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Photo by Joe Woolhead
Tanya Ridley, a metal lather, hoists a rod of rebar at Tower 4 at the World Trade Center site.
BY JULIE SHAPIRO
Claremont Prep’s $30
million expansion is back on
track after the school final-
ized a lease this week for
200,000 square feet at 25
Broadway.
Claremont will use the
space for middle and high
school classes starting in the
fall of 2010, said Michael
Koffler, C.E.O. of Met Schools,
Claremont’s parent company.
Koffler made a similar
announcement in March,
saying the school had leased
space for its expansion at 100
Church St., but Claremont
opted out of that deal
because the 25 Broadway
space was better, Koffler
said. A major tipping point
was 25 Broadway’s location,
just steps from Claremont’s
Broad St. home.
“You walk right out our
door, cross Bowling Green,
and there you are,” Koffler
said. “It’s a wonderful build-
ing, it’s close by, and the
staff is really thrilled.”
Claremont was able to
back out of the 100 Church
St. lease because owner The
Sapir Organization took a
long time to get their bank
to sign off on the deal,
Koffler said.
The asking rent at 25
Broadway was $39 per square
foot, compared to $40 at
100 Church. Koffler said he
paid very close to the asking
rent at 25 Broadway, which
is owned by the Wolfson
Group. Wolfson and Sapir
could not immediately be
reached for comment.
Claremont had detailed
architectural plans and ren-
25 Broadway makes
the grade for private
school’s expansion
BY JULIE SHAPIRO
Ashia Johns goes to work every day
wearing a white hard hat on her head
and a flashy white-gold diamond ring
on her left hand.
The hard hat keeps her safe as she
builds the new Goldman Sachs head-
quarters Downtown. The engagement
ring look-alike, which Johns bought
for herself, also keeps her safe — from
the attentions of the dozens of men she
works with.
“I wear the ring as a decoy,” Johns
said, laughing as she ate lunch on
the edge of the construction site on a
recent afternoon. “They don’t really
bother me,” she said of her male co-
workers. “I just use [the ring] to throw
them off.”
Johns, 35, is one of the rare women
who choose carpentry as a career. For
every 65 male carpenters, there is only
one female carpenter, according to a
2008 U.S. Dept. of Labor study. Other
trades are even more skewed toward
men — in the same 2008 study, the
most unbalanced of all professions in
the country was bricklaying, which
boasted only one woman for every 230
men.
On the whole, women represent
2.5 percent of the total workers in the
construction and excavation industry,
up from 2.1 percent 20 years ago, the
Rosie the Riveter redux:
Women work it at W.T.C.
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STILL IN THE RACE
Arthur Gregory, a City Council candidate, started a
phone conversation with us recently by saying, “In case you
heard the rumors, I did not drop out of the race.”
We actually hadn’t heard that rumor yet, but it quickly
became clear why it had sprung up. Gregory waited until 10
minutes before the midnight deadline last Wednesday night
to file his petitions with the Board of Elections, so other can-
didates figured he was a no-show. He also has not registered
any campaign contributions with the city.
Gregory said he likes being the last person to do some-
thing — for example, he claims that he was the last person
in Manhattan to vote for Obama on election night. As for
the lack of campaign contributions, Gregory says he has
about $35,000 in undeposited checks. He didn’t want to
take people’s money until he was sure he would qualify for
the ballot, he said.
Gregory admits that he was considering dropping out
because he has to have surgery on his ankle, but that can wait
until after the primary. If he had dropped out, he would have
given his vote to incumbent Alan Gerson, he said.
The five-way race is still without a clear overall frontrun-
ner this week — at least in terms of the candidates’ petition
signatures and quarterly fundraising stats.
Margaret Chin is leading the way in fundraising, hav-
ing brought in nearly $114,000 so far. But PJ Kim is close
behind, with just over $91,000, and he has more money
still in the bank than Chin, about $41,000 compared to her
$37,000, their campaigns said. The city’s generous matching
funds make small fundraising differences nearly irrelevant.
Gerson has raised $54,000 and his campaign manager
would not say how much he has left. Another candidate, Pete
Gleason, has raised $37,500 and has about $11,000 left, his
campaign said.
None of the candidates challenged the others’ petition
signatures, though many of them privately questioned each
other’s numbers. Gerson indisputably came in with the most,
a total of 7,100 and far more than the 900 needed. Kim said
he had just under 5,500, Chin’s campaign said she had nearly
4,700, Gleason’s campaign said 4,500 and Gregory said he
would up with nearly 1,600.
THREESOME NOW A TWOSOME
While the First District City Council battle rages on, a less
well-known race got a little simpler this week when Adam
Silvera stopped campaigning for Democratic district leader
and endorsed fellow candidate Paul Newell.
Silvera has been district leader for 16 years, but he said
he’s ready to try something new.
“It shouldn’t be a life term,” Silvera told UnderCover.
“There should be movement, opening up the opportunity for
other people.”
District leader is an unpaid position and doesn’t usu-
ally engender so much interest, but this year Silvera
found himself facing not one but two opponents. First
there was Avram Turkel, a strong advocate of incumbent
Councilmember Alan Gerson. (Silvera supports Gerson
challenger Pete Gleason.)
Then Newell joined the fray last month. Also a Gleason
supporter, Newell had made an unsuccessful bid last year to
topple Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver.
Silvera said he made the decision not to run while on the
trail collecting petition signatures, and he said in some ways
he felt relieved to be done.
Turkel and Newell, the remaining candidates, both shied
away from criticizing each other in the press, but after Silvera
challenged the signatures Turkel collected, Turkel is challenging
Newell’s. Turkel said he collected just over 900 signatures and
Newell said he got about 1,200. They each needed 500.
VACANT LOT
Good news for the people who are tired of staring at the
garbage-heaped vacant lot at Greenwich and W. Thames Sts.: It
could soon be cleaned up and home to construction trailers.
Pat Moore, a Cedar St. resident, has been railing against the
lot for months, calling it an eyesore totally out of keeping with the
neighborhood just south of the World Trade Center site. A gap
in the lot’s fence is wide enough for people to squeeze through,
and the lot is filled with empty beer bottles, discarded fast-food
wrappers and even some threadbare items of clothing.
The city was apparently having trouble getting the owner
to fix up the lot, but now it looks like Bovis Lend Lease,
which is managing the work at the Deutsche Bank build-
ing, wants to use the site for construction trailers. John De
Libero, spokesperson for the Lower Manhattan Development
Corp., said Bovis is in negotiations to take over the site for
the next six months.
When Moore heard, she was happy, but not thrilled. “So,
it’ll be a trailer park,” she said.
SCAFFOLDING SALE
There are plenty of recession specials popping up at shops
all around the city, but here’s one that was new to us: A value
mart on Chambers St. is advertising a “Super Scaffolding
Sale,” using signs dangling from said scaffolding to boast
discounts of 25 percent or more.
The scaffolding covering the RHX Super Value, and
much of its block on Chambers St. between Church St. and
Broadway, went up a couple months ago, partially hiding the
store from view. Sale specials at the store include bottled
water for 19 cents and rolling suitcases for $19.99.
KEY ST. JAMES PERFORMANCE
This year’s July 25 celebration of the Feast of St. James
won’t be limited to a feast for the appetite; locally renowned
organist Jonathan B. Hall will perform in Lower Manhattan
for the day’s ceremonies.
Hall, who was a former dean of the American Guild
of Organists and is one of the premier organists in the
metropolitan area, will play a special concert at 8 p.m.
that day in honor of the holiday. He will also play the 11
a.m. Mass the next day. He will be joined by saxophonist
William Powers.
The performances will take place at St. James Church,
located at 32 James St. Sunday’s festivities will also include
other musical performances, a flea market and food, avail-
able on James St., which will be closed to traffic.
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MEETINGS
The upcoming week’s schedule of Community
Board 1 meetings is below.
ON TUES., JULY 28: The Community Board 1
monthly meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Museum
of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl.
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BY JULIE SHAPIRO
After years of enduring the seemingly
endless construction on Fulton St., Aleks
Misyuk thought he finally had some good
news.
Several months ago, city representa-
tives told him that his business, My
Optician at 88 Fulton St., would receive a
grant to improve its storefront.
“They said there’s no way you will not
be approved,” Misyuk said. “It was hard
for me to believe in that — there’s nothing
free in this country. But they were coming
in one day after another, very energetic.
It was hard not to believe in that after a
while.”
However, when Misyuk filled out an
application and submitted it, the answer
came back quickly: He was not currently
eligible because his landlord had out-
standing violations on the property.
“You said you want to help out business
owners,” Misyuk said angrily, referring to
the city. “I am a small guy. You said you
want to do something in particular for my
store — why don’t you do that?”
Janel Patterson, spokesperson for the
city’s Economic Development Corp., said
in an e-mail that the city is trying to con-
tact Misyuk’s landlord and hopes to work
with the building’s commercial tenants to
find a solution. Patterson said that while
buildings with warrants, liens and viola-
tions are not automatically disqualified
from the program, any problems must be
cleared up before the city begins work on
the property.
The $15 million Fulton Nassau
Crossroads Program offers free design,
engineering and construction manage-
ment, along with up to $275,000 for
construction, to buildings on Fulton and
Nassau Sts. The idea behind the pro-
gram, funded by the Lower Manhattan
Development Corp., is to improve the
storefronts along the major Seaport
retail corridors that have undergone a
lot of recent construction. The city has
approved about 50 businesses so far and
is still taking applications.
Several business owners who are
receiving grants lauded the program this
week, but it is unclear whether Misyuk
will ever benefit from it.
Thurcon Properties, the owner of
Misyuk’s building, has received more than
half a dozen violations from the Dept.
of Buildings over the past three years
for failing to maintain the elevator. As a
result of the repeated violations, Thurcon
owes more than $20,000 to the city,
according to D.O.B.’s online records.
Thurcon did not return calls for com-
ment.
Misyuk did not criticize his landlord,
but rather said the city should find a way
to still give him the grant money, which he
was promised. City representatives told
him the only way he would not get a grant
was if he owed taxes or was a criminal,
Misyuk said.
Misyuk has long thought his storefront
needed work, and before he had even
heard of the city program, he had already
taken out a private loan of $20,000 to
renovate it. But once city representatives
told him he was virtually guaranteed a
grant through the facade-improvement
program, he spent the money on advertis-
ing and other costs instead.
“I wasted my loan,” Misyuk said this
week, and now he cannot afford to take
out another one to do the storefront work
he had planned. He estimates that he
needs $12,000, which falls well within the
lowest tier of the city’s program. Misyuk
hopes an all-glass storefront would attract
more customers into his shop, which has
suffered during two years of water-main
construction on Fulton St.
John Fratta, chairperson of Community
Board 1’s Seaport Committee, was sur-
prised to hear of Misyuk’s difficulties.
“That’s outrageous,” Fratta said.
“That’s unbelievable, that they will leave
that storefront unrenovated… The mon-
ey’s not going to the landlord, the money
is going to the storeowner.”
The city’s program has three tiers,
representing varying levels of funding and
scopes of work. The lowest level, which
Misyuk applied for, gives business owners
up to $15,000 for basic improvements to
their storefronts. The upper tiers are for
more extensive work, possibly covering
the entire building, and require owners to
contribute some money as well.
Those who have been approved for the
program said it is coming not a moment
too soon.
Alex Cardinali, who owns the Ruben’s
Empanadas on Fulton St., said he lost 40
percent of his sales since the water-main
construction started two years ago, and
the only way he’s able to stay open is by
using profits from his other three Ruben’s
locations to pay the bills.
With up to $15,000 from the city,
Cardinali will buy a new electric gate, repaint
his storefront and replace the air-condition-
ing unit. He said he could not afford to make
the improvements on his own.
“People are optimistic — for a change,”
Cardinali said of some of his neighbors,
who are also receiving grants. “We’ve
been suffering for the past two years.”
The city’s program also offers consult-
ing that is particularly helpful for owners
of landmarked buildings.
Andy Kettler, an owner of the land-
marked 127 Fulton St., qualified for all
three tiers of the city program, which
means he will receive hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars worth of work, though he
has to match a portion of it. The grants
will allow him to restore the long-vacant
storefront to its 1893 condition, and also
to clean the entire facade.
“It’s working out great for us,” Kettler
said. He hopes the work will begin this
fall and finish in the spring, and that he’ll
finally be able to attract a ground-floor
retail tenant to the space.
Sadia Brangan just heard this week that
her Nassau St. eyebrow salon, Thread,
was approved for the program. The store
has been draped in scaffolding since she
opened it almost two years ago, and a pre-
vious owner’s sign still lurks behind that
scaffolding, Brangan said. She hopes the
scaffolding will come down soon, so she
can use her grant to put up her own sign
and get a new security gate.
Brangan said the city’s program has the
power to transform the hodgepodge retail
corridors into a more visually appealing
place to shop, like Soho or the Lower East
Side. The more businesses take advantage
of the program, the greater the impact
could be, she said.
“When you walk down Nassau St., you
don’t have a trendy feel,” Brangan said.
“It would help us more if other businesses
updated their look.”
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Faced with construction, merchants want facade funds
Downtown Express photo by Jared T. Miller
Aleks Misyuk in front of his Fulton St. store.
‘When you walk down
Nassau St., you don’t have
a trendy feel.’
