West 104th Street BLOCK ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 6, 2006 Editor: Nancy Lian

A Perfect Day: Yard Sale Hits a Home Run Brilliant sunshine and throngs of visitors made our Sept. 16 Yard Sale a neighborhood hit. As skies turned pink that morning, block association members got ready to set up the 17th annual edition of W. 104th Street’s signature event. Marsha Tantleff and Lynn Max marked vendor spaces on the sidewalk that had been too wet from the previous night’s pelting rain for chalk. Soon the street hummed with vendors laying out their wares, hauling items both useful and unique from closets and basements. At the corner of WEA Miriam Duran did a brisk business in coffee and bagels, while Alex Grannis and Lynn Max set up the bake table with freshly baked cookies, cupcakes and competing takes on traditional brownies. Gary Waskow sorted out vendor spaces and Additional photos on page 5 last minute requests, while Missy Cohen, who booked the day’s mellow entertainment, joined Ira Gershenhorn to help set up the The key to the day’s success was the many volunteers who stage. Soon lilting sounds of Josh Levine’s jazz trio drifted over the contributed time and talent. Let us know if we missed your name. block as Nathan Gross directed the book table setup and Nancy David and Gina Boonshoft, Pauline Brookfield, Gail Bryce, Lager and Hanna Rubin arranged the Silent Auction donations. Christopher and Stefan Campbell, Mary Cargill, Michael Visitors streamed down the block and Teresa Elwert, griller Deegan, Mark Dunning, Lydia DuFour, Scott & Nina Fine, Idee extraordinaire, led her team of hamburger flippers – among them Granowitz, Karen Hartman, Dru Heidle, Basia Hellwig, Orli Jeff Howitt and Steve Zirinsky, the designer of all the event Himmelweit, Jeff Howitt, Terry Jory, Estelle Kattelson, Kathy signage. Doing double duty, Nancy Lian sold food tickets and kept Kearns, Nancy Lager, Edvin Lian, Bob Linderman, Neil track of the day’s steadily growing receipts, getting short breaks Maheshwari, Raj Maheshwari, Nikhil Maheshwari, Rachel from helpful volunteers. At mid-day everyone heard the flyover of a Makleff, Joyce and Marty Mann, Jonathan Mehrer, Charlotte B-2 stealth bomber. The event’s newest feature – the “$104 for Patton, Joan Paylo, Brian Portelli, Katherine Randall, Sharon th 104 St.” raffle – did a brisk business, with the pot reaching its Ruiz, Lani Sanjek, Mimi Schade, Jonna Semeiks, Christine $104 break-even by 2 pm. In mid-afternoon baby ballerinas Shooz, Jon Smith, Patti Smith, Tim Taylor, Armgard von wandered down the block, parents in tow, having just performed as Bardeleben, Sharon Waskow, Paula (and Ethan) Zirinsky. members of Ms. Bhala’s Flyingdancers. Then guitar-strumming duo Foley Road began rocking ‘60s and ‘70s hits, and everyone at Beautification beat the top of the block started to shake, rattle and roll. Rachel Garlin’s New tree to arrive soon. The empty tree bed at the side of 905 mellow guitar closed out the music for the day. WEA will soon have a new young tree after too many months of By 4 pm Silent Auction bid sheets had filled up, with a huge emptiness. We’re favoring a linden because so many block Toulouse-Lautrec poster, donate by Carol Billings, provoking a residents are enamored of them. Every year on warm June even fierce bidding war. A petition to save the Automat on W. 104th and ings, I’m asked “What’s that fabulous scent I smell coming from the Bwy piled up several hundred signatures. Then it was time to draw park?” Well, it’s linden trees doing their thing. They’re also great the raffle winner – Marsha Tantleff - and as 5 pm rolled round, the shade trees – a welcome relief for you on hot summer days. afternoon began to wind down. Barbara Rothenberg lent a hand Annual bulb planting happening soon. Look for a flyer under with the cleanup, joined by many volunteers. As the sunlight your door in the next few weeks asking if you’d like to help plant turned gold, the vendors packed up, another Yard Sale drew to a tulips and daffodils in our block’s 26 tree gardens. We plant these close, leaving behind a sense of a perfect day, filled with all that bulbs in the fall because their biology requires it. (I’ve always makes our block special. gotten a kick out of the fact that bulbs need an extended period of

