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Forces for and against Hughes Corp. development square off over revised plans

BY AMANDA WOODS The Howard Hughes Corp.’s revised South Street Seaport development proposal announced last month––including a slightly lower tower––failed to satisfy local elected officials and triggered mixed reactions from local residents.

The tower, the most controversial part of the plan, would be reduced from 650 to 494 feet and at its base include a three-story, 71,000-square-foot middle school, which may accommodate yet-tobe-determined community programs, according to the developer.

In addition to the tower, the developer’s revised proposal, which has yet to formally begin a lengthy city review process, includes East River Esplanade improvements, a marina, some belowmarket housing built on historic Schermerhorn Row, restoration of the historic Tin Building, an infusion of funds to the Seaport Museum, and more.

“I’m pleased to say today that we addressed every single one of the important priorities that they laid out for us in that group,” Hughes Corp. CEO David Weinreb said at a press briefing, referring to a working group of Lower Manhattan civic leaders, elected officials and residents that devised guiding principles for the Seaport’s redevelopment.

“In some cases,” he added, “we were able to accomplish 100 percent of what they wanted, and, in some cases, we were able to partially give them what they wanted.”

Some Seaport advocates argue otherwise, calling the middle school a “carrot” to gain favor with parents. Other neighbors liked the plans, praising the addition of school seats and activities they have brought to the area.

Borough President Gale Brewer, a strong critic of Hughes Corp.’s previous proposal, specifically the tower, said she opposes the revised plans as well.

“Building a tower at the South Street Seaport is like building a tower at

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Howard Hughes Corp. CEO David Weinreb stands beside a model of the developer's proposed master plan for the Seaport, including a nearly 500-foot-high apartment tower.

Colonial Williamsburg,” she said.

Councilwoman Margaret Chin said she can’t support the tower or the overall proposal “in its current form.”

“There’s still a lot of work to be done to make sure this plan truly serves the Seaport community, and we must strongly consider alternatives,” she said.

“The size of the proposed tower remains a concern,” Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said in a statement, adding that community consensus on the

project is “essential.”

Until the Seaport Working Group guidelines are met, State Sen. Daniel Squadron told Community Board 1, “I don’t believe that [the approval process] should move forward.”

In a statement, Weinreb touted “the support of Lower Manhattan families” though just how much support remains unclear.

“They’re probably couching the reason for keeping [the tower height]

because, ‘Hey, we’re going to give you a school,’” said Paul Hovitz, co-chair of CB1’s Youth and Education Committee and an outspoken opponent of the tower.

“The community board is on record saying that the tower is not a price that we will accept for a school there.”

But some Spruce Street and Peck Slip School parents are speaking out in support of the developer.

Three parents formed a group called Friends of the Seaport to show they are behind the Hughes Corp. plans. They scheduled a meeting for Dec. 1 at the Pine Street School, which they expect about 70 people to attend.

“We’re in support of an overall plan that will elevate the area,” said Broad Street resident Lisa Gorke, whose two children attend the Peck Slip School. In a phone interview Gorke said that she and two other mothers got together to support Hughes Corp. out of frustration that voices like theirs were not being heard.

“A lot of us began to feel that those who opposed the project are really a lot noisier than anyone who supported it had been,” she said.

Aside from the promise of a school, some parents praise the developer for helping to turn the Seaport into a place they say local residents, not just tourists, want to visit.

“Prior to them taking charge of that space, it was kind of a place where you weren’t sure of what it really was,” said Ashley Duncan, whose three children attend the Spruce Street School.

“They’ve made a community down there.”

Save Our Seaport, the grassroots group that had been at the forefront of the fight against the proposed tower, remains opposed to it.

“The narrative is pretty clear,” said Michael Kramer, a Seaport Working Group and Save Our Seaport member.

Noting that Hughes Corp. claims it needs the tower to pay for improvements to the Seaport, he said, “We want all of that, but why do we have to take a tower?”

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long-term if we allow this to happen.”

Weinreb said the tower is as low as it can go and still “deliver the benefits and the infrastructure costs that we proposed.”

Paul Kefer, a member of the Seaport Working Group and Save Our Seaport, credited the developer with putting “a lot of thought into aspects other than the tower,” including its choice of building materials and avoiding big-box retail.

“But then, in my mind, it all fell apart when they still had the tower,” he said.

At a packed-to-capacity meeting sponsored by Save Our Seaport and two other groups, Brewer said that “there are conversations” about relocating the tower, or transferring its air rights, farther from the Seaport Historic District.

Other sites have been mentioned by tower opponents and Weinreb said Hughes Corp. is “not ruling out” transferring the air rights for the tower.

“We’ve been very open to discussing a dialogue,” he said. “We’re completely open to looking at other areas with the recognition that if this building was not built, that it would diminish at some level the vibrancy that we believe the district deserves.”

No viable alternative sites “from an engineering, zoning or commercial perspective” have yet been presented, added Chris Curry, a Howard Hughes senior executive vice president.

“But the point is we haven’t said, ‘No, we’re not going to look at it,’” Weinreb continued. “It just doesn’t exist.”

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Above: Rendering of view looking north toward restored Tin Building and lower floors of proposed apartment tower. Mall, to be built on Pier 17, is at right.

Left: Michael Kramer addresses a meeting of Save Our Seaport, a group that opposes the Howard Hughes Corp plan.

At two separate CB1 Landmarks Committee meetings and finally at the Landmarks Preservation Commission in January, the developer will publicly present its plans for the Seaport Historic District. (The tower lies outside the district.) No date has been set for the developer to present its mixed-use project, including the tower, to the community board—the first step in a seven-month city approval process.

There are many parts to the Hughes Corp.’s $300 million plan for the Seaport. Here are some of them: Affordable housing: Sixty to 70 below-market and 150 market-rate apartments are proposed to be built on the historic Schermerhorn Row block. Some of that housing, as well as a relocated

Seaport Museum, would go into a new building at John and South streets.

Tin Building: This historic structure would be dismantled and reconstructed, with an additional floor, 30 feet back from its current location, away from the FDR Drive so that there is space to lift it above the floodplain, according to Gregg Pasquarelli of SHoP Architects, the principal architect for the plan. A food market would occupy part of the building.

The former fish market building would be built with materials and paint that match its original condition, he said.

Street connections: Fulton and Beekman streets would be extended east, beyond the FDR Drive, so “they are tied into the urban fabric where cars will be able to go,” Pasquarelli said. “We feel CARL GLASSMAN

that one of the critical things is to tie the project into the grid of the city.”

