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PARTING SHOTS It’s all over for Downtown’s beloved ping pong palace.

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Albert Eng, a regular at NYTTF, a basement ping pong club on Broadway, plays one of his last games before the place closed down.

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Bikes pose dangers to those on foot

To the Editor: Walking home from the subway in the evening I often have to take evasive action on every sidewalk to avoid being run into by men on bikes (it’s always men). One night last September a deliveryman collided with me, pedaling into the back of my leg while I was walking on the wide Greenwich Street sidewalk between North Moore and Harrison. His only response to my anger and fright was, “You turned left,” as though I were a car that had failed to use its indicator. Bruised but otherwise unhurt, I wondered what might have been the outcome if he’d run into an even older person, or a child. Worse, deliverymen are now traveling our sidewalks at high speed on heavy, motorized bikes that could cause serious injury, if they haven’t already. I’m sure that for delivery workers shortcuts by sidewalk mean a safer ride (for them) and probably more income, but pedestrians’ rights have to come first. It beats me why we don’t have regulations to make this a reality. Carole Ashley

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To the Editor: Thanks for your bird’s-eye view of a night at Zuccotti Park. It was very refreshing. I also want to thank our community board for its excellent, well-thought-out and balanced resolution aimed at protecting free speech rights while assuring that rights of quiet enjoyment are also protected. I am proud that Community Board 1 is my Community Board. This protest is unique in our history. It brings together people from all over the country who are expressing frustration with the state of our economy and the inequalities of our current system. The idea of people living in the streets is difficult to understand both for the wealthy young residents living in luxury apartments and for police brass who are more comfortable dealing with identified leaders. (LETTERS CONTINUE ON PAGE 50)

Holland Tunnel Memories

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Thanks for this great story, and the beautiful photographs of the Holland Tunnel that you published in the November issue. My father, Hans Friedberg, landed in New York, an immigrant from Germany, in 1926. He had told me several times about walking through the Holland Tunnel the day before it opened. He worked in an office on Duane Street for many years before leaving for Pittsburgh in the 1930s. – Carl Friedberg

Not like old days for Artist pioneers gave new capital projects Tribeca its vibrancy

To the Editor: “The Marvelous Tube” by Oliver E. Allen in the November Trib was a great trip down memory lane concerning construction of the Holland Tunnel. Consider all the challenges facing similar major new capital projects today. Construction of any new freight, tunnel or bridge project can take decades with all the feasibility studies, environmental reviews, planning, design, engineering, real estate acquisition, permits, procurements, construction, budgeting, identifying and securing funding prior to opening day service. There are easily over $50 billion in capital projects in competition looking for funding. The Long Island Rail Road East Side Access to Grand Central Station and Second Avenue subway first segment may need several billion in local (LETTERS CONTINUE ON PAGE 50)

To the Editor: I appreciated that depressing story about 287 Broadway, owned by the Gindi family. Your even-handed reporting masks the despicable behavior of an owner who appears to be doing everything possible to keep artist Cora Cohen out of her loft. It was pioneer artists like her who took over empty space, converted it to residential use, paid rent for 35 years, and made Tribeca and Lower Manhattan into the vibrant and powerful destination they are today. Without that magnet, real estate values would probably not have reached their dizzying levels. That contrasts sharply with the disaster brought about by the greedy financial and banking wizards on and near Wall Street. Your reporting on Occupy Wall Street is also helpful and informative. Thank you for your great paper.. Carl Friedberg

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THE FINAL MAP: This is the Dept. of Education’s third proposal for zoning five Downtown elementary schools. It keeps the current P.S. 234 zone intact. The biggest changes with each new version involved zoning in Tribeca. The first sent children north of North Moore Street to P.S. 3 in Greenwich Village, the second to P.S. 1 in Chinatown.

THERE TO LISTEN: At the special meeting Nov. 28 on zoning, Deputy Chancellor Kathleen Grimm was on hand to hear what parents had to say. Among them was Tribeca resident Thomas Ryan, left, who said the zoning process “leaves me feeling very helpless.”

DOE Won’t Send Kids Out of P.S. 234 Zone

But new plan means that a kindergarten wait list is on the horizon, education official warns

BY CARL GLASSMAN AND FAITH PARIS After facing fierce opposition to its two previous zoning plans, the Department of Education changed its mind about sending some Tribeca kindergartners to schools outside their neighborhood. Keeping the current zone for Tribeca's P.S. 234 means that another kindergarten wait list is likely for the school, said Elizabeth Rose, a DOE planning official who announced the latest proposal at a Nov. 28 meeting of the Community Education Council. “But we heard the feedback from the CEC, and from members of the community, that it's preferable to the prior proposals to rezone part of 234 for either P.S. 1 or P.S. 3,” she said. Parents in northern Tribeca had complained bitterly about the first proposal, which would have sent their children to P.S. 3 in Greenwich Village. The next uproar came soon after the DOE pitched its “final” plan on Nov. 8, this time proposing to zone the northeast part of Tribeca for P.S. 1 in Chinatown. Com-

munity Board 1 opposed both plans and the CEC, in a surprise vote just a week after the second plan was presented, unanimously rejected it. Citing “overwhelmingly negative” feedback, the CEC asked the DOE to devise a proposal that would “keep neighborhoods intact” and prevent children from having to cross Canal Street or go east of the Civic Center. Even the P.S. 1 principal was wary of the plan for her school. She questioned the DOE’s appraisal of available seats as well as her school’s distance, geographical and cultural, from Tribeca. “I have lots of questions to ask and I need answers before these things happen,” she told the the Trib. “Someone’s going to put all these kids in here and say, ‘Have fun, Amy. Good luck.’” Both rejected plans had been offered as ways to avoid another kindergarten wait list at P.S. 234, and some parents at the meeting recalled what that was like. “It was the most stressful summer of my life,” said Megan Brothers. “We pulled out of 234 because of the wait list

and went to private school.” Now, she said, they are considering going back. Last year, the P.S. 234 wait list began with 38 children. By the time school started, all those who remained on the list had been offered a seat at the school. DOE officials have said that waitlisted children who do not get into P.S. 234 will go to the closest school with available seats. Last year that school was P.S. 130 in Chinatown, which critics said had its own crowding problems. “It was hard for my son and for the P.S. 130 community who didn’t know where their kids were going until we knew where our kids were going,” said Christine Brogan, a Tribeca parent who had been assigned to the school. On Dec. 14, the CEC is expected to vote on the latest proposal, which also sets the zones for a new school at Peck Slip as well as new zones for P.S. 276 and P.S. 397, the Spruce Street School. The Peck Slip school will incubate for three years in the Tweed Courthouse before opening in its own building in 2015. That has some parents saying that

three years in a building without a gym or other facilities is too long. They want their children zoned for P.S. 397—or attending school there until the Peck Slip school opens. “For three years, half of [my son’s] school experience will be at a non-school facility,” said Steve McCool, from 80 John Street. “I appreciate that the DOE has adjusted the proposal,” said Paul Hovitz, chair of CB1’s Youth and Education Committee and a resident of Southbridge Towers, now proposed for Peck Slip. “We are asking that the Southbridge Towers community be given a choice between the Spruce Street school and the Peck Slip school.” The schools lie at opposite ends of the complex. Shino Tanikawa, the CEC president, said she likes the latest proposal because it doesn't send children out of their neighborhood. She would like to find a solution to the complaints of the Southbridge Towers residents, she said, “but this is the best of the three proposals. It shows the DOE is listening.”

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BPC Seeks End to Tour Bus Problems

BY JESSICA TERRELL The Battery Park City Authority is calling on residents to point their cameras at tour buses idling or parking illegally in the area, in an effort to pressure the Department of Transportation to tackle the growing problem. “It’s a pretty big quality of life issue,” said Anne Fenton, assistant to BPCA President Gayle Horwitz. Tour buses dropping off passengers and then lingering in Battery Park City have been a problem for years. But residents and Battery Park City staff say they have noticed an increase in the number of buses in recent months, particularly on South End Avenue. “I walk around Battery Park City with my BlackBerry taking pictures of the buses and I send them to the [Department of Transportation’s] borough commissioner,” Horwitz said. “It is a pet peeve of mine.” “What can a citizen do?” Horwitz was asked at a Battery Park City town hall meeting last month. “Calling 311 is ineffective.” Horwitz gave out an email address, streets@batteryparkcity.org, for photos of the vehicles. The BPCA chief said she has been working with officials from the Sept. 11 Memorial and the DOT to tackle the issue, and is requesting more ticketing by police. “Everyone is trying to come up with a solution,” Fenton said. The DOT, which implemented a special parking program this fall for buses visiting the Sept. 11 Memorial, said that

Top: Buses park outside the World Financial Center on South End Avenue. Left: Sgt. Nelson Fernandez talks to a ticketed tour bus driver. Above: Canadian tourists disembark for a visit to the Winter Garden.

