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Chelsea VOLUME 11, ISSUE 34

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Critic s of Donald Trump “trolled” the president by calling on City Hall to rename Fifth Ave. outside Trump Tower for Barack Obama.

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Lennon Walls ‘imagine’ a new Hong Kong

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small group of young Hong Kongers brought three movable “Lennon Walls” to Union Square on Sat., Aug. 25.

The group has been carrying the portable, freestanding cardboard structures around the city, so that people can leave yellow, pink and green postit notes of support for protesting Hong Kongers, without fear that their notes will be ripped down.

The first wall was created by Wilson Tsui, a 23-year-old Hong Konger, four weeks ago.

After telling friends on social media about his plan to create more of the movable so-called “Lennon Walls,” two more were made and have been set up temporarily in Washington Square Park, Bryant Park and Times Square, and might make their way to Central Park next.

“It’s safer,” said Matthew Yu, 24, a co-creator of the walls. A Lennon Wall made on a plywood construction fence on Grand St. in Chinatown about two weeks has been defaced multiple times.

Just the other day, red spray paint was used to write the words “F— H K Roach!” on the wall.

Post-it notes have been another tool for concerned Hong Kongers to express their thoughts over a proposed extradition bill.

Thousands of notes have lined walls across Hong Kong.

The trend started with when a section of a concrete staircase near a

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A tiny Hong Kong flag sits on one of the three freestanding cardboard Lennon Walls that were set up in Union Square over the weekend to offer space for Hong Kongers and allies to offer suppor t for protesters in the semiautonomous territor y.

government building became covered in brightly colored post-its during the 2014 Umbrella Movement, according to Quartz.

The name for that wall was appropriated from the Lennon Wall in Prague, which became a spot for Czechs to express political thoughts through Beatles lyrics and graffiti.

But the intent of the movable Lennon Walls in New York City is also to unite the international community with Hong Kongers.

“Our purpose is to let the world know

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Photographs of protests in Hong Kong festoon the movable Lennon Walls, along with messages of suppor t on post-its.

what is happening in Hong Kong,” Yu said. Besides the post-its, the walls also feature photographs of clashes during protests in the semiautonomous territory, information on excessive use of force by Hong Kong police on protesters, signs stating “S.O.S.,” and fliers about a petition to support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. Under the congressional act, proposed as a bill in 2017, in order for Hong Kong to keep special trade status with the United States, the U.S. secretary of state would need to issue a certificate of Hong Kong’s autonomy.

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The Lennon Wall on Grand St. has been defaced nearly half a dozen times. Now huge words in red spray paint cover the wall. Hence, the new movable Lennon Walls, which can’t be targeted by opponents.

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The legislation would allow the U.S. president to deny entry to America and freeze U.S.-based assets of individuals deemed responsible for suppressing basic freedoms in Hong Kong and/or for being involved in the abduction of Hong Kong journalists and booksellers, according to a press release.

“We know that they may not be able to do a lot,” C. Au, a 25-year-old Hong Konger who helped set up the portable walls at Union Square, said of the international community.

“But even their attention might help the Hong Kong government not be too excessive.”

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This stinks! Garbage trucks still on E. 10th

BY GABE HERMAN

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t has been almost a year since a caravan of garbage trucks were first stationed on an East Village side street, drawing complaints about bad smells, early-morning noise and half the block’s parking being used up.

This past Sunday, locals and politicians gathered on E. 10th St. between First and Second Aves. to say enough is enough. They called on the city to finally find a new home for the trucks.

The problem started last September, when the Department of Sanitation’s garage lease expired at 606 W. 30th St. between 11th and 12th Aves. That block of Hudson Yards is being developed. D.O.S. has since been searching for a new home for its trucks that serve Community Board 6, which covers most of the East Side between 14th and 59th Sts. Due to the loss of the W. 30th St. garage, two other East Side blocks have also been used for garbage-truck parking: Mt. Carmel Place at E. 26th St., between Second and First Aves., and York Ave. between E. 59th and E. 60th Sts. “It is absolutely unacceptable that the residents and businesses along E. 10th St. have suffered for this long,� said Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney at the press conference. “Today,

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Congressmember Carolyn Maloney spoke at the Aug. 18 press conference on E. 10th St., at which she was joined by, from left, state Senator Brad Hoylman, Councilmember Carlina Rivera, C.B. 3 District Manager Susan Stetzer and A ssemblymember Deborah Glick.

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Maloney called on D.O.S. to find an immediate fi x to the problem.

Other local politicians at the event included Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Councilmember Carlina Rivera and state Senator Brad Hoylman.

Susan Stetzer, district manager of Community Board 3, said of D.O.S., “There has been no attempt to address concerns of residents and businesses on 10th St.: Residents are living with smelly garbage, disabled residents don’t have accessible curbside use or transportation, and a restaurant cannot successfully sell food with a smelly garbage truck right outside. There have been suggestions but no followup nor ongoing attempts to resolve.�

Residents report being woken up at 5:30 a.m. daily by the trucks’ noise.

The stench affects business for the block’s five restaurants, some with outdoor seating. Avi Burnbaum, owner of PINKS, a bar on the block, said the city is simply doing the block wrong. “These new conditions have made it extremely difficult to do business at the level required in order to survive, let alone succeed,� he said. “We have felt forsaken by our own city.�

S. Jeanne Whitt, a resident at 240 E. 10th St. nearly 20 years, said the flotilla of parked trucks have many negative impacts, from a reduction in residential parking to an increase of rodents. “Not only do the trucks make parking for the residents difficult,� Whitt said, “the foul odors emanating from the trucks and the noise from their idling engines have drastically decreased our quality of life. The trucks are a magnet for rodents, and the diesel fumes from the trucks are deleterious to our health.�

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The elected officials at the Aug. 18 event also sent a letter to Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia. Their missive noted that Mayor de Blasio last Sept. 28, said, “I’ll talk to the commissioner and figure out what we can do to relieve the immediate pressure. We certainly don’t want those residential areas to feel the burden.� The politicians’ letter continued, “Nearly a year has passed and the trucks remain. “Many of our offices and other elected officials have held numerous meetings and made several appeals to DSNY to address this situation, yet your agency has not updated us on any alternative options or timelines,� they added.

The pols’ letter asked for details about other locations being considered

by D.O.S. for the trucks, and requested a meeting to get an update. A D.O.S. spokesperson said the agency has been looking for another garage space, but that finding one is not easy. “This has been a challenge given Manhattan’s tight real estate market,� the spokesperson said. “We have also been evaluating alternative parking location options, which may require other agencies, like the Department of Transportation, to be involved in locating and evaluating any alternate spaces.�

E. 10th St. is being used for parking because it’s close to a section station at 155-157 First Ave., between Ninth and 10th Sts., the spokesperson said. “Our section station has small offices with toilet facilities, lockers and communications equipment, and it is where our workers get their morning and evening roll call and orders for the work day,� the rep explained.

The spokesperson said D.O.S. is continuing its search for a new garage, but did not provide details about a possible location or timeline.

