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Audiences are sparse this season, but four exuberant holiday carolers perform on weekends at the South Street Seaport. From left, Todd Zehrer, Erin Brooks, Sheila Coyle and Jason Whitfield.
Pluck, hard work and imagination spark hopes of renewal in a devastated neighborhood.
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It took a hurricane for her to meet her neighbors
Jacqueline Broder posted this entry on the blog of Repair the World. After reading “Volunteers, Staff, Work to Bring Supplies to Stranded IPN Tenants” in The Tribeca Trib, I reached out to reporter Jessica Terrell, who immediately put me in touch with Chabad of Tribeca, JCP Downtown and Julie Menin who had all joined forces to knock on over 3,000 doors of residents in Lower Manhattan to deliver non-perishable food, bottled water, toilet paper, batteries, newspapers and flashlights. I’m a resident of Battery Park City, and it had never occurred to me that I could provide assistance to neighbors a mere three to four blocks away at Independence Plaza (IPN). In each of the buildings I visited, I agreed to take the top floor shift, which meant climbing in complete darkness (guided by a small headlamp) to the 39th floor and working my way down. I had initially thought that I would knock on doors to empty apartments and that my voice would echo down deserted corridors. Sadly, I was wrong. This is what I found: A father who stayed behind on the
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36th floor to take care of his special needs son, who is confined to a wheelchair. A daughter on the 33rd floor tending to her 91-year-old mother, whose
Jacqueline Broder on the 39th floor of IPN
nurse was stuck in the Rockaways. The daughter hadn’t eaten a full meal in three days and was on her last can of tuna. An elderly woman on the 35th floor who recently lost her husband, who was scared and hadn’t spoken to any-
one in days. Stuck on an empty floor and physically incapable of walking down the stairway to seek help, she was absolutely thrilled to have someone to talk to. And then there was Esther, an 83-year-old woman on the 39th floor who a few years ago had triple bypass surgery and most recently suffered a stroke. She opened the door covered in blankets, hats and scarves, shaking and scared; the mere sight of another person made her collapse in tears. Despite their predicament, all these people still had the strength, hope and determination needed to survive. Each resident was comforted knowing that someone cared enough to help or just say hello, and that help (and hopefully power, too) was on the way. These were true grit New Yorkers, willing to tough it out and make light of the situation. At one point, I was met by a group of women who were absolutely thrilled (CONTINUED ON PAGE 47)
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To the Editor, Hurricane Sandy dealt the South Street Seaport Museum—and the Seaport District—a body blow. But as I have walked around the neighborhood over the last month, what has been most obvious is a staunch commitment to rebuilding, restoring, and reopening. The Seaport Museum may have been down, but it’s not out. The Museum experienced five feet of oillaced water on its first floor, where the lobby, admission desk, and a gift shop are located. Fortunately, no exhibitions were touched by the storm waters. Collections storage within Schermerhorn Row was not affected, either. But as many know, Bowne & Co. and the brand new shop for custom print orders, Bowne Printers (which we had planned to open on November 8) took a lot of dirty surge. Our heartfelt thanks go to the innumerable volunteers
who turned out, on cold days and in bad weather, to help save Bowne. At the end of the day, volunteers, working seven days a week under the tireless direction of Robert Warner, Ali Osborn and Gideon Finck, saved all of the endangered 19th-century wood type. Bowne & Co. has newly reopened —and please do visit—and Bowne Printers will soon follow suit. And, by virtue of the preparation work done by South Street Seaport Museum waterfront volunteers— adding, adjusting, and balancing the lines—no vessel suffered significant damage. Kudos to the Seaport Museum Waterfront Director Jonathan Boulware for masterminding and directing this work! Simply put, they saved history. However, the Seaport Museum is not out of the woods. Our systems are wiped out, and fixing those will cost tens of millions of dollars. Coupled (VIEWS CONTINUE ON PAGE 47)
with that is the loss of revenue by increased visitation that we had built up so diligently over the last year. We are extremely grateful that New Yorkers have opened up not just their hearts but their wallets. In the last few weeks, we have received more than $100,000 in contributions—some as small as $5—from people who understand the important role that a successful South Street Seaport Museum plays in our area’s history and future. Over the last month, the Port Authority has lent us a generator, and we are renting heaters—and we will reopen for the holiday season. And, the reopening will be a moment that celebrates the value of hard work that built —and continues to rebuild—our great neighborhood. Susan Henshaw Jones President, South Street Seaport Museum
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Marco Pasanella in his wine store, soon after displaying some of his salvaged stock.
Amanda Zink and son with Salty Paw manager Janet Carhuayano in converted vet basement.
Hard Work, Creativity in Seaport Hard-hit owners try inventive ways to restore business after hurricane destruction
BY JESSICA TERRELL Bundled up in gloves and a winter coat late last month, Jasmine Cardona straightened a tray of pastries on a small wooden table set up outside Jack’s Coffee at 222 Front St. Every once in a while she scanned the quiet street of mostly shuttered stores, looking for potential customers. “Not everybody knows we are out here yet,” Cardona said of the makeshift stand, with its coffee hauled from a nearby location with electricity. “Hopefully, it is going to start picking back up. It’s dead now, though.” Jack’s was one of dozens of small businesses in the Seaport so badly flooded during Hurricane Sandy that it will likely be months before the coffee shop can reopen. But it was also one of many businesses finding plucky and inventive ways to keep a presence in this forlorn neighborhood filled with the intrusive sounds and smells of generators and pumps. Seaport businesses are setting up “pop-up” stands and shops, turning to crowdsourcing websites to raise funds for rebuilding, selling undamaged goods at the New Amsterdam Market, and calling on volunteers, bar patrons, and friends to pick up hammers and pull out their checkbooks. The unusual tactics are all part of the hard work and creative thinking, business owners said, that will be needed to survive. Of the roughly four dozen shops and restaurants located in the Seaport Historic District, only seven (according to a visual survey by the Trib) were able to reopen in the month after Sandy struck. The Pier 17 Mall, which houses some 50 shops and eateries, also remained shuttered at the end of November. “We have to save the Seaport. How do we do that? We have to think outside the box,” said The Salty Paw owner
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New Amsterdam Market founder Robert LaValva addresses volunteers on the first Sunday after the storm. Close to 200 people answered LaValva’s call to help clean up damaged businesses. Volunteers have played an integral role in helping some businesses begin to recover.
Amanda Byron Zink, who has been offering pet grooming services in the unfinished basement of a nearby veterinary clinic since the storm shuttered her store at 38 Peck Slip. “We are trying to help each other with ideas. The more we can help each other, the faster we will all come back.” Bringing business owners together has been a goal of Zink’s since the first painful sight of her waterlogged and destroyed shop. Around her she found neighbors as confused and distraught as she was. “Everybody was sort of hugging everybody, but nobody knew what to do, where to go. Nobody had any answers,” Zink said of the first few days after the storm, which inundated much of the Seaport Historic District. So Zink and the owner of Nelson Blue, a nearby bar and grill, teamed up to survey the neighborhood, checking in with fellow business owners and collect-
ing contact information. A few days later, the group got together for an ad hoc town hall meeting in a courtyard of a building on Front Street. “Over 50 businesses showed up,” Zink said. “It was just kind of a Q&A. ‘Hey, what happened to your store? What do we need? Who do we call?’” Since then, the business owners have been emailing nearly daily, and setting up more group “town hall” meetings to share resources and talk about the future. “Everyone is in kind of different places, but we are all united in that we have no insurance,” Zink said. “We have to stick together because of our leases, we have to stick together as a community, we have to stick together as a neighborhood.” The challenges are many. Few, if any, businesses had flood insurance. There are a few grants programs—the Downtown Alliance is offering up to $20,000 to affected businesses. But most disaster
help is in the form of loans, which many owners say they don’t want. “I really don’t want to get into debt,” said Marco Pasanella, owner of Pasanella and Son Vintners at 115 South St. “I want a viable business. I want it to work on its own.” Beyond the loss of expensive equipment and merchandise, many businesses simply can’t get back into their spaces. Some landlords are slow to make repairs, while others, like Historic Front Street developer Richard Berry, are hard at work but face steep hurdles to fix damaged electrical systems. Berry estimates that it will take until April for the company to repair its buildings, which house 95 apartments and 14 businesses that were all heated by geothermal wells. “We are serious long-term owners, and we are too invested—mentally invested, emotionally invested in that place to do something which is going to cut a corner,” Berry said of the lengthy repair
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The Fish Market’s mother-and-son owners Lynn Yong and Jeff Lim.
process ahead. But where chain stores on Fulton Street and larger players like Howard Hughes Corp. seem slow to make progress, the creative efforts of small business owners appear to be paying off. Pasanella “officially” reopened his wine shop on Nov. 19, but in truth he never fully closed—despite the extensive damage. After the storm, when the shop was being repaired, Pasanella placed a sign in the window with his cell phone number. When customers called, he would come down from his apartment with their order. “We were selling wine from underneath tarps, basically,” Pasanella said. “It helped us psychologically a lot in that, ‘We are down but we are going to keep going.’ But it helped also to keep money coming in.” Once it became clear that her pet shop could be shuttered for months, Zink moved her business into much smaller unused space at the Seaport Animal Hospital at Southbridge Towers, offering
pet grooming in the hospital’s spare concrete basement and setting up a cash register in a corner of the reception area near stacks of pet food. By the end of November, Zink was able to obtain a six-month lease on a space at 254 Water St., where she plans to open a “pop-up shop” and temporary doggie day care. “I’m really excited,” Zink said, explaining that some of her clients live in the building. “The landlord is also putting a lot of [temporary walls] for free, which is good because I have no money.” The owners of the Italian grocery and restaurant Barbarini Alimentari at 225 Front St. were told they could not even begin rebuilding their place for six to eight months. But that didn’t stop them from selling the olive oils, pastas and other goods that seven feet of flood waters couldn’t reach. On Sundays, Stefano Barbagallo and Claudio Marini were at the New Amsterdam Market, selling their salvaged inventory, courtesy of Robert LaValva,
Seaport Museum to Open Amid Damage
BY CARL GLASSMAN Though severely damaged from five feet of flooding, the South Street Seaport Museum is shooting to reopen on Dec. 10. “That’s the goal but it’s not set in stone yet,” said a source close to the museum, who noted that the museum got a green light to open to the public after passing a recent inspection. After the hurricane, water filled the ground floor of the museum, submerging the gift shop, reception desk and part of the escalators. Though operating with no elevator or escalator service and with temporary power and heat, the museum plans to open with a new show of New York street photography, pictures selected from thousands of submissions from some 600 photographers. Several other, previous exhibits that were on display before the storm will
also be shown. According to museum officials, none of the exhibitions were touched by the flooding. The top, fifth floor will be closed to the public. A memo to museum director Susan Henshaw Jones from General Manager Jerry Gallagher and Project Manager Patricia Zedalis, obtained by the Trib, estimates it will cost almost $22 million to replace and repair equipment and to relocate new mechanical systems to a flood-safe level. The museum was already struggling to stay afloat when the Museum of the City of New York took it over in October 2011. The cost of replacing the elevators and escalators alone is estimated at nearly $5 million. Replacing and relocating the heating system and moving from steam to a gas boiler will cost another $5 million. “It will take a long time to make the necessary repairs to get back to nor-
Claudio Marini waves to a customer from his new stand in the New Amsterdam Market.
the market’s director. “Robert said, ‘Guys, why don’t you just grab a table,’” Marini recounted between greetings and good wishes from regular customers, who all managed to find an item or two to buy. “Whatever they don’t need, they’re buying anyway!” Marini said, smiling. “It’s amazing.” “We are here because we need to make some extra cash,” Marini added, “but at the same time, to see all these people coming here and saying, ‘We’re so sorry, we’re with you, we are behind you.’ That gives you a big lift.” Acqua, an Italian restaurant at 21 Peck Slip that hopes to reopen this month, started fundraising online days after the storm. Cowgirl Seahorse, which was able to begin serving customers in mid-November with limited bar service, soon followed suit. “We said, ‘I don’t know, is that tacky? Should we do it?’” Cowgirl owner Maura Kilgore recalled. “And then people started asking us online,
‘What should we do? Should we send money?’ Who are we to say no to people trying to help us right now?” Kilgore, who raised more than $8,000 online, was also aided in her efforts to reopen by customers and neighbors who helped her staff rip down damaged drywall, strip soggy decorative rope off tables and re-varnish chairs. Bar patrons also helped Jeff Lim and his mother, Lynn Yong, reopen their South Street bar, The Fish Market, if only to a shadow of its former business. “One of my customers who lives around Wall Street took a week vacation to help me,” said Yong. “To take out the walls and put in a new one.” And patrons even loaned the owners money to buy a new supply of alcohol. “They want a place to hang out and drink at night,” said Lim, who reopened within days of Cowgirl. He, too, had already begun to fundraise online. “They don’t want to just go home to a building with no power no water. They want normalcy.”
