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To the Editor: Why not continue participating beyond the recent national “Shop Small Business Day” of a few months ago? Do the same as often as you can during the other 364 days a year. In these difficult economic times, it is especially important to patronize our neighborhood businesses. There are so many great local businesses in Tribeca and adjacent neighborhoods all over Downtown Manhattan. My wife and I don’t mind occasionally paying a little more to help our local businesses survive. Don’t forget your cook and server at your favorite neighborhood restaurant. We try to tip 20 percent against the total bill including taxes. If it is an odd amount, we round up to the next dollar. If we can afford to eat out, we can afford an extra dollar tip. When ordering takeout, we always leave a dollar or two for the waiter or cook. These people are our neighbors. They work long hours, pay taxes and provide local employment. If we don’t patronize our community stores and restaurants to shop and eat, they don’t eat, either. Please join me and your neighbors in continuing to support the Tribeca Trib. Patronize their advertisers; they provide the revenues to keep them in business. Let them know you saw their ad. This helps keep our neighbors employed and the local economy growing. Larry Penner

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To the Editor: Thank you, Carole Ashley, for writing about the bike problem in the neighborhood. [See Dec. 2011 Trib] I also agree and something should be done. What about local police? Isn’t it illegal to bike against traffic and on sidewalks? And are bikers allowed to be riding without lights at night? Couldn’t establishments see to it that their drivers don’t speed etc. and take responsibility? Harriette Rostagno

To the Editor: Oliver Allen replies: I enjoyed, as always, Oliver E. Actually, the elevated lines and the Allen’s column on Old Tribeca, this subway lines were two distinct and septime on 60 Warren arate systems, and the Street in the January elevateds came first, in Trib. the 1870s. This particuI am somewhat surlar line came up Church prised by his descripStreet, turned west on tion of the elevated line Murray to West that ran up West Broadway, then headed Broadway and was uptown and eventually shown in the accompabecame the Sixth Avenue nying photo from the El. It lasted until the 1930s. He said that 1930s. Meanwhile, the “Uptown the line besubways came into being came the Sixth Avenue after 1904, and our El.” I would have line—now the 1,2 and 3 thought that the el up trains—was built around 60 Warren St. and the el West Broadway became World War I. By coincithe Seventh Avenue–Broadway line that dence it also came up West Broadway, is now the 1, 2 and 3 trains. and in our photo it’s down there under Yee Wah Chin the street at the left of the photo.

A flawed vision for the future at the WTC Memorial

To the Editor: The proposed location of the Sphere highlights the sad history of the WTC Memorial and rebuilding. After 10 years since the tragedy of 9/11, what do we have? We have a fairly attractive building in One WTC (which for political and business expediency was renamed by the Port Authority from “Freedom Tower”). We have an unjustifiably expensive transit hub costing billions. And most critically, we still only have a partially completed memorial—a cold, sterile waterfall-bedecked park—and a museum that was not ready for the 10th anniversary, and in spite of all assurances will not be ready for the 11th anniversary. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum directors encompass a broad range of well- known public figures, from Mayor Bloomberg to respected family members of 9/11 victims, to media personalities. Yet one wonders who is making the decisions. You cannot imagine these people would approve of the sterilization of the memorial by the placement of the Tridents, shattered vehicles and person-

al artifacts from that day, and that would include the Survivors’ Staircase, inside, underground, and out of easy view: the famous quote that decisionmakers did not want to “offend sensibilities” by reminding people of the horror of 9/11 as they visited the site. In keeping with this is the apparent desire of the Port Authority and/or memorial directors to place the iconic Sphere in Liberty Park, in effect, out of sight and out of mind. The largest surviving element of the WTC, battered, dented, apparently is considered something that would “offend sensibilities.” The flawed memorial is now literally cast in stone. But there is still time to put the Sphere on the Memorial Plaza if pressure can be brought on the decision-makers—if we can determine who they are. We can only hope they will respond to thoughtful comment and concerns. But if they choose not to, we still maintain the power of our vote on Election Day, as well as our checkbook when it comes to campaign and memorial contributions. John Brindisi

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Money-Making Is on BPC Authority’s Mind BY JESSICA TERRELL With Battery Park City’s development now complete, a “business-minded” Battery Park City Authority is looking for new ways to generate cash—from adding new vendors to consulting on “green” building construction to licensing advertising around its properties. “We are in a unique time in our history and we have the opportunity to craft a new vision,” the Authority’s president, Gayle Horwitz, told Community Board 1’s Battery Park City Committee last month. “We are completing the build-out of our 92 acres, and have to refocus for the future.” Since becoming president of the BPCA in October 2010, Horwitz said, she’s been working to improve the Authority’s balance sheet. She said she has reduced the agency’s spending by 12 percent, renegotiated rents for the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Gigino Trattoria in Wagner Park, and made sure that the Authority got a share of the rental income from concessions outside the World Financial Center. (Any other savings from the recent layoff of 19 employees went unmentioned by Horwitz.) Added income could also come from a change in rules that would allow vendors in the parks and opportunities for advertisers, Horwitz said. Excess revenue earned by the Authority, which gets most of its funds from ground rents and payments made to it in lieu of real estate taxes, goes to the

city and to a pot currently designated for affordable housing. Last year, the Authority handed over about $125 million in excess revenues to the city. With expenses down and rental income on its properties due to rise, that amount is expected to be as much or more in the years to come, said a source at the Authority, who asked not be identified. But with former Comptroller William C. Thompson as the Authority’s chairman, there is a will to generate even more dollars where they can be found, said the source. “You always try to control costs and audit costs and enhance revenues,” the source said. “It’s just business [being] business-minded.” Horwitz emphasized that the Authority remains responsible for completing several costly projects, some of them unanticipated. Although the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation has allotted $20 million for the construction of a bridge at Thames Street, the project is estimated at about $27 million, Horwitz said. In addition, the cost of restoring Pier A is expected to be about $6 million more than the city’s Economic Development Corporation has agreed to pay. The Authority will have to make up the difference. Despite the dramatic layoff of Authority staff, Horwitz said, projects like the reconstruction of Pier A and the completion of a recreational center run by Asphalt Green will not be compromised.

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Gayle Horwitz tells a CB1 committee about efforts to cut costs and raise new revenues.

“Those contracts were managed by staff here at the Authority. That will not change,” Horwitz said. “We will just have fewer staff here to do that, because we have fewer expensive projects than we had in the past.” The Authority is considering a variety of new money-making strategies: building a composting center and charging businesses a fee for that service; seeking approval for a side business of consulting on “green” construction and horticulture planning; and supplementing Parks Conservancy income through fundraising. Horwitz said the idea for accepting advertising came from BPCA board members but did not elaborate on where

Big Facelift for Leaky Memorial

BY JESSICA TERRELL Battery Park City’s Irish Hunger Memorial is badly leaking. Just 10 years after it was built, the quarter-acre plot covered in rocks, grass and bushes from Ireland will get a major overhaul. On the structure’s south side, brown sludge oozes through a crack, staining the memorial wall’s bands of ancient Kilkenny limestone. Water drips from the curved concrete overhang that surrounds its base. “It’s an issue,” Gwen Dawson, the Authority’s head of asset management, told the Trib. “Over time it could become a more serious issue, so we want to get out in front of it.” The Authority’s preliminary plan is to remove about 40 percent of the memorial’s landscaping in order to cover the concrete beneath with a waterproof resin membrane system, said Kenneth Windman, a project manager with the Authority. That plan may change after the Authority hires a construction manager and a design team to assess the memorial’s condition, he said. “We don't know yet how significant an endeavor this is going to be,” Dawson said. The Authority did not have a cost estimate on the repairs.

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Staining of the memorial is caused by leaks that the Authority hopes to fix.

This is not the first time the $5-million memorial, at Vesey Street and North End Avenue, has needed to be fixed. Less than a year after it opened, the Authority closed the structure to stop water from pouring off the sides and to repair the walkway. The bill for those repairs was $250,000, according to the New York Times. Dawson, who began working at the Authority after the memorial was built,

called the memorial “kind of a strange animal” that defies the usual expectations of durability. “It’s a structure, it’s kind of a landscape element, it’s an art piece,” Dawson said. “I don’t know that anyone would have a frame of reference to say, ‘Yes, we expect this to last x number of years before we wind up having to do any sort of significant maintenance on it.’” (CONTINUED ON PAGE 39)

the ads might be posted or what they would look like. But she said that they would stay within the development’s design guidelines. “I may be asking for the impossible, but can you comfort us that we are not going to have ads for doctors on the fence of the ball fields?” asked board member Jeff Mihok. Horwitz said there would be no advertising around the ball fields and tried to assure the committee that ads could be introduced on Battery Park City property and still avoid excessive commercialism. “I don’t think anybody wants to disrupt the delicate balance that has been achieved in this neighborhood,” she said.

