with gouache on white laid paper; subsequently mounted on paperboard 24 3/4 × 18 in. / 62.9 × 45.7 cm Promised Gift from the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Leonard Lauder started small. When he was six years old, he began collecting postcards, focusing on pictures of Art Deco hotels in Miami Beach. A self-professed “history buff,” he moved on to posters of World War II, developing a fascination with the visual language of propaganda. From there, he began acquiring posters by Toulouse-Lautrec and eventually picked up a Picasso, “Carafe and Candlestick” (1909), his first Cubist oil painting. Then came the 1983 show at the Tate, “The Essential Cubism,” which inspired Lauder to focus his collecting. With the guidance of art historian Emily Braun and other scholars, he carefully built what is being billed as the most important grouping of Cubist works still in private hands. The entire collection, a promised gift to the Metropolitan Museum, can now be seen for the first time by the public in the first-floor special exhibition galleries, where more than 80 paintings, collages, sculptures and works on paper are on view through February 16. Lauder, chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies, zeroed in on the Big Four— Georges Braque (1882-1963), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Juan Gris (1887-1927), and Fernand Léger (1881-1955). They were the pillars of Cubism, “the most influential avant-garde movement of the first half of the 20th century,” the wall text states at the outset. Braque and Picasso are credited with founding the movement, with Braque having the distinction of initiating the style with “Trees at L’Estaque” (1908), one of two landscapes displayed at a Paris gallery in

1908 in a groundbreaking show devoted to his work. Both kick off the current exhibit, following photos of Lauder’s residence on the Upper East Side, with trophies from the collection dotting the walls. The Cubists pioneered a radical new way of seeing the world. They dispensed with traditional perspective and opted for shallow, two-dimensional spaces that offered views of objects from unusual angles and shapes that pushed outward not inward. Soft, round modeling of figures was replaced with sharp, jagged edges and a collision of geometric forms and overlapping planes. The bulk of the show is devoted to founding members Braque and Picasso in the years 1909-1914, with an illuminating look at the collaborative, and quite competitive, nature of their relationship. Both lived in the Bateau-Lavoir, an artists’ enclave in Montmartre in Paris. They painted by day and critiqued each other’s work by night. A painting by Braque wasn’t finished until Picasso said it was, and vice versa. Braque seems to have singlehandedly redefined painting when, after spotting faux woodgrained wallpaper in a shop window in Avignon, he purchased some and incorporated a section into “Fruit Dish and Glass” (1912)— the first papier collé (collage) and thrillingly shown here. Picasso and other revolutionaries soon followed suit, adding snippets of newspapers, advertisements, sheet music and other mass-produced items to their fine art canvases to tease viewers and offer clues to the meaning of their pictures. Above all, the Cubists reveled in visual and linguistic puns. Their works were puzzles that had to be decoded and studied to see the complex, underlying truth. Color offered a “way in.” The exhibit devotes a section to illustrating how Picasso and

Braque expanded their monochromatic palettes in spring 1912 and reintroduced color to enhance and help unlock the significance of their art. Lauder’s collecting zeal continues to this day. His purchases of works by the four “essential Cubists” were made with an eye to building a history of the movement and donating the works to a museum—not to profit off them. As he says in an interview with collection curator Emily Braun that prefaces the show’s exhaustive catalogue: “Much of the fun, what drives me, is the pursuit. I want to conserve, not possess.” His holdings are the result of more than 30 years of careful study and dedication. When he decided to set his sights on building a world-class, museumworthy collection of Cubist art, he dove in and read obsessively about the subject: “I got every book I could lay my hands on— especially the catalogues raisonnés [a listing of works with notes]—and read them again and again…and again.” Travel and the hunt for key pieces followed. He disputes the claim of one detractor that, in Lauder’s words, “anyone with a few billion dollars could walk up and down Madison Avenue and assemble the same collection,” responding: “Yes unlimited money can buy some icons, but collecting rare works from the past is a journey that can’t simply be bought. It takes time, patience, and a good eye.” And Leonard Lauder.

