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Left: Heather Hensl holds a photo of herself taken in the emergency room about 15 minutes after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver on April 13. “I felt like something was poured over my head,” Hensl recalled after being hit, “and it was my own blood.” Above: Hensl prepares dinner. She remained on crutches last month, limited to the top floor of her duplex Brooklyn apartment.

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BY CARL GLASSMAN “I’m beyond relieved and very appreciative that the NYPD did not close the case, but continued to pursue it,” said Heather Hensl, the victim of an alleged hit-and-run driver who was arrested in May, more than a month after she was injured outside the Spruce Street School. Hensl suffered a double leg fracture and a gash to her forehead. Tiffany Murdaugh, 34, pleaded not guilty at her arraignment, where she was charged with second-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment, both felonies, as well as leaving the scene of an accident without reporting it, a traffic infraction. The suspect was released on $2,500 bail, with a scheduled court date in August. Murdaugh allegedly was driving her Dodge Charger on the sidewalk outside the Beekman Street side of the school when she struck Hensl, a physician assistant on her way to work at nearby New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital.

tion has narrowed the street to one lane, causing some drivers to partially park on the sidewalk. Witnesses said the car Murdaugh was allegedly driving went onto the sidewalk between a parked car and the building in an effort to get ahead of stalled traffic. Based on a surveilAt a meeting of the 1st Precinct Community Council, Capt. Mark lance video of the Iocco talks about the arrest last month of a hit-and-run suspect. incident, the DA The impact, Hensl recalled, caused alleges that Murdaugh hit the victim at her to “fly over the driver’s side and land 20 to 25 miles an hour and continued on back on the sidewalk. I think I went over “at the same rate of speed.” the hood.” As time passed following the acciBy late last month, she remained on dent, Hensl and parents at the school crutches, unable to return to work or do grew frustrated over what appeared to be much of her usual caring for two daugh- a delay an arrest, despite what the NYPD ters, ages three and six. said was a positive identification of the Witnesses and the DA’s office say the car and its owner. car narrowly missed a mother with her Hensl said she had been told by two young children on their way to police that an arrest was made more difschool. ficult because the car’s owner, whose The accident amplified what already name had not been released until later, was concern at the school regarding safe- lived in New Jersey. The lack of a witty on Beekman Street, where construc- ness who could identify the driver was

also a problem, police said. “I figured that if the car was identified, why wouldn’t the owner of the car have to answer some questions, even if she loaned the car to somebody or wants to say it got stolen, or whatever the case may be, I think they have to be held accountable,” Hensl told the Trib in an interview, just one day before Murdaugh’s arrest. In the NYPD’s first public account of the arrest, Capt. Mark Iocco, the 1st Precinct’s commanding officer, told the precinct’s Community Council late last month that, after finally managing to contact Murdaugh by email, detectives convinced her to come in and answer questions as part of their investigation of an insurance claim she had filed over damage to her car in the incident. Iocco said Murdaugh implicated herself in the crime by telling them that she was the sole driver of the car that day. “Then we didn’t need the positive ID and she was arrested,” Iocco said. According to Iocco, the suspect did not admit to the offense but “she made a verbal statement that she was smoking marijuana maybe and maybe she blacked out. She was confused.” Murdaugh’s Legal Aid lawyer, Lamar Miller, did not return a call for comment.

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BY AMANDA WOODS The Citi tower, along with its adjoining building and public plaza, which dominate two square blocks in Tribeca, will be getting a whole new look. “Basically, everything at eye level will be changed,” TJ Gottesdiener, a Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architect and the project’s main designer, told a Community Board 1 meeting last month. The financial giant is preparing for a consolidation that will turn the 388-390

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Greenwich Street complex into its world headquarters with up to 14,000 workers. In a projected five-year, $2 billion construction project that will close the plaza for a year and a half, the first 14 floors of the building, now masonry, will become a wall of glass, as will the front of the smaller building to the north. That “glassiness,” Gottesdiener said, is “more in keeping with Tribeca,” though it was unclear what buildings in Tribeca—a neighborhood characterized by masonry

structures—he was referring to. The two buildings will have a single employee entrance and the walls and trellises will be removed from the plaza, which Gottesdiener described as “oppressive.” A bank branch will open near Greenwich and Hubert streets, along with other, undetermined, commercial uses. “We’re hoping that it is a very community-focused activity,” Gottesdiener said, “maybe some kind of food service,

something that might spill out onto the street with some cafe seating, something to really enliven the space.” Also included in the plans is an approximately 400-seat auditorium with an entrance at Hubert and West streets, which Gottesdiener said is expected to be available for community use. This month, with scaffolding erected around the building, facade cleaning and restoration above the 16th floor is expected to begin.

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ing, an NYPD spokesman said in an email.) Ninety West Street is also a 410-unit apartment building, whose residents have been informed about the relocation of the command, Lt. Anthony Andreano of the NYPD’s Facilities Management Division told the committee. “Our deputy commissioner actually held several meetings with the landlord,” Andreano said. “They had the opportunity to talk.” Their only concern, Andreano said, was the possibility of police vehicles taking up parking spaces on the street. Andreano and other officers assured the committee that this would not be an issue. “The officers that are stationed there that patrol the World Trade Center site come from the 1st Precinct [station house],” Andreano said. “They take the train or they’re dropped off at the footpost.” “The situation, as far as parking goes, is not going to change from this location [130 Cedar St.] to the next location,” added Sgt. Kevin Keller of the WTC Command. “They’re adjacent to each other. They’re literally next-door neighbors.” They NYPD has yet to give a date for the move.