Sadia Brangan,
Thread eyebrow salon
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Downtown murder arrest
Police on Thursday arrested Joseph
Pabon, 25, the elevator operator at 2
Rector St., and charged him with the
first-degree murder on July 7 of Eridania
Rodriguez, 46, a cleaning woman at the
office building.
Pabon, whom police had been follow-
ing since July 11 when the victim’s body
was found in a 12th-floor air duct in the
Downtown building, pleaded not guilty
and was being held without bail pending
trial.
The arrest on July 17 came after the
results of tests showed evidence of Pabon’s
DNA under the victim’s fingernails,
according to law enforcement authori-
ties. And both Pabon’s and the victim’s
DNA were found on work gloves found
at the scene. When Pabon was first ques-
tioned after the victim, a mother of three
children, disappeared on July 7, he had
bruises and scratches on his arm that his
lawyer, Mario Galluci, said were from yard
work at Pabon’s Staten Island residence.
Pabon had been arrested in April for
beating his girlfriend and throwing a bowl-
ing ball through her car window, accord-
ing to daily press reports. In addition,
Pabon’s former wife had obtained orders
of protection against him. According to
a New York Post article, Pabon’s father,
Neftali, 71, pleaded guilty in 2003 to rap-
ing his son’s then 14-year-old girlfriend
and was put on 10 years probation.
Rodriguez’s body was found fully
clothed except for her shoes, with tape
over most of her head. The city’s medical
examiner said asphyxiation was the cause
of death.
Tribeca burglar
Police arrested Dana Frontis, 45, on
Thurs., July 16, and charged him with
the June 19 burglary of a building at
88 Leonard St. Surveillance camera tapes
recorded Frontis entering and leaving the
building five times on that day carrying out
bags of items stolen from three apartments.
Frontis is also suspected in a June 17 bur-
glary of apartments in The Saranac, at 95
Worth St., where he posed as a messenger,
according to reports. He is also a suspect
in the June 25 burglary of 111 Worth St.
during which he was dressed as a construc-
tion worker. Frontis, a Brooklyn resident, is
being held in lieu of bail pending an Oct. 1
court appearance.
Rude awakening
Giuseppe Tuosto, 46, surrendered to
police at the Sixth Precinct on Mon., July
20, after his former girlfriend filed charges
that he assaulted her in her Horatio St.
apartment on Tues., July 14. The victim,
32, told police she had run into Tuosto the
night before, exchanged greetings and later
went home with a friend of Tuosto’s. The
woman and her guest both fell asleep on
a couch, according to reports. The victim
told police that Tuosto got into her apart-
ment near West St. while she was asleep,
punched and kicked her and then left.
Tuosto, a partner in Via dei Mille, a res-
taurant on West Broadway at Broome St.,
pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and
was freed pending a July 24 court appear-
ance.
Kiefer ducks charge
The misdemeanor assault charge against
Kiefer Sutherland, the actor who plays Jack
Bauer on the TV program “24,” accusing
him of head-butting a fashion designer at
a May 5 event in a club at The SubMercer
bar at Prince and Mercer Sts., was dropped
on Tuesday, said a spokesperson for the
Manhattan district attorney. Sutherland had
apologized and reached a settlement with
the victim, Jack McCollough.
— Alber t Amateau
Downtown Express photo by J.B. Nicholas
On Mon., July 20, Kyle Shaw, left, accused of bombing a Starbucks, left Manhattan
Criminal Court, at 100 Centre St., accompanied by his father, after a bond hearing.
POLICE BLOTTER
BY JULIE SHAPIRO
A falling chunk of concrete stopped
work in part of the Deutsche Bank building
Wednesday morning.
The piece of concrete, measuring 3 feet
by 3 feet by 10 inches, fell from the second
story of the building into a pit on the site as
workers were removing the building’s facade,
according to the city Dept. of Buildings and
the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.,
which owns the building.
No one was hurt, but D.O.B. issued a
violation to contractor Bovis Lend Lease for
failure to safeguard public and property, said
Tony Sclafani, D.O.B. spokesperson.
It is unclear why the piece of concrete
fell. It landed near the base of the tower
crane on the north side of the site, in an
area that is fenced off as a protective mea-
sure, said John De Libero, spokesperson
for L.M.D.C. Sclafani confirmed that the
concrete fell in a place “workers are not typi-
cally gathered.”
D.O.B. only stopped work on the north
side of the site. Facade removal there can-
not resume until the site safety manager
prepares a report and engineers conduct a
survey of the building to look for similarly
dangerous conditions, Sclafani said.
De Libero said Bovis would propose
safety enhancements to D.O.B. on Thursday.
He was not sure when work on the north
side of the site would restart, but he said the
project was still adhering to its most recent
schedule.
The Deutsche Bank building, contami-
nated on 9/11, is being cleaned so it can be
demolished. Though the project has been
delayed many times, demolition is sup-
posed to start at the beginning of August
and finish six months later. The building
has been under close regulatory scrutiny
since a 2007 fire in the building killed two
firefighters.
Piece of Deutsche Bank drops
off, causing a partial work stop
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BY JULIE SHAPIRO
Despite the city’s best efforts to wring
money out of Pier A, the redevelopment proj-
ect likely will not turn a profit, the Battery Park
City Authority said this week.
The authority took over the development
of the dilapidated historic pier building last
year, after the project sat idle in a private
developer’s hands for nearly a decade. The idea
was for the authority to repair the building
and its substructure using $30 million from
the city. Then, the authority would lease the
refurbished space and hopefully recoup the
city’s investment.
Now, it looks unlikely that Pier A will make
enough money for the city to break even, said
Alexandra Altman, executive vice president of
B.P.C.A.
When Altman spoke at the authority’s
monthly board meeting Tuesday morning,
Charles Urstadt, vice chairperson of the board,
sounded alarmed.
“We should tell [the city] how much they’re
going to lose on this thing,” Urstadt said.
“I think they probably know,” replied Jim
Cavanaugh, president of the authority. The
city has seen the same numbers as the author-
ity, he said.
The city has been adamant from the begin-
ning that the project must make money. When
the city leased the pier to the authority last
year, the city gave the authority a tough-to-
meet $30 million budget, which was based on
figures from years ago and did not account for
inflation or rising construction costs.
The city’s Economic Development Corp.
has also insisted that a restaurant and cater-
ing company anchor the space, Altman said.
The authority had spoken to several cul-
tural institutions about using Pier A, but
that would conflict with E.D.C.’s vision,
Cavanaugh said.
Janel Patterson, E.D.C. spokesperson, did
not respond directly to the financial concerns,
but released a statement saying, “E.D.C.’s
goal for Pier A has always been to preserve
this important maritime landmark and cre-
ate a new, first-class destination in Lower
Manhattan. Given Battery Park City’s record
of successfully developing and maintaining
public property, its involvement gives us great
confidence in its ability to restore the pier in
the appropriate manner.”
Jeanne Giordano, the authority’s retail con-
sultant, also said a restaurant/retail combina-
tion would have the best chance of generating
revenue at the site, Altman said. But others
questioned whether the pier, which juts out
into the harbor where Battery Park meets
Battery Park City, gets enough traffic to sup-
port a restaurant, especially in the winter.
“Putting a restaurant in here is certainly
not a slam dunk,” said Robert Mueller, an
authority board member. “I’m not trying to be
a soothsayer of doom — it’s just not an easy
place to put anything.”
And even a successful restaurant and cater-
ing hall could have trouble paying the kind
of rent the city would need to break even,
Altman said. Each year, the city will have to
pay off about $1.5 million of the debt it took
on to renovate Pier A, Urstadt estimated. That
means Pier A’s 34,000 square feet would have
to rent for about $45 per square foot, which is
an unrealistic figure, the authority said.
The authority is currently repairing the
123-year-old landmarked pier. The underwa-
ter work is complete, and the next step is to
replace the concrete deck on the first floor,
which has deteriorated. The authority expects
to have the core and shell of the building ready
to turn over to a tenant in April 2011. The ten-
ant would then build out the space.
This winter, the authority will develop a
request for proposals for tenants, which will
likely be released in the spring, Altman said.
The National Park Service was considering
using Pier A to screen tourists for Ellis and
Liberty islands but decided earlier this year
not to do so.
Despite the city’s focus on generating rev-
enue, some Battery Park City residents hoped
a nonprofit organization could use at least
some of Pier A.
“It’s wonderful spot, it’s historic, so it
should have some sort of cultural element,”
said Anthony Notaro, a member of Community
Board 1’s B.P.C. Committee. Notaro added that
any retail should be geared toward residents.
Barry Skolnick, another member of the
B.P.C. Committee, would like to see a museum
or performing arts center at Pier A, rather than
a restaurant and catering establishment.
“I don’t like to think that money governs
everything in New York,” he said. “It’s a
shame.”
If a catering hall does end up at Pier A,
Skolnick hopes the community could use the
space part of the time as a compromise.
Not everyone was displeased at the idea of
a restaurant.
“That sounds good to me,” said Bill Love,
another community board member. “We
always need better restaurants in Battery Park
City.”
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It appears Pier A actually now will not be profitable
derings for 100 Church St., but those all had to be redone for
25 Broadway, the former Cunard building, because the floors
are “H”-shaped, Koffler said. Despite the need to redesign
the school, Koffler said it would definitely open by fall 2010,
as planned. He did not release renderings of the space.
Claremont already has an elementary and middle school
at 41 Broad St. and will start a high school there with a
ninth-grade class this fall. The elementary school will remain
in the 125,000 square feet on Broad St., while the middle
school and fledgling high school will move to 25 Broadway.
Claremont, Lower Manhattan’s only nonsectarian private
school, had just 54 students when it opened in 2005. The expan-
sion will eventually bring the school’s two locations to a total of
more than 1,600 students, Koffler said. Tuition at Claremont
ranges from $20,000 to $30,000, depending on the child’s age.
At 25 Broadway, Claremont will occupy a block of space
on the 19th through 22nd floors of the building, along with
space on the first floor and in the basement. The school will
have a four-lane, 25-meter pool, much bigger than the one the
Church St. space would have allowed. There will be one gym
when the space opens in 2010, and another gym will open up
in 2017 when more space becomes available, Koffler said. The
school will also have 10,000 square feet of outdoor space.
The school will have a separate entrance on Morris St., a
small side street.
Koffler described the high-tech features that will go into
the new building, like a digital library, but one of the things
he’s most excited about is already in place: the sprawling
views of the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor.
“It’s like you’re looking at a geography lesson every time you
look out the window,” Koffler said. “It’s just a beautiful space.”
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25 Broadway makes the grade for Claremont expansion
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Downtown Express photo by Jared T. Miller
Claremont Prep will be expanding into 25 Broadway, at right, where it will occupy space on the 19th to 22nd
floors.
‘Putting a restaurant in
here is certainly not
a slam dunk.’
Robert Mueller,
B.P.C.A. board member
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BY JULIE SHAPIRO
An ice rink is coming to Battery Park City
this winter.
The 17,000-square-foot rink, more than
twice the size of the one that opened in
South Street Seaport last winter, will go in
the B.P.C. ballfields during the months the
fields are usually closed.
“We would like to extend the useful life
of the fields,” said Stephanie Gelb, vice
president of planning and design for the
Battery Park City Authority. The goal is a
community-oriented skating rink, “as if it’s a
local pond,” Gelb said.
The authority is close to signing a deal
with Rink Management Services Corp. to
build the temporary rink on the fields each
winter for the next six years. The rink will be
of regulation National Hockey League size,
approximately 200 feet by 85 feet. It will
also have a 9-foot-wide skating path that will
break off from the rink and meander around
the northern part of the ballfields. Only one
other rink in the country has a path like that,
said Tom Hillgrove, president of R.M.S.
“It’s extremely unique, even for New
York,” Hillgrove said.
The rink will be open seven days a week,
starting sometime in December and running
through late January or early February. The
authority is still discussing hours and fees
with R.M.S., but admission will be about
$10, with skate rental at $3, the authority
said. Skating and hockey lessons will cost
about $15 a session.
The authority’s board voted Tuesday to
give R.M.S. the contract.
Jeff Mihok, a B.P.C. resident, said he is
looking forward to taking his children skat-
ing at the rink. He suggested a discounted
rate for residents or a seasonal membership
pass, options the authority is considering.
“I’m really happy to hear they’re going
to make that happen,” Mihok said. “To have
that space not used for five months of the
year is crazy.”
The authority tried to bring an ice rink
in for last winter but wasn’t able to pick an
operator in time. The other operator that
applied for the contract would have cre-
ated a much more expensive, tourist-focused
rink, which Gelb said had “a lot more glitz
to it” and would not have been compatible
with the community.
R.M.S. will pay the authority a minimum
of $60,000 per year to rent the space and
will pay more if the rink does well, Gelb
said. In addition to building the rink, R.M.S.
will bring in trailers and put up tents for
concessions.
The revenue from the rink will offset the
costs of some utility work the authority has to
do at the fields. The authority plans to spend
about $700,000 on the work, which includes
removing an electrical panel and a shed from
the fields’ south side, opening up more space
for the local sports leagues to use.
Tom Merrill, president of Downtown
Little League, said he has long been advocat-
ing for the authority to make those changes,
which will provide room for batting cages
and a place for pitchers to warm up.
“Every inch of space down there counts,”
Merrill said.