South Street Seaport Museum: Hughes Corp. says it is committing more than $10 million to sustain the struggling museum, which the developer proposed to house in two structures. A building, up to 5,000 square feet, would be added to Pier 16 next to the Peking.

Marina: The plan calls for a marina north of Pier 17 that would mostly be for smaller boats, although there would be space for “a large boat or two,” according to Pasquarelli.

East River Esplanade: Hughes Corp. plans to extend the esplanade through the Seaport to the Brooklyn Bridge, a $53 million project. Currently, the path curves around the FDR viaduct pillars and one lane in each direction is shared by pedestrians and cyclists.

Retail pavilions: Several pavilions will be built beneath the overpass. “That gives you a two-sided retail street and sets off where the esplanade moves right through the project,” Pasquarelli said.

Pier repair: The over 100-year-old wooden piles that support the Tin and Link buildings have been partially eaten away by salt water and must be completely rebuilt, Pasquarelli said.

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Rare clock and its tower at the center of Landmarks talks over developers’ plans

BY CARL GLASSMAN The Landmarks Preservation Commission last month found much to praise about the extensive restoration and condominium conversion plans for 346 Broadway, otherwise known as Tribeca’s Clock Tower Building.

But then there was the matter of the clock, and the tower.

As part of their plan, developers Peebles Corp. and the El Ad Group propose to make the landmark-designated four-faced clock, its works and the interior of the grand tower that houses them, part of a privately owned four-level penthouse.

It was a proposal that had the commission deliberating—and the public opposing—at a hearing that lasted for more than three hours.

Under private ownership, the commissioners pondered, can the 1898 clock—one of the few of its type still in operation—continue to run, and by what means? How can the city protect a landmark inside someone’s home, or should the clock be there in the first place?

Uncertainty over those questions still hung in the room as the team of developers and architects filed out, with no vote taken on the proposal. But among the commissioners there had been clear discomfort with the notion of putting this precious timepiece in private hands.

The clock and its tower are landmarks that sit atop a landmark, the former headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Co., that the city took over in 1967 and sold to the developers earlier this year. Along with an office space on

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Above: Architect David Beyer presents plans for 346 Broadway to the Landmarks commissioners. Above right: City Clock Master Marvin Schneider testifies that the clock and (below right) its works should be maintained as they have been. Below: The Clock Tower Building.

the second floor, they are interior landmarks that would have the unique distinction of being city-protected spaces inside private homes.

“If the owner decides to redecorate, he’s got to submit to Landmarks [for approval]?” Commissioner Michael Goldblum asked the LPC’s general counsel, Mark Silberman.

“It’s an awkward situation, no doubt,” Silberman replied.

“If the clock stopped working the commission could not issue a violation saying the clock must continue to work,” Silberman said later.

“I think there has to be a clear line between that which is landmarked and that which is not,” Goldblum said.

“Having bedrooms, bathrooms, closets in landmarked interiors is nuts.”

Goldblum suggested a trade. The commission would remove the landmark status of the interior second-floor spaces and, in exchange, the developers would make the clock tower and its base common areas of the condominium.

“I think one could arrange a trade where such a mechanism could be enshrined in use and the clock could run,” he said.

Commission Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan said that approvals for parts of the plan that had brought objections, such as visible elements on the roof, might be traded for making the clock tower a common area of the building.

“This would be a way of addressing the overall package of preservation and restoration by giving us something which is more public,” she said.

R. Donahue Peebles, CEO of the Peebles Corp., argued that the clock tower would be no less public in private

hands than it has been in the past and, besides, it could not comply with handicap access and other code requirements.

“This clock tower mechanism has never been a publicly accessible space,” he said. “Who would go up to look at the mechanism other than a clock operator?”

“It used to be public. I’ve been up there,” someone in the room called out, an apparent reference to the Clocktower Gallery, operated in the tower for 40 years offering art and performances.

Commissioner Roberta Washington said the issue was less about access than about the continued functioning of the clock “as it is, that it be serviced or maintained so that the clock works. I don’t think this is about the public being able

to get to it.”

“It’s our goal to keep it operational,” Peebles said, without elaborating on how that could be accomplished.

A series of public speakers testified against the privatization of the clock.

One of them was Marvin Schneider, the city’s clock master who helped restore the clock nearly 35 years ago and with Forest Markowitz has been keeping it running. Schneider noted that the landmark designation of the clock in 1987 called for the protection of the clock and its functioning mechanism.

“Clearly the intent was to have the machinery working, serving as an example of American horological workmanship in its original space performing in the function for which it was manufactured,” he said. To do otherwise, he added, would be a “naked assault on the meaning of designation.”

“Surely this monumental building provides enough space to make a sizable profit in the city’s robust residential market,” said Barbara Zay of the Historic Districts Council. “Must our interior landmarks become victims of such schemes?”

Eileen Herman, who lives nearby, said it is hard to imagine living without it. “It’s devastating to me to think that I will no longer hear it chime,” she said.

As the hearing drew to an end, Srinivasan called for a visit to the building before the next hearing. That gave Jeremy Woodoff, who had testified for the protection of the clock and its workings, a glimmer of hope.

“Getting them into the building and the clock tower would be a very good thing to do,” he said. “At least they’re paying attention to the issue.”

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Online retailer of high-end clothes, accessories to occupy 1 White Street

BY CARL GLASSMAN “I find there’s a gaping hole in the world when it comes to men’s luxury and I aim to fill it,” says Alan Maleh.

Towards that end, the retailing entrepreneur is taking over the 207-year-old, four-story townhouse at 1 White St. and putting his taste for luxury on display.

Maleh is the founder and CEO of Man of the World, an online seller of high-end men’s clothing and accessories.

He is also the publisher of a $20, 200plus page quarterly magazine of the same name that features his products in glossy, macho style. (Here’s quarterback Tom Brady in a suede biker jacket; there’s Formula One driver Max Chilton sporting a vintage Rolex.)

Maleh, 49, refrains from calling his new place a store, though most everything in it will be for sale. One White Street, vacant since 2010, “will be like my home without bedrooms,” he said in an interview this week as he sipped an espresso next door at Cafe Clementine.

Working with architect David Mann on the design of the now gutted interior of the 15-foot-wide building, Maleh envisions coffee and juices being sold from the “kitchen” on the first floor and, on the second floor, a small “den” and a “living room” that features furniture and home furnishings “I have enough furniture to fill the building about four times,” said Maleh, a collector of vintage watches and cars and mid-20th century furniture.

