The Voice of the West Village WestView News VOLUME 11, NUMBER 7 July 2015 $1.00 Do Not Take Diller’s Thirty Bucks By George Capsis will disturb the breeding ground of the Striped Bass, but because it is gratuitously I was taking a vacation from my morn- expensively and ugly—which is what hap- ing Times while at Bridgehampton, when pens when a pretentious designer caters to MaggieB. emailed me a June 11th article the taste of a rich and pretentious client. byveteran Times writer Charles Bagli (he Filing the action against Diller Island writes a lot about real estate), with a title is the City Club of New York, a group of that gave me a quick shot of joy—“Civic independently minded citizens who act Group Sues to Halt Hudson River Park when the city process fails (they stopped Backed by Barry Diller”—oh wow! the destruction of Grand Central Station). As we fought to save St. Vincent’s an oc- Their volunteer attorney, Michael Gruen, casional wave of deep sadness would over- spent days working his way through a come me—we were a lone, very small voice lengthy “signed” lease between Diller and that nobody was listening to. Now, here is a the Hudson River Park to uncover some noted and powerful voice, The City Club of surprises. New York, filing a court action to halt con- According to the lease, the city and state struction of Diller Island “until it undergoes have to contribute an embankment and a new environmental review and is approved two bridges to the island which will cost by the State Legislature”—wow again. $35 million. The city will maintain those Of course, my distress with Diller Island bridges and the Diller Island Park after HISTORIC PIER TO DILLER ISLAND: Pier 54 at 14th Street at which the Titanic survivors is not that driving hundreds of reinforced Diller does the planting (more mainte- landed was secretly slated for removal to make way for Diller Island. Photo by Brian J.Pape. concrete, mushroom-shaped piles some nance costs even though the Park has just two-hundred feet down into the bedrock Continued on page 7 Help Fight Learning Loss This Lawsuit Will Sink Pier 55 By Arthur Z. Schwartz had only complied with SEQRA’s require- ments in a cursory manner, and the courts Nineteen years ago I stood with a group of had held that the law’s requirements were youth soccer and little league dads (including to be “liberally construed” and that com- current CB2 Chairman Tobi Bergman) in the pliance was to be “substantial.” HRPC lobby of the Governor’s office, talking about had literally done a “back of the envelope” how we could stop a lease from going forward Environmental Assessment in conclud- at Pier 40. It was a big step for the park, which ing that there were no impacts triggering hadn’t been built, because two businessmen the need for a full Environmental Impact were going to lease the Pier for $4.5 million a Statement. This cursory compliance with year and turn it into an improved parking fa- the law was fatal to the project, Judge Solo- cility with a film studio and other small busi- mon said, and she struck down the lease. ness projects. It was the night before the lease During the litigation we were joined by was to take effect, and I volunteered to try to the Environmental Defense Fund and its get an injunction as the lawyer for the youth counsel, Michael Gruen. The President of leagues and for local block associations. HRPC at the time was Tom Fox. That night, in her apartment, Judge Al- Before the judge entered her order, Gov- ice Schlesinger granted a TRO and the lease ernor Pataki came riding to the rescue. We was blocked. Months later, after full briefing, met in his chambers over several months and Judge Jane Solomon issued an opinion that ac- came up with a plan to save the $4.5 million- tions on Pier 40 were subject to the State En- per-year lease—there would be ballfields on vironmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), the roof and the State would pick up the $2.5 JUMPING FOR A + The shared exhilaration of summer group activities emerges in bet- and that the manner in which the lease had million construction tab. Hence the birth of ter academic performance during the school year. Greenwich Houses’s Fund for Fun been negotiated and signed violated SEQRA. today’s Pier 40, a mix of parking and ball- attempts to bring summer fun to children who might not otherwise experience it. See The Hudson River Park Conservancy fields, batting cages, human-powered boat- article on page 22. (HRPC), which entered into the lease, Continued on page 11 A Special Time for Gay Rights — See Page 16 2 WestView News July 2015 www.westviewnews.org WestView WestViews

Published by WestView, Inc. Correspondence, Commentary, Corrections by and for the residents of the West Village. Four Strong Arms Voice was full of rambling commentators The $100,000 Knee Publisher Dear Editor, who wouldn’t be caught dead publishing in Executive Editor I read an article recently by your writer the New Yorker. In its own way, our paper Dear Mr. Capsis: George Capsis Associate Editors Stanley Fine called “Courageous or Cra- has always been truly anti-establishment. First of all, I very much enjoy your news- Christy Ross, Katie Keith zy? Two Men Crossing The Atlantic In a I got to report on such vital topics as the paper, look forward to reading it every Design Consultant Rowboat” (March 2015 Issue). anti-fracking movement and the protests month. I have lived in the Village for Stephanie Phelan I am from Farsund, Norway, the home to free Lynn Stewart. These were both im- 57 years and almost every article inter- Photo Editor town of Frank Samuelsen and would like portant issues that were all but neglected by ests me. Your writers are great and your Darielle Smolian to thank you for rightfully bringing your the New York Times. For the most part, my layout and editing are impeccable. I was Traffic Manager readers attention to these two Norwegian submissions have not been essays, but the especially struck by your piece about Liza Whiting adventurers and their accomplishments. reportage has frequently gone beyond the your recent hospital experience. Be Photographer Maggie Berkvist WestView News has fittingly revealed the confines of the West Village. grateful that you have Medicare! I had Comptroller amazing story of their incredible 3000- The WestView News stood in opposition my knee replaced at Hospital for Special Jolanta Meckauskaite mile voyage from Manhattan to Le Havre, to special interests then, and I know we still Surgery by the same surgeon, Geoffrey Architecture Editor powered by nothing but four strong arms! do—but I believe the personal essays and Westrich, in 2011! Like you, I thought Brian Pape Harbo and Samuelsen are finally being other quirky articles that seemed to wander both Westrich and the hospital were su- Film, Media and Music Editor celebrated with deserved recognition with off the reservation frequently represented perb, and my knee today is as good as Jim Fouratt the unveiling by me of a seven foot bronze some of the best critical thinking around— the one I was born with eighty-one years Distribution Manager Timothy Jambeck monumental statue in Farsund on July as well as a colorful bouquet of West Vil- ago. But I don’t have Medicare, since Regular Contributors 11th, 2015. It is my hope and plan that I lage experience. Columbia University, where I taught for John Barrera will find a place for a second cast of the George is our main commentator, the pa- many years, never deducted SS from my Barry Benepe same monument to be placed in New York per’s official editorialist; however, I would like paycheck. I was young then and didn’t Maggie Berkvist City’s downtown Manhattan area. to suggest an Op Ed page that would make know or care about such details! After Janet Capron If any of your readers would be able to room for the likes of me—individuals who re- my retirement I used Blue Cross/Shield George Capsis Barbara Chacour assist me with this project, it would be very flect the general slant of the paper but do not for medical expenses and by 2011 my Philip Desiere welcomed. pretend to speak for it. OK, just a thought. annual premiums had reached $18,000. Ron Elve Thank you. In the meantime, I am working on materials Outrageous. Yet Blue Cross would not Stan Fine — Victor Samuelsen that, once produced, will be used to introduce pay for HSS, even though HSS ac- Jim Fouratt to doctors a new brand of drug for gout. That cepted both Medicare and Medicaid. Mark M. Green Truly is my primary occupation right now! When So to use Westrich I had to go “out of Robert Heide Keith Michael Anti-Establishment I come up for air, I will sleuth around and network” and pay all expenses myself. Michael D. Minichiello maybe hit on something newsworthy. After the operation Westrich sent me a Clive Morrick Dear Christy, Congratulations on the great job you’re bill for $25,200. Since I am not Medi- Brian Pape Thank you so much for the considered and doing. care I did not have the option— which Joy Pape comprehensive reply! I appreciate that you ­— Best, you note—of paying what I wanted, so Bruce Poli David Porat took the time—truly I am impressed. Most Janet Capron I had to pay in full. Since I was very Alec Pruchnicki of all, I do understand and applaud the paper Dear Janet, happy with the outcome of the surgery Catherine Revland for wanting to feature local news, events and Thank you for such kind words. We I didn’t mind too much. Thanks to De- Arthur Z. Schwartz issues—it is coming into its own as an impor- couldn’t print this paper without all our nise Palacios (my heroine!) Blue Cross We endeavor to publish all letters tant response to the politics and other she- talented and dedicated contributors. We reimbursed me for almost everything received, including those with which we disagree. nanigans that would otherwise go unreport- appreciate the time and energy you all put else, which totaled over $100,000. De- The opinions put forth by ed. It is the only independent Village paper into writing, researching, interviewing, spite its cost, Blue Cross wouldn’t let me contributors to WestView do left standing and, as such, has a responsibility. reporting, and the myriad other tasks re- keep my PCP of many years, so with the not necessarily reflect the views In addition to covering local hot-button is- quired to produce quality content. Affordable Care Act I switched to Os- of the publisher or editor. sues, the WestView News is serving the com- Space constraints have forced us to make car insurance. My annual premiums are WestView welcomes your correspondence, comments, munity well by reporting on food, film and some difficult decisions in the past few months now about $7,000 and I still have my and corrections: other cultural highlights in our hood. because we often don’t have room for all the PCP. But Oscar doesn’t accept HSS or www.westviewnews.org Selfishly speaking, I love equally the previ- great articles we receive. We’re always interest- its surgeons, or numerous other hospi- Contact Us ous eclectic WestView News that had a touch ed in hearing feedback about what you’d like tals and surgeons, in network or out. It’s (212) 924-5718 of the old Village in it, when the likes of to see in the paper, so keep it coming! a rat race, even when one can afford it. [email protected] Robert Heide and others would reminisce. We can’t thank you enough, Medicare is surely the best way to go. I It reminded me of a vital era in our neigh- — Christy Ross, Associate Editor am glad that it treated you so well. borhood’s history, during which The Village — Regards, Allen Morrison

Thank you, Allen, for your superb recount- SHALL WE STOP WESTVIEW DELIVERY ? ing of the horrors of medical billing. I had one surprise last week when I re- “Why should I subscribe when they deliver’ ? ceived a call from Lenox Hill Hospital that Subscribe now and see how much better WestView can become and make a I still owed $1260.30 because my AARP insurance did not cover it. tax deductible gift to The West Village Fund. Paying for medical services is indeed a rat race and we have no voice that is articu- SUBSCRIBE- westviewnews.org—hit “subscribe” lating the need for intelligent change. GIVE: West Village Fund 69 Charles Street New York NY 10014 — George Capsis continued on page 3 www.westviewnews.org July 2015 WestView News 3

Welcome to WestView Corrections I really appreciate an astute reader point- something that happened when I typed I am so happy to welcome the fresh new Sorry to say a quick read of the just arrived ing out that Rega is spelled Riga. I should in the recipe from handwritten notes. The voice of Martica Sawin to WestView. Her issue of WestView revealed two back-to- know—I’ve been a proofreader myself and recipe should have called for 1 lb. freshly reviews in the April, May and June issues of back errors, one worse than the other. I’m part Lithuanian, which is close to Lat- ground sirloin. I wish that the omission the recently opened Downtown Whitney are Bruce Poli spells the capital of Latvia as via. Thank you for your observation. Viva had been caught during the editing process intelligent, incisive, informing and very well Rega…but it is Riga. La Readership! but somehow it slipped by. Going forward, written by a writer who has a deep experi- Turn the page and read the recipe for — Bruce Poli we have enlisted the help of John Barrera, ence in the world of art and architecture. One Ottomanelli’s Italian Meatballs. Culinary Institute of America grad and of the great surprises at the Whitney was the Where’s the meat? Read it about 10 More than one reader has pointed out a our Food Editor to ensure more rigorous discovery of Gertrude Vanderbuilt Whitney’s times to see if I had somehow overlooked problem with the Italian Meatball recipe proofreading of recipes. Sincere apologies own talent as an accomplished sculptor. I was reference to it… Pretty mushy as written. that accompanied my Ottomanelli’s arti- to all of our readers! also profoundly moved by the Jackson Pol- You need a proof reader. cle—there was no meat in the recipe! This — Caroline Benveniste lock. Welcome Martica. —Barry Benepe — Mimi Sheraton Falcone was of course an unfortunate oversight, Letters Continued on page 4 BRIEFLY NOTED

thur Schwartz, got on a stepladder to see Landlord Spying on what was going on with the cameras. Lo A Fond Farewell 92-Year-Old Ruth Berk and behold, he found five cameras point- ing from the hallway ceiling molding right into the Berks’ apartment. He carefully dis- connected all five cameras and called the 6th Precinct to alert them to his discov- ery. A half-hour later, the managing agent marched into the 6th Precinct demanding Schwartz’s arrest for grand larceny. The Precinct refused to take the complaint. Schwartz has sent the cameras on to At- torney General Eric Schneiderman’s Ten- ant Harassment Unit and asked them to investigate. —Arthur Z.Schwartz