th cold to thrive and we humans die when exposed to such Help save the former Automat on West 104 & conditions.) Broadway. Turn to p.3 to learn more about the Thank you, flower watering neighbors – each of you who upcoming Landmarks Preservation Commission watered the block’s flowers this summer. They did really well hearing, and a talk by Marianne Hardart co- th under your care and gave us all much joy and pleasure. sponsored by the West 104 St. Block Association. Teresa Elwert, beautification leader West 104 Newsletter October 2006 1 www.bloomingdale.org The Yard Sale Silent Auction donors contributed a WEST 104 STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION variety of great items to benefit the Block Association. FINANCIAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 2006 We thank them all. Stores: Bank Street Books, Cardomat, Labyrinth OPENING BALANCE9/1/06: $18,797.13 Books, Liberty House, The Movie Place, Silver Moon Bakery. INCOME: Restaurants: Bistro Ten18, The Heights, Mama Dues (Individual) $ 755.00 Mexico, Metisse, Pic Nic, Rack & Soul, Regional, West th Newsletter advertising 624.00 107 . Yard Sale Space Leases 1,284.00 Specialties: Bodystrength Gym, Get Organized. Food Sales 1,216.00 Individuals: Carol Billings, Barbara Bryan, Gale Bakery 578.00 Bryce, Sid Herzfeld, Jeff Howitt, Barbara Kahn, Bob Books 925.00 Laven, Nancy Lian, Laura Miller, Hanna Rubin, Phyllis Silent Auction 1,716.25 Sperling & Herman Sands. Misc. 200.00 Bakers who provided tempting treats for passersby include Pauline Brookfield, Mary Cargill, Arlene TOTAL INCOME: $7,288.25 $ 7,288.25 Danforth, Alex Grannis, Idee Granowitz, Asia Ingalls, Dan Jacob, Jennifer Jones, Nancy Lian, Joyce and EXPENSES Marty Mann, Carol Prager, Barbara Rothenberg, Guard Service $2,418.68 Donna Tapper, Nancy Tarshis. Newsletter Production 277.50 Landscaping 133.17 Here’s more great feedback on the Yard Sale Yard Sale Port-o-San 168.30 10 year-old Sophie and 8 year-old Livia Bokor were persuaded by their mother Jeanne Blaustein to rent a Yard Permits 45.95 Sale space this year for the first time. "The girls had so many Entertainers 800.00 stuffed animals and other toys that were never used. They’ve Easels 219.34 always been reluctant to part with their things. But this year, I Music Equipment 455.18 told them they could keep 50% of their Yard Sale profit and Misc. 63.70 give the rest to charity. They really liked that idea and started finding more things to sell!" So how did they do? "Very well," TOTAL EXPENSES $4,581.82 $4,581.82 Jeanne reports. "Livia told me at one point, ‘Mom, it’s so neat to see that little girl cuddle with my animals. It makes me CLOSING BALANCE 9/30/06 $21,503.56 happy to know they’ve found a new home and can make someone else happy.’ And both girls said it was much more fun to do the Yard Sale than to just give the toys to charity." NOTE: Yard Sale income and expenses are not yet Their adult customers were touched by the girls’ charitable completely tallied. plan, which may have contributed to their success.

“Great street fair again. Hope we made a bundle. Thanks for your hard work.” Steve “Thanks for a wonderful yard sale. You are the hardest Contributors to this issue: Pauline Brookfield, Missy working team of the West! I bought so many Cohen, Miriam Duhan, Teresa Elwert, Emily Grishman, treasures, I had to take a taxi home.” Kathleen Nathan Gross, Sid Herzfeld, Isabel Leonard, Nancy Lian, “Thanks for all your hard work. We had a lovely day Dev Rogers, Hanna Rubin, Marsha Tantleff and made some serious $” Helene

