The Voice of the West Village WestView News VOLUME 14, NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 2018 $1.00 Northwell Returns Doctors to St. Vincent Site By Joy Pape Island for health care providers, I was able I’ll never forget the day I started work for to start my new job in Manhattan at Lenox Lenox Hill Hospital when I attended my Hill Hospital. During my first days there, first day of orientation in a lovely venue in I noticed a lot of buzz and excitement Long Island. It had recently been merged with the new influx of money from NSLIJ. with the North Shore Long Island Jewish Lenox Hill Hospital had not been doing (NSLIJ) Health System, now known as well financially prior to this, but was then Northwell Health. It was the time of their able to purchase the needed supplies, staff, entrance into Manhattan, and it was also and education so badly needed. I also re- shortly after the closing of St. Vincent’s member there being a lot of doctors, nurses Hospital. and others who had lost their jobs at St. I was quite impressed that Michael Vincent’s who were now working at Lenox Dowling, President and CEO, was pres- Hill Hospital. ent to welcome the new employees; this is Although I am no longer working for not always a habit of Presidents and CEOs the Northwell Health System, I commend of such large health organizations. I knew NORTHWELL OPENS CLOSED ST. VINCENT DOOR: Northwell opened a suite of medical what Northwell Health has done to help that day he was a man with wisdom, pas- offices to offer West Villagers walk-in access to specialists in the major medical disciplines. our community. We once again have what sion, a care for health…a true visionary By chance, the new Northwell entrance is where the St. Vincent Emergency entrance once is considered state of the art medical care and a good businessman. stood. In the center is President Michael Dowling and on the far left is WestView Publisher for our residents and community. After what I recall as a long and needed George Capsis, who was invited to pose with the collected dignitaries. Photo courtesy of I had the pleasure to interview Warren comprehensive orientation period on Long Northwell Health. continued on page 14

Bureaucracy Rewards Duty to Warn, Part II: Doctor’s Dedication With a Penny How Big Business Runs the Healthcare Industry To The Editor: By Gary G. Kohls, MD drugs, so insurance companies are being is a legal principle that has nothing to I was deeply impressed and moved by forced to raise premium rates dramati- do with medical ethics. I don’t recall be- Dr. Gary Kohl’s story, “Duty to Warn: In this two-part series, Dr. Kohls explores cally. And the sociopaths in Big Pharma ing taught about it when I went to med How Big Business Runs the Healthcare how the intersection of big business and the and Big Vaccine feel no guilt. It is just the school. Below is one definition of “stan- Industry,” in the October 2018 issue of pharmaceutical, vaccine and medical device way business is done. dard of care” as cited by Canada’s Center WestView News. My father was an in- corporations have come to rule the healthcare What pains me the most is witnessing for Research on Globalization: ternist from Germany who lived in the industry. Part one of the series appeared in the the huge influence that the massive pro- “In legal terms, (standard of care is) the USA for 54 years, had an office in New October issue of WestView. paganda campaigns have over both the level at which the average, prudent medi- Jersey as a General Practitioner and prescribers of the risky drugs and vaccines cal provider in a given community would treated his patients with great care and The Big Pharma propaganda campaigns and the patients of those prescribers, de- practice. It is how similarly qualified prac- attention. Although I do recall being the are much more potent today than in the spite the vast and valid scientific informa- titioners would have managed the patient’s happy recipient of the endless trinkets, days before my retirement from my medi- tion that is never advertised or even writ- care under the same or similar circum- pencils, pens, erasers, writing pads, giant cal practice a decade ago. At least back ten about in the mainstream media, which stances. The medical malpractice plaintiff gold paperclips etc. that came in end- then there were no drugs (oral or inject- relies on ad dollars from Big Pharma and must establish the appropriate standard of less volume from the drug companies able) that cost tens of thousands of dol- Big Vaccine. care and demonstrate that the standard of to Dad’s office, promoting Xanax and lars per year. Now there are dozens and Giving short shrift to the informed care has been breached.” whatever other expensive pill they were dozens of drugs that can cost $60,000 to consent principle is legal nowadays, In other words, the standard of care in selling, what I remember most is how $120,000 per year! Even wealthy patients for there is another principle called the one community could be considered mal- continued on page 6 would refuse to pay out of pocket for such “Community Standard of Care,” which continued on page 6

Cynthia can win! 550 Washington St. Veronica Still on the ballot, she Yet another plan for can knock out 26 years development along Concert Series of Deborah Glick’s faint West Street across from Performances continue at St. liberal echoes. Pier 40. Veronica, 149 Christopher St.