June VID Meeting On Thursday June 4th, the Village In- dependent Democrats ( VID ) held their ARTHUR SCHWARTZ DISCONNECTS THE LANDLORD’S SPY CAMERA: Five cameras monthly meeting in St. John’s Church on were found pointing right into Ruth Berk’s Christopher Street. It started with reports apartment. Photo by Jessica Berk. from club president Nadine Hoffman and Democratic party district leader Keen In one of the most bizarre episodes in local, Berger on a variety of local and state po- THE CROWD CHEERS HER: Retiring Inspector Elisa Cokkinos (right) appears speechless as and maybe even Citywide landlord-tenant litical issues including the selection of can- she exits the precinct for the last time to the applause of the men and women in blue. conflagrations, it was discovered this past didates for Judicial delegates, the proposed month that the landlord at 95 Christopher Stonewall national park site, and the lease Street has been spying on his ninety-two- for the club’s office. As retired Sixth Precinct Commanding Members of the community, especially year-old rent-controlled tenant, Ruth Berk. The main forum was a detailed discussion Officer Inspector Elisa Cokkinos walked those who worked closely with her, had Ruth, who got back to her apartment in of the New York City Human Rights Law. It out of the precinct for the last time, she tremendous respect for her. January after an 11-month stay in a nursing was organized by Alison Greenberg, a VID was greeted by salutes and enthusiastic ap- Dave Poster, President of the Christo- home (a stay fueled by the landlord’s com- member and lawyer, and included Craig Gu- plause from the men and women in blue, pher Street Patrol, praised her by saying plaints), has been in contentious battles over rian and Daniela Nanau, also lawyers active who lined the entire block along West “Commander Cokkinos has been a perfect substandard conditions in her apartment in anti-discrimination cases, especially in em- 10th Street. fit for the community and for the officers since 1988. In 1996, Judge Sarah Lee Evans ployment. They pointed out that New York She spent the last two of her twenty-five under her command. Her actions proved gave Ruth Berk a 50% rent abatement going City is one of the few cities in the country years on the force at the Sixth Precinct, and that she cared about the community.” back ten years and a $62,000 judgment for which has its own Human Rights Commis- was held in high regard by members of her Maureen Remacle, President of the 6th having to live in an apartment with never- sion which is often stronger than both Fed- command and the community. Precinct Community Council, was sad- ending water leaks, peeling paint, and neigh- eral and State commissions. They also asked Officer Mercedes Woods, who worked dened by her departure, saying “She was a borly noise. Despite this ruling, the landlord for support in future proposals to strengthen under her command, said “Inspector Cok- really great commander, and we really en- has sued a half-dozen times to evict Ruth, the authority of the NYC Commission and kinos was a person of integrity. She always joyed working with her. The officers liked and her daughter, Jessica, always alleging help reverse some of the massive cuts that oc- had an open door policy where you could her, the people in the community liked her, that both women were/are a nuisance and an curred during the Bloomberg administration. approach her—whether work-related or and she did a good job. She’ll be missed.” impediment to repairs. There were additional reports by mem- personal, she always listened. She was Inspector Cokkinos says she has no plans For a while, Jessica was sure that her bers on small business protection (Sha- Mentor to me and most of all she was a to leave New York or to join the corporate apartment was being spied on; once she ron Woolums), campaign activities (Tony pleasant person to work for. I wish her the world, only to relax and work on her golf touched some wires in the hallway and the Hoffman and Ed Yutkowitz), Indian Point best in her future endeavors.” game. 6th Precinct came running. nuclear plant issues (Nat Johnson, Jona- When Lieutenant Gary Giersbach was WestView News wishes her the best in On June 18, right after a Court-ordered than Geballe, and Jim Fouratt) and rent asked, he said “Inspector Cokkinos was her retirement. assessment of the repairs to be done on the stabilization legislation (Marlene Nadler). an outstanding supervisor that led by ex- —— Stephanie Phelan Berks’ 15th floor apartment at 95 Christo- — Alec Pruchnicki ample. All of us at the Sixth Precinct will pher, Ruth’s guardian, District Leader Ar- VID Executive Committee member really miss her.” Briefly Noted Continued on page 4 4 WestView News July 2015 www.westviewnews.org Consultants Kicked Off Gravy Train

By Carol F. Yost For too long, the attitude has been that needed. a McMansion in a leafy suburb accom- for-profit consultants or companies, with I recall one instance of a private con- panied the article. It was Raffi’s Paramus, On May 5, the Daily News printed the their money-making incentive and drive, sultant at HPD, where I was working at NJ, home. He was bringing in $437,272 dramatic story that, after years of outsourc- could do a job more efficiently and better the time, a dozen years ago. Rafael Naveh a year—much more than any City worker ing technical services to private vendors, than City drudges. That’s changing. The seemed a quiet, unassuming man who for ever could, and in fact it was more than our New York City agencies are going to go privatization cost the City more, often at least ten years was in charge of oversee- Governor, our Mayor (if Bloomberg had in-house. Under the heading “City to In- did not yield better results, and was unfair ing our entire computer system, which accepted a salary), and even our President Source Consultant Gigs, Save Millions,” to City workers—union members—who agency heads hoped to maintain as state- was being paid. they report that “city officials expect to had toiled in the system, rising through of-the-art. HPD management, interviewed for the save 3.6 million this year” and potentially the ranks after taking tough civil service Meanwhile, I knew a number of top- article, had quickly responded that to get “nearly $100 million over five years” by exams; it made for fewer jobs being avail- flight City workers who could surely have the best, you had to pay for it; after all, you cutting off the “legions of $500,000-a-year able to them, and insultingly implied that done an excellent job in the same position; were competing with private firms for the consultants camped at scores of city agen- they just couldn’t be as good as outside they had style, too, and “the chops,” as they greatest talent. But with the appearance of cies for years.” consultants who often were paid much say. No drudges, these. But Raffi, origi- the article the damage was done. This was The practice of outsourcing had been in more. Now, job titles that are normally nally from Israel, was nice, and he padded a time when the City was facing a multi- place for more than twenty years, the ar- outsourced are being changed to regular around in a gray flannel pajama-like outfit billion-dollar debt, and the Mayor (though ticle said, and it cited the colossal and very city-agency positions. all day long, not bothering with the stylish not a friend of unions or City workers in expensive failure of Northrup-Grumman A central pool of IT technicians is also duds some of the City techs wore. general) had ordered agencies to cut costs. in its attempt to fix the 911 system as an planned, based at the Department of In- Then on January 27, 2003, an article ap- Shortly, after stroking its agency chin and example of why privatization of needed formation Technology and Telecommuni- peared in the New York Post, embarrass- reflecting upon the matter, HPD quietly services was a bad idea. The project was cations; they will be able to go from agency ing the agency considerably and shocking terminated Raffi’s contract and turned to its turned over to City workers. to agency to handle different projects as many of its own employees. A photo of well-dressed but lower-paid in-house staff.

Letters Continued from page 3 He felt he needed to shower again—this lated apartment, so she was falsely ac- Briefly Noted is no way to face a day in NYC. cused of not living there. Just imagine Continued from page 3 They Want You Out And then, of course, there are the the emotional ramificatons of being courts that seem to be there for the dragged into court while having to take First Time in 46 by any Means landlord. Despite the fact that it’s called care of a loved one on her deathbed...all Years—No Rent Necessary! Landlord-Tenant Court, it is indeed a due to the greed of this landlord. Increase collection agency for said landlords. And many other stories. You’ve all Rent regulated tenants (mostly seniors) suf- Frivolous case after case is brought to heard them. Landlords want these rent For the first time in its forty-six-year fer anxiety every time the rent laws are set to this court for the sole purpose of wear- regulated apartments and they’ll go to any history, the rent stabilization board that expire. These tenants should be able to enjoy ing down the tenants emotionally and and all lengths and tactics to get them. decides how much of a rent increase is their apartment instead of having to worry it financially. These cases should be re- Steve Croman (and let us not forget justified for the landlords to keep up with will be deregulated out from under them. At viewed by the courts on their merits. the Mrs., Harriet) are not alone in their escalating fuel, labor and tax costs voted this time of their life, they’re on fixed incomes Many tenants cannot afford a lawyer, endless quest to get back apartments none—that’s right—nothing for the that don’t increase as much as rents, food and and it is a known fact that when a ten- from tenants. There’s Pinnacle, Icon, landlords. They will just have to eat the transportation, and these landlords are tar- ant doesn’t have a lawyer, they lose. The Shalom Brothers, and Ben Shaoul. increases, and this is true of the little old nishing what should be their Golden Years. Landlords, on the other hand, have law- The latest ones on the scene are Mahfor, widow who has only the income from one Who among you have not lived through the yers on retainer all the time. It costs them Aron & Joel Israel, Marolda, etc. or two apartments to live on. nightmare of an apartment being renovated nothing extra to bring tenants to court. State Attorney General Eric Schnei- This is directly due to de Blasio packing next to, above, or below you? Living in a Who’s paying for this? As usual, the taxpayer. derman and NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio the board with new members who voted 7-2 construction site for weeks and sometimes We know of one landlord, Steve have formed a task force “to look into” for the one million rent regulated tenants. months is intolerable—surrounded by dust, Croman, who actually brought a case the activities of these afore-mentioned For a two-year lease, the landlord can only containing possibly asbestos, lead, crystalline against one of his tenants alleging the predatory landlords, and we look for- get a 2% increase, which is yet another his- silica, cadmium and other toxic elements. tenant owed seven cents because the ward to their findings. Much more must toric low. So no question—with de Blasio Breathing in dust that could also be getting tenant was short one penny a month for be done to protect the tenants of this this is the age of the tenant. into our food as we cook our family dinners. seven months. It would be laughable ex- great city. The rent activists were disappointed at not A coating of dust blankets everything in the cept that it is so tragic and true. To quote long-time-gone tenant activ- seeing a rent roll back which they demand- apartments. We’ve all experienced burning This same landlord, Steve Croman, ist Esther Rand, “They’re not the lords ed—maybe next year. eyes and loud noises and some may develop dragged another tenant into court as of the land, but the scum of the earth.” The landlords association complained asthma, shortness of breath or a future cancer she attended to her hospitalized, nine- Oh Esther, how we need you now. that they will have to forego repairs and from all the dust the renovations produce. ty-eight year old dying mother. They — Cynthia Chaffee and Mary Ann Miller indeed the biggest landlord in the City, One tenant recalls wearing a suit, shirt and accused her of living with her mother, NYCHA was castigated last week for be- tie and by the time he got downstairs to the and not at her rent regulated apartment. Cynthia Chaffee and Mary Ann Miller began ing years behind on over 6000 repairs and ground floor to leave his building, he and During that tragic time, she was dragged the STOP CROMAN COALITION on some hundreds of apartments lay empty his suit were covered in grit, dirt and dust. to court. The landlord wanted her regu- Bastille Day, July 14, 2007. for lack of funds. Corner

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Whenever anyone calls on Arthur to do something good, he’s there and he doesn’t ask what’s in it for him and he doesn’t ask how much money there is and he doesn’t ask anything. He just does it. And you know, when you think about it, he is the kind of person who – we use the word with a lot of cliché and it’s overused– but he truly is a great American. You know when the founding fathers set up the country – if you read the Federalist’s Papers, what was their greatest doubt? Well, they had a lot of doubts. There was dealing with this new little beast called democracy in a republic. But the thing they worried about most is whether the citizenry would come forward and stand up to the plate.

You know, for a thousand years people had let someone else run things and they were really worried that the only people who would get involved in their government, whether it be running for office or, more importantly, just working to see that the government worked, were people only of self-interest. And of course we have a lot of that. We have a ton of apathy, people don’t care. And then it seems like all too many people who get involved are doing it because they’re saying there’s something in it for numero uno. But there are lots of people who are in it for the right reasons. And if you had to pick somebody who sort of –this room if filled with them, that’s one of the nice things about Arthur and his friends– but if you had to pick somebody who symbolizes that, it would be Arthur Schwartz. www.westviewnews.org July 2015 WestView News 7

Diller Continued from page 1 LOYALTY PROGRAM • GIFT CARDS FREE DELIVERY about run out of maintenance money). Oh, oh, the lease Diller Island is 2.4 acres and my house is in Bridge- also says that HRPT has to maintain the hundreds of hampton. It is literally impossible to have three per- reinforced concrete and steel mushrooms on which the formance spaces on a plot that small and still have concrete island will be draped like a fried egg. sylvan tree lined paths wending between them—I The lease does say that fifty-one percent of the events mean if they book a popular rock band thousands on the island have to be free or low cost, but entry tick- will come and the island’s ability to accommodate ets for the other forty-nine percent of the events should the crowd will be a joke. GREENWICH VILLAGE be set at a reasonable price “in the opinion of the lessor.” The place to have outdoor and even indoor perfor- 512 HUDSON STREET • NYC 10014 The lessor, of course, is Barry Diller—who could invite mances is the much larger, fourteen and a half acre WWW.SEAGRAPEWINES.COM • 212-463-7688 subway musicians to perform for the “free” events and Pier 40, but it needs $20 to $40 million to encase the then charge the going rate for a superstar rock concert. corroded steel piles and restore the crumbling rein- But it was the secretness that seems to have gotten forced concrete slabs that form the roof and floors— to the former and first president of the Hudson River but nobody wants to donate to maintenance, certainly Creative Image Company Park, Tom Fox. not Barry Diller. Fox, who headed the park under Pataki, offered that But wait, let’s take another look at that lease that A Marketing Communications Partnership there is a misconception that the park must be self-sup- the Park board was so quick to sign. It says that we Copywriting • Photography • Advertising • Branding • Marketing porting, saying it is not necessary for the park to gener- taxpayers have to build a bridge to Diller Island and Specializing in Community and Personalized Marketing • Neighborhood Rates ate operating funds by leasing the three commercially that it will cost $35 million, oh wow, we could use Clients include Chase, AMEX, Canon, Barnes and Noble, designated piers, but instead that is only an option. that $35 million to encase the corroded piles of Pier Bus Stop Cafe, Jackson Square Pharmacy Pier 54, the pier which Diller Island is slated to 40 and save the $5 million in revenue from Parking. replace was a very successful performance space and And in the large athletic field on Pier 40 we could 917 450-3323 • [email protected] • [email protected] clearly demonstrated that this was something the pub- easily have a ready-made rock concert space for thou- lic wanted, so a facility there could generate operating sands and, hey, we don’t need Barry Diller to run it, funds for the Park—but not if Diller is running it and the Park was doing a very good job booking popular keeping the books. events well before he arrived. The British designer Heatherwick is just that—a Oh wait, what are we going to lose by tearing up designer, not an architect. His proposed tree filled this lease? bridge over the Thames has run into stiff resistance. Barry was going to pay us $1 dollar a year for thirty I have a personal reason for questioning his design— years so bang, there goes thirty bucks.

