The Voice of the West Village WestView News VOLUME 13, NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 2017 $1.00 A Little More of Music at St. Veronica’s Receives Praise and Funding St. Vincent’s Returns By George Capsis Northwell opens new ambulatory surgery center. “It is a magnificent idea,” offered one West By George Capsis A few days ago, I heard that Limerick Villager with a check for $100 for the first accent again: There was Dowling being concert of Music at St. Veronica’s on Satur- I first heard the Limerick accent of Mi- interviewed on “The Long Island Busi- day, November 25th at 7:00 p.m. chael J. Dowling four years ago as he stood ness Report” and I began to hear a clear, “Dear folks: You are wonderful and bril- on the stage of P.S. 41 where my wife and frank summary of the hospital business to- liant and WE LOVE YOU!” was fol- I had sent our three kids, and where I had day. It was a near-perfect summation and I lowed by a check for $50. been the President of the PTA. wanted our readers to read it. So, I emailed Another letter stated, “As a 50-plus-year Dowling was trying to reassure a packed Terry Lynam (yet another Irishman), Se- resident of the Village, I really enjoy your pa- auditorium that the urgent care facility nior Vice President and Chief Public Re- per. Keep up the good work!” they planned to build in the Joseph Cur- lations Officer at Northwell, to request a Here are some additional words from our ran building would take care of 85% of all transcription. He kiddingly replied, “It’s readers: medical emergencies. I got up on the stage going to cost too much,” and sent me the “When I saw [that] you had put back the to say that I was not concerned with the video link. We did the transcription our- subscription coupon, I mentioned to my hus- 85% but the 15%. I pointed to him sit- selves and I kiddingly sent it to him. band, as we were discussing online versus ting in the front row and demanded that But before I start to quote Dowling, I print, ‘Well I’m glad that you have been sub- he open the closed St. Vincent’s Hospi- want to go back to what I learned of his scribing to WestView online.’ He looked up tal. The chant was picked up by the audi- background. It is an unmatched story of and said, ‘No, I thought you have been tak- ence—“Open it, open it.” dignified poverty elevated to a position of ing care of that for years now!’ Don’t ask what surprising power. But he is still the lad from discussion followed! So here is my check for Limerick without a shadow of pretension. a two-year subscription and a modest gift for SPECTACULAR SOUND awaits the audi- In an earlier television interview, Dowl- you to continue to give out free copies.” ence of the first concert ofMusic at St. ing talks about growing up in Limerick as “All my best to you and the fine people Veronica’s on Saturday, November 25th the oldest of six. His father worked for the who make WestView Happen.” as sound will reverberate in a 75-foot-high county as a road worker and had to walk I don’t know which gives me a warmer marble-lined chamber. Photo by © Joel or bicycle miles to get to work each morn- feeling: the words of praise or the checks. Gordon 2017. ing. Dowling’s mother became totally deaf at age six after taking an improper dose of medicine. Later, his father became disabled with arthritis and could not work, leaving Barry Diller Asks Me Michael the principal wage earner for the family. to Print His Words The family lived in a three-room thatched home built in the 1850s with a By George Capsis to get this to you on behalf of Mr. Barry dirt floor, a large middle room with a fire- Diller. Please see below the breaking news place, and two small rooms. Dowling slept Below, I have included my (slightly revised) from Mr. Diller on his plans for Pier 55. This three in a bed. After heavy rains, the walls email exchanges with Valerie Combs—the statement is to be attributed to Mr. Diller. NORTHWELL REVEALS CATH LAB became so damp that if you brushed up Senior Vice President and Head of Com- In the last month, I have been the recipi- EFFORTS: George Capsis, Publisher against them you came away wet. There munications at IAC—between October of WestView (left) was encouraged by ent of so much importuning, from so many Northwell head Michael J. Dowling’s (right) was no electricity, no hot water, and only 25th and 27th. These emails conveyed my people, all with the same sentiment: They all revelation that they were exploring open- outside toilets. attempts to meet Barry Diller in person. express their hope that we not give up and ing a cath lab to treat heart attacks but he They lived in farm country but they instead find some way to proceed with build- warned of the rigid approval requirements. had no farm, and from a very early age, Hi George, ing Pier 55. Letters/calls/emails/texts—and Photo by © Joel Gordon 2017. Continued on page 8 I run communications for IAC, and wanted Continued on page 4 The Arch The Birds Crochet Trees Artist Ai Weiwei’s instal- In this issue, Keith Michael Holly Boardman, the owner of lation under the Wash- takes us to the ends of Musee Lingerie, discusses her ington Square Arch has the subway lines in order inspiration and process in cre- evoked myriad emotions to experience unique ating the colorful yarn patterns and perspectives on art, avian sights and sounds. adorning West Village street architecture, and immi- (Page 26) trees. (Page 19). gration policy. (Page 10) 2 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org WestView WestViews Published by WestView, Inc. by and for the residents of the West Village. Correspondence, Commentary, Corrections

Publisher Don’t Let the When I supported Bernie Sanders, peo- New York State Officials Executive Editor Constitutional Convention ple said, “No, it will split the party and open George Capsis Distract You the door to the Republicans.” Bullshit. Do- • Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D) was Managing Editor ing nothing opens the door to Republicans. convicted of taking over $5 million in bribes Andreea Ioana Pantor Dear Editors: New York has the 46th worst turnout for (2015). A retrial is pending. Associate Editor I am very much against the Constitutional elections in the U.S., worse than “voter • Majority Leader of the New York State Andrew Buemi Convention, which Arthur Z. Schwartz suppression happy” North Carolina; it has a Senate, Dean Skelos (R), was convicted of Advertising Manager & Designer discusses in the October 2017 issue of 42% average turnout, while we have a 29% federal corruption charges (2015). A retrial Stephanie Phelan WestView (“Why Vote ‘Yes’ for a Constitu- turnout. Alabama, Arkansas, and Missis- is pending. Photo Editor tional Convention?”), for four reasons. sippi have higher voter turnout rates. New • Deputy Majority Leader of the New York Darielle Smolian There are changes we need to make but York also has the most political leaders con- Senate, Tom Libous (R), was convicted of Traffic Manager the way to do that is to defeat the Inde- victed of crimes than any other state in the lying to the FBI (2015). Liza Whiting pendent Democratic Conference (IDC). U.S. You may consult the list for the last • Minority Leader of the New York State We have some momentum on this and the seven years, below. Senate, John L. Sampson (D), was convict- Photographer Maggie Berkvist Constitutional Convention would be a dis- Do we need to preserve this kind of sys- ed of obstructing justice and making false ©Joel Gordon traction. I think it’s a bait-and-switch to tem? I urge my neighbors to vote ‘Yes’ for a statements (2015). distract us from what we must do. Constitutional Convention. • Majority Leader of the New York State Comptroller We also need to focus on getting a bet- Jolanta Meckauskaite —Arthur Z. Schwartz continued on page 3 ter U.S. Congress. There are at least four Architecture Editor nearby Republican congressmen we need CORRECTION Brian Pape to defeat. The Village Independent Dem- Film, Media and Music Editor ocrats (VID) is focused on 19, and if we A Serious Mistake Jim Fouratt have more energy, Staten Island is next. If Food Editor we have a Constitutional Convention, we We made a serious error in the Oc- It is terrifying to imagine how anoth- David Porat would be spending money and time on tober 2017 issue of WestView News, er mass casualty event would be man- delegates, and that will drain money and which warrants several comments. In aged with the dramatic loss of hospitals, Distribution Manager attention from Congress. “Jim Fouratt’s Have You Heard?” ar- emergency rooms, etc. Timothy Jambeck Haven’t we learned that anti-immigrant, ticle, he stated: “While St. Vincent’s —George Capsis Regular Contributors anti-poor people, anti-choice, anti-LB- Hospital was on high alert that day, not Barry Benepe, Caroline Benveniste, GTQ propaganda distorts our political one injured person was brought to the Dear Editors: Charles Caruso, Jim Fouratt, process? Do we want that here? I picture hospital during the 9/11 disaster.” This I was shocked to read the following John Gilman, Mark. M. Green, Robert Heide, Thomas Lamia, Keith Michael, the billionaires drooling over the chance to statement was incorrect. statement in the October 2017 issue of Michael D. Minichiello, Clive Morrick, make our constitution anti-public educa- After publication, I received two calls WestView News (within “Jim Fouratt’s Brian J. Pape, Joy Pape, David Porat, tion. It is now pro-public education and from medical professionals who con- Have you Heard?” on page 8): “While Alec Pruchnicki, Christina Raccuia, Catherine Revland, Joseph Salas, pro-gun, and that’s why the Campaign for tradicted Jim Fouratt’s words. Coinci- St. Vincent’s Hospital was on high Martica Sawin, Donna Schaper, Arthur Fiscal Equity succeeded in court. What dentally, I also received in the mail an alert that day, not one injured person Z. Schwartz, Gary Tomei, Joseph Turco, we have is actually pretty good, and the article published in the May 2002 is- was brought to the hospital during the Esq., Robert Widmann reforms we need can be executed in other sue of The Bulletin, from the American 9/11 disaster.” We endeavor to publish all letters received, ways. College of Surgeons. This article was Where did Jim Fouratt get his facts? including those with which we disagree. Delegates are elected from Senate dis- written by four medical professionals: On September 11, 2001, I was an at- The opinions put forth by contributors tricts. What fantasy assumes they will be James Feeney, MD; Nayana Parekh, tending surgeon and Chief of the to WestView do not necessarily reflect the better than our current State Senate? MD; Jesse Blumenthal MD; and Marc Trauma Service at St. Vincent’s Hos- views of the publisher or editor. —Keen Berger K. Wallack, MD. Cited by Blumenthal pital. Approximately 700 people were WestView welcomes your correspondence, comments, and corrections: below, this article provides statistics re- treated that day at that hospital. www.westviewnews.org Schwartz’s Response garding the number of patients seen at The role and scope of the care St. Vin- to Berger St. Vincent’s Hospital on September cent’s delivered that day are document- Contact Us 11, 2001. ed in a May 2002 article I co-authored (212) 924-5718 I disagree with Keen Berger. I see little In addition to the calls and letters I in The Bulletin—the official publica- [email protected] chance of the Constitutional Conven- received on this error, I also obtained tion of the American College of Sur- tion taking away people’s rights. It will the following commentary from David geons— “September 11, 2001: A test be dominated by Democrats even if the Kaufman, MD: of preparedness and spirit.” vote for delegates splits, as per the existing In addition to the patients seen, tri- —Jesse Blumenthal, MD Senate breakdown. A majority of the dis- aged, admitted, etc. at St. Vincent’s tricts are Democratic, plus 15 are elected Hospital, there was an additional ser- Dear Editors: statewide. Plus, whatever they do requires vice that our staff provided at the New I am writing to point out an obvious er- a majority approval in a referendum. (Hill- School. Using their space, we had per- ror in the October 2017 issue of West- ary won New York by 2.5 million votes.) haps 20 physicians, registered nurses, View concerning St. Vincent’s Hospital The worst we would wind up with is noth- social workers, etc. helping families and and the number of patients seen there ing—same old, same old. But, if a bunch friends cope with the attack, the losses, on September 11, 2001. of progressives get elected—and there will the search for missing loved ones, etc. I Instead of zero, as reported by Jim be a strong, organized push to do that if personally spent about 36 hours there Fouratt, 797 patients were attended to there is a ‘Yes’ vote for the Constitutional along with many of my colleagues, ex- and 115 were actually admitted. Four of Convention—then we could accomplish a cept for the time I was in the St. Vin- those patients died from their injuries. lot. There is not a single poll which shows cent’s Hospital Incident Command I was particularly shocked to find this er- public interest in taking away free speech, Center helping to coordinate other ror since your newspaper has always been MIA SAYS: A dog’s eloquence is feeling the joy and pain of its master. Photo by public education, or public employee pen- services. supportive of St. Vincent’s Hospital. Andreea Ioana Pantor. sions. —Patricia Leroy www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 3

Continued from page 2 garding the New York State Pension a long and eloquent statement in defense of in these gigantic land grabs are the local poli- Letters Fund, and was sentenced to one to four local efforts to combat the gentrification of ticians and their rich friends. Senate, Malcolm Smith (D), was found years in prison (2011). these neighborhoods, although she made it We have seen this in the Hudson Yards guilty in federal court of conspiracy, wire • State Senator Carl Kruger (D) resigned clear that she is not opposed to development project, where an inhuman wall of glass fraud, bribery, and extortion for trying to from his seat and pleaded guilty to charges efforts in all cases. and steel, resembling something out of bribe a Republican Party official to place of corruption and bribery (2011). One lesson emerged from these hearings: Blade Runner, virtually cuts off all of him on the Republican ballot in the 2013 • State Senator Efrain Gonzalez Jr. (D) was City agencies, such as the Zoning Board of Midtown West from access to the river. New York City mayoral race (2014). convicted of fraud and embezzling $400,000 Adjustment (a.k.a. Zoning Board of Ap- Such plans clearly cry out for an orga- • State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa (D) from the West Bronx Neighborhood Asso- peals), the Economic Development Corpora- nized, grassroots, informed, loud, lo- was sentenced to a year in jail for entering ciation Inc. He was sentenced to seven years tion, and others are not directly accountable cal movement of resistance before these into a sham marriage in order to gain U.S. in federal prison (2010). to neighborhood residents in submitting their precious neighborhoods are lost forever. citizenship (2014). proposed plans for development. They, as ap- (One of the speakers at the City Council • State Assemblyman William Boyland, New York City Officials pointed officials, are beholden to the wishes meeting used the word ‘colonialization’ to Jr. (D) was convicted of bribery (2014). • New York City Council Member Ruben of those above them—the Mayor, his devel- describe this gradual erosion of neighbor- • State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson (D) Wills (D) was convicted of fraud (2017). oper friends, and the Real Estate Board of hood culture. Reference was also made was found guilty of bribery, conspiracy, • Mayor of Mount Vernon Ernie Davis (D) New York (REBNY). As always in a City of to Stonewall Jackson and his program of and other related charges (2014). was convicted of federal misdemeanor tax our size, powerful interests have come to as- “pacification” of the American Indians.) • State Assemblyman Nelson Castro (D) evasion (2014). sume that it’s “their way or the highway,” local As we used to say in the 1960s: “La unión was convicted of perjury (2013). • New York City Council Member Dan Hal- concerns be damned. hace la fuerza.” • State Senator Shirley Huntley (D) was loran (R) was convicted of taking bribes and But it is just such an attitude that makes convicted of mail fraud. She was sen- orchestrating payoffs (2014). local neighborhood resistance so important: For those interested in learning more, City tenced to one year and a day in prison • New York City Council Member Larry Without such a strong Fourth estate, New Council hearings can be watched at councilnyc. (2013). Seabrook (D) was indicted on 13 counts York is inevitably doomed to continue down viebit.com/. Further coverage of the hearings • State Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez (D) of money laundering, extortion, and fraud. the path of headlong and heedless develop- can be found at ny.curbed.com. was fined $330,000 after groping, intim- Seabrook was convicted on nine charges ment, where the real (and only) beneficiaries —James­ Ward idating, and manipulating young female (2012). staffers (2013). • Former President of the New York City • Majority Leader of the New York State Council, Andrew Stein (D), was convicted Senate Pedro Espada Jr. (D): On May of tax evasion regarding a Ponzi BRIEFLY NOTED 14, 2012, a federal jury found Espada scheme (2010). guilty of embezzling money from feder- #NOTME #NOTME because I would never accept ally funded healthcare clinics. After 11 Developers Shrug Off money in exchange for my silence. days of deliberation, he was sentenced to I know it’s trendy to use social media to This doesn’t mean that I have no sym- five years in prison (2012). Debris at 11 Jane Street jump on the bandwagon when famous pathy for those who couldn’t find the in- • State Senator Vincent Leibell (R) was Dear Editors: folks promote the next cause célèbre. ner strength to walk away. It simply says found guilty of felony bribery, tax eva- Several months have gone by since the Please forgive me if I don’t mindlessly join that the campaign I will support will un- sion, and obstruction of justice charges scaffolding appeared at the 11 Jane Street in but there’s a good reason that I can’t equivocally state, “TREAT ME WITH related to $43,000 in cash kickbacks Garage. This has led to an accumulation of type #METOO. It’s not because numer- RESPECT OR MOVE ON.” which he took from 2003 to 2006 (2012). garbage, rat traps, dog feces, plastic bags, ous men (and some gals) haven’t tried, or It’s a little late now to complain about • State Senator Nicholas Spano (R) plead- leaves, and other detritus, plus the occasion- because I haven’t lost jobs or felt humili- the Hollywood culture. Are we supposed to ed guilty to a single count of tax evasion. al sleeping homeless person. The sidewalk is ated, harassed, and furious due to these believe that if Weinstein looked like Clark He was sentenced to 12 to 18 months in unhealthy, unsightly, and disgraceful. assaults. “Fuck off!” is the appropriate re- Gable this would have been a problem, or federal prison (2012). Thankfully, the superintendent from 31 sponse. Unless he has a gun, being asked to that blowjobs weren’t commonly used to get • New York State Comptroller Alan Jane Street recently took the initiative to watch Weinstein play with himself should the part? I don’t want to hear about these Hevesi (D) was convicted on charges clean the area. The developers of 11 Jane have resulted in dumping some sort of liq- incidents now—some involving dead ac- surrounding a “pay to play” scheme re- Street, who plan to build multi-million dol- uid in his lap! tors. #METOO is the wrong message to lar condominiums on the site, say that they send. No way, no how. Sign me up for that CORRECTIONS aren’t responsible for dealing with the mess. #NOTME because I don’t need to be a hashtag, honey. Yet, it is beginning to accumulate again. star that badly. —Jessica Berk We need to correct two image credits in This is outrageous, and shows a lack of the October 2017 issue of WestView: respect and responsibility for our neighbor- In “Diller Island is Dead” (page 1), the hood and neighbors by letting a filthy, un- composite rendering is by © Joel Gor- sightly mess fester. Several people in the Missed your copy of WestView? don 2017. In “Your Own Concert Hall” neighborhood have called 311, but nothing Best to subscribe! (page 1), the photo triptych is by © Joel has changed. Obviously, there is enough Gordon 2017. money to build multi-million-dollar condo- Or go to westviewnews.org, hit “subscribe” miniums, but not enough to clean a sidewalk. or try these locations Within the October 2017 issue of West- — Susan Skoorka View, Barry Benepe incorrectly credits DISTRIBUTION LOCATIONS: Frank Gehry as the architect of the Centre Not Only in Our Backyard Pompidou in the article entitled “No Tow- Jefferson Market Library (425 6th Avenue, 1st Floor) ers in Central Paris” (page 5). The architects Dear Editors: Hudson Park Library (NYPL) (66 Leroy Street) were Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. Due to the intense development pressure Senior Center at Greenwich House (27 Barrow Street) many New York neighborhoods are facing, Senior Center on the Square (20 Washington In the October 2017 issue of WestView, residents are beginning to understand the im- Square North) the photo caption for the piece entitled portance of working together across neigh- “Memories of West Village Resident borhood lines. Senior Center at Our Lady of Pompei Church and Broadway Writer Thomas Meehan” At a recent City Council hearing on pro- (Bleecker & Carmine Streets) (page 23) should read: posed plans for the development of East Tom and Carolyn are pictured above at Harlem, residents made many eloquent MCF Rare Wines (237 West 13th Street) a party in Fairfield, Connecticut, during comments, including the formidable Gale SeaGrape Wines (512 Hudson Street) rehearsals for “Ain’t Broadway Grand,” Brewer, Manhattan Borough President and Ottomanelli (285 Bleecker Street) which opened on Broadway in 1993. longtime veteran of these struggles. She read 4 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org