so far the program has been going smoothly. “While we do not believe there has been a significant increase in unauthorized bus activity in Battery Park City, we continue to monitor the area and work closely with NYPD and DEP for enforcement as well as reach out directly to educate bus companies on compliance and rules,” city DOT spokeswoman Nicole Garcia wrote to the Trib. The NYPD is apparently feeling the pressure. “Every day I’m out here giving summonses. Every day,” said Sgt. Nelson Fernandez, after giving a $100 ticket to a Canadian driver in a No Standing zone, parked across the street from Gateway Plaza on South End Avenue. “We get lots of complaints from resi-

dents,” Fernandez said. It was not long before two other buses carrying the Canadian tour group stopped at the same curb. Soon, another police car arrived and told the drivers to move on, but didn’t ticket them. Fenton said bus drivers drop off in No Standing zones, but cannot park. The BPCA had once talked to the DOT about turning No Standing zones into No Stopping zones, Fenton said. The idea was scrapped because of its impact on residents loading and unloading their cars. “We fix one problem...but then we create another problem,” Fenton said. The Canadian bus drivers complained that they often don’t know their destination until the tour guide shows up, which makes planning ahead difficult. “This is the worst city I’ve ever been

in for parking,” said driver Donald Lord. “There’s either no standing or no parking. There’s just no place to go.” Lord said the no standing policy means circling the area, causing pollution and increasing the chance of an accident. His fellow driver, Granville Jennings, said he’d like to have a brochure showing drivers where they can park. According to the DOT’s website, the city’s traffic laws require bus operators to map out a route for their trips ahead of time and always have that map with them. Regardless of the difficulties, the drivers acknowledged that they will have to keep bringing their buses Downtown. “The people want to see Ground Zero and there’s nothing you can do,” the ticketed driver said.

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Tribeca River Park’s Coming Attractions

BY JESSICA TERRELL A dog run, landscaped open space and finished esplanade are coming to Hudson River Park in Tribeca. The work, between Laight and North Moore streets, is due to be finished in 2013. “We are just continuing the march of the Hudson River Park south,” said Marc Boddewyn, vice president of design and construction for the Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT), who recently showed renderings of the new construction to Community Board 1. Nestled among newly planted trees and featuring a multicolored running surface, the dog run will have separate areas for small and big dogs as well as dogactivated water fountains. “We’ve noticed a lot of owners hold a hose out for the dogs, and the dog chomps at the water or plays with the water,” Heather Fuhrman, a designer with Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, told CB1’s Waterfront Committee. “So now we’ve given them an active, programmed place where they can play in the water.” The dog run surface will be mostly made of concrete and asphalt painted bright colors that dogs can see, Fuhrman said. Trees will surround the seating areas in the dog run, and umbrellas will provide shade until the trees branch out—a lesson learned after complaints about lack of shade in other areas of the park, Boddewyn said.

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A dog run (inset) and nearly completed esplanade separating cyclists and pedestrians will be among the features of the park segment.

The HRPT expects to spend $6.5 million on its “center upland” construction of the park, near Piers 25 and 26. Included in the project is completion of the building on the eastern end of Pier 26 that will house the new Downtown Boathouse and a restaurant. The Trust, which completed its multimillion-dollar rebuilding of popular Pier 25 last year, does not have funding for other amenities on Pier 26, which is to include a center for river study. (For years, the River Project occupied the

original Pier 26 and hopes to return.) It also lacks the cash to complete a section between Piers 25 and 26 that the Trust dubbed a “dance floor.” That section, when built, will be large enough to hold about 2,000 people and will probably be used for the kinds of larger events that took place on the former Pier 25 before it was demolished. In the meantime, the dance floor, and a driveway on the south side of Pier 26, will remain unfinished to allow construction truck access when the funding is

available to complete the pier, said Noreen Doyle, the Trust’s executive vice president. The Trust plans to build a temporary walkway between the two piers to separate bike and pedestrian traffic. CB1 Waterfront Committee Chair Bob Townley, whose organization, Manhattan Youth, held the lease on the old Pier 25 and now operates concessions on the current one, said he hopes that when the open space is finished it will accommodate everything from graduation celebrations to public dancing in the sum-

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Above: Susan Henshaw Jones stands in one of the South Street Seaport Museum’s many galleries on Schermerhorn Row. In January, the room will have a new exhibit. Right: Museum wants to make sure it has water rights for all of Pier 16, where the Ambrose and Peking are berthed. Jones wants the rental income from a restaurant on the pier, right next to the Ambrose. CARL GLASSMAN

Seaport Museum Maps Survival Strategy ‘Classy raw bar,’ store leases and wedding venues are among money making visions BY JESSICA TERRELL

Standing in the center of an empty gallery, now a sorting space for maritime tools, Susan Henshaw Jones surveys the room’s bare brick walls and smiles. All of the South Street Seaport Museum’s galleries on Schermerhorn Row—a whopping 21 beautifully restored rooms—are currently empty. But Jones, the president of the Museum of the City of New York who took over management of the Museum in October, expects them to be filled with exhibits and visitors on Jan. 25, when the museum reopens. “They are such beautiful spaces,” she said, looking up at the exposed beam ceiling. “We are going to really utilize all the galleries for a variety of exhibitions and installations. A smorgasbord of different things.” Jones has big plans in the works, and not just for filling those empty galleries. The institution, for years teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, sees some of its 38,500 square feet of space as prime retail space and the Museum’s lifeline.

Jones envisions a coffee shop going in the Seaport Museum’s ground floor lobby.

And Jones has her eye on the mostly vacant Pier 16, where the museum’s boat, the Ambrose, is docked, as a place to generate income as well. “I think that if you could ever get a really classy raw bar, a wine bar restaurant out there, that would draw New Yorkers,” she said, “because it is such a wonderful place to be.” At the moment the museum can’t do

any of it. There are restrictions against commercial uses in its lease with the city that stand in the way. Community Board 1, which sees the museum as an important cultural presence in the community, passed a resolution last month supporting changes in the lease. “The lease that was done originally was such a bad lease. It limited what they could rent out open space for, and they need to raise money,” said Seaport Committee Chair John Fratta. Fratta worries that if the museum goes under, its property will be handed over to the Howard Hughes Corp., which holds the lease for most of the Seaport. “That’s something we really don’t want to see because we want a museum in that spot,” Fratta said. “We want the Seaport to be alive and functioning.” An EDC spokeswoman would not comment on specific requests from the museum. “We are working with the museum on a strategy concerning the use of space under the lease, including potential amendments to the lease, to assist the museum in developing a longterm plan,” said EDC spokeswoman Jennifer Friedberg. Jones said the museum would not rent out its exhibition space, but would consider commercial uses for the museum gift shop on Fulton Street, which is

currently being leased to a book shop for the holidays. She plans to move the shop inside the museum and add a cafe. Other spaces being considered for commercial rentals include two empty galleries on Water Street and space on Pier 16 that could accommodate parties. Jones said she also needs to make sure that in the lease, the museum has the water rights to all of Pier 16. It is unclear whether the museum has the water rights where the Ambrose is docked, she said. While the Seaport would gain amenities under Jones’s plan, it may finally lose its most iconic ship, the Peking. Jones has reopened negotiations with Hamburg, Germany, to give the Peking to that city. The ship is in a state of disrepair and would be very costly to fix. “It was built in Hamburg and has no association with New York City,” Jones said. “Ideally, it should go back to Germany.” The Wavertree, which needs to move from Pier 15 so the city can lease its berth, would take the Peking’s spot, Jones said. In the meantime, Jones said she has high hopes for negotiations with the city and, ultimately, the museum’s survival. “They want the Seaport Museum to succeed,” she said. “Everybody wants the Seaport Museum to succeed.”

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TEXT AND PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN You would never know it was there. Nothing at the entrance to 384 Broadway announced it. And the nearly hidden back stairway to the basement hardly beckoned. But for dozens of ping pong devotees, this was a windowless but welcoming expanse of a basement they called their second home. Since opening in 2004, here was a competitive but friendly place where language, age, income—nothing mattered but skill and the passion to play. Then one evening last month, the constant clack of serves and slams went silent and the lights went out on this ping pong palace called NYTTF (New York Table Tennis Foundation), leaving regulars wondering where they’d find anything like it. “It’s not like just losing a club, it’s losing all these people,” said Sandy Gallett, 62, as she watched her fellow players on the last Sunday before closing. “It’s losing all the times you see them jump up and down or see them smile.” Robert Chen, 46, photographer, filmmaker, former Tribeca restaurateur and competitive ping pong player, said he was in debt to the landlord by some $60,000 and could not generate enough income to keep the place going. In the back of the space Chen ran a small nonprofit community center where mostly Chinese speakers gathered for lessons in art, dance, calligraphy and kung fu as well as ping pong. Chen said he had hoped for one of the Cultural Enhancement grants from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. to save his struggling center. But when he learned in September that he was not a recipient, he knew it was the end. “Under [the LMDC] logo they say ‘Rebuild and Renew,’” said Chen, who remains bitter about the rejection. “I did both of them.” Chen, who had both a restaurant and a studio near the World Trade Center, said it was the tragedy of Sept. 11 that inspired him to open the club. Ping pong, he said,

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brought him out of depression. “After Sept. 11, I spent all my time playing ping pong and making myself happy,” he said, “and I think, ‘Oh, my God, this is what I like to do.” After 12-hour workdays at the restaurant, which he gave up in 2004, he would play ping pong for another two or three hours. “Ping pong will heal you mentally,” he said. The center’s 12 tables have gone to the Tony Dapolito Community Center in Greenwich Village and Chen hopes that his fellow players will find there some of what they have lost. But regulars said it will be hard to replace their basement club. “There’s a good mix of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, French, and everybody knows everybody,” noted JP Kadzinski, 46, a French native who played at the center “at least” four times a week for the past six years. “It’s kind of spiritual,” he said.