Statement from Michael Gruen

Attorney Michael Gruen, President of The City Club and not existing piers. A performance space is not a and the attorney who is suing to halt Diller’s proposed ‘water dependent’ use. island, outlines four reasons for the suit in his statement 4) The Act generally allows rebuilding piers only

below. within their historic footprints. The Legislature re- Mentoring-Tutoring, Ron Elve and Associates cently amended that to allow ‘reconstruction’ of Pier 212 620 7910 From Michael Gruen, President, The City Club: “… 54, just to the south of the area where the island is MS NYU Education, NYS Licensed Teacher, we have started an action to force the Hudson River planned, even if the ‘reconstructed’ pier is outside the Retired CUNY Faculty Park Trust to comply with its governing law and with historic footprint. That amendment does not extend • college, career, social success environmental review requirements in connection with to building an entirely new structure which is not a • basics of all successful learning, testing, • early childhood and older, enrichment activities its project to build a 2.5 acre artificial elevated island for pier but an island and has no relationship to the origi- • tailored, individualized, results oriented/evidence based concerts, theater and other performances in the Park at nal Pier 54.” * reasonable rates — ask about #modal/DIY about 15th Street.” “.....The Trust’s prospective gain from the deal is [email protected] “Some of the major claims are: open to question: It will get $1 rent per year for the 30 Think Mr. Rogers! 1) The only environmental review conducted was a year term, and the speculative possibility of 5% of rev- preliminary one leading to a determination that there enues from broadcasting performances on the island. is no possibility of significant environmental damage It takes on the obligations of paying some $35,000,000 from the project and, therefore, no environmental im- as its contribution to construction costs, plus pay- pact statement (EIS) is required. This, among other ing continually for all maintenance of the structural things, flies in the face of a presumption that a project elements. The Trust will have no control over pro- of this size does have significant environmental im- gramming. Some might also think the architecture pacts. inconsistent with the rather gritty working waterfront 2) The lack of meaningful control over what the style of the Park. These benefit/detriment issues are, Lessee may charge for admission violates a require- of course, subject to disagreement. But that is exactly ment that public parks actually serve the public. what ought to be considered by the Legislature, and 3) The Hudson River Park Act allows only ‘water through extensive public discussion. This project is dependent’ uses in areas that are west of the bulkhead being pushed through with far too little public input.”

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HER BRILLIANCE COULD NOT BE RESTRAINED: Kathleen Lonsdale (above), used X-ray analysis to determine that benzene is in fact hexagonal..

By Mark M Green gression. As any mother will tell you, three (sciencefromaway.com) under the age of five is quite a handful. However, Thomas Lansdale did not hold Benzene with six carbon and six hydrogen common opinions of the time. He insisted atoms plays a critical industrial role, and is that he had married a scientist as well as a theoretical model for understanding all of a mother and encouraged her to continue organic chemistry. Although the shape of her work. In an account of her life by the this key molecule, proposed around 1860 Royal Society is a description of their early as a hexagon of carbon atoms, has to be life together: “In the evenings Thomas did certainly known to understand these roles, experiments in the kitchen for his PhD, “HANDS DOWN, for seventy years no experiment was capa- while Kathleen did her calculations by ble of testing this prediction. hand.” The calculations, based on her X- THE BEST In 1903, along came Kathleen, one ray experiments, were, in part, devoted to of the ten Yardley children of Coun- proving that benzene is in fact hexagonal. GYM IN NYC.” ty Kildare, Ireland. In England, where She continued her work with great success her family moved when she was a child, and in 1945 was one of the only two wom- — Franz H. Kathleen was directed to study “woman’s en ever offered membership in the Royal subjects.” But her brilliance could not be Society up to that time. restrained and she was allowed to go to a In spite of all her scientific accomplish- boys’ school, as the only girl in the class, ments, Kathleen Lonsdale spent a month in to study mathematics. She did so well that prison at the onset of World War II, wash- she was allowed to go to college. There she ing floors and cleaning toilets, for refusing included physics in her studies against all to register for war service and refusing to pay advice, as not a woman’s subject. Again the £2 fine for not registering. She and her she was not to be contained. In 1922 she husband, several years before, had become gained the highest marks of any student in Quakers and she believed in acting strongly the University’s BSc exams including the on pacifist beliefs. These beliefs affected her highest marks seen in ten years of students’ actions until the end of her life. She was also exams. One of her examiners was a famous a strong proponent of the role of women in physicist, W. H. Bragg. He immediately science holding the view that society has to saw her potential for scientific work and make special provisions to allow profession- interested her in his focus on X-ray analy- al women their role as mothers. sis, a method to determine the shapes of Perhaps we have reached a point now, molecules. Bragg suggested that she might in 2015, when her views are widely held. look at small organic molecules but said no But this was certainly not the situation more. Benzene and molecules derived from shortly before she died. I well remember, it are such small molecules. as a young professor in 1969 at the Uni- Not long after working with Bragg, versity of Michigan, recommending a bril- JOIN NOW, PAY ZERO INITIATION Kathleen met Thomas Lonsdale who was liant young woman for acceptance to the AND GET JULY FREE! an engineering student at University Col- graduate chemistry program at Cornell and lege London. They married in 1927 and receiving a letter in response appreciating Pier 60 | 212.336.6000 | chelseapiers.com/sc it appears that Kathleen decided that she my view, but noting that all acceptable Offer valid through 7/31/15. Restrictions apply. Photography: Scott McDermott should devote herself to family life: they male applicants are taken before a woman had three children in relatively close pro- is admitted.

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of New York vs. Hudson River Park Trust, makes a number on the bike path, now the busiest in the United States. continued from page 1 Pier 55 of powerful claims. Finally he argues that the seven-story structure, just off the ing facilities, and the offices of HRPC’s successor, the Hud- First, the suit asserts that the Trust violated SEQRA when shoreline, will block the scenic river views of the general public. son River Park Trust (HRPT). it made its “No Significant Impact” Environmental Assess- Attorney Gruen shows that in completing the Assessment, the Shift forward to November 2014 and the public announce- ment, and skipped the EIS process. Second, it asserts that the Trust relied on data utilized in the Park’s 1995 EIS, data which is ment that the HRPT had been negotiating secretly for over Trust is essentially giving parkland to a private entity, violat- wholly out of date. He argued that no alternatives were consid- a year and a half with media mogul Barry Diller about the ing the Public Trust Doctrine (an action legally described as ered including the option of using part of Pier 54’s footprint; the creation of Pier 55, a new island to be built between the Pier “alienation.”). Third, it argues that “Diller Island” violates the consideration of alternatives is a key principle under SEQRA. 54 pile fields and Pier 57, a former bus depot between 16th Hudson River Park Act because the Trust is supposed to spend Perhaps the most powerful argument in the Court submis- and 17th Streets. capital money on “water dependent” uses (something Diller Is- sion lies in the comparison with the Pier 57 Project, a few The negotiations had been secret, authorized, HRPT land does not offer), because the Trust did not put the lease for hundred feet to the north. The Pier 57 Project will be smaller, said, by an amendment to the Hudson River Park Act the pier out to bid (as required by law), and because it does not but went through eighty-eight weeks of study, planning and passed in June 2013, which allowed Pier 54 (at 14th include historic elements from the White Star Line (the cruise adjustments—including an EIS, and multiple public comment Street) to be rebuilt wider than its current footprint. The ship company which sailed the Lusitania and the Titanic, and periods. Gruen describes the Pier 55 process as a “the result of secret negotiations resulted in a full plan for the new is- which has its home at Pier 54). a secretive process designed to achieve a preordained outcome land, replete with seven-story-tall “pods” which would All are strong claims, but the SEQRA one is particularly that lacked the transparency required by law…not designed allow the structure to sit high enough to withstand the strong. Gruen, in his brief, compares the process used to vet to solicit meaningful public scrutiny. At every step , the Trust next Hurricane Sandy-like storm surge. It had a price tag Pier 55 with the process used to vet Pier 57. Under SEQRA, ignored the public in consideration of a massive plan such as of $135 million. The plans included a lease, which gave a government agency need only find that there is a “possibility” this….[b]y the time the HRPT publicly disclosed the Pier the Diller-controlled nonprofit power to run the “Pier” of a significant environmental impact for a full EIS to be trig- 55 Plan…nearly everything about it had been predetermined. trading pier upkeep for rent. And under the lease, 51% of gered. Since the Diller Island is a “Type I” action (an action The ‘public process’ that ensued was flawed and illusory.” the events on the “Pier” had to be low-cost or free. likely to require an EIS) the lead agency starts with a presump- I hate to say it, as someone who worked to create the Park, Perhaps most importantly the public announcement was tion that an EIS is needed and must show that it is not needed. and fought successfully to defend it against incursions by all coupled with an Environmental Impact Assessment which In doing so it must take a “hard look” at the impact of the con- sorts of inappropriate uses, but Gruen is right. This island will said, amazingly, that the “pier” would have “no significant envi- struction project. fail—unless the Trust goes back to the drawing board like Gov- ronmental impact,” which would mean that a lengthy, expen- In sum, Gruen argues that the finding of “no potential im- ernor Pataki did at Pier 40. Successful park projects must show sive EIS would not be needed. There followed an expedited pact” is not only arbitrary and capricious, it is absurd. The proj- a strong reflection of community input or they will not suc- “public review process,” which lasted all of eight weeks (from ect involves driving 550 piles into an area already described in ceed. Here Gruen and Fox waited until the day the Statute of November 17, 2014 to January 23, 2015), and the adoption, by the law as an Estuarine Sanctuary. (He talks about the impacts Limitations was to run out, but in doing so placed Diller Island the HRPT Board of the Negative Environmental Declaration, of the noise and vibrations on fish mortality, fish movement, in danger of going the way of Westway, which met its demise the lease, and the entire plan on February 11, 2015. and fish foraging.) It will have shading impacts on vast swatch- because of a faulty environmental process.. On June 11th Attorney Michael Gruen and Tom Fox (with es of the river bottom, affecting flora and fish (most especially whom I worked in founding and serving as a Director of the shortnosed sturgeon, which breeds in that area). And it will Arthur Z. Schwartz is the Democratic District Leader for Friends of Hudson River Park from 1999 to 2011) along with create runoff into the river of unknown content. Greenwich Village. He was a founder and eleven year member of the City Club (a “civic” organization) filed their lawsuit in op- He also argues that on the land there will be increased ve- the Board of Friends of Hudson River Park, and is a former five position to the entire Pier 55 project.The suit, titled City Club hicular traffic, and that crowds and vehicles will have an impact times Chair of the Hudson River Park Trust Advisory Council.

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Red-tailed Hawks are tones for their singing repertoire. (Are they mocking us?) Canada Geese like Maggie B’s Photo of the Month moving back to the city in our lawns so much that some flocks have record numbers, now that deserted the age-old tradition of migrat- they’ve discovered the endless ing, and now they just hunker down for the winter rather than visit their south- locavore and paleo possibilities ern relatives. Chimney Swifts, of course, of urban dining. prefer our chimneys for housing. Per- haps a few of their country cousins still Our windowsills, cornices, streets, and set up housekeeping in hollow trees, but parks provide everything they need. they’ve been urbanized for centuries. Passing by Chumley’s, I wonder if it The Barn Swallow swooping down will ever reopen. over the corner of Christopher Street has Red-tailed Hawks are moving back cajoled our forebears to name him after to the city in record numbers, now that his favorite suburb—our barns—though they’ve discovered the endless locavore for this fellow, “home” is probably a pier and paleo possibilities of urban dining. over the Hudson River. Peregrine Fal- Not to mention using their new-found cons, in lieu of their mountain-cliff ae- celebrity status to keep the best housing. ries of yore, have colonized our skyscrap- Pale Male has his Fifth Avenue Cen- ers and bridges. tral Park views as well as a book, and Songster Cardinals and last month’s in- sheaves of articles, written about him; the-pink House Finches have comman- the Washington Square NYU nest has deered our fire escapes and water towers as even gotten its own reality series with their concert venues of choice, while Blue 24/7 viewing of their intimate home life Jays seem happy to scream blue-blooded in addition to complimentary medical murder from anywhere they please. coverage for the entire family. Turning down Perry Street toward home, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s bird- I imagine Millie honing her own adaptive centric What lips my lips have kissed, and medieval corgi-wiles: to ask me for a treat where, and why spreads (narrowly) over and to demand to be taken out for a walk. “SMILE! YOU’RE ON CANDID CAMERA:” How could anyone have resisted photograph- the sidewalk at 75½ Bedford Street. ing such a strikingly handsome Leopard Turtle as he posed so cheerfully at the New Robins are content in our street trees For more information about nature walks, York Turtle and Tortoise Society’s 41st Annual Show in the Village Community School’s and roof gardens. Mockingbirds have books and photographs, visit www. yard at Greenwich and West 10th Streets? I’m already looking forward to seeing him and his friends again next June. Photo by Maggie Berkvist appropriated our car horns and ring- keithmichaelnyc.com.