West 104th Street Block Association Board Do you know this face? Dean Quaglietta correctly identified the architectural feature President Hanna Rubin 315 RSD 212.865.4579 in the Sept. newsletter. It is over the portal of 925 WEA. VP/Secretary Nancy Lian 320 RSD 212.316.6112 Treasurer Sid Herzfeld 895 WEA 212.749.0085 Letter to the Editor Members Barbara Bryan 905 WEA 212.864.5663 Thank you for your wonderful website! Though I sit here in Missy Cohen 320 RSD 212.662.8710 sunny LA, I can almost imagine I'm back on the Upper West Miriam Duhan 309 W 104 212.866.2791 Side, as I pore through your fabulous pictures, new and old, Teresa Elwert 320 RSD 212.866.4260 and enjoy links such as Bloomingdale School of Music and Alex Grannis 895 WEA 212.316.1644 its educational mini-videos. I'm hoping to find an Elly Ledogar 315 RSD 212.864.7148 apartment near or on your vital block where my family and I Lynn Max 315 RSD 212.666.3129 can make real friends and neighbors. Barbara Rothenberg 315 RSD 212.222.7397 I congratulate you on your successful efforts to preserve Marsha Tantleff 315 RSD 212.932.9592 history and establish community. Gary Waskow 320 RSD 212.932.9082 Thanks again, Michèle Menzies-Abrash Steven Zirinsky 315 RSD 212.866.6732

www.bloomingdale.org 2 West 104 NewsletterOctober 2006 Lorraine Diehl and Marianne Block Bulletin Board History in Jeopardy Hardart, authors of The Automat, The West 104th St. Automat’s Future History, Recipes and Allure of Horn & Weighed Again by Landmarks Hardart’s Masterpiece, will give a talk, Steven Blier is artistic director for the Preservation Commission hosted by Landmark West! and co- New York Festival of Song. The 2006-7 sponsored by the W. 104th St. Block programs are at the Weill Recital Hall at A second hearing will be held on Oct. 17 Assn. and the W. 102-103 St. Block Carnegie Hall. Themes range from to determine the fate of the former Assn., on Oct. 25 at 6:30 pm in El th English Gardens Oct. 11-12 to 20 automat on W. 104th & BWY, one of the Taller, located on the third floor of the Century Italian song Nov. 15-16 to Island last surviving in the city, and now the building itself. Tickets are $25 and all music March 14-15 and Parisian music home of a Rite-Aid drugstore and El Taller, proceeds go toward the efforts to save May 9-10. For more information call a Hispanic cultural center. the building. Space is limited. Sign up 646.230.8380. at [email protected] or Joanna Clapps Herman is co-editor with call 212.496.8110. Lee Gutkind of Our Roots Are Deep with Passion, essays by Italian-American writers. Her essays have appeared in the collections Don’t Tell Mama and The Milk of Almonds, as well as in numerous periodicals. She teaches creative writing at Manhattanville College and City College in New York. Emily Grishman, a music copyist, is busy preparing orchestra parts for the revival of A Chorus Line, the Broadway An Art Deco gem with original exterior transfer of Grey Gardens, Mary Poppins, details, the building was one of the fabled the new production of Les Miz, the new Horn & Hardart chain that reigned as METISSE RESTAURANT Broadway musical High Fidelity, and The popular eateries for everyone from out-of- Grinch Who Stole Christmas. In the work actresses to time-pressed A French Bistro spring the La Jolla Playhouse revival of businessmen from the 1930s through the The Wiz and the new show Legally post-war era. Designed by F. P. Platt & Enjoy lunch or dinner 7 days a Blonde arrive, and currently her Brother in 1930, the W. 104th building company, Emily Grishman Music served residents of its middle and working- week in a typical rustic French Preparation, has 6 Broadway shows class neighborhood with freshly made Bistro with warm ambience and a running with music in their pits that she dishes displayed in slots that could be fine selection of wine, home-made has prepared. opened by dropping in a nickel (or two). Its gleaming chrome environ-ment seemed French food and traditional Isabel Leonard made her professional an exuberant populist celebration of the opera debut singing Zerlina in "Don desserts. Try our delicious machine age. Those who could never Giovanni" last June and July with the Escargots, our famous Duck afford to dine in restaurants – a high-end Opera Company of Bordeaux. She sings luxury for most during the Depression and “Canard Mandarin Cerise” two roles in the New York Philharmonic's war years – could get a hearty meal for far concert version of Ravel's "L'Enfant et les and Warm Chocolate Cake with less than a dollar. Sortilèges" October 5 and 6. She will also Ice Cream. To support designating the building a take part in the Juilliard Opera Center's landmark at the upcoming hearing, e-mail production of Offenbach's "Orphée aux or fax a letter to: Hon. Robert B. Tierney, New Feature: Take Out Menu Enfers" this fall at the Peter Jay Sharp Chair, NYC Landmarks Preservation Theater at Juilliard on November 15, 17 Commission; [email protected]; and 19. This 1874 version will be 212.669.7955. (Please send copies of Bring this ad for a complimentary directed by John Pascoe and directed by your letters to Landmark West! at fax glass of wine for you and everyone Anne Manson with the Juilliard Orchestra 212.875.0209 or and singers from the Juilliard Opera in your party. (Expires 12/10/06) [email protected]. Center. th The Automat on W. 104 has been 239 W 105 Street Dev Rogers will be singing “Liaisons” in cited by preservationists and historians 212.666.8825 the role of Mme. Armfeldt In Stephen alike. Andrew Dolkart, an architectural www.metisserestaurant.com Sondheim’s A Little Night Music with the historian affiliated with Columbia U., St. Bart’s Players Nov. 9-12 and 16-19. writes, “The building is highlighted with Tickets are available at the box office or polychrome, terra-cotta art-deco call 212.378.0248. ornament, and this ornament drew your Correction: Susan Sampliner is NY attention. At the very top of the building company manager of the Broadway Liz Rudey is an Exhibiting Artist at the you have this zigzag band, where the show Wicked and is spending 4 months 2006 Members Exhibition at the Pleiades zigzags are overlaid over organic flower in London as liaison to the British Gallery of Contemporary Art...530 W. petals. All this is very colorful; it draws management team, representing the US 25th St. 4th Floor (between 9-10 attention and draws you inside the producers. Wicked opened at the Avenues). The exhibition runs until building.” Apollo Victoria Theatre Sept. 27. October 14.