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Despite devastating flooding, the South Street Seaport Museum will open this month with a new show of photography. It will cost $22 million to restore what was ruined.
mal,” the memo states. “We have registered with FEMA and have taken our insurance adjusters through the properties. We are working with our engineers to come up with the best plans for not only replacing damaged systems equipment but to relocate all of this equip-
ment so they will not be vulnerable to future flooding.” In a letter to the editor from Jones to the Trib, she called the reopening “a moment that celebrates the value of hard work that built—and continues to rebuild—our great neighborhood.”
After 32 Years Capsoutos Now Must Start Over
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Last month, for the first time in 32 years, there were no Thanksgiving spreads on the tables of Capsouto Frères restaurant. The day after the holiday, as electricians and mechanics were busy repairing and installing what five and a half feet of water had rendered useless, brothers Jacques and Samuel Capsouto stood nearby and lamented the consequences of Hurricane Sandy. “The best season of the restaurant business is Thanksgiving and Christmas,” said Samuel. “We’re not going to open. We’re going to lose the season.” It is a fear now painfully familiar among business owners in the South Street Seaport and parts of the Financial District. But in the far northern reaches of Tribeca, Capsouto Frères, at 451 Washington St., stands alone, both as a culinary pioneer in what was once a desolate, industrial neighborhood and now as an island of elegant dining turned into a dreary setting for financial despair. “We have no capital because we have no business and we owe a week’s pay to the help,” said Jacques, who noted that the restaurant does not carry flood insurance. “No phones, no electricity, no heat, no machinery. What am I going to do? I don’t know what I’m going to do.” The only inventory the Capsoutos could preserve were its bottles of wine and liquor. For the short term, said Jacques, the French-style bistro may operate only as a bar. “As soon as I get a little bit of ice and I get the refrigeration working at the bar I’m going to open the bar,” he said. “I have plenty of wines. I got plenty of liquor. That’s my capital. I’m going to sell it. I’m going
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Jacques, left, and Samuel Capsouto in the dining room of their restaurant, Capsouto Frères.
to open the bar with peanuts if I have to.” Jacques Capsouto, a public member of Community Board 1, was a familiar voice last month at meetings with representatives from city agencies, on hand to hear from Downtown business owners and residents about their needs in the aftermath of the hurricane. Repeatedly, Capsouto voiced his frustration over a Buildings Department bureaucracy that he said had made it difficult to start repairs on his business. And even louder was his cry for financial help, echoing a call from many other owners without flood insurance and threatened with the prospect of not having the funds to rebuild. “Everybody wants to lend us money. We can’t bor-
row any money,” he said. “We owe $200,000 from 9/11. We want grants. Grants!” The Capsouto brothers, with Albert, who died in 2010, won the praise and appreciation of local residents and the many utility workers in the area who were served free hot meals in the dark days after the Sept. 11 attacks. Now, the Capsoutos are seeing that public spirit in a new, ironic light. “Nine-eleven we gave food away,” said Jacques, standing beside an empty walk-in freezer and refrigerator that, until recently, had been filled with the makings for a brisk holiday business—jams, shell steaks, smoked fish and more. “Now,” he added, “I threw the food away.”
Flooded Store Owner Desperate for Answers
BY JESSICA TERRELL Richard Bacon, a regular customer of Petropolis at 91 Washington St., stood outside the unlit pet supply store on a late November afternoon, peering inside for signs of activity. Only the owner, Tazz Latifi, was there. “How are you?” he asked Latifi, opening his arms to embrace her. “I can’t believe this. I am so sorry.” Petropolis was among several shops on lower Washington Street that remained shuttered a month after Sandy. Latifi said she was still trying to find out when building repairs would be completed so that she can reopen. “I don’t know anything,” she said. “I’m stuck waiting.” The owner had been seeking information from her landlord and building management for weeks. Thor Equities, the building’s commercial landlord, declined to comment but Cooper Square Realty, which manages the more than 400 residential units in the building, said in a press release that it expected to begin welcoming residential tenants home in the beginning of December—well ahead of the original four-month estimate. “Although many of the repairs are temporary, and it will take several months for the building’s systems to be
fully restored, this is a critical first step in bringing the building back to life,” Cooper Square CEO David Kuperberg said in the statement. It was unclear, however, when the shops on the ground floor can reopen. Repairing the commercial spaces is in the hands of the landlord, a spokeswoman for Cooper Square said. The company is being sued by a condo owner in 88 Greenwich Street, the building that houses Petropolis. According to the New York Times, condo owner Jonathan Stark is suing the company for negligence in protecting the building and for impeding residents’ efforts to file insurance claims. Washington Street was flooded with nearly three feet of water. The water in her shop, mixed with oil, came from the heating system in the basement, Latifi believes. “There’s oil everywhere,” Latifi said, standing in the shop on one of many flattened boxes on the floor. “I have cardboard down because when I first came in I slipped and fell and hit my head.” In the dark and musty two-room store, Latifi used a camping lantern to find her way through the aisles. She had cleared the upper shelves of undamaged merchandise that a fellow pet shop owner had agreed to buy. But many of the lower shelves remained full of soaked
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Tazz Latifi in her pet shop, Petropolis. She has been clearing it out by the light of a lantern.
pet food and toys. Latifi said that the work was going slowly because the smell of mold and oil often made her feel sick. “I have people who would help, but it's dangerous for them and I can't take a risk. My insurance rejected my claims for the storm. You think if something happens here I will be covered?” Latifi, who had to lay off six employees while she waited for answers, said
she was eager to reopen as soon as possible, but worried whether business will ever be the same. “Are the customers going to come back? Are people going to stay down here?” she asked her Bacon, her customer, as they stood together outside the dark shop, straining to talk over the sound of a nearby generator. “I’m not going anywhere,” Bacon assured her.
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BPC Ball Fields Await Restoration
PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN
BY CARL GLASSMAN
Between the tai chi regulars on one end of the field and crowds of spectators hovering over Chinese game tables on the other, Downtown Soccer Leaguers went on kicking last month, if not on their hurricane-torn Battery Park City ball field. With three weeks to go, Hurricane Sandy brought an abrupt end to the soccer season, but not to soccer as Columbus Park in Chinatown became the site of pickup games organized by age—on half-size fields—among the younger players. Older kids played in East River Park. Quick post-storm scrambling by league leaders helped the organization land permits for the two fields. Weather permitting, the mixed-team scrimmages will continue beyond the usual close of the season to Dec. 11, said Bill Bialosky, president of the Downtown Soccer League. “This is not a way of stretching what we do,” Bialosky said. “It’s making up for what we lost.” In the meantime, parents are wonder-
Above left: Younger Downtown Soccer Leaguers play on the Columbus Park field. Left: With many of the players missing, new teams are assembled according to age. Above: The BPC field as flood waters washed over it from West Street.
ing when the bright-red “Ball Fields Are Closed, Please Keep Out” signs at the Battery Park City fields will come down. A resolution passed Nov. 27 by Community Board 1 calls for a “clear timeline for repair and opening” of the fields, reconstructed little more than a year ago. As storm-whipped water flowed river-like down West Street, it flooded the field The foam layer underneath the artificial turf field floated up, bursting some seams of the fabric field. “It can be repaired, it’s not like a
crazy, catastrophic kind of thing,” said David Nardone, from the engineering firm Stantec that designed the fields. In a phone interview, Nardone, who inspected the damaged fields, said that in another month “we’ll know all the factors and then try to plan on repairing.” Tests for contamination still need to be conducted, he said, and the company is waiting for word from a vendor on what replacement materials are in stock. While damaged portions of the field, especially around the home plate areas, will need to be replaced, he said, much of the field is salvageable. The fields will “definitely” be open by the start of the baseball season, Nardone said, adding that he expects the repairs to be made in the spring. “There should be a window at the end of March where we could get in there and do what we need to do,”
Nardone said. Stantec is awaiting a contractor’s repair estimate, but it is unclear how the costs will be paid or what, if any, insurance issues will stand in the way. The Battery Park City Authority’s statement to the Trib on the status of the ball fields made no mention of the expense involved in repairing the $6million year-round fields. The Authority said only that there would be “thorough and complete assessments” of the damage, not only to the fields but also the Authority’s yet-to-open community center and Pier A at Battery Park. “This is absolutely front burner as far as getting through the assessments,” the statement said. Although parents expressed disappointment about the truncated season, some also said there were unexpected benefits to the informal final days of play. They said the lack of pressure to win was a welcome change and they liked that different kids were playing with those they didn’t know. “I think it will help foster a sense of community,” said Bialosky.
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Above: Con Ed brings temporary power to 67 Vestry St. on Nov. 19. At right, clockwise from top left: Tenants Roland Gebhardt, Juki Weinfeld, Cathy Drew and Paul Pagk. Drew, a marine biologist, lost some 200 valuable tropical fish after power went down. PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN
Tenants Claim Delays After Flood Management denies foot-dragging over service restoration in Tribeca’s 67 Vestry St.
BY CARL GLASSMAN After winding her way by flashlight up the dark stairs of 67 Vestry St., Juki Weinfeld walked into the dimness of her living room and sat down, still shivering in coat and knit cap. “It’s warmer outside than in here,” she said, rubbing her hands together. And so it was for Weinfeld, an artist, and other tenants who did not consider evacuation an option in a building that lacked electricity and heat for weeks after the storm. “I was in bed at 7:30 with three hats and two layers, a down blanket and a Kindle,” said Weinfeld, 65, who slept in the cold apartment for the first 10 days after the storm. “So between 7:30 and 10:30 I read in bed and that was it.” Sixty Seven Vestry Street is one of several buildings in northern Tribeca and among many others in Lower Manhattan that lacked essential services because of flooding from Hurricane Sandy. Yet because of work, finances or a desire to keep their homes secure, some tenants refused to completely evacuate. All say that the difficult conditions in their building should have ended sooner. A remnant of “old” Tribeca, 67 Vestry still has many artists and other creative tenants who moved to the neighborhood in the 1970s and ’80s, their modest rents now protected by rent stabilization. “These are live-work spaces. People have their lives here, apart from sleeping and eating,” said painter Paul Pagk, 50, keeping warm in his studio with the four heaters he had bought. After the weather turned cold, he and his family slept else-
With the elevator out of service, Cathy Drew climbs the seven flights to her apartment.
where, but he returned to the building daily. “I needed to paint at least an hour or two a day just to not feel completely dislocated,” he said. After the storm, the tenants say, there was a flurry of work on buildings around them—but not on theirs. “There were generators and dumpsters and people in hazmat suits throwing things out,” said Jaime Viñas, an 18-year tenant. “In the meantime, we felt like our building was stagnating.” It took a complaint, filed in housing court, they say, to get meaningful action from landlord Aby Rosen, who is trying to sell the building, and from his management company, Classic Realty. “Because of the rent stabilization, there certainly is no urgency to bring the building back to livable condition as quickly as possible,” said Roland Gebhardt, 73, who runs an architectural design business out of his loft. “Certainly not without the encouragement of the stick of the law.”
