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Is Trinity spoiling the view of its own historic church?

They’ve had it with horn-honking on Hudson Street

The dismantling of old Tribeca’s elevated railroad tracks

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Cops’ cars park on Greenstreets triangle

To the Editor: Around eight years ago I started to notice the Greenstreets triangle between West Broadway and Sixth Avenue just south of Canal. It was a weed- and garbage-filled eyesore, and an invasive vine covered the plot from end to end.

I am happy to say that today, it is a much different picture. We’re not up there with the gardens of Finn Square or Duane Park, but at least the area is now a positive element in the landscape.

As part of a NYC Parks Department program, Greenstreets has transformed hundreds of unused concrete traffic islands, such as the one on Sixth

Avenue, into greened spaces. The city has helped us with plant donations and doing daily clean-up. All the other labor has been volunteer.

Unfortunately the officers of Transit District 2, which is housed in the A,C,E Canal St Subway staDON THOMAS tion, feel that the wide Cars parked on the 6th Avenue side of triangle south of Canal sidewalks and cobble photographs of the daily lawlessness paved areas that are part of the plot, showered on our neighborhood by have been provided to them as an offstreet parking alternative. I have taken (CONTINUED ON PAGE 39)

Responses to Trib’s look back on Downtown schools

To the Editor: I just wanted to reach out and tell you how much I loved the September issue about the downtown schools.

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The student body at P.S. 234, kindergarten through fourth grade, when the school was housed in Independence Plaza.

It brought back so many memories and a range of emotions. It made me so proud to be part of the education history here in lower Manhattan.

I would never have thought that my first year at P.S. 234 in 1988 would lead to where I am now and to all the changes I witnessed firsthand.

Finn Square: One man’s island of peace

Thank you so much for this retrospective and for caring so much about the schools, which is such an integral part of the downtown landscape.

This issue is a keeper for sure.

Ronnie Najjar Principal, P.S. 89

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To the Editor: I loved reading the article about our downtown schools and their pioneering spirit.

I felt compelled to send this old class photo of mine because although the new P.S. 234 building opened in 1988 on Chambers Street, the school up there in Independence Plaza

was also P.S.234.

I have so many great memories running around in that yard and playing dodgeball in the “pit.”

It may have been associated with P.S. 3 but it was definitely P.S. 234.

Thanks!

Mizuo Peck

To the Editor: A few weeks ago I was working in Finn Square, mostly picking up garbage and pulling weeds.

When I was preparing to put the tools back into our big industrial metal toolbox that serves as a bench for passersby, I found a guy asleep on the box, with his head on some cushions he’d brought.

He opened one eye and saw me. “I have to get in there,” I said. “Get in here later,” he said, and closed his eyes again.

I decided to leave him alone, so I pulled some more weeds.

About ten minutes later I saw that he was sitting up, then getting up to leave. I didn’t want to converse with him so I went to the other side of the garden, but he came over to my side.

“Thank you for taking such good care of this place,” he said.

“I’m going through a lot of emotional stuff right now and here I managed to find a little peace.

Thank you for all you do.” With his cushions and knapsack he looked like he was going through some financial stuff, too. “You’re welcome,” I said, and he went on his way.

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Trinity’s New Backdrop for Its Church At CB1, complaints that glass tower will ruin a classic sight

BY ALINE REYNOLDS Is Trinity Wall Street about to spoil views of its own iconic church?

That’s the complaint of some members of a Community Board 1 committee that got a look last month at preliminary plans by the church to build a 400-foottall glass tower on Trinity Place, behind the lower Broadway landmark. The planned building would contain 150 apartments above a podium that houses church offices. The church would demolish its two 90-year-old structures at 6874 Trinity Pl. that parish officials say are in need of $33 million in renovations and repairs.

The building, 75 feet taller than the current ones, would be the new backdrop for the church when seen from Wall Street—hardly a sight that would enhance it, according to several Financial District Committee members who saw preliminary renderings last month at a presentation by church officials.

“I just find this project unfortunate,” said Megan McHugh, who praised the “majestic” architecture of the church. “I don’t think it complements the [church] in any way.”

“The last thing [people] need to see is another building in the Wall Street area that looks like it’s on East 59th Street,” said Joel Kopel. “I’d like to see more limestone and less glass."

“It doesn’t do you justice,” said Susan Cole.

In a phone interview with the Trib, New York Landmarks Conservancy president Peg Breen, who had seen a rendering of the proposed building, said the “shiny box backdrop” would be a poor replacement for what is already there.

“I’m sure it’s a fine design, but it’s another glass tower—we’re going to have plenty of glass towers in that area,” she said. “To me, it’s a loss of a perfectly nice building.”

Instead, Breen said, she would like to see a restoration of the current, more attractive structure—with its ornate, articulated facade—that she believes is a more fitting neighbor to the landmarked

CARL GLASSMAN

From left: The view of Trinity Church from Wall Street, with the church’s current building at 68-74 Trinity Pl. behind it. Rendering of approximately the same view, with the proposed tower behind the church; the architects’ concept of the new building’s east elevation and, at right, the podium that will house church offices.

former American Stock Exchange Building next door. “It’s sad to see a handsome, historic building go—something like that will never be replaced.”

Jason Pizer, president of Trinity Real Estate, said the church likes the transparency of the proposed building’s facade because it does not overpower the church.

“It didn’t drown out the majestic church itself and was not much larger than the current building,” Pizer said.

“It depends where you stand on Wall Street,” said the church’s rector, the Rev. James Cooper. “The closer you get, you just have blue sky.”

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The design, by Pelli Clarke Pelli architects, winners of a design competition for the project, is still a work in progress, Pizer said. The facade will likely be “more in line with what the neighborhood looks like,” he noted.

“We’ve had this land for 300 years— we look at ourselves as a neighbor,” he said. “We’re not looking to incite or upset our neighbors.”

Though Trinity does not need CB1’s approval for the project, Pizer agreed to return to the board once the design was further along. Construction of the building is expected to begin late next year and be completed in 2017.

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At a meeting of Community Board 1’s Tribeca Committee, several 52 Thomas St. residents spoke out against a liquor license for a planned restaurant on one corner of their building.

Gee Whiz co-owner Andy Koutsoudakis and son Andreas listen to objections to their plans for a restaurant, where they say they will serve “healthy” organic diner-style food.

Planned Eatery Riles Its Neighbors Facing opposition, Gee Whiz owners give up on liquor license, settle for beer and wine

BY CARL GLASSMAN Counted among the well-regarded and established Tribeca restaurateurs are the owners of Gee Whiz, the diner-style eatery at Greenwich and Warren streets.

So Andy Koutsoudakis, co-owner of the 24-year-old restaurant, could only shake his head in disbelief last month after Community Board 1’s Tribeca Committee unanimously voted to deny a liquor license request to Tribeca Kitchen, the restaurant that the two Gee Whiz coowners, their sons and a cook plan to open early next year at the corner of Church and Duane Streets.

“Sorry guys, I mean, it’s nothing personal,” committee chair Peter Braus told Koutsoudakis and his son Andreas, following the vote.

The committee found themselves choosing between the new restaurant, with a proposed 1 a.m. closing, and the co-op owners in the block-long building who say they fear noise from inside the restaurant and out, as well as cooking odors from what they maintain is an

The day after his defeat, Andy Koutsoudakis said he felt stung by the vote and wanted to come to an agreement with the residents.

“I love this neighborhood and I always try to be a good neighbor,” he said, standing outside his restaurant.

“It hurt my feelings that they were so against it. No comThe new restaurant Tribeca Kitchen will occupy the Duane Street promise. Give me side of block-long 52 Thomas Street (aka 200 Church Street). something. Let’s sit inadequate ventilation system. Residents down and talk and figure something in all 22 apartments signed a petition out.” opposing the license.

The residents wanted it known that The building’s residents, who did not they, too, were willing to seek some want to be identified for this article, said common ground. they worried that their children would be “We think it helps to start what kept awake. should have been happening in the “our concerns lie with the sole fact beginning,” said a second-floor resident that there are 22 children under 10 in this who contacted the Trib the day after the building,” a resident told the committee. committee vote. “A bunch of adults talk“There’s really no soundproofing bet- ing about a problem and figuring out a ween commercial and retail units— way to solve it.” we’ve had significant sound issues as a Koutsoudakis made concessions. He result, and also ventilation issues.” agreed to add insulation to the ceiling, to

close an hour earlier, and to add a device to the smokestack that would largely eliminate odors.

Would that persuade the full Community Board to reverse the committee’s decision when it voted on Sept. 25?

A resident in the room that evening signaled his continued opposition. He said he was awaiting the results of a sound analysis that would determine whether the insulation would do the job.

The full board, like the committee, voted to reject the liquor license.

Undeterred, Koutsoudakis said he will now go the far easier route and apply for a beer and wine license. “I got to get moving. I got to build my place,” he said.

The second-floor resident said his neighbors are miffed about that. They expected the restaurant owners to keep working with them on potential noise issues before going for any license. “It gives everyone in the building a feeling that they don’t want to be good neighbors and work together,” he said.

But Koutsoudakis insists that it will all be resolved amicably.

“I told my neighbor, ‘In the end, I know you’re going to come downstairs with your kid and I’m going to serve you,’” he said, “‘and you’re going to be

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CB1: Less Is More on Woolworth Building Board calls proposed penthouses too big and opposes “Upper East Side� entrance canopy

Community Board 1, which is advisory to the LPC, vehemently opposed the previous plan (reduced from two stories to one per an LPC decision). “As you can see it’s a great improvement over what was presented 12 years ago,� Roger Byrom, chair of CB1’s

BY CARL GLASSMAN Here comes “The Woolworth Res- Landmarks Committee, told the full board on Sept. 24. “But this is the idences.�

Architects this month will be seeking Woolworth Building, one of the most Landmarks Preservation Commission significant buildings in Lower Man(LPC) approval for visible changes to the hattan, if not the most significant along 30-floor tower portion of the grand, land- with Federal Hall. So I think you’ve got marked Woolworth Building. A develop- to apply a very, very high standard here.

