Turtle Bay News A Publication of the Turtle Bay Association Spring 2010 Vol. 53, No. 1

Spring Event Calendar Bus Fuss BY BRUCE A. SILBERBLATT, TBA VICE PRESIDENT, CHAIR LAND USE AND ZONING COMMITTEE Wednesday, April 21 Earth Day/Going Green As New York- Eastside Proposals Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (2nd/47th) ers we share The MTA/DOT now turned to First and Noon - 3:00 pm complaints Second Avenues, between Houston and 212-826-8980 about city 125th Streets. It proposed the “Select Bus Saturday, May 8 buses, from Service” (SBS): a fast lane offset one lane Katharine Hepburn Birthday Party their snail-like from the right hand curb. Express stops Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (2nd/47th) speed, sudden would be eight to ten blocks apart, accessed 1:00 - 3:00 pm lurches, and arrival in herds, followed by by “bulbs” extending from the curb to the 212-751-5465 twenty minutes with nary a bus in sight. The SBS lane. Local buses would continue to Metropolitan Transit Authority and the City stop at the curb, allowing fast buses to pass Wednesday, May 12 Department of Transportation (MTA/DOT) easily. There would be four, as compared How Does Your Garden Grow? think something should be done about it. We to the present five, traffic lanes. This plan Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (2nd/47th) agree, but we have concerns about some of might have worked very well with modest 11:00 am - 5:00 pm their proposals. modifications. It wasn’t to be. 212-826-8980 Cross-town Bus Bike Lane Ruins the Plan Saturday, May 29 Having improved bus service along Fordham 17th Precinct Street Fair The MTA/DOT decided to add a protected Road in the Bronx, the MTA/DOT turned bike lane, although absolutely unrelated to (42nd/57th) its attention to 34th Street in . 10:00 am - 6:00 pm bus service. The bike lane, set along the left Bus service there has improved; however, curb, would use up one whole lane, leaving Saturday, June 5 additional proposals are controversial. For only three for other vehicles – hopelessly DAG Dogarama example, a pedestrian plaza between Fifth inadequate for traffic along First and Second Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (2nd/47th) and Sixth Avenues, coupled with a ban on Avenues. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm all but buses in that area, would force traffic What to do? On 60% of the route designed 212-826-8980 to nearby side streets, hopelessly clogging the route. Other lane changes elsewhere so far, there would be no offset fast bus Wednesday, June 9 along the route would require a mid-street lane; SBS buses would run by the curb. Art in the Park bus stop island. Thirty-fourth Street would In most neighborhoods, including Turtle Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (2nd/47th) no longer be a through route, and traf- Bay, the bike lane would vanish, leaving 10:00 am - 4:00 pm fic would be choked from river-to-river. cyclists to share a traffic lane. Local and 212-826-8980 Worse, the scheme might also be applied express service would both run in one lane. on . continued on page 3 Sunday, June 20 TBA Spring Street Fair Lexington Avenue (42nd/57th) 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Attempt to Name Street for Vonnegut Disappoints 212-751-5465 he TBA regretfully reports that city April, 2007, at the age of 84. Thursday, June 24 policy has blocked our bid to name a A plaque in Mr. Vonnegut’s memory is Dancing in the Park Tstreet in memory of 30-year resident installed on a bench at Dag Hammarskjold Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (2nd/47th) Kurt Vonnegut. Despite his fame as a cel- 5:00 - 8:00 pm ebrated author, Vonnegut was accessible Plaza, on between First and 212-826-8980 and active in Turtle Bay affairs, and was Second Avenues. The TBA hopes to plant often encountered in the street as a down- a tree in his memory, with approval from to-earth and beloved neighbor. He died in his wife.