For the third floor, Maleh plans a two-chair barber shop and an outpost of his “concierge service,” which he describes as “super low-key, super discreet” for well-heeled clients.

“We purely take care of what people need in their social life,” Maleh said.

The top floor will offer tailoring services in what he is calling a “salon” (“No ready to wear!”), with more furniture for sale as well such objects as vintage watches and American Indian jewelry.

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Alan Maleh and 1 White Street. On the roof is a mockup of proposed additions to the building, required by the Landmarks Commission.

The Man of the World townhouse is expected to open next April.

The 1807 building, at White and West Broadway, had been a longtime family home. It was made famous in 1973, when John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who never lived there, named it their “Nutopian Embassy” as part of a whimsical scheme by Lennon to be granted diplomatic immunity from deportation.

“Once I had heard Nutopian Embassy, that’s when I said this place is for me,” Maleh said. “I get an adrenaline rush just saying it as we’re talking.”

Maleh first tried to rent a space at nearby 140 Franklin Street, where he wanted to the building’s garage to display some of his vintage cars. He lost out to a gym that failed to open after the condo board went to court to stop it.

This evangelist of classy machismo and savoir faire dropped out of James Madison High School in Brooklyn after the ninth grade. He suspects attention

deficit disorder did him in, but he also believes the condition may have helped get him to where he is today. “My disabilities are my blessings,” he said. “I have a lot of energy.”

Maleh cut his retail teeth as a teenager, working in his father’s midtown jewelry store, which they moved to Nassau Street. By age 21 he had opened two more stores on the street.

Maleh eventually sold the business and used the cash to start wholesaling children’s wear. Years later, starting as a hobby, he put together a catalogue of his watch and car collection. By 2012 that idea had morphed into Man of the World as a magazine and online business, more draining of funds than he had imagined.

“When the water was just about here financially,” he said, holding his hand at nose level, “I sold a clothing brand [to a competitor] for $38 million.”

That was last year. Since then, he said, the e-commerce business has taken

off. “I have two watches in my briefcase that we sold in the last two days–one for $15,000 and one for $12,000.”

Now it’s not customers he needs to win over, but the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The townhouse lies in the Tribeca East Historic District and proposed changes to its exterior were opposed last month by Community Board 1.

In a presentation to the board's Landmarks Committee, architect Stephen Chin showed a plan that, in some cases, put windows where there is now a door and doors where there are now windows.

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BY AMANDA WOODS The fourth time was the charm.

After four appeals before Community Board 1 over three months, the owners of Gunbae, a restaurant and karaoke

owners’ soundproofing plans. On their third try they presented revised plans to the committee before the full board took its vote.

They were rejected again.

Last month, Gunbae's team of owners, acoustical consultant, lawyer and architect stood before the Tribeca Committee with a thick document that apparently detailed soundproofing and other plans for the building.

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Worries by the board and neighbors Most members were swayed. about noise and vibrations from multiple “We’ve been through it all chapter karaoke rooms planned for the eatery’s and verse,” chair Peter Braus said to basement kept the owners coming back member Marc Ameruso, who asked for to the board. more details. “They’ve hired the firm There were two contentious meetings that we demanded they hire, they’ve with the Tribeca Committee, one in enclosed the contract that shows that September and again in October. Both they’ve hired the firm, so I don’t think times the board was unhappy with the we need to go through all this again.”

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Day One

When commuters pushed through turnstiles at the Fulton Center transit hub last month, many stopped in their tracks and, wide-eyed, looked around.

“Wow!” they said, one after another.

The most eye-catching feature of the $1.4 billion, ninesubway-line Fulton Center transit hub is the oculus, a 110foot-high dome topped by a glass ceiling that allows sunlight to fill the station.

“It’s triumphant,” said Kashuo Bennett, a Lower Manhattan architect who was fascinated with the way sunlight permeated the station down to its lowest level.

“It’s absolutely beautiful,” said Jean Chen-Villalba, a South Street Seaport resident who came by to see the center and gaze at the oculus from the second-floor mezzanine.

“I’m just looking at the lighting of the sun, how it comes into the building. I’m sort of mesmerized.”

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A man passed a note to a teller at Valley National Bank that said, “I have a gun. Put money in the bag.” The robber then demanded, “Yo, give me all hundreds. I ain’t playing. I have a gun.” The would-be thief then left the bank emptyhanded, without displaying a gun.

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As the southbound train was leaving the station, a man threw a box of wooden coffee stirrers at the conductor, bruising his cheek and scratching his jaw.

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Armed Robbery at Leonard St. Garage

Thieves pointed a gun at a Tribeca parking garage attendant, tied him up and then drove off with three high-priced cars last week.

The robbers entered the 24 Leonard Street garage on Nov. 7, at 12:10 a.m., brandished a handgun and forced the 68-year-old employee into an upstairs office, where they used duct tape to bind his ankles and wrists and to wrap around his face.

They also stole the man’s iPhone and wallet. After about 15 minutes, the victim managed to free his ankles and walk to neighboring 18 Leonard Street, where a doorman removed the tape from his wrists and face.

“I thought it was one of my friends [playing] a joke,” recalled the doorman, who declined to give his name. “And then I got a little stunned. I was like, ‘What the hell happened to this guy?’

The thieves made off with a Range Rover Sport valued at $50,000, a BMW XS, worth $36,000 and a $21,000 2010 Audi Q.

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Many amateur genealogists overlook records that are not fully indexed or require on-site research. Researchers from the National Archives will discuss how to find a possible trove of information at a free talk on Dec. 9, 12 to 1 p.m. at the Learning Center, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, One Bowling Green, 3rd fl. Go to new york.archives@nara.gov or call 866-840-1752 to reserve a space.

Want to Join CB1?

Each year, half the city’s community board seats are up for appointment or reappointment. The Manhattan Borough President’s office is now taking applications for 2015. If you are interested in becoming one of the volunteers who serves on Lower Manhattan’s Community Board 1, go to mbpo.org and click on “About Community Board 1.”

The application deadline is Jan. 30, 2015.

Joan Rivers Tribute

Comics Brad Zimmerman, Cory Kahaney and Tom Cotter will honor Joan Rivers in “Can We Talk?” a multimedia tribute to the comedienne that includes video, reminiscences and Rivers-influenced material. Wednesday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl. Tickets are $15, $12 for students and seniors, are at mjhnyc.org.

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This month’s meeting of Pen Parentis, a literary salon with monthly readings by authors, will also feature music by jazz guitarist Wilson Montuori along with wine and appetizers.

