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To the Editor: Amid the sprawl of busy Downtown, you can now find a patch of green. It is the new DeLury Square Park at Fulton and Gold streets. This bit of grass and trees, with a fountain that flows during the warmer weather, was built by the city, and I am certain that the residents of Southbridge Towers, as well as workers from nearby offices, are so thankful for it. For years this space was nothing more than a traffic roundabout, adding more noise and clamor to the area. Now, in this modest park, one can feel as if the hordes of people rushing to and fro, and the motor vehicles competing with pedestrians for small patches of space, are miles away. This park is a haven of rest and calm, and all are welcome to come and enjoy it. Geraldine Lipschutz Resident, Southbridge Towers
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To the Editor: The current plan for the Koenig Sphere is to place it on Liberty Street in the middle of the pedestrian thoroughfare, right outside the entrance to the south pedestrian bridge to Battery Park City. This will attract large tourist crowds obstructing that pathway only adding to the pedestrian gridlock Downtown residents are already experiencing. It will also attract a heavy, constant security presence. There is no reason for this. Return the Sphere to the WTC site and it is out of the way, drawing the crowds to where they already are and where the security already is. The Sphere was embraced by the public as a symbol of hope and the triumph of the values targeted. As the last remaining intact artifact of the WTC, an authentic testament to 9/11, our duty to truth and memory and future generations demands its return. This is our first sacred task at this site. There is no practical or physical reason why it cannot be returned. The (LETTER CONTINUES ON PAGE 35)
To the Editor: Recently, Battery Park City Authority president Gayle Horwitz announced a wave of layoffs at that neighborhood behemoth on South End. The backdrop for the shakeup was a stinging and remarkable report by the State Inspector General examining the sloppy and, at intervals, unsavory management practices that had prevailed at the Authority before Ms. Horwitz’s arrival in 2010. As the IG noted, the Authority exists to collect the hefty “ground lease” payments from 10,000 or so individuals and businesses that occupy that lovely neighborhood. These payments can run to about $270 million a year, which the lords of the Authority—Republicans from the Pataki era through 2010—must remit after operating costs to an affordable housing fund, among other civic uses. This is not a thought or a suggestion. It’s the law of New York State. A dollar at the Authority, then, makes a wondrous journey. Starting in the pocket of a resident in Gateway or the Verdesian, it is sucked from them through ground-lease payments, pooled at the Authority, used to cover neighborhood overhead or meet the heavy interest payments on the Authority’s disturbing billion-dollar debt. The rest must go to affordable housing. For this reason, money blown or frittered away wounds the public interest twice. Those who paid it in Gateway are out hardearned cash, and a family in the Bronx doesn’t get a place to live. The Inspector General’s report is principally a chronicle of hectic, adolescent spending by an entire layer of managers within the Authority. The Inspector General flayed these managers for approving $140,000 worth of freebie lunches and $184,000 on parties, picnics, and plaques. The parties were both wacky and elaborate. “In 2005,” as the Inspector General’s report dryly narrates, “the picnic had a Western theme for which the Authority purchased items such as cowboy hats, rented photo fronts with a jailhouse scene and a cowgirl; provided
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pony rides at a cost of $1,000; hired a face-painting artist at a cost of $600.” Later shindigs involved expensive clowns, open bars, a $2,000 disk jockey, and contractors hired to organize potato sack races and pie-eating and limbo contests. There’s much more. Among the 19 employees fired by Ms. Horwitz, three are named in the report for their involvement in the firing of a whistleblower in 2008. The ethics czar is repeatedly cited for lapses and missteps. At least six of the 19 had their attorneys’ fees paid by the Authority in connection with the Inspector General’s probe. These fees, financed by Gateway residents through ground lease payments, totaled about $750,000. The Authority had become one big budgetary pie-eating contest. The old Authority had six full-time employees doing human resource work for themselves and the other 55 employees, five more to do “Community Relations and Diversity,” including a “director of diversity” and a “director of special projects.” who according to old flow charts directed nobody. There were two de(LETTER CONTINUES ON PAGE 35)
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Soon to be vacated, Syms building on Trinity Place is eyed as potential school
BY CARL GLASSMAN From “educated consumers” to educating kids? If some members of Community Board 1 have their way, the building now housing the Syms clothing store on lower Trinity Place will one day help solve school overcrowding in Lower Manhattan. The Syms Corp. declared bankruptcy in November and its chain of retail outlets, including the hulking flagship store at 42 Trinity Place, is expected to close this month. Paul Hovitz and Tricia Joyce, members of CB1’s Youth and Education Committee, believe that the vacant 62,000-square-foot building may help ease what they and other Downtown school advocates see as a coming crowding crisis. “It is in an ideal location for where the need is,” Joyce told the Trib, “and we think it could make a great school. Definitely a middle school at the very least.” Joyce and Hovitz raised the possibility last month with Elizabeth Rose, a Department of Education planning official and District 2 Superintendent Mariano Guzman. Could it happen? There are many more questions than answers—both budgetary and practical. A DOE spokesman reiterated to the Trib the department’s position that there is no money in the city’s capital plan for providing another school building in Lower Manhattan. But Hovitz said he has been in discussions with elected officials over a hoped-for amendment to the capital plan, much like the one that made possible an addition to the Peck Slip school. In statements to the Trib, State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Councilwoman Margaret Chin stopped short of saying they will push for buying the building, but expressed interest in learning more about its prospects as a school. “When open space becomes available in Lower Manhattan we should automatically consider its use as a school,” Chin said. “It’s an exciting idea,” It also is unclear whether the nearly windowless six-story building could be reconfigured to meet the city’s structural
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The Syms building, 42 Trinity Pl., will have 62,000 square feet of empty space. But whether it is a viable school option is still in question.
guidelines for a school building. In addition, Syms has not divulged plans for its real estate holdings, which are extensive and are now embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings. Calls to Syms and an email to the corporation’s CEO, Marcy Syms, went unanswered. But the specter of some 62,000
square feet of empty space Downtown is certain to be raised again with the DOE as pressure builds to find additional school seats in Lower Manhattan. Some parents of preschool-age children are eyeing classrooms at the Spruce Street School, which will not be occupied by middle schoolers until 2015.
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Maggie Siena has no doubt that what we want to take on,” Siena said, she’s prepared for her next assignment: noting the school’s championship track principal of the new Peck Slip school. team and “incredible” stage perform“I think I bring an interesting set of ances. experiences to the job,” said the P.S. 150 principal and former performance artist, restaurant manager, P.S. 234 teacher, and head of the first school at Tweed Courthouse. And though her first three years will be in the Peck Slip “incubator” at Tweed Courthouse, she said she is undaunted—unCARL GLASSMAN like some parents—by the P.S. 150 principal Maggie Siena outside her school. prospect of non-traditional facilities, having spent six years at tiny Siena called her new job “excitP.S. 150 with no gym or auditorium. ing.” “The idea of building a school is “A lot of it is about people and pretty mouthwatering,” she said.
They view those seats as better serving elementary students—potentially allowing three or four classes per grade— though DOE officials have steadfastly maintained that the school will remain a kindergarten through 8th grade. Still, another middle school Downtown might make the idea of Spruce as a kindergarten through 5th grade more palatable, Hovitz said. “Not everyone can be happy in this situation but if we can get something that enables the majority of Downtowners to benefit then I think we will have achieved something,” he said. Hovitz said the Syms building, which city tax records show has a market value of almost $10 million, could also become an annex to Millennium High School or a new site for I.S. 289, providing more elementary seats at P.S. 89. More often than not, say DOE critics, it has been the community, not the city, that has identified sites for new schools. Whether or not the Syms building becomes one of them, they say they can't rely on education officials to locate the next potential Downtown school. “Our community must be vigilant once more in finding locations for a school,” Joyce said. “And if it comes down to us dealing with developers on our own and then pitching it to the DOE, that’s what we’re prepared to do.”