TBA•224 E. 47TH ST. NYC 10017•212-751-5465•FAX 212-751-4941• WWW.turtlebaynyc.org •[email protected] Community Calendar Support Our Local Merchants n Last Tuesday every month The small businesses we see each day in Turtle Bay are more than good neighbors, they’re 17th Precinct Community Council a key element in our quality of life and the je ne sais quoi that makes Turtle Bay a great and Open Meeting, 6 p.m. unique place to live. When you’re planning to eat out, make a purchase, please consider 225 East visiting our neighborhood stores and restaurants before shopping or dining at a big chain, 212-826-3228 or outside the area. The Great Seal of the United States says it: E pluribus unum. Its ap- (No meetings July, August, pearance on the dollar bill is especially apt. December) We welcome and thank the following new members of the Turtle Bay Association. n Second Wednesday every month Community Board 6 NEW MEMBERS Juliet Heeg Full Board Meeting, 7 p.m. BENEFACTORS Psychologist NYU Medical Center Michele and Stephen Bracci, MD 410 East 550 212-688-9295 212-319-3750 BUSINESSES 20% member discount Bangkok Grand Palace Restaurant The Local Store Turtle Bay Association 224 East 47th Street 882 First Avenue (49th/50th) (Café) New York, NY 10017 212-980-8834 316 East 49th Street 212-935-4266 Phone: 212-751-5465 Fax: 212-751-4941 Cohen’s Optical 10% member discount 500 Lexington Avenue (at 47th) E-mail: [email protected] 212-697-9299 Matisse Restaurant and Bar a Vin Web Site: www.turtlebaynyc.org and 924 Second Avenue (at 49th) Check our Bulletin Board: 130 West 57th Street 212-546-9300 East side of Second Avenue, 212-581-4961 10% member discount, lunch-5:00 pm between 48th and 49th Streets, on outside wall of the supermarket. 20% member discount Muriel Siebert & Co. Inc. Country Bank (Investment Services) Board of Directors 902 Second Avenue (48th) 885 212-829-9998 212-644-2414 President: William E. Curtis Contact: Maribel Aviles www.siebertnet.com/siebert.html Vice Presidents: Millie Margiotta, Member free checking Taksim Restaurant Dolores Marsh, Bruce Silberblatt 1030 Second Avenue (54th/55th) Treasurer: Francine Irwin Fabio Piccolo Fiore 212-421-3004 230 East 44th Street Directors: 10% member discount 212-922-0581 Ethel Bendove, Bunny Blei, Orin Buck, Meryl Brodsky, 10% member discount Verve Medical Cosmetics Stephen P. Bracci, MD William E. Curtis, Denise Hamilton, 216 East (Second/Third) Marie-Louise Handal, Briefly in Business 212-888-3003 Olga Hoffmann, Bill Huxley, n Stuart Scherr www.vervelaser.com Francine Irwin, Richard Irwin, Graphic Design & More Millie Margiotta, Dolores Marsh, Fulfilling a variety of promotional Patricia Q. McDougald, Ron Palau, and marketing design needs. Seeking New Members for Michael Resnick, Carol Rinzler, 330 East 49th Street (First/Second) TBA Board of Directors Jeannie Sakol, Bruce Silberblatt 212-755-3188 Emeritus: [email protected] Kindly send your resume and Barbara Connolly, Helen Shapiro a cover letter telling us why Turtle Bay News Submit Pictures and Video to the you would like to join our City to Report Conditions board Editor: Lee Frankel Contributors: The City of New York has launched a Turtle Bay Association Bill Huxley, pilot program that allows the public to 224 E. 47th Street Millie Margiotta, submit still images and/or audio/video Patricia Q. McDougald, files about select conditions that occur New York, NY 10022 Bruce Silberblatt in the city. To learn the details, call 311 212-751-5465 Photography: Vivian Gordon or visit NYC.gov. [email protected]

2 Turtle Bay News www.turtlebaynyc.org The Crane Collapse Two Years Later First Avenue Water Tunnel BY BRUCE A. SILBERBLATT, TBA VICE PRESIDENT, CHAIR LAND USE AND ZONING COMMITTEE Repairs Underway

he scars from the March 15, 2008, cracks in its façade and a gaping hole in the An extensive project to repair the First crane disaster remain virtually un- roof, it clings to life. Repeated TBA pleas Avenue water tunnel began in January and Tchanged despite the fact that two have received, at best, inadequate responses. includes repairs on the roadway, sidewalks, years have elapsed. We seem to exist in a In one instance a DOB inspector found tunnel walls and ceiling. Completion is an- time warp where days, months and years nothing wrong, then, a day later, another ticipated by October 2010. To learn how stand still. admitted to “roof issues.” Nobody – not traffic between 41st and 48th Streets will be affected, contact Project Manager Margie The 18-story skeleton at 303 East 51st the owner, not its insurance carrier, not the Banka at 212-839-4870, call 311, or visit Street, gaunt and haunted, casts a long, DOB, does anything about it, either to fix or www.nyc.dot/gov. somber shadow across the neighborhood. demolish