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FEATURES 44 Fascinating Rhythm 54 54 Romancing the Stone 58 The Artists of Turtle Island 62 Park Life 70 It’s a Gift

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44 58 THE YEAR THAT WASN’T IS THE YEAR THAT IS

I HAD A LOT TO SAY IN THIS LETTER. Deep, pithy thoughts about Deborah L. Martin family, the holidays, who (and what) we have lost, and what we Editor in Chief have gained. As I thought about where to begin, and maybe more importantly where to end, the task of writing this note seemed a bit, Creative Team Glyph.NYC well, challenging. And then I read a story about a vote to name the Associate Editor Daniel Metz newest arrival at the National Zoo in Washington D.C., and suddenly I Fashion Editor Annaël Assouline realized that I don’t want to read—let alone write—another postmortem Food Editor Fernanda Mueller of this “annus horribilis.” I’m ready for 2021. I’m ready to leave behind the sorrow and the stress, the loss and the anxiety, and embrace joy. Fitness Editor Lala Duncan And what could be more joyful than a tiny, baby panda? Music Editor Alice Teeple Xiao Qi Ji was born in August of this year to mother Mei Xiang Editor at Large Mike Hammer and father Tian Tian. So many people tuned into the National Zoo’s Multimedia Director Andrew Matusik “PandaCam” that their servers shut down temporarily. That’s how much Contributing Family & Lifestyle Editor Jessica Rovira we needed good news this year. While record numbers of people in Pet Editor Sheila Laughery this country voted in our presidential election, another election was going on: 135,000 people voted on the little nugget’s name, which is Mandarin Chinese for “Little Miracle.” At this point, that’s the only kind of election news I want to hear. CONTRIBUTORS TECHNOLOGY We needed a little miracle this year, and we got one, in the form of a Noel Y. Calingasan Bradley Kirkland/ small, black and white ball of fluff, and a large, unwieldy, drama-filled David Cotteblanche Stone Soup Michael Fiedler Romeo Marra/Entirely national election. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, Noemi Florea Digital the idea that over 160 million Americans successfully cast a ballot in a Nicole Haddad Ryan Liu presidential election should cheer you. As Representative John Lewis Andrew Matusik so eloquently put it, “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each Eric Piasecki/OTTO Antoine Verglas generation must do its part…” This year, during a global pandemic that has sickened over 14 million Americans at this writing, approximately 66% of eligible voters did their part, and percentagewise that is the highest voter turnout since 1900. We have a long way to go, but we’ve come a long way, baby. And so here we are, entering a holiday season like no other, unsure BUSINESS of what lies ahead and with many of us wondering how to pay rent, Grace A. Capobianco how to feed our children, or even whether it is safe to see our families. Chief Executive Officer/Publisher But in spite of everything we have been through, the little miracles are all around us. Music, poetry, art—all of these things continue to Executive Vice President John ‘Cap’ Capobianco delight, even through the fog of uncertainty. Broadway theaters may Executive Publisher, South Florida Will Candis be dark, but our most talented performers have found ways to carry Chief Financial Officer Jeff Fields on. Live performance is curtailed, but the music still plays and artists Chief Operations Officer Luigi Rosabianca like Jon Batiste, who graces our cover, are discovering new ways to Advisor To the Publisher Andy Wheatcroft communicate and spread love. As we prepare to tie a bow on 2020, we offer you our Creators Finance & Tax Consultant Meir Spear, CPA issue. It celebrates a world of creative people, from a miniature artist in Long Island City, to a Native American fine artist in California, from a renowned chef in Harlem to a photographer on the streets of New York. We are so grateful to each and every one for making this time and place a little more beautiful and a lot more interesting. Copyright 2020 by Downtown Media & Production Inc. All rights reserved. I wish you all a safe, healthy, and peaceful holiday season, and Downtown (ISSN2164-6198) is published four times per year in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter for $39 per subscription by here’s to a 2021 filled with little miracles. Downtown Media & Production Inc., 380 Rector Place, Suite 15F, New York, NY 10280. Application to mail at periodical postage rates is pending at New York, NY, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Downtown, 380 Rector Place, Suite 15F, New York, NY 10280. Reproduction without permission of the publisher is prohibited. 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the strength to get on that plane. On September 7, 2020 at 4:22 am, my brother and I were by our mother’s side as she took her last breath. A year of pain, grief, loss, and an emotional roller coaster of fear, had come to its peak. Nothing that 2020 could throw at me would affect me this greatly. We each handle grief differently, and I poured myself back into my work. Getting lost in what I love to do is a blessing. I love Downtown, not only the community but working with our clients, board members, core team, and our editor in chief Deb Martin. We scrape the surface, and then dig deeper to create the beautiful, heartfelt pages of this magazine. You see we get to do what we love, tell stories about the people, places, and culture that only exists right here in our New York. Putting a magazine together is like peeling an onion, one layer at a time. You start with the whole, then you must make each page individually come to life. We are Creators, this is what we do each and every day. Talking with and meeting the Creators featured in this issue was just what I needed, a spiritual journey into their lives to take me away from my pain. We are all Creators in some way whether you create a dish, a painting, a song, a building, or use words to tell someone else’s story. Getting to meet our cover talent Jon Batiste was an experience I will never forget. He made me feel quiet and still, which are two words that anyone who knows me would never choose to describe me. He lives in his rhythm, everything he does is a rhythm, the way he walks, talks, and New York's leading hospital thinks, you can get inspired by just being in his presence. Peeling his layers back, you see a man who has more talent in his pinky than most. In addition to his very busy schedule, he gives back, supports the arts, is also a leader in telehealth. T:12" lends his voice to fight injustice and help those who are struggling. Once, again I am grateful to our board chair Dara McQuillan of Silverstein Properties, who gave us the opportunity to photograph With over 2,000,000 virtual connections and counting across 80 services, Jon at 3WTC—and they just happened to have a stunning Steinway it’s never been easier to access care from New York’s #1 hospital. baby grand piano! As you will see on our pages, Jon gave us a private performance as our talented photographer Andrew Matusik captured special moments, like notes on a music sheet. Connect, the patient portal from NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia, This year has felt like the darkest of times: the sorrow of losing and Weill Cornell Medicine, puts at your fingertips: friends, co-workers, and family members; dealing with isolation and loneliness; witnessing angry people of all ethnicities fighting each other on the streets, in stores, and in restaurants; a beloved country divided • Virtual Urgent Care 7 days a week by political polarization. Will all of this define 2020? • 4,000 doctors across 80 specialties available via Video Visits AS I WRITE THIS, I am sitting on a beautiful beach in Fire Island, the As Charles Dickens said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst sun is shining, waves are crashing on the shore, and Barclay is running of times.” This year will go down in history as the year for activism, Connecting with experts may be virtual but the benefits are real: easier access for our patients. after the seagulls, who are busy diving for their breakfast. I’m in a learning, discovery, growth, respect, and a step forward towards justice special place that I was lucky enough to discover on a day trip with for all humans. We will no longer be silenced, we will find our voice, our That is technology’s hope for medicine, and at NewYork-Presbyterian we are making it a reality. dear friends Robert and Marcia Bush, back in late September of this own mission, and we will continue to come together to stand up for one year. When another set of friends, Nick and Joel, invited me back for democracy. Thanksgiving, I jumped at the chance. We are all Creators—and like the grains of sand on this beautiful Go to nyp.org/digitalhealth to learn more. Just before Thanksgiving I returned from Florida after having to pristine beach formed over millions of years, it’s time that we become do the unimaginable. I guess we really believe that our parents will one collective voice, rising above, and moving forward into 2021. DT live forever, that they will always be there, just a call, short car ride, or flight away. Of all years, it had to be this one, during a global pandemic, when our parents need us the most, but we cannot be with them. She This issue is dedicated to the loving memory of Eleanor Anna Johansson, understood what the world was facing, and the last thing she wanted June 22, 1933, Brooklyn, NY - September 7, 2020, Winter Garden, FL was for her child to travel under these circumstances, at risk of being “She believed that I could do anything.” exposed to COVID. The agreement between us was when she really needed me, I would go at the drop of a hat. No questions asked. That call finally came, it was my time to truly grow up, and to do what was Grace A. Capobianco Follow me on Instagram #4 hospital in the nation needed until her last breath. 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AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, half a dozen century’s inventors, tinkerers, and creators. dynamic won’t be changing any time soon! CONTRIBUTORS blocks in Lower Manhattan became home As you will see from this issue, despite the This city has—and will continue to ANDREW MATUSIK JUSTIN SILVER NOEMI FLOREA to stores specializing in the sale of radio and pandemic, Downtown Manhattan’s remains house—the smartest, hardest working, most Matusik loves collaborating with Silver is a celebrity dog trainer, Florea is a designer electronic equipment and parts. The area was the creative center of the city. The world’s talented, and ambitious people in every facet talented stylists, models, and artists and the former host of “Dogs dedicated to advancing known as “Radio Row,” and the shop owners leading companies still want to be here, along of professional and personal life. If you want and is devoted to creating striking in the City,” author of “The sustainability. Noemi wrote were early 20th Century inventors, tinkerers, with the country’s stock exchanges. New to be competitive, if you want to be creative, if images through great composition Language of Dogs,” owner of a Entrepreneur, Collective, engineers, and creators. After the Second York City is the media, fashion, and finance you want to be successful at the highest levels, and beautiful light. For this issue, he full-service dog care and training and Multi-Hyphenate in our photographed Jon Batiste for our company. Silver shared his Humans section, beginning World War, Radio Row was filled with war capital of the world, and the world’s largest you need to be in New York. Whether you are cover feature, on page 44. training secrets on page 42. on page 14. surplus electronics, junk, and parts piled high technology companies continue to lease in the arts or theater, dance and music, or the and spilling out onto the street. massive amounts of space here. We have some disciplines of real estate, finance, technology, Pete Hamill, who sadly passed away in of the world’s top museums, which are starting healthcare, philanthropy, or law, this is the RYAN LIU NOEL Y. JESSE Born in Malaysia, Liu moved to LINDHOLM August, recalled a childhood memory: “On to reopen. Hopefully, they will be followed place to do it. CALINGASAN New York City after college. He Calingasan was born and Born in London to a Swedish Saturday mornings, I used to venture from by the return of our live music venues and Once a vaccine is developed and distributed then set aside his degree in busi- raised in the Philippines. He father and a mom from Guy- Brooklyn with my father to Radio Row on theaters. New York is home to some of the globally, the world will start to get back to where ness communications to pursue a is a research scientist and ana, Lindholm moved to LA Cortlandt Street in Lower Manhattan, where he country’s leading sports teams and their it was prior to the pandemic. Will it happen career as a photographer. For this a photography hobbyist. He at 19 and became a makeup issue he photographed and hundreds of other New York men moved stadiums, and there are 27,000 restaurants overnight? No. But will it happen six months, 12 Bake Sale photographed Viewfinder on artist, working on awards on page 30. page 22. shows and in television. Now from stall to stall in search of the elusive tube and 10,000 bars in the City. We have a mass months from now? Yes, I believe so. Scientists in New York, she continues that would make the radio work again. Later, transit system that has the capacity to move around the whole world are focused on finding MICHAEL FIEDLER NICOLE HADDAD to do what she loves, making my brothers went there with him in search of over five million New Yorkers every day. a cure. So, I think we just have to hang in there, Fiedler began his career as a Navy Haddad is a Brooklyn-based up clients for the camera. television components. Radio Row was a piece Most importantly, New York remains home use common sense, wear our masks, wash our photographer aboard the aircraft writer who covers interior She did the makeup for our of all our interior maps.” to more than eight million people. For four hands, and socially distance. Just like in 2001, carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower. He design, culture, architecture, Jon Batiste cover shoot on page 44. Radio Row was torn down in 1966 by the hundred years, people from all over the world most of those who initially left will come back. created the Working Journal Project and her passion, travel. using photography and handwriting For this issue, she explored Port Authority to make way for the World Trade and representing every walk of life have come And those that don’t will ultimately be replaced to tell the stories of the people he ethical diamonds in Center. Today, the new World Trade Center to New York to build a better life, to follow their by a new generation of bright, ambitious, encounters. In this issue, Michael’s Romancing the Stone, on is home to Spotify, Uber, IEX, Better.com—this dreams, to achieve fame and fortune. That creative, and talented people. DT Last Word is on page 88. page 54.

10 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 11 HUMANS | PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHER | HUMANS FREEZE FRAME David Godlis’s view of New York City (and Boston), from behind the camera lens.

by Deborah L. Martin photography by Godlis

STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS HAVE the unique your frame, and that’s exactly right.” ability to stop time, to reveal moments of our The photography in the book is often a past and current realities, to tell the story of study in contrasts—nuns in front of risque a place through anonymous moments that advertising, older, straightlaced ladies in are ordinary, and sometimes, transcendent. front of a porno theater, old men and young David Godlis has spent his life doing just that. children, people under long-gone theater His new book, Godlis Streets, includes stolen marquees. “I was always reading stuff on the moments from the streets of New York and walls, graffitti and advertising, and it would Boston in the late 70’s and 80’s, during an get stuck in my head, so I was aware of the analog—and more gritty—time. contrast. And I’m a fast shooter. The trick is His love for photography started early. to shoot the picture and then look over the “What really did it was the film Blowup, [by person’s shoulder, so they don’t realize you are Michelangelo Antonioni and Carlo Ponti]. taking a photo of them.” When I saw David Hemmings in the darkroom Godlis Streets is published by Reel Art holding up the prints, that became the template Press, and is available at Rizzoli Bookstore.

for me. It was the first time I realized I could rizzolibookstore.com DT (PORTRAIT). MARTIN L. DEBORAH BY PHOTOGRAPHY be a photographer as a job.” While in school in Boston, he started shooting, and he says that he always saw himself as a street photographer. When he moved to New York to find work, he continued capturing the streets. In the mid-70’s, he started hanging out at IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD a little club called CBGB’s. “I really went there David Godlis, in front of to hear the music and at some point I realized local favorite B&H Dairy in the East Village, where he that I could capture this scene with my has lived since the 70’s. camera.” Inspired by the night photography of Brassai on the streets of Paris, Godlis started shooting the punks on the Bowery using available light. “I photographed that scene more like a street photographer than a rock photographer.” Some of those iconic photos—shot between 1976 and 1979—of punk musicians like Patti Smith and The Ramones, made it into his first book, History is Made at Night. When the scene at CBGB’s started to wane, he made his way back into the sunlight. “I wasn’t going to be hanging around shooting A Flock of Seagulls, that wasn’t interesting to me.” He took an immersive photography seminar with Gary Winogrand ON THE STREET Photographs from Godlis Streets, in 1979, and got reinspired. “We had to bring shot in the late 70s and early 80s. David Godlis in some photographs for him to critique and I live-edited the book on his Instagram (@godlis), posting photos and getting audience reaction. brought about 60 prints. He whittled that down “You don’t see everything when you are shooting, to 15, and from there chose two. He’d say, “that it’s only later, looking at shots with fresh eyes, that things jump out at you. Some of the people I doesn’t make it, this doesn’t make it.” What he shot were just screaming from the film, ‘when are was pointing to, I’m not sure. His advice was to you going to publish me?’ Social media gives me an opportunity to see things differently, and hear pay attention to what was in the four corners of people’s reaction to the shots.”