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The Poets House 20th Annual Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge takes place on June 8, led by poet Richard Blanco and actor Bill Murray, who will share city-centric poems at various points along the way. A dinner follows at 26 Bridge, with readings by Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang as well as poets Cornelius Eady, Edward Hirsch, Laura Kasischke, Thomas Lux and Ocean Vuong. Tickets for the walk and dinner begin at $250. For reservations, which are required, contact Krista Manrique at 212-431-7920, ext. 2830, or krista@poetshouse.org. Information at poetshouse.org.

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Little Water Radio, a “free-form netradio,” features a wide variety of onair interviews and performances before a live audience at South Street Seaport. Among them this month is an appearance by the duo Mahogany and their blend of vocals, 12-string guitar, synthesized sound and video on June 6; the genreless two-man (synthesizer and drums) band Talibam! on June 19; and singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston on June 20. Shows are at the Fulton Stall Market, 207A Front Street. More information on Little Water Radio and other South Street Seaport events is at southstreetseaport.com/events.

Music at Brookfield Place

“Summer Sessions” is a series of free concerts Tuesday evenings at 6:30 on Brookfield Place’s Waterfront Plaza. The lineup includes the experimental pop quartet Body Language (June 2); songwriter Margaret Glassy (June 9); Banda Magda’s blend of French lyrics, Latin rhythms and jazz improvisations (June 16); vocalist Julia Esterlin (June 23); and the band Superhuman Happiness (June 30). More information at artsbrookfield.com/events.

Arts Aboard an Historic Ship

A sketch day, photo day, art exhibition, performances, and more take place this month aboard the historic museum ship Lilac, America’s only surviving steam-powered lighthouse tender. The Lilac Arts Series includes an exhibition by 25 artists on maritime themes: “Steam, Work + Labor” and “Restoration/Reinvention.” Lilac is docked at Pier 25 near North Moore Street. For a calendar of events, go to lilacarts.com.

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Exceptional Service Awards

The Downtown Alliance last month presented its Exceptional Service Awards to four people who the organization considered as “advancing the goals of the Downtown Alliance and Lower Manhattan.” State Sen. Daniel Squadron was recognized as a “strong advocate for practical solutions” to improve government and for his role in securing resiliency funds for Lower Manhattan; NYPD Capt. Brendan Timony, formerly of the 1st Precinct, was called “a valuable ally in the Alliance’s efforts to make Lower Manhattan safer and more welcoming”; Warrie Price, founder and president of the Battery Conservancy, was honored for bringing to The Battery a “new standard” for public landscape and design; and Sanitation Chief Steven Costas was called a “critical partner” in the Alliance’s recycling program.

Record and CD Sale

The ARChive of Contemporary Music’s summer sale, which helps support its library of more than 2.5 million recordings of American popular music, takes place Saturday, June 13, through Sunday, June 28, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thousands of items will be for sale, many starting at $1, including pop and rock recordings, mint and sealed LPs, classical 45s, original 60s psychedelic posters from the Gande Ballroom in Detroit, Fillmore East programs, and more. The sale is at 54 White St., arcmusic.org.

River to River, Too Much to List

From June 18 to 28, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will present its annual River to River Festival, 60 free events—dance, music, visual art and new media projects—in public parks and historic landmarks, on Governors Island and along the waterfront. For a complete schedule, go to lmcc.net.

Ship’s Revolutionary Arrival

The Hermione, a perfect replica of a French 18th-century tall-ships frigate, will spend her Fourth of July weekend, July 1–4, docked at Pier 15 in the South Street Seaport, accompanied by a bevy of events. The original Hermione carried Marquis de Lafayette to America in 1780, preceding the critical American– French victory over the British at Yorktown, Va. A complete schedule of events is at hermione2015.com. ADVERTISING DIRECTOR D ANA S EMAN DANA @ TRIBECATRIB . COM

