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A 1985 performance and installation by Jody Culkin, Guy Nordenson and Uwe Mengel from Art on the Beach, a Creative Time public arts program on the Battery Park City landfill.

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VIEWS Trib honored by preservationists; also receives journalism awards

The Tribeca Trib and its author of ticularly strong in design. The design is local history articles, Oliver E. Allen, good, and the mix of newspaper and will be honored by the Historic Districts magazine style is interesting.”) Trib editor Carl Glassman took third Council this month with its Friends from the Media Award at the organization’s place for Best Picture Story for his cenannual Grassroots Preservation Awards ter spread on a month of dance producpresentation. The awards are given to organizations and individuals “who have been especially influential in the preservation world.” The Trib also received six awards for its reporting and photography in the New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, announced last month at the organization’s annual convention. In the Best News Story category, Jessica Terrell's coverage of Hurricane Sandy took second place, and her story on the controversy over a church’s use of PS 89 won honorable mention. The judges said Terrell’s Hurricane Sandy coverage “features strong writing and diverse view- A photograph of tango dancers performing at Pace points about how businesses are University was part of a story by Carl Glassman that took third place for Best Picture Story. persevering after the storm.” The paper took third place for Best Use of Photos on a Web Site tions in Lower Manhattan. Glassman also took third place for (“Excellent presentation to draw interest to very good stories. A mix of video and Best Art Photo for a photograph from his photography adds to the offering”) and project on the reflected imagery on for Best Use of Color (“color on virtual- buildings in and around the World Trade ly every page, and the color ads are par- Center site.

Remembering Tara Beardsall

Tara had an unreEditor’s Note: Tara strained, beautiful enerConstance Beardsall, gy, sometimes unknow31, a Tribeca native and long-time employee able but always magat Yaffa’s, a former rest- netic. She wore her hair in braids, curls or aurant on Greenwich pigtails and had sweepStreet, was killed on ing eyelashes. Her April 6 by her boypresence did not allow friend, Alex Santiago, for a quiet entrance— according to police. she always caught your This remembrance of Tara was written by her attention. She was like a good friend Angela Stangenberg. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 41)

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Goodbye, 92YTribeca

To the Editor: The 92YTribeca will be missed. It has been a wonderful and jolly place to meet, eat, and see and hear interesting and important programs all these years. The food is always good and fairly priced, and the staff was so generous after Hurricane Sandy, letting us all work there when we had no working offices to go to. Kiss good-bye, 92YTribeca. Cathy Drew River Project To the Editor: This is really sad for the neighborhood. My husband and I always made a point of taking advantage of the many diverse offerings this institution provided—films, music, cooking classes, etc. It made culture affordable and convenient, as it was up the street from us. We will be so sorry when it is officially gone. Submitted online by Erika Gesue

Terrible blow to Seaport

To the Editor: It is tragic if true, that a $22-million dollar climate-control improvement sits between the revitalized Seaport Museum and its survival. I didn’t know how fabulous the museum could be before its stunning rebirth in January 2012. Sandy’s lingering impact is enormous, but surely it shouldn’t be allowed to eliminate the home of the Seaport’s soul. Submitted online by Elizabeth Hovey

Toy drive organizer thanks those who give

To the Editor: I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the generous people in Lower Manhattan for their donations of toys and clothing for the children served by the organization Growing Together Africa. If you look on our website, growingtogetherafrica.org, you will see myriad photos of the children receiving and enjoying these items. Within the eight African countries that we serve, there are trusted representatives whom I communicate with almost daily who (CONTINUED ON PAGE 41)

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Left: Howard Hughes executive Chris Curry listens to South Street Seaport Museum’s Jerry Gallagher (right) talk about the museum’s financial troubles. The maritime museum, with its galleries at 12 Fulton St. already shuttered, is due to close completely in July.

Museum’s Last Days Drawing Near? BY ALINE REYNOLDS The hurricane-damaged South Street Seaport Museum, already on life support, has two months left to live. Jerry Gallagher, the museum’s general manager, told a Community Board 1 committee last month that without help, the martime institution will run out of money and shut down on July 5. “We have close to no winning cards in our hand,” Gallagher said. “It’s a very dire situation that we’re faced with.” Hurricane Sandy dealt a significant blow to the struggling museum at 12 Fulton St., which has been run by the Museum of the City of New York since fall 2011. Flood waters destroyed the electrical and air conditioning systems located in the basement. The new mechanicals cannot remain in the basement, where they could be flooded again, Gallagher noted. One option is to relocate the equipment to a new building on John Street. But according to the museum’s estimates, that would cost up to $22 million. With temperatures rising and no air conditioning to protect the collection, the museum’s galleries were forced to close

last month. Meanwhile, the museum is struggling to meet its nearly $4 million in annual operating expenses. It partly blames developer Howard Hughes Corporation, the South Street Seaport’s major leaseholder, which recently won city approval for its plan to build a new mall on Pier 17. Gallagher claims the developer is failing to help the museum—and even mounting roadblocks to its survival. According to its lease with the city’s Economic Development Corp. (EDC), the museum’s space at 12 Fulton St. as well as other spaces it rents in the Seaport can be turned over to Howard Hughes if they are left vacant for at least six months. Gallagher said the $750,000 the developer recently agreed to give the museum over a six-month period isn’t enough, since the museum is “running out of cash right now.” He also complained that the developer tried to strike a deal in which it would commit $150,000 annually for 10 years to support the museum’s ships on Pier 16, but only if the museum gives up its leases on Water Street.

“Howard Hughes has twice asked my permission to walk through the spaces with one of their architects,” Gallagher noted. At the same time, he said, Howard Hughes was unwilling to rent them space in any of its own vacant properties. He noted that the museum’s agreement with the city, which forbids it to earn income by subleasing its own spaces, further threatens the museum’s existence. “It’s important for the museum to survive to be able to make use of its spaces as much as possible,” Gallagher said. “From our perspective,” he said, “the Howard Hughes Corporation’s actions to date signify that the museum will not likely survive. The Howard Hughes Corporation doesn’t seem to have an interest in our survival.” Chris Curry, Howard Hughes’ development executive who also attended the committee meeting, contended that Gallagher was telling only part of the story. “I think it’s important to know that this is primarily a negotiation between the EDC and the Seaport Museum,” he said, referring to the city agency that is

the South Street Seaport’s landlord. “We were brought into this because we’re a neighbor and they were asking for certain things that would impact our existing leasehold interests.” Curry added that the developer has already “done a lot” to support the museum. “I think we could potentially do more in the future, but we need to have a conversation with the Seaport Museum,” he said. “The most conversations we’ve had with the museum quite frankly are here in this room.” The committee’s chair John Fratta, noted that “nothing’s making sense, nothing’s coming together…and we can’t afford to lose the museum.” The group voted to schedule a meeting in the next few weeks with the EDC, the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs, the Seaport Museum and Howard Hughes. “What I’m hearing tonight is that we actually need to get everybody in the same room…do a walk-about so we can go through those spaces,” said CB1 Chair Catherine McVay Hughes. “We can’t have people pointing fingers at each other.”

Contributors Hit Their Target and Save a Schooner

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Above: Jonathan Boulware, waterfront director for the Seaport Museum, on the covered deck of the Lettie G. Howard, now docked at Pier 16. Right: Rosanne Cash performs last month at a benefit concert for the schooner.

Even as the South Street Seaport Museum struggles to stay afloat, it was handed some very good news late last month. The museum’s historic schooner, Lettie G. Howard, will be saved. With help from singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, whose April 8 benefit conert raised $80,000, and from donations by many others, the museum reached the $250,000 it needs to make the 120-year-old Gloucester fishing schooner seaworthy once again. Out of commission for the past two seasons, Lettie needs the replacement of her rotted keelson, which is part of the spine of the craft and inaccessible without taking apart much of the boat. With the funds in place, the vessel is expected to be out sailing again next year. Jonathan Boulware, the museum’s waterfront director, spoke lovingly of the schooner he says is a delight to sail. “There’s something very sweet about Lettie. I would even say it’s a soulful thing,” he said. “She’s a darling of the fleet.”

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Mariano Guzman answers parent questions at a forum on the proposed PS 150 move.

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Rebecca Gomez, one of many PS 150 parents who spoke emotionally about the move.

PS150 Parents Reject Chelsea Move Parents deny DOE claim that school is too small to remain viable Downtown option

BY CARL GLASSMAN We won’t go. That was the message that PS 150 parents brought to Department of Education officials on April 30, at a meeting on the proposed move of their school to a new facility in Chelsea. Crowded into the Independence Plaza North community room, across from their children’s school in the IPN complex, the parents all raised their hands to show that they would not send their children to the new school when it opens in 2014. And just as unanimously, they said they would choose their zoned local school instead. (PS 150 is Lower Manhattan’s only unzoned elementary school.) “We’re not portable,” said Buxton Midyette, the father of two children in the school. “We live here.” The new school, expected to be a state-of-the-art facility, is being built in the former Foundling Hospital at 17th Street and 6th Avenue. It is zoned for children in Greenwich Village and Chelsea. As PS 150, with the PS 150 staff, it would keep that same zone. Just days before the meeting, the parents learned about the DOE’s plan in a letter from their principal, Jenny Bonnet, and immediately organized against it. At a performance on stage at the Tribeca Film Festival street fair, some of the PS 150 singers donned t-shirts with the message “Save Our School,” while their parents silently conveyed the same plea with posters held over their heads. At the meeting with Community School District 2 superintendent Mariano Guzman and Drew Patterson, the DOE’s director of planning for southern Manhattan, parents told the officials that thir plan would destroy their community, and a school that has been successful. “We will not accept [the children] being uprooted,” said PTA president Wendy Chapman, reading from a letter to the superintendent. “As parents we chose

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PS 150 parents protested the proposed move at the Tribeca Film Festival fair on April 26.