More $$, Time For Old Pier A

Years of neglect have taken their toll on historic Pier A, the 126-yearold landmark that lies between Battery Park City and Battery Park. The ravages of time and weather, made worse by broken gutters and a leaky roof, are the legacy of a stalled restoration in the 1990s. Battery Park City Authority officials say damage is far worse and $6 million more costly to repair than expected when the agency took over the development of the pier in 2008. “We’ve encountered a number of things that were surprises,” Gwen Dawson, the Authority’s senior vice president of asset management, told Community Board 1’s Battery Park City Committee last month. “There was a great deal more rot and structural deterioration than we had anticipated.” Those conditions have delayed the expected opening of the pier, with restaurants, a visitor center and wide vistas of the harbor, until the spring of 2013. “The building suffered because there were efforts that didn’t get fin(CONTINUED ON PAGE 38)

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Electeds Oppose City Sale of Buildings Threating to block it, they say Downtown needs schools and affordable housing

BY JESSICAL TERRELL Three major Downtown buildings owned by the city could be turned into as many as 1,100 hotel rooms or 650 residential units, according to a plan announced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Local officials and Downtown school advocates are fighting the proposal. By cashing in on the sale of the three buildings—49-51 Chambers Street, 346 Broadway and 22 Reade Street—Bloomberg said the city could add $100 million to its coffers, plus another $100 million in tax revenue and energy savings over the next 20 years. The mayor announced the plan in his State of the City speech. Community leaders want to see the buildings used for affordable housing or new schools. “Public land represents a unique and dwindling resource that should not simply be disposed of for a one-time cash infusion,” local representatives wrote in a letter to the city’s Economic Development Corporation and Department of Citywide Administrative Services. “Instead, we believe that the pressing needs in Lower Manhattan—from more school seats to new affordable housing to a cultural center—must be considered before disposition.” The letter, dated Jan. 26, was signed by Borough President Scott Stringer, Councilwoman Margaret Chin, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblywoman Deborah Glick. Before the city can sell the buildings, it needs to go before Community Board 1, the Borough Board, and the City Council, as part of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. The ULURP process typically takes about seven months, but political opposition could lengthen the process. Stringer vowed to block the sale if need be. He said the Borough Board must approve the sale and, as chair of

At 49-51 Chambers Street, Borough President Scott Stringer announces opposition to Bloomberg’s plan. Buildings the mayor wants to sell: (top) the former Emigrant Savings building, 49-51 Chambers St.; (above) the Clock Tower Building, 346 Broadway; (left) 22 Reade Street.

that board, he has some leverage. The mayor’s office had no comment on Stringer’s threat to block the sale. “We look forward to working with our partners in government and all stakeholders, including those who have an advisory role,” Bloomberg spokeswoman Lauren Passalacqua wrote to the Trib in a statement. Many financially strapped cities across the country, from Jersey City to Houston, have been grappling with the decision of whether to sell public property. States are debating it, too. Last year, California Gov. Jerry

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Brown called off his predecessor’s plan to sell 11 state-owned properties to close that state’s massive budget deficit, arguing the measure didn’t make long-term sense. Both 49-51 Chambers Street and 346 Broadway—better known as the Clock Tower Building—are individual landmarks; 22 Reade Street, an assemblage of three buildings housing the Department of City Planning, is not a landmark but is within the African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District. The buildings, which have a total of

about 670,000 square feet, are occupied by more than a dozen city agencies and organizations. According to the city’s plan, the offices would move to vacant spaces in other city buildings as well as leased space in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Community Board 1 offices, which are located at 49-51 Chambers St., would be moved to the Municipal Building at 1 Centre St. under the plan. Downtown school advocates want to see at least some of the vacated space turned into schools. “Before the city decides to sell off buildings for development purposes, it has to think about how those buildings can be used to ensure that we have enough school seats,” said P.S. 234 parent Eric Greenleaf, whose demographic projections are often cited by those fighting for more Downtown schools. “It’s not easy to find a place to put those seats.” According to Greenleaf, Lower Manhattan is heading for a shortage of 1,000 elementary school seats. Chin said she wants to see 22 Reade Street converted to a public school as a concession for the sale of the other two buildings. “All open space in Lower Manhattan must be automatically considered for use as a school because our need is so great,” Chin said in a statement. According to a city report, the three buildings need more than $250 million worth of work that is not now funded in the city’s budget. There has been scaffolding around 346 Broadway for at least 20 years, said David Weinstein, program director of the Clock Tower Gallery, a nonprofit art center located in the building’s top floor space since 1972. The gallery is currently three years into a 10-year lease. “There is a lot of water damage and seeping,” Weinstein said. Although repairs have been performed over the years, Weinstein said the activity has increased in recent months, with engineers making frequent inspections. “It seems kind of ominous now,” said Weinstein, after learning of the mayor’s announcement.

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BPC Trash Could Be Key to Rat Problem

BY JESSICA TERRELL Battery Park City faces special challenges when it comes to rats. Its soft soil makes for easy burrowing, the Hudson River is a timeless source of rodent activity, and nearby construction only adds to the problem. But the rat’s biggest helpers are people. So says Stephen Frantz, rodent expert and former research scientist for the State Department of Health, who came to Battery Park City last month to talk about rats and what to do about them. “If everybody paid attention and did what they are supposed to do, then you wouldn’t have to do another bloody thing,” said Frantz, speaking at a forum presented by the Battery Park City Authority in response to numerous rodent complaints. The Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, which eschews rat poison for environmental reasons, has been working with Frantz since 1995 to reduce the rat population by cutting off food sources. That means getting people to clean up after their dogs (yes, rats can eat dog feces), wash their recyclables properly, and stop feeding birds. Compactor stations at each end of the development further compress and store the garbage for 17 residential buildings, keeping it off the street in two rat-proof containers. (A third is planned for the new Liberty Green building opposite the ball fields.) But nearly half the buildings don’t

Left: Building staff wait for the compactor on 2nd Place. Right: Full dumpsters line a driveway inside Gateway Plaza's courtyard.

use the free service, and instead put trash on the street or in dumpsters. Parks Conservancy Executive Director Tessa Huxley said she wants more buildings to use the compactors, or at least put trash out on the morning of pickup, not the night before. “If you can get it up before dark you have a huge impact,” Huxley said. “We know it means changing schedules. It’s a pain in the neck, but if enough people in one building who are paying all this money say, ‘Hey, we don’t want this stuff out there,’ we assume they can exert enough pressure on management.” Most of the 14 buildings that don’t use the trash compactors are in central Battery Park City where, Huxley said,

building managers say they are too far away. Staff at participating buildings haul trash to the two indoor compactors in large plastic wheelbarrows, sometimes making three to four trips a day. “It does take some more time, and it takes the porters away from the building for a longer period,” said Lorraine Doyle, district manager for Milford Management, which has four buildings that use the program and four that don’t because of the distance. “But I think the payback on that is a good exchange.” Huxley said the Authority has tried unsuccessfully in the past to get a building in central Battery Park City to house a storage compactor, which can be placed indoors or outside.

Battery Park City Authority President Gayle Horwitz said the Authority cannot dictate when or how buildings put out their trash, but said she is working with building managers to get them to tackle the rat problem. Although the Authority has been unsuccessful at persuading Gateway to get a compactor storage unit in the past, it may have made recent headway. “Containerization equipment is in the works,” Gateway Plaza General Manager Gregory Tumminia said in an email to the Trib, adding, however, that Gateway has not set a date for when it will get the equipment. “If we could get Gateway, that would be huge,” Huxley said.

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A still from James Nares’ 1976 film, “Pendulum,” shot on Staple Street.

James Nares recalls a different time in Tribeca, when he could swing a ball from the Staple Street bridge, which was also his bedroom.