We are only going to have one opportunity.�

In a nearly unanimous vote, the board voted to support much of the exterior work being proposed by the architects from Thierry W Despont Ltd.—with a few big exceptions.

The LPC, having seen mock-ups that showed the future penthouse’s visibility from the street, said the architects could do better. “We think it can be modified, we think its too visible and can be less visible,� Byrom A rendering of the residential entrance and canopy that is said. proposed for the Park Place side of the building, near BroadElise Quasebarth of way. Community Board 1 opposes the addition of the canopy.

Higgins Quasebarth & er is converting the tower into 40 condo- Partners, a preservation consultant hired minium apartments, including a 15-foot- by the developer to advocate for the prohigh penthouse set into the mansard roof ject’s design, called the structures “bareof each of the two “wings� of the build- ly visible.� In fact, she said, they would improve the landmark’s appearance. ing. “The penthouse additions will cause The Woolworth Building’s upper floors were first slated for conversion the removal of the existing, really more than a dozen years ago. The hideous and highly visible HVAC equipLandmarks Commission approved two ment on both wings,� Quasebarth said.

In addition, she said, new “cresting,� of its glass penthouses on the building in 2001—far more visible than the ones or Gothic-style fencing, would be now proposed—but developer Steve restored to the roofs to help hide the Witkoff never followed through with his additions.

Quasebarth also argued against the plans. Last year he sold the Woolworth's upper floors to Alchemy Properties for a board’s objections to a plan to enlarge the windows on the buildings ornate pinnareported $68 million.

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Proposed views of the south facade (top) and of the penthouse, looking southwest (above).

The architects say that restored â&#x20AC;&#x153;cresting,â&#x20AC;? or Gothic-style decorative fencing, will largely obscure the penthouses when seen from the ground. Community Board 1 disagreed.

cle. The larger windows are needed, she said, for the top apartments and are 600 feet from the ground. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keep in mind the pinnacles are way up there,â&#x20AC;? she said, explaining to the board that â&#x20AC;&#x153;they are absolutely necessaryâ&#x20AC;? to meet the legal requirement for light and air for the highest apartments.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think you can work around whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there,â&#x20AC;? Byrom responded.

Finally, there was the matter of a proposed canopy over the residential entrance on Park Place. (The main entrance, on Broadway, will be used only by commercial tenants.) The CB1 resolution called it unsuited to the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

original design. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly not something you see in Lower Manhattan,â&#x20AC;? said committee member Corie Sharples. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I get how a building on the Upper East Side from this era might have something like that.

But it feels like it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong here.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exceptionally important for us to have something that marks the residential entrance that distinguishes it from commercial storefronts and the main entry to the building on Broadway,â&#x20AC;?

Quasebarth argued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People will find their way into this building,â&#x20AC;? Byrom replied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll know where it is.â&#x20AC;?

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Library Book Clubs

Two Downtown libraries—Battery Park City Library at 175 N. End Ave. and New Amsterdam Library at 9 Murray St.—have free monthly book discussions open to everyone. on Tuesday, oct. 15, from 6 to 7 p.m., the Battery Park Book Club will discuss Per Petterson’s awardwinning novel “out Stealing Horses.” on Tuesday oct. 29, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., the Book Discussion Group at the BPC Library will talk about “The House of Spirits” by Isabel Allende.

Registration is not necessary.

At the New Amsterdam Library, the Book Discussion Group will talk about “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn on Wednesday, oct. 23, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.

Register by phone (212-732-8186) or in person (A sign-up sheet is at the circulation desk). Refreshments will be served.

Mah Jongg, Anyone?

The third annual Mah Jongg marathon open to players of all skills will take place on Sunday, oct. 20 from 12 to 5 p.m. at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Advance tickets are $36, or $54 with a boxed lunch. Tickets can be purchased at projectmahjongg.com, by phone (646-437-4202) or at the door (for $72). The last day to reserve a boxed lunch is Friday, oct. 11. The event will include raffle prizes including restaurant gift certificates, theater tickets, Mah Jongg paraphernalia, and other items.

Email questions to mahjongg@mjhnyc.org. The museum is at 36 Battery Place.

Bus Idling Complaints

Poets and admirers of Harvey Shapiro read from his work and share memories of the poet and long-time New York Times editor who encouraged Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to pen the famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

Friday, oct. 11, at 7 p.m. Free. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org.

Want to report a bus that’s idling too long? (The law limits it to three minutes.)

If it’s an Academy Bus, which operates 150 commuter buses in and out of the Financial District each weekday, a 24hour dispatch center in Hoboken, NJ, (201-420-7000) will take your complaint. Chuck Kassinger, Academy’s terminal manager, told a Community Board 1 committee last month that he will also take calls. His number is 732-901-1933, ext. 2680.

Bogardus Garden Fest

Money Show and Tell

Harvey Shapiro Tribute

The annual Harvest Festival organized by the Friends of Bogardus Garden will take place at the plaza, at Reade and Hudson streets, on Saturday, oct. 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There will be live music, children’s activities, snacks, face painting and more. The event is free and open to the public. Rain date: Saturday, Nov. 2, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. bogardusgarden.org.

Free Plants and More

The Downtown Alliance is sponsoring two events this month as part of its “Green Around Downtown” program. on Wednesday, oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon (rain or shine), the Alliance is giving away 4,000 geraniums during its “Adopt-A-Geranium” day. The “Fall Community Planting” is on Saturday, oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. Volunteers are invited to help plant thousands of tulip bulbs that will bloom next spring. There will also be complimentary snacks and family activities.

Both events are at Bowling Green Park at Broadway and Whitehall Street. More at downtownNY.com.

Tribeca Loft Tour

Friends of Duane Park will be hosting the 14th annual Tribeca loft tour on Sunday, oct. 20. Tickets are available in advance for $60 at duanepark.org or for $65 at Duane Park, Hudson and Duane streets, at 12:30 p.m. on the day of the event, depending on availability. Proceeds from ticket sales go to the upkeep and improvement of the park.

This year, a portion of the proceeds will also benefit Bogardus Garden and Plaza.

The Museum of American Finance will host its annual Wall Street Coin, Currency and Collectibles Show from oct. 17 to 19. Dealers will trade, sell and share the histories behind coins, stock certificates, paper money and other numismatic items. Admission is free.

Hours are Thursday, oct. 17, 12–7 p.m.; Friday, oct. 18, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Saturday, oct. 19, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. An auction will take place Saturday, 10:30 a.m.

The museum is at 48 Wall St., moaf.org.

Classes with Chef Moss

Russell Moss, former executive chef of the now-closed 92YTribeca Cafe, is holding three cooking classes this month at Tribeca Synagogue for the Arts, 49 White St. oct. 2: Learn to make traditional risotto and a seasonal risotto using Aborio rice, white wine and saffron. oct.

16: The chef prepares four different tofu dishes including tofu with sweet-andsour tomato and fresh peas, and seared tofu with wild mushrooms. oct. 30: Chocolate mousse and chocolate pudding. (Non-dairy options will be explored as well.) Classes are 11 a.m. to noon, Each class is $30. Register by calling 212-966-7141 or email lily@synagogueforthearts.org.

Bhangra Dance

The ARChive of Contemporary Music and DJ Rekha hope to break the Guinness World Record for “The Largest Bhangra Dance” on Sunday, oct. 6, at 5 p.m. at the South Street Seaport. The free event is one of many that the ARChive of Contemporary Music has helped organize as part of their India Music Week. A full list of activities, are at arcmusic.org.

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Far left: Foundation Hall, with its exposed slurry wall and the shrouded “Last Column.”

Left: Steel columns bent by the impact of American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower’s 93rd to 99th floor.

Below: The burned-out Engine Company 21 fire truck, in the hall where it will be on view when the museum opens in the spring.

September 11 Memorial president Joe Daniels and museum director Alice Greenwald.

BY ALINE REYNOLDS PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN North Tower steel mangled by the impact of a Boeing 767. The stairs that offered hundreds a final route to safety. A fire truck bent and burned. These are among the largest objects from the World Trade Center destruction of 12 years ago that are now permanently housed in the National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum, due to open its doors next spring.

Still a construction site amid the swirl of tourists on the surrounding memorial plaza, the museum awaits most of its installations—the interactive timelines, videos, photos and stories of that day and the aftermath.

But in a preview tour of the 110,000square-foot museum led by 9/11 Memorial president Joe Daniels and the museum’s director, Alice Greenwald, members of the press got a look at its seven-story-deep interior and some of the massive objects that are visceral reminders of the enormity of destruction.

The largest of those installations are towering 70-foot-high twin “tridents,” part of the North Tower’s base, that are housed in the museum’s glass-enclosed pavilion. As visitors descend a ramp, they will hear recorded voices of people recalling what they were doing on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

Visitors will then reach an overlook offering a view of what the museum is calling “Foundation Hall,” an expansive area at bedrock that features the exposed slurry wall, the reinforced concrete that held back the Hudson River.

“If the [Twin Towers] were still here now, this area would have been the park-

A look inside the yet-to-be completed Sept. 11 Memorial Museum

ROOMS OF REMEMBRANCE The 70-foot-high twin “tridents,” towering steel from the North Tower, dominate the museum’s pavilion. The artifacts are so large that the museum had to be built around them.

ing garage, and the parking decks provided the lateral bracing against the wall,” explained Daniels. “So when the towers came down and all that was destroyed...there was concern that the wall was going to breach. It didn’t, [but] it had to be reinforced.”

A centerpiece of the hall is the “Last Column,” the final piece of steel that was ceremonially removed from the site.