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Fred Gates stands near one of two entrances to Zuccotti Park, protesting the removal of the encampment, as he is watched by Brookfield security guards.

Post-Raid Zuccotti Park: What Now? BY JESSICA TERRELL

A few weeks after police evicted the Occupy Wall Street encampment, Zuccotti Park still served as a gathering place for protesters. But without the tents, kitchen or library, it was only the diehards who were showing up—people like Travis Howard, who was sitting quietly with a friend one Saturday afternoon. “I am down here because I still believe in this movement,” said Howard, 23. “It’s not what it used to be, but this is our home.” “Occupy forever!” shouted another protester, standing behind the metal police barricades that fenced off Zuccotti Park from Broadway. He was among a small group holding handmade signs and eyeing the tourists who snapped their photos, or passed them by. “Come talk!” one protester vainly called out. Where hundreds had once gathered for general assemblies, a small “think tank” met. No need here for the “people’s microphone” as the protesters passed a small voice recorder from one speaker to the next. The topic: Where does the movement go next? The question might also be asked: Where does Zuccotti Park, with its barricaded perimeter, phalanx of private security guards and new rules, go next? While protesters bemoan the loss of their encampment—and numbers—not everyone who wanted to see the protesters go is taking joy in what Zuccotti Park has become. “With the barricades being pretty much everywhere, our access to the park is limited,” said Cedar Street resident Pat Moore, chair of Community Board 1’s

Left: Zuccotti Park late last month was ringed with barricades. Right: The future of the movement was discussed at this “Think Tank.”

Quality of Life Committee, who frequently spoke out against the protesters’ impact on local residents. “The barricades have to be removed so we can pass through with the same ease and care that we did before Occupy Wall Street got Downtown.” Business at Panini & Co. Breads on Cedar Street was getting better—the owners had complained of a drop in sales during the protest—but was still not back to normal, said owner Angelo Tzortzatos. “It’s the barricades,” he said. “The barricades are everywhere.” By contrast, business had dropped drastically since the camp was dismantled, said one of the coffee and doughnut stand vendors on Cedar. “There is no business now,” the man said. “Nothing.” Brookfield Properties, which owns the park and hired the security guards, declined to comment on how long the barricades might be up. “We are doing our best to make sure

it gets back to normal as much as is possible at this point,” said Matt Cherry, a director of investor relations and communications at Brookfield. “You can take away the food and you can take away the tents, but people are still committed to the idea of what OWS stood for,” said movement spokeswoman

“The barricades have to be removed so we can pass through with the same ease we did before Occupy Wall Street got here.” Dana Balicki. “There are still actions that are happening around the city.” Only two entrances to the park remained open late last month, each manned by Brookfield security workers who made sure no sleeping bags, tents or tarps entered the park. People walking bicycles were turned away as well. The guards kept their cool as an occasional protester loudly demonstrated within feet of them. On one occasion, a

ragged, bearded man lit a dollar bill on fire in an odd sign of defiance. “You could buy a soda with that,” the guard said. Fred Gates held a sign near the entrance, mocking the authorities. “Submit to your mandatory bag check,” he shouted. “We don’t want anybody being beaten to death with a paperback copy of ‘Jaws’.… We’ve reduced the ugly protesters here by at least three-fifths.” Occupy Wall Street protesters were trying to keep up their own normal on a late rainy Wednesday night toward the end of the month. About 30 of them gathered under umbrellas near the Broadway side of the park, holding a general assembly meeting. They spent much of their time arguing about about the need to buy computers to help them operate from different sites, not just Zuccotti Park. In the midst of it, a drunk howled as he walked past the park. “And they call us the crazies,” a protester muttered. “Let’s wrap this up so we can go home,” said another.

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He is listed as a fictional character on Facebook, where he has more than 1,800 fans. A half dozen websites offered suggestions on how to be him for Halloween. He is called the Hipster Cop, but hundreds of people voted in an online blog poll to rename him “Inspector Dreamypants.” He is…1st Precinct Community Affairs Detective Rick Lee? Yes, indeed. Lee, a 45-year-old NYPD detective who has worked out of the Tribeca precinct house for almost 20 years, gained national fame during the Occupy Wall Street protests after someone tweeted a picture of a not-so-plainclothes cop. “I always dress well,” Lee said. “I guess that’s where it comes from.” Lee, whose job often had him down at the Occupy Wall Street encampment interacting with protesters, became known around Zuccotti Park for his large “hipster” glasses, fitted khakis, and cardigans. The moniker stuck and his fame online grew in the weeks that followed, as websites tried to discover the identity of the undercover officer, and then find out the answers to questions such as “Does he wear skinny jeans off duty?” and “Where in Williamsburg does he live?” (He told the New York Times that he does wear skinny jeans, but lives in Staten Island.)

This photo of Officer Rick Lee—often accompanied by humorous and snarky captions—spread quickly across the Internet in October.

The Times article was followed by hundreds of other blog posts, tweets, articles, interviews, and even a few marriage proposals. And, of course, some ribbing at the precinct house. “It just comes with the territory,” Lee said. “The articles have been posted up a few times in the precinct, so it’s kind of funny.” And actually, Lee told the Trib, the protesters weren’t the first to start calling him the Hipster Cop. The title was given to him last year by Lolita Jackson from the mayor’s office. “She described me to a guy saying, ‘Oh, yeah, Rick Lee. You can’t miss him.

Good-looking guy. Glasses. He looks like a hipster. He’s the hipster cop,’” Lee recalled. “She was the first one to coin the phrase. But then the people in Zuccotti Park started calling me the same thing.” So does the description fit? “Somewhat, yeah, depending on how you define hipster, I guess,” Lee said, adding that any resemblance was unintentional. Lee may not think of himself as a hipster, but he has often been noted for his atypical plainclothes look. During a visit to the 1st Precinct in May, President Obama, no less, noticed a bowtie that Lee was wearing, and told

the veteran cop that the GQ Magazine photo shoot was “down the street,” officer Tommy Moran told the Trib at the time. Indeed, five months later, the magazine sent a photographer to snap pictures of Lee in Zuccotti Park, and then featured a Q&A with him on their website. Lee said he thinks his 15 minutes of fame are over, though his look is still, at times, under scrutiny. Like when he got a short haircut recently. “People were a little upset,” Lee said. “Like, ‘You’re supposed to have a shaggy haircut!’ Well, you have to update it once in a while.”

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From a Resident’s Front Row Seat at OWS BY BRAHNA YASSKY The police barricades surrounding my building opposite the New York Stock Exchange had for two months become part of the landscape. Some days they were more labyrinthine than others. Policemen with helmets and hinged plastic visors pulled down over their faces became familiar sentinels. Still more stood guard mounted on majestic horses. I am sympathetic to the voices of the 99 percent and recognize their right to assemble. Wall Street has become the symbolic target of protest, although the majority of area residents are not in the 1 percent. My neighbors and I had the opportunity to witness history in the making from our windows or right outside the door of our building, which paradoxically used to be the offices of J. P. Morgan. I was frequently awakened by the sound of chants and drums echoing down Broadway. I often had to show a picture ID with my address, issued from my building, to be allowed through the barricades to get to the subway around the corner and return home. On Thursday, Nov. 17, in the early morning, after watching the news showing groups of shouting protesters, I looked out my window. Broad Street was empty, lined with more than the usual number of metal barricades. I looked across the street at the Stock Exchange’s 16-foot-high pediment, titled “Integrity

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Protecting the Works of Man.” On either side of her are figures symbolizing the underpinnings of American prosperity— Agriculture, Mining, Science, Industry and Invention. The waves below the frieze represent this country’s worldwide influence. The irony did not escape me, since the ripple effects of Wall Street could be seen outside my window, and globally. Along with many of my neighbors on that Thursday morning, I was rerouted on the way to the subway, an inconvenience reminiscent of the shooting of “Batman” on two prior recent weekends. It was all

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Call for OWS Photos

The South Street Seaport Museum is soliciting submissions for a photo exhibit on Occupy Wall Street. The show, opening Jan. 25, will be part of the museum’s reopening under the management of the Museum of the City of New York. Professional photographers who covered the events are invited to submit pictures for the group exhibit, and an online show will be open to all. Deadline for entries is 9 a.m., Dec. 12. For submission information go to mcny.org.