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BY JULIET HINDELL The artist had arrived on Jay Street in 1974 from promptu movie theaters in empty garages and explored ew people walking down Tribeca’s Staple England, enticed by a friend’s tales of bumping into deserted warehouses. In one vacant building on Jay Street would notice a small opening in the bot- Robert Rauschenberg in a bar. “I read everything about Street they found an abandoned fallout shelter with tom of the covered bridge, almost exactly in the New York art scene; they were doing things that huge cans of survival biscuits. “We were very short on the middle and no bigger than a dollar coin. nobody talked about in England,” he recalled. money and so we lived on these super protein-packed, But artist James Nares knows it well. He put the hole From 1974 to 1980, Nares lived in 9, 11 and 13 Jay rather nasty-tasting survival biscuits for a while. They there back in 1976—a small reminder of the street’s Street. In 1976, his studio was in Number 9 and for a had everything you needed to keep you alive.” starring role in the art scene that flourished in Tribeca in year and a half he used the connecting covered bridge For fun, Nares and artist friends made their way those days. as his bedroom. onto the roof of the newly built 39-story Independence “I can just make out the hole,” Nares said, pointing “It was freezing in winter and boiling in summer,” Plaza. “We went up with big rolls of ticker tape we had up at the bridge during a recent visit to Staple Street. “I he said. “I loved it. Not many people get to sleep in a found and held them up into the wind. They spiraled out made a film through the in this line for miles hole looking at the street across the Hudson below. And I used to River. It was, I supdrop water, stones and pose, very beautiful metal objects through it littering.” to see what would hapAs businesses pen.” continued to move Nares, 58, lived and out, Nares picked up worked in Tribeca for the part-time work defirst six years of a broadmolishing old safes. ranging career that has “All the warehouses most recently gained had these huge cast acclaim for his striking iron safes filled with single-brushstroke paintsome kind of fire ings of saturated color. brick. It would take Now the art and films three of us the best Nares made in Tribeca, part of the day to with Jay and Staple destroy these things CARL GLASSMAN COURTESY OF JAMES NARES streets as the grainy with sledgehammers backdrop, are the subject Left: James Nares, in 1976, inside the bridge that spans Staple Street. Right: The artist on Staple Street last month. in the middle of the of an exhibition at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea, bridge across a street in New York City. It was irre- street.” “1976: Movies, Photographs and Related Works on sistible.” To his regret, Nares refused an offer to buy 11 Jay Paper.” The work on display, photos of pendulums and That middle ground plays a central role in “Pen- Street, where he lived and worked. It was available for solid balls cast in concrete that he used in films as well dulum.” The ball swings back and forth in the space the princely sum of $60,000. “At the time I had no interas the films themselves, are a time capsule of Nares’ below, skimming just a few inches above the road. est in owning a building,” he said with a smile. early interest in gravity and movement, and of what was There are glimpses of neighborhood life. A child stands By 1980, Nares felt the pull of the newly vibrant then a little-noticed street. at the side of the street. A lone car can be seen in the East Village and it was time to move on. He has since At the time there was a flimsy metal catwalk that background. Litter blows by like tumbleweed. In anoth- landed in Brooklyn, in a house with a garden and a cherspanned the street. Nares decided to suspend a large er film, “Ramp,” Nares rolled a concrete ball down the ry tree. But the artist has never lost his affection for copper ball from it and film the sphere as it swung exit ramp of the abandoned West Side Highway. “We Tribeca both old and new, the site of his first experiacross the street like a wrecking ball. The short movie felt we owned the place. It never occurred to me that I ments with art in America. “Pendulum” is the highlight of the exhibition. might need a permit.” “It was a very important time for me,” he said. “I “Tribeca was like a giant playground for us,” Nares Nares was part of the vibrant artists’ community in always get a little buzz when I walk past Staple Street.” recalled. “It was really empty and very beautiful in its the neighborhood where there was, as he put it, “a tre“1976: Films and Other Works” through 2/11. Paul decay.” mendous exchange of ideas.” The artists set up im- Kasmin Gallery, 515 W. 27 St. Tues.–Sat, 10 am–6 pm.

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New Face for an Old Problem Penthouse

BY JESSICA TERRELL Built in 1997 against the fervent objections of neighbors in the adjoining building, the penthouse at 155 Franklin St. was something of a rarity, a 2,200square-foot “rooftop mezzanine” allowed under a short-lived loophole in Tribeca zoning. Now, 15 years after residents at the abutting 100 Hudson St. building lost their fight—and their views—when the penthouse went up within a few feet of their windows, the structure has a new and dubious distinction: it is falling apart. An entirely rebuilt and redesigned structure is up for city approval. “It’s shocking to see just how poor the conversion really turned out to be,” said Roger Byrom, chair of Community Board 1’s Landmarks Committee. “Unfortunately we didn’t have some of the technology we have today to be able to prove they weren’t building what they were allowed to build.” The renovated penthouse, barely visible from the street, will be covered in brick with dark wood windows and sliding doors, copper finishes on the roof, and a covered patio with seating and lattices to support an “exciting outdoor vegetative experience,” as its architect, Danny Forster, described it. Despite objections from Elliot Fine, one of the neighbors who led the fight against the original structure, CB1 approved the new architect’s designs for recladding and repairing the addition. The new design is not an improvement, Fine told CB1’s Landmarks Committee, after viewing a presentation by Forster. “It’s very aggressive,” he said. “It definitely projects out and that was not part of the original deal.” The proposal goes before the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission for final approval on Feb. 7. Developer Christopher Clark, who converted 155 Franklin, known as the Sugarloaf Building, into condominiums in the 1990s, built the penthouse for him-

self and his wife. At the time, Fine and his next-door neighbors fought a protracted legal battle against its construction. In a compromise brokered by the Department of Buildings, Clark was allowed to build the penthouse, but was required to maintain a distance of eight feet from his neighbors’ windows. Clark sold the penthouse, along with the two apartments below it, to a single owner in 2008, according to news reports. He did not respond to several requests for comment. The architects have a series of problems to tackle. The parapet running along the east side of the building is rotted, as

BY JESSICA TERRELL The vacant 144-year-old cast iron and stone buildings at 52 and 54 Lispenard St. are covered with rust and peeling paint. Last month, Community Board 1’s Landmarks Committee condemned plans by a developer that would cover the façade of the two-story 52 Lispenard with a scalloped terracotta, add three floors to 54 Lispenard and erect a twostory addition that would span both of them. Committee members called the plan “insensitive” and “suburban.” “It’s a very unusual piece of architecture, and what you’re putting in here is just this kind of bland infill,” committee member and architect Coren Sharples told the project’s architect, James Schelkle of Studio JS2. The committee and later the full board of CB1 voted unanimously against the proposals for the buildings, which are

in the Tribeca East Historic District. Murat Bugdaycay, the developer, who would occupy the top three floors, told the Trib he will review the plans with his architects but expects to go before the city’s Landmarks Preservation without the community board’s blessing. “It is a commercial project,” Bugdaycay said. “It has to financially make sense.” “These are really some of the loveliest examples of this sort of gothic façade that we have in the city,” Sharples said. “I just don’t understand the need to demolish the façade.” The committee told Schelkle that it rarely approves rooftop additions of more than one story, but might make an exception in this case if presented with a design that is acceptable to them. The proposal is expected to go before the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Feb. 7.

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Above: Rendering of rooftop addition and some of the landscaping proposed for 155 Franklin Street. Left: Rendering shows the building in proximity to neighboring 100 Hudson Street.

are many of the windows. Water collects between the deck and the roof and leaks into the sixthfloor apartments. “We have a huge issue in that the penthouse itself cannot support its own weight, let alone the weight it was carrying with the vegetation that was there,” Forster said. The unidentified owners plan to rebuild the parapet, demolish and replace the roof, build a steel frame around the penthouse, and then attach a new brick facade to the frame. Forster said his clients also plan to wrap the building’s cooling tower, which has been a vexing source of noise to neighbors. The challenge with having lot-line

windows is that you never know when your view is going to change, Byrom told Fine. “I think the feeling of the committee is this is an improvement over what is already there,” Byrom said. Fine’s next-door neighbor, Rick Gilberg, said in a telephone interview that the design seemed tasteful, but added that he was wary after his previous experiences. “The first time we saw people on the roof 15 years ago, we asked them what they were putting in and they said ‘a garden,’” said Gilberg, who late last month looked over the plans with Fine and Forster. “So when we hear ‘facade renovation,’ our first thought is, “It’s a facade, not a renovation.’” Gilberg said he and several of his neighbors from 100 Hudson would be at the Feb. 7 hearing.“Maybe it’s going to be a nice situation, but we are going to have to see,” he said.

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BY CARL GLASSMAN A new traffic signal was installed on Greenwich Street in Tribeca recently— but not where the neighborhood expected it. The signal went up at Franklin Street, three blocks north of Duane and Greenwich—the intersection that had been the focus of community concern for years and where a light has been promised since last fall. Lynn Decker, a Greenwich Street resident, said she was puzzled by the appearance of the light. “My first thought was, ‘Gosh, maybe they made a mistake,’” she said. “Maybe it met some standard they have. I don’t know why they do these things.” It was no mistake, according to Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Gastel. The Franklin Street light was studied and approved last May, five months before the DOT gave the go-ahead for the Duane Street signal, Gastel told the Trib. Both locations, according to Gastel, met federal guidelines for installing signals and they are going up in the order in which they were approved. He said the Duane Street light is due to be installed this month.