12 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 13 HUMANS | COLLECTIVE MULTI HYPHENATE | HUMANS the positive energy. We all feel so fortunate to find each other at such a challenging time.” 4 Flavors Art has coalesced into a curatorial acquisitions team branching in four distinctive directions. While McGuire and Carter have previously worked in the academic art world—McGuire at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Carter in promoting artists of color— Asmaeilzadah runs a conservation-framing business and Masor is an interior designer. GLOBAL Asmaeilzadah adds that “with Lana’s interior design skills, she can help make people feel comfortable about making sure a piece will fit into their home.” McGuire says, “We’re trying PERSPECTIVE to find ways that we can pool our resources and build upon each other’s strengths,” adding “it was always based on a lot of good faith and Frida Kamau launched Soko supporting each other.” When considering the New York art world Africanus to celebrate creative at large, the women at 4 Flavors Art agree on its diversity in her native Kenya. many barriers to emerging artists: “There are so many artists who just can’t tap into it because by Noemi Florea photography by Ryan Liu they don’t have representation. We’re trying to break down those barriers and work outside of those megalith galleries. We’re trying to help the little guys,” McGuire expressed. In promoting diversity of ethnicity, gender, and orientation, GLOBAL ARTISANS, hailing from Asia, Central and South America, they are also striving to present original art as and Africa, each have their own presence in New York City, yet something accessible. distinguishing between craft and kitsch may be difficult. Frida “One of the biggest challenges is to overcome Kamau, founder of Soko Africanus, has made it her mission to the misconception that original art is too source meaningful home products directly from artisans in her expensive,” Asmaeilzadah says, and Masor adds, native country of Kenya, as a way of connecting with the land “Art can be accessible. You can own an original and its people. “The process diversified my perspective on art, in piece of art, something that speaks to you with a terms of being exposed to what people might call more primitive or strong message, with soul to it.” To break down traditional, more skill-based arts from Kenya, whether it’s pottery the different obstacles, 4 Flavors Art hosts art or weaving and textile-making,” Kamau explains. “Traditionally, shows with a wide range of prices, largely to handmade goods from Kenya have been what serves the tourist encourage buying in the moment. They work market, like carvings of animals and very kitschy work. But the to create an approachable atmosphere, without same people who create those carvings can create anything, so REPRESENTATION the intimidation factor that sometimes pervades it’s interesting to bring a different flavor of Kenya to New York.” The larger galleries. products offered at Soko Africanus are all created by women in rural The goal of 4 Flavors Art is to let guests feel Kenyan communities, one of Kamau’s core priorities as she strives to comfortable in observing and connecting with cultivate a brand that supports her cultural heritage and gives back the artists’ work. “Art is a really beautiful way to to local people. MATTERS open up conversations and understand different As a leader and maker, Kamau has a multifaceted approach to the cultures and perspectives.” In a tenuous period work she does beyond Soko Africanus. “I solve creative problems, so Four women pool their resources to create a in all of our lives, that’s something much needed. it doesn’t really matter whether it’s designing products, landscapes, or new kind of art collective with an emphasis on Within the collective, it’s easy to see that “there’s interiors. I think of myself as a problem-solver.” In providing services a sense of real gratitude that we all found each such as interior design, renovation, and landscaping, she applies the underrepresented voices. other. There’s a lot of love and support and same ethos that can be found in Soko Africanus to create spaces that enthusiasm in this relationship between the four she describes as a mix of high- and low-brow, and that ultimately feel by Noemi Florea photography by Donna Dotan of us,” Levy attests. comfortable and warm. Social and environmental awareness also 4 Flavors Art hosts events, often with plays a significant role, both for Kamau as well as for the artisans WHAT STARTED OUT as meetings between private collections, and homes,” explains McGuire, collaborating spaces such as Montclair Art and craftspeople she regularly collaborates with. “I believe in friends became an organic collaboration between who runs the Clerestory Fine Art gallery in Museum and each of the four women’s personal sustainability and I believe in conservation, so I tend to use a lot of four women dedicated to building an accessible Montclair. galleries and homes. Many programs will preowned or pre-used furniture and materials. In the spaces that I and diverse platform for artists. 4 Flavors Art, The four decided to collaborate after hosting an support charitable organizations, and their most work in, I try to source locally and directly whenever possible. I have created by Heather Carter, Kathryn McGuire, open-air art show at Lana Masor’s house. “We were recent show benefitted the African American a good community of everything from welders and woodworkers to Ria Asmaeilzadah, and Lana Masor, is a unique able to display art in a beautiful way in a setting Cultural Committee of Montclair Art Museum, artists,” she says, as fostering a collective of supportive artisans is a coalition of four women with art and design where people felt safe,” says Masor, an interior a committee both Heather Carter and Kathryn theme throughout all of her projects. reflected on her own journey as a Kenyan artist. Her key objective in this backgrounds, combining their skills to launch designer and founder of Maison Masor. Being able McGuire are members of. Their new office in To expand her community, Kamau has joined forces with Kim new collection is to expand on the opportunities provided for minority artists of all backgrounds. “We each have our to coordinate despite uncertain circumstances has Montclair also features art on display and is a Ficaro, founder of Totem Home, to launch an upcoming capsule women worldwide. Initiatives like hers can go a long way towards own businesses independently, and we’re looking been fortunate, and Carter, founder of Carter Fine welcoming space for art enthusiasts to visit. collection featuring woven bags, blankets, and towels from artisans in uniting what may sometimes feel like a distant and unbridgeable global to support each other while finding artists that Art Services, says, “The chemistry is incredible, 4 Flavors Art, 204 Bellevue Avenue, Montclair; Kenya, Mexico, and Morocco. “Starting out, there wasn’t a lot of space community, and leaders like Kamau are paving the way as they strive for we can collectively launch into bigger museums, the support of each other, the collaborative efforts, 4flavorsart.com DT for women of color in the art world,” Kamau communicated as she new forms of authentic cultural exchange. sokoafricanus.com DT

14 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 15 HUMANS | ENTREPRENEUR MINIATURE ARTIST | HUMANS Soho,” Kwong says, and indeed, Pearl River Mart was among the first wave of shops to transform Soho from an industrial neighborhood into the shopping district it’s known as today. In its evolution, Pearl River Mart has been featured on Oprah, Queer Eye, and “so many design shows,” while also helping to decorate many of New York’s restaurants, movie sets, magazine shoots, and weddings. “It’s really become a part of many New Yorkers’ origin stories, because the items are beautiful but they’re also affordable. A lot of New Yorkers will have decorated their first apartment, or their first dorm room, or they’ll see their wedding gifts were from Pearl River.” Even with success, the store has remained family-run and dedicated to fostering accessibility and community. Since becoming president in 2015, Kwong has affirmed that Pearl River Mart fulfills the need for a “place where neighbors of different cultures come together. It’s very non- judgmental, you come in and learn about a culture different from yours.” When speaking to her personal heritage as it united her with the store, “as an Asian-American, it was a business that I had never seen before. It was a Chinatown business that a lot of non-Chinese, non-Asians came to and SMALLVILLE revere, and love.” Today, Pearl River no longer exclusively offers Chinese products, but has adopted pan-Asian trade including goods from In Long Island City, Danielle McGurran Tibet, Laos, and Vietnam. The added diversity has is creating tiny New York. only affirmed its position as a New York cultural institution. “It’s very New York, it’s very downtown.” by Daniel Metz photography by Danielle McGurran Kwong believes that stores like Pearl River Joanne Kwong and Mrs. Chen in Pearl River Mart’s flagship TriBeCa store. are “the crossroads of culture, commerce, and community,” where shoppers can learn about DANIELLE MCGURRAN’S miniature projects often perceptions of what’s ugly, challenging the other cultures in an open setting. Extending begin with a photograph, either from something viewer to pay attention to the details of what beyond the flagship store in TriBeCa, their she has seen in a book, or smartphone photos taken becomes invisible and muted as we commute newest location in Chelsea Market has its own while exploring the city. From there, she decides from place to place; not only to pay attention but flair. “Our flagship store feels like Chinatown, but on the scale and composition, trying to capture as to be charmed by those details.” RIVER OF DREAMS a little bit modernized. Our Chelsea market store much realism as possible. Using foam core, wood, McGurran grew up around art. Her mother has a community that is a little bit younger, with paper, enamel and acrylic paint, tape, clay, and was a sign painter, interior designer, and then Pearl River Mart has been a Chinatown staple more millennials and tech-savvy people. It’s a innumerable glue types, McGurran constructs a graphic designer. Her father was a long-haul lot brighter, a little bit louder, more colorful.” The the main structure and plans out fixtures like truck driver who took her along on some of —revered by both fashionistas and bargain hunters— Chelsea store also serves as a landing ground for doors, windows, and signage. The little bits and his long drives with only a sketchbook as since 1971. Asian-American entrepreneurs, where the retail pieces enhance the eerie, spellbinding truth of the entertainment. She moved to Manhattan for launch of their products takes place before they miniature scenes. The results are uncanny. college as soon as she could, immersing herself by Noemi Florea photography by Deborah L. Martin expand to other locations. Recently, Pearl River Danielle McGurran creates miniature models in the city’s nightlife. “My friends and I went to Foods has opened in the basement of Chelsea of New York City storefronts and scenescapes. the Limelight, watched girls dance in suspended Market, offering snacks and packaged foods from Her Instagram (@cityfolkstudio) is filled with tiny cages all night long; then we collapsed into diner IN TRYING TIMES, it can be easy to forget the to really show how people from China were just all over Asia. apartment buildings with fire escapes, palm-sized banquettes as the sun was rising and ordered camaraderie we hold with our neighbors in one like everyone else.” Kwong has been a leader in initiating Pearl air conditioner units, and old newspapers the size disco fries by the metric ton.” of the most diverse cities in the world. Fifty years In the fifty years since its founding, Pearl River Mart’s online presence, managing the of your thumb tip, complete with legible headlines. Today, she lives with her wife in Long Island ago, Ming Yi and Ching Yeh Chen, founders River Mart has become a more than a Chinatown store’s blog and social media. “That really brings But what strikes you isn’t just the scale. The paint City, where she has a tiny closet art studio she of Chinatown’s Pearl River Mart, wanted to icon it is a “New York City institution,” as Kwong our experience out into the world. Even if you on the apartment fire escape has given way to calls “The Cludio.” Since she was furloughed promote the long relationship between China says. Swapping locations six times over the live in Iowa or Australia, you can feel like you rust in places, peeling back where water, weather, during COVID-19, McGurran has poured herself and New York. Established in 1971 during a years, the flagship store has been able to remain are part of the community and learn about these and wear would have chipped it away. The white into her art, creating smaller, more intricate pieces trade embargo between the U.S. and China, the within a six-block radius of the original location, traditions and cultural stories.” When it comes to window air conditioner unit is browning with and taking on new commissions. She hopes, in idea behind the Asian-American department inhabiting at various times Chinatown. Soho, and opening up the community, Kwong says, “I love age and exposure. The newspaper looks like it the future, to expand out of The Cludio. “My wife store was to establish new diplomatic relations Tribeca. Business took off in the late 1970s and how there are people from all different walks of was left on the sidewalk during a downpour. Her is very supportive and an all-around awesome between the two countries. Pearl River Mart’s 80s, when fashion and home magazine editors life. Not just different ethnicities, but also different work doesn’t just encapsulate New York’s beauty. It partner, but she’s definitely getting tired of weird president, Joanne Kwong (the daughter-in-law of from Glamour, Vogue, and House Beautiful made ages. You have to be open-minded here, because explores the dirt, grime, sidewalk muck, graffiti—all glue fumes and tiny bits of plastic and wood the store’s founders) recalls, “They thought they it their secret source for fashion-forward items that’s our ethos. It’s about sharing culture.” In the real-world detritus that she says many people littering the apartment.” McGurran also plans would create what was known as a friendship such as kimonos, silk dresses, shoes, and elegant, an age when this kind of discourse is clearly spend their days trying to avoid or ignore. to branch out into commercial work, perhaps shop, where they would celebrate how rich the yet affordable tableware and home decor. “The needed, it’s undeniable that Pearl River has a “Using the miniature in this way,” McGurran creating miniatures for film and television. culture was and how beautiful the designs were, Chens were really one of the retail pioneers of colorful future ahead. pearlriver.com DT observes, “it’s a vehicle of confronting our www.cityfolkstudio.com; @cityfolkstudio DT

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by Dan Metz photography by Nela Kekic

TRY AS SHE MIGHT, MARIE LAFFONT couldn’t find a comfortable, stylish shoe that let her walk without pain on swollen feet. She wanted a shoe that was flat but not a sneaker, and comfortable yet elegant. In the end, it was easier to make the shoes herself. Her eponymous brand eschews heels—for now—and focuses on walkable designs inspired by her favorite music. Laffont describes her 2020 collection as a unique dichotomy of French Glamour and British Rock. Her diverse influences range from Velvet Underground to Françoise Hardy and Beyoncé. “Before the pandemic, my favorite place in New York City to get inspired was Paris Blues in Harlem,” says Laffont, “because it’s such an authentic place with the best jazz music. Everyone dances and the people, the music, the feeling—it all inspires me!” Laffont’s core collection includes seven different designs, including a collaboration with artist Morgane Tschiember. The original 2020 collection was supposed to feature twenty designs, but COVID forced her to cut back. The shoes are bright, colorful, and fun, reminiscent of an ultramodern, no-walls workspace with bouncy balls and 30 flavors of espresso. The shoes are designed for the kind of professional who can think on her feet. And you won’t find a single heel on her website. “In today’s world,” Laffont says, “everyone is running around, riding the subway, cycling, walking, and I felt women would want to do that while feeling comfortable and stylish at the same time.” Laffont designed her shoes to last. “I want them to feel like a pair of pants, a jacket or a coat that you’ve worn a lot but still has the best fit,” she explains. “I want them to look worn and form some sort of an emotional bond with their owner—I’ve always been a romantic like that!” Each shoe is handmade by Italian craftsmen and she uses only high-quality materials: mostly leather and suede from tanneries that are guaranteed for quality, sustainability, and care of the environment. The soles are made with 80 percent recycled materials, and the boxes the shoes come department store. Not yet, at least. The shoes are available in are 100 percent recyclable and made of recycled on her website, through her Instagram paper. The signature studs fixed into the grosgrain (@marielaffontofficial), or her pop up store at 167 Mott are also hand applied in Italy. Street. Her limited runs mean that several 2020 designs Consumers won’t find Laffont’s shoes in a have already sold out. marielaffont.com DT