Following readings by Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Yona Zeldis McDonough, Bushra Rehman and Raina Wallens, the authors will discuss their lives and work. The free event, open to adults over 21, takes place Tuesday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m., at the Hotel Andaz, 75 Wall St.

Artist Studios

Each year, between 25 and 30 individuals and groups working across all disciplines win a coveted nine-month studio space at 315 Hudson St. through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’ s Workspace program. Deadline for applications for 2015–2016 is Jan. 29, 2015.

For requirements, and to register for information sessions in early January, go to lmcc.net/program/workspace.

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The TriBattery Pops, Downtown’s all-volunteer band, is looking for players for the 2015 season. The band, with a repertoire of mostly 1960s pop, practices two Friday nights a month from January through May. For information, call Church Street School for Music and Art at 212-571-7290 or email the conductor at TomGoodkin@aol.com.

Craft Fair for a Cause

Handmade stocking stuffers, tree ornaments, jewelry, toys, ceramics and clothing will be available at a holiday craft fair sponsored by Manhattan Youth on Friday, Dec. 12, 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thirty percent of the proceeds from the event will be donated to Save the Children, which is providing emergency care in West Africa. Entry to the fair, at the Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren St., is free.

Bishop’s Band

A collection of 18th-century Peruvian music and songs will be performed this month at Trinity Wall Street Church.

The music, preserved in a manuscript by a bishop who documented life in his northern Peru diocese, will be played, along with Bolivian music, by a band of guitars, Spanish double harp, violins, cello and South American percussion and winds. Singers and dancers will accompany them. The event is Monday, Dec. 29, at 6 p.m. Tickets, $60, $40 and $25, with a $10 student discount are at gemsny.org, 212-866–0468 or at the church, Broadway and Wall.

Ice Skating Rink

The ice rink at South Street Seaport is open. General admission is $10, skates $6. (Residents living in 10038, 10004, and 10005 zip codes, with valid ID, receive 50% off.) Skating lessons are available. For information, go to southstreetseaport.com/ice-rink.

Bogardus Sing

The annual sing at Bogardus Plaza, Reade and Hudson streets, takes place on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. (foul weather date Dec. 17). Both the children’s and the adult chorus from the Church Street School for Music and Art will perform. There will be a toy drive for unwrapped toys for children five and under to benefit the families from the University Settlement.

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Far left: The River Project’s Nina Zain discusses a blackfish that is about to be released. Left: This fish is about to be picked up and placed in a bucket where, below, volunteer Monte Wilson will gently lower it back into the Hudson River, off of Pier 40. Bottom: Kids watch as a fish is released.

Going Home

Downtown Fishes Are Returned to the Hudson River

BY CARL GLASSMAN It was time to say goodbye last month to more than 100 fish and many other aquatic creatures that had been serving as “mini teachers” at The River Project on Pier 40.

Caught in traps off the Lilac at Tribeca’s Pier 26 beginning in early spring, the animals have been the center of attraction and study for visitors and biologists at the marine science field station. With winter coming, and no heat to prevent tank pumps from freezing, the fish each year are ceremonially released back into the water.

“Bye-bye!” shouted a crowd of onlookers who waved as the fish were lowered by bucket, one by one, into the

Hudson River.

“A lot of the fish will bury themselves in the sediment, hang out in a torpor state where they chill out and kind of

hibernate like bears,” Chris Anderson, the River Project’s director of education, explained to the gathering before the fish release began. ”Their heart rate’s going to go down and they’re not going to eat that much over the next few months when the water gets really cold.”

Some, he added, will swim past the Statue of Liberty into deeper water

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where it’s warm, and others will migrate.

Cathy Drew, who founded The River Project on Pier 26 in 1986 and serves as executive director, said that 52 of the 210 fish species that live in New York Harbor were captured for study this year.

“When you get to know them you see that they like things, and they don’t like things, there are even people who they like and they don’t,” she said. “We’re a lot like them and I think that’s the main thing to learn.”

Indeed, their release is something humans can appreciate.

“It was not easy for them being with us,” Drew added. “They’re free now.”

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BY AMANDA WOODS There will be no beer on tap for the 15,000 runners and their supporters who return to Battery Park City next year for the post-run festivities of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run Walk.

That was the decision by an organizer of the event after hearing Community Board 1 members complain of drunken behavior following this September’s run.

John Hodge, vice president of operations for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which raises money for wounded veterans, came before CB1’s Battery Park City Committee last month to request a street activity permit for the next run, scheduled for September 2015.

In previous years, the run sparked complaints from Battery Park City residents about noise from speakers and sound from a live video stream, early-morning soundchecks and other issues.

This time it was about drunks who “trash the neighborhood,” according to some on the committee. The activities after the run, they claimed, have become more like a rowdy party.

The annual run from Red Hook to Battery Park City is held in memory of Hodge’s cousin, firefighter Stephen Siller, who died in the 9/11 rescue effort after running through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to get to the site.

“There’s often not a positive vibe that you and your cousin would like for this,” said committee member Jeffrey Mihok,

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“because there are people who are coming into the community and are just incredibly loud and rambunctious and out of control.”

Hodge said he had not been aware of drunkenness at the post-run festivities–– open to everyone––which include massages for runners, food booths, live music and activities for kids. But he was quick to offer a possible solution.

“Let me throw this out,” he said.

“Suppose we don’t go for a liquor permit this year, leaving it entirely up to whatever businesses or restaurants are around [to serve alcohol]. Would that ease people’s concerns a little bit?”

“I think that would be an improve-

ment,” committee chair Anthony Notaro responded, later adding, “Let’s forego the liquor license and see how things work out. Let’s see the effect that that has.”

In the past, the one-day beer and wine permit for the festivities–– approved by the State Liquor Authority and the mayor’s office––allowed the Miller Brewing Company to set up a beer garden on Vesey Street between North End Avenue and West Street. (The permit did not require CB1 approval.) While beer dispensing will not return next year, Hodge emphasized that participants will still have the option to buy alcohol from nearby establishments.

Spectators and runners stand near finish line at West and Vesey streets at this year’s race.

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“We don’t want to do anything to tarnish Stephen’s memory,” Hodge said in a phone interview. “To hear someone on the board say something about alcohol, I don’t want that perception out there.”

Public drunkenness wasn’t the committee's only concern. Some members suggested changing the route of the run to make it easier for parents and children on their way to the ballfields to get through the crowds. At past events, runners and bystanders packed the streets around the fields, which are a block from the finish line at West Street near Vesey.