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Albany passes ‘Red Flag’ guns law

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ponsors of New York’s Extreme Risk Protection Order law last week announced the new guncontrol measure would go into effect Sat., Aug. 24., making this the 17th state to enact such a bill. Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law in February.

State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and Jo Anne Simon spoke about the bill outside the Manhattan courts on Thurs., Aug. 22.

The legislation, also called the “Red Flag Law,” prevents those who might be a risk to themselves or others from purchasing a firearm, rifle or shotgun.

“Sat., Aug. 24 is a big day for everyone who joined the effort we began in 2014 to empower New Yorkers to save lives,” said Kavanagh, the bill’s prime sponsor chairperson of American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention.

“At a time when we can’t count on our president to respond to two mass shootings in 24 hours with any real proposals to prevent gun violence,” Hoylman said, “it is more important than ever that New York step up to the plate and do what’s necessary.”

Glick added, “It is imperative to ensure that New York State residents have the ability to recognize potentially dan-

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State Senator Brian Kavanagh spoke about the “Red Flag” Law, as he was joined by, among others, state Senators Brad Hoylman and Kevin Parker, A ssemblymembers Deborah Glick and Jo Anne Simon, and Manhattan District Attorney C y Vance and his Bronx counterpar t, Darcel Clark.

gerous and violent individuals before a tragedy occurs. This law will keep New York State individuals, families and schools safe from the threats of extremist gun violence.”

Under the law, household members, relatives, peace officers, district attorneys and school administrators can file a petition with the state Supreme Court to issue a protective order preventing someone from owning, purchasing or attempting to purchase a firearm.

Petitioners must show evidence in State Supreme Court that the person has access to, owns or possesses a firearm and is at risk of harming him- or herself or others. Petitions must be filed in the county in which the potentially dangerous person resides.

It’s expected that a decision on the petition will be made the same day it is filed. Some factors the court will consider include if the person has ever violated an order of protection, currently has substance-abuse issues, or has pending charges on the use of a weapon and threat of violence or use of physical force toward themselves or others.

Three to six days after the decision, a follow-up hearing would be held on whether or not to keep weapons out of the person’s home for up to a year.

On Aug. 3, Patrick Crusius, 21, opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, killing 22 people and injuring 10 others. Then next day, Conner Betts, 24, killed 24 and injured 27 others with an AK-47 rifle in Dayton, Ohio.

Elevator death puts focus on safety bill

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fter a Kips Bay man was killed in an elevator accident last Thursday, attention has turned to state legislation that its supporters say would increase elevator safety.

The tragic incident happened in the Manhattan Promenade apartment building, at 344 Third Ave., at E. 25th St. On the morning of Aug. 22, six people were in the elevator as it reached the lobby. Two people got off safely, and when a man started to exit, the elevator suddenly dropped. The man was caught in between and crushed.

Officials responded around 8:30 a.m. to a 911 call.

E.M.S. workers pronounced the man dead at the scene. He was identified as Sam Waisbren, 30, a Wis-

consin native who lived in the building.

After the horrifying incident, a building resident said its elevators generally were balky and often jumped when going between floors, according to ABC News. The building was recently fined $1,280 in May for unsafe elevator conditions, though that was for a different elevator than the one involved in the fatal incident. Last month, a work permit was issued to fi x the wiring on both of the building’s elevators.

A state bill that passed in June would require stricter licensing rules for elevator mechanics and provide training standards regulated by the government, which are currently not required. But the bill has not yet been signed by Governor Cuomo.

The legislation was sponsored by state Senator Diane Savino, a Democrat representing Brooklyn and

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Staten Island. State Senator Brad Hoylman, who represents Downtown Manhattan, is a co-sponsor.

“The elevator accident that claimed the life of a man in Manhattan last week is made all the more tragic due to the fact that it could have been preventable,” Hoylman said. “That horrific incident underscores the need for the elevator safety law that Albany passed earlier this year.”

The bill, Hoylman added, “would ensure the proper training and licensing of the professionals who design, construct, inspect, maintain and repair elevators. I am hopeful that Governor Cuomo will sign this long-sought measure into law soon,” he said.

Following the accident, Cuomo’s office has said that the bill is still under legal review by state lawyers and that it has not been sent to him yet.

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Police Blotter SIXTH PRECINCT

E. 10th St. burglars A man and woman broke into and robbed an apartment earlier this month at 32 E. 10th St., between Broadway and University Place, police said. On Wed., Aug. 14, around 8 a.m., the unidentified couple entered the apartment of a 31-year-old woman. Police said it was unclear how they got inside. Once inside the place, they took about $5,200 worth of jewelry and electronics, before fleeing in an unknown direction.

Apartment robbery There was a robbery inside an apartment near Sixth Ave. and 12th St. last week, according to police. On Thurs., July 25, at 1:25 a.m., a man, 38, invited another man he knew to the residence.

Once inside the apartment, the victim and other man got into an argument, which turned into a physical dispute.

The man punched the victim several times in the face before taking a cell phone and laptop. He then fled with another man who was waiting in the lobby. E.M.S. medics responded to the scene but the victim refused medical attention.

Debit-card theft A health aide stole thousands of dollars from a woman’s debit cards, according to a police report. The crimes occurred in April and were reported on Aug. 8. A 75-year-old woman trusted her health aide with her debit cards to run errands, police said. The aide went to several ATM’s and withdrew money

without permission, totaling about $28,000. The victim’s bank said that the aide went into a branch and also tried to cash a $4,000 check. The cards have since been canceled. On Aug. 19, Zabrina Harlow, 44, was arrested for felony grand larceny.

station, according to police. Around 2:30 p.m., a 32-year-old man was at the subway station, when another man said something to him. Then, without warning or provocation, the stranger slashed the man on the left side of his face. The attacker fled in an unknown direction. The victim was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in stable condition.

‘Hamburglars’ Two men used a stolen credit card earlier this summer to buy food at the Wendy’s at 20 E. 14th St., between University Place and Fifth Ave., according to police. On Sat., June 15, the pair used the card, which they had stolen from a 22-year-old woman as she was walking at Washington and Clarkson Sts. Police described one of the men they are looking for as a dark-skinned Hispanic man, last seen wearing a gray shirt and black pants.

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LaGuardia job On Fri., Aug. 9, around 12:30 a.m., a man with a lot of cash in his apartment at 65 Jefferson St., in the LaGuardia Houses, was in his bedroom with three associates, when he heard a disturbance in another room, police said.

The victim, 28, proceeded to check the room, only to find two unidentified males wearing ski masks and displaying guns, who demanded cash from him. The victim complied and they fled the place with $20,000. No injuries were sustained. Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers.

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Mug Rutgers senior Police said that on Tues., Aug. 20, at 2:30 p.m., inside 170 Madison Street, in the Rutgers Houses, an 89-year-old man entered an elevator with an unidentified man. Once the victim exited on the fourth floor, the younger man proceeded to punch him multiple times in the back of the head, causing him to fall on his face. The attacker took $50 off of the victim and fled in an unknown direction. The victim was removed to Bellevue Hospital in serious but stable condition. He was treated for a laceration to the head requiring four staples and a broken orbital bone. Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers.