Saturday, November 3—7 pm SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 22 2 WestView News November 2018 www.westviewnews.org WestView BRIEFLY NOTED Published by WestView, Inc. by and for the residents of the The West Village’s Does Rudin Want Your Fruit Vendor to Move? West Village. Historic Lintels Publisher Lintels, did you ever notice our West Vil- Executive Editor lage Lintels? You might ask, what are lin- George Capsis tels? Well they should not be confused with Managing Editor lentils as in your soup. No, they are, accord- Kim Plosia ing to Webster’s Dictionary, “the horizon- Associate Editors Andrew Buemi, Justin Matthews, tal piece over a door or window”. Anne Olshansky Well, I never really did notice these Art Director lintels until our historic 1853 co-op was Kim Plosia forced to redo our exterior walls. Two of Advertising Manager and Designer those walls are facing the street and sub- Stephanie Phelan ject to the city’s codes, both building codes Photo Editor (DOB) and the city’s Historic Landmarks Darielle Smolian Department. These departments are just one or two of the steps one goes through to Traffic Manager Liza Whiting repair the buildings’ walls, along with the stripping, repointing, painting and repair- Photographers ing or replacing those lintels. All this in Maggie Berkvist Joel Gordon order to stay within the city’s codes. Re- storing one’s co-op one must jump through Comptroller numerous hoops. CITY BLINDSIDES LOCAL VENDOR: For 25 years, 7th Avenue has hosted a fresh fruit and veg- Jolanta Meckauskaite So now I, and others on our co-op board, etable stand opposite the then-St. Vincent’s Hospital. Now facing the Rudin multi-million dollar condos, it is being forced to move. Photo credit © Joel Gordon 2018­—All rights reserved. Architecture Editor were forced to become experts on bricks, Brian Pape mortar, historic colors and lintels, yes lintels. As you walk around the streets of the West cense should be allowed to stand or should Film, Media and Music Editor Village, you see more and more closed be transferred without exceptions to a New Jim Fouratt storefronts standing empty indefinitely. Not York City Parks vendor license. many businesses can say that they have been Harry states, “I was shocked when I re- Food Editor David Porat open in this neighborhood since 1991, but ceived this summons considering how long the Fruit Cart Vendor on the corner of 12th we have been in business in this exact spot in Distribution Manager Street and 7th Avenue can. The third owner this neighborhood. Since I came to America, Timothy Jambeck of the fruit cart, known to his neighbors as I have been located here. I love my spot and Regular Contributors “Harry,” has been providing his neighbors my customers. I can’t imagine moving to an- Barry Benepe, Caroline Benveniste, with fresh fruits and vegetables at great other location. I feel like I would be losing Charles Caruso, Jim Fouratt, prices and at a convenient location for the my family. I would prefer to close down per- John Gilman, Mark. M. Green, Robert Heide, Thomas Lamia, Keith Michael, past 11 years. His business and livelihood manently than have to relocate. This would Michael D. Minichiello, Penny Mintz, are now being threatened. hurt my neighborhood because I provide Brian J. Pape, Joy Pape, Alec Pruchnicki, On October 10th 2018, the Fruit Cart fresh fruit and vegetables daily at a conve- Christina Raccuia, Catherine Revland, Joseph Salas, Martica Sawin, Donna was issued a summons by the NYC De- nient location and at great prices.” Schaper, Arthur Z. Schwartz, Gary To- partment of Health and Mental Hygiene To compare prices in the neighborhood, mei, Joseph Turco, Esq., Stanley Wlodyka for operating a Fruit Cart on property the local Whole Foods on 7th Avenue in We endeavor to publish all letters received, under the Department of Parks and Rec- Chelsea sells a bag of clementines for $6.99 NOW THIS IS WHAT WE CALL "OVER THE including those with which we disagree. reation jurisdiction without a valid NYC while the cart sells them for $4. An apple TOP" (LITERALLY): A dramatic lintel is what The opinions put forth by contributors Parks Department permit. The summons in Whole Foods goes for $1.79 each while to WestView do not necessarily reflect the we see in the West Village when we take the views of the publisher or editor. time to look up. Photo by Gordon Hughes. issued a penalty up to $2000, a court date the cart sells them for $.50 each. A bunch WestView welcomes your correspondence, appearance on November 13th, 2018 and of asparagus at Whole Foods costs $4.99 comments, and corrections: Our building is, I think unusual in that a demand to move to a different location. and the cart sells them for $2. The cart also www.westviewnews.org it was at some time in the mists of history, The Fruit Cart Vendor currently holds gets a fresh delivery of fruits and vegetables Contact Us four buildings. These four buildings were a valid Mobile Food Vendor Full-Term each day. (212) 924-5718 converted over the years into two build- Citywide Permit. Dr. D. Davis, a 58 year resident of the [email protected] ings, combined if you will. That means The park that the ticket is referring to West Village, says it would be difficult to there are four different sets of lintels on is the Aids Memorial Park, which was do- imagine 7th Avenue South and 12th Street two buildings. nated to NYC in 2017, adjacent to the for- without the fruit cart and vendor. Both have Some of these supports are more elabo- mer St. Vincent’s Hospital at St. Vincent’s become icons in the West Village over the rate than others. The city is very particular, Triangle. past 10 years. The seasonal 24 hour-a-day as it should be, when it comes to restora- The street vendor, Harry, never received service and availability is such a valuable tion. All this to say I began looking up at any prior notice or warning that his ven- asset to our neighborhood. The fruits and the buildings around the Village, and to my dor permit would no longer be valid for vegetables are always quality, and very rea- absolute amazement there was a treasure this business of 27 years at this site. The sonably priced; and “Mr. Harry,” the vendor, trove of delightful art on these wonderful business was here prior to the creation of is “one in a million,” so to speak; he is ex- old buildings. Now I have said this before, the park. The NYC Department of Health emplary. Long live this special service in its and in all probability as I compare the West makes regular visits to the cart every year present space. Village to other parts of our city will say and has never spoken to the vendor on this If you would like to show your support it again, when it comes to great our whole matter. The vendor is not located inside for Harry and small business owners, please city is great. That said, there are no greater the small park but on the sidewalk outside sign the online petition on https://www. lintels in any other parts of the city with all the park. Considering the business has thepetitionsite.com and search for “Save the MIA SAYS: As an old dog I cannot always its charm than those of the West Village... been onsite for 25 years longer than the Fruit Cart on the corner of 7th Avenue and hear your love, but I can feel it. Photo by I’m just saying. park has been in existence, the cart should 12th Street.” Dusty Berke. —Gordon T. Hughes Jr. be grandfathered in. His current vendor li- —A. Original www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 3 Why I Am Voting for Cynthia Nixon (Not Deborah Glick) For State Assembly Glick Has Not Earned Your Vote. Nixon Represents Change. Think About It!