“I tried to get through with my little ones who absolutely flipped out because they couldn’t get through the crowd,” said committee member Tammy Meltzer.

Meltzer suggested redirecting the runners through the World Trade Center Memorial Plaza with a finish line at Trinity Place––an alternative that is actually truer to Siller’s route, she said.

Mihok recommended having the runners turn right on South End Avenue, come back around and finish near the Conrad Hotel on North End Avenue.

Hodge was unenthusiastic to suggestions of changing the route but said he would “take a look.” He said he needs to consider how those proposals would affect the starting point in Brooklyn.

The committee held off on voting to recommend a permit, asking Hodge to return to this month’s meeting after reconsidering the route.

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IT WAS A LONG ROAD BACK TO SWIMMING FOR FORME

TOMOKO NAKA. NOW AT ASPHALT GREEN

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Tomoko Naka, 31, a native of Osaka, Japan, began swimming competitively at age six. In her last year of high school she won the Junior Olympic Cup in the 50-meter freestyle, among other honors. As a student at Tsukuba University, she was a member of the 200-meter freestyle relay that broke the Japanese national record.

After giving up swimming for a decade, Naka returned to it in 2013 as an instructor at Battery Park City’s Asphalt Green, where she now coaches the center’s AGUA swim team. She is also an instructor in Asphalt Green’s Waterproofing program, which teaches public school children—many of whom would otherwise have little exposure to the water—how to swim.

Naka talked about her life—in and out of the water—with Trib editor Carl Glassman.

wimming is so hard, the training so intense. I believe nothing is harder than swimming. I really don’t remember ever enjoying swimming. When I was very young, I was super nervous all the time. I remember I didn’t want to come to swim meets.

When I was in junior high, I always thought I wasn’t good enough. My coaches were strict, and there were other kids on the swim team who were way better than me.

I never had a chance to think. It was more like, “Do this, do that, do this.” I was just doing what I was told to do.

I didn’t want to go to practice until high school. It was more like a team then and I started enjoying it more. I decided I’m going to do this, and I was topping the city.

I got a scholarship to a very good college. I told everybody, my coaches, principal, parents, I didn’t want to go.

But they said, that’s silly. Do you know how many people want to go there? So I

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just gave in.

When I went to college I was the bottom again. Most of the swimmers on the team were top in the country and my coach made me feel like I was nobody. I didn’t think I was that good. I was so discouraged. It was so tough—mentally, physically, I hated it. I stopped swimming after my first year. I quit, dropped out of college. I just wanted to get away, so I left Japan, went to Australia to study English.

Of course my parents were disappointed that I stopped swimming, but at the same time they felt bad about pushing me into the college even though I told them I didn’t want to go.

After I came to New York City, I studied dance. I grew up doing sports, but dancing is not a sport, it’s an art, an expression. That was the hard part for me. In sports, the more you do, the better you get, but dancing is not a competition.

So how would you compare people?

Even now, I like black and white. If there is a competition there should be rules.

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ER CHAMPION , SHE SAYS…

Left: Tomoko Naka prepares second-grade students in a Waterproofing class for their first lesson in floating. For many, it will be their first experience in a swimming pool. Below left: Naka gives pointers to her AGUA (Asphalt Green United Aquatics) swim team, who practice at the Battery Park City Center four times a week. Below right: AGUA swimmer Fiona Bell, 8, with Pierce Haider, gets a highfive from Coach Tomoko as the girls make their way to the next race at a meet held at Asphalt Green’s Uptown center.

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NE “Two years ago I began soul-searching. I decided to become a swimming instructor. To do something I’m good at.”

But with dancing there are no rules.

Until maybe three years ago, I was still trying to become a dancer. I worked as a waitress. Once a month or so, I would go into a pool. just to feel the water. Then two years ago, I began soulsearching, I went on a backpacking trip to Southeast Asia for two months by myself without any plan. That’s when I decided to get a swimming instructor job, to do something that I’m good at.

Swimming never leaves you. You’re not going to be able to swim fast, but you’re going to be able to swim.

Somehow I was so comfortable teaching.

I can talk about it. I really understand those kids who are crying, understand that they’re going to get through it.

In addition to coaching, I do Waterproofing. We teach survival skills in water for free to public school kids.

Their parents don’t have the money to give them swimming lessons. Some have never been in a pool. Some are scared of water. At the end of the year, they are treading water.

I love the Waterproofing kids. Most are pure, they just enjoy it. They only get to come to the pool once a week. But they don’t know how dangerous the water is. They just get excited and let go of the side.

I swim twice a week with Asphalt Green’s adult Masters Swim Team. I haven’t done a swim meet yet because I’m not brave, I don’t want to face my time. But I started getting a little bit of hope.

It’s interesting, I think I swim better now than before. I swim slower, but I understand the swimming more. It’s fun.

I still get a little bit jealous of these kids who are fast, full of chances, of hope.

I look at swimming differently now. I wish I had thought about swimming back then the way I do now. Now, I think, Why is it this way? Why do we do this drill? Why is it important how you push off? Before my only goal was to swim faster than before. Now I understand, you have to be smart to be a great athlete.

You have to swim smart.

Above: Naka observes her AGUA team members as they swim freestyle across the Asphalt Green pool. She says she will never drive her swimmers as hard as she was pushed by her coaches in Japan.

Left: Naka helps a child in a Waterproofing class try to relax as he experiences the feeling of floating for the first time. “Some are scared of the water,” she said.

“At the end of the year they are treading water.”

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Charles Waters, actor, educator, and poet to the children’s set, came to Poets House last month and before his audience got in one squirm, he had them snapping their fingers to the beat.

“The rhythm of a poem can slide, slip away to the go go beat of the rhymes,” he rapped in his melodious voice, “Dance to the hippity hop sounds of life while breaking out in chimes.”

This was no ordinary poetry reading. Waters’ poems have names like “Mosquito Bite,” “Sack Lunch” and “Charm Bracelet.” His audience

gets to rub their stomachs, make funny noises and sit on the poet’s lap.

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Waters says he likes to write about everyday kids’ activities like walking to school or eating lunch with friends. His goal, he said, is for kids to see the “extraordinary moments in the ordinary circumstances of their lives.”

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elsey Kirkland Ballet brings its version of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker Suite,” to Downtown’s Schimmel Center. Performances are Thurs and Fri, 12/11 and 12/12, Sat, 12/13, Sun, 12/14, Thurs and Fri, 12/18 and 12/19, Sat, 12/20, and Sun, 12/21. $39-$59.