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Penn Station slashing There was a slashing on Mon., July 22, at the 34th St./Penn Station subway

On Fri., Aug. 23, at 2:15 a.m., a woman refused to pay her taxi fare at Ninth Ave. and W. 23rd St., police said.

When police officers tried to get her to fork over the $19 fare, she reportedly became irate and tried to punch one of them. The woman was searched and found to be in possession of an alleged controlled substance. Chelsea Colson, 28, was arrested for obstructing government administration, a misdemeanor.

Spray, hey!

A 32-year-old man was attacked by a stranger at 11th Ave. and W. 34th St., police said. The victim was crossing the street at the corner, when a stranger walked up to him and sprayed a substance in his eyes, then fled in an unknown direction. The victim, who told police his eyes were burning from the substance, was taken to Roosevelt Hospital. There was no further description available of the sprayer, who is wanted for misdemeanor assault.

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Man arrested in rampage of wild attacks

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olice on Saturday announced an arrest of a homeless man in a string of at least four random attacks — and possibly more — on pedestrians in the Village and Chelsea area. In at least one of the assaults, he reportedly made anti-white statements.

According to cops, Todd Lyons, 33, of the Barbour Hotel, at 333 W. 36th St., was arrested Fri., Aug. 23, at 5:30 p.m., and charged with three counts of assault as a hate crime and three counts of assault.

The New York Post reported that a vocational counselor, Gregory Magliore, at the Barbour Hotel, tipped off police after seeing a shirtless attacker in video circulated of the suspect. Lyons frequently went around shirtless, he said.

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ran off. The victim was treated at the scene for pain and redness where the attacker had hit her. Lyons reportedly has not been charged in this case yet, however.

In a third incident, about 40 minutes later that same night, a 20-year-old woman was walking in Soho on Wooster St. just north of Canal St., when the same man, according to police, snuck up behind her and threw a brick at the back of the head, then fled. The victim, who suffered a bruise to her head, was treated at the scene.

Allegedly circling back north to Chelsea, Lyons two hours later is said to have targeted a 58-year-old man strolling along Eighth Ave. between 19th and 20th Sts. Police said he struck the victim in the face and made antiwhite statements, then fled westbound on 18th St. The Post reported Lyons yelled at this

housing residence where Lyons started living in mid-August, according to the Post. Magliore sensed the man was a bit off when he was admitting him and thought he “may be going through something.”

Police said that Lyons started his rampage on the evening of Fri., Aug. 9. Around 9:11 p.m., a 56-year-old man was walking in front of 65 Fifth Ave, between 13th and 14th Sts., when the suspect pushed him from behind, knocking him down, then fled. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was treated for a head laceration and bruising and body pain.

Then, a few days later, according to police, on Wed., Aug. 14, around 8:37 p.m., a 64-year-old woman was walking along Greenwich Ave. past Jackson Square Park, near Eighth Ave., when Lyons suddenly struck her on her neck and shoulder with a wooden stick, then CNW

victim, as he punched him, “Get off the street, honky! You f—ing honky, you don’t belong here!”

The victim sustained a bloody nose but refused medical attention at the scene.

In no instance did the attacker have any previous exchange with his victims before assaulting them.

The Post additionally reported that the Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating if the suspect is linked to three other incidents: Lyons allegedly attacked two other people on Fri., Aug. 16, including a 25-year-old woman at 1:30 p.m. in front of the Google building, at 111 Fifth Ave., between 15th and 16th Sts., and also a 72-year-old man on Union Square East at E. 15th St.; he is also suspected of assaulting a 64-year-old woman at Seventh Ave. and 14th St. at 6:30 p.m. on Fri., Aug. 23.

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After L.E.S. crane fail, city stops co.’s work

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he company involved in two recent crane accidents Downtown has been fined, plus had all its work at nearly two dozen projects around the city halted by the Department of Buildings, the agency announced this month.

D.O.B. found United Crane and Rigging to be responsible for a July 30 crane accident at 749 F.D.R. Drive, at E. Seventh, in the Jacob Riis Houses, a New York City Housing Authority develCOURTESY F.D.NY./TWITTER opment. The agency’s inA crane that colvestigation found that the lapsed on July 30 in crane operator lifted a load the Jacob Riis Housof steel beams weighing es was left hanging more than 4,400 pounds. in a bent-over posiThe crane’s permitted lifttion, above. ing capacity, though, was only 3,700 pounds. The excessive load led to the crane’s boom bending and partially collapsing, the department said.

The boom’s collapse caused the operator to lose control of the steel load, which was being lifted to the top of the building. Instead, the massive pile of beams struck the building’s roof and side, then went hurtling to the ground. Part of the building had to be evacuated.

D.O.B. issued five violations, totaling $110,000 in fines, against United Crane and Rigging.

The violations include failure to designate a qualified and competent lift director, failure to make proper notifications to D.O.B. about work being performed, inadequate safety measures on the site, failure to safeguard the site to protect workers and public, and failure to have construction documents on site.

The same company, United, based in Long Island City, was also involved in a fatal April 13 accident across town in Hudson Square at 570 Broome St., between Varick and Hudson Sts. In that earlier incident, the counterweight of a crane being assembled under United’s supervision fell to the ground and killed a worker. That accident remains under investigation, and further enforcement action might eventually be taken, D.O.B. said.

An agency letter was also sent to United, detailing the company’s 22 construction sites in the city that must be shut down for the time being. United also must install an independent monitor, who will give monthly reports to D.O.B. about compliance.

In addition, the letter, from Ashraf Omran, executive director of the D.O.B. Cranes and Derricks Unit, ordered specific job positions at each site, where applicable, to be replaced.

The positions include an engineer of record, master rigger, lift director, assembly and disassembly director, and hoisting machine operator.

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he company involved in two recent crane accidents Downtown has been fined, plus had all its work at nearly two dozen projects around the city halted by the Department of Buildings, the agency announced this month.

D.O.B. found United Crane and Rigging to be responsible for a July 30 crane accident at 749 F.D.R. Drive, at E. Seventh, in the Jacob Riis Houses, a New York City Housing Authority development. The agency’s investigation found that the crane operator lifted a load of steel beams weighing more than 4,400 pounds. The crane’s permitted lifting capacity, though, was only 3,700 pounds. The excessive load led to the crane’s boom bending and partially collapsing, the department said.

The boom’s collapse caused the operator to lose control of the steel load, which was being lifted to the top of the building. Instead, the massive pile of beams struck the building’s roof and side, then went hurtling to the ground.

Part of the building had to be evacuated.

D.O.B. issued five violations, totaling $110,000 in fines, against United

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Push for ‘Obama Ave.’ outside ‘Troll Tower’

BY ALEJANDR A O’CONNELLDOMENECH

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ozens of protesters “trolled” President Trump on Wed., Aug. 21, by gathering outside Trump Tower and calling for the one block of Fifth Ave. between 56th and 57th Sts. to be renamed President Barack H. Obama Ave. The protest comes after an online petition on moveon.org calling for the avenue’s renaming received more than 430,000 signatures.