it. Best to let it fall rather than to True, it has been cleaned up and the De- take action now. In the meantime, the TBA partment of Buildings (DOB) keeps watch. is carefully monitoring the cracks. Should they worsen, it will spell big trouble. Any talk of rebuilding is just talk. A cloud Report Construction Concerns of lawsuits looms large, complicated by a In other related news: the crushed Fubar legal struggle over control of the corner lot, house, 305 East 50th Street, has not yet been Call 311; 964 Second Avenue. Two men, the crane rebuilt. Plans have yet to be approved. Most rigging contractor and a DOB inspector, shops on the east side of Second Avenue, 17th Precinct weekdays: 212-826- 3228, and 212-826-3211 on week- face criminal charges. The DOB has done from 50th up almost to , are ends and evenings; much to clean house, but much remains to closed; dreary sidewalk sheds attest to the be done. The agency, in general, is aloof paralysis. Community Board 6: 212-319-3750; to complaints emanating from the public The recession hasn’t helped either. Besides it purports to serve. It takes repeated calls Turtle Bay Association: 212-751- 303 East 51st Street, there are four big proj- 5465, [email protected]. plus intervention from our elected officials ects at a standstill: holes in the ground or, in to get action. the case of 315 East 46th Street, only five Or contact your local official A dangerous case in point is 301 East 50th stories are up. Eventually, the builders will (information provided on Page 7). Street. Weary with age, its back sheared off, return, but in the meantime, the wounds its elevator penthouse demolished, with remain, slow to heal.

Bus Fuss continued from page 1 Impossible! Fast buses creeping behind the slow locals, or worse, bypassing them by invading the nearest traffic lane. By add- Unfriendly Development: The Beat Goes On ing a bike lane, MTA/DOT wrecked its own concept. ith Con Ed gone from its site and public spaces (including waterfront along First Avenue the question access). Not so owner and developer Furthermore, the existing limited bus stop Wof what will replace it remains Sheldon Solow (East Side Development at 49th/50th Street would be eliminated. open. The scale and situation of the prop- Corp.), whose plans contain none of these, Next, completing its Turtle Bay whammy, erty, running from 35th to 41st Streets but call for seven towers – some between the MTA, as part of its city-wide cutbacks, between First Avenue and the East River, 65 and 70 stories – that would dwarf the plans to close the M27 route on 49th and present a rare occasion for responsible, U.N. Secretariat, cast long shadows on 50th Streets, and curtail the M50 – no mixed-use development that would meet neighboring buildings, and undermine weekend or late night service! housing needs, expand public facilities, the beauty of landmarked sites. The City The overall SBS plan is incomplete, not- and continue to serve historic neighbors, Council approved Solow’s plans during the withstanding handsome online drawings. including the U.N. 2008 fiscal year. Since it may yet be modified, the TBA can- As part of a comprehensive 197-a Plan, Council Member Dan Garodnick has been not now approve or reject the plan. We will Community Board 6 (CB6) evaluated active in rallying other local elected officials not accept anything that includes the bike land use, zoning, urban design and historic and community groups in support of CB6’s lane (there is just no room for it) and omits resources, transportation, and space and plan. The fight continues for the kind of de- the 49th/50th Street limited bus stop. waterfront access, and proposed a plan that velopment that will assure that, as the neigh- All MTA/DOT designs may be viewed would cap the height of new construction, borhood grows, it serves the community’s on-line: www.nyc.gov under Department and provides affordable housing, schools needs and preserves its character. of Transportation. www.turtlebaynyc.org Turtle Bay News 3 TBA Valentine Party A and Manhattan Borough President Scott n Salon Amici Stringer joined the gathering, and thanked 1 cut and blow dry package Smash Hit the association for its commitment to the 255 East 50th Street BY RON PALAU, TBA BOARD MEMBER neighborhood. 212-486-3623 It may have been a cold February night, but There was much excitement as door prize n Smart Workout that didn’t keep warm-hearted neighbors winners’ names were drawn. This year’s Several packages of personal training and friends from attending the 26th Annual very desirable prizes were donated by the sessions. “Love Thy Neighbor” Valentine Party. This generous Turtle Bay Association business 124 East 40th Street year, we filled the room at Fabio Piccolo members, listed at right. 