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BY JARED T. MILLER
As she stood below palm trees in the
Winter Garden at the World Financial
Center last Friday, Ina Braun could barely
contain her joy at the sight of more than
a dozen knitters completing projects they
would donate to charity. But the New
Jersey knitting teacher’s journey to the
Financial Center, for the knitting club
In The Loop, began in a more humble
fashion: She was just trying to get rid of
some yarn.
“It was actually a very serendipitous
kind of thing,” said Braun, who runs a
knitting studio in Boonton, N.J., about the
beginnings of In The Loop. “I said, ‘Hey, I
have three garbage bags of yarn — can we
do something with it?’ And that’s how the
whole adventure started.”
In that conversation, Braun was speak-
ing on the phone with Karen Kitchen,
co-founder of In The Loop and program
director at arts>World Financial Center.
Kitchen had been soliciting donations
for yarn via her In The Loop blog, when
Braun contacted her. Kitchen participated
in “The Big Draw,” a 2007 arts>World
Financial Center event that allowed con-
tributions to an artist’s installation in the
form of knit scarves, and was looking for
a way to bring a community of knitters
together at the World Financial Center.
Through the event, she realized that the
interest was there — but when Kitchen
met Braun, the group began to gain
momentum.
“She’s incredibly enthusiastic, and a
great teacher,” said Kitchen. Braun now
attends the monthly sessions and offers
assistance to members of the group; last
Friday, those knitting at her table watched
with rapt attention as she showed them
how to finish a stitch on a blanket.
“I’m just absolutely passionate about
teaching it,” said Braun. “I really believe
there is a shortcoming of people learning
to know intuitively what knitting and cro-
cheting is all about.”
In The Loop allows Braun to translate
what she does in her small studio — in the
form of simpler, focused projects — for
a large group of knitters at each month’s
event. Each month has a new project as
its theme; Friday’s event had the knitters
finishing blankets they had started during
their time away from the Financial Center.
The events give knitters a chance to finish
their projects as well as learn new tech-
niques and patterns. Kitchen, who was
unable to attend Friday’s event, is instru-
mental in securing the group’s corporate
sponsors, soliciting donations, and the
overall planning of each event.
Though In The Loop certainly has
an educational focus, the group’s proj-
ects also double as charitable donations.
The group donated last month’s knitted
“chemo caps” to Gilda’s Club, a char-
ity on W. Houston St. that serves cancer
patients. This month’s blankets will go to
Baby Buggy, another New York City char-
ity that aids families in need with supplies
for newborns and young children. Because
many In The Loop members knit multiple
projects, Kitchen hoped to produce 50
knitted garments for each charity; so far,
she and In The Loop members have con-
sistently met that goal.
“They’re going to be thrilled,” said
Braun, of the charities, “to know that a
group of people has come together over
a period of months and contributed in
that way — because there’s nothing like a
hand-knit piece.”
The group’s Brown Bag socials draw
a diverse crowd. Though many knitters
present at Friday’s event had been knitting
for most of their lives, several younger
attendees had come for their first project
and Braun’s detailed instruction. Making
the trek to the Financial Center from other
areas of the city was not uncommon; but
one woman present at Friday’s event had
to travel a bit farther than simply taking
the subway downtown.
“I’ve been to New York a number of
times, and I’ve done all the tourist stuff,”
said Safia Weeks, 33, who was visit-
ing from England. She said she recently
started knitting, and found out about the
event via the group’s blog. “This is my
first project, and I just finished. I’m really
proud.”
But the group has something to offer
more experienced knitters as well — tips
and ideas from others at their level.
“You have so many resources in other
people that can help you,” said Maura
Templeton, 56, who works for A.I.G.
and said she had been knitting for almost
50 years. “You like to talk about what
you’re doing, and different techniques
that you’ve picked up.”’
As she watched the knitters finish
their projects, Braun remarked on how
the focus of the blanket project bolstered
the skills of In The Loop’s members, and
taught them techniques they could use in
personal projects of their own. But Weeks
explained that the joy of In The Loop is
rooted in something much simpler.
“I think that if you can actually do
a hobby, and do something good at the
same time, why not?” Weeks said.
Downtown Express photo by Jared T. Miller
Ina Braun leads a knitting session at the World Financial Center.
The Financial Center gets In The Loop with knitters
Though the group has
an educational focus,
its projects double as
charitable donations.
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Dear Transit Sam,

I’m wondering if you have any ideas about
how to make the N.Y.C. subway system more
family friendly. I’ve attached a photo of a child
on a crowded subway car surrounded by oblivi-
ous adults drinking hot coffee and listening to
music. In addition, rush-hour crowds blocking
car doors often make it hard for parents with
baby carriages to even enter the train and
always make it hard for passengers to maneuver
in general. My suggestion is to designate a spe-
cial car for families, bicycles and big packages
only. This would drastically improve the quality
of riding the subway for all subway riders.
Evelyn, via mail
Dear Evelyn,
Poor kid! I did pass your suggestion
along to N.Y.C. Transit, and I have to
concur with their assessment; that hav-
ing a designated subway car is just not
feasible in our massive system. However,
the agency does its best to accommodate
its variety of riders through “priority
seating.” These “priority seats” must be
given up when asked to do so by elderly
passengers, disabled customers, pregnant
women and others whose special needs
may not be so evident. N.Y.C. Transit
spokesperson James Anyansi also adds,
“They have ongoing campaigns alerting
customers to the use of priority seating
and also requesting that customers give
up regular, unmarked seats to the elderly
or disabled as a courtesy. Also, our newer
subway cars have flip-up seats in four of
the eight or 10-car trains to accommodate
wheelchairs.” So next time, let’s save that
poor little guy a seat!
Transit Sam
Dear Transit Sam,

I know cars are prohibited from parking
in a crosswalk. Do the stop lines painted
in the street mean anything as far as park-
ing? I’ve definitely seen cars parked past
the stop line but before the crosswalk lines
that have tickets on the windshield. Can you
clarify?

Ted, Lower East Side
Dear Ted,

Stop the ticketing, I repeat, stop the ticket-
ing! The stop lines (or bar) only apply to mov-
ing vehicles and do not define a crosswalk,
which I also stated in another letter a few
weeks back. The N.Y.C. traffic rules allow
vehicles to park up to the pedestrian cross-
walk, marked or unmarked. The city Dept. of
Transportation has been installing more stop
lines, several feet before crosswalks, to ensure
motorists don’t block the crosswalk and to
increase safety for both parties. Thus, it’s pos-
sible, signs permitting of course, to be legally
parked between the stop line and crosswalk.
Another community that has had prob-
lems in recent months was the Riverdale
section of the Bronx, where scores of readers
wrote me saying they were being erroneously
cited for parking in a crosswalk when they
were parked between the stop bar and cross-
walk. (I believe things have improved.) If the
wrongful citations continue, we’ll make sure
N.Y.P.D. gets it right. Keep me posted.

Transit Sam
Sam Schwartz, a former first deputy com-
missioner of city transportation, is president
and C.E.O. of Sam Schwartz Engineering,
a traffic engineering consulting firm to pri-
vate and public entities including the Port
Authority at the World Trade Center site.
E-mail your questions to TransitSam@
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More than 50 city arts organizations
will receive a total of $2.4 million in
federal stimulus money, U.S. Rep. Jerrold
Nadler announced last week.
Many of the groups have Lower
Manhattan roots or have done pro-
grams Downtown, including Dance New
Amsterdam, Creative Time and the Joyce
Theater, which will all get $50,000. The
money, granted through the National
Endowment for the Arts, is intended to
preserve jobs at nonprofit arts groups,
which are struggling with the recession
and may otherwise be forced to do lay-
offs.
“It’s always essential to support the
arts in our communities,” Nadler said in
a statement, “but these stimulus funds are
particularly significant right now for the
retention of thousands of local jobs.”
In the first session the State Senate held
after reuniting, the legislators released from
limbo a slew of bills that had been waiting
for their stamp of approval.
Among them was an extension of the
Lower Manhattan commercial incentives,
put in place in 2007 to aid in the post-9/11
recovery of the neighborhood’s businesses.
Under the bill, businesses below Canal St.
will be eligible for reduced rents and sales
tax exemptions for equipment purchased for
an additional four years, through June 2013.
Eligibility for the sales tax exemption will
last another two years, through September
2015, at the World Trade Center and the
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BY JARED T. MILLER
A new plaza near the entrance to the
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel may be on its
way, according to an announcement by the
Downtown Alliance business improvement
district last Wednesday.
The plan, which involves the expan-
sion of the existing Edgar St. plaza, would
be funded as part of the New York City
Plaza Program. The program, established
by the city Dept. of Transportation, allo-
cates funding for transforming underused
streets into public plazas in neighborhoods
lacking open spaces for pedestrians. As
part of the Downtown Alliance BID’s
proposal to D.O.T., the new plaza would
expand into two lanes of traffic on Edgar
St., a four-lane road.
Proponents of the plan say the extra lanes
of the 63-foot-long street are rarely used,
or are used as parking space. The proposal
was announced at the Community Board
1 Planning Committee meeting last week.
Though the committee voted to write a letter
of support for the Alliance’s plan, the plaza’s
construction is dependent upon D.O.T.’s
decision to award funding. D.O.T. is still
reviewing the plan, and will likely announce
the decision by October.
“As the community evolves further and
gains a more residential neighborhood feel,
the need for a heart and center becomes
more and more important,” said Christopher
Reynolds, assistant vice president of planning
for the Downtown Alliance. “The potential
for that plaza to serve that role becomes
more and more heightened.”
Edgar St. is wedged between Greenwich
St. and Trinity Place, and is situated next
to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority
parking garage. The street is primarily used
for traffic in and out of the garage, Reynolds
said. As part of the proposal to D.O.T., the
Downtown Alliance must secure the sup-
port of the surrounding community. C.B. 1’s
Planning Committee is already on board.
Currently, the Edgar St. plaza is sparsely
landscaped, with shrubs and benches lining
the perimeter. The majority of the plaza is
concrete, allowing for the flow of pedestrian
traffic through the area. NYCwireless, a
nonprofit group that advocates for wide-
spread wireless Internet access, hopes to
install Wi-Fi capabilities for the plaza if the
proposal is approved, said Bruce Brodoff,
spokesperson for the Alliance.
If D.O.T. approves the proposal, planning
and design work will commence in the fall and
construction will conclude by the middle of
2012, according to the Downtown Alliance’s
preliminary timeline. The Downtown Alliance
will be responsible for future maintenance of
the redesigned plaza.
“It certainly could be much nicer than it
is now. And it will be,” said John Foss, co-
chairperson of C.B.1’s Planning Committee,
explaining that he supported the idea of
expanding the plaza into the underused
lanes of Edgar St. “Anytime there’s outdoor
space we can improve, I think that benefits
everyone.”
Ryan Hoffecker, 29, who works nearby
at One Liberty Plaza, was sitting in Edgar
St. plaza as he checked his BlackBerry last
Friday. He said he supported the idea of
expanding the current space.
“It’d be nice to have more green, less con-
crete,” said Hoffecker, noting that he rarely
sees cars in Edgar St.’s extra lanes. “Green is
always better in the city.”
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A new proposal calls for expanding the existing Edgar St. plaza, in left foreground, into Edgar St. where two men are seen walk-
ing, above.
Edgar St. plaza is sparsely
landscaped, with shrubs
and benches lining the
perimeter.
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Dept. of Labor said.
In Lower Manhattan, where so much con-
struction has flooded the neighborhood that
the city and state created a command center to
keep track of it all, the numbers do not appear
to be much different, though no one collects
the statistics. Women at several large construc-
tion sites said they work with hundreds of men
but just a handful of women.
The Lower Manhattan Construction
Command Center runs several programs to
attract women and minorities to work sites
Downtown, including classes and job place-
ment assistance.
“It’s not a man’s world anymore,” said
Beverly Bobb, who manages the command
center’s equal-opportunity programs. “If a
woman can do it, why not?”
While Bobb said women remain very
much in the minority and occasionally face
harassment or poor work conditions, those
who spoke to Downtown Express this month
did not describe an atmosphere of negativity
or discrimination. The biggest challenges of
the job come not from their minority status
but from the job itself, the women said.
Arlene Fisher, a surveyor at One World
Trade Center, the Freedom Tower, said the
most difficult thing she has to do is navi-
gate the red tape associated with rebuilding
ground zero.
“It’s different than any of the other jobs
I’ve worked on,” Fisher said. “The chain of
command is longer than normal… It takes 10
times as long to get anything done.”
Fisher, 39, spoke of her male co-workers
with affection and a trace of condescension.
“Believe it or not, the guys on construction
sites have good manners,” she said. Her one
problem is that “They just don’t listen,” she
said. “But most of the guys are well-trained,”
she added. “They don’t like to see me get
mad.”
Fisher, who is divorced and has two young
children, started working in construction nine
years ago after growing frustrated with her
low-paying job as a special-education teacher.
Now she spends most days outside, and on
a recent afternoon she was using a laser to
measure whether a concrete wall around the
Freedom Tower’s core was perfectly straight
and exactly where it was supposed to be.
Fisher and others described the salary
— an average of nearly $50,000 a year for
a full-fledged union member, plus benefits,
according to a women’s advocacy group — as
the biggest perk of the job.
The promise of good money drew Estelle
St. Clair into a carpenters’ union in 1999,
when she was out of work and had a 5-year-
old son to care for.
“I did it at first for the income, but now a
lot of the work fascinates me,” said St. Clair,
who is building Tower 4 at the World Trade
Center site. “Looking at the massive struc-
tures in New York, it makes you interested in
how they get done, start to finish.”