Approval for the Duane Street light came in October, weeks after a cab grazed a 3-year-old boy on a scooter who was crossing Greenwich Street with his mother. The incident brought a renewed call from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and other local officials for a light at the intersection. The DOT said its decision to put a light there was based on a new study of traffic volume begun before the accident. Through the urging of the Friends of Washington Market Park—the park’s entrance is at Duane Street—and with petitions signed by the local schools, the city had conducted multiple studies of the intersection. Each one concluded that the traffic volume in previous years did not meet federal guidelines for a traffic signal. Community representatives had not pressed the DOT for a light at Franklin Street. Kelly Magee, a spokeswoman for City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, said her office was aware that the light was coming but, she added, “We expected the Duane Street light to be installed first since we had asked that the installation of that light be expedited.”

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Peck Slip School Tour

The Peck Slip School (P.S. 343), the new zoned school that begins incubating in Tweed Courthouse this September, will hold an informational meeting and tour of Tweed classrooms for parents in the zone on Thursday, Feb. 2, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Principal Maggie Siena and District 2 Family Advocate Jennifer Greenblatt. RSVP to msiena@schools.nyc.gov. Children cannot be accommodated. Enter at the Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers St. on the east side of the building. An ID is necessary to enter.

Honoring a Jazz Great

Tribeca Performing Arts Center celebrates the jazz great James Reese with programming and a concert. On Saturday, Feb. 4, a free event featuring two films about the pioneering jazz band leader and a panel discussion starts at 1 p.m. On Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. the Randy Weston African Rhythms Orchestra will perform a tribute to Reese and to the Harlem Hellfighters, Reese’s black infantry unit during World War I. Tickets are $35–$55 and $25–$35 for students and seniors. Tribeca PAC is located at 199 Chambers St. For tickets and information, go to tribecapac.org.

Eccentric Film Families

“You Can’t Take It With You,” the first in a series of films about eccentric families of the big screen, will be shown at 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., on Monday, Feb. 27, at 10:30 a.m., and will be followed by lunch and a discussion. Additional films in the series, which includes lunch, will be shown on Mondays (except March 12 and April 9) until April 30. Admission is $35. 92ytribeca.org.

Revisiting Shakespeare

Poets House kicks off a celebration of its 25th anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 4, with a talk by James Shapiro, the author of “Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?” He will discuss the Bard’s poems and late sonnets. 2 p.m. at the Poet House, 10 River Terrace, 212791-0392, poetshouse.org.

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Trinity Wall Street continues its lecture series on the moral and ethical issues raised by Occupy Wall Street with “What Does It Feel Like to ‘Have Enough?’,” a talk on Wednesday, Feb. 1 by Ben Roberts of occupycafe.org. “What Does the Bible Say About Economic Disparity?” is the topic of a discussion led by Kathryn Tanner of the Yale Divinity School on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The free talks start at 1:05 p.m. at the church on Broadway and Wall Street and can be viewed at trinitywallstreet.org.

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Speakers from the Nature Conservancy, the Breakthrough Institute and the Environmental Defense Fund will discuss their contention that the environment is slipping down on the list of American concerns. The New York Academy of Sciences event, “Creating the Next Conservation Movement—Or Do We Even Need One?” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23 on the 40th floor of 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St. Tickets are $20. To reserve, go to nyas.org.

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The TriBattery Pops is looking for volunteers to join the community band for its ninth season. The Pops practices on the last two Fridays of the month from January until May, plays at a variety of local events during the summer season and records a CD. The band is especially looking for tuba, trombone and saxophone players. For information, email the conductor, Tom Goodkind, at TomGoodkind@aol.com.

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The New York Classical Theatre is staging a selection of Molière’s shorter comedies at the Winter Garden. Performances of the plays, in which audiences follow the actors around the World Financial Center, are Tuesday–Sunday at 7 p.m., with open rehearsals Feb. 4–17, previews on Feb. 21 and 22, and performances from Feb. 23 to March 11. For a schedule, go to worldfinancialcenter.com.

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It’s 1952 on the New York Central Railroad’s Hudson Line for Gerry Weinstein and two fellow train buffs. For 15 years they’ve been recreating a meticulously accurate model, making…

Tracks to the Past

Gerry Weinstein, 62, who loves all things powered by steam, is recreating the New York Central Railroad circa 1952 and the once busy Croton-onHudson rail yard. (He and his wife, Mary Habstritt, are also restoring the Lilac, a 78-year-old steam-powered lighthouse tender berthed at Tribeca’s Pier 25.) Weinstein has been working on his “O” gauge model train with Thomas Flagg and Stanley ∆ since 1996. It is comprised of hundreds of cars and perfectly scaled scenery in a space on White Street in Tribeca that belongs to his company, General Tools. “It’s a life-long project" Weinstein concedes cheerfully. He spoke recently to Trib reporter Jessica Terrell about his passion.

here’s a photo of me that my father took around August 1952 in Garrison, N.Y., and in the distance is a steam locomotive. Smoke and steam are pouring out. It was like a living, breathing monster. I remember that the second I got a look at it, I was completely bonded. I thought, “This is the most amazing thing ever made.” What I’m recreating here is this beautiful thing that is gone. It is a lifetime project of recreating what was taken away by the advance of technology. It’s 1/48 of the size. But it works. It scales down amazingly well. It looks like it, it sounds like it and it moves and pulls trains. We’re just minus the smoke. These locomotives defiled the landscape. Some day I also want them to be able to produce unbelievable volumes of smoke. We are calling this the test layout. We need a space about four times bigger. In fact, if we filled this entire loft, it still wouldn’t be big enough. But General Tools owns two buildings that are back-to-back. The idea is that when the company gets to be about $40 million in annual sales, maybe they can spare another floor. I belong to an organization of CEOs who meet and talk about business. I am undoubtedly the only one in the group whose motivation for making the business bigger is so he can have a bigger model railroad. A lot of guys want another BMW or a 16,000-square-foot house instead of an 8,000-square-foot one. Not me. I don’t care about that. I want this business bigger because it will enable me to finally, I am 62 now, have this railroad complete. We built all this from scratch, but if we move it to a different space I am going

Above: Gerry Weinstein in the Walker Street loft where years. He says he needs a space about four times bigg Consulting a hand-drawn diagram, Thomas Flagg tries you’re not obsessive you can’t be a model railroader,” electric locomotive. “I just got started with this and th

“I belong to an organization of CEOs...I am undoubtedly the only one in the group whose motivation for making the business bigger is so he can have a bigger model railroad.”

to hire someone else to build it. It took us forever to make this and we didn’t do that great a job. For instance, in the winter when the heat is on, all the wood in the bench work shrinks and the tracks start to pull up. Trying to get these things to work is mind-bending. There are model railroads that have been worked on for 50 years and they are still being worked on. Maybe because you are relying on volunteers who can meet at best a few times a month, and it is incredibly labor-intensive. There’s another reason why we only have a couple of people working on it—I am really, really hard on people. If it

doesn’t seem real, or New York Central Railroad, or 1952, then I don’t allow it. Someone looking at this could say, “What is the difference between this and the Jersey Central?” But if you are really into it, there is a huge difference. Each one had its own look. And we like that. Someone once said, “History is the orderly loss of information.” I am struggling constantly to minimize the orderly loss. I can’t make this perfect, but I can at least try. Because if you are calling it a history piece, that raises the ante. Now you are saying, “This is history.” One of my problems is I am strung out too thin. If I hadn’t bought the steamship

Lilac, I would have been a lot richer and I would have had about 250 weekends to work on this. I am trying to think, “Well, I didn’t have any kids so all of this is a replacement.” I don’t know. Thanks to the Lilac I am now seeing a psychiatrist about twice a week, but I have never once talked to him about the railroad. I think tomorrow I am going to talk to him about the model railroad. I am going to start the process of analyzing this whole project. Did Freud deal with modeling? I am thinking that maybe a model of something, let’s say like a ship or a train or a

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e he has been building his model railroad for 15 ger to build his dream history piece. Top left: to fix an electrical problem in one of the tracks. “If Flagg said. Left: Stanley Dusek works to repair an hen that was it. I can’t stop,” he said.

building—it’s like a doll’s house, a smallscale achievable way of getting something that is so big maybe you could never have. Having the model gives you a feeling of owning the actual thing. You’re interpreting them in a way that really stimulates the imagination. Because they are just memories—very fragmentary memories at that. I think mechanical engineering is the most beautiful thing in the world: ships, trains, factories, bridges, you name it. What I like is the fact that it’s beauty coupled to function. When I was 13, I saw the Sistine Chapel. My parents were really into art and architecture and we traveled around Europe. I guess to me, this railroad is as beautiful as the Sistine Chapel. Whatever emotions people would get when they saw the Sistine Chapel, I am having the same ones when I look at this. ■

Above left: A scale model of one of the locomotives that ran on the New York Central line. Above: Thomas Flagg holds a diagram of the railroad’s complex wiring. With the trains running unreliably, the men are considering rewiring the entire project. Left: Weinstein holds a controller, watching one of his trains chug past. A stickler for historical accuracy, he only has models of trains that would have been running on the New York Central in 1952.

