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CITY LANDMARKS COMMISSION ABANDONS PLAN FOR A CLEAN SLATE Move would have wiped 100 potential landmarks off of the group’s agenda BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

The Landmarks Preservation Commission scrapped a plan to take almost 100 potential landmarks and two potential historic districts off their hearing calendar after the city’s preservation community and some elected officials mobilized against it. The LPC announced publicly over Thanksgiving it would be taking action on decades-old sites that have languished on its calendar by not taking any action at all and simply removing them from consideration.

Some of the sites, like the Con Edison power plant on 57th Street and 12th Avenue, have been on the commission’s calendar for over 40 years. Also on the list was the Bergdorf Goodman building at Park Avenue and 72nd Street on the Upper East Side. Downtown, Union Square Park was set to be decalendared, as the process is called. Being on the commission’s calendar gives a potential landmark some measure of protection because the Dept. of Buildings notifies the LPC if a demolition permit has been filed for a site that’s under consideration. Of the 95 sites, more than 30 have

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COOPERATION ON PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE DESIGN NEWS Community to negotiate with city on final plan for bridge at East 81st Street BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS

A rendering of the proposed design for the upgraded East 81st Street pedestrian bridge.

Upper East Side residents are nothing if not engaged in their community, a characteristic that has come to the forefront in an impassioned debate over the fate of one small bridge. Members of the city’s Dept. of Design and Construction met with Community Board 8’s transportation committee and residents who live near 81st Street and East End Avenue to discuss plans for a pedestrian bridge connecting the Upper East Side with the East River

waterfront that will be built there in the spring. The current bridge does not offer handicap access and is sorely in need of repair, a condition that prompted the city to decide years ago that it should be replaced altogether. The intervening years have been spent securing funding and coming up with a design, which is now being negotiated at the community board level with input from residents who live in the immediate vicinity. At issue is the way the bridge looks in renderings supplied by the city. Residents who will have to look at it every day say the existing bridge proposal, with its eight-foot-high fence, looks like

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In Brief N.Y.C. POSTAL SERVICE LAUNCHES ‘OPERATION SANTA’ The U.S. Postal Service in New York City has launched its 102nd annual “Operation Santa” letterwriting program — with security measures in place to protect the mostly needy children. At Manhattan’s James A. Farley Post Office on Tuesday, members of the public started responding to letters from children describing their holiday dream list — often just necessities. Volunteers must bring an ID and fill out a form that allows them to read mail addressed to Santa. Twenty major U.S. cities are participating in the program, with kids asking Santa for warm coats, food, clothes, and shoes — plus toys. The gifts are then mailed to families. Names and addresses are not visible to donors. One desperate mother wrote: “I would be very grateful if you can help us out by sending my children’s some gifts, so they have something to open on Christmas Day.” In another letter, a 13-yearold named Franklin says he has two sisters and a brother. “I just wanted to ask if you can help my mom with some presents for my family,” the teen writes. Children’s Santa letters may be picked up at postal branches in 20 U.S. cities this year, including New York, Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Boston, Orlando, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Houston and Los Angeles. In addition, a website dubbed Be An Elf offers information. “There’s no middle man or charity,” says the site. “It’s microphilanthropy, direct from you to a child, when you volunteer in this way.” Jewish women and girls light up th world by lighting the Shabbat candle every Friday evening 18 minutes before sunset. Friday December 12 – 4:11 pm For more information visit www.chabaduppereastside.com.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK People brought their pets to Christ Church United Methodist parish on Park Avenue for an annual blessing of the animals.

ANIMALS BLESSED IN HOLIDAY RITUAL AT EAST SIDE CHURCH Dogs, cats, horses, llamas and even a pig went to church for a holiday ritual. The animals were blessed Sunday by Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a rabbi and ministers at the Christ Church United Methodist parish on Park Avenue in Manhattan. After the annual animal blessing, workers sprayed the pews with disinfectant - to make sure they were ready for human worshippers. The furry faithful included ďŹ ve members of the New York Police Department’s canine unit and several police horses. They were led in by New York Police Commissioner William Bratton. Most of about 100 animals came with their owners, starting with a procession up the center aisle. But some arrived looking for love - and a home. They were offered for adoption, waiting in back of the church. AP

PRICEY BOUTIQUES ROBBED Three high-end boutiques were robbed on the Upper East Side by a man and woman, who stole $58,900 worth of merchandise in

total. The duo hit Five Story on Oct. 26 and Intermix and Roberto Cavalli on Nov. 5. In a video of the Five Story robbery, “the woman took $15,400 worth of clothing into a changing room and then carried the haul out of the store without paying,� DNAInfo reports. The video shows the man wearing a black skull cap and a grey patterned shawl and the woman a bright scarf, heels, leather jacket and hat. Daily News

GOVERNMENT: SCAM TOLD ELDERLY GRANDKIDS NEEDED AID A New York City man has been charged with swindling 17 grandparents nationwide out of thousands of dollars by worrying them about their grandchildren. Allah Justice McQueen of Brooklyn was arrested Friday. Bail was set at $500,000 during an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court. His lawyer hasn’t immediately responded to a message. Prosecutors say the 33-yearold McQueen and co-conspirators telephoned victims over the last year, posing as lawyers or law enforcement personnel. The government says the callers tricked people by saying a grandchild had been arrested on a drug charge

and needed thousands of dollars immediately to avoid prison. Prosecutors say one 79-yearold victim sent $6,000 for bail after a man claiming he was a police sergeant said it would get a grandson freed. AP

ANDY WARHOL’S PAD ON THE MARKET Though famous artist’s Andy Warhol’s former Upper East Side apartment just sold a little over a year ago for $5.5 million, it is has arrived on the market once again, this time priced at $8.75 million. The Carnegie Hill townhouse is currently owned by a Brooklyn-based businesswoman. It’s ďŹ ve stories, 3,800 square feet and located between 89th and 90th streets at 1342 Lexington Avenue. According to listing broker Liz Chiang of Halstead Property, “there are basically only two or three other townhouses available for less than $10 million in Carnegie Hill,â€? implying that the booming townhouse market warrants the townhouse’s high price. According to a report by brokerage Douglas Elliman, “Manhattan townhouse sales jumped by nearly 18 percent while inventory fell last year,â€? the Daily News reports. Currently, the townhouse market is at its fastest pace in 17 years. Daily News

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG

TRIAL BEGINS FOR GUARD IN NYC INMATE’S 2012 DEATH A New York City jail guard accused of ignoring the pleas of a dying Rikers Island inmate in 2012 after he swallowed a toxic soap ball in a now closed solitary confinement cell for mentally ill inmates is set to go on trial in federal court. Jury selection is scheduled Monday for Terrence Pendergrass, who was demoted from a captain to a correction officer following Jason Echevarria’s death. He was arrested in March by FBI agents and charged with one count of depriving the 25-year-old man’s rights. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer declined to comment. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Federal authorities contend Pendergrass ignored two other correction officers and a pharmacy technician who were concerned after they learned that Echevarria had swallowed the detergent soap ball. It was given to the inmate for cleanup after a sewage backup caused his and other cells to flood. In a complaint, an FBI agent wrote that when told by a jail guard that Echevarria needed medical atten-

tion, Pendergrass said he should only be notified if the guard “needed help with an extraction of an inmate from a cell or if there was a dead body.” Video footage also shows Pendergrass peering into Echeverria’s cell before walking away, the complaint says. After swallowing the detergent, Echevarria, who had bipolar disorder and was being held on a burglary charge, was left for hours unattended in the cell and was discovered the next day already dead. His death was ruled a homicide, though prosecutors in the Bronx did not bring any charges. Josh Kelner, who has filed a $20 million lawsuit on behalf of Echevarria’s family, said his father, Ramon Echevarria, planned to attend every day of the trial. “Nobody should be above the law just because they wear a uniform,” he said. The federal case against Pendergrass comes during a time of increased scrutiny at Rikers, a massive jail complex that Mayor Bill de Blasio has described as deeply troubled and in dire need of reform. In August, federal attorneys in Manhattan released a scathing review of juvenile facilities at Rikers, finding guards regularly violated the constitutional rights of 16- to 18-year-old inmates by using excessive force. And last week, the mayor announced