On a recent morning, St. Clair, 35, strode
across Tower 4’s partially completed floors
with a pink bandana beneath her hardhat
and the remnants of pink polish on her fin-
gernails. St. Clair spoke with pride as she
pointed out the recently poured concrete and
the rows of steel reinforcements, then she
worked with several men to build a structure
that would support a new concrete floor for
the next level up.
When St. Clair was first starting out
in construction, some guys told her they
wouldn’t work with concrete, because it was
too dangerous. St. Clair was a little nervous,
too, and she had to master her fear of heights
so she could build skyscrapers.
“You’re outside in the fresh air, and there
are new things to do every day,” St. Clair said.
“Sometimes it’s a little scary.” She paused. “I
love it,” she said.
St. Clair got so comfortable with being
high up off the ground that on her last proj-
ect, the Bank of America tower in Midtown,
her supervisor had to remind her whenever
she got too close to the edge of the building
— she was so absorbed in her work that she
barely noticed.
As for the men she works with, St. Clair
said she rarely has problems.
“Sometimes at first, on a new job, they’ll say,
‘Can we ask her to do this? Is she willing?’” St.
Clair said. “But once they see you jump in and
you try, everyone loosens up some.”
Tanya Ridley, a metal lather and the
only other female hard hat at Tower 4, said
her favorite part of the job is its hands-on
usefulness.
“You work hard, you get dirty, you know
it’s worth it,” she said, grinning.
Ridley, 32, said she doesn’t mind being one
of the only women on the site, and the men
she works with don’t seem to mind either.
“If I’m not as strong as they are physically,
I’m willing to work hard to get it done, just
like anyone else,” she said.
Ridley initially worked as a secretary and
a receptionist after high school, unaware that
construction was even an option. Women are
funneled into college, the military or low-pay-
ing, unrewarding jobs like home healthcare,
she said, when the building trades might be
a better fit.
Ridley may never have broken into con-
struction at all, but two years ago she heard
about a Chelsea group called Nontraditional
Employment for Women.
NEW runs six-week training programs
designed to launch women into careers in
construction and other building, transporta-
tion and energy trades. Participants brush up
on math skills, learn to read blueprints and
practice toting 63-pound buckets up flights
of stairs. NEW trained nearly 500 women last
year, most of them lower-income minorities,
and has been encouraging women to work in
construction since 1978. Ridley did the pro-
gram in 2007 and said it gave her the skills
she needed to get a union job.
“Things are changing,” said Kathleen
Culhane, vice president of programs at NEW.
“Doors are opening like never before… .
Today, it’s not such a rarity to see not only one
woman but a handful of women on a job site,
working in construction.”
On a Friday afternoon last month, NEW
held a graduation for 12 women who had
just completed the six-week program. The
brief but boisterously heartfelt ceremony took
place on the third floor of NEW’s W. 20th St.
building, beneath posters reading “Celebrate
Men Working With Women” and images of
NEW’s logo, which looks like the symbol for
“female” with a hammer instead of the “T.”
As each woman’s name was called to
receive a completion certificate, the others
cheered, making up for the lack of friends and
family members in the very small audience.
(Before the ceremony started, one of the
NEW leaders asked if any of the women were
waiting on a guest. “It’s just us,” one of the
students replied. Pointing to her fellow gradu-
ates, she added, “My guest is right here.”)
After impromptu speeches that left nearly
everyone in tears, the graduates ate pizza and
reflected on the demanding six weeks behind
them and their plans for the future.
Taja Brown, 28, hopes to join a union so
she can continue working in construction but
get paid better wages. When she was 19, she
helped her father fix up a house, and she fell
in love with the work. Since then, she’s been
getting jobs wherever she can.
“I like the looks I get in Home Depot,”
Brown said, especially when she’s picking out
an unusual tool or material. “People stare,
like, ‘What do you know about that?’”
Brown once picked up a customer that
way — a man saw her looking at tools in
the tiling section, and she wound up tiling
his entire basement. Brown has gotten some
tiling jobs partly because she’s female, since
customers expect her to be more detailed
and precise, she said.
“But a lot of people assume I can’t do
it,” Brown added. “I like to show them and
prove them wrong.”
There is no typical NEW student. Other
members of the graduating class included
Cerise Bunch, a freckled 40-year-old woman
from the Bronx, and Ruth Zuniga, a 20-year-
old from Spanish Harlem. Bunch has an engi-
neering degree but can’t find a job, so she
decided to give the blue-collar industry a shot.
She hopes to work for Con Edison or the Fire
Dept. Zuniga had to complete her G.E.D. so
she could apply to NEW, and now she wants to
work as a bricklayer.
One of the only parents to attend the gradu-
ation was Stephanie Spencer, whose daughter
Rashida Johnson, 26, had just completed the
program. Johnson graduated collage and had
worked in public relations but was laid off, her
mother said.
“It’s wonderful that she’s getting a chance
to go out there in the world and compete with
guys,” Spencer said. “Women coming into con-
struction, electrical, plumbing work — this is
the last frontier, so good for them.”
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Building a presence, women work it in construction
Continued from page 1
Photo by Joe Woolhead
Estelle St. Clair, a carpenter, building the structure to hold up molds for concrete
pouring at Tower 4 at the World Trade Center site.
‘You’re outside in the
fresh air, and there are
new things to do every
day. Sometimes it’s a little
scary. I love it.’
Estelle St. Clair
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Enjoy trees while you can
To The Editor:
As part of the Route 9A/West St.
Promenade construction, it was recently
announced that, concerning the grove
of mature trees along West St. north of
West Thames St., “All the trees will come
down.” (news story, “West Thames Park
work is a go,” July 10 – 16).
A while ago, it was almost funny that
a basketball court, playground, gardens,
and playing field would be destroyed in
order to build a basketball court, play-
ground, gardens, and playing field. But
now, it has been announced that mature
trees will all be removed in order to
build a park with trees. When ques-
tioned, we’re told, “There’s no way to
save them.” Ridiculous. Of course, there
is a way to save those trees — design the
new park to accommodate the trees. Let
the trees dictate the layout of the park.
This is what is done in communities less
progressive and less in need of trees than
New York City.
Go stand at West Thames St. or on
the east end of Rector Place and enjoy
the grove of large trees while you still
can. What a sad time for Battery Park
City.
Jim Watson
Lederman’s legacy
To The Editor:
Re “Art of the deal” (letter, by Robert
Lederman, July 17 – 23):
I always find it interesting when
Robert Lederman attacks someone else
for not being a friend of street artists.
Although I have serious issues with some
of Councilperson Gerson’s ideas for street
artists, and have spoken out strongly
against facets of his proposed street-vend-
ing legislation, it is Mr. Lederman’s philos-
ophy that I feel has had the most negative
impact on the street-art scene.
Consider the lowly state of formally
well-known public artist areas, such as
West Broadway in Soho. Only give five to
seven years ago West Broadway was bus-
tling with travelers from all over the world
who made a point of coming to Soho to
visit fine artists who publicly display their
own original artwork on the weekends.
As this public art scene had evolved,
some fine artists began to unite as a way
to represent their issues politically and to
promote who they were and where they
could be found.
However Mr. Lederman fought every
attempt by these fine artists to come
together. He is “president for life” of his
own group and he guards his position with
great jealousy. His method to retain control
was, as it has always been, to use relent-
less mendacity and grossly false charges
against members of the artist cooperative.
This, in turn, caused paranoia in the ranks
and, as a result of their amplified fear,
many fine artists then jumped onto the
Lederman bandwagon as a way to fend
off threatened new legislation proposed by
Mr. Gerson.
Mr. Lederman’s plan called for fine art-
ists to join forces with the legion of vendors
who sell cheap, often illegally copied art
reproductions and imitation jewelry, there-
by blurring the line defining who fine artists
actually are. This negative strategy proved
to work against artists. Knowledgeable
travelers and collectors simply have taken
West Broadway and other formerly well-
known artist areas off of their itineraries
because the scene has become so polluted
with cheap reproduction art and knockoff
merchandise that it is to be avoided. The
result is that few, if any, public fine artists
can support their families anymore. That is
the Lederman legacy.
Of course the economy has sunk to a
new low, which has had a very negative
effect on artists as well. However, the
cooperative plan gave fine artists tools
to deal with the economic downturn and
recourses to which they now have no
access. Without this plan, artists simply sit
idly by while waiting for Mr. Lederman to
fight Mr. Gerson over proposed legislation
that appears to be going nowhere. At the
same time, vendors of cheap reproduc-
tions sell briskly in areas where fine artists
used to display their own artwork. What a
shame for us all.
Lawrence White
Mayor’s ‘shell game’
To The Editor:
Re “Mad as Hell, Mayor...” (Seaport
Report, July 17-23):
As we have long predicted, the tem-
porary alleviation of placard parking
problems in Chinatown would result in
the problem moving into surrounding
neighborhoods. The Bloomberg admin-
istration is playing a sort of “automobile
shell game” with the residents of Lower
Manhattan. And the problem will move
from neighborhood to neighborhood
unless and until the root of the problem
is addressed: the uncontrolled awarding
of parking privileges as a “perk” to city
employees and affiliates.
Lower Manhattan residents must make
government-issued parking reform one of
the top issues for mayoral candidates in
this election year. We must demand the
elimination of the archaic and corrupt
system of awarding paper parking plac-
ards and replace it with a modern, paper-
less, traceable parking-reservation system
that we have presented in the Downtown
Express previously. We must insist on the
use of car-sharing programs using Zipcar-
like technology, similar to that being used
Continued on page 17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A job well done
Just a few years ago, Community Board 2 was an
example of everything that possibly could be wrong with
a community board. The volunteer, 50-member body was
bitterly divided between business owners and residents,
and the hostility was palpable and unconstructive. A low
point came when it was revealed that the leading candi-
date for chairperson had hidden from his fellow board
members a conflict-of-interest ruling about himself for
almost a year and a half.
Of course, the problems start from the top. The
Manhattan borough president then was C. Virginia
Fields. She courted the business community in her
bid to run for mayor, which was reflected in the com-
munity board’s makeup, as the number of appointees
who were business owners grew. Although C.B. 2
— which includes Greenwich Village, Soho, Noho,
Hudson Square, Little Italy and the Meat Market
— probably had an anti-business bias before, Fields
swung the pendulum too far the other way.
Since Scott Stringer took office as borough presi-
dent at the start of 2006, however, C.B. 2 has shaped
up dramatically. One of Stringer’s campaign planks
was community board reform — and a major inspira-
tion for that position was the mess at C.B. 2. He set
up a blue-ribbon screening panel to vet new appli-
cants and members seeking reappointment, and his
office did outreach to find qualified applicants and to
increase the boards’ diversity and representation. He
also redressed the business-versus-residents imbal-
ance that had grown on C.B. 2 by appointing more
community members to the board.
However, it was really under Brad Hoylman as
chairperson during the past two years that C.B.
2 made its impressive turnaround — to the point
where, today, as opposed to a feuding board, C.B. 2
is a model of a well-functioning one.
Hoylman stepped down last month following
the board’s unofficial two-year term limit for chair-
person. During his tenure, he ran the board with
aplomb, intelligence, a deft touch and respect.
It’s not surprising that Stringer had tapped Hoylman
to be part of a team to help him craft his improved
process for screening new board applicants. Hoylman
also made sure his own board members became more
familiar with what constitutes conflict of interest, so
as not to repeat the problems of the past.
Whether managing huge, contentious meetings on
issues like the St. Vincent’s Hospital rebuilding proj-
ect or overseeing the public review of important New
York University projects, such as the co-generation
initiative or the Provincetown Playhouse project,
Hoylman was steady, fair, sensible and engaged.
Ultimately, C.B. 2 under his leadership showed, as
he put it, that community boards “can be effective,
can be credible, can make a difference.” Our thanks
to Hoylman for all his good work on the behalf of the
community, because, under him, the board really did
“make a difference.” What transpired at C.B. 2 holds
lessons for Lower Manhattan’s Community Board 1 and
all the city’s community boards.
In addition, C.B. 2’s new district manager, Bob
Gormley — with his no-nonsense professionalism —
has helped overhaul the board’s climate.
Jo Hamilton, the board’s new chairperson, an ally
of Hoylman’s and an impressive activist in her own
right, has now taken the reins at C.B. 2. We know
that her interest is first and foremost in the com-
munity, and we wish her great success in her new
leadership position. In Hoylman, she’s learned from
one of the best.
PUBLISHER & EDITOR
John W. Sutter
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ARTS EDITOR
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David Stanke
Jerry Tallmer
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in Washington, D.C, to reduce the number
of government cars on our streets.
Most important, we must ask our-
selves if we want to give a mayor who has
ignored these problems for eight years,
and who has given himself an exemption
from the voter-mandated two-term limit,
another opportunity to wreak havoc on
our quality of life and economic vitality
in Lower Manhattan. The best thing to do
when confronted with someone offering
you a “shell game” is to walk away. Let’s
walk away from any mayor who would
play such games with us.
Jeanie Chin
Jan Lee
John Ost
Chin, Lee and Ost are members, Civic Center
Residents Coalition
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Continued from page 16
LETTERS
The way it was when Cronkite took off his glasses
MEMORIAL
BY JERRY TALLMER
One thing I’ve learned about Walter
Cronkite in the hours since he left us last
Friday at 92. He hated his eyeglasses, as I do
mine. In almost every and any occasion, but
most notably the moment he had to inform
the world of the death of John F. Kennedy
on November 22, 1963, the first thing he
did was to remove his eyeglasses, start talk-
ing, and then after a few seconds, put them
back on.