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Holiday singing comes to Bogardus Plaza, at Reade and Hudson streets, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 4:45 p.m. Choristers from the Church Street School for Music and Art will perform festive tunes and the Friends of Bogardus Triangle will serve free hot apple cider.

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The history behind hundreds of landmark buildings in Tribeca, Soho, Noho and the Meatpacking District can now be pulled up with the tap of a finger, through a new iPhone and iPad application. “NYC Building History,” $2.99, gives information from the Landmarks Preservation Commission about buildings’ history and architecture. A list of buildings included in the app is at nycwomen.org/nycbuildinghistory. The app can be downloaded through iTunes by searching “NYC Building History.”

Holocaust Testimonies

Visitors to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City can now access the video testimonies of 2,500 Holocaust survivors and witnesses collected by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, founded by film director Steven Spielberg after he made “Schindler’s List.” Testimonies can be searched by name, place and keyword. Information at mjhnyc.org.

Governors Island Visit

More than a dozen Lower Manhattan Cultural Council artists will open their Governors Island studios to the public on Friday, Dec. 9, from noon to 6 p.m. The free event is also a chance to visit Governors Island in the late fall, when it is closed to the public. Ferries depart from 10 South Street every hour from 12:15 to 5:15 p.m. Reservations, which are required, can be made at lmcc.net.

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Authors John Burnham Schwartz, Helen Schulman and Simon Van Booy are headlining an annual fundraiser for Pen Parentis, a literary organization for writers with children. The event takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold St., and is open to readers 21 and older. The $25 suggested donation includes wine. Information at info@penparentis.org.

Toy Collection

Chabad Battery Park City is collecting toys to deliver to children in local hospitals for Hanukkah. A toy collection will be set up on Dec. 6 from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. at 280 Rector Place and on Dec. 11 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at P.S. 89 at 201 Warren St. Cash donations can also be made at bitzue.com, a children’s gift registry. For more information, call 646770-3636.

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Holiday Music Sale

The ARChive of Contemporary Music is holding its annual holiday record and CD sale from Saturday, Dec. 10, to Sunday, Dec. 18. Thousands of items, including collectible LPs, a large selection of Celtic music, and ’60s psychedelic posters will be offered. The nonprofit music library and research center, located at 54 White St., is open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the sale.

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Nov. 1...1 p.m. A good Samaritan became a victim during lunch at Au Bon Pain. The woman rose from her table to help an elderly man who had fallen. While she was away from her table, her wallet was stolen.

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Bet. Nov. 4. and Nov. 6 A man parked his 2005 Hyundai Elantra on Friday night, Nov. 4. When he returned on Sunday, the car was gone.

114 FRANKLIN Nov. 5...1 a.m. A customer at Tolani Wine Restaurant left her $1,000 Louis Vuitton purse unattended in a booth with $1,500 in cash inside; it was stolen. 80 WHITE

Nov. 5...1:30 a.m. Thieves smashed the front passenger window of 2012 Nissan Altima and stole a $2,000 knee brace.

100 CHAMBERS Nov. 6...noon A Dunkin’ Donuts customer left his wallet on the counter after making a purchase. It was gone when he returned to retrieve it.

349 GREENWICH Nov. 12...9:28 a.m. A thief entered through an unlocked door at a restaurant and stole $565 worth of liquor while the restaurant was closed.

165 BROADWAY Nov. 13...2:25 p.m. A tourist placed her purse on the floor in Starbucks and walked away. When she returned a few minutes later, the purse— and her passport—had been stolen.

123 WEST BROADWAY Nov. 13...5 p.m. Two women shoplifted $1,590 worth of merchandise from a clothing boutique.

BROADWAY & PARK PLACE Nov. 14...8:15 p.m. A subway rider was playing a game on her iPad. When the train stopped at Park Place, a thief snatched the device .

CANAL & WEST Nov. 15...5 p.m. A man parked his motorcycle with a zipper bag on the back. After he left, a thief took his wallet from the bag. 66 PEARL

Nov. 16...6 p.m. Police arrested a 59-year-old man who entered the basement of Zigolini’s restaurant and threatened an employee with a sharp object.

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LAIGHT & VARICK Nov. 17...9:30 a.m. A thief stole a 2009 Tomos motorbike that was parked on the street. CHURCH & PARK PLACE Nov. 18...10:30 a.m. A Vespa scooter was stolen.

71 BROADWAY Nov. 18...1 p.m. Someone took a purse from the back of a chair inside a deli.

FULTON & FRONT Nov. 19...7:28 p.m. Two women stole a purse that had been left unattended on a counter at the German Christmas Market. JAY & GREENWICH

Bet. Nov. 22 and Nov. 23 A man parked his Ducati motorcycle on the street on Tuesday. When he returned on Wednesday, a thief had stolen it.

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Nov. 24...4:20 a.m. Police arrested a man who entered a garage and tried to drive off with a BMW that had been parked with the keys inside. He got into an accident with the car on his way out of the garage and was apprehended.

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Nov. 28...9:34 p.m. Two men approached the counter at Health King pretending to buy water. When the clerk opened the cash register, they shoved him out of the way and stole $1,000.

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An oddly disguised thief made off with a $322,000 Bentley from a Battery Park City parking garage early Sunday morning, Nov. 13. The car’s owner, a 23-year-old Battery Park City resident, had parked the 2011 Bentley Continental Supersports in a garage at 70 Little West St. Police say that surveillance video, obtained from the garage, shows a man wearing a hooded jacket, ski cap and snorkel entering the garage and then driving off moments later in the car. The parking attendant had left the keys in the vehicle, according to the police report.

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12/6 BPC COMMITTEE Location: Battery Park City Authority, 1 World Financial Center, 24th Fl. 1) Update on plan to renovate the Winter Garden and maintain the staircase by David Cheiken, Brookfield Properties 2) Proposal to station food trucks at North End Avenue cul-de-sac by David Cheiken, Brookfield Properties 3) Recent dismissal of Battery Park City Authority personnel. Discussion and clarification 4) Discussion of South End and North End Avenue traffic issues and possible installation of traffic lights and/or stop signs 5) 250 Vesey St., application for a wine and beer license for Casa Masa LLC d/b/a Casa Masa. Resolution 6) Tunnel to Towers RunWalk, application for a street activity permit on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 on Vesey Street from West Street to North End Avenue and on North End Avenue from Vesey to Murray Streets during the hours of 9 AM to 6 PM. Resolution

12/7 FINANCIAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE 1) Presentation regarding plan to relocate Gramercy Park Medical Group treatment facility for substance abusers to 90 Maiden Lane 2) Application for newsstand at southeast corner of Broadway and Beaver Streets. Resolution 3) Application for newsstand at northeast corner of West Broadway and Barclay Streets. Resolution 4) Application for newsstand at Williams and John streets in front of 99 John St. Resolution The following notices have been received for renewal of wine and beer or liquor licenses and sidewalk cafe applications: •1 Hanover Square, application for renewal of liquor license for India House, Inc. •15 John St., application for renewal of liquor license for 15 John Corp., d/b/a Les Halles •53 Stone St., application for renewal of liquor license for Smorgas Chef LLC •59 Maiden Lane, application for renewal of liquor license for Idaho Farmers Market Inc. •60 Pearl St., application for renewal of beer and wine license for Vidhan Foods Inc. d/b/a Baluchis Masala •225 Broadway, application for renewal of liquor license for Mangiare Gourmet Inc. d/b/a Oliva Gourmet

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12/12 WTC REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 1) WTC Medical Working Group’s 2011 annual report, Jeffrey Hon 2) Lower Manhattan Development Corporation update. John DeLibero invited

12/13 YOUTH & EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1) Update by Chinatown Working Group on Education and Schools Action Plan 2) Review of the latest zoning proposal and accommodations. Resolution 3) Review of the DOE’s process for presenting new zoning proposals. Resolution 4) Possible sites for the construction of new schools. Discussion 5) Evaluation of 2011 and future items. Discussion

12/14 TRIBECA TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION SUB-COMMITTEE: 5:30 PM Location: 49-51 Chambers St., Room 709 1)Reade Street parking regulations. Discussion

12/14 TRIBECA COMMITTEE 1) Permanent closure of the Bogardus Plaza. Resolution 2) 71 Worth St., application for restaurant wine and beer license for RBC NYC Inc. Resolution The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses: •105 Reade St., application for liquor license for Sazon Inc. •221-223 West Broadway aka 5-7 White St., application for liquor license for LJA Restaurant Corp. d/b/a Churruscaria Plataforma •295 Greenwich St., application for renewal of wine and beer license for Tribeca Baked Foods Corp. d/b/a Gee Whiz

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12/19 SEAPORT/CIVIC CENTER COMMITTEE 1) Seaport Historic District presentation by Robert LaValva 2) Fulton Street Project update 3) 10 Reade Street (AKA 2 Lafayette Street) application for renewal of sidewalk café license for Albachiara LLC d/b/a Alba. Resolution The following notice has been received for renewal of a liquor license: •89 South Street, Pier 17, application for renewal of liquor license for Tribeca Water Taxi Beach South Street Seaport LLC d/b/a Beekman Beer Garden