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deaths of two seriously mentally ill inmates. De Blasio plans to spend $130 million over four years to improve the conditions for the mentally

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been on the calendar for over 40 years. Twenty-five have been on the calendar for 30 to 40 years, and 24 have been under consideration for 20-30 years, according to the LPC. The remainder of the items have been on the calendar for between ďŹ ve and 20 years. Both City Hall and the LPC said the move was an effort to clear the commission’s backlog so it could focus on more immediate preservation issues. The matter was to be voted upon by the LPC’s commissioners Dec. 9. But after the preservation community realized the scope of what the commission was proposing, they mounted a campaign to prevent the vote and succeeded in changing the LPC’s course. “In response to community requests for more time, the commission has decided not to proceed on Dec. 9 and take a pause to continue to consider feedback on aspects of the proposal,â€? said LPC commissioner Meenaksi Srinivasan. “We remain committed to making [the commission] more effective and responsive in its work, and to clearing a backlog of items that have sat idle for decades so that we can focus on today’s preservation opportunities.â€? Based on interviews with several people in the preservation community, and the LPC itself, the commission is facing pres-

sure to clear the calendar backlog on at least two fronts. “Over the years the commission has gotten a lot of criticism for this 40-year backlog of buildings that multiple administrations had reviewed and have not been able to move forward, so this is not new by any means,� said an LPC spokesperson. The spokesperson said it’s unrealistic for the commission, which oversees 31,000 buildings and holds hearings once a week, to review the decades-old backlog on a caseby-case basis, especially since commissioners serve on a volunteer basis. The other source of pressure is the Real Estate Board of New York, the city and state’s most potent real estate trade group. “Developers are always in the picture,� said Arlene Simon, executive director of the preservation group Landmark West. “REBNY has been screaming for years that they hate landmarking. They hate the historic districts, they say, ‘sense of place, what are you talking about?’� According to Simon and other preservation advocates, REBNY regularly pushes legislation that would curb the LPC’s power. In fact, said Simeon Bankoff, executive director of the Historic Districts Council, the last time the preservation community united like this was

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actually to defend the LPC from a law proposed in 2012 that would impose a time limit on how long the LPC had to deliberate on a potential landmark. “In that instance we were very happy to stand next to the LPC and defend them against bad legislation,â€? said Bankoff. But in this most recent case, the preservation community found itself at odds with what the LPC was trying to do. Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, said his organization moved aggressively to prevent the decalendaring plan from becoming reality. “We and others in the preservation community have certainly applied all the muscle and resources we have against this,â€? said Berman. The GVSHP and other organizations, including Landmark West, the Historic Districts Council, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts and the Preservation League of New York State, mounted letter-writing campaigns and urged local elected officials, including Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Council Member Helen Rosenthal, to come out against the plan, and even threatened to ďŹ ght the plan in court. “We indicated to the commission that there might be legal action against them if they went ahead with this,â€? said Berman. “I think we made clear to the commission that this was a life or death issue for us, that this really spoke fundamentally to the way in which the agency should or should not be carrying out its mission.â€? Some of the organizations accused the LPC of attempting to push the decalendaring plan through without any consultation from the preservation community or public input. The LPC said it consulted with some organizations about the plan in early-November. Bankoff said people in the preservation community knew

The other source of pressure is the Real Estate Board of New York, the city and state’s most potent real estate trade group. “Developers are always in the picture,â€? said Arlene Simon, executive director of the preservation group Landmark West. “REBNY has been screaming for years that they hate landmarking. They hate the historic districts, they say, ‘sense of place, what are you talking about?’â€? this was coming, but the LPC didn’t reveal the full extent of its plan until the Friday after Thanksgiving, ďŹ ve days before the hearing and vote were set to take place. “Obviously no one was around. By the time this hit the press‌it was this thing that became sort of this wild brush fire,â€? said Bankoff. “But they should have released it [earlier] and given us enough time to properly respond.â€? Berman said his organization and other preservation groups would like to work with the commission on winnowing down the list, separating those sites that probably should be decalendared from those that need the LPC’s protection and eventual consideration. “There’s a genuine issue here,â€? said Berman. “We’d like to work with them to ďŹ nd a way to reduce or eliminate that list. Some of those are probable worthy of [historic] designation, some are not, and with some it may be a gray area in between.â€?

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A WEEK OF TENSIONS ON THE STREET This was the week that longsuppressed racial tensions in the city came out into the open. The decision by a Staten Island grand jury not to indict a NYPD cop for the choking death of Eric Garner, coming shortly after a similar decision in Ferguson, Mo., sparked protests throughout New York City, from Grand Central Station and Times Square to Union Square and City Hall. Dozens of people were arrested. Yet wh ile t he protests grabbed the headlines during the week, the impact of the decision was felt far beyond the police lines. In every neighborhood, on every street corner, New Yorkers described a heightened awareness of the city’s dividing lines -- differences in how people view the police, in how hopeful they are for a change, in how much of a melting pot New York actually is. Below, a sampling of the opinions of New Yorkers, along with observations of the week from our reporters and editors.

JUDY DIBARTOLO The conversation is constant and everywhere people are having opinions. Mostly, it’s dissatisfaction with decisions.

COOPERATION ON PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE DESIGN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 a prison. And the handicap accessible ramp, at 450 feet, puts a significant damper on views of the East River. Between now and when construction begins in the spring, residents, CB 8 and the city will be holding discussions on a solution that works for everyone concerned. The good news is that there’s

Among the people I talk to, it’s mostly feeling very glad that people are protesting and that people are out their demonstrating and letting it be known that we’re not satisfied. I definitely think it’s on people’s minds. Race relations and the real truth about unequal treatment is a big problem that we have in our country that is far from being resolved. I’m so glad that whatever preparation has gone in the city, and I believe that Mayor de Blasio and the police department and the local people and churches and all probably did have a lot to play in creating a safe environment for people to voice their displeasure, their opinions, and that’s something to be proud of in New York City. It changed in an instant.

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grand jury’s non-indictment announcement in the Eric Garner case – the protestors had migrated up to Rockefeller Center. I walked up Broadway through the barricades and paused to check the latest reports on my phone, right next to two NYPD officers answering questions from a handful of flustered-looking tourists, clutching Disney store shopping bags and bundled up against the cold. “What are they trying to do?” asked one woman – white, middle-aged, likely from the Midwest, judging from her accent. She was asking about the protestors. “Who knows with these people,” said one of the young cops, also white, a look of barely contained annoyance on his face. “First they tried to disrupt the Macy’s parade, and they failed at that. Now they’re trying to ruin the tree lighting.” The tourists murmured words of concern. “Is it always like this here?” another of the group asked the officers. “Here? Yeah it’s crazy here on this island,” the same officer replied. “I hate this island.” After a few more exchanges, the shell-shocked tourists shuffled off. The New York City police officer who hates Manhattan stayed behind, to protect its citizens.

DAVID MARKER

By the time I made my way to Times Square on the evening of Dec. 3 – the day of the

I’ve overheard conversations about it, but I don’t know if I feel a palpable change. I am certainly conscious of the events that

“good will on both sides,” said Charles Whitman, who lives at the entrance to the pedestrian bridge and leads a community group focused on the issue. “There’s a negotiating group that’s going to be set up [to discuss the bridge],” said Whitman, who heads up the Committee for the 81st Street Pedestrian Bridge under the auspices of the East 79th Street Neighborhood Association. Whitman doesn’t know who will be included in the group, which is being organized by CB 8, but believes his committee will have a seat at the table.