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14 WestView News July 2015 www.westviewnews.org When Horses Ruled NYC Then & Now A series on historic stable/carriage houses: 271 W 10th Street 51 Bank Street By Brian J Pape Of course, the first floor at street level By Stan Fine allowed the firm’s trucks or wagons to be In the May 2015 is- parked and loaded inside. A ramp led to sue, we inaugurated the second floor so horses could walk up this series with a study and down as needed. The original structure of 129 Charles Street, had one central carriage door and an en- ca. 1897. Readers also trance door on the right side, and a win- saw an ad for recent dow to the left side of this 27’ wide facade. “House Sales,” one Three single windows on the second floor of which is 271 West and third floor completed the composition. Tenth Street, an- In 1921, David Walsh Inc. bought the REMNANTS FROM other stable building building for their trucking and rigging com- THE DAYS OF OLD: An artistic bronze between Greenwich pany. From 1935 to 1976, the Walsh estate sculptural door and Washington leased the building, first to A. Lindenbaum knocker adorns the Streets, across from Trucking until 1966, then as a remodeled front door. the Village Commu- space for offices and artists’ studios until nity School. 1976. At least two artists leased the building The stables of old had distinctive attri- from the Walsh’s: Hans Van de Bovenkamp butes that allow us to pick them out, and I in 1966-1969, when the New York Times wondered how many readers noticed those wrote “Artists Arrange Multi-Loft Show” features on this building’s picture? A large in April 19, 1968, and Bill Barrett in 1969. opening at the street level for carriages When the Greenwich Village Historic and horses to enter is a sure give-away, but District was extended in 2006, the City there is more; this building was built with a report stated that alterations to the facade CAN YOU NOTICE THE OLD DISTINCTiVE ATTRIBUTES? This 1911 horse stable on 271 metal hoist projecting near the copper cor- occurred between 1964 and 1988 (but not West 10th Street retains its central door and hayloft hoist above the third floor window. nice, a necessity to lift heavy hay bales up to from 1989 to 2006). Photos by Brian J. Pape. the second or third floors! Stephanie Wise purchased the build- ing in 1976, quickly remodeling it for sor of art. Curiously, a ceramic medallion is plans to convert the building into a single 271 W 10th Street rental apartments above a one-car ga- still mounted over the carriage door, encir- family dwelling with a new full basement Stable/Construction Garage rage. The noted changes were through- cled with the names “Tulchin” and “Wise”! and 4th floor to be added, for a finished The former stable at 271 W 10th Street is our wall air-conditioner units, a metal bal- It was sold to actor Wesley Trent Snipes in 10,000 SF of area, according to broker Mat- second study example. It was constructed by cony, and the windows on the first and 1998, and in 2000 it was again sold to the thew Pravda of Leslie J. Garfield & Co. owners David and Anna Naugle and the Da- second floor enlarged to fit newer doors. De Boni Land Trust. What remains from Next month we will study another his- vid Naugle Construction Company in 1911 On the original passage door is an elabo- days of old are the hayloft hoist, copper toric stable building. for the construction firm’s use. Designs by rate scrolled bronze door knocker and cornice, and faded painted wall signs, no- architect Charles H. Richter, Jr. for this three- address numbers, a Gothic addition of tably one for “Horses and Trucks to Hire.” Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP, is a GV story vernacular style brick with stone lintel more recent vintage. Most recently, a new owner purchased resident, licensed architect, and licensed real structure provided horse stables on the first Ms. Wise sold it in 1996 to Eugene a gutted, empty building for $14,850,000, estate salesperson, specializing in historic two floors, and a hay loft on the third floor. Tulchin, a Cooper Union associate profes- with Landmark Commission-approved preservation and green architecture. The Lost Cinemas of the West Village It’s a Wrap (Part One) Dr. Caligari. A month later this film was still showing This was the beginning of the end and it closed in June to packed houses. The cinema became a pioneer of the 2000. Though not a repertory cinema, it was small and By Clive I. Morrick Little Motion Picture Theatre movement. A year later local and showed first run movies. similar cinemas opened in Washington, D.C., Cleve- There was always a heating-cooling problem with I had intended to write one article on some favorite land, and Chicago. one auditorium too hot, the other too cold. For dueling West Village cinemas which I and many readers had memories of rodents from former managers check out known but are now lost to us even before I discovered The Art Greenwich Twin, the comments at cinematreasures.org. the Sheridan, Carmine, and Fugazy cinemas (WVN 97 Greenwich Avenue, now an Equinox Fitness Vol. 11, Nos 4-6). So here it is, in two parts. Center, 1936-2000. The Waverly Theater, 325 Avenue of the Americas, This cinema had four identities in its sixty-four years. now the IFC Center, 1937-2001. The Fifth Avenue Cinema It opened in February 1936 as the Greenwich Theater. This cinema opened in 1937 as an art cinema in what (or Playhouse), 66 Fifth Avenue, On August 19, 1936, four hundred patrons had to en- was formerly a church. It was probably named after now the New School’s Parsons School of Design, dure a stink bomb. Ushers used sprays and perfumes nearby Waverly Place, which was named after Sir Wa- 1926-1973. and the show went on uninterrupted. This incident was ter Scott’s novel Waverley. This was the “first succinctly art cinema in America.” put down to labor troubles. Cineplex Odeon bought it in the early 1980s and In 1922, the National Board of Review (NBR) had It later became the Greenwich Playhouse, operat- installed a small second screen, calling it the Waverly broached the idea of small specialty theaters to show ed by Creative Entertainment, and on December 14, Twin. It began to show mass market films but lost its pictures of unusual artistic merit, acknowledging there 1979, re-opened as the two-screen Greenwich Play- audience. was no mass audience for this kind of film. house 1 and 2, called the Greenwich Playhouse Twin The Waverly began the phenomenon of weekend In its issue of November 1926, the NBR Magazine in the listings. midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. (whose office was at 70 Fifth Avenue) reported that In the mid-1980s, Cineplex Odeon took it over and The first was on April 2, 1976, the last in January 1978. Film Associates, Inc. had opened The Fifth Avenue renamed it the Art Greenwich Twin. But in 1998, as a But perhaps the Waverly requires an asterisk because Cinema, “with its intimate air, its hospitable lounge, result of merger with Loew’s Theaters, Cineplex Ode- the location is not lost to us. On June 17, 2005, the and apparently sincere endeavor not to take the name on had to sell it. On August 28, 1998, The New York three-screen (now five) IFC Center opened there. On of art in vain.” The first showing wasThe Cabinet of Times reported that Cablevision would take it over. weekends it plays “Waverly Midnights.” www.westviewnews.org July 2015 WestView News 15

Then & Now House Sales By Matthew Pravda 51 Bank Street By Stan Fine

58 Barrow Street has hit the market. There’s a new impending record sale in The address cannot be found on a map the Village. 16 East 10th Street, a sin- but sits on a quiet, private courtyard gle-family townhouse developed by Da- THEN NOW in the West Village known as Pamela vid Amirian, is officially under contract. 1920. Although the building was erected in 2015. Occupying the historical landmark Court. There is a doorway on Pamela The house was listed for $38,500,000 1898, this photo was taken in 1920 for NYC building is Hamilton’s vintage 1940’s style Court that was the back entrance to and was beautifully renovated. The 25’ tax record purposes, hence the number on soda fountain and luncheonette. Many the historic Village bar Chumley’s. The wide mansion boasted 16’ ceilings, a the cart. The Roaring Twenties, the Jazz architectural details are still visible after one door was said to be a secret exit dur- swimming pool, and five bedrooms. Age, Woodrow Wilson was our 27th Presi- hundred and seventeen years. Note the ing the days of the Prohibition when dent and John Hylan was New York City’s facades, cornices, quoins, fire escapes and Chumley’s was a well-known speak- Matthew Pravda is a real estate broker at 96th Mayor, in an era that was witness to lamppost. The structure remains a proud large-scale adoption of automobiles, tele- West Village gem located on Bank and easy. The renovated house is approxi- Leslie J. Garfield & Co. specializing in town- phones, motion pictures and electricity that W. 4th Streets, reminding us of an original mately 2,000 square feet and is asking house and small building sales. In 15 years he elevated unprecedented industrial growth. turbulent milestone era gone by. Photo by $4,250,000. has had sales totaling over $300,000,000. Photo courtesy www.hamiltonsoda.com Stan Fine Croman Takes A Left to the Jaw

By Arthur Z. Schwartz a scenario, a landlord could place an em- ployee in an apartment for a short period Taste of Lima owner, Nelida Godfrey, is of time for the sole purpose of skirting its waging a two front battle with Monster rent regulatory status as it could then per- Landlord Steve Croman, who owns the manently deregulate the premises once the building she lives in (on Bedford Street) and employee vacates.” the building where her restaurant is located The prior legal rent for the apartment was (on the corner of Bedford and Christopher). $791 per month. The litigation will continue, On June 15, Judge Peter Wendt issued a rul- but Judge Wendt is likely to set a rent begin- ing on a petition brought by Croman alleg- ning in the low $800 per month range going ing that Nelida’s apartment was not subject back to 2005. There will be lots of money to the Rent Stabilization Law, and that he retuned, over $15,000 per year over a ten had a right to evict her. The lawsuit had been year period. The law provides for a penalty going on since 2012. Nelida, who was rep- of three times the overcharge in some cases resented by the Urban Justice Center, coun- where the overcharge was willful, an argu- tered not only that her apartment was Rent ment Nelida’s lawyer will pursue. Even with- Stabilized, but that the rent she has been out the penalty, the landlord must pay nine paying far exceeded the amount allowed un- percent annual interest on the overcharge. der the Rent Laws (an “overcharge’). Of course there will be appeals, and The landlord argued here that before Nel- Nelida is not totally out of the woods. But ida moved in, and agreed to pay $2350 per Nelida has a powerful card in her hand as month, the prior occupant had been a build- she fights to keep Croman from shutting Painting by Kazuya Morimoto ing employee, and that the four years the em- down her business. ployee lived there “destabilized” the apart- Efforts are underway (with the involve- ment. But Judge Wendt held otherwise. He ment of this author) to negotiate a resolu- Teich (pronounced tie-sh) is a family-run Teich Toys & Books Teich business with two West Village boutiques. 573 Hudson Street 22 8th Avenue held that after a “temporary exemption” (the tion so that Taste of Lima can live in peace Teich Toys & Books features a collection (at West 11th Street) (at West 12th Street) period when an employee or an owner is the on Christopher Street, the Godfrey family of engaging and inspiring products for kids 212-924-2232 212-537-6630 tenant) the first post-exemption lease must can live in secure Rent Stabilized housing, of all ages and Teich offers a thoughtful Mon–Sat, 10–7PM Mon–Sat, 11–7PM mix of gifts and accessories for men, be at the regulated rent.” If the Court were and her son, an up and coming high school Sunday, 10–6PM Sunday, 11–6PM to follow [the landlord’s] interpretation… basketball star (who recently secured a full women and home. Shop both stores online at teichdesign.com. @teichtoys @teichdesign the exemption [would become] permanent scholarship to Leman Preparatory School), at the whim of the landlord.… Under such can focus on his jump shot. 16 WestView News July 2015 www.westviewnews.org

The Times They Are A-Changin’! “When President Kennedy shook my hand in 1962, I was considered ‘a criminal, mentally ill, involved in illegal activities.’ He would have had to fire me [from the Peace Corps] since no government agency was allowed to employ homosexuals.” This is how the State Department’s Tom Gallagher opened his introduction to an LGBT tour group standing outside the Stone- wall Inn on June 21st. He was reminding his young listeners where things stood in 1969, when the gays at the Stonewall protested the police raid, sparking the revolution that started to turn things around. It was the beginning of a watershed week for LGBT rights. On Wednesday the Inn was given landmark status and on Friday Gay Pride weekend got off to an early start when crowds flocked to Sheridan Square to celebrate the Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage deci- sion. At first there was a little rain on Sunday’s Parade, but then the sun broke through and there were rainbows everywhere —Photos by Maggie Berkvist

The Decision “The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times. The generations that wrote and ratified the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment did not presume to know the extent of freedom in all of its dimen- sions, and so they entrusted to future generations a charter protecting the right of all persons to enjoy liberty as we learn its meaning. When new insight reveals discord between the Constitu- tion’s central protections and a received It Was Not Easy to be Gay Back Then legal stricture, a claim to liberty must be addressed.... Oh wow! When I read the date “1962” a time when you could be fired from a government The dynamic of our constitutional job for being a homosexual, I remembered that I was asked to join a design firm as a part- system is that individuals need not await ner because I was straight— in that very same year! —George Capsis legislative action before asserting a funda- mental right. The Nation’s courts are open to injured individuals who come to them to vindicate their own direct, personal stake in our basic charter. An individual can invoke a right to constitutional protection when he or she is harmed, even if the broader public disagrees and even if the legislature refuses to act. The idea of the Constitution ‘was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissi- tudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts.’” —Justice Anthony Kennedy, major- ity opinion, OBERGEFELL ET AL. v. HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DE- PARTMENT OF HEALTH, decided June 26, 2015.

Why the Gay Marriage Decision Is Important to Everyone By Arthur Z. Schwartz Amendment to the Constitution, which way it was intended, and—as Justice direct, personal stake” in the Constitution, followed the Civil War, is a living text Kennedy explained—it was not intended “even if the broader public disagrees.” It Friday, June 26, 2015 will live as a historic designed to protect Americans from to be a narrowly written law designed is a message to all of us to stand up to day in American Constitutional history. invidious discrimination. The Amendment only to prevent race discrimination. injustice, to stand up for what is right, and Yes, it is a day when the Supreme Court simply says, “No state shall make or It is apparent, if you are Gay or Lesbian, to make judges open their eyes, to be issued a ruling affirming the rights of mil- enforce any law which shall abridge the why the Obergefell decision is important to creative and to address issues of great lions of people—a decision up there with privileges or immunities of citizens of the you. It wipes away almost every restric- moment, particularly those that affect Brown v. Board of Education, which struck United States; nor shall any state deprive tion on your civil liberties (which are rights individual liberty. down the concept of “separate but equal” any person of life, liberty, or property, affected by government action), not just In this quick-paced internet world, schools for Whites and Blacks, and Roe without due process of law; nor deny to the right to marry. And by civil liberties, I always in motion, where the government v. Wade, which legalized abortion but did any person within its jurisdiction the equal am referring to laws and rules enacted by can often loom so large, we can step back so in the context of affirming the right of protection of the laws.” Its language is the government for “straights.” It is not sometimes and say “No.” And sometimes women to control their own bodies. amazingly sweeping, perhaps as sweep- just an interesting celebratory moment. we will win. The Gay Marriage decision, Obergefell ing as any governing document other Justice Kennedy reaffirmed that our “na- v. Hodges (there’s a mouthful), is pre- than the Declaration of Independence. tion’s courts are open to injured individuals Arthur Z. Schwartz is the Democratic Dis- mised on the notion that the Fourteenth But it has not always been applied in the who come to them to vindicate their own trict Leader for Greenwich Village. www.westviewnews.org July 2015 WestView News 17

rooms the several apartments available had— “How much is the rent?” my mother would A Life of Apartments(Part Two) one or two or even three. My mother would at last offer, and the super who was getting ask me to ring the highly polished super’s bell a small commission would reply back with By George Capsis my last family apartment on Tiemann just left of the entrance doorway and instant- something like $52.50 and then my mother Place and Riverside Drive. Us boys (we ly, dangling a ring of keys, the super would quickly added “How many months conces- Part Two continues to chart a lifetime’s were three) thought we had gotten rich emerge from the basement. sion’? That is, how many months of no rent worth of apartments. If you missed Part because it had an elevator with an always- She would ask if he had any apartments would we get—she never took an apartment One, you can find it at http://westviewnews. disgruntled elevator man. We lived on the on the 5th floor (they were cheaper) and unless she got at least one month free). org/2015/04/a-life-of-apartments-part-one 5th floor with a look out to the river and then added she needed a “3 bedroom” and In the last family apartment on Tiemann historic Claremont Inn (they tore it down) if they had two available would we like to place my mother was pleased to discover that After leaving the apartment near the He- and the Palisades Amusement Park—we see them both? the landlord was a very distinguished looking brew Orphan Asylum, we moved to 105 watched as the roller coaster burned one We climbed the five flights, which had elderly German Jew who had fled Hitler, evi- Hamilton Place—a very narrow 18-foot wide day and that was the end of the park. windows on the airshaft that separated the dently with some money. She took great de- brownstone that my father bought for $13,000 Spring was the time people moved, and buildings, and breathed in the smells and light in their conversations over coffee con- dollars. We lived on the first two floors and I can remember walking with my German noises of our neighbors-to-be until we got to ducted in high German discussing why my rented rooms by the month. I can remember mother looking for a new apartment. We the 5th floor. The super would open the pro- father had not paid the rent in two months. Babs Costello, a waitress, who was having an walked until we saw a five story tenement spective apartment door releasing the smell Part Three will conclude with a discus- affair with the young, handsome and married that looked a touch better than the next one of fresh paint. The newly varnished hallway sion of the impetus for this walk down barber across the street, Mr. Sigara. and then regarded the shield hanging from would have a paper liner, and we walked in memory lane—a lack of affordable housing We then moved to 145th Street between the fire escape “Apartments for Let” which silent inspection not tipping our hand before that is sending young folks out to Brooklyn Broadway and Amsterdam, and then to contained slots indicating how many bed- rent negotiations and beyond.