Now shrouded in cloth, it is covered with the graffiti and momentos of rescue and recovery workers. “We brought it back to stand tall within this hall,” said Daniels, “as a reminder of that nine-month period, as well as the resiliency that was required to clean up the site.”

Descending toward bedrock is a view

of wall-mounted “impact steel,” a section of girders from the north tower’s 93rd through 99th floors, bent like straws

by American Airlines Flight 11. (A companion piece stands at bedrock level.)

Visitors will walk down stairs beside the “Survivor Stairs,” the last intact remnant to be removed from the site.

“You’re literally following the same pathway that hundreds followed on 9/11 to safety,” Greenwald explained as she stood at the foot of the stairs. “What we’re saying to visitors is, we all live in a world that was defined by this event.

And, in that sense, we’re all survivors of 9/11.”

At bedrock will be the historical exhibition, which include the “Cross,”

(crossbeams that remained from 6 World Trade Center), tangled strands of rebar, and the remains of Bent Propeller, the steel sculpture by Alexander Calder that stood on the plaza. The fire engine of Capt. Billy Burke, who died while trying to save a paraplegic man from one of the burning buildings, is also installed.

Nearby is the memorial section with portraits and profiles of each of the 2,983 victims of the 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and of the 1993 truck bombing at the World Trade Center. An installation entitled “Reflecting on 9/11” will allow visitors to record their own 9/11 experiences. other items on view will be the preserved, dust-covered window display from Chelsea Jeans, formerly at Broadway and Fulton, that is on loan from the New-York Historical Society, and furniture from an apartment in Battery Park City’s Gateway Plaza that was heavily damaged by flaming debris.

Affixed to one of the walls is a quote from Virgil written in letters, more than a foot high and forged from World Trade Center steel. “No day shall erase you from the memory of time,” it reads.

“That message,” Daniels said, “goes to the heart of this institution.”

Watch the audio slide tour at tribecatrib.com.

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Department of Transportation diagram shows the planned painted extension of Barnett Newman Triangle, south to Franklin Street.

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The city plans to make a safer crossing where Church Street and Sixth Avenue converge at Franklin.

The Department of Transportation says it will extend Barnett Newman Triangle, the traffic island that now ends about halfway down the block, southward to Franklin Street.

Nick Carey, a project manager for the DoT’s Bicycle Program, presented the plan last month as part of a presentation to Community Board 1 about new bike lanes planned for Tribeca.

“If you’re a pedestrian walking on the east side of Sixth Avenue or the west side of Church Street, suddenly the side-

walk ends mid-block and you’re forced to jaywalk across three lanes of traffic,” Carey said. “And if you’re crossing on Franklin and you aren’t making the light, you can wait in the painted curb extension.”

The median will be extended with bollards and paint, though the city eventually hopes for funding to install concrete curbs.

The new bike lanes will be installed on Church, Sixth Avenue, Varick and West Broadway.

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1-7 Lispenard is a row of unprotected buildings.

285 Broadway sits between two historic districts.

A row of unprotected Washington Street buildings.

New Push to Protect Tribeca History Tribeca Trust launches effort to convince city to expand protections for local buildings

BY CARL GLASSMAN Lynn Ellsworth is taking up a preservation fight for Tribeca that others had given up on long ago.

The economist and long-time Duane Street resident is campaigning for an expansion of Tribeca’s historic districts to include the many blocks excluded by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) when it designated the neighborhood’s four districts more than 20 years ago.

Property owners in historic districts need permission from the LPC to demolish, construct or visibly alter their buildings. Ellsworth, who last year launched Tribeca Trust, a preservationist organization, insists that the lack of landmark protection has caused the “steady erosion” of Tribeca buildings and blocks.

“We have asked the Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider new boundaries that make Tribeca whole again,” she said.

Ellsworth is setting out on a letterwriting, petition-signing and fundraising effort in hopes of convincing the LPC to again consider expanding the historic districts. In 2002, following such a push

by Community Board 1, the commission extended the Tribeca South Historic District by less than half the area that

Tribeca’s Historic Districts, Current and Proposed Blue outline indicates expanded boundary proposed by the Tribeca Trust

CARL GLASSMAN

Lynn Ellsworth, founder of Tribeca Trust in 2012, hopes to revive a long-abandoned campaign to convince the Landmarks Preservation Commission to expand Tribeca’s historic districts.

CB1 had asked them to protect.

Last month, Ellsworth appeared before the board’s Landmarks Committee seeking its support. Co-chair Roger Byrom said the committee was happy to back her efforts but was skeptical about success. He recalled the committee’s hard work in making the same case leading up to the 2002 decision.

“And after all that we got 12 buildings,” he said.

“I think they’re wrong from an architectural history point of view, they’re

wrong from a social history point of view,” said Ellsworth, whose group has been researching some of the more historically significant buildings in the neighborhood.

Ellsworth sees hope in the coming change of city administrations and the likely replacement of LPC chair Robert Tierney. She believes there are enough significant buildings in Tribeca outside

the historic districts to warrant enlarging the districts and has felt encouraged by former LPC staff and commissioners with whom she has spoken “People said you can’t read the tea leaves of how this will play out,” she said, “so you may as well go out for it.”

In a statement to the Trib, the LPC said it “continues to review the trust’s submission.”

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REPORTED FROM THE 1ST PRECINCT

250 VESEY Sept. 1, 4:45 p.m.

A manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two bicycles, valued at $2,000 and $1,000, were stolen from a bike rack.

WATTS AND GREENWICH Sept. 3, 6:33 p.m.

A Babboe City cargo bike, valued at $1,500, was stolen by two people driving a red-and-white van. The bike had not been securely locked.

WEST AND WARREN Sept. 4, 2:30 p.m.

A woman left her handbag unattended in a stroller at the P.S. 89 playground.

When she returned, the wallet was gone.

The victim lost $300 in prescription medications, a college ID, a driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, debit cards and $280.

DOVER AND SOUTH Sept. 4, 11:40 p.m.

Two men were arrested for hitting a man and knocking him off his bike. The perpetrators made away with the bike and a $500 iPhone. The stolen property was not recovered.

91 WASHINGTON Sept. 5, 11:35 a.m.

A thief swiped the handbag of the owner of Petropolis, a pet store, which the victim had briefly left unattended in the store. Inside the bag was her wallet, credit cards, a driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and $80.

DEY AND CHURCH Sept. 5, 3:20 p.m.

A womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $300 purse, containing two passports, $1,200 in plane tickets, credit and debit cards, a cell phone, a digital camera and $150, was stolen. The woman told police she felt someone bump her while crossing the street.

1 NORTH END Sept. 7, 2:25 p.m.

A manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $4,500 Giant bike and $100 bike lock were stolen.

CLIFF AND FULTON Sept. 8, 4:04 a.m.

A 29-year-old man is under arrest for striking a 33-year-old man on the head with a bottle of beer and brandishing a knife at the Iron Horse bar and restaurant. The injured victim complained of a headache but refused medical attention.

112 FULTON Sept. 8, 5 p.m.

A womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wallet was stolen from inside her shopping bag at Food Mart.

The victim lost an ID card, a debit card and $200.

PIER 15 Sept. 8, 8 p.m.

A thief swiped a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wallet she had placed on a table while taking photos. The wallet contained credit cards, earphones and a $113 Metrocard.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; TRAIN, FULTON/NASSAU STATION Sept. 10, 11 a.m.

A thief attempted to swipe a 48-yearold womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pocketbook. The victim was able to hold onto her bag while screaming for help. The man fled the train at the Fulton Street stop.

SOUTH AND WALL Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

While tending to his daughter, a manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trek Bicycle was stolen from the East River Esplanade. In addition to the $3,000 bike, the thief took the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $150 bag, which contained a Rolex watch, a laptop and an iPod. 12 JOHN Sept. 13, 6 p.m.

A robber made off with $300 from Gelato Ti Amo after threatening an employee with a knife and shouting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;open the register, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a robber.â&#x20AC;? The employee told police that the man had been in the store before the hold-up and said he was going to get money and come back.

JOHN AND FRONT Sept. 14, 9 a.m.

A manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $3,000 Fuji bicycle was stolen from a parking lot, where he had chained it to a gate.

68 BEACH Sept. 15, 10 a.m.

A thief stole $6,875 in camera equipment from a manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick-up truck.

BATTERY PARK Sept. 17, 2:15 p.m.

While playing basketball in the park, a teen put a pair of jeans, with his cell phone, wallet and debit card, on the ground. The items were stolen.

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A thief on a bike grabbed a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iPhone from her hands while she was texting on the sidewalk.

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A thief lifted a $1,000 Gucci handbag from the back of a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair at Hale & Hearty. She lost a $500 Michael Kors wallet, an iPhone and keys.

270 GREENWICH Sept. 20, 3 p.m.

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214 BROADWAY Sept. 20, 7:42 p.m.

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They’re Blasting Horn Honking on Hudson

BY CARL GLASSMAN They heard a few honks too many.

Tribeca residents living above the epicenter of Holland Tunnel gridlock are taking to the streets—Hudson Street, that is—in hopes of halting the incessant and inevitably unproductive honking that goes on outside their windows.

During a Friday afternoon rush hour late last month, three residents of 135 Hudson Street stood at corners near their building, with placards held aloft. “No Honking…It’s Illegal,” the signs read— and in smaller letters: “Unless it’s an emergency.”

“All summer, if your windows are open, you get no peace, just constant, constant noise. And I get irritated,” said Jill Godmilow, a recently retired film professor who was standing with her sign and whistle at the corner of North Moore and Hudson streets. “Finally, I got irritated enough to organize this.”

The afternoon demonstration, she said, marked the beginning of what the group hopes will become a weekly quest for a quieter street, with more neighbors showing their support.

It may sound quixotic in the face of an endless parade of creeping traffic full of impatient drivers, but the outcome already looked promising.