fresh air, and I have endorsed him. entirely different in me, but it doesn’t shock Fliedner for DA? Write On! To vote for him, one must go all the way me. My values simply align with theirs. I am to the right-hand side of the ballot and write deliberate each day, like so many, about keep- This month, it was reported that Manhat- of marijuana cases involving Black defen- in ‘MARC FLIEDNER.’ Vance’s kid glove- ing my moral and ethical compass firmly in tan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. chose dants in Manhattan ended in conviction, treatment of Weinstein was only the last hand. While the rest of the City buzzes with not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Don- while only 23% involving Whites did. straw. He has got to go. the energy of those committed to remark- ald Trump, Jr. for fraud when he had the Marc Fliedner was a 30-year Assistant —Arthur Z. Schwartz able work, my particular mission has been chance in 2012. Similarly, Vance declined District Attorney (ADA) in Brooklyn, head- that of advocate—a voice for the temporar- to bring sexual abuse charges against the ing the Civil Rights Bureau under that bor- Why I am Running Against ily voiceless, a representative for individuals now-disgraced Hollywood producer Har- ough’s late crusading DA, Ken Thompson. Cyrus Vance fighting for the largest measure of justice that vey Weinstein in 2015, even though he Fliedner left Thompson’s office after a dis- the system will provide. I have little interest had an audiotape of Weinstein admitting pute over the trial of Peter Liang, the police By Marc Fliedner in money beyond the necessary and minimal to groping the victim. It was also revealed officer who fatally shot Akai Gurley in 2014. interest in attention. I’m finding this write-in that Vance had taken tens of thousands of Fliedner prosecuted Liang and secured an The social media-driven movement for my movement a bit surreal. dollars in campaign contributions from the unprecedented conviction on a manslaughter write-in candidacy was born when several Here’s my simple promise: I will never treat Trump family lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, and charge (he says that this charge was already urgent concerns about the sorry state of the the survivors of crime or those charged with also from Weinstein’s lawyer. a compromise), but office leadership decid- Manhattan criminal justice system blew up crime as faceless chess pieces in acts of politi- But that’s only the high-profile stuff. ed to treat Liang as an “extraordinary” case all at once: (1) the failure to provide wom- cal gamesmanship. I will always judge a case The Times followed up soon after to attack and gave him probation instead of jail time. en with genuine agency when subjected to by its merits under the law rather than by its Vance (who has not had an opponent on the Fliedner eventually started a civil rights law sexual assault; (2) the ability of the wealthy, political consequences for me or others. I will ballot since he was first elected eight years firm, and after Thompson died, declared his privileged, and connected to buy their way dissect this broken system to identify its ineq- ago) as being enshrouded in the “Myth of candidacy for Brooklyn DA. out of criminal prosecution while the rest uities and demand solutions, all while shar- the Progressive Prosecutor.” The Times re- Fliedner, the first gay man to campaign for of us face harsh punishment; (3) anger at a ing my work in this process with you—the ported that, although Manhattan holds less DA anywhere in the U.S., believes strongly political system that does not provide voters invested, the People. than 20% of the City’s population, on an in alternatives to incarceration, and had the with qualified alternatives to the entrenched What are some of the reforms I’m passion- average day, almost 40% of Rikers Island support of Bernie Sanders in the Brooklyn incumbents who stay and stay because they ate about? Well, it’s time to end “broken win- inmates are from that borough. This dis- DA race, along with Sanders’ group, Our impress the party with their ability to fund- dows” prosecutions that too often criminalize parity has been attributed in part to Vance’s Revolution, and the Brooklyn chapter of the raise; and (4) an acknowledgement that the the poor and unfairly impact people of color. office’s zealous prosecution of misdemean- New York Progressive Action Network. He criminal court system has unfairly discrimi- We have to stop feeding this for-profit prison ors. As of 2015, he was more likely to pros- was the only DA candidate to endorse the nated against some of us for generations industrial complex by crafting non-jail sen- ecute a misdemeanor charge than any other work of Black Lives Matter. After Fliedner because of our color, culture, gender (includ- tences where mental health, substance abuse, district attorney in New York City. lost the DA race (he came in third), and ing gender identity and gender expression), and other services will constructively address Despite lamenting racism in the crimi- the negative press about Vance came out, sexual orientation, disability status, or eco- the cause of criminal conduct. I abhor the en- nal justice system, Vance perpetuates wor- someone suggested that he run as a write-in nomic status. New Yorkers are simply say- trenched practice of holding people in jail be- risome racial disparities. A 2014 Vera In- candidate against Vance, and the idea took ing, “Enough. We can do better, for ourselves fore conviction simply because they can’t raise stitute of Justice study found that Black off. I can tell you, as a practicing lawyer, that and for each other.” cash bail. When folks tell me that they fear and Latino defendants prosecuted by Vance’s decisions are not only suspect, but We’re seeking leaders with integrity now the police because of abuses, I understand the Vance’s office were more likely to be de- the manner in which he runs his operation because we understand that such leaders will need for police to be held legally accountable. tained at booking, compared with similarly has the entire Criminal Defense Bar in New demand integrity in the process. It’s hum- These priorities reflect my personal values, situated White defendants. Last year, 51% York up in arms. Marc Fliedner is a breath of bling that many folks see hope for something and I hear that they reflect yours as well.

Barry Diller continued from page 1 November issue. From the several articles that the island would have three as- firm and we will see if he is available. in the press this morning (October 26th), sembly areas. Is that still the case? —Valerie Combs just walking the streets of New York— there is no question that the battle is over. 2. Is it still 2.7 acres? Thank you, again. I have had countless people tell me how Would you ask Mr. Diller if I might in- 3. Can you review the admission plan? Since we are on a deadline, it would much they were looking forward to having terview him? (I remember that some events will be be best if Barry came to 69 Charles, the this new Pier, and how unfortunate were We are getting close to the deadline so free, some low-cost, and others mar- former home of Sinclair Lewis. We could the circumstances of its cancellation. This I would like to do it today. ket-rate.) have a relaxed meeting with coffee and has all had a profound effect on me and —George Capsis 4. The original specifications called for Maison Kayser cookies. my family. So many people had worked the western piles to be 70-feet high. Is —George Capsis for six years to create both the concept and Hi George, that still the same? the plans for the Pier. In these last weeks, Thank you for reaching out. We can see 5. What type of musical and theatrical Since we are getting late in the day are I began to think that we should not let it if Mr. Diller is available. Can you please events might we expect? you open to a phone conversation or a go, and that I would try to put aside the provide a little more detail for the request? 6. Will the piles be constructed on shore meeting on another day as an alternative disappointments and difficulties of these and floated into place? option? Thank you, George! last years. 1. Specific questions or additional detail 7. What is the completion date? —Valerie Combs So, I’m going to make one last attempt to on what you’d like to cover during the in- 8. Will the Hudson River Park Trust be revive the plans to build the Park, so that the terview. responsible for the maintenance? Thank you again, Valerie. intended beneficiaries of our endeavor can fall 2. How long you anticipate the interview 9. What is the cost of the two bridges to Let us do it tomorrow at Barry’s conve- in love with Pier 55 in the way all of us have. to be (confirming that you envision this the island? nience. Dusty makes a nice lunch. We’ll need to reinstate our agreements with the via phone). 10. Will the public be invited to suggest —George Capsis Hudson River Park Trust, with the State and 3. Whether the resulting story would fea- events? Federal agencies that had given us permits, ture other sources and who else might be Thank you for your patience and for our contractors, and…we’ll need to know that interviewed. Valerie, I would like to do this in per- providing this additional information. I’ve the plaintiffs will not reinstate their litiga- 4. Confirming your exact deadline and the son not on the phone. confirmed with Mr. Diller’s office [that] he tion. And with all that, we’ll joyfully proceed. anticipated run date for the story. —George Capsis is unavailable for interviews at this time. (Barry Diller). —Valerie Combs —Valerie Combs —Valerie Combs Thank you. Can we let Mr. Diller know Okay, Valerie. that you suggest a location convenient for When will he be available? Thank you, Valerie for the comments I will try to answer your questions. him or do you have a meeting place in —George Capsis from Mr. Diller. mind? We will, of course, print them in the 1. I recall in one of the earlier projections Would half an hour suffice? Please con- I am still waiting for an answer. THE COMMUNITY PHARMACY THAT CARES

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Handel: Concerto Grosso in D major, Opus 6, No.5 Bach:Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BMV 202, Wedding Cantata Ariadne Greif, Soprano Mozart: Serenade in D major (Serenata Nottturna) K.239 Haydn: Symphony #47 in G, Hob: 1/47 The Music at St. Veronica’s Orchestra, Michael S. Feldman, Conductor This Concert is Free! St. Veronica’s can become a permanent concert hall free to seniors but ONLY IF YOU ATTEND If you can or can’t make it fill out and the form on the page opposite Your attendance will prove that the community wants its own concert hall. The concert will cost $15,000 to produce so if you can, make a contribution now or at the concert. Suggested Voluntary Ticket Price $15 for Adults $5 each for Seniors and Children The Church of St. Veronica’s, 149 Christopher Street www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 7

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AN ENVELOPING LOOK: The 120-year-old Church of St. Veronica is featured online by West- View as a 360-degree experience (a first). Photo by Constanza Gallardo and Maritza Villela. “LOVE THY NEIGHBOR-- By Annunziata Gianzero online at westviewnews.org. There, you will be able to click directly on the video SUPPORT YOUR MOM AND POP You may be asking, “What exactly am I and view its immersive splendor. On your WEST VILLAGE BUSINESSES” looking at?” Or, if you’re familiar with vir- phone, you can simply move the phone and tual reality and the new trend in producing it will auto-magically “move around” the news segments in 360-degree video, you church. (Note: You must have the YouTube Scotty Elyanow may already recognize this as a 2-D screen app downloaded.) On your computer, you Lic. Associate RE Broker capture of a 360-degree video. are presented with a virtual joystick to click Longtime West Village Broker and Resident Either way, WestView is now on the lead- around the church. ing edge of this journalistic trend and has The video tells the story of today’s Church 917.678.6010 | [email protected] produced, in conjunction with the CUNY of St. Veronica. In it, you will experience a www.westvillagebroker.com Graduate School of Journalism, its first brief perspective from the group that gath- scottyely 360-degree video. ers on Sundays to recant the Holy Rosary, a The subject of the first piece? The short interview with Father Santiago Rubio, Real estate agents affiliated with The Corcoran Group are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of The Corcoran Group. The Corcoran Church of St. Veronica, of course. The and a discussion with Jorge Navarro with Group is a licensed real estate broker located at 660 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10065. 360-degree video format felt most fitting views of the dance classes he organizes at the to capture the full beauty of this histori- church. You will even hear some classical se- cal church. The 2-D image, video footage, lections from the upcoming holiday concert and this written piece will soon be available on Saturday, November 25th.

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A Little More of St. Vincent’s Returns performed multiple surgeries with only one was then conducted to a chair to await full continued from page 1 death. After that day, could anybody argue recovery and instructed to make room for that we did not need St. Vincent’s and that the next patient in 30 minutes. Dowling worked as a farmhand milking rio Cuomo for a job in Health and Human we should sell it for condominiums? The ribbon-cutting ceremony at the cows and killing pigs which they salted Services. He then moved on to the Long Through the half-century my family Northwell Health Urgent Care Center and hung. One night, during a particularly Island Jewish Hospital and up the ranks to lived on Charles Street, my wife and chil- took place on Wednesday, October 26th heavy rain, the thatched roof collapsed. President of Northwell. dren’s medical emergencies were treated and celebrated a row of six new ambulatory However, they rebuilt and Dowling smiles Northwell is the largest health organi- at St. Vincent’s so I was unable to accept surgery units. That is the operative word, when he adds, “Now they build thatched zation in New York State and the largest that an “urgent care” center could replace a ‘ambulatory.’ huts like ours for the tourists.” employer with over 60,000 employees; 161-year-old hospital—and I still am. In the old days, management would boast One day, a neighboring farmer who they hire 175 people per week. (Dowling However, both the practice and business about how many beds a hospital had. Now, was sending his son to college looked at gives a little speech of encouragement and of medicine has changed. Forty years ago, it is their margin or profit, which brings us Dowling sadly and offered that, with his challenge to the new batch of employees while showing off, I lifted a heavy garden back to the words of Dowling’s interviewer intelligence, it was too bad he would never every Monday morning.) slate and felt my intestines pop through who asked if hospital consolidation is a to college. A steely resolve to do just that Since first hearing that Limerick accent my flabby muscle wall. I found myself at good thing. coalesced in young Dowling’s mind. To on the stage of P.S. 41, I have made the Mount Sinai with two young surgeons vy- In his interview, Dowling states, “Oh. I get into college, you had to achieve a high pages of WestView available to people like ing to cut me open, push back my break- believe so.” He goes on to say that many of score in high school. When the envelope Dr. David Kaufman (who led the fight to fast, and sew me up. I awoke in the hospital the small hospitals would be out of business containing the results arrived, Dowling save St. Vincent’s Hospital) to campaign bed and left the next day. now without consolidation. If you have a let it sit for hours before he teased open for a new hospital to serve the West Vil- About three years ago, I had another her- hospital in an area with lots of Medicaid the flap in sheer terror that he had not lage and indeed all of Lower Manhat- nia for again trying to lift the same garden and little commercial payment, that hos- made the score and would be a workman tan. (We only have the relatively small slate. That time, I was treated at Phillip’s pital is in trouble. Medicaid does not pay for life. He made it though and came to downtown hospital south of the Brooklyn Ambulatory Care Center in Union Square. you enough to run the hospital. Dowling New York for his advanced degrees. Ulti- Bridge, which on September the 11, 2001, The new “procedure” was performed with singles out Brooklyn hospitals, 80% of mately, Dowling received a call from Ma- treated 160 patients and admitted 40. It remote instrumentation in 20 minutes. I which are troubled. They are losing hun- dreds of millions of dollars and they will go under unless a financially stronger hospital acquires them. However, Dowling cautions that acquir- ing distressed hospitals is dangerous and that Northwell is more and more getting out of the traditional hospital business. The biggest growth in the last decade is the ex- pansion of ambulatory locations. “So while we have 21 hospitals today, [we] have al- most 600 ambulatory locations.” An ‘ambulatory’ location can be as big as a 50,000-square-foot cancer center or it can be a lobby suite of offices on 15th Street. That is where Alex Hellinger, the Execu- tive Director of Northwell Health, sent me. There, I interacted with a lovely female doctor three months out of medical school who takes my vitals every month and offers, “You should exercise.” Northwell now makes $11 billion per year with a profit of 1% to 1.5%. Other parts of the country show 5% or 6% profit margins with lower labor costs. Dowling offers that they try to finan- cially balance the kind of medical services they provide. “If I were to sit back and say I only want to do cardiac and I only want to do orthopedics and only want to do cancer. Oh I can make a margin of [5%, 6%, 7%]. But then I’m not treating the totality of the population. I’m avoiding the tough stuff.” Many of the other hospitals that are compared to New York hospitals don’t have psychiatric facilities. You lose money on psychiatric hospitals because they mostly treat patients with Medicaid. (Northwell has a psychiatric hospital.) To the interviewer’s question, “Will the cost of medicine come down?” Dowling of- fers a “No.” At best, we can slow the rate of the increase. Thanks to advances in medi- cine, people are living longer and it is the LEFT SIDE, TOP PHOTO: This is the Pre-Operative Area with comfortable Ambi Chairs for the patients to be prepped for their pro- elderly that need medical treatment. Years cedures. LEFT SIDE, BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO: Pictured above is the Post-Operative Area with stretchers and patient monitors where ago, we could do little for a heart condition patients recover after their procedures. (Family members can stay with the patients while they recover in this area.) RIGHT SIDE, but now we can open the chest and insert a BOTTOM PHOTO: This is the OR with a Flouro Table and a 12-inch C-Arm capable of handling pain procedures and a broad range of stent. (Dowling noted that he has one after orthopedic procedures. Photos and montage by © Joel Gordon 2017. continued on page 9 www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 9 NYCHA Lives Matter By Reverend Michel J. Faulkner the worst slumlord in the nation. I’ve proposed a nine-point plan entitled Eighty years ago, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuar- The NYCHA Bill of Rights which will en- dia established the New York City Housing sure that the 650,000-plus residents of these Authority (NYCHA) to provide a way out communities are treated fairly and with of poverty and create a brighter future for the dignity. The NYCHA Bill of Rights is also poorest New Yorkers and their children. Un- aimed at improving basic conditions by giv- til a generation or two ago, NYCHA fami- ing long-term residents the ability to govern lies spawned City workers, doctors, lawyers, themselves through ownership of their apart- and teachers; NYCHA helped these families ments or an equity stake in their community. move into the middle class and beyond. They This will make NYCHA what it was sup- learned the same lessons that I did as a child. posed to be—a starting point for a brighter When I complained to my mother about the future instead of a hopeless dead-end. We unfairness of racism, she told me, “Son, you should not build more housing to maintain have to work twice as hard,” and I did. poverty, but rather create pathways to a bet- Today, NYCHA residents no longer learn ter life. The NYCHA Bill of Rights will give that lesson or practice that mantra. Many of residents something they have needed, and these communities have become gang-infest- lacked, for far too long—dignity. ed examples of a failed welfare state—a dead- NYCHA residents live in an unaffordable Dina Andriotis, Chris Tsiamis, and Nikitas Andriotis (from left to right). end rather than a hopeful beginning. It is es- city, enduring both the terrible conditions timated that 650,000-plus New Yorkers live and the stigma attached to public housing 77 Christopher Street in public housing, where the requirement to because they have no options. Selling or giv- Between Seventh Avenue and Bleecker Street stay is to surrender. The war on poverty, which ing equity in NYCHA apartments to long- started 50 years ago, has morphed into a de- term residents, along with the responsibility Pharmacy Hours: cline in initiative. The bureaucracy, which was of keeping them in good repair, is priceless. Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM designed to help, has caused harm. Bureau- The NYCHA Bill of Rights will use dignity Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM cracy, coupled with a decline in self-initiative, and equity to improve the lives of those living Sunday 10:00 AM- 5:00 PM has proven to be a stifling opiate. in public housing today and allow the City to Residents live in crumbling conditions— have a positive impact, generationally, on cur- Telephone: 212-255-2525 • Fax: 212-255-2524 dirty hallways, broken-down elevators smell- rent residents. This will create a ramp out of email: [email protected] ing of urine, garbage build-up, overflowing poverty into the middle class. Residents who www.newyorkchemists.com toilets, and broken boilers and sinks that lead see a pathway to owning their homes will to no heat and no hot water in the dead of value these homes and themselves. NYCHA winter every year. The City’s mismanagement residents have overwhelmingly supported of NYCHA makes these conditions nearly The NYCHA Bill of Rights as a solution. insurmountable. New York City has become Shouldn’t we all?