“It started as a joke,” Elizabeth Rowin, the petition creator, said at the event. “It’s a way to poke the giant in the eye.”

In response to the mass support the petition received, Rowin sent the document to every single New York City Council member. A few got back to her and said that if enough people signed the petition, the renaming could become a reality. According to Rowin, several signers are planning on attending a Sept. 12 City Council meeting to push for the renaming.

In order to get a street named in New York City, an individual needs to obtain signatures — either online or in person — from at least 75 percent of the residents and/or business people on the block. After getting the signatures, the applicant needs to bring the petition

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Critic s of Donald Trump “trolled” the president by calling on the city to rename a block of Fifth Ave. President Barack H. Obama Ave.

to be sent to the City Council. The City Council will then evaluate the streetrenaming application. Prospective honorees should have at least 10 years of community involvement and must have

to a traffic and transportation committee meeting of the area’s corresponding community board. The next step is to get that full community board’s approval. If approved, the petition needs

been dead at least two years before the petition submission. The Council votes on street name changes twice a year.

Even if the street can’t be renamed, for protesters the occasion was a good excuse to voice their disapproval of the president’s comportment and policies.

“He is crumbling our democracy every day,” said Liza Trinkle, a 39-yearold speech language pathologist from Brooklyn. “It shouldn’t be normalized like it’s unfortunately becoming. So we need to confront him in humorous ways, more protesty ways, just every way that we can every day.”

The demonstrators cited the president’s stance on immigration, in particular, the migrant detention centers at the border. They also blasted his personalized attacks on critics, his previous call for the death penalty for the Central Park 5 and the alienation of America’s allies, among other issues.

All of these make him worthy of the moniker “Troll King,” they said.

Rowin believes that Obama deserves recognition for helping the country recover from the Great Recession of 2007/08 and for the killing of Osama bin Laden, the man responsible for orchestrating 9/11. She is hopeful that the city will be able to make a special exemption since Los Angeles has already renamed a stretch of a street in the 44th president’s honor.

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Editorial

What would Jane do on 14th St. busway?

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he debate over the embattled 14th St. busway — and, to a lesser extent, the new bike lanes on 12th and 13th Sts. — continues to rage on.

A quick look at the reader comments on thevillager.com over the past few months and weeks shows how extraordinarily passionate people are, on both sides of the issue. On the one hand, Village and Chelsea residents are fighting for their quality of life. On the other, transit advocates say they are battling for better bus service for commuters, which outweighs locals’ needs.

Many of the comments are very informative, which is great and is adding to the ongoing dialogue. However, other comments do clearly have an angry tone. We moderate inappropriate and offensive comments, such as one addressed to Arthur Schwartz — the attorney whose lawsuit is currently blocking the busway — telling him, in short, “Get out of the way, old man.”

Obviously, that’s ageist — and also rather ignorant and disrespectful of the need for public process.

Many commenters bash local residents as “rich,” when, in fact, many of these folks simply have been living here for decades, in rent-regulated apartments. Meanwhile, irking the earnest transit advocates, Village and Chelsea

said, even in those pre-bike lane days, adding, “She was spunky.” Diether, on the other hand, preferred walking, not wanting to ride “in New York City traffic.” But the veteran activist doesn’t recall Jacobs making strong statements on either bikes or cars. She also doesn’t remember Jacobs saying anything about generational conflicts — such as we seem to be seeing on the busway issue.

Asked if Jacobs believed in compromise, Diether said, no, not really.

“I couldn’t say which way she would have gone,” Diether said, of the busway

residents never miss a chance to slam them as “zealots” and “extremists.”

And, of course, Transportation Alternatives recently protested outside Schwartz’s W. 12th St. townhouse, demanding he “Drop the lawsuit!”

In short, this fight, at times, has gotten more chippy than the Bagel Boss guy versus Lenny Dykstra.

In addition, Schwartz and David Marcus, another outspoken busway opponent, have both claimed their position is in line with the spirit of Jane Jacobs — in that, they say, Jacobs supported the community’s position. Transit advocates are outraged over the audacity of this claim; they argue Jacobs was a cycling advocate and would have endorsed improving mass transit.

We admit we have not scoured Jacobs’s entire oeuvre to see where she stood on cars and bikes. What we did do this week is call Doris Diether, who was one of Jacobs’s top lieutenants when they fought against Robert Moses’s misguided “slum clearance” and highway projects that would have destroyed the Village area. Diether, 90, who is on Community Board 2, is the city’s longest-serving community board member.

So, first question: Was Jane Jacobs, who lived in the Village, a cyclist? Yes, she rode bikes — quite a bit — Diether

issue. “Oh, she listened to everybody.

She wasn’t a compromiser. She wasn’t somebody to cater to somebody just because they came up with an idea. She would have her own ideas.”

So, the debate will rage on, at least for a while longer, in articles, op-eds and online reader comments. It’s not clear if anyone’s mind is being changed, but that’s not always the point. But ad hominem attacks will get us nowhere.

And we have more than enough of that on social media — and coming from the White House — these days.

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As seen from these two photos, the top one taken in 1925, and the bottom one taken now, the view down Minetta Lane from MacDougal St. toward Sixth Ave. has altered quite a bit in the nearly 100 intervening years. The buildings on MacDougal are still there today. Among the changes over the years is the presence of the Café Wha? plus, notably, the addition of many trees along Minetta Lane.

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In 14th St. suit, we’re continuing Jane’s fight

BY ARTHUR SCHWARTZ

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he fight over the 14th St. busway is a fight of our community. A community of people who live here, including residents of Fulton Houses (a New York City Housing Authority development), people who have disabilities and who are elderly, and who are bus users.

Our communities, Greenwich Village and Chelsea, are the great places they are because, 60 years ago, Jane Jacobs led a fight against another Department of Transportation commissioner, Robert Moses, who wanted to run a highway down Fifth Ave. Jane believed in community-based planning.

In her classic book about city planning, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” she says: “We shall have something solid to chew on if we think of city neighborhoods as mundane organs of self-government.”

Then she addressed the difficulty in standing up to City Hall: “It is not easy for uncredentialed people to stand up to the credentialed, even when the socalled expertise is grounded in ignorance and folly.”

She continues: “Sometimes the city is not the potential helper, but the antagonist of a street, and again, unless the street contains extraordinarily influential citizens, it is usually helpless alone… We needed power to back up our pipsqueak protest. The power came from our district — Greenwich Village. Without the possibility of such support, most city streets hardly try to fight back.”

This fight today is about our millennial version of Robert Moses, a hopeless incompetent named Polly Trottenberg, who has allowed 100,000 for-hire vehicles to clog our streets.

We stand here today, six weeks after Polly’s aborted launch date, and 14th St. seems to be moving quite rapidly, and side streets, from 12th to 20th, have bad traffic, but are not overrun with cars, as Polly would have it.

We are here because of an extraordinary coalition of local residents, working through democratic, streetlevel organizations called block associations, whose activists are generally longtime residents, who generally live in rent-regulated apartments, or who bought a co-op in the 1970s when a two-bedroom cost $25,000. The block associations have turned out hundreds of residents to meeting after meeting, town hall after town hall, Schneps Media

where Commissioner Trottenberg has sat rolling her eyes. And it is to protect these residents’ communities that the courts have recognized our use of the environmental laws as appropriate.