On the city’s side will be the Dept. of Design and Construction and the Dept. of Transportation. But time is of the essence, with construction set to begin in the spring. A DDC spokesperson previously told Our Town that the agency hopes to have the project wrapped up in June of 2016. The community is pressing to have a say in an infrastructure project they’ll have to look at every day for the foreseeable future, while the city is on the cusp of implementing a plan that’s been years in the making. “As a result we’re going to

took place and I’m concerned, but I’ve also been writing final papers and stuff, so maybe I’ve been maybe more hauled away than the average person. I am interested in trying to find a protest and walk around. I just haven’t had the time.

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I mean there are the people that want to ignore it and the people that don’t. I go to FIT and the Black Student Union just had a peaceful protest. If they have another one I’m definitely going to go to it, because it’s something that, as black people, especially I know black males have been dealing with for a long time, injustice with the police system and what not.

The tension going on in NYC right now is not very good with the police. Black people are not really liking certain individuals right now. Mainly white people, that’s what I would say right now. This is a general feeling.

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the city that has everything?” Beside that sentence in black marker someone had written “Except Justice,” turning a benign ad into social commentary. As the doors opened at 36th St. two NYPD officers got on. As they entered and stood across from each other at the end of the train, the passive, zoned-out vibe of the passengers in the subway car instantly shifted. The man with the lunchbox was glaring, and the other passengers fixed the police officers with the kind of intense staring that is generally avoided by those adhering to unofficial subway etiquette

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On the night of the decision, I attended the season-opening performance of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater at City Center on 55th Street. As usual, the Ailey evening was glittering and the dancing was glorious. But the night was also surreal. Ailey’s first piece was called “Uprising,” from choreographer Hofesh Shechter. In it, the Ailey dancers, in this piece all African-American men, depict violence and oppression, including a staged chokehold at the beginning of the piece. At the very moment this was happening onstage, police and protestors were squaring off two blocks away, in response to the choking death of a black man in Staten Island.

For me, personally, I haven’t noticed tension at all. Everything seems normal to me. I know everything is not, but I haven’t experienced anything abnormal or any specific tension. I’ve been seeing it on social media a lot and some of my friends are talking about the issue. I go to FIT, and recently we did a walk in honor of Ferguson. That’s pretty much it.

have to press and see if the good will is really good will,” said Whitman. “We really want to keep things on an even keel.” CB 8’s transportation committee passed a resolution saying they’d like the city to use an already existing ramp at East 82nd Street for handicap access to the pedestrian bridge. They’d also like the bridge’s fence to be replaced with some sort of transparent material, likely plastic, to avoid the corrections-facility feel that such a tall chain link fence would have. Lastly, the committee would like to work

with the Parks Department on plans to install a series of plantings at the base of the bridge. Transportation committee co-chair Chuck Warren said in an interview that he agrees with Whitman that there’s a willingness on the city’s part to come to an agreement with the community. But just how much room there is to negotiate remains to be seen. “They went out of their way to say that they’d like to work with the community,” said Warren, who thinks the hardest component to satisfy of the community’s recommen-

HANNAH GRIFFIN, REPORTER AT THIS NEWSPAPER On Dec. 4. the day after the Garner decision, I boarded a N train. There were about a dozen people onboard. Behind their heads was a blue poster that read, “What do you get for

I’ve felt tension in really busy areas like Times Square and stuff, so I stay away from that. But the less populated areas, not as much. My friends aren’t really talking about it.

DAVID HILL This country is very racist towards minorities. Puerto Ricans, blacks, Mexicans, they don’t get a fair share when it comes to somebody being killed or just being arrested. I would say it like this. When stop and frisk was going on, they didn’t stop and frisk nobody below 96th street. Between 96 and all the way down, no young white boy was stopped and frisked at all. Anything from 96th uptown, to Lexington, Park, Madison, First, Second Avenue, they got stopped and frisked. That’s racial injustice right there.

dations will be to replace the fence with a transparent material. “I think it’s partly going to be a maintenance issue with the Dept. of Transportation.” The fence is required by regulation to protect cars from objects thrown onto FDR Drive. But a Plexi-glass like material will naturally be susceptible to graffiti and other forms of vandalism, as well as exposure to the elements, and is likely less durable than a chain link fence. The committee’s resolution will go before the full board at their Dec. 17 meeting.

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LET THEM BUILD First, let’s all agree that the scale of real estate development in this city is out of control. Every neighborhood has its own monstrosity, either built or underway. We can start with the new World Trade Center tower, which has taken one of New York’s most sacred places and stabbed it with an artless monolith that will almost certainly be empty for decades to come. South of Central Park, the wildly ostentatious residential skyscrapers on 57th Street not only block the sun from parts of the park, but they remind us every day of our transformation from a city of real people to a sort of Airbnb for the uberrich. In midtown, the Museum of Modern Art has evicted a beloved folk art museum to expand its maze of gridlocked spaces, making room for more gift shops and food courts. It’s in this context that the Frick Collection has announced that it, too, is expanding, adding to its footprint on a gorgeous block of the Upper East Side and building over a lovely garden on its eastern edge. The museum can certainly be faulted for terrible timing; it has found itself swept up in the growing, rightful outrage over what’s happening to our urban spaces. But in this case, the backlash is undeserved. What the Frick has proposed is not only modest – its new addition would be only six floors high – but appropriately in scale with the neighborhood and the Frick’s own ambitions. Desperately needed exhibition space would be added, by moving administrative offices out of the original Frick mansion, and the entrance foyer would finally be transformed from the embarrassing holding pen it is now. And what of that garden, designed by landscape architect Russell Page? We’ve never stepped inside it, and you probably haven’t either. That’s because it’s closed to the public, for all but a handful of benefits a year attended by Frick donors and other supporters. It’s true that New York can hardly afford to lose another blade of grass, but this is as much a postcard as an actual place. In the end, it all really comes down to motive. Do we trust Frick director Ian Wardropper and his team to carefully weigh the needs of their institution against the impact their expansion will have? Or are they all about finding new ways to wring more money out of the joint, neighbors be damned? Our bet’s on Wardropper. While his critics have the right instinct, in finally saying enough to thoughtless and unchecked development in New York City, they’ve picked the wrong fight here.

the size recommended for animals their size, when they aren’t pounding the pavement.They never have the chance to experience a natural horse life, like running and playing in grass. Allegedly they get five weeks of vacation once a year, but that

leaves a whopping FORTY SEVEN weeks of no breaks, no chance to relax outside, be a horse. Since 2006, at least nine carriage horses died in NYC, some from horrific accidents with cabs or cars. Each younger than 15 years. There have been countless woundings of horses by collisions with cabs and cars. Bravo to Mayor De Blasio!! I will

NOT vote for my Councilman, Ben Kallos, if he continues to hide behind “undecided,” a coward’s “NO.” I urge every New Yorker to look beyond the hype of NYC Carriage Horse Rides. See the suffering of these horses. Urge your City Council Person to support the bill. Your vote is very powerful. Thank you Denise Breslin

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My Unforgettable linzer torte BY ELIZABETH MOLNAR RAJEC or my twelfth birthday I wanted to bake a cake. First of all, I wanted to be envied by my friends that I was able to do it. Secondly, I wanted to show my unsurpassable ingeniousness that I could find the needed ingredients – no matter what! The time was July 1944. The end of the devastating war was approaching fast. The place in Europe was Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, where I lived with my family during the war. The weekly food rations got smaller by the day, the food store shelves got emptier by the hour. Our pantry was practically bare. In spite of the dreary circumstances, my determination to make a birthday cake was firm. After all, I was a stubborn teenager only once. Two problems had to be solved: to locate the needed ingredients as well as to find a recipe to match the meager supply. First, I took a quick inventory. In the pantry I found flour, a jar of raspberry preserve, one egg, some carrots, a bit of lard on the bottom of a pot but no sugar. My next task was to flip through my mother’s pre-WW II cookbooks. I couldn’t believe it that most of the cake recipes required six eggs, chocolate, butter, sugar, walnuts, whipped cream and other luxurious items not available during miserable war years. Suddenly I felt very hungry, cried from frustration and almost gave up when I came across an envelope with handwritten family recipes. Mitzi, my mother’s sister, lived relatively nearby in Linz, Austria, and labeled the Linzer Torte recipe as her favorite hometown cake. The recipe was simple. I decided with