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TEXT AND PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN It moved. P.S./I.S. 276 Assistant Principal Claudine Jellison couldn’t believe what she was seeing that Monday morning, May 4, when she found the creature, its eyes tightly shut, its shivering body puffed up in a yellow ball of feathers and fear—and no leg tag to identify an owner. “I wanted somebody else to see it because I thought I’d lost it,” Jellison recalled. “I couldn’t believe there was a parrot sitting on the ledge here.” So began the temporary but popular addition of Gerald Rainbow Fluttershine Charger (as the students named him/her) to the school community. During the two weeks before his adoption by a Tribeca couple, the highly vocal and brightly colored green-andyellow parrot, a sun conure, found its feisty, squawking self in demand through- Left: Sonia Bicocchi’s second graders get a close look at the bird. Right: The parrot, now Dolly, at home with Danny and Geralin Fanelli. out the school. “Of all these high buildings, for him things kids can do as they build a rela- healthy for the bird to be kept alone in “Little by little everybody’s been the school on weekends, Geralin Fanelli, to fly and just sit there,” Seenath said, tionship with this bird.” wanting him in the classrooms,” parent sister of the school’s secretary, Lorraine “it’s amazing.” Even when the parrot was not the coordinator Erica Foley Weldon said Fittipaldi, adopted the bird with her husPrincipal Terri Ruyter quickly began center of instructional attention, it was soon after the homeless bird arrived at band, Danny. In the couple’s Indeto search for a store with a cage, and by glad to chime in, as second grade teacher school. “The kids are all excited.” Sonia Bicocchi learned from the unsopendence Plaza apartment in Tribeca, the the end of the day, the forsaken parrot It appeared that the bird had been bird—now called Dolly—happily flies licited squawks during a math lesson. was being comfortably housed and fed in abandoned by its owner. about at will. (“In the morning when I “I will not be yelling today,” the her office. “I saw a cage in the garbage over make the bed he has to come stay with teacher said, matter of factly. “He will.” Each morning, Gerald, as the bird there,” said Anthony Seenath, a school me,” said Danny. “He has free rein,” In Julie Smith’s kindergarten art was commonly called, was wheeled into custodian, standing at the window where added Geralin.). The couple is busily tryclass, where the kids were assigned to a different classroom, where he had the bird landed and gesturing to the resiing to help the parrot expand its diet draw the bird from life, Gabriel Kim become an ad hoc addition to a teacher’s dential building across the way. “So I’m beyond seeds and corn chips as well as insightfully announced that Gerald may lesson plans. figuring he might have been in that kickstart its vocabulary. squawk because he is not so happy. “The kids are going to observe the cage.” “Say hello,” Danny urged the parrot “I think it means that he’s scared bird’s behavior, see if it likes grapes Called to the scene, Seenath had because maybe he’s scared because they as it rested on his finger. more than apples, to see if we can teach coaxed the bird off the ledge and into the left him by himself and sometimes I get “Squawk, squawk,” the bird replied. it to say some words,” said Ruyter, who building with a bit of a breakfast doughscared at night when I’m by myself.” “That’s good,” Danny said, smiling. sometimes allowed the bird to fly freely nut donated by Linda Moftah, a teacher. Indeed, realizing that it was un- “You’re trying, at least.” in her office. “We’re thinking about

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Below: At an event organized by the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, artist Brian Tolle, the designer of the Irish Hunger Memorial, speaks about the creation of the monument. Right: A view from the upper level of the Memorial into a room of the rebuilt Irish cottage. A steady stream of visitors strolls through the two cottage rooms and continues on a path (upper right) onto the top level, the recreation of a rural Irish landscape, with a river view.

Last month, the artist Brian Tolle, designer of the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park City, gave a talk about this half-acre site that commemorates the Great Famine, a tragic episode in Irish history that began in 1845 and took the lives of an estimated one million people. Below, in an edited version, Tolle tells how he became involved in the project and his efforts to make the memorial, with its rural Irish landscape and reconstructed cottage ruins, as authentic as possible.

So much was serendipity. I was serving on jury duty and I sat next to a man whose mother was Joyce Schwartz, the art consultant who was vetting all the artists for this memorial. A little later, Joyce called me and said, “I’m a big fan of your work, Brian, but I hadn’t thought of you for this project. Would you submit your qualifications?” This was on a Monday and the competition was closing in a few days. Back then, we used slides to show our work and $25 to make a duplicate overnight was a lot of money for me, so I delivered the portfolio myself to the Battery Park City Authority offices. It was the day of their first meeting about the memorial. When I told the receptionist I was there for the Irish Hunger Memorial, I was mistakenly swept into the board room and seated across the table from Tim Carey, who was then the CEO of Battery Park City and was responsible for nearly all of the construction down here. He looked at me and said, “Who are you?” I introduced myself and this lovely lady next to me said, “Oh, it’s so great to meet you. I’m Joyce Schwartz!” So it was jury duty that gave me the chance to be considered for this project. Five artists were chosen for the final round and each of us was given $10,000. I

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packed up my bags and I went to Ireland, where I had never been. We had a wonderful historian on the project, and I asked her, “Where can I go to experience the consequence of these terrible events?” She sent me to a small, deserted village in western Ireland where there were dozens and dozens of houses dug into the hillside made out of stone

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IN THE B This 1965 snapshot, showing the grandmother of Tolle’s partner, Brian Clyne, in a cart in front of a family cottage, became the inspiration for the design of the Irish Hunger Memorial, recreated with the stones from the cottage. Right: The Hunger Memorial as a construction site in 2001. LLE RIAN TO SY OF B COURTE

rubble without any roofs. I stood on that hillside and looked over this village and tried to imagine the people who had once occupied this place and were lost, not only physically lost—lost their lives—but lost in time, lost in history. That experience left me feeling a profound sadness, a profound sense of loss. I submitted, with my architect and landscape architect, a model made of clay with some presentation boards. It was just a schematic. After we won, we had one year to design and build it. I knew pretty early on that in some way a house would factor into this equation, although I didn’t know exactly how. Having been an artist who made historical-looking objects out of things like sty-

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rofoam and fiberglass, it struck me that it was not an appropriate gesture to simulate one of these deserted houses in Ireland that had a resonance so deep. But nor did I want to participate in the colonial tradition of going someplace and taking stuff. So I put my name on the Irish Landmark Trust list, figuring that would be the responsible way to acquire a house. However, it soon became obvious that that would take a very long time, so we started looking for houses in the U.S. that were made from similar materials. Let’s get back to serendipity. My partner in life, Brian Clyne, is Irish. One weekend we were home with his mom looking through photo albums and there was a photograph from the 1960s of his grandmother in a haycart in front of their old stone house in Attymass, Ireland. My heart dropped.