This fight is no longer about how to make buses faster. D.O.T. and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have made numerous changes to 14th St., which have eliminated most, if not all, bottlenecks that slowed down traffic and buses. There are no left turns allowed. There is no turn onto 14th St. from Fourth Ave. There are no turns allowed onto Broadway.

University Place has been reversed.

Union Square West has been closed to traffic. Bus lanes have been painted.

Select Bus Service has been instituted, allowing off-bus ticketing.

The fight now is about an unneeded car ban that would have thrown 500 extra cars an hour (D.O.T.’s number), and untold numbers of vans and trucks down residential streets, not designed to be traffic thoroughfares. These cars would ruin the residential character of our historic districts. They would spew exhaust, make noise, send vibrations through historic structures and fragile streets, and make crossing, for the elderly and people with children, far more dangerous.

Trottenberg and the mayor now want this to happen simply because they want to show that they can impose their will on communities.

In their quest for speed, the M.T.A. and New York City Transit, in their usual manner, have once again forgotten the needs of people with disabilities and the elderly. They cut out 12 bus stops when they launched SBS service. And they have ripped down most bus shelters along the route.

Those 12 stops were a critical part of the transportation activities of people with disabilities, and older people who use the bus. Their needs are supposed to be accommodated under the city’s Human Rights Law. Accommodation can be done easily, as is done on all other SBS lines, by overlaying SBS service on top of local service. The elderly and the disabled are the real users of the M14 bus — not some zealots who live in other communities, and who claim to speak for local bus users.

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A s Transpor tation Alternatives protested outside his Village home two weeks ago, Ar thur Schwar tz offered pastries. The crowd demanded he “drop the lawsuit!” against the 14th St. busway pilot program.

An absurd attack To The Editor: Re “A power broker’s legacy; Schwartz pulls a Moses” (op-ed, by Quinn Raymond, Aug. 22): I find it hard to fathom how, as a lawyer for the Transport Workers Union for almost 20 years, someone can call me an opponent of mass transit.

I am not fighting to keep cars on 14th St. I am fighting to keep them off residential side streets, the very streets Jane Jacobs helped preserve. Jane, like me, would say, “Get rid of the cars, don’t just shift them around.”

The statistics from the busway’s first month, with cars on 14th St., show bus speed increasing by 25 percent during rush hour, which was the target! Local people are far more astute than distant bureaucrats in City Hall.

By the way, I not only fought for the M8 (Eighth St. crosstown), I was in court seeking to stop the closure of that line and a dozen others back in 2010, trying to save the jobs of the largely black and Hispanic bus drivers and keep them from being laid off. I didn’t win, but that same lawsuit succeeded in stopping the closure of more than 100 token booths and the laying off of 500 station agents.

I am proud of my legacy.

Arthur Schwartz

End car favoritism To The Editor: Re “A power broker’s legacy; Schwartz pulls a Moses” (op-ed, by Quinn Raymond, Aug. 22): Seventy-seven percent of Manhattan households are car-free, and households that own cars have a median income nearly double those who don’t, according to 2015 U.S. Census data.

It’s insane how much of our public streets are given over to private car us-

Schwartz is Democratic district leader for Greenwich Village, president of Advocates for Justice, and the attorney on the 14th St. lawsuits on the busway and removed bus stops.

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ers.

The M14 average speed is 4.3 mph, slowest in the city. Here in Brooklyn, Fulton St. has been bus-only for years and the buses move much faster.

Most New Yorkers suffer slower transit, increased pollution and increased risk of injury every day because of the dominance of infrastructure for cars.

Tony Melone

Put back M14 stops To The Editor: Re “Wheely mad: TransAlt rages at attorney” (news article, Aug. 15): I have been a volunteer for Visiting Neighbors, escorting many frail senior citizens who live at home to doctors and dentists appointments, physical therapy and other services. These seniors depend on readily available bus service, not routes where they must walk several blocks to reach a stop.

Buses are the only public transportation available to Lower East Siders living on Avenues A, B or D or south.

As a resident of E. 10th St. between Second and Third Aves., I am a regular rider on the M14 and am well aware of the traffic delays. But priority of such service should be given to elderly and disabled residents, most of whom are not wealthy and rely on this bus. I hope the M.T.A. reconsiders its decision to remove bus stops on these routes.

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CEOs Sing a New Tune, But Action Must Follow

By Stuart Appelbaum, President Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, UFCW Twitter: @sappelbaum

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usiness Roundtable — a lobbying organization made up of almost 200 chief executives from Apple, Walmart, JP Morgan Chase, and many more of the world’s largest companies — released a statement in August that proports to change the role of corporations in our society. The statement declares that American corporations should promote “an economy that serves all Americans.”

On the surface, it’s a welcome about-face from the “free-market” corporate identity established in the late 1960s where profit and “shareholder primacy” were the overpowering motivations for corporate America, often at the expense of workers, communities, and the environment.

The results have had a staggering effect; Over the past five decades, the top 1 percent of American earners have nearly doubled their share of national income. The real value of American wages has flatlined, failing to keep up with increased productivity. And pay for top CEOs is now hundreds of times that of the pay of their employees.

So, it’s good to see some of the world’s richest CEOs say they are now dedicated to compensating employees fairly and providing them with important benefits while supporting communities and embracing environmentally friendly practices. It’s refreshing to see corporate America declare its dedication to diversity and inclusion and treating workers with dignity and respect. This is language that American workers, and the labor movement, agree with.

We all know, however, that talk is different than action. What the Business Roundtable didn’t say was specifically how corporate America is going to change. Income inequality was not addressed in the statement; neither was obscene CEO pay, nor changes in the way companies and management approach labor relations and politics.

Since the late 1960s, when corporate America embraced a draconian freemarket, profit-first ethos, union membership has fallen at a steady rate. So too has worker pay and benefits. This is no accident. Corporations have consistently used all of the resources at their disposal to fight workers’ wishes to organize, and to politically hurt unions. With few exceptions, corporations have done everything they can over the past 50 years to ensure that workers lose their union voice — the very “dignity and respect” they now claim to support.

When companies agree not to fight their workers by bringing in expensive union-busting “consultants” and don’t intimidate or threaten their employees, workers choose the dignity and respect afforded by union membership.

The statement by the Business Roundtable is a step in the right direction; but so far, it counts only as good PR. American corporations need to lead the way by ending their half-century war against unions and their own workers.

The signatories of the Business Roundtable statement can show it’s not just talk by agreeing to workplace neutrality and allowing their employees to join unions without interference or intimidation. It would be a striking change, especially considering that companies like Amazon and Walmart, both of whom signed the statement, have historically been virulently antiunion. That’s how true change will be achieved, and how America’s corporations can fulfill their new stated purpose.

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The Funfetti cookie, left, has a sugar cookie base with rainbow sprinkles and vanilla cream cheese frosting. The Monster, right, includes gluten-free oats, peanut butter, M & M’s and raisins.