212-661-1660 Fiore Restaurant, a new business member We thank the volunteers of the TBA Spe- of the TBA. cial Events Committee who worked hard to n Georgette Braha Several packages of French lessons Known for classic northern and southern make the evening a grand success. 136 East Italian cuisine, Fabio Piccolo served a won- Note: Fabio Piccolo is located at 230 East 212-755-7119 derful three- course dinner with choices that 44th Street (Second/Third), and is offering included Lobster Bisque, Veal Scaloppini TBA members a 10% discount with their n Ristorante deGrezia and Tiramisu. All was beautifully prepared 2010 membership cards. $150 gift certificate and presented by Chef Fabio. We are extremely grateful to these kind 230 East 50th Street City Council Member Dan Garodnick, 2010 Valentine donors: 212-750-5353

4 Turtle Bay News www.turtlebaynyc.org is in many public collections and muse- general seating is available. Programs and Art & Culture ums in the U.S. and Norway, and she has schedule are subject to change without received two grants from the New York notice. JAPAN SOCIETY Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). Hours: 333 East 47th Street Monday-Thursday, 12-6 pm, Friday-Sun- April Box Office: 212-715-1258 day, 1-5 pm. Through May 21. 5 6:30 pm Adult Performance Workshop STEIM Mobile Touch Exhibition. 16 5 & 6:15 pm Young People’s Please touch! Amsterdam-based ex- GRAND CENTRAL PARTNER- Recitals perimental music group STEIM offers an SHIP 24 2:30 pm Suzuki Solo Recitals opportunity to make your own music on Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Termi- 29 7 pm Grace Browning, harp, their wild collection of invented elec- nal, East 42nd Street at Park Avenue Faculty Recital tronic instruments, including the Finger Grand Gourmet – The Flavor of 30 5:30 pm Suzuki Group Class Web, Cracklebox, Voice Scratcher and Midtown® The 10th annual neighbor- Concert Headbanger. Friday, May 7, 12-9:30 pm, . hood restaurant showcase to benefit the Saturday, May 8, 12-5 pm and 6-10 pm. May Grand Central Neighborhood Social Free. 8 4 pm Jackie Pinsky, violin, Faculty Services Corporation, the largest not-for- Recital Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: profit homeless services provider in New 14-16 Sixth Annual Perform-A-Thon Japanese Prints by Utagawa York City. Sample delicious dishes and (see box below) Kuniyoshi. Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s vivid beverages from more than 30 of Midtown 22 2:30 pm Carol O’Hara Annual scenes from history and legend, wildly Manhattan’s finest restaurants. Thursday, Voice Competition popular 150 years ago, are a major influ- April 29, 7 -9:30 pm. Ticket information 26 7 pm TBMS Community Chorus ence on the work of today’s manga and at www.grandcentralpartnership.org. anime artists. This exhibition features Year-End Concert over 130 dramatic depictions of giant ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN June spiders, skeletons and toads; Chinese 6 6 pm Bruce Potterton, piano, CHURCH ruffians; women warriors; haggard ghosts; Faculty Recital 619 Lexington Avenue, 212-935-2200 and desperate samurai combat. Through 12 11 am Saturday Music Project Sunday, June 13. Gallery hours: Tuesday- Classical Concert Series, Tuesdays Final Concert Thursday, 11 am-6 pm; Friday, 11 am-9 at 8 pm pm; Saturday and Sunday 11 am- 5 pm; closed on Mondays. Members/Children April under 16 free. Students/Seniors $10; Free 6 Kathryn Forbes, voice to all on Friday nights, 6-9 pm. 13 Stephen Dietz 20 Works by Douglas Townsend TRYGVE LIE GALLERY and Friends Turtle Bay Music School 317 East 52nd Street, (The Norwegian 27 Composers Circle Annual Perform-A-Thon Church in New York), 212-319-0370 May “Lines Among Lines,” Drawings by 4 Tabor Woodwind Quintet Come enjoy three days of music Inger Johanne Grytting. Artist’s work 18 New York Treble Singers, and merriment. Virginia Davidson, director Friday, May 14, 5-9 pm 25 Composer’s Circle Saturday, May 15, 10 am-7 pm Sunday, May 16, 12-5 pm June 1 Iktus Percussion Quartet 8 Early Music at Saint Peter’s, RSVP Angela Yeung, director Call 212-753-8811 x17 15 Cystic Fibrosis Benefit Concert: Write to [email protected] Janine Ulleyette, presenter More info at www.tbms.org, or call 212-753-8811 TURTLE BAY MUSIC SCHOOL 244 East 52nd Street, 212-753-8811 Want to perform? Raise $25 and All concerts are free of charge and open to join the concert. the public, with no tickets required, unless otherwise noted. First-come, first-served Contact information above. www.turtlebaynyc.org Turtle Bay News 5 TBA Volunteer Party Draws A Happy Crowd BY PATRICIA MCDOUGALD, TBA BOARD MEMBER BA volunteers deserve the best – and that’s what we aimed Ted Berntsen; Detective Frank Bogucki of the 17th