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THE “WEST SIDE” OPTION: Aerial view of the World Trade Center site and future Liberty Park shows The Sphere near the Liberty Street bridge, on the south side of the park.
THE “CENTER” OPTION: In this rendering, The Sphere is near the planned site of the rebuilt St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.
Picturing‘Sphere’in Park Near WTC Site BY CARL GLASSMAN The Port Authority has yet to announce a permanent home for the battered 22.5-ton sculpture The Sphere, the iconic Sept. 11 memorial that now resides in Battery Park. But renderings prepared for a possible presentation, obtained by the Trib, show the Authority’s concept of how the sculpture might look in the future Liberty Park— near the World Trade Center site but not on it. The renderings show two possible sites for The Sphere on the elevated park, to be constructed above the Vehicle Security Center on Liberty Street. According to one image, The Sphere would be visible from the Memorial Plaza across the street. Whether the renderings will become part of a formal presentation to the community is unclear. A Port Authority spokesman declined to comment to the Trib on the agency’s plans for the sculpture. “We are in ongoing discussions with family members about the placement of the Sphere,” Authority spokesman Steve Coleman said in an email statement. A spokesman for the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum responded with a similar statement. Fritz Koenig’s The Sphere, which has stood in Battery Park since March 2002,
must be moved by next summer to make way for construction. No one involved with the redevelopment of the WTC site—not the Port Authority, the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum nor Silverstein ProperPORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ ties—has exAbove: The Sphere was the centerpiece of pressed interest in the Frank J. Tobin Plaza for 30 years. Right: returning the sculp- Rendering of The Sphere in Liberty Plaza ture to the site, its next to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. home for 30 years. But family members of victims con- tell us about the Memorial design?” tinue to advocate for bringing it back to According to its renderings, the Auwhat they see as its rightful place. thority appears to be choosing between Michael Burke, the brother of a firefight- two locations within the new park. The er killed on Sept. 11, who leads that cam- “West Side” option shows the brass-andpaign, said he has gathered 7,700 sup- steel object near the Liberty Street porters in an online petition. bridge. The “Center” option places it “It survived the terrorist strike, the closer to the site of what will be the terrorist attack upon civilization and rebuilt St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox humanity and world peace. And now we Church. Though a rendering indicates are moving it somewhere else, because that it can be seen from the Memorial somehow it disturbs the integrity of the Plaza, Burke said it will hardly be seen Memorial design,” said Burke, who was from there. shown the renderings by the Port Au“If it is visible, it sure as hell won’t thority and rejects Liberty Park as a site be prominent,” he said. “It will be mildfor the sculpture. “Well, what does that ly noticeable, perhaps, when the trees are
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CB1 Rejects Proposed Rooftop Addition BY CARL GLASSMAN
Architect Carlos Zapata has some impressive projects to his credit—the 22story Cooper Square Hotel, the international concourse of the Miami Airport, and Chicago’s Soldier Field, to name a few. But when it came to designing a twostory addition to a five-story, 150-yearold building in the Tribeca South Historic District, he seemed puzzled by the challenge. “There must be a way to get to a point where you can do an addition that is more than one story that fits in,” he told Community Board 1’s Landmarks Committee last month as they sat poised for their unanimous rejection of his design for 105-107 Reade Street. Zapata is due to go before the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Jan. 10, representing an unnamed client and the 7,654-square-foot expansion of the building’s fifth-floor, with a 40-foot swimming pool. The skylit addition, which is set back 15 feet from the front edge of the building’s roof and steps upward from west to east to best capture the sun, would rise 32 feet above the roof. The structure would not be seen by passersby but is in plain sight from West Broadway, half a block away. That was a big problem for the CB1 committee. “Regardless of the design, strictly in
Renderings of proposed addition to go on top of 105-107 Reade Street.
its massing it’s very, very visible,” said committee member Coren Sharples. “The design is going to draw you in. It’s not going to blend in in any way, shape or form.” Sharples was especially unsympathetic to the structure’s size, given its “massively high” ceilings of 14 and nearly 20 feet. The committee has a policy of rec-
ommending the rejection of any addition that is more than one story. But it didn’t help that this one seemed to most on the committee as particularly alien to the rest of the block. “The addition is interesting but I don’t think it’s in keeping or appropriate, whether it’s one story or two stories,” said Harold Reed. “It’s not appropriate to what should
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Judge Sets Date to Resurrect Landmark
BY CARL GLASSMAN Shuttered for more than four years, the stunning 1872 cast iron landmark building at 287 Broadway must reopen. Judge’s orders. Still, it could be almost another year before its dusty lofts and storefronts see life again. Randall Co., the building’s landlord and a real estate arm of the Gindi family, owners of Century 21 department store, has until next November to do what is necessary to lift its vacate order. The date was set recently through negotiations between lawyers for Randall and artist Cora Cohen, 67, a 35-year tenant who was forced out of her loft when the city vacated the building in November 2007. The Department of Buildings had determined that 287 Broadway was leaning and in danger of collapse, the result of excavation for a residential tower next door. But practically from the beginning, lawyers for the artist have been in court with the owners, accusing them of impeding the work needed to make the building safe. For more than a year, 287 Broadway has been tied to the new building, apparently out of danger, and the owners have yet to make it habitable. In September, an appellate judge upheld a decision in landlord-tenant court that compelled Randall Co. to do whatever was needed to get the vacate order lifted. Still, they said they needed more time and back into court they went. In
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In October, Cora Cohen returned to her loft at 287 Broadway, at left, where she lived and worked for 35 years. The city says the owner must remove the bracing, seen here near the entrance to her loft and in the stairwell, before its vacate order can be lifted.
November, a judge issued the timetable. “I think it’s a logical, very concrete schedule,” said Cohen’s lawyer, Arlene Boop, adding that negotiating with the owner made more sense than going through what could have been several days of hearings. Kenneth Dubow, who heads the Gindi family’s real estate company, did not return a call for comment. Beginning this month, Randall Co. is required to file plans for lifting the vacate order, then continue to meet deadlines set by the court along the way. “These are very clear time frames.
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Ryan Fitzgibbon, a DOB spokeswoman, told the Trib back in October. But Cohen, who was rent-protected by the city’s Loft Law and paying about $1,100 for her top-floor loft, said she has become so weary of delays that she could hardly feel good about the enforceable schedule. “I’ll believe it when I see it,” Cohen said. “Their M.O. has always been to just not do things rather than to do them. That’s the way they were about maintenance and that’s the way they were about everything.”
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New Design Reimagines Sidewalk Shed BY CARL GLASSMAN
It could nearly pass for a contemporary addition to this staid Downtown office building. But the white, translucent-roofed structure, now standing at the entrance to 100 Broadway, has a far loftier purpose. City officials hope it will transform the construction-blotted streetscape of New York City. Called “Urban Umbrella,” it is the prototype for what could replace the ugly (and in Lower Manhattan, seemingly ubiquitous) sidewalk construction shed. The structure, erected last month, is the winning design in the city-sponsored urbanSHED International Design Competition that drew 164 entries from 28 countries. Young-Hwan Choi conceived it as a first-semester architecture student at the University of Pennsylvania—and after just one visit to the city. “I understand that sidewalk sheds are necessary, so why can’t they be beautiful, too?” said Choi, who teamed up with the architecture firm Agencie Group as a finalist. According to the Department of Buildings, there are about 6,000 sidewalk sheds in the city and those will remain unchanged. It is yet to be seen whether building owners will opt for the new design for future sheds, though the DOB says it is stronger and more stable than the current ones. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, speaking
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at the unveiling of the prototype, said the city can’t require building owners to use the shed, which its designers claim would cost them no more than the old wooden ones because of lower maintenance. But, he said, owners will do it if it’s in their interest.