“I think there’s a lot less honking today because we’re here,” Godmilow said. “Momentarily it’s helping out.”

A block north, Godmilow’s neighbor, Erica Rooney, stood facing traffic with

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On Hudson Street, Erica Rooney reminds motorists that unnecessary honking is a violation.

her own sign, and basking in the encouragement of drivers.

“I get so many ‘thumbs up’ from people in cars, which really surprises me,” said Rooney, whose husband, Peter Rooney, was also demonstrating. “Buses, trucks, taxis, liveries—and solo drivers in their big SUVs who shouldn’t be driving in Manhattan at all.”

Rooney pointed to one of the biggest honk-inducing problems: The intersection of Beach and Hudson, where cars exiting the Holland Tunnel rotary cross paths with the thicket of tunnel-bound traffic traveling north on Hudson.

“This intersection on Friday afternoons will be a constant din of horns honking until the Port Authority decides to change the exit [during rush hour],” she said. The group is advocating for rerouting the exiting traffic during the busiest hours.

Standing on Hudson, the trio was hardly lacking in advice from passing drivers and pedestrians. “one man said to me, ‘You know, you can do citizen arrest.’ But I don’t know how to do that,” Rooney explained. “And a woman asked me if I’m taking down license plates. I said, ‘Yes, I

am. A few.”

She pointed to three plate numbers she had written on her sign. “It’s hard to tell who honked,” she admitted.

Godmilow said she expects new recruits to be out on upcoming Fridays, next time with petitions calling on the city to install “No Honking” signs.

“We’ll organize more people who are affected by it,” she said. “We’ll try to get some action going.”

But the timing is not in the residents’ favor. This year the city began taking down the red-and-blue signs that remind motorists that the penalty for non-emergency horn-honking is $350.

According to Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Gastel, the signs add to roadside clutter and are ineffective. “There are 1.3 million signs on our streets,” he wrote in an email to the Trib, “and excessive signs are distractions for motorists that can diminish the overall effectiveness of Speed Limit, one Way or Do Not Enter signs.” Gastel said that there is no documentation to support that the signs make a difference.

According to the NYPD, 206 drivers received summonses in 2012 for “unnecessary use of horn.”

“Honking. It does no good,” a cab driver said, looking out his window and reading the sign that Peter Rooney held high. Then, as if on cue, came three loud blasts.

The driver shook his head. “There’s every kind of people,” he said.

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Gelsey Kirkland observes a class in one of her academy’s four studios. “Most people can't stay focused for more than three minutes,” she says, “whereas here you are doing the same boring movement all the time but you enjoy it because you can feel, oh, today was a little bit better.”

Pursuing their passion for ballet at Tribeca’s Gelsey Kirkland Academy, these students are in

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hrough a drab Broadway entrance near Leonard Street and up a flight of stairs is a world far removed from the hubbub of Downtown street life and wholly detached from the every day.

The young women and men, mostly teenagers, who spend five-and-a-half days a week there, relish the bubble. It is a place to pursue their dreams through the pain, exhaustion and frustration that accompanies a reach for perfection, and driven by a passion to dance.

This is the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet, founded in 2010 by Kirkland and her husband Michael Chernov, who are the school’s artistic directors.

Kirkland, the acclaimed former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater, and Chernov, a former ballet dancer and actor, attract gifted young dancers from around the country who are drawn to the couple’s mission to, as they put it, “foster a rebirth of dramatic storytelling in ballet.”

Selected through nationwide auditions to attend the academy’s full-time professional train-

ing program, many of the students come here with more than talent. They carry a desire to put dance above all—friends, family, dating and school life.

Most live in dorm-like housing in Midtown, where they take online academic courses at night.

“I think to do ballet you have to be a little crazy. It takes a certain kind of person who’s focused and dedicated,” said Michelle Katcher, 19, an Alaskan in the academy’s professionallevel studio company, who has put off college for the chance to dance. “Even though it’s so much work and you’re sore every day and some days you feel pretty crappy, there’s nothing else that gives me the same feeling.”

The intense training culminates twice a year in major productions at Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts. In December the academy will put on the “Nutcracker,” its biggest and most ambitious production yet. The stage, after all, is what the countless hours devoted to technique, style and acting is about.

“As hard as it is, the students find that dance just gives them life,” said Chernov. “There’s a joy to making it all work.” ¥ ¥ ¥ Rachelle di Stasio, 16, rehearsed last spring at Gelsey Kirkland Classical Ballet Academy and made her final performance with the school in its May production of “Sleeping Beauty.” Di Stasio, who moved from New Orleans to attend the academy, said she hasn’t missed going to high school.

“I don’t care if I miss a prom because I’m like living in a prom, basically. I’m dancing with guys, I’m dancing all the time. And I get to be with teachers, I get to live different lives and wear crazy, fun costumes. And many people are watching. It’s so magical.”

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ometimes my friends and I joke about how all we talk about is ballet. But we’re not crazy bunheads. We do discuss other things, and we don’t want to live in a bubble. But usually, even if we try not to, we end up talking about ballet and just helping each other through the hard things. I think a lot of people don’t realize how much is going on in your mind when you’re dancing because, of course, you smile and you look nice and it looks easy.

But there’s so much in every movement, whether it’s just remembering the millions of corrections for each step that you’ve gotten from the teachers or, a lot of times, it’s remembering, okay, if I think about engaging this muscle and leaning this way when I do this step then usually this helps me.

But then that also becomes a challenge because you don’t want the audience to be listening to your thoughts almost, like seeing your eyes move around trying to remember what you’re supposed to do. You have to get to the point where your body remembers what to do, so that you can make it look effortless. In classical ballet you’re telling a story and you can’t tell a story if the audience sees you thinking about where to point your toes.

Michelle Katcher receives instruction from Gelsey Academy instructor Vera Solovyeva. Above left: Katcher takes a solo turn last spring in the academy’s production of “Sleeping Beauty.”

VERONICA HERNANDEZ 13, Clearwater, Florida

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ance is a big part of my life. I have the passion to do it. I have the desire to do it.

Dance is my everything. In the morning, I get up, I get ready for dance, stretch, do dance all day, get home, start homework, go to bed and then do the cycle again.

During rehearsal. I’m thinking what can I do to improve myself, what do I need to fix? Is that good? Do I need to work on this more? I try to make everything look good and perfect. Of course, none of us are perfect. But if you have that mindset, you’ll get there one day.

Kevin Hernandez (father): They invited her to attend full time and it threw us into a whirlwind. It was at the end of July, school started in Florida in two weeks, and we have no real relatives in New York. It was really a rush to make a life-changing decision. I’m sure we all have experiences where we wish we had walked through a certain door and always wondered what if. We didn’t want that to happen for her.

Gidget Hernandez (mother): We think about things she would be missing. She’s an eighth grader, so she would be missing the “spring dance” and yearbook and getting ready to move from middle school to high school. We really sat down and talked about the things she would be missing out on and the sacrifices that would need to be made. But she wanted it, she wanted to do it.

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e moved from the Dominican Republic and I’m the first dancer in my family. My dad wanted me to be a police officer or a lawyer or something like that. It was very hard to convince them—especially my father—that it’s not a feminine thing, that guys have to be guys and partner with girls and you come together and the guys are very noble and very masculine.

My grandfather came for the first time to [watch me perform]. I was very happy about that because my family thinks it’s just dancing. I tell them that it’s much more difficult than they can imagine. They want me to be something already. I’ve had to explain to them that it takes time.

Now they think it’s very impressive, they’re like, ‘Oh, we didn’t think you could hold that girl, we thought you were going to do drop her.’

You have to be really aggressive with yourself with ballet because your body doesn’t want to do it. All we’re made to do is walk around and be normal human beings. This is something foreign to the body, like another language.

I’m always excited to get into class, even if I’m sore because you have to get to the next level. In ballet you never reach perfection. There’s always more. You have to be better than yourself all the time. It’s more of a battle with yourself than with anyone else because you see yourself in the mirror and you’re like, ‘Wow, I have so much work to do.’

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it’s so much work and ery day, there’s nothing me the same feeling.”

PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN

MICHELLE KATCHER

GELSEY KIRKLAND co-founder and co-artistic director

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ou don’t know if a kid is a good fit for the program until they’ve been here for a while. Sometimes people really do love ballet, but they believe it’s easy, and when they find out how hard it is some of them are willing to do the work and some of them just can’t take it and give up. But for the most part, the students who come here learn the technique with a kind of joy because we attach it to meaning. Usually when people learn classical ballet technique its the mechanics of how the body works. We do that, but our final aim is that they be actors and dancers combined so they can open up the instrument and identify very early their channels of expression. We want it to be from the inside out.

A classical dancer is a truly beautiful classical instrument. It’s like time stops, the clock stops ticking, and it becomes eternal. When you see a great dancer, that quality is there and you go into another world because of what the instrument is doing.

ADELAINE GRABER 16, Houston, Texas

d to leave home because I’m really close to my family, but it’s to be in New York. And the training here makes it all worth it. e years old when I realized this was what I wanted to do, and I want to dance professionally.” I was at a really small studio saw that I had potential and started working with me a lot. I to Houston Ballet when I was 12 and 13, and then I came s 14 for part of the summer, and again at 15. Ballet is one of ut I honestly love doing school work. Everything is interesting to omeschooled since I was 10. When I was 13 I was offered a dual-credit classes at a community college. I’m nearly finished o years of college. be focused to be a ballet dancer and I think that focus re a lot faster. People my age are really annoying. There’s just with teenage girls, needing boyfriends and stuff like that. It’s . I’ve always liked my ballet friends so much. It’s always been n a way. The huge difference between us and the general popuour age is that we work 100 percent of the time. You have to ng hard, always.

Michael Chernov, with Gelsey Kirkland and ballet mistress Alexandra Lawler, watch a rehearsal of an upcoming performance earlier this year.