Precinct; Sher- to deliver in our salute to them held at the World Tower Bar. rill Kazan and Anne Saxon-Hersh of Friends of Dag Hammarskjold T Indeed, from the leaners on the alabaster bar to the speakers Plaza; Carol Schacter of CB6; and Shirley MacCleod, board mem- on the floor, everybody had a good time. ber of the Murray Hill Association. Our always-supportive council The drinks and hors d’oeuvres were delicious, and the WT Bar member Dan Garodnick spoke briefly following short introductory staff, went the extra distance, to see to it that everybody had all remarks by TBA President Bill Curtis. they wanted to eat and drink. If it sounds good, it was. The evening brought together a large contingent of friends from Early on, a slew of people began arriving who must have thought within and beyond the bounds of Turtle Bay. The shared festivities they’d hit the jackpot! With a crowd that size, we soon realized were a reminder that, regardless of neighborhood, we’re all New that no sign had been posted indicating a private party. Alas, we had to send the unsuspecting interlopers on their way. Yorkers – a special breed. The place was brimming with TBA volunteers, board members and Again, we thank our volunteers for their hard work, which has other invited guests from all over the East Side. Among them were helped the TBA succeed on many fronts throughout the community. City Council Member Dan Garodnick; Manhattan Deputy Inspector We couldn’t do it without you!

6 Turtle Bay News www.turtlebaynyc.org Elected Officials at Work Government Contacts Jessica Lappin Tenant Fair Chance Act Passed 65, the fastest growing population in the Council Member, District 5 The law brings transparency to negative, but city. Nearly 20% percent of the city’s elderly 330 East 63rd Street false, tenant information that might appear live in poverty – double the national average New York, NY 10021 212-980-1808 in screening reports used against them if – and their number is expected to increase [email protected] they were previously in housing court. Ten- by nearly 50% over the next 25 years. www.jessicalappin.com ants usually know nothing about the reports Stringer Announces FoodNYC Daniel R. Garodnick or that their names may be listed. Council Council Member, District 4 In February, Manhattan Borough President Members Dan Garodnick, Leroy Comrie 211 East 43rd Street, Scott Stringer released FoodNYC: A Blue- and Karen Koslowitz sponsored the law. at Third Avenue print for a Sustainable Food System. It is the New York, NY 10017 State Expands Foreclosure most comprehensive effort to date to unify 212-818-0580 [email protected]. Prevention Laws and reform the city’s policies regarding the www.garodnick.com In December, legislation was enacted to production, distribution, consumption and Scott M. Stringer extend foreclosure protection for New disposal of food. Manhattan Borough President York homeowners. Among the provisions 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor are: increased foreclosure notification time; Bing Authors Op-Ed in Crain’s New York, NY 10007 a greater homeowner voice in settlements; New York Business 212-669-8300 www.mbpo.org and protection for rent regulated tenants. Assembly Member Jonathan Bing authored an op-ed in the January 25, 2010 issue of Liz Krueger State Senate Passes Family Health Crain’s suggesting that New York State can State Senator, District 26 Care Decisions Act (FHCDA) create jobs and improve the economy with- 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1300 This act creates a legal mechanism for the New York, NY 10017 out direct government subsidies by updating 212-490-9535 appointment of a health care surrogate, from antiquated laws governing business. To read lkruegersenate.state.ny.us among family members and other close indi- the article, visit www.jonathanbing.com. Jonathan L. Bing viduals, who can make health care decisions Assembly Member, for an incapacitated patient in the absence Krueger Committee Pushes Budget 73rd Assembly District of a health care proxy. Only 20 percent of Reform 360 East 57th Street, Mezzanine individuals sign a health care proxy. The State Senate Select Committee on New York, NY 10022 Budget and Tax Reform, chaired by Sena- 212-605-0937 State Grant Will Help Fund East [email protected] tor Liz Krueger, has released a report on www.assembly.state.ny.us River Blueway the state’s fiscal planning process. The Manhattan Borough President Scott Carolyn B. Maloney proposals would promote greater account- U.S. Representative, Stringer, State Assembly Member Brian ability, more accurate forecasting and 14th Congressional District Kavanaugh, Community Boards 3 and 6, increased transparency. “We are the only 1651 Third Avenue, Suite 311 and the Lower East