By Jim Fouratt Deborah Glick, 28 years in place as my NY State Assembly representative, does not de- In the September issue of WestView, I wrote serve my vote or yours based on her last ten that Cynthia Nixon, if she did not win her years of service. It is widely recognized that primary against Andrew Cuomo, would be the New York state legislature is one of the a perfect candidate to run on the Working most corrupt in the country. Deborah Glick, Families ballot for NY State Assembly op- once a radical choice when first elected as posing 28 year incumbent Deborah Glick. an out lesbian-feminist, walked away from Nixon is now on the ballot confirming her own history when she became and was what I hoped would happen. Nixon stands rewarded as the bully enforcer of now con- for principle and change. I believe change victed felon Shelly Silver’s policies. Silver is essential if the Democratic Party can be was convicted of criminal corruption and of revitalized and returned to its core values of personally profiting from his power role as representing the unifying values of diverse Speaker of the NY State Assembly. As the populations that make up what is supposed Daily News wrote, Glick is lucky she was not to be the core of the Democratic Party. indicted and sent to jail with her mentor. I want CHANGE in Albany. I want the What happened to Glick? When she state legislature cleaned up and transparent. was denied the endorsement of the NYC CYNTHIA NIXON, WORKING FAMLIES PARTY CANDIDATE for NY State Assembly District After watching Nixon bloom and shine Democratic machine for Borough President 66. Photo credit: City and State online. as she not only took on Cuomo, but refused she turned her back on her constituents and to be threatened and bullied by him, I was walked into sleaze-filled backrooms of po- in her 28 years in office. Yes, Glick did give I want change! Real change at the New impressed. I acknowledge it is complicated litical Albany. Sad. But more importantly, leadership on one issue: women’s health. York state legislature. Glick did nothing in for Nixon to challenge a sitting female leg- Glick, in practice rather than rhetoric, Important, yes. But Glick held out until practice to change it because she was right islator like Glick. Both women are open turned in her progressive identity to become almost the very end on endorsing same-sex in the center of the back room—the cor- lesbians. Nixon is married with a family. a power broker supporting Silver and Cuo- civil marriage. To my mind, single-issue ruption cesspool. And no matter how many But I suggest we, the voters, look closely at mo when push came to shove. Her actual politicians fail to represent the diversity of times Glick tries to deny her role, she can- Glick’s political record. record shows how few bills she introduced needs of their constituents. continued on page 10 Cynthia Nixon for Assembly? Time for A Change By Arthur Z. Schwartz Tuesday, November 6), it wanted to endorse porter every year when the budget was de- Then in 2014, Silver was indicted for tak- Cuomo, declaring this battle over. To do bated. It still is not fully funded or built. ing bribes. His half-million dollars a year There was not a single Assembly District that, it moved Cynthia Nixon over to run for Most critically, Glick, in 1996, hitched her no-show lawyer job, an open secret, turned in the State of New York where Cynthia Assembly in the 66th AD, which includes star to that of a candidate for Speaker, Shel- out to be how he was funneled money. Our Nixon did better against Andrew Cuomo Greenwich Village, Soho and Tribeca. don Silver, who on paper did not share her new State Senator, Brad Hoylman, called on in the September 13th Democratic Prima- The press, knowing that I had been a lead- supposedly progressive perspective. Deborah Silver to step down as Speaker. Glick vigor- ry than our 66th Assembly District. ing public supporter of Cynthia, called me. supported his election, and became one of ously said “No,” and said it wasn’t “fair.” “In- Yes, our bastion of progressivism gave her “What do you think? Can Cynthia win?” his whips, until his arrest and ouster in 2014. nocent until proven guilty.” But no one else 57.5% of the vote against a man who spent My response of “Yes, and the Village needs She gained a reputation in the Assembly for agreed with her and “Shelly” was ousted. over $20 million in his campaign against her. change,” unleashed a firestorm. Deborah her ability to get members in line. And as his Photos were published in Albany showing Why did we do that? Because we, as a Glick charged me, in The Villager, with being deputy, Deborah fell into line with all of Sil- Glick sobbing in the Assembly chambers. community, are hungry for ethical and re- “obsessed” with her, which given the extent ver’s “three men in a room” budget deals, the Her alliance with Silver hadn’t really done sponsive government, for leaders who are of my activism, shows just how disconnected most important one of which was to water much for the Village, Soho and Tribeca. creative and bold and innovative. she is. But, truth be told, Cynthia Nixon and down the Rent Stabilization Law, and allow Every inch of available space became ex- Because many of the Working Families the WFP have given us a unique opportunity. for “destabilization” of apartments, a move pensive condos. This led her to become an Party’s (WFP) constituent groups faced fi- Deborah Glick has been our Assem- which has seen over one million apartments ally of Christine Quinn when Quinn ran nancial destruction if the WFP stuck with bly member for 28 years. She is the last become deregulated, turning places like the for Mayor with millions of dollars of real Cynthia in the General Election (next of a generation of young leaders who was elected to office in our part of NYC in the 1990s: Tom Duane, Chris Quinn, and WARNING: Attorney Arthur Schwartz, with a bemused Catherine Abate were the others. Glick smile, offered that this year’s ballot is the most complex in his- was the first out lesbian elected to the As- sembly, and the first woman in a long time. tory. Voters will have to enter their selections on both sides of Glick’s tenure has rarely produced the sort the ballot, then tear it in half to feed it to the voting machine. So of progressive change the Village has al- it may be necessary to search for Cynthia Nixon’s name. ways embraced. Locally, her biggest crusade for many years was to block the creation of Hudson River Village into areas where $4000 per month estate money. We lost St. Vincent’s Hos- Park. Yes, she voted NO on the Hudson one bedrooms are the norm. pital. West Side properties inundated by River Park Act, asserting that it would lead In 2013, she even gained notoriety for Hurricane Sandy got little help or attention. to Battery Park City in the Village. Those of threatening Nicole Malliotakis, a Staten West Village Houses became a co-op. NYU CYNTHIA NIXON'S CANDIDACY IS A us who supported having the park put our Island Assemblywoman, because Malliota- moved forward with its massive expansion BLESSING IN DISGUISE: Deborah Glick's energy into getting restrictions in the legisla- kis complained about Assembly funds be- and all she could do was join a picket line. tenure has rarely produced the sort of tion that would not let this happen. We were ing used to reach secret deals with women Governor Cuomo refused to release billions progressive change the Village has always right, and she was wrong, but her opposition staffers who had been sexually harassed by of dollars for NYC schools allocated by the embraced. meant that the park was minus a strong sup- Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a Silver ally. continued on page 6 4 WestView News November 2018 www.westviewnews.org Squirrel Hill: It Could Have Been Greenwich Village