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believe every human being has the capability to understand what we do—and not only intellectually. Every person has this in them, whether it’s to be able to sing or to dance or whatever. It’s in the deepest part of our souls. What’s different for these kids is they’ve found a vehicle through which they can access themselves and actually hone it, and speak their mind through their bodies without being embarrassed about it. The students discover that they’re the mountain climber and this is a classical mountain. They’re always humbled by that—except for those exhilarating moments when they’ve just reached the top of some little peak. But they still have to look up at the Himalayas, and they know what they’re lacking because they’re working on it—whether it is their line, extension, pirouettes or acting, or the ability to be vulnerable in front of people.

These kids spend hours in here because they love it. Because as hard as it is, they find a joy to making something work, the joy of the process, the ability to focus, and the love of going back and going back and going back to do the same thing until you can do it.

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23 Far left: A stairway from the Chambers Street station swings in the air over West Broadway.

The top of the Cosmopolitan Hotel can be seen in the upper right.

Left: A forlorn remnant of the Franklin Street el station lies in Finn Square. West Broadway is on the right, Varick Street on the left.

Center background is 130 Franklin St., whose western third was removed in 1914 when Varick was widened.

Far left: A crowd gathers to watch as a crane removes the last section of the Chambers Street station. The view looks east along Chambers.

Left: Looking south on West Broadway at Worth Street, the photographer caught the remaining girders of the el. The train tracks have been removed between the Western Union Building (right) and 40 Worth (left) had been removed.

Down the Tracks ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY H.F. DUTCHER/COURTESY OF JACK BANNING

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One photographer documented the dismantling of Tribeca’s elevated railway

BY OLIVER E. ALLEN n 1939 sunlight brightened the Lower Manhattan thoroughfare of West Broadway for the first time in 60 years as the steel girders of what was called the Sixth Avenue Elevated Railway were picked apart and carried away.

Although Tribeca has witnessed much teardown and rebuilding over the past century, few events changed the neighborhood so dramatically as the demolition in 1939 and 1940 of the elevated railroad lines that for decades had run along West Broadway and Greenwich Street. Suddenly, streets that had been dark and noisy from the rumbling and screeching of trains overhead were sunlit and quiet.

As it happened, the removal of the West Broadway line was thoroughly documented by a commercial photographer named H. F. Dutcher.

The els that traversed Tribeca were the first in the city. The original line, which came up Greenwich Street, dated from the late 1860s and by the mid1870s stretched all the way to northern Manhattan via Ninth Avenue. Its companion line, which ran up West Broadway was built in the late 1870s and was referred to by New Yorkers as the Sixth Avenue line. Originating at the Battery, it came up Trinity Place and Church Street as far as Murray Street, turned west to

West Broadway and then followed West Broadway through Tribeca all the way through today’s Soho. (It continued up to Third Street, where it jogged left to Sixth Avenue and ran uptown, proceeding past Macy’s and Rockefeller Center all the

dabbled in architecture) and which sported gingerbread decorations and romantic peaked gables. Below Canal Street there were stations at Chambers, Franklin, Park Place and Cortlandt streets.

When the Sixth and Ninth Avenue

Looking west on Franklin toward West Broadway, the photographer made a formal portrait of a Jasper Cropsey triumph, the Franklin Street station. The building on the right with the “For Lease” sign is now occupied by a restaurant. The buildings on the left were all torn down in the 1950s to make way for the Con Ed substation. At street level on the right in the middle distance can be seen the Franklin Street subway station, still there today but now with a canopied entrance.

way to 53rd Street, where it once again turned left, as the D train does today, to join the Ninth Avenue El. The Sixth Avenue line was noted for its stations, which were designed by the landscape artist Jasper Cropsey (who

lines proved popular, the companies operating them were given permission to add two East Side lines. The Ninth Avenue company built the Third Avenue El and the Sixth Avenue company built the Second Avenue El.

Riding the elevated could be fun: even when the trains were crowded or the weather was bad, you were aloft and the view constantly changed. Wrote one chronicler, “New Yorkers could fly through the air from end to end of their teeming island… borne swiftly high above the crowded streets in the fresh, open air while watching the wonderful changing panorama of the Empire City through their windows.”

But the effect on the streets below was less than favorable. Aside from the noise, the els tended to inhibit development and their support columns obstructed the flow of traffic. Finally in the 1930s the city decided to remove most of the elevated railways in Manhattan, and the first to be torn down was the Sixth Avenue line.

Most New Yorkers probably applauded the move, but many railroad buffs were dismayed. One enthusiast who decided to do something about it was a well-to-do businessman named Norvin H. Green, who hired Dutcher to immortalize the entire process. The photographer did not disappoint. Girder by girder, block by block, his Tribeca images—all taken in 1939—capture the disorderly drama of a neighborhood in the remaking.

This article was first published in the Trib in April 1999.

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It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, we were asking friends and neighbors about their vacations, wearing shorts and sandals, and enjoying summer afternoons at the park or on the pier.

Suddenly, we’re in autumn mode— sweaters, chilly mornings, shorter days, a trip upstate to pick apples or view the brilliant foCONNIE liage.

At school, SCHRAFT October brings an end to the early stage of kindergarten adjustment— no more tears in the yard and clinging to mom’s legs, no more piteous cries as parents SCHOOL escape to work TALK and staff members block the exits.

An observer would feel for each member of this annual ritual: the child suffering from being separated from mom or dad and left behind in a new and rule-ridden environment; the parent trying to maintain a positive demeanor in the face of such suffering; and the person assigned to wrangle the diminutive but surprisingly powerful five-year-olds into the classrooms.

No one, it seems, is immune. One day a parent is feeling for her neighbor

whose child has become an appendage and is screaming, “No, Mommy, don’t make me go there.” The next day, her own child has decided that three days of kindergarten is enough, and wants to go home, or at least back to the safety of nursery school.

September is for practicing the rites of passage of going to the big kids’ school. Teachers show their students how to find their line spots, walk in a straight line, stick close to partners and the kids ahead, and all in silence. Sound easy?

Now try it while holding a lunch box and

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ously at tables on their “writing.” They’d been given a prompt to write about their families, and no one fudged it by drawing a few stick figures. There were words —mom, dad, me, baby brother—and elaborately drawn pets. There were grandparents, aunts, nannies, a wonderfully broad definition of family for this newest generation.

By now, pairs of kindergartners are marching to the office with the attendance folders, and they know exactly which bin to place them in. They know which day is gym, which day is art,

relieved. Since April, I had been warning them that there might not be room for their kindergartners. Luckily for them, several families moved away over the summer, and we were able to accept the late arrivals.

At a kindergarten parent meeting last month, a few dozen parents listened calmly as the principal talked about lunchtime and recess, and the importance of getting children to school on time. I told them about an upcoming all-school lice check and the safety protocols the school has already begun practicing.

When we opened the meeting to the parents, we first heard questions about school lunch and how to pay for it.

Parents wondered how early they could drop their children off in the morning.

Then a parent raised his hand. “I’m from the P.S. 276 zone,” he said, then asked if his two-year-old would be able to attend P.S. 89.

A woman sitting next to him chimed in, asking about her 18-month-old.

I saw the years stretching out ahead of me.

“Everywhere you look there are babies,” said someone else.

Babies who will grow up to be fiveyear-olds, bravely climbing the steps in the big kids’ school, while proud mothers and fathers wipe the tears from their eyes.

Connie Schraft is P.S. 89’s parent coordinator. For questions and comments, write her at connie@tribecatrib.com.

October brings an end to the early stages of adjustment—no more tears in the yard and piteous cries as parents escape to work. descending two flights of stairs.

Kindergarten is different from when I was five. Back then, we went half day and brought a small mat to rest on during naptime. Afterwards, we went home and took another nap. We were the well-rested generation of kindergartners.

This bunch is exhausted by day’s end. Many of them arrive early and have breakfast, spend the day, and then are enrolled in the after-school program. No naps for them!

When I spent time in a kindergarten classroom during the first week of school, the kids were working industri-

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But what about the parents? How have they adjusted by the time October rolls around?

Parents of children from the P.S. 276 zone who were waitlisted, then offered seats at P.S. 89 in June, have remained grateful. Until recently, they didn’t know where their children would go to kindergarten, and they are still feeling the relief of the end to that uncertainty.

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The rebuilt community center lounge, where kids play ping pong, do homework and just hang out.

Inset: In November 2012, Bob Townley and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver watch as debris is removed through the former lounge.

Sandy couldn’t keep the Downtown Community Center down

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Back, Better Than Ever

ho could have imagined it?

Once the place had been pumped free of floodwater and the ruins of classrooms devoted to art, ceramics, music, computers and cooking had settled into a heaping, dumpster-bound mess, who could have conjured these bright, colorful rooms, the cozier lounge and the new and improved after-school classes that opened last month in the Downtown Community Center? The staff of Manhattan Youth, which runs the center, always kept their eyes on the future.

“We have a great team. We knew we would come back,” said the organization’s executive director, Bob Townley. “When we saw the water we just cried that we had to do so much work. But we never thought that would be the end of us.”

Each afternoon, hundreds of children spill into the rebuilt $2.4 million technology and cultural center to design video games, whip up recipes, work with clay, explore science projects or just do homework. Coming this month: a 400-gallon coral reef aquarium.

Indeed, the staff saw opportunity as well as hard work in starting fresh. “We know a lot from maintaining the programs for five years,” said Alex Roche, the center’s director. “We saw what worked and what didn’t.”

So it’s a whole new world down there.

“The potential is just incredible,” said Susan Kay, the after-school site director. “The hurricane shook us up and made us see what we had and where we want to go, and put us on a great path.”

PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN

Left: The ceramics room, after the flood. Right: The same room today, where children take pottery classes with Isabel Halley.

Left: This is what was left of the digital media lab. Right: The computer lab, today, a new room with many more stations.