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Going the DISTANCE Virtual Urgent Care Goes to New Lengths to Reach NYC Patients.

by Dan Metz

IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN, the doctor is in, but you are not. Which, in COVID times, is probably for the best. Instead, NewYork-Presbyterian has opened its virtual doors for scheduled video visits for its 130,000 plus annual visitors, as well as new patients in search of care. More than 4000 physicians stand by, covering 80 A NEIGHBORHOOD specializations, ready for new patient visits, follow-up visits, mental health check-ins, pre-surgical/postoperative visits, and more. For those with more acute concerns, NewYork-Presbyterian offers Virtual Urgent Care, a fast- track for minor injuries or illnesses such as cold, flu, or IS ITS PEOPLE seasonal allergies, as well as COVID-19. “With approximately 20 percent of our outpatient visits now virtual across 80+ services,” says Shauna MASK UP AND REDISCOVER Coyne, Director of IT Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, “we are reaching more New Yorkers every day. During the pandemic, telemedicine has helped in YOUR DOWNTOWN minimizing disease spread, eliminating unnecessary hospital visits, and freeing up resources to best serve those who are in critical need.” As the only full-service hospital south of 14th Street, NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital dedicates itself to accessibility. The virtual visit portal,

accessible online or through the NYP Connect app, is directly available for many insurance providers. Those patients need only to hop on the app and schedule an downtownny.com appointment. For others, their provider’s office can help them schedule a video visit. All appointments with new patients come through the patient’s service provider. Virtual Urgent Care services are available for all adult patients located in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida, and for pediatric patients in New York and New Jersey. Then, minus the distance, the process is the same. You schedule the appointment; you fill out your medical history; it gets checked; you have your appointment. For the tech-phobic, virtual ambassadors are available to help set up accounts and prepare patients for visits. New York City has made giant strides to get ahead of a disease that has threatened its soul. With the United States still leading in new daily cases, the city has a lot more work to do. While we are still battling the pandemic, we can hope for a silver lining: that programs like On Demand Virtual Urgent Care and the normalization of video visits will continue long after the crisis has passed. DT

20 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 21 VIEWFINDER TAPESTRY A Tribute to Our Natural Oasis.

by Deborah L. Martin Photography by Noel Y. Calingasan

NEW YORK CITY, seen from any angle, is impressive. and refuge, open to all, democratic in its conception and But seen from above, the island of Manhattan reveals inspired in its execution. a singular beauty. From its northern reaches to its It was not always so. Construction began on the park southernmost tip, the dense thicket of structures seems to in 1858 and was completed over the ensuing 15 years, but simultaneously defy gravity and anchor a glittering island. by the early 1900’s, it had already fallen into a decline that But the vision of this city from above would be just another continued for 60 years. By the late 1960’s, Central Park had sprawl of urban development were it not for the 843 acres become the punchline for many a joke about the dangers at its center—the masterwork of Frederick Law Olmsted of city life. In 1979, Mayor Ed Koch appointed Elizabeth and Calvert Vaux—Central Park. This urban oasis segues Barlow Rogers as the first Central Park Administrator, from tender pea shoot green in spring to brilliant emerald and in 1980, the Central Park Conservancy was formed, in summer and black and white in deep winter, but it is working tirelessly to preserve one of New York’s most autumn when the park’s natural architecture truly shines. treasured features. All of the colors at the warm end of the Crayola box come Today, New Yorkers from the Bronx to Battery Park to life: from chocolate, khaki, and hunter green, to cayenne know it as a place to breathe, to escape the grind of living red, turmeric gold, and burnt sienna. It is a place of respite amongst 8.3 million people, for all to enjoy, equally.

Editor’s note: In September 2020, our dear friend and gifted editor George Jason Kontos passed away. He spent many happy hours in Central Park, walking his dogs, Byron and Claude, and enjoying the beauty and history of the place he considered his own backyard. This page is dedicated to his memory.

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MACDOUGAL STREET BLUES From Eleanor Roosevelt to Jimi Hendrix, this eight-block street is the epicenter of the city’s Bohemian past.

by Deborah L. Martin

MACDOUGAL STREET is one of those streets that New York Studio School on West 8th Street. The seem contrived: a movie set version of New York City, school is an important piece of New York art history, complete with brownstones, ornate fire escapes, front housed in a series of townhouses once owned by stoops with cast iron railings, and live music seeping one Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. She purchased out of brightly lit cafes. It was named for Alexander number 19 to use as a sculpture studio, and MacDougall, a Revolutionary War hero who counted subsequently purchased seven more townhouses, among his friends Alexander Hamilton and George creating a place where American artists—who were Washington. It begins at West 8th Street and ends in largely ignored—could live and work. Artists like SoHo at Prince Street, and along the way includes some Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, Reginald Marsh, and of the city’s truly historic spaces. Thomas Hart Benton, exhibited their work at what At its northern end lies MacDougal Alley, one of the became known as the Whitney Studio. In 1928, New York’s remaining, authentic mews, an enclosed Whitney offered to donate her collection of over 600 alley housing the stables and carriage houses for works to the Metropolitan Museum, who said, “No, the Gilded Age mansions on West 8th Street and thanks.” So in 1930 she and her assistant, Juliana Washington Square North. It is private now, accessed Reiser Force, converted the townhouses into the by those lucky few who live in the restored homes Whitney Museum of American Art. Four thousand that line it. However, it can be visited if you tour the people visited the museum on its first day. DT

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ALLEY DREAMS MacDougal Alley FIRST LADY Eleanor Roosevelt lived at 29 PUBLIC SQUARE In 1958 Robert Moses’s plan to run Fifth SCHOOL DAYS The Italian-Gothic 37 Washington LATE NIGHTS MacDougal Street comes alive FRIED DELIGHT Nothing is better for was once home to Jackson Pollack Washington Square West after the death of Avenue through the park was denied, thankfully. The Square West was purchased as faculty housing for at night, with people pouring out of cafes a late night stroll in the West Village (1949-1950). Isamu Noguchi lived President Franklin Roosevelt in 1945. It was park’s great history as a true public square can be seen New York University in 1953. It is also the official between music sets looking for a snack. Ben’s than a piping hot cone of crispy in the now demolished number 33, initially leased as a pied-à-terre for the couple, today in the protests, street musicians, and artists which residence for the venerable school’s president. Pizzeria serves up a delicious slice, though Belgian Frites, accompanied by a full where he created some of his most who planned to use it as their New York City are as much a part of park life as the historic trees and the Playwright Eugene O’Neill lived next door at no one is sure if they really have locations in spectrum of sauces, from the familiar important works. residence. iconic central fountain. number 39. London, Japan, Spain, and Italy to the exotic.

THE OG Caffe Reggio claims to be the first place to serve SHOP TALK MacDougal is a great place to WHA? Cafe Wha? is one of New HERITAGE 77 MacDougal is home to Tiro A STREET WITH A VIEW The view south to the SPEAKEASY 124 Old Rabbit Club cappucino in the United States. It’s iconic green facade shop while you stroll. Boutiques once lined the York’s most famous clubs—it is the Segno, the oldest Italian-American heritage club World Trade Center reminds you that you are still is a below-ground place to enjoy has been seen in movies (The Godfather II), and was the street, selling everything from Tibetan wares to place where Bob Dylan played his in the United States. There is a shooting range in New York City. MacDougal was once home to a drink. The area once had many site of a 1959 stump speech by presidential hopeful John records. Land of Buddha sells everything from first gig, and where Jimi Hendrix and bocce court in the basement. The building is myriad coffee shops where budding performers speakeasys, giving the street its F. Kennedy. silver jewerly to prayer flags. frequently graced the stage. comprised of three 1850 rowhouses. worked and played. party atmosphere.

MEETING PLACE Minetta Tavern TIMELESS MacDougal is lined with historic terra cotta TATTOO YOU NYC Ink is in 116 MacDougal, CHICAGO IN NY Emmett’s serves C’EST MAGNIFIQUE 120 was once the home of jeweler Alfonso Albrizio’s renowned HISTORIC The Greek-Revival was frequented by writers such as rowhouses and brownstones that are protected as part of the which used to be the Gaslight Cafe where up Chicago-style pizza, hot dogs, shop, C’est Magnifique. Rockers such as Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, and Madonna were architecture of the MacDougal- E.E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, Greenwich Village Historic District. MacDougal Ale House is beat poets such as Jack Kerouac and Allen and beef sandwiches in a casual clients, as well as five generations of New Yorkers in the know. Though the store no Sullivan Gardens Historic Joe Gould, and Ezra Pound. another underground bar with a relaxed vibe. Ginsberg gathered. Bob Dylan lived upstairs. New York setting. longer exists, Alfred III keeps the legend alive with his own brand, Sterling Assault. District dates to 1844.

26 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 27 CULTURE | ARTFULL ARTFULL | CULTURE GRAPHIC DESIGN A Chelsea museum celebrates the art of the poster.

by Daniel Metz photography by Deborah L. Martin

“WHEN YOU GO TO A FINE ART MUSEUM, surrounding COVID even before the order to you sit in front of a painting and you ask, close restaurants went into effect. ‘What is it trying to tell me?” says Bader Poster House reopened its doors at the AlAwadhi, marketing manager for Poster end of August. “The Sleeping Giant” and House. “When it comes to posters, they tell “The Swiss Grid,” which had only been on you right away. You need to understand display for a short time before COVID struck, them in the first three seconds or they’re have been extended until March 2021. In not working. Which makes it a very different addition to their main exhibitions, upcoming experience.” shows include Blacksploitation film posters, And Poster House is different. It is the Austrian designer Julius Klinger, and the country’s first and only museum primarily story of how Hunter S. Thompson tried to focused on posters. One of its main shows, become sheriff and take over Aspen. “The Sleeping Giant: Posters & the Chinese The Poster House is open from Thursday Economy,” spans a century, reflecting on through Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. Please a nation and a society rocked by social visit posterhouse.org to reserve tickets and extremes that brought it to the place it stands for public health guidelines. DT now, politically and in the global economy. The other main show, “The Swiss Grid,” tells a very different story. Rather than exploring the growth of nations, “The Swiss Grid” explores the growth and development of modern graphic design through a school of design that revolutionized the medium. The exhibition explores International Typographic Style, one of the most important movements in graphic design history. In addition to telling stories through posters, the museum is also helping to write those stories. Poster House was the first museum in the city to close for COVID-19. The staff, who were still being paid in full, decided to continue working on projects to help the community. The most visible of these was #COMBATCOVID, where they asked artists to submit poster designs with inspirational and informative messages, choosing 20 to be displayed throughout the city. The project was led by Poster House’s AlAwadhi along with PRINT magazine. They teamed up with LinkNYC, Silvercast, and Times Square Arts to display the posters on more than 1800 screens throughout the city. JCDecaux volunteered more screens, spreading the posters to Boston and Chicago. Since then, they have been seen in Miami, Los Angeles, and North Carolina. They also worked on projects like “Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories” with award-winning cookbook author Grace Young, who interviewed restaurant owners POSTERIZE An exhibit at Poster House, exploring the poster art

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEBORAH L. MARTIN L. DEBORAH BY PHOTOGRAPHY in Chinatown who were already facing of China. Above: Poster House is in the building that formerly financial devastation, fear, and bigotry housed TekServe, the original Apple repair shop in New York.

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ERIN MCKENNA’S BAKERY It was during a meditation session that the idea for this gluten free bakery was born. Erin McKenna was disappointed with her job at the time and had just discovered that she had several food allergies, so she started to bake sweets for herself. At the time, gluten free BAKE vegan baked goods weren’t available. After taking an inner journey to discover her life purpose, Erin decided to open her own bakery on the Lower East Side in 2005. “Opening this type of bakery before anything like it existed was a very interesting thing. I spent a lot of time educating people about the ingredients and why this mattered,” she says. At the beginning, people visited out of pure curiosity and most of them became SALE long-term customers. Erin McKenna’s gluten free donuts have become so famous that she opened two other locations: in Los Angeles and at Walt Disney World. Even though the donuts are the Doughnuts and Cookies bestsellers, Erin is always developing new recipes. She does that in the same way this and Babka, Oh My! journey began: through meditation. “I meditate and open myself up to be guided through the process and then when I hit the kitchen, I intuitively throw things in the bowl. Then I by Fernanda Mueller photography by Ryan Liu keep going until I reach the right texture, flavor, sweetness, and overall balance.” We call that a great recipe. 248 Broome Street; erinmckennasbakery.com

THERE ARE FEW THINGS MORE THERAPEUTIC than a cup of coffee and a delicious pastry or a slice of cake. Thankfully, New York City is bakery central—you can always find a place to fulfill your cravings. The bakeries in this issue are diverse in flavor and concept: there’s the Israeli place that makes the best babkas in town, the traditional, 100-year-old Italian spot, and bakeries for those with allergies looking for a safe sweet treat. Behind each one of them there’s a beautiful story of passion for baking.