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great pleasure to make the Linzer Torte as my birthday cake. I substituted the butter with lard, the ground walnuts and sugar with finely grated carrots. I found some ground cloves and cinnamon in the herb box, added the flour, the egg and a bit of water. With great pleasure I was finally able to make the dough. Intuitively, I recalled and followed my grandmother’s instructions - she was a great cook but never used measurements when baking - given to me as a child when asked “how much?” She took my palm, poured some flour and simply said “that much.” I was finally able to make my birthday cake. According to instructions, I divided the dough into two pieces, rolled one into a circle and placed it into a pan, spread some raspberry jam on top, made the lattice pattern, the typical feature of the Linzer Torte, and baked it. When it cooled off, I cut it into small wedges. I ended my successful endeavor by adding some water to the half-empty raspberry jam jar and created a deluded, but delicious, pinkish juice. Needless to

say, for my hungry friends the birthday party was a fantastic event recalled nostalgically for many years. I arrived in New York in 1957 and ever since my Thanksgiving dinner ends with a Linzer Torte. This annual habit inspires me to recall the devastating war years, the pain of hunger known only by those who experienced it. I also say thank you to my grandma, who with great love passed on the real pleasure of cooking and baking. But most of all, this lovely memory of my unforgettable Linzer Torte inspires me to say graciously a heartfelt thank you, with family and friends for a table of plenty.

CORRECTION In an article last week about the upcoming bill to ban horse carriages in Central Park, Allie Feldman, the director of NYCLASS, an advocacy group, was misidentified as Allie Friedman. We regret the error.

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Neighborhood Scrapbook TREE LIGHTING AT CARL SHURZ

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The Carl Schurz Park Conservancy held its annual tree lighting on Dec. 7. As part of the ceremony, the park was designated a National Literary Landmark, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Louise Fitzhugh’s beloved Yorkville-set children’s classic, “Harriet the Spy.” Pictured is the ensemble Orbital Brass, Micah Killion, conductor; the choir is Cantori, Mark Shapiro, conductor. Photo credit: Robert Englebright.

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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MUSIC IN EAST MIDTOWN

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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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FI R S T I N YOU R N E I G H BO R H O O D The East Midtown Partnership’s “Sounds of the Season” kicked off on Dec. 2 and will continue through Tuesday, Dec. 16. More information is available at eastmidtown.org. Photographed are members of the Turtle Bay Music School Staff & Faculty Carolers and Stein Senior Center Chorus, who performed on Third Ave. on Dec. 5.

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92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd St. 11 a.m., $25. A conversation with american pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher and his son, singer and actor Julian Fleisher, about Leon’s career and the music of today. 212-415-5500. 92y.org

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18 CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT SCREENING 96th Street Library, 112 E. 96th St. near Lexington Ave. 2 p.m., Free. In this black and white, 1945 ďŹ lm, a free-spirited, non

Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th St. 7 p.m., $8-10. The Guggenheim’s annual holiday concert is a performance by the Vox Vocal Ensemble conducted by George Steel. 212-423-3575. guggenheim.org

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HOLIDAY EVENT GUIDE BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

SONG “ADORATION OF THE MAGI” Baritone Jeff Morrissey returns to St. Bart’s Church this season, singing a collection of ballads from the Southern Appalachian Mountains—from where he hails— along with spirituals and carols, all inspired by a 1919 mural in the south chapel of the church that depicts nativity scenes, including the annunciation to Mary and the arrival of the shepherds and wise men at Christ’s birth. Friday, Dec. 19 Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church 325 Park Ave., at 51st Street 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25

CAROLING “PILGRIMAGE” As part of the annual Make Music Winter event that encourages New Yorkers to join in musical parades across the city each Dec. 21, Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor and choral associate for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on the Upper West Side, leads singers in lantern-lit caroling through Central Park. Starting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the processional features medieval carols once sung on pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the home of the shrine to Saint James the Greater, one of Jesus’ apostles. Attendees should bring flashlights and sheet music, which can be downloaded at http://makemusicny.org/winter-2014/ pilgrimage/. Sunday, Dec. 21

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This annual benefit for the Jewish Museum, now in its 20th year, features activities for all ages, including cookie decorating and dreidel making, as well as a glitter tattoo parlor, balloon art and mural designing inspired by the museum’s current exhibition “From the Margins: Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis, 1945-1952.” 10-yearold phenom DJ Kai Song plays a set, and New York Giants offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz will be on hand to celebrate the holiday and sign autographs. Wednesday, Dec. 17 Jewish Museum

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This holiday staple from 19thcentury composer Engelbert Humperdinck and his sister Adelheid Wette, returns to the Metropolitan Opera’s stage, starring Christine Rice as Hansel and Aleksandra Kurzak as his sister Gretel. Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and sung in English, the production, based on the classic Brothers Grimm tale, features fantastical, imaginative costumes and sets for the witch to receive the ultimate comeuppance. Dec. 18-Jan. 8 Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center Columbus Avenue near. W. 64th Street. Assorted show times Tickets $25-$175

While holiday productions of “The Nutcracker” abound, the city’s most notable production of the perennial George Balanchine ballet belongs undoubtedly to New York City Ballet, the company Balanchine co-founded in 1948, which pulls all 90 dancers in its company together for its 60th anniversary spectacular, along with 100 students from the School of American Ballet. Set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score, this elaborate and evocative production’s grand set includes a oneton Christmas tree that reaches 40 feet high. Through Jan. 5 David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Lincoln Center Plaza, at W. 63rd Street

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ALAN LIGHT GOES CRAZY FOR PRINCE IN NEW BOOK PROFILE Music journalist chronicles the making of Purple Rain BY ADELLE BRODBECK

Speaking with Alan Light is like speaking with your smartest friend, who’s getting over a cold; His witticisms are articulated with a calming level of hoarseness, each sentence reflecting his years of experience in precise journalistic writing. As his career has morphed from journalist to author, Light remains in touch with the culture of music. His ventures into authordom have included an oral history of the infamous Beastie Boys, a deconstruction of Leonard Cohen’s legendary song “Hallelujah” and its myriad covers, as well as co-writing Gregg Allman’s memoir. His latest creation, Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of ‘Purple Rain’, hits stores December 9. Light dives into a largely undiscovered world of the immeasurably influential Prince by examining how, and why, his legendary album and film came into existence. In accordance with the 30th anniversary of the film’s release date in 1984, Light realized that his multitude of connections and overall passion for Prince’s legacy were enough to warrant a history of Purple Rain. Instead of attempting to tackle the monstrosity of categorizing Prince’s career, Light decided to approach from a more attainable angle. “I was already kicking around the idea of trying to do something about the year 1984,” he said. “It was this really interesting time in Black culture where there was a big move into more mainstream awareness,” Light said. He credits The Cosby Show, Michael Jordan’s drafting and Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign as significant markers of the year. “Simultaneously there is this sort of big pop thing happening and with the crossover into new visibility for Black culture into the mainstream. Purple Rain was riding on top of all of that.” Throughout his time working as a magazine writer and editor for the likes of Rolling