PS 150 for our children because of the intimacy, curriculum and location in our neighborhood…The Tribeca Learning Center [PS 150] is the embodiment of the successful small school.” But Guzman, who is well regarded in District 2, said it was, in fact, the school’s small size, with only 170 students and one class per grade, that factored into the decision. The city’s special education reform movement, which integrates special needs children into general education

classrooms, along with the school’s added burden to meet the new Common Core Standards, call for more resources and staffing than a small school like PS 150 can provide, he said. In addition, “it’s nearly impossible” for teachers to develop professionally in a school with only one class per grade. “All of those issues combined gave reason to pause and to be concerned about what is it that we can do to be helpful and supporting,” Guzman said. Many of the parents resisted the sug-

gestion that the children’s education was compromised by the school’s size. But the most emotional response came from a tearful second-grade teacher, Danielle Demaise, a 14-year veteran of the school who drew a standing ovation from the parents when she denied that teachers cannot improve their skills in a small school. “I feel like I’ve grown as a teacher,” she said. “I’ve revised my teaching every year, and every year I get better as a teacher at this school!” Paul Hovitz, co-chair of Community Board 1’s Youth and Education Committee, told the crowd that he is hopeful that a new school will open Downtown, and suggested that it be the new PS 150. “Enlarge 150, because it needs enlarging,” he said. “Do it down here and guarantee people a seat in this community.” Some parents at other Lower Manhattan schools worry about the possible influx of children who otherwise would have attended PS 150. In a letter to parents at her school, PS 234 principal Lisa Ripperger wrote that she has received “numerous inquiries” about how the PS 150 move would affect PS 234. “A few who live in the PS 234 zone may choose to join our school community,” Ripperger wrote. “…for those who do, we look forward to embracing and welcoming them into our community.” At PS 89, the kindergarten waitlist has grown by five students to 35, parent coordinator Connie Schraft said, due to the addition of zoned families who would have chosen PS 150. The city’s Panel on Educational Policy is expected to vote on the proposal on June 19, with a public hearing on the plan to be held earlier that month. The panel, with eight of the 13 members appointed by the mayor, rarely votes down a DOE proposal. Parents pleaded for more time to make their case, saying that the DOE is rushing the process. “That time frame could change,” said the DOE’s Drew Patterson. “I’m not going to commit to changing it right now but we certainly have a lot to think about, and we will do that.”

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Again, Parents Seek a Waitlist Solution BY CARL GLASSMAN Such is the frustration among the latest crop of parents of children on waitlists for Downtown kindergartens, that when one of them recently spied Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Reade Street, she thought nothing of walking up to him and announcing her problem. “‘I have an issue,’” Jessica Whitney Gould, whose son Julian is number 32 on the PS 234 list, recalled saying to the mayor. “‘There are 120 kids in Downtown Manhattan who don't have a seat for kindergarten.’” “He looked at me and shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘We’re building the schools as fast as we can.’ And I said, '’But what about now?’” “‘Lady,’ he said, ‘What can I tell you?’” The city, indeed, can not tell families on the lists for PS 89, PS 276, and the Peck Slip School as well as PS 234, what they want to hear: their child will have a seat at his or her neighborhood school. “When I start thinking about it and talking about it,” Whitney Gould said, “it actually makes me pretty sick to my stomach.” Kindergarten waitlists are hardly new in Downtown schools; this is the fifth year for PS 234. But the numbers have grown and the chances appear greater that many of the children will get alternate offers to what DOE officials have said in the past are the closest schools

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Jessica Whitney Gould and Alex Israel with son Julian, who is on the PS 234 waitlist. They said they are paying high rent in Tribeca so Julian can attend the school.

with available seats, including PS 1 and PS 126 in Chinatown. “A school in Chinatown is the same as a school in Chelsea is the same as a school in the Bronx,” said Maritza Mrozinski, who lives in Battery Park City and whose son is number 40 out of 41 on the PS 276 waitlist. “It is not in my neighborhood.” Mrozinski is one of more than 400 people who have signed an online petition demanding that the Department of Education “create more classrooms to accommodate all students in their zoned

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a task force looking into this then they can do a much better job.” The co-chair of Community Board 1’s Youth and Education Committee, Tricia Joyce, has been advising the parents, encouraging them to communicate their ideas to the DOE. “They [DOE officials] have been advised of the various possibilities by the community board and overcrowding committees Downtown and we are trusting that they are looking into all of them,” Joyce said. “Whether they are viable is something that is more complex.” In the meantime, a working subgroup of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s School Overcrowding Task Force was scheduled to meet with DOE officials about differences in projections of the future demand for school seats in Lower Manhattan. (The task force predicts that the shortage of elementary school seats in the CB1 district will soar to 1,200 in the next five to six years.) At stake may be the decision as to whether or not the city will include a new Lower Manhattan school in its next fiveyear capital budget. At a meeting with Silver’s task force last month, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott was non-committal, but willing to start the dialogue. “We’ll take a look at what the numbers actually show,” Walcott said, “and then we’ll develop a plan from there.”

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LMDC Wants Its Money from 92YTribeca BY CARL GLASSMAN Many are saddened that 92YTribeca, with its vast offerings of films, talks, classes, art and music, is due to shut its doors next month, after less than five years on Hudson Street. But the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., which helped make the community center possible with a federal 9/11 grant, sees the end of the Y as more than a cultural loss. They want some money back. “We were shocked,” LMDC president David Emil said of the decision by the 92nd Street Y’s board in March to close its popular center. Speaking last month to Community Board 1’s Executive Committee, Emil said he had written to the 92nd Street Y saying that if the Y doesn’t intend to “fully comply with the duration of the terms” with LMDC, then a portion of the funds given to the Y should be returned. “I said, ‘Hey, we gave you government money, and you’re closing, and so we want it back.’” In 2007, the agency gave $1.5 million to 92YTribeca, most of which, Emil told the Trib in a phone interview, went toward the Y’s HVAC system and audiovisual equipment. He said an LMDC analysis of invoices shows that more than $500,000 is owed to the agency. “There is a full five years we expected the funds would be used to benefit the community and hopefully much longer,” Emil said. “And to the extent that it does

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Since opening in fall 2008, 92YTribeca has been a popular cultural destination with its mix of programming for all ages, and evening programs targeted mostly to a young adult crowd.

not we don’t just want our money back, we believe we are legally entitled to get the money back and use it for other important Downtown projects.” According to the LMDC’s agreement with the Y, Emil said, some portion of the money must be returned if 92YTribeca leaves sooner than five years after opening. The Y has announced that it is likely to close the center in June, four months from its fifth anniversary. But Emil said the opening date of the center, October 2008, is not necessarily the beginning date that matters. He said the audio-visual work, for example, was begun in 2009 and completed in 2011.

Beverly Greenfield, a spokeswoman for the 92nd Street Y, declined to comment on either Emil’s comments or the specifics of the Y’s agreement with the LMDC. She sent the Trib this written statement: “Since 2008, 92Y Tribeca has worked to contribute to the revitalization of Lower Manhattan. Our unique cultural, educational and family life programs have been enjoyed by tens of thousands of people who live, work and visit the area. When we opened it was our intention to be part of the long-term fabric of the community and we share Mr. Emil’s disappointment that we will be unable to operate at 200 Hudson Street starting

David Emil, president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., speaks to CB1.

later this year.” Emil said discussions are taking place between his agency and the Y. In its statement to the Trib, the Y said: “We will, of course, be working closely with LMDC with respect to our agreement over the next few months.” In March, Sol Adler, the 92nd Street Y’s executive director, stunned the Y’s Tribeca staff with a letter announcing the news of the center’s closing. “Over the last five years,” he wrote, “we have learned that a second, physical location is not critical to our mission.” —Aline Reynolds contributed reporting to this story.

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WORLD A peek at the vista that visitors will find on the 1,250-foot-high observation deck of 1 World Trade Center

BY JAIME CONE On a clear morning last month, a cadre of reporters and photographers donned hard hats, squeezed into construction elevators and took a ride up, 1,250 feet, for a preview of what one day visitors by the thousands will come to see: the New York metropolitan area for as far as the eye can see. Getting to the observation deck of 1 World Trade Center, this hemisphere’s tallest building, now takes three separate construction elevators, a far cry from the 60-second express that will whisk visitors to this spectacular aerie when the observatory opens in 2015. At the event, principals in a deal struck recently between the Port Authority and the concession operator, Legends sang the praises of the threestory observation deck that will occupy the 100th, 101st and 102nd floors. “This will go beyond any other visit to any other skyscraper observatory anywhere in the world today,” said Patrick J. Foye, executive director of the Port Authority, the building’s developer. On their way to the elevators at the start of their one-hour experience, visitors will learn about the construction of 1 World Trade Center and the geology of the land below it. Inside the five highspeed elevators, called “skypods,” LED screens will offer visitors a virtual experience that will simulate riding on the outside of the building.

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Top and above left: Views from the 100th floor of 1 WTC. Far left: A Port Authority worker cleans a window. Above and left: Renderings of the 100thfloor observation deck and the high-speed elevator with LED screens.

Arriving on the 102nd floor, visitors enter a theater to view a video before proceeding to the main event—a 360degree view that can be seen from all three floors. An escalator takes the visitors to a mezzanine 101st floor, with

restaurants, and to the 100th floor, which will have displays and a gift shop. The Port Authority, which owns and manages the World Trade Center site, projects that the observatory will raise $875 million over the term of its 15-year

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Food and Drink Coming to Pier A

GREEN LIGHT ARCHITECTURE

Rendering of a restaurant to go in the pier shed, with harbor views.

By Memorial Day of next year, the historic Pier A, vacant since 1992, will become a dining destination, and open to the public for the first time in its 127-year history. The pier’s restoration, now estimated to cost $36 million, was stalled for years before being taken over by the Battery Park City Authority in 2008. The Poulakakos family signed a 25-year lease on the pier to build and operate several restaurants and bars with joint venture partner, the Dermot Company. Last month, the companies revealed their plans for the restored landmark.

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An OYSTER BAR with waterfront views will occupy the western end of the building. The bar will have an outdoor dining area along the pier’s edge. The “PIER SHED RESTAURANT,” which will also primarily serve seafood, will have indoor and outdoor seating with views of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Some of the furniture will be made of wood salvaged

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during the pier’s reconstruction. Diners will be able to watch the food being prepared from bays looking into the kitchen. Also on the first floor is a VISITOR CENTER in the headhouse on the land portion, with iPads providing history of the pier and the area around it. Next to it will be a GALLERY, with photos that illustrate the history of the waterfront and Pier A.