Side Ecology Center state with a budget enacted prior to know- New York, NY 10128-3679 have secured a $650,000 state grant to help 212-860-0606 ing actual revenue on April 15, and are in http://maloney.house.gov reconnect Midtown and Lower Manhattan a constant political battle over different along a three-mile stretch of East River Community Board 6, Manhattan forecasts all of which are guesstimates,” 866 United Nations Plaza waterfront. notes Krueger. Read the full report at Suite 308 Law Simplifies Green Building http://www.nysenate.gov. New York, NY 10017 212-319-3750 Approvals Maloney Protests Anti-Gay 212-319-3772 (fax) The City Council has passed a law that [email protected] Uganda Bill speeds up approvals for environmentally On February 8, U.S. Congresswoman Caro- beneficial technologies, design and con- lyn Maloney joined leading human rights struction techniques, materials and prod- advocates to protest the draconian Anti-Ho- ucts, by promoting cooperation among the mosexuality Law proposed in the Uganda many city agencies involved in approvals. parliament. Maloney said, “The officially Council Members Dan Garodnick and Jim sanctioned bigotry in this bill…constitutes Gennaro co-sponsored the bill. a gross violation of the universal values of Lappin Chairs City Council’s individual liberty and human rights.” The Aging Committee protest took place in front of the Permanent Council Member Jessica Lappin is leading Mission of the Republic of Uganda in New U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney at Uganda efforts to meet the needs of residents over York City. gay-rights protest www.turtlebaynyc.org Turtle Bay News 7 Newsworthy Notes

Doe Fund Offers Many Services. The library has large collections of DVDs, Friends of Art & Design (FAD) have Ready, Willing & Able (RWA) program CDs, periodicals, large print, paper- tutored many students and raised $1 offers work opportunities in addition backs and popular fiction and nonfic- million to fund computers, awards, art to street cleaning. Other programs in- tion for adults. The branch is the new exhibits, concerts, college entrance clude the Food Preparation Project home of Teen Central, hosting their fees, team uniforms and the school’s that provides men and women with collections and programs, and also website. FAD would like to see this food handling and preparation skills, holds a monthly book club for adults. program replicated elsewhere in the basic nutrition education and job 135 East 46th Street (Third/Lexington). city, and will be available to share training for the food services industry. Monday to Thursday, 8 am-7 pm; Fri- their knowledge with visitors at the Participants prepare nearly 900 meals day, 11 am-6 pm; Saturday, 12-5 pm. exhibition in Dag Hammarskjold Park each day for residents of the Brooklyn, Closed Sundays. on Wednesday, June 9, from 10 am-3 Harlem and Jersey City Doe Fund fa- pm. For info, contact Dennis Paget at P.S. 59 to Hold May Benefit. Beek- cilities. Another program is Apartment [email protected]. man Hill International School, P.S. Repair, originally a city-contracted 59, will host an auction to benefit the construction and apartment repair school. Local businesses who donate project where trainees rehabilitated will be helping the children and the low-income, city-owned apartment school, and will receive notice on a buildings. Today, RWA construction special dedication page in the auction crews bid competitively for city con- journal. Ads can also be purchased Language Books Needed tracts, serve as a revenue generating for a very small fee. Thursday, May by Senior Center source for the program, and provide 13, 6:30 pm-9:30 pm. The Prince If you have any language books, an opportunity for trainees to become George Ballroom, 15 East 27th Street French, Spanish or Italian, the Se- experienced construction workers. (Madison/Fifth). For information, or to nior Center at Saint Peter’s Church donate, email Braccimichele@hotmail. Grand Central Library a Boon. Turtle will gratefully receive them for use com. Donation forms are also available Bay is lucky to have a library within its in its free programs. at www.ps59pta.com. borders that serves the neighborhood As part of Lenox Hill Neighborhood as well as commuters and area work- H.S. of Art & Design Presents Art In House, the center serves adults ers. The branch boasts 45 comput- The Park. The yearly Art In The Park age 60 and over. ers, 32 of which are laptops, as well exhibit is supported by volunteers, not To arrange a donation, please call as outlets and data ports located at parents, proud of their contribution 212-308-1959. seats looking out on 46th Street. The to the school for the past 15 years.

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