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Mayor Needs Better Ideas for Our Schools On Jan. 12, Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered his State of the City address from a struggling high school in the Bronx. Behind him stood my 21year-old daughter Callison. She is tall, with wild red hair. You might have noticed her standing at the left of the screen. I certainly did. When she left our Tribeca loft that morning, neiJIM ther she nor we, STRATTON’S her parents, were aware that she was going to be standing with the Mayor on that occasion. Nor, sadly, were we aware of the occasion. While the CITY State of the CHARRETTE Union gets much attention in the media, events that affect some 60 million people who live, work or visit the city each year are barely noticed. The reason for Callison’s presence was that the Mayor was announcing a program to bring in, as teachers, former city public school graduates who had gone on to be successful in college. My daughter, 21, was a likely suspect. She went to toddler school in Tribeca, was a graduate of the Wash-

ington Market School, the Early Childhood Center (P.S. 150), P.S. 234, and I.S. 89, before leaving Tribeca for the Beacon School on West 61st Street. Now a senior at Skidmore College, she is a singer-songwriter who is grounded enough in reality to consider teaching. To me it sounds like a great program. Not so some of the other school proposals. What the Mayor brings too willingly into the future of city schools is privatization. Charter schools—paid for by tax dollars but administered by private companies—have been used in low-income neighborhoods with occasional success

Either way, taxpayers have to pay the executives and stockholders of the profitable charter school corporations. Good for business, not necessarily good for public school children. In his speech, Mayor Mike discussed building new schools. Readers of this column would know that last month I made my own suggestions as to how to bring private developers into this process. Sadly, I never heard the Mayor announce any of them as part of his plan, despite my use of the magic word “developer.” He should pay better attention.

The mayor proposes extra money for “good” teachers. Classroom evaluations are politicaI, and I see no independent way of determining who is a “good” teacher. but with a great deal of no-better-thanaverage results. The Mayor is a very astute corporate executive. He knows that taking blame is bad, that the ability to fire an under-performing subordinate is good for image. He can’t do this easily with an ordinary public school. But charter schools are ideal for the Mayor. If the school works, it is to his credit. If it doesn’t, he credits himself for closing it.

Another school proposal is extra money for “good” teachers. The teachers’ union doesn’t want this largess because it would be internally divisive. I am dubious because I can see no independent, even-handed way of determining who is a “good” teacher. Classroom evaluations are political, testing cannot judge a child’s true abilities, and not every “good” teacher is good for every child.

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My daughter and her brother Conor had many fine teachers during their Tribeca school years. Among them, Ronnie and Sandy and Ria all later became school principals. But while Callison did well in all those schools, Conor struggled, and he did so in high school as well. The Mayor’s program might bring Callison in as a teacher, but it would never look at Conor. Not a mainstream academic, he left college in his freshman year. Today, Conor, only 24, is in his third year of teaching college filmmaking courses to students who are very nearly his own age. Conor has said that until he started teaching classes, he had no idea how important it was to take them. So here’s another idea you probably won’t pay attention to, Mr. Mayor. Every student gets to teach a class on a chosen subject—rap music, baseball, skateboarding, whatever—and to give the class a test on same. Once they’ve done that, they would be eligible to grade their teachers for your stipend program. My guess is that class participation would soar and abilities would improve. These students may not test as “good corporate citizens,” but they will become wonderful New Yorkers. And truthfully that’s what most of us New York parents want them to be.

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Right: Mary Barnes leads a yoga class of mothers. Most of their positions allow them to keep a close eye on their babies. Below: Barnes says that many babies, like this one, can seem to be “transfixed” by watching their mothers.

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN Ten new mothers lay on mats, their infants sprawled contentedly close to their heads—until yoga teacher Mary Barnes instructed the women to rise into sitting position. “Eeeeeeeee!” protested six-week-old Lucia Abruzzo, piercing the calm of the room as her mother, Gianna, moved a few feet away. But soon Gianna and the rest of the class were on hands and knees in a new position, their adoring faces hovering close to their babies. “Hey, here she is,” Barnes assured Lucia in her ever-soothing voice. “Here’s Mom.” Undeterred by the attention-grabbing little bundles, Barnes plows easily through her fully attended weekly sessions of Baby Yoga, a popular program of the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy. Though mothers freely take feeding, diapering and comforting breaks, she manages to make the class run smoothly. And Barnes said she sees the results. “It’s almost like refiring up synapses that have maybe dissipated or atrophied [during pregnancy],” she said of the mothers, who often come in with rounded shoulders from carrying the baby, first inside, then out. “You can’t find your core strength until you have your alignment.” Lisa Virelli ticks off a slew of reasons why she comes to the class with her five-month-old Olivia. “It give you a chance to stretch out, especially when you’re sore and not sleeping, and to do something fun with the babies that they like, and to see some other moms.” “And it fixes some digestive problems,” she added. “The main thing is you give a little something back for yourself,” said Barnes, “so that you have that much more to give to your babies.” For information on Baby Yoga and other Parks Conservancy go to bpcparks.org.

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Donning chef’s hats that seemed to nearly swallow their heads, a group of students from Tribeca’s P.S. 150 and P.S. 234 tried their hand at food preparation late last month and helped to highlight the upcoming (in four months) Taste of Tribeca. The event, held at Roc restaurant and featuring fixings for skewers (from Roc), cupcakes (Mrs. Cupcake) and avocado wraps (Mehtaphor) offered a culinary experience for the assembled kids and irresistible subjects for the notebook- and camera-wielding invited media. Each January, Taste organizers stage an event with kids to bring early attention to the giant fundraiser. “We’ll send out invitations to restaurants in the next couple of weeks,” said Naomi Daniels, who co-chairs Taste with Faith Paris and Hope Flamm. “This event gets them aware and excited and ready to get going.” Daniels said she’d like to match the number of restaurants—72—that participated last year. Taste of Tribeca, taking place on May 19, supports programs in the two schools that don’t get city funding. “It makes a big, big difference,” said P.S. 150 Principal Maggie Siena, who attended the event with P.S. 234 Principal Lisa Ripperger. “It allows us to maintain

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30 BY OLIVER E. ALLEN f you pass by these houses today you might not notice them at all. Trees block the view of some and scaffolding covers others. Most are in poor shape. But these four—numbers 502, 504, 506 and 508 Canal Street, just west of Greenwich (and shown here in a marvelous 1931 photograph) are true gems. All built between 1818 and 1841 and designated city landmarks, they are impressive exemplars of the Federal style. During that time houses of this type—three- or fourstory brick structures with modest decoration—covered the city, though today few remain. Tribeca can boast a number of them, but the Canal Street houses are extra special. That’s because they were all erected not as solely residential structures but with stores on the ground floor and residences above. Federal-style houses originally built for residential use only, like those on Harrison Street west of Greenwich, have a single front door, reached by a stoop of several stairs. (Those particular houses were for more than a century given over to commercial use with their first-floor facades ripped out and replaced with metal shutters, but when they were restored in the 1960s their original, true facades were reconstructed.) The houses on Canal Street, on the other hand, had no stoops— entrance was only a step or two up—and had two front doors if the first-floor store was not operated by a family living above. In our photograph, note that 502 (far left) and 506 (with the awning) have two doors, and all the houses are entered virtually at street level. Another difference is that on totally residential houses the third floor has dormer windows that poke through a sloping roof; on partially commercial structures the third floor is fully built out with a roof that slopes far less. The oldest of the houses, 502 Canal on the corner of Greenwich, is actually a double building; part of it is on Greenwich. It was built in 1818-19 by John Y. Smith, a manufacturer of starch and hair powder, who lived with his family above. Other ground floor occupants included a hatter, a tailor, a liquor store and (in 1931) a luncheonette. The dilapidated building is unoccupied today and awaiting major reconstruction. The next houses to go up were the westernmost two, 506 and 508, built in 1826 by a tailor named John G. Rohr, who lived in 506 but operated his business across