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The “EAST RESTAURANT,” specializing in meat dishes, will be the pier’s most expensive restaurant. It will have a stained-glass ceiling and give diners views of the World Trade Center to the northeast and the Statue of Liberty to the south. Another restaurant, labeled “Dining” in the illustration above, will seat 160 people. More than a third of the space will

be reserved for private parties. It will connect to the waterfront lounge in the COMMODORE’S ROOM, which will have a terrace with views of the Hudson River, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The HISTORIC HALLWAY contains the building’s original wood flooring, plaster ceilings and transoms.

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An EVENT SPACE and catering hall for 125 to 150 people will be housed here. The room will have high timber-beamed ceilings and panoramic views.

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Care Finally Coming to Historic Buildings It took a partial building collapse to do it, but 502 Canal Street, the 184-yearold Federal-era structure at the corner of Canal and Greenwich, is finally on the road to survival. This month, architect Adrian Figueroa is taking his restoration plans to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, seeking approval for work on the build-

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In January, a gate fell from 502 Canal, calling for an emergency response by the city.

ing as well as neighboring 504 (1841) and 506 (1826). Owners Ponte Equities intends to turn them into townhouses. For many years number 502 stood, barely, with a sidewalk shed and what looked to many to be purposeful disregard for its stability. So when Figueroa came to Community Board 1’s Landmarks Committee with restoration plans last month, the members were relieved—but the neglect wasn’t forgotten. “It’s regrettable that it’s taken 20 years,” said co-chair Roger Byrom.

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Jim Kessler guides the spire, held by a crane, onto a waiting steel frame. (Inset) The spire and restored cupola atop the building’s tower, with new copper and slate.

The 129-year-old former Mercantile Exchange Building gets the spire it never had.

BY CARL GLASSMAN he former Mercantile Exchange Building at Harrison and Hudson streets in Tribeca won’t be showing its 129 years next month when, if all goes as planned, the netting comes down from the fivestory red-brick structure to reveal a meticulous multi-million-dollar restoration that was a full year in the works. But the real topper came one Sunday morning last month when a shiny copper spire, 22 feet high and weighing some 350 pounds, arrived on Harrison Street. A crane hoisted the needle-tipped crown to just above the building’s beautifully restored slate-and-copper cupola, the domed top of the building’s tower. There, workers would gingerly guide it onto a waiting steel frame. “It was easy,” said Jim Kessler of Skyline Restoration, Inc. The 30-year roofing veteran, who had directed the installation from atop the tower, was now watching the final work from Harrison Street. “We just dropped it on top, bolted it in and that’s about all we did.” Easy? “We went back and forth on how we were going to do this and yesterday we went to see how it was going to be rigged up,” he continued. “That’s what made it easy. Everyone communicating on how it had to be done.” A spire is new to the building. Historic photos show a flagpole rising from the tower, as was common among larger industrial buildings in the area. No one seems to know how long the pole has been gone. But the owners of the com-

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Left: The Mercantile Exchange Building in the 1920s. A flagpole topped the building where a spire now rises. Center: The spire hovers by crane during its installation last month as part of the building’s restoration. Right: Ismael Sousa celebrates the end of the job.

mercial co-op, the New York Mercantile Board of Governors, chose a spire to replace it. Its design along with the rest of the work got the approval of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Overseen by Alexei Tajzler of Howard Zimmerman Architects, the restoration was required in part because of water damage as well as periodic “local law” maintenance mandated by the city. But much of the work came down to the finest detail of historic preservation, like matching new mortar

to the old and using patching materials on the terra cotta that blended with the original. Indeed, much that was old will be new or newly restored: the masonry and granite, the skylight, the windows, dormers and column capitals. Kessler fabricated a new copper gutter right on site, meant to help prevent the kinds of leaks the building has suffered over the years. The exchange building’s history dates back to 1882, when the Butter and Cheese Exchange of New York had out-

grown its building at Greenwich and Chambers streets and bought land at Harrison and Hudson for what would become, in 1884, its new home designed by Thomas R. Jackson. It then took a new name: the New York Mercantile Exchange, later to be referred to as the NYMEX. The NYMEX vacated the building for the World Trade Center in 1977, and remained there until 1994—after which when it moved to its own shiny new home in Battery Park City.

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Lease Up for Chickens Who Need Home BY ALINE REYNOLDS Where will three Downtown chickens finally find a home? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Julian Rubinfien, age 12, wants to know. For the past couple of months he and his friend Max Kern have been happily raising three plump hensâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Flufferbutt, Vanilla and Sadieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on the roof of his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s penthouse at 145 Nassau St., near City Hall. But according to a written agreement with the co-op board, the animals must vacate the space by Memorial Day, when building residents begin using the roof terrace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did not know what it was going to be like to have chickens,â&#x20AC;? co-op board president Jonathan Botwinick told the Trib in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So we gave approval for a limited time.â&#x20AC;? Julian and Max, students at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, raised the birds as part of a science fair project. If he had his way, Julian said, there would be goats, pigs and cows on his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rooftop terrace as well. But the Department of Health allows only two types of farm animals in the city: chickens and horses. (Roosters are banned because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too noisy.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;It sounds weird coming from a twelve-year-old,â&#x20AC;? he told the Trib, standing next to his chicken coop, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always thought that part of the meaning of life is self-sufficiency. And I feel that

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Julian Rubinfien on his family terrace where he keeps Flufferbutt, Vanilla and Sadie.

farming on a New York City rooftop is kind of an outlet to get there.â&#x20AC;? So, in early March, the Rubinfiens bought three eight-month-old hens for the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; science project from Victory Chicken, a Brooklyn-based company that caters to urban dwellers who, according to its website, want to â&#x20AC;&#x153;experience the joy of raising chickens.â&#x20AC;? The buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-op board agreed to the new tenants, as long as the birds stayed on their own propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Rub-

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infiensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; terrace is separated from the roofâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s common area by a gateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cause any trouble (so far they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were happy we were able to get the [timely] support of the board, which wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t easy, then find this cool outfit that supplies you with chickens, and make his idea come true,â&#x20AC;? said Julianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, Cynthia Mayer. Julian and Max have faithfully cared for the chickens, feeding them (the birds

enjoy a diet of meat and vegetables), giving them water and cleaning their sixfoot-long coop, which they keep in a corner of the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terrace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I make sure theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy and make sure theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sick,â&#x20AC;? said Julian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel very protective. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if fatherly is the right term, but something along those lines.â&#x20AC;? The chickens give back in their own way, producing eggs that he and his family and friends eat for breakfast. And, says his mother, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dividend in all this for meâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;great fertilizer! I do gardening on the terrace.â&#x20AC;? The family had no firm plans about what to do with the birds come the end of May. Mayer had considered a community garden or her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place in Vermont. Leo Rubinfien thought they might accompany his son to summer camp. As for Julian, who has grown attached to the hens, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to find a home for them in the neighborhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go to a different Tribeca family,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and we can visit them.â&#x20AC;? But with the chickens gone, the family terrace may not feel empty for long. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Julian is on to his next project,â&#x20AC;? said his mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He talked my husband into ordering solar panels on eBay.â&#x20AC;? Anyone interested in adopting Flufferbutt, Vanilla and/or Sadie is asked to write to Cynthia Mayer at cnmayer@earthlink.net.programming.

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THE RESIDENTS’ LAWYERS Kathleen Cudahy (left) and Gayle Pollack, representing residents of 1 York Street, ask about Spring’s plans and stipulations.

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Jeff Ehrlich (right), who mediated Community Board 1’s working group sessions with Spring Studios, talks to David Hemphill (left), Spring New York’s events director, and Bradford Sussman, Spring’s consultant.

Chuck Garelick of Elite Investigations devised a security plan for the area surrounding Spring’s future facility at 50 Varick St.

Hired Guns Galore in Dispute Over Ad Studio Liquor License Consultants and lawyers take license negotiations with residents to new level

BY ALINE REYNOLDS It may be the most labor-intensive liquor license application in Lower Manhattan history. Spring Studios, a British advertising agency and production house, is moving into its new 120,000-square-foot quarters at 50 Varick Street this fall. It will be hosting an estimated 300 client parties and other events there annually. Some events will be at night, on the 8,500square-foot roof, with hundreds of guests—an unwelcome prospect for some worried residents within earshot distance. But on April 10, after more than eight hours of Community Board 1 committee and working group meetings and nearly a dozen negotiating sessions with representatives of nearby buildings and their lawyers, CB1’s Tribeca Committee voted 6 to 2 to recommend that the State Liquor Authority grant the license. It would take a hired acoustics consultant, traffic consultant, security consultant, general consultant, liquor lawyer, 50 letters of support, and mind-numbing negotiations leading to a list of stipulations to make it happen. (At one point, Spring Studios paraded a dozen young people from the Chinese-American Planning Council into the already packed committee room as evidence of their commitment to provide training opportunities to local

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Two hundred staff members of Spring Studios are moving into five floors of 50 Varick St. in the summer and fall. The 120,000-square-foot space will have photography studios, casting suites, fitting rooms, offices, a restaurant and a 60-seat screening room.

Frank Filiciotto of Sam Schwartz Engineering (left) and acoustics expert Benjamin Houghton came to Community Board 1’s Tribeca Committee meeting in April to discuss traffic and noise mitigation plans for the area around 50 Varick St.

youths.) One by one, at that final meeting, the hired experts made their case. • Benjamin Houghton, the acoustics expert, calculated that a 300-person party on Spring’s rooftop would be softer to 1 York Street residents (by two decibels) than the outdoor evening noise that they normally hear. The sound reduction will be helped, he said, by the proposed installation of a sound barrier. •Frank Filiciotto of Sam Schwartz Engineering explained his plan to prevent backups on Varick Street when cars stop at Spring’s building for guests. This included designated zones for passenger drop-off and pickup, and workers hired to prevent double-parking or idling.

tee concluded that supporting Spring’s quest for a liquor license was the way to go—since, if a deal wasn’t struck, the stipulations would become moot. “If we don’t vote in favor of an application with reasonable restrictions,” said committee co-chair Michael Connolly, “the applicant will get a liquor license anyway and will be able to operate without those restrictions.” Spring’s general consultant, Bradford Sussman, said the firm’s commitment to be a good neighbor rather than a “fly-bynight operation” is shown in its signing of a long-term lease for the facility. “These are people who are going to be part of this neighborhood for the next quarter of a century,” he said.