By Arthur Z. Schwartz and his ilk have substituted George Soros for the Rothschild family. And to men who I have struggled throughout my adult feel put upon by the #Me Too movement, life with the question of the Jewish re- and the public comeuppance of Bret Kava- ligion, and the “proper” parameters of a naugh, Trump blamed mobs of women with Jewish identity. With a name like Arthur signs and busses paid for by George Soros. Schwartz, I will never get far from those And George Soros, he says, is funding the ancestors who escaped the Russian Czar caravan of poor Guatemalans and Hondu- and arrived in the Jewish diaspora of NYC. rans winding its way through Mexico, actu- I was born in 1953. World War II had end- ally, his surrogates say, handing out cash. ed only eight years earlier, and at a young So now 11 peacefully praying Jews have age I learned about the massacres of mil- had their lives taken by a “nationalist,” who lions of Jews by the Nazis. But here in the like Trump, saw himself as standing up for safety of NYC I thought that I was safe American values, and taking on the Jews from the hatred that had driven the Nazis who are funding the attack on “our” tradi- and the vast majority of the German popu- tional American values. But his acts, to me, lation. To me most of what I knew about make me more proud to identify as a Jew being Jewish was the happy side of Fiddler with strong moral values, and a belief in on the Roof, the family traditions, a strong UNION SQUARE RALLY AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM: Hundreds gather on October 27, the defending all of those who are considered moral code, respect for family and scholar- night of the Squirrel Hill massacre. Photo by Celeste Lavin. “others,” including the Palestinians who are ship, the (Eastern European) food, the fre- treated so horrifically by the Israeli state. quent holidays (and days off from school), bikes down the street where I live and started they said, were just pawns of the worldwide And I smiled broadly, the night of the singing in my synagogue choir, dances at calling me a “kike.” I didn’t even know what Jewish conspiracy, funded by the Roths- Squirrel Hill shootings, to see hundreds of the local Federation of Jewish Philanthro- the word meant, but I knew that it was bad. childs, to destroy Western culture. Jews standing in a vigil in Union Square, pies youth center, and the joy of Chanukah And then I came of age and learned After the 1960s the open sowing of racist, with organized Muslim youth groups (although I believed in Santa too). more about the American brand of ha- anti-Semitic hatred became less public, but standing guard. It took till I was 11 to realize that it was tred. Goodman, Schwerner and Cheney Jews have never been far out of the cross- Yes, Greenwich Village is as Jewish as weird that my classes were 95% Jewish, my were kids barely older than me, who went hairs of racial prejudice. And now, Donald Squirrel Hill, and what happened there teachers, too. The Italian kids in my neighbor- to Mississippi to join the Freedom Riders Trump, despite his Jewish son-in-law and could happen here. And after spending hood went to Catholic School, and the Black and found themselves dead. I learned that Jewish grandchildren, has encouraged the October 28 mourning, I decided it was kids, who lived in the housing projects three the Klan hated Jews as much as the hated politics of resentment, and public state- time, again, to fight like hell for the living. blocks from my house, went to their own Blacks, and 50 years ago they appeared ments of that resentment are no longer con- school. And then one day I was walking home in numbers and spewed their bigotry and sidered verboten. And the politics of resent- Arthur Schwartz is the Democratic District from school and a bunch of kids drove their were not afraid to spew it. Black people, ment always lead back to the Jews. Trump Leader in Greenwich Village. www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 5 Gentleman Jerrold: Our Fierce Warrior in the House Representing buyers, sellers, about the need to support the Vulnerable investors and landlords Ten, members of Congress who are on a Greenwich Village • West Village • Chelsea • Republican hit list, urging us to make phone calls to voters in their districts (see his web- All over Manhattan and Brooklyn site for particulars). He talked about voter suppression, Republican ramrodding of the Bank St Townhouse - Triplex - RENTED 114 Mercer SoHo - Huge loft - SOLD Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, their at- West 11th St Townhouse - RENTED 50 Greenpoint Ave Condo - SOLD tacks on FBI and other government officials, 80 Charles Street - 1 Bed - RENTED 150 East 93rd St Coop - IN CONTRACT the need to protect the Mueller investigation, 425 Park Ave South 3D & 18D - SOLD 320 West 115th Street - SOLD Trump’s politicizing of the Justice Depart- 56 Jane Street - 1 Bed/2 Baths - SOLD 2 Horatio Street - 1 Bed - SOLD "THE SOUL OF OUR COUNTRY IS ON THE ment, and other “very dangerous things we LINE." Congressman Nadler delivers an never thought would happen. That’s where urgent message to his constituents at we are now.” Fall Listings Westbeth. Photo by Maggie Berkvist. But nothing he said that night could have 115 East 9th Street - $515K 43 Charles - 1 bed, 2 baths, w/ terrace is By Catherine Revland prepared us for the multiple assaults on hu- 127 East 26th Brownstone - $3,999,000 now $5,995/mo & 2 bed duplex has 2.5 manity that followed: the potential theft of 165 Perry Street Loft - $1.1M baths and w/d, $8,995/mo (furnished) - The NRA is Twitterpated over Congress- women’s reproductive rights for decades to short & long terms considered for both man Jerrold Nadler. “To say it bluntly,” come; massive voter purges in nine states; units warns #AmmoLand, “the man would be the butchering of Jamal Khashoggi; his al- a nightmare for Second Amendment sup- The fall market is here, email me to sign up for my fun and informative newsletter. leged murderers’ investigation of themselves, porters if the Democrats take control of with Trump’s blessing; Trump’s fomenting of the House.” Aside from being the ranking fear, anger, and violence at rallies; body slam- Democrat on the House Judiciary Commit- ming; body doubles; boofing; brown shirts tee, with jurisdiction over the Department brawling on the Upper East Side; denial of of Justice, the FBI, the courts, immigration, Scotty Elyanow voting rights to indigenous people who lack and the Constitution, as well as firearms Licensed Associate RE Broker numerical proof of where they’ve been living legislation, what is it that makes Nadler so m 917.678.6010 | [email protected] for thousands of years; little children in con- www.westvillagebroker.com dangerous? “Unlike Charles Schumer and centration camps still crying for their parents. @villagescotty other lovers of media attention, he’s under What is happening to our country? What Real estate agents affiliated with The Corcoran Group are the radar. He’s much more low-key. He independent contractor sales associates and are not employees can we do to stop this slide into dystopia? of The Corcoran Group. The Corcoran Group is a licensed real must be kept away from the levers of power.” estate broker located at 660 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10065. #AmmoLand is correct about one thing. “For Now, Our Only Redress of Grievances Nadler’s style is definitely low-key, but he’s Is at the Polls” no longer under the radar. At recent televised If the Democrats take back the House committee hearings he repeatedly confronted on November 6, the powers of the sub- Republican members who were hell-bent on poena and the gavel will be transferred to doing outrageous things like leaking informa- the ranking Democrats of 27 committees, tion to the White