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OWS and Vietnam Protests in Eye of History “The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!” These rhythmical words were a thunder in my ears as I raced ahead of tear gas clouds. I was a reporter covering the antiwar demonstrations during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Protesters by the thousands chanted the phrase as they were routed from Grant Park by police JIM swinging clubs. STRATTON’S That cry, whole “The world is watching,” was also heard when Occupy Wall Street demonstrators were forced out of Zuccotti Park on orders of CITY Mayor Michael CHARRETTE Bloomberg. The world watched both confrontations. The nastiness at Grant Park was broadcast everywhere, and that moment in history has been looked upon as a turning point in the politics of protest. The eviction of OWS from Zuccotti Park has similarly ignited protests all over the country. Chicago’s mayor didn’t understand the backlash. There had been no precedent. Our mayor, Michael Bloomberg, doesn’t have that excuse. A passing

glance at Tahrir Square should have alerted him. Yet, on Bloomberg’s watch, armed police have bloodied, pepper-sprayed and arrested peaceful protesters at many OWS demonstrations. OWS was thrown out of Zuccotti Park under cover of night, with elected officials arrested and parts of a 5,000-book library tossed into the garbage. This, as the mayor claimed, was done to protect Free Speech. And he did. He turned a protest that faced a cold, hard winter into one with a possible new life. In this century, violence against

occupiers and the mayor. Knowing the world was watching, Bloomberg needed to find a way to make the OWS go away while still appearing to respect freedom of speech. And knowing the mayor would strike, the OWS bided its time. Bloomberg waited for icy rain and cold weather to make his move. Kleig lights and shutting down press coverage were by design. An elected district leader from our own local political club was arrested after identifying himself, and he had not even been in the park. When OWS was later invited back in, Checkpoint Charlies were set up so that

Violence against peaceful demonstrators creates a backlash—a political form of Newton’s Second Law. Arbitrary force will always be met with increasing anger. peaceful demonstrators creates a backlash. It’s a political form of Newton’s Second Law. Arbitrary force will always be met with increasing anger, and in the direction of those applying it. Deposed leaders of the Mideast learned the hard way. Ousting the Occupation made Bloomberg’s opposition stronger. And it was a result the OWS leadership knew would happen. The Occupation of Zuccotti Park has long been a game of chess between the

dangerous contraband items, like sleeping bags, could be kept out. If OWS wanted to occupy, they’d have to stand all night in the cold. This was protecting freedom of speech, said Bloomberg. Fast forward, but backward, to the 1960’s. Another New York Republican Mayor, John Lindsay, had been confronted by similar issues during the Vietnam War protests. Lindsay handled it differently. I stood

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“We need a diaper change. Who’s up for it?” Tim Mulvaney asked, laying his 3-month-old daughter, Nava, on the rug and waiting for volunteers. A couple of expectant fathers got down on the floor with him while nearby Bruce Razza and his 8-month-old daughter, Ainsley, were ready to take on two other student fathers. Then the questions to the “veteran” dads came flying as diapers gingerly came off. “It’s okay that I’m kind of forceful, even though she’s not happy?” one expectant father inquired as he worked with a crying, squirming subject. “How do I tell which side is the front side?” asked another, puzzling over the tiny diaper in his hands. “How many times a day does she usually go number two?” a third wanted to know. This is New Dads Boot Camp, a three-hour class that each month brings together a different set of fathers-to-be and new fathers they can learn from. Sponsored by the NYC Dads Group and held at Tribeca Parenting, 46 Warren St., the course is part hands-on, part support group. “In the beginning it was really tough emotionally for me. I had a lot of guilt, like I didn’t have a helpful role,” Darrin Cirillo, father of 6-month-old Mia, told

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Top: With three babies in attendance at last month’s New Dads Boot Camp, fathers-to-be got to change more than one diaper. Left: Tyler Rann gets practice holding a baby with Darrin Cirillo’s Mia. Right: Seated with Hiro Shinohara, Matt Schneider, left, talks about crying.

the group last month. “But once I talked to other dads and understood what I was feeling was normal, I felt a lot better about it. I started to pick up other things that I could do.” Matt Schneider, co-founder of NYC Dads Group and facilitator of the workshops, said it’s important to build parental confidence in fathers from the start. “So often mothers feel like they’re the only ones who know how to take care of their baby,” Schneider said. “We want to make sure that fathers don’t get pushed out in those early weeks.”

For Tyler Rann, whose baby was due in a few weeks, that confidence seemed to come as soon as Cirillo put little Mia comfortably into his arms. “Yeah, chillin’ out, I like it,” Rann said proudly. “I have this touch with women. It’s been known to happen.” Seated in a circle, the dads and dadsto-be talked about post-partum blues and intrusive in-laws, baby calming and swaddling. “Any of the dads have an idea of why babies might cry?” Schneider asked, as he held up a white board and marker. “They don’t love you?” one of the men

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Eight Days More A musical, Les Misérables tribute to Hanukkah, featuring Judah Maccabee who is hunted by the Hellenized high priest Jason. $25. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

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Holiday Party Learn about Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid, Kwanza and more. $8; $5 students, seniors, children; free under 2. New York City Police Museum, 100 Old Slip, nycpolicemuseum.org. Sat, 12/3, 1:30 pm

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus A holiday version of “The Wizard of Oz” that answers such questions about Christmas as, “Why do we hang stockings?” $25. Sat, 12/3, 1:30 pm. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org.

Fri, 12/16, 5 pm

Concert and Caroling Performance of Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols.” Chorus leads the audience in caroling. Free. St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, trinitywallstreet.org. Fri, 12/16, 6 pm

A Charlie Brown Christmas Screening of the classic holiday movie, plus pizza. Free. Charlotte’s Place, 109 Greenwich St., trinitywallstreet.org. Sun, 12/18, 1 pm

Scrooge & Marley: A Reading Reading of Israel Horovitz’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” Free. St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, trinitywallstreet.org.

Sat & Sun, 12/3, 4, 10, 11, 17 & 18

Gingerbread House Decorating Music, snacks and a gingerbread house workshop with edible decorations included. Saturdays, 2:15 & 4 pm; Sundays, 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. $100. Church Street School for Music and Art, 74 Warren St., 212-571-7290, churchstreetschool.org.

Mon, 12/19– Mon, 1/2/12, 2 pm

Movie: Christmas in the Clouds A romantic comedy of errors that takes place on a struggling reservation. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

Sun, 12/4, 1–4 pm

Gingerbread House Party Champagne, snacks, live music and house decorating. $125; $150 couple. The Bubble Lounge, 228 W. Broadway, 212-571-7290, churchstreetschool.org.

Mon, 12/19, 4–5:30 pm

Children’s Chanukah Party Candle making and latkes. Singing led by Shira Kobren. Make a print and an oil lamp with the Zshuk Art Intitiative. Ages 3–12. Children: $10 each. Synagogue for the Arts, 49 White St., synagogueforthearts.org.

Sun, 12/4, 1:30–4:30 pm

Light Up Hanukkah Craft activities and a performance by the Macaroons playing rock songs such as “Billy Bagel” and “Dreidel Bird.” $10; $7 ages 10 and under. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

Tue, 12/20, 5:45 pm

Menorah Lighting Holiday music and snacks. Free. South Cove near South End Ave., bpcparks.org.

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Danu Celtic Christmas music. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com. Tue, 12/6, 10 am

Latkes 101 Chef shows how to make latkes. $25. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. Thu, 12/8, 5:45 pm

Holiday Tree Lighting A visit from Santa, holiday music by The Accidentals, plus refreshments. Please bring a new unwrapped gift or article of clothing for Stockings with Care. South Cove near South End Ave., bpcparks.org.

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guest experts, games, comedy and curiosities about the holidays. $10. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. Sat, 12/10 & Sun, 12/11, 1 pm

Holiday Storytime Readings of classic holiday stories for all ages. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com. Sat, 12/10, 2 pm

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Holiday Keepsakes Slide show and of yuletide storytelling. $2. Tuesday Evening Hour, 49 Fulton St., tuesdayeveninghour.com. Fri, 12/9, 8 pm

Holiday Grab Bag Variety show of vintage film clips, videos,

Beer + Latkes Celebration Beer tasting, latke sampling, candle lighting and dreidel spinning. $22. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

Christmas Party Caroling, crafts, snacks and a visit from Santa. Free. Rain date: Sun, 12/11, 2 pm. Washington Market Park, Greenwich and Duane Sts., washingtonmarketpark.org. Sun, 12/11, 11 am–1:30 pm

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Play Hanukkah games, eat latkes, make a menorah and hear holiday music. $15 per person, $60 family of four or more. Presented by the Jewish Community Project. 388 Greenwich St., jcpdowntown.org.

A Christmas Carol Performance of the classic holiday story. $18; $17 seniors; $16 children. Manhattan Children’s Theatre, 380 Broadway, mctny.org.