The management was slow to fully pump out the flooded basement and to return calls from Con Ed so that power could be restored, according to the tenants. They also allege that many days went by when no work at all was being done at the building. Neil Ritter, a vice president and lawyer for Classic Realty, denied the tenants’ charges, saying that he worked hard to resolve difficult conditions caused by Hurricane Sandy and the nor’easter storm that followed. “I have personally spent most of my working days and weekends dealing with issues and do so to the best of my abilities,” he said in a phone interview. Ritter said that work was impeded because “people are stretched thin” by the heavy demand for repairs. “I can fully appreciate the frustration on some level, but we are doing our best to get services restored,” he said in the Nov. 26 interview. On Wednesday, Nov. 28, two days
before the Housing Court hearing on Classic Realty’s alleged foot-dragging, workers arrived to clean and paint floodswept common areas in the building and install a temporary boiler, which began bringing heat into the apartments on the 29th. The elevator remained out of commission in the nine-story building. In Housing Court the next day, a judge adjourned the case until January. Several tenants said that Rosen, who owns the Seagram and Lever House buildings among many others, has wanted to see their building empty from the time he bought it in 2005. Before putting the building on the market, he had reportedly hoped to demolish it and build condos. (The landlord did not return a call for comment for this article.) Rosen, chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts and a major art collector, declined to renew the leases on market-rate tenants. Now 11 of the building’s 25 units are kept vacant. The owner made news in 2007 when he evicted director and playwright Robert Wilson, who had lived and worked in the building for 34 years. “Before Hurricane Sandy we had Hurricane Aby,” quipped Cathy Drew, 69, director of the River Project and a tenant in the building since 1978. Drew, who walks with the help of a cane, periodically returns to her apartment, making the slow, laborious climb up seven flights. She is among several tenants for whom age or health will make it difficult or impossible to stay in their apartments without a working elevator. “I can’t carry anything up the stairs and it takes me forever,” she said. Ritter said that all of the elevator’s wiring had been submerged and needed to be replaced. How long will that take? “I don’t know at this point,” he said.
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Community Center Is Readied for Next Phase: Rebuilding The Downtown Community Center, its lower floor under 20 feet of water from Hurricane Sandy, underwent a massive operation in November. Staff, hundreds of volunteers and hired workers cleared and cleaned the 20,000square-foot space. In an interview, Bob Townley, director of the center’s operator, Manhattan Youth, talks about those weeks of effort and the challenges ahead.
From the first day I didn’t have any doubts that we could get this up and running—that we were going to come out OK. You have to set goals, even if they seem unrealistic to you or other people. Our goal was to clean out the debris before Thanksgiving and we accomplished that. We got the trash out, the boilers in, and we got the electrical panels changed. We’ve washed down the place once and we’re washing it down again and then painting it. Now we’re in the real period of rebuilding. Money is something that will be an issue because we don’t know what all of it is going to cost yet—$10,000 here, $10,000 there. We are constantly making decisions: Do we do it ourselves, which also takes longer, or do we hire a contractor? President Obama would be very proud of me if FEMA is going to
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We still have to rebuild a lot of the infrastructure of the pier. [Manhattan Youth has the lease on the Pier 25’s beach volleyball, minigolf and snack bar.] I’ve exchanged a few emails with [Hudson River Park Trust President] Madelyn Wils. She said, “Good luck.” I said “Good luck” to her. She has a lot on her plate. A lot of people have a lot on their plate. It could have been a lot worse for us. This is just a CARL GLASSMAN lot of work, and we have a Above: Bob Townley stands on stairs that lead to the flooded good team. Our rebuilding is lowest level of the community center. Right: One day last not your run-of-the-mill conmonth, 250 volunteers helped clear the center of debris. VERONICA KORVIN struction job. It’s missionchip in because we have done more might be program cuts. driven. The people who are doing this with less. We do see a cash flow problem at have a sense of purpose. All the people We have money from a bank loan some point but it’s the last thing I’m we’ve added to work are neighborhood and we are going into our own reserves. thinking about. I’m happy to have a people. And it makes a big difference We’ve also gotten donations—some cash flow problem, that means we’ve that so many of the staff have been here people have written very nice checks! spent money on rebuilding and we’re for years. It’s “We’re going to get this But we have to see if we have the getting closer to opening. place open!” I had to stop Justin Mild, money to finish all those rooms in the Some collateral damage to all this is our construction manager, from working lowest level—the art room, ceramics that this was our year to break out our on Thanksgiving weekend. studio, teen lounge and digital editing tween and teen program and this throws We’re thinking that when we reopen suite. And if I have to take out more us back a little. We had just begun our we’re going to throw a street fair. Hot loans and we take a shave in our fundFriday night program again in October dogs, rides, stuff like that. I’ve already ing and we lose money this year—there and we wanted to expand it. contacted the carnival company. CARL GLASSMAN
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PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN
Karen Mills, the administrator for the U.S. Small Business Adminstration, visits Sara Williams, whose Seaport bar-restaurant Fresh Salt was a victim of Hurricane Sandy.
At CB1 forum with government and utility reps, Ann Marie Delaney, owner of Harbor Lights on Pier 17, asks Dean Bodnar, of Economic Development Corp., when the pier will reopen.
Seeking Help: Here Is Where to Look GETTING MORE ANSWERS State Sen. Daniel Squadron and other elected officials are bringing together representatives from government agencies and utility companies to answer questions at “New York After Sandy: Resource Fair and Community Conversation” at Murry Bergtraum High School, 411 Pearl St., 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9. RSVP: squadron@nysenate.gov or call 212-298-5565. DOB AND THE YELLOW STICKERS Although only nine buildings in Manhattan were structurally damaged in the storm, 1,800 buildings experienced some form of flooding resulting in yellow “restricted use” notices being issued, said the Department of Building’s Eyron Munoz. In order to have the notices removed after needed repairs are done, owners or tenants should email stormhelp@buildings.nyc.gov with documents and photos showing the completed work. The DOB website has information about temporary measures allowing electricians to self-certify work. The agency is also waiving application and permit fees for work repairing storm-damaged properties, Munoz said. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE The first step to qualify for disaster relief is to register with FEMA, which
offers assistance with temporary housing and relocation for individuals, repairs not covered by insurance, cleanup expenses, medical expenses and crisis counseling. Individuals and businesses registered with FEMA may also qualify for disaster unemployment assistance, legal services and small business loans. Individuals can apply at disasterassistance.gov, on mobile devices at m.fema.gov and by calling 800-621-3362. The registration deadline is Dec. 31.
SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS A fund of more than $1 million in cash grants, up to $20,000, has been set up to help Lower Manhattan’s smaller businesses hurt by Hurricane Sandy. To qualify for the Downtown Alliance’s Back to Business Small Business Assistance Program, businesses must be located in Flood Zone A on the south side of Chambers Street, have 50 or fewer employees, and gross annual revenues of $5 million or less. Businesses must also be open at the time of application, or located in buildings closed for storm-related reasons and scheduled to open by next April. Owners should be able to document the loss and replacement costs not totally covered by insurance or other reimbursements, or losses due to up to 10 days of street closures due to the storm.
Funds will be made available on a first-come appointment basis. The application is available online at downtownny.com. The deadline to apply is Dec. 31. “Our goal is to get the money out there quickly,” said Downtown Alliance president Liz Berger.
SMALL BUSINESS LOANS Business owners can get help applying for low-interest loans and sales tax relief at the U.S. Small Business Administration and NYC Department of Small Business Services’ Business Recovery Center, 79 John St. The SBA offers loans of up to $2 million with a 4 percent interest rate for businesses and 3 percent for nonprofits. The NYC Department of Small Business Service offers loans of up to $25,000 with no payments or interest for the first six months. “[It] will at least give you some sort of bridge assistance,” said Donald Jones of the city’s Small Business Services. The center, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., has advisors on hand to explain the options available and assist with applications. The center can be reached at 212-618-8914. TELEPHONE SERVICE Landline service in Lower Manhattan is still spotty for many users, as Verizon works to replace badly damaged copper
wiring with fiber optic cables that are not subject to water damage. As of late last month, Verizon had no timeline for when the repairs will be complete, but telephone users can call the company at 866585-0530 for a temporary wireless box to replace their landline. There should be no price increases to users during the switch to fiber optic wires, and anyone who is charged extra or is told they must upgrade to a new service should call a local elected representative, according to State Sen. Daniel Squadron. Additionally, utility companies should not charge for any days when there was no service due to the storm.
GARBAGE PICKUP The garage used by the Sanitation Department to service Lower Manhattan was relocated due to flooding. Anyone with questions or complaints about pickups should call these temporary numbers: 212-506-7419 or 212-506-7421. LEGAL SERVICES The New York Legal Assistance Group has created a Storm Response Unit to help New Yorkers navigate postSandy legal problems, from filing for FEMA assistance to replacing lost documents or addressing housing and employment issues. The Storm Response unit can be reached at 212-587-3365 or stormhelp@nylag.org.
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IPN Tenant Group Loses Long Battle with Landlord BY CARL GLASSMAN The Independence Plaza North Tenants Association lost its last sliver of hope in a seven-year battle with landlord Laurence Gluck to bring all of the complex’s 1,339 apartments under rent stabilization. Despite backing from many elected officials and Community Board 1, the federal Court of Appeals denied the group’s request to appeal a decision against the tenants by a lower federal court. A state court had ruled in the tenants’ favor. “This is a tremendous disappointment and a slap in the face to all tenants and to the advocacy organizations and elected officials who joined our appeal,” the tenant association’s executive board said in a statement. “It’s not a slap in the face to anyone,” responded Stephen Meister, Gluck’s attorney. “What it is is the independent judiciary doing its job and saying there is no legal issue here worth hearing,no matter how many people complain about it.” Seven “market-rate” tenants at IPN sued Gluck in 2005 after the buildings’ tenant association discovered he was still receiving a J-51 tax abatement associated with the Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program, more than a year after removing the apartment complex from the program. After Gluck removed the complex
from the program in 2004, the Department of Finance continued to grant him J-51 tax benefits for two years. The tenants maintain that as a result the development should revert to rent stabilization because, according to city law, landlords who enjoy J-51 tax benefits must give their tenants rent regulation. Based on a 2004 agreement between Gluck’s Stellar Management and the tenants, rent increases for one group of tenants are keyed to state-mandated increases under rent stabilization. The other two groups are those with low incomes who receive federal “vouchers,” (paying 30 percent of their income for rent) and those who moved to the complex after it left the Mitchell-Lama program and pay market-rate rents. Under rent stabilization, the tenant group argued, voucher tenants would be protected from potentially unaffordable rents when their income rises. Seniors and disabled tenants would have also had additional rent protections, according to the tenant association. Meister called the 2004 plan “a very good agreement in place that protects at least the original tenants who were there when it was Mitchell Lama.” Over the years, tenants paid $250,000 in legal fees to their lawyer Seth Miller, according to the tenant group. Note of disclosure: Trib editor Carl Glassman is a tenant in Independence Plaza.