IF YOU GO “Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection” The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd St Now through Feb. 16 www.metmuseum.org

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FOR THE WEEK BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

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WANG JIANWEI: TIME TEMPLE When Beijing-based artist Wang Jianwei produced a series of geometric wooden, rubber and metal sculptures for his current exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, he didn’t map out how he would display the pieces, but instead responded each day to the work he’d done the day prior. The work, which was commissioned by the museum, reflects the artist’s movements in time and space, a major theme for Jianwei. Wang Jianwei: Time Temple Through Feb. 16 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave., at 89th Street Museum hours: Sunday-Wednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.7:45 p.m., closed Thursday Admission: $22

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20th-century painter Cy Twombly was born in Lexington, Virginia and studied art at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and New York’s Art Students League, but lived most of his life in Rome, where, in 1970, he painted Treatise on the Veil, a 33-foot long canvas with thin, chalk-like white lines drawn in crayon on a gray background. Cy Twombly: Treatise on the Veil Through Jan. 25 Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Ave., at 36th Street Museum hours: Tuesday-Thursday; 10:30 a.m.5 p.m.; Friday, 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Admission $18

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GALLERIES PICASSO AND JACQUELINE: THE EVOLUTION OF STYLE The nearly 140 paintings, drawings and sculptures on view in the Pace Gallery’s exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s later work all depict one subject: the artist’s second wife and muse Jacqueline Roque. Some earlier works in the exhibition nod to the style of Picasso’s friend, Henri Matisse, who died in 1954, the same year Picasso and Roque started living together. A series of accompanying photographs by documentarian David Douglas Duncan, show the artist at work. Picasso and Jacqueline: The Evolution of Style Through Jan. 10 Pace Gallery (two locations) 32 East 57th St., at Madison Avenue 534 West 25th St., at Tenth Avenue Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE

Photographer Nicky Vreeland, grandson of former Vogue magazine editor Diana Vreeland and subject of directors Tina Mascara and Guido Santi’s new documentary, gave up a posh lifestyle when his cameras were stolen, and became a monk. The film explores his return to photography in 2008, when he lost the funding he needed to open a monastery and began selling photographs to help finance the project. Monk with a Camera Nov. 21-Nov. 27 Film Society of Lincoln Center 144 West 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue Assorted show times Tickets $13

MUSIC ALL-DAY BACH ORGAN MARATHON Musicians from the Juilliard School take turns at the organ at St. Peter’s Church during an all-day music marathon of more than 150 of Bach’s solo compositions, all written for the grand instrument. The program, presented by classical station WQXR, includes the composer’s famed Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Passacaglia in C Minor. All-Day Bach Organ Marathon Saturday, Nov. 22 Saint Peter’s Church 619 Lexington Ave., at 54th Street Begins at 7 a.m. Admission: 75-minute slot-$10; half-day pass$40; full-day pass-$75

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Food & Drink < LYFE KITCHEN SET TO OPEN

California-based restaurant chain Lyfe Calif Kitchen Kitchen, which serves healthful fast food like quin quinoa buttermilk pancakes with berries and Greek yogurt and sea bass with soba noo noodles in a kimchi broth, prepares to open its first location in New York City, St Grub Street reported. Each menu item

In Brief FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT RETURNS TO U.E.S. Longtime neighborhood Chinese food favorite Pig Heaven, which closed its Second Avenue and 80th Street location in July after losing its lease, reopened earlier this month, about a block west of its former location. According to owner Nancy Lee, who purchased the restaurant from its previous proprietors in 1987, diners who grew attached to Pig Heaven’s spare ribs and Peking duck won’t be disappointed, as much of the menu remains the same. Though the dining room is slightly smaller, with around 75 seats, some of the signature toy and ceramic pigs that decorated her Second Avenue space have made the trip to the new location. Pig Heaven is located at 1420 Third Avenue, between 80th and 81st Streets, and opens at noon daily

XI’AN FAMOUS FOODS OPEN ON U.E.S. New York mini-chain restaurant Xi’an Famous Foods opened on East 78th Street between First and Second Avenues this past Saturday, and marked the occasion with a food giveaway on its opening day. Specializing in Chinese noodle dishes, such as thick, hand-ripped varieties with spicy beef or cumin and lamb, the Upper East Side outpost—the chain’s fifth location in Manhattan— offered free noodles and pork and lamb burgers for the restaurant’s followers on social media. For those who missed the freebies, Xi’an Famous Foods’ 328 East 78th Street location opens every day at 11:30 a.m., and the location’s website even features a “traffic meter” that illustrates how busy the store is in real time.