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Run and Fun for Knowledge

PHOTOS BY CARL GLASSMAN

Left: Kids, along with some parents, start running in Wagner Park, where they had gathered on Saturday morning, Sept. 21.

Above: There were long lines for this “pirate ship” ride,” one of many fun activities at the carnival.

And they were off!

Kindergartners to middle-schoolers scampered away from their starting lines in Wagner Park on Sept. 21 for the 14th annual running of the Run for Knowledge race, raising funds for their schools, P.S/I.S. 89 and P.S./I.S. 276.

As always, P.S. 89 principal Ronnie Najjar was standing at the finish line in Rockefeller Park to hand out medals to the kids, whose real reward was the carnival that awaited them at her school. Amid all the excitement, Najjar was mindful of the importance of the money raised, much of it done through corporate sponsorship.

“In light of all the budget cuts and restrictions that we have about spending, this really helps us put extra money into the PTA budget,” Najjar said. Along with funds

for the library (the original intent of the run when the school opened in 1998-99 with no books), enrichment programs like music and dance also benefit.

P.S./I.S. 276 principal Terri Ruyter said that chess, drama, music and Spanish classes are all extra classes that her students can take, thanks in part to Run for Knowledge. But that’s not all.

“What I like is that it’s the whole Battery Park City community,” she said. “So the parents from 276 work with the parents of 89 and 289, and it just brings us all together for a common purpose.”

“All these kids are neighbors and friends,” said Gabrielle Steinfels, one of the event’s chairs. “No matter what school they go to.”

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From bobbing for apples to spooky storytelling to a parade led by a marching band, there is a thrill Downtown for every young Halloween celebrant. And, for those just after the candy, there is enough offered by local merchants to fill up all those deep trick-or-treat bags.

Children sit on the grassy knolls of Teardrop Park or meander with storyteller LuAnn Adams through the park’s winding paths as she spins tales, some of them spooky, of creatures real and fanciful. There will also be mysterious performances by the Alice Farley Dancers, known for their circus skills, stilt-walking and puppetry. Saturday, Oct. 26, 11 a.m. Free. In Teardrop Park, Battery Park City (at Murray Street), bpcparks.org.

STORYTELLING AND DANCE

Every year, the Winter Garden warms up children for Halloween with large-scale wandering puppets, art projects, and games such as bobbing for apples and “Pin a Face on the Pumpkin.” You can also bring last year’s costume to exchange for a new one at the “Costume Swap.” The day ends with the annual Ghost and Goblins Parade led by a marching band through Battery Park City. Sunday, Oct. 27, 12 – 3 p.m.; parade starts at 3 p.m. Free.

Winter Garden and Plaza, World Financial Center, 220 Vesey St., worldfinancialcenter.com.

‘GARDEN’ PARTY AND PARADE

WASHINGTON MARKET PARK PARADE AND PARTY

At this popular annual Halloween party inside the park, activities include Penny in a Haystack, a Bone Dig in the sandbox, a Hay Maze on the lawn, and crafts table run by teachers from Church Street School for Music and Art. Princess Katie and Racer Steve entertain from the gazebo with rock tunes for kids. The costume parade line-up begins

at 12:45 p.m. at CitiGroup Plaza (Greenwich Street at North Moore Street) and proceeds down Greenwich Street to the park. Strollers are not permitted in the park during the event, but a “stroller-check” will be available.

Sunday, Oct. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. rain or shine. Free. Greenwich Street at Duane, washingtonmarketpark.org.

“Super Heroes and Super Villains” is the theme for the annual kids’ party at Warburg Realty office. There will be games and prizes from local vendors and Halloween treats. Thursday, Oct. 31, 3–6 p.m. Free. Warburg Realty, 100 Hudson St., 212-380-2415.

SUPER HEROES AND VILLAINS

Every year on Halloween, the historic Trinity Church graveyard becomes the site of a family party with trick-ortreating from 3 to 6 p.m. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the 1920 silent film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will be screened inside the church, accompanied by an organ improvisation played by Rob Ridgell. The movie showing is for adults and children ages 10 and up.

Costumes are encouraged! Thursday, Oct. 31. Both events are free, but donations are accepted. Trinity Church, Broadway and Wall St., trinitywallstreet.org.

GRAVEYARD PARTY AND FILM

Face painting, spooky games, scary stories, arts and craft projects, candy and a costume parade. Thursday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m. Free. Battery Park City Library, 175 N. End Ave., nypl.org.

BPC LIBRARY PARTY

Costume party, book reading and signing of “Saving Tooth Fairy Land from the Sugar Bugs.” There will also face painting, ice cream and healthy snacks. Friday, Nov. 1, 3 to 6 p.m. Free.

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COSTUME PARTY AND READING

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• Stop by one of our office locations: 15 Harrison Street (bet. Greenwich & Hudson) or 530 Park Avenue, Suite 1G • November 1-8, from 8AM to 6PM • We will weigh your candy and pay you $1 per lb up to 5 lbs • Help us reach our goal of collecting 100 lbs of candy!

• All candy will be donated to Operation Gratitude and shipped overseas to our troops

Invite your friends and family to participate.

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Saving Tooth Fairy Land from the Sugar Bugs is a fantasy story any child would love.

Written by one of Tribeca Smiles’ very own Hygienists, Argiro Campos.

In this adventure, you are transported to Tooth Fairy Land through a magic door, where you find that Tooth Fairy Land is a beautiful place made entirely of teeth! The Sugar Bugs, however, have snuck in, and are destroying Tooth Fairy Land! With help from the Tooth Fairy, you learn how brushing, flossing, and choosing healthy snacks can help fight off The Sugar Bugs.

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ARTS & CRAFTS

g Picture Books The librarian reads from picture books. Ages 3– 6. Tuesdays, 4 pm. Free. Battery Park City Library, 175 N. End Ave., nypl.org.

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Preschool Play Toddlers accompanied by a parent or caregiver play on the lawn. Toys, books and play equipment are provided. For ages 2–4. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 am. Free. Wagner Park, near Battery Pl., bpcparks.org.

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Tiny Poets Time Poetry readings and related activities for toddlers.

Thursdays, 10 am. Free. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org. g Jewish and Interfaith Stories Tales about Jewish traditions, holidays and families accompanied by a related arts and crafts project and a snack. Ages up to 4. Wed, 10/2 & 10/30, 3:30 pm. Free.

Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

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Wednesdays in Teardrop Join other children ages 5 and older for games and art projects, ranging from designing cities to making animal masks. Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 pm. Free. Teardrop Park g Art & Games Join other schoolage children for art and lawn games. For kids ages 5 and up.

Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 pm at Rockefeller Park. Free. bpcparks.org. g

Preschool Art Young artists are introduced to paper, clay, wood and paint with projects planned and led by an art educator. Materials are provided. For tots ages 2–4.

Thursdays, 10:30 am. Free.

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Halloween Costume Workshop Learn about skyscrapers, then make a Halloween costume inspired by them. Ages 5 and up. Sat, 10/5, 10:30 am. $5. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org.

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musical based on the books by James and Deborah Howe features Bunnicula, an orphaned rabbit that the Monroes find under their seats at the movies. The Monroes bring Bunnicula home, but discover that he has fangs, sleeps all day and prowls his cage all night. Plus all the vegetables are drained being of their color. Is Bunnicula a rabbit vampire? Sunday, Oct. 27 at 1:30 pm. For ages 5 and up. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. $25 or $15 when bought as part of the Family Time theater series. tribecapac.org.

g Living in a Skyscraper Tour the museum’s current exhibit about skyscraper apartment buildings and learn about how engineers design them to keep standing. Kids then build their own tall structures and test their strength. Ages 4–10. Sat, 10/12, 10:30 am. $5. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org.

FILM g Stories from the Seventh Fire Based on the paintings of an Anishinaabe artist, four short animated films tell the story about a tricky rabbit and other tales of Great Lakesregion Native Americans. Daily, 10:30 & 11:45 am. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g James and the Giant Peach Based on the book by Roald Dahl, this animated film features James, a mistreated orphan who crosses the Atlantic Ocean in a magical peach filled with oversized, talking insects. Pizza will be served. Fri, 10/18, 6 pm. Free. Charlotte’s Place, 107 Greenwich St., trinitywallstreet.org.

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Astrograss A lively, acoustic bluegrass band for families. Thu, 9/5, 6 pm. Free. Washington Market Park, Greenwich St. at Duane St., washingtonmarketpark.org.

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Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights A kids' rock band that entertains the whole family will perform original, silly tunes. There will also be hands-on craft activities. Sun, 10/27, 1–4 pm. $10; $7, children ages 10 and under.

Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS g Go Fish! Experienced anglers show kids how to do catch-and-release fishing and talk about aquatic life in the Hudson River. Other activities include art projects and a live musical performance (Moona Luna on 10/5 and The Suzi Shelton Band on 10/19). Rods and bait provided. Sat, 10/5 & 10/19, 10 am.

Free. Wagner Park near Battery Pl., bpcparks.org g

Fall Community Planting Day Plant gardens that will bloom in the spring.

Refreshments, kids’ activities, plants and gardening tools will be provided. Sat, 10/19, 10 am. Free. Bowling Green Park, Broadway at Whitehall St., downtownny.com.

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Family Yoga Class Kids learn the foundations

of yoga, including breathing techniques and age-appropriate poses, and play games.

Vegetable-based snacks will be served. Yoga mats available. Fri, 10/25, 6 pm. Free.

Charlotte’s Place, 109 Greenwich St., trinitywallstreet.org.

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Basketball Beginners play with adjustableheight hoops. Mondays, 3:30 pm, ages 5–6; 4:30 pm, ages 7 and up. Free. Rockefeller Park, near Warren St., bpcparks.org. g Soccer Learn how to pass, dribble and shoot. Tuesdays, 2:30 pm, ages 3–4; 3:30 pm, ages 5–7; 4:30 pm, ages 8–11. Free. Rockefeller Park, near Warren St., bpcparks.org.