“If it makes their building more attractive, if it’s less disruptive, less blocking of their views and signage, the marketplace will get them to do it. That’s the theory.” And as for safety? Andrés Cortés, an architect with Agencie Group, said a test-
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Seeking Answers, 9/11 Health Surveyors to Go Door to Door BY JESSICA TERRELL Researchers want to know how Downtown residents are faring, mentally and physically, 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks. Beginning this month they will be knocking on doors to try to find out. The person-to-person outreach is part of an effort to boost resident participation in the World Trade Center Health Registry’s current survey, the third so far. Among the other groups being surveyed, area workers and people involved in the recovery, residents have the lowest response rate. About 41 percent of residents enrolled in the registry had responded by mid-December. A little over half of recovery workers and general workers have answered the survey. “We want to hear from everyone, because we want to get the full picture,” said Mark Farfel, director of the World Trade Center Health Registry. “Every survey counts.” For the survey to be accurate, Farfel stressed that it is important for all participants to respond—whether or not they believe they are still feeling the effects of living near the destruction. About 14,000 of the estimated 71,000 people who were living below Canal Street in 2001 are enrolled in the registry. In past surveys, Farfel said, about
one in five enrollees reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in the last five years; one in 10 enrollees had asthma. (Specific numbers for residents were not included in data provided to the Trib.) Health impacts varied according to the amount of exposure to dust. Farfel hopes the current survey will allow researchers to get a look at the persistence of certain conditions and to check for any new health problems that may have arisen for participants since the last survey in 2006. The current survey has an expanded mental health section. In addition to screening for signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, the new survey also asks about depression and anxiety, as well as sleeping habits and drug use, Farfel said. “For the adults as well as the children, we really put more emphasis on mental health,” Farfel said. “We definitely want to take a look at the course of PTSD, but we also want to look more closely at depression and anxiety. And they often go together.” The findings from past research have helped influence public policy, including the passage by Congress of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. Researchers will begin analyzing data after the survey ends in March, and Farfel said he expects findings to be published the following year.
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Bogardus Plaza on Its Way To Being Car-Free for Good
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Community Board COMMUNITY BOARD 1 MEETINGS AND AGENDAS
The following is a partial list of agendas. For updates, go to the Community Board 1 website. Meetings start at 6 p.m. and are held at 49–51 Chambers St., Room 709, unless otherwise noted. Call 212-442-5050 to confirm all dates and times. An ID is needed to enter the building.
1/3 BPC COMMITTEE, 6 PM Location: Battery Park City Authority, 1 World Financial Center, 24th Fl. 1) Presentation by City Sightseeing Cruises on use of Battery Park City ferry terminal 2) SLA Process Review Task Force update. Presentation by Anthony Notaro and Paul Cantor 3) Update on the Pier A Project. Presentation by Anne Fenton and Matthew Monahan 4) Street permit application by the Council on the Environment Inc. on Thursdays April 5-Dec. 20, South End Ave. bet. Liberty and Albany sts. Resolution
1/4 FINANCIAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE 1) SLA Process Review Task Force update. Presentation by Jeff Ehrlich and Marc Ameruso 2) Update on search for Greenmarket in Financial District by Cathy Chambers, GrowNYC 3) Street permit application by the Council on the Environment Inc. on Tuesdays Jan.3–Dec. Dec. 18, West Broadway bet. Barclay Street and Park Place. Resolution 4) Street permit application by the Council on the Environment Inc. on Thursdays April 5-Dec. 20, West Broadway bet. Barclay Street and Park Place. Resolution The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses and sidewalk cafe applications: • 70 Pine St., application for corporate change at Captain’s Ketch Inc., d/b/a The Ketch • 75 Maiden Lane, application for renewal of tavern-restaurant liquor license for ML Rest Inc. d/b/a Jim Brady’s • 164 Pearl St., application for wine and beer license for Shinju Sushi Inc.
1/5 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE 1) Zone Green, zoning text amendment. Resolution 2) Need for storm surge barriers. Presentation by Robert Trent Lyon, Public Member CB 4 3) Accessible pedestrian signals. Presentation by Ken Stewart of Pedestrians for Safe Streets 4) Stalled construction site. Borough Board Resolution 5) Newsstand and vendor location map. Presentation 6) 50 West St., 421-A Partial Tax Exemption. Review
1/9 WTC REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 1) Update by Port Authority of NY and NJ 2) Update by Silverstein Properties
1/10 YOUTH & EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1) South Street Seaport Museum’s educational programs. Presentation by SSSM’s Educational Director Franny Kent and Development Director Sarah Landreth
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1/11 TRIBECA COMMITTEE 1) SLA Process Review Task Force update. Presentation by Marc Ameruso, Paul Cantor, and Jeff Ehrlich 2) 71 Worth St., application for restaurant wine and beer license for RBC NYC Inc. Resolution 3) 85 West Broadway, application for alteration of hotel liquor license for 85 West Broadway Owner LLC & Engolos LLC d/b/a Smyth Tribeca. Resolution 4) 353 Greenwich St., application for alteration of restaurant liquor license for Mary Ann’s 353 Mex, Inc., d/b/a Mary Ann’s. Resolution 5) 65 West Broadway, application for renewal of sidewalk café license for 65 West Broadway Restaurant LLC, d/b/a Jean. Resolution 6) Street permit application by DID on Sunday, April 22, Lafayette Street bet. Canal and Leonard Streets. Resolution The following notice has been received for renewal of a liquor license: • 35 Avenue of the Americas, application for renewal of liquor license for AOA Bar and Grille
1/12 LANDMARKS COMMITTEE 1) Governors Island park and public space plan. Resolution 2) 52 Lispenard St., application for rooftop addition and facade restoration. Resolution 3) 77 Reade St., application for temporary signage. Resolution 5) 155 Franklin St., application for alteration of penthouse facade. Resolution
1/17 SEAPORT/CIVIC CENTER COMMITTEE 1) Update on Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Presentation by Leadership Team 2) SLA Process Review Task Force update. Presentation by Jeff Ehrlich
1/19 QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE 1) Update on construction projects in Lower Manhattan by Robin Forst, director of Community and Government Relations, LMCCC 3) Restaurant Letter Grades. Presentation by Beth Torin 4) Manhattan Borough Board Stop and Frisk Resolution
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Recycle Your Tree
The Alliance for Downtown New York and Friends of Bogardus Plaza will help you turn unwanted Christmas trees into plant food. The Alliance’s Mulchfest and E-waste recycling event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7. Trees can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bowling Green Park (electronic waste from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Hot chocolate, apple cider and snacks will be served.) A free Alliance bus, making three stops each in Battery Park City and the East Side, will take you and your tree to Bowling Green. For information, go to downtownny.com. In Tribeca, you can bring your tree to Bogardus Plaza at Hudson and Reade Sts. on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., where it will be recycled by the city Parks Department.
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Kris Bowers, the first place winner in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, will open the “Monk in Motion: The Next Face of Jazz” concert series at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. Bowers, a pianist, will perform on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25; $15 for students and seniors. Information: 212-2201459, tribecapac.org.
Family Fun
Free pizza and the film “How to Train Your Dragon” are the highlights of a monthly Family Friday event hosted by Trinity Wall Street from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, at Charlotte’s Place, 109 Greenwich St. Information: trinitywallstreet.org.
Musical Celebration
The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra will mark the 200th anniversary of Castle Clinton and the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty with “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Music,” songs inspired by the statue as well as performances at Castle Clinton by Jenny Lind. The last piece will be a John Philip Sousa waltz during which the audience is invited to dance. The concert is on Saturday, Jan. 14, 7 to 8:15 p.m. at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden.
Beautification Program
ACE Programs for the Homeless is calling on residents to make their streets greener and support ACE’s work by buying trees for Tribeca. A tree costs $1,800 and comes with a planter, delivery and placement. Call 212-274-0550, ext. 23.
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From Mark Twain’s troubles traversing Manhattan to Andy Warhol’s dating life, author Teresa Carpenter pulled together four centuries of journal entries about the city for her book, “New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009.” She will read excerpts from the collection at noon on Monday, Jan. 13, at 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St. Tickets are $18.