Of course on that bad day in 1963
the world also saw Cronkite blink away
a couple of tears as he fought — without
visibly showing it — for control. But many,
many, many times when there were no
tears at all — the moment in 1969 that a
man first walked on the moon, or all those
spurts of explosive or absurd drama at
one or another Republican or Democratic
convention — the first thing you saw Uncle
Walter do was remove his eyeglasses just as
he started talking.
They probably irritated him behind the
ears, as mine often do me.
The most trusted man in America — who
was it first called him that? Probably (and
sardonically) Lyndon Johnson or Richard
Nixon, in either case, the most mistrusted
man (pre-Bush) in America.
But that’s what Cronkite was, and this
in the era when there were only three big
national and worldwide television outlets
— NBC, ABC and CBS — with CBS by far
the leader (for me) in quality and truth,
in a tradition that flowed all the way from
Edward R. Murrow on the roofs of burning
London, to Archie Bunker and Mary Tyler
Moore and Bob Newhart and Maud, to the
“CBS Nightly News” and its one-thousand-
percent reliable anchor man, whom we
knew would never knowingly serve us
any bullshit whatsoever through all the
wars and cataclysms and lies and disasters
and brutalities and ballyhoo, home and
abroad.
I learned something else about Walter
Cronkite as people on the tube talked about
him over this past weekend. He was the
grandson of one dentist, son of another and
nephew of yet another. So the world lost a
good dentist when it acquired a great news-
man.
There was, however, one thing I already
knew about Cronkite that not everybody
else had ever seen: He was, or could be, in
private, a bit of a clown.
This came out on the day, years ago, that
I went to interview Mrs. Walter Cronkite
— Betsy Cronkite — in their town house, I
disremember where, but probably the Upper
East Side. Mr. Cronkite himself did not sit
in. Suddenly, at the end of a gracious and
vivacious hour — gracious and vivacious on
her part — there was a halloo from someone
somewhere far upstairs: the most trusted
man in America himself.
Cronkite, like John F. Kennedy — like all
the Kennedys — was a passionate sailboat
man. Now, from far upstairs, three or four
flights upstairs, I heard the skipper bellow
to his crew, i.e. to the lady I was interview-
ing: “Ahoy, down there! Are we shipshape
and ready to cast off?” — or something very
much like that.
Mrs. Cronkite looked at me and giggled
or blushed or maybe neither.
“He puts on his captain’s hat and does
that every day,” she said with a Candida-type
half-shrug, half-smile.
Now, all these years later, I’m led to
believe that the most trusted man in America
had taken his eyeglasses off as he leaned over
a railing three flights up and hollered: “Ahoy,
down there! Is everything shipshape?”
Because that’s the way it is, or was, once
upon a time. A better time.

* * *
It was only after I had written the above
that I heard of the death of Frank McCourt,
at 79, this past Sunday, July 19, 2009.
So the cold and drizzle and mists and
downpours of Limerick finally got you,
Frank, all these years and miles later. I am
desperately sorry. If there is anyone alive
who never heard of the author of “Angela’s
Ashes” and “’Tis” and “Teacher Man,” be
it merely known that Frank McCourt, like
Walter Cronkite, was a man you could
trust — absolutely — whether as writer, or
teacher, or playmaker, or actor (with and
without brothers Malachy and Alphie), or
just plain heartfelt, sensitive, tough-fibered
Irish-American. He was a kind of music all
his own, and to the bone. Wherever you are,
Frank, play on.
Downtown Express photo by Elisabeth Robert
Yankee stars salute Little League A’s star Thomas
Yankee superstars Joba Chamberlain, Andy Pettitte and Alex Rodriguez came to J.J. Walker Field in Greenwich Village on
Tuesday as part of the Yankees’ first annual HOPE Week to salute Thomas Ellenson and his Greenwich Village Little League
Athletics teammates. Ellenson, who has cerebral palsy, always leads the A’s onto the field in his motorized wheelchair before
their games, and uses a special device his dad invented called a Tango, which allows him to speak, to read the lineup, as
well as play the “Charge!” tune to fire up the team. The Yankees also led skills clinics for the A’s during their J.J. Walker
visit. Above, back row, from left, Chamberlain, Pettitte, Rodriguez and Kevin Long, the Yanks’ hitting coach; front row, from
left, dad Richard Ellenson, Thomas and Cameron Breen, Thomas’s cousin.
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downtown express
BY PATRICK HEDLUND
RISE OF THE MACHINES
Nearly 100 illegal cash machines
encroach onto sidewalk space in the East
Village and Lower East Side, creating
a public blight and increasing the risk
of crime, according to a recent survey
by Manhattan Borough President Scott
Stringer.
The citywide survey found 258 unregu-
lated sidewalk A.T.M.’s located throughout
Manhattan, most of which are owned by
companies that contract with nearby retail
stores to place them on sidewalks near
busy stretches.
Stringer has urged the city to adopt
regulations to discourage the proliferation
of such stand-alone A.T.M.’s, decrying
their intrusion into public space and the
potential threat they pose to user safety.
“The last thing our crowded sidewalks
need is competition for space from these
illegal machines,” Stringer said in a state-
ment. “But this is more than just a nui-
sance. The exploding number of sidewalk
A.T.M.’s need to be covered by the same
consumer protections that apply to bank
A.T.M.’s. Otherwise we’re asking for ris-
ing incidences of street crime and identity
theft.”
The survey showed that more than
85 percent of the bank-unaffiliated street
A.T.M.’s lacked visible surveillance cam-
eras and more than 40 percent had been
vandalized with graffiti. Additionally, the
average charge for withdrawing money
was nearly 8 percent higher than at indoor
A.T.M.’s surveyed.
“Community Board 3 has an active
street life and densely populated side-
walks,” added Susan Stetzer, district man-
ager of C.B. 3, in Stringer’s statement.
“Illegal A.T.M.’s do not serve our com-
munity — they create potential criminal/
safety problems, they are covered with
graffiti, and they take up valuable sidewalk
space.”
According to the Borough President’s
Office, retail stores are only permitted
to display merchandise for sale within
3 feet of the store. The city Department
of Transportation currently regulates the
A.T.M.’s, and Stringer called for all of the
machines to be licensed to “force the own-
ers to meet reasonable standards of safety
and cleanliness.”
The East Village-based blog EV Grieve
also complained about the preponderance
of A.T.M.’s back in March, photograph-
ing six cash machines along one block of
Avenue B alone.
Sara Renaud, a Prince St. resident,
complained of seeing two A.T.M.’s sprout
on her street between Elizabeth St. and
the Bowery in recent months. She said that
the influx of nightlife establishments in the
area has led to an increase in the machines’
presence Downtown.
“This is a beautiful little neighbor-
hood, it used to have class,” said Renaud,
who recently started a petition seeking to
limit the number of free-standing street
A.T.M.’s. “It’s like Vegas — it’s just out of
control.”
She also reported that a mugger recent-
ly targeted someone on her block, leading
Renaud to speculate that card-swiping patrons
have become easy marks for criminals.
“If I was a mugger,” she added, “that’s
where I’d hang out.”
SUMMER RENTAL CHILL
Rental prices in Tribeca, one of the
most expensive and sought-after neighbor-
hoods in the city, took a tumble during the
last month, while rents in the Financial
District showed uncharacteristic gains,
according a monthly market report from
the Real Estate Group New York.
The July report, covering one of the
most active rental months of the year,
showed that average Tribeca rents for
studio and one- and two-bedroom apart-
ments in both doorman and non-doorman
buildings slipped by 2.77 percent over
all since last month. The decrease was
attributable to a more than 12 percent
drop in the average price of non-doorman
studios in the neighborhood, as well as a
5.26 percent fall for non-doorman one-
bedrooms.
All unit types in the Financial District
experienced a modest 0.95 percent
increase, a figure bolstered by a 9.93
percent jump in the average price of
non-doorman two-bedrooms and a 4.07
percent spike for non-doorman one-bed-
rooms.
Other notable changes included a near-
ly 9 percent drop in the average price
of doorman studios in Soho, as well as
7.15 percent dip for non-doorman two-
bedrooms in the neighborhood. However,
Soho did post gains for non-doorman
studios (up 9.03 percent) and doorman
two-bedrooms (up 7.74 percent).
On the Lower East Side, noticeable
decreases were felt in the price of non-
doorman studios (down 7.75 percent)
and non-doorman two-bedrooms (down
6.58 percent), while increases occurred
at doorman two-bedrooms (up 6.89 per-
cent) and doorman one-bedrooms (up
6.52 percent).
Prices in Battery Park City remained
steady month over month.
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Juniors still standing after three teams make tourney
JUNIORS
Having fielded summer tournament teams in three quali-
fying age groups for the first time in its history, Downtown
Little League is now down to one surviving squad. That
team, the 13 and 14-year-old Juniors under Coach Norman
Kleiman, advanced out of District 23 after a forfeit by
Inwood Little League on July 9. The Juniors squad will face
a Long island champion on Saturday in Rockaway.
MAJORS
Westside Little League vs. Downtown Little League
Downtown Little League’s 12-year-old Majors team was
eliminated from the district tournament after losing by a score
of 5-4 in extra innings to Westside Little League on July 12, at
Marcus Garvey Field in Harlem.
After giving up a pair of runs in the first two innings, starting
pitcher Robbie Martino settled down and pitched four strong
innings for the Downtowners. Behind 2-0, D.L.L. scratched one
run across in the third inning and then took a 3-2 lead in the
fourth when Will Merrill doubled to drive in Sean McGowan
and Louis Moreschi.
In the bottom of the fourth, Moreschi’s defense in centerfield
single-handedly preserved D.L.L.’s lead. He made a pair of tough
catches on sinking line drives and threw out a runner who failed
to tag up after the second catch for an inning-ending double
play.
A tiring Martino walked the first two batters he faced in the
fifth and was replaced by McGowan. D.L.L.’s ace extinguished
the rally to hold the lead by striking out the two batters he faced
and tagging out a Westside runner at the plate who tried to score
on a wild pitch.
McGowan retired the first batters he faced in the sixth, but
with D.L.L. one out from victory and behind in the count 2-1
to the third batter of the inning, he reached his allotted pitch
count limit.
McGowan was replaced by Merrill, who walked the inherited
and subsequent batters. After the runners advanced to second
and third, Westside tied the game when D.L.L.’s catcher over-
threw the pitcher on a throw back to the mound. Manager Scott
Noga called time out and summoned his players around the
mound to settle his team down and, on the very next pitch, the
final inning of regular play ended with the score tied when the
Westside batter grounded to Martino at second base.
D.L.L. recaptured the lead in the top of the seventh. With
McGowan at first base, Brian Burns hit a double off of the
top of the right field fence that just missed being a home run.
McGowan raced home from first for the go-ahead run, but
the missed home run proved to be a harbinger of things to
come. After advancing to third, Burns was gunned down at the
plate by Westside’s second baseman when he tried to score on
Martino’s grounder and the game moved to the bottom of the
seventh with D.L.L. ahead by only 4-3.
Merrill struck out Westside’s leadoff hitter and after he suc-
cessfully fielded a bunt attempt by their second batter, Downtown
was again one out away from victory. But Westside’s third batter
hit a hard grounder to the shortstop, which the usually reliable
McGowan was unable to field. The error kept the inning alive
for Westside’s cleanup hitter, who homered over the right field
fence breaking the hearts of the D.L.L. players and families
and sparking a magical run of comeback victories for Westside
that ultimately took them to the district championship game.
MINORS
Stuyvesant Little League vs. Downtown Little League
The seven returning members of last year’s D.L.L. team
were perhaps still reeling from last year’s painful losses to the
mighty Stuyvesant team, but the team soldiered on during a
game July 12 at Cooney Grauer Field in the Bronx.
Despite losing the coin toss, the team was awarded the
home advantage by the Stuyvesant coach; a clever move, as
the Mets dominated against Jackson Vertucci on a very pain-
ful first inning for the Downtown team. Will Higgins made
it to first when Valentino Rosa couldn’t hold onto the throw
from third. Sean Jennings cranked a double, moving Higgins
to third. Rocky Rockefeller singled and drove in run No. 1
when Kai Glick’s throw was late to first from short. John
Myles and Henry Schaeffer each took a base on balls, walk-
ing in run No. 2. Bryce Andrews’ hit to centerfield must have
gotten lost in the glare of the sun, as Michael Bogdanos was
unable to stop it, and another run scored. Henry Kessler was
hit by a pitch, bringing in another runner. Max Goldstein’s fly
to the mound was gloved by Vertucci for the first out. Luke
Kelly’s blast to left field got past Downtown’s Nicky Leong,
and two more runs scored, and once more, Vertucci faced
the top of Stuyvesant’s order.
Higgins made it to first in a close play, scoring run nine.
Jennings went down looking for a much-needed out two, but
Rockefeller walked. Myles hit another shot to left field, bring-
ing in the 10th run. Schaeffer’s grounder to Spencer Kiehl at
third was handled perfectly for out three. Tyler Rohan waited
patiently in right field, but he was the only defender not to
handle the ball from the 14 Stuyvesant batters.