VENIERO’S Veniero’s opened on East 11th Street in 1894. It started off as a social club opened by Antonio Veniero, an Italian immigrant. His passion for fine pastries became a business when he started to bake and sell biscotti at the club. By 1920, the space was transformed into a traditional Italian Pasticceria. Veniero’s is an East Village landmark, appearing in many movies and television shows. Though they specialize in Italian cakes and pastries (don’t sleep on the cannolis), they also make delicious cheesecake. As current owner Robert Zerilli explains, “It’s important to try new recipes and always surprise the customers — that’s how you survive in this city.” He continues, “After more than a hundred years of tradition, the responsibility to keep the quality of the products and maintain credibility is enormous, but when you put your heart into a business, it can’t go wrong.” 342 E. 11th Street; venierospastry.com

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PARTYBUS BAKE SHOP MICHAELI BAKERY Jacqueline Eng went from being a classical percussionist to a baker who loves sharing her knowledge about heritage grains and natural Executive pastry chef Amir Michaeli created the popular chocolate babka at his previous gig, Breads Bakery. After 12 years in the business, Michaeli fermentation. She got a great response from the public when she opened a pop-up in her Lower East Side neighborhood, and in November of 2019, the decided it was time to open his own bakery. “I’m in love with the daily production processes, the freshly baked goods every morning, but mostly the mostly women-led bakery opened on Essex Street. reactions from customers for something you make and they keep coming back for.” At Michaeli Bakery, he’s introducing Americans to plenty of Israeli At Partybus, wheat is the star. Jacqueline explains that wheat can be classified in the same way as grape varietals are in wine production. “Not all treats, such as the Pizza Burekas, a puff pastry filled with fresh tomato sauce, olives, feta and gouda cheese. Michaeli says he grew up eating Burekas, so kinds of breads should have the same flavor. The customer should taste the ingredient that we used. Because I work with a variety of grains sourced it means a lot that it’s becoming popular in New York. locally, I get to play with different wheats and different flavors, instead of just saying, ‘Oh this is flour.’” Eng sources ingredients from producers like Besides the traditional Israeli recipes, there are also vegan and gluten-free options. “Vegan or not, every one of our products must be good. So, when Maine Grains, Farmer Ground Flour, and Norwich Meadows Farms. I make something, I try it first and if I don’t say ‘Oh, delicious!’ it won’t be on our menu,” he says. That is what happened with their gluten-free Nutella Besides the cold fermentation baguettes, their best-selling item is the Pistachio Rose Croissant, which is similar to the traditional almond croissant, cookie and vegan donuts. Michaeli says that most people who order them are not even allergic to gluten. From the beginning, the bakery was designed but filled with pistachio cream and topped with rosewater glaze. 31 Essex Street; partybusbakeshop.com to be mostly a to-go operation, which is a perfect fit for the times we are living in. 115A Division Street; michaelibakery.com

BAKED CRAVINGS MAH-ZE-DAHR At Baked Cravings, you will find everything your heart desires: cakes, brownies, cookies, gourmet popcorn, and their bestseller, Cupcakes in “A love affair with food as a language,” is how Umber Ahmad describes her relationship with food. Originally from Pakistan, Ahmad grew up a Jar (so popular that they ship nationally). But Baked Cravings is different—it is a 100 percent peanut and tree nut-free bakery that really focuses traveling a lot, and she developed a passion for discovering new cultures and different flavors. Before opening a bakery, she built a career in business, on delicious flavors. first working on Wall Street and then co-founding a firm where she dedicated much of her time to addressing food security, long-term agriculture After working as the Chief Financial Officer of another nut-free bakery that decided to downsize operations, Craig Watson realized it was contracts, and expansion of food brands internationally. time to use his experience to open his own business. Sensing that there was a lack of allergy-friendly bakeries in New York, and knowing their But Umber was more than a successful businesswoman—she also enjoyed baking. After her friend, well-known chef and restaurateur Tom Colicchio, tasted her importance—his daughter has food allergies—he started Baked Cravings. Watson explains that they guarantee a safe facility for the allergy pastries, he encouraged Umber to do something with them. “At that moment, I decided to go from advising others on how to build the next great heritage brand to community by “using only the highest quality ingredients sourced from nut-free vendors, following strict packing processes and conducting regular building one myself,” she says. Her brioche doughnut, filled with luscious vanilla pastry cream, and the heavenly cheesecake are the bakery’s best sellers. tests to provide pastries for children to enjoy and parents to trust.” Even though owning a bakery seems to be a completely different job than working on Wall Street, Ahmad explains that at Mah-Ze-Dahr she is applying Baked Cravings’ original location in East Harlem (1673 Lexington Avenue), and their new location in the East Village (102 St. Marks Place), are the skills she developed during her career in finance. “It’s not enough to have a great brownie recipe. You must operate your company with the utmost perfect spots to satisfy a sweet tooth. bakedcravings.com financial savvy.” 28 Greenwich Avenue; mahzedahrbakery.com

32 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 33 CULTURE | URBANITY URBANITY | CULTURE LET’S PUT ON A SHOW Broadway is the soul of New York City, but that soul is hurting since COVID-19 forced theaters to go dark. Last month, the Broadway League announced that performances would be delayed through May 2021, more than a year after they initially shut down. Live theater is not an industry used to being at a standstill, and many New Yorkers whose lives and livelihoods are wrapped up in the theater have suffered tremendously in shutdown and quarantine. But out of darkness, light. Broadway’s best have come up with programs and benefits to raise money, hope, and spirits. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has stepped into the arena to take care of their own, raising money for Broadway’s makers, performers, and creatives. The organization works for the wellbeing of all of the people who rely on healthy audiences and open theaters to make a living. Who’s Holiday! Cindy Lou Who’s childhood encounter with the larcenous Grinch changed everything. Now an adult, Lou Who reflects on the twisted direction her life has taken ever since. The one-woman show, based in Cindy’s trailer of a home, stars Broadway’s beloved Lesli Margherita (Matilda The Musical, Emojiland) and was written by Matthew Lombardo. Filmed during its celebrated recent Off-Broadway run, the first-ever streamed performance will premiere FULL HOUSE Artists need space, which comes at a premium in New Friday, December 11, as a benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. York City. Silverstein Properties hopes to offer a reprieve through its broadwaycares.org/pre-event/whosholiday Silver Art Projects program, a corporate responsibility project aimed Home for the Holidays Join Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at providing space for artists to grow and thrive. 30 artists have been for Home for the Holidays, an online celebration of the traditions selected and offered the chance to share a 44,000 square foot space of your favorite Broadway on the 50th floor of 3 World Trade Center for up to eight months. The performers, and the shows in program was founded by Corey Silverstein, grandson of Silverstein which they star. Peer into the Properties Chairman Larry Silverstein, and his college roommate, homes of Broadway actors as Joshua Pulman.. Upon graduation, they each entered Manhattan’s they perform holiday classics financial world, but they also share a passion for art, and wanted to be from as close as New York’s in the proximity of artists. Through the Silverstein family’s commitment Theater District and as far CREATING COMMUNITY Sometimes, an act of creation is an act to bringing art and artists into downtown Manhattan, they created Silver as The Lion King’s South of community. That is what Groundswell is all about. The 25-year-old Art Projects. Africa. Share the warmth organization brings neighborhood kids together with artists to create Over 500 people applied to the program, and a panel of independent and joy that makes the collective murals with input from community members and young artists. curators narrowed them down to 30. Artists were judged by their need season bright in this benefit Their most recent creation, on the Houston Bowery Wall, has a sea-faring for space, their potential for growth, and the feasibility of practicing their for Broadway Cares, which SEE YOUR CITY fantasy folklore theme and features several portraits of black figures in craft in the space. “The diversity of this group is incredible,” says Pulman, streams Tuesday, December the foreground. The project was in collaboration with Goldman Properties “There’s more talent in this space than any other space I’ve seen in 15. broadwaycares.org/pre- Around town and in your home, and Goldman Global Arts. “Art has the power to amplify messages of Manhattan and it’s alive.” silverart.com event/home-for-the-holidays hope, action and the power to unite a community,” said Jessica Goldman it’s all about the arts. Srebnick, CEO of Goldman Global Arts. “We are honored to be a part of this collaboration with Groundswell, led by artist Raúl Ayala and assisted by Dan Metz by 10 aspiring young artists who covered the Houston Bowery Wall with a powerful mural that reflects this watershed moment in our nation’s history.” groundswell.nyc

Some museums have opened their doors again. Be aware that many have new safety policies, so plan ahead.

WHITNEY MUSEUM SOUTH STREET TENEMENT MUSEUM THE NEW MUSEUM MUSEUM OF THE 9/11 MEMORIAL THE MUSEUM OF OF AMERICAN ART SEAPORT MUSEUM The Tenement has reopened with JEWISH HERITAGE & MUSEUM is CHINESE IN is open, with several While indoor spaces apartment tours are multiple exhibits has reopened with re-opened as a one- AMERICA, in ongoing exhibitions, remain closed, you still temporarily extending into the its poignant way visitor addition to COVID- including “Working can still tour the canceled, but the new year, including Auschwitz Exhibition. experience with new 19, closed due to a Together: The outdoor sites, museum is offering “Peter Saul: Crime It is open on health and safety tragic fire that Photographers of the including the tall tours of the Lower and Punishment,” Wednesdays, measures, and is destroyed priceless Koamoinge ship, Wavertree. East Side to single through January. Thursdays, and also open for live artifacts. It will not Workshop,” now southstreetseaport- household groups. newmuseum.org Sundays. virtual tours. reopen until early through March 2021. museum.org tenement.org mjhnyc.org 911memorial.org 2021, but it hosts INCOLOUR Stop by INCOLOUR in TriBeCa to consult with color expert Martin Kesselman and view his collection of Farrow & Ball colours, whitney.org regular digital and while you are there check out “WINDOW,” a revolving art display in Kesselman’s 100 Lafayette Street showroom, sponsored by Anton Kern programming as well as live-streamed Gallery. Currently on view, Lara Schnitger presents an installation of quilts created between 2015 - 2020, including her latest piece emblazoned digital tours of the with the slogan: “Booty For Biden.” Schnitger’s quilts are multi-purpose: in addition to static display, they are designed in such a way that museum. they can be packed efficiently for travel, attached to wooden dowels and carried through the streets as part of Suffragette City, the artist’s mocanyc.org hybrid procession-protest piece, which has been staged in cities across the world, spreading a message of female empowerment. Incolour.life; antonkerngallery.com

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SHELFIE Books are always a good idea.

IN THE LIMELIGHT: THE VISUAL ECSTASY OF NYC NIGHTLIFE IN THE 90S Amidst a dynamically shifting backdrop of 2020’s New York City, this book provides a contrast to a very different city that stood in its place three decades earlier. Photographer Steve Eichner recorded the glam and revelry of the New York City club scene in the 1990s. in-the-limelight.com

WRIGHT AND NEW YORK: THE MAKING OF AMERICA’S ARCHITECT For much of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life, he saw New York City as something of an antagonist, dedicated to the Art Deco and International style he avoided and contrasted with. Wright and New York tells the story of the long and changing relationship Wright had with The Big Apple and how he eventually left his mark on the city.

TAXI: JOURNEY THROUGH MY WINDOWS What view of New York City could be more iconic than through the window of a taxi? Photographer and cabbie Joseph Rodriguez took his camera to the street, capturing a unique view of a vibrant New York of the 1970s and 1980s. Through his lens, you can see a slice of the everyday, for everyday citizens of this extraordinary city.

ODETTA: A LIFE IN MUSIC AND PROTEST Odetta’s voice and words have woven their way through US history, creating countercultureal waves we can still see today. This is the definitive biography of her life, complete with over 70 interviews and a deep dive into her personal papers by author and journalist Ian Zack.

JOHN LENNON: 1980 PLAYLIST This unique book cuts a peculiar slice out of John Lennon’s life: the music he was listening to in 1980—the music which influenced him during his year of rebirth. Author Tim English goes through each artist and influence to shine a new light inside the mind of a visionary artist in a singular moment of transition.

CLARIS: HOLIDAY HEIST This fashion-focused family-friendly fable follows the continued adventures of Claris, a small mouse making her way in Paris, France, to follow her fashion dreams. In this fourth installment, Claris goes toe-to-toe with a feline cat burglar.

VESPA: STYLE AND PASSION In honor of the iconic Italian scooter’s 75th anniversary, this book tells the story of how Vespa evolved into a brand that has sold over 19 million units on six continents. The book includes dozens of studio images of the most significant models as well as period advertisements, rare archival photographs, and images of Vespas in popular culture and motorsport.

CHAIRPEDIA An illustrated compilation of anecdotes about 101 iconic chairs. Seating expert Andreu World’s latest encyclopedic project places the chair as the protagonist in this volume of stories that is sure to delight.