West 104 Newsletter October 2006 3 www.bloomingdale.org Neighborhood Houses of Worship St. Michael’s was listed on the National and State th Registers of Historic Places. Residents of 104 St. are invited to write about the history and programs of their houses of worship for A dramatic increase in parish membership reflects the future issues of this newsletter. diversity of the . The church is justly proud of its Sunday education program for children. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Social ministries include a Saturday Soup Kitchen, a By Pauline Brookfield men’s shelter, and services for the ill and the unemployed. At the Wednesday evening Bistro St. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church begins the celebration Michael’s, friends and neighbors share supper, join in of its bicentennial this month, October 2006. This place Bible Study or a Social Concerns Discussion and end of worship has been at Amsterdam Avenue and West th the social evening with a compline service. 99 Street since 1807; the current church building was dedicated in 1891. The mainly Romanesque building is St. Michael’s has daily services of worship. Visitors are marked at its southeast corner by a distinctive Italianate welcome for meditation or to view the significant works bell-tower. Louis Comfort Tiffany’s seven great stained- of art from 11until 2. Ms Terepka’s brochure is an glass windows, depicting St. Michael’s Victory in excellent guide for both the casual visiting tourist and Heaven, alone would merit a visit to the church. The the expert art historian. Additional information may be mosaics of the main altar and those adorning the found at www.saintmichaelschurch.org. adjoining chapel, also products of the Tiffany studio, attract the connoisseur’s eye as well. The other windows, installed more recently, and the interior structure of the sanctuary, manage to be both traditional and modern at the same time. Despite the overall exterior design, the nave is reminiscent of traditional English churches, which is only appropriate within the Anglican tradition of the Episcopal Church in America.

Initially, St. Michael’s served families from Trinity Church at Wall Street and Broadway. They needed a place to worship near their country homes way uptown in Bloomingdale. By the late 1840s German immigrants

found a spiritual home at St. Michael’s. In 1902 the Thomas McClure Peters Memorial Parish House, named for the longtime minister, opened next to the church with ample space for educational, artistic, athletic, and social activities. By the turn of the 20th century, St. Michael’s was attentive to the needs of its most immediate neighbors, “a densely populated colony of neglected colored people on West 99th Street,” according to church archivist Jean Ballard Terepka, whose invaluable brochure recounting the history of Saint Michael’s is available at no charge to visitors.