House, but he argued with- ousting some of the most leak-prone Re- out angry insults or an attack of the vapors. publican obstructionists: Oversight and “If you lose, you give them hell,” he says, “but Government Reform (Elijah Cummings they’re not enemies.” replacing Trey Gowdy, also demoting “Our Democracy Hangs by a Thread” current subcommittee chairs Jim Jordan, (Nadler to Westbeth Constituents) Mark Meadows, and Ron DeSantis); Se- The 10th Congressional District (formerly lect Committee on Intelligence (Adam the 8th) covers Manhattan’s West Side from Schiff replacing Devin Nunes); and the 122nd Street to the Battery, then jumps all-powerful Judiciary Committee ( Jerrold south to a number of Brooklyn neighbor- Nadler replacing Bob Goodlatte). hoods. With one of the highest concentra- Already the Democratic leadership has tions of “liberal” Democrats in the country, set in motion plans to prevent another our district has not sent a Republican to Saturday Night Massacre. The Senate Ju- the House of Representatives in a hundred diciary Committee approved legislation to years. Jerry Nadler has served the district protect the Mueller investigation in April, for 26 of those years and is consistently but Mitch McConnell has refused to take reelected with 75 percent or more of the it to the floor. If Democrats win the House, vote. When he addressed his constituents they will pass their own version of the bill. in the Westbeth Community Room in late The prioritizing of potential investigations September, he told them that in the 2016 is also in the works. (If Democrats win back House race he won 214 of the 218 votes cast the House, an article about these priorities in the all-Westbeth 20th E.D. No wonder will be published in the December issue.) the meeting was more like a friendly gather- In the meantime, here is the voice of Jerry ing of the likeminded than the usual please- in the night, rallying his troops: “I’ve person- won’t-you-vote-for-me campaign. Villagers ally fought Trump many times, and he was are so fond of him because he’s one of those a ruthless and dangerous man without the rare politicians who can be trusted, year af- powers of the presidency. Elected officials ter year, to represent the will of his constitu- must wage fierce battles against every regres- ents—a will that is also his own. sive action he takes, so we must have sus- Along with the meeting’s atmosphere of tained and loud voices at our backs. We must goodwill, however, Nadler delivered one refuse to allow the normalization of Trump.” sobering message after another: He talked See you at the polls. 6 WestView News November 2018 www.westviewnews.org

Duty to Warn continued from page 1 age gambling casinos, for-profit peniten- institutions of this country are allowing them- practice in another community depending tiaries, hedge funds or any other question- selves to be the paid agents of the pharmaceuti- on what is considered normal or average. ably ethical corporations, for all MBAs cal industry. I think it’s disgraceful.” Hospital Board So, an injured patient-victim of malprac- know how to milk the system in favor of —Arnold Seymour Relman, MD Members Reap tice in one community couldn’t sue for their bottom line and their investors, ethics (1923-2014), Harvard Professor of Medi- Sure Rewards by malpractice if the “guilty” physician was be damned. cine and former Editor-in-Chief of the practicing in a way that was considered Following are a number of quotes that New England Journal of Medicine Serving on the normal or average in that community. refer to the ethical problems and even Boards of Corrupt capitalist principles—includ- the criminal activities of medical-related “The case against (corporate) science is ing the need for the individual physician corporations that have taken control over straightforward: much of the scientific (and Pharmaceutical to be highly “efficient” and “profitable” and what once were ethical endeavors. medical) literature, perhaps half, may sim- Companies They “quick”—have gradually taken over the Let the prescriber and the patients of the ply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small once honorable practice of medicine. Ful- prescribers beware. sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid explorato- Buy From filling the Fully Informed Consent prin- ry analyses, and flagrant conflicts of inter- By George Capsis ciple is too time-consuming to be fulfilled Dr. Kohls is a retired family physician from est, together with an obsession for pursuing when there are dozens of potential adverse Duluth, MN. Since his retirement from his fashionable trends of dubious importance, Oh wow—I was surprised when effects from every drug or vaccine that holistic mental health practice, he has been science has taken a turn towards darkness.” I heard Northwell’s CEO Mi- should be explained in detail to the patient. writing his weekly Duty to Warn column for —Richard Horton, MD chael Dowling, with his thatched Those adverse effects include immediate the Duluth Reader, northeast Minnesota’s al- Editor-in-Chief of the highly esteemed hut Irish brogue, boasting about reactions; delayed reactions (which are of- ternative newsweekly magazine. His columns British medical journal The Lancet Northwell’s purchase of a successful ten not recognized, and even illogically and deal with the dangers of American fascism, chain of storefront doctor’s offices, diabolically denied by the physician); per- corporatism, militarism, racism, malnutri- “The transcripts of the Joint Committee on with one right on 8th Street just manent disability; and even death. tion, Big Pharma’s over-drugging and Big Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI) meet- a couple blocks from the massive Physicians employed by large healthcare Vaccine’s over-vaccination agendas, as well as ings also show that some of the Committee “overbite” building on 7th Avenue corporations are rarely allowed the valu- other movements that threaten human health, members had extensive ties to pharmaceuti- and 12th Street. I realized that al- able time to explain to the patient about the environment, democracy, civility and the cal companies and that the JCVI frequently though a hospital may be non-prof- the many potential adverse events, so phy- sustainability of all life on earth. co-operated with vaccine manufacturers it, with insane costs for health care, sicians and nurses have been told by their on the strategies aimed at boosting vaccine automatic government payments, corporate rulers to just mention a handful “The corporation is a true Frankenstein’s uptake. Some of the meetings at which such and outrageous prices for drugs, bil- of the problems. Giving short shrift to fully monster—an artificial person run amok, re- controversial items were discussed were not lions and billions of dollars pulse informing patients of side effects and then sponsible only to its own soulless self… rep- intended to be publicly available, as the tran- through its accounting office. So, obtaining informed consent (signed or un- resenting capitalism at its very purest, com- scripts were only released later, through the why not use some of the splashing signed) from the patient has now evolved pletely unconcerned with anything save profit Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). These cash to buy hot medical companies into what is a new standard of care in most and power.” particular meetings are denoted in the tran- and stock in promising drugs as we communities. — William Dugger scripts as “commercial in confidence,” and approach the cure for cancer. Essentially all Big Healthcare, Big Phar- Author of Corporate Hegemony reveal a clear and disturbing lack of trans- Yet, it was with bemused shock maceutical and Big Vaccine Corporations parency, as some of the information was