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Menorah Madness with Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights A show with songs that the whole family can enjoy. Children can also create holiday-themed crafts. For ages 3–10. Sun, 12/14, 2 pm. 1–4 pm crafts for children, 1:30 pm mini-tour, 2 pm concert. $10, $7 children 10 and under. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org. g

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Especially for Kids Three films by Mi’kmaq directors: an animated legend about a canoe and a boy’s rite of passage; a video about identity; and a short about basketry. Daily, 10:30– 11:30 am. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

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Eskimo Story and Game Listen to “Whale Snow” about the Inupiaq and the bowhead whale. Children learn to play the Eskimo yo-yo game and make one to take home. Sat, 12/13, 1–2:30 pm. Free. The National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

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Recently, in a moment of ire, a parent referred to the “oppressive dictatorshiplike attitude” at the school. He was upset about a letter he had received about immunizations, which are carefully regulated in the city’s public schools. Families who do not inoculate their children must apply for a religious exemption.

For a parent who has chosen not to vaccinate his CONNIE child, being SCHRAFT required to articulate one’s religious beliefs to an anonymous Department of Education [DOE] can feel like an invasion of privacy.

Most parents, however, SCHOOL are blissfully TALK unaware of the many regulations that govern schools.

They know that their children should be on time; that sneakers are a must on gym days; that on rainy mornings, parents must drop their children at the front door and not come into the building.

They probably do not know about the Chancellor’s Regulations Volumes A–D, which govern every aspect of school life from enrollment (A-101), to the administration of epinephrine to students with

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severe allergies (A-715), to military recruitment (A-825). Anyone interested can find the hundreds of pages of these Regs on the DOE website.

It begins with registration. While local parents know the drill, those coming from outside the city soon learn that they must live in a certain circumscribed “zone,” or catchment area, in order to be permitted to attend a particular school.

They look at a few apartments, select one, then come running over to the school to register their children, who

ance, and early childhood education.

The process of leaving a school is as proscribed as entering.

It’s not enough for parents to inform the school that they are moving and bring in cupcakes for a goodbye party. They must let the school secretary know which school their child will be attending next—and the secretary must contact the new school, and obtain a written document as proof (Chancellor’s Regs, A240). School records are sometimes held ransom, until this documentation has

Most parents are blissfully unaware of the many rules and regulations dictated by the Department of Education that govern every aspect of school life.

may still be living overseas.

That’s when they find out that, according to the Chancellor’s Regs, they cannot register a child who is not present, in the flesh.

“But I have a lease!” they insist, pulling it from their bag.

Not enough.

Besides their child and a lease, they also need proof of birth (passport or birth certificate) and immunization records.

And they need to fill out a dozen or more forms, inquiries about such personal matters as their ethnicity and race, their home language, their child’s health insur-

been obtained. And a family that is moving overseas must show their flight information to the DOE. The Regs even attempt to control gift giving to teachers and staff, and there is an entire section devoted to school PTAs. Fundraising, record-keeping, and the use of school buildings are all overseen by the DOE. As a parent coordinator, I am required to submit paperwork annually confirming that the PTA has followed the Chancellor’s Regs (and school by-laws) in voting in a new executive board, and the PTA treasurers have to fill out finan-

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cial reports twice a year. I get it—large sums of money are involved, and everyone needs to be protected. But that paperwork is just a fraction of the demands of a bureaucracy such as the DOE. I don’t think that schools have become oppressive dictatorships, but there definitely are a lot of rules to follow. I don’t doubt that they originated from a mandate to make schools safe. Anyone who works in a school is conscious of the trust parents must have in us—that we will not only educate their children but keep them safe for six hours and 20 minutes each day, the amount of time dictated by the teachers’ contract, a 165-page document.

No one complains about the regulation requiring schools to submit a safety plan and hold regular fire drills (evacuations), shelter-ins, and lock downs. A staff member, chosen by the principal, is responsible for writing the safety plan and managing both the school safety team and the Building Response Team.

And coming back to immunizations, it’s a safety risk for pregnant women and infants too young to be fully vaccinated to come in contact with an unimmunized child. So, while any parent has the right to make that choice for their child, it is the DOE’s right to follow protocol that will protect everyone else around him.

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Above: Girls’ division organizers Laura Benoist, left, and Eileen Connaughton Montague. Right: San Luis and Monterrey scramble for possession. Below: More action between San Luis and Monterrey, and Tiajuana celebrates a goal against Veracruz.

In a League of Their Own It was a big first season for Downtown girls soccer

There were lots of winners this season in the Downtown Soccer League, and one of the biggest was not a team but a whole new program.

The league launched two girls-only divisions, one for 10- and 11-year-olds, the other for girls 8 and 9. The aim: keep girls playing soccer beyond the first couple of seasons.

And keep them playing they did. The organizers found themselves closing registration after quickly filling rosters with 140 girls.

“We were not expecting to field 12 teams,” said Eileen Connaughton Montague who, along with a fellow league parent Laura Benoist, the mother of three girls, spearheaded the division.

Montague said that parents have long recognized the need.

“I can see how the girls in the co-ed league were dropping out at a pretty rapid rate among 8- and 9-year-olds, and definitely in the 10s,” said Montague, the mother of two daughters and a son, all Downtown Soccer League players. “I

thought it was really important to have the girls play with and against other girls because the physical differences become so much greater.”

Joe Chin, who coaches his daughter Casey’s team, Tijuana, noted that the dynamics are different this year than last, when he coached boys and girls together and the boys “dominated” the team.

“The girls are much more a team,” he said. “They still want to score and they’re obsessed with winning. But they think about each other.”

Casey, 8, agreed that she was having more fun this year. “We get to play with girls and we get to touch the ball more and score more goals,” she said, after a game against Veracruz in which she

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What if there were no girls’ teams this year, she was asked.

“I would probably have stopped 10/19/14 9:26 PM playing,” she said.

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Below: Before the mash begins, a ukulele gets tuned Right: With the Guitar Mash Teen Council on stage, musical director Mark Stewart leads â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blowinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; In the Wind.â&#x20AC;?

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Led by the ever-exuberant Mark Stewart (music director for Paul Simon and sideman for a host of megastars), Guitar Mash filled the music and dining venue to capacity on Sunday, Nov. 16, for its third annual event there.