Year of the Dragon
In honor of the Chinese New Year, the New York Chinese Cultural Center presents a day of free crafts, acrobatics and folk dancing on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Winter Garden in the World Financial Center. Kids can learn to make dough figures or try their hands at calligraphy from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; performances follow from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Artist Residency
Writers and visual artists have until Jan. 19 to apply for free studio space and a $1,000 stipend from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Residency Program. An info session about the nine-month program will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, at the LMCC office, 125 Maiden Lane. Go to lmcc.net to make reservations.
Staged Reading
A friendship between two Jewish teens in 1940s Brooklyn—one a modern Orthodox Jew, the other the son of a Hasidic rabbi—is the subject of “The Chosen,” a play adapted from Chaim Potok’s novel. A reading of the play will be performed on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 7 p.m., followed be a discussion with director, Jonathan Solari. The event takes place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl. mjhnyc.org, 646-4374202. Tickets: $15; $12, students and seniors.
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Glass-Walled Building Proposed for Pier 17 BY JESSICA TERRELL A glass-walled three-story structure with a roof garden and sweeping river views is the new vision for Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport. That’s the preliminary plan for a building on the pier that would replace the current mall, as described by Community Board 1 members who got a preview of the scheme. Those who saw the plans last month, in a private presentation by SHoP Architects and the pier’s leaseholder, Howard Hughes Corp., said in interviews with the Trib that they liked what they saw. “Everybody was very impressed,” said Bruce Ehrmann, a CB1 member and co-chair of the board’s Landmarks Committee. “The building is designed to have view corridors to the water instead of the big, bulky mall that’s there now.” The CB1 members said the design calls for retail space on the mezzanine and third floor and an open ground-floor level with additional retail. “You can see through to the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge,” said CB1 member Paul Hovitz. “It gives you a sense of being able to enjoy the Seaport from the ground floor as opposed to a mall-type entrance.” Hovitz said that Christopher Curry, the Howard Hughes Corp. executive in charge of development, assured the group that the new building will not be a mall. “Their position was they are going to
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be looking for unique shops, services and restaurants,” he said. “All of this sounds great.” Representatives of the Howard Hughes Corp. did not return calls for comment. Unlike a previous plan, scrapped by the pier’s former leaseholder, General Growth Properties, there is no tower attached to the proposal, according to the board members. Though pleased by that, they said they expect Howard Hughes to eventually propose a tall building for Pier 17 when financing becomes available. “You can’t just be doing one building
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whether they would favor approval of the design by the Commission. They also said the architects have yet to decide which of two glass “skins” or facades they will choose for the building. “It certainly has some of the right components,” Byrom said. “But it’s too early for us to make enough sense of it to comment.” The ground floor of the structure would be open on the sides, but have glass doors that swing down, like those of a garage, to enclose the space in bad weather. The upper levels would have glass walls, and one of the renderings showed cables providing support and giving a bridge effect to the design, according to Hovitz. On the north side of the mall, formerly the location of the Water Taxi Beach and currently the Beekman Beer Garden, Howard Hughes proposes to remove the sand and install trees and benches to create an open public space. “The way they showed this space, it would be like a mini-park, which is really terrific,” Hovitz said. CB1 members said Howard Hughes intends to present more detailed plans publicly to CB1 in February. That would begin an approval process that is expected to take about a year. The company needs approval from both the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission and the City Planning Commission. Howard Hughes told the board that it hopes to complete the project in 2014.
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Dec. 3...11 p.m. A diner at Harry’s Steak placed a $2,200 Davide Cenci coat on a chair next to her table. The coat was stolen.
110 CHAMBERS Dec. 10...2 a.m. A customer at the Patriot Saloon, frustrated with slow service, threw a glass at the bartender, cutting her on the hip. The customer, who was stopped from leaving by a bouncer, told police that he “didn’t mean to hit her.” 374 CANAL
Dec. 10...9 p.m. A woman was buying fake designer handbags from two men on the street when she placed her own bag on the ground. One of the men grabbed her bag, which contained $4,800, and fled.
BEAVER & WILLIAM Dec. 12...3:55 a.m. A man walking on William Street was robbed at gunpoint, by a man who jumped out of a Jeep Cherokee. The assailant pushed the victim against a wall, asking, “Where’s the bag?” Then he stole the man’s wallet and drove away. FULTON & NASSAU Dec. 12...9:15 p.m. A thief snatched an iPhone from a passenger on a northbound A train.
27 DESBROSSES Dec. 13...11:30 p.m. A man parked his $2,500 motorbike and when he returned, it was gone. 199 WATER
Dec. 15...5:30 p.m. Twenty bottles of cologne were stolen from Abercrombie & Fitch.
GOLD & FULTON Dec. 15...10 p.m. A 27-year-old man checked himself into Downtown Hospital with a fractured jaw, head injuries and missing teeth, after being attacked by a group of four men. 110 CHURCH
Dec. 16...12:20 p.m. A man claiming to want change for a $5 bill got away with $5,000 in cash in a mid-afternoon robbery of the Emigrant Savings Bank. The robber asked the teller to break a $5 bill. After she gave him the singles, he gave her a note demanding $100 and $50 bills, or he would “shoot everyone.” Police searched the area, but failed to find the robber.
140 WEST BROADWAY Dec. 16...7:20 p.m. Seven teenagers worked together to steal more than $1,000 worth of clothing, including five women’s capes, from American Apparel, . 75 VARICK
Dec. 17...4:45 p.m. Police arrested a man, 24, and woman, 23, on burglary charges, after the duo allegedly sneaked into a commercial building and hung a 100-by-2foot banner stating “Reclaim your humanity” from a 17th-floor balcony.
CHURCH & WALKER Dec. 18...1:30 a.m. A 24-year-old man was in an argument with another man, when he was attacked from behind and then assaulted by a group of six to seven men. He suffered a fractured eye socket and cheekbone and a broken nose.
170 BROADWAY Dec. 18...4:15 p.m. Police arrested a thief who swiped a woman’s wallet at Century 21. The woman went to the 1st Precinct station after she noticed her wallet was missing, and police were able to use information from charges made on one of the stolen credit cards to track down the culprit.
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Police were asking for help late last month in finding an armed robber who attacked a woman in her law office at 401 Broadway on Dec. 26, tying her up and breaking her jaw. Video surveillance shows a man in a black jacket and knit hat entering the building and talking to someone at the front desk before proceeding toward an elevator bank. The man, armed with a knife, proceeded upstairs and forced his way into an office where a 23-yearold woman was working, according to police. Police say he attacked her and tied her up, before stealing cash, a backpack and a laptop from the office. The victim initially declined medical attention but later checked herself into Flushing Hospital for treatment of a broken jaw. The suspect is described as a black male in his 50s, and weighing 200 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call 800-577-TIPS.
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Union workers join protesters for a march across the Brooklyn Bridge on Nov. 17.