A Little More of St. Vincent’s Returns continued from page 8 a heart attack a few years ago.) when you are sick.” The television interview ending left me As the ribbon cutting ceremony ended, I with raised eyebrows as Dowling offered got up and revealed something that Dowl- that they had become venture capitalists ing had just confided (they are looking at and that they had 80 new ventures! opening a catheterization lab to treat heart The shift to becoming a new busi- attacks—the one medical capability I have ness investor is dictated by the fact that, been demanding) “But you know, [it is] with a growing number of patients using difficult to get permission [for cath labs],” Medicare and Medicaid, the government stated Dowling, referring to the New York is your biggest payer and it keeps reduc- State Department of Health Commis- ing the amount it pays you. Therefore, you sioner. So now I will turn the WestView have to create ways of making money, so guns on Albany. VOTE FOR MICHEL FAULKNER Northwell starts a lot of new businesses. In Michael Dowling we have a sincere But in the end, Dowling wants to be in and supportive partner to bring back a NOVEMBER 7TH the business of “We’re the best at keeping good part of St. Vincent’s Hospital. I am you well and the best at taking care of you glad we are now both on the same side. FOR NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER

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By Stanley Wlodyka Washington Square Park regularly, dis- agrees. “The fear mongering is how we The larger-than-life silver birdcage ended up in pretty much everywhere af- would block the path through the Wash- ter 9/11. My mom was like, don’t talk to ington Square Arch if not for the two anyone! Don’t talk to strangers! Where- refugees cut out from the frame. as my dad was like, use your mind. If It’s no wonder that Chinese artist Ai there’s a guy who’s giving you a bad vibe, Weiwei made the Washington Square or he’s creepy, stay away from him, but Arch—an iconic symbol of New York not everyone is bad.” When asked where City—a centerpiece of his Good Fences on the spectrum President Trump falls, Make Good Neighbors installation project, she laughed, “My mom voted for Trump! which comments on U.S. immigration Definitely more along the lines of my policy. In conjunction with the Public Art mother than my father.” Fund, Mr. Weiwei set up over 300 installa- Taylor’s cohort and fellow balloon art- tions throughout the five boroughs. ist, John Murdock (he made sure to dis- This installation was the perfect op- associate himself from Rupert), deflated portunity to broach a subject that was the conversation and brought it down to complicated, surrounded by an almost specifics. “We’re shutting down Hon- tabloid-like fervor, and, as it soon became duran immigrants for the last six, seven evident, one that people had spent a good years. The Hondurans are literally being amount of time thinking about. raped and killed at a historic rate. It’s the Tess, a recent graduate from the New worst place to be a journalist.” School who was creating a film with her It is true that Honduras has by far the colleagues that day, gushed about the di- highest homicide rate per capita in the versity she saw everywhere around her. world. According to the United Nations, “Immigrant culture is something that is one out of every thousandth person is so prominent in our country, especially in murdered in Honduras. That’s saying lower New York. The history of immigra- something since it only has a population tion here and how rich it has made this of about 8 million. Many journalists have part of the City is a really valuable thing.” gone into hiding from fear of retaliation Michelle and Matthew from the Fi- by the drug cartels, which are credited nancial District don’t have much of a with much of the violence in this Central problem with the hoopla surrounding American country. the Muslim Ban and the wall. They take The contrast couldn’t be starker in solace in red tape. “You don’t want gov- Washington Square Park. On a Sunday ernment to be too efficient, because if afternoon, there are those rain clouds [it is] you really can have [the] rise of a that keep everyone in suspense but nev- [dictator]. In our system, that is largely er really seem to let loose a shower. In mitigated because 50% of it doesn’t work. Honduras, at pretty much any time of You can’t pull consensus in certain direc- the year, it may rain for a couple hours, tions. You can’t do those radical things. If but the tropical sun shines throughout. people understood that more they would You have plenty of time to catch Ai have less fear when some guy comes out Weiwei’s installation in a cornucopia ART IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BROACH A COMPLICATED SUBJECT: Take a detour and and says, ‘I’m going to build a wall.’ That of climate conditions. It has the place check out Ai Weiwei’s provocative installation. It’s sure to be a pleasant visit if only for the can’t be done.” of honor under the Washington Square sheer grandiosity of it all. Photo by Stanley Wlodyka. Taylor, a balloon artist who services Arch until February 11, 2018.

Dismay for Weiwei Caruso’sQuips A Letter Regarding Public Art By Charles Caruso Dear Editors: on under a gag order, much like a fascist To become disillusioned you must first have illusions. While I respect Ai Weiwei for his artis- government would do. tic creativity and discipline, it is still dis- There is no question that the space A man’s whole appearance goes to pieces when he loosens his tie. heartening to see the complicity involved within the arch, with its beautiful, cof- Things that appeal to our worst instincts are usually the most fun. in vandalizing one of New York’s most fered ceilings and marvelous acoustics iconic public sculptures, the Washington for musicians, is an essential part of the The weather watches the calendar. Look for changes on major holidays. Square Arch by Stanford White. whole. It is not a vacuum waiting to be The saddest words: ‘Moving away.’ When people move away, they’re gone forever. Due to the secrecy involved in the pub- filled by another builder or artist. Forget all the promises. lic art process, we weren’t told how this No self-respecting artist should deface act of travesty was decided. The commu- the work of another artist, even for four They call them ‘remotes’ because when they ring, you’re in another room. nity was not consulted, and Community months. When will moron sports announcers realize that the term ‘Hail Mary pass’ is deeply Board 2 was given a fait accompli to vote —Brian J. Pape offensive to millions of people?

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By Joseph Turco, Esq. former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman. The New York Times estimates that one- Here is some good news for tenants: quarter of all evictions are already being The gradual rollout of the ‘Right to prevented. These statistics bode well for Counsel’ for tenants in the NYC Hous- this new program, which we will want to ing Court is progressing as expected. protect and expand. The promised funding, which Mayor In my experience, the moment a ten- di Blasio has declared as crucial to pre- ant’s lawyer appears in court, the whole serving affordable housing, is being al- tenor of the case improves. The tenant’s located in stages. By 2022, it will reach arguments are taken more seriously $155 million annually. and landlords are more ready to settle The money is meant to guarantee free or otherwise capitulate. A colleague at lawyers for tenants whose household Legal Aid tells me that once assigned to incomes are below $50,000 for a family a case, she can help the tenant navigate of four, and to provide free know-your- the maze of housing laws, rent regula- rights-type counseling and guidance tions, and housing subsidy programs. for people who earn more than that. I am thankful that we live in a progres- Eventually, every tenant who qualifies sive place like NYC. A comprehensive will get a free lawyer if faced with evic- right to counsel is unheard of in most tion proceedings. The system will oper- other American cities. And if it’s the ex- ate much like it does in criminal court: pense you’re worried about, consider this: “A GIFT ON GIVING TUESDAY IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE A tenant will appear in court, attest to In the next few years, free tenant lawyers DONATION”: Organizations such as Greenwich House see Giving Tuesday as an opportu- his/her income, and then be assigned a will cost the City about $150 million, nity to connect with their community. Photo by Filip Wolak-Whitney. lawyer from the Legal Aid Society, or but shelter costs for the City are already one of its sister organizations in the five that high. Given that one-third of those By Joe Salas “A gift on Giving Tuesday is about boroughs. housed in shelters are there because of more than just the dollar value of the do- To understand the impact of such a evictions that could have been averted, Since its inception in 2012, Giving Tuesday nation,” said Andrea Newman, Develop- progressive policy on housing, consider one can already see the savings that will has become one in a slew of catchy named ment Director at Greenwich House. “It this statistic: Some 35,000 evictions accrue. This is civil society at its best. days in the week following Thanksgiving gives organizations another day to con- were brought by landlords last year. Ac- Once we take into account the added that includes Black Friday, Small Business nect with people who care, and for some, cording to experts, half of them could benefits like better health, education, and Saturday, and Cyber Monday. to rely on those supporters to help spread have been avoided had tenants been af- community harmony that secure housing Along with Thanksgiving itself, Giv- the word too.” forded legal representation. About 90% helps maintain, the savings to society are ing Tuesday is a day of charity and reflec- The Giving Tuesday movement relies of landlords have lawyers in court, but multiplied. One wonders why we did not tion that bookends an extended weekend heavily on social media to grow, and donors only about 15% of tenants do. The right create this program decades ago. dedicated to commerce. Organizers bill are encouraged to share their participation to counsel will level the playing field and A friend of mine asked me the other the day as a global movement that cel- on different social channels. exponentially increase a tenant’s odds of day, “If everyone gets a free lawyer, won’t ebrates and supports giving and philan- “When people share where and why they winning in Housing Court, according to you lose business?” I hope so. thropy, and the movevment has caught donate, the power of their gift is magni- on. In 2016, 40,000 nonprofit organiza- fied,” continued Newman. “At Greenwich tions raised more than $168 million from House, where our services have such an 1.5 million individuals around the globe, important impact in Greenwich Village, according to Neon, a nonprofit data and it’s a chance for our neighbors, whether technology company. they take part in our programs and services The day-long event is not without or not, to show that they value us as a local detractors though, as some claim Giv- resource and support our mission.” ing Tuesday is just a fad, and a danger- Giving Tuesday’s data backs her up. Ac- ous one at that. Joe Garecht, a Devel- cording to its website, there were almost opment Consultant at The Fundraising 2.5 million social media posts for Giving Authority, argues that broader messages Tuesday on the day of the event. about a nonprofit’s services and values “It is very exciting to see support spread get drowned out in a barrage of social throughout the community,” said New- media posts, website updates, and emails man. “Every year, people who have never that call for donations merely because it donated before send in a contribution be- is Giving Tuesday. This type of “spot giv- cause they learned about Greenwich House ing,” Garecht claims, risks creating do- from a friend or neighbor and value what nors who are ambivalent towards their we represent in the community.” mission and do not want to provide year- round support. To learn more about Giving Tuesday at Ask a nonprofit if Giving Tuesday matters, Greenwich House, sign up for the Greenwich and you’ll find the answer is usually “yes.” House email list at greenwichhouse.org. Cartoon by Elliott Gilbert.

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Where is Steve Croman? Basil Weathers By Mary Ann Miller and lost his freedom, but nothing else it seems. 24/7 Plumber Cynthia Chaffee We understand that Croman is not listed in the NYC Department of Correction’s com- Named as a Favorite Handyman When Judge Jill Konviser sentenced Steve puter system under his correct name ‘Steven in the May issue of WestView News Croman to one year in Rikers, she said, “Rik- Croman.’ Rather, he is listed under the name Photo by Alison Morley ers ain’t the Ritz.” Well, we know he’s not at ‘CROWMAN.’ the Ritz, but it seems that he ain’t at Rikers What’s the difference between ‘Crow- either. man’ and ‘Croman?’ Steve Croman has been A resident of the Village since1979, Basil We found him. known to use this misspelling to his advan- is thoroughly knowledgeable about A bit of snooping revealed that Steve Cro- tage. We’ve seen his name signed on legal Village pipes and plumbing problems, and man is actually in The Tombs (Manhattan documents many times as ‘CROWMAN.’ Detention Complex) located at 125 White What advantage does this give him? “Mrs. is available 24/7 to fix sudden flooding, Street, near Centre Street. He hasn’t been Crowman” can get to The Tombs by limou- frozen pipes, restaurant boilers, and any other transferred to Rikers and it is possible that he sine; she does not have to shlep all the way to plumbing issue that may occur. never will be. Croman may just be held in a Rikers with the common folk. private cell in The Tombs for the duration of Who is allowing this cover-up? Is Attorney A cheerful and hard-working local businessman, his sentence. General Eric Schneiderman aware of this? Is Basil will always give you a fair and honest price This raises some questions: Why wasn’t the this the result that their two-and-a-half-year for your job. judge’s sentence carried out, and which rich, investigation warranted? We seem to have white privilege scored Croman this respite in many more questions than answers. a private cell at The Tombs? Was it an inter- It looks as if this whole trial was a farce. vention by some of the politicians to which he Unfortunately, for the people that Croman in- donated heavily? One that comes to mind is jured, this is all too real. It’s a total miscarriage Chuck Schumer. of justice and a slap in the face to every ten- Judge Jill Konviser sentenced Croman to ant in NYC. He’s likely to continue running one year in Rikers, not in a private cell in The his real estate empire from The Tombs. If you Basil Weathers Tombs. How can he not be on good behav- ask any Croman tenant whether anything has ior in a private cell and then released in eight changed, you’ll get a resounding “No.” months for good behavior? His potential re- I guess Croman’s high-priced lawyers Plumbing lease date is June 3, 2018, but we are told that, earned their money, if they got paid. The 52 Bank Street (at West 4th Street) with good behavior, he’ll be out in two or CROW-MAN is notorious for stiffing ev- three months before that, and possibly even eryone, especially his lawyers (i.e., Rose & (845) 866-2329 earlier. Rose v. Croman). Now the law firm that Money and power rule in this world. We represented Croman against Rose & Rose, can speculate that, in this private cell, Cro- Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, is suing man is receiving meals, unlimited visits from Croman for non-payment. Are Benjamin his wife and children, and any other amenities Brafman and Joel Cohen next? that money can buy. Time will tell. Why did we go through with this sham of S a trial in the first place if this was to be the Mary Ann Miller and Cynthia Chaffee are the M RE outcome? It is a waste of taxpayers’ money founders of the Stop Croman Coalition, which EA HE and a misuse of the court system. Croman has was established on Bastille Day, July 14, 2007. R T G D TAR An Update on Steve Croman BI S By Joseph Turco, Esq. sponse, Croman hired the diminutive law- yer with the giant reputation, Ben Brafman, In my September 2017 WestView article, to handle both cases. My sources confirmed “Landlord of the Flies: Steve Croman’s that Brafman had demanded one cool mil- Social Diary is Empty,” I wrote that ‘The lion and actually received a good portion Madoff of Landlords,’ Steve Croman, had of it. You will also recall that, in his pub- lost his famed lawyer Ben Brafman over a lic statements, Brafman announced that he fee dispute. A few days after publication, was seeking what he called “a global settle- I received a call from the Stop Croman ment” to resolve both cases. Well, the AG Coalition advising me that I was wrong. was having none of that, and as we all know, Brafman had attended the September the criminal case resolved with a year in jail sentencing of Croman, which Judge Kon- and a $5 million fine. viser postponed so that the suddenly ob- That pesky civil case, however, is still servant Croman could celebrate the Jew- alive and well and will continue to dog Cro- WINTER 2018 ish New Year. man for some time. It is now conventional SKATING SCHOOL Yes, religion is often the last refuge of a wisdom that, given the long slog ahead BEGINS JANUARY 2! scoundrel. As for my alleged mistake about of them, Croman and Brafman could not Registration Opens Brafman, I plead ‘Not Guilty.’ Readers of agree on the fee going forward and that November 20. WestView and members of the Stop Cro- Brafman will no longer appear for Croman man Coalition will recall that when At- in the civil case. The bottom line is that torney General (AG) Schneiderman held Schneiderman’s efforts to obtain damages Sky Rink Skating School instructs skaters of all his first press conference on the Croman in civil court weigh heavily on the convicted ages and levels in both figure skating and hockey matter, he stated that his office would bring felon and that Brafman only stayed on until using a progressive, group-based format. chelseapiers.com/sr both a criminal case and a civil case. In re- the sentencing phase of the criminal case.

West View SR 11-17.indd 1 10/12/17 11:33 AM 14 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org Jefferson Market Library Celebrates 50 Years with New Art Installations

By Matt Whitman mediacy to the changing needs of the public, always offering support, information, and a The New York Public Li- place of safety. What’s remarkable here is the brary’s Jefferson Market fact that it is the Village that has of course branch celebrates its 50th an- saved this space—pre-Landmarks. This is niversary this year. Two years a Library for the people, by the people, a in the making, British artist place deeply rooted in this fantastically vo- Mark John Smith presents a cal, politically active, and critically engaged series of new, immersive pub- community. JML50 uses the lens of fine art lic works of art, exploring the Library’s—un- to offer a new perspective on the perception til now—largely unseen archive of historic of what a library can and indeed should be, and intimate engagement with the public given the social, political, and economic cir- from the past century. cumstances both…in the USA and abroad. This November, the Jefferson Market Li- In this new work, we are honoring the past brary is delighted to unveil the centerpiece of whilst looking toward the future.” Smith’s work, entitled JML50—a bespoke, Mark John Smith’s JML50 is a year-long large-format, three-story, 360-degree print celebration designed to engage the diverse adorning the walls of the Library’s second demographics accommodated by the Li- floor Gothic reading room. Documents re- brary to foster lifelong learning, engage- cording pledges by children obtaining their ment, and a continual commitment to self- first-ever library cards in 1967, letters of discovery, collaboration, and creativity. adoration, complaints, and even the flicker In preparation for the project’s launch in of love between patrons all feature in this November, Smith and Collerius offered an uniquely site-specific insight into the com- unprecedented look at the Library’s history plex tapestry of relationships formed during through seminars, workshops, interactive the Library’s 50 years in Greenwich Village. street fair events, and artist talks. As the Building on a legacy of activism and pro- project continues to evolve, so too does the test, the Jefferson Market Library, now a level of programming, with the introduction landmark, stands today as a testament to the of a rotating series of curated events on the power of collaborative work and the pur- discovery and discussion of what a library is suit of a common goal—ensuring access to and what it can become. the tools and resources that sustain lifelong learning and creative engagement. The Jef- ferson Market building—saved twice by the A Yankee Visits public, once from demolition in the 1960s and then again from closure in the 1970s— New England stands as a monument to culture and the very By Roberta Curley communities that helped preserve it. Drawing from his experience leading cul- I had a moment, tural engagement strategies in the U.K.—for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Lon- I was in the moment. don 2012 Olympics, the Cultural Olympiad, and the NYC-based Franklin Collective— Grace brought me here, Smith has employed a series of events de- signed to foster engagement in the upcom- grace will take me home. DOES YOUR LANDLORD ing anniversary celebrations. These events Birds travel safe, offer unique curatorial control of the project to the very individuals that it honors—the I will glide too WANT YOU OUT? public and patrons of the New York Public Library and the Greenwich Village commu- as the sun, herculean, rises nity. Working collaboratively with Library Manager Frank Collerius, Smith has been like lemon meringue pie. an artist-in-residence at the Jefferson Market Library for the past year. During this time, Ducks dance on water he has witnessed and participated in some of the Library’s innermost workings, involving beneath my window panes. Call Joe Turco its staff and daily operations to highlight the A New Hampshire waltz network as a sculpture present within a very Tenant Advocacy human institution. pulls me to its brightness, “During my time at [the] Jefferson Market [email protected] Library, I have been struck by the vast diver- bouncing on air. sity amongst the library’s users and patrons. (347) 854-7602 The Library, I believe, is the most reflexive Thus I entered, 65 Oriental Blvd.,Brooklyn Ny 11236 public service available—it has terrific adapt- ability. Through its staff, it responds with im- thus I leave. www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 15