so why not pay twelve dollars a year to get it I Did Not Get My Paper This Month in the mail? By George Capsis carefully only one or two articles and of those “We never advertise. You have to talk to “But why should I pay for it when it is deliv- maybe two or three a month become the basis our Marketing Director Regina Regal, “ I ered to my lobby”? When I was a kid the Daily News went up of an article for WestView. hear sneeringly uttered in a new shop that has For those that ask this question I have no from two cents to three cents (the same as the One of our stalwarts, Maggie B, just sent an spent $400,000 to open and is paying $30,000 answer except this. If nobody pays for the Times) and I said so who is going to read the e-mail that the June issue had not been deliv- a month in rent.. “You have to talk to our paper there will be no paper—no kidding! News now? ered to her lobby on Bank Street and the faith- Marketing Director Regina Regal,” Ninety percent of the cost of printing is just The funny thing is I don’t even know the ful WestView readers were anxiously asking they say. the paper. price of the Times at this moment and had to “where are the papers”. When I call Regina I get voice mail, do my So if you like the paper, send twelve bucks. stop keying to check—it is, wow, $2.50. Our belief is that this is a community news- pitch and then nothing — simply nothing. Got to www.westviewnews.org and hit sub- But, come to think of it, while I read ev- paper so the more local the news, the more im- OK, Regina Regal has only contempt for scribe. Or send a check to West View News 69 ery headline in the Times each morning and portant the more interesting it is to the local my call but you people waiting for your pa- Charles Street New York, NY 10014 the captions on nearly all the photos, I read reader—do you agree? per at Bank Street—you must want it, right, And we will show Regina... Just Results. Picnic in the Park for 15% OFF The Leader in Village Townhouse Sales Since 1972

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By Catherine Revland

From Billie Holiday’s drug conviction in 1948 to her death in 1959, she could not perform in the West Vil- lage nightclubs where she had always sung to a packed house. The drug conviction had resulted in the loss of her cabaret card, a license administered by the NYPD, denying her the right to per- form in a venue where liquor was served. “In Philly, Bos- ton, or Frisco I could live and work where I pleased,” she told her biographer. “Not in New York.” There were other reasons for musicians like Billie hav- ing a problem with New York City. Harry J. Anslinger, head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, was of the opin- A POWERFUL ADVOCATE FOR ADDICTS: Dorothy Berry ion that addicts were psy- counsels an inmate at the Women’s House of Detention, chopathic, “criminals even ca. early 1950s. Credit: carrythemessage.com. before they acquired their habit,” and he was especially intolerant of In early 1950 Dolly Berry, as she was New York’s many jazz musicians. “Jazz,” he fondly called, helped Danny C start the wrote in one of his books, “grew up next to first public meeting of NA at a Salvation crime.” Another drawback was the NYPD Army cafeteria in Hell’s Kitchen, not far Narcotics Division, which a contemporary from the docks where members of Cosa journalist called “more repressive than any- Nostra were unloading opium by the ton thing Anslinger proposed.” from Marseilles, and when that neighbor- The only refuge for addicts in those dark hood got to be too dangerous, she secured days was our neighborhood. Two natives a room for the group at the McBurney Y. of the West Village, Dorothy Berry and When the NYPD narcotics squad raided Daniel Egan, are celebrated as icons of that the meeting, she convinced the chief of era in the newly released The Impossible police to leave them alone. Then word got Dream: A History of Narcotics Anonymous out about the raid to influential people who in New York. Published by the Greater became NA advocates, including a New New York Region of Narcotics Anony- York Times journalist who wrote a glow- mous at 154 Christopher Street, the book ing article about this group of addicts who reveals for the first time the importance of had found a way to help each other stop the West Village in the early history of this using drugs. The story soon went national fellowship. and professionals and entertainers, some In the late 1940s, Salvation Army major of them famous, started coming to these Dorothy Berry had been assigned to work meetings. Hope was in the air, but that was in the Women’s House of Detention. It had about to change. been built in the 1930s as a monument to In August 1956 Danny died of cancer. A humane incarceration, but even the correc- month later Congress enacted the Narcotic tions commissioner was now calling it a “sky- Control Act, the most punitive anti-drug scraper Alcatraz” and “a barbaric hellhole” legislation in U.S. history, and Harry An- where eighty percent of the inmates were ad- slinger ratcheted up his anti-addict cam- dicts. In the course of her work, Major Berry paign with renewed vengeance. People of met Danny C, an ex-convict who had been influence faded away, but help was waiting introduced in prison to an Alcoholics Anon- in the wings. Father Daniel Egan, a Fran- ymous program tailored for addicts. He ciscan Friar of the Atonement living at 138 wanted to start a similar program he called Waverly Place, had become another pow- Narcotics Anonymous. She offered him a erful advocate for addicts, and like Dolly Sunday meeting in the House of Deten- Berry, he wasn’t afraid of “Anslinger the tion. This bleak fortress that loomed over the Gunslinger.” His story will appear in the neighborhood, a revolving door to women August issue of the WestView News. she called the “unloved in the Legion of the Lost,” became the site of the first Narcotics Visit Catherine Revland’s new Web site and Anonymous meeting in the world. blog at http://catherinerevland.com. www.westviewnews.org July 2015 WestView News 19 Dolly Berry: Lima’s Taste—Christopher East of Hudson

The Food is Fantastic! flounder spiced up with lots of Peruvian spice. And for Then dessert: Cinnamon Flan and Chocolate Cake with An Addict’s Only Friend good measure, Nelida brought us her homemade hot Dulce de Leche. Both of us were oohing and aahing as we Since I called on my neighbors to assist Lima’s Taste and sauce. Amazing. Best ceviche I ever had—and it also licked the dish. its owner Nelida Godfrey in her fight against the Monster cleared out my sinuses. Light, cold, and tasty. Not overly But Lima’s Taste was largely empty, the victim of viscous Landlord, Steve Croman, by eating there, I had to go my- marinated, and the spice was sharp. social media attacks by the landlord. self. What a joy! We then shared two dishes: First, Lomo Saltado, a filet mi- We will be back soon, and we hope you will be joining Understand, I went with my 11-year-old daughter, Jor- gnon cubed dish cooked with tomatoes, onions, and potatoes. us. Aji de Pollo, Paella, Jalea (a fish dish), Tuna Anticucho, dyn, who is a demanding gourmet with a discerning palate. The meat was lean and the taste was superb. Then a chicken Papa Rellena… All look exciting. Check out the website, And Jordyn likes spicy food. breast dish, Escabeche, cooked in a panca pepper sauce over www.limastable.com. Help save a local business and have a We started with a Ceviche Pescado—a nice marinated sweet onions and yucca. Not a piece of food was left. great meal at the same time! —Arthur Z. Schwartz