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the street. Number 506 is notable for the low arches atop its ground-floor doors and windows, the only surviving example in the city of such a Federal storefront. The ground floor has served as a doctor’s office and a carpentry shop among several uses. Tenants in 508 included a china store, an ivory turner, a plumbing business and a restaurant; today, the ground floor space is occupied by a theater, Canal Park Playhouse. The last of the four houses to go up was 504, built in 1841 by the owner of 502, a gent named Robert Stewart. Because of both its date and the existence of unusual granite slabs delineating its ground floor, the building is sometimes characterized as a Greek Revival

drugstore, as seen in the photo below. Ever since the 1890s the three easternmost houses— 502, 504 and 506—have been under the same ownership, and the present owner, a member of the Ponte family, which owns many properties in Tribeca, has plans to gut the interiors of all three and construct luxury apartments there, not a simple task considering landmarking rules. Meanwhile the present occupants of 504 and 506 make do as best they can. The current tenant of the top floor and attic of 504 says life is not easy. There is no separate entry to the upper floors of her building, so she gains access to her apartment by the stairway in 506,

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The five old houses off the corner of Canal (above) are still in good condition and fully occupied in this photograph taken in 1931. Left: The remaining four buildings today.

structure, but the rest of it is decidedly Federal. Like 508 the building was designed with a single doorway as the store was expected to be operated by a family who lived above it; indeed its first tenant was a collar-maker and his wife. For many years the ground floor was a

from which a doorway has been punched into her space. “The roof leaks, so I’ve got buckets all around,” she remarks. “And I keep thinking the scaffolding is there just to hold up the building.” So after more than 20 years residing there, why does she stay? “Well,” she laughs, ‘I’m used to it, and the rent is very reasonable.” But back to the 1931 photo. Visible in the foreground is the shadow of the Greenwich Street el, used from 1878 to the 1930s. Today the el is gone, as is the house next to 508. But the large building in the background, put up later in the 19th century, is still there. And so are our four houses, survivors all.

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BY CARL GLASSMAN Emily Dickinson is not leaving Battery Park City. Not just yet. Her stay, in the form of original manuscripts and rare books on loan to Poets House, is extended until Feb. 18. Curated by Dickinson scholar and visual artist Jen Bervin, the exhibit provides a rare chance to view close up—and quite literally—the hand of genius. “For me and for people who love Dickinson, it’s a way to apprehend and feel her closely,” said Poets House Executive Director Lee Briccetti, “to feel her presence through her hand as well as her voice. And it’s a way to get a sense of how she worked.” In particular, visitors have a rare opportunity to see the poet’s radical use of markings (they look like dashes and x’s) meant to suggest that other words could go in their place. At the bottom of the page is what Briccetti calls a “word bank of alternatives.” “Now think about that,” said

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Briccetti, who calls Dickinson “my poet.” “This is our greatest American poet and she’s still unknown to people!” Seeing Dickinson’s words in her own handwriting (which is shown to change dramatically over her lifetime) is a far fuller experience than seeing it in print, Bervin said. “Unexpected things happen when you are in their presence,” she said. “You get a sense of scale, a sense of gesture, a sense of material.” Through the letters on display, viewers also can get a sense of the poet’s relationship to the people close to her, though don’t expect to be able to read them without the help of “translations” available in binders on a nearby table. “She was so deeply connected to other people and each of those letters is a manifestation of care and attention and attending to the spirit of others around her,” Bervin said. “There are so many layers you can enjoy when you go into that exhibition,” she added. “Emily Dickinson at Poets House: Manuscripts from the Donald & Patricia Oresman Collection” on view until Saturday, Feb. 18, during regular library hours, Tuesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 10 River Terrace.

In background, detail from Dickinson’s sorrowful letter written to a close childhood friend who had married and moved away. Above: A letter, written circa 1883 to her friend Mrs. Henry Hills.

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The Fabric of ART An exhibit at the World Financial Center turns ‘women’s work’ into remarkably creative pieces of beauty and even humor

BY APRIL KORAL of holes. Its title is Fated Glory. nyone who has ever knitted or In A Korean Woman in Modern crocheted, embroidered or felt Times, Won Ju Seo explores her dual the pull of yarn beneath her identities of being a modern Koreanfingers understands the tactile American woman through a Korean pleasures of working with fiber. blouse made of square and rectangular Although women have labored for pieces of silk. They represent “winuntold years making bedding, clothing dows,” she says, through which she exand other functional items for the home, plored the world—a freedom deprived to it is only recently that artists have many Korean women who grew up in a brought their love—and talent—at weav- traditional Confucian culture. ing, quilting, spinning, knitting, crochetThe role of family in these artists’ ing, needlepoint, crewel, lives is also present. Ruth embroidery and a dozen Tabancay, for example, was other fiber crafts to make snuggled under a comforter fine art. with her daughter helping The first fiber art show with her geometry hometook place only 50 years work when she noticed the ago; today, there are accumulation of her used dozens of universities tea bags on the window where students can sill. She became fasmajor in fiber cinated by the symarts, and exhibimetry of them. The tions of work by result is a full-size fiber artists are regularly bedspread titled mounted in museums. Extending the Useful Life made “Crossing the Lines: The by hand-stitching hundreds of the Many Faces of Fiber,” on bags to a muslin backing. view at the World Financial The Cathartic Birth is Rachel Center through Feb. 19, is a C. Wright’s response to the 36 wonderful introduction for hours of labor she endured during anyone unfamiliar with this art her son’s birth. Made out of wire, as well as a treat for those who parchment paper and masking tape, have seen it before. The 57 it is a crouched figure with hunched pieces in the show, many of shoulders and arms stretched 10 feet which also combine metals, in front of her, seeming to beg for paper, wood and other non-fiber help. The woman’s face, though virmaterial into their work, can be tually featureless, speaks her pain. beautiful, humorous or even disColor has always had an imporcomforting. Most make the tant place in fiber art and can be viewer want to stop and look. found in abundance here. Ellie Not surprisingly, the artists in Winberg’s Shades of Teal, made from this show (most are women), often handmade paper with pigments turn traditional “women’s work” mounted on canvas, evokes Mark upside down, or use it to make Rothko’s work, and Betty Vera political or social commentary. explores the interaction of rich Cathartic Birth From afar, for example, color through her jacquard tapKatherine Knauer’s quilt, Con- by Rachel C. Wright estry Division. ventional Forces, could pass for an There is just one shortcoming in this American classic. But up close, one sees lovely show. The organizers failed to put that each swatch of material shows a dif- labels next to the works. Viewers must ferent aspect of the business of war— find the creators’ names in a pamphlet bombing, flying military planes, soldiers distributed at the door. These artists taking aim. deserve more credit. Showing an equally mordant sense of “Crossing the Lines: The Many Fahumor is the five-foot high American ces of Fiber” at WFC Courtyard Galleflag by Adrienne Sloane. Only upon ry. To 2/19, Tue–Sun, 12–4 p.m. On Feb. close examination does one see that it is 9, at 6 p.m. there will be a talk by three tattered and made from knitted linen full of the artists.

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emerging and mid-career choreographers. Thu, 2/9–Sat, 2/11, 8 pm. Works in Progress Choreographers show new work in progress and receive feedback from the audience. Sat, 2/25, 3 pm. Salon Series Informal workshop explores the process behind the performance. Tue, 2/21, 7:30 pm. All performances: $17; $14 students, seniors. Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, dnadance.org.

dwelling Dead End Kids find themselves living next door to a luxury high-rise. Wed, 2/1, 7:30 pm. $12. Twin Peaks Screening of the 1990s TV show about an FBI investigation of a murder. Fri, 2/24, 7:30 pm & Sat, 2/25, 9:30 pm. $12. See website for more films. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g Silent films by Bill Morrison, made from decaying footage from old movies and accompanied by new music by contemporary composers. Great Flood Wed, 2/1, 7:30 pm. Spark of Being Thu, 2/2, 7:30 pm. Decasia

Gao Yuan Un(Re)Marked. Sandra Carrion Shadow Dance. Sandi Daniel Flora. Louis Youmans Remnants. Rosalie Frost WaterWorlds/Central Park. To Sat, 2/4. Small Works Photos no larger than 6x6 inches that demonstrate the creative possibilities of thinking small. Thu, 2/9–Sat, 3/3. Opening reception: Thu, 2/9, 6 pm. Soho Photo, 15 White St. Wed–Sun 1–6 pm and by appointment. sohophoto.com. g

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Mounira Al Solh Installation that explores Lebanese immigration in fiction and fantasy. Katrin Sigurdardottir Sculptures and installations on landscape, architecture, space and memory. To Sat, 3/17. Art in General, 79 Walker St., artingeneral.org.