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• Chuck Garelick of Elite Investigations promised around-theclock security in and around the building. Following the many negotiating sessions, Spring Studios agreed to a complicated set of limits on the number, times and sizes of indoor events. Here is a sampling of what they came up with. In one year there can be up to 180 events with fewer than 200 people, 80 of which must end by 6 p.m. and 5 that can go on until midnight. Fifteen other events could have 600 to 800 people, but only four of them can go on until 11 p.m. And no more than 300 people can be on the roof at a time. After much deliberation, the commit-

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WTC Security Plan Moving Forward

BY ALINE REYNOLDS The NYPD is getting closer to its final security plan for the World Trade Center. Last month department officials released the latest version of the WTC Campus Security Plan, the next step toward a final environmental review of the traffic, air quality and other impacts on the neighborhood. The plan, somewhat changed from one presented last year, involves installing security checkpoints, where cars will be screened for explosives, and the closing of one lane of Church Street, between Cedar and Vesey, to general traffic. The site will have four entry points, each accordingly for a different purpose: • Washington between Barclay and Vesey will be the primary entry point for deliveries to 7 World Trade Center and the future Performing Arts Center. • West Broadway between Barclay and Vesey will be used by private/livery cars transporting tenants and visitors to the WTC at street level. • Trinity Place/Church at Liberty will be the entrance for tour buses to the National Sept. 11 Memorial. • Liberty at West will let in delivery trucks and other vehicles en route to the Vehicle Security Center. The flow of cars into the site will be managed “flexibly,” according to Richard Daddario, deputy commissioner of the NYPD’s counterterrorism bureau, the

lead agency in the campus plan. He and other counterterrorism officials appeared at a sparsely attended April 23 hearing to solicit public feedback on the draft version of the project’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a required study to disclose any adverse impacts on the surrounding community and environment. “If a particular entry point is underutilized at a time when other points are overburdened,” said Daddario, “we’ll be able to redirect traffic to equalize the load.” Meanwhile, local residents and workers will be eligible to join the NYPD’s Trusted Access Program, which is supposed to expedite their entry into the site. Philip Habib, the consultant conducting the study, said the plan would cause traffic problems at five intersections. He said the NYPD will try to address those problems in the plan’s final review. Community Board 1 representatives said they were glad to see that one lane of Church Street rather than the two proposed last year, will be open only to credentialed vehicles entering the site. But they complained that they have had too little time to study the plan. “This really was discouraging,” said Michael Levine, the board’s director of land use and planning, “because it gave us no time to prepare to read the scope of work, which was about 25 pages, and to analyze the draft EIS, which is 600 pages.”

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1 WALL April 5, 10 p.m. A thief snatched a woman’s credit card and iPad that she had left unattended on a table while paying her bill at Haru restaurant.

17 JOHN April 7, 9:25 a.m. A man shoplifted $2,747 worth of diabetic test strips from Duane Reade. The man used a key to open a plexiglass cabinet where the merchandise was on display, then fled from the store.

100 BROADWAY April 12, 9:20 a.m. A thief swiped a woman’s $650 iPhone from her jacket pocket after she got out of the subway.

60 READE April 16, 1:30 p.m. A man stole a ring valued at $38,900 from Kristin Hanson jewelry shop. The thief, who pretended to be a customer, opened the glass showcase where the ring was on display, grabbed it and fled.

STATE & BATTERY PLACE April 16, 2:50 p.m. A man left his jacket on a bench in the subway station as he boarded the train. When the man returned to retrieve it minutes later, the jacket—which contained his wallet, credit cards, a driver’s license and car keys—was gone. 235 SOUTH END April 16, 6:45 p.m. A Ducati motorcycle was stolen.

SIXTH & WEST BROADWAY April 17, 4:55 p.m. A thief bumped into a woman on the subway platform and lifted her wallet. She lost her driver’s license and $120. 123 FULTON April 19, 7 a.m. An employee of Diane Shoe Repair

left his jacket on the counter while working. When he returned to fetch the jacket, his wallet—which contained credit cards, a debit card, a social security card and a driver’s license—was missing.

129 FRONT April 21, 2:30 a.m. A thief broke into a woman’s car and stole $2,700 worth of electronics, including an iPod, a camera and a camera lens.

55 STONE April 25, 2 p.m. A thief made off with a woman’s wallet and iPhone while she was dining at The Growler. Inside the woman’s wallet were credit cards, gift cards and a driver’s license.

FULTON AND NASSAU April 25, 6:37 p.m. A man was collared for assaulting a woman on the subway platform. The man knocked the woman down with a large rug after she commented on the way he was carrying the rug. GREENWICH AND JAY April 27, 3:30 p.m. A woman left her purse unattended on the table of a street fair. When she went to retrieve it, the bag, which had her house key, ID and credit cards, was gone. The woman later discovered unauthorized charges on one of the cards. 26 VESEY April 27, 4:30 p.m. A thief snatched the wallet of a woman as she was waiting for change at a table in Stage Door Deli. Inside the wallet was three credit cards, a driver’s license, a social security card and $160.

ERICSSON AND HUDSON April 27, 6:15 p.m. A woman, 22, got into a physical altercation with a stranger after arguing with him. The man struck her and tried to steal her $1,200 Chanel purse. The man was arrested.

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Street Fair Returns

The Washington Market School Street Fair, a neighborhood tradition begun in 1986, returns to Tribeca for the first time in seven years, with crafts, face-painting, balloon-making, spin art and beaded necklace-making. Live music will be performed by the Mariachi Citialli Band and Oran Etkin, plus magic by Amazing Max and the Tone Academy. Activities are geared to families with children 2- to 6-years-old. The fair takes place Saturday May 4, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m on Duane Street, between West Broadway and Church Saturday. A $5 per person donation is suggested. washingtonmarketschool.org.

Historic Research Help

Tribeca Trust is looking for volunteers to do research on buildings that are outside Tribeca’s historic districts but merit inclusion in them. Gregory Dietrich, a preservation consultant, will hold a workshop for volunteers on May 7, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Anyone interested in attending the workshop should write to Lynn Ellsworth at lynnellsworth@tribecatrust.org.

Pier 25 Reopens

Pier 25, at the end of North Moore, was battered by Hurricane Sandy, but it is now open. There is beach volleyball for teens on Sunday evenings starting May 10, free arts and crafts on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 5 p.m., and minigolf for ($5; $4 for 13 and under). The pier’s playground has not yet reopened. For more information, go to manhattanyouth.org.

Garden Volunteers

Adults are invited to volunteer to work alongside a horticulturalist to maintain the gardens in Battery Park City’s parks. Learn about the unique methods the parks’ gardeners use to create sustainable gardens in an urban environment. Meet on Wednesdays from 7:30 a.m. to noon. Gardening tools will be provided. For more information, call Battery Park City Parks Conservancy at 212-267-9700, ext. 364, or go to bpcparks.org.

Dance Film

Moving Visions Dance Studio, at 19 Murray St., will be hosting a benefit and premiere of the documentary short, “Believe You Can Dance” on Wednesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. The film follows a group of students of Loretta Thomas, the owner of the dance studio, from their first rehearsal to their recital. Through interviews with student dancers and seasoned choreographers, the film promotes the philosophy that dance is fulfilling for people of any age. Wine and cheese will be served. Tickets are $30; $35 at the door. Call 212-608-7681 for reservations. Proceeds benefit the Moving Visions’ scholarship fund.

Mark Twain Letters

Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen will discuss his new book, “Dear Mark Twain: Letters from His Readers,” a collection of 200 funny, sad and surprising missives from his readers, coupled with Twain’s responses. The letters are an insight into the mores of the times, as well as Twain’s impact on his many readers. The talk takes place on Friday, May 10, at 12 p.m. at 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St. Tickets are $21, available at 92ytribeca.org.

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Explore the origins of the ingredients in some of America’s favorite processed foods with author Steve Ettinger. The talk takes place on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at the New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St., 40th floor. A reception will follow. Tickets are $25, $20 for students, available at nyas.org.

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BEACH Back in the day, Battery Park City was nothing but sand, sun and fun. BY CARL GLASSMAN s the weather warms, sunbathers and picnickers will again settle onto the lush, green lawn of Battery Park City’s Rockefeller Park, far removed by time and real estate from the empty, windswept landscape that came before. In the 1970s and early 80s, the sun-worshippers who trekked across the West Side highway and crawled through an easily passable fence found an expanse of landfill and sky, seemingly all to themselves. Only the Twin Towers, soaring high above the dunes and grasses and river, was there to remind them that this was Manhattan. “We felt like we were getting out of the city, that this was our beach,” recalled Suellen Epstein, who lived nearby with her then-boyfriend, James Biederman. “In lieu of taking a train out somewhere on weekends,

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Above: The “beach” seemed so isolated that nude sunbathers, like this couple in 1981 who are getting dressed, were common. Right: Suellen Epstein and James Biederman sun themselves on the Battery Park City landfill in 1977.

we’d walk over with food and the Times and a bed sheet and we would sunbathe. I don’t remember ever going out to a public beach.” While sunbathers were few and literally far between, it was a program of site-specific installations and performances, called Art on the Beach, that brought the most visitors to the landfill from 1977 to 1985. Produced by Creative Time, the organization that has commissioned public art for nearly 40 years, Art on the Beach allowed performers, visual artists and architects to create and collaborate in the wide-open spaces. The opportunities came at the right time. “A lot of people were performing in train stations and in parks. This was a period where we were looking for new spaces to explore, to try out,” said Frank Conversano, a comedic performer and dancer who staged an impromptu game involving two teams converging over the dunes. “The beach is always a special thing, especially if you don’t have to go far away to get there.” “You had these very natural elements of sand and wind and grass and sky,” recalled Charles Dennis, a performance artist who also choreographed a piece for the site. “So you had a real outdoor experience even though it was a man-created natural landscape.” Few people were on the beach more than photographer Robin Holland, who Creative Time hired to document the art and performances. “It was not only an amazing place to go because it was a beach in Manhattan, but because the work was amazing,” she said. “Just great art and architecture and performance, and it was free!” Holland lovingly recalls performances on the beach at sunset, and the way the light played on the Twin Towers high above. “Oh, it was beautiful,” she said. “If I didn’t have pictures to prove I was there,” the photographer added, “I’d think I had dreamt it.”