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DOING THE MATH WHEN IT COMES TO TIPPING Can we please do away with the automatic tip? BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL

Take my wallet, please. A twist on an old joke, yet I’m not laughing. Twice in the span of two weeks I went out to eat and much to my surprise, the establishments had added the tip onto the check “for your convenience.” I am familiar with this custom when it pertains to parties of eight or more to ensure that the server, who was running ragged to address the needs of a dozen people during the dinner rush, gets appropriately compensated on a bill that could go into the hundreds. But on a tab for two? Since when? The first time it happened, I had taken my 91-year-old mother for coffee and cake at Lady M on E. 78th St. I will say, though, that they have a little card at the front counter to at least give patrons the heads up about their gratuity practice. However, the second time, when I was treated to lunch at the Central Park Boathouse by an 80-year-old publisher I work with, he almost left a double gratuity because he mistook the tip they added for the tax. I’m sure this isn’t the first time that’s happened. I don’t understand how this practice conveniences me or anyone else. Do they think I’ll hurt my head figuring out the percentage? Or maybe servers are starting to fear that patrons will begin pausing a moment to ask, “What exactly am I leaving a tip for?”

Slipping someone a little extra dough came about in the late 19th century as a way for rich people, who tipped beforehand, to get more attention lavished upon themselves, or when someone in a service position went above and beyond to cater to a customer’s needs. When was the last time a server (or cabby or delivery person) did more than what was expected at their job? The answer is usually never. But we live in a tipping culture, so when presented with our tally, we call upon our grammar school

math skills or iPhone calculator to total what 15 or 20 percent is; although in some circles, even 20 is now looked upon as tightfisted. While in my 40 years of earning a paycheck I have never worked a job where I had to rely upon tips to boost my salary, I have always supported the practice for those who do, even when the server did nothing more than pour the coffee into a cup and put a plastic lid on top, as I take umbrage with those industries that do not pay workers a fair wage. So if I’m going to leave a mon-

etary thank you anyway, why do I care who adds it on? Because there’s a difference between reaching into my pocket to give someone something, and having them reach in for me and just take it. If those in the service industry really want to do something for my convenience, bring the food in a timely manner, make sure I have whatever else I need (like a fork), and after I tip, just say, “Thanks.” Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels “Back To Work She Goes” and “Fat Chick.”

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS NOVEMBER 10 - 15, 2014 The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml. Dragon Land Bakery

135 Walker Street

A

Grotta Azzurra

177 Mulberry Street

A

Parigot

155 Grand Street

A

The Original Vincent’s Establish 1904

119 Mott Street

A

Shangai Cuisine

89 Bayard Street

Grade Pending (33) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Caffe Bean

106 Mott Street

Not Graded Yet (2)

Circa Tabac

32 Watts Street

A

Citi Employee Cafeteria

388 Greenwich Street

A

Mark Forgione

134 Reade Street

Grade Pending (36) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, crosscontaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewageassociated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/ sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Zutto

77 Hudson Street

Grade Pending (23) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

Parlor Club NYC

286 Spring Street

A

The Greek

458 Greenwich Street

Grade Pending (26) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

Tasty Dumpling

Baked

42 Mulberry Street

279 Church Street

Grade Pending (26) Filth flies or food/refuse/sewageassociated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or nonfood areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution. A

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212 E 47 St.

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$499,000

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120 E 87 St.

$4,395,000

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Carnegie Hill

1220 PARK Ave.

$5,150,000

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Upper E Side

400 E 77 St.

$350,000

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205 E 69 St.

$680,000

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20 E 74 St.

$1,350,000

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420 E 64 St.