My mother-in-law called her cousin in Ireland and said, “You know that house that grandma was born in? What happened to it?” He said, “We still have it. The roof fell in and we kept the cow in it.” “Can we have it?” my mother-in-law asked. Again, with serendipity. It turned out that Attymass was the parish where there was the first official report of death by starvation due to the famine. *** The infrastructure of the memorial is extraordinary. There are 110 90-foot piles to support it and a forest of 6x6 timbers

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Left: Pink geraniums are among the 52 varieties of plants, none of them hybrids, in the recreated Irish landscape. “When you see a geranium here,” Brian Tolle said, “it is not a big showy thing; it’s a delicate pink thing. We wanted to create a rural place, a fallow place.”

Below: At night, the memorial’s illumination comes from the backlit quotes on the structure’s walls.

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EGINNING were installed before the concrete was to be poured. The day before we were to pour one million pounds of concrete, the World Trade Center was attacked. This site was a military zone, and at some point the military started pulling out timbers for a platform. Fortunately, I had been giving tours to Irish COURTESY OF BRIAN TOLLE policemen and firemen who had been reading about the memorial in the Irish Echo. So when they saw what was happening, they stopped its destruction—and saved the memorial. Our site became covered with World Trade Center debris, and despite all the efforts to remove it, after we poured the concrete, it was still on the surface. I was shocked. It represented something appalling to me. I insisted on having it removed. I don’t know if that was the right decision, but it was important to me at the time, So they chipped and sandblasted it, but even now you can see bits and piece of debris embedded in the cantilever. ***

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Every detail was considered for this project. We had an architectural historian study how the house was built, identify significant stones, like a lintel, and those that affect the aesthetic of the houses. If we had used conventional cement it would fall apart in time. So we used a special lime mix formulated in France. We planted 90,000 plugs of native grasses and 52 different types of plants. None of them are hybridized, so that when you see a geranium here is not a big showy red thing, it’s a delicate pink thing. Many Irish people come here and say, “Where I come from, these are all weeds!” But we wanted to create a rural place, a fallow place. Though over the years we have had many offers to “spruce things up”! Someone once offered us a thousand tulips. The rocks come from all over Ireland, though we did not want them to be marked. When they arrived, I opened the crate and saw that they had all been engraved with names of the counties. I was mad! So I put them all upside down so you couldn’t see the names. But after the memorial opened in 2002, and we cut the ribbon at the dedication, thousands of eager Irish people went looking for their county’s stone—and could not find them. They were climbing over walls and stepping on young plants. I learned a very big lesson that day: You do not mess with Irish people’s stones.

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“One of our board members wanted to make a gift to the memorial of a 25-foot tall granite Celtic cross with an Irish flag on one side and an American flag on the other,” Tolle recalled. “But I wanted this to be about all of humanity.” As a compromise, a socalled “standing stone” with a Celtic cross of arcs, whose derivation is ambiguous, was placed on the site.

Despite Tolle’s wishes that the stones from the 32 Irish counties that contributed them not bear their names, the stones arrived from Ireland with the names engraved on them. After realizing that so many Irish visitors wanted to see the rocks from their counties, Tolle rearranged the stones along the path for easy viewing.

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This spring, as many in Tribeca have noticed, the park bloomed with an especially exuberant array of yellow, red, purple, pink and blue hues of thousands of flowers. Monica Forrestall, a member of the Friends of Washington Market Park’s board of directors and the volunteer who manages the community garden, tells how this spring display came to be and about its master planner, NYC Parks Department gardener Richard Haugland.

BY MONICA FORRESTALL If there seem to be a lot of flowers in Washington Market Park this year, well, there are. This is what 40,000 bulbs look like in bloom. That’s three times more than have been planted in our park for many years. But luckily for us, our new park gardener, Richard Haugland, happens to love bulbs. Richard has a degree in horticulture studies with a minor in botany from Fordham, as well as a certificate from the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. He’s been putting his expertise to use in the city’s parks system for 16 years, beginning at Union Square (pre-renovation) and most recently at City Hall Park, where he was acknowledged for his gardening work with a proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Richard noted that the long cold winter followed by the sudden heat added up to the “fastest spring on record.”

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Richard Haugland, the gardener in Tribeca’s Washington Market Park.