36 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 37 IMBIBE | CULTURE AWARD-WINNING CHEF Marcus Samuelsson’s 1 ³/₄ cups chicken stock new book, The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul 1 small sheet kombu CAKETAILS of American Food, co-authored with writer 6 dried shiitake mushrooms To celebrate Glenmorangie A Tale of a Cake Osayi Endolyn, is a celebration of the influence TOGETHER 1 medium tomato, quartered single malt whisky, UK bartender Jeremy Le that Black people have had on American 1 small onion, quartered CHEERS! Blanche and pastry mastermind Dominique cuisine throughout our history. As he says in the 1 small green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, Ansel created four delightful cocktail and cake introduction, “Black food is not just one thing. It’s and coarsely chopped Cocktails are always a good idea. pairings . The delicious combinations combine WE RISE by Deborah L. Martin not a rigidly defined geography or a static set of 3 cloves garlic, peeled Glenmorangie A Tale of Cake and three more of tastes. It is an energy. A force. An engine. In fact, 16 littleneck clams, cleaned and rinsed the brand’s exceptional single malts: Original, Black cooking is the engine of what we commonly A new book from Chef 1 pound mussels, beards trimmed and cleaned I’M IN LOVE WITH THE COCOA SPICED SOUR Lasanta, and Quinta Ruban. understand to be American food. And if you Marcus Samuelsson. 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined Snuggle up with a delicious adult take on By Egan’s Irish Whiskey THE PEAR FIZZ want to understand the culture and history of Juice of 1 lemon everyone’s favorite winter drink: hot chocolate. 1 ¹/₂ oz Egan’s Vintage Grain Eat: Poached pears floating in a syrup made the United States, you need to understand Black ¹/₄ cup fresh parsley leaves Master Mixologist Rael Petit shares his recipe for ¹/₂ oz fresh lemon juice with Glenmorangie Original and vanilla, with cooks and Black food. This book is an invitation a holiday treat, I’m in Love with the Cocoa. Make ¹/₂ oz fresh blood orange juice lemon, thyme, and orange notes. to that conversation—an invitation to open doors FOR THE MAYONNAISE: it at home or try it at the Carribean restaurant ¹/₂ oz Cinnamon/Clove Rich Simple Syrup* Drink: to history, highlight Black excellence today, and Heat the oil and garlic in a small sauté pan set Kokomo where Rael is the Beverage Director. 1 egg white 1 ¹/₂ oz Glenmorangie Original imagine a future where everyone has a seat at the over low heat. Stirring frequently, cook until the Serves 1 0.9 oz pear juice table and a spot in the kitchen.” garlic is soft, but not browned, about 10 minutes. 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Dry shake 0.4 oz lemon juice In five chapters—Next, Remix, Migration, Remove the garlic from the pan and smash 1 tablespoon sugar until pressure changes, add ice and hard shake ¹/₂ oz vanilla syrup Legacy, and Origin—he calls out Black chefs, to form a paste. Place the garlic, mayonnaise, ¹/₄ teaspoon vanilla extract until fluffy. Double strain into a large coupe. 1 dash orange bitters historians, mixologists, authors, restaurateurs, parsley, and salt in a small bowl and whisk to 1 cup milk - any kind you like Garnish with chocolate bitters in a pretty design Top with a splash of Champagne and educators, and shares recipes in their combine. Refrigerate until ready to use. 1 ¹/₂ oz Bacardi rum or a dried blood orange round on the rim. honor that speak to the influence and history of 1 oz of Montepulciano red wine Shake first five ingredients with ice and strain American food. FOR THE RICE AND SEAFOOD: *Make a rich infused syrup by dissolving 16 oz into chilled coupe. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Warm the milk in a saucepan on the stove and sugar in 8 oz water and adding 2 cinnamon sticks Add a splash (0.9 oz max.) of champagne. Cut the squash in half lengthwise and remove add the first 3 ingredients, whisking to combine. and 4-6 whole cloves to the mix. Leave them in until Garnish with a sprig of thyme. the seeds. Brush the flesh with 1 tablespoon of As a shortcut, use your favorite ready-made the finished syrup comes to room temperature. the oil and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt. hot chocolate brand. Add the Bacardi rum and Lay each half, cut side down, on a parchment- Montepulciano red wine and stir to combine. lined baking sheet. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, Serve in a tiki mug. until the squash is tender. Scrape out the flesh and set aside until ready to use. Bring the rice, stock, kombu, mushrooms and ½ teaspoon of the salt to a boil in a medium saucepan set over high heat. Decrease the heat to maintain a low simmer and cook until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed, about 20 to 30 minutes. Remove and discard the kombu and mushrooms and set the rice aside until ready to use. Combine the tomato, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in a food processor and process until finely chopped. SMOKY PALOMA TIKI TODDY Heat the remaining 6 tablespoons olive oil in 2 oz Rosaluna Mezcal By Alexander Hauck and Stephan Berg of The a large skillet or 6- to 8-quart Dutch oven set over 1 oz fresh grapefruit juice Bitter Truth In honor of JJ Johnson side dish or main course. It works for a family medium heat. When the oil shimmers, add the ¹/₂ oz Lime juice 1 oz Tiki Lovers White or Dark Rum SHELLFISH STEW WITH BLACK RICE reunion or a large gathering— perfect for JJ’s chopped vegetables and remaining ¾ teaspoon OH TANENBAUM ¹/₂ oz Agave syrup 1 oz The Bitter Truth - Golden Falernum JJ is like my cuz. Not only is he my neighbor, life in Harlem with his young family. More than salt and cook for 7 to 8 minutes, until the onions By Ute Londrigan, Heimat New York 1 pinch of sea salt 3 dashes The Bitter Truth Aromatic Bitters but he’s also brought so much to Harlem by anything, he’s an amazing dad to twins. are translucent and the liquid has reduced 2 oz Heimat New York Cranberry Garnish, torched rosemary sprig ¹/₂ oz Lime Juice creating jobs and opportunities as chef and slightly. Add the rice and toss to combine and 1 oz White rum Top with seltzer 2 oz Orange Juice owner of the brilliant Fieldtrip. We’ve done so ACTIVE TIME: 55 minutes heat through. Add the squash, clams, mussels, 6 oz Eggnog much cooking together— from the South Beach START TO FINISH: 2 hours and shrimp and Add all ingredients to a shaker except for Heat all ingredients in a pot (don‘t boil) and Wine and Food Festival in Miami Beach to SERVES: 4 TO 6 toss to combine. Add liqueur and rum into a clear mug or glass. seltzer, shake and pour in a glass filled with pour into a warmed glass or mug. Garnish with Harlem EatUp! Right now, Uptown is doing such Cover and Slowly add the eggnog and stir if desired. ice. Top with seltzer and rosemary. cinnamon and orange. cool things on the food scene. Sometimes, I step GARLIC MAYONNAISE transfer to the back and check out what’s going on around 1 tablespoon vegetable oil oven to bake for me. I look to the left and look to the right. I’ve 3 cloves garlic, peeled 10 to 15 minutes, got Melba on one side and JJ on the other. All of 1 cup mayonnaise until the clams us are pushing and looking at the young chefs 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley open. coming to Harlem. Aunt Sylvia and Roberta �/₄ teaspoon kosher salt Squeeze lemon would be proud. juice over the JJ’s always looking beyond the culinary RICE AND SEAFOOD dish, garnish horizon. I know going back to Africa had a 1 medium delicata squash with parsley, huge impact on him. When he studied there, he 7 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil and serve became deeply passionate about rice. This dish 1 ³/₄ teaspoons kosher salt with the garlic Co-author Osayi Endolyn highlights his passion for rice and works as a 1 cup black rice, soaked in water overnight mayonnaise. DT

38 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 39 LITTLE APPLE | BARCLAY'S SPOT BARCLAY'S SPOT | LITTLE APPLE

ATTICUS DIGBY CHARLIE AUSTRALIAN LABRADOODLE OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG/ LABRADOR RETRIEVER My favorite artists are the children BERNEDOODLE My favorite musical is The Lion King. I work with at the Brooklyn Family Justice My favorite musical is My mom and her friends like to call me Center. The children draw pictures West Side Story because I’m Simba. They say I look and walk like of me and I help them feel safe a real west-sider (raised in Battery him and sometimes play a song when they are sad or scared. Park City!). Fun fact: I’ve never called The Circle of Life. been East of the West Side Highway!

BARCLAY’S Barclay Hudson Pawblisher Follow me on Instagram THOUGHTS @downtownbarclay

FALL IS ALMOST OVER. How did that happen? On one paw, it feels like Matt Levitsky and Deb Reich, from engaging in the arts. Digby, BARKLEY LILU DALLAS MULTIPASS November was the 11th year of 2020. On the other paw it feels like it another COVID dog, has enjoyed the history of the city with pawrents MINIATURE DACHSHUND BULL MASTIFF was just February. Over the last few months, we have experienced some Shane Skibitsky and Tracy Kaplan. The half Old English sheepdog, If I could be in any musical, I specialize in found objects as a medium. I expertly choose amazing celebrations of the arts online, from zoom musical numbers to half bernedoodle loves walking around Castle Clinton in Battery Park I’d like to be in Cats! sticks and stuff based on smell, likelihood of scratching my new songs, stories, and performances from artists. What better time to and barking at the Statue of Liberty. Atticus, an Australian labradoodle, I love the makeup and could momma’s legs with it, and any whimsical branches that celebrate the creators who make our city great? loves to play the Zoom game with his mom, Charley Bednarsh. She wreak some havoc onstage! may be laying around. My mom is so proud of them. We’re still keeping it safe at Downtown, and I have to socially invites her zoom friends over, and Atticus tries to find them. So far, they distance when we go to the park, so I reached out by email to some of are very good at hiding. Lilu Dallas Multipass, spaceship-travelling my furriends to find out about some of their favorite creators, artistic companion of pawrent , disguises herself as a bull mastiff Carol Vargas IF YOU’D LIKE TO MAKE A GIFT TO AN ANIMAL SHELTER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, EVERY DOLLAR HELPS! hobbies, and any new tricks they’ve learned while in quarantine. by day and listens to Ron Burns at night. , a labrador, is also new Charlie DOWNTOWN EDITORS LOVE BEST FRIENDS: Visit ny.bestfriends.org, , a miniature dachshund, is new to the city. He arrived as a to the city, and has heard her pawrents rave Barkley Kristen and Kyle Morell or follow them on Instagram @bfas_ny. puppy just before COVID, but that hasn’t stopped him or his pawrents, about a museum they call the Dog Park. DT

40 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 41 LITTLE APPLE | DOG TRAINER STORY DOG TRAINER STORY | LITTLE APPLE THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF DOGS Justin Silver teaches us how to communicate with our four-legged friends.

by Grace A. Capobianco

JUSTIN SILVER is a celebrity dog trainer who companion on two. You need to match up in a eyes at the NYCACC. He’s a diamond in the ruff has been rescuing and training dogs around few categories. You and your dog don’t need (pun intended) and the perfect match for my the world for two decades. He is the former to agree on carpet swatches, but you do need lifestyle. I have plenty of clients who go with host of “Dogs in the City,” on CBS and is the to find a dog that fits your energy level and breeders and although I’m a rescue guy through author of bestseller “The Language of Dogs.” lifestyle. I personally live a very active lifestyle, and through, my advice is take an honest self- He owns a full-service dog care and training have lots of kids in my family and have dozens appraisal of your life and dwellings to make company, and is the founder and host “Funny for of client dogs coming in and out of my house sure the breed you pick has characteristics that Fido,” a charitable event where the world’s top daily. So, when I was fostering dogs this summer, sound like you, if you had a tail. comedians perform and raise money for animal after my pitbull mix Chiquita passed, I knew rescue shelters. We sat down with Justin to learn I needed a fit and “bomb proof” (that means DTM: When is it the right time to start some of his secrets for successful parent-canine friendly with everything) dog to take that training your dog? relationships. place in my home and heart. Fostering shelter JS: Here’s the news. You’re always training them dogs is my first suggestion to prospective dog from the moment you meet them. I’ve trained Downtown Magazine: How does one go about parents because it’s like test-driving a car. dogs & their owners around the world, in choosing the right dog for a city dweller? The shelters are full of amazing dogs waiting different cultures and even through interpreters Justin Silver: There are as many types of for their match on two legs so even if the first, on TV. Here’s a fact: dogs don’t act out. They act in dogs as there are types of people, from fitness second, or third one isn’t a fit, you’ve given accordance with the information they are being fanatics to couch potatoes and everything that dog a warm couch to curl up on until you given. That means you are always training them it sound easier than it is, but it is easier than most commands. Once they do, we reverse-engineer DTM: I want to adopt a rescue dog but in between. Finding the right companion on both swipe right. I fostered two dogs before my either intentionally or unintentionally through people make it with a little honest effort. I have it by having them sit and stay on their spot, I’m afraid of its past and that I will not four legs isn’t dissimilar from finding the right middle aged pitbull, Sweet Pea and I locked your actions. They are living in a human-based three tips for training: short sessions frequently; then we hold eye contact with them as we be able to train the dog. What do you world and if we aren’t guiding and informing have fun; expect progress, not perfection. introduce “doorsy” sounds. A small knock or recommend? them on what to do as they move through it, jiggling the knob. Their ears may pop forward JS: As I mentioned earlier, fostering with then the only thing informing them are their DTM: How do we stop our dog from barking or they’ll give a low growl but if we go slowly the goal of adopting is the best option for all instinctual and emotional reactions to things. at guests or noise outside the home? and keep returning to reward them between involved. Any reputable rescue group will be When the latter is the case, unwanted behaviors JS: First, let me tell you the biggest mistake reps, they will stay put. If you practice five reps, honest with you about a dog’s temperament. arise. However, whether we get them as puppies people make that reinforces this behavior. three times a day, you will very soon advance If you are upfront about what you can and or adopt adults, there is a basic vocabulary They tell their dog what they DON’T want to a heavy knock, ringing your own bell and can’t handle, then finding a match is just ALL dogs NEED to know; something I call “The them to do. When dogs bark at the door, they swinging the door open to talk to a fake person. a matter of honest communication with a Big Six” of commands. These commands are are just saying “Hey, someone’s here! What do Now the dog has reference for what they are reliable rescue. I also don’t think you can Come, Sit, Stay, Heel, Down, Spot. Think of these I do?” Then, most people yell, “Hey! Quiet! Stop supposed to do when these sounds present always get an accurate assessment of a dog commands as the buttons you push to explain barking!” Great, now you’re both barking. Dogs themselves or company comes a-knocking. You while they are in the shelter environment. It’s to them what you want them to do in any given were domesticated to be our hunting partners, can practice more reps by randomly surprising just too stressful for many of them. Therefore, circumstance. Once they know these, life with nannies, and alarm systems. They are doing them when they’re in another room by ringing if you are a beginner, I suggest meeting dogs them is easy-peasy. Here’s the good news: with their job, so their barking alert needs to be your own bell and following the previous steps. who are already chilling out with a foster the style I teach, it doesn’t take more than 20 acknowledged positively. After they bark, they If you have multiple people living in your home, family. So many of my friends open their minutes a day to teach dogs almost anything. need to be directed through the activity you while one of you is home with the pooch, the hearts and homes to foster dogs whom I train How is that possible, you might ask. Because WANT them to do. I have a drill that I teach other can ring the bell when returning home personally while in their care. I oversee the I train them in 2-minute sessions with more clients every day called “The Doorbell Drill.” instead of using the key, and follow the steps. If meeting process to make sure we all feel frequency throughout the day rather than in This uses three commands out of The Big Six you have a buzzer downstairs that triggers the comfortable with the match. Lots of credible long training sessions, so that it stays fun and it to condition dogs to go to their spot, sit, and barking, even better. Have them buzz up and trainers do this. It’s a wonderful feeling when integrates seamlessly into your lives together. stay when someone knocks on your door or start the exercise from the buzzer. This way it works out, and my charity @funnyforfido You’re going out for a walk, have your dog “sit” they hear noises in the hall. First, we have a the momentum knob of your dog’s excitement (funnyforfido.org) is dedicated to funding for the leash. On the walk, practice a few reps of destination spot (I use a square cut from a gets turned down and the “helicopter” of their rescue organizations that practice responsible “heel” and “stay.”. You have a friend coming over cheap yoga mat) placed where the dog has line reaction gets landed for a moment instead of rescue and adoption in this way. DT and the doorbell rings, practice “go to spot” and of sight to the door. The dog must first have winding up, up, up, ending in an explosion “stay.” This is an abbreviated version that makes a handle on the “go to spot,” “sit” and “stay” when the person rings that bell. Follow @thelanguageofdogs on Instagram

42 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 43 Bandleader, composer, musician, entrepreneur: Jon Batiste’s moment is now

by Deborah L. Martin photography by Andrew Matusik

KEY OF LIFE Jon Batiste gives an impromptu concert on a Steinway & Sons baby grand piano, looking out over the city from the 79th floor of 3 World Trade Center. OPPOSITE: Batiste stands in front of “Akoma,” a mural by artist Georgie Nakima, in 3 World Trade Center. He is wearing a Coach X Jean-Michel Basquiat trench coat.