Stone, Spin and Vibe, Light covered Prince’s career extensively. For Let’s Go Crazy, he pulled from past connections to reach out to those involved in the production of the rock film. Light interviewed those who were close to Prince: members of the band who served as his on and off screen backup, The Revolution, members of Purple Rain’s production crew, managers, the directors, and more. In all, Light says that he only gave himself eight months to complete Let’s Go Crazy. “It was a sprint,” he said with a laugh. “But this the kind of writing that I like doing, I like researching, and I like straight and clear narrative, I’m not a wild stylist,” he said. Light says that he never considered any career other than music writing. His mother worked as a dance critic in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio and largely influenced him. “This idea that you go to a performance and then you try to process it and make sense of it and translate it — like that was what we did at the dinner table,” Light explained. Growing up in Southern Ohio also gave the aspiring critic a diverse musical background. As Light referenced the rich history of the area, from James Brown to the funk music that blossomed from nearby city Dayton, it’s obvious that he had been analyzing music from a young age. “Music was really the only thing that ever mattered to me, the only thing that I really really believed in,” said Light. Light’s specific fascination with Prince and with Purple Rain had begun in high school, but it did not falter when he began studying at Yale University. “Purple Rain came out in the summer after me and my friends graduated high school, so it is very neon vivid in my brain,” Light said. Once he started college, he needed to see the film even more. “This is what my new friends were doing too and we knew that it was something we all had to experience together.” After graduating from Yale in 1988, and viewing Purple Rain about 12 more times, Light relocated to New York City. He says that, like becoming a mu-

sic critic, living in the city was always a part of his path. “I just had the stars in my eyes about New York from very young,” he said. “There really wasn’t much doubt, I knew I was at least going to give it a shot.” His first shot at New York was in Manhattan, which has remained his home borough. Light stayed downtown to keep in touch with the music scene, but after his magazine work ended in early 2000, he and his wife decided a move to the Upper East Side was necessary. “We moved uptown because we couldn’t afford to stay downtown; we had my son, and it made sense to stay there to be close to his school.” Even after the move, Light said that his work with local advocacy organization Housing Works has kept him relatively present in Lower Manhattan. Light explained his experience running a music series for the Housing Works’ bookstore cafe in Soho while gesturing at the various show posters plastered along the walls. “I had The Black Keys and Bjork and John Mayer and all kinds of people,” he said. He served on the board and has been working as Housing Works’ chair for the past few years. “It at least feels like I allegedly have a relationship to the downtown cultural world still,” Light said. Thirty years after its release, Purple Rain has still remained in the forefront of Light’s life. “Writing Let’s Go Crazy is this sort of personal crusade,” he said. “I don’t think there is any album that meant more to me in real time than this one did. I don’t think there is anything I lived with at that time that hit me harder than [Purple Rain] did.”

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS DEC 1 - 5, 2014

Caffe Grazie

26 East 84 Street

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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.

Eastside Cantina

1629 2 Avenue

Not Graded Yet (32) Toxic chemical improperly labeled, stored or used such that food contamination may occur. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Eli’s Essentials

1291 Lexington Avenue

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Cafe Twist

1700 First Avenue

Grade Pending (25) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Mamma Mia Pizza

1760 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (40) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure to enable cleanliness of employees not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided.

Juliano’s Espresso Bar

1378 Lexington Avenue

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Lexington Pizza Parlour

1590 Lexington Avenue

Grade Pending (5)

Koonsup Thai

1575 Lexington Avenue

Not Graded Yet (8) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

Kahlua’s Cafe & Restaurant

2117 3 Avenue

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El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant

209 East 116 Street

Closed by Health Department (63) 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. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. 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/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.

Da Capo

1392 Madison Avenue Grade Pending (14) Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Cucina Bene Pizzeria

1505 Lexington Avenue

Grade Pending (23) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

The Gilroy

1561 2Nd Ave

Grade Pending (22) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Corrado Bread And Pastry

960 Lexington Avenue Grade Pending (32) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. 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/sewageassociated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. No facilities available to wash, rinse and sanitize utensils and/or equipment.

Cafe Ruquetta

419 East 70 Street

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Candle Cafe

1307 3 Avenue

A

New Beijing Wok

1324 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (21) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Live roaches 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.

The Coffee Inn

1316 1 Avenue

A

McDonald’s

1286 1 Avenue

Grade Pending (18) 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. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Knish Nosh (Conservatory Water)

0 5Th Ave/Central Park

Not Graded Yet (22) Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Jones Wood Foundry

401 East 76 Street

A

Texas Rotisserie & Grill

1315 1 Avenue

A

Kings Carriage House

251 East 82 Street

A

Starbucks Coffee

1515 York Avenue

A

East End Tavern

1589 First Avenue

Grade Pending (22) Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

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WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT GLUTEN? Avoiding gluten has become the latest food fad If you’ve visited a grocery store or restaurant lately you’ve undoubtedly seen an increase in the amount of gluten-free food options available to you. The gluten-free food industry is exploding now, too, and according to a recent article in The New Yorker, by 2016 the gluten-free product industry will exceed $15 billion. The article explains that gluten is one of the most commonly and heavily consumed proteins on earth, and has been for thousands of years. Gluten is created when two molecules, glutenin and gliadin, come into contact and form a bond. For the one percent of the American population with celiac disease, even the slightest exposure to gluten can trigger a violent immune system reaction that can damage the small intestine. As for the other 99 percent of Americans without celiac disease, gluten should be well-tol-

erated by our gastrointestinal system. So, what’s behind the “gluten sensitivitiesâ€? (non-celiac gluten sensitivity disease) that are becoming more common these days? Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, M.D., a pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition expert at the University of Minnesota, said that thus far the data is unclear about gluten sensitivities compared to celiac disease. But what is clear is that some diet modiďŹ cations, such as reducing reďŹ ned carbohydrates, alcohol (yes, beer has gluten in it), and excess calories may reduce stomach pain for some individuals. But why then, if only one percent suffer from celiac disease, is an estimated 33 percent of the American population attempting to eliminate gluten from their diets altogether? “Gluten-free diets have definitely become a fad,â€? Schwarzenberg said. “There are some studies suggesting objectively that some people have less ab-

dominal pain on a gluten-free diet. But this issue is very complex. For example, people with irritable bowel syndrome may beneďŹ t from the FODMAP diet, which in some ways is similar to a gluten-free diet. We believe some people improve on the gluten-free diet because it is similar to FODMAP.â€? One of the major points of contention for those who are against a gluten-free diet is that everyone seems to be an expert in the subject. As Peter H.R. Green, M.D., of Columbia University’s celiac disease center said, “I recently saw a retired executive of an international company. He got a life coach to help him, and one of the pieces of advice the coach gave him was to get on a glutenfree diet. A life coach is prescribing a gluten-free diet. So do podiatrists, chiropractors, even psychiatrists.â€? Sc hwa rzenberg recommends that anyone considering a completely gluten-free diet see a health care provider to be properly screened for celiac disease before starting the diet. Screening is not possible when on the diet, and celiac disease is a serious health condition. She said it’s also important to remember that fruits, vegetables and most proteins are gluten-free.

Galactans (legumes such as beans, lentils, soybeans) Polyols (sweeteners containing isomalt, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, stone fruits such as avocado, apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums) FODMAPs are osmotic (means they pull water into the intestinal tract), may

not be digested or absorbed well, and could be fermented upon by bacteria in the intestinal tract when eaten in excess Symptoms of diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating and/or cramping may occur in those who could be sensitive to the effects of FODMAPs. A low FODMAP diet is often used in those

with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The diet could be possibly used in those with similar symptoms arising from other digestive disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. Source: Stanford Health Care: http:// stanfordhealthcare. org.

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Business

COUNCILMAN PROPOSES CITY’S OWN RIDE-HAILING APP Upper East Side councilmember Ben Kallos introduced a bill that would work with the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission to create a cab-hailing app for use with any of the city’s yellow or green cabs, and which would compete with established apps like Uber and Lyft.