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Sat, 12/24, 8 pm

The Messiah Performance by the Trinity Choir and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra of Handel’s “Messiah.” $50–$70. Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Pl., trinitywallstreet.org.

Hanukkomedy Comedy show with Liam McEneaney. $15. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

Thu, 12/15, 7:30 pm

Chinese Food and a Movie Screening of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Jurassic Park,” plus an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet. $30. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

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It was a dilly of a day at the New Amsterdam Market BY APRIL KORAL Sabrina Mossberg stood among the hundreds of visitors to the Peck Slip Pickle Festival and considered the samples in her hand. She was dismissive of the Japanese watermelon radish she had just tried (“too sweet”) and was now considering a slice of pickled celery. “This is much better,” she said, with a broad smile. “It has more vinegar. In my opinion, a good pickle has to have a little bit of a pucker.” This was a crowd that knew its pickles. The annual pickle festival, formerly held on Essex Street, debuted at the New Amsterdam Market on South Street last month with dozens of samples of all things pickled. Over 20 vendors offered briny treats including Brussels sprouts pickled with curry vinegar, turnips pickled with sake, English cucumbers pickled with rice bran and, of course, an array of classic garlic and dill pickles. There were also pickle T-shirts and pickle-making kits. According to Robert LaValva, president of the New Amsterdam Market,

to the festival to “steal ideas.” They were taken by the “firekraut” made by Adamah, and said they appreciated the sellers’ assertion that they were “changing the world one cabbage at a time.” “It was really tasty,” said Kate, who was also enjoying her sample of Korean kimchi stew made from fermented cabbage. “It has a warm quality,” she concluded, “a warm spice with a pickle taste.” Jake Levin and Silka Glanzman, who have a food blog, also came to the festival to expand Sabrina Mossberg and Rory O’Flaherty sample sour pickles. their repertoire. about 5,000 people attended the festival, “I am looking for flavor combinamaking it one of the market’s most pop- tions that are unexpected, something I ular events. “We intend to double the size would never have thought of before.” next year,” he said. said Levin, a butcher. He and Glanzman Mary Kate and Luis Bacalao, who had bought a bottle of kimchi stew that like to make sauerkraut in their apart- they planned to try to reproduce that ment in the East Village, said they came week in their kitchen.

Sylvie Kovnat, who was there with a few friends, said she hoped to sample everything before leaving. Although an avid pickle lover who likes them as a snack, on a sandwich, or with humous or cheese, she conceded that she has never ventured beyond the same supermarket jar of dills. “Maybe I’ll branch out after this!” she said. Some festival visitors questioned the presence of pickled products beyond the traditional cucumbers preserved in brine. Jim Ferry, who described himself as a purist, pooh-poohs other varieties of pickled products. “I tried some kimchi but it’s not the same,” said Ferry, as he finished off a spicy dill—“marinated in a hint of mustard,” he noted approvingly—“but it’s not a pickle.” “There’s also a whole school of thought that bread and butter pickles are pickles.” he explained. “They’re not. They’re the poor relative who came to visit.” “Yes, you can slice ’em up and put them on a hamburger or a hot dog. But nothing beats just eating a plain pickle.” PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN

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cating that they were devoted to making “cloaks,” or outer garments. This does not mean that this was the center of the garment industry, for such concerns were located all over town. It only means that there was a healthy mix of commercial activities along Canal. And so it is today. The handsome building occupied in 1892 by S. Rothschild & Bro at 307-09 Canal today contains a bank. Just beyond it, Wright Printing’s small structure (on the corner of Mercer Street) now houses Canal Lighting. Farther along you will find a souvenir store (315 Canal) and Canal HiFi (319). Simonson’s cloak building, at 321-3 on the corner of Greene Street, now houses Canal Rubber.

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48 DANCE g With or Without Me New works by a coterie of queer choreographers and performance artists. Fri, 12/2 & Sat, 12/3, 9:30 pm. $10. GRRRlesque Old-Hollywood, artful striptease done with audacity, roars and purrs. Sat, 12/10, 9:30 pm. $10. Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, dnadance.org.

EXHIBITIONS g

Supertall! International survey of skyscrap-

ers that have been completed since 2001 or are expected to be completed by 2016. To January 2012. $5; $2.50 students, seniors. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl. Wed–Sun 12–6 pm. skyscraper.org. g Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race How the Nazi regime aimed to change

and enslaved men, women and children who lived and were buried Downtown. Ongoing. Free. African Burial Ground Center and National Monument, 290 Broadway. Tue–Sat 9 am–4 pm. africanburialground.gov.

Thu, 12/8–Fri, 12/9. $12; $8 students. See website for schedule. Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St., festival.videoart.net.

GALLERIES

A Church for the New World The parish

from the 17th century to today, including photos and items related to St. Paul’s Chapel’s role after 9/11. Ongoing. The Trinity Museum, Broadway at Wall St. Mon–Fri 9 am–5:30 pm; Sat–Sun 9 am–3:45 pm. trinitywallstreet.org. g Dialogue in the Dark Experience the New York City environment in total darkness, relying only on guides for the blind and visually impaired. Ongoing. $23.50; $20.50 children, students; $21.50 seniors. 11 Fulton St., dialoguenyc.com.

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g Matthew Murphy Displaced. Photos of 20 New York City dancers. To Sat, 12/10. Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, dnadance.org. g

Margaret Lee Waiting for ####. Paintings that explore virtual worlds. To Sat, 12/10. Jack Hanley Gallery, 136 Watts St., jackhanley.com. g Walking Forward-Running Past Group show for the gallery’s 30th anniversary, exploring concepts of chronology, sequence and time. To Sat, 12/10. Art in General, 79 Walker St., 212-219-0473, artingeneral.org.

DECEMBER 2011 THE TRIBECA TRIB presses human beings spatio-temporally. To Thu, 12/22. apexart, 291 Church St., apexart.org. g Il Lee Monoprints, Editions and Paintings. Abstract lines on paper. To Thu, 12/22. Art Projects International, 429 Greenwich St., Suite 5B. Tue–Fri 11 am–5 pm. artprojects.com. g Evan Joseph Photos of the city’s skyline. To January 2012. Tachi Gallery, 414 Washington St. Daily 10 am–6 pm. tachigallery.com. g Michael R. Lebron Close to the Edge. Photo assemblages of New York and Paris. To Fri, 1/6/12. Warburg Realty, 100 Hudson St. g

Micah Ganske Tomorrowland. Paintings and sculptures depicting toxic and abandoned areas of the United States. Collapse Group show featuring works inspired by Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or

the genetic makeup of the population through eugenics, and how biomedical fields played a role in legitimizing those practices. To Sat, 1/7/12. Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles Rare artifacts about the writer and immigrant advocate plus the struggles of immigrants past and present. Let My People Go! The Soviet Jewry Movement, 1967-1989 Exhibition from the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv about the Soviet Jews who were denied to right to emigrate. Sun, 11/6–March 2012. $10; $7 seniors; $5 students; free under 12. Free Wed, 4–8 pm. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl. Sun–Tue, Thu 10 am–5:45 pm; Wed 10 am–8 pm; Fri 10 am–5 pm. mjhnyc.org. g The NYPD Motorcycle Squad: A Century of Service to New York City The history of

the motorcycle units, including vintage bikes and original footage from the 1960s and 70s. To Mon, 1/9/12. 9/11: A Uniform Response Photographs of first responders drawn from the Associated Press archives, plus a short film about their experience. To Mon, 1/16/12. $8; $5 students, seniors, children; free under 2. NYC Police Museum, 100 Old Slip. Mon–Sat 10 am– 5 pm; Sun 12–5 pm. nycpolicemuseum.org. g Alcatraz: Life on the Rock Exhibit on the island’s history in the military and as a federal prison. To Thu, 1/12/12. Ellis Island; ferry leaves from Battery Park, nps.gov/elis. g Emily Dickinson Manuscripts, letters, and recipes by the poet, plus other archival materials. To Sat, 1/28/12. Free. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org. g Lee Mingwei: The Travelers and the Quartet Project One hundred diaries in which

travelers wrote about what it means to leave home, plus sound installation about experiences of displaced people. To Mon, 3/26/12. $7; $4 students, seniors, free children under 12 and on Thursdays. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St. Mon & Fri 11 am–5 pm; Thu 11 am– 9 pm; Sat & Sun 10 am–5 pm. mocanyc.org. g Carl Beam Paintings, ceramics, constructions and video by the late Native American artist. To Sun, 4/15/12. Time Exposures:

Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century Photographs by Western photographers and artists of the Isleta Indian Reservation. To Sun, 6/10/12. Small Spirits Dolls from more than 100 Native cultures throughout the western hemisphere. To Thu, 7/19/12. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green. Fri–Wed 10 am–5 pm; Thu 10 am–8 pm. nmai.si.edu. g

Checks and Balances: Presidents and American Finance Financial challenges faced by American presidents both in the Oval Office and in their personal lives. To November 2012. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St. Tue– Sat 10 am–4 pm. moaf.org. g

African Burial Ground The story of the free

“City Painting: Inside and Out.” Paintings by Tribeca artist Lynda Caspe. Through Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Sovereign Bank, 110 Hudson St. Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Thursday to 7 p.m. Opening Dec. 6, 5–8 p.m. Above, Delancey Street.