44 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 45 IN A CAVERNOUS SPACE ON THE 79TH a performance that my family was doing in look at the things that have happened over TAKE THE A TRAIN Batiste plays the FLOOR of 3 World Trade Center, a tall, Black Japan. I was asked to sing a nursery rhyme. It the last five or six years in my life: graduating classic Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn tune. He has said that Duke man summons glorious sounds from a baby must have been The Itsy, Bitsy Spider.” Was he a from Juilliard and going on the road; doing Ellington is one of his many grand piano, surrounded by endless views natural? “I remember having such intense stage television; writing plays and musicals; releasing inspirations. of Manhattan. He is full of kinetic energy, fright and going through many different takes. albums; and all of the different awards and sometimes standing, sometimes sitting, shoes Fast forward 25 years later, and I’m on TV.” all of the people that I’ve met...” He pauses and off, feet working the pedals, hands in motion, Yes, he is. The Late Show with Stephen then continues, “Now I feel like I’m at a stage jumping from classical themes to jazz riffs to Colbert just recently celebrated its 1,000th where I’ve become a leader. And I’ve always, popular songs in a seamless flow of Music, with show, and Batiste has been the show’s innately, felt like a leader and wanted to show a capital M. This is Jon Batiste. bandleader, with his band Stay Human, from people a better way. But now it has evolved into He arrives at our photo shoot tossing a the start. So, he has a day job which involves a very tangible state. I feel like I can see how my tennis ball and sporting a jacket decorated with an intense schedule of composing music for the position in the world is meant to be facilitated, a Jimmy Carter campaign button. He radiates show, rehearsing, and taping—all complicated how it’s meant to be enacted.” joy, and the personal soundtrack playing in his by a global pandemic. And while that would be He’s grateful for the experience of working head spills out in phrases, snippets of songs, a full slate for some, it’s just the tip of the iceberg on the Late Show. “When you have something mischievous looks, inside jokes. Then the music for Batiste. He recently completed scoring and that you do five days a week for over five years, goes on and it’s Billy Joel’s New York State of collaborating on a Christmas Day Pixar release the consistency gives you perspective in a way Mind. “Oh, that sax, Billy!” Batiste sings a little, called Soul: “I put so much of myself in the film, that nothing else can. And I think that doing plays air guitar on a pool cue, toggles between it’s emotional to see this character’s essence something like that is a blessing for me, because Rat Pack cool cat and exuberant man-child: in his story, and the things that are happening if I didn’t have that, I don’t know if I would “YEAH!” he shouts as Billy sings. He shares that in his world draw so much from my personal recognize this point in my evolution.” he is really into Elton John lately, and we agree experience in New York.” Music isn’t only entertainment for Batiste. that Elton looks so happy with his family. “He’s He has written a symphony that is During the Black Lives Matter protests this at peace,” Batiste says. “It’s what we all want.” scheduled to be performed next year at summer he performed for the crowd at Batiste’s musical timeline threads back Carnegie Hall, where he will be the artist Barclay’s Center, and on election day he shared through several generations. He is part of the in residence. He says, “If you think about his particular brand of love and inspiration legendary New Orleans Batiste family of jazz Beethoven, well, his Seventh Symphony is the for people going to the polls in Philadelphia. musicians. There is a pool table at our shoot and one. The seventh one. Writing a symphony He says, “Music is a gift because it can touch he shares that his dad became something of a takes so much of yourself, so I wanted to start people and they don’t have to know why or pool sharp while touring on the Chitlin’ Circuit, taking a swing at it at age 31 or 32, when I how. It has always been a way to bridge the where there was always a pool table to fool started it.” This year, he also received two gap and connect. All of the different times around with between sets. He knows a great Grammy nominations, and he is always that I’ve experienced really transformational deal about music history because his family working on new music. A body in motion, to the life moments, there’s been some sort of music helped write it. His first cogent musical memory beat of his own internal soundtrack. And what involved. Whether it’s through the form of is of being pushed on stage during the filming does all of this sound like? tradition or whether it’s ritualistic, whether it’s of a commercial. “I must have been around “It sounds like transition, evolution, growth, worship, or whether it’s just nostalgia, there’s seven or eight, and I believe it was for a concert, and leadership. It’s been quite a journey. If you always some sort of soundtrack.”

46 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 47 TOP OF THE WORLD Batiste’s Grammy-nominated 2018 album, “Hollywood Africans,” was named after a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, which makes participating in the new Coach x Jean-Michel Basquiat campaign a perfect fit. This year, he collected two more nominations: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard; and Best New Age Album for Meditations.

48 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 49 Does he miss live performance? “I miss performing in front of people, but I will say that I am enjoying thinking of different ways of presenting music, even in the virtual environment, because I think it’s more like being a movie producer now. I’ve always been into creating visual worlds and thought at some point that I would get into film as a director. But it takes a different muscle. And I don’t think a lot of musicians want to deal with that stuff. So, the musician side of me is sick of it, and I just want to be able to go and play a show in front of people, even if it’s in my house. But the director side of me is having fun experimenting.” He thinks the limits posed by COVID-19 offer a reset button for the way we experience music. “Music—before it was put into the context of selling products and scaled so that it could be a commodity—was a part of the fabric of everyday life. It was something that people used to entertain themselves, in their home, in community gatherings, rituals, and cultural traditions, dating back to African tribes and drum circles or rumba sessions in Cuba. In New Orleans today, we have the second line in funerals. Social music is what I call it.” He says, “I believe social music is really what we’ve always been primed for. People’s relationship to music is inherently social, and when it’s made into a commodity it skews that relationship. We lose something essential. Even with the protests that I’ve been doing, and in all of the different ways that I see music being made now remotely and online, it’s going back to a more social context, playing in small groups where the presentation is more geared to smaller community gatherings.” He is conscious of his role as a leader. “I think about the different lineages that I’m a part of. Both New Orleans musicians, and all of the different styles of music and culture that I’ve drawn from, and I think about my great-great-uncle who fought in World War II, and my grandfather who was in the Korean War, and my uncle and my cousins who were in Vietnam. I think about the range of sacrifice that has allowed me to be a financially independent, successful Black entrepreneur, musician, artist. Apart from what I think the role of a musician is in society, I feel the responsibility to my family and my lineage. Art doesn’t always have to be for a cause or to raise awareness. But I do think that for me, the intention of something is always felt at a higher frequency when it’s about something bigger than oneself, and that’s across the board.” DT

50 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 51 “The intention of something is always felt at a higher frequency when it’s about something bigger than oneself, and that’s across the board.” — Jon Batiste

Photography and post-production by Andrew Matusik; Hair by Jenna Robinson; Makeup by Jesse Lindholm; Manager, David Patterson; Chris Chambers, Lauren Woulard, The Chambers Group; Piano by Steinway & Sons; Location: 3 World Trade Center, 79th floor, Silverstein Properties.

52 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 53 Indira Scott, wearing the Lion’s Head pendant by jewelry designer Zoë Chicco. ROMANCING THE STONE De Beers Partners with Sustainably Minded Model Indira Scott to Promote A Brilliant New Charitable Initiative, ReSet Collective

by Nicole Haddad photography by Tommy Agriodimas and De Beers Group

DE BEERS GROUP IS ON A CLEAR-CUT about Debswana, its joint venture with to have beauty. To share this with other MISSION to change the world’s perception of the country’s people. There, the designers like-minded people brought moments of responsibly-sourced natural diamonds—and received a firsthand look at the brand’s connection I’ve never felt in that way,” says they have the passion, programs, karats, and commitment to its Building Forever program. Bryant. “Each of us were there for a shared the backing of eco-conscious model Indira Designers Jade Trau, Jennie Kwon, Julez experience that started as strangers and we Scott to prove it. Through their new ReSet Bryant, Sara Weinstock, and Zoë Chicco were ended as a tribe. Our tribe collectively felt it initiative and inaugural ReSet Collective directly exposed to the program’s four core was essential to do something meaningful campaign, which Scott is the face of, the De pillars: protecting the environment; helping together.” De Beers subsequently donated Beers Group aims to offer a fresh perspective communities thrive; championing women diamonds to the designers, and the ReSet on the vast, positive impact the natural and girls; and serving as industry leaders Collective, a charitable commemoration diamond industry is capable of accomplishing. in ethical practices. What resulted was a of the trip, was born. Five one-of-a-kind First step? A stunning collaboration with unique, emotional bond formed between the pendants were created by each of the independent jewelry designers. designers with palpable ties to their Botswana designers, inspired by their most memorable In 2019, De Beers Group invited five experience. moments in the Okavango Delta and the talented and sustainably-minded jewelry “As artists we often see the world from a South African country in general. From a designers to tour one of their biggest different angle than others. We notice things show-stopping zebra-print design (Botswana’s operations in Botswana and learn more that others wouldn’t normally understand national animal), to a striking replica of a lion’s head sporting a rough diamond in its mouth, to an intricately beautiful depiction of a diamond mine, a leopard lounging in the wild, and an elephant basking in the sun’s rays, the country’s lasting influence defines each pendant. Sotheby’s will auction each of the ethically-harvested, diamond- adorned pendants from December 10–17. Through a heartfelt, unanimous decision by the designers, all proceeds will benefit Stepping Stones International—a Botswana- based charity whose mission is to empower vulnerable youth—and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the United States. Indira Scott, a champion of environmental sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity, was the perfect choice to shine a light on the campaign. Colby Shergalis, Senior Vice President of De Beers Group Brands, says “We are inspired by Indira’s work and passion, and delighted that she has chosen to help us share the story of the positive impact that the diamonds we recover have on the people ALL THAT GLITTERS The five one-of-a-kind and places where they are found. Indira pendants incorporate diamonds from immediately understood the special meaning Southern Africa, and will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in December. behind the ReSet Collective pieces, and it is a joy to see her wear them so proudly, knowing

54 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 55 JENNIE KWON JULEZ BRYANT JADE TRAU ZOË CHICCO

the contributions they are making.” Scott concurs, stating “It’s important for me to work with brands that are aligned with my own values and convictions, and De Beers’ support for the communities where it operates shows that it is possible to wear something beautiful while giving back. With the profits of these pieces going to the NAACP LDF and Stepping Stones International in Botswana, I’m especially proud to be involved.” While the brand’s ReSet initiative is in phase one of many partnerships to “reset” perceptions of natural diamond mining, the De Beers Group backs up their stance with tangible, meaningful benefits. For every hectare of land used for mining purposes, it donates six hectares of land for conservation. Through Debswana, a fruitful partnership that dates back to 1969, 80 cents of every dollar of diamonds sold flows back into the country. The Botswana government’s JENNIE KWON The group encountered a leopard at the end of a game drive, and careful management of the natural diamond revenues considering its notoriously shy nature, Kwon was inspired to recreate the magical moment. has equaled a large investment in expanded education JULEZ BRYANT “As the sun was rising and setting into the Okavango the elephants were SARA WEINSTOCK ever present,” says the designer of the extraordinary moment depicted in her pendant. opportunities, and infrastructure development such as SARA WEINSTOCK An homage to Botswana’s national animal, the zebra. JADE TRAU An building roads, schools, and hospitals. Now that’s a diamond intriguing rendition of a diamond mine. ZOË CHICCO For Chicco, the lion not only symbolizes strength and beauty, like the people of Botswana, but recalls her son, a Leo

PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF DE BEERS GROUP (JEWELRY AND DESIGNER IMAGES). AND (JEWELRY GROUP BEERS DE OF COURTESY PHOTOGRAPHY in the rough. DT sign on the Zodiac.

56 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 57 BROOKLYN, 2004, Mario Martinez (Pascua Yaqui, b. 1953), Brooklyn, New York Acrylic on canvas, Museum purchase, 2005 THE ARTISTS OF TURTLE ISLAND

Native art has long been separated from American fine art in galleries and museums. It’s time to change that.

by Deborah L. Martin

TRADE CANOE: ADRIFT, 2015, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish/Cree/Shoshone, b. 1940), BLANKET, 2005, James Lavadour New Mexico (Walla Walla, b. 1951), Pendleton, Oregon Acrylic on canvas, Museum Oil on board, Museum purchase, 2007 purchase, 2016

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN “Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting” explores the work of 30 fine artists who maneuvered through a restrictive cultural system and succeeded in creating their own definition of art. Lead curator David Penney says, “Although some argue that great art is timeless, I think that art is always best understood as a product of a particular time and place. The work of Native artists during the 20th century is almost always missing from art museum narratives of American art history, although thoroughly engaged with and implicated within it.” The exhibition showcases 39 works organized in five galleries—Grand Ambitions, Training Ground, Reclaiming the Abstract, Cosmopolitans, and Indian Pop—that explore broad topics at different points in modern art history starting at around 1940 to present day. The cumulative works illustrate how painters of the early 20th century were committing revolutionary acts the moment they picked up a paint brush—moving away from basketry and beadwork, the more familiar mediums in the market. “Native media such as pottery or basketry corresponded, in the European art tradition, to “lesser” and more commercial category of decorative arts and crafts, hence its characterization as ‘ethnographic, ‘folk,’ or even ‘primitive’ art. The earliest artists in our exhibit learned the techniques of watercolor and graphic arts in government schools, but were officially discouraged from engaging with the modernist painting blossoming in America during the 20th century, particularly painting with oils on canvas. This exhibition is about those who chose to engage the European fine arts traditions of painting with their own particular Native experiences in America.” ARTWORKS REPRINTED BY PERMISSION FROM THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSUEM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. AMERICAN THE OF MUSUEM NATIONAL SMITHSONIAN THE PERMISSION FROM REPRINTED BY ARTWORKS

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEBORAH L. MARTIN L. DEBORAH BY PHOTOGRAPHY americanindian.si.edu

58 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 59 SAMÍ SOLIDARITY, 2017, 72 x 48, Oil on Canvas. “These two Samí Women—indigenous to northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland—were departing the Oceti Sakowin Camp, during the DAPL Pipeline protests. I took the photo because it was a moving moment, that echoed a beautiful reality in a landscape that was divided. This painting shows the direct correlation between Indigenous peoples that share similar land struggles, and coming together to support each other in times of need and action.” —YSF

AMERICA REALIZED, 2017, 72 x 72, Oil on Canvas. “This painting reflects the struggle and hardships that occurred during the winter months at Oceti Sakowin camp, at Standing Rock.” —YSF