Eight musiciansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;each taking their turn with a single tuneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;brought an electric mix of folk, country, rock, blues and bluegrass to an audience eager to join in, many with fingers on guitar strings and eyes on lyrics and guitar chords projected on screens in front of them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter what language you speak or if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been playing for five months or 50 years, everyone can sit and strum and share in the power of the music,â&#x20AC;? said Ryan Maeglin, 17, who had returned for the second year That Guitar Mash-style sharing began modestly in an empty lot next door to the Church Street School for Music

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and Art. Rebecca Weller, on the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board at the time, suggested a guitar play-along, led by led by musician and club owner Andrew W.K. and the Beastie Boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mike D. as a way to celebrate Church Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20th anniversary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were fathers and sons playing together. There was just something about it that worked,â&#x20AC;? recalled Weller, who started Guitar Mash through her own nonprofit, Musiquarium. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then I was thinking,â&#x20AC;? she added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;this could be, should be bigger.â&#x20AC;?

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Lisa Ecklund-Flores, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cofounder and director came to Guitar Mash with her own guitar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeing a concert with these fantastic players and to actually be able to have an instrument and play along and sing along is absolutely fantastic,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Raul Bermudez, an accomplished flamenco guitarist, said that Guitar Mash for him was a chance to play other types of musicâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and play it with others.

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Erika Stone, right, at opening of her show last month at the Hallmark in Battery Park City.

At age 90, photographer and Hallmark resident Erika Stone looks back on a distinguished career—and finds appreciation close to home.

BY CARL GLASSMAN

Her photos are all about the people, lying in gutters and living it up, seated at bars and staring from windows, looking angry, bemused or indifferent.

Erika Stone, now 90 and for the past seven years a resident of the Hallmark in Battery Park City, says she doesn’t have the eyesight or steadiness of hand to return to her passion of street photography and photojournalism.

But her work got some new life and renewed visibility last month with a show of prints mounted at the Hallmark.

More than an exhibition, it was a celebration of a career she’s left behind, yet continues to live on in her striking black-and-white images.

“I wanted the people in the community to see her work,” said the Hallmark’s director of programs, Whitney Bryant-Glandon. Along with photographer Jane Feldman, Stone’s longtime friend, Bryant-Glandon arranged for the show. “It’s emotional, it’s beautiful, it’s touching. It’s inspiring,” she said of Stone’s work.

Much of Stone’s street photography spans the 1940s and 50s, the majority of it taken in New York City and evocative of the city’s postwar milieu.

But there are the celebrities, too. Clark Gable, Marlene Dietrich and Danny Kaye. A 1955 shot shows Marilyn Monroe riding a circus elephant.

When she was 12, Stone and her family, of Jewish background, left Germany in 1936. But already as a child in her native country she had caught the bug to take pictures. “I took pictures of all my relatives and everyone said, ‘Oh, you have such a good eye,’” Stone recalled, seated in her apartment at the Hallmark. “When I came to New York I really started taking pictures because my father gave me his good Voigtlander camera.”

Photographing Nun, New York, 1951

Couple, Central Park, 1970

Stone’s real photo education came from the magazine and newspaper photographers she assisted. And as a young woman in the 1940s she joined the influential Photo League, a group devoted to socially conscious photography whose members included many of the best documentary photographers of the day. As a stringer, she worked for Time and Der Spiegel magazines while her personal explorations took her to East Harlem, the Lower East Side and the Bronx. From those forays came many of her most memorable photos.

With the birth of her children, Stone turned to photographing kids, and made that her career focus, though journalism still called on occasion.

The photographer said she stopped taking pictures “when cameras changed so much” and when she became less physically able to produce photos that were up to her standards.

“You prided yourself on having the ability to take pictures at just the right moment,” said Jane Feldman, who calls Stone her mentor. “I don’t think you quite have the confidence now.”

Feldman paused and turned to the reporter. “Erika always had incredible timing,” she said.

Child in Lot, East Harlem, 1965

Haircut in the Great Hall, Ellis Island, 1951

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Brookfield Place Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St., brookfieldplaceny.com.

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The Hit Men’s Holiday Show A performance of their top songs as well as holiday classics by former members of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Tommy James & the Shondells and others. Sat, 12/13, 8 pm. $35–$45. Special fundraiser tickets are $125, which includes reception with The Hit Men. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org.

FILM

g The Return A screening and discussion of director Adam Zucker’s new film, which explores contemporary Jewish life in Poland by following the intertwined lives of four young women who were raised Catholic, only to discover later in life that they were Jewish. The director will be joined in conversation with Shiri Sandler, U.S. Director of the Auschwitz Jewish Center. Wed, 12/3, 7 pm. $10 adults, $7 students and seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

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Joshua Nelson and the Kosher Gospel Music Nelson belts Hebrew tunes in gospel style, offering soulful interpretations of such songs as “Lecha Dodi,” “Adon Olam,” “Ein Keloheinu” and “Eli, Eli.” Thurs, 12/25, 1 pm and 3:30 pm. $35 adults, $25 students and seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

GALLERIES

g insecure The works in this show by Frederic Amat, Wayne Bartlett, Rosemarie Castoro, Luis Frangella and others span several decades and demonstrate various approaches to art-making, from figuration to abstraction. “Insecurity” is the common thread in the art, and mediums include painting, printmaking, photography, collage, drawing and sculpture. Tuesday through Friday, 12–6 pm. To 12/20. Hal Bromm Gallery, 90 Chambers St., halbromm.com.

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Views of New Jerusalem 100 drawings by Michael Korosty. Wed, 12/3–Sun, 1/11. The Tribeca Synagogue, 49 White St. synagogueforthearts.org.

hotographer and restaurateur Mei Chau has studied Flamenco for many years. Her display of images of fellow dancers can be seen through Jan. 15 at Aux Epices, 121 Baxter St. (the restaurant she owns with her husband, Marc Kaczmarek). “Flamenco is an art form of great energies and passion,” Chau said. “I tried to capture a photographic moment of transcendence, to show the mysterious and hidden beauty.”

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Front Art Space A holiday group show around a winter motif. Artists include Carlos E. Martinez, Cathy Mooses, Debra Mintz, Dionisio Cortes and others. Reception is Thurs, 12/11, 6– 8 pm. To 1/11. Front Art Space, 118 Chambers St., frontartspace.com.

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Soho Photo Seven solo shows include works

by Lee Backer, whose photos taken at sunset turn the ordinary into the extraordinary; Martin E. Rich’s images of cemeteries that focus on light and shadows; and Niel O. Lawner’s humorous photos of Coney Island. Also Martin Frank, Marilyn Fish-Glynn, Rumi Ral and David Troncoso.