BY CARL GLASSMAN ccupy Wall Street was a photographer’s dream. Historic yet carnivalesque, peaceful (mostly) yet adrenaline-pumping in its nearly daily dose of action, the Zuccotti Park encampment and the frequent demonstrations that sprang from it offered a smorgasbord of visual delights. Such variety was often missing in the published photos of the months-long protest, which predictably featured confrontations with police over the day-to-day (and night) life of the movement. Indeed, there is a far more substantial and varied pictorial record of Occupy Wall Street than has been shown—until now. Luckily, the South Street Seaport Museum is taking on the task. Reopening on Jan. 25 under the direction of the Museum of the City of New York, the Seaport Museum will show 150 photographs culled from some 4,000 images submitted by more than 200 photographers. The show is just one of many installations that will fill the museum’s three floors and 16 galleries beginning this month. In what organizers are preferring to call an open house rather than a conventional and formal museum exhibition, there will be other installations of photography, as well as video, a “Made in New York” fashion and furniture show and offerings from the collections of both the Seaport Museum and the Museum of the City of New York. The Occupy Wall Street show, conceived just a few weeks after the raid on Zuccotti Park, is more akin to an ambitious photojournalistic exposition than any standard museum fare. It’s a visual exploration that adds meaning to those recent HENRIK KNUDSEN events, says Sarah Henry, chief Morning in Zuccotti Park, Sept. 25. curator of the Museum of the City of New York. “The photographs provide a window into the gestalt and the history of those two months,” notes Henry, who organized the show with Sean Corcoran, curator of photographs and prints. “You also see what the photographer’s eye can do to help you understand, as a viewer, what Occupy Wall Street is all about.” As one of the jurors assigned to sort through the voluminous submissions, I found that for all the standout photos we selected, much of that understanding comes from the diversity—even the contradictions—that can be seen in the show as a whole. The young and the old, the chaos and the order, the individuality of protest and the facelessness of it. That, it seems, is the big picture that this very timely Occupy Wall Street exhibition will have to offer. At press time, museum hours and admission fees were not yet available. For updated information go to seany.org.
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An estimated 20,000 Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march on Times Square on Oct. 15.
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Protester is arrested on Nov. 15 after jumping a fence into Duarte Park, on Canal Street.
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The South Street Seaport Museum reopens its 16 galleries this month. One of them features a show of photographs that documents the tumultuous and history-making life of Occupy Wall Street. Left, from top: Zuccotti Park, Oct. 15; A protester in Foley Square during a mass rally on Oct. 5; Isadora Rayne, 7, helps serve food to protesters in Zuccotti Park on Oct. 10.
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Developers Should Pay for School Seats Months of battle over the redistricting of Lower Manhattan schools has brought us a solution most Tribeca parents can support. The redrawn P.S. 234 “catchment area” that had raised so many hackles is back to what it was last year. Of course, P.S. 234 will likely have wait lists again in the coming school year as a result of unchanged lines. The preschool populaJIM tion continues STRATTON’S to rise as more parents choose to move there because of P.S. 234’s reputation. As a parent of two children who graduated from P.S. 234 and a former CITY P.T.A. presiCHARRETTE dent, I appreciate the graces of the school more than most. But wait lists and crowded classrooms do not a perfect school experience make. In past years I have vented my wrath upon both City Hall and the Board of Education for ignoring these problems of overcrowding. The city seems to delight as developers over-build, while our educators avert their eyes as schools fail to match growing needs. But those are criticisms I cannot hon-
estly make today. The city is trying to do what’s right. We’ve been given three new schools, P.S. 397 on the east side, P.S. 276 in Battery Park City, and the promise of another at Peck Slip, to begin in temporary quarters at the Tweed Courthouse. Despite these additions, however, the problem remains. Even with three new schools, Lower Manhattan cannot keep up with demand for early-learning classrooms. And there is the often overlooked corollary that when elementary students graduate, there will not be not enough middle school classrooms to match the elementary school overload.
This system, in fact, was pioneered successfully in the construction of P.S. 234, and has been used in nearly every school built Downtown since. But until now it only happens when the community rises up and marches on a developer with pitchforks. If it were part of the system, it would spread the burden over a larger number of developer pockets. Maybe then we’d have enough classrooms. ••• Redistricting, however, is not only for schools. Every decade there is a census, and with the census comes the
New schools only get built when the community rises up and marches on a developer with pitchforks. Spread the burden over a large number of developer pockets. But all our schools have been created after pitched community battles. Something is wrong when the only way to get the city to do things right is to muster a thousand angry citizens at its door. A better way would be to require all developers to pay into a fund that would be used specifically to build new schools in their development area. Enhancements like extra floor area could be provided when it is the developer who builds the school.
redrawing of political districts. It is often a make-or-break event for politicians, and sometimes, too, for political clubs. And the next redistricting will be happening very soon. My political club is the Downtown Independent Democrats (D.I.D.), founded in late 1971 by myself and a fellow loft tenant after redistricting had wiped out a previous neighborhood political club. And with every subsequent redistrict-
ing, our club has wondered whether we would suffer the same fate. In the early days we managed to elect only one District Leader (a member of the county executive committee) out of the two allotted to our district. The 1980 census, however, gave us a powerful majority. We quickly elected both District Leaders, myself one of them. The 1990 redistricting cut away everything south of City Hall, but added new territory up to Washington Square. The area that had been severed from us, including Battery Park City, was joined to East Village and SoHo components. Leaders from those areas elected to join our club. Now we had four District Leaders, a tie for the largest number for any political club in Manhattan. By 2000 our district had experienced the largest increases in population in the city, yet new district boundaries remained nearly the same. But success isn’t easy. In 2009, two of our elected District Leaders defected. The 2011 primary pitted D.I.D. candidates against ex-D.I.D. candidates. The challengers won 19 election districts (E.D.s) by a margin of 135 votes. The D.I.D. won 86 E.D.s by a margin of 1,271. We’re back to four District Leaders. Every redistricting has somehow left us stronger. I think we shouldn’t be fearful of this one.
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Left: Drawings by Emmanuel Kaiser-Veyrat, top, and Michael Coyne. Above: Mike Romanos, director of the Children’s Room at Poets House, told the children that Ulysses “is an intelligent hero who didn’t rely on super powers.”
What a Trip! Kids Take on Odyssey BY APRIL KORAL
Oh, the thrill of it all! One-eyed monsters, hungry cannibals, deathly whirlpools that threaten to toss your ship off the end of the world. What can beat the perilous 10-year voyage of Ulysses as he made his way home from the Trojan War? “I like to think of this as the worst road trip ever,” Mike Romanos said to the children who came to Poets House in Battery Park City last month. They were there to listen to this tale of back-to-back adventures. Indeed, his audience found aspects of Ulysses’ plight with which they could identify. They recalled bad road trips of their own, bouts of throwing up and train sickness. And they sympathized with Ulysses, whose sailors became addicted to lotus flowers. (“It’s like they just wanted to play casino and not do anything,” explained eight-year-old Michael Coyne.) They found it harder to fathom the power that the Sirens could have over a
sters, a lot of man. escapes by Ulys“Can you resist ses and his sailors the music of Lady by the skin of their Gaga?” asked Roteeth.” manos, looking for It’s the escapes an age-appropriate that the kids love, analogy. Most said he noted. “They they could. know something The retelling of bad will happen the Ulysses story and that Ulysses is was one in a series in for it. Seeing of 25 readings trachow he deals with ing 3,000 years of poetry. The readthose bad things is ings are in honor of half the fun!” the 25th anniverAfter telling sary of Poets the story (the chilHouse. dren particularly Romanos, the warmed to the Children’s Room Mike Romanos drew quick illustrations to ending in which director and a poet help tell the story of Ulysses. Ulysses poses as a beggar and evenin his own right, has been a Ulysses fan since he was a tually slays his wife’s many greedy suitors), Romanos asked each child to draw child. “I love adventure,” he said, “and this an imaginary odyssey of his or her own. E. V. Banos named her hero Clom has a little bit of everything. Great mon-
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26 ARTS & PLAY LEDGER ART Find out about this Plains art form, then create it. Free. Daily (except Sundays), 10 am. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. SUPERTALL SKYSCRAPERS Learn about tall towers, then build a model. Registration required. $5. Sat, 1/14, 10:30 am. LIVING AND WORKING IN THE SKY Create a model of a building using various materials. Registration required. $5. Sat, 1/28, 10:30 am. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org. FILM NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN’S FILMS Short winter-themed films about Native Americans. Free. Daily, 10:30 & 11:45 am. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. CHILDREN’S FILMS Feature-length titles. Ages 3–12. Free. Thursdays, 4 pm. New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray St., nypl.org. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Animated children’s film, plus pizza. Free. Fri, 1/20, 6 pm. Charlotte’s Place, 109 Greenwich St., trinitywallstreet.org. MUSIC LOU GALLO Music and movement program with singalongs to classic children’s stories. Ages 3–5. Free. Fridays, 11 am. BPC Library, 175 N. End Ave., nypl.org. BILLY KELLY Silly songs for kids. $15; free under 2. Sun, 1/8, 11 am. JEREMY PLAYS GUITAR Music that makes you
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THUNDERBIRD SOCIAL Traditional Native American dance and drumming. Free. Sat, 1/21, 7 pm. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL Tours, workshops, a lion dance performance and arts and crafts. $10; Free under 1. Sun, 1/22, 10 am–5 pm. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org. CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR Traditional Chinese dances and music, plus paper crafts, face painting and calligraphy workshops. Free. Sat, 1/28, 1 pm. WFC Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.