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On Sept. 23, 2009, two years before construction of Gateway Plaza began, a crowd of 200,000 converged on the landfill for an “anti-nuke” rally. Prompted by the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor, the gathering was the biggest demonstration since the Vietnam War. Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash, Jackson Brown and others played from a stage located roughly where the Winter Garden now stands.

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Top: Susan Rethorst and Dancers perform an untitled work in 1982 in which the dancers moved, in silence, up and down the dunes. Left: Yoshiko Chuma in a 1978 piece, a collaboration with Charles Dennis. Right: This installation in 1985, the last year for Art on the Beach in Battery Park City, was part of collaboration between Jody Culkin, Guy Nordenson and Uwe Mengel. FRED CONRAD/THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX

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During PS 89’s turn at the podium, Stella Kekalos, left, and Madison Heiss with Dave Johnson, above, read their poems from “A Neighborhood of Poems,” an anthology of writings by the 250 students Johnson and Mike Romanos worked with over the past several months.

Poetry for the (Younger) Ages

With Poets House mentors, children from local schools discover a new magic in language BY APRIL KORAL Like so many poets before them, they spoke of love and hate, war and peace and the inevitable passage of time. And despite their tender ages—5 to 8 years old—their lives were already filled with unanswerable questions. “If I went on a journey but got lost in the woods, would you help?” Terrence Li asked in his poem, “Questions of the Living World.” “Why do trees rustle their leaves?” Kaia Mateo wondered in “Dreams.” “When people yell, do your ears burst?” Ava Gardner mused in “I Wonder.” This year, it was young poets who took center stage at the Poets House annual Poem in Your Pocket Day. Throughout the day, students from three Downtown schools—PS 89 third graders, PS 276 second graders and PS 1 fourth graders—read their work to their

PS 89 students read their poems all at once, a cacophony of verse.

classmates and parents. Also looking on with obvious pride were their mentors, Dave Johnson, a poet and teacher, and Mike Romanos, director of the Children’s Room at Poets House. They began working with the children in

February, which explains why many of the poems mention bad weather. During three workshops, they introduced the students to such poets as Carl Sandburg, Pablo Neruda and L a n g s t o n Hughes, then asked the children to write poems inspired

by the masters. “Even though we have all these technologies,” Johnson said, “poetry is just as powerful now as it ever was. The video games, the TV, the Internet is being thrown at kids and they are receiving it,

but a poem is from them. Creating it comes from the soul, the spirit, from somewhere deep inside of them. When they realize it, they gravitate towards it.” Poets House executive director Lee Briccetti agreed. The excitement for children, she said, comes from both the discovery of “the music of language” and the realization that they too can be poets. “Poetry is a way they can play with language, meanings, similes, rhythm, music,” Briccetti said. “After a while, they realize that they have this creative tool that they carry inside them all the time. That’s the goal.” For Johnson, who says he wrote his first poem at age seven or eight, some of the moments he has experienced as a teacher are at once magical and bittersweet. “Sometimes a little kid writes something and you say, ‘I wish I had thought of that line!’”

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ARTS & CRAFTS g Cornhusk Dolls An expert talks about the cornhusk doll, a popular Plains Indian toy, and its significance. Kids then learn how to make one. Thu, 5/9, 2 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

Family Yoga Night Yoga poses that are accessible for adults and children alike, with an emphasis on group and partner positions, plus a healthy, vegetable-based snack. For children and an accompanying adult. Fri, 5/24, 6 pm. Free. Charlotte’s Place, 107 Greenwich St., trinitywallstreet.org.

g Mother’s Day Cards Kids look at various photographs and renderings of skyscrapers to get inspiration to make an architecturallythemed card for Mother’s Day. Sat, 5/11, 10:30 am. $5. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org.

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g Native American Games Learn about Plains Indian games, then find out how to make one of them—a ring and pin game. Fri, 5/17, 2 pm. Free. National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, nmai.si.edu.

Body Buildings Starting with the 100-yearold Woolworth Building, subject of the museum’s current exhibit, kids work together to make a New York City skyline with their own silhouettes. They also learn about skyscraper shapes and designs and use poster paper to turn their frames into a building. For ages 3–9. Sat, 5/25, 10:30 am. $5. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org.

MUSIC g Suzi Shelton Kids’ rocker showcases tunes from her latest album, “Tomboy in a Princess Dress,” along with her eight-year-old daughter who is a backup singer and horn player. Shelton will also be filming a music video for her song “Firetruck” during the show, and kid concertgoers are invited to be in it. Sun, 5/5, 11 am. $15; free for kids under 2. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g

Oran Etkin’s Timablooloo! Etkin’s jazz for kids follows Clara the Clarinet, Big Mama Tuba, and all their musical friends on a journey to Harlem, Cuba, France, New Orleans and

Children’s Storytime Children of all ages will read and hear stories, from classic tales to more recent publications. Saturdays, 11 am. Free. Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St., bn.com.

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here’s no food served at Taste of Tribeca’s Kid Zone, but there’s still plenty to make a child happy. This year’s free activities include a demonstration for 3- to 8-year-olds by Super Soccer Stars (11:30 a.m.), the Story Pirates (12 p.m.), a demonstration by Exerblast (12:45 p.m.), performances (see above) by clown Looney Lenny (1 and 2 p.m.), a demonstration by Modern Martial Arts (1:45 p.m.), and all-day arts and crafts and face-painting. The event is May 18; information at tasteoftribeca.org.

FILM g The Lorax A computer-animated 3D musical comedy based on Dr. Seuss’s classic. It follows a boy who lives in a town made entirely of artificial things. In his quest to find a real tree, he discovers that the outside world is a contaminated, empty wasteland. He then works to renew and replenish the world with natural plants and animals. Fri, 5/17, 6 pm. Free. Charlotte’s Place, 109 Greenwich St., trinitywallstreet.org.

will also be related art projects and a live musical performance by Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could. Bait and fishing rods provided. Sat, 5/11, 10 am–2 pm. Free. Wagner Park, near Battery Pl., bpcparks.org.

beyond. For ages 3–10. Sat, 5/11, 1:30 pm. $25. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org. g Bluegrass Family Dance James Reams and the Barnstormers play live foot-stomping bluegrass music while dance caller Eric Hollman teaches families square dance moves. He will then lead and call out the steps in a hoedown. Sat, 5/18, 6:30 pm. Free. Esplanade Plaza, near Liberty St., bpcparks.org.

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Washington Market School Block Party Games and crafts, face-painting, balloon-making, spin art and beaded necklace-making. Live music will be performed by the Mariachi Citialli Band and Oran Etkin, plus magic by

Amazing Max and the Tone Academy. For families with children ages 2–6. Sat, 5/4, 11 am–3 pm. Suggested donation of $5 per person. Duane St. between West Broadway and Church St., washingtonmarketschool.org. g The Happening: A Family Fundraiser Live musical performances, life-size collaborative art projects, snacks, face-painting, temporary tattoos and more for kids, plus a silent auction and raffle for adults. Sat, 5/4, 1–4 pm. Email info@churchstreetschool.org for ticket information. Church Street School for Music and Art, 74 Warren St., churchstreetschool.org. g Go Fish! Festival Kids can spend an afternoon catching and releasing fish from the Hudson and learning about the fish and other wildlife in the Hudson River ecosystem. There

g TGIF Storytime Stories about various traditions, holidays and families, geared to children from Jewish and interfaith families. Snacks will be served. For ages 3–7. Fri, 5/3, 5/17 & 5/31, 3:45 pm. Free. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org. g Stories for All Ages: Fairy Day! Storyteller Rita Auerbach recounts stories about fairies, the mysterious beings that protect nature and inhabit the woods, sky, streams and parks. Kids then make fairy houses and wings. Sat, 5/18, 11 am. Free. Teardrop Park, near Warren St., bpcparks.org.

THEATER g Conversations with Anne: The Sounds of War By May, 1943, Anne Frank, her family and four others had been hiding in the secret annex for nearly a year. In this one-woman show, Anne discusses how the sounds of war keep them awake at night and how she maintains hope. After the performance, the actress, still in character, answers questions from the audience. Sat, 5/4, 1 pm. $8; $5 students, seniors; free under 9. Anne Frank Center, 44 Park Pl., annefrank.com. g Junie B. Jones A musical based on Barbara Park’s classic Junie B. Jones book series about an outspoken and lovable girl. Junie’s adventures include getting new glasses, playing in a kickball tournament and navigating first-grade angst-ridden situations. For ages 4–8. Sun, 5/19, 3 pm. $25. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org.

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Young children learn the joys of growing food and flowers in “Young Sprouts Gardening” on Tuesdays at 3:15 p.m. in Battery Park City’s Rockefeller Park.

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EARTH DAY Celebrate spring with live music, farm animals for children to pet, snacks and flower-potting. Saturday, May 11, 9 am–11 pm. Free. Duane Park, Duane St. at Hudson St., duanepark.org. Sponsored by the Friends of Duane Park. SPRING AT BOGARDUS Families can celebrate the change of seasons with live music by the TriBattery Pops, face-painting, a performance by the Children’s Tumbling stiltwalkers, cupcake-decorating and kid-friendly activities led by Reade Street Prep and New York Kids Club. Saturday, May 11, 10:30 am–12:30 pm. Bogardus Garden, West Broadway at Reade St., bogardusgarden.org. Sponsored by the Friends of Bogardus Garden.

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For children of all ages, it starts happening in May in Battery Park City’s parks, with a program that fits every interest. The activities below are free unless otherwise indicated. Go to bpcparks.org for details; to register, call 212-267-9700 x366 or email emccarthy@bpc parks.org.

PRESCHOOL PLAY Toddlers with a parent or caregiver engage in interactive play on the lawn. Toys, books and play equipment are provided. For ages 2–4. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 am. Wagner Park, near Battery Pl.

adjustable-height hoops. Mondays (except May 27); 3:30 pm, ages 5–6; 4:30 pm, ages 7 and up. Rockefeller Park, near Warren St. SOCCER Learn how to play and to pass, dribble and shoot. Tuesdays: 2:30 pm, ages 3–4; 3:30 pm, ages 5–7; 4:30 pm, ages 8–11. Rockefeller Park, near Warren St.