Rowan Harrison, of Two Tribes Pottery, in his studio. He creates forms that are inspired by the traditional pottery arts of his FLORA “A celebration of life, where all elements intertwine and overlap. combined Native cultures. On his mother’s side, Harrison is Pueblo of Isleta people of New Mexico, and on his father’s side, Free-flowing lines illustrate the spontaneous path of life as one grows and Navajo. His work is being featured in a collaboration with Oribe Hair Care, in their holiday packaging. changes, while the large dots represent the stars and our ancestors who help guide us on our meandering paths in life. The green palette is bright and full of life, much like the desert in full bloom.” ROWAN HARRISON, TWO TRIBES POTTERY Artist Rowan Harrison classifies his work as contemporary decorative pottery and ink drawings, that have strong ties to his Native American heritage and culture. He is Navajo and Pueblo of Isleta, and his passion for pottery art is derived from the Pueblo tradition. “The Pueblo people of the Southwest have cultivated a very rich history of working in clay because they were surrounded by a natural environment that was rich in the materials they needed to create pottery.” Harrison considers himself to be Urban Native, he was born in Albuquerque but was raised in Los Angeles, and never lived on the reservation. “When I was a child I would go and spend summers with my grandmother in New Mexico, and she was instrumental in my journey with the ceramic arts.” Harrison is also inspired by the art he is surrounded by in Los Angeles, and incorporates elements from Middle Eastern and Japanese art as well as his own rich cultural tradition. He started creating pen and ink drawings because he wanted to explore his pottery designs on a two dimensional plane. Harrison has collaborated with Oribe Hair Care to produce three designs (shown here) for their 2020 holiday packaging. twotribespottery.com

YATIKA STARR FIELDS is a self-taught artist who grew up in an aren’t recognized in our own lands.” environment where he learned to express himself through creation, He says, “I am fortunate in that I have had the freedom and celebrating his Native American heritage and a culture of activism. security to grow with good health, people, and support. I learned He says, “I was also fortunate to travel and see the world and with that as a Native artist, we are activists by birth. I choose to it the work of artists abroad, and it was eye opening. I studied paint what I really see and feel, and I learned to be free and landscape painting in Italy and lived on the East Coast for a decade express my inherent heart and hand from a global and human after graduating high school in Oklahoma. The urban environment perspective. Artists, curators, and institutions, just like you and of street art, pop culture, music, and fashion all found its way into I, can choose to broaden their views, to hold true to dismantling my work.” His compositions are often spontaneous and left open for the false narratives of America, and to embrace diversity.” interpretation so that multiple stories can be drawn from them. His The inspiration for his work changes all the time, as he is kaleidoscopic imagery, with its dynamic pop symbolism, references confronted with new information in the world around him. “I am both historical and contemporary themes. always challenging myself to better my hand, eyes, and creative Fields says that the systemic racism that Native Americans face spirit. In general, it’s knowing that nothing is certain and every TERRA “Earth is the precious foundation upon which change and growth are built. There are four revered mountain AQUATICA “Water is the source of transformation and the catalyst between is a barrier to being accepted in the fine arts. “The barriers are so day is a gift, so create with full heart and force, challenging ranges in the Southwest region, which are represented by multicolor triangular motifs. The circular shapes are the growth and preservation. Spiral motifs represent evolution and growth. The many it’s like walking through a thorn thicket a mile long. We all yourself and others.” sacred hoop, representing the moon, the planets, and the sun as well as infinity and completeness. The red palette circular shapes in the center grow from dots to detailed circles, displaying the evokes the mesas and plateaus found throughout the Southwest, archiving the passage of time for all to see with complexity of life as one blooms to maturity. The blue palette is inspired by the

have scars from that walk and carry the trauma of it, and yet we still yatikafields.com GREENAN GARTH PERMISSION FROM REPRINTED BY ARTWORKS FIELDS). STARR (YATIKA NYC GALLERY, each band of color.” water that nourishes the earth.”

60 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 61 In the entryway, a floating cabinetry wall made of lacquer, bronze, and frosted glass and designed by Eve Robinson provides a place to put keys and mail, yet allows natural light to flood the space. Artwork by Anish Kappor PARK LIFE provides a pop of color. The colors in a Central Park West duplex reflect New York’s most iconic greenspace.

by Deborah L. Martin photography by Eric Piasecki/OTTO

This duplex apartment has sweeping views of Central Park. A small seating area in the living room is illuminated by a midcentury style floor lamp by Pascal Boyer, and centered around a coffee table by Roman Thomas. A blue Jens Risom sofa through Ralph Pucci International, and drapery fabric by Manuel Canovas through Cowtan & Tout, echo the blue sky outside. Table lamps by Lianne Gold through Ralph Pucci rest on end tables by Holly Hunt.

THERE ARE FEW PLACES IN NEW YORK that Robinson, “Our immediate priority was to open command attention like Central Park, so when up the space, let a lot of light in, and celebrate a couple with three grown children decided the view of the park.” She worked closely with to sell their Upper West Side townhouse and Cope to acheive that objective. The couple’s purchase an apartment on Central Park West, directive to the team: bring the outdoors in. And they wanted to celebrate those coveted views. that is exactly what they did. Enter interior designer Eve Robinson and “When you enter the apartment you see a architect Oliver Cope. beautiful glass, bronze, and lacquer floating wall Cope worked with the couple on many which functions as a display for art, as well as projects dating back to the 1990’s, and he and a place to put keys or mail, but also defines the Robinson recently completed a country house entry from the living area without sacrificing for the family. Cope says, “In all of our projects, any light,” says Robinson. The living room is the family was always looking for the qualities divided into two seating areas, separated by a of repose and serenity, and this apartment was rectangular dining table. The den can be closed no different.” off from the living area by a set of glass and The duplex (which was originally two bronze folding doors. A long banquet opposite apartments) had great views but the interior the floating wall serves as a place to view the was divided into a myriad of dark rooms. Says television, which disappears from sight when

62 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 63 The den can be closed off from the living room not in use. The couple entertains frequently, and balustrade that was inspired by a piece of rolled window on nickel posts, flanked by integral for a more private space. The back of the floating wall hides a television that pops up in front of the banquet also serves as seating for a larger paper, unfurling.” Cope says that they original lighting panels. “French Elm has such a lovely two black and white prints. Beyond the wall, a dinner party. staircase was extremely narrow and unusable, linear quality, and a warm glow. We used it new staircase curves elegantly towards the second floor. The custom dining table by Atelier Beyond the den lies the kitchen, which so they had to reconfigure the entry hall to throughout the private areas to great effect,” Viollet can be expanded, and is on casters for is a study in clean modernism. Caesarstone accomodate the new design. Robinson adds, explains Robinson. “In the library and office the ultimate in flexibility. countertops provide the utmost in functionality, “The design has a quiet beauty, yet it adds to the we mixed it with a blue lacquer that looks very and they are complemented by a marble structure of the room.” elegant.” slab backsplashes. Cope says, “The kitchen is On the second floor, the master suite was The couple’s three grown children each deceptively simple, with its seamless surfaces.” designed as a calming oasis, a place to get away have a bedroom in the apartment, and the The cabinetry is a mix of glass with metal from it all. Robinson says, “I put in a window private rooms are centered by a family room handles and lacquer frames, all providing seat so that one can take in the gorgeous views where they can watch television or read on a a sleek, elegant look in a functional space. of the park, and we used muted colors that cushy sectional sofa. Robinson explains, “All of the rooms on the first echo the beatuiful greens and blues outside.” “This family does a lot of large- and small- floor can be opened up or closed off as the need Off the bedroom is the master bath, clad in scale entertaining so the home needed to be arises, which makes it the perfect space for any sand-colored limestone and outfitted with a functional for that purpose, but still provide a sized gathering.” floating lacquer and walnut vanity. His and calm, soothing escape from city life,” asserts The staircase to the second floor existed hers closet spaces are panelled in French Elm Robinson. “It was so important for these rooms in the apartment already, but needed to be and were designed to accomodate the couples to function because we way we use our living completely redone. Cope says, “We wanted existing storage needs, with room to grow. In her space is changing. The living room isn’t just a to create a space for large artworks, so my dressing room, a vanity table takes advantage showplace anymore, it needs to be comfortable colleague Rita Marks and I created a plaster of natural light, with a mirror centered in the and multi-functional.” DT

The living room is divided from the sitting room by a rectangular dining table by Atelier Viollet, that the family uses to display art objects—like the bottles by Lianne Gold through Ralph Pucci International—when not in use. A rug by Tai Ping adds texture.

64 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 65 The sleek kitchen is functional and elelgant, with durable Caesarstone countertops, and Bianco dolomiti marble, through Stone Source. Opposite, top: On the second floor, the family room is a private gathering place with a cushy sectional sofa covered in Rogers & Goffigon fabric. A painting by Vik Munoz hangs over the sofa. Bottom: The second floor vestibule functions as a library space, with custom shelves, and a midcentury vibe provided by the brass Sputnik chandelier by Lightolier.

66 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 67 The master bedroom provides a calming oasis in a palette of beige and pale blue. The Omen bed by Liagre is covered in leather by Holly Hunt. A John Boone bench covered in Adamo E Eva fabric by Dedar, and a pendant light in high gloss white by David Weeks, provide glamour and shine.

Clockwise from top: In her study, French Elm mixes with deep blue lacquer in the shelves; Her dressing room has a vanity facing a window to take advantage of the natural light. A Knoll chair adds midcentury flair, illuminated by Kolom celing mount lights from Holly Hunt; The master bath is clad in limestone and marble slab by Stone Source, with mosaic floors by Studium. A walnut and lacquer floating vanity is designed by Eve Robinson.

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Treat your iPhone 12 to a new outfit. This Leather Green Case for iPhones 12 and 12 Pro exudes craftsmanship and elegance. Its wallet pocket on the back provides easy-access for credits cards and IDs. mujjo.com

Chirp Wheel Ultimate Back Pain Bundle relieves tension and corrects posture through its ingenious design. Simply lay Chirp Charge seamlessly and Wheels on the floor and use the ergonomic conveniently with the iON mechanisms to stretch deep back tissue for Wireless Duo Fast-Charing powerful relief. gochirp.com Stand + Pad by iottie. With the capacity to charge a smartphone, smartwatch, and headphones, it’s perfect for the techie on the road. iottie.com

Brookstone’s HIGHERDOSE Infrared Blanket creates a sauna-on-the-go, using heat stimulation to promote an Go globetrotting in the UAG Std. Issue 24-Liter Back increase in blood flow. Exercise Pack, capable of carrying work and personal gear in without working out? Sounds like its easy-access storage. The weather-resistant a dream come true. materials are perfect for trips outdoors, and the brookstone.com ergonomic design ensures comfort in every step. urbanarmorgear.com

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Oribe Hair Care collaborated Nourish, hydrate, and rejuvenate with Native American artist skin with pure ingredients Rowan Harrison of Two Tribes sourced from the Mediterranean. Pottery to develop original Virgin Suncase Baciato dal Sole artwork for six limited-edition utilizes Vitamin E and C to holiday sets. The Collector’s Set protect skin during days in the includes travel-size versions of sun. Use daily for sunkissed Oribe favorites such as Gold Lust radiance. virginsuncare.com Nourishing Hair Oil, Dry Texturizing Spray, and Côte d’Azur Restorative Body Crème, plus a geometric, gold-plated barrette. oribe.com

Bringing together romance, love, and femininity, The Baby One Eyeshadow Palette by Lawless Beauty is inspired by one woman’s journey to motherhood. Its warm palette enhances natural beauty while building upon the holiday spirit. lawlessbeauty.com Capture your complete skincare routine in one go with Kana Beauty Skincare Set, offering two sleeping masks, botanical essence, and facial oil. Spa-grade materials ensure dew-drop quality results. kanaskincare.com

Jasmine Leather is inspired by Italy’s storied past, deriving from Eyes to Kill Classico Mascara the tradition of scenting Italian by Giorgio Armani creates a leather goods with jasmine. Giorgio Armani’s Neo Nude Powder foundation is visually intense and high- Today, they come together in an a pure pigment powder that can be used as a impact look. The oversized elegant blend by Eau d’Italie in a finishing powder to complete your “no makeup” brush features a bristle weave way that is both refreshing and makeup look with an effortless glow. It can also be design that provides volume, timeless. eauditalie.com worn alone as a powder foundation with sheer length, and definition in a coverage. giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com single coat, while the specially formulated blend of hard and soft waxes leaves lashes amplified, yet flexible. giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com

A clean, natural smile that gives back to the environment. Terra & Co. Ultimate Teeth Whitening Set includes a collection of toothpaste, floss, oil, and a toothbrush, each highlighted by activated charcoal and natural oils to achieve organic beauty. The collection is enclosed in a travel bag sporting “Sustainability is the New Black.” terraandco.com

Bond No. 9 My New York conjures a magical aura of nostalgia in a sexy, spicy scent Philanthrobee’s Bee-Cause Body Bar combines raw honey and beeswax to provide Ready for the beach with Elaluz Glow and Go, featuring All Day Beauty Water with notes of ginger essence, pink pepper essense, cashmeran, sandlewood, and penetrating moisture that protects skin from bacteria and irritation. Sourced locally in and an all-natural canvas fringe tote. Ingredients are vegan, non-irritating, and patchouli essense. The 100ml limited edition bottle is adorned with 243 sparkling California, Philanthrobee is known for organic and sustinable practices. hypoallergenic. elaluz.com Swarovski crystals. bondno9.com philanthrobee.com

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Cold-smoked with the same wine barrels used to age Chardonnay wine, Fumee de Sel is Artisan Salt Company’s premium collection of Fleur de Sel crystals. Use to finish salads, meats, and anything else you can think of. artisansalt.com

Master the healthy diet with Ka’Chava Tribal Superfood, a Once Again features hazelnut and cashew butter spreads for everything from breakfast to dessert. ready-to-go mealpack packed Combining all-organic ingredients to top any kind of dish makes the Cashew Butter and Amore Spread with superfoods and essential especially versatile. onceagainnutbutter.com nutrients. Ka’Chava is dedicated to supporting healthy living from the inside out. kachava.com

A blend of banana, cacao, dates, hazelnuts, and the classic favorite, peanut butter. Mosaic Foods’ Peanut Butter, Banana, and Cacao Oats Bowl is one of many sweet and savory bowls that can be ordered individually or by subscription. mosaicfoods.com Sample all five of Steeped Coffee’s house blends in The Lineup, which ranges from light to extra dark with a decaf option. Choose between sets of ten and thirty, so that you are never without quality coffee at home. steepedcoffee.com Johnnie Walker’s Blue Label whisky is an exquisite The sweet taste of tequila from combination of Scotland’s rarest Jalisco, Mexico includes aromas whiskies. Only one of every ten of agave, vanilla, and fresh fruit thousand casks is chosen for in Tequila Blanco, an award- this unique spirit. Its remarkable winning spirit by Mijenta distinction makes it worthy of Tequila. mijenta-tequila.com the most special of occasions. johnniewalker.com