Schmackary’s makes cookies well worth it

BY GABE HERMAN

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f you’re going to indulge in dessert, you’ve got to make it count with something tasty. And Schmackary’s is a local bakery making cookies that are worth the indulgence.

The shop makes big cookies in more than 45 flavors. There is the traditional chocolate chip cookie, called The Classic. But the variety expands out in all types of directions, like red velvet, caramel apple crisp, key lime, peanut butter cup, sch’mores, fluffer nutter and cookie dough, just to name a few. There are even some savory cookie options, like maple bacon and schmackaroni & cheese. The flavors also include some vegan and gluten-free options.

The original store is in Hell’s Kitchen, at 362 W. 45th St., at Ninth Ave. There is now another location, which just opened this summer in the East Village at 35 Cooper Square.

The company, which boasts “Lipschmackin’ good cookies,” started in 2011 as an online business run out of the founder’s 400-square-foot apartment in the city. Zachary “Schmackary” Schmahl, who moved here from Nebraska in 2008, had the business idea based on creating lots of cookie flavors beyond just the usual few options. The Midtown brick-and-mortar shop opened in 2012.

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There are some non-cookie treats, too, such as schmackaroons, brownies, Krispie treats and bars. But the cookies are the stars, and fairly priced considering their big sizes. One cookie sells for $3.25, two for $6, and six for $15.

More information can be found at schmackarys.com.

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Tiziano Zorzan, bringing Italian style to NYC

BY ALEJANDR A O’CONNELLDOMENECH

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n the window of Tiziano Zorzan’s Bleecker St. boutique a mannequin sports an orange silk dress with a skirt that moves gently in an artificial breeze. “We like to share an experience with our customers,” Zorzan said.

The Milan native currently has three boutiques in the city. There’s the 380 Bleecker St. location — described as his “home base” — between Perry and Charles Sts.; a spot at 69 Eighth Ave., between 13th and 14th Sts.; and one at 829 Washington St., in the Meatpacking District.

Each location reflects its surroundings: Bleecker St. is quieter while the Washington St. boutique is bit more buzzing given the foot traffic from the neighboring High Line.

But the ethos at each location is the same. Namely, staff treat each customer like a guest visiting their home, with care, respect and honesty. When a customer steps into one of Zorzan’s boutiques, it should feel as if she is perusing garments in a friend’s closet.

The store’s layout is designed to reflect this welcoming, homey vibe, as well.

Inside the boutique, clothing is hung on racks spaced out around the floor’s perimeter — again, giving the casual feeling of looking through a friend’s closet.

The spacing also works to showcase the high-end fabrics used to create each piece.

The material Zorzan uses to create his dresses, blouses, trousers, bags and shoes are sourced from the top 20 Italian fabric producers.

The silks — chiffon, organza, Georgette and Jacquard — come from Lake Como, the silk capital of the country.

The leather comes from France. The wool and cashmere are from the city of Biele, Italy.

The shoes are made in Le Marche, the country’s most renowned artisanal shoemaking region.

Just like the customers that step into the boutiques, each one of Zorzan’s pieces is unique. The designer only creates between 14 and 20 pieces of each item.

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Pieces at Tiziano Zorzan’s Washington St. boutique.

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Stylish shoes on display at Tiziano Zorzan’s boutique.

color, or whether the cut of a dress is overpowering or empowering. To him, clothing should both feel and look elegant, accentuating the wearer’s inner and outer beauty.

of Italian wine is offered as she looks at the fine garments.

As a customer tries them on, Zorzan will offer thoughts on whether a color accentuates her skin tone or eye

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“You can be an accountant,” Zorzan said. “You can be a stylist. You can be a fashion designer. You can be a businessman or whatever.

“But you can do it with style.”

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Dancers were feeling the groove and looking smooth at the Charlie Park Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park.

From left, Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, Peter Washington on bass and JD Allen on saxophone at Tompkins Square Park playing a tribute to the legendar y jazz drummer Ar t Blakey.

Bird and all that jazz in Tompkins

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unday was a perfect day for everything in Tompkins Square Park.

The grounds were packed to capacity for the 27th free Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, and the weather was almost as sublime as the music.

Drummer Carl Allen, who led a tribute to Art Blakey as the closing act, had nothing but good things to say about the experience.

“The vibe of the audience was fantastic! ” he said. “It was great to hear George Coleman [who Allen has worked with] and see the audience dancing.

“It was truly a treat and an honor to be there,” he added, “and I hope it won’t be the last.”

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From left, Eric Reed on piano, JD Allen on sax, Peter Washington on bass, quintet leader Carl Allen on drums and Jeremy Pelt on trumpet jammed in Tompkins Square Park in a tribute to Ar t Blakey.

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From left, Terr y Lee King, Mark Marcante, T. Scott Lilly, Michael David Gordon and Cher yl Gadsden, as Mr. T (Lilly) descends into Hades.

All the city’s a stage for TNC

BY CL AUDE SOLNIK

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s New York City looks at ways to turn streets into pedestrian walkways and more, Theater for the New City is doing its part to turn streets into a stage.

The theater, at 155 First Ave., on Aug. 3 debuted a new musical on E. 10th St., complete with portable stage, puppets, choreography and trapdoors — as well as a cauldron full of miscalculations.

The theater took its show, “No Brainer or the Solution to Parasites,” very literally on the road, with book, lyrics and direction by Crystal Field, Theater for the New City’s co-founder and artistic director, and music composed and arranged by Joseph Vernon Banks. This new musical, with about 50 performers on and off stage, travels to locations citywide through Sept. 15.

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“People come forward, a doctor from the Bronx, a nurse from Bensonhurst, a bra sales person from Astoria, a teacher from Jamaica, a preacher,” Field said of the opening number, “Census.” “All these people want to be counted.”

We watch the varied mosaic of New York City assembled in front of audiences complete with music and choreography and an undocumented resident.

“Eat with chopsticks or your fingers, or you use a knife and fork,” Field said, reciting lines from the show. “We’re one and all New Yorkers. We live and love New York.”

Although political theater may seem more a description of campaigns and debates than stage, street theater is part of a tradition that has made a difference Downtown.

Field first worked on street theater with Robert Nichols of Bread and Puppet Theater and Peter Schumann, the originator of the Judson Poets Theater at Judson Church.

Field directed a musical Nichols

Square Park and Sun., Sept. 15, at 2 p.m. at Tompkins Square Park.

“It’s a rip-roaring musical that portrays our road to national madness as a bad trip to Hades,” Field said of the show, which is slated to tour parks, playgrounds and streets across the five boroughs.

The company includes 30 actors, 10 crew members, five musicians led by composer Banks at the keyboard, three assistant directors, two stage managers and just about everything except a partridge and a pear tree.

“The music varies in style from bossa nova to hip-hop to musical comedy to classical cantata,” said Field, who appears in a small role as the spirit of St. Nicholas Hill. “The play is a bouncy joyride through the undulations of the body politic.”