FILM g

Jim Northrup: On and Off the Rez and Manoomin: A Minnesota Way of Life Films about Native Americans of the Northeast and Great Lakes. Daily, 1 & 3 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g

Selection of upcoming films: E Candeia Documentary on the Afro-Brazilian musician who died in 1978. Thu, 12/8, 7 pm. $12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The classic 1990 film. Sat, 12/10, 8 pm. $12. Call Me Kuchu The story of a tight-knit community of gay and transgender Ugandans in a country where homosexuality is punishable by life imprisonment, or worse. Thu, 12/15, 7 pm. $12. See website for more films. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g

London River A woman travels from rural England to London after the 2007 bombings to look for her daughter. Mon, 12/5, 7 pm. $10. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St., alwanforthearts.org.

Long Story Short Comedian Colin Quinn

discusses his latest DVD. Tue, 12/6, 6 pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St., bn.com.

Ali Hossaini The Fabric of Life. Installation of video and prints. To Fri, 12/16. Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, 18 Jay St. Tue–Sat 11 am–6 pm and by appointment. ecfa.com. g

Jose Sanint Through the Silence. Tapestries

made from antique ceremonial costumes from Nepal. To Fri, 12/16. Salomon Arts Gallery, 83 Leonard St., salomonarts.com. g

Karl Klingbiel The Gates of Eden. Gestural,

abstract paintings. To Sat, 12/17. Masters & Pelavin, 13 Jay St., masterspelavin.com. g Bruce Tolman Decade Ponds. Ten years of nature paintings. To Sat, 12/17. Cheryl Hazan Contemporary Art, 35 North Moore Street. Mon–Fri 10 am–5 pm. cherylhazan.com. g

Naima Rauam Remembering Fulton Fish

Market. Paintings and drawings of the old Fulton Fish Market on South Street. To Sun, 12/18. @Seaport! Gallery, 210 Front St. Wed– Sun 12–7 pm. 212-964-8465, artpm.com. g

Danny Goldfield NYChildren. Photos of chil-

dren from 171 countries living in New York City. To 12/21. Park51, 51 Park Pl., park51.org. g

Walls that Divide Us Group show featuring different perspectives on how globalization sup-

Succeed.” To Fri, 1/13/12. RH Gallery, 137 Duane St. Tue–Sat 11 am–7 pm; Sun by appointment. rhgallery.com. g The Westward Eye Group show featuring artists involved in Los Angeles’ contemporary art scene. To Mon, 1/23/12. The McNeill Art Group, 143 Reade St., mcneillartgroup.com. g

Florencia Fraschina and Andrea Cukier Work by Argentine artists. To Wed, 1/25/12. Center for Worker Education, 25 Broadway 7th fl., ccny.cuny.edu/cwe. g Warwick Saint Black and white photos. Thu, 12/1–Fri, 12/30. Hionas Gallery, 89 Franklin St., hionasgallery.com. g

Social Photography II Cell phone photographs by artists and non-artists alike. Tue, 12/6–Tue, 12/20. Opening reception: Tue, 12/6, 6 pm. Carriage Trade, 62 Walker St., 212343-2944, carriagetrade.org. g Ken Leland Gestalt + Mood = Perceptual Reality. Abstract paintings that address the interplay between everyday reality and symbolic reality. Wed, 12/7–Fri, 1/27/12. Opening reception, with live music by DJ Sharri: Wed, 12/7, 6:30 pm. Bond New York, 25 Hudson St.

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THE TRIBECA TRIB DECEMBER 2011 g Meryl Meisler “Here I Am: Bushwick in the 1980s.” Bruce Wodder “Trenton.” Alison Hoornbeek “Vedic Worship.” Andrzej Haladuda “Parisian Motifs.” David Murcko “Factory Nudes.” Wed, 12/7–Sat, 12/31. Opening reception: Wed, 12/7, 6 pm. Soho Photo, 15 White St. Wed–Sun 1–6 pm and by appointment. sohophoto.com. g

Grimanesa Amoros Uros. Sculptures that

channel the Uros Islands, a series of man-made floating islands in Peru. Opens Thu, 12/15. Opening reception: Thu, 12/15, 7:30 pm. Issey Miyake, 119 Hudson St., tribecaisseymiyake.com.

MUSIC g Selected performances: Jazz Guitars Meet Hendrix and MicroJam Fri, 12/9, 9 pm. $15. People Champs and The Hipstones Ex-

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John Burnham Schwartz, Helen Schulman and Simon Van Booy Writers read

their work. Tue, 12/13, 7 pm. Free. Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold St., penparentis.org.

how we respond to robots’ human-like qualities. Mon, 12/5, 7 pm. $25; $20 students. See website to register and for more talks. New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St., nyas.org. g

TALKS g Selection of upcoming talks: People of the Plains Talk on Native Americans of the plains. Mondays–Wednesdays, 10 am. Taino Culture

Discussion of Taino culture past and present. Mondays, 2 pm. All talks are free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g

Selection of upcoming talks: Pearl Harbor Historian discusses the 24 hours between the attack on Pearl Harbor and President Roos-

An Evening with Paul Volcker Talk by the

former chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Registration required. Wed, 12/7, 5:30 pm. $15. Small Town National Banking Presentation using photos and artifacts on the National Banking Act, the legislation behind over 14,000 banks chartered between 1861 and 1935. Wed, 12/14, 12:30 pm. $5. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org. g Artist talks: Michael Ferris, Jr. Sculptor. 12/7. Duncan Hannah Painter. 12/14. All talks: Wednesdays, 6:30 pm, free. New York Academy of Art, 111 Franklin St., nyaa.edu.

49 their own initiatives. Wed, 12/21, 7 pm. $12. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

WALKING TOURS g Tribute WTC 9/11 Tours of Ground Zero. Daily 11 am, 1, and 3 pm. $10; free under 12. Visitors Center, 120 Liberty St., tributewtc.org. g Wall Street Walking Tour Meet at U.S. Custom House, 1 Bowling Green. Thursdays and Saturdays, 12 pm. Free. downtownny.com. g Historic Lower Manhattan The history, architecture and people. Meet at 1 Bowling Green. Thu, 12/8, Wed, 12/21 & Sat, 12/31, 1 pm. Irish New York Meet at St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton St. Sat, 12/10, 1 pm. The Financial District Meet at Broadway and Wall St., Trinity Church. Tue, 12/13 & Mon, 12/26, 1

perimental rock, soul, African and Latin. Sat, 12/10, 9 pm. $12. See website for more concerts. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g Joanne Shenandoah Composer performs original works. Sat, 12/3 & Sun, 12/4, 1 & 3 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g Rupert Boyd Spanish guitar. Thurs, 12/8, 1 pm, free. Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall St., trinitywallstreet.org. g Stuyvesant High School Jazz Band and A Capella Choir Fri, 12/9, 4 pm. Free. Barnes &

Noble, 97 Warren St., bn.com. g

Tin Pan Jazz, blues, country and rock. Fri, 12/16, 8 pm. $15. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org. g

Kathleen Supové & the Electric Sheep

Contemporary music for piano and keyboard. Sat, 12/17–Mon, 12/19, 7 pm. $15. The Flea Theater, 41 White St., theflea.org. g Girls in Trouble Indie folk and rock about rowdy women of the Bible. Wed, 12/21, 7 pm. $15; $12 students, seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

READINGS g Elena Romero “Free Stylin’: How Hip-Hop Changed the Fashion Industry.” Fri, 12/2, 6 pm. Free. Center for Worker Education, 25 Broadway 7th fl., ccny.cuny.edu/cwe.

Masters & Pelavin will be selling small paintings, wall-mountable sculpture, drawings, prints and photographs by more than 80 contemporary artists, including Maine Woods, above, by Cheryl Pelavin, starting on Friday, Dec. 16. The works start at $100 and proceeds benefit Art in a Box, which sponsors educational programs for at-risk youth. Purchases may be made online at artinabox.org/benefitartexhibition or at the gallery at 13 Jay St. A party and art sale will also take place on Monday, Dec. 19, 5–8 p.m. For information, go to masterspelavin.com.