MUSIC g Vocalists performing in the American Art Song Series: David Sisco 2/2. John Musto 2/9. Richard Hundley 2/16. Tom Cipullo 2/23.

g Emily Dickinson Manuscripts and letters by the author. See page 33. To Sat, 2/18. Free. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org. g Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles Rare artifacts about the poet/writer/immigrant advocate, the importance of religious freedom and struggles immigrants past and present face. Let

My People Go! The Soviet Jewry Movement, 1967–1989 Exhibition about the Soviet Jews who were denied the right to emigrate. To March. $10; $7 seniors; $5 students; free under 12. Free Wed, 4–8 pm. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl. Sun– Tue, Thu 10 am–5:45 pm; Wed 10 am–8 pm; Fri 10 am–5 pm. mjhnyc.org. g

Lee Mingwei: The Travelers and the Quartet Project Diaries in which travelers wrote about what it means to leave home, and a sound installation. To Mon, 3/26. $7; $4 students, seniors, free to children under 12 and on Thursdays. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St. Mon & Fri 11 am–5 pm, Thu, 11 am– 9 pm, Sat & Sun 10 am–5 pm. mocanyc.org. g Time Exposures: Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century Eighty

photographs by prominent Western photographers and artists who visited the Isleta Indian Reservation. To Sun, 6/10. Small Spirits Dolls from more than 100 Native cultures throughout the Western hemisphere. To Thu, 7/19.

IndiVisible: African–Native American Lives in the Americas Panel display about the seldom-viewed history and complex lives of people of dual African American and Native American ancestry. Thu, 2/9–Fri, 8/31. Admission is free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green. Fri–Wed 10 am–5 pm; Thu 10 am–8 pm. nmai.si.edu. g

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

African Burial Ground The story of the free

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

A Church for the New World Chronicle of

the historical Episcopal parish from the 17th century to today, including photos and items related to St. Paul’s Chapel’s role in the 9/11 recovery effort. Ongoing. The Trinity Museum, Broadway at Wall St. Mon–Fri, 9 am–5:30 pm; Sat–Sun, 9 am–3:45 pm. trinitywallstreet.org. g

Dialogue in the Dark Experience the New

York City environment, relying only on guides for the blind and visually impaired. Ongoing. $23.50; $20.50 children, students; $21.50 seniors. 11 Fulton St., dialoguenyc.com.

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MUSEUM: The South Street Seaport Museum has reopened with a wide variety of shows in 16 galleries. Among them: “Bottled Up: Miniature Vessels in Glass” (above); “The Waterfront in Film 1903-2011”; “Made in New York,” the work of local designers; “Hand Held Devices,” with hundreds of historic hand tools; “Photographs by Edward Burtynsky,” large-scale images of ships being dismantled in Bangladesh, and Occupy Wall Street, more than 150 works by photojournalists. 12 Fulton St. Open Wed.–Sun., 10 am–6 pm. $5. southstreetseaportmuseum.org. Accompanied live by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble. Fri, 2/3. All films are free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com. g

Winter Vacation Comedic look at the exis-

tential crises of a small town in Mongolia. Reservations required. Fri, 2/3, 6:45 pm. $10; $8 students, seniors. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org. g

The Refusenik Experience: Refusenik and And the Wind Returneth Documentaries about people from Soviet Russia and the Eastern bloc who were denied permission to emigrate. Sun, 2/12, 11 am. $10; $7 students, seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org. g

Frameworks New dance films from around the world and New York. Sun, 2/12, 2 pm. $10. Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, dnadance.org.

GALLERIES g Mark Gordon New Works. Photographs of colorful and playful objects. To Sat, 3/31. Warburg Realty, 100 Hudson St. Mon–Fri 10 am–6 pm. warburgrealty.com. g Mike Anderson and Javelin Canyon Candy. Site-specific installation and soundscape featuring a Western-themed music video collaboration between a filmmaker and a band. To Thu, 3/1. Clocktower Gallery, 108 Leonard St., 13th Fl. Mon–Fri 12–5 pm. artonair.org.

ephemera from 1960s San Francisco’s counterculture scene. To Sat, 2/4. Jack Hanley Gallery, 136 Watts St., jackhanley.com. g Chris Wyllie Just Past Happy. Oil paintings on found objects. To Sat, 2/11. Hionas Gallery, 89 Franklin St., hionasgallery.com. g Steven Katzman Photographs exploring death, religion, the afterlife and love. To Sat, 2/18. Masters & Pelavin, 13 Jay St., masterspelavin.com. g Crossing Lines Fiber art exhibit. (See review, page 30.) To Sun, 2/19. World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery. Thu–Sun 12–4 pm. worldfinancialcenter.com. g Karim Ghidinelli Individually Collected. To Sat, 2/25. Design on metal. Cheryl Hazan Mosaic Studio, 35 N. Moore St. Mon–Fri 11 am– 6 pm; Sat 12–6 pm; Sun 12–5 pm. cherylhazan.com. g Daniel Escobar Fictitious Topographies. Manipulated maps, documents and images creating imaginary landscapes. Unspecified Urban Site Group show of paintings, photography and sculpture. To Sat, 3/3. RH Gallery, 137 Duane St. Tue–Sat 11 am–7 pm; Sun by appointment. rhgallery.com. g A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance Group show that uses reliable,

unbiased information in an attempt to develop a picture of what the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea might be like. To Sat, 3/10.

All concerts are Thursdays, 1 pm and free. Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall St., trinitywallstreet.org. g

Selected musical performances: The Bengsons and Wyatt Indie-folk. Fri, 2/3, 9 pm. $10. Underground Horns, Brown Rice Family and PitchBlak Brass Band Funk, jazz, hip hop and brass band traditions mixed into an “audio gumbo.” Sat, 2/11, 9 pm. $10. EMEFE and Mokaad Afrobeat, hip hop, neo-soul and funk. Fri, 2/17, 9 pm. $10. See website for more concerts. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g Highlights in Jazz Performances by nine musicians. Thu, 2/9, 8 pm. $40; $37.50 students. Joshua White Jazz pianist. Sat, 2/11, $25; $15 students, seniors. Emmet Cohen Jazz pianist. Sat, 2/18, $25; $15 students, seniors.

Randy Weston and the African Rhythms Orchestra Jazz performance in celebration of James Reese, who introduced the genre to Europe during World War I. Sat, 2/25, 8 pm. $35–$55; $10 discount students, seniors. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org. g Ana Moura Portuguese fado vocalist. Fri, 2/10, 7:30 pm. Mariachi Los Camperos Grammy Award–winning mariachi band. Sat, 2/11, 7:30 pm. Yasmin Levy with Omark Faruk Tekbilek Ladino and Judeo-Spanish vocals accompanied by Turkish multi-instrumentalist. Thu, 2/16, 7:30 pm. All performanc-

LISTINGS

THE TRIBECA TRIB FEBRUARY 2012 es: $25–$50. Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., pace.edu/schimmel.

sonnets. Sat, 2/4, 2 pm: John Donne and George Hebert Exploration of the metaphysi-

cal tradition of 17th-century England with poet Molly Peacock. Sat, 2/11, 2 pm: Edmund Spenser and John Milton Poet and scholar Linda Gregerson talks about the role of temporality in both authors’ works. Sat, 2/18, 2 pm. All

Joseph and James Tawadros Egyptian

musicians perform on the oud and percussion. Sat, 2/11, 9 pm. $15. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St. 4th fl., alwanforthearts.org. g

It Could Happen to You Singer/pianist Bob

Modern Finance Talk by a political economist/historian. Thu, 2/9, 12:30 pm. $5. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org. g Matchmaking in the Digital Age How computers use algorithms to match people. Wed, 2/15, 7 pm. $25; $20 students. Creating

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Stillman performs jazz with an ensemble. Mon, 2/13, 7:30 pm. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.

included. To Sun, 2/12. Wednesdays–Saturdays, 6:30 pm; Sundays, 4:30 pm. $40. The Flea Theater, 41 White St., theflea.org. g The Ugly One A talented engineer’s boss won’t let him go to a conference to present his electrical plug. Tuesdays–Sundays, 2/1–2/26, 7:30 pm; Saturdays 3 & 7:30 pm. $30; Sundays 99 cents. Soho Rep, 46 Walker St., sohorep.org. g Playing Molière Short comedies by the New York Classical Theatre. Tuesdays–Sundays, 2/4–3/11, 7 pm. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.

g Sway Machiner with Piano Music and Song Trio Neo-cantorial vocals and experimen-

tal music. Wed, 2/15, 7 pm. $15; $12 students, seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

The Daily Show Live Standup comedy from The Daily Show’s staff. Thu, 2/9, 9 pm. $15. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

READINGS

WALKING TOURS

Gertrude Stein, Bernard Fay and the Vichy Dilemma.” Wed, 2/1, 7 pm. $10. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

g Tribute WTC 9/11 Tours of Ground Zero. Daily 11 am, 1, and 3 pm, Sat hourly 11 am–3 pm. $10; free under 12. Visitors Center, 120 Liberty St., tributewtc.org.

Barbara Will “Unlikely Collaboration:

Mike Doughty “The Book of Drugs: A Memoir.” Thu, 2/2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar “What

Wall Street Walking Tour Ninety minutes. Meet at U.S. Custom House, 1 Bowling Green. Thursdays and Saturdays, 12 pm. Free. Downtown Alliance, downtownny.com.