As the Upper West Side experienced economic and social decay around the middle of the last century, the church’s regular membership decreased to the point where closing the church and selling its cemetery in Queens were seriously considered A rebound began in James Perez the early 1960s. The parishioners’ determination to Senior Vice President/Associate Broker maintain their church was symbolized by a fundraising ______campaign for the construction of a magnificent new organ by Rudolph von Beckerath, now the centerpiece of the music program, which includes five choirs and a Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales, LLC concert series with special emphasis on early music. 1926 Broadway, New York, NY 10023 Church and neighborhood recovered, as we know. The www.brownharrisstevens.com role of St. Michael’s in the recovery was recognized in 1991 with an award from the Preservation League of Tel 212.588.5656 Cell 917.902.7193 Fax 212.418.9763 New York State and the New York State Office of Email [email protected] Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. In 1997,

www.bloomingdale.org 4 West 104 Newsletter October 2006 10/20 Shomyo Chant for Peace. Twenty monks from Selected Calendar of Events Japan present 1200 year-old Buddhist chants preserved by the Tendai school. Tickets $35. Call 10/7 Archikids. Explore skyscraper architecture and work 866.468.7619 or visit ticketweb.com. Cathedral of on a hands-on building project to take home. For St. John the Divine, 8 pm. ages 9-13. , 39 Battery Place. 10/21 Blooming Bulbs. Children decorate containers Preregistration required by 5 pm 10/6 at 212.945.6324 and plant paperwhite flower bulbs in them with 10/7 Kayaking on the Hudson. 72nd & Hudson. 10-5. rocks instead of soil. Free Call 212.870.3070 to rd kayaks are available for 20-minute paddles on the register. River Run Playground, 83 & Hudson, 1-3 river. Know how to swim. Boathouse staff supplies pm. life jackets, kayaks, paddles, and tips on paddling. 10/21 Cruise the Hudson River. Two-hour boat rides on Wear a bathing suit, or shorts and a t-shirt. Weather The Star, a turn-of-the-century river boat. Departs permitting only. For daily weather status: from Hudson River Park, Pier 40 at W. Houston St. 646.613.0740. Also 10/8 and 10/14. $15. 1-4:30 pm. For reservations call 10/8 Medieval Festival. Visit a medieval market town, see 212.987.2628, x305. performers of music, dance, magic, juggling, crafts 10/22 Multi-block Fair, Broadway 106-110 St. and jousting in medieval dress. Fort Tryon Park, 12 10/27-11/5 Little Donkey, Theater Terra from Amsterdam, noon to 6 pm. Free. Call 212.795.1600 for more Netherlands. Puppet theater for ages 4+. New information. Victory Theater, 229 W. 42 St. For more 10/8 Multi-block Fair, Amsterdam Ave., 76-86 St. information go to newvistory.org. Tickets available at box office. International shows through June. 10/27 Halloween Extravaganza and Procession of All Together Now Ghouls and a Nosferatu, a 1922 silent film. An Upper West Side emergency preparedness Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 7 and 10 pm. program, All Together Now (ATN), will hold an Tickets $15, $7 for students and seniors by calling informational meeting Tuesday, Oct. 10 at the 866.468.7619. community meeting room on the Broadway Mall at 10/27 School of Music Symphony. Bartok th Dance Suite, Prokofiev Concerto No. 2, Sibelius 96 St. The meeting with refreshments is scheduled Symphony No. 5. John C. Borden Auditorium. 7:30 from 6:30 to 8 pm. To register or ask questions, call pm. 122nd St. & Bwy. Tickets $10/$5 seniors and Alan Leidner, neighbor on 102nd St. at students. Call 917.493.4428 for tickets and 212.551.6416 or email at [email protected]. information. 10/28 Cruise the Hudson River. (see 10/21) 10/28 William Byrd’s Mass and other Renaissance works 10/11 Pier 84 Opening Celebration with food and drink, for voice and viola da gamba by Trio Eos. Museum kids’ activities, games, music, boat rides, exhibits and st of Biblical Art, 1865 Bwy at 61 St. 3 pm. Call tours.. See the newest largest public park pier on the th 212.408.1251 for more information. Free. Hudson. 5:30 – 8 pm. At 44 St. and the Hudson. 10/29 Daylight Savings Time ends. Free. 10/29 Halloween Concert by the Broadway Bach 10/11 Iran: Behind the Headlines, Series of 5 Ensemble. Michael Tietz, conductor. Broadway Wednesdays. 10/11: Introduction and history from th Presbyterian Church, 114 & Bwy. 2 pm. Free. 1953-2006. Presenter Sister Ellen Francis, Order of Cont’d on p. 9 St. Helena. Cathedral House, Amsterdam & CPW.