MINI MATES Crafts, music and storytelling. Ages 18 months–3 Regisyears. tration required. $15/$40 for four consecutive sessions. Thursdays, 10 South am. Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton St., seany.org.
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BY CARL GLASSMAN Photographer Donna Ferrato’s Tribeca may not be your Tribeca. It is a gritty, black-and-white world where even a gaggle of Downtown Little Leaguers or an everyday street scene contains a spark of drama or hint of noir mystery. But then again, Ferrato, who is best known for her seminal documentary work on domestic violence, is not one to pretty up a place, even if that place is a neighborhood so insistently glamorized as Tribeca. Her recently published book, “Tribeca 9/11/01–9/11/11,” is a selection of photos from the past 10 years, seemingly random in subject matter but neatly knitted into an offbeat romance with what she calls the neighborhood’s vanishing “renegade heart.” Unabashedly nostalgic for the place she moved to 15 years ago, she writes in the book’s introduction that there are still “glimmers of hope” for the area. And by that she means anything but the influx of new families and wealth, or the multimillion-dollar lofts, worthy of tours and real estate gossip but not her lens. A few celebrities make appearances, but as neighbors, not as stars.
Puffy’s Tavern, World Cup U.S. & Ghana, 2010
way. The book’s Ferrato’s Trilarge and unusual beca is a neighborvertical format hood of quirky allows doublestreet life, barpage photos, exroom shenanigans, quisitely reproand lovers lurking duced, to pop out in the dark. Each at a vivid 12 x 18 shot reminds us inches. that there are wonNot every picderful surprises ture benefits from and insightful mosuch size, but cerments still to be tain ones, like revealed by the Puffy’s Tavern, artful street phoWorld Cup U.S. & tographer, whose Ghana, certainly genre—largely do. (See above.) associated with Like many of her the New York pictures it is mulphoto scene of the tilayered. Fore’60s and ’70s—is ground and backdismissed these ground, disparate days by critics and Wall Street Journal, Franklin Street, 2008 as they can be, are dealers. In “Trijoined in a logical beca,” we see the lineage of Robert Frank, Garry Win- whole. Ferrato’s book begins with a doubleogrand, Lee Friedlander and other practitioners from the golden era carried for- page photo (not by her) of the burning Twin Towers and ends with the scene at ward. Ferrato not only embraces the art North Moore and Varick Street where form, but presents it in a most loving cops and civilians await the appearance
of President Obama's motorcade, on its way to the World Trade Center site. Both photos are in color and meant to mark the significance of the 10-year span of the book. In her introduction, Ferrato makes much of Sept. 11 in the life of the neighborhood, and her own. She was in Germany on the day of the attack and could not return to New York for a week. She seems still to be wrestling with the disappointment of not photographing during that time. But despite the book’s title, and a cover depicting a single beam of the Tribute In Light shooting above neighborhood buildings, it would be a mistake to view Ferrato’s pictures in the context of Sept. 11. They stand on their own. One of those photographs shows an inscription by Ralph Ellison in the sidewalk outside Stuyvesant High School (almost in Tribeca). It says: “For me, this was not a city of realities, but of dreams.” One might wonder why Ferrato chose that quote. Could it be that her pictures manage to contain a bit of both? For more information on “Tribeca: 9/11/01–9/11/11,” go to donnaferrato.com/books.
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During its “Champagne” days the “Munitions Building” on Warren Street overlooked the West Broadway El tracks. Inset: The building today with its big addition.
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Taylor 2 Festival Six dancers perform six different works, three on each night. Fri, 1/6 & Sat, 1/7, 7:30 pm. $30–$55. Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., pace.edu/schimmel. g
DNA Artists Presents Showcase Original works by six choreographers that explore a range of topics from optimism to geometry. Sun, 1/8, 5 & 8:30 pm. $5. Splice: DUETspaceQUARTET Choreographers Joanna Kotze and Ben Rasmussen perform their works. Mon, 1/9, 8 pm. $5. Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, dnadance.org. g
Iqa’at Wa Harakat: Rhythms and Music of the Middle East and North Africa Class that introduces various folk dances. Saturdays, 1/14–2/18, 2:30 pm. $18/class; $100/sixclass series. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St. 4th fl., alwanforthearts.org.
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Carl Beam Paintings, ceramics, constructions and video by the late Native American artist. To Sun, 4/15. Time Exposures: Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century Eighty photographs by prominent Western photographers and artists of 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. 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
about Native Americans of the Northeast and Great Lakes. Daily, 1 & 3 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g
Selection of upcoming films: The Beguiled A wounded soldier is the only man at an all-girls’ boarding school, and it turns into a personal nightmare. Wed, 1/4, 7:30 pm. $12. Five Time Champion A 14-year-old science wiz struggles with his social life. Thu, 1/12, 7:30 pm. $12. Octubre A man and his neighbor are brought together by caring for a newborn baby whose mother is a prostitute. Sat, 1/21, 6:30 pm. $12. Nostalgia for the Light Documentary on Chile’s Atacama Desert, which lies 10,000 feet above sea level. Sun, 1/22, 1 pm. $12. The Telephone Book A sexually frustrated woman
JANUARY 2012 THE TRIBECA TRIB ments and images creating imaginary landscapes. Tue, 1/17–Sat, 3/3. Opening reception: Tue, 1/17, 6 pm. RH Gallery, 137 Duane St. Tue– Sat 11 am–7 pm; Sun by appointment. rhgallery.com. g Ele d’Artagnan Cent’Anni. Original works by the artist, celebrating the 100th anniversary of her birth. To Sat, 1/14. KS Art, 73 Leonard St., kerryschuss.com. g 11th Annual Red Show Group show featuring works done in a variety of media. To Sun, 1/15. 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
The Westward Eye Group show featuring artists involved in Los Angeles’ contemporary
g Thunderbird Social Traditional Native American dance performed by the Thunderbird Indian Singers and Dancers, and drumming by the Heyna Second Sons. Sat, 1/21, 7 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g
New York Chinese Cultural Center Acrobatics, folk dances and the lion dance to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. Sat, 1/28, 2:30 pm. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.
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Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race How the Nazi regime aimed to change the genetic makeup of the population through eugenics, and how biomedical fields played a role in legitimizing those practices. To Sat, 1/7. Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles Rare artifacts about the poet, writer and 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 from the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv about the Soviet Jews who wanted to emigrate but were denied the right to leave. 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
The NYPD Motorcycle Squad: A Century of Service to New York City Exploration of the history of the motorcycle units, including vintage bikes and original footage from the 1960s and 70s. To Mon, 1/9. 9/11: A Uniform Response Thirty photographs of first responders drawn from the Associated Press archives, plus a short film featuring the photographers and their experiences at Ground Zero. To Mon, 1/16. $8; $5 students, seniors, children; free under 2. NYC Police Museum, 100 Old Slip. Mon–Sat 10 am–5 pm; Sun 12–5 pm. nycpolicemuseum.org. g
Alcatraz: Life on the Rock Exhibit on the island’s history in the military and as a federal prison. To Thu, 1/12. Ellis Island; ferry leaves from Battery Park. nps.gov/elis.