Lima’s Taste Peruvian Ceviche Recipe Recipe by Nelida Godfrey

This is a nice recipe for those hot summer days. Ceviche • 8-12 limes, freshly squeezed and strained to remove comes in many forms. As long as there's seafood, citrus pulp, enough to cover fish and heat from a pepper of your choice, you can make • 1 red onion, thinly sliced and rinsed Ceviche. The denser the seafood, the longer the acid • Boston Lettuce in the citrus takes to cook it. Nelly the chef/owner of • 2 or 3 caramelized sweet potatos Lima’s Taste uses a flat fish such as flounder or fillet of sole in this recipe. The time needed to steep in the citrus Directions is not long because of the fish she uses. Nelly makes Combine all ingredients except red onion and mix well. many variations of Ceviche with anything from smoked Blend one spoon of fish, celery and habanero pepper salmon to tofu. —John Barrera Chop the fish into small cubes placing it in a bowl. Then you mix the blended ingredients with the chopped fish. Ingredients SERVINGS 6-8 Then add salt and pepper. • 2 lbs Flounder or 2 lbs other firm white fish fillets, Then add lime juice. cubed • 2 sticks of celery Before serving, mix well • 1 teaspoon salt Then, at the last minute, add the fine chopped onions so it • ½ teaspoon black pepper LIMA’S INVIGORATOR: Chef and owner of Lima’s Taste, will stay crispy with chopped cilantro. • 2 teaspoons fresh cilantro, chopped Nelida Godfrey, holds Ceviche made from very fresh fish filets marinated in the juice of a dozen limes and provoca- • 1 habanero pepper, seeded and chopped (or real Pe- Serve it on the bed of lettuce, slice the sweet potato to bal- tively spiced with Aji Amarillo. Photo by Maggie Berkvist. ruvian Aji Amarillo, if you can find it) ance the spice. Yup Bacon Still Sells and Then Some! would take a good amount of lead time to get. extra she could use some in her mail order business. Ok what By David A. Porat Last November, we placed our fall order for a few thou- do you do now… as an entrepreneur and someone who could sand units and late in November we got an email saying that “turn things around quickly”—you make your own. Chelsea Market Baskets over the last eighteen years has the product is no longer available for wholesale. The same I worked with my friend Paul Neuman, who owns Neu- constantly evolved, and we pride ourselves on exciting new day I got an email from a Brooklyn company saying if we had man’s Kitchen, to create a similar product but different products to experience and taste. An interesting chapter in that we call Bacon Peanuts and added the tag line “an ur- this is the story of our Bacon Peanuts or what we cheekily ban snack that transports you to the countryside.” We then call CMB Goin’ Nuts. substituted our own product for the unavailable Redhead It started in September 2009, when two people from the product. Our version is different, and maybe not as much a Red Head Restaurant in the East Village appeared in the brittle as a spiced nut mixture that includes a spicy-smoky- store with their Bacon Peanut Brittle that was written about sweet flavor made with maple syrup. shortly before by Frank Bruni in The New York Times Re- To our surprise, wholesale customers have continued to view. The end of the review included the words… “and that ask for the product, going out of their way to say “can you brittle, well, it goes a long, long way. It was there almost add some of those peanuts to our European specialty food from the start, and my bet is that it will be there until the orders?” We are getting ready to go into the Fancy Food end.” Having two representative from Redhead appearing Show and we will be offering Bacon Peanuts as an “add on” soon after I read those words, I said sure, we will take it— to our regular assortment. bring some tomorrow and demo it in the store. This product is surprisingly easy to sell. In fact a large It did strike a cord and was a success from the begin- upscale American Company has pursued us to sell it to ning, the familiar American flavors of peanuts, bacon and them. But they are keen to work at a very healthy margin maple syrup create a synergy both from a “point of sale” which is not easy to arrive at as a smaller “manufacturer” appeal and the taste that works. Not to mention a NYC using what is called a co-packer. Hence, we’re not ready for identity that, in this case, is refreshingly not Brooklyn. mass distribution but that may not be a bad thing because The Red Head Bacon Peanut Brittle went on to become we are dedicated to real specialty food, rich with ingredi- a best seller or in our top ten items in the store sales each BACON AND MAPLE FLAVORED PEANUTS! In collaboration ents and a story, but not fat enough for a big margin. week. We included the product in gift baskets, sold it on with our good friends at Neuman’s Kitchen, we developed WestView Readers, Come by and mention this article our website, and tried to keep a basket full of product in our own recipe. A perfect snack made in NYC. Photo by and get a bag for $3.00, one per customer. Let us know the store. Sometimes the product was not easy to get and Alberto Santini. what you think! 20 WestView News July 2015 www.westviewnews.org Years to Be a Chef— Why Is Trader Joe’s Minutes to Look Like One So Crowded By John Barrera ens. So what ends up happening is an industry that lacks basic skills and Comparison of Super Market Prices We have an obsession with all things standards. And what makes this even Gristede’s food. Whether cooked, written about, or more objectionable is our culture em- n photographed, as a society we can’t get braces this because the media calls for n Gourmet Garage enough. In this frenzied state of mind, it. When someone on the latest cook- who better than the media to exploit ing show addresses the person who just n Trader Joe’s our obsession. The problem, though, is cooked a meal or baked a brownie what their pervasive marketing of everything do they call them? “Chef.” Really? Some food has diluted standards put in place of these contestants are no more than to ensure the high quality of our cuisine. decent cooks. The media has taken decent cooks and Before I start sounding like someone $5.79 $6.99 $2.29 $1.59 $1.49 $5.39 $3.99 $2.79 $3.99 $3.99 $2.79 elevated them to chef status overnight. yelling at a skyscraper, let me give you $1.39 My dilemma is that our obsession is de- some basic information. The American Milk, one quart Orange Juice, 1/2 Gallon Eggs, a dozen Butter, one pound stroying both the quality of our cuisine Culinary Federation (ACF) was formed and the people that have worked so hard in 1929 and oversees the culinary land- By George Capsis than in 1937, you can still price measure by to bring food in this county to such a scape in the United States. In 1976 they staples. See chart above. high standard. led an initiative to upgrade the definition Consumer Reports, once again, voted fam- So, OK, you can see at a glance that This obsession with food makes it in- of Chef from domestic to professional. ily-owned Wegmans as the number one Trader Joe’s is dramatically cheaper for sta- creasingly more difficult to separate the There are fourteen certification desig- supermarket in America but West Villagers ples but that is not the only reason I bike all real from the fake. As I’ve said before— nations starting with certified culinarian need not despair, Trader Joe’s came in third. the way up to 21st and 6th Avenue. just because you make a great quiche (cc) which is your basic cook. The most Oddly CR gave Trader Joe’s a low rating for One CR reader complained that Trader does not mean you should open a res- prestigious of them all is certified mas- the quality of its produce, meats and baked Joe’s was not a “real” super market because taurant. Same with being a chef. Just be- ter chef (CMC). A Chef with a Master goods—so how come number three? they only carried their own brands, and for cause you have a neck tattoo and a chef Chefs Certification goes through a rig- CR likes the “store courtesy” in both the most part that is true (They do have coat, this does not qualify you as a chef. orous eight day test—both written and chains but Wegmans repeatedly makes to succumb to really powerful brands like Today’s media has diluted this highly practical. What makes this even more the Fortune’s list of 100 Best Companies Fage Greek Yogurt.) skilled profession throwing around titles challenging is the fact the test is judged to Work For and Trader Joe’s college cam- But think about it—as a Trader Joe buyer such as “Head Chef ” and “Master Chef ” by a panel of master chefs. So my guess pus-like employee benefits attract smiling, you can travel around the world talking to like pita bread in a falafel restaurant. is they’re not exactly telling you where self-contained, checkout clerks who easily food producers dangling a multi-million In Europe, before anyone would think the sheet pans are hiding. talk about the novel they are writing be- dollar purchase order if only they would put of calling you “Chef ” you would be in I called the ACF to get the running tween shifts. the Trader Joe name on it, which brings me an apprentice program from your early numbers on how many CMC’s there cur- I agree with the assessment—at Trader to the second reason I shop at Trader Joe’s. teens on. Along with your basic edu- rently are, and to my utter amazement Joe’s when it comes to produce I only buy Trader Joe’s is the only place you can get cation, you spent part of your day in found that there are sixty-seven. Years the nineteen cent bananas (I pick the big international frozen food. I mean, in five a professional kitchen—first washing and years ago when I was getting my ones) and cello-pack spring mix greens, minutes I can microwave Linguine with dishes and peeling vegetables. The en- certification for certified executive chef and that’s about it. I never buy the meats— Pesto made in Italy and then have a pear tire time in the kitchen you would be (CEC) there were well over one hundred. I mean they have no butcher—everything pie made in France—from Rome to Paris. tracking your hours and moving from A few years back Emeril Lagasse (a comes in packaged from god-only-knows Supermarkets pass on their ever increas- station to station—learning everything chef who has his hands in more things and, anyway, Ottomenelli has the best ing New York City rents in the prices you from butchering to baking and becom- having to do with food than even he meats around. For produce I will, when I pay, but Trader Joe’s keeps them the same ing proficient in them all. knows) was involved in a sitcom. I had get the courage, bike to Hong Kong Su- in all of its four hundred and ten stores, Here in the States, we also have stan- no interest in seeing this and neither permarket on Hester and Elizabeth (Chi- except for its Chardonnay—which is $2 in dards that must be met in order to be did anyone else. It lasted a few episodes nese housewives are nuts on freshness, and California but $3 in New York. certified as a chef. The problem is we and that was it. So the moral is: chefs while you wait will mordantly finger their Wegmans will open its first store in New do not require these certifications to shouldn’t be actors and not all people way through thirty pieces of bok-choy be- York City at the Brooklyn Navy Yards in get a job as a cook/chef in most kitch- should act like chefs. fore discovering Mr. Perfect, and an apple 2017, but that is too far to shop even with with a tiny ding is half price.) a cart. I have unsuccessfully recommended No, there is no question the long but rap- that we open Pier 40 to a Farmers Market idly moving Trader Joe’s check-out line (30 (they tried it outside but not enough traf- registers) which often starts shortly after you fic) but Pier 40 would make a good loca- enter the store and wends all the way through tion for a Wegmans or Trader Joe’s. I mean (you can shop while on the line) is there for if I, in my decrepit condition, can bike up one reason and one reason only—price to 21st Street for $65 of staples and fro- Since my older brother, John, handed zen exotica, I think West Villagers can get my mother a formally typed resignation themselves to the North wing of Pier 40 from the family at about age fourteen, I in order to exalt in shopping in the largest had to do all the run-down-four-flights Trader Joe’s in America. and up again shopping. Back in the thir- Yes, insane rents have driven up super- ties, prices simply never moved. A quart market prices in the West Village, but huge of milk was 11 cents, a pound of potatoes successful chains like Trader Joe’s or Weg- 5 cents and a loaf of Wonder Bread 11 mans can amortize lower prices over their cents (it was hard to sell so they made an hundreds of stores and make it up in thirty 8 cent loaf.) Depression prices for staples check-out registers’ volume. are laser etched in my mind, so I instinc- (I am going to mail this article to Weg- tively measure each store by the price of its mans and Trader Joe’s and the first to an- staples. Even though prices are a bit higher swer gets a thirty-year lease at Pier 40.) www.westviewnews.org July 2015 WestView News 21 Shopping Trader Joe’s— a Game Plan Peanut Butter Pretzels. The Belgian Dark By Caroline Benveniste Chocolate 3-pack is perfect for hot choco- late—melt one bar in 2/3 cups milk and I shop at Trader Joe’s all the time. It’s the simmer for two minutes—then strain, serve best place to get staples, but the real fun with whipped cream and voila—a delicious is discovering some of the more unusual chocolat chaud! offerings. Here are some guidelines that should help improve your shopping experi- • There is a large beer section and you ence: can buy individual bottles. • Shop only at the Chelsea store. • In the meat section, some of the The UWS store is located on two un- sausages are good, particularly the Local, sustainable, derground levels, making it confusing Bratwurst, cooked and uncooked versions and claustrophobic. Also, the lines are (serve with caramelized onions) and the yeah we got that. long and there are often empty shelves. Chicken Andouille. The 14th Street store is small and very • In frozen foods get the Green Tea crowded. Interesting fact: according to a Mochi, frozen fruit for smoothies and the cashier I spoke to, the Chelsea store has Green Chile Cheese Tamales (delicious Join us every day the most cashiers (30) of any Trader Joe’s with a homemade salsa). anywhere. • Three great seasonal items are Don’t go a on a Monday morning. from 5-7PM for our • the Chocolate Covered Peppermint Jo- The stores get cleaned out over the week- Jo’s ( Jo-Jo’s are like Oreos but without end and it takes the staff a few hours to get the hydrogenated fat), Fried Onions $25 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL products back on the shelves. and frozen puff pastry. If you like them • Shop early to avoid long lines. buy early and stockpile as they sell out quickly and don’t return until the fol- Always take a shopping cart • —even if lowing year. you’re only planning on picking up a few 117 Perry Street | (212) 727-1170 items, you will end up buying more than • Check the new item display at the you expected. back of the store—and try the sample of http://leftbanknewyork.com the day. • In the produce section, get the bags of citrus, particularly blood, heirloom • Pick up the “Fearless Flyer” when they and Cara Cara oranges (when available) have one. It lists new items and favorites. and lemons, limes and mandarins. The The Green Curry Shrimp Gyoza in the tastiest salad is the wild arugula. Also, get current issue sounds intriguing. the sweet onions (use them and the clari- • Don’t be afraid to try something—if fied butter to make caramelized onions) it turns out you didn’t like it you can bring and the avocados. The vacuum packed it back for a refund, no questions asked and cooked French lentils are wonderful for you don’t even need your receipt. soups and salads. • There is an impressive array of rice and rice blends; the Sprouted Organic Turkish Salad with Feta, California Rice and the Brown Rice Med- Fruit and Nuts ley are the best, and you can use the coco- nut milk and Jasmine rice to make coconut Ingredients rice. (available at Trader Joe’s) • The heavy cream is not ultra-pas- Salad Greens (Baby Lettuces or teurized, a rare find and better for beat- Arugula) ing. In the cheese section, stick to the Pub Sheep’s Milk Feta Cheese (good with the pretzel sticks) and the Greek Sheep’s Milk Feta. Red Grapes • The nuts are high quality and reason- Dried Fruit (golden raisins, ably priced, as are the dried fruits (e.g. Montmorency cherries, etc.) fancy Blenheim apricots and Montmorency Unsalted pistachios cherries) and trek mixes. The Thai almonds with lemongrass and chiles are amazing! Pomegranate seeds (optional) • The snacks are extensive—get the Equal parts Balsamic Vinegar and partially popped popcorn and cheese puffs Extra Virgin Olive Oil, with a splash of different sorts. The pita chips are ru- of Pomegranate Vinegar mored to be made by Stacy’s. They taste the same and are cheaper. Tear greens into smaller pieces. Cube • The chocolate/candy selection is Feta. Slice grapes in half. Add remain- considerable—two standouts are the ing ingredients and toss with dressing Chocolate Covered Sea Salt Butterscotch until well mixed. Caramels and Milk Chocolate Covered 22 WestView News July 2015 www.westviewnews.org Greenwich House Fights Summer Learning Loss COPPELIA By Joseph Salas on collaborative and individual projects in 207 West 14th Street • NY, NY 10011 disciplines such as architecture, painting and 212-858-5001 • coppelianyc.com It’s called learning loss. According to Harris drawing, cartoon art, ceramics, printmaking, Cooper, a Duke University Psychology Pro- and animation — and learn to feel comfort- Where Downtown New York fessor, children learn at the same pace during able expressing themselves artistically. the school year. It’s unequal access to quality “We found the biggest barrier to our pro- Celebrates Latin Cuisine 24/7 after-school and summer programming that grams was cost,” said After-School Director West Village … Chelsea … Meatpacking District causes children to fall behind. Children who Omar Amores. “We try to make the program do not participate in structured activities that as affordable as possible but families are strug- expose them to new challenges and experi- gling financially and wages are stagnant,” he ences over the summer, for example, lose an continued. average of two months’ worth of reading and Amores noted that one in four students in math skills. the programs relies on financial aid, but the In summer camps and after-school pro- need is greater than the aid available. Each grams, children learn to work together, make year families are forced to make tough deci- choices, take responsibility, develop creative sions, with many withdrawing because there skills, build independence and self-reliance, just aren’t enough funds available. and gain confidence. Most importantly, “Every child deserves the opportunity to though, routine exposure to new concepts, go to camp, not only for the fun and games people and perspective keeps the young mind but for the personal growth and development. in shape, so when school starts they are ready With our scholarship fund, we hope every to hit the ground running, losing little time child will have that opportunity,” said Amores. as they readjust. The Fund for Fun kicked off on June 17 Combating learning loss is an ongoing and runs through August 12, when Green- challenge. Significant barriers exist for many wich House has a special fest planned to cel- families to enroll their children in quality ex- ebrate reaching the goal. tracurricular programs including availability, Asked what will happen on August 12 if MEET ME AT COPPELIA transportation and cost. the goal isn’t reached Amores quipped, “We’re The Latin Diner with the Old Fashioned Flavor Greenwich House, however, has an- hoping everyone will do their part…we need nounced a new campaign to overcome these everyone to do their part.” barriers. The Fund for Fun is a two-month initiative to raise $10,000 for scholarships to To make a contribution to the Fund for Fun its After-School and Summer Arts Camp or for more information, visit greenwich- Counselor At Law programs. In each program children work house.org/fundforfun. Disability Law Gallatin’s Legacy at NYU By Ron Elve ered for admissions, although only the wealthy could afford to attend. “NYU Jew” and “Catholic U”—these In the 1920s most NYU students were Jew- Max Leifer P.C. were some of the names that NYU was ish. Post WWII, NYU welcomed the largest called based on its long-standing tradi- contingent of returning veterans in the coun- Max D. Leifer PC is an established law firm tion of an inclusive admissions process. try. Many immigrants, including Catholics with over 40 years experience in Personal Injury, Other schools, including the Ivy League (who were subject to quotas elsewhere) were Negligence, Social Security Disability, and religious institutions, imposed admis- admitted. By the 1970s, when this writer was sions quotas which led to Irish Catholics on the faculty, total NYU enrollment was a Long Term Disability, and Jews being excluded. NYU’s mission mind-boggling 40,000 students—for com- Commercial and Union Appeals. was explicitly not to discriminate based on parison, enrollment in Fall 2014 was 58,547. national origin, religious beliefs, or social So, in spite of the quotas, upwardly mobile We are committed to providing background. Albert Gallatin, Treasury NYU Jews, Catholic (Irish and otherwise) Secretary under Thomas Jefferson was a U’ers and many other groups went on to do high quality representation major NYU founder and champion of this quite well for themselves and the Nation. and we work aggressively to obtain open policy. At that time all were consid- Bless Gallatin and this country! the best possible results and protect the rights of our clients. Free consult in person or by phone. “Nobody left WestView in my lobby this month” Please feel free to contact us with any questions and our friendly staff will assist you with your concerns. 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Bernstein/Camden and Green classics are done justice by a 28-piece orchestra. On the Twentieth Century (PS Classics, 31 EIGHTH ANENUE two discs) – Nominated for Best Revival, CORNOR 8TH AVE & JANE STREET Actress, Featured Actor (Andy Karl). Who could have thought that anyone could almost THE BIGGER THE BURGER erase the indelible mark Madeline Kahn [or THE BETTER THE BURGER even Carole Lombard in the classic 1934 THE BURGERS ARE BETTER scatterbrain romp] made in the Cy Cole- AT TAVERN ON JANE man/Comden and Green 1978 original, but Kristin Chenoweth soars [winning a DD], with manic support from Peter Gallagher as a down on his luck Broadway producer [the great John Barrymore in the film], abetted by hilarious Michael McGrath and Mary FUN HOME: Tony-winner for Best Musical. Louise Wilson. A first class recording, which By Ellis Nassour includes the entire score. 36 tracks, includ- ing intro dialogue that almost puts you in a This was a Broadway season for the books theatre seat, the rousing overture, “I’ve Got with ten musicals opening. If you’ve seen the It All,” “Life Is Like a Train,” “Never” and shows, you can take these cast albums home “Our Private World.” to rekindle memories. If you haven’t, you’ll August will see the digital release of Brian discover some gems. All are quite reason- Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi’s comedy set ably-priced, with an SRP of less than $20. against the complicated scenario of a wed- Fun Home (PS Classics, Udated) Five- ding, It Shoulda Been You (Ghostlight), with time Tony nominee Jeanine Tesori and the hard copy out September 18. Tyne Daly, three-time Tony nominee Lisa Kron’s in- Harriet Harris, Lisa Howard, and Sierra OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK / SERVING DAILY UNTIL 1AM timate and poignant Tony-winning Best Boggess compete in the high jinks. BRUNCH, LUNCH, DINNER, LATE NIGHT musical, book, and score was a finalist for tavernonjane.com the Pulitzer Prize. The album features new ( 212 ) 675-2526 material—the 27 tracks include “It All Comes Back,” “Ring of Keys,” “Days and Days,” “Edges of the World,” and “Flying Away.” The King and I (Decca Broadway) Rod- gers and Hammerstein’s classic musical Nusraty won Tony and DDs for Best Revival. The stunning Lincoln Center Theater produc- tion sings 18 tracks, including “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello, Young Lovers,” and a Afghan four-minute rendition of “Shall We Dance?” On the Town (PS Classics, two-disc set) Stand for the national anthem, just as au- Imports diences do at this rousing nominee, which AN AMERICAN IN PARIS: Keeps the clas- premiered in 1944. This third revival is sics the Gershwins wrote, but partially considered the best yet. Join three sailors on reimagines the book. 24-hour shore leave and a girl-hunt as they 35th do our helluva town from the Bronx, which An American in Paris, (Masterworks Broad- is up, and the Battery, which is down: The way), keeps the classic the Gershwins wrote Anniversary for the Oscar-winning film, but partially reimagines the book. It earned 13Tony nods, Sale and won director Christopher Wheeldon a Choreography Tony and DD; and Tonys for orchestrations. Jill Paice, though no match for 30% Off the film’s icy Nina Foch, is calculating and se- Abdul Nusraty Jewelry and Antique Artifacts ductive as the other woman. 17 tracks, includ- ing “I Got Rhythm,” “The Man I Love,” and From 28 Countries “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise.” Museum-Quality On the Twentieth Century (PS Clas- sics, two discs), Kander and Ebb’s The Visit Oriental Carpets, Kilns (Broadway Records), and Something Rot- And Tapestries ten (Ghostlight) [Digital album available; in stores July 17] are also worth checking out. Now at 85 Christopher Street Longtime Village resident Ellis Nassour Between 7th Avenue and Bleecker Street is an author [Honky Tonk Angel: The (212) 691-1012 ON THE TOWN: This third revival is consid- Intimate Story of Patsy Cline], arts jour- [email protected] ered the best one yet. nalist, and contributor to Playbill. 24 WestView News July 2015 www.westviewnews.org The Village’s own The Village Inspires New Dreamers Abbey Road By John Barry