To 1/3. Soho Photo, 15 White St., sohophoto.com.

MUSIC g The Mistletones A group of contemporary carolers are an annual favorite at the Seaport. At Fulton Street every Friday (1–3 pm), Saturday and Sunday (2–4 pm) through December. g

The Poetry of Max Rouquette in Concert A composition by Miquèu Montanaro that sets the poetry of Max Rouquette to music. Performers include Montanaro, Roxane Martin, Jake

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Politics, Passion, and Action: Dr. Joseph Warren and the Birth of American Liberty Samuel Forman discusses the American doctor, politician, son of Liberty, and soldier who played a central role in the events leading to the American Revolution. (It was Warren who dispatched Paul Revere on his famous ride.) Thurs, 12/11, 6:30 pm. $10. Fraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl St., frauncestavernmuseum.org.

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g Give Me Liberty Sylvanus Shaw invokes imagery of early American statehood in media ranging from oil on panel to collaged holograms, security envelopes and other media. Through 3/16/15. Fraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl St., frauncestavernmuseum.org.

performs selections by Bach from their new holiday album. Thurs, 12/11, 1–2 pm. Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Place, trinitywallstreet.org.

for Children and Adults 88 Chambers St. Suite 101 212.233.8320 TribecaTeeth.com

Shulman and Eleonore Weill. Wed, 12/10, 7 pm.

Free. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org. g Bach at One The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra conducted by Julian Wachner perform cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. Wed, 12/3 and 12/10, 1–2 pm.

St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, trinitywallstreet.org. g

Christmas Time Is Here The Canadian Brass

g Lunch and Learn: How FDR Persuaded America It Could Afford Taking Part in World War II Author and journalist Nicholas Wapshott talks about how FDR gradually persuaded a reluctant nation to join the British in defeating Nazism and Fascism. Talk will be followed by Q&A and signing of Wapshott’s book, “The Sphinx.” $5, free to students. Tues, 12/9, 12:30–1:30 pm.

Feel free to bring lunch. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org. g Author Party The December meeting of Pen Parentis, a literary salon, will feature live music by jazz guitarist Wilson Montuori and complimentary hors d’oeuvres along with a roundtable discussion with Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Yona Zeldis McDonough, Bushra Rehman and Raina Wallens.

Tues, 12/9, 7 pm. Free. Ages 21 and up. ANDAZ Wall Street, 75 Wall Street (enter on Water or Pearl), penparentis.org.

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See You A play directed by Jim Simpson about a pair of middle-aged Tribeca parents struggling to find purpose in a world headed for

Medical • Surgical • Cosmetic • Laser Hirshel Kahn, MD Helen Radoszycki, MD Terri Raymond, PA-C

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THE TRIBECA TRIB DECEMBER 2014 disaster. To 12/21. Tickets: $15–$70. Lowerpriced tickets available on a first-come, firstserved basis. The Flea, 41 White St., theflea.org. g

The Cutthroat Series Eleven turn-of-the-century French plays featuring adult content (graphic, amoral horror) grouped into two- and three-play evenings. The audience is invited to vote on each one and the winners take part in an extended run in January. To 12/22. Tickets: $15–$35. Lowerpriced tickets available on a first-come, firstserved basis. The Flea, 41 White St., theflea.org.

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“Can We Talk?” Remembering Joan Rivers Top comics, including Brad Zimmerman, Cory Kahaney (“Last Comic Standing”) and Tom Cotter (“America’s Got Talent”), pay tribute to the late comedy pioneer with video, reminiscences and Rivers-influenced material. Wed, 12/10, 7 pm. $15, $12 students and seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

WALKING TOURS g Seaport Historic District Stops include: Schermerhorn Row, the Paris Café, the Old Fulton Fish Market and the Black Ball Line. The tour will also explore the Seaport’s historic significance and the more recent history of the district, from its preservation in the 1960s to the flooding from Hurricane Sandy from which it is still recovering. $20, $15, students and seniors. Fri, 12/19, 11 am. Meet at the NE corner of Broadway and Fulton Street. Big Onion Walking Tours, bigonion.com. g Bulls and Bears of Wall Street For the 25th anniversary of the arrival of the “Charging Bull” in Lower Manhattan, tour Wall Street and learn how the bull arrived there, unexpectedly, during the night. Sat, 12/20, 1–2:30 pm. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St. moaf.org.

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g The Poet’s Corner Open to all-level poets.

Some read their own work; others read published work. Refreshments. Wed, 12/3, 6–7 pm. Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Place, 2nd Fl., trinitywallstreet.org. g How to Design With Resale in Mind A seminar with Charlene Keogh. Free. Wed, 12/3, 6:30 -7:30 pm. Followed by opening reception of art by Joseph Bilger. To 9 pm. Bond Real Estate, 25 Hudson St. 212-792-9240. g

Holiday Craft Fair Handmade gifts include

stocking stuffers, tree ornaments, jewelry, toys, ceramics, clothing and more. Artisanal food and drinks will also be available for purchase. For every dollar spent, 30% will be donated to Save the Children emergency efforts in West Africa. Entrance is free. Fri, 12/12, 4–8 pm and Sat, 12/13, 10 am–3 pm. Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren St., manhattanyouth.org. g

Death Cafe An informal gathering where participants can share their questions, concerns and or experiences regarding the many aspects of death. Facilitated by Jane Gignoux. Email community@trinitywallstreet.org to reserve. Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Place, 2nd fl., trinitywallstreet.org.

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Free Senior Swims For those 65 and over. At the Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren St. Monday through Thursday, 12:30–2 pm. Senior water aerobics classes are also available. To register, go to the “Aquatics” at manhattanyouth.org or call Lily, 212-766-1104 ext. 221.

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ore than 300 pieces of jewelry made by members of the Yazzie family of Gallup, N.M., can be seen at the Museum of the American Indian. The show, “Glittering World,” runs through next year. 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. Admission is free. g Gingerbread House Workshop Decorate a gingerbread house while sipping champagne, eating snacks and enjoying live music. Sun, 12/7, 1– 4 pm. $125 single, $150 couple. Sponsored by Church Street School for Music and Art. The annual event will be held at Maslow 6 Wine Bar, 211 West Broadway. Tickets at churchstreetschool.org.

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Linoleum Block Printing Workshop Master printer Ali Osborn will teach the basics of carving and printing linoleum blocks. All materials supplied. Registration required. For ages 12 and up. $50. Tickets at southstreetseaportmuseum.org.

Sun, 12/7, 2–5 pm.

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