that houses the Apple Store. The surpris- A Stroll Around the Neighborhood: ing 80,000-square-foot total on five floors includes an Arhaus Furniture shop. We The Meatpacking District see that every old building on Little West 12th Street has been rehabbed for new uses, which are mostly high-end retail. By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Arriving down at Washington Street, we join the hustle and bustle of the High On our last stroll, in the October 2017 issue of Line, the 2016 Whitney Museum by the WestView, we ventured up to West 12th Street Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and the and 6th Avenue and over to the Hudson Riv- 338-room Standard Hotel, which includes er. It’s pretty quiet between 6th Avenue and the Standard Grill, completed by Ennead 837 Washington Street 8th Avenue, but once you cross into the Meat- Architects (formerly the Polshek Partner- 837 Washington Street is a 2013 retail space packing District, things really heat up. ship) in 2009. consisting of a twisting, upper-floor exoskele- ton that now houses a Samsung electronics North of Horatio Street, Greenwich showroom. Photo by Brian J. Pape. Street ends, 9th Avenue begins, and little Restoration Hardware Gansevoort Plaza is formed where Lit- The new Restoration Hardware Store at 9 was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects in tle West 12th Street splits off for a few Ninth Avenue is adding two glassy floors 2013; it now houses a Samsung electronics above a gutted out two-story shell of old short blocks. Besides the many buildings showroom. brick facades. To the left of it is 15 Little guarded with barricades in preparation for West 12th Street, a 2011 new commercial At 860 Washington Street is the new the new work, the streets are dug up for building. Photo by Brian J. Pape. all-glass 10-story office and retail building new utilities. New cobblestones are being which is nearly complete. It is offering rents placed to replicate the former paving char- ple of other taller buildings that were part of of $150 to $200 per square foot, which is a acter on many of the local streets. this district. Although construction continues new high for the area. Built by Romanoff on the smaller buildings, 60-74 Gansevoort Equities and Property Group Partners and Street is in limbo for now. designed by James Carpenter Design Asso- In the latter stages of development is the ciates, occupants will include Alibaba, the e- new Restoration Hardware Store at 9 9th Av- commerce giant; SoFi, a financial tech firm; enue (a.k.a. 7 Little West 12th Street), which ‘Solar Carve Tower’ and Tesla, which will incorporate a new elec- is adding two glassy floors above a gutted, at 40 10th Avenue. tric car showroom. two-story shell of old brick facades. William These two floors of retail, topped by 10 Next door on 13th Street, another huge Gottlieb Real Estate and Aurora Capital As- floors of office space, will abut the High new building under construction is the sociates are the developers, MJM Associates Line Park and 10th Avenue, with a faceted all-glass commercial building by architect facade called ‘Solar Carve.’ Photo by Brian 46-74 Gansevoort Street Construction is the contractor, and Wormser Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang, for William J. Pape, of the Studio Gang rendering. Unless stopped by a lawsuit now pending, + Associates Architects is the architect. New Gottlieb Real Estate and 40-56 Tenth Av- nine buildings at 46-74 Gansevoort Street, sidewalk canopies are being erected to mimic With such intense development pressure, enue Ventures LLC. (The contractor is numbered from the left, will become three the old Meatpacking structures. Last year, the one might wonder how the Meatpacking Cauldwell Wingate Company LLC.) The lots comprising almost 111,000 square feet foreman and contractor, Harco Construction, businesses manage to remain in this hot area. 116,000 square feet of commercial space, of commercial space, including two five- and six-story buildings at the right end of was convicted of manslaughter in the death of It is by design: The NYC Department of including two floors of retail topped by 10 the block. Photo by Brian J. Pape. a workman on this site. City Planning put an easement on the re- floors of office space, will abut the High maining Meat Center at Gansevoort Mar- Line and 10th Avenue, with a faceted facade The mixed-use Theory store building ket, which guarantees their low rent leases called ‘Solar Carve.’ constructed in 2006 at 40 Gansevoort Street for 10 years or more. (The Gansevoort Mar- One of the last remaining parking lots was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. ket Meat Center, which still exists, north of is on 10th Avenue between West 13th and It was the first ground-up development ap- the Whitney Museum, is what remains of Little West 12th Streets, and it is ripe for proved under the Landmarks Preservation the businesses that defined this area.) future development. We will keep you in- Commission’s (LPC’s) jurisdiction when the Across West Street from the Whitney formed as plans for that site develop. We Gansevoort Market Historic District was Museum, the Gansevoort Peninsula is being hope you enjoyed this stroll. legislated in 2003. cleared for Hudson River Park uses. The for- The Gansevoort Hotel Group built the mer NYC Department of Sanitation trans- area’s first luxury hotel at 18 9th Avenue in 55 Gansevoort Street fer station buildings, where garbage trucks 2004. Designed by the Stephen B. Jacobs Restoration Hardware is also developing a dumped their loads onto barges waiting at Group, it has 187 rooms and 23 suites. The new 14-room hotel called ‘RH Guesthouse’ the docks, are being demolished. Though by gutting the small, triangular-shaped 1887 Group liked the cache of the street so much still in the planning and design stages, at historic brick structure at 55 Gansevoort that it kept the ‘Gansevoort’ name for hotels Street. In the background, the Whitney Mu- least one idea has been revealed to the pub- in other locations. seum looms above the High Line Park trees. lic. (Consult page 29 for more information.) Between Greenwich and Washington Photo by Brian J. Pape. Next to the Gansevoort Peninsula is the Streets, nine buildings at 46-74 Gansevoort site of Barry Diller’s recently abandoned Pier Street, controlled by developers William Around the corner, at 55 Gansevoort 55 project, Diller Island. Yet, in a October Gottlieb Real Estate and Aurora Capital As- Street, Restoration Hardware is also de- 26, 2017 New York Times article, Mr. Diller sociates, will become three lots comprising al- veloping a new 14-room hotel called ‘RH said that Governor Cuomo called him to most 111,000 square feet of commercial space Guesthouse’ by gutting the existing, small, revive the park project, with a promise to re- designed by BKSK Architects. New five- and triangular-shaped, five-story 1887 historic solve any lawsuits, and provide government six-story-plus penthouse designs were pro- brick structure. The designer is Caroline funds to complete other Hudson River Park posed for retail and mixed-use buildings, Otto of Anderson Architects and the pres- projects. Mr. Diller and his wife, Diane von to replace the old two-story Meat Market ervation consultant is Jacqueline Peu-Du- Furstenberg, have been heavy supporters buildings at 60-74 Gansevoort Street; LPC vallon. The LPC approved the modified of the High Line from its inception, along approved them in June 2016 when the pent- plans in March 2017. which are their business buildings. houses were eliminated. The local community Stepping next door at 15 Little West 12th Heading back to the intersection of Wash- 860 Washington Street and the preservation group Save Gansevoort Street is the through-block building built in ington and West 13th Streets, 837 Wash- Occupants of this space will include Alibaba, sued the City after that, even though 80 Gan- 2011 by Taconic Investment Partners; they ington Street is a retail space containing a SoFi, and Tesla, which will feature a new elec- sevoort Street (across the street) is one exam- also developed the building on 14th Street twisting, steel upper-floor exoskeleton that tric car showroom. Photo by Brian J. Pape. 16 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org

chef at Sushi Dojo which had a stand in less bowls of toppings including pixy stix! the old Gansevoort Market. Bouhadana is The menu is more straightforward than no longer involved with any of these res- Dovetail but the food is of the same high IN taurants, and has in fact opened his own quality. and affordable omakase counter, Sushi by Bou, OUT in the new Gansevoort Market. by Caroline Benveniste

This month, we heard more stories of high rents driving out long-term tenants. But there were also a large number of openings, Don Angie (103 Greenwich Avenue, including the return of sorts of a beloved Vil- at West 12th Street): The Monument lage institution, and hints that some recently Lane space was quickly renovated and has shuttered spots will have new tenants soon. re-opened as a modern Italian-American spot run by the husband-and-wife team Blackstone Coffee Roasters (502 Open of Scott Tacinelli and Angie Rito. They Hudson Street, between Christopher Zimmermann (652 Hudson Street, near previously cooked at Quality Meats and and West 10th Streets): Many of you West 13th Street): Many of us thought Quality Italian. Angie also worked at Tor- will remember Jessie’s, the deli that was that fancy clothing stores were fleeing the risi Italian Specialties before they opened located on 7th Avenue, between West Meatpacking District, but Zimmermann a small “speakeasy” restaurant in the East 12th and West 13th Streets. The deli was has just opened in the space that used to Village called dinnertable. The menu at started by Jessie in the early 1980s; his house Catherine Malandrino. The Austra- Don Angie has new takes on classic dishes three sons worked there as well. When lian store arrived in New York City in 2013 (Black and White Poppy Seed Stracchino St. Vincent’s Hospital was open, Jessie’s with a large flagship in SoHo. The style is Gnocchi, Peconic Escargot Oreganata) as had a large following of hospital employ- beachy with floral prints and ruffles. Many well as a couple of large-format dishes. If ees, visitors, and neighborhood residents. of the dresses are priced at over $1,000 with you like Italian Amaros (and I don’t), you In fact, business was so good that Jessie’s at least one just under $3,000. will probably find the cocktail list exciting. expanded into the adjoining space that had been Mayfair Chemists even though Osteria 57 (57 West 10th Street, near the rent went from $4,500 per month 6th Avenue): Another Italian restaurant to $25,000 per month. Unfortunately, has opened in the old Piadina space. The almost as soon as the costly expansion theme here is pescatarian fare, so there is had been completed, the hospital closed. no meat. The owner is from Milan but With the decreased business, the owners part of his family hails from southern of Jessie’s tried to retrench into the corner Italy. While fish is prominently featured, space. However, the landlord preferred to some of the best dishes were those with- rent the entire space, and more, to Duane out fish, such as the Cacio e Pepe, served Reade. Now, Sammy, one of the sons, in a cheese shell, and the Carciofi Avo- has opened a deli like Jessie’s on Hudson cado e Parmiggiano. The night we dined Street. Sammy remembers all of his cus- there, an Italian vintner was making the Ando (31 West 14th Street, between tomers from Jessie’s, and is delighted to rounds, offering tastes of his wonderful 5th and 6th Avenues): David Chang’s have had some of them return to the new Tuscan wines, adding to the impression takeout-only concept now has a physical Mulberry & Grand (277 Bleecker spot for coffee, coffee cake, smoothies, that we were in Italy. (See Karen Rem- home. While much of the business is still Street, between Jones and Morton and real Lebanese hummus. pel’s review on page 27.) delivery, you can now order and pick up Streets): This store from the husband- your sandwiches there in person as well. and-wife duo, Emily Guggino and Ayhan Closed The sandwiches are pre-made which I Kimsesizcan, carries a selection of “in- The meat-centric restaurant Swine at found rather disappointing, and the bread spired accessories” including jewelry, 531 Hudson Street (at Charles Street) was undistinguished. I did not try any clothing, and home décor. Many of the has closed after five years. The space may of the breakfast sandwiches though, so I pieces are handmade or designed by the not stay closed long though, as a Japa- might return, as they sounded promising. owners. The original store is on Mulberry nese-style izakaya restaurant has already Street and Grand Street, and there are two applied for a liquor license at that loca- other branches as well—one in Columbus tion. I was very sad to learn that Hong Circle and one in San Francisco. Kong Tailor Jack (136 Waverly Place, near 6th Avenue) will be closing at the end of October. The store opened in 1987 and I was a satisfied customer there from the beginning. About two years ago, Jack Ko, the owner, became ill and eventually passed away from cancer. His wife, Ana, and his nephew continued to run the business. However, now that their lease is up and the rent will double, Sushi on Jones II (210 West 10th Street, tde – The Daily Edited (385 Bleecker they have decided to call it quits. The near Bleecker Street): For a while, the Street, at Perry Street): Another Aus- The Loyal (289 Bleecker Street, near corner store in that building, which used Village had become a haven for expensive tralian retailer has set up shop in the Vil- 7th Avenue South): John Fraser, Mi- to house The Vitamin Shoppe, has been omakase, but the newest trend is affordable lage. This shop stocks leather goods such chelin-starred chef and owner of Dove- closed for years. Apparently, the asking omakase. Sushi on Jones II offers 12 piec- as wallets, bags, and phone cases which can tail, Narcissa, and the vegetarian Nix, has rent for that space is $35,000 per month. es of nigiri sushi for $58, to be consumed be monogrammed on the spot. This is the opened an American brasserie in the space Around the corner, at 375 6th Avenue, within 30 minutes. The original location of brand’s first U.S. store; the others are all that used to house Pagani. The burger in the same building, Taj Jewelry is still this restaurant is an outdoor stand at The in Australia and Singapore, however, tde is fantastic, perhaps one of the best now there after 42 years at that location, but Bowery Market. The original chef at Sushi products are featured at Saks Fifth Av- available in the Village. The Make Your the owner is not optimistic he will remain on Jones, David Bouhadana, was also the enue. Own Sundae dessert comes with count- after the lease expires in three years. Cho www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 17

Cho San (15 West 8th Street, between Sherry Blockinger opened her original 5th Avenue and MacDougal Street), a dessert shop in Chappaqua, Westchester Japanese restaurant that had opened in in 2012. If the New York City location 2009 and had a neighborhood following, carries the same products, this could be an has recently closed. exciting, sweet addition to the neighbor- hood. Wolfnights, at 235 Bleecker Street Coming Soon (between Leroy and Carmine Streets), a For those of you who have been wonder- gourmet wrap shop, will open in the space ing what will happen to the French Roast that used to house bisous, ciao. MACA- space at 78 West 11th Street (at 6th Av- RONS. The original Lower East Side lo- enue), word is that the chef/owner of the cation at 99 Rivington Street (at Ludlow Lower East Side restaurant La Contenta Street) is open until 2:00 a.m. on weekdays – Cocina del Barrio will open a branch and until 5:00 a.m. on weekends, mak- of that restaurant called La Contenta ing it a popular destination for folks who Oeste. The website describes the food have been out drinking. In Chelsea Market as “highlighting traditional Mexican (75 9th Avenue, between 15th and 16th ingredients while incorporating classic Streets), expect two new shops to open French techniques.” 99 Bank, the short- this fall. BLACKBARN SHOP + CAFÉ lived, gluten-free restaurant at 99 Bank will be a combination farm-to-table res- Street (between Hudson and Greenwich taurant with furniture and home goods for Streets) will now be replaced by Bistro sale. The two contributing institutions are Pierre Lapin (which translates to ‘Peter the DUMBO-based home interior store Rabbit’). A burger restaurant called Just BLACKBARN Shop and the Flatiron Burger has applied for a liquor license at eatery Black Barn. Pearl River Mart, the 270 Bleecker Street (at Morton Street) beloved Chinatown shop, which carried where Risotteria used to be. Into the food and Asian home products, will be re- long-shuttered Spa Belles space at 301 incarnated in Chelsea Market as well. 6th Avenue (between 6th Avenue and Bleecker Street) will come a yet-unnamed We received more tips than ever from you this kebab, sandwich, and salad restaurant as month! Please continue to help out. Email well as a creperie. sherry d dessert studio us at [email protected] with any will open at 643 Hudson Street (between updates you have. Gansevoort and Horatio Streets), in the former Fatty Crab space. The owner, All photos by Darielle Smolian. Move Along, Nothing to See Here! Staples officially left the premises of ested. One Staples employee reportedly 390 6th Avenue in early October. It heard rumors that the rent was tripled joins the ranks of Barnes & Noble, when the old lease was up. Catherine, a which vacated the building on the shop keep at nearby Star Struck Vintage northern corner of that block in Janu- Clothing, believes that the pieces are be- ary 2013, leaving the space empty ing positioned for the construction of for the past several years. The Duane condominiums, which might prove more Reade on the southern corner closed lucrative. If that turns out to be the case, its doors earlier this year as well, and it begs the question: Where o’ where will put up signs advertising a potential the new tenants get their staples? sublease opportunity for those inter- —Stanley Wlodyka WE ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR THANKSGIVING! Bell & Evans Fresh Turkey • Bourbon Red Heritage Free Range Turkey • All-Natural Capons Turkey Breast • Squabs • Geese • L.I. Ducks • Poussins Please place your orders early for best selection. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING! O. OTTOMANELLI NEW YORK’S MEAT MARKET 285 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10014 Tel. (212) 675-4217 • Fax (212) 620-7286 m m mTop m Quality m m Poultry m m andm mProvisions m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m 18 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org Westbeth Gallery Hosts “Thinking Big”—Large-Scale Paintings by Blue Mountain Gallery Members

drew widespread attention to this tradition representation. By contrast, at the Tanager with “Inventing Downtown,” a sprawling and Hansa galleries that opened on 10th show that focused on the 10th Street coop- Street in 1952, there was a discernable bias eratives that flourished in the 1950s and early toward figurative painting, alongside coura- 1960s. Today, the Blue Mountain Gallery geous breakthroughs in sculpture. occupies a space at 530 West 25th Street in Eventually, many of the artists who had Chelsea (between 10th and 11th Avenues) their first exposure in the cooperatives were adjacent to two other artist-run galleries— taken on by commercial galleries. More re- Bowery and Prince Street—that moved with cently, just as many have stayed in the less- it from 121 Wooster Street in SoHo in 2001. pressured realm of the cooperatives. Un- Lacking sufficient space to exhibit large fortunately, with the drastically diminished works by all 40 gallery members, Blue possibility of press coverage and the obses- Mountain applied for and was awarded one sion with labels, most of today’s gallery- of the coveted time slots in the spacious going public prefers sauntering in and out Westbeth Gallery. Blue Mountain is de- of the ultra-slick spaces at street level to ex- scended from the Green Mountain Gallery, ploring the diverse and often highly personal another West Village start-up that opened at work from New York’s vast body of dedicat- 17 Perry Street in 1968 before either SoHo ed artists on view in less well-traveled quar- or Chelsea became art meccas. The goal of ters. A herd instinct—or fear of making an its founder, Lucien Day, was to encourage independent judgment—apparently drives and stimulate the representational tradition. the audience for contemporary art. Among the artists included in his exhibitions It helps to arrive without preconceptions were: Lois Dodd, Rackstraw Downes, Alex when visiting the Blue Mountain show at Katz, Yvonne Jacquette, and Rudy Burck- Westbeth. (The gallery is accessible from hardt. When Day closed Green Mountain both Bank and Bethune Streets.) That way, in 1979, it became an artist-run gallery under each painting speaks for itself rather than be- the name ‘Blue Mountain.’ ing seen in relation to a (non-existent) group As the show at the Grey Art Gallery dem- ethos, or as part of some imagined hierarchy onstrated, a significant role was played by of size or subject. The heterogeneity that artist-generated galleries operating in cheap characterizes the work by gallery members lofts and storefronts far removed from 57th is reflective of current artistic diversity. The Street and Madison Avenue. Although sales art here runs the gamut from a meticulously THE ART HERE RUNS THE GAMUT: Artists Confront Climate Change is a panel sponsored were certainly welcomed, exhibitions were observed and rendered snow-covered land- by the Blue Mountain Gallery. Participants are pictured above. Photo by Jerome Tauber. selected more on the basis of creative inde- scape, or a dormant city under night skies, pendence than commercial considerations. to variations on classical themes, or even By Martica Sawin Stylistic homogeneity was something to all-over abstractions made up of hypnotic The New York tradition of artist-run gal- be avoided although esthetic compatibility repetitive detail. If there is a thread of conti- A show of large-scale paintings by members leries had its start not far from Westbeth, sometimes played a role. The artists attracted nuity it is in the freedom from dependence of the Blue Mountain Gallery, a leading art- when the Jane Street Gallery opened in to the Jane Street Gallery, for example, shared on current fashion—and the high standards ists’ cooperative, currently occupies a guest 1943. (The space has long been occupied a devotion to Mondrian and were initially of the individual artists. Today’s collectors slot at the Westbeth Gallery (55 Bethune by Bonsignour Cafe, loved in the neighbor- practitioners of geometric abstraction—a may follow the art fairs around the globe in Street, near Washington Street) from No- hood for its high-quality coffee and take- formation that stayed with artists like Nell their private jets, but they could be bypassing vember 2nd through the 25th. out.) Last spring, NYU’s Grey Art Gallery Blaine and Leland Bell when they turned to genuine treasures on their own doorsteps. Challenging the Incumbent By Evan Roth Smith 700 feet tall, the first of which will open in 2019. Chin has also failed to protect current community- Christopher Marte’s incredible and unlikely challenge to based zoning, standing idly by as developers encroach on two-term incumbent Council Member Margaret Chin the Special Little Italy District as well as the Artists-in- has been fueled by determined grassroots opposition to Residence Zoning Law in SoHo and NoHo. Chin’s plan the overdevelopment of historic neighborhoods in Lower to evict and develop the one-acre Elizabeth Street Gar- Manhattan, especially the Lower East Side, Chinatown, den would strip Little Italy of its most prominent green Two Bridges, and Little Italy. In the rest of District 1, space, enraging local activists and threatening to further Marte’s supporters in SoHo, Tribeca, and Greenwich Vil- erode the character of one of Manhattan’s most endan- lage fear that their neighborhoods will be the next to suffer gered historic neighborhoods. at the hands of misguided zoning and super-tall luxury Marte has united a diverse coalition of longtime resi- PROPOSED LOWER EAST SIDE WATERFRONT TOWERS: development. dents, tenant advocates, New York City Housing Au- The renderings above include: One Manhattan Square, 247 Chin has faced enormous criticism over her broken thority leaders, small business owners, preservationists, Cherry Street, 260 South Street, and 259 Clinton Street. Im- promise to deliver on the Chinatown Working Group restaurant workers, artists, and others behind his promise age courtesy of Handel Architects. Plan. It is a 2013 consensus proposal by neighborhood to pass the Chinatown Working Group Plan and increase leaders to enact height limits and protective zoning that the livability of Lower Manhattan. He intends to do this Marte understands that our communities deserve real would preserve affordability for residents and small busi- by preserving open space, small businesses, and quality of representation in City Hall, and has proven that he will nesses. The consequences of Chin’s failure have been dra- life through pro-active legislation, accountability to vot- fight back when unique and historic New York neighbor- matic, with developers planning five luxury towers over ers, and community initiatives. hoods are threatened. www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 19