Bob Dylan lived on West 4th Street in the early ‘60s just before he catapulted to fame. His apartment was located at 161 West 4th St, just west of Sixth Avenue. Whether his seminal song, “Positively 4th Street” referred to this location or from his Minnesota origins is still a matter of conjecture, but no doubt he probably penned many of his early original songs at this location. His second album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, which debuted in 1963, shows an impossibly young Dylan with his then girlfriend, Suze Rotolo on the cover, standing in the middle of a cold looking and slush covered Jones Street, very near this apartment. I had lived on Jones Street for many years before I be- came aware of this cover shot, and only discovered it in- cidentally after doing a Google search of my street. Since then this fact has been published in NYC guide books. Now Dylan-loving couples flock to Jones Street to juxta- pose themselves in the same positions as Bob and Suze, similar to Beatle fans flocking to the Abbey Road location in London to reenact that eponymous Beatle album cover. A number of times I have been asked to take a couple’s photo reenacting the Dylan cover shot. Incidentally the Record Runner store, which is at the SOCIALLY AWARE ARTISTS ARE STILL INFLUENCED BY THE HISTORY AND ICONS OF THE GREENWICH VILLAGE: A exact location of the original photo, has the album in its young folksinger at a peace rally in lower Manhattan. Photo courtesy of Karen Kramer. window, so if you’re so inclined to do some reenacting yourself, you can use the album as a positioning reference. By Karen Kramer the young rebel/artists of today—if no longer in Green- Also if you have an interest in this era of the Village, wich Village, then perhaps in the outer boroughs—are there is probably no better source than Suze’s book, A Free- As a documentary filmmaker (and long-time Village resident) following in these footsteps. wheelin’ Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties, I’m always eager to keep alive the legacy of Greenwich Village. For the past four years I’ve taken my camera to poetry which was published a few years before her recent passing. After I made a documentary about Greenwich Village slams throughout the City where young spoken word art- in 2005, I received emails from viewers around the world ists “spit” their poems about racial profiling and immigra- sharing stories about how influenced they had been by this tion. I also took the camera to open mics, subway plat- small place. But what has really surprised me is that when forms, and street rallies where young folk musicians (who I talk to socially aware artists in their twenties and thirties, even knew they existed?) sang and played for passersby. they too have been influenced by the history and icons of At Zuccotti Park, I witnessed how much of the music Greenwich Village. They, too, are now shaping their Spo- that spontaneously erupted there paid homage to the early ken Word and political folk music lyrics into weapons for Greenwich Village scene. Twenty-somethings were sing- social change, much like Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, and Al- ing songs by Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton, as well as their len Ginsberg once did. own original lyrics against police brutality, globalization, For the past few years I’ve been working on a new docu- and financial inequities. mentary titled Renegade Dreamers. At first it started out to We filmed songwriter Matt Pless as he went tirelessly be solely a celebration of the coffee house scene of Bleecker from coffee house to open mics, to parks, following in the and MacDougal, but soon grew into a story I didn’t expect footsteps of the early troubadours. One of the highlights I started out by filming some of the “legends” such as of the film is when the legendary David Amram played Wavy Gravy. Wavy (formerly Hugh Romney) recalled Al- at the Cornelia Street Café and invited Matt to come on len Ginsberg and Gregory Corso reading their poetry at stage with him, uniting the generations. the Gaslight Café he managed, where, in a revolutionary As soon as we can raise the post-production funds, we’ll move for the time, he invited both poets and folk musi- be able to start the editing process. For now, we invite cians. Said Wavy, “I remember when Bob Dylan first came readers of WestView to read our full synopsis and see some in. He was wearing Woody Guthrie’s underwear, and he of the footage on our trailer by visiting www.Renegad- had a sign on his guitar that said ‘this machine kills Fas- eDreamers.com or contacting me at info@karenkramer- PHOTO RE-ENACTMENT IN NYC: Many visitors come to cists.” Other great interviews soon followed. films.com. Jones Street to mimic this Bob Dylan album cover, which But in this documentary I really wanted to stress how Long live Greenwich Village! was taken on Jones Street.

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Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter The BAMcinemaFest is the success story Fanon than King, she brought her politics Jimmy’s Hall what do you want to make of this” query.) of the year, with imaginative programing right onto stage with her blues. Director Ken Loach. In Spy, McCarthy romps through what by curators who hand pick the best indie Troubled and triggered by racism and Jimmy’s Hall is set in Ireland in the 30’s. I’d imagine is every smart and /or “big films and documentaries. They cull these blacklisted for her outspoken political Jimmy Grafton went to America dur- girl’s” fantasy—“I can do that just as good treasures from important film festivals like views, she, like other black Americans, left ing the Irish famine and got US citizen- as you slim women or handsome men”— Sundance and SXSW, as well as from re- and found some relief and lots of recogni- ship while keeping his Irish passport. He and that could include a whole lot of over- cent restorations. The curators also have a tion in Europe. But she was not a “back to returned to Ireland after the Wall Street weight women in America. keen awareness of the emerging Brooklyn Africa” kind of person although she was crash of ‘29 with a secular view of religion The spoof on James Bond-type spy ad- Film community who migrated there be- there with Stokely Carmichael and Miri- and politics formed by the Russian revo- venture films had the theater I was in laugh- cause of the high rents in Manhattan. am Makeba. lution. He worked organizing communi- ing almost all the time. About ten minutes in, This year the film festival is in full bloom— Garbus has the guts to not romanticize ties by building community centers where I stopped worrying about the health conse- premiering 35 movies in 12 days. After five her. Simone becomes very human in her dances as well as labor discussions can take quences of making a star out of an overweight years of building an audience, all the films I triumphs and tragedies. The film asks the place—much to the concern of the Roman women and just allowed myself to enjoy and saw this year (the smart choices with engaged question: can racism and surveillance make Catholic Church. get caught up in the laughs exploding around post screening Q&A’s) were sold out. one sick physically and mentally. As strong Perfect landscape for Loach and his hu- me. McCarthy is a very, very funny woman, MoMA and the Film Society of Lin- as the real Nina story is and the answers manity driven storytelling, Frank Capra and Spy is well done if not sticky. coln Center and Tribeca better look over that the film gives to the title’s question meets Agnes Varda. Beautifully cast with their shoulders because BAMcinemaFest about “what happened,” she is most re- the screen filled as usual with faces of ac- Warning: Avoid The Wolfpack this year outdid New Directors and had as velatory when she sits and sings. I say as tors so real looking you think you are Director Crystal Moselle many interesting documentaries as Tribeca. strongly as possible, you should see this watching a documentary. Based on a real Moselle is a young critic’s darling. This Many of the films will be released theatri- film—and try to see it in a theater with a person, its twists and turns have more in movie made me see red at Sundance. A cally over the next few months and I will good sound system. Trailer: https://youtu. common with a Scottish jig than Irish Step young college student who wants to be review them as they come out. Tangerine I be/moOQXZxriKY dancing. Less didactic than the usual feel- a filmmaker sees on the street five long- already have. good movie, it takes on both the Church haired young men walking in a pack and The Human Rights Watch Film Festi- Cartel Land and State and wears it on its sleeve. Like is fascinated by them, secretly following val at The Film Society of Lincoln Cen- Director Matthew Heineman every Irish person I have known. them to where they live in public housing. ter’s Walter Reed Theater was so strong Cartel Land looks at both sides of the bor- She continues to follow them whenever that many a night it almost made my heart der and how citizens rather than govern- Spy she hears they are out, which is extremely stop. I will tell you I learned things I did ment are fighting the cartel’s drug smug- Director Paul Feig rare, as they have been kept inside by their not know. gling. Heineman walks a very taut tight Yes Melissa McCarthy is fat, crude and hi- parents sometimes for a full year. Burden of Peace taught me the holocaust rope and never falls into the sinkhole of larious. It is also clear that there is a very Why is not ever made clear—nor is that took place in Guatemala with over justifiable advocacy. He goes back and intelligent woman behind this in-your-face- much actual information given to the view- 200,000 Mayan Indians murdered. And forth introducing us to people caught up in fat-girl. Her willingness to not be held back er in order to understand who these boys the courageous Attorney General Claudia being on the border where migration and from her comedic instincts by her physical are. We are titillated with some “facts.” Paz y Paz who went after the top political drug commerce takes place. Mexico has a self reminds me of the late Imogene Coca They are home-schooled by their mother; leadership responsible, including a former charismatic Che-like Doctor and Arizona (Google Your Show of Shows (w/Sid Cae- they learn most of their social skills by play President. Also outstanding was the new has an ex-military vet patrolling the border. sar) for a lesson in comedy history.) acting out Quentin Tarantino films. (Got film from Oscar nominatedGini Retick- Vigilantes? heroes? You decide. Written and directed by Paul Feig, who that!) There is a sister, but we never learn er—Pray the Devil Back to Hell. The Trials knows exactly how to push Ms. McCar- anything about her. In fact, we never learn of Spring follows what happened after the Love & Mercy: thy’s talent to the max without falling much about any of them except what we Arab Spring through the eyes of Egyp- The Brian Wilson Story into a sinkhole of stereotype. He has his see. tian women. No Land’s Song documents a Director Bill Pohlad character use her physical bulk to make a This film should have stayed a film young Iranian composer and her fight to This film deviates from the norm of mu- statement and allows the audience to see school project where Moselle could have get women’s solo voices, banned since the sic bio films. Pohlad chooses to not be the erotic desire and self-respect rare when benefited from scholastic critique. Instead, installation of a religious state, back in pub- chronological and his choice to mix the presenting a non-physically conforming the film was snatched up at Sundance and lic performance. young Brian (Paul Dano) with the Brian lead female character. the director, rather than learning from the From Sundance came 3/12 Minutes, Ten of today (John Cusack) clears away a lot What I like about McCarthy’s humor is mistakes she has made, becomes a festival Bullets; Cartel Land and The Black Panthers: of the clutter. Paul Giamatti plays the psy- the absence of self-loathing despite the al- celebrity. Oy! Vanguard of the Revolution (best doc yet chologist who both saved and controlled most slapstick element. She uses her physi- on Panthers and it is not just about guns, Wilson’s life and Elizabeth Banks plays cality in the same way Sacha Baron Cohen (cc) Jim Fouratt jimfourattsmoviesthatmat- defiance and death). Also, Tangerine (see the car saleswoman who put an end to the does—directly with an unstated, fierce “yes, ter.blogger.com review in June issue) and The Yes Men are 24/7 controlled environment and becomes Revolting have theater releases coming up. his wife. All the actors are interestingly cast Let’s Go to the Movies and the delivery from minor to major roles was impressive. Wilson, no mat- HELP!!! What Happened, Miss Simone? ter what his mental health issues were, WestView needs experienced Director Liz Garbus was a musical genius.The most intense- print designers to help with A hit for Netflix at Sundance comes first ly gripping moments are when, in the as a theatrical release. Oscar nominated middle of recording, Wilson gets audi- collateral, ad design, and Garbus holds nothing back and tells the tory hallucinations. The extended scene occasional editorial projects. story of a gifted classical piano-playing in the studio complete with the studio teenager and how she grew to be a unique band the Wrecking Crew including Must work in InDesign CS5 or CS6 on a Mac. blues singer. Simone came of professional Carol Kaye is the anchor of the film. age in the early ‘60s when black power and Not your typical rock star bio pic, but Contact George Capsis at [email protected] identity seized the stage…literally. Like much more insightful into the surfer and Stephanie Phelan at [email protected] Lena Horne, she was right in the thick of driven band. The script by the Director/ black power politics. Much more steeped in writer is pitch perfect. 26 WestView News July 2015 www.westviewnews.org