Writers in Performance Showcase: Cycles, Hairy Armpits and Revelations

Participants in a poetry-writing and performance workshop present their works. Fri, 12/2 & Sat, 12/3, 8 pm. $10. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org. g Hisham Matar “In the Country of Men” and “Anatomy of Disappearance.” Wed, 12/7, 7 pm. Free. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St., alwanforthearts.org. g

Nancy Miller “What They Saved: Pieces of a Jewish Past.” Wed, 12/7, 7 pm. André Aciman “Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere.” Thu, 12/8, 7 pm. June Feiss Hersh “Recipes Remembered: A Celebration of Survival.” Sun, 12/11, 2:30 pm. Alvin Rosenfeld “The End of the Holocaust.” Wed, 12/14, 7 pm. All readings: $10. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org. g

Paul Lockhart “The Whites of Their Eyes:

Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington.” Reservations required. Thu, 12/8, 6:30 pm. $10. Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl St., frauncestavernmuseum.org. g

Charles Martin “Neon Panic.” Fri, 12/9, 6:30 pm. Reed Farrel Coleman “Hurt Machine.” Mon, 12/12, 7 pm. All readings are free. Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren St., mys-

evelt’s message to Congress the next day. Fri, 12/2, 12 pm. $18. A History of the Piano: From Mozart to Modern Jazz Talk on the composers and musicians who made famous use of the piano. Tue, 12/6, 12 pm. $18. The Battle for Gotham View of how Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs each shaped the city. Thu, 12/8, 12 pm. $18. The Best Public Art in NYC Exploration of the city’s sculptures and interactive works. Fri, 12/9, 12 pm. $18. Great Houses of Havana The evolution of the Cuban home from classic Spanish colonials to tropical modernist villas. Tue, 12/13, 12 pm. $18. See website for more talks. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g

Passwords: On Emily Dickinson Poet and artist Jen Bervin leads a seminar on the poet’s works and several textual issues associated with her work. Sat, 12/3 & 12/10, 2 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. See website for more readings. Poets House, 10 River Terr., poetshouse.org.

g December Dilemma Talk on how to get through the holidays with minimal stress. Sun, 12/4, 11 am. $10. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org. g Familiar But Strange: Exploring Our Relationships with Robots Roboticists discuss

The Hapa Project Talk with Kip Fulbeck, who has photographed people who identify as hapa, the Hawaiian word for mixed-race. Thu, 12/8, 6:30 pm. Free. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org. g Painted with Light Slide show of nature photos. Tue, 12/13, 6:30 pm. $2. Tuesday Evening Hour, 49 Fulton St., tuesdayeveninghour.com.

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Elective Affinities A witty octogenarian

offers a funny and savage portrait of cultured life. To Sun, 12/18. Wednesdays–Fridays (except 12/7), 7 pm; Saturdays & Sundays, 5 pm. $30. Soho Rep, 46 Walker St., sohorep.org. g She Kills Monsters A young girl finds her dead sister’s Dungeons and Dragons notebook and embarks on a comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games. To Fri, 12/23. Tuesdays–Saturdays, 7 pm; Saturdays–Sundays, 3 pm. $25; $10 Saturday matinees. #serials@theflea Five short plays. Thu, 12/8–Sat, 12/17. Thursdays–Saturdays, 11 pm. $10. The Flea Theater, 41 White St., theflea.org. g

The Princes of Persuasion’s Winter Picnic Musical featuring robotic puppets with

pm. Immigrant New York Visit sites associated with various immigrants. Meet at City Hall Park, Broadway at Chambers St. Wed, 12/14 & Tue, 12/20, 1 pm. Gangs of New York The Five Points. Meet at SE corner of Broadway and Chambers St. Sat, 12/17 & Fri, 12/23, 1 pm. All tours: $15; $12 students, seniors. New York City Walking Tours, bigonion.com.

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Capoeira Mucurumim Afro-Brazilian martial art. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:30 pm. $10. Park51, 51 Park Pl., park51.org.

g City Hall Photo Safari Learn how to photograph buildings, looking at shadows, lines and composition. Sat, 12/3, 9 am; Wed, 12/7, 10 am; Sat, 12/17, 11 am. $100. New York City Photo Safari, 52 Chambers St., newyorkcityphotosafari.com. g Beading Demonstration Artist shows Native American beading techniques. Tue, 12/6 & 12/13, 2 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g Trinity Knitters Make items for shut-ins, veterans, and others. Material provided. Tue, 12/6 & Thu, 12/15, 5 pm. Free. Charlotte’s Place, 109 Greenwich St., trinitywallstreet.org.

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School zoning issue continues to irk; some have a solution; others decry “unproductive” comments (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3)

To the Editor: As a parent of prospective P.S. 234 students, I have had the opportunity to speak with many others in the Tribeca community about the overcrowding situation that we all share. Given that we are all emotional about issues that affect the welfare of our children, it is always great to hear and read commentary from residents that are level-headed and supportive of the entire community. Regardless of where you live in Tribeca, none of us should be satisfied with a rezoning plan that sacrifices even one sliver of the area. At the end of the day, the people who approved the construction permits failed to work together with the educators in planning for the right amount of school capacity in lower Manhattan. The clear solution is more schools or expanding the capacity of existing schools to accommodate all of the families who wish to live downtown. Rezoning does not create more seats. Separately, it is always disappointing to read unproductive comments from readers such as Frank Davies [see November Trib], whose overly simplistic view is to use the amount of property tax a family pays to decide whether to qualify or disqualify a child from attending a public school. Everyone has the freedom to rent or buy an apartment in Tribeca. Renters pay their fair share of property taxes, which are built into their monthly rent payments. And there are renters who have lived in Tribeca longer than new apartment purchasers, so I would argue they have spent more money helping the community. Everyone patronizes the same shops, restaurants and services which contributes to the development of Tribeca. If he really wants to use property taxes as a gauge of one’s commitment, does that mean all of the apartment owners who enjoy 10-year tax abatements should also be disqualified from sending their children to P.S. 234? Using that logic, perhaps he is even disqualifying his own children? Francis Seow

To the Editor: I have raised this issue to many parents in the Tribeca community—how about “building up” P.S. 234? Every time I have asked the question, most if not all parents agree that would be a very simple solution. Of course there is an issue of “funds” and area zoning. But perhaps as a community, we need to come together and propose this to the Department of Education instead of fighting over which block should be the P.S. 234 zone. Let’s build up the school! Perhaps no one needs to be rezoned. Name withheld by request To the Editor: New Yorkers who care about diversity cannot help but object to the notion that an increased racial and ethnic mix at Tribeca’s P.S. 1 is cause for “concerns.” (See online Trib article “P.S. 1 Principal Questioned Plan to Send Tribeca Kids to Her School.”) New York Appleseed, one of a network of 17 public-interest justice centers in the U.S. and Mexico, believes that all schools, including P.S. 1, should strive for maximum diversity, an approach that offers real solutions to the problems facing our public schools. New York Appleseed is currently conducting a comprehensive analysis of the benefits of racial and economic diversity in our public schools. Clear evidence demonstrates that diversity boosts academic performance—improving test scores, critical thinking and graduation rates—and provides societal benefits—improving cross-racial understanding and reducing racial prejudice. Diversity also improves preparation for all students in our diverse workforce. Children who attend schools more closely representing the tremendous diversity of our city will be better positioned to thrive and lead not only in the global economy, but in our own country. The benefit is there for all children—regardless of race or ethnicity. David Tipson Director of New York Appleseed

To the Editor: The Department of Education continues to play a strange game whereby they seem to think that by rezoning they will somehow create more school seats. Instead they are simply shifting the overcrowding elsewhere and fostering division within neighborhoods. The real issue is that we need more new schools in Lower Manhattan, in addition to Peck Slip, and we need them yesterday. The Department of Education has had this information for a long time, and has failed to proactively address the needs of our growing community despite pleas from both parents and elected officials. This community has withstood a lot and worked so hard to rebuild itself only to have lack of proper planning on the part of the DOE threaten to divide it both physically and emotionally. Anna Grossman

To the Editor: Keep the neighborhood lines drawn the way they have always been drawn and build new schools to fit the need. No more stopgap measures! Keep P.S. 397 and the Peck Slip School for the growing Financial District and build a new school in Tribeca. Why are public buildings such as the one formerly occupied by the NYC Department of Health on Centre Street vacated to create condominiums when it could become a new school for Tribeca? Where will the kids who live there go to school? Name withheld by request

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In my visits to Zuccotti Park, I found an evolving community with differences among its members. What I did not find—during morning or evening hours—was any noise, drumming, or unsanitary conditions. And a short foray down local streets and talks with police officers found no support for the claim that occupiers were urinating and defecating in the street. When I visited OWS I tried to speak with police officers and found them to be calm, cooperative and reasonable, often engaging in friendly discourse with occupiers. At the same time, I once observed an example of calm interaction between occupiers and police transformed into a minor confrontation (resulting in two unnecessary arrests) when the brass arrived, changing the atmosphere dramatically. OWS bespeaks an effort to contribute to making change in American society by demonstrating ways to live that change. Elissa Krauss

BUILDING TODAY (CONT)

funding for completion. Ten billion dollars for the number 7 subway extension from the Javits Convention Center to NJ Transit’s Secaucus Junction station by Exit 15X on the NJ Turnpike; $16 billion to $20 billion for the next three segments of the Second Avenue subway; $14 billion for Amtrak’s “Gateway” project providing a new tunnel from New Jersey to Penn Station; $5 billion for replacing the Westchester Tappan Zee Bridge and billions more if you add bus rapid transit, light rail or heavy commuter rail capacity. It is difficult to predict when we will see a shovel in the ground—or the beneficial use of any project or the final price tag to tax payers. Larry Penner

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