WVN: The tree blankets are now outside P.S. A Conversation with the Mastermind Behind 3 on Hudson Street, just below Christopher. What made you choose this location? How Christopher Street’s Colorful Trees are the students and parents liking them? eight weeks, we have a new art exhibit and HB: The art class at P.S. 3 has actually been new artists coming in. We support many studying urban street art and how art affects local designers that make their products in urban community life; they started to study New York. the tree blankets. Their art teacher had the class visit and they brought in drawings. We WVN: What’s your take on the epidemic of decided to re-allocate some of the tree blan- store closings on Christopher, Bleecker, and kets for Christopher Street towards the big other areas of the Village? trees in front of P.S. 3 on Hudson Street. I think the reaction has been really positive HB: It’s not just a matter of the rent being within the school community. high. People are just not shopping in the streets as much as they used to (although I WVN: I hear that experts have confirmed think many people still do love retail ther- that the tree blankets are doing no harm to apy, which you can’t get with just the click the trees. Is that right? of a button). It’s almost impossible to start a small business these days unless you have a HB: Yes. We’ve had experts take a look and lot of money stored away. confirm that they’re not strangling or biting When some of these landlords raise the bark, so the trees can continue to breathe the rent so much, it means they either and grow unharmed. don’t want to keep the tenant or they don’t understand business. As a small WVN: Do you have plans to expand the proj- business, once you’re up and running ect into other areas of the Village? for four to five years, you’re not grow- ing at the pace you were in the first two HB: We may start to expand it, but we don’t FESTIVE BURSTS OF YARN ADORN WEST VILLAGE TREES: Holly Boardman, the owner of years—you’re lucky if you’re just main- want to bite off more than we can chew. And Musee Lingerie, is pictured above installingone of her tree blankets in the Village. Photo by Holly Boardman. taining the status quo. If a lot of these we want to see how the tree blankets weather businesses had just a small break, they pollution and the elements. By Andrew Buemi everybody loves them. could survive—but it’s so hard. We’re really just in this for the community. When I saw stores closing on Christopher I’ve always said that if I won the lottery, We want to bring color into the neighbor- If you’ve walked down Christopher Street Street, I wanted to do more to bring happi- I’d sponsor 10 small businesses and pay their hood and make people happy. It’s not about in the last several months, you’ve likely ness, creativity, and color to the street, and rent for the first year! commercialism—it’s about fun. come across the trees sheathed in festive it made me think of my Aunt Polly’s tree bursts of yarn. Since making their debut blankets. I gave her dimensions, we made a early this year, Villagers remain intrigued road map, and she started making the pieces about what the pieces symbolize and who in January, one square at a time. Soon, my created them. WestView recently caught cousin was also jumping in to help. up with the mastermind behind the proj- ect—Holly Boardman, the owner of Mu- WVN: What goes into making the tree sée Lingerie at 119 Christopher Street blankets? (between Hudson and Bleecker Streets)— and asked her to shed some light on the HB: It takes about one hour to crochet a sin- project. The following is an edited excerpt gle square, and we have over 1,880 squares from our conversation. on our Christopher Street block. That took about 80 days! WestView News (WVN): Do these pieces have a name? WVN: What are the reactions you get?

Holly Boardman (HB): People give them HB: I can’t tell you how happy people seem all kinds of names—‘tree koozies’ (like the to be—they really embrace them. There are sleeves that keep your beer cold), ‘tree blan- always kids hugging the trees and fami- kets’—whatever! They’re technically called lies taking pictures; Susan Sarandon even ‘yarn bombs,’ but I don’t like to use that term stopped by to take pictures! given recent events in the world. They’re meant to symbolize a love of texture, color, WVN: Tell us about your background prior and fiber—and happiness. to opening Musée Lingerie.

WVN: What made you start the project? HB: I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute and have run art centers; HB: When I first opened Musée Lingerie (in I’m a bit of an artist myself. I’m more into set the middle of 2016), Christopher Street was design though—I worked on movie sets for so dead. It used to be such a creative place almost 18 years. I used to be a footwear prod- here, but it’s kind of gone to sleep with all the uct designer, sold a stationery design line that BEER BATTERED FISH & CHIPS merchandising and retail. I wanted to bring went national, and have generally worn a lot art back to the Village. of hats. 466 Hudson Street My aunt, Polly Larkin, is a master But what’s important to me is support- of crochet and a fiber artist. She’s done ing the artist community. That’s the whole 212-741-6479 these tree blankets in her local neighbor- backbone of my store. It’s not just about sell- Oscarsplacewestvillage.com hood of Essex Junction, Vermont, where ing merchandise—it’s about art. Every six to 20 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org Federal-Era Homes in the West Village By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP about 330 such structures survived. An ongoing part of the Greenwich Vil- When the New York State Commission- lage Society for Historic Preservation’s ers’ Plan of 1811 adopted the rectangu- (GVSHP’s) mission was to advocate for lar grid plan of streets and lots, typically the preservation of the remaining Fed- 25-feet by 100-feet each, for Manhat- eral-era houses. One hundred thirty-six tan streets between Houston Street and of these houses have been landmarked 155th Street, it was called “the single and/or listed on the New York State and most important document in New York National Registers of Historic Places, City’s development.” which include 13 individual New York Most lots were used for single-family City landmarks, and nine New York City residences many decades prior to and historic districts. after 1811. Through the years, every Only three of the homes in the West Vil- imaginable architectural style has been lage are individually landmarked: 127, 129, applied to homes, but one that has stood and 131 MacDougal Street were among the test of time is the Federal style. So as 13 federal houses GVSHP and The New not to be confused with Colonial, Itali- York Landmarks Conservancy proposed anate, Greco, or other revival styles, we for landmark designation; they were des- must understand how Federal houses are ignated in 2004. These three Federal-style narrowly defined. homes were built in circa 1828 to 1829. Federal houses were built between cir- The two dormers on each were linked and ca 1790 to 1835. The style was so named the storefronts opened with picture win- because it was the first American archi- dows between 1920 and 1950. FEDERAL-STYLE ARCHITECTURE HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME: Numbers 127, 129, tectural style to emerge after the Revolu- 131 Charles Street, circa 1834, is a and 131 MacDougal Street were individually landmarked, although alterations changed tionary War. In elevation and plan, Feder- more intact version that seems to remain dormers and storefronts. Photo by Brian J. Pape. al-period row houses were quite modest, a single-family residence, setting quietly characterized by classic proportions, and across from a wood lap-sided Colonial- largest expansion of landmark protec- Downing Streets. ornamented with the simple detailing of style home from 1899. tions in Greenwich Village since 1969. In 2013, the City expanded the South lintels, dormers, and doorways, as well as 651-655 Washington Street contains A huge portion of Bedford Street, Village Historic District, surpassing brick facades laid in a Flemish bond; the three homes built in 1829, set back from mostly from the 1828 to 1829 era of con- even the previous expansion. Now, the brick always alternated a stretcher and a the street and nicely preserved as resi- struction, was included under these pro- 140-202 blocks of Bleecker Street were header in every row. (See the accompa- dences. tections although most homes were also included, plus Minetta Street, Mac- nying photo.) Usually two-to-three sto- In the Weehawken Street Historic altered during periods of prosperity. Dougal Street, West 4th Street, and ries high, three bays-wide (referring to District is 398 West Street built in 1830 Likewise, many homes were built from even West Houston Street, with homes windows or door openings), with steeply to 1831. It has been heavily altered for 230-287 Bleecker Street, some as early built from 1828 to 1833. pitched roofs, houses were of load- commercial uses, but still retains a spe- as 1813 or as late as 1836, and were al- bearing masonry construction for party cial charm. tered to meet the commercial needs of To get the full 44-page report on these line walls, and contained wood joists for In 2010, the City designated the the owners. Many examples are also Federal-era homes, visit: floors and the roof. South Village Historic District as a found along the short streets, like Car- gvshp.org/_gvshp/pdf/FederalHousesDes- Twenty years ago, it was believed that landmark area. At the time, it was the men, Cornelia, Leroy, Morton, Jones, and ignated2017.pdf. A Brief, Comical History of The Chumley Society

By Gordon Hughes mainly drinks, always use your expense members. They had to present their ad Bell, I was on top of the world to be with account. Never ever use your own money. credentials and (the toughest part) tell these giants of an industry I truly love. According to historical myth, Lord 2. Smile, always smile. a joke—a joke that really brought the There really are too many stories to Chumley was the first true advertising 3. Never hire anyone with better than a ‘C’ house down. tell but I’ll share one. In the middle executive in history. Somewhere in the grade point average. of our lunch one afternoon, navy men mists of time, in England, Lord Chum- Membership was who were in town for fleet week came ley took on his first client, the Earl of I could go on, but you get the picture. through Chumley’s on a tour. They tried Sandwich. He built a brand. The first The second major piece of work these highly selective and to run off with our women. They did brand, the ‘sandwich,’ has withstood the ad guys did was select a place to gath- entrance/membership look great in their uniforms. All we had ages. Lord Chumley also established an er. Well, you guessed it—Chumley’s in now required a voting were our pickles. advertising industry. the West Village. They created events, These types of festivities/antics went Let’s fast-forward to 1993. A remark- meetings, and casual gatherings. During process as well as a on for years. The owners loved us and able advertising executive named Bernie meetings, there was a somewhat austere pledging process. we loved them and their dogs. Then one Flanagan of Wall Street Journal fame, and mood mixed with mirth and merriment. evening, as legend would have it, the six other high-powered ad executives For example, Bernie Flanagan, the titu- fireplace caved in, and then a wall. It was brought Lord Chumley back to life. lar first leader of The Chumley Society, Ad people, and I say people because the end of Chumley’s as we would know They developed an advertising society. was referred to as ‘The Grand Gherkin.’ women were always a part of this, were it. The Society moved to different loca- What better name to give it than that A giant gherkin was hung from the ceil- some of the business’ best. Names includ- tions but nothing came close to our orig- of the man who created advertising? ing between the bar and restaurant at ed: George Lois, Jay Schulberg, George inal home. Sadly, the original Chumley’s And so, The Chumley Society was born. Chumley’s. All members were to wear Frittata, Frank Ginsberg, Ed MacCabe, does not match the current Chumley’s, The membership criteria were modeled gherkin pickles proudly on their lapels. David Bell, Burt Manning, Tom Glass, and there really is no room for us. after Lord Chumley’s basic code of eth- Membership was highly selective and Nina DaSesa, Fergus O’Daly, and too So there went The Chumley Society ics—rules such as: entrance/membership now required a many more to mention. That said, I was and Chumley’s, like so many other West voting process as well as a pledging pro- one of the luckiest guys on earth the day Village icons. The memories, however, 1. When going out for dinner or drinks, cess. New candidates were sponsored by I was inducted. Introduced by David will live forever. Volume 1 | Issue 4 The Pulse of Lenox Health Greenwich Village

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HIGH SCHOOL ROWERS AT PIER 40: The Village Community Boathouses’ most enthusiastic constituency is its high school rowers. Photo by Sally Curtis.

By Sally Curtis out onto the river. Changing tides, ferry and barge traf- hearing a description of a Whitehall Gig, with a single fic, crews with different levels of stamina and experi- oar per person, my mind leapt to thoughts of the Odys- “I am a coxswain, a boat’s steersman, and leader,” says ence, and fickle weather conditions are all factors I… sey, which I had been reading in class. I gave it a shot Haymar Lim, age 23, “and as our crews row in the very contend with when coxing a boat. I must exercise good, and soon found myself spending every Wednesday at busy waterway that is the New York [Harbor], I as- safe judgment in dealing with these dynamic conditions the boathouse. I loved how engaging it was to work sume great responsibility. I take the lives of everyone and bring my crew back safely.” together to move the boats through the water. I loved on my boat into my hands whenever I [bring] a crew Haymar is an alumnus of Village Community Boat- the inclusiveness and sense of community that came house’s High School Rowing Program. The Village from the entire process: checking, launching, rowing, Community Boathouse (VCB) is an all-volunteer, and maintaining the boats together. Most of all, I loved donation-based nonprofit that has occupied a space on how it felt real. The Hudson River is a living, dynamic the south side of Pier 40 for almost 20 years. Utilizing system that we had to respect. We had to learn to chart a fleet of traditionally designed wooden boats, mostly our course based on the wind and tides. We had to co- built in the boat shop on Pier 40, VCB volunteers take exist with the traffic on the river. It was all quite novel thousands of local residents, students, and international in a way I didn’t really appreciate until years later. VCB visitors out rowing all over New York Harbor every year. exposed me to the natural environment at an incredibly All of VCB’s programs are free and open to the public. impactful period of my life and has helped shape who VCB’s programming is informed by the belief that I am today.” small boat recreation provides the public with a physi- This summer, Haymar ran VCB’s satellite program cal connection to the water and nature that can lead in Prospect Park and has secured a job teaching with to a sense of stewardship. In addition, VCB promotes AmeriCorps. He is just one of scores of young people awareness of the harbor’s history, the value of the wa- who serve the mission of VCB as volunteer program terfront, and the fragile ecosystem of the Hudson River coordinators, coxswains, rowers, boat builders, and wa- Estuary. terfront activists. VCB has done well with the resourc- VCB’s most enthusiastic constituency is its high es provided by the Hudson River Park Trust and has school rowers. Haymar, the child of immigrants from proven to be of great value to the Hudson River Park Mexico and South Korea, began rowing at Pier 40 sev- and the neighboring community. As plans for the re- en years ago as a sophomore at Stuyvesant High School. development of Pier 40 are considered, VCB, with the “My friends strongly recommended rowing and told support of Haymar and others like him, will continue me it was a lot of fun. I was a bit confused at first, as to actively fight to keep what it has—a boathouse and I had no idea what kind of watercraft high school kids shop on the south side of the Pier from which to pro- could conceivably take out on the Hudson River. Upon vide free public rowing. www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 23

Will Sexual Harassment End? Free and Public Event Edgar Allan Poe Room Event By Arthur Z. Schwartz and famous and powerful men who sexu- ally harass. I have settled two cases in the This is one of the hardest pieces I have ever last year for a total of $800,000 for blue- Lois Rakoff, Community Director written. The Managing Editor of West- collar women who experienced harass- of the Poe Room, and NYU present View asked me to write about the Wein- ment on the job. There were no movie the Fall 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Room stein sexual harassment scandal in a way roles hanging in the balance, just a good Event. which was meaningful to WestView readers. job, and their sanity, and the acceptance of It’s not hard to detest Weinstein, or say harassment by co-workers and their boss- This event is free and open to the that sexual harassers like him should rot in es, because the women are beautiful. In public and an RSVP is required. Hell. What’s hard is that the Managing that way, sexual harassment supports the RSVP by calling 212-998-2400 Editor has been a victim, that I have three economic subjugation of women, just like or by filling out the online form daughters (but don’t want to write simply racism and nativism keeps Blacks, His- at bit.ly/2ytjGFt. from the perspective of a father who would panics, and non-White immigrants from emasculate any man who ever hurt them), achieving what White people do. It can Community members and NYU and that I have a wife who was a model and be a stare, a leer, talking too personally, come together and partner on actress and knows about that profession at and maybe even a belief that some mar- the Poe Room Event each fall and its worst. I also hate saying what everyone ried women in the workplace are looking spring. else is saying. to sleep around. The outpouring of women telling their We must counter the notion that sex- stories as part of #MeToo has been re- ual harassment only thrives in industries When: Thursday, November 30, 2017 peated before. In fact, it was only a year ago where women are systematically kept out 6:00 - 8:00 pm that some pompous candidate for president of powerful roles. Sexual harassment and was caught on tape talking about how he sex discrimination affects every aspect of Where: NYU School of Law grabbed women by the “pussy.” That rev- every woman’s life. It starts long before 245 Sullivan Street elation was followed by 12 women making work, in high school dating, and college Room 216 what he called “fake” allegations of sexual dating. The percentage of college women (between West 3rd aggression. There was an outcry for a while, who report being raped or groped without Street and Washington and then it was quiet. Then we heard about invitation is astounding. It’s not limited Square South) the head of Fox News, Roger Ailes, and to community colleges either. These are Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who hurt students at Columbia, Yale, and Princ- someone so badly that he paid her $32 mil- eton. It’s the belief that a young woman lion. Then came the Bill Cosby trials, and can’t succeed unless she is attractive to scores of women coming forward to speak men. Other factors include the continued about his version of rape. Each time, things objectification of teenagers on television, quieted down. in movies, and in music videos. Those of In this round, we have daily revelations us who are parents, or even grandparents, about “important men,” even former Presi- of boys or girls, must find ways to address Counselor At Law dent George H. Bush. But it would be too this culture head on. easy for most men to say that it’s just some- And men: We have to look in the mirror thing about men in Hollywood, or men in and learn to think. Women are not here to Disability Law power, and not look at their daily lives and be sex objects, creatures to be flirted with, relationships with women. And for every and given compliments to gain tactical woman (and man) now speaking out, there advantage, personally or in business. Even are 50 who aren’t. I know that I hold a big if the whole world isn’t watching, we have Max Leifer P.C. secret about a super-progressive politician to set our inner alarms to alert us when we who grabbed and pawed at someone close cross the line. Max D. Leifer PC is an established law firm to me. (It was not a daughter. As I said, the Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Bill with over 40 years experience in Personal Injury, person would have no cajones.) Do I tell, O’Reilly, and all the other big shots being Negligence, Social Security Disability, even though he might shake up the world called out are disgusting and should rot in one day, in a good way? Nicholas Kristof Hell. But if we have a little of them in us, Long Term Disability, said in the Times last week, that if you we must step back and say, “No.” Commercial and Union Appeals. know something is happening and you fail to take action, whether you are a man or a Arthur Z. Schwartz is the Male Democrat- We are committed to providing woman, you are responsible. ic District Leader for Greenwich Village. Here are a few points. It is not only rich high quality representation and we work aggressively to obtain the best possible results and protect the rights of our clients. JOIN THE Free consult in person or by phone.