ART & GAMES Group games and hands-on art projects, ranging from designing cities to making animal masks. Art supplies are provided. For ages 5 and up. Wednesdays, 3:30 pm at Teardrop Park, near Warren St. Thursdays, 3:30 pm at Rockefeller Park, near Warren St.

GO FISH! FESTIVAL The festival offers an afternoon of catch-and-release fishing and educational programs about wildlife in the Hudson River ecosystem, plus art projects and a musical performance by Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could. Bait and fishing rods provided. Saturday, May 11, 10 am–2 pm. Wagner Park, near Battery Pl. SUNSET SINGING CIRCLE Sing rounds and classic American folk songs, led by folksinger and musician Terre Roche. For all ages. Fridays (except May 24), 7 pm. Wagner Park, near Battery Pl.

PRESCHOOL ART Very young artists are introduced to paper, clay, wood and paint with projects planned and led by an art educator/artist. Materials are provided. For ages 2–4. Thursdays, 10:30 am. Rockefeller Park, near Warren St. BASKETBALL Learn the rules of the game with

YOUNG SPROUTS GARDENING An introduction to simple organic gardening, including planting, watering and identifying weeds, for children with an accompanying adult. For ages 3–5. Tuesdays, 3:15 pm. Rockefeller Park, near Warren St.

Go Fish! Festival is May 11 at Wagner Park.

EXPLORER’S CLUB Kids learn about plants, weather and animals in Battery Park City’s parks with gardening activities, visits with animals, hands-on projects, outings and more. For grades 1–3. May 6 to June 24. $140 for 8 sessions. Call 212-2679700, ext. 366 to register. Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, 6 River Terrace.

Earth Day at Duane Park is on May 11.

MAKE WALL STREET BLOOM! Plant flowers and spruce up Wall Street Park. Plantings, tools and topsoil are provided, as well as light refreshments and kid-friendly activities such as face-painting and balloon-sculpture-making. Saturday, May 18, 10 am–12 pm. Wall Street Park, 110 Wall St., downtownny.com. Sponsored by the Downtown Alliance. FLOWER POWER! In the citywide parks program “It’s My Park Day!” children will hear a talk from the park’s gardener on planting annuals such as impatiens and begonias, as well as fall bulbs. Then they will plant some of their own. Some gloves and trowels will be available, but bring your own if you have them. Saturday, May 18, 11 am–12 pm. Free. Washington Market Park, Greenwich St. at Duane St., washingtonmarketpark.org. Sponsored by The Friends of Washington Market Park.

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Test Season Is a Test on Parents’ Nerves Have you noticed the posters and coffee mugs that have been popping up with the reassuring words of the British government on the eve of World War II–“Keep calm and carry on”? These words of encouragement provided the perfect message to New York City schoolchildren faced with state tests last month. Parents of third-, fourth-, and fifthgraders can tell CONNIE you it has not SCHRAFT been easy living with the dread of six days of testing. Hoping to help their children, parents plied them with practice tests once they had finished their homework. To SCHOOL pay for tutors TALK and Kumon, some families have probably foregone vacations or new couches. Before the tests, the chancellor held a webinar on how the Common Core Standards, adopted by New York and 45 other states, has affected this year’s tests. He tried to put a positive spin on the changes, but I have never seen anyone look so lackluster, almost as worn out as the staff member who has been

working overtime duplicating test prep booklets for upper-grade classes. Watching the webinar, I was prepared to take notes to share with parents, but the only words I wrote down were “much harder.” The chancellor’s explanation for the difficulty of the new tests is that 21st-century jobs require better readers and writers and more creative and flexible thinkers, and that children have to face those higher standards at a much earlier age. After the webinar was over, I went to www.engageny.org, where information on the Common Core can be found.

every eight-year-old in a New York City public school has read something by one of the greatest writers of the 19th century. But, I wonder, will the ability to decode “The Gray Hare” help a student get a job after college, or will it lead to a degree in English literature and becoming an underemployed writer? Reaction to the ELA test this year was mixed. One boy insisted that the fourth-grade test was much easier than last year’s third-grade test. Some students complained that the reading passages were very long, and they weren’t

Calming parent and student anxiety, which seems to grow with each year, has become part of the daily work at schools. I located a sample third-grade ELA test, and opened to the first reading comprehension sample: “The Gray Hare” by Leo Tolstoy. Here is a sentence from the story: “He [the hare] played awhile with them on the cleared floor, ate some oats from the open granary, climbed on the kiln over the snow-covered roof, and across the wicker fence started back to his ravine.” Reading that, I was grateful that my children have already made it through elementary school. Yes, in preparation for the tests,

able to finish the test. I did hear from a few teachers that the tests were not as difficult as they had anticipated. There was no Tolstoy, Woolf or Faulkner in the reading comprehension sections. Test-taking is a skill, certainly not one to be ignored, but most teachers and parents believe that the greater focus of education should be on learning to become a curious learner, a good citizen, and someone who is not afraid to take chances or make mistakes. At least part of the reason families are flocking to the Downtown schools is that they

are known for preparing students for the tests, without foregoing a deep, inquirybased approach to learning. The anxiety level Downtown last month was further heightened by the events during the test week: the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon followed by the unprecedented manhunt, and the devastating explosion at the fertilizer storage facility in Texas, as well as the Senate vote on gun control legislation, which refreshed our memories of the Sandy Hook massacre. Calming parent and student anxiety, which seems to grow with each year, has become part of the daily work at schools. During testing, school staff talked down upset and worried children, reassuring them that kids all over the city are taking the same tests, and that it’s normal to be a little nervous. I did the same with their parents, explaining that the chancellor was expecting that test scores would be lower this year and would grade them on the curve accordingly. Once the last testing materials are signed and sealed, the relief in schools is palpable. Next up for anxiety of the month: in May, fifth-graders find out where they will attend middle school in the fall. Connie Schraft is the P.S. 89 parent coordinator. For questions about Downtown schools, write connie@tribecatrib.com.

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BY CARL GLASSMAN and swaying motions that could easily be When Battery Dance Company takes seen as a physical abstraction of ultrathe stage at 3LD Art + Technology on Orthodox Jews in prayer. May 21 to 23, the roots of the performLuminski points to other movements ance may go unseen. But they run deep in his choreography that are similarly in the psyche of the company’s guest inspired by Hasidic tradition, such as the choreographer, Jacek Luminski, one of animated role of the fingers and palms he Poland’s foremost names in modern observed in ecstatic wedding dances. dance. Luminski, who is not Jewish, immersed himself in the vanquished Jewish culture of his country. He read books, interviewed survivors and klezmer musicians, and observed Hasidic wedding and prayer rituals in the u.S. “I wanted to understand the character [of the people], I wanted to understand everything from the roots before I asked the questions about dance,” he said in an interview between Luminski and Battery Dance director Jonathan Hollander rehearsals at Battery watch Clement Mensah and Robin Cantrell rehearse. Dance’s Broadway studio. The choreographer, a former member “Jacek allowed his body and mind to of the State Jewish Theater in Warsaw be influenced by what he learned and he and founder of the Silesian Dance Theamelded it into his own highly distinctive ter, said he is fascinated by the cross-culoeuvre,” said Jonathan Hollander, Bat- tural influences he continues to observe. tery Dance’s founder and artistic direc- He sees remnants of vanished Jewish life tor, who commissioned Luminski to cre- in Polish music, dance and food (“going ate a new work with his dancers. to my grandmother’s for the holidays I Hollander, who has frequently would eat gefilte fish”) as well as survivworked with Luminski in the two chore- ing aspects of Polish culture that live on ographers’ respective countries, will among Jews far from his country. reprise his own 2005 piece “Shell “You know, it was ten centuries that Games” in this month’s concert. these nations lived together,” he said. At a recent rehearsal, Luminski led Performances are May 21, 22 and 23 Battery dancers Carmen Nicole, Clement at 3LD Art+Technology, 80 Greenwich Mensah, Robin Cantrell, Sean Scantle- St. Tickets: $20, $15, students and senbury and Mira Cook through bending iors. Information at batterydance.org.

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BOOKS & READINGS

g A Discourse on Plants Artwork about the natural world by more than 30 artists. To Fri, 5/31. Tue–Sat, 11 am–7 pm; Sun by appointment. RH Gallery, 137 Duane St., rhgallery.com.

g Ann Kirschner The author will discuss her book “Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp” with the museum’s manager of institutional projects, Caroline Earp, a descendant of Wyatt Earp. The biography looks at the fourth and final wife of the lawman, a New York-born daughter of Prussian Jews, and traces her life as an aspiring actress and frontierswoman. Wed, 5/8, 7 pm. Free with donation. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

g Toothpaste & Coffee House: Change and Continuity A history through the turbulence of recent transformations in poetry publishing, from letterpress editions and offset printing to newer technologies. The exhibit—including broadsides, chapbooks and important first editions—provides a capsule view of the trajectory of this independent press (and its precursor, Toothpaste Press) renowned for adventurous discoveries, editorial excellence, elegant design and steadfast commitment to writers. To Tue, 6/4. Tue– Fri, 11 am–7 pm; Sat 11 am–6 pm. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org.

Nothing Personal: An Afternoon with the Dark Room Collective Members of the Dark Room Collective, founded in 1989 to promote exchange and community among emerging and established writers of color, will read their works and take part in a moderated panel discussion. Musical group Namaroon featuring Collective member Janice Lowe will also perform. Sat, 5/11, 12–6 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org.

g Colin Broderick Author discusses his book “That’s That: A Memoir,” about growing up in Northern Ireland during “the Troubles.” He describes coming of age in the midst of a war, including how he would play ball with neighboring children over a fence because they were forbidden to play together and how he later grappled with the disappearance of young men his age. Tue, 5/14, 7 pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St., bn.com. g Literary Salon New York City parents who are writers will read excerpts from their recent publications of poetry and prose. Readers are Joanna Hershon (“Swimming”), Helen Philips (“And Yet They Were Happy”), Anne Korkeakivi (“An Unexpected Guest”) and Jennifer CodyEpstein (“The Gods of Heavenly Punishment”). Tue, 5/14, 7 pm. Free. Pen Parentis, 75 Wall St., penparentis.org. g

Reed Farrel Coleman Author will read from his book “Onion Street,” about a college student whose life is turned upside down when he finds out that his girlfriend has been beaten and left for dead in the snow on a Brooklyn side street. Fri, 5/17, 7 pm. Free. Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren St., mysteriousbookshop.com.