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Studio Center Wows Fashionistas, Not CB1
BY JESSICA TERRELL The drab former Verizon building at 50 Varick Street is about to undergo a makeover so fashionable that community board members worry the street may not be able to handle the paparazzi and crowds it could draw. “Your application sort of caused a lot of consternation here because you have a public assembly capacity of 3,027,” Community Board 1 Tribeca Committee Chair Peter Braus told applicants from Spring Studios last month. “We’ve never even seen an application that large before.” The application is for a liquor license for the London-based advertising and production company, which plans to transform the building into a multi-floor “creative complex” with expansive skylit spaces for photo shoots (11 studios and nine green rooms) along with postproduction suites, a sixth-floor restaurant and a 20,000-square-foot rooftop event space and lighting and equipment rental. The complex will occupy the first, fifth, sixth, and seventh floors of the building, as well as the roof—nearly 50,000 square feet. Each floor has the capacity of about 800 people. Nearly a dozen representatives of Spring Studios appeared at the community board meeting to ask the committee’s support for the license, with a 4 a.m. closing time, seven days a week. They came armed with letters of support from
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a who’s who of the fashion world: Donatella Versace, Marc Jacobs, Diane von Furstenberg, Vera Wang, and Anna Sui, among others. The studio’s hired security firm, boasting clients such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and the Kardashian family, submitted detailed crowd-control plans to the board that even included where pens will be set up to contain paparazzi. Despite Spring Studios’ glamorous connections and potential for high-profile soirees, David Hemphill, the company’s director of events, downplayed the
partying part of the facility. “Events will be few and far between, and we shouldn’t expect an event to be much more than 300 people at a time,” Hemphill said. “We have a lot of square footage in the building, but it’s mostly for photo shoots.” Nevertheless, some committee members voiced concerns. “This is going to impact the community and if anybody believes they are not going to have a party with 800 people or more, there’s a bridge right over there you can sell,” said committee member Marc Ameruso, nodding in the direction
of the nearby Brooklyn Bridge. “It’s just too big a venue and too big a risk to the neighborhood.” In addition to the production spaces, a restaurant and bar, aimed at serving workers and clients, will occupy the sixth floor. Hoping to ease concerns about even more crowds, liquor lawyer Warren Pesetsky said it will be open to the public, but only because it has to be. “If the law would let us say it is only for the people who work there, we would be happy to do that,” Pesetsky said, explaining that the state will only issue liquor licenses to public establishments. “We don’t have to advertise it. My guess is there will never be a member of the public in that space.” Representatives for the project said they would return to the Tribeca committee this month to discuss more limited hours for the roof—the original request had the roof open until 2 a.m.—as well as placing a limit on the number of events they could host at the building each year. The committee, which is scheduled to meet on Dec. 12 (see page 22) is withholding its advisory vote on the license until then. “I think the project sounds cool,” Braus said. “[But] I would be opposed to giving you guys these types of hours right out of the box.” “We don’t know you guys,” he added. “You haven’t established yourselves in our neighborhood.”
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130 FULTON Nov. 8...7 p.m. A Starbucks customer forgot her laptop at the coffee shop. By the time she returned, it had been stolen. She later saw the computer listed for sale on Craigslist.
BROADWAY & WALL Nov. 13...2:40 p.m. A straphanger was riding the southbound #4 train when a thief snatched her iPhone and jumped off the train at Wall Street. 324 CANAL Nov. 14...2:40 p.m. Police arrested a 26-year-old man who threatened the police officer who was arresting his friend. He then resisted arrest himself, cutting the officer’s finger.
6TH & WEST BROADWAY Nov. 20...5:35 a.m. A pickpocket lifted an iPhone from the jacket of a subway passenger who was sleeping on a uptown E train and then hopped off the train. 5 DEY Nov. 20...3 p.m. A woman placed her purse under her table while she ate lunch; when she wasn’t looking, a thief stole her wallet and a $750 cell phone from the bag.
STATE & BATTERY PLACE Nov. 21...2:55 p.m. A high school student was sent to the hospital with cuts to his face after another teen punched him on the northbound #4 train platform, knocking him to the ground. The student did not recognize his assailant.
179 BROADWAY Nov. 15...3 p.m. A thief stole a purse from a Brazilian tourist eating at Pret A Manger. The purse, which had been placed on the back of a chair, contained an iPhone and a $300 wallet.
70 GREENWICH Nov. 21...5 p.m. A thief smashed the rear window of a work van parked inside a commercial garage and stole two drills valued at $250.
52 WALKER Nov. 17...7 p.m. Nightclub cameras captured video of a thief making off with a woman’s unattended handbag. The thief made $154 in charges to her credit card before the woman realized her purse was missing.
Nov. 22...time unknown Intruders broke into Vestry Wines, smashing the front door glass and severely damaging the doorframe. Nothing was taken. At the time, there was no power in the building as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The store owners subsequently boarded up the windows.
FULTON & CHURCH Nov. 18...2:40 p.m. A thief bumped into a woman standing on the E train platform at Chambers Street and stole her wallet. 365 GREENWICH Nov. 19...8 p.m. A bar customer left her purse unattended inside Tribeca Tap House and went outside to smoke. While she was gone, a thief snatched a $250 Louis Vuitton wallet from her purse.
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60 WALL Nov. 28...10 a.m. A woman parked her 2004 Kia Sorento on the street. When she returned, the vehicle, valued at $5,000, was gone.
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Though severely damaged by five feet of flood waters that swept into its building, the South Street Seaport Museum is reopening this month, with supplemental power and heat and without its escalator and elevator. The museum is opening with “New York Street Photography,” a juried exhibition of some 125 photographs chosen from among thousands submitted by 600 photographers. At press time, the museum had set a target date of Dec. 10 for the opening. For updated information, go to southstreetseaportmuseum.org.
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Record and CD Sale
Thousands of CDs, LPs, cassettes and videos will be on sale from Saturday, Dec. 8, to Sunday Dec. 16, at the ARChive of Contemporary Music, 54 White St, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The annual holiday sale includes everything from jazz and classical CDs and LPs to hip-hop, rap and dance singles from the ’80s and ’90s. The ARChive collects and preserves popular music from cultures around the world.
Musicians Wanted
The TriBattery Pops, Lower Manhattan’s all-volunteer community band, now in its 10th year, is looking for musicians, especially brass and sax players. The band, which plays at six events each season, rehearses at 7 p.m. on the last two Fridays of the month from January through May at the Church Street School for Music and Art, 74 Warren St. Email conductor Tom Goodkind at TomGoodkin@aol.com for information.
Downtown Awards
The Downtown Alliance presented Exceptional Service Awards to seven people for their contributions to Lower Manhattan. The recipients include Sean Wilson, research analyst for CB Richard Ellis; Yume Kitasei, advisor to Councilwoman Margaret Chin; Seth Myers, the mayor’s point person on Lower Manhattan; Robert Corrigan, rodentologist for the city Department of Health; Det. Thomas Moran, community affairs officer in the 1st Precinct; Glenn Guzy of the Port Authority, and David Ng, construction and design coordinator at Pan Am Equities who helped create the Water Whitehall Plaza.
Dinner and Sushi Demo
92YTribeca presents dinner and a cooking demonstration by its head chef, Russell Moss. Learn how to prepare a Japanese-inspired meal featuring striped bass sashimi, Tokyo-style fluke sashimi, mock crab tofu, avocado with spicy mustard purple sauce and dressed bean sprouts. The evening, beginning at 7 p.m. on Dec. 7, includes dinner, lots of sake and conversation hosted by rabbi in residence Dan Ain and Jewish Life intern Allison Tick. The topic: the relationship between Jews and food. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at 92ytribeca.org. 92YTribeca is at 200 Hudson St.
Winter Coat Drive
New York Cares collects nearly 70,000 winter coats each December and distributes them to thousands of adults and children who would otherwise be cold. You can drop off a gently used coat at the 1st Precinct, 16 Ericsson Pl., at any time through the first week of January.
Ice Skating Rink Opens
An ice skating rink is planned to open early this month in Wagner Park at the southern end of Battery Park City. Admission is $7 to age 12, $10 for 13 and up. Monday–Thursday; $15 Friday–Sunday. Skates are available for rent. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Information at batteryparkcity.org.
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The following is a partial list of the board’s agendas. For updates, go to the CB1 website. Meetings start at 6 p.m. and are held at 49–51 Chambers St., Rm. 709, unless otherwise noted. Call 212-442-5050 to confirm dates. An ID is needed to enter the building.
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1) LMCC-seniors partnering 2) Housing during Hurricane Sandy: emergency preparedness lessons Learned 3) Residential recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Resolution 4) Preserving affordability at IPN. Resolution
1) Review of new public and private initiatives to help small businesses recovery 2) Evaluation of current disaster relief programs’ local effectiveness 3) Discussion of alternate strategies andz sources of disaster relief funding
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12/11 YOUTH & EDUCATION
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace 1) Battery Park City Authority. Update 2) 259 Vesey St., application for restaurant liquor license for El Vez. Resolution 3) Traffic around PS 276. Update by police officer from the Citywide Traffic Task Force 4) West Thames Street bridge. Update by Matt Best, Office of the Mayor 5) Pier A interior and water uses. Discussion 6) Asphalt Green MOU. Discussion and status 7) Vesey St. escalator. Update 8) Chambers Street bridge. Update The following notice has been received for a BPCA permit request: America’s Cup Event Authority on the Hudson River, Wed.–Sun., May 29-June 2, 2–4pm
1) Overcrowding in CD1 schools. Discussion 2) Civic Center Plan. Follow-up discussion
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1) The Fulton Center project including the Dey Street concourse. Update by Uday Durg, MTA 2) 123 Washington St., W Hotel Plaza Café. Update 3) 136 Washington St., application for liquor license for Morton’s. Resolution 4) 62 Pearl St., application for liquor license for Shorty’s. Resolution 5) 19 South William St., application for a liquor license for Liam Street Venture. Resolution 6) 94½ Greenwich St., application for a wine and beer license for Café de Novo. Resolution 7) 44 Trinity Pl., application for liquor license for Wogie’s. Resolution 8) Whitehall Ferry Terminal, application for beer license for Panini Grill South Ferry. Resolution 9) 70 Pine St., application for minor modification of the rooftop open space recreation requirements. Resolution
12/6 PLANNING COMMITTEE AND ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT TASK FORCE 1) Updates by representatives of the Port Authority of NY and NJ and Silverstein Properties 2) Performing Arts Center. Update 3) Manhattan core parking zoning text amendment. Presentation, Dept. of City Planning. Resolution 4) Civic Center Plan. Follow-up discussion
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12/10 SEAPORT/CIVIC CENTER 1) 212 Front St., application for a restaurant
12/12 TRIBECA 1) Fresh Direct. Discussion 2) Washington Market School street activity permit application for, Sat., May 4, 11 am–5 pm. Resolution 3) 337 Greenwich St., application for renewal of sidewalk cafe license for Aamanns Copenhagen. Resolution 4) 13 Laight St., application for renewal of sidewalk cafe license for Locanda Verde. Resolution 5) 157 Duane St., application for liquor license for Kio. Resolution 6) 35 White St., application for liquor license for TBD. Resolution 7) 66 Leonard St., application for liquor license for Global Point NY. Resolution 8) 50 Varick St., application for liquor license for Spring Studios New York. Resolution
12/13 LANDMARKS 1) 372 Broadway/6 Cortlandt Alley, application for penthouse addition, facade restoration and storefront modifications. Resolution 2) 40 Peck Slip, application for rooftop addition, facade restoration and window replacement. Resolution
12/17 WATERFRONT 1) East River Esplanade. Update by NYC Economic Development Corporation 2) Neighborhood Improvement District proposal by Friends of Hudson River Park. Resolution 3) Waterfront crime. Community feedback 4) Maintenance of Route 9A. Report
12/19 CB MONTHLY MEETING 6 PM Location: Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren St.
12/20 QUALITY OF LIFE 1) Update on construction projects in Lower Manhattan by Robin Forst, Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center 2) NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault. Presentation 3) Preparedness lessons learned from Sandy 4) Tour bus parking violations. Discussion
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE SUBJECT: 50 Varick St Application for on-premise liquor license For a Bar/Catering/Restaurant Spring Studios New York, LLC d/b/a Spring at Varick DATE: Wednesday 12/12/2012 TIME: 6:00PM LOCATION: Community Board 1 49-51 Chambers St, Room 709 (Please bring photo ID) Contact: CB1 at 212-442-5050 or man01@cb.nyc.gov for all questions
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Tribeca Will Be on Route For Trade Center’s Spire
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The lower eight sections of the 408-foot-high antenna, to go atop 1 World Trade Center, (rendering below) is freighted from Canada to New York.