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By George Capsis One More and hear the story of her life. And the widower next door with whom you exchange “George, Nicky Perry here.” In her British East End ac- comments on the weather. Invite him to dinner to hear cent, Nicky of Tea and Sympathy (108 Greenwich Av- stories of his triumph in the corporate world—Dinner GREENWICH VILLAGE enue, near West 13th Street) left a message that she had for One More. stumbled onto a concept of charitable wisdom that awed West Village seniors trying to make rent and going to 512 HUDSON STREET • NYC 10014 her with its universal rightness. The idea was to ask West the Greenwich House for free meals and eating alone, WWW.SEAGRAPEWINES.COM • 212-463-7688 Villagers to invite a neighbor, or just somebody they glancing around in the hopes of catching a familiar face, know that never dines out because he/she is too poor or can call a slightly more affluent neighbor and offer to too isolated, and the neighbor’s meal is on Nicky. join his/her Friday night out—Dinner for One More. More than that, Nicky wants this concept to be ad- Having a meal with another (breaking bread) is an ac- opted by other restaurants in the West Village, the City, cepting event during which the satiation of hunger opens the country, the world—‘Dinner for One More.’ positive reception. This allows us to give of ourselves— We all know a little old lady down the hall full of Dinner for One More. cheery greetings who never goes out except to pursue If you like this idea and can add to it, email your com- her escaped cat. Invite her as your guest for Dinner for ments to [email protected]. A New Twist on Eating for Your Health

By Joy Pape, FNP-C CDE CILC vegans, but it is a bit higher in carbohydrates. • Fats don’t really raise blood glucose levels. Examples of There’s a saying that goes: You can’t be too rich or too thin. fats include: olive oil, salad dressings, nuts, seeds, and Well, this article won’t tell you how to make more money, nor nut butters. will it teach you how to become thin. However, it can help you make some healthier choices, just by switching something So, why does this matter? It is important for your body to around in the way you eat. It may help you when eating out, maintain normal glucose levels. When everything is work- over the holidays, and every day. ing normally, when glucose rises, another hormone, insulin, A study recently conducted by my team, led by endocrinolo- is released by your pancreas to lower glucose levels. People gist Alpana Shukla, MD, MRCP and obesity medicine spe- who have diabetes either don’t make enough insulin or their cialist, Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP, a Sanford I. Weill Pro- bodies aren’t able to use the insulin they make, so glucose lev- fessor of Metabolic Research at the Comprehensive Weight els don’t return to normal. Sometimes this happens even be- Control Center at Weill Cornell Medical College, has shown fore you develop diabetes because your body can compensate that by changing the order in which you eat food, one can by releasing a lot of insulin. High insulin levels can increase lower blood glucose (sugar) and insulin levels. That can help your appetite, how much you eat, your weight, blood pressure, your blood sugar as well as your appetite and weight. cholesterol, and more. That doesn’t mean that insulin is not a You may think, “I don’t have diabetes, so how does this healthy hormone. It is needed for life but it should remain in INCOME TAX affect me?” You don’t need to have diabetes for this to im- a healthy range—not too much and not too little. PREPARATION pact you. When you understand the effect of different foods The medical team was well aware of previous studies con- in the privacy of your own home... on your health numbers, such as lipids (cholesterol), glucose ducted on different types of foods, but it was interested in very reasonable rates levels, blood pressure, and weight, you can grasp how it influ- the following: whether eating them in a certain order makes a Call Peter White ences your health. difference. They found that eating protein and vegetables be- 212.924.0389 The foods we eat are, for the most part, made up of carbohy- fore carbohydrates did not cause as much of a rise in glucose drates, protein, and fat. They each impact blood glucose levels and insulin levels as when eating carbohydrates before eating in a different way. protein and vegetables. Dr. Shukla said, “Eating carbs at the end of the meal result- • Carbohydrates raise glucose levels the most out of the ed in 53.8% lower blood sugar levels than eating carbs before three. They are best known as starches, such as pota- the rest of the meal.” toes, bread, pasta, sweets, and rice. Sugar-sweetened My advice: Eat your protein and vegetables first! If you are beverages are also considered carbohydrates as are going to have carbs, have some at the end of your meal. some dairy products, including milk and yogurt. There Enjoy! are other carbohydrates that don’t affect your glucose as much, including green vegetables such as: broccoli, Joy Pape is an internationally known, board certified Family green beans, lettuce, cucumbers, and cabbage. Nurse Practitioner, author, writer, and presenter. She believes • Proteins have little impact on blood glucose levels. Ex- that every person is an individual and deserves personalized amples of protein foods include: poultry, beef, pork, eggs, medical, integrative care, and hope for a healthy and full life. She seafood, and cheese. Tofu is another source of protein for can be reached at: (212) 933-1756 or [email protected].

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In 1986, a group of artists had a party on I even observed improved medical care! Pre- Baker Beach in San Francisco, topped off by viously, there had always been a few medical a bonfire with a burning wooden effigy of a tents, staffed by volunteer doctors and nurses. Our Lady of Guadalupe man. In subsequent years, the party expanded This year, there were actual trailers brought in in New York and eventually moved to a dried lakebed, or by a local medical group that was capable of playa, surrounded by the Black Rock Moun- doing X-rays and administering IVs to dehy- History credits the apparitions tains in northern Nevada. This year, the par- drated, drunk, overdosed, or injured partiers. of the Virgin of Guadalupe for the birth, ty—now called Burning Man—welcomed There is plenty of Burning Man informa- development, and the history of Mexico. about 70,000 people, including myself, and a tion on the internet, but for a more local and 70-foot-tall effigy. personal touch, come to the Burner Happy The Virgin of Guadalupe is a symbol and link The festival, which is always held the week Hour at the Lucky bar on most Wednesday of the Latin American peoples and spiritual before Labor Day, has acquired a set of 10 nights (168 Avenue B, between 10th and presence of many other peoples on Earth. principles to help guide civilized behavior 11th Streets). You might even be tempted to among the partiers. Other than admission make the trip yourself. I’ve already reserved fees, most exchanges are carried out by “gift- my RV for next year. We celebrate the 486th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe at her Shrine. December 1-12: Angelus and Eucharist at 5:00 am, Rosary and Eucharist at 6:00 pm. Reception and blessing of torches and pilgrims from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm every day. Friday December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception and dinner for the community after the 6:00 pm Eucharistic celebration. Saturday December 9: The Feast of San Juan Diego —there will be a procession with the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. We will leave from the Sanctuary at 10:00 am. Sunday December 10: Kermes in the basement of the Sanctuary with sale of food, religious items, dances, games. Monday December 11: Eucharist from 6:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm. From 11:00 pm to 5:00 am prayer vigil and mañanitas with mariachi band. Tuesday December 12: Eucharistic celebration for groups that visit us, every hour on the hour. Welcome brothers and sisters. Let us visit Our Lady of Guadalupe, RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES AT BURNING MAN: Villagers 328 West 14th Street Alec and Lois have pretty different styles on the playa, as seen above. Photos courtesy of (between 8th and 9th Avenues) Alec Pruchnicki. 26 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org Here and There ways trying to use alchemy to turn into Ravens? This game can go on forever. Do the bands of Blue Jays from Inwood Hill Park in Upper Manhattan move into the West Village for the winter to feast on the frost-softened fruit of our Callery Pear street trees or to binge on the Willow Oak acorns cracked open by pass- ing traffic along Hudson Street? Maybe the ruby-red Cardinals I’ve heard metallically plinking in the brush at Fort Tilden, along the ocean in Queens, are some of “our” Cardinals that yearned for salt air. Could it be that the White-throated Sparrows that spent last win- ter in Hudson River Park decided on a change of scen- ery this year, and are now singing their melancholy Oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada in Central Park? Their white-throated singing is the same, only their concert venue has changed. Tangentially, Millie suggested that I throw this ever- recurring conversation starter into the mix: “Is that the Queen’s corgi?” I always want to riposte, “Why yes, mate, she is! Curtsy to Dame Millie. She just flew first class from Buckingham Palace this morning, and she’s spend- ing the weekend in our fair village.” Maybe our neighborhood House Sparrows get to- gether on the weekends to blast house music with the House Sparrows of Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, practicing their cavalier “moves” in the full moon shadow of the World’s Fair Unisphere. Perhaps the Casanova Mockingbirds of West Street are trading “covers” with the mockers of Governor’s Island—shar- ing tunes, learning new improvisations on their stan- dard repertoire to woo the ladies in the coming season (and to wake us on spring star-struck nights with their serenades). Are the Herring Gulls I see soaring high “WHO GOES THERE?” a Kestral inquires from a Perry Street rooftop. Photo by Keith Michael. above the Richard Meier towers in the morning, while I’m walking Millie, some of the same gulls I saw this August bathing in the East Pond at the Jamaica Bay By Keith Michael apartment shopping or destination dining? One of my Wildlife Refuge? Are the Double-crested Cormorants “things” is that I get around. My unlimited MetroCard flapping east above West 11th Street in the afternoon Kek-kek-kek-kek-kek! is my friend. I go all over New York City to distant cor- the same ones that nested on U Thant Island in the ners and nearby surprising nooks. Get thee to the ends East River this summer? Hurrying to work, crossing Bleecker Street at Perry of the subway lines! I’ve seen a Palm Warbler bob-bob-bob-ing its tail in a Street, I stop on the far curb to look up as this consonant- Several weeks ago, one of my many excursions took me Cottonwood tree at Freshkills Park in Staten Island, and a laden alarm hails from somewhere above. Ah, there’s the to the Bronx River Greenway through Concrete Plant Black-and-white Warbler performing its gravity-defying boom box: A Kestral (an American Kestral, to be proper), Park and Soundview Park. (Google Maps it.) There’s a feat of crawling down a tree trunk in Brooklyn’s Prospect probably a youngster, quizzically looking down from atop surprising, rolling grassland, and lording over the restored Park. Might these have been the same birds I saw days a building and continuing to hurl his signature alliterative Switchgrass and Seaside Goldenrod, was another feisty earlier bob-bob-bob-ing and rappelling down tree trunks challenge at me. What did I do? Just because I walked by? Kestral. Could this have been the father, or grandfather, of along Charles Street? Who’s to say? I’m glad that Millie’s not trundling beside me, or she might the lad now screaming at me in the West Village? Unlikely, This weekend, remind me to ask, if I see a Robin drink- argue back with her own five-alarm corgi shouting—and though fun to contemplate. ing from the fountains at Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers, then where would we be? Might the flock of crows I saw harassing a Red-tailed whether he intends to bathe in the Christopher Street Migration is winding down but the local avian re- Hawk along the mouth of the Bronx River be kissing cous- Fountain later this year—before it’s turned off for the shuffling is still in full swing. The best places for fall ins, or even the same flock of crows I watched in Septem- winter. grub shift from block to block and borough to bor- ber haranguing another Red-tailed Hawk at Woodlawn ough—on a smaller scale than the mass seasonal mi- Cemetery further north along the Bronx River? And then, For more information about New York City WILD! gration from the Arctic to the tropics. Every neighbor- do those Bronx crows share bloodlines with our own West nature outings, birding, photographs, or books, visit hood bird begs me to ask the questions: Were you here Village hawk-baiting crows—the ones on which I’m al- keithmichaelnyc.com. all summer? Have you just moved in? or Are you only

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By Karen Rempel Alaskan salmon and scallops garnished with pinzimonio (toothpick-thin raw vegetables that lend a wonderful I live on West 10th Street, and watched with interest over crunch). Act two was Osteria 57’s fresh take on a clas- the summer as the former Piadina at 57 West 10th Street sic Roman dish, Carciofini e Pecorino—fried, fresh baby (near 6th Avenue) gradually metamorphosed into Osteria artichokes dusted with sheep’s milk cheese. This was truly 57. Happily, on September 15th, I attended a champagne heaven on a plate, with crispy flavor-packed leaves sur- reception and experienced bite-sized, intriguing tastes of joy. rounding a tender, green moist heart. We agreed that these I’ve returned numerous times to swoon over consistently two dishes were the most marvelous appetizers we’ve had. sublime, world-class Sicilian and Sardinian dishes. The co- Next, Sally ordered the Pici Cacio e Pepe—fresh noo- owners, Host Emanuele and Chef Gennaro, love the mo- dles with sheep’s milk cheese infused with black pepper, ment when people stop for a meal after a day spent trying to served in a fluted shell of crisped parmesan. Wow! I had conquer or save the world. Emanuele has worked with top the Scaloppine di Halibut—a flaky and fork-tender filet New York restaurants for the past 10 years, starting with Il with prosecco sauce and fresh black truffle. It was propor- Buco, whose owners mentored him. He and Gennaro have tioned perfectly to add a subtle nuance without overpow- created an eclectic seafood and vegetarian menu, with spe- ering the delicate fish flavor. cial care taken for vegan and gluten-free friends. Osteria 57’s décor is enticing, with white brick and grey The duo partners with local and ethically like-minded concrete walls, wood beams, warm lighting, and copper suppliers to source every item, from sustainable fish to notes throughout. The lampshade over the Italian-tiled hemp tea. They serve carefully selected wines from around bar, containing hammered and swirled copper shaped like the world, minus the intense mark-up of other high-end a gigantic flying jellyfish, takes the light and surrounds New York restaurants. (On Sunday and Monday, Oste- OSTERIA 57 IS SURE TO BE A WEST VILLAGE FAVORITE: you with a halo—a very romantic spot for an after-theater ria 57 offers half-price wines by the bottle. Prices range Co-owners Chef Gennaro and Host Emanuele toast Osteria glass of wine on your way home. from $18 to $32.) When I recently visited Osteria 57 with 57’s joyful restaurant opening. Photo by Salvatore d’Alia. The staff is always friendly, attentive, and unobtrusive. friends, vintner Paolo Martinelli of the La Gigliola Win- With joy-inducing food that makes you glad you’re alive ery near Florence treated us to a sampling of four chiantis. and Ribollita Toscana, a vegetable soup with croutons. The to taste it, Osteria 57 is sure to be a West Village favorite. While we marveled over the chianti and agonized over mushrooms in the salad were hand-selected delicacies, and For more information, visit: osteria57.com. the menu, we received a generous plate of chewy, rustic the soup was a very substantial, rich, rosemary-infused Italian bread accompanied by green olives floating in di- melange. She wants to eat this every night for dinner Osteria 57 vinely aromatic olive oil. Sally and I shared the Salamella di Salmone—an ex- 57 West 10th Street My vegan friend, Suzanne, ordered Insalata di Funghi quisitely delicate, citrus, paper-thin confection of wild (212) 777-0057

Notes and Perspectives from Away: In the 22 seasons from 1995 through 2016, one of made some trades that did not turn out well. By 2011, these two teams won the American League (AL) East the Red Sox were enmeshed in scandal and manage- championship 17 times. It is said that they hate each ment turmoil. Reds and Blues other, but they don’t. Their fans, however, often do. The beloved Manager, Tito Francona, was shown the Over the years, there have been ups and downs, which door in 2011. The brilliant young General Manager, all teams face, but the glee or despair is most keenly felt Theo Epstein, quit before he could be fired that same when one is up and the other down. It is a rivalry that year. Last year, both were in the World Series, Fran- evokes the most serious emotions. Bitter ethnic and ter- cona as Manager of the AL Champion Cleveland In- ritorial enmity, such as between the Kurds and Turks dians and Epstein as General Manager of the National may be comparable. All of New England claims and League Champion Chicago Cubs. The Cubs won their nurtures the Red Sox. Greater New York lines up behind first World Series since 1906, a drought even longer the Yankees. than the Red Sox’s agony of 86 years. The Indians now The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 for the have the longest dry spell—68 years. With all of this, first time since 1918, breaking the ‘Curse of the Bam- can any baseball fan be faulted for thinking that the bino.’ (Babe Ruth was traded by the Red Sox to the supernatural is involved? Yankees in 1919, after which came the baseball apoca- After the debacle of 2011, the Red Sox finished dead HATS OFF! In the West Village, there always seemed an lypse—no World Series victories.) last in three out of the next four seasons. So, even the even balance between Yankees caps and Red Sox caps. The Red Sox tied with the Yankees for the AL East joy of breaking the curse has come with thorns. Albeit But in Maine, there is an acute shortage of Yankees fans. Championship in 1978, but lost the tiebreaker game on both teams must be respected: The Yankees won the Photo by Susan Lamia. a three-run home run by Bucky [expletive] Dent. His- World Series in 2009 and the Red Sox in 2013. tory repeated in the 11th inning of the 7th game of the This is my way of explaining how wearing a Yankees By Tom Lamia 2003 AL Championship when Aaron [expletive] Boone cap out in the open here in Maine can excite certain homered to end the game. Sandwiched between was the primordial emotions among my fellow townspeople. So, We all know how divisive a simple, red baseball cap can 1986 World Series: The Red Sox were on the verge of before going out in public, I put on my Yankees cap and be these days. But there has long been another hat that winning against the Mets only to have a weak ground prepare myself for conversations with strangers. Out of can raise just as much controversy. ball go through Billy Buckner’s legs for a cataclysmic every 1,000 or so conversations, a few are hostile—“You As I write this, the Yankees and Red Sox are still alive error and a Red Sox loss. The evidence was clear: The better not be wearing that cap around here.” At least in the race to the World Series. The rivalry between Red Sox were cursed and the Yankees, primarily, were two have been guardedly friendly. At the supermarket these teams is well known and deeply felt. In the West the evil cause. one recent Sunday, the checkout girl quietly said, “I like Village, there always seemed an even balance between Then came 2004 and the Red Sox championship, your hat. That’s my team, too.” She offered a further Yankees caps and Red Sox caps, but in Maine there is an made sweeter by its being at the expense of the Yankees. explanation, “I’m from New Jersey.” The rest have been acute shortage of Yankee fans. Red Sox caps are every- A further World Series victory followed in 2007. Mean- jocular friendly. It is a way to get to know people and to where, as the Red Sox are New England’s team. Yankees while, the Yankees had lost in the playoffs every year appreciate that these bitter rivalries and partisan divides caps are rare, so I stand out. My cap is navy blue, with since 2000. Was it safe to rub it in? No. The Red Sox’s can be bridged. the trademarked Yankees logo—a white interlocked ‘N’ star players began to act like delinquents, the beloved I have not seen a Trump cap here, not one. They must and ‘Y.’ It is pretty much alone among a sea of Red Sox Manager could not seem to control them, and the bril- all be upstate. I wonder, when I do see one, can I be caps. Feelings run high this time of year. liant young General Manager who had built the team jocular friendly? I hope so. 28 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org Food Shopping in Paris ucts exclusively from Provence. Another, By Caroline Benveniste Les Grands D’Espagne, sells only products from Spain, and yet another, Calissons du I recently returned from a trip to Paris. Roy René, sells calissons—an almond- While there, I stayed with my aunt, shaped confection and specialty of Aix-en- who lives in a residential area in the Provence. It is made with marzipan and 17th Arrondissement not far from the covered in white icing. Parc Monceau. One of the best things At the end of the street, there is a large about her neighborhood is that she is store called Monoprix. On the west side only a block or so from a wonderful of the street, they have a store for non- pedestrian market street, Rue de Lé- food items which looks something like vis. I have been shopping there for over a Target. Across the street, on the east 40 years, and it never fails to delight. side, they have an extensive, well-stocked The selection, diversity, and quality are supermarket, similar to Brooklyn Fare. unparalleled. When I returned home, You may wonder why anyone would shop I started fantasizing about a market there when all of the myriad shops of street in the Village. How convenient it the Rue de Lévis are at their disposal. would be to find all of my favorite shops There are three reasons: (1) Some people on one street! Here is how I would ar- just prefer to do all of their shopping in range things: one place; (2) Some items, such as milk, yogurt, sugar, flour, crackers, etc. are not Bread/Pastries: There are five bou- readily available at the other shops; and langeries/patisseries on the Rue de (3) If you’ve ever been food shopping Lévis, but everyone says that Maison MAGIC MUSHROOMS: The fruit stands on Rue de Lévis have a wonderful selection of in Paris, you know that most shops are Delmontel is the best, particularly for mushrooms. Shown here (starting from the top left and going clockwise) are Trompettes de closed Sunday afternoon and all of Mon- bread. They won the Best Baguette in la Mort, Cèpes, Girolles, and Chanterelles. Photo by Caroline Benveniste. day, but not the Monoprix. Paris Award in 2007 and won second The West Village establishments refer- place for Best Organic Bread last year. reminds me more of LifeThyme than of would have paid in New York. Manhattan enced in this article are listed below: On the Village street, we would have Integral Yoga. Fruit Market and the fruit and vegetable Maison Kayser, a French import with Wine: There are three wine stores—Le section of Westside Market have a reason- Maison Kayser excellent bread and pastries, and Patis- Repaire de Bacchus, Nicolas, and nysa. able selection of produce but the quality 326 Bleecker Street (at Christopher Street) serie Claude for its viennoiseries (e.g., My aunt favored Le Repaire de Bacchus falls short. Patisserie Claude croissants, brioches) and their Paris- until they changed ownership; I found Coffee and Tea: Comptoirs Richard has 187 West 4th Street (between Jones and Brest pastry, when they have it. nysa promising. If I’m not making the a selection of coffees and teas, and Palais Barrow Streets) Fish: Strangely, there is but one fish trip to Astor Place Wines & Spirits, I des Thés is a fancy tea shop which used The Lobster Place—Chelsea Market store in the market, La Fine Marée. Our purchase my liquor at Crossroads Wine to have stores in New York until they all 75 9th Avenue (between West 15th and Village equivalent would be The Lob- & Spirits. closed a few years ago. McNulty’s Tea & West 16th Streets) ster Place. Cheese: La Fromagerie is located on Rue Coffee Co. specializes in coffee but also Ottomanelli & Sons Meat Market Meat/Poultry: There are about five de Lévis, but just around the corner is the has a large tea selection. DAVIDsTEA 285 Bleecker Street (between 7th Avenue butcher shops, and the street is filled superior Androuet. Their selection is al- sells loose tea and is well-regarded by tea South and Jones Street) with the intoxicating smell of roast most exclusively French, and the sheer drinkers. Florence Meat Market chicken coming from the outdoor ro- number of chevre (goat cheese) is mind- Traiteurs/Prepared Foods: There are 5 Jones Street (near West 4th Street) tisseries. Ottomanelli & Sons Meat boggling. Murray’s Cheese and now Sax- two traiteurs on Rue de Lévis—Bouch- Citarella Market and Florence Meat Market elby Cheesemongers would be reasonable erie Aurélien and Maison Bouvier—both 464 6th Avenue (between West 9th and carry most of the same meat cuts, facsimiles. with a wide array of salads and hot dish- West 10th Streets) but Citarella would be the choice for Hardware: Renovex carries the usual hard- es. The closest we have to these would Buon’Italia—Chelsea Market, chicken. ware store inventory, as well as some more be Feast on Us which started out as a ca- 75 9th Avenue (between West 15th and Italian Products: There is a store called unusual items, such as mare’s milk soap, terer, but now also offers prepared food West 16th Streets) Italian Cucina which stocks Italian something that you won’t find at Barney’s to go. Andrew’s Local Honey—Union Square products; it bears some similarity to Hardware in the Village. Frozen Food: Picard is a store dedicated Greenmarket, 16th Street and Union Buon’Italia. Chocolate: I counted three chocolate solely to frozen food. There are frozen veg- Square West Honey: Famille Mary is a store dedi- stores on the street—Le Cacaotier, Jeff etables, herbs, and other ingredients as well Chelsea Market Baskets—Chelsea Mar- cated to honey and other apiary prod- de Bruges, and De Neuville. We also have as frozen prepared foods such as quiches ket, 75 9th Avenue (between West 15th ucts. They even sell honey with propo- three in the Village—Li-Lac Chocolates, and tarts. Nothing quite like this exists and West 16th Streets) lis which is said to alleviate coughs. ROYCE’ Chocolate, and See’s Candies. here, but Trader Joe’s does have a large ar- Spices and Tease—Chelsea Market, Our market would feature Andrew’s Cookies: La Fabrique Cookies sells only ray of frozen foods. 75 9th Avenue (between West 15th and Local Honey from the Union Square cookies, as do our two Village outposts of Ice Cream: They have Amorino and we West 16th Streets) Greenmarket which has hives in New Insomnia Cookies. have Amorino. LifeThyme Natural Market York and Connecticut as well as roof- Fruits & Vegetables: There are three Olive Oil: They have Oliviers & Co. and we 410 6th Avenue (between West 8th and top honey collected from most of the large, lovely fruit shops—Le Petit Jardin, have Oliviers & Co. West 9th Streets) boroughs. Lévis-Terrasse, and Lévis Primeurs, as Meringue Bakery: La Meringaie features Crossroads Wine & Spirits Gourmet Foods/Spices: Macis Mai- well as a smaller, organic-only (or ‘bio’ as it meringue cakes, and Aux Merveilleux de 52 West 14th Street (between 5th and 6th son de Saveurs is an épicerie which car- is called in France) Les Fruits de la Terre, Fred has small, medium, and large filled Avenues) ries spices, mustards, jams, and other all with exuberant displays on the street. meringues and different flavors of brioches. Murray’s Cheese gourmet foods. Similar products can be The variety and quality of the mushrooms We have our own Aux Merveilleux de Fred, 254 Bleecker Street (between Leroy and found at Chelsea Market Baskets and always astounds me. I purchased girolles which is the only one in the U.S. Cornelia Streets) Spices and Tease. (what we call ‘chanterelles’), cèpes (‘por- Saxelby Cheesemongers—Chelsea Mar- Health Food: Naturalia sells a standard cini’), chanterelles (I’m not sure what Some stores I visited in Paris just don’t ket, 75 9th Avenue (between West 15th selection of health food products on Rue they are called here), and pied de mouton exist here. On Rue de Lévis there is Pre- and West 16th Streets) de Lévis. The somewhat sterile interior (‘hedgehog’), all for a fraction of what I mière Pression Provence, which sells prod- continued on page 29 www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 29