that I read in the New York Times are now managed by non-physicians who “The medical profession is being bought by the removed from the text (i.e., the names of the of the prestigious Memorial Sloan have Masters of Business Administration pharmaceutical (and vaccine) industry, not participants) prior to transcript release un- Kettering Cancer Center calling in (MBA) degrees and are competent enough only in terms of the practice of medicine, but also der the FOI section at the JCVI website.” its VP for making these kinds of in- and sociopathic enough to guiltlessly man- in terms of teaching and research. The academic — Lucija Tomljenovic, PhD vestments because he stood to make $1.4 million personal profit. Ketter- One day he announced to our family that continued from page 1 ing employees and board members Letter Medicare had sent him a check for one cent. Nixon continued from page 3 much I admired my Dad and how proud I could sit on both the hospital board He talked about it for days and eventually legislature; Glick barely said a word. Glick was of his being a good doctor. and the drug company board and framed it and hung it on a wall of his of- was not a champion of voting rights. And He told me that when a patient came buy the drugs that would make per- fice. He wrote letters to the President of the on the L-Train debacle, she has been silent. into his waiting room he had to consider sonal millions for themselves. That United States beseeching him to improve that some cases would be matters of life and Same with the closure of Beth Israel Hos- the system. In some cases they were letters of VP Gregory Raskin was on the death. He made house calls to dangerous pital, which serves so many of her constitu- criticism and outrage. Eventually, he became boards of both Sloan Kettering and areas of Newark during the riots as well as ents. And most people in politics considered so fed up with how unfairly his patients were the drug company they were invest- any neighboring town to Springfield where her to be washed up after Silver. treated that he retired at age 73, unwilling ing in just may have clouded his ob- we lived throughout his life in the States, I commenced my own run against Glick to compromise to what he saw was a cor- jectivity a bit. even after he retired from his office. He di- in 2016, but had to cut it short for health rupt and uncaring system. Sadly, dementia I recalled this article while in agnosed everything from Mad Cow Disease reasons (I had a heart attack), and no one claimed him and his brilliant mind in the Dr. Ronald Brancaccio’s office on to cancer to dementia to pulmonary em- stepped forward this year. Cynthia Nixon’s 2000’s. To my horror, I read the contraindica- Perry Street as he aired what must bolism to psychosomatic illness and much candidacy is a blessing in disguise. tions on the medications that could cause de- be a familiar complaint among doc- more. His stories amazed me. He had a So, even though Cynthia says, “don’t vote mentia, the same pills his GP told me he had tors—which is that hospital admin- daily walk-in policy in his office. If you were for me,” I am voting for her on November 6. to take —what if he stopped taking them and istrators make more money than sick, you were invited to come in and wait in At worst it is a way to register dissatisfaction, he had a stroke? Could he function properly they do. Here it is: $584,000 for an the waiting room without appointment—he and signal to a new, fresh leader, that Glick, without psychotropic medications? Since his insurance chief executive, $386,000 would promise to see you that day. As he got and her oodles of money from professional drawn-out decline and death in 2014 I’ve re- for a hospital CEO and $237,000 older, he treated many seniors and claimed groups (she chairs the Assembly Commit- flected on the things Dad shared with me...I for a hospital administrator, com- more and more that he specialized in geriat- tee in charge of professional licensing) can be shuddered realizing that the situation contin- pared with $306,000 for a surgeon rics because most of the elderly patients he beaten. For the rest of New York and the U.S., ued to worsen reading Dr. Kohl’s article. But and $185,000 for a general doctor. knew couldn’t afford to go to other doctors the November 6 ballot is exciting. For us in the I am heartened knowing Dr. Kohl exists and Dr. Brancaccio conspiratorially or they needed to see one immediately. He 66th AD, it was going to be a yawn. Now we that there are people like him who will speak gave me a sample vial of back itch was the only one who would take everyone have a reason to get excited about our vote on out and write in detail to educate others. lotion which he said costs $200 or at short notice. He saw patients of every November 6. Vote Cynthia Nixon for Assem- This provides a window to hope and change, color, class, race and educational level and bly. Send a message to the Democratic Party: more. (I have to get around to do- something my dad insisted we all had to be he made an effort to educate everyone. He we need new blood in Albany too! ing an article on Danish socialized part of...or no change would ever happen. complained bitterly about the problems his medicine). patients had with Medicare and Medicaid My compliments to you all, Arthur Schwartz is the Male Democratic and what ineffective systems they were. Hannah Reimann District Leader for Greenwich Village. www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 7 Indian Summer Mary Vetri

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By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP the years for limited playgrounds. Hardy residents who fought for their Village Community School (VCS) at 272 quality of life, often against a city bu- West 10th Street, between Greenwich Street reaucracy that seemed intent on erasing and Washington Street, has applied for an the Village’s special character, saw an op- expansion of its property’s buildings to better portunity in the odd architecture of the accommodate current academic programs. original PS107. These parents had to get a VCS is a private educational institution for variance for this building in order to open 350 K-8th grade school students and ap- the school, because the current zoning laws proximately 95-105 employees, founded in limited the ‘street wall’ (height of wall fac- 1970 here in the West Village, according to ing the street), and the building covered VCS Head Eve Kleger, and Connie Sopic, more than the prescribed 85% area allowed. Director of Advancement at VCS. By 2001, the area had improved, luxury The Village was a very different place in apartments were built, and the Hudson Riv- 1970, as this writer can attest first-hand. er Park had dramatically opened up exten- Picture if you will the abandoned railroad sive recreation areas just a block west. With viaduct directly across Washington Street, enrollment increasing, once again VCS was TWO VIEWS OF THE ANNEX TO THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, the most recent and the warehouses and seamen hotels granted variances to make a building addi- structure built in the Historic District Extension, was constructed to the design of Leo J. along the derelict waterfront of the Hud- tion successful, completed in 2003. Speak- Blackman Architects in 2000-03 on the site of a1946 garage. Designed to blend with the son River, long past its prime as a mari- ing of successful, the new building design adjacent 1885-86 polychrome school, as well as to meet the cornice line of the adjacent time powerhouse. Crime was rampant, city met all updated building safety codes, passed multiple dwellings on Washington Street, the Annex building received awards for contextual design from the Historic Districts Council and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic services were inadequate, and the city was archeological and environmental investiga- Preservation. Photos courtesy of VCS. heading toward bankruptcy. Single story tions, and was honored for its design by the garages were hastily built where residential Historic Districts Council and the Green- District in 2006. By picking up on design gymnasium. If allowed, the total complying buildings had once filled the small lots ad- wich Village Society for Historic Preserva- clues of the 1886 school, such as window floor area of approximately 66,501 square jacent to the vacant 1886 schoolhouse on tion. This school helped reinforce the case composition, multiple masonry colors and feet (3.67 FAR) would mean a lot coverage of 10th Street. Small lots were acquired over for an extension of the Village’s Historic types, and comparable volume massing, the 92% (compared with the original school lot thoroughly modern addition blended beau- coverage of 89.5%). To strictly comply with tifully with the neighbors. the maximum permitted corner lot coverage Their expansion application was shown of 70% above 23’ in height, a portion of the publicly for the first time to the Commu- second floor would reduce its height to 11 nity Board Two (CB2) Landmarks & Pub- feet, while the remainder of the second floor lic Aesthetics Committee (LPAC) public would have a floor-to-floor height of 15’-6” hearing on October 15, which means it to match other floor lines; this also negatively was the first official public comment op- affects the roof play-yard levels. portunity. That doesn’t mean the public Comments and protests from neighbors hasn’t expressed concerns in public, how- were dominated by the fact that the build- ever. The website www.protectourvillage. ing would fill up the entire fenced play nyc enumerates some neighbor’s concerns space, including the “historic” 1945 shed, of the previous month, and The Villager and cover the historic side wall of a con- published an October 9 article about it. verted warehouse building on the south, Let’s review the main issues presented which changes the character of that corner. for this project. (Note that this building’s developer, who Construction is complicated and diffi- converted the warehouse to condos around cult, and many precautions and regulations 1986, didn’t respect its own character, hav- must be taken into consideration. In early ing ripped out the Greenwich Street façade June, the Department of Buildings plan ex- for broad picture windows.) aminer denied approval of the plans, refer- Residents have the right to protest such LOOKING WEST ALONG WEST 10TH STREET AT GREENWICH STREET, the current Village ring the owner to the Board of Standards dramatic changes, especially when vari- Community School for 350 K-8th grade school students, occupies the entire block front. and Appeals, or BSA. BSA issued a Notice ances in zoning laws are involved. The school now seeks to build onto its 1886 building, over the playground space at the near corner. The neighboring white painted building on the left side seeks to retain its lot-line of Comments to the owner in early August Now, the various city agencies must windows. Photo by Brian J. Pape. to be addressed. Most items were easily decide whether the design differences addressed by VCS attorneys at Sheldon between an as-of-right addition and the Lobel in early September, but the owner variance-tied proposal is worth the loss of is requesting non-compliance amendments some open space and local character. VIEWS BY SUZE for lot coverage under ZR 24-11. The CB2 committee voted to approve 50 + years in Greenwich Village An “as-of-right” building could be built, up the removal of the small modified 1-story See Views by Suze against the south border and the old building utility shed, but did not approve of the at Bonsignour Café on the west, but it would need to be a little massing and detail of the design, asking Jane Street shorter and cover a little less of the lot, than for more architectural studies prior to the and Eighth Avenue the proposed design with variances. Would LPC hearing October 30. 917-686-6542 the differences between the two be signifi- Will a different as-of-right building de- [email protected] cant enough to warrant denial of variances? sign be among the considerations? Will the Pier 40’s imminent closing has given a architect rise to the challenge posed by the East Village Mural primary impetus to create a regulation-sized committee and community? www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 9

The Village Community School’s Proposal: of these safety concerns? variance so they can build something else. You may be thinking that the playground So, the issues here are relatively simple. is VCS’ property and the school has a right When is bigger not better? And where do Is Bigger Always Better? to do what it pleases. I would agree—up to a we want to draw the line? I’m not suggest- point. But it’s also true that there are zoning ing that there are simple answers. But for By Alan Chapell enrollment was 302 students when they ordinances that have been in place for a long the sake of preserving the history of per- asked for their variance around 2002, and time. And those zoning ordinances are there haps the most storied neighborhood in Seems like the West Village has become that VCS’ enrollment is currently 358. Are in part to help protect the natural character all of NYC, let’s collectively take a breath. one of the busiest neighborhoods in NYC these numbers accurate? I have no idea— of the west village. VCS already received a And let’s at least have an honest and trans- for development. One by one, our precious but they would certainly explain why VCS variance so they could expand after the year parent discussion about these questions be- open spaces are being plugged in—all in the parents are so vocal about the current 2001. And just over a decade later, they are fore plowing ahead. name of progress. But as the methodical problem with overcrowding at the school. back asking for another variance. And I’ll drumbeat of development marches onward, Moreover, they indicate that VCS actually bet you a cup of coffee that sooner or later, Alan Chapell is a musician and long-time it might be worth asking ourselves if all of increased the number of students enrolled VCS will be back asking for yet another resident of the West Village. this so called progress is worth the price. by nearly 19% since 2002—the last time You may know that the Village Com- VCS was granted a variance by promising munity School (VCS) is looking to expand not to increase their enrollment. on top of its existing playground on West As a private school, they may think they 10th and Greenwich Streets. You also may can keep their enrollment statistics out of not know about it—as VCS has been very the public eye, but it seems like this pro- quiet as they’ve planned this project out cess should shine a light on whether they over the past five years. Just under a week have been complying with the enrollment ago, and after pressure from the local com- limits imposed on them when they sought munity, VCS agreed to provide hundreds their last zoning variance. And if enrollment of pages in documentation outlining their had remained constant— as required—why plans for expansion. As you might imagine, were so many VCS parents complaining digesting that information is going to take about overcrowding at the hearings as part some time, but here’s what we know so far. of the justification for expansion? Had the VCS is planning to dig one or two sto- school really been overcrowded all this time? ries into the ground to create a full size If VCS wants to add yet another 50 students gym and build up an additional three sto- over the next decade, or even if they think ries. According to the