“City taxis need an app of their own to compete, and New Yorkers need to be able to get a cab in the rain without having to worry about surge pricing.” said Kallos, who is also a software developer. Kallos’ office said Washington D.C. and Chicago have both also proposed that city cabs be

equipped to pick up e-hails. New York’s yellow and green cab drivers would use one single interface for both the TLC hail app and existing third party apps, “providing an easy, centralized system for picking up e-hails.” Uber, which has a lobbying arm to look after its interests in the City Council and in Albany, is likely to push back against the proposed legislation. Kallos is proposing that participating third

arty party pps apps ould would ave to dishave ay all available yellow or green cabs, provide play t d fare, f d would ld be b restricted t i t d from f a metered and influencing a rider to use a non-medallion vehicle. Revenue generated by the TLC’s app would go into city coffers.

VIOLIN DOCTOR SMALL BUSINESS Lukas Wronski attends to the stringed instruments of Manhattan’s musicians BY ZACHARY WASSER

The evening before her recent graduation recital at the Juilliard School, Joanne Lee called Lukas Wronski to schedule an emergency appointment — her cello needed a check-up. “My job is to be like a doctor,” said Wronski, a violinmaker who also restores, repairs and deals violins, violas, cellos and bows. “To change this and correct this and make musicians happy — and make the instruments sound better.” Wronski meets with musicians like Lee every day to make small modifications to their instruments to improve their tone and range. But when he lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, many customers complained that they didn’t want to make the trip. So in the summer of 2014, Wronski moved to the Upper West Side to accommodate his clients — many of whom live within walking distance of his new, elaborately-decorated apartment, which doubles as his workshop,

at 96th and Broadway. And customers say that’s why they’re loyal to Wronski: because he understands what they want and will go the extra mile to make sure that they’re happy. Lee arrived on a recent Friday in the late afternoon. Wronski brought her across a short hall into his violin atelier — a large room ornamented with string instruments where he works with clients. Lee sat down and took out her cello. She told Wronski that it sounded more muted than usual. In the corner behind her, two rows of violins hung near the ceiling from a rack above a handful of cellos propped up in their stands. All the shelves in the room, one above a piano in the opposite corner, another behind Lee, were adorned with small figures — a metal man, a slender woman, a ceramic clown, a monk — each playing the violin. From his perch on a large golden couch with red velvet cushions, Wronski told her to play, so he could listen for himself. After a few moments, Wronski took the instrument onto his lap and worked an Sshaped, metal tool into each of the cello’s S-shaped holes to adjust the sound posts

Wronski listens to Joanne Lee play the cello the day before her recent graduation recital at the Juilliard School.

— wooden dowels inside the body of the instrument that Wronksi knocked on gently to “open up” the cello and give it a deeper tone. Then Lee played. She noticed immediatley that the instrument produced a more textured resonance. “For sound post adjustments,” Lee said, “he understands what you want and then we work until we get what we want.” Next appointment of the day: Jonathan Strasser, a conductor and violin teacher at the Manhattan School of Music who has been a client of Wronski’s for four years. Strasser stopped by on his way to teach a lesson; he needed his violin adjusted. He said that the Upper West Side is the center of the classical-music universe — with Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College The New School for Music and Juilliard only a few stops away on the 1 Train. Strasser said that Wronski made a smart choice to move into the middle of all that musical activity. “If you have a place in Manhattan,” Strasser said, “people come through your door.”

Wronski said that since he relocated to the Upper West Side, he has more than doubled his clientele. Strasser had never made it to Wronski’s place in Queens because it was too much of a hassle. Instead, he made house calls. Even now, Wronski will still travel to meet a client if asked. Yuri Vodovoz, a violin professor at Mannes College and one of Wronski’s last customers on Friday, is such a client. Vodovoz needed his violin restrung before an upcoming concert at Carnagie Hall where he will perform with his chamber group, Alaria. Vodovoz was worried that the recent stretch of cold weather could affect his violin’s tonal range, so Wronksi said he would stop by Carnegie before the concert and check the instrument to see if it needed adjustments. “He really takes it personally and it’s not just a business for him,” Vodovoz said. “Like tomorrow, he’ll come early into the hall — not many luthiers will do that for you.”

Lukas Wronski, a restorer, maker and dealer of violins, cellos, violas and bows, poses in his violin atelier.

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Real Estate Sales Neighborhd

Address

Price

Bed Bath Agent

Carnegie Hill

1326 MADISON Ave.

$825,000

Carnegie Hill

170 E 94 St.

$550,000

1

1

Carnegie Hill

1155 PARK Ave.

$2,750,000

2

Lenox Hill

200 E 66th St.

$6,593,168

Lenox Hill

405 E 63 St.

Lenox Hill

Murray Hill

235 E 40 St.

$940,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Sutton Place

333 E 53 St.

$1,250,000

Douglas Elliman

Sutton Place

60 SUTTON PLACE SOUTH

$676,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

3

Keller Williams NYC

Sutton Place

60 SUTTON PLACE SOUTH

$760,500

3

3

Corcoran

Turtle Bay

100 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA

$3,100,000

3

3

Corcoran

$316,750

0

1

Halstead Property

Turtle Bay

310 E 49 St.

$295,000

0

1

Keller Williams NYC

200 E 61 St.

$850,000

1

1

Halstead Property

Turtle Bay

210 E 47 St.

$688,000

1

1

Smadar Harush

Lenox Hill

710 PARK Ave.

$3,400,000

2

2

Stribling

Turtle Bay

342 E 53 St.

$467,400

1

1

Frank Ragusa LREB

Lenox Hill

220 E 65 St.

$1,220,000

2

2

BSD Equities

Turtle Bay

334 E 53 St.

$253,000

0

1

Citi Habitats

Lenox Hill

139 E 66 St.

$2,950,000

3

3

Douglas Elliman

Turtle Bay

236 E 47 St.

$647,000

0

1

T&T Real Estate

Lenox Hill

150 E 61 St.

$475,000

Turtle Bay

333 E 46 St.

$442,000

Lenox Hill

150 E 61 St.

$4,290,000

Upper E Side

1420 YORK Ave.

$399,200

0

1

Halstead Property

Lenox Hill

502 Park Ave.

$4,650,000

Upper E Side

1420 YORK Ave.

$99,800

Lenox Hill

301 E 63 St.

$250,000

Upper E Side

399 E 78 St.

$320,000

0

1

Stribling

Lenox Hill

200 E 66th St.

$2,112,868

1

1

Corcoran

Upper E Side

370 E 76 St.

$450,000

0

1

Level Group

Lenox Hill

150 E 72nd St.

$15,273,750

4

5

Macklowe Investment Properties

Upper E Side

180 E 79 St.

$2,000,000

Lenox Hill

150 E 72nd St.

$8,750,000

4

6

Sotheby’s

Upper E Side

812 PARK Ave.

$8,725,000

Lenox Hill

234 E 70 St.

$814,600

Upper E Side

179 E 79 St.

$662,500

1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

710 PARK Ave.

$3,225,000

2

3

Stribling

Upper E Side

171 E 84 St.

$1,425,000

2

2

Kleier Residential

Lenox Hill

315 E 68 St.

$660,000

1

1

Corcoran

Upper E Side

969 PARK Ave.

$1,800,000

2

3

Halstead Property

Midtown

117 E 57 St.

$2,000,000

2

2

Corcoran

Upper E Side

169 E 78 St.

$2,125,000

1

1

Stribling

Midtown

465 PARK Ave.

$997,000

Upper E Side

370 E 76 St.

$485,000

1

1

Clickit Realty

Midtown

465 PARK Ave.

$60,840

Upper E Side

1420 YORK Ave.

$385,000

0

1

Oxford Property Group

Midtown

480 PARK Ave.

$3,700,000

2

2

Sotheby’s

Upper E Side

179 E 79 St.

$1,350,000

2

2

Stribling

Midtown E

153 E 57 St.

$339,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

1760 2 Ave.