Food Shopping in Paris Maggie B’s Quick Clicks Continued from page 28 IT’S MAGICAL! Every year, when the Friends of Barney’s Hardware McNulty’s Tea & Coffee Co. Bleecker Playground hold their Annual Fund- 467 6th Avenue (at West 11th Street) 109 Christopher Street (between Bedford raising Halloween Festival (this year on Li-Lac Chocolates and Bleecker Streets) October 22nd), the neighborhood’s younger 40 8th Avenue (at Jane Street) DAVIDsTEA set turns into the best dressed astronauts and firemen, princesses and gypsies, witches, ROYCE’ Chocolate 275 Bleecker Street (between Jones and ghouls, and pirates, to have their faces paint- 253 Bleecker Street (between Leroy and Morton Streets) ed, enjoy the hay ride, accept fancy-shaped Cornelia Streets) Feast on Us balloons, and figure out just how the magician See’s Candies 645 Hudson Street (between Horatio and pulls off those mystifying tricks he does. 60 West 8th Street (near 6th Avenue) Gansevoort Streets) Insomnia Cookies Trader Joe’s Photos and text by Maggie Berkvist. 116 MacDougal Street (between Bleecker 675 6th Avenue (at 21st Street) Street and Minetta Lane); 304 West 14th Amorino Street (between 8th Avenue and Hudson 60 University Place (at East 10th Street) Street) Oliviers & Co. Manhattan Fruit Market—Chelsea Market 249 Bleecker Street (at Leroy Street) 75 9th Avenue (between West 15th and Aux Merveilleux de Fred West 16th Streets) 37 8th Avenue (between Jane and West 4th Westside Market Streets) 77 7th Avenue (between West 14th and Brooklyn Fare West 15th Streets) (The entrance to the 666 Greenwich Street (between Barrow fruit section is on 14th Street.) and Christopher Streets) The Whitney and the Waterfront A waterfront public art proposal is yet an- 53, the home of the New York City Fire other sign that the Meatpacking District is Department’s Marine Company 1, a func- quickly changing into a hot cultural center. tioning fireboat house and pier. Whitney Museum officials presented the Mr. Hammons himself proposed the proposed artwork, Day’s End by New York project to the Whitney. According to Adam artist David Hammons, age 74, to the lo- Weinberg, the Whitney’s Director, “It will cal community board on October 4th as not impose on any uses of the Gansevoort the first of many steps in the approval pro- Peninsula. You can still have baseball fields, cess. The sculpture would alter the Hud- you can still have park [space]. There are es- son River Park edge of Pier 52, known as sentially no shadows, it’s completely open to the Gansevoort Peninsula, which could the light, to the air…” The installation would potentially raise environmental questions. belong to the Hudson River Park Trust and On the other side of the peninsula is Pier be maintained with Whitney funds. The frame of brushed stainless steel, non-rusting posts, and beams would ex- actly duplicate the outline and location of the original 373-foot-long, 50-foot-tall Pier 52 shed. The committee unanimously approved the plans, which would become one of the largest public art installations in New York City. —Brian J. Pape

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Fundraising is un- total seat count will be slightly lower. derway at the nonprofit and the goal is The hope is that box office receipts will or drop in to 121 West 11th Street opposite PS 41 $6 million; more than half has already increase thanks to greater flexibility in been raised. Construction costs are es- extending the runs of popular films. timated at $5 million plus an additional Asked about revenue estimates, Coo- We accept most private $1 million to add to the current $4.1 per replied, “Streaming is the elephant in insurances million endowment. Naming rights are the room.” However, trends do reverse— and private pay. also available—bike racks cost $50,000 as in turntables and LP records, thanks and a screen costs up to $1 million. to their sound quality. 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By Michael Feldman midst of a career crisis. Should he continue to hang out with his buddies at St. Luke’s Choosing a program for the opening concert or accept a position as teaching chair at at the proposed St. Veronica’s Music Center SUNY (Binghamton, I think). He accept- on Saturday, November 25th has evoked vivid ed the position, began practicing like mad, memories of times past. When WestView and surprised everyone (except himself) Publisher George Capsis and I collaborated by winning the International Tchaikovsky on the now world-renowned Orchestra of Competition in Moscow a year or so later St. Luke’s (ironically, right around the corner and kick starting a major solo career. from St. Veronica’s) the compositions of Bach, The St. Luke’s Bach Wedding Cantata Handel, and Haydn were prominent among performance followed a few years later. It the initial fare. Three of the compositions for was our second year at the Caramoor Fes- the upcoming concert played a significant role tival (perhaps in 1980) and we had pro- in that group’s early ascent; the fourth dates grammed this joyous piece for a major Sat- even further back, back to my college years. urday evening event. Columbia Artists had Haydn symphonies (and operas, even just taken on a young soprano (who was original marionette operas) were standard St. 19 or 20 years old) and had recommended Luke’s fare from the outset. I was something her. And so, a very young Dawn Upshaw — of a Haydn scholar. Exploring the fascinat- made her Caramoor debut with us and was ing and original middle-period symphonies sensational. Several years later, Dawn and that Haydn had composed for the Prince of the orchestra collaborated on a Grammy- Esterhazy was a huge adventure. The fabu- winning recording of Barber’s Knoxville lously wealthy Prince had established his lav- 1915 for Nonsuch. ish court (second only to Versailles) far out My relationship with The Mozart Ser- in the countryside, miles from Vienna. That enata, goes back even further: Does any- is where all the musicians, including Haydn, one recall the extraordinary New School yearned to be and where, for much of the Concerts that Sasha Schneider used to year, the Prince, his court, and his musical present in the 1960s? Haydn Symphonies entourage resided. were among his regular fare and I always The Esterhazy Orchestra, numbering about yearned to capture his spirit. In my se- 20, is identical in size to the group that will be nior year at Queens College, I assembled playing at St. Veronica’s on November 25th. a group to perform the Serenade. Sasha We first performed this Symphony No. 47 loved to emphasize Haydn’s jokes, many (circa 1772) in the second year of the group’s of which occur with sudden, random existence during the 1975-1976 season and it pauses in the music. He would slowly turn became a perennial favorite. I recall it even be- around, grin at the audience, whirl back, ing performed at my church wedding, where and restart the music. I thought it would we presented guests with a concert before tak- be fun to imitate this gesture in the last ing our vows. Although Symphony No. 47 movement of the Mozart piece, but to say has a nickname, we devised our own, always that it wasn’t successful doesn’t do justice The extensive cobblestone repairs on West 12th Street, between 8th Avenue and referring to it as the “airline symphony.” As to the disaster that ensued. The famed West 4th Street, took an evening respite on October 20, 2017. the group’s initial bassoonist and personnel Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola was Anyone living in or traveling through the West Village has no doubt seen this pipe manager, Richard Vrotney had heard it on a in the audience, came up to me after the replacement work in progress on many streets for several months. The cobblestones will return to their proper place on the streets now that most of the underground work cross-country flight and insisted that it would concert, and inquired, “Why did you do is complete. be perfect for St. Luke’s. that?” Others were less kind. Somehow, I Here are some interesting historical tidbits in the topic: According to the Green- Our initial performance of the Handel survived that setback. wich Village Society for Historic Preservation, most of New York was not paved with Concerto Grosso in D at Lincoln Center Bringing these works together again has cobblestones but rather ‘Belgian Block’ which is longer and more rectangular than Out of Doors, a year later, was a big step been in the back of my mind for years. For ‘cobblestone.’ In the early-19th century, when the City began replacing the dirt-and- uptown for a fledgling Village group. Leon- this special inauguration at St. Veronica’s, oyster shell streets with a more durable option, it selected Belgian Block. Today, the ard De Paur, a famed choral director and we have even retained some of the legend- term ‘cobblestone’ has been generalized to reference any type of paving using stone administrator, was curating the series and ary performers (Louise Schulman and Jack blocks. surprised us with an invitation to partici- Kulowitch) who participated in the origi- pate. I recall that our concertmaster for that nal church, Lincoln Center, and Caramoor Text and photo by Cindy Niedoroda. evening was a brilliant Claremont Avenue performances. I hope you enjoy the music as violinist, Elmar Oliveira, who was in the much as will we.

Calling All Designers! WestView is looking for a local freelance designer with publication experience who can help lay out the paper and design ads. You must be proficient in Adobe CC 2018, especially InDesign. Work from home, collaborate with great people, and become part of the WestView family. Call George Capsis at 212-924-5718 or email him at [email protected]. 32 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org La MaMa Coffeehouse Chronicle in Memoriam – Sam Shepard By Robert Heide 1996, became a bonafide Hollywood mov- ie star. Sam’s rugged good looks and shy, The memorial for Sam Shepard, who was understated manner found many compar- called ‘the greatest American playwright of ing him to that other super-duper movie his generation’ by New York Magazine, was actor, Gary Cooper. And guess what? Sam held at the La MaMa Experimental The- once told me that Cooper was a hero for atre Club on Saturday, October 7th in the him when he was a kid, particularly in Ellen Stewart Theatre on East 4th Street. the Wild West movie High Noon. “I saw This Coffeehouse Chronicles series that one many times,” he remarked. He (#143) was an amazing and heartfelt was also a fan of Roy Rogers and James homage and celebration put together by Dean, both of whom he discussed in his the director/curator Michal Gamily, with play Heartless, which was presented at the playwright Jean Claude van Itallie the Signature Theatre in 2012. Heartless acting as the moderator. Panelist speak- starred the great Lois Smith who played ers included the actress/producer Ange- a bar maid opposite Dean in East of Eden. lina Fiordellisi, co-founder of the Cherry In Sam’s play, she is an old woman who Lane Theatre; actor/director/teacher falls from a tree while watching this film Joyce Aaron Funk; Charles Mingus III; (Eden) at an outdoor screening. After Mia Yoo, La MaMa’s Artistic Director breaking her back, she winds up a cripple since 2009; and Sam Shepard’s sister San- in a wheelchair. Some of movie star Sam’s dy Rogers. Sandy is an established coun- favorite Shepard films wereDays of Heav- try blues singer who wrote the soundtrack en; Francis (starring Jessica Lange); The for her brother’s movie based on his 1982 Right Stuff, which portrayed an astronaut play Fool for Love in which Ed Harris per- (the film for which he was nominated for formed. an Academy Award); and Resurrection, It is no news to the world that goes to which also starred Ellen Burstyn, Eva Le IT’S NO NEWS TO THE MOVIE-GOING WORLD THAT SAM BECAME A BONAFIDE the movies that Sam, who won the Pulit- Gallienne, and Penny Allen. HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR: Sam Shepard (left) with Robert Heide (in the fedora) are pic- zer Prize for playwriting in 1979 for the Sam (whose birth name was Samuel tured on the rooftop of the Caffe Cino on Cornelia Street in 1966. Photo by Dan McCoy. remarkable Buried Child, which first pre- Shepard Rogers III) wrote 44 plays and miered at the Theater for the New City won many honors, which included a record ites were True West (1982), starring Gary I can only say that Sam Shepard was and andJUDSON eventually EASTER landed AD.qxp_Layout on Broadway 1 3/29/16 in 5:50 11PM Obie Page 1Awards. Some of my own favor- Sinise and John Malkovich; A Life of the still is an inspiration to me. I think this is Mind, starring Geraldine Page; and Heart- also true for the other writers of that time less. The night I went to see Heartless, Sam who came out of the experimental Off-Off was there. Afterwards, we had drinks at the Broadway scene, including: Jean Claude van bar and reminisced about the good old days Itallie, Paul Foster, Lanford Wilson, John Did you know that 1750 people a week at the Caffe Cino, La MaMa, and the other Guare, Leonard Melfi, Robert Patrick, and Off-Off venues like Theatre Genesis on St. Michael Smith. go through the Judson doors for public, cultural, Marks Place and Judson Memorial Church Sam Shepard suffered for a long time artistic and educational purposes? on Washington Square South. “Those were with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou really the best days,” Sam said, and I agreed. Gehrig’s Disease.) Online at The New He introduced me to his Heartless director Yorker Culture Desk, you can read Patti Did you know that 80% of Judson's Daniel Aukin to whom he said, “Robert is Smith’s My Buddy—an account of her one of the important downtown writers.” I time with Sam in Kentucky at his farm “Common Space” is used by the public? wondered what he meant but it felt good to where she helped him through the ordeal. hear him say it. Miraculously, he completed, with Patti at Did you know that Judson needs a At the La MaMa memorial, the beautiful his side, his last work—a novel published and wonderful actress Jessica Lange showed by Knopf in 2017 called The One Inside. new elevator? up with her children. Sam and Jessica lived Michael Riedel, writing about Sam in his as partners from 1982 to 2009, many of column in the New York Post after he died Would you like to help? those years in a leased brownstone on West at age 73, quoted this writer about the 11th Street (between Waverly Place and early creative days at the Caffe Cino and Contribute at www.judson.org West 4th Street) and later at 1 5th Avenue. La MaMa, hanging out in Village coffee Previously, Sam was married to the actress shops, discussing everything from Samuel O-Lan Jones. O-Lan could not make the Beckett (Shepard’s favorite) to Jean-Paul And, of course, you are welcome to memorial but their son Jesse did. Sartre’s Being and Nothingness and poets The Obie Award-winning actress Mari- like Gertrude Stein. Read the whole ar- join us every Sunday at 11 am. Claire Charba (she won for Birdbath by ticle at: http://nyp.st/2vlQYor. You might enjoy worship in a different key. Leonard Melfi) was in attendance and we Breaking News: It was just announced chatted about one of Sam’s hit plays Chi- that, in the last few months of his life, Sam cago in which she starred with the late, great Shepard, with assistance from his sisters, Kevin O’Connor. “It was a big success at daughter, and friend Patti Smith, complet- La MaMa in 1966 but before that I did it ed a novel entitled Spy of the First Person. Judson Memorial Church all over Europe, in Paris, Denmark, and in It will be published by Knopf in December 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 Scandinavia as well.” Sam’s Melodrama Play 2017. written in 1967 was done on a double bill www.judson.org for more information or to give us a lift. with my own play Moon (with a cast that The book Robert Heide 25 Plays is now had just performed Moon at the Washington available on amazon.com: http://amzn. National Cathedral). to/2xY0b3U. www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 33 The Lost Village Tackles Key Neighborhood Issues Bill Rudin, the developer who bought the St. Vincent’s campus for $260 million—a vast sum to us but really pennies on the dollar considering what he could have paid—spoke cheerfully about how gratified he was to have “work[ed] with the community” on his tower project. But he fools no one. The community spoke against him over and over. We lost that one, but we’re not out, and we won’t be silent. Then we have NYU, which is not the only culprit, but it is a big one. It is covered ex- tensively in the film. Women are prostituting themselves to pay their tuition costs and stu- dents are hardly able to afford food or hous- ing. Two students who had gone into pros- “The Lost Village is a gripping portrait of the systemic legalized corporate crime spree titution to pay their tuition are interviewed devouring not only Greenwich Village but all our major urban landscapes until there is anonymously. The $72,900 annual tuition nowhere that 95% of us can afford to live.” is shocking, but we’re told that stratospheric - Kurt Jacobsen, filmmaker and author tuition increases affect other universities too. One of the best parts of the movie is the Can you help us with a donation to our crowd THE LOST VILLAGE IS OUR VERY OWN series of clips from a promotional film fea- GREENWICH VILLAGE: Roger Paradiso’s turing the former NYU President John Sex- funding campaign? film chronicles how greed and lust for power ton. With his big grin, he tells you how won- We need to get the word out. have transformed the original, unique char- derful it is for people to attend his prestigious acter of the Village. university. Another short film about how Crowd fund link to our page: http://zu.pe/Ly nice it is for young women to be sugar babies By Carol Yost was also featured. The absurdity of it all! or contact: You also have the effect of NYU’s plan on Stella McGovern A man with the wonderfully cinematic name the community. I’m sure the original, pro- of Roger Paradiso has made an award-win- jected completion date of 2031 is not real- Ph.: 646.450.3863 ning film calledThe Lost Village. Right now, istic now. As time passes, I keep hoping that it’s still not in distribution, meaning that you parts of the original plan will drop away as can see it only at screenings. Father Ed Chin- circumstances and financing change. (People ery at The Church of the Ascension in the are already feeling the loss of the Coles gym.) Village, who regularly presents stunning doc- But I’m told that the beautiful community umentaries guaranteed to outrage and enter- gardens and playgrounds are slated to be re- tain, has presented The Lost Village twice. placed with humongous NYU towers that The lost village is our very own Green- will block out air and light. That beautiful wich Village, or what longtime Village resi- Japanese garden between the rows of NYU dent Barbara Ruether has called “the former housing is threatened, along with the Picasso Greenwich Village.” Due to untrammeled sculpture on the green space among the resi- greed and lust for power, the original, unique dential towers just off West Houston Street. character of the Village has transformed into That’s just some of what we face. drugstore chains, Chase banks, fancy cloth- Mr. Paradiso makes clear that what is ing stores, and pay-more-for-less mega box happening in the Village is related to what’s stores, which replace mom-and-pop shops. going on elsewhere. The film presents com- As for housing, we’d have many more ob- mentary by a historian who compares the scenely unaffordable concrete-and-glass situation to ancient Greece and Rome. An structures that lose themselves in the clouds economist points out that the reckless devel- if developers could have their way. Even opment with outrageous rents and prices is most of the charming old structures that re- self-defeating because people with stagnant main now demand colossal rents. We’re even wages can’t afford what’s being produced. threatened with losing much of our green An NYU professor reports on what’s going space, including parks, gardens, and play- on with NYU generally. We see interviews grounds. with Village residents, including WestView’s The synopsis for The Lost Village men- Publisher George Capsis and Nelly Godfrey, tions rising rents for housing and business, who was unable to keep her Christopher with more than 1,000 small businesses lost Street restaurant Lima’s Taste. We also see in New York City per month. That is hard to Villager Nicky Perry and her husband, strug- comprehend. gling to maintain her tiny restaurant Tea and The loss of St. Vincent’s Hospital, men- Sympathy. Commercial rents are out of con- tioned in the film by George Capsis was, to trol, and we learn about the failure of a pro- me, a big factor, or at least a harbinger, in the posed bill to limit them. change. All that rampant gentrification! You The film covers a lot, and I could only ad- kept getting the feeling that your neighbor- dress some of the issues, along with my own hood wasn’t yours, that it wasn’t about you or observations. Roger Paradiso worked very for you. It was being seized and controlled by hard on a shoestring, and it is admirable. Do other people. In an online video I once saw, see the film when you can! 34 WestView News November 2017 www.westviewnews.org