BY CARL GLASSMAN The spire of 1 World Trade Center, the spindly antenna that will give the building its famed 1,776-foot height, is coming to Tribeca. Early this month, the lower eight of 18 sections of the 408-foot-high antenna structure are expected to complete a 1,500mile journey by barge from its Canadian manufacturer to Tribeca's Pier 25. Each of the giant sections, up to 24 feet long and weighing up to 67 tons, will be lifted by a derrick crane onto a truck, then make a slow, nocturnal journey to 1 World Trade Center. It will travel one block up West Street to North Moore, east a block to Greenwich and down to the north side of 1 WTC, which has reached its full, spireless height. The first section could make the trip as early as Dec. 5, Brian Hegarty, the Port Authority's director of the 1 World Trade Center project, told Community Board 1’s Tribeca Committee. The pieces are so large that electricians in bucket trucks, traveling in front of and behind the spire section, will move traffic light poles out of the way, then swing them back into place after the spire-toting truck has passed. “You will see a very interesting train for this,” Hegarty said. The process for each section, beginning with the derrick operation, is expected to begin around 10:30 p.m. and end at 5 a.m. and could take place any day of the week, including weekends,
Hegarty said. Port Authority officials said the route, worked out with the Department of Transportation, is meant to cause the least impact to utilities, street furniture and traffic lights. The pieces are so large, according to Hegarty, they could not travel directly down West Street because two pedestrian bridges stand in their way. The size of the structures also prevents more than two sections at a time from being stored at the base of the building as they wait to be lifted into place. And because hoisting is weather-dependent, it is not certain how long it will take before all the sections can be offloaded from their barge at Pier 25. The whole process could take up to seven months, said Glenn Guzy, a Port Authority program director. No mention was made of the upper nine sections of the antenna. “The overall goal is to move a piece or two a week,” Guzy said. The spire became a center of controversy earlier this year when developer Douglas Durst, who has a $100 million stake in 1 World Trade Center, announced that the antenna would shed its ornamental casing, a saving of $20 million, he said. Critics questioned whether the unsheathed antenna should still count towards the building’s 1,776-foot height, making it the tallest tower in North America. The voyage of the spire can be tracked at http://ow.ly/fyUkR.
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1901: Officers pose with a horse-drawn paddy wagon outside their precinct house.
BY APRIL KORAL owntown’s New York City Police Museum is still closed from the damage dealt it by Hurricane Sandy. But you can take a vicarious visit there through the recently published “Images of America: New York City Police.” The slim but entertaining volume contains 196 illustrations, prints and photos culled from some 2,500 images housed in the archives of the museum at 100 Old Slip (unscathed by the storm). Its authors, Joshua Ruff, the museum’s curator, and Michael Cronin, a former NYPD detective, have traced the department’s history back to the city’s very first police officer. In 1625, Johan Lampo began patrolling—alone— the streets of then New Amsterdam, armed only with a wooden rattle that he would swing to make a loud clacking noise—a signal for help. (Lampo also meted out punishment, most often with the use of whipping post or stocks.) In 1658, the force was expanded to eight more men, and a handful of their rattles have survived and are in the museum’s collection. The city’s first true police force was not organized until 1844 under the New York City Municipal Police Act. Its newly appointed chief, looking around for 800 men willing to work long hours for low pay, had no trouble finding them among the Irish immigrants. But the enlistees refused to wear the uniforms that were prepared for them, considering them the garb of “liveried lackeys.” An agreement was reached. They would wear street clothes with a copper star affixed to their jackets. (The term “cops” may have been an abbreviation from “coppers” or shortened from “constable on patrol.”) The men’s mettle was tested almost immediately. In 1849, the force got its first experi-
1909: Bike-riding cop stops a car for going over the 8-mile-an-hour speed limit.
ence in riot control when mob violence erupted outside the Astor Place Theater between rival supporters of two actors, one English and the other American. Eight years later, clashes between two rival gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys, spread from a block fight to a citywide gang war. And of course, there were the deadly four-day Draft Riots of 1863, in which some of the police blatantly sided with the rioters. One document in the book shows a department citation against an officer for not performing his duties “to drive back the rioters,” because “his heart” was with the rioters. Like any history, this is one with both heroes and villains. One hero was the department’s first ItalianAmerican detective, Lt. Giuseppe Petrosino. He was murdered in Sicily in 1909 while on a mission to gather information about the murderous Black Hand, an extortion racket. Although the department tried to monitor itself—in 1896 the first police board commission, led by Theodore Roosevelt, was formed after allegations of kickbacks by police from brothel and tavern owners—so many of the rogues were the leaders themselves. One after another chiefs were forced to leave. In the 1880s, there was Thomas Byrnes, considered the “father of modern detective work,” who was also known for his “rough interrogations.” When he first became the head of the detective bureau he declared a “dead line” at Fulton Street and that any known crook that ventured south of there would be arrested. He was forced to retire in 1895. He was followed by Chief William S. Devery, who managed to hang onto his job despite well-documented charges of corruption. Thanks to the fortune he acquired during his years in office, upon retirement he and a partner bought the
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1920: A police academy instructor shows recruits how the car works.
1929: Armored scooters with sidecars and bulletproof windshields.
1930: Officers pose with rifles drawn in Washington Square.
A new picture book, culled from the archives of the New York City Police Museum
CITY COPS, THROUGH THE CENTURIES
Left: In the early 1800s police were stationed throughout the city to wooden sentry boxes. They were known as “leatherheads” because their helmets were made of leather. Missing from this drawing is the 33inch club the officer would have carried. Above: This officer was part of the Broadway Squad, started in the 1850s, to control traffic on Broadway. Chosen for the strength and height, the police officers also sometimes helped women cross the streets, which were filthy.
During a 1950s snowstorm, a police officer at 98th Street and Broadway uses a call box to reach his station house. Officers were expected to call in regularly during their shifts. The first radio motor patrol cars were deployed in the 1920s, but were equipped with receivers only and cops had to go to a call box to acknowledge a call.
New York Highlanders baseball club, forerunner of the Yankees. Many of the book’s photos remind us that over the years, and long before 9/11, the city has been gripped with fear, and terrorized by both political groups and individuals. In the early years of World War II, for example, there were hundreds of bomb threats against the city. In 1940, a bomb was planted in the New York World’s Fair British Pavilion in Flushing. Two bomb
squad detectives died while trying to defuse it. As a result of those deaths, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia had an idea for a new method of bomb disposal, a containment unit that would remove the bomb from the site. A 1941 photo shows the unit (it resembled an oversized wicker basket), which used 5/8-inch-thick woven steel cables, the same type of cables used to suspend the Manhattan Bridge. Beginning in 1940, the police were also
trying to lay their hands on the so-called “mad bomber,” who planted 33 bombs in public places for revenge against his former employer. Police caught him in 1956 after detectives finally realized that there was a connection between the bomber and thousands of personnel files to find him. In 1977, police did the same kind of tedious detective work, reviewing thousands of public tips, before catching David Berkowitz, a serial killer known as “Son of Sam” who targeted young cou-
ples. Berkowitz was tracked down through a traffic ticket. The authors point out that police work has changed dramatically over the years, in ways we may not realize. In the late 1800s, for example, a cop’s duty could include “controlling alcohol sales, licensing steam boilers, inspecting tenement houses, street cleaning and even housing the homeless. The department maintained homeless shelters, usually in
the basement of precinct station houses.” As the photos show, police officers were also responsible for duties as diverse as pulling horses out of the water when they slipped off a pier, directing traffic (signals were not city-wide until the 1930s) and disposing of captured weapons and other criminal items—in Long Island Sound or the Atlantic. (They
were not melted down until 1973.) Many pictures in the book look quaint by today’s standards—take the 1968 shot of the Manhattan Command Control Center consisting of a dozen desks in an old gym at 240 Centre Street. In an interview, author Joshua Ruff pointed to one image that to him represents the “moment” the police department changed. It is the photograph, on the opposite page, of a police officer on the bicycle ticketing a car near Grant’s Tomb in 1909. “This was a transitional moment,” Ruff said. “The police officer could outpace a car that could only go eight to 10 miles per hour. There were very few cars on the road and no traffic lights. A lot is about to happen to the police force and the city. And it captures that point in time before it’s all going to change.”
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1901: Officers pose with a horse-drawn paddy wagon outside their precinct house.
BY APRIL KORAL owntown’s New York City Police Museum is still closed from the damage dealt it by Hurricane Sandy. But you can take a vicarious visit there through the recently published “Images of America: New York City Police.” The slim but entertaining volume contains 196 illustrations, prints and photos culled from some 2,500 images housed in the archives of the museum at 100 Old Slip (unscathed by the storm). Its authors, Joshua Ruff, the museum’s curator, and Michael Cronin, a former NYPD detective, have traced the department’s history back to the city’s very first police officer. In 1625, Johan Lampo began patrolling—alone— the streets of then New Amsterdam, armed only with a wooden rattle that he would swing to make a loud clacking noise—a signal for help. (Lampo also meted out punishment, most often with the use of whipping post or stocks.) In 1658, the force was expanded to eight more men, and a handful of their rattles have survived and are in the museum’s collection. The city’s first true police force was not organized until 1844 under the New York City Municipal Police Act. Its newly appointed chief, looking around for 800 men willing to work long hours for low pay, had no trouble finding them among the Irish immigrants. But the enlistees refused to wear the uniforms that were prepared for them, considering them the garb of “liveried lackeys.” An agreement was reached. They would wear street clothes with a copper star affixed to their jackets. (The term “cops” may have been an abbreviation from “coppers” or shortened from “constable on patrol.”) The men’s mettle was tested almost immediately. In 1849, the force got its first experi-
1909: Bike-riding cop stops a car for going over the 8-mile-an-hour speed limit.
ence in riot control when mob violence erupted outside the Astor Place Theater between rival supporters of two actors, one English and the other American. Eight years later, clashes between two rival gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys, spread from a block fight to a citywide gang war. And of course, there were the deadly four-day Draft Riots of 1863, in which some of the police blatantly sided with the rioters. One document in the book shows a department citation against an officer for not performing his duties “to drive back the rioters,” because “his heart” was with the rioters. Like any history, this is one with both heroes and villains. One hero was the department’s first ItalianAmerican detective, Lt. Giuseppe Petrosino. He was murdered in Sicily in 1909 while on a mission to gather information about the murderous Black Hand, an extortion racket. Although the department tried to monitor itself—in 1896 the first police board commission, led by Theodore Roosevelt, was formed after allegations of kickbacks by police from brothel and tavern owners—so many of the rogues were the leaders themselves. One after another chiefs were forced to leave. In the 1880s, there was Thomas Byrnes, considered the “father of modern detective work,” who was also known for his “rough interrogations.” When he first became the head of the detective bureau he declared a “dead line” at Fulton Street and that any known crook that ventured south of there would be arrested. He was forced to retire in 1895. He was followed by Chief William S. Devery, who managed to hang onto his job despite well-documented charges of corruption. Thanks to the fortune he acquired during his years in office, upon retirement he and a partner bought the
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1920: A police academy instructor shows recruits how the car works.
1929: Armored scooters with sidecars and bulletproof windshields.
1930: Officers pose with rifles drawn in Washington Square.
A new picture book, culled from the archives of the New York City Police Museum
CITY COPS, THROUGH THE CENTURIES
Left: In the early 1800s police were stationed throughout the city to wooden sentry boxes. They were known as “leatherheads” because their helmets were made of leather. Missing from this drawing is the 33inch club the officer would have carried. Above: This officer was part of the Broadway Squad, started in the 1850s, to control traffic on Broadway. Chosen for the strength and height, the police officers also sometimes helped women cross the streets, which were filthy.
During a 1950s snowstorm, a police officer at 98th Street and Broadway uses a call box to reach his station house. Officers were expected to call in regularly during their shifts. The first radio motor patrol cars were deployed in the 1920s, but were equipped with receivers only and cops had to go to a call box to acknowledge a call.