Llamaland is offering a three-piece variety set of Superfruit Spread featuring Camu Camu, Golden Berry, and Lucuma. Entirely organic, the variety set is a perfect topper for everything. llamalnadorganics.com

Eastern Standard Provisions’ “Tis the Season” Holiday Gift Box presents three renditions of the classic pretzel: Pretzel Salt, French Sugar, and White Truffle, alongside the brand’s signature soft pretzels and house-made Maui Onion Mustard. A platter for any A classic of Porto’s Bakery, the Milk’N Berries Cake is light and fluffy, distinctly made great gathering during the with a house blend of Tres Leches along with whipped cream and berries. A perfect treat holiday season. for the holiday season. store.portosbakery.com esprovisions.com

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Established over three centuries ago in Oporto and the Douro Valley, Taylor Fladgate is one of the oldest of the founding Port houses in Portugal. They have released their Late Bottled Vintage Black Seed Bagels’ artisan bagels start with a 2015 Port this year, as they celebrate 50 naturally leavened, fermented, glutinous dough. years of crafting exceptional Port wine. They are then boiled in water with honey added for taylor.pt a touch of sweetness. Order up one of three Bagel Boxes through Baldor Food, including the Assorted Bagel Box with Smoked Fish, Salads, and Spreads, shown here. baldorfood.com

Let New York’s iconic Fulton Fish Market bring you the perfect seafood, delivered That Boutique-y Gin Company provides a present every day with their Gin Advent Calendar. Open fresh, right to your door. Choose from the widest assortment of fresh seafood prepared each door for a tiny dram of the stuff that dreams are made of. thatboutiqueygincompany.com just the way you like it, or sign up for a seafood subscription. fultonfishmarket.com

From David Chang, meet Momofuku Chili Crunch. This spicy-crunchy chili oil adds a flash of heat and texture to your favorite dishes. Made with the same umami-rich base as their Seasoned Salts, Chili Crunch combines three dried Mexican chilis with crunchy dried garlic and shallots. It’s perfect for spicing up dips, eggs, noodles, and more. Mosner Family Brands is a family-owned, New shop.momofuku.com York-based meat purveyor located in The Bronx. For the first time, they are offering direct-to-consumer packages of their carefully-sourced, hand-cut meats and poultry, previously only available to the nation’s BluGlacier, one of Chile’s top restaurants and chefs. mfbny.com largest salmon importers to the U.S., debuts it’s first direct-to-consumer brand: OSHĒN, providing sustainably sourced salmon raised in the isolated, cold-water fjords of southern Chile, with convenient delivery service nationwide. oshensalmon.com

Acme Smoked Fish has been in Brooklyn since 1906, and is dedicated to producing the highest quality smoked seafood items, including salmon, whitefish, sable, trout, and more. acmesmokedfish.com

78 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 79 GIFT GUIDE GIFT GUIDE The accessories collection from Tom Dixon is sure to Sculptural plates and vessels create a sophisticated look. delight. Elegant, leggy Mill Society Limonata’s up-and-coming designers create grinders (left) are sculpture ceramics for the table and other areas of the home. The for the table; FOG incense Rosa Morada Collection by Martina Gerona—only burners create a meditative available for purchase in store—perfectly melds form and experience; and Eclectic function with sophistication. societylimonata.com candles come in fragrances such as Royalty, a floral evoking high tea with strawberry jam. tomdixon.net

Darwin’s raw, grain free, meals are made from 100 percent free-range meats, organic Maxbone’s City Carrier Bag ensures the utmost in functionality for you and your dog. Practical enough for carrying your vegetables and vitamins essential for dogs health, energy, and vitality. Ships frozen to your pup around town but fashionable enough for you to want it all for yourself, this bag is designed to provide an elevated door in convenient, eco friendly packaging. Get 10lbs for $14.95 with promo-code TLOD2020. on-the-go experience. This bag can accommodate small to medium-sized dogs. maxbone.com darwinspet.com

True Residential’s Undercounter Beverage Dispenser is ideal for those Skout’s Honor Probiotic grooming sprays that love their beer poured fill the gap between baths, using good just right. Handcrafted to bacteria to fight bad bacteria that causes specifically dispense the infection, irritation, itching, yeast, dryness, perfect draft pour, the and odor by keeping dogs skin, coats, and company’s advanced airflow paws healthy and smelling delicious from technology ensures a head to tail. Get 15% with off promo-code consistently frosty flow. The TLOD15. skoutshonor.com 15-inch stainless-steel Featuring a sophisticated mix of dispenser comes with either a soft leather and transparent single or dual tap, works glass, Poltrona Frau’s Leather indoors or out, and is fitted Pots are the perfect vessels for with the brand’s TrueFlex showcasing beautiful blooms. shelving system making it Now available in two vibrant new convertible into a wine hues from the brand’s cabinet. true-residential.com ColorSphere collection, Mimosa, a delicious yellow, and Belladonna, a rich violet, as well as timeless neutrals, Calicot and Sahara, these chic, contemporary vases elevate any tabletop. poltronafrau.com

Discover your four-legged friend’s ancestry and breed details with Embark’s Dog DNA Test. With a simple cheek swab, you can discover and connect with dogs that share DNA with yours using the world’s only canine relative finder, free with purchase. And you can upgrade your Society Limonata’s WOW throw is made of 100 percent kid-mohair wool that is made Breed + Ancestry kit to include health testing at any time. shop.embarkvet.com to resemble fur through the application of an artful weaving process. WOW is ultra soft and deliciously comfortable, and it serves as the perfect finishing touch for an artfully layered bed. societylimonata.com

The Animal Love Seat from Shop & Son is a one-of-a-kind piece, designed to seat humans and their best friends comfortably. Shown here in crushed velvet, the love seat is 48 inches wide and 32 inches deep. shopandson.com

The Company Store is the place to go for warmth and comfort this winter. The Legends The Neoflex Soft Harness from DOOG is adjustable in two Hotel organic cotton and down comforter comes in light, medium, extra, and ultra warmth places, providing the most secure, comfortable fit. The harness levels, and in a full range of sizes. The materials are ethically sourced and hypoallergenic. comes in a variety of high visibility, reflective colors. thecompanystore.com doogusa.com

80 DOWNTOWNNYC THE CREATORS 2020 THE CREATORS 2020 DOWNTOWNNYC 81 EN VOGUE | HAIR HAIR | EN VOGUE HAIR: It’s time to let your curls be free. Masks and oil treatments will help maintain moisture, and remember to use a HAIR (This Page, and Opposite, Bottom): Clients who silk scarf before going to bed. Curly, natural hair is the most have grown their hair out from quarantine are original and fashionable style; an afro can be styled short or long keeping their hair length long, so I have been adding and is especially stylish with long twists. Fekkai CBD Calming long layers or curtain bangs for texture. Fekkai CBD Supreme Oil for Scalp and Body. Calming Supreme Oil for Scalp and Body. MAKEUP: Evian Mineral Spray; Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing MAKEUP: Evian Mineral Spray; Concentrate Serum; Embryolisse Lait-creme Concentre; Tom Ford Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate Serum; Illuminating Primer; Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation; Embryolisse Lait-creme Concentre; Tom Ford Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate highlighting cream; Tom Ford Illuminating Primer; Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Brow Sculptor in Granite; Tom Ford Emotionproof eyeshadow in Foundation; Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate 10 Abyssinian; MAC lip pencil in Stone. MODEL: ELI CRUZ highlighting cream; Tom Ford Brow Sculptor in Taupe; Tom Ford Soleil Cheek Dou in Lissome; NARS Velvet Matte Pencil in Dolce Vita. MODEL: KYLIE VONNAHME

LUSCIOUS LOOKS HAIR: For a simple and chic look, use the natural texture of the hair in an extreme-high ponytail, bringing the hair forward to frame the face. Fekkai CBD Calming Supreme Oil for Scalp and Body. Fabulous Stay-at-Home Hair and Skin. MAKEUP: Evian Mineral Spray; Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate Serum; Embryolisse Lait-creme Concentre; Tom Ford Illuminating Primer; Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation; Tom by Grace A. Capobianco photography by Antoine Verglas Ford Shade and Illuminate highlighting cream; Tom Ford Brow Sculptor in Taupe; Tom Ford Soleil Cheek Dou in Lissome; MAC Retro Matte Liquid in Feel So Good Grand. MODEL: LOURDEN BEREZ

THE NEW NORMAL IS ANYTHING BUT NORMAL, but we are learning chance to refresh our looks. to adapt. We sat down with our long-time hair stylist, David Cotteblanche of Cotteblanche shares that his clients want something “whimsical, loose, Fekkai, and makeup artist Ana Sicat, for some beauty advice that is perfect and free, and that can be accomplished with any type of hair.” MAKEUP: Evian Mineral Spray; Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate Serum; Embryolisse Lait-creme for the way we live today. When it comes to makeup, Sicat says, “natural, ‘no-makeup’ Concentre; Tom Ford Illuminating Primer; Giorgio Armani Since March we have been more or less sheltering in place, and as makeup has been a big trend and is here to stay. People are Luminous Silk Foundation; Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate highlighting cream; Tom Ford Brow Sculptor in Taupe; Tom we head into winter with a resurgence of COVID-19, we are discovering embracing their individuality and beauty. We also see a focus on the Ford Soleil Cheek Dou in Lissome; Tom Ford Lip Color that low-maintenance is the way to go with beauty routines. But low eyes since masks are our new normal. For Zoom meetings, a sculpted Matte in Fascinator. MODEL: KYLIE VONNAHME maintenance doesn’t have to mean low style. A good haircut and a fresh minimalist makeup highlighting features with a neutral or rosy lip All Hair by David Cotteblanche/Next Artists; Assistant: face can make all the difference in how we approach life, and many salons has been a go-to. And for lips, a classic matte red or berry-stained is Nicole Cyrese. Makeup by Ana Sicat; Assistant: Jenifer DaSilva. Digital Capture and Retouching: Michael have taken the utmost precautions to keep us safe while giving us the always perfect.” DT Pushkarskiy; Studio Producer: Lera Loeb.

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I MET DR. PEREDO in 2000, while I of down time. Liquid Facelift uses into the facial tissue for the You may experience slight was working with New Beauty and a variety of Dermatologic fillers correction of moderate to severe bruising. The results can last up she was first starting her practice. to lift and give the face volume to deep facial wrinkles and folds, such to a year, but this does depend on My job as Associate Publisher was reshape the facial structure. as nasolabial folds. This will help your body. to meet and select the best of the smooth out deep laugh lines. best cosmetic dermatologists, plastic DTM: What injectables can be DTM: Is it true that as I repeat the surgeons, and cosmetic dentists used? DTM: How do I prepare for this process the results will last longer? throughout the Northeast to be MP: Cosmetic enhancements, procedure? MP: Yes, you may never go back to featured in the print publication. like liquid facelifts, are among my MP: We ask that our patients stay baseline. Fillers can actually build I was truly blessed to learn about specialties. I offer full spectrum well hydrated, refrain from alcohol collagen production, which then many areas of expertise, and the skin-care services, treating consumption, ibuprofen, and aspirin helps with maintaining volume and most important universal advice everything from brown spots to usage at least one week before any a youthful appearance. was not to work with any physician wrinkles. Getting the skin healthy procedure, to minimize bruising. who was not board certified in their is always the first step to making it Dr. Peredo holds her practice respective field. Since 2010, when I look beautiful. For our injectables DTM: How long does a liquid to the highest standards. She launched Downtown, I’ve shared the we use hyaluronic acid that is facelift take? is always evolving by adding lessons I learned about the plastic naturally produced by your body. MP: It can take up to an hour, but it new, cutting-edge products, surgery and dermatology industry, The largest amounts are found in depends on the patient’s face, quality technologies, and services. Dr. DREAMBOULE which are invaluable to anyone your skin, connective tissues, and of skin, and amount of filler and Peredo’s practice, Skinfluence, looking to fend off aging in a safe eyes. The main function is to retain injectables required. sees beauty through science and THE FUSION OF ARTS and ethical way. water to keep your tissues well- balance while working with each Dr. Peredo strongly believes in lubricated and moist. Fillers such as DTM: Will I be awake, and does patient; there is no one size fits all. helping her clients gain confidence Allergan Voluma help as our body it hurt? They offer a full spectrum of skin- Watchmaking heritage, by uncovering each patient’s beauty. loses collagen and hyaluronic acid, MP: Yes, you are awake. We use a care services, treating everything I respect her philosophy of less- which causes us to lose volume topical numbing cream, which is a from acne to sun damage by alchemy of liquids is-more, and that she truly listens and facial structure. Many people local anesthetic that numbs the area utilizing the newest technology and and then customizes treatments to complain about the loss of volume by stopping nerves from sending techniques. and high jewelry reveal a patient’s distinctive self. She as it makes us look gaunt, especially pain signals to your brain. Smoking, excessive alcohol, and lives by the belief that “confidence in the cheek area. Volume loss in sun abuse will show on your skin is powerful and sexy,” and she has our midface contributes to the skin DTM: Which parts of the face do eventually. Dr. Peredo is bullish yet to meet a patient that she cannot sagging and the overall appearance you work with? on the use of sun protection and help to look and feel their most of aging. In the past, the only option MP: We will work on your entire a commitment to healthy habits. confident. I spoke to Dr. Peredo about to address this volume loss was face. We take before and after Her mission is to help create the benefits of the Liquid Facelift. with plastic surgery to tighten photos, and we assess your needs. symmetry while enhancing the skin and lift the underlying It could be the entire face, temples, the patient’s natural beauty. Downtown Magazine: What is the tissue. Now, however, volumizers cheeks, chin, commissars, jawline One of her personal passions is difference between a liquid facelift have been introduced to give an and nose, or it could very well just be sculpting, which complements and and surgery? “instant lift” to the skin and restore specific areas. enhances her work as a cosmetic Dr. Marina Peredo: Liquid facelift midface volume and provide a dermatologist. Creativity plays a is a non-invasive, non-surgical more youthful appearance. This DTM: How long can I expect the positive role in the outcome of the procedure using filler and toxin, is helping many men and women results to last and what is the care her patients receive and is whereas a facelift is a major to avoid plastic surgery. Restylane downtime? complemented by scientifically- surgery with at least 2 to 4 weeks defyne is for mid-to-deep injection MP: There is little to no downtime. tested techniques. DT

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