Crafts Simple craft projects for ages 3 Leroy Street. Free. and up at Jefferson Market Library, 425 n Monday November 20, 6 pm: Thor- ≠NOVEMBER Sixth Avenue. oughly Modern Millie Julie Andrews EVENTS stars in this 1967 musical spoof of the by Stephanie Phelan of FILM Roaring 20’s. Jefferson Market Library, westvillageword.com n Thursday November 2, 2 pm: Tam- 425 Sixth Avenue. Free. ing of the Shrew John Cleese stars in n Monday November 27, 6 pm: Wait this 1980 Shakespeare comedy at Hud- Until Dark Audrey Hepburn stars in this EVENTSson Park Library,FPO 66 Leroy Street. Free. 1967 thriller about a blind woman being wv n Friday November 3, 1 pm: The Ru- terrorized by thieves. alone in her Village w ins of Lifta A screening of the film and apartment. Jefferson Market Library, 425 for a talk by filmmaker Menachem Daum Sixth Avenue. Free. WestView News about this Palestinian village in Israel n Thursday November 30, 2 pm: The with scarred buildings, and the coalition Umbrellas of Cherbourg Catherine Deneuve stars in this 1964 French © Stephanie Phelan 2013 of Palestinians and Israelis trying to pro- tect these ruins from development and romantic musical film (with English sub- FANTASTIC FOUR start a dialogue between the two peoples titles) at Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy A free concert of music by Mozart, STREET FAIRS AND with tragic histories. Wollman Hall, Street. Free. Bach, Handel and Haydn will be SPECIAL EVENTS Eugene Lang College, 65 West 111th n Thursday November 30, 6 pm: The performed at St. Veronica’s on n Sunday November 5, 8:30 am: TCS Street. Free. Freedom to Marry A film screening Saturday November 25. All are urged NYC Marathon For all information on n Monday November 6, 6 pm: Belle and discussion of the story of the most to attend to give support to making entering and watching, go to https:// de Jour Jefferson Market Library is successful and inspiring civil rights St. Veronica’s a permanent West www.tcsnycmarathon.org. celebrating is celebrating its 50th an- movement of our time. John L. Tishman Village concert hall. n November 9-16: DOC Film Festival niversary with films made only in 1967. Auditoruim, University Center, 63 Fifth The festival will feature over 250 films Catherine Deneuve stars in this 1967 Avenue. Free. and events. In addition to film screen- film about a young housewife and her Tickets $15 at the door. ings, there will be live conversations, ex- MUSIC masochistic fantasies. Jefferson Market n Sunday November 12, 2 pm: tended panels and more.The IFC Center, n Thursday November 2, 8 pm: Rela- Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. Free. Rolston String Quartet The program 323 Sixth Avenue. For tickets and a list tivity Suite Steven Bernstein’s Millennial n Thursday November 9, 2 pm: includes Mozart’s String Quartet No. of films, go to http://www.docnyc.net/ Territory Orchestra will perform Don Roshomon A Japanese film (with Eng- 14 in G Major, K. 387, Schafer’s String schedule/. Cherry’s rarely performed Relativity lish subtitles) about how several charac- Quartet No. 2 (Waves), and Tchai- n Thursday November 9, 4-7 pm: Suite at Greenwich House Music School, ters recall a horrible crime from different kovsky’s String Quartet No. 1 in D Release of the Fishes Fishes, crabs, 46 Barrow Street. Tickets $15-$20 points of view. Hudson Park Library, 66 Major, Op. 11. Alvin Johnson/J.M. Ka- snails and other animals will be returned n Friday November 3, 7:30 pm: Sil- Leroy Street. Free. plan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Tickets to the Hudson River. Refreshments and $16-$18, raffle prizes. The Wetlab on the South n Tuesday November 14, 8 pm: An walkway of Pier 40 at West and Hous- v Evening of Music for Piano Trio ton Streets. For more information or to Works by Haydn and Dvorak at Ernst. RSVP, go to [email protected]. C. Steifel Concert Hall, Arnold Hall, 55 n Saturday November 25, 7 pm: West 13th Street. Free. Premiere Concert at St. Veronica’s n Friday November 17, and Satur- Everyone is encouraged to come to this day November 18 at 8 pm, Sunday wonderful free opening concert at St. November 19 at 3 pm: NYUO2 Glass Veronica’s. 149 Christopher Street. LIFE IS A CABARET Festival The concert will include the Works by Bach, Mozart, Handel and Julian Vivian Bond offers works of Philip Glass and other elec- Haydn will be performed by The St. Ve- an evening of songs and tronic composers. Skirball Center, 566 ronica’s Orchestra. A large audience will stories at Skirball Center LaGuardia Place. Free. help to make this space, with its wonder- on November 11. ful acoustics, a permanent West Village concert hall. THEATER AND PERFORMANCE KIDS/TEENS n Saturday November 4, 7:30 pm: Re- n Tuesday, November 7, 3:30 pm: birth of a Nation DJ Spooky will present Spin, Pop, Boom Amazing chemistry n Sunday November 12, 3 pm: Lost ver Apples of the Moon a concert of a large-scale multimedia performance piece demonstrations presented by Mad Sci- Landscapes of New York A mix of electronic music by Morton Subotnick which reimagines director D.W. Griffith’s ence, for kids ages 5 and up. Jefferson home movies by New Yorkers, tourists, at Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place. infamously racist 1915 silent filmThe Birth Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. Free. and semi-professional cinematographers Tickets $35.00. of a Nation. Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia n Tuesdays October 3, 10, 17 and 24, with outtakes from feature films pic- n Tuesdays November 7, 14, 21 and Place. Tickets $35.00. 3:30 pm: Bilingual Birdies—French turing granular details of New York’s 28 at 1 pm: Lunchtime Chamber Mu- n Thursday November 9, 8 pm: O.G’s Live music and language learning. cityscape. Viewers will be invited to com- sic The New School’s Mannes School of Comedy w/Tracy Morgan & Cedric Instruments and fun props for children ment, ask questions, and interact with of Music and The School of Jazz at Glass The Entertainer A night of stand-up to use in the classes will be provided. one another as the screening unfolds. Box Performance Space, 55 West 13th comedy featuring some of the coun- Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place. Street. Free. try’s hottest comedians, and a sit-down Avenue. Free. Tickets $20.00. n Friday November 10, 8 pm: Ricardo conversation with Tracy and Cedric and n Mondays, 11 am: Toddler Story n Monday November 13, 6 pm: The Grilli The electric guitarist will perform comedians who have been inspired by Time A baby’s introduction to books Young Girls of Rochefort A musi- with James Francies, Joe Martin and them. Proceeds from the event will go to with songs, rhymes and playtime, for ages cal starring Catherine Deneuve, about Kendrick Scott at Greenwich House the Fortune Society, a charity that sup- 18-36 months. Jefferson Market Library, twin sisters who want to leave their small Music, School, 46 Barrow Street. Tickets ports successful re-entry from incarcera- 425 Sixth Avenue. town. Jefferson Market Library, 425 $15 at the door. tion. Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia n Tuesdays at 11 am: Baby Laptime Sixth Avenue. Free. n Saturday November 11, 7:30 pm: Place. For ticket prices, email skirball. Books, songs, rhymes, and playtime for n Thursday November 16, 2 pm: Marc Hannaford Trio and Satoshi [email protected] children 0-18 months. Jefferson Market Boondock Saints A 1999 film in which Takeishi’s Triptych A double bill in a n Saturday November 11, 7:30 pm: Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. twin brothers set out to save Boston Sound it Out performance at Greenwich Justin Vivian Bond An evening of n Tuesdays at 3:30 pm: Arts and from evil men. Hudson Park Library, 66 House Music, School, 46 Barrow Street. songs and stories by the trans cabaret www.westviewnews.org November 2017 WestView News 35 performer. Skirball Center, 566 LaGuar- your knees active after 40, symptoms n Through November 25: Thinking Big dia Place.Tickets $35,00. of, and treatments for, rotator cuff Artists of the Blue Mountain Gallery at n Monday November 20, 7 pm: Follies syndrome, treatments for shoulder Westbeth, 55 Bethune Street. National Theatre Live presents Stephen arthritis, and causes of, and treatments n Through November 26: Stand Still Sondheim’s musical at Skirball Center, for, heel pain. Lenox Health Green- A still life show at Allouche Gallery, 82 566 LaGuardia Place.Tickets $25.00. wich Village Community Center, 200 Gansevoort Street. West 13th Street, 6th Floor. Register n Through December 2: The Oscar LITERATURE now at Northwell.edu/LHGVOrtho2 Wilde Temple Artists David McDermott n Wednesday November 1, 6:30 pm: or call (844) 91-ORTHO (6-7846). and Peter McGough will unveil this public Cave Canem An evening of poetry n Mondays through Saturdays 12:15 installation to honor one of the earliest fore- showcasing new collections by Cheryl to 12:50 p.m. Free Open Meditation at bears in the struggle for gay liberation. The Boyce-Taylor, CortneyEVENTS Lamar Charleston, Integral YogaFPO 227 West 13th Street. Church of the Village, 201 West 13th Street CLASSIC SUBJECTS and t’ai freedom ford. Sheila C. Johnson Arrive by 12:10. (at Seventh Avenue). REINTERPRETED Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue. Free. n Tuesdays at 1 pm through Decem- n Through December 3: Memory is a New takes on still life in Standi Still at n Thursday November 2, 6-8 pm: Just ber 20: Falun Dafa Exercise Class Tough Place Photographs and related Allouche Gallery through November One More Michelle Dunn Marsh will Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. works focusing on race and social justice. 28.Pictured here: Virtual Characters, be in conversation with artist Jonathan Anna Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery, Domestic Landscape by Johnathan David Smyth to discuss his new book of LEARNING 2 West 13th Street. Chapline. photography, Just One More: Self-Portraits n Friday November 3, 1 pm: Google n Through December 9: Partners in 2012–2017. Jefferson Market Library, Drive/Docs A Tech Connect class at Design—Barr and Johnson High Line Continues through October 425 Sixth Avenue. Free. Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. Alfred Barr,MoMA’s first director, and at the High Line sundeck at 14th Street. n Friday November 3, 5 pm: The Right Free. Philip Johnson, the curator of architec- n Wednesdays at 12 pm: Knitting to Maim Jasbir K. Puar’s book will be n Monday November 13, 2 pm: Under- ture, introduced modern design to North Circle Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy discussed at NYU, 19 West 4th Street, standing Your Social Security Benefits America. The exhibit includes furniture, Street. Room 101. Free, but bring photo i.d. for Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. photographs, and more. Grey Art Gallery, n Wednesdays at 4 pm: St. John’s entry. Free. 100 Washington Square East. Choristers Free Musical Educa- n Saturday November 4, 10:30 am: n Friday November 24, 1 pm: n Through December 13: A Working tion Training in music fundamentals Another Brooklyn A discussion of Create a Website with Wordpress Model of the World The exhibition em- and vocal technique for children 8 and Jacqueline Woodson’s novel featuring an A Tech Connect class at Hudson Park phasizes ‘model’ as a verb, an activity that up. As part of the program, kids sing African-American woman who grew up Library, 66 Leroy Street. Free. unifies all human beings – from children once a month at a Sunday Eucharist. in the 1970’s Brooklyn. Hudson Park rolling dough to ecologists predicting ris- St. John’s in The Village, 224 Waverly Library, 66 Leroy Street. ing sea-levels. Anna Maria and Stephen Place. n Tuesday November 14, 7 pm: Kellen Gallery, 2 West 13th Street. n First Wednesday of Every Month: National Book Awards Reading The n Through December 15: I Am I The Bailout Theater Free potluck-style New School hosts a reading with the fi- ceramic works of Jos Devriendt will be meal served at 7:15pm, followed by a free nalists in the categories of Poetry, Fiction, at Demisch Danant Gallery, 30 West performance at Judson Memorial Church, Nonfiction, and Young People’s Literature 12th Street. 55 Washington Square South. at Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 n November 9-December 23: n Second Wednesday of Every Month: West 12th Street. Tickets $10. In-gé-nue The collages of Deborah Rob- Dead Darlings Writers’ favorite work is n Thursday November 30, 4:30 pm: erts at Fort Gansevoort, 5 Ninth Avenue. often edited out or unpublished; a chance Swing Time Zadie Smith’s new book n Through January 15: Spirit in the to showcase that work at Judson Memorial will be discussed at Jefferson Market Night—Performing Artists 1973-1985 Church, 55 Washington Square South. Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. The photography of Peter Cunningham n Thursdays: Jigsaw Puzzle Night features a reel of stunning images of per- Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. TALKS formers in The Gallery at 350 Bleecker. n Thursdays at 3:30 pm: Owls and n Thursday November 2, 6 pm: Saying Images can be viewed from the sidewalk, Otters Storytime A read-aloud and craft No to Torture—My Secret Life Inside or inside the lobby when after 4 pm daily program for ages 5 and 6. the CIA’s War on Terror and the Price and all day on weekends. n Thursdays, 4-5 pm: Feldenkrais of Whistleblowing John Kiriakou, Classes Learn to improve your posture, former CIA counterterrorism officer who COMMUNITY MEETING ART OF A DIFFERENT STRIPEI flexibility, and balance at Westbeth Com- blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture pro- n Wednesday November 29, 7:30 The interesting collages of Deborah munity Room, 155 Bank Street. Wear gram in a nationally-televised interview, pm: 6th Precinct Community Coun- Roberts will be at Fort Gansevoort comfortable clothes. Drop-ins welcome; discusses the issue at Alvin Johnson/J.M. cil Meeting A dialogue between the through December 22, $5 per class. Kaplan Hall, 68 West 12th Street. Free. 6th Precinct and the community dis- n Thursdays at 5 pm: Hudson Park cussing issues facing the neighborhood. Library Chess and Games Classic board NEIGHBORHOOD Our Lady of Pompeii, Father Demo and strategy games. Hudson Park Library, HEALTH AND WELLNESS BEAUTIFICATION n Thursday November 2, 7 pm: Com- Hall, Bleecker and Carmine Streets. 66 Leroy Street. Chess lessons for new n Saturday November 11, 10 am-12 mon Athletic Injuries in the Young All are welcome. learners also available. Hudson Park Library, pm: Charles Street Annual Tulip Bulb Athlete—Prevention & Treatment For 66 Leroy Street. Free. Planting Bulbs and tools provided at the young athlete in your family, a free ONGOING EVENTS n First Saturday of Every Month, 4 Charles Street just West of Bleecker pm: Book Swap Bring books and/or seminar where ACL injury prevention and Street. OF NOTE treatment options, treating shoulder pain n Second Sunday Every Month, art you’re willing to trade with others to and instability, diagnosing and treating hip MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, 6 pm: Community Table An interfaith Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. pain, and preventing and treating ankle EXHIBITS gathering to encourage conversation and instability will be discussed. Lenox Health n Through November 17: community relation building. St. John’s ••••••••••••••••Please contact Greenwich Village Community Center, Harnischfeger, Casto, D’Orazio A pot- Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher Street. Stephanie Phelan at 200 West 13th Street, 6th Floor. Register tery exhibit at Greenwich House Pottery, n Tuesdays at 6 pm: Open Sewing [email protected] if you now at Northwell.edu/LHGVOrtho1 or 16 Jones Street. Workshop Learn techniques and create have any new events or call (844) 91-ORTHO (6-7846). n Through November 17: Vibrant your own projects.Additional fabrics on n Thursday November 9, 7 pm: Things Andrew Casto, Evan D’Orazio, hand. Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth have further information on Preventing and Treating Injuries Hilary Harnischfeger in a ceramic exhibi- Avenue. Registration required. something I’ve listed here or in the Active Senior A free seminar tion at Greenwich House Pottery, 16 n Tuesdays, Dusk to 30 Minutes on westvillageword.com. ••••••••••• where you’ll learn more about keeping Jones Street. Before Park Closes: Stargazing at the •••••••••••••••• ••••••••••• Modernism lives in Tribeca.

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