“The result was that everything came out at the same time,” he said. Red, yellow and purple tulips and tall exotic Yellow Crown Imperial Fritillaria (never planted in the park before) filled beds along the entryway path as well as in the bed separating the path from our community garden. Noted lovelies in the park have been the lilac-colored “Peony” tulips, and the very tall varieties, such as the purple “Lily” tulips and a multitude of shades of

pink ones against the wall of the Borough of Manhattan Community College ramp. “After the doldrums of the grays and browns of winter, when you see bright green leaves popping up and then the flowers, it’s thrilling and magical,” said Richard. “I never want to lose that feeling every year.” Richard has a master plan that includes every area of the park: brightly colored flowers by the toddler play

equipment and sandbox; a more subdued and sophisticated palette of blue and white grape hyacinths and fragrant orchid-style thalia daffodils for under the trees and the beds winding around to the gazebo. “I always plant extra bulbs,” Richard said. “One for the park, one for the squirrels, and one that might be picked.” He did have some help in making the park look great from groups of children at kids planting events that I help organize, as well as some local schools, several members of the Washington Market Park board, the park’s manager, Stephen Becchino, and the entire park staff. The park’s flower show is far from over. Richard carefully plans the plantings so there is a continuous show of new blooms. The vibrant flowering azalea bushes are just beginning to bloom, and the astonishingly tall Gladiator Alliums are opening. The pretty and fragrant peony flowering bushes are starting to open up as are different rose bushes around the park. Still to come are other summer flowering bushes, such as the 50 variegated lace-capped hydrangea and begonias that we planted last month at our annual It’s My Park Day for children and middle schoolers. It’s an event that I head up on behalf of the park board, under Richard’s watchful eye. Stop by and take in the unfolding flower show!

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The Church Street School for Music and Art turned 25 this year and its party last month was not the first celebration of that milestone. But it certainly offered the widest and most dizzying array of family fun. Judging from street activity, it would be easy to think that the main stage performances, pony rides, paint projects and more were the celebration. But inside the school, nearly every room also offered entertainment, from a photo booth and face painting to acoustic performances to an eerily lit “wishing room.” Here was an event that lived up to its billing as a “larger than life birthday bonanza.”

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Recently, we held our first Family Engagement Evening, a new school requirement from Chancellor Carmen Fariña. At a meeting with the principal and a representative from each grade, ideas were circulated for how to structure the evening, and at a School Leadership Team parents were given an opportunity to offer their suggestions. Afterwards, an on-line survey was distributed to parents, asking their thoughts about the evening—were they satisfied with the

Surveys in school are a way of life. This year, even 3rd-graders were asked to fill out a survey, which included the query: In your class, do you get to make “enough choices.” career readiness” is a popular phrase now, even when talking about Pre-K. Parent coordinators are asked to fill out weekly Parent Coordinator Activity Reports. The DOE wants to know how many parents I have spoken to on the phone each week, how many parents I have met face-to-face, and how many parent workshops have been held. I imagine that our answers are being analyzed in a back room somewhere. Surveys have become a fact of life. We survey parents on topics for workshops, and then survey them to learn how helpful the workshops were.

workshop they attended, what prevented them from attending, what would they like to see next year. Assessing and surveying are important, but sometimes the conclusions that are drawn are faulty because of how the questions are phrased. For example, several years ago, we wanted to improve attendance at our PTA meetings. From a survey, we learned that some parents could not attend morning meetings. The PTA executive board planned an evening meeting and invited State Senator Daniel Squadron. There were six of us, sitting in a circle, talking

about school overcrowding. I guess the survey question should have asked, “If we have an evening meeting, will you promise to come?” Recently, as part of a pilot program, we administered the Tripod Student Perception Survey to our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. (Starting next year, the results of this survey will factor into teacher evaluations.) The surveys are completely confidential. Students filled them out and slid them into envelopes, which they immediately sealed. They were asked to respond by bubbling in one of five possible answers, including, “No, never,” “Mostly not,” and “Maybe/Sometimes.” Some examples: •I like the ways we learn things in this class. •My teacher takes time to help us remember what we learn. •In this class, we get to make enough choices. •My teacher knows when the class understands, and when we do not. While I thought that it would be hard for them to respond to these statements, the students completed the surveys quickly and did not seem surprised or puzzled. Maybe we have already prepared them well for a life of surveys. Connie Schraft is the P.S. 89 parentcoordinator. She can be reached at connie@tribecatrib.com.

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Preschool Play Join toddlers, parents and caregivers on the lawn for play with puppets, toy animals, blocks, wooden vehicles, costumes and more. A story is read aloud at the end of the program. Free. Daily, 10 am–noon. Wagner Park, bpcparks.org.

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The Trummytones A children’s band led by trombonist Vinny Nobile. The group plays tuba, drums and accordion, performing ska (a genre originating in Jamaica), zydeco (from Louisiana, performed by French Creole speakers) and reggae. Mon, 6/29, 6:30 pm.

ARTS & PLAY g Big Top Science Simple chemistry and physics demonstrations that explain how a bed of nails can provide a great night’s sleep, how a tightrope walker maintains balance, and more. Presented by Mad Science. Limited to 25 participants; register by phone or in person. Ages 5 and up. Wed, 6/3, 4 pm. Battery Park City Library, 2nd floor, 175 North End Ave., nypl.org. g Magician Evan Paquette Following a show of sleight of hand and comedy, Paquette leads a short workshop during which kids can test

their own illusionistic abilities. Fri, 6/5, 3:30– 4:30 pm. For ages 4–8. New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray St., nypl.org.

g The Sword in the Stone With Merlin’s guidance, young Arthur discovers that he is the only one who can pull an embedded sword from its stone pedestal. Ages 5 and up. Presented by the Traveling Lantern Theatre Company. Wed, 6/10, 3:30–4:30 pm. New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray St., nypl.org.