$1,275,000

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20 E 74 St.

$120,000

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200 E 61 St.

$1,100,000

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120 E 75 St.

$1,800,000

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Lenox Hill

230 E 63 St.

$3,100,000

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240 E 76 St.

$640,000

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220 E 67 St.

$385,000

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Upper E Side

200 E 79th St.

$4,500,000

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3 E 77 St.

$4,700,000

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400 E 67 St.

$3,450,000

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Upper E Side

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400 E 70 St.

$1,475,000

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Upper E Side

155 E 76 St.

$1,426,500

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Lenox Hill

200 E 61 St.

$3,670,000

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1000 PARK Ave.

$2,200,000

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420 E 72 St.

$825,000

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401 E 74 St.

$27,000

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460 E 79 St.

$685,000

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220 E 60 St.

$640,000

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150 E 69 St.

$4,150,000

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Upper E Side

8 E 83 St.

$1,700,000

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Lenox Hill

300 E 71 St.

$940,000

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Upper E Side

150 E 85 St.

$850,000

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Lenox Hill

140 E 63 St.

$7,500,000

3

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Upper E Side

955 PARK Ave.

$6,000,000

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Lenox Hill

220 E 60 St.

$657,000

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Upper E Side

3 E 78 St.

$1

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304 E 65 St.

$900,000

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3 E 78 St.

$1

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44 E 67 St.

$1,487,500

1

1

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Upper E Side

111 E 85 St.

$725,000

1

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Midtown South

445 5 Ave.

$1,195,000

Yorkville

450 E 83 St.

$3,500,000

Murray Hill

201 E 36 St.

$543,000

0

1

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Yorkville

530 E 84 St.

$960,000

2

2

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Murray Hill

330 E 38 St.

$1,050,000

1

1

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Yorkville

360 E 88 St.

$2,025,000

2

3

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Murray Hill

160 E 38 St.

$635,000

Yorkville

360 E 88 St.

$1,530,000

2

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Murray Hill

50 PARK Ave.

$725,000

1

1

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1601 3 Ave.

$485,000

Murray Hill

225 E 34 St.

$1,080,000

1

1

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Yorkville

450 E 83 St.

$2,525,000

2

2

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Murray Hill

52 PARK Ave.

$2,150,000

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313 E 89 St.

$373,250

1

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Murray Hill

333 E 34 St.

$1,350,000

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305 E 91 St.

$980,000

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Murray Hill

300 E 40 St.

$865,000

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525 E 80 St.

$4,200,000

Murray Hill

35 E 38 St.

$595,000

0

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Yorkville

418 E 83 St.

$1,800,000

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3

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Murray Hill

311 E 38 St.

$610,500

0

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Yorkville

445 E 86 St.

$400,000

Murray Hill

330 E 38 St.

$1,410,000

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333 E 91st St.

$30,420

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7 PARK Ave.

$392,500

0

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$25,350

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$445,000

0.5 1

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Yorkville

215 E 81 St.

$649,000

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Sutton Place

333 E 55 St.

$795,000

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$3,250,000

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333 E 53 St.

$550,000

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$999,000

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Sutton Place

419 E 57 St.

$800,000

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$2,350,000

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$600,000

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BROADWAY’S TRIPLE-THREAT FAMILY Q&A The mother and two sons whose second home is the theater BY ANGELA BARBUTI

The dinner table conversation at the Carlyon/Whitman household irrevocably revolves around theater. Matriarch Barbara Whitman said, “It’s not only because we all work in the field. It’s also because it’s something we all love.” As a producer for 10 years, Whitman’s credits include “If/Then, “Of Mice and Men” and “Fun Home,” a musical coming this spring to Circle in the Square. Her two sons, Daniel, 25, and Will, 23, inherited her passion and are already building their careers on Broadway. Currently, you ca n find Will