New York Highlanders baseball club, forerunner of the Yankees. Many of the book’s photos remind us that over the years, and long before 9/11, the city has been gripped with fear, and terrorized by both political groups and individuals. In the early years of World War II, for example, there were hundreds of bomb threats against the city. In 1940, a bomb was planted in the New York World’s Fair British Pavilion in Flushing. Two bomb
squad detectives died while trying to defuse it. As a result of those deaths, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia had an idea for a new method of bomb disposal, a containment unit that would remove the bomb from the site. A 1941 photo shows the unit (it resembled an oversized wicker basket), which used 5/8-inch-thick woven steel cables, the same type of cables used to suspend the Manhattan Bridge. Beginning in 1940, the police were also
trying to lay their hands on the so-called “mad bomber,” who planted 33 bombs in public places for revenge against his former employer. Police caught him in 1956 after detectives finally realized that there was a connection between the bomber and thousands of personnel files to find him. In 1977, police did the same kind of tedious detective work, reviewing thousands of public tips, before catching David Berkowitz, a serial killer known as “Son of Sam” who targeted young cou-
ples. Berkowitz was tracked down through a traffic ticket. The authors point out that police work has changed dramatically over the years, in ways we may not realize. In the late 1800s, for example, a cop’s duty could include “controlling alcohol sales, licensing steam boilers, inspecting tenement houses, street cleaning and even housing the homeless. The department maintained homeless shelters, usually in
the basement of precinct station houses.” As the photos show, police officers were also responsible for duties as diverse as pulling horses out of the water when they slipped off a pier, directing traffic (signals were not city-wide until the 1930s) and disposing of captured weapons and other criminal items—in Long Island Sound or the Atlantic. (They
were not melted down until 1973.) Many pictures in the book look quaint by today’s standards—take the 1968 shot of the Manhattan Command Control Center consisting of a dozen desks in an old gym at 240 Centre Street. In an interview, author Joshua Ruff pointed to one image that to him represents the “moment” the police department changed. It is the photograph, on the opposite page, of a police officer on the bicycle ticketing a car near Grant’s Tomb in 1909. “This was a transitional moment,” Ruff said. “The police officer could outpace a car that could only go eight to 10 miles per hour. There were very few cars on the road and no traffic lights. A lot is about to happen to the police force and the city. And it captures that point in time before it’s all going to change.”
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Let’s Make Sandy a Guide for Next Time My daughter sings sweetly in the semi-gloom, candle haloes flickering eerily on our huddled family. Beyond the window everything is unfamiliar, dark shapes and distant sirens warning away the timid. Better not open the refrigerator until we need to. Save the cold, because we’re sure to need it. We listen to the battery-operatJIM ed radio, wonSTRATTON’S dering when this will be over. Listening reminds us that we are the lucky ones. Hurricane Sandy took away our light, but left us unCITY touched. Not CHARRETTE so in surrounding areas. While we weep for others, we are secretly glad we were spared the worst. We were not always so lucky. Six years ago our house on the Delaware River became our house in the Delaware River. Waters rose to fill our basement, to drench our ground floor with five feet of muddy river water. My worst fear had become reality. Yet after many months of dismal rebuilding, my depression abated. Yes, it
would happen again, but with new knowledge next time would be easier. Sandy should be a wake-up call, not just a run on the hardware store for batteries. There are no simple answers to global warming, but there are simple preventative measures to make the next Sandy less damaging. River water filled many basements between Greenwich Street and the Hudson River, even where water never reached the front door. Overwhelmed
over, the basement was dry. Next time, Sculpey and weighted pots will likely be on Mark’s basement shelf long before the hurricane hits. The same would be good advice for anyone with a vulnerable basement. Oddly, the one successful preventative measure for our flooded transit system was similar to Mark’s basementdrain strategy. Sidewalk tunnel grates were covered by plyboard and caulked prior to the storm. No water got in that
Overwhelmed drainage pipes let river water fill basements between Greenwich and Hudson Streets, even where water never reached the front door. Many of those floods could have been avoided. drainage pipes forced water through basement drains, destroying building electrical equipment that could have been spared by a check-valve that would have prevented water from intruding. Most buildings would require digging up basements to retrofit those check-valves, so they are not found everywhere. My friend Mark’s co-op building didn’t have one, so when Mark saw water bubbling up through his basement drains he had to be inventive. Placing heavy pots over the drains, he caulked them with Sculpey, a kind of modeling clay. When the storm was
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way. However, those raised grates topped by bicycle racks, supposedly designed to prevent water entry, were useless (see my ridicule in the September 2008 Charrette). Unable to board them up, transit workers wrapped the bicycle racks in plastic that was quickly ripped away by winds. Had the storm brought drenching rains to the city, even more of our subway tunnels would have been inundated. My son Conor was contemplating preparations that could be made before a storm, and had an interesting idea for loft buildings like ours: a bucket with a rope long enough to reach the ground,
to hoist up necessities without using dark stairways. A variation might work even better in tall residential buildings like Independence Plaza, where elderly people may be caught in the dark without elevator service. A winch powered by an electrical generator on the roof could bring up supplies without forcing volunteers to hike up 39 flights carrying water buckets. And in the lobby, every tall building should be equipped with a generator to charge residents’ cell phones in a blackout. IPN organizer John Scott told me that a severe problem during the emergency was communication with other volunteers. With cell phones dead, it was impossible to be certain which residents remained, which floors had been canvassed, and which emergency supplies were needed. Of course, it would also be helpful if wireless service providers learned how to protect their equipment, if Con Edison could keep its transformers from exploding, and if car and subway tunnels could be plugged up before a storm. Solutions to these problems, while of a greater scale, do not seem much more complex than putting a pot on a drain or a generator on a roof. Sandy was a guide as to where we are unprepared. Unless we learn from her before the next perfect storm, even the luckiest of us may be unlucky.
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BY OLIVER E. ALLEN his delightful photograph, taken in 1894, shows a building at 36 Warren Street (just west of Church) that contained not one but three separate wagon companies, each of which proudly proclaims its identity on the facade. The sheer variety of wagons offered for sale is impressive, ranging from the farm wagons offered by the O-We-Go company (presumably a branch of an upstate company named for the town where it was located) to the more citified vehicles such as the phaeton, a light, open carriage like those that haul tourists around Central Park, sold by Miller, Knoblock. Conveyances did not have to be wheeled: note the sleigh on the sidewalk. But all are hauled by the noble creature who shares the sidewalk—the horse. When this part of Tribeca changed from residential to commercial in the middle of the 19th century, most of the manufacturing and wholesaling structures were occupied by textile and dry goods dealers, as happened in the blocks north of Chambers Street. As the years passed, however, other kinds of activities and concerns moved in, until by the turn of the 20th century all sorts of unexpected businesses were represented: hardware and cutlery dealers, china and dinnerware importers, wine and liquor dealers, publishers, and the wagon folks shown here. You never knew just what you might find along Warren Street. Today number 36 Warren is long gone, but just in the street’s two blocks between Broadway and West Broadway there are plenty of surprises. The first block contains both the Wall Street Humidor Company, offering fine cigars as well as humidors, and the Fountain Pen Hospital. The second contains the Mysterious Bookshop, Philip Williams Posters and—most unexpected—Korin Japanese Knives, possibly the most discriminating purveyor of sushi knives in the city. The wagon folks at 36 Warren would feel right at home.
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Local Students Learn Lessons in Giving
Downtown schools and neighborhoods were disrupted during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, but that did not stop the PTAs of local schools from feeling the urgency to help those in devastated neighborhoods. At PS 89 and IS 289 parents arrived at school on Monday, the first day back after the unexpected week off, with muffins, brownies, and even an apple tart still hot CONNIE from the oven SCHRAFT for a joint Election Day bake sale. The event raised more than $2,000 for the American Red Cross. Eighth graders at PS/IS 276 also held SCHOOL an Election TALK Day bake sale that had been intended to fund their graduation. But the students themselves decided to give the money to hurricane relief instead. Fundraising to support school enrichment programs is often supplemented by community outreach, whether collecting books for Project Cicero (an annual book drive for needy New York City school and classroom libraries), or running food and coat
drives during the winter months. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Downtown schools learned at first hand what it was like to be on the receiving end and they have been sensitive to the needs of other schools and communities ever since. “In the aftermath of September 11th, the generosity of strangers from around the country and the world was bestowed upon our school community, and it is something I will never forget,” PS 89 Principal Ronnie Najjar, who is coordinating the school’s plan for outreach, wrote in a letter home to parents during the week following the storm.
tion boxes in four Battery Park City buildings. In just a week they collected enough to fill a van, drove out to Long Beach, and found a Knights of Columbus collection site to distribute their donations. Maria has continued collecting books and toys at her school, and is looking for a school to partner with for future giving. Both PS/IS 276 and the Spruce Street School had students who were displaced by the storm. They had professionals on hand to help parents help their children cope with the emotional impact on their lives. At the same time,
From bake sales to toy drives to Facebook events, students, parents and teachers found a way to help hurricane victims. Maria Ouranitsas, school secretary at Lower Manhattan Community Middle School and longtime Battery Park City resident, described watching the news coverage of the disaster with her daughter. “We kept saying, ‘This is awful. We have to do something.’” Having lived Downtown through 9/11, they remembered a simple gift that had meant a lot to Marina, a PS 89 kindergartner at the time—a Beanie Baby that still resides on her bed. Mother and daughter immediately started a toy and book drive with collec-
parents at both schools reached out to help other schools truly devastated by the disaster. 276 Cares, a group of PS 276 parents, organized volunteer days and a supply drive to help two schools whose buildings were severely damaged and whose students were displaced. They plan to continue this support long term. The Spruce Street School turned its lobby into a staging area for donations, which, with the help of the Mayor’s office, were directed to affected neighborhoods.
Other schools also found ways to help. Even before their school reopened, Stuyvesant High School students and faculty organized a “Hurricane Relief Drive,” creating a Facebook event that told readers what items were needed. According to the school newspaper, The Spectator, in addition to collecting food, clothes and blankets, they raised $600 on the first day back to school. The Peck Slip School ran a coat drive and a food drive. Unsold items from PS 150’s annual rummage sale were donated to victims of the storm. PS 150 and PS 234 held bake sales to benefit Manhattan Youth’s badly damaged Downtown Community Center. Standing in front of Whole Foods on Election Day, members of a Brownie troop who attend PS 234 and PS 276 also collected funds to help rebuild the center. (See page 34.) A fourth grader at PS 234 hung a handmade flyer in the elevator of my building, asking neighbors to donate to Manhattan Youth and the Downtown Community Center. Her heartfelt and personal plea reflects how much this neighborhood program means to the children. Even more, it demonstrates how a passionate 9-year-old can make a difference. Connie Schraft is the PS 89 parent coordinator. For questions about Downtown schools, write connie@tribecatrib.com.
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BY CARL GLASSMAN “Can I see what the pool looks like?” 8-year-old Lauren Foley asked her mother, Teri, as she walked into the Downtown Community Center last month with her sister Katelyn, 6. “No,” her mother said. “Because they’re working on things.” Above the Tribeca center's reception desk, photos of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Sandy—the mangled remains of rooms for art, ceramics and play, and the damaged pool area— flashed on a screen. Lauren cupped a hand over her mouth and watched in disbelief. “It’s sad,” she said. But sadness turned to joyful pride as Lauren and Katelyn were joined by other members of Downtown’s Brownie Troop 3368 and their mothers. This was a happy occasion for the girls, a chance to present Manhattan Youth director Bob Townley with the money they had raised, along with their adult leaders, to help the center to rebuild. On Nov. 6, Election Day, Troop 3368's 12 Brownies stood in front of Tribeca’s Whole Foods with bins set up for essential items of relief for hurricane victims in the Rockaways. They also asked for money for the nearby community center on Warren Street. Along with funds raised by parents, that amounted to
$1,000. “I want to tell you that the Girl Scouts isn’t just about cookies,” Teri Foley said to Bob Townley, whose organization runs the center. “The Girl Scouts is about giving back to our community and that’s why we did this.” Townley described to the girls how the hurricane had flooded the center’s lower level with 20 feet of water, and how their donation would help pay for repairs. “The money that you collected will be used to buy a new art room, new computers, new tables, new everything.” “Of course,” he added, “that money has to be amplified a little bit.” Townley has estimated that it could cost more than $2 million to restore the center, but he told the girls that every contribution is important. “Sometimes when a lot of little groups become one big group it works,” he said. Avani Khorana, 7, said it was “hard” to keep asking people for money. “But I felt really proud that we were doing it,” she said. “The biggest donation we got was 20 bucks,” Devin Fink, 7, said matter-offactly. After receiving the check, Townley cheerfully posed for photos with the girls. “I could do this all day,” he quipped, smiling for the camera. “It’s a lot better than talking to FEMA.”