Ten Tops Scavenger Hunt Families hunt in the museum for fun facts about skyscrapers, examining photographs, videos and text for clues. Kids then draw their favorite discoveries. For all ages. Registration required. Sat, 6/6, 10:30–11:45 am. $5 per child; free for Battery Park City residents. The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place, skyscraper.org.

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Storybook Reading and Activity Listen to “Kiwala Conoce el Mar” (“Kiwala Meets the Sea”) by Ana Maria Pavez and Constanza Recart. Learn about the importance of llamas to the indigenous people of the Andes. Make an embossed foil llama pendant to take home.

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Young Sprouts Gardening Children plant seeds, water seedlings, and taste fresh organically grown vegetables. Each week there is a lesson on gardening, covering pollinators, worms, seeds, flowers and birds. Kids also enjoy plant scavenger hunts. Ages 3-5. Free. Space is limited. 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, and 6/30, 3:15– 3:45 pm. Rockefeller Park, bpcparks.org.

FILM g Neighborhood Movie Night The sci-fi classic “Back to the Future,” starring Michael J. Fox. Friday, 6/26. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Starts at 7 pm. Popcorn and drinks are served. Free. St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway and Fulton Street, trinitywallstreet.org/movies.

MUSIC g Toddler Music with Irka Mateo Toddlers (18 months–4 years) learn about Taino culture through stories, song, movement and hands-on activities. First come, first served. 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 10:15 and 11:15 am. Free. One Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g Family Concert “Socalled,” the Montrealbased musician known for mixing hip-hop and klezmer music, performs for all ages. Sun, 6/14, 1–3 pm. Free. Wagner Park, bpcparks.org.

TENNIS g Tennis Clinic Kids learn the basics through drills and games. 6/2, 6/9, 6/16 and 6/23: 7– 8-year-olds, 3–4 pm; 9–10-year-olds, 4–5 pm. No reservations necessary, but space is limited to the first 20 children to arrive at the courts. Chambers Street at West Street, washingtonmarketpark.org.

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g Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism Work by Jewish émigré and American-born designers and architects who helped create a modern domestic landscape, including vintage furnishings, housewares, and graphic designs by Anni Albers, George Nelson, Richard Neutra, Alvin Lustig, Saul Bass, Ernest Sohn and others. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

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The Medicine Game A 2012 documentary about Jeremy and Jerome Thompson, brothers from the Onondaga Nation in New York who are pinning their hopes on their skill in lacrosse to take them to Syracuse University. The boys struggle to define their Native identity, live up to their family's expectations, and balance challenges on and off the reservation. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, 2nd fl., nmai.si.edu.

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orking Boots at Rest, above, by Mary Butler, is one of the

g Cerámica de los Ancestros More than 150 objects from seven Central American cultural regions. The work spans more than 3,000 years and includes examples in gold, jade, shell and stone. To 1/17. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, 2nd fl., nmai.si.edu.

Women Make History A collection of prize-winning quilts on display this month at the Manhattan brochures, posters, memorabilia, letters g The Peopling of America Center at and records from the city’s archives Borough President’s office. There are traditional quilts, modshow women’s struggle for equality. Ellis Island A new major exhibition, There are documents from the late ern geometrical, humorous and serious ones—a cross-section of work by “The Journey: New Eras of Immigration,” 1800s showing the gender-based salary focuses on immigration from 1954, some of the most creative fiber artists. Mon.–Fri., 10 am–5 pm, 1 Center schedule for public school teachers as when Ellis Island closed, to present well as the fight to allow married women times. Ellis Island National Museum of St., 19th fl. and mothers to continue to teach, the Immigration, libertyellisfoundation.org. original 1917 indictment charging Lena never previously been exhibited. Accompanying 6/2, 6–8 pm. Soho Photo, 15 White St., Motz, a Harlem-based midwife, with the crime of Lafayette’s calling card and the general’s sash is sohophoto.com. abortion, and a photo gallery of women in city g The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra a pair of pistols given by Lafayette to the Virginia government beginning with Cynthia Leonard, who g Profiled: Surveillance of a Sharing Society Cellist Mark Shuman is featured in Music officer David Miller. The exhibition complements ran for mayor in 1888. Mondays–Thursdays, 9 Director Gary S. Fagin’s “Goldberg Suite,” an An exhibit that examines the juncture of postam–4:30 pm, and Friday, 9 am–1 pm, through the docking of Lafayette’s replica ship, The arrangement for cello solo and strings of five 9/11 military concerns and the astronomical 8/5. From the archives of the NYC Department of Hermione, at South Street Seaport on July 4th movements from J. S. Bach’s “Goldberg rise of social media technologies. Artists analyze weekend. Through next year. Fraunces Tavern, 54 Records. Visitor Center, 31 Chambers St., Variations.” Also on the program is Mozart’s the paradoxes in sharing everything with our susPearl St., frauncestavernmuseum.org. archives.nyc/galleries. “Divertimento,” Ralph Vaughan-Williams’s picion of those looking. Works by James Bridle, g At Front Art Space A three-person show with g Soho Photo Five solo shows, including Kate “Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis” and more. Paolo Cirio, Jenny Odell, William Popelier, Julia Free. Fri, 6/5, 8–9 pm. South Street Seaport work by Donna Festa, Bin Feng and Sahana Scher and Jens Sundheim. 6/4–7/25. Apex Art, Schneider’s look at the Keystone XL pipeline Museum, 213 Water St., southstreetseaportmuRamakrishnan who were selected from an open 291 Church St., apexart.org. protest movement in Nebraska and South seum.org. call for artists. 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The show, “Glittering World,” continues mission about Tyler Clementi, the New Jersey Lafayette, several of which have throughout the year. National Museum of the teenager whose suicide brought national attenAmerican Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. tion to the issue of cyberbullying. The show g Music and Dancing at Fraunces Tavern includes the work of Stephen Schwartz, John Mark Shuman plays with Corigliano, John Bucchino and Ann Hampton Historical musician Linda Russell will sing balthe Knickerbocker Callaway. Sat, 6/13, 8 pm. $39–$65. Tribeca lads, accompanying herself with period instruChamber Orchestra on Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., ments, as instructors from the Tricorne Dance Friday, June 5, at the tribecapac.org. Ensemble teach guests popular social dances South Street Seaport from the Colonial era. This is part of the Night at Museum, 213 Water g Bang on a Can Marathon The annual event the Museums (mjhnyc.org). Tues, 6/23, 4–8 pm. 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Mah Jongg and Rummikub Play these games with other adults. Mon, 6/22 and 6/29, noon–2 pm. New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray St., nypl.org.