Michael David Gordon plays Joe Black, a social-service worker and housing specialist, while T. Scott Lilly plays Mr. T, a villain whose identity isn’t difficult to determine. Justin Rodriguez plays an undocumented immigrant.

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wrote called “The Expressway,” seeking to stop construction of a superhighway that Robert Moses planned to plow right through the heart of Greenwich Village. The musical was a success and likely helped save the Village in the process.

“He wanted to build an expressway that connected the West Side Highway with the East Side Drive,” Field said. “It would have gone straight through Greenwich Village and Little Italy. They would have had to destroy all the homes there. We fought against it and won. This street-theater piece, which was an hour-long musical, was a big part of the protest against that highway.”

Field helped launch Theater for the New City in the East Village, while continuing to direct, and then write street-theater musicals in an enduring summer tradition.

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Mark Marcante, Mrs. Garlic, portrayed

by Cheryl Gadsden, and Monsieur X., played by Terry Lee King.

“Mr. T. gets into the cauldron and drinks from the cauldron full of parasites of doom that get into his brain,” Field explained.

In this show, cast and audience travel to Hades, a place underground with a huge cauldron, filled with mistakes made throughout history.

“It’s a cesspool of historical crimes and errors,” Field said.

Although Field initially directed shows, she wrote her first street-theater musical in 1976 around the theme of the country’s bicentennial, titled “Mama Liberty’s Bicentennial Party.”

“You know who was in it? Tim Robbins among other people,” Field said.

“He had a featured role. He played a local young man, the hero of the play.”

TNC’s street theater, while it’s meant to be entertaining, spotlights issues, whether it’s how immigrants are treated or funding for the arts.

“It’s in the tradition of commedia dell’arte, which was always political,” Field noted. “Commedia was hysterical, full of satire and acrobatics and lots of joy.”

Producing a new musical every year isn’t done overnight.

“I write it all year long,” she said. “I have a little drawer in my kitchen cabinet for my street-theater notes.”

After two weeks of improvisations

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Cr ystal Field, Theater for the New City’s ar tistic director, as the spirit of St. Nicholas Hill, left, and Michael David Gordon, who plays a socialser vice provider.

and workshops with the 50-member cast, Field and a few key staffers headed Upstate to finish the script. She phoned in lyrics to Banks, who composed and played songs back over the phone.

“We discuss it,” she said. “He tweaks it. When I come back, we have three weeks of rehearsal.”

Banks has worked with Field on these musicals for 11 years, after she

worked for 11 years with Mark Hardwick, who went on to compose the music for “Pump Boys and Dinettes,” which played on Broadway, and “Oil City Symphony,” an Off-Broadway hit.

“Both of them were very much inspired by street theater,” Field said.

Ralph Lee, the famous maker of gigantic puppets that became the core of the Greenwich Village Halloween Pa-

rade, also worked on street theater.

“After five years, he suggested we do a parade,” Field said. “He had big, 6-foot puppets sitting in his studio. He suggested I do a parade. We started the Halloween Parade.”

TNC uses a device they call a “cranky,” 9 feet high by 12 feet wide, a kind of giant scroll that can be moved to provide settings for 10 scenes.

“It takes five people to run it,” Field said. “It runs on two rollers.”

The production is funded with the help of the City of New York, New York State Council On the Arts and others.

“The rest of it is by people,” she said of the production, which costs about $55,000. “We raise money for the street theater from our audience and our donors.”

Field repeated a few lines from a song about this play’s concept of this cauldron of miscalculations in hell.

“A place where all the bad times of the past are cast away, history is cleansed and the planet lives another day,” Field said. “I’m sure your housing problems will end up there, as well.

They call it hell. I call it Hades.”

TNC focuses on this project each summer, preparing a production as the centerpiece of the season.

“It’s our whole summer program,” Field said. “We never have enough funds. We’re always looking.”

The show runs through Sept. 15, with performances across the city. For more information, call 212-254-1109 or visit www.theaterforthenewcity.net.

Outdoor Art Show a ‘Labor Day’ of love

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON

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n a traditional end-of-summer event, the sidewalks around Washington Square will be teeming with art over the next two weekends.

The occasion is the 89th annual fall show of the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit.

Technically, it’s not fall yet. But it’s a fact that this “fall show” will feature nearly 100 artists and craft artisans selling their original creations directly to the public. The popular and free event attracts thousands each year.

The outdoor art extravaganza begins Labor Day weekend, Sat., Aug. 31 to Mon., Sept. 2, and continues the following weekend, Sat., Sept. 7 and Sun., Sept. 8.

It’s free to the public and runs from noon to 6 p.m. each day.

The artwork and crafts on display will be in all mediums — from painting, photography, jewelry and glass to woodworking, ceramics and mixed media, on sale directly from the artists themselves.

Artists from all around the New

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Kristiana Parne, seen at last year’s Washington Square Outdoor Ar t Exhibit, will be selling her ar twork again at the upcoming event.

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York metropolitan area will be featured, along with artists from other parts of the U.S. and even from abroad, as well.

The event is also a juried show and all registered artists are eligible in several award categories by medium. There will also be a “Best in Show” award.

The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit happens just twice a year, each spring and fall.

The event takes place on University Place starting at E. 13th St. and continuing south along the east side of Washington Square Park to W. Third St. The southern end of the show encompasses Schwartz Plaza (a.k.a. Bobkin Lane) between New York University’s Shimkin Hall and Bobst Library.

The outdoor show started from humble beginnings in 1931. Artists and friends Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning sold a few of their paintings from the sidewalk near Washington Square Park to make some much needed extra cash. The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit went on to become a New York City art institution.

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Manhattan Happenings

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PERFORMANCES Salsa till you drop: The New York International Salsa Congress runs through Sept. 1, featuring full days of concerts by live bands, dance showcases, instructional workshops and nonstop late-night social, bachata and world-music dancing until 4 a.m. At the New York Marriott Marquis, at 1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Sts. Tickets start at $40 and can be purchased at www.newyorksalsacongress.com .

“Piano in Bryant Park” presents arranger and composer Frank Owens on Thurs., Aug. 29, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m at the Upper Terrace in Bryant Park, at 41st St. between Sixth and Fifth Aves.

Mad. Sq. Hort Talks: N.Y.U. biology professor Michael Purugganan Ph.D. will lead a lively walkthrough of Madison Square Park with a discussion of the park’s horticulture on Thurs., Aug. 29, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meet at the Southern Fountain in Madison Square Park, at Fifth Ave. and 24th St. “Oh, beware…of jealousy”: Bryant Park’s “Picnic Performances” this week presents “Othello,” produced by The Drilling Company. Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of betrayal, race, friendship and loss is reinterpreted through a contemporary lens and fresh exploration. Fri., Aug. 30, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at The Lawn at Bryant Park.

Broadway bonanza: Sept. 5 to Sept. 18, NYC Broadway Week offers 2-for-1 theater tickets. Visit nycgo.com.

MUSEUM Artists in charge: In “Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection,” a half-dozen contemporary artists do just that — explore the Guggenheim collection to create the museum’s first artist-curated exhibition. On view at the museum, at 1071 Fifth Ave., at 89th St., until Jan. 12. Every Saturday, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., admission is pay what you wish.