From left, Will, Barbara and Daniel

as a Kit Kat Boy in “Cabaret,” a role he won right upon graduating college. Daniel, who is based in Chicago but returns to New York for some projects, just completed his work as a sound design intern on “Disgraced.” We sat down with the family (Daniel on Skype) in Barbara’s office in Midtown for a discussion on all things theater. Barbara, what’s the best and worst part of your job? The best part is that I get to do what I love. I spend all day every day doing, creating, going to and talking about theater. Everyone I’m around is involved in theater. I’ve loved theater my entire life; I grew up in the city. The worst is probably waiting to see what the reaction to a show is. I can believe in a show I’m doing but I have to get the critics to like it and the audience to buy tickets. So it’s not all in my control if a show is successful. You studied at NYU and Colum-

bia. How do you think your education prepared you? My Columbia program was a master’s in producing so it 100 percent prepared me for the job. I had been a performer many years ago, and then I stayed out of the business when I had the kids and stayed home with them. And then I worked in finance. I wanted to go back into theater, so got a master’s which was a way to use my finance and theater backgrounds. I started producing while I was still a student there. Will, “Cabaret” is your first job out of college. What was that experience like? It was beyond what I could have imagined happening so soon after graduating from school. I had my first audition for it last year in late September or early October and has six call backs and was cast on November 1. I read that you are a quadruple threat because you play an instrument. Explain. Since so many shows include actors that play instruments as well, the term quadruple threat started filtering in. So theoretically, I sing, act, dance and play instruments. But really, I act and sing as my job, but I also play cello particularly well because I studied through high school. I got the job primarily because of my cello playing. And I dance a little bit, but not as well as some of the other people in the cast. How long are you playing the cello in “Cabaret?” I play t he entire score through the whole show. What’s the atmosphere l i k e b a c kstage? It’s lots

of fun. Lots of debauchery and hijinks happening. Daniel, explain what a sound designer does. The first half is how the sound actually reaches people’s ears, through the microphones and speakers. It’s the reinforcement of what the actors and musicians are doing. That’s the half I’m learning when I do shows like “Disgraced.” The other half is finding and creating sound effects and finding and composing music for the show. That’s the stuff that I learned in school. Working on “Disgraced” is really nice because it gives me the opportunity to learn a side of theater that I don’t get to experience out in Chicago. So you’ve completed your work on “Disgraced.” I was the sound design intern so was working with the sound team. I was only there as long as the designer was. After opening night, my job ended. The sound operator is there running the show, but all the rest of us left. I’m mostly in Chicago. But have been coming back to New York once or twice a year since I graduated college to work on a show. Do any of you go to the Tonys? Barbara: I go if I have a show that’s nominated or if I’m nominated for a show. Last year was very cool, because he was on the Tonys. Will: I got to perform with my cast, which was a very surreal experience. Who are your favorite people you’ve met through your work? Will: Alan Cumming is a remarkable man and he’s been so incredible throughout the entire experience. He’s definitely up there for me. Michelle Williams and Emma Stone as well are very, very cool. Daniel: I feel like Alan Cumming for me, too. I meet plenty of cool people. That’s one of the best things about theater, being able to meet a bunch of new, cool people on every show you do. Barbara: Chris O’Dowd and James Franco. Jude Law was a lovely guy. Some of the bigger movie stars are a little less accessible, but plenty of them are totally approachable. Especially because I meet them in informal settings. When we met Sean Combs, he was fantastic. He was such a nice guy. That was my first show ever. [“A Raisin in the Sun”] What are some of your favorite shows? Will: I have a special place in my heart for “Sunday in the Park with George” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. I think it’s a beautiful musical. And “Hamlet.” You gotta love Shakespeare. Daniel: In college, I worked on

“Copenhagen” by Michael Frayn and that blew me away. It’s a beautifully written play about history and physics and the history of physics- all subjects that you would not expect to be very compelling. Will: “Next to Normal” Barbara: Yes, “Next to Normal.” For me, it’s two of my shows, “Next to Normal” and “Fun Home,” the one I’m bringing to Circle in the Square in the spring. It is a small, heartfelt musical about a family and I absolutely love it.

WHERE TO SEE THEM

Barbara’s show www.ifthenthemusical.com

Will’s: www.cabaretmusical.com

Daniel’s: www.disgracedonbroadway.com

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