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8:15. Program continues 10/18, 10/25, 11/1 and 11/8. 10/13 Free Carillon Concert by Dionisio Lind, Riverside Call for a confidential apartment evaluation Church Nave, 6:30-7:30 pm. Followed by Promenade (No obligation, of course!) Concert with an all-French program sponsored by Columbia Miller Theatre. Tickets $10. Contact The Respected Real Estate Source in New York 212.854.7799 for more information. Put my experience and expertise to work for you: 10/14 Art in the Park, Straus Park, 11-5. Rain date 10/15. 10/14-15 CultureFest 2006. Performances of theater, dance, • 25+ years of real estate know-how opera, jazz, classical and ethnic music on two stages. • 25+ years on the Upper West Side Battery Park, 11 am to 5:30 pm. For more information • Dogged pursuit of the best overall deal for my clients go to nycvisit.com/home. Free. whether buying or selling 10/14-11/5 Yohen, play by Philip Kan Gotanda. Pan Asian • Imaginative solutions to your needs Repertory Theatre at West End Theatre, 263 W. 86 • Extensive marketing skills St., 2nd floor. Performances Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sat/Sun 3 pm. Tickets $40. Senior, student and group discounts Jesse I. Berger, Sales Agent available. Call 212.868.4030 for more information. YOUR NEIGHBOR AT 320 RIVERSIDE 10/15 Multi-block Fair, Broadway 86-96 St. 646-505-6992 10/15 Alex Wu piano recital, Museum, [email protected] 319 W. 107, 5 pm. Free. Call 212.864.7752 for more information. A Proud Member of 10/18 White Fire on Black: The Art of the Torah Scribe. Prudential Douglas Elliman Neil Yerman talks about scribal art and demonstrates 1995 Broadway., New York NY 10023 the ancient methods used. 7 pm, Jewish Community Center, Amsterdam & 77th St. Call 646.505.5708 for more details. Free. West 104 Newsletter October 2006 7 www.bloomingdale.org

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Selected Calendar of Events, cont’d. from p. 7 11/28 St. Nicholas Day Celebration. Seasonal music with Lavendar Light Gospel Choir,

soloists, musicians and Cathedral organist Tim 11/2 Art and Midrash: Jewish Art as Jewish Brumfield. Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Text. Hear Dr. Marc Epstein discuss The 7:30 pm. Admission is a donation of an Golden Haggadah and its influence on later unwrapped gift for a person with HIV/AIDS. illuminated Christian manuscripts. Museum of st 12/1-3 Crafts at the Cathedral. Hand-made crafts by Biblical Art, 1865 Bwy at 61 St. 6 pm. Call more than 60 artisans. Synod Hall, 212.408.1251 for more information. Free. Amsterdam & Cathedral Parkway. 12/1 5-8 11/4 You Are My Flower: Elizabeth Mitchell and pm. 12/2 11am-6 pm. 12/3 11 am-5 pm. $6 Daniel Littleton play classic folk tunes for entrance fee. singing along. For kids of all ages. Leonard th 12/2 Deck the Halls. Explore holiday celebrations Nemoy Theater, 95 & Bwy. 11 am & 3 pm. of the Middle Ages, and ways buildings were Tickets at 212.864.5400. decorated. Christina De Leon, instructor. The 11/11 Love and Chivalry in Medieval Art. Timothy Cloisters. For families with children 4-12. McCall, lecturer. . 12 noon and Main Hall, 1 pm. Free with admission. 2 pm. Free with admission. 12/8-10 New York Revels. Theatrical honoring of 10/11 Iran: Behind the Headlines, Series of 5 Christmas and the Winter Solstice. Take a Wednesdays. 10/11: Introduction and history snowy ride through Eastern Europe with the from 1953-2006. Presenter Sister Ellen classic Russian folktale “The Food of the Francis, Order of St. Helena. Cathedral World and the Flying Ship”. Symphony Space, House, Amsterdam & CPW. 6:30 light supper, Peter J. Sharp Theater. Call 212.864.5400 for 7 pm presentation, Night Prayer at 8:15. tickets. Program continues 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8. 11/11 Concert of Remembrance. Brooklyn Your Neighborhood service publicized - free! You can publicize your neighborhood service (babysitting, dog Philharmonic Orchestra with guest conductors walking, apartment cleaning, etc.) free in the newsletter and plays music of Amran, Shulhoff, Foss, on our web site for one year, renewable. To submit an ad, fill Shostakovich, Sisler and Malkin. Cathedral of out the form on our web site (www.bloomingdale.org St. John the Divine, 8 pm. Free admission Neighborhood Services for Hire) or mail/deliver the following with $10 contribution suggested. information to Teresa Elwert, 320 RSD, #9D. 11/17 10th Annual Holiday Lights. Bronx Zoo, 5 to For our records: your name and mailing address 9 pm, Fri – Sun 11/17-12/17. Every night from For publication: your name, contact method (phone # or e- 12/18-12/23, 12-26-1/1. Tickets discounted mail address), description of your service online until 11/1 at tickets.wcs.org with store Placement: newsletter, website, or both name “ConEd:

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Neighborhood Services Needed or for Hire Keep track of your personal business – financial affairs – medical bills and app’ts – social schedule – shopping of all types – skillful, creative cook. Flexible schedule, will travel. Call Olga – 973-752-8546 or [email protected] Excellent references including block residents. Clean Up Your Clutter. For sprucing up your life, contact 212.663.6409 for information, or email www.clutterkit.com. Math Tutor. Former Math teacher for NYC Dept. of Ed. On W.104 St. Pursuing Masters in Middle School Math Education. I would love to tutor your child(ren) in algebra, geometry and trigonometry. Reasonable rates. Contact Linda at [email protected] or 201.280.6783. Organizing Apartments. Assistance with organizing/recycling your possessions; aesthetically hanging paintings, etc. Call Possession Placement Planning at 212.724.9391. Very reasonable rates. Guitar teacher. 104 St. resident has experience working with all ages. Reasonable rates and flexible schedule. Contact John at 917.756.6678 French and Hebrew Teacher/Tutor/Translator. Native speaker of both languages. Any level. Will come to your house. Contact Noam Kerner at 917.364.9108 or [email protected]. Tutoring. Stanford graduate, current Columbia pre-medical student, and former math/science teacher available to tutor children of all ages in math, physics, Spanish (native fluency) and SAT test prep. Very experienced. References available. Contact Anna Steinhardt, 315 RSD at 917.364.9108 or [email protected]. Piano and/or French Lessons. Beginner to advanced, child to adult, by congenial, multi-degreed professional. Call Irina at 212.749.1193 Juilliard Staff Pianist, experienced teacher and coach-accompanist is willing to teach in your home or apt. Enthusiastic, supportive teacher for students of all levels and ages. Call Linda at 212.877.1292 or 917.538.2719. Babysitter/tutor. High School freshman with extensive babysitting experience (all ages) and tutoring experience (up to 6th grade). Call Georgia Boonshoft at 917.533.9114. Computer Consultant/PC Doctor - Computers repaired, maintained, viruses removed and junk mail controlled. Advise to repair or buy depending on condition of machine and your pocketbook. I do Windows!! Call Greg Williams, block resident, at 212.749.2398. Tutoring. Block resident Allen Baird will tutor your child and make a real difference. NYS teacher Special Education certificate, plus experience as a Kaplan College Board trainer. Call 212.663.2007 or [email protected]. Child care. Caring, outgoing, teenager who loves kids of any age; has experience and references. Decent rates and flexible hours. Energetic, willing to have fun and do interesting activities with your child! Sydney Watnick at 212.666.8022. Jack of All Trades: Apartment cleaning and painting; Handyman. Very reasonable rates. Excellent references from various block residents, including board members. Phone: 718-961-4542.

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Make checks payable to West 104th Street Block Association Inc. Mail to our treasurer: or drop off at Sid Herzfeld, 895 WEA., Apt. 5D, NY NY 10025 315 RSD: Tantleff, Apt 6C, 320 RSD: Elwert, Apt 9D 905 WEA: Bryan, Apt 141, 309 W. 104: Duhan, Apt 8C www.bloomingdale.org 10 West 104 Newsletter October 2006