Thomas Fleming Historian and author of “A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War” will discuss wealth and how it was amassed in the preCivil War South. Thu, 5/23, 5:30 pm. $15. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org.

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Locust Contemporary Dance Works A multimedia concert of dance, film and music with the jazz/modern dance company Locust from Connecticut. Performances by the company’s choreographers, plus special guests. Classical guitarist Jeffrey Vaccino accompanies the dancers, along with film and visual elements by Mindy Vaccino. Sat, 5/18, 7 pm. $18–$22. Dance New Amsterdam, 53 Chambers St., dnadance.org. g

Battery Dance Company Performances of a new work by Jacek Luminski, one of Poland’s

Kimberlee Venable “All This Comes Back” is a site-specific video installation looping footage filmed at Jones Beach and Long Beach on Long Island. The black-and-white video positions the viewer at the water’s edge, stretching and skewing the images to produce a hypnotic rhythm as waves approach and recede. To Sat, 6/29. Tue–Sat, 12–6 pm. Art in General, 79 Walker St., artingeneral.org.

n honor of Charlie Parker, three saxophonists will perform their interpretations of Bird’s music at Tribeca Performing Arts Center at 199 Chambers St. this month. T. K. Blue, above, will play on May 3, Rudresh Mahanthappa will follow on May 17, and Marty Ehrlich on May 31. All concerts are at 8:30 p.m. and are $25; $15 students and seniors. The May 3 and 31 shows will be preceded by a free panel discussion about Parker at 7 p.m., and the May 17 performance will include a free screening of “Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker” at 7 p.m. Tickets at tribecapac.org. foremost names in modern dance (see page 36), and the revival of “Shell Games,” choreographed by Battery Dance Company’s artistic director Jonathan Hollander. Performances at 7:30 pm on 5/21, 5/22 and 5/23. Student matinees at 10:30 am on 5/22 and 5/23. $20; $15 students and seniors. 3LD Art + Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St. batterydance.org.

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Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust Documentary about the Frieder brothers, cigar makers from Cincinnati who, along with Manuel Quezon, the first president of the Philippines, saved 1,200 Jews from Nazi persecution. A discussion with the filmmakers will follow the screening. Wed, 5/22, 7 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion Lifelong friends Romy and Michele are totally okay with their boyfriend-free and barely employed existence until their high school reunion forces them to reassess not only their lives now, but who they were years ago. To impress their peers, they come up with half-

g Kristina Sretkova Abstract paintings by the Berlin-based artist, with vibrant and colorful natural images such as sliding lights, deep waters and blazing fires. A portion of the proceeds from the artwork’s sale will benefit Manhattan Youth’s Downtown Community Center. To Sun, 6/30. Warburg Realty, 100 Hudson St. Mon–Fri, 10 am–6 pm.

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g Jeff Muhs Abstract paintings that thrive on the

interaction of colors, division of space and luxurious sensibility. To Sat, 5/25. Mon–Fri, 11 am–6 pm and by appointment. Cheryl Hazan Gallery, 35 N. Moore St., cherylhazan.com. g Lost and Found Abstract paintings by eight artists who tackle issues of authorship and objecthood. Curated by Fran Holstrom. To Sun, 5/26. Mon–Wed, 1–5 pm; Thu, 1–7 pm and by appointment. Hal Bromm, 90 West Broadway, halbromm@gmail.com. g Svay Sareth Sareth “Churning” is a site-specific work that Depicts a scene at a busy square in Phnom Penh that houses the VietnameseCambodian Friendship Monument. It is replaced with a camouflage rendering of “churning of a sea of milk,” an ancient creation myth depicted as a bas-relief at Angkor Wat. To Mon, 5/27. Daily, 8 am–8 pm. World Financial Center Plaza, worldfinancialcenter.com.

g John Boone In “Effective Immediately,” Boone’s acrylic works on canvas, mylar and wood feature original poetry, prose and sentence fragments, mimicking early computer screens. Thu, 5/2–Fri, 5/24. Opening reception: Thu, 5/2, 6 pm. Tue– Sat, 11:30 am–6 pm and by appointment. One Art Space, 23 Warren St., oneartspace.com. g Seeing the Unseen: Equivalence in Photography A group photo show featuring guest John Paul Caponigro and 13 members of the Soho Photo collective. “Equivalents” is a name Alfred Stieglitz gave to a series of cloud photographs that he felt were like visual music. Wed, 5/8–Sat, 6/1. Opening reception: Tue, 5/7, 6 pm. Wed–Sun, 1–6 pm and by appointment. Soho Photo, 15 White St., sohophoto.com. g 2013

MFA Thesis Exhibition 2D and 3D works by this year’s New York Academy of Art graduates that span a range of styles and genres in various media. Tue, 5/14–Fri, 5/31. Tue–Sat, 2–8 pm; Sun, 11 am–5 pm and by appointment. New York Academy of Art, 111 Franklin St., nyaa.edu.

g The Last Laugh This group show by five artists, including an audio installation, film, photography and other 2D and 3D pieces, explores laughter, which the French writer Georges Bataille describes as beyond the extreme limit of knowledge, confusing, intoxicating and uncertain. Thu, 5/23–Sat, 7/20. Tue–Sat, 11 am–6 pm. apexart, 291 Church St., apexart.org.

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by Tina Yotopoulou and Aktina Stathaki, the play highlights a little-known part of modern history: the tragic end of the Greco-Turkish War, which expelled the Greek population from the Asia Minor coast. The fire of Izmir destroyed one of the most cosmopolitan cities of the time. Fri, 5/24, 8 pm. $20; $15 students, seniors. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St. 4th Fl., alwanforthearts.org.

Building, completed in 1913 and paid for by the five-and-dime store entrepreneur Frank Woolworth, celebrates its centennial. (See page 34.) To Sun, 7/14. $5; $2.50 students, seniors. Wed–Sun, 12–6 pm. Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl., skyscraper.org. g

Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture Exhibition on Native Americans who have had successful careers in the music industry over the past century. To Sun, 8/11. 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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Type Walk with Paul Shaw Tribeca has some of the city’s oldest lettering on its buildings. Shaw will point lettering styles such as Art Deco, grotesque and versals. The tour will begin and end at the Mercer Hotel, 147 Mercer St. Thu, 5/7, 11 am–2 pm. $45. tdc.org.

Front Row: Chinese American Designers Beginning in the 1980s, Chinese-American designers such as Yeohlee Teng, Vera Wang and Vivienne Tam emerged in the New York fashion scene. Since then, new designers have gained a standing in New York and the global fashion industry. The exhibit focuses on 16 Chinese and Chinese-American designers, including Derek Lam, Anna Sui, Jason Wu and others, and is curated by designer Mary Ping. To Sun, 9/29. Tue, Wed, Fri– Sun, 11 am–6 pm; Thu, 11 am–9 pm. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 12. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org.

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g Karavika Members of the New York City-based quartet, comprising violin, cello, double bass and tabla, come from distinct musical backgrounds, ranging from South Asia to North America. Their performance will feature material from their debut album, as well as “Rabindra Sangeet,” based on the music and poetry of the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Sat, 5/4, 8 pm. $20; $15 students, seniors. Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver St. 4th Fl., alwanforthearts.org. g

Tribeca Chamber Players The group will perform selected quartets by Beethoven, including Opus 131 (5/13); Opus 135 and Opus 130 (5/20). Mon, 5/13 & 5/20, 7 pm. Free. Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren St., manhattanyouth.org.

g Public Art Tour: Wagner Park A contemporary art historian leads a tour of Battery Park City’s public art collection in the park. Sat, 5/11, 11 am. Free. g

Women of Wall Street A 90-minute tour of the Financial District focusing on the female power brokers who have shaped the history of the city and finance. Sat, 5/11, 1 pm. $15. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall St., moaf.org.

n adolescent rite of passage that may have originated from ancient British folk practices is explored in the exhibit “Legend Tripping” at Masters & Pelavin, 13 Jay St. The show features works by more than a dozen artists using a variety of media, including installation, painting, photography, drawing and sculpture, and includes “Words Without Pages,” a collage by Charles Wilkin, above. Through Saturday, June 1. For information, go to masterspelavin.com.

Gabriel Rios + Aly Tadros Local musician Rios, with Puerto Rican and Belgian roots, performs an eccentric mix of punk, hip hop and salsa. He is accompanied by Tadros, an indie vocalist and guitarist who plays other stringed instruments. Fri, 5/17, 9 pm. $12. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

New York City Labor Chorus The 75-member chorus represents more than 20 labor unions and district councils and promotes union solidarity and economic and social justice through song. Conducted by Jana Ballard, they sing gospel, jazz and folk. They will be accompanied by pianist Denis Nelson. Sat, 5/18, 8 pm. $25. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org.

Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra A program that focuses on émigré composers in America, including Kurt Weill, Arnold Schoenberg and others who were forced into exile and enthusiastically embraced American musical styles. Sun, 5/19, 2:30 pm. $18; $15 students, seniors. Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Pl., mjhnyc.org.

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Passwords: On James Wright Poet and novelist Stephen Dobyns discusses the life and poetry of Pulitzer prize-winner James Wright, one of the most influential and admired postwar poets. Tue, 5/7, 7 pm. $10; $7 students, seniors. Poets House, 10 River Terrace, poetshouse.org.

The Future of Food Blogging Food bloggers and writers talk about the role food plays in the future of web media and new ideas in food blogging. Panelists include Faith Durand of The Kitchen, Jenny Rosenstrach of Dinner: A Love Story and others. Wed, 5/15, 7 pm. $15. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

Gluttony: Deconstructing Dinner Food experts and scientists discuss some of the most popular guilty pleasures, specifically those filled with processed ingredients. Thu, 5/23, 7 pm. $25; $20 students. New York Academy of Sciences, 250 Greenwich St., nyas.org.