Color Is My World? The Lost History of AfricanAmerican Inventors.” Tue, 2/7. Karen Gravano “Mob Daughter: The Mafia, Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano, and Me!” Thu, 2/16. Readings: 6 pm, free. Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St., bn.com.

g The Financial District Meet at Broadway and Wall Street, Trinity Church. Mon, 2/6. Gangs of New York Meet at SE corner of Broadway and Chambers Street. Thu, 2/16. Revolutionary New York Meet at City Hall Park, Broadway at Murray Street. Mon, 2/20. Historic Lower Manhattan Meet at the U.S. Custom House, 1 Bowling Green. Mon, 2/27. All tours: $15; $12 students, seniors; 1 pm. New York City Walking Tours, bigonion.com.

g Heriberto Dixon “Curator of Indivisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas.” Thu, 2/9, 6 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g R. B. Bernstein “The Founding Fathers Reconsidered.” Thu, 2/9, 6:30 pm. $10. Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl St., frauncestavernmuseum.org.

Presidents and American Finance Ninetyminute tour of the Financial District. Thu, 2/9, 11 am & Sat, 2/18, 1 pm. $15. Meet at the museum. $15. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org.

Austin Ratner, Stephen Stark and Amelia Kahaney Writers read their poetry and prose.

Tue, 2/14, 7 pm. Free. Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold St., penparentis.org. g John Hill “Guide to Contemporary New York City.” Registration required. Wed, 2/22, 6:30 pm. Free. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org.

ET CETERA g Beading Demonstration Artisan shows how to make a beaded octopus bag and beaded moccasins. Tuesdays, 2 pm, Thursdays, 5 pm. Free. Appliqué Beading Workshop Threepart workshop. Beginners welcome. Registration required. Thursdays, 2/16–3/1, 6 pm. $45. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

TALKS g Taino Culture Discussion of Taino culture past and present. Mondays, 2 pm. IndiVisible Dialogue The history and contemporary cultures of mixed-heritage Native people. Thu, 2/9, 6 pm. All talks are free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g Wall Street Dialogues Moral and ethical issues raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement. Wed, 2/1 & 2/8, 1 pm. Free. Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall St., trinitywallstreet.org. g

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

Introduction to Transcendental Meditation Release stress, feel happier and

GALLERIES Lifelike oil pastel drawings on chalkboard by Myong Hi Kim, including Borrowed Landscape (Fall), above, will be on display at Art Projects International, 434 Greenwich St., in a show entitled “Borrowed Landscape.” The drawings will be on display until Sat., Feb. 25. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Information at artprojects.com.

CPA discusses federal deductions and estimated payments for business owners. Wed, 2/1, 6:30 pm. $40. Hive at 55, 55 Broad St., 13th fl., hiveat55.com.

talks: $10; $7 students, seniors. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org.

Selection of upcoming talks: Extreme Weather Meteorologist explains how we need to respond to various natural disasters. Thu, 2/2, 12 pm. $18. Understanding the Real China The economic and political complexities of present-day China. Mon, 2/6, 7 pm. $15. Olive Oil: A Pressing Issue A chef discusses this indispensable ingredient. Mon, 2/13, 2 pm. $25.

On Robert Moses and the Modern City Urban studies professor talks about how one of the city’s most controversial figures transformed New York. Tue, 2/21, 12 pm. $18. See website for more talks. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g

Poetry talks: William Shakespeare Scholar James Shapiro discusses the Shakespeare’s late

Slideshows: Buenos Aires and the Iguazzu Falls 2/7. Hawaii 2/14. Peru and the Cordillera Blanca 2/21. Bryce, Zion and Moab Canyons 2/28. All talks: Tuesdays, 6 pm, $2. Tuesday Evening Hour, 49 Fulton St., tuesdayeveninghour.com. g Lecture series on great artists: Michelangelo and the Renaissance 2/8. Peter Paul Rubens and the Baroque 2/15. Claude Monet and Impressionism 2/22. Georgia O’Keeffe and the 20th Century 2/29. All

Suggestions on how to build a new environmental movement. Thu, 2/23, 6:30 pm. $20; $10 students. See website to register and for more talks. New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St., nyas.org. g

Illustrated Talk with Issam Kourbaj

Syrian-born visual artist discusses what inspires him. Wed, 2/15, 7 pm. $5. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St., 4th fl., alwanforthearts.org. g The Role of the Critic Two literary critics discuss the legacy of Lionel Trilling and the place of the critic in today’s intellectual world. Wed, 2/29, 7 pm. $10. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

talks: Wed, 11 am; $25; $5 students; $90 for all four talks. Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., pace.edu/schimmel.

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These Seven Sicknesses Five-hour marathon of all of Sophocles’ plays. Dinner

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improve your well-being. Free. Wednesdays, 7:30 pm and Sundays, 2 pm to 2/22. Transcendental Meditation Program of Lower Manhattan, 80 Broad St., tm.org. g Hot Chocolate Happy Hour Sample creations by chef Russell Moss. Thu, 2/9, 6:30 pm. $15. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g Trinity Knitters Knit or crochet items for shut-ins, veterans, and others. Materials provided. Thu, 2/16, 5 pm. Free. Charlotte’s Place, 109 Greenwich St., trinitywallstreet.org. g

In the Loop Knit and crochet shawls and scarves for women fighting cancer at the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge. Fri, 2/17, 12 pm. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.

Dance! Benefit dance party for the Church Street School for Music and Art, with special guests including Andrew W.K., Paul Nagle and Harvey Keitel and music by DJ Pumpkin Patch. Wed, 2/29, 7 pm. Tickets start at $150. Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette St., churchstreetschool.org.

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ished, things that were left open that did not get completed,” Dawson said. “Some things were completed but not completed properly. It’s kind of a sore topic.” Much of the western end of the pier was left open to the elements for years, Dawson said. The promenade needed structural reinforcement and the roof has to be replaced. As the siding is removed, more rot and damage appear. Several interior columns that were repaired in the 1990s are splitting because of poor installation, a portion of the foundation’s east end was missing, and water had come gushing into the building due to broken gutters. Dawson and Authority President Gayle Horwitz, along with the Pier A construction team and representatives of Pier A’s leaseholder, appeared before the community board after its members raised concerns that the site was being improperly cared for. The open windows, a particular source of those concerns, were intentional, according to Kevin Harney, president of Stalco Construction, the project’s general contractor. He said that it would allow the interior wood to dry out slowly and naturally, part of the painstaking restoration process. The wood needs to be brought to a very specific level of moisture, Harney said. Wood that is waterlogged is susceptible to mold, fungus and dry rot. However, he noted, wood that dries too quickly can twist and split. Once rebuilt, the pier’s exterior is ex-

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Above: In 1919, Pier A’s clocktower was installed in memory of soldiers who died during World War I, and the pier was decorated for the occasion. Above right: Building rot and structural deterioration. Right: A worker restores a section of the pier’s roof.

pected to look much as it did before it was taken over by the Fire Department as a headquarters for its marine division. Hugh Hardy, whose firm H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture is designing the restored pier, said he is confident that its decrepit condition will not stand in the way of a faithful transformation. “Some pieces were missing when we started all this. The whole west end wasn’t there, and some pieces will have to be refabricated, but mercifully we can do it

in materials that are exactly the same. I was nervous about that—would we be able to duplicate the material? And the answer is yes, fortunately.” Horwitz said the additional $6 million, authorized by the BPCA board, would come from the agency’s capital budget and would not affect its day-today operations. After the Authority is finished with its work, the group leasing the pier will spend eight to nine months and an esti-

mated $18 million to build restaurants, an event venue, visitors center, and outdoor seating areas, said Drew Spitler of the Dermot Company, which is partnering with Harry and Peter Poulakakos to develop the pier. Last March, the group signed a 25year lease on the structure. “We would like to be open for the spring season in 2013,” Spitler said. “We are fully funded, so we can’t wait to get started.”

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The memorial, which along with its stone cottage contains rocks from all of Ireland’s 32 counties as well as native Irish flora, commemorates the Great Potato Famine of 1845 to 1852. It is estimated that one million people died from famine and disease.

Artist Brian Tolle, who designed the memorial, declined to comment on the upcoming repairs. The cracks, visible beneath the concrete on three sides of the memorial, began appearing years ago. But, Windman said, concrete is expected to crack and a recent inspection showed that the structure is safe. What makes the cracks troublesome at the memorial is the water dripping through them. Signs of wear can be seen along other portions of the memorial. The grey stone wall at the entrance to the memorial is missing grout, and the stone is chipped, showing a gap where the two edges of the wall meet. The Authority aims to begin work on

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