Down 10-0, the Downtown team needed to score at least
one run to stay in the game, but it was not meant to be in the
first inning. Glick and Valentino Rosa were unable to con-
nect with the pitches thrown by Stuyvesant’s Myles. Kiehl
took a base on balls, but was stranded there when Bogdanos
succumbed to strikes. The Downtown team was able to
shut out their opponent in a well-played top of the second,
though. Although Andrews took a base on balls after a full
count, Kessler’s flare to Kiehl was caught for out one, and
his quick throw back to first nabbed Andrews in an exciting
double play. Goldstein walked, and Kelly blasted another to
left field, this time for a double. Leong was able to slide on
his knees to catch Higgins’ fly to left for out three.
In the bottom of the inning, the Downtown team struggled
to close the gap. Vertucci’s grounder to second resulted in out
one, but Leong’s crank to right field brought him to first for
Downtown’s first hit. Douglass Stapler’s grounder went through
the infielders and into right field, bringing him to first. Rohan’s
walk loaded the bases, and James Borrelli’s base on balls walked
in run No. 1 for Downtown. But Glick struck out and Rosa’s
grounder was fielded for out three, and the score was now 10-1.
In the top of the third, now against Jonathan Sandella on
the mound, Jennings led off with a line drive to left field that
was handled well by Leong for out one. Rockefeller hit to
right field, and Devin Minnihan gloved that for the second
out. Myles once again blasted one to the outfield, this time to
center, where Bogdanos could not move fast enough to grab
it out of the air. Myles landed on second, and moved to third
when Nathaniel Kue smashed one to left field. Leong threw
home, and Stapler threw back to Sandella on the mound, a
smart play that saved a run. But Andrews walked to load the
bases, and when sub Conor Niegowski was hit by a pitch, the
Mets had 11. Goldstein’s grounder to Borrelli at second ended
the carnage.
The Downtown team had their best offensive inning in the
third. Kiehl’s hard grounder to short had him safe at first on an
overthrow that ended up out of bounds. During the next two at-
bats, which ended in strikeouts for Bogdanos and Sandella, Kiehl
stole second. Leong walked and stole, making it easy for Stapler’s
bomb to left field to score both runners easily. Minnihan’s punch
to left center gave him a R.B.I. single, and Borrelli took another
base on balls, but Glick’s strikeout ended the inning at three
more runs for Downtown.
In the top of the fourth, Sandella walked Kelly, Higgins
and Jennings, loading the bases with no outs for Rockefeller.
His single scored Kelly. Myles got on base as but Kiehl’s
dead-on throw nailed Higgins at home. Kue walked, and
when Andrews sent the ball flying into centerfield, Bogdanos
tried to throw home from centerfield but was not in time and
Rockefeller scored. Stapler whipped the ball to first to try to
nab Andrews, and Jennings was sent home in another aggres-
sive base-running move. But Dante Secada-Oz sent the ball
home and nabbed Jennings for out three.
In the bottom of the inning, Secada-Oz, now facing Andrews
on the mound, led off with a walk. Kiehl’s grounder to short
was thrown to second, nailing the runner for out one. Bogdanos
grounded to second, and Kiehl was forced out. Sandella went
down looking, and the score remained 13-4.
Downtown did their best to hold them in the fifth, but
Sandella walked Niegowski and then Goldstein to start the
inning. Kelly’s line drive was scooped out of the air by Glick
for out one, but Higgins drove in Niegowski on a sacrifice
play that brought Stuyvesant to 14. Jennings’ hit to Borrelli
at second made for out three, but the damage had been done.
The Stuyvesant team was now ahead 14-4, and Downtown
needed a run to avoid the 10-run mercy rule.
But it was not to be. Leong grounded to third base for out
one, Rosa struck out and Minnihan’s pop fly was caught by
Kue at first base. The final score was 14-4, Stuyvesant.
The Stuyvesant game left the Downtown team with a 1-1
record in the double-elimination tournament, but Downtown
lost again last weekend and is now out of the tournament.
The Downtown Little League Minors tournament team won their opener, but were eliminated after losing the next
two games.
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July 24 - 30, 2009 21
Aaron Eng-Achson and his second-grade E.S.L. class from
P.S. 42 spent this spring learning about landmarks. To teach the
children how new landmarks get created, Eng-Achson brought his
class to the Landmarks Preservation Commission last month.
Before the visit, the students wrote persuasive pieces to L.P.C.
Chairperson Bob Tierney, hoping to convince him that Confucius
Plaza, a 760-unit limited-equity co-op and the tallest building in
Chinatown, deserves landmark status. The students gave archi-
tectural, historical, aesthetic, moral, and economic reasons why
Confucius Plaza is important to the Chinese community and to
the New York City community at large.
“I would like for you to make Confucius Plaza a landmark
because it gave elderly people a clean, safe place to live,” wrote
Lila Chen, one of Eng-Achson’s students. “It is over 30 years
old. It is one of a kind landmark. It is the tallest building in
Chinatown. It is flat and semi-circle.”
In addition to teaching his students about landmarks, Eng-
Achson hoped to teach them about being active in their com-
munity, regardless of the fact that they are young and are still
learning English.
“They were very impressed with my 7-year-olds,” Eng-Achson
said of the commissioners.
The L.P.C. is reviewing the students’ request, a spokesperson
said.
The mission to landmark Confucius Plaza has special mean-
ing for Eng-Achson, because his father, Allan Eng-Achson,
advocated for the building in the 1970s as a way to maintain
Chinatown as an affordable residential community.
Before visiting the L.P.C. June 23, the P.S. 42 students spent
five months discussing the meaning of landmarks and their
implications for their local community. Their study focused on
landmarks around the city but particularly in Chinatown, near
their school on Hester St.
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ARTS +GAMES This art project is designed by an art special-
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design. Free. Every Thursday through October 29th. 3.30-5.30
P.M. Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City (access: Cham-
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BODY BUILDINGS Children learn about the different shapes
of skyscrapers and then use poster-paper and their silhouette to
make their very own building! Ages 5+. Registration is required
by Friday at 5 PM. Suggested donation is $5 per child. July 25.
10.30-11.30 A.M. The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place.
212-945-6324 skyscraper.org.
BEGINNER TENNIS LESSONS Group sessions with an
experienced instructor will emphasize the fundamentals of the
game of tennis. For beginner kids ages 6-12 - 6 sessions- $150.
Saturdays, July 25 through August 29. 10:30 to 11:30 AM. For
beginner teens/adults over 13- 6 sessions – Members: $210,
Non-members: $240. 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Community Center
at Stuyvesant High School 345 Chambers Street. To register call
646.210.4292. ccshs.org.
CHILDREN’S BASKETBALL Children can play with adjustable
height hoops, plus participate in fun drills to improve skills. Free.
Mondays and Fridays through October 30 (except holiday week-
ends) 3.30-4.30 P.M. for 5-6 year olds, 4.30-5.30 P.M. for 7&older.
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CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ARTS (CMA) Chil-
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self-guided art projects. Open art stations are on-going
throughout the afternoon, giving children the opportunity to
experiment with materials such as paint, clay, fabric, paper,
and found objects. Admission $10. Wednesday through Sun-
day, 12-5 P.M., Thursday 12-6 P.M. Children’s Museum of
the Arts, 182 Lafayette Street, (212) 274-0986 cmany.org.

DANCE IN THE PARK: FAMILY MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
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dances based on their observations of movement, time and their
surroundings. Everyone is encouraged to participate. For children
ages 6 and up. Free. August 1,2-4 P.M. Reservation requested-
email your name to [email protected]. Rockefeller Park.
212-242-0800 rivertorivernyc.com.
DOWNTOWN SUMMER DAY CAMP Enjoy the same
enriching activities that country day camps offer without the
stress of traveling out of the city every day on a bus. Camp
combines a daily program with special events to give your chil-
dren an exciting and varied camp experience. Kids K-6th grade.
For rates and to register go to downtowndaycamp.com or call
212-766-1104 x250.
FUN FOR KIDS AT THE NYC POLICE MUSEUM Kids can test
out the sirens used in an NYPD patrol car, take their friend’s “mug
shot” in a police line-up and see what life is like on the other side
of the bars in a real jail cell and a lot more. Adults $7, children
(6-18): $5.00, children under 6: free. New York City Police Muse-
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GO FLY A KITE Manhattan Youth and Governor’s Island are
inviting everyone for kite-flying, open spaces and lots of fun.
August 7, 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. Governor’s Island Picnic Area. For
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GLOBAL STORY HOUR) Through weekly stories, participants
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at 3:30pm. Action Center to End World Hunger, 6 River Terrace,
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GREEN ADVENTURE Find out what it means to be green.
Come to understand the carbon footprint, the green house effect
and how to fix the damage done to the environment. Learn about
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in the fine, performing and media arts. The classes are structured
to allow full immersion into art. For more information call 212-
627-5766 or visit cmany.org.
STORYTIME AT BABYLICIOUS Children ages 3 to 4 are wel-
come to participate in free storytime with songs, stories and lots
of fun. Free. Every Tuesday, 9.30 A.M. Babylicious, 51 Hudson
Street (between Duane and Jay Street) 212-406-7440 babyli-
ciousnyc.com.
STORYTIME AT BARNES AND NOBLE Bring your child for an
afternoon of stories. Recurring event-check times at barnesandno-
ble.com. 97 Warren Street. 212-587-5389 barnesandnoble.com.
TODDLER PLAY GROUP) Story time, play time and fun educational
activities are all part of the Community Toddler Play Group for parents
with their children. Foster your toddler’s imagination through history,
science and maritime-themed activities using interactive materials
and engaging book readings.$7 per child, free to family members,
Every Wednesday. 1-2:30 P.M., South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Ful-
ton St, 212.748.8786, southstreetseaportmuseum.org.
TEEN ENTREPRENEUR BOOT CAMP) It’s a program that
gives teens the exciting learning experience that they need to
succeed later in life. For more information, please go to teenen-
trepreneurbootcamp.org.
TEEN VOLLEYBALL All teens are welcome and no previous experi-
encenecessary. referee/scorekeeper andball Provided. Presentedbythe
BatteryParkCityParksConservancy. Saturdays, 4:30-6:30pm. Commu-
nityCenter at Stuyvesant HighSchool, 345ChambersSt., 646-210-4292.
SUMMER CAMPS AT THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE ART
SCHOOL Top-Quality, Affordable Choices for Summer Fun. For
dates and rates go to edalliance.org.
SUMMER FAMILY CONCERT SERIES Everyone is invited to
this free musical event for the whole family. July 30- Baby Soda
Jazz Band. 6.30 P.M. Washington Market Park, (Greenwich &
Duane Streets) Rain location: Downtown Community Center
- Warren Street (between Greenwich and West Streets). wash-
ingtonmarketpark.org.
YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM-SUMMER ART CLASSES The
program provides affordable art classes for kids and teens. Stu-
dents are able to experience creating art in a professional art
school. Class size is limited to 12 students so individual attention
is maximized. All art supplies are included. For ages 10 to 14 and
15 to 19. Meetings twice a week for 6 weeks. $220 per 12-ses-
sion course. Through August 14, 2009. Educational Alliance
Art School. 197 East Broadway between Jefferson and Clinton
Streets. Call Lee Vasu 646-395-4237 edalliance.org/artschool.
YOUNG SPROUTS GARDENING This gardening program is
for children 3-5 years old. It includes simple gardening projects
appropriate for preschoolers. Free. Tuesdays through October
27. 3.15-3.45 P.M. Space limited-first come, first served. The
Children’s Garden, Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City
(access: Chambers Street) 212-267-9700 ext 348. bpcparks.org.
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BY STEPHANIE BUHMANN
WONDERMARE
Through August 8
At Apexart
291 Church Street
(212) 431-5270 or www.apexart.org
In “Wondermare,” Susan McIntosh and
Albert Wilking present a world as un-settling
as it is dizzyingly colorful. Costumes and
animal-inspired masks are mixed in with a
selection of films made in collaboration with
various artists. There is no checklist for the
eclectic works on display, leaving the impres-
sion that this exhibition was conceived as a
“Gesamtkunstwerk” (according to the cura-
tors’ belief that ours is “a world out of bal-
ance” if not a “house of cards on the brink of a
catastrophe.”).
While “Wondermare’s” aesthetic is some-
what neo-pop punk, its context is based on Lewis
Caroll’s classic “Alice in Wonderland.” Many of
the fantastical costumes and flickering images
on multiple screens were inspired by one of
Alice’s most famous remarks: “I almost wish I
hadn’t gone down that rabbit-hole—and yet—
and yet—it’s rather curious, you know, this sort
of life! I do wonder what can have happened
to me!”
“Wondermare” is exactly that place —
located on the other end of the rabbit hole; a
place that is surreal, at times nightmarish, and
which tastes of the insane. The press release
informs us that it is meant to reflect the adult
world and the various rites that lead to obtain-
ing “a civilized persona.” As an interactive
exhibition, “Wondermare” aims to provide an
opportunity for the audience to re-consider
their own passage to adulthood.
We are asked in which of the “Alice in
Wonderland” characters we can detect our
childhood selves. Were you “Alice, a naïve
child/woman who wraps herself in consumer
goods,” the curators wonder, “or maybe you
are the Mad Hatter, the bad boy enabler who
gloriously advocates addictive destruction…?”
We are encouraged to have our individual
answers filmed in front of a green screen. A
different background and context will later be
added to the footage, enabling us to become
the stars of our own film narrative.