Film: The silent film “The Miners’ Hymns” by Bill Morrison will be screened with live musical accompaniment by the Wordless Music Orchestra on Tue., Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the World Financial Center. The film and music are part of a series that couples old, decaying footage with new composers. “The Miners’ Hymns” will feature a brass-heavy score by Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson. The event is free. For more information go to worldfinancialcenter.com.
and in their personal lives. To November. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St. Tue– Sat 10 am–4 pm. moaf.org.
goes on the hunt to find the man who placed an obscene phone call to her. Wed, 1/25, 7:30 pm. $12. See website for more films. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.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.
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Emily Dickinson Manuscripts, letters, and recipes by the poet, plus other archival materials. To Sat, 2/18. Free. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org.
A Church for the New World Chronicle of the historic 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.
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Lee Mingwei: The Travelers and the Quartet Project One hundred shared diaries in which travelers wrote their thoughts on what it means to leave home, and a sound installation about the experiences of displaced people. To Mon, 3/26. $7; $4 students, seniors, free children under 12 and on Thursdays. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St. Mon & Fri 11 am–5 pm, Thu, 11 am–9 pm, Sat & Sun 10 am–
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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GALLERIES g Michael R. Lebron Close to the Edge. Photo assemblages of New York and Paris. To Fri, 1/6. Warburg Realty, 100 Hudson St. g
Theresa Kim Washington Square: Then and After 1973–2010. Black and white photographs. To Sun, 1/8. Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, 18 Jay St. Tue–Sat 11 am–6 pm. ecfa.com. g Micah Ganske Tomorrowland. Paintings and sculptures depicting toxic and abandoned areas of the United States. Collapse Group show featuring works inspired by Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” To Fri, 1/13. Daniel Escobar Fictitious Topographies. Manipulated maps, docu-
art scene. To Mon, 1/23. The McNeill Art Group, 143 Reade St., mcneillartgroup.com. g
Florencia Fraschina and Andrea Cukier “Inner Environments.” Paintings by Argentine artists. To Wed, 1/25. Center for Worker Education, 25 Broadway 7th fl., ccny.cuny.edu/cwe. g
Ken Leland Gestalt + Mood = Perceptual Reality. Abstract paintings that address the interplay between everyday reality and symbolic reality. To Fri, 1/27. Bond New York, 25 Hudson St.
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Lynda Caspe Paintings. To Tue, 1/31. Sovereign Bank, 110 Hudson St.
g Crossing Lines Highlight of the diversity of contemporary fiber art through works of varying sizes, shapes and aesthetics, including weavings, knots and stitching. To Sun, 2/19. World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery. Thu–Sun 12–4 pm. worldfinancialcenter.com. g
Gao Yuan Un(Re)Marked. Sandra Carrion Shadow Dance. Sandi Daniel Flora. Louis Youmans Remnants. Rosalie Frost WaterWorlds/Central Park. Wed, 1/4–Sat, 2/4. Opening reception: Thu, 1/5, 6 pm. Soho Photo,
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Tue, 1/10, 6:30 pm. Free. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org.
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Steven Katzman Photographs exploring death and emotions. Thu, 1/5–Sat, 2/18. Opening reception: Thu, 1/5, 6 pm. Masters & Pelavin, 13 Jay St., masterspelavin.com.
Tina Chang, Marie Howe and Evan and Joanna Smith Rakoff Writers read their poetry and prose. Tue, 1/10, 7 pm. Free. Libertine Library at Gild Hall, 15 Gold St., penparentis.org.
g Diggers, Mimes, Angels and Heads Black and white prints. Fri, 1/6–Sat, 2/4. Opening reception: Fri, 1/6, 6 pm. Jack Hanley Gallery, 136 Watts St., jackhanley.com.
g Ann Lee “What the U.S. Can Learn from China: An Open-Minded Guide to Treating Our Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher.” Thu, 1/12, 6:30 pm. Free. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org.
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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 North Korea might be. Wed, 1/11– Sat, 3/10. Opening reception: Wed, 1/11, 6 pm. apexart, 291 Church St., apexart.org. g Chris Wyllie Just Past Happy. Oil paintings on found objects. Thu, 1/12–Sat, 2/11. Opening reception: Thu, 1/12, 6:30 pm. Hionas Gallery, 89 Franklin St., 212-274-9003, hionasgallery.com.
g David Koker “At the Edge of the Abyss: Concentration Camp Diary, 1943–1944.” Nearly daily record of a Dutch Jew’s experience in Vught in the Netherlands, recently translated into English. Wed, 1/18, 7 pm. $10. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.
Slideshows: South America: Argentina and Chile. 1/10. Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda Gorillas and other wildlife. 1/17. Waterfalls East and West From Colorado to the Hudson Valley. 1/24. Hunterdon County New Jersey. 1/31. All talks: Tuesdays, 6 pm, $2. Tuesday Evening Hour, 49 Fulton St., tuesdayeveninghour.com. g Energy for the Next 20 Years: Protecting the Environment and Meeting Our Demands Experts on wind, nuclear, hydropower and other energy forms debate the most promising paths forward. Thu, 1/12, 6:30 pm. $20; $10 students. Will Technology Let Us Avoid the Limits to Growth? Predictions and consequences regard-
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I’m Going to Make a Small Incision Behind Your Ear to Check and See If You’re Actually Human Thirty short segments of dance, theater, installation, change and mayhem. Thu, 1/5–Fri, 1/6 & Thu, 1/12–Sat, 1/14, 8 pm. $17; $14 students, seniors. Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, dnadance.org. g The Daily Show Live Stand-up comedy from “The Daily Show” writers and staff, including Rory Albanese, Adam Lowitt, Jenna Kim Jones and more. Thu, 1/12, 9 pm. $12. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g
These Seven Sicknesses Five-hour marathon of all of Sophocles’ plays, creating a portrait of the human condition. Dinner included. Thu, 1/19–Sun, 2/12. Wednesdays–Saturdays, 6:30
g Myong Hi Kim Borrowed Landscape. Oil pastel drawings on chalkboard. Thu, 1/12–Sat, 2/25. Art Projects International, 434 Greenwich St. suite 5B. Tue–Fri 11 am–5 pm. artprojects.com. g
Mounira Al Solh Installation that explores Lebanese immigration in a fictional and fantastic way. Katrin Sigurdardottir Sculptures and installations on landscape, architecture, space and memory. Fri, 1/27–Sat, 3/17. Art in General, 79 Walker St., artingeneral.org.
MUSIC g Les Sirenes Sopranos accompanied by cello and harpsichord. 1/5. Ji Eun Anna Lee Violin. 1/12. Geoffrey Burleson Piano. 1/19. Emerald Trio Flute, viola and piano. 1/26. All concerts are Thursdays, 1 pm and free. Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall St., trinitywallstreet.org. g Maqam Fest Groups perform musical styles from Baghdad, Aleppo, Cairo, Greece and Turkey with jazz and Latin elements. Fri, 1/6, 7:30 pm. $30. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St. 4th fl., alwanforthearts.org. g
New York Guitar Festival Live reimagining of the sonic masterpiece “Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks” by Brian Eno. Fri, 1/6, 8 pm. Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra Works by Lind, Foster, Moreau and Sousa that were played at Castle Clinton to commemorate its 200th anniversary. Sat, 1/14, 7 pm. Both concerts are free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com. g
Selected musical performances: Omniphonic Festival A variety of groups perform hybrids of blues, Hindi Boleros, bluegrass, brass and more. Fri, 1/6 & Sat, 1/7, 8 pm. $15. Sex Mob and Honey Ear Trio Mix of jazz and rock, plus covers. Fri, 1/13, 9 pm. $15. The E. J. Strickland Project and Olatja Project Jazz and tribute to Stevie Wonder. Wed, 1/18, 8 pm. $15. Daniel Knox Long-form composition and song cycle based on black-and-white photographs by John Atwood. Wed, 1/25, 8 pm. $15. See website for more concerts. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g
Kris Bowers Jazz musician and winner of the Monk in Motion: The Next Face of Jazz international competition. Sat, 1/28, 7 pm. $25; $15 students, seniors. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org.