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Storytime for the Very Young Children accompanied by caregivers listen to interactive stories, sing songs, learn rhymes and watch finger-puppet plays. Mondays, 9:30 am; Tuesdays, 11 & 11:30 am; Thursdays, 11:30 am. 18 months–3 years: Wednesdays, 10:30 am; Sat, 10/26, 10:30 am. Free. Battery Park City Library, 175 N. End Ave., nypl.org.

g David Wiesner In his picturebook, “Mr. Wuffles!,” children are introduced to a black cat who is bored by toy mice and catnip.

Instead he loves to play with a small spaceship that contains aliens. In an attempt to escape Mr. Wuffles’ antics, the aliens take shelter behind the radiator where they encounter a friendly colony of insects. Thu, 10/3, 11 am. Free.

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Taino Storytime Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by listening to Taino stories from the Caribbean told by Jessica Marrero, then paint a Taino-style picture of the sun. Sat, 10/12, 1 pm. Free.

National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

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Tween Book Club Talk about new, popular books written for middle schoolers, including “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper (10/15) and “The House of Spirits” by Isabel Allende (10/29). Tuesdays, 6:15 pm. Free.

Battery Park City Library, 175 N. End Ave., nypl.org.

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Tell-Tale Tales: An Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Children learn about the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe and hear some of his most famous stories and poems. Afterwards, they create ravens out of arts and arts and crafts materials. Sat, 10/26, 11 am. $5; free under 4. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org.

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Conversations with Anne: Anne and her Father Based on the words of her diary, Anne Frank discusses her relationship with her father while hiding from the Nazis. Following the play, the actress stays in character to answer questions from the audience. Sat, 10/5, 1 pm. $8; $5 students, seniors; free under 8. Anne Frank Center, 44 Park Pl.,annefrank.com.

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The Flea Offers the Gift of Theater to Its Neighbors

CARL GLASSMAN

Carol Ostrow, producing director of The Flea, at a rehearsal in one of its two theaters.

BY APRIL KORAL Carol Ostrow, producing director of The Flea Theater, proudly talks about how theater lovers come from all over the city, and well beyond, to see its productions.

From all over—except Tribeca.

After 18 years on White Street, too many neighborhood residents still don’t

HUNTER CANNING

Jamie Bock (top) and Kate Thulin in “Sarah Flood in Salem Mass” by Adriano Shaplin

know about them, Ostrow says.

She’s bent on changing that.

Starting this season, anyone living or working in Tribeca can get a free ticket to a Flea show.

“I am willing to take a bet,” Ostrow said, seated in her tiny, basement office, “that if you come to our play, you’ll find it interesting enough that whatever you do afterwards you’ll mention us and say, ‘I went to the Flea this afternoon. Do you know about the Flea?’”

The efforts began in January, said Dominic Spillane, who is in charge of

audience development.

“A Flea actor and volunteer walked the streets and got every address in 10013 and 10007,” Spillane said. “And then we looked up the names of the residents in white pages.”

By the end of March, they had collected addresses of 5,000 local residents, each of whom received a personal letter from Spillane, offering them a free ticket to a show.

This season’s productions are “The Recommendation” by Jonathan Caren (“Class, race, power and what happens to a friendship when the tables get turned.”) through Oct. 7, and “Sarah Flood in Salem Mass” by Adriano Shaplin (“A radical re-telling of the events leading up to the Salem Witch Trials.”) through Oct. 27.

According to Ostrow, the theater’s mission—“to raise a joyful hell in a small space”—has remained the same since it was founded by director Jim Simpson, designer Kyle Chepulis and playwright Mac Wellman.

“It is joyful,” she said, “because we want you to experience the theater in a positive way, and we want to raise hell by trying to talk about the world we live in.”

And the space is still small. One theater seats 75, the other 40. Before the shows begin, the actors are in the front of the house taking tickets, and during intermission, they may be selling beer or manning a cash register.

“This is not the Broadway experience,” Ostrow notes. “There are no bells and whistles. When you are a member of the audience at the Flea you are very aware that the actor is three feet away.

Many people leave the theater and say, ‘Oh, it was so real. It was unbelievable.”

Ostrow says that she looks forward to the day when local residents realize that “some of the best theater in New York is only a few blocks away.”

“I want them to be fleabitten,” she said, laughing. “To get the appetite for us and come back.”

For a free ticket, go to theflea.org and enter the promotional code: tribeca.

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Blood feuds, praying Indians, and time travel collide in this magical portrait of an uprising in Salem.

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Jewish Culture Downtown TALK & TASTING Frothed Milk and Truffled Honey: The New Israeli Cuisine

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BOOK TALK Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields WED | OCT 9 | 7 P.M. $10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members

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Benjamin Swett Author and photographer discusses his book, “New York: City of Trees,” about personal, public and historic events embodied in dozens of New York City trees. The publication is a guided look at trees in the city’s parks.

Sun, 10/6, 2 pm. Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, 6 River Terrace, bpcparks.org.

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Alex Washburn Author and chief urban designer of the New York City Department of City Planning looks at how cities become a part of their residents’ identity in his book “The Nature of Urban Design: A New York Perspective on Resilience.” Tue, 10/8, 6 pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St., bn.com.

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Pen Parentis Literary Salon Local writers, including Ben Greenman (“The Slippage”), Jessica Francis Kane (“The Report”) and Danielle Lazarin (“Spider Legs”), read their newest original poetry and prose. Tue, 10/8, 7 pm. Free.

Pen Parentis at Andaz Wall Street, 75 Wall St., penparentis.org.

g A Tribute to Harvey Shapiro Poets and admirers of Harvey Shapiro read from his work and share memories of the man who prompted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to pen the monumental “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Concurrent with Shapiro’s 43-year career at the New York Times, his poetry spans the political and historic, local and international. Fri, 10/11, 7 pm.

Free. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org.

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e strive every year to present a range of life in Tribeca,” said Jenny McCallisterNevins, of Friends of Duane Park. “And I think we’ve done it again.” It’s the 14thannual Inside Tribeca Loft Tour, taking place on Oct. 20, and what they’ve done is assemble a dozen of the neighborhood’s most eye-popping apartments. See how architects creatively carved out spaces for a family of seven, a designer/homeowner furnished her place with the works of local artisans, and another owner turned his Warren Street apartment into what he says is one of the greenest in the city. Tickets, which this year benefit Bogardus Garden as well as Duane Park, are $60 in advance or $65 at 12:30 p.m. in Duane Park the day of the tour. duanepark.org

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Rick Beeman Historian discusses the events that led to the American Revolution in 1774 in his book “Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor.” Over a period of two years, the nation’s Founding Fathers” went from being essentially strangers to establishing American independence. Thu, 10/17, 6:30 pm. $10.

Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl St., frauncestavernmuseum.org.

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Book Discussion Group: New Amsterdam Library The book group will read and talk about “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn this month. Wed, 10/23, 5:30 pm. Free. New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray St., nypl.org.

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Book Discussion Group: Battery Park City Library This month the group will read and talk about “The House of Spirits” by Isabel Allende.

Tue, 10/29, 6:15 pm. Free. Battery Park City Library, 175 N. End Ave., nypl.org.

g Alisa Solomon The author explores how Sholem Aleichem’s “Tevye the Milkman” was reborn on Broadway and became a cultural touchstone for people around the world in a discussion with screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner about her book “Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof.” Wed, 10/30, 7 pm. $15. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

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ing together music and movement, rhythm and lyrics, spirit and emotion. Sat, 10/5, 7:30 pm. $25–$40. Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., pace.edu.

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Video in the Villages Two short films made through Brazil’s groundbreaking indigenous media organization Video nas Aldeias (Video in the Villages). One film documents the first meeting between the Waiapi and Zo’e peoples, while the other is made by Ikpeng children who use video to introduce their village to the world. Daily to Sun, 10/27, 1 & 3 pm (plus Thursdays, 5:30 pm). Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

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Hidden Holocaust at Sobibor The documentary, directed by Gary Hochman, follows Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi as he delves into Sobibor’s and his own family’s buried secrets.

Using state-of-the-art technology, he searches for the exact location of the death camp the Nazis sought to conceal. Wed, 10/16, 7 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

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Jason Rohlf Vibrant and textured, the abstract, geometric paintings in “Shop Rag Paintings” use elements of collage and drawing embedded in layers of patterns and surfaces. To Sat, 10/12. Tue–Fri, 11 am–6 pm. Masters &

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Virginia Poundstone Inspired by the economic, artistic and historical life of flowers, “Total Meltdown” consists of sculptures and pressed flowers that combine vinyl printing, commercial photography, cast bronze and hot-worked glass.

To Sat, 10/19. Tue–Sat, 11 am–6 pm and by appointment. Kansas Gallery, 59 Franklin St., kansasgallery.com. g

Cimetière d’Ixelles New commissions by Helena Almeida, Germaine Kruip, Jochen Lempert, Alexandra Leykauf and Eva Lofdahl that explore death. To Sat, 10/19. Tue–Sat, 12–6 pm. Art in General, 79 Walker St., artingeneral.org.

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Death of a Cameraman Artists create images in response to footage of a gunman taken in Syria moments before he shoots the cameraman. The show is an exploration of what it means to bear witness to events from a distance. The pieces shed light on the space between the camera and the eye, and between documentary, documentarists and the documented. To Sat, 10/26.

Tue–Sat, 11 am–6 pm. apexart, 291 Church St., apexart.org.

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Heather Stoltz and Yona Verwer Artwork featured in “City Charms & Sewing Stories” address the subject of people’s vulnerability. The pieces are based on traditional Jewish texts and liturgy, and Stoltz’s quilted wall hangings and fabric sculptures feature Biblical women, giving voice to oft-overlooked characters in Jewish history. To Sat, 11/30. Synagogue for the Arts, 49 White St., synagogueforthearts.org.