Though the exhibition feels disjunc-
tive and its ambitions could be more clear-
ly articulated, it is important to note that
“Wondermare” is a work in progress — a
conceptual organism that will only discov-
er its true potential through the audience’s
willingness to participate.
BLACK ACID CO-OP (JUSTIN LOWE
AND JONAH FREEMAN)
Through August 15
At Deitch Projects
18 Wooster Street
(212) 343-7300 or www.deitch.com

This is the third collaborative project from
New York-based artists Justin Lowe and Jonah
Freeman. As was the case in last year’s “Hello
Meth Lab In The Sun” (with Alexandre Singh)
— their critically acclaimed installation at
Ballroom Marfa in Texas — the structure of
“Black Acid Co-op” is based on an eclectic
assemblage of rooms.
At Deitch, the installation’s expanse is no
less impressive than in Marfa, encompassing
the gallery’s main space and basement. It is
inspired by the illegal drug featured in the
exhibition title, which as the urban diction-
ary informs us is “not an acid/pcp combo,
but a type of very, very dirty LSD crystal.”
With this at its core, “Black Acid
Co-Op” translates as an underground, laby-
rinthine infrastructure which the viewers
can enter and navigate as they please. Each
room is a microcosm of sorts and devoted
to another sub-culture involved with the
production, trade or consumption of the
drug. Through this diversification, Lowe
and Freeman comment on the close ties and
interlocking realities between the counter-
culture and industrial society.
Here, questions of community, ritual,
and modern psychosis are compressed and
offered as one packaged experience. Upon
entering this world dense in information,
everyone will be able to find something to
relate to, be awed and appalled by.
One room contains a Chinatown bazaar in
which familiar details are mixed in with sur-
real undertones. T-Shirts with pornographic
imagery are on view and the “store’s” counter
glass cases are filled with plants, crystals and
roots of varying size. From here, a flight of
stairs leads up to a homebrew drug lab where
sloppy containers and cigarette butts charac-
terize a rather psychotic atmosphere. There’s a
bathroom, smelly carpet, nooks, crannies and
a hovering sense of anxiety. A cracked wall
leads into a pristine museum style gallery —
or is it someone’s luxurious salon? Different
artworks line the walls, and a few ragged
sculptures (which are shown in traditional
display cases) are particularly interesting.
The floor is covered with a bright red carpet,
a stark contrast to the white walls, evoking
an anticipation or gore which reminds one of
filmmaker David Lynch’s use of imagery to
communicate ominious foretelling.
Each turn offers another story to invade,
another scenario to soak up. There is a dark
room in which a single overhead light reveals
walls scarred by black peeling paint; another
that might have housed a commune, a univer-
sity library, and even a pirate radio station.
While transitioning from room to room
and from one reality to another, “Black Acid
Co-Op” unfolds like a strange narrative.
The different rooms become film sequences
or chapters in a bizarre book. Viewers find
themselves immersed in an infectious jour-
ney which has the characteristics of a strange
dream or drug trip. As it reveals itself
layer-by-layer, “Black Acid Co-Op” leaves us
pondering if we are mere onlookers or actual
protagonists.
Four complex, collaborative Downtown projects
Surreal concepts encourage imagination, contemplation
Photo courtesy of Vivien Lewit
Still image from footage on display (Wondermare)
Continued on page 24
Photo courtesy of Deitch Projects
One of the strange “Black Acid Co-Op” rooms
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Four complex, collaborative Downtown projects
JÚLIUS KOLLER & JI’Í KOVANDA
Through August 16
At Ludlow 38
38 Ludlow Street
(between Grand and Hester
(212) 228-6848 or www.ludlow38.org

The oeuvres of Slovakian artist Július
Koller (1939-2007) and Czech artist Ji’í
Kovanda (B. 1953) have much in common.
Both conceptually investigate questions of
existentialism and problems of modern com-
munication.
Despite the fact that they were born a
generation apart, Koller, as well as Kovanda,
lived for years under a regime that did not
allow true artistic freedom. Since the 1960s,
when living in Bratislava, Koller had been
devoted to the development of conceptual
tools that would maintain a sense of inde-
pendence in Communist Czechoslovakia.
Especially the “Prague Spring” in 1968 — a
brief period of political liberalization in
Czechoslovakia that ended when the Soviet
Union and members of its Warsaw Pact allies
invaded the country to halt the reforms. This
inspired Koller to contemplate the utopian
potential of free thought. His work is a per-
sonal, witty and at times ironic response to
a system, in which culture was defined by an
institutional art devoted to Socialist Realist
ideals outlined by Moscow.
While Koller’s output has been vast,
it was not until fairly recently that his
actions, objects, texts and an extensive ref-
erential archive have gained more attention.
Through the curatorial effort of Tobi Maier,
Ludlow 38 offers an important introduction
to Koller’s concept of the world. Text cards
and works on paper are exhibited, many of
which reveal Koller’s interest in signs, such
as the question mark, or wordplay. “Escape
of a Geo-graphical Object 2 (U.F.O.),” 1986,
is one of many works focusing on U.F.O.s,
which to Koller could also stand for
Univerzálna Futurologická Organizácia
(Universal Futurological Organization),
Univerzálny Filozoficky Ornament (Universal
Philosophical Ornament) or Underground
Fantastic Organization.
Whereas much of Koller’s oeuvre consists
of simple notes, diagrams, and conceptual
paintings, Ji’í Kovanda’s métier is perfor-
mance art. He stages actions (inspired by
daily routines) as well as the role of the indi-
vidual in the public domain. They take place
in both public and private spaces — and often
do not even involve an audience. In an elegant
installation of primarily black and white
photographs, we are able to study excerpts
from Kovanda’s body of work. Bearing titles
such as “carry some water from the river in
my cupped hands and release it a few meters
downriver…,” these images reveal the beauti-
ful simplicity of the inherent gestures. Though
Kovanda does not regard his work as politi-
cal, it does amount to a unique comment on
socially accepted routines and the so-called
order of things. His work is Romantic, poetic,
and truly inspirational.
THE COLUMNS HELD US UP
Through August 1
At Artists Space
38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor
(212) 226-3970 or www.artistsspace.org
This complex, collaborative project
brings together a group of artists work-
ing in different media—and marks a
unique collaboration between two institu-
tions: New York’s Artists Space and the
Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center,
Istanbul.
As one of the first alternative exhibition
spaces in the city (founded in 1972), Artists
Space has long been devoted to the sup-
port of artistic experimentation and dialog
in contemporary culture. For July, it has
invited Platform (whose own space is cur-
rently closed for renovation) to take over its
SOHO space and organize an exhibition as
well as a series of events.
Curated by Vasif Kortun and November
Paynter, “The columns held us up” pays hom-
age to both institutions’ fundamental approach
to collaboration and diversity of artistic expres-
sion. In addition to being an exhibition venue,
Platform also provides artist residencies. The
exhibited works are primarily by New York
based and international artists, who have par-
ticipated in the program in Istanbul.
Many of the works focus on complex
everyday systems. A multimedia installation
by collaborators Can Altay and Jeremiah Day,
for example, explores how these systems can
be spun into narratives. By documenting the
production of stuffed mussels (a well-known
street delicacy in Istanbul), Atlay and Day
succeed in revealing an unusual facet of a
local industry, but they while painting a por-
trait of the city at large.
Another fascinating work is by Bulgarian-
born, New York-based artist Daniel Bozhkov.
By hosting a site for storytellers which traces
the journey of a family jewel engraved with
an Ottoman Persian poem, Bozhkov creates
an unusual document of the object’s mean-
ings gathered along the way.
Other works in the exhibition include
videos “Telematch Suburb” by Wael Shawky,
a series of photographs by Corey McCorkle,
a slide installation by Christodoulos
Panayiotou, and an installation entitled
“Kara-kum” by the late Hüseyin Alptekin.
Concurrent with the exhibition, Artists
Space will accept book donations for
Platform Garanti’s library through July.
Photo by John Berens, courtesy of Ludlow 38
Installation shot, Koller & Kovanda
Photo by Adam Reich
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CLASSES
I NTRODUCTORY ART WORK-
SHOPS Are you thinking about taking
an art class, but not sure what you want
to take? Try out a class before commit-
ting to a full course and make artwork
to take home (pottery, cartooning, draw-
ing and photographs). $15 per workshop
The Educational Alliance Art School
197 East Broadway 212-780-2300 x 428
edalliance.org/artschool.
ADULT FITNESS PROGRAM Yoga
classes are available at 9:15A.M. on
Mondays, Zumba at 7P.M. on Mondays
and Thursdays and Total Body Workout
on Tuesdays at 9A.M. Free trial classes.
Downtown Community Center, 120 War-
ren St., manhattanyouth.org.
DANCE AND PILATES These ballet,
jazz, tango, hip-hop, and modern dance
classes, offered for all levels, are ongo-
ing. $16/class, discounts available.
Ongoing. Dance New Amsterdam, 280
Broadway (entrance at 53 Chambers St.)
2nd Floor. 212-279-4200. dnadance.org.
TABLE TENNIS TRAINING PRO-
GRAM No matter what your level
is, you’ll find get table tennis training
designed to imrove your skills. This
venue brings players of all ages togeth-
er — where they can enjoy the sport
and build new friendships. Mon.-Fri.,
10A.M.-1P.M. $100 a year for people
ages 6-15 and 50 and older, $200 for
others. American Asian Cultural Center
of Tribeca, 384 Broadway, lower level.
646-772-2922.
NE W B E G I NNI NG S C H A I R
YOGA Trinity Church’s Seniors Group
meets for one hour of gentle yoga (done
while seated). 10-11A.M. Ongoing. Trin-
ity Church, Broadway at Wall St. 212-
602-0747, trinitywallstreet.org.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR FIRST-TIME
MOTHERS Join parenting experts,
Drs. Ann Chanler and Nancy Carroll-
Freeman, and other new mothers
to voice your thoughts and feelings
and find support and encouragement.
$25 per group. Thursdays 10-11 A.M.
Tribeca Pediatrics, 46 Warren Street.
212-219-9984.
WEIGHTWATCHERS These weekly
meetings are designed to help motivate
and keep you focused. Stop dieting and
start living! From $9 per week. Tuesday
afternoons at 3.30pm. Doors open from
3.00pm for weigh in. Caring Community
Room, Level 2, 310 Greenwich St. Entry
at side of building next to Washington
Market Park.646-673-5096.
THEATER
ART OF MEMORY Four librarians
create elaborate scenarios that explore
history and illusion from a feminine
perspective. $18. July 30-31. For show
times, go online to 3ldnyc.org. 3LD Art
and Technology Center, 80 Greenwich
Street. 212-645-0374.
BABES IN TOYLAND This musical
is a part of the Ice Factory 2009 Fes-
tival of new works. $15. Through July
25. SoHo Think Tank, Ohio Theater, 66
Wooster St, 212-966-4844 sohothink-
tank.org.
SUMMER SOLO SERIES SoHo Play-
house presents one-night only perfor-
mances of acclaimed solo shows. $35.
Through August 4, 8 P.M. 15 Vandam St
(between 6th Ave and Varick) 212-691-
1555. sohoplayhouse.com.
DANCE
SITELINES: A SPACE FUNK INVA-
SI ON BY NI CHOLAS LEI CHTER
DANCE Nicholas Leichter Dance and
Monstah Black will bring the energy of
funk music, culture, fashion, and dance
to The Seaport’s historic cobblestone
district. Free. July 27-29, 6:00PM. July
30, 1:00PM. South Street Seaport, at
Fulton and Front Streets. lmcc.net/
sitelines.
EVENI NG STARS-MERCE CUN-
NINGHAM DANCE COMPANY This
event, featuring a unique combina-
tion of new material and movement
from past and current repertory of
the dance company, was designed
specifically for Rockefeller Park. Free.
August 1- 6 P.M., August 2, 2 P.M., 6
P.M. Rockefeller Park. 212-242-0800
rivertorivernyc.com.
EVENTS
BRAZILIAN MOVIE FESTIVAL-CINE
FEST PETROBRAS BRASIL-NY This
Festival presents many of Brazilian cin-
ema’s top films. $10 per movie. August
2-7. Tickets are on sale at ticketweb.
com. Tribeca Cinemas. Information:
646-827-9333 brazilianfilmfestival.
com.
FREE HEARING SCREENINGS AT
THE LEAGUE FOR THE HARD OF
HEARING Every Wed. from 12-2P.M.
and every Thurs. from 4-6P.M. Call or
email to schedule an appointment.
LEAGUE FOR THE HARD OF HEARING,
50 Broadway, 6th Fl. 917-305-7766,
[email protected].
PUBLI C SAI LS ABOARD 1885
SCHOONER “PI ONEER. ” Enj oy
spectacular views of the New York
Harbor from the deck of the historic
ship. Tuesdays-Fridays: 3-5PM, 4-6PM
and 7- 9PM, Sat ur days- Sundays:
1-3PM, 4-6PM, 7-9PM. Prices: 4-6PM
and 7-9PM sails: Adults $35, Student/
Seniors $30m Children 12 and under
$25. 1-3PM and 3-5PM sails: Adults
$25, Student/Seniors $20, Children
12 and under $15. Members receive
$5 discount. Reservations suggested.
South Street Seaport. Pier 16. 212-
748-8786 southstreetseaportmuseum.
org.