$565,000

0

1

Halstead Property

Midtown E

211 E 53 St.

$749,000

1

1

Owner

Yorkville

340 E 83 St.

$273,000

0

1

Keller Williams NYC

Midtown E

235 E 57 St.

$800,000

2

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

500 E 83 St.

$1,065,000

2

2

Town Residential

Midtown E

245 E 54 St.

$400,000

0

1

Halstead Property

Yorkville

521 E 81 St.

$450,000

Murray Hill

415 E 37 St.

$1,575,000

2

2

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

525 E 86 St.

$1,285,000

2

2

Stribling

Murray Hill

2 TUDOR CITY PLACE

$705,000

1

1

John J. Grogan & Associates

Yorkville

180 E END Ave.

$1,625,000

2

2

Halstead Property

Murray Hill

45 Park Ave.

$1,700,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

525 E 89 St.

$1,275,000

2

2

New Vista Horizons, Inc.

Murray Hill

50 PARK Ave.

$700,000

1

1

Halstead Property

Yorkville

208 E 84 St.

$349,000

1

1

Keller Williams NYC

Murray Hill

630 1 Ave.

$1,240,000

2

2

Corcoran

Yorkville

413 E 82 St.

$275,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

137 E 36 St.

$920,000

1

1

Stribling

Yorkville

322 E 85 St.

$330,000

1

1

Norgo Group

Murray Hill

225 E 36 St.

$255,000

0.5 1

Town Residential

Yorkville

250 E 87 St.

$925,000

2

1

Ken Deutsch Real Estate

Murray Hill

2 TUDOR CITY PLACE

$625,000

1

1

John J. Grogan & Associates

Yorkville

516 E 82 St.

$426,000

2

1

Citi Habitats

Murray Hill

330 E 38 St.

$2,515,000

3

3

TNG Nassimi Realty

Yorkville

208 E 84 St.

$418,000

1

1

Corcoran

Murray Hill

240 E 35 St.

$455,000

1

1

Corcoran

Yorkville

301 E 87 St.

$469,000

1

1

Corcoran

Murray Hill

25 TUDOR CITY PLACE

$255,000

0

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Yorkville

345 E 93 St.

$475,000

1

1

NEXT PERFECT HOME®

Murray Hill

35 E 38 St.

$540,000

0

1

Kian Realty

Yorkville

200 E 90 St.

$720,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

314 E 41 St.

$319,000

0

1

Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

320 E 42 St.

$468,000

1

1

City Connections Realty

Murray Hill

210 E 36 St.

$445,000

1

1

Randall Property Group

2

2

Douglas Elliman

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Sports Perry Clarkson of Greylock beats American Whiskey Eagle goaltender Ethan Lippman en route to a Liberty Conference Tier 3 Championship series sweep (Photo by Steven Zaitz)

A (ROLLER) HOCKEY DYNASTY ON THE EAST SIDE BY STEVEN ZAITZ

Aprilia Lions Captain Chris Pelka kisses the Cup after winning the Empire Conference Tier 1 Championship of the Manhattan Roller Hockey League (Photo courtesy of MRHL)

It’s beginning to look a lot like...a hockey dynasty. Manny’s Aprilia Lions captured their third Manhattan Roller Hockey League Championship in the last four tries, winning a grueling, best-ofthree series last month over SMT Expo 2 games to 1. The league plays its games at the Paul McDermott Memorial Rink at Stanley Isaacs Park on First Avenue and 96th Street. The Lions (formerly Buffalo Trace and Brother Jimmys) came from behind in the league’s most prestigious Empire Conference Tier 1 championship round, dropping the opening game 8-3. With their backs against the wall, they notched a perfect dozen in the next two, scoring wins of 6-3 and 6-5. Forward Connor Cafferty figured in all six goals in Game 2 and had four assists in the series-clincher. He was named Playoff MVP for the Empire Conference. Goaltender Eric Gallion made 30 saves in the final game and recorded a sparkling .914 save percentage throughout the playoffs. Lions Captain Chris Pelka, who has run the team since the league’s inception in 2007, says hoisting the championship trophy - which is an almost exact replica of the NHL’s Stanley Cup – is always a great thrill.

“It was a hard fought victory, especially after losing the first game,” Pelka said. “Playing against (SMT Captain Adam) Root’s team is always tough. I’m so happy we could close the deal.” Root, perennial league superstar and nemesis of Pelka, scored a goal with six minutes to play in the fateful rubber match, but Evan Chlanda of Aprilia broke the tie and won the series with his goal with less than two minutes to play in regulation. As is customary, Pelka and his teammates each took an individual victory skate around the rink, kissing and holding the cup high above his head. Every Lion will also get his name engraved on the trophy. “It never gets old,” Pelka beamed. The MRHL was established by Mark Barbour as a not-for-profit corporation after the adult roller hockey league program was shut down at Chelsea Piers in August 2006. It has called the Upper East Side its home since that time. They have two seasons a year – spring and fall – culminating in playoff-style tournaments in June and November. The league is comprised of four different divisions, 24 teams and has approximately 300 players. It is entirely selfsufficient and uses the proceeds of each teams’ league

fees to fund rink improvements, such as a new playing surface and overhead stadiumstyle lighting. The new lights, which were installed this summer, have enabled games to be played after work hours during the week, thus making it easier to accommodate league expansion and reschedule contests that are postponed due to bad weather. The MRHL started with 12 teams and is now at 24, with a long waiting list of people wanting in. Bradley Yale, who is captain of Tier One’s Brick Run team, has been instrumental in coordinating rink improvements and is in charge of community relations for the league. Tom Smith, one of the founding fathers of the MRHL, is proud of the way the league represents the Upper East Side and the entire Big Apple. “The league is as diverse as the city,” Smith said. “We have everyone from students to doormen to electricians to investment bankers to neurosurgeons playing.” The MRHL has a partnership with the Yorkville Youth Athletic Association, with which they conduct youth hockey clinics. Pelka, teammates Mike Martin and Eddie Chlanda, as well as Josh Brower, who is the captain of Tier 3 champs Greylock, are among the play-

ers who volunteer their time teaching kids aged 6-12 from all over the city, the fundamentals of roller hockey. “Our goal is serve the community and give an outlet to hockey players a good environment to play,” Brower said. “What we have at 96th Street is really amazing and it’s nice to give back.” Mr. Brower works as a recruiter for Teach for America, which finds teachers and places them in neighborhoods in need throughout the U.S., so he is no stranger to philanthropic endeavors. The Greylock team, which gets its name from a sports camp in Massachusetts that many of its players attended, was led by winger Brett Novick. He had four goals and four assists in the two game sweep of conference runner-up American Whiskey Eagles. Mighty Mouse swept Special Delivery to capture the Freedom Conference Tier 2 title. The A Team did the same to Ernst and Young to win the Times Square Conference Tier 4 crown. These conference winning teams, including Brower’s Greylock squad, each move up division as a reward. Brower is even more ambitious. “We’re not done until we get to Division One,” he boasted. Pelka and his Lions will be waiting.

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This December, ring in the holidays with the East Midtown Partnership, as we present two weeks of special holiday music programming. These performers will bring holiday cheer to the community from December 2 through December 16, and recapture the true meaning of the holiday season.