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Gingerbread House Decorating Families build and decorate their houses while “elves” distribute the candies. Sat 2:15 & 4pm; Sun 11am, 1 & 3pm. $95. Call 212571-7290 or email gb@churchstreetschool.org. Church Street School for Music & Art, 74 Warren St.,churchstreetschool.org.
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Sun, 12/2, 10:30am and 2pm Hanukkah Activities 10:30am: Storytelling with Maya Blank and Uri Sharlin about the festival of lights. Ages 0–3. Free. 2pm: Storytelling duo Play Me a Story entertain with puppets, klezmer music and interactive storytelling, followed by a holiday crafts. Ages 3–10. $10; $7 under 10. Tickets: mjhnyc.org. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl.
Tue, 12/4, 5pm Christmas Tree Lighting Lighting of the tree in front of the New York Stock Exchange. 11 Wall St., downtownny.com.
Thu, 12/6, 5:45 pm Battery Park City Celebration Holiday tree lighting, seasonal music performed by the a cappella group the Accidentals, cookies, hot cider and hot chocolate. Bring a new, unwrapped gift or clothes to donate to children and teens living in city shelters. Menorah lighting on December 8. Free. South Cove near 2nd Pl., bpcparks.org.
Fri, 12/7–Sun, 12/9 Santa’s Winter Garden Take pictures with Santa Claus. Packages start at $20. Proceeds benefit the New York Theatre Ballet. Fri., 12/7, 11am–3pm and 4–8pm; Sat., Dec. 8, 9am–1pm and 2–7pm; Sun., Dec. 9, 10am–1pm and 2–5pm. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.
Sat, 12/8, 5:30pm, Sun, 12/9, 3:30pm, Tue, 12/11, 4:30pm Celebrate Hanukkah at Chabad 12/8: Menorah lighting, puppet show, movie, glow-in-the-dark dreidel tournament, plus latkes, donuts and prizes.
Beer and latkes at 92YTribeca on 12/13.
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Santa arrives in style for Washington Market Park’s annual Christmas party.
very year, Santa is the guest of honor at Washington Market Park’s Christmas Party, where he arrives in his pedicab or bike peddled by an oversized elf. Afterwards, he takes children’s requests from his throne in the gazebo. The Trinity Youth Chorus will perform carols, and homemade cookies and hot apple cider will be served. Please bring a new, unwrapped toy for “Toys for Tots.” The free event is on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2 to 3 p.m. Rain date: Sunday, Dec. 9, 2 to 3 p.m. Washington Market Park is at Greenwich and Duane Streets, washingtonmarketpark.org.
Reservations required. Free. 12/9: Menorah lighting, air brushing, arts and crafts, candle making, face painting, balloon twisting, latkes, donuts and more. Bring a new, unwrapped toy for Hurricane Sandy victims. Reservations required. $36/family. 12/11: Latke-making, donut decorating and dreidel playing. For ages 4 to 10. Reservations required. Free. Chabad of Tribeca, 54 Reade St., chabadoftribeca.com.
Sun, 12/9, 11am–1:30pm Hanukkah JCP Bash JCP’s annual party takes place at Citigroup and includes a kids band from Church Street School for Music and Art, Jacob Stein and the Downtown Puppets, menorah and candle making, Hanukkah snacks, face painting, stories and dreidel and pictionary games. Bring an unwrapped toy for Hurricane Sandy victims. $15/person; $60 family of 4 or more. Jewish Community Project at 388 Greenwich St., jcpdowntown.org.
Sun, 12/9, 1pm Scrooge and Marley The annual staged reading of Israel Horovitz’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” is for the whole family and participation is encouraged. Suggested donation $5. Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Pl., trinitywallstreet.org. Church Street School for Music and Art has its annual gingerbread decorating on the first three weekends in December.
Mon, 12/10, 3:45pm & Fri, 12/14 6pm
Hanukkah at Synagogue for the Arts 12/10: Kids Hanukkah Party. Musical program of interactive drumming to tell the story. Latkes and Menorah lighting. Reserve by 12/6, $10/child $20/family. 12/14: Family Dinner. Reserve by 12/11, $35/adult $15/child 5-13, $90 maximum/family. Cantor-led service and children's program. Synagogue for the Arts, 49 White St., synagogueforthearts.org. Reservations: 212-966-7141.
Thu, 12/13, 1pm A Solstice Celebration Music performed by the Turtle Island Quartet that celebrates India’s Diwali, Hanukkah, English carols from the 16th century as well as other holiday standards. Also music from Vince Guaraldi’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” . Free. World Financial Center, wordfinancialcenter.com.
Hanukkah Concert Jewish music for cello and piano played by Noah Hoffeld and Lee Feldman. Donations accepted. Tamid at St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, tamidnyc.org.
Tue, 12/11, 1pm Christmas in Ireland Danu performs traditional Celtic holiday music. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.
Thu, 12/13, 7pm Beer + Latkes Hanukkah party with beer tastings, latke sampling and dreidel spinning. $25. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.
Fri, 12/14, 6pm & Sundays Caroling at St. Paul’s 12/14: The Trinity Youth Chorus performs its annual concert of Benjamin Britten's work and leads holiday caroling with the audience after the concert. On Sundays at 8 pm listen to “Compline: Music by the Trinity Wall Street Choir.” Both events are free. St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, trinitywallstreet.org.
Sun, 12/15, 1pm Gingerbread House Decorating Drink champagne, eat hors d’oeuvres and listen to live music while decorating a gingerbread house at The Bubble Lounge, 228 W. Broadway. $125 (single); $150 (couple). Sponsored by Church Street School for Music & Art. Email gb@churchstreetschool.org.
Sun, 12/16, 12pm My Yiddish Hanukkah Yiddish music and theater by the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene. Free. Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.
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Hanukkah Shabbat with Tamid Latkes, dinner, menorah lighting and Hanukkah songs for families with young children. Reservations required. For details, email connect@tamidnyc.org.
Starry Night TENET, a vocal ensemble, performs “Starry Night,” a holiday piece and homage to Van Gogh’s painting by the same name, and Dutch songs. $5. St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, trinitywallstreet.org.
Sun, 12/18-20, 3–6pm A (15-Minute) Christmas Carol Charles Dickens story starring Scrooge, Marley, Cratchit, Fezziwig, Tiny Tim and other favorites is performed in record time by two actors from the New York Classical Theatre. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.
Wed, 12/26–Thu, 1/6 Twelfth Night Festival Music performed nightly music in celebration of Christmas. $25. Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Pl. See trinitywallstreet.org for details.
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Mon, Dec 10, 3:45 to 6pm A musical program of INTERACTIVE DRUMMING to tell the story! Latkes, snacks and Menorah lighting. Reserve by Dec. 6, $10/child $20/family
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An exhibition and film highlight the influences of American Indians on pop music. COURTESY STEVIE SALAS
Above: Funk guitarist Stevie Salas plays his green guitar, which is now on display at the museum. Above right: Mildred (“Mrs. Swing”) Bailey performs in 1947. Right: Jimi Hendrix, ca. 1968. His coat is also on display. “Native American music is more than just drums and rattles,” says Christopher Turner, curator of “Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture,” an exhibit and documentary film now at the Museum of the American Indian. “They have made tremendous contributions to popular music.” Indeed, here is the story of a then-unknown 19year-old tenor saxophonist, Illinois Jacquet, who put his mark on jazz history when, in a moment of creative exuberance, he created what became the “honk-
ing” sound later favored by many sax players. There is guitarist Link Wray, whose 1958 record, “Rumble,” introduced the “power chord” to rock. And bassist Oscar Pettiford, who at 21 was playing with Dizzy Gillespie, in what is now considered the first bebop combo. Jazz singer Mildred Bailey, known as “Mrs. Swing” in the ’30s, helped an unemployed high school friend, Bing Crosby, get his first music break. As befits a show about musicians, there are plenty of them to hear—comfortably. Each room has a sofa
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When General Grant Expelled the Jews TUES | DEC 4 | 7 P.M. Author Jonathan Sarna sheds new light on the enigmatic Grant who, in 1862, issued an edict expelling all the Jews from the territory under his command. Jonathan Karp, American Jewish Historical Society, joins the conversation.
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The Jewish Family Novel WED | DEC 12 | 7 P.M. Jami Attenberg (The Middlesteins) and Joshua Henkin (The World Without You) discuss their recent novels featuring generations of sprawling, quarrelsome Jewish relatives.
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members Learn the history of the melody that became a worldwide theme song. mjhnyc.org/hava
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FREE WITH ADMISSION: 11 A.M. - 4 P.M. Crafts for children 3:30 P.M. Keeping Up with the Steins (USA, PG, 2006, 90 min.)
SEPARATE TICKET: 1 P.M. Metropolitan Klezmer This joyful ensemble brings eclectic exuberance to Yiddish musical genres from all over the map. $15, $12 students/seniors, $10 members
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Pre-show baroque musicale s Intermission variety show s Post-show dance party Hors d’oeuvres & bottomless cocktails from Macao Trading Co. included throughout the festivities! Tickets: $40 Weekdays / $45 Sat. & Sun. Call 212-352-3101 or visit www.theflea.org for tickets & more information. Telephone and internet orders are subject to service fees.
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SPLICE “Beautiful Weather for an Air Raid” by Kendra Portier looks at how the body intuitively handles darkness. Elke Luyten and Kira Alker’s piece “Studies of Inertia” searches for moments of vulnerability within a performer’s body. Sat,
12/1 & 12/8, 3 & 7:30 pm; Fri, 12/7, 7:30 pm. $17; $14 students, seniors. Dance New Amsterdam, 53 Chambers St., dnadance.org. g Calpulli Mexican Dance Company Performance of “Dia de los Muertos” (“Day of the Dead”), which evokes an unending relationship between the living and the departed. Sun, 12/9, 2 & 6 pm. $25–$40. Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., pace.edu/schimmel.
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All-Star Holiday Show Tony-Award winner Debbie Gravitte returns for a holiday show with other Broadway stars that include Marc Shaiman and Norm Lewis, an 18-piece live orchestra, The Broadway By The Year Chorus, with its more than two dozen up-and-coming musical theater stars, and a dance troupe led by Broadway veteran Dana Moore. Sat, 12/8, 7:30 pm. Pace Present at The Michael Schimmel Center, 3 Spruce St. Tickets at 866811-4111 or schimmel.pace.edu.
bove the trays of hand-decorated cakes and cookies at Duane Park Patisserie, there will now be art. The first show is by Jim Reynolds, a photographer whose work compliments this tiny shop redolent of sensory indulgences. There are painterly-like images of sensuous heads of cauliflower and bunches of luxurious radishes with dangling roots. Reynolds’ scenes of the city are never straight on—instead they are seen through tantalizing reflections. His abstractions, such as Zigzag (above) are shimmering and rich with color. The photographs will be on view at the patisserie, 179 Duane St., through December 31 and can be seen Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Colors of Feelings: The Music Metropolitan Opera sopranos Elizabeth Futral and Susanna Philips, accompanied on piano by Margo Garrett, perform work by the Franco-American composer Philip Lasser from their new recording “Colors of Feelings.” Mon, 12/10, 8 pm. $15. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g Tarek Yamani Trio Album release party and concert for the piano trio that features pieces based on Arab rhythms, European classical works and contemporary jazz. Sat, 12/15, 8 pm. $20; $15 students, seniors. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St. 4th fl., alwanforthearts.org.