STONE CARVING WORKSHOP This
free two-day carvi ng workshop i s
offerend by The Sculptors Guild. July
25-26. Governors Island. Go to sculp-
torsguild.org for information on reser-
vations.
T HI S WORL D AND NE ARE R
ONES An artistic event held during
the summer on Governors Island, “This
World” features 19 artworks by inter-
national contemporary artists. Free.
Fridays, 11-4P.M., Saturdays and Sun-
days 12-6P.M. on Governor’s Island.
The Governors Island Ferry departs
from the Battery Maritime Building,
adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry
Terminal in Lower Manhattan. creativ-
etime.org.
COMEDY NI GHTS AT THE VI L-
LAGE LANTERN Every night there’s
a different comedic flavor at this local
joint. Enjoy Pauly’s Candy Store” 9
P.M. on Mondays or “Friday Night Fun-
nies” 9 P.M. on Fridays. List of events
available online. The Village Lantern,
167 Bleeker St. (Sullivan/Thompson)
212.260.7993 villagelantern.com.
LI KE2LAUGH’ S SUNDAY SOI -
REE Comics new to the scene are
given the opportunity to showcase
their talent. Free. Every Sunday, 7 P.M.
Botanica, 47 E Houston St. 212-343-
7251.
EXHIBITS
JOHN LENNON-THE NEW YORK
CITY YEARS Rare, original and nev-
er-before-seen artifacts of John Len-
non are on display for the public at this
rocking exhibition. $24.50, students
with ID $19.50. Buy tickets at muse-
umtix.com or 866.9ROCKNY. Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, 76 Mer-
cer Street rockannex.com.
BLACK&WHITE WORKS A diverse
range of black & white artworks in
varyi ng medi a i s the focus of thi s
exhibition.Through July 31.Ronald
Feldman Fine Arts, 31 Mercer Street,
212.226.3232 feldmangallery.com.
POLICING A CHANGED CITY The
exhi bi t i on document s how NYPD
uses technological progress and new
methods of gathering information and
outreach to serve and protect the peo-
ple after the tragedy of 9/11. Adults:
$7.00,seniors: $5.00, children (6-18):
$5.00, members and children under 6:
free. New York City Police Museum,
100 Old Slip. 212-480-3100 nycpolice-
museum.org.
BLACK ACID CO-OP Labeled the
“moniker for a counter-culture enclave
embedded in the metropolis, “this
artistic display is the third collabora-
tive project of Justin Lowe and Jonah
Freeman. Through August 15. Deitch
Projects, 18 Wooster Street. deitch-
projects.com.
BEAUTY SURROUNDS US Visitors
can see a unique display including an
elaborate Quechua girl’s dance outfit,
a Northwest Coast chief’s staff with
carved ani mal fi gures and crests,
Seminole turtle shell dance leggings,
a conch shell trumpet from pre-Colum-
bian Mexico, and an Inupiak (Eskimo)
ivory cribbage board. Two interactive
media stations show visitors in-depth
descriptions of each object. Ongoing
through March 2010. National Muse-
um of the American Indian, One Bowl-
ing Green, 212-514-3700, nmai.si.edu.
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK Visit
Manhattan’s oldest surviving building,
54 Pearl Street which has witnessed
nearly 300 years of the city’s history.
Ongoing. $4, $3 seniors and children
under 18, and free to children under
six. Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl
St. 212-425-1776, frauncestavernmu-
seum.com.
WISER THAN GOD This collection
(a snarky rebuttal to a nearbly gallery
show entitled “Younger Than Jesus”)
presents worldwide working artists
born in or before 1926. Through July
31. BLT Gallery, 270 Bowery, 2nd Floor.
212 260 4129 billyleethompson.com.
MARINE ECOLOGY ABOARD 1885
SCHOONER “PIONEER” Learn about
the creatures that inhabit the local
harbor estuary, harbor water quality,
and what is being done to maintain
this valuable ecosystem. $30 adults /
$25 students & seniors / $20 children
12 and under / Members receive a $5
discount. South Street Seaport, Pier
16 (Programs Afloat) 212-748-8786
southstreetseaportmuseum.org.
WOMAN OF LETTERS: I RÈNE
NÉMIROVSKY AND SUITE FRAN-
ÇAISE This exhibit examines the life,
work, and legacy of this enthralling,
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often controversial, literary figure.
Now extended through August 30. $12
adults, $10 seniors, $7 students, chil-
dren under 12 free. Museum of Jewish
Heritage 36 Battery Place 646-437-
4202, mjhnyc.org.
AVEDON-A COLLECTION OF FASH-
I ON PHOTOGRAPHS Shown i n
memory of the Late Mr. and Mrs.
Comfort, this extraordinary tribute is
dedicated to the best in fashion pho-
tography. Through August 28. Stanley
& Wise Gallery, 560 Broadway. 212-
966-6223 stanleywise.com.
AM I BY WILL LEMON Presenting
conceptual modern mysticism through
icons, symbols and objects, the art-
ist treats art as an alchemical device.
Through August 8. Fuse Gallery, 93
2nd Ave. (between 5th & 6th Sts, 2nd
Ave stop on the F) 212-777-7988 or
fusegallerynyc.com.
CLAIRE SHERMAN AND MARIA
E. PINERES AT DCKT CONTEM-
PORARY Two solo exhibitions: new
paintings by Claire Sherman and new
needlepoint works by Maria E. Pineres.
Through August 22. DCKT Contempo-
rary, 195 Bowery. 212.741.9955 dckt-
contemporary.com.
MI D- 19TH CENTURY UNDER-
WEAR Take a peek at rarely seen
‘unmentionables’ of the 1850s and
60s, including a lady’s chemise, corset,
drawers, stockings, and cage crinoline.
$8 General, $5 Students & Over 65.
Exhibition opens July 9th. Merchant’s
House Museum, 29 East Fourth Street.
merchantshouse.com.
THE GLOBAL POLIS-INTERACTIVE
INFRASTRUCTURES Are you inter-
ested in how today’s giant cities came
into existence? This exhibition is for
you. It addresses the ideas of architec-
ture, planning and design. Entrance to
the Galleries is free. Through August
29. Monday through Friday, 9am to
8pm, Saturday, 11am to 5pm. AIA The
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia
Place(between Bleecker and W 3rd
Sts), 212-683-0023 cfa.aiany.org.
TOY SOLDI ERS The hi st or y of
these miniature but mighty fighters
is presented in this unique exhibi-
t i on. Vi si t or s wi l l be abl e t o see
inch-high Aztecs and conquistadors,
Indians encircled by a stagecoach,
bands marching, knights jousting, and
doughboys fighting mock battles. Free.
Ongoing. The Forbes Galleries, 62 Fifth
Avenue, at the corner of Fifth Avenue
and 12th Street. forbesgalleries.com
212-206-5548.
WOMEN OF WALL STREET The
exhibition showcases notable women
i n t he wor l d of f i nance and Wal l
Street throughout history. Museum
of American Finance, 48 Wall Street,
212.908.4110 financialhistory.org.
T HI S WORL D AND NE ARE R
ONES Thi s arti sti c event wi l l be
held during the summer on Governors
Island. 19 artworks by international
contemporary artists will be present-
ed. The exhibition is free and open to
the public. Fridays 11-4 P.M., Satur-
days and Sundays 12-6 P.M. Governor’s
Island (The Governors Island Ferry
departs from the Battery Maritime
Building, adjacent to the Staten Island
Ferry Terminal in Lower Manhattan)
creativetime.org.
MUSIC
HUDSON SQUARE MUSI C AND
WI NE FESTI VAL-AFTER-WORK
NYC BACKYARD BBQ A free neigh-
borhood celebration of music, food,
and wine. Free. Tuesday evenings at
5 P.M. Through August 11. Entrance
on Spring Street between Varick and
Hudson (parking lot) citywinery.com/
hudsonbbq.
FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL ON GOV-
ERNORS ISLAND Judy Collins will
perform on Governor’s Island as part of
Trinity Wall Street’s free ‘Folks on the
Island’ concert program. Free. July 26,
2 PM. Governor’s Island, the lawn on
Colonel’s Row. Free ferries to Gover-
nors Island will leave every hour, on
the hour, starting at 10A.M. from the
Battery Maritime Building in lower
Manhattan. For more information go
to folksontheisland.com.
KI NG BRI TT SUN RA-LECTRI C:
SATURN NEVER SLEEPS This musi-
cal experience combines electronic
and acoustic sounds with a visual per-
formance. Free. July 28, 9 P.M. World
Financial Center Winter Garden.200
Vesey St. 212-417-7050 artsworldfi-
nancialcenter.com.
FIONA BOYES A fair-haired woman
sings the blues at the World Financial
Center Winter Garden. Free. July 30.
12.30-1.30 P.M. World Financial Cen-
ter Winter Garden.200 Vesey St. Call
212-417-7050 or visit artsworldfinan-
cialcenter.com.
BOO BOO COUSINS Mixing hip hop,
soul and rock, this artist has mastered
a sound of his own. Free. July 29, 8
P.M. 92Ytribeca, 200 Hudson Street.
212.601.1000 92ytribeca.org.
SEAPORT MUSIC FESTIVAL Free
shows on Pier 17 at the South Street
Seaport. No reservations or tickets
necessary. Shows start at 6 P.M. Fri-
day, July 24-Black Moth, Super Rain-
bow, Blank Dogs and Dan Friel. Friday,
July 31-Polvo Obits. Friday, August
7- Casiokids, The Wave Pictures and
Slow Club. Pier 17, South Street Sea-
port. seaportmusicfestival.com.
READINGS
AND TALKS
DOUGLAS MARTIN The author of
“Once You Go Back” will read excerpts
from his novel and sign books. July 30,
7:00P.M. McNally Jackson Booksellers,
52 Prince St, (between Lafayette and
Mulberry) 212.274.1160 mcnallyjackson.
com.
L O V E I S A F O U R L E T T E R
WORD Launch Reading from a contem-
porary collection of true stories of seduc-
tion, heartbreak, and regret. July 29, 7
P.M. Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126
Crosby Street 212-334-3324. housing-
works.org. Facebook, LinkedIn and Twit-
ter: An Introduction Networking on the
Web is becoming an important require-
ment for many jobs and businesses. If
you’ve hesitated to get involved, this
talk by Marci Alboher and Sarah Milstein
is for you. Get an overview of the most
common social networking tools, and
learn which ones make sense for you.
$16, Jul 29, 12:00pm-1:00pm 92YTribe-
ca, 200 Hudson Street, 212.601.1000
92ytribeca.org.
FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN AND TWIT-
TER: AN INTRODUCTION Networking
on the Web is becoming an important
requirement for many jobs and business-
es. If you’ve hesitated to get involved,
this talk by Marci Alboher and Sarah
Milstein is for you. Get an overview
of the most common social network-
ing tools, and learn which ones make
sense for you. $16, Jul 29, 12:00pm-
1:00pm 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street,
212.601.1000 92ytribeca.org.
TOURS
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF
NEW YORK TOUR Visitors are able
to tour the Fed’s gold vault and learn
about the Federal Reserve’s central
banki ng f unct i ons. Fr ee. Feder al
Reserve Bank of NY. 33 Liberty Street
212.720.6130 newyorkfed.org.
P U B L I C A R T W A L K I N G
TOURS LMCC of f er s a ser i es of
three self-guided audio tours explor-
ing public art downtown. Titled “Art
and Security,” “Art and the Body,”
and “Monuments and Memory,” the
45-minute tours are narrated by Perry
Garvin and William Smith. Download
the free tours to your IPod or other
MP3 player and start walking. lmcc.
net.
TRIBUTE WTC 9/11 Walking tours
of Gr ound Zer o. Dai l y. VI SI TORS
CENTER, 120 Li berty St. For hours
and info, visit tributewtc.org.
WA L L S T R E E T WA L K I N G
TOUR This free 90-minute guided
wal ki ng tour weaves together the
hi st or y, event s, ar chi t ect ur e and
people of downtown. Thurs. and Sat.
at noon. Meet at the steps of the
National Museum of the American
Indian. One Bowling Green, Alliance
for Downtown NY, 212-606-4064,
downtownny.com.
1625: DUTCH NEW YORK Wal k
al ong the shorel i ne of 1625 as we
visit sites – and some extant remains
– of the ori gi nal Dutch settl ement
of New Amsterdam, now New York.
Visit architectural digs, Stone Street,
the shortest lane in Manhattan, the
edge of Fort Amsterdam, and more.
$20; $15 seniors and students. Aug.
8 and Sept. 5. Runs approx. 90 mins.
Meet at One Bowling Green, on steps
of National Museum of the American
Indian 646-573-9509.
SOHO ARTS WALK Exper i ence
SoHo’s art scene like never before
wi th a wal k down famous cobbl e-
st one st r eet s t hat wer e once t he
stomping grounds of such greats as
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Bas-
quiat. Free admission into galleries.
The third Thursday of every month
through September. sohoartswalk.
com.
M U S E U M A T E L D R I D G E
STREET These guided tours, led by
hi stori an-trai ned docents, tel l the
story of the 1887 l andmark syna-
gogue — and illuminate the experi-
ence of the East European Jewi sh
immigrants who settled on the Lower
East Side in the late 19th century.
Sun. - Thur s. , 10 A. M. - 4 P. M. $10
adults, $8 seniors, $6 children. Muse-
um Of Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge St.
212-219-0888, eldridgestreet.org.
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