Performance Schedule: Times and Locations Subject to Change; Visit www.EastMidtown.org/SoundsOfTheSeason for updates

Tuesday, December 2, 11:30 Noon

Wednesday, December 10

Jia-Yi He World Class Harmonica Virtuoso from Turtle Bay Music School 919 Third Avenue (at East. 56th St)

Lighthouse Guild Vocal Ensemble from the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School the nation’s only music school dedicated to helping people pursue their interest in music while overcoming the challenges of vision loss 11:30am at 150 East 58th Street (between Lexington Ave and Third Ave) 12:30am at 450 Park Avenue (at East 57th St) Presented by Jones Lang LaSalle

Thursday, December 4, 1:15 PM Trio Lafayette – The Goldberg Variations St. Bart’s Church, 325 Park Avenue (at East 51st St) Presented by St. Bart’s Church & Gotham Early Music Scene

Friday, December 5, 12:30 Noon Turtle Bay Music School Staff & Faculty Carolers and Stein Senior Center Chorus 919 Third Avenue (at East 56th St)

Saturday, December 6, 2:00 PM DJ Mark of Plum Radio The Harman Store, 527 Madison Avenue (at East 54th St)

Saturday, December 6, 3:00 PM The Unforgettables Chorus the first chorus of its kind for people with dementia and their family members and friends St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave. (at East 54th St) Presented by St. Peter’s Church and The Unforgettables Chorus

Monday, December 8, 12:00 Noon Hewitt School Bell Choir 919 Third Avenue (at East. 56th St)

Wednesday, December 10, 7:00 PM Messiah Sing-In and Play-In at Turtle Bay Music School 244 East 52nd Street (between Second Ave and Third Ave) Presented by Turtle Bay Music School

Thursday, December 11, 1:15 PM Jörg-Michael Schwarz & Dongsok Shin – Trios for Two: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord of J.S. Bach St. Bart’s Church, 325 Park Avenue (at East 51st St) Presented by St. Bart’s Church & Gotham Early Music Scene

Saturday, December 13, 2:00 PM Adam James of Plum Radio The Harman Store, 527 Madison Avenue (at East 54th St)

Tuesday, December 16, 12:00 Noon PS 59 Chorus from Beekman Hill International School PS 59 919 Third Avenue (at East 56th St)

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YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES

KICKING BACK WITH A ROCKETTE Q&A Dancer Candace Jablonski on the highs of being a holiday icon in New York City BY ANGELA BARBUTI

Candace Jablonski remembers having tears in her eyes when she found out she got the job that would change her life. After waiting in line with 500 other girls and getting measured – Rockettes have to be between 5’6’’ and 5’ 10-and-a-half’’ – she performed tap, jazz, and kick combinations that would eventually earn her a coveted place in the cast. Now, in her eleventh season as a Rockette, and kicking an average of 200 times during each performance of the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” the Wisconsin native continues to experience all the joy and excitement that come with her iconic role. “It is such an honor, it really is…Still, after doing it for so long, I never take it for granted,” she said. Although her schedule can be grueling, with 16 performances a week, what makes it all worthwhile is when she spots a little girl dancing out in the aisle. “You can see some of the audience when you’re dancing, and sometimes you see a little girl trying to do your moves. I think we can all can relate to that little girl who wants to be a dancer. I definitely was that little girl.”

You took your first dance class at 4 years old. I did, yes. My mom signed me up for class because I was a really, really shy little girl and she wanted me to interact with other people. She knew that I liked to dance because I would dance around our living room constantly. So she signed me up for classes through the rec department and I just thrived.

What was it like for you when you first got to New York? I lived a hard, struggling-artist life for almost two years before I got the job as a Radio City Rockette. I temped; I did work-study at

Steps on Broadway, and I loved every minute of it. There were some lows. [Laughs] Some low lows, and high highs, but that’s what Manhattan is all about. You work hard and try to live your dream.

how much longer I could stay here. That was my big break. And then of course, I called my mom.

How did your audition for the Rockettes come about and what was it like?

Well in the New York area, people love it. They kind of take a moment to see if I’m serious. [Laughs] So many people are so excited. Actually, the reaction I get a lot is, “Wow, I’ve never met a Rockette,” or “Oh, I have a sister who dances, she would love to meet you!” Sometimes people kind of have to get it out of me though because I don’t like to lead with, “Hello everyone, I’m a star!” [Laughs]

I auditioned three times before I got the job. The first time was just kind of realizing what they wanted. Lining up around the block with like 500 other women. Hoping you have the right outfit on, but you’re not really sure the first time you show up. You’re measured first in stockinged feet. And then you’re taken into a large rehearsal hall, probably 50 women at a time. And they teach you a 16 or 32-count dance combination, and you do it three at a time. There are three X’s on the floor. They set up a table, there’s the director and the dance captains there with your resume in their hands, writing little things down. You get one shot and after all 50 women have gone in the room, they say, “Thank you very much for taking the time to be with us. These women, I would like to stay.” They call out maybe 10 names and then you wait until all 500 girls have gone through the first cut and then you do the same thing again, just with less people. That will happen all day long. If you’re still there at the end of the day, you’ll come back the next day and do it all again. And if you’re still there at the end of that day, they take all your measurements and all your information and you’re still not guaranteed a spot. There are only four new girls this year, two in each cast. The turnover is small.

When did you find out you got the job? I found out when I was working in the box office of an Off-Broadway theater. That’s when I got the call. I was friends with my boss at the time and I said, “I think this is the call.” He said, “Go ahead, answer!” I had tears in my eyes because I was thinking it was almost two years into me living here and it was a struggle and I didn’t know

When you tell people you’re a Rockette, what kind of reaction do you get?

You must be very close to your fellow dancers. It’s like a sorority of women who completely understand you without even saying a word. Some of my best friends now dance next to me. Some stood up in my wedding, I’ve stood up in their weddings.

Did you meet your husband through your job? I didn’t. We met through mutual friends. Besides the “Christmas Spectacular” here in New York City, we also dance in cities across America. For the first two years, I performed in the outside cities. In my third year as a Rockette is when I met my now-husband. Actually, on my way to my first date with him, I got the offer to dance at Radio City Music Hall as a Rockette.

What are your favorite things to do in the city during Christmastime? Put my feet up and relax! [Laughs] Well, we’re so busy. We do 16 shows a week, so that’s double what Broadway does. We have one day off a week. In those six days that we work, we do two, three or four shows daily. And that’s just one cast. There are up to six shows daily at Radio City Music Hall. And because there are so many shows weekly, that’s why there are two casts, to split it.

What’s a typical day like for you? I normally get to the theater an hour or an hour and a half before

the show starts. And, you know, we do our own hair and makeup. I stretch out and warm up because the show is so athletic. An hour-and-a-half show, no intermission, eight costume changes. The quickest costume change is 90 seconds from the “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” into “New York at Christmas,” where we ride a double-decker bus around what appears to be New York City. So we’re constantly moving, and really do work like athletes. For a four-show day, we have about an hour in between shows, and normally I’m putting my feet up, grabbing a bite to eat and redoing my hair and makeup. Or hanging out with the girls in my dressing room, which is a great part of my day.

What are some fun costumes this year? A new costume this year goes along with the number we brought back into the show this year, the “Rag Doll” number. It’s a tap number that had been performed in the show for many years before and we brought it back this year, which I’m so excited about. The costumes are a little different than they were before; we have a bit of a cinched waist. [Laughs] They’re rag doll costumes; they’re really fun. Another really cool number is “Snow,” and the costumes are beautiful. That’s our finale number, and the whole theater is transformed into a winter wonderland. They do this incredibly awesome thing on the ceilings so it actually brings the audience into the scene. We have these snow globes that come out of the pit and circle around the audience. And they have GPS in them, so they know when to go out and when to come back in. The Rockettes represent snow-

flakes. There’s one who starts out, and another one joins, and more join together, and they’re not in unison right in the beginning. But then, of course, we end with a beautiful kickline and all the snowflakes come together to create this winter wonderland. It really embodies what Rockettes are about, too. We’re all individuals coming together to create this beautiful scene. For more information on the Rockettes and the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” visit www. RadioCityChristmas.com.

Below, a rehearsal for the 2014 Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall.

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