OUTDOORS Riverside yoga flow: Summer on the Hudson presents Yoga Flow, led by veteran instructor Nina Semczuk. Link mindful breath with movement in this fullspectrum outdoor yoga practice. Bring a mat. Thurs., Aug. 29, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Lawn at W. 74th St. in Riverside Park.

High Line stargazing: Every Tuesday at dusk until October, High Line visitors can use high-powered telescopes from the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York to see rare celestial sights. Meet on the High Line at 14th St. and 10th Ave. Free. No RSVP needed.

Medical High Line: The “Celebrating Medicinal Plants: Garden Tour” happens on the High Line on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. during September.

Enjoy a guided tour of the elevated park’s medicinal and utilitarian plants. Free. RSVP on the High Line Web site.

Take a dip: The city’s public pools close on Sept. 8, making Labor Day weekend one of the last chances to take a dip. The city has more than 40 outdoor pools, all free and open to the public. For more information, visit https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ outdoor-pools.

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Enjoy action-packed fun — and free ice cream, popcorn and more, if you come early — at a screening of “Captain Mar vel” at Mae Grant Playground.

Pollinator party — Honey tasting: In celebration of National Honey Month, enjoy a special pollinator party in Washington Square Park, with a free honey tasting with Miss Debbie and The Honeybee Conservancy. Wed., Sept. 4, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the park’s northwest corner seating area. Sponsored by the Washington Square Park Conservancy.

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Stella Adler Studio playing in FiDi

BY ALEJANDR A O’CONNELLDOMENECH

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he Stella Adler Studio of Acting is moving from its longtime home at 31 W. 27th St. near Madison Square Park to a larger space at 65 Broadway near the New York Stock Exchange.

The new space in the Financial District is two full floors in the American Express building and is about 30,000 square feet, a 10,000 foot increase in size from their previous location. The new facility will host five black-box theaters, nine rehearsal studios, roomy waiting areas, dressing rooms and more.

“Sixty-five Broadway will mark a new chapter for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting,” said Tom Oppenheim, grandson of Stella Adler and the studio’s artistic director.

“Our transition into a new and larger home will expand the programming possibilities for the conservatory and for our public-facing programs, like the Arts Series and the Outreach Division, which are central to our mission,” he added.

The world-renowned studio has been teaching technique to generations of acting greats, including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel, for 70 years in multiple locations throughout Manhattan. As the studio

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A class session at Rikers Island provided by the the Stella Adler Studio of Acting’s Outreach Division.

Division, the latter which provides arts programs to incarcerated individuals at Rikers Island.

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has grown, so has its programing.

Besides training 500 actors annually, the studio also provides lectures, poetry readings, classical music and dance performance events. It boasts a Playwrights Division and an Outreach

vatory to a cultural center. Once up and running again in early September, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting will become the Stella Adler Center for the Arts and boast a broader cultural and social-justice focus.

Port Authority renovation outreach rolling

BY GABE HERMAN

using part of the nearby Jacob Javits Center as a bus terminal; or using the

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September date has been announced for the public meeting in Manhattan that will take community feedback about the Port Authority’s ideas for upcoming renovations.

The meeting will be on Thurs., Sept.

5, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. There will be a presentation at 4:30 p.m. and it will be repeated at 6 p.m. The meeting will be at the Westin Hotel Times Square, at 270 W. 43rd St., between Seventh and Eighth Aves.

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Javits Center while also renovating part of the current site.

Cost estimates for a new Port Authority terminal have been as high as $10 billion. The Port Authority expects the project to be finished by 2030.

The scoping document was released May 23, kicking off an environmental review process and 120-day period for public comments. The process included planned public hearings in July and September, in both New York and New Jersey.

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Real Estate

What to do with vintage radiators?

BY LIZ SADLER CRYAN

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f you’re buying a townhouse in need of a big renovation, there’s a good chance it has radiators that run on either a hot water or steam heating system. Deciding what to do with the radiators — whether to replace, restore or remove them in favor of a forcedair heating and cooling system — can have a major impact on the look of the house, and on the budget.

The first step is to settle on a type of heating system. Most brownstones — in particular, the classic Italianate homes of the mid-19th century — were built without central heating. Starting in the 1880s, steam systems, and later forced air, began to appear in townhouses and luxury apartment houses built for the wealthy. Steam systems, along with a few hot water systems, were installed in the vast majority of brownstones between 1910 and 1930.

“When I look at some four-story brownstone that at some point was converted to a rooming house, and the pipes have been altered and just can’t be put back, I sometimes tell people they have to start over,” said plumber John Cataneo, of Gateway Plumbing and Heating, who specializes in heating systems. “But most of the time, it’s just a matter of some poorly done changes that have been done over the years.

Most systems are restorable and can be made to run quietly and efficiently.”

An old steam system can be restored for under $5,000, Cataneo said. Replacing it with a new high-end hot water system costs about $20,000 per floor.

“Hot water is a much more flexible system, in that you can adjust water flow, water temperature, radiator temperature. There’s more adjustment based on needs of the home,” Cataneo said. “Steam works as one big system that has much less flexibility.”

A forced-air HVAC system is a third option that blows dry, heated air into the room through vents.

“Forced air is much drier, so I recommend coupling it with a humidifier,” said architect Sarah Jacoby. “Sometimes, we do a forced-air system combined with small radiators, since people like the quality of the heat it provides.”

Steam and hot water systems deliver heat through radiators, which stay hot for quite a while, even after the boiler shuts off. Many brownstones come with the original castiron radiators intact. Whether to replace, restore or hide them beneath a radiator cover is mostly an aesthetic preference.

“With existing radiators, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. It really depends on what our clients want the

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space to be, and on the size, style, and condition of the radiator,” architect Sarah Jacoby said. “If we’re restoring a historic environment, we typically remove the covers, then clean and paint the radiators, integrating them with the interior design. If they’re in bad condition, if the room has space constraints, or if our clients are pursuing a more contemporary atmosphere, we would recommend switching them out.”

Some architects replace original radiators with new cast-iron ones by the brand Governale, which look similar to the old radiators but with a slimmer profile. The radiator brand Runtal is another option for those with hot water systems.

“Runtals take up almost no space, and they can be custom painted, so they are a great option,” Jacoby said. “I used them with a client in a Bed-Stuy brownstone renovation, and because of the minimal profiles, we were able to optimize the layouts of the interior spaces.”

Moving radiators under windows is another way to tuck these heating structures out of the way and increase efficiency.

“If the budget is available, I would

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To cover or not to cover?

prefer to move them under windows and keep them under the thickness of the wall. It’s a natural space to do it,” architect Bryan Natinsky said. “I put a cover on them, or integrate them into a cabinet with a cover that is flushed and recessed into the wall.”

Natinsky also combines radiators with forced-air systems that can kick in TVG

while the radiators heat up.

“I find the best combination is radiators as the main source of heat and forced air as a supplemental source,” he said.

This article first ran in Brownstoner, a Schneps Media sister publication of The Villager.

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