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Ellis Avery “The Last Nude.” Thu, 1/5, 6 pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St., bn.com.
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Galleries: Photographs by Sandi Daniels, Sandra Carrion and Lois Youmans (above), use unusual techniques in digital photography to achieve alternative process look-alikes, demonstrating a strict adherence to attaining an authentically aged look. The exhibit, entitled Fauxtography, is on display, along with other shows featuring works by Rosalie Frost and Gao Yuan, at Soho Photo, 15 White St., from Jan. 4 to Feb. 4 with an opening reception on Jan. 5 from 6–8 pm. The gallery is open Wed.–Sun., 1–6 pm. For more information go to sohophoto.com. g
Carl Zimmer “Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed.” Tue, 1/24, 7 pm. $25; $20 students. See website to register. New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St., nyas.org.
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Taino Culture Discussion of Taino culture past and present. Mondays, 2 pm. All talks are free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, 212-514-3700, nmai.si.edu. g Intersecting Streams: Jews in Emma Lazarus’s New York Professors assess what the Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish communities in 19th-century New York shared and where they diverged. Sun, 1/8, 2:30 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. Medical Discrimination in America Discussion on how racially based medical theories affected African Americans in the early 20th century. Wed, 1/11, 7 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. The Soviet Exodus Evaluation of the history and legacy of the movement to liberate the Jews of the USSR. Sun, 1/22, 2:30 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. Italian Eugenics: Forging the “New Man” Talk on the intersection of science and politics in fascist Italy. Sun, 1/29, 2:30 pm. Free with
ing the depletion of finite resources. Thu, 1/25, 6 pm. $20; $10 students. See website to register and for more talks. New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St., nyas.org. g
Selection of upcoming talks: On Cecil Beaton: The New York Years A behind-thescenes look at the photographer’s life in NYC during the pop art era. Fri, 1/13, 12 pm. $18. The White House Photos and commentary on illustrious inhabitants of the country’s most famous home. Wed, 1/18, 12 pm. $18. Mon, 1/23, 12 pm. $18. One Sweet Cookie Baking tips, recipes and anecdotes from renowned chefs regarding their favorite cookies. Fri, 1/27, 12 pm. $18. Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted Accounting of the landscape architect’s designs, advocacy for abolition and personal triumphs and tragedies. Mon, 1/30, 12 pm. $18. See website for more talks. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g
Freemasonry’s Ethics in Colonial Times An officer in NYC’s only Masonic lodge defines and contextualizes the Colonial Freemason’s bond to his neighbor, his government and his god. Thu, 1/19, 6:30 pm. $10. Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl St., frauncestavernmuseum.org.
pm; Sundays, 4:30 pm. $40. The Flea Theater, 41 White St., theflea.org. g The Chosen In 1940s Brooklyn, a friendship develops between the son of a Hasidic leader and the son of a Zionist professor. Wed, 1/25, 7 pm. $15; $12 students, seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.
WALKING TOURS 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. g Chinatown Highlights include old row house and an eatery that catered to Chinatown’s turnof-the-century bachelors. Sat, 1/6, 1/13 & 1/20, 1 pm. From Coffeehouses to Banquet Halls Chinatown’s eateries and how they have changed. Sat, 1/27, 1 pm. Meet at the museum; $15; $12 students, seniors; free under 5. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org. g
Alexander Hamilton’s New York Tour of the Financial District. Meet at the museum. Sat, 1/14, 1 pm. $15. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org.
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At the Hallmark, seniors and their ‘teachers’ celebrate freshly learned computer skills
BY APRIL KORAL For years, Roz Carlin, now 92, was adamant about one thing: She did not want a computer. “I was always telling my children, ‘I’m busy. I have errands to do.’ But my daughter, who is a psychologist, said, ‘It’ll keep you from falling into the cracks.’” But there she was, seated at the table of her apartment, tapping on the keys of an iPad. “Now I can’t wait to use this,” she said laughing. “This morning when I woke up, I had eight emails!” Carlin was one of more than a dozen residents of the Hallmark, the senior residence in Battery Park City, who “graduated” last month from Pace University’s Intergenerational Computing class. Each of the octogenarians—and older—had his or her own computer tutor. It was all part of the Pace students’ study of the growing field of gerontechnology. One after another, the graduates and their teachers came forward to accept their certificates and testify to the joys of entering the Internet age. Gleefully, they spoke of going on Facebook, Skyping and connecting with family members who are too busy to talk on the phone but find time for email. “Thank you, my little Josh!” said Blossom Licht, looking up at her teacher, Josh Dansky. “I got my own email address. I learned to shop online!” “I’m shocked that I made it,” exclaimed Dorothy Campbell, standing beside her grinning instructor, Evelyn Shaw. “My last experience with anything mechanical was the electric typewriter. I really didn’t want to learn the computer.” Then again, Campbell insisted that her MacBook Air was not a true computer. “Because a computer can understand if you hate it!” she said. Campbell thanked her teacher for bearing with her, but Shaw replied that it was all fun. “By the end of the lessons I didn’t have to teach her anything,” she told the audience. “So we would just
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At the graduation ceremony last month at the Hallmark, from left, Pauline Lockman stands with her teacher Evelyn Shaw and Joan Ruberti is with her tutor Joshua Ryan.
hang out and go on the Internet.” Edith Barth was another of Josh Dansky’s students, and she put her arm around him as she spoke. “I enjoyed this class no end. I was sad when he left. But he said if I have any problems, ‘Call me.’ I have his name and number on my refrigerator.” Dansky smiled. “She’s a great student,” he said. “She learns fast. Her greatest problem is that she doubts herself.” “I’m going to miss him,” Barth said. “I’m going to miss her,” he said. From the back of the room, the Pace students’ professor and the co-founder of the program, Jean Coppola, of the university’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, couldn’t stop smiling. She had heard it all many times before. The school’s gerontechnology program, begun in 2005, is the prototype for many schools around the country.
From top: Edith Barth and Josh Dansky, and Christie Costantakos with Arwa Al Husseini.
people. Before the course started, Coppola said, “some of them blogged that ‘Old people are mean and smelly.’” Those prejudices disappear too, she said. To prove it, there were lots of hugs and kisses and promises to meet again. “The class was onPHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN ly one semester,” DanRoz Carlin, with her iPad, in her Hallmark apartment. sky told Licht. “You “We keep track of the older adults’ have my email if you need anything.” After receiving her certificate, Francognitive functions, self-image, depression,” Coppola said, adding that studies ces Berrick turned to her teacher, Sam show that as seniors become more tech- Eaton. “Thank you so much, Sam,” she nologically savvy, they have an in- said. “I finally know what I’m doing. I creased sense of well-being and stay have the confidence to use a computer without the teacher.” more alert. “I definitely made a new friend,” The studies also track the college students’ changing attitudes toward older Eaton announced.
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THE SPHERE
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only thing preventing its return is that the architect feels it would infringe upon the “aesthetics” of his design. This is self-absorption taken to an absurd degree. It is immature, incoherent and indefensible. It is an eight-acre site, publicly financed. The 9/11 families want the Sphere returned to the site; the general public wants the Sphere returned (in public forums they called for its return; see imagineny.org and my online petition petitiononline.com/CptBurke/petition.html). The very well-paid officials at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum Foundation should do their jobs to protect, preserve and honestly convey the history of 9/11, and Mayor Bloomberg and his chief deputy Patricia Harris should show some consideration for Downtown residents. (What do you think the chances would be of installing such an out-of-towncrowd-drawing attraction in Bloomberg’s Upper East Side neighborhood?) Where is Community Board 1 on this? Where are the local council members? Borough presidents? They were up front and center on the “Ground Zero Mosque.” This is an issue that actually matters. What is Bloomberg going to do— publicly oppose the return of the iconic WTC Sphere to the WTC site? Michael Burke
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