The Book Talk Bring a book you love, hate or just want to talk about. Registration required by phone or in person. Mon, 6/8, 5:30–6:30 pm. New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray St., nypl.org.

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TriBeCa A PERFECT CANVAS 4RI"E#A &ULL mOOR LOFT FEATURING 11-ft ceilings, exposed brick, extensive southern-facing views, and a U-shaped layout that can be transformed to your desire. $4.95M. WEB# 10024105. Craig Filipacchi and Jacques Foussard 212-452-4468 FULL FLOOR CONDO LOFT TriBeCa. Incredible prvt full flr loft. Approx 4164SF, 13â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceiling, wood burning fireplace. Top notch kitchen, 2 full baths. Large 448SF enclosed terrace, PT DM. $4.85M. WEB# 11256574. Juliana Frei 212-396-5886 Drew Glick 212-396-5883 PERFECT LIVE/WORK SPACE TriBeCa. Massive triplex property with approx. 5,400SF including approx. 500SF of commercial space that can be DESIGNED TO YOUR OWN SPECIlCATIONS $3.75M. WEB# 11815025. Craig Filipacchi and Jacques Foussard 212-452-4468 LOFT IN PRIME TRIBECA TriBeCa. Amazing 9-foot ceiling loft in prime Tribeca. The apt has 2 rooms, 2 baths with tons of closets, open kitchen, W/D and direct elevator access. Do not miss. $1.995M. WEB# 12387559. Ileen G. Schoenfeld 212-396-5878 Aracely Moran 212-588-5649

Village EXCEPTIONAL TROPHY PENTHOUSE West Village. Grand scale 4BR, 4 bath, with 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceiling great room. 360 river and city views. Wraparound terrace. Architect masterpiece. $40M. WEB# 11294646. Scott Harris 212-317-3674 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; WIDE RENOVATED MANSION East 10th Street/Fifth Avenue. Stunning single-family w/ apprx 10,482SF indoor & 2,094SF outdoor. Features include a pool, elevator from cellar to roof, South garden & 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceilings. $38.5M. WEB# 12407999. David E. Kornmeier 212-588-5642 TOWNHOUSE IN A TOWNHOUSE Charles Street. Unique West Village quadruplex in a boutique condo bldg. 6,524SF plus 1,280SF landscaped garden. 4BR, media rm, rec rm, elev. Mint condition. $16.25M. WEB# 10018438. Wolf Jakubowski 212-588-5630

CIRCA 1843 SINGLE FAMILY HOME West Village. Picturesque treelined cobble stone street, Greek Revival home, replete with architectural detail, bright, airy, lREPLACES HDWD mRS GARDEN $9.8M. WEB# 12431877. Christopher J. Infante 212-906-9299 2BR WEST VILLAGE GEM West Village. 2BR, mint renovated bath & stunning gourmet kitchen, top floor, light & airy, pet friendly, central laundry, storage, low maintenance. $1.095M. WEB# 12424997. Brian D. Farrell 212-588-5621

FAR WEST VILLAGE 1 BR West Village. Elegant 1BR w/ stunning design & finishes. Bright, quiet & peaceful. Open gourmet kit, sumptuous bath. FS Co-op w/ large roof deck & bike storage. $1.025M. WEB# 12424344. Edward C. Ferris 212-906-0567 WEST VILLAGE BEAUTY West Village. Bright west facing 1BR, 1 bath Co-op. Exposed brick, renovated open kitchen w/dishwasher & W/D. New wood floors & windows. Close to subway. Low maint. $663K. WEB# 12253550. Nicole Newlin 212-452-6206 Penny Toepfer 212-906-9250 CHIC STUDIO Greenwich Village. Savvy New York lifestyle. Complete renovation. Brazilian hardwoods. Sleek kitchen and bath. Part time doorman. Juliet balcony. Luxury space. High ceilings. $583K. WEB# 11699566. Joseph Ralph Lorino 212-452-4513