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Rebecca Kobrin and Andrew Dolkart Professors of history talk about their book “Chosen Capital: The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism,” that examines the impact of Jewish immigrants and residents on American capitalism as both its architects and most vocal critics. Reservations required. Wed, 12/5, 6:30 pm. Free. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., sky-
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Todd Andrlik The new book “Before It Was History, It Was News” takes an unprecedented look at colonial newspapers that detailed the events of the American Revolution, and how they fanned flames of revolution, aided in correspondence and sustained loyalty to the cause. Thu, 12/6, 6:30 pm. $10. Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl St., frauncestavernmuseum.org.
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William S. Silber Reading and talk from the book “Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence,” a biography of Paul Volcker, who served five Presidents while confronting the break with gold in 1971, inflation in 1979 and the global recession in 2007. Reservations required. Tue, 12/11, 5:30 pm. $15. Museum of American
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Sheila York Author reads and talks about her newest mystery novel, “Death in Her Face,” the story of an actress who goes missing after her mobster boyfriend is killed. Wed, 12/12, 6 pm. Free. Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren St., mysteri-
ousbookshop.com. g Joan Walsh Author reads from and discusses her book “What’s the Matter with White People? Why We Long for a Golden Age that Never Was,” which explores Americans’ selective memory about the history of their country. Tue, 12/11, 6 pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St., bn.com. g
Literary Salon Authors read from their latest publications of poetry and prose: Robin Black (“If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This”), Karl Taro Greenfeld (“Triburbia”), Amy Sohn (“Motherland”) and Joshua Henkin (“Matrimony”). Tue, 12/11, 7 pm. Free. Pen Parentis, 75 Wall St., pen-
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Jami Attenberg and Joshua Henkin Attenberg’s and Henkin’s recent novels “The Middlesteins” and “The World Without You,” respectively, feature generations of quarrelsome Jewish relatives. The authors discuss the challenges of capturing the contemporary Jewish
family in fiction. Wed, 12/12, 7 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.
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Is There a Longevity Gene? Nir Barzilai, founding director of the Institute for Aging Research, talks about the work he has done with more than 500 people over the age of 95 to identify genes that could lead to new drug therapies to help people live longer, healthier lives and avoid age-related illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and Type 2 diabetes. Wed, 12/5, 12 pm. $21. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.
g Poetic Species: A Conversation with Robert Hass and E. O. Wilson Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Hass, talks with entomologist and Pulitzer Prize winner, Wilson, about the intersections between science and poetry, as well as consciousness, evolution and the environment. Thu, 12/6, 7:30 pm. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org. g
Greed: Willing to do Anything Neuroeconomist Paul Zak explains what makes some people generous and others greedy, why human beings are inherently compassionate animals
and about oxytocin, the chemical behind our morality. Reception follows. Tue, 12/11, 6:30 pm. $25; $20 students. New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St., nyas.org. g
National Parks Photo slideshow by nature photographer Sid Georgiou of U.S. national parks in Alaska and Texas. Tue, 12/11, 6 pm. $2. Tuesday Evening Hour, 49 Fulton St. West Wing rooms 2 & 3, tuesdayeveninghour.com.
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Restoration Comedy When Amanda Loveless finds out that her dead husband is actually alive, she plots to get him back. When she finally does, she begins to question whether marriage is the only true source of happiness. The play begins with a baroque musicale and holiday cocktails and ends with a dance party. By Amy Freed, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar. To Mon, 12/31. See website for dates and times. $40–$45. The Flea Theater, 41 White St., theflea.org.
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Minor coast and the destruction of one of the most cosmopolitan cities in history. Through the use of archival material, the play addresses questions about human trauma. Thu, 12/13, 7 pm. $15; $10 students, seniors. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St. 4th fl., alwanforthearts.org. g Dave & Ethan: Dating Coaches The Youtube duo, famous for challenging pairs of women to go on double dates with them, recreate some of their most memorable experiences, complete with original songs, in their attempt to enlighten the audience on the art of romance. Thu, 12/20, 8 pm. $10. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.
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g From Coffeehouses to Banquet Halls Tour of Chinatown with a focus on restaurants and the major role they have played in the neighborhood since the earliest settlement of Chinese immigrant “bachelor societies.” Sat, 12/15, 1 pm. $15; $12 students, seniors; free under 5. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org. g
History of Wall Street Ninety-minute tour of the Financial District from its years as a Dutch trading post to today, including commentary on the area’s architecture. Meet at the museum. Wed, 12/19, 12:30 pm. $15. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org. g
Historic Lower Manhattan Explore 400 years of Downtown history, its architecture, people and events, from its incarnation as the Dutch Fort Amsterdam to the takeover by the British in 1664 to the present day. Visit Trinity Church, Federal Hall and the New York Stock Exchange as well as places associated with the 18th-century slave uprisings, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and J.P. Morgan. Meet on the steps of the U.S. Customs House, 1 Bowling Green. Mon, 12/31, 1 pm. $18; $15 students, seniors. Big Onion Walking Tours, bigonion.com.
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Julian Harris: Love Letters and Other Works Three-dimensional objects papered in letters between Harris’s family members, torn apart during World War II and separated for nearly a decade. To Thu, 12/6. Tue–Sat, 11:30 am–6 pm. One Art Space, 23 Warren St., oneartspace.com.
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Jong Oh “Position, Reposition” Everyday objects such as twine, chair legs, weights and brass knobs are used in ways that complicate our relationship to them. To Sat, 12/15. Tue–Sat, 12–6 pm. Art in General, 79 Walker St., artingeneral.org.
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Peter Buechler “Plight and Premonition” Pixelated paintings made from digital images, meant to question the endless reproduction that has accompanied the widespread use of cellphones and digital cameras. To Sat, 12/15. Tue– Sat, 11 am–6 pm. Masters & Pelavin, 13 Jay St., masterspelavin.com.
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Lukas Geronimas and Jesse A. Greenberg “National Park” Exploration of how objects can be made to alter the environment, and the ways such objects function as signs and directions when infused with symbolic meaning beyond their function. To Fri, 12/21. Tue–Sat, 11 am–6 pm and by appointment. KANSAS Gallery, 59 Franklin St., kansasgallery.com.
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or those who don’t go for the usual Christmas Day celebration, here’s another tradition: Chinese food and a movie. You can try it out this year at 92YTribeca. The movies are “Back to the Future” and “Back to the Future Part II,” classic sci-fi adventure comedies about a teenager (Michael J. Fox) who is sent back in time by the mad scientist Emmett “Doc” Brown (Christopher Lloyd), in photo, where he meets his parents as teens and trouble ensues. The double feature starts at 1 pm and 3:15 pm, respectively, and an all-you-can-eat Chinese food buffet will be served from 12:30 pm. Tickets are $30; $25 in advance at 92ytribeca.org. 92YTribeca is located at 200 Hudson St. Directions in Contemporary Art Group show of pieces by more than a dozen artists. To Fri, 12/21. On view by appointment. Hal Bromm, 90 W. Broadway, halbromm@gmail.com. g As Real as It Gets Artists create fictional products, brands and advertising to explore the marketplace as a medium and how name brands become a part of our identity. To Sat, 12/22. Tue– Sat, 11 am–6 pm. apexart, 291 Church St., apexart.org. g
Intersecting Lines Group show featuring abstract etchings, lithographs, woodblock prints, silkscreens and mixed media by 10 artists that all emphasize the use of lines. To Sat, 12/22. Tue–Sat, 11 am–6 pm. Art Projects International, 434 Greenwich St. artprojects.com.
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The Ultravelvet Collection “Sex Invaders” Eight new photomontage works from the Los Angelesbased artist duo that combines iconography from classic video games, erotic imagery, film photography and graphic design to explore the interests of people who grew up in the 1980s. To Sat, 12/29. Hionas Gallery, 89 Franklin St., hionasgallery.com.
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Alex Katz “Hard Days Ahead” Thirty prints of portraits by a leading figure painter of the new realism movement in contemporary art. Prints are signed and numbered and available for sale. To Mon, 12/31. Tue–Fri, 12–5 pm. The Clocktower, 108 Leonard St., 13th fl., artonair.org.
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Peter Colquhoun Oil paintings by local artist of rural and urban landscapes, many of
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13.0.0.0.0 Works by nearly 20 artists influenced by the Mayan long-count date marking the end of the 13th Bak’tun cycle, which falls on December 23, 2012, considered to be a day of celebration and regeneration. To Thu, 1/17/13.
Tue–Sat, 11 am–7 pm; Sun by appointment. RH Gallery, 137 Duane St., rhgallery.com. g Jennifer Des “Ouvre Moi and Les Sangtiments” Photography that deals with bodily pain, focusing on the heart and cosmetic surgery. Images of internal organs are stripped of the body’s context, giving way to abstract forms, colors and textures. Wed, 12/5–Sat, 12/29. Wed– Sun, 1–6 pm and by appointment. Soho Photo, 15 White St., sohophoto.com.
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Urban Fabric: Building New York’s Garment District Exploration of the 18 blocks in Midtown that once produced women’s and children’s apparel in vertical factories, and how those buildings were built and operated. To Sun, 1/20/13. $5; $2.50 students, seniors. Wed–Sun, 12–6 pm. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org.
g Marvels and Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942–1986 Exploration of America’s evolving racial and cultural perceptions and ideas, as depicted by racist and xenophobic images of Asian Americans and incoming
migrants. Alt. Comics: Asian-American Artists Reinvent the Comic Book Works by Asian-American comic artists. To Sun, 2/24/13. $10; $5 students, seniors, free children under 12 and on Thursdays. Mon & Fri, 11 am–5 pm; Thu, 11 am–9 pm; Sat & Sun, 10 am–5 pm. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org. g Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and the Holocaust Photographs of the war by Russian documentary photographers Evgenii Khaldei, Georgii Zelma and Dmitrii Beltermants. To Sun, 4/17/13. Hava Nagila: A Song for the People Images, video and music tell the story of the wordless melody from Ukraine that became the theme song for Jewish celebrations everywhere. To May 2013. $10; $7 seniors; $5 students; free under 12. Free Wed, 4–8 pm. Sun–Tue, Thu, 10 am–5:45 pm; Wed, 10 am–8 pm; Fri, 10 am–5 pm. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.
Alt. Comics: Asian-American Artists Reinvent the Comic Book Works by Asian-American comic artists. To Sun, 2/24/13. $10; $5 students, seniors, free children under 12 and on Thursdays. Mon & Fri, 11 am–5 pm; Thu, 11 am–9 pm; Sat & Sun, 10 am–5 pm. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org. g
Circle of Dance Focus on 10 social and ceremonial dances from throughout the Americas and their spiritual significance. To 2017. Free. Fri–Wed, 10 am–5 pm; Thu, 10 am–8 pm. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.
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g In Our Language Five short documentary films from Native American communities across the United States and Canada about the preservation of Native languages and cultures in formal mainstream education. Daily, 1 & 3 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g CaribBEING The West Indian edition of the Flatbush Film Festival, screening 11 classic and contemporary films featuring West Indian cultures and issues by West Indian filmmakers. See website for details. Sat, 12/1. Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St., tribecacinemas.com. g
Jazz Artists in Hollywood Movies Series of film clips of great performances by jazz musicians in otherwise forgettable films from the mid-20th century. Tue, 12/11, 7:30 pm. Free. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org.
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King Lear Jean-Luc Godard’s elusive 1987 film based on a distant relative of Shakespeare’s play that looks at what is left of humanity after a nuclear blast wipes out most of civilization. Discussion with author Richard Brody and film critics Bilge Ebiri and Simon Abrams follows. Wed, 12/19, 7 pm. $12. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.
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