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Life Among the Gypsies: The Pre-War Photographs of Jan Yoors, 1934–40 Thirty-four photographs by Belgian photographer Jan Yoors provide a visual representation of Roma (Gypsy) history, customs and culture during the pre-war years. Most of the photos are of Yoors’ adoptive Romani family, with whom he spent the summers as a teenager. To Fri, 1/3. Tue–Sat, 10 am–5 pm. $8; $5 students, seniors; free under 8. Anne Frank Center, 44 Park Pl., annefrank.com.

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Martin Hochberg The black-and-white prints in “Tempest at Yosemite” are from the photographer’s trip to Yosemite National Park in California after a stormy night. Photographs, taken from the valley, capture large, dark clouds swirling around the tops of mountains, black trees and other mighty, natural structures. Wed, 10/2–Sat, 11/2.

Opening reception: Tue, 10/1, 6 pm. Wed–Sun, 1–6 pm and by appointment. Soho Photo, 15 White St., sohophoto.com.

g Maria Fragoudaki The exhibit “Super Heroes” explores issues of individual identity in a fast-changing world through abstract collage-like mixed media on canvas. Thu, 10/3–Thu, 10/24.

Opening reception: Thu, 10/3, 6 pm. Tue–Sat, 11:30 am–6 pm. One Art Space, 23 Warren St., oneartspace.com. g Lori Cozen-Geller, Matt Devine and Carolina Sardi This group show features

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Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes Juxtaposing modern works with historic, ancestral objects reveals the stories, experiences and histories of Anishinaabe life in the Great Lakes region. Pieces include dodem or clan pictographs on treaty documents; bags embroidered with porcupine quills; painted drums; and carved pipes, spoons and bowls. To June 2014. Free. Fri–Wed, 10 am–5 pm; Thu, 10 am–8 pm. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

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Concerts at One: Britten 100 Music by the composer Benjamin Britten in honor of his 100th birthday. Celebrated favorites and rarely performed works of Britten’s repertory are performed by the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Other featured artists include tenor Nicholas Phan, cellist Matt Haimovitz and the Trinity Youth Chorus. Thursdays, 1 pm. Free. Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall St., trinitywallstreet.org.

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eams of architects, engineers and designers build large-scale structures made entirely out of unopened cans of food. “Canstruction” will later be dismantled and the food donated to City Harvest. Thursday, Oct. 31–Wednesday, Nov. 13. Daily, 10 am–6 pm. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, worldfinancialcenter.com.

Sonia M’Barek with Kinan Idnawi and the Alwan Ensemble M’Barek sings centuries-old songs from Andalusia, linking the music to Tunisian rhythms, Egyptian cabaret and Ottoman court pieces. Thu, 10/3, 8 pm. $25; $20 students, seniors. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St. 4th Fl., alwanforthearts.org.

g By the Rivers of Babylon: NYC Reggae Festival A day of roots and reggae music featuring John Brown’s Body, Groundation, New Kingston, Kiwi and other groups in an outdoor concert festival by the East River. Sat, 10/5, 3–10 pm. $25. Pier 15, near 78 South St., downtownny.com. g

American Showstoppers: An Evening with Richard Rogers Fred Barton and his 12-piece orchestra celebrate Richard Rogers’ 60-year career—which included 40 Broadway musicals— with a selection of some of his best-known compositions. From Oklahoma! to Carousel to the Sound of Music, the concert features pieces from Rogers’ early days as a composer to his later works. Sat, 10/12, 7:30 pm. $25–$45. Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., pace.edu.

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American Contemporary Music Ensemble The ensemble will perform Ritornello by Caroline Shaw who, at 30, is the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music. Accompanied by a multimedia installation that explores the tale of Rip Van Winkle and the return of memory, Ritornello is a mix of American hymnody, Baroque music and Shaw’s own creativity. Wed, 10/16, 7 pm. Free.

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The Big Apple Chorus along with Storm Front, Old School, Up All Night and the Westchester Chordsmen, will perform barbershop classics. Sat, 10/26, 7:30 pm. $25–$60. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org.

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Cooking Class Chef Russell Moss, will lead Tuesday cooking classes in October, making risotto (10/2), tofu (10/16) and chocolate mousse and chocolate pudding (10/30). 11 am. $30 /session. Registration required: 212-966-7141 or lily@synagogueforthearts.org. Synagogue for the Arts, 49 White St., synagogueforthearts.org.

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Frothed Milk and Truffled Honey: The New Israeli Cuisine Five food writers and cookbook

authors discuss how Israel is branching beyond hummus and falafel and becoming a foodie’s paradise. A reception with contemporary Israeli dishes by chef Einat Admony of Balaboosta and Taim will follow. Sun, 10/6, 2:30 pm. $15. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org. g

Art History Alive: France’s Fascinating Art Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton will talk about the range of French artistic styles, including the Middle Ages (10/9), the Renaissance and Baroque periods (10/16), rococo, neoclassisim, romanticism and realism (10/23) and impressionism and postimpressionism (10/30). Wednesdays, 11 am. $25/talk; $80/series. Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., pace.edu.

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Reversing Death: The Miracle of Modern Medicine Emergency medicine experts discuss the recent breakthroughs in medicine and the socalled “grey areas” between the time of death and the time of resuscitation, which have raised questions about brain activity and consciousness. New technology is leading us to re-examine how we define death. Wed, 10/9, 7 pm. $15; $7 students.

New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St., nyas.org.

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Self-Discovery and Indigeneity in the Caribbean A panel of scholars and community leaders discuss historical aboriginal and contemporary indigeneity in the Caribbean. Sat, 10/12, 1:30 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu. g Passwords: Tony Hoagland on Tomas Transtromer Swedish Nobel Laureate, poet, psychologist and translator Tomas Transtromer is best known for his mastery of creating images through poetry. Poet Tony Hoagland reads his work. Wed, 10/16, 7 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org. g

Photo Slide Show Rita Zimmerman will share photos that she took of the fjords of Norway in

Oslo and Bergen. Tue, 10/22, 6 pm. $2. Tuesday Evening Hour, 49 Fulton St. West wing rooms 2 and 3, tuesdayeveninghour.com. g

The Role of Natural Gas in America’s Energy and Economic Future A panel discussion on the growing importance of natural gas in American society. The panel will look at the many arguments for and against natural gas fracking and production, distribution and usage, as well as the implications of fracking on our economic future, public health, environment and the climate. Reservations required. Tue, 10/29, 5:30 pm. Free. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org.

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Sarah Flood in Salem, Mass A radical retelling of the events leading up to the Salem witch trials.

Blood feuds, black magic and the birth of capitalism merge in this portrait of a village where history may repeat itself. To Sun, 10/27. Tuesdays– Saturdays, 7 pm; Sundays, 3 pm. $15–$55. The Flea Theater, 41 White St., theflea.org.

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Marie Antoinette A raw, fantastical and funny production about the historical moment when France’s once-loved queen became isolated and reviled, and ultimately met her demise. Wed, 10/9–Sun, 11/3. Tuesdays–Sundays, 7:30 pm; additional Saturday performance at 3 pm. $35– $50. Soho Rep, 46 Walker St., sohorep.org.

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A Piece of My Heart Thousands of women volunteered during the Vietnam War, but no official list was kept of those who gave their lives.

Playwright Shirley Lauro gives voice to these stories in her play based on interviews with some of these volunteers. Thu, 10/10–Sat, 10/12, 5:30 pm. Free. Infinite Variety Productions, Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Plaza at 55 Water St., infinitevarietynyc.com.

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9/11 Memorial and Wall Street Learn about the past, present and future of the World Trade Center site, plus stop by Trinity Church, Federal Hall, The New York Stock Exchange, Bowling Green and other historical places. Meet on Wall Street.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 am; Fridays, 3 pm. $27. Wall Street Walks, wallstreetwalks.com.

g Immigrant New York The tour explores the different experiences of immigrants and ethnic populations that resided in Lower Manhattan over the past 200 years, looking at places of worship and street life. Stops include the African Burial Ground, Tweed Courthouse and sites associated with Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Jacob Riis and more. Meet at City Hall Park, Broadway and Chambers St. Tue, 10/1, 1 pm & Sat, 10/12, 11 am. $20; $15 students, seniors. Big Onion Walking Tours, bigonion.com. g

Bird Watching A birder and naturalist leads a walk through Battery Park City’s parks highlighting the variety of birds that rest and nest in Lower Manhattan. Binoculars and field guides provided.

Sat, 10/5 & 10/19, 11 am. Free. Wagner Park near Battery Pl., bpcparks.org.

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Women of Wall Street Discover the female power brokers who have shaped the history of Wall Street in this 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District. Meet at the museum. Wed, 10/2, 11 am. $15. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org.

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Chinatown: A Walk Through History Learn about how buildings, public and commercial places and streets in Chinatown have shaped the local community from its origins through today.

Meet at the museum. Sat, 10/5, 10/12 & 10/19, 1 pm. $12; $9 students, seniors. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org.

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One day recently I was working in the garden when I saw one officer jump the curb and park off-street on 6th Avenue. As he walked away I asked why he did not park on the street, just where he jumped the curb.

“Oh no, I would not park on Sixth Avenue,” he said. “Too dangerous.”

A large majority of the officers from Transit District 2 manage to park on the street. But a few will not be persuaded. The vehicles noted up on the sidewalk are always the same handful from day to day. Maybe it’s a seniority privilege at Transit District 2.

This problem has been brought to the attention of Community Board 1, the NYC Police Department, and Transit District 2. And still it happens daily.

Tending to public green spaces is frustrating. You do your best but have no control in the end. But little by little there has been remarkable progress here. Now if we could just get the law enforcers to stop breaking the law.

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