Gramercy/Chelsea MAGNIFICENT PH W/ 3 TERRACES West 20TH Street. 5BR, 4.5 bath renovated PH boasts approx 4,912SF interior and 1,700SF of terraces. Expansive living room with 22ft ceilings, huge skylights & 2 wbfps. $7.5M. WEB# 10313333. David E. Kornmeier 212-588-5642

MINT 2BR CONDO W/ 3 TERRACES West 19th Street/10th Avenue. Mint 2BR, 2 bath located close to the Highline. Floor-to-glass ceiling w/ stunning views from all windows. Chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kit, W/D, wine cellar. Gym + car space. $3.85M. WEB# 12388363. Maria Pashby212-906-9388 Joanna A. Pashby 212-906-9386 SOUTH FACING 1,700SF LOFT CONDO West Chelsea. Prewar doorman condo mEXIBLE "2 BATH LOFT W ORIGINAL details, wbfp,10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;3 ceilings and sunny south views, roof deck. $3.25M. WEB# 12459846. Robby Browne 212-906-9390 Chris Kann 212-906-9373 Jennifer L. Ireland 212-906-9397 PREWAR DESIGNER LOFT IN NOMAD NoMad. Live in the heart of NoMad in the cast- iron Gilsey House built IN 4RIPLE MINT "2 OFlCE bath, open city views, 12ft ceils. Pets, pied-a-terre, guarantors ok. $2.45M. WEB# 12368581. Katharine F. Tuckerman 212-906-9222 Edith F. Tuckerman 212-906-9228 CONVERTIBLE 3 BEDROOM Chelsea. Spacious loft-like gem in heart of Chelsea. High ceilings, lots of light, & 3 expos. Bring your imagination to make this your dream home. $950K. WEB# 9977322. Harvey Messing 212-712-1121 Elise Roberts Messing 212-317-7737

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A VERY RARE OFFERING SoHo. One of the few true, simplex 2BR and 2 bath apt avail in downtown most singular FS address. 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceils, exposed arches and skylight. Fleeting treasure. $3.65M. WEB# 12436060. Andrew O. Charas 212-452-4463 David J. Cobell 718-399-4139 CONDO JEWEL FACING WOOSTER SoHo. Lux split 2BR, 2 bath, APPROX 3& 3UN lLLED OPEN kitchen, 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ceilings, huge windows, lots of closets, W/D. 24hr DM, garage, gym, garden. Pets ok. $2.65M. WEB# 10312153. Linda De Luca 212-906-9208 Corinne Vitale 212-906-9249

FiDi GREENWICH CLUB ALCOVE STUDIO FiDi. Extremely quiet condo at prestigious Greenwich Club. Mint CONDITION WITH SLEEK lNISHES 'REAT storage. Full service building with gym and doorman. $735K. WEB# 10238181. Joseph Ralph Lorino 212-452-4513

Rentals 40 BOND TOWNHOUSE NoHo. Enjoy the privacy of a townhouse with the luxury of full service amenities. 3BR, 4 bath triplex w/ lush 757SF private garden. Media rm or 4th BR. 2,874SF. $31K/ monthly. WEB# 12467902. William A. Grant 212-906-0518 FOR RENT IN TRIBECA Laight/Washington Street. CoExcl. This 3BR, 4 bath home on HIGH mOOR OFFERS SWEEPING VIEWS OF the city and river from every room. Wonderful proportions + chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kit & W/D. FS bldg w/ gym. $28.5K/ monthly. WEB# 12358619. Maria Pashby 212-906-9388 Joanna A. Pashby 212-906-9386 YOUR HOME ON THE PARK Gramercy Park. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 BATH WOOD BURNING lREPLACE washer/dryer, high ceilings, and keys to Gramercy Park. $12.5K/ monthly. WEB# 12232679. Daniella G. Schlisser 212-906-9348 Matthew D. Hughes 212-906-9351 SOUTH FACING 1,700SF LOFT CONDO West Chelsea. Prewar doorman CONDO mEXIBLE "2 BATH LOFT W original details, wbfp,10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;3â&#x20AC;? ceilings and sunny south views, roof deck. $9.5K/monthly. WEB# 12125848. Chris Kann 212-906-9373 Robby Browne 212-906-9390 Jennifer L. Ireland 212-906-9397 NOLITA PENTHOUSE .O,ITA 4HE DElNITION OF DOWNTOWN LIVING 4HIS RENOVATED FULL mOOR penthouse features 11 foot beamed ceilings, brick walls and giant, south facing windows. $9.5K/monthly. WEB# 12254248. Craig Filipacchi and Jacques Foussard 212-452-4468 Jason Schuchman 212-452-4461 PENTHOUSE LOFT W/ A VIEW TriBeCa. This bright penthouse loft has beautiful open views of downtown, high- beamed ceilings, exposed brick walls, hardwood mOORS AND A GOURMET KITCHEN + monthly. WEB# 12271363. Craig Filipacchi and Jacques Foussard 212-452-4468 Jason Schuchman 212-452-4461

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