at Tenth Avenue and West Street. JULY n Mondays, 11 am: Toddler Time Picture book stories, songs and rhymes EVENTS for ages 18-36 months at Jefferson by Stephanie Phelan of Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. westvillageword.com Free. n Mondays at 4 pm: Stories and Craft Share favorite stories and make a simple craft after school. Recommend- wvw ed for ages 3-6. Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. n Tuesdays at 3:30 pm: Arts and Crafts For kids ages 3-12 at Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. Free. n Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 pm: Chess STREET FAIRS AND Master Workshop Kids ages 6 and SPECIAL EVENTS up can learn chess at the beginner, n Saturday July 4: Waverly Place intermediate or advance level. Jefferson Festival Washington Square North Chiwetel Ejiofor as Everyman and Katy Duchên as God in the National Theatre Live Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. from University Place to Macdougal production of Everyman at Skirball Center on July 17. Photo by Richard Hubert-Smith. Free. Street. n Tuesdays, 3:30 pm: Phreaky n Saturday July 18, 10 am-4 pm: City Physics Become a junior engineer of Water Day Boat tours, waterfront n Friday July 24, 8:30 pm: River- will play at Pier 45, Charles Street and by experimenting with axles, pulleys, activities, food, music and a Cardboard levers, gears and wheels. Jefferson Kayak Race at Governors Island and flicks Family Fridays —Pee Wee’s Hudson River Park. Free. Big Adventure Free movie, free n Saturday August 1, 2-3 pm: Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. Maxwell Place Park in Hoboken. Addi- Registration required in person or tional venues will be added as the date popcorn! Pier 46, Charles Street and Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps A Hudson River Park. Classical Music Concert at the 14th by calling (212) 243-4334. Jefferson draws near; go to www.cityofwaterday. Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. n Monday July 27, 6 pm: Rillington Street Passage of the High Line. Free. org. Free. Free. n Place A 1971 movie about the real- Saturdays and Sundays, 9 am-7 n Tuesdays at 3:30 pm: Afternoon pm: Our Lady of Pompeii Flea Mar- life case of the British serial killer John KIDS/TEENS Movietime Classic and current mov- ket Christie. Jefferson Market Library, 425 n Tuesday July 7, 14, 21 and 28 at Bleecker and Carmine Streets. ies for kids ages 3-12. Hudson Park n Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 Sixth Avenue. Free. 3 pm: Bilingual Birdies — Mandarin Library, 66 Leroy Street. Free. am-7 pm: St. Anthony’s Outdoor n Friday July 31, 8:30 pm: Riverflicks Learn the Spanish, French or Man- n Wednesdays from June 3-August 21, Market Vendors will be selling a vari- Family Fridays — Annie (2014) Free darin words for the changing colors of 10 am: Kids Yoga with Soothing Sounds ety of interesting wares. West Houston movie, free popcorn! Pier 46, Charles leaves, fruits, the sun and the moon, Recommended for kids ages 2-7. Class St between Sullivan and MacDougal Street and Hudson River Park. and various modes of transportation. Streets. n Monday August 3, 6 pm: Sextette Bilingual musicians teach theme- meets in the seating nook opposite the big An elderly Mae West stars in this related vocabulary through live music, playground at Washington Square Park. n FILM 1978 comic film about a woman on dance, and puppetry. Recommended Wednesdays at 11:15 am: Tod- dler Time Interactive stories, action n Monday July 6, 6 pm: Lawrence of her honeymoon with husband number for kids of all ages. Jefferson Market songs and fingerplays for walking tots Arabia, Part 2 The movie stars Peter 6. Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. accompanied by parents or caregivers. O’Toole as a flamboyant military figure Avenue. Free. n Wednesday July 15, 3:30 pm: Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. serving in the Middle East during Body Basics Kids 4 and older will Free. WWI. Jefferson Market Library, 425 MUSIC learn how different systems work to- n Wednesdays at 3:30 pm: Sixth Avenue. Free. n Sundays throughout July and gether to make their bodies work, and Preschool Time Picture book stories, n Friday July 10, 8:30 pm: Sponge- August. 4 pm: CHOPIN & Frenchies create their very own Organ Outfits™. Bob — Sponge Out of Water Classical music with pianist Emir For children ages 4 and older. Space Hudson River Park’s Family Fridays Gamsizoglu and the music of Chopin, limited; In-person or phone registration Al Pacino stars as an undercover cop presents PG movies with free popcorn Debussy, Saint-Saens, Eric Satie, Ravel, required. Call (212) 243-6876. Hudson going after a serial killer who targets at Pier 46, Charles Street and Hudson Faure and Rameau (There will be no Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. gays in Cruising, at the Jefferson Market Library on July 13. River Park. Free. concert on July 19). Caffe Vivaldi, 32 n Monday July 20, 2:30 pm: Manga n Monday July 13, 6 pm: Cruising Al Jones Street. Tickets (suggested dona- Drawing for Teens Learn how to draw Pacino stars as a police detective who tion) $20. A brunch and full bar avail- your own characters, plot your stories, goes undercover in the underground able.For more information and reserva- and more, based on the highly popular S&M gay subculture of New York City tions, email [email protected]. style of Japanese comics and animations. to catch a serial killer who is preying on n Tuesday July 7, 8 pm: Washington All materials will be provided. For ages gay men. Jefferson Market Library, 425 Square Music Festival A free concert 12 to 18 years old. Hudson Park Library, Sixth Avenue. Free. of American Jazz on the main stage at 66 Leroy Street. Free. n Friday July 17, 8:30 pm: Riverflicks Washington Square Park. n Monday August 3, 11:15 am: Family Fridays — The Box Trolls n Friday July 10, 7 pm: Sunset on Stomp, Clap and Sing An energetic Free movie, free popcorn! Pier 46, the Hudson Max Gallico & Friends music and movement experience for Charles Street and Hudson River Park. will play at Pier 45, Charles Street and babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. n Monday July 20, 5 pm: Frankie Hudson River Park. Free. Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. and Johnny Al Pacino and Michelle n July 14, 7 pm: Barry Altschul 3 Free. Pfeiffer star in this 1991 movie about Provincetown Playhouse,133 MacDou- n Sundays July 5-August 23: Pop Up an ex-con and a waitress. Jefferson gal Street. Free. Maker Space Participants design and Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. n Friday July 31, 7 pm: Sunset on construct projects inspired by science Free. the Hudson Max Gallico & Friends and nautical concepts. 14th Street Park www.westviewnews.org July 2015 WestView News 27 songs and rhymes for children ages 2-5 mat. sembly of God A tour of the building Saturday each month at at Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth n Wednesdays Through August 18, and a talk on its history. Dwell Church, Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Avenue. Free. 6:30 pm: Lolë/Fitist Meetup Move- 59 Cooper Square, at East 7th Street. Street. n Wednesdays at 3:30 pm: ment and well-being classes at Pier 45, Free but reservations required; call n Sundays July 5- August 23: Big Seussology— Oh the Places You’ll Charles Street and Hudson River Park. (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email rsvp@ City Fishing Rods, reels, bait and Go Kids explore the ideas illustrated To participate, RSVP to lole.nyc@lole- gvshp.org. instruction will be provided at Pier 46, in Seuss’s book and create their own women.com. Charles Street and Hudson River Park. three-dimensional landscape using n Thursdays June 4-September 10. LEARNING n Tuesdays at 3:30 pm: Yoga St. Magic Noodles. For kids 6 and up. 8:30 am: Yoga with Yoga Vida Wash- n Friday July 17, 1 pm: gmail Basics Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. ington Square Park, Garibaldi Plaza. Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. Street., First come, first served. Free. Free. Bring your own mat. Free. n Tuesdays June Through Septem- n Wednesdays at 4 pm: St. John’s n Thursdays, June 4-September n Monday July 20, 10:30 am: The ber, 10:30 am: Tai Chi An introduc- Choristers Free Musical Education 10, 9:30 am: Dances for a Variable Battle of Waterloo Hudson Park tory class at the High Line, under the Training in music fundamentals and Population Washington Square Park, Library, 66 Leroy Street. Free. Satandard Hotel. vocal technique for children 8 and up. Garibaldi Plaza. n Friday July 24, 1 pm: Windows 7 n Tuesdays, April-October: Star- Open to kids from all over the city, Basics Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy gazing The High Line at West 14th but is made up primarily of neighbor- Street. Free. Street. hood children. As part of the program, n Saturday July 25, 2 pm: Downton n Tuesdays July 14-August 18, 6:30 they sing once a month at a Sunday Abbey—The Music and the Era A pm: Sunset Salsa Put on your danc- Eucharist. St. John’s in The Village, lecture featuring information about ing shoes and enjoy free Salsa lessons 224 Waverly Place. the music during the Edwardian at 6:30, and put your new skills into n Thursdays at 3:45 pm: Owls and period, the era’s arts, social develop- practice with the dance party at 7:30. Otters Storytime Picture book stories ments, technical innovating, histori- Pier 45, Charles Street and Hudson for children ages 5-6 at Jefferson Mar- cal events and retrospective percep- River Park. ket Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. Free. tions. Hudson Park Library, 66 n Every 4th Wednesday, June- Theater Leroy Street. Free. August: ¡Arriba! Latin dance party with Orlando Marin, tthe Last Mambo n Friday July 17, 9 pm: National The- n Friday July 31, 1 pm: Introduction King, at the 14th Street Passage on the atre Live —Everyman A screening of to MS Excel Hudson Park Library, 66 High Line. Free. the U.K production at Skirball Center Leroy Street. Free. n Thursdays at 5 pm: Hudson Park for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuar- ONGOING EVENTS OF NOTE Library Chess and Games Chess, dia Place. Tickets $25. n First Saturday of Every Month, Checkers, Battleship and other clas- 2-3:30 pm: Jefferson Market Book sic board and strategy games. Begin- Museums, Galleries, Swap Bring books and/or art you’re Exhibits ners welcome. Hudson Park Library, willing to trade with others to Jefferson 66 Leroy Street. People can bring n Through July 10: TOTALSMIT It was a different time in the 1980’s, before the Meatpacking District be- Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue. their own games or use what’s avail- Mark John Smith’s spray painted soft came gentrified, Efrain John Gonzalez Snacks will be provided, but bring your able at the library. Chess lessons for sculptures at Ivy Brown Gallery, 675 will discuss that time and illustrate it own coffee. new learners also available. Hudson Hudson Street, 4th floor. with a slideshow of his historic photos n Saturdays, 11 am: Hudson Park Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. Free. n Through July 11: Performing for at The Center on July 21. Above, Book Swap Exchange books one the Camera Tseng Kwong Chi’s self- Streetgurl. portraits employ satire, farce and global politics. Grey Art Gallery, 100 Wash- LITERATURE ington Square East. n Saturday July 11, 10:30 am: The n July 2-July 19: Oh, Canada/New Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao York The work of 11 Canadians and Junot Diaz’s book will be discussed at 1 American at Westbeth Gallery, 55 Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street. Bethune Street. n July 25 – August 9: Asian Elephant VILLAGE HISTORY Art and Conservation Project A n Wednesday July 8, 6:30 pm: A group show at Westbeth Gallery, 55 History of The New School Wollman Bethune Street. Hall, 65 West 11th Street. Free, but registration required; call (212) 475- HEALTH AND FITNESS 9585 ext. 35 or email [email protected]. n Tuesdays June Through October n Tuesday July 21, 6:30 pm: Night 16: Tai Chi Washington Square Park, Vision—The West Village at Night Garibaldi Plaza. Free. in the 1980’s As a cab driver in the n Tuesdays June Through Septem- 1980’s, Efrain John Gonzalez drove ber, 10:30 am: Tai Chi An introduc- through the city with an old Nikon tory class at the High Line, under the camera and recorded the dark and Standard Hotel. seedy night culture. He is now work- Mark John Smith has spray-painted duvet covers in his exhibit TOTALSMIT at Ivy n Tuesdays at 3:30 pm: Yoga St. ing on a book of night photographs Brown Gallery, through July 10. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street., taken in the Meatpacking District in First come, first served. Free. the 1980’s. The Center, 208 West 13th n Wednesdays June through Sep- Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues. tember: Meditation The seating steps Free but reservations required; call on the High Line at 22nd Street. (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email rsvp@ n Wednesdays from June 3- Sep- gvshp.org. tember 16, 8:30 am: Yoga with n Wednesday July 29, 6:30 pm: Soothing Sounds Washington Square Churches and Synagogues of Green- Park, Garibaldi Plaza. Bring your own wich Village — First Ukrainian As- i n t r o D u c i n g t h e t ow e r r e S i D e n c e S o v e r lo o k i n g h i Sto r i c m a D i S o n S q ua r e P a r k

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