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White Hot Lil, married and pregnant, tries to find salvation in a simple life. Her sister, Sis, escapes reality through drug abuse and empty

sexual relationships. Their lives collide in an epic portrait of self-destruction, led by Lil’s oblivious husband Bri, and a sexual mercenary named Grig. Fridays & Saturdays, 10 pm; Sundays & Mondays, 7 pm. To Sun, 5/26. $30. The Flea Theater, 41 White St., theflea.org. g

A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney The last days of the creator of Mickey Mouse and Disneyland. Tue–Sun, 7:30 pm; Sat, 3 & 7:30 pm. To Sun, 5/26. $30–$40. Soho Rep, 46 Walker St., sohorep.org.

g The Daily Show Live Emmy-winning writer and executive producer Rory Albanese performs with other standup comics who work on Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show.” Political and other social commentary makes up the bulk of the material. Thu, 5/9, 9 pm. $15. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org. g

Laughs for Mom Standup comic Joe Matarese does his autobiographical act that pokes fun at his dysfunctional Italian family, his neuroses, life with a four-year old and his marriage to a psychologist. Fri, 5/10, 8 pm. $15. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., tribecapac.org.

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g Garden Tour: Wagner Park Tour the gardens of Wagner Park with horticulturists and learn about the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy’s innovations in organic gardening on a public scale. Wed, 5/15, 1 pm. Free. Wagner Park, near Battery Pl., bpcparks.org. g

Seaport Historic District and Museum An exploration of the Seaport Historic District and the South Street Seaport Museum, with a focus on the crucial role of the East River waterfront in New York City’s early development. Stops include Schermerhorn Row, the Paris Café, the Black Ball Line and more. Fri, 5/17, 11 am & Wed, 5/29, 2 pm. $20; $15 students, seniors. Big Onion Walking Tours, bigonion.com.

g Nature Talk: River as Muse Rivers are symbolic of renewal, enduring life, journeys and the passing of time. Poet Jon Curley will read and discuss poems connected to New York City’s own rivers, including the Hudson. Sun, 5/19, 2 pm. Free. Battery Parks City Parks Conservancy, 6 River Terrace, bpcparks.org. g

Civic Center and City Hall Learn about the history of buildings in the Civic Center area, including Tweed Courthouse, Surrogate’s Court, the Municipal Building and the original headquarters of the New York Times, then take a one-hour tour of the inside of City Hall, ending in City Hall Park. Meet at Foley Square, Lafayette Street at Worth Street. Thu, 5/23, 10:30 am. $30. 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., 92ytribeca.org.

g From Coffeehouses to Banquet Halls Restaurants have played a major role in Chinatown since the earliest eateries catered to Chinatown’s turn-of-the-century “bachelor society.” Over time, restaurants began to reflect the area’s changing immigrant population. Meet at the museum. Sat, 5/25, 1 pm. $15; $12 students, seniors; free under 5. Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St., mocanyc.org.

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In addition to food, there is music, a wine tour, and kids’ activities at the Taste of Tribeca.

There is no other dining experience quite like it. With more than 70 restaurants serving their dishes al fresco on Duane Street between Greenwich and Hudson, the Taste of Tribeca, now in its 19th year, is a gastronomic as well as a planning triumph. The annual festival, which will take place on Saturday, May 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., takes more than 200 parent volunteers and 15 organizing committees to make it all happen.

According to co-chair Hope Flamm, some 7,000 people sampled the tastings last year. The event’s proceeds go towards enrichment programs at P.S. 234 and P.S. 150. “We have more new restaurants than we have ever had,” says Flamm, a P.S. 150 mother who has worked on the event for the last six years. “It’s a great family day,” she added, “and we are a rain or shine event!” Tickets are $45 for six tastings and can be purchased at tasteoftribeca.com.

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Saturday, May 18 at 8PM $25/ Students & Seniors $20 The New York City Labor Chorus, with 75 members representing over 20 labor unions and District Councils, was founded in 1991. The New York City Labor Chorus Chorus promotes union solidarity by expressing through song the history and ongoing struggles of workers for economic and social justice. Their dynamic repertoire combines the power and culture of union music with the great gospel, jazz, classical and folk traditions.

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mythical goddess who just happened to be the “girl next door” and the pleasure of knowing her was a blessing to all who made her acquaintance. She was born Tara Constance Beardsall on October 7, 1981, and raised on Desbrosses Street. As a child she loved dressing up as a princess and had many happy sleep-overs and play dates. Tara attended PS 234 and formed many of her early friendships there. Washington Market Park was among her favorite places to visit. Tara worked at Yaffa’s for over ten years, forming deep friendships and charming locals. She met Adrian Silvestre in the summer of 2004. They fell in love, and had their daughter, Layla Pearl, in July of 2005. Tara had long-term goals of following her passion and talent to cook and bake. She had a flair for the baroque and was attracted to period-piece movies. I have wonderful memories of the nights we spent dancing. Her laugh remains imprinted on all my memories. Tara did not judge you at your worst, but inspired you to give in to celebration instead. We will miss her

forever. On Facebook there is a Tara Beardsall Memorial Fund. Please “like” and share reflections and memories of Tara on the wall. Linked to her Facebook page is a college fund for her daughter, Layla Pearl Silvestre. Your contribution will help create a positive outcome from this tragedy. A celebration to honor the joy of Tara’s memory will take place at Hudson River Park, at the farthest end of Chambers Street, at 12 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, rain or shine. All are invited to participate.

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ensure that the items you are donating are going directly to the children in the schools and orphanages served. The program is ongoing, so I continue to ask for your donations of toys and clothing to help us reach more children. The teachers have told me that this is the first time that the majority of the children have seen a toy. We are currently seeking nonprofit status and we are hoping to expand the program as our budget permits. Thank you on behalf of these children for making all this possible! Dee Grieve Growing Together Africa

Let us encourage bicycle use, but not at the expense of parks

To the Editor: This photograph is of newly installed bicycle parking equipment in Duarte Square, a public park.

cle use in the city, and there are many benefits in doing that, we should not be doing it at the expense of our parks and open spaces. Bicycles are vehicles and belong in the road together with all the other vehicles. Cars and motorcycles are by regulation parked in the street. In most cases the city charges for this street parking. Bicycles should also be parked off the sidewalk, particularly if provided by the city. Also, in this case, bicyclists will no doubt be riding right ROLAND GEBHARDT Duarte Square at Sixth Avenue and Canal Street up to the stands. This, just like bicyclists riding on This use of public park space sets a sidewalks, will be an additional source very worrisome precedent. I am concerned that a public park is of disquiet in an area set aside for being used to store bicycles. Will cars relaxation, our parks. be next? If we want to encourage bicyRoland Gebhardt

Dance New Amsterdam can be saved—with money from LMDC

To the Editor: While the 92nd Street Y has thrown in the towel, DNA (Dance New Amsterdam) is battling for survival. A unique resource in the town that calls itself "the dance capital of the world,” DNA serves tens of thousands of dancers each year. Young, old, professional, beginners—they all find a diversity of excellent teachers and beautifully appointed studios at DNA as well as a small theater that serves as a laboratory for new choreographic talent. However, this wonderful facility that was fashioned out of decommissioned space in the historic Sun Building on Chambers Street with almost $5 million of public funds is being left out to dry despite the Herculean efforts of its staff, led by the

fiercely committed Kate Peila. An infusion of $500,000 from LMDC would save DNA at a time when it faces eviction. The ridiculously high rent that was negotiated long before the current leadership came on board was reduced last year, but not nearly enough to stabilize and sustain a nonprofit dance organization. I hope that everyone who reads this letter and who cares about community access to the arts will band together and communicate en masse to David Emil and the LMDC Board. We need DNA and we deserve DNA. Please preserve DNA. Jonathan Hollander, Artistic Director, Battery Dance and Dancing to Connect

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To the Editor: I have been on faculty at Dance New Amsterdam since 1997 and also serve on the board of directors, currently as chair. Dance New Amsterdam was the first cultural organization to relocate to Lower Manhattan after Sept. 11, 2001, heavily encouraged by city officials and public monies for the buildout of our beautiful six studios, two galleries and theater at 280 Broadway—a space that had been derelict, even in the height of the real-estate market, for over a decade. We serve more than 80,000 people annually, create more than 650 artsrelated jobs and bring an estimated $8 million annually to the local economy. Our theater’s productions are reviewed by the New York Times and other major publications. Artists we incubate and present move on to present at the Joyce, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center and abroad. We create the dancers and dance-makers of tomorrow, and give mature artists space to develop new work. Our artistic programs are so admired that they are copied by other New York City cultural organizations. We have continued to do this though a three-year negotiation to lower our rent, during which time the vast majority of foundations that had supported us discontinued their funding to us. We stretch every dollar that comes in our doors six ways to Sunday. Staff members have accepted pay cuts and furloughs, community mem-

bers have donated time and money, students have rallied in the rain and paid more for their classes out of their already-lean pockets when we were forced to raise prices, and we have increased individual giving by 350 percent. And it’s not enough. The funding community with rare exceptions has abandoned us. The New York Department of Cultural Affairs has supported us, all our elected representatives are vested in keeping our cultural hub, built with taxpayer money, open to the public. The Lower Manhattan Development Council, which offered initial support to Dance New Amsterdam’s buildout, but has not offered support since, has an opportunity to support an organization which is doing exactly what LMDC’s mission supports—developing Lower Manhattan into a 24/7, living, breathing neighborhood, where tourists and New Yorkers of all stripes come to experience culture, stay for dinner, and decide to live. Dance New Amsterdam is in need of what is, in the larger scheme of things, an incredibly small amount of financial support. I call on the leaders of LMDC to use their funding capacity to assist an organization already doing everything it can to survive and thrive, and therefore keep supporting the thousands of dancers, students, audience members, gallery attendees and neighbors who walk through our doors every day. Martha Chapman Dance New Amsterdam Board Chair and Faculty Member

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THE HAMPTONS

Jennifer Breu

Rentals Frans Preidel

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Rebecca Daniels

Ross Gayde

Denise Guido

Toehl Harding

Kristin Hurd

Micole Joory

Sarah Orlinsky-Maitland

Leslie O’Shea

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