VCS website, those there’s a chance that this might happen, why stories are for “dedicated classrooms for not simply say so? Their lack of transparen- each discipline, larger modern labs for cy is concerning to say the least. science, technology, engineering, art and The next question that might come to math [STEAM] courses.” mind is—why does VCS need to expand? The structure will include a large glass I can certainly understand that any school building and a number of features that objec- would want a bigger gym, more classrooms, tively don’t look like anything I’ve seen in the and modern labs. But that’s a different ques- neighborhood. And I’m not the only one who tion than whether they “need” them. And feels that way. At the October 15 CB2 Land- even here, the school’s rationale has changed S marks hearing, Jonathan Marvel, the school’s over the past couple of months. When I first K RE architect, admitted that he was being “play- chatted about the project with VCS Head of EA E ful” with his design, to the raised eyebrows School Eve Kleger this past August, I was R T H of Landmarks Community Board members told that the primary driver for their project B AR who questioned whether playfulness has any was the imminent loss of services of Pier 40. N T role to play in historic preservation. I was sur- And page six of the statement of facts VCS U S prised to hear Mr. Marvel publicly say “rules submitted in support of the 2018 variance F are meant to be broken” when defending his indicates that Pier 40’s imminent closing design choices to the CB2 Landmarks com- has been the primary impetus for their pro- mittee—perhaps indicating that the rules posed expansion. However, it’s safe to say don’t apply to his team of developers. that this rationale was the subject of some In order to build on the entire footprint of criticism at the Oct 10th CB2 hearing—in the open playground, VCS has asked for a part because Pier 40 apparently is not clos- zoning variance. This is not the first variance ing any time soon. that VCS has requested over the years. Back Fortunately for them, VCS found a dif- in 2001, VCS asked the village community ferent reason—student safety. According to for a variance so they could increase their multiple VCS parents who testified at both footprint at West 10th Street and Wash- CB2 hearings, having students playing in ington Street. In fact, one of the school’s ra- an open-air playground is unsafe. Hence, tionale for the 2001 variance was to enable the parents feel the students will be better The City’s Best them to keep the open space playground— protected on a playground placed on top of School Break Camps the very same open space playground that the new three-story building. As a parent, VCS wants permission to demolish in 2018. I can certainly understand how important For Tots To Teens! The VCS design team has emphasized it is to keep our kids safe. But if that was that they will not increase enrollment as a what’s really driving this, why wasn’t that result of the expansion. It’s worth noting the first thing mentioned? And while we’re that the school made similar promises the on the subject, does anyone honestly think ENROLL YOUR CHILD TODAY last time they expanded back in the early that NYC parks are unsafe for our chil- CHOOSE FROM A VARIETY OF CAMPS: 2000’s. Did the school keep their previous dren? Are we to believe that VCS parents GYMNASTICS • HOCKEY • JUNIOR GOLF promise not to increase enrollment? I don’t have or will soon stop taking their children MULTI-SPORT • NINJA PARKOUR • PRESCHOOL chelseapiers.com/camps know. My research indicates that VCS’ to any of NYC’s open-air parks as a result

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Fouratt-Nixon continued from page 3 her own constituents. not get the blood off her hands. Spin or no spin. There is so much more. If you look at her legislative Glick was publicly silent on the closure of St. Vincent, de- record, in 26 years Glick has introduced few actual bills. good design = great sales spite her power position in Albany and her relationship to Check her financial contributions over the last 10 years Cuomo and his Commissioner of Health. Glick was silent and you will find she took in hundreds of thousands of Whether you’re selling your product or your services, we can over the building of a fracked gas pipeline that enters her dollars in “dark money” from LLCs and political PACs. help you with stunning logos, ads, collateral and publications district just below 14th Street crossing West Street. Like her The Democratic machine and media like The Villager and a well-designed, easy-to-navigate website. political sister Christine Quinn, Glick did nothing to educate may call her progressive but if one looks closely at her ac- View the website at phelandesignworks.com and organize her constituents to resist the potential explo- tual record it defies the definition. sion map that showed the High Line and the business and We are so lucky to have two out lesbians running for [email protected] • 212-620-0652 residential communities, including the Whitney Museum, State Assembly on November 6th... Nixon is on fire! were at high risk. On the legislative front, one of the few bills Glick should have retired to her home and partner upstate. Glick has introduced (and doing it in the closing hours af- Nixon will bring new energy and vision and I just bet ter midnight on the last night of the Legislature session and she will keep in close contact with her constituency... with Silver’s support) was a bill that put the entire West Side something Glick has not done for years. riverfront—now occupied by the Hudson Park Trust—and Beware of the spin that Nixon did not want to run and its air rights up for land grab and development by the octopus will not serve. It is no accident Nixon’s name is on the arms of the hungry real estate developers. Glick is responsible ballot on the Working Families party line—Nixon agreed for a West Street that is now subject to massive development. to run. That is what matters to me. When Nixon wins, I In her own district, this includes the St John’s 1600 units to expect her to accept the call of the voters. be built, without any concern for the devastating impact on If she does accept the job, a special election for an open the ecology and infrastructure of Glick's entire district. seat will take place. Finally, other qualified candidates can Glick fought congestive pricing which would have re- enter the race without fear of political retribution from the stricted traffic flow from 96th Street to Chambers Street. Democratic machine and Glick militia. What did this elected official do when Hurricane Sandy I WANT CHANGE!! 70 GREENWICH AVE. • WEST VILLAGE • NYC was about to hit the Lower West Side? Glick packed up and This is why I am voting for Cynthia Nixon for State • • left town to her home upstate, so low was her concern for Assembly.

Hourly Handyman Services Professional Painting Projects Electrical & Carpentry Work Hospital Transformations Hearing MICHAEL RUSSO, PROPRIETOR PHHPC to better reflect the interests of consumers. 917.476.4146 • [email protected] By Penny Mintz The most exciting development was Arthur Schwartz’s Serving the West Village for 11 Years It has been a busy few weeks for the future of Beth Israel testimony about the lawsuit he has brought against the and hospitals in general. state health commissioner and MSBI. Schwartz wrote On October 3rd, the City Council’s Health and Hospital about this in last month’s WestView. I just want to note Committee conducted a hearing about the ongoing hospi- that, because of this court ruling, no closure or partial tal “transformations.” Matt Siegler, a senior vice-president closures can go forward until the lawsuit is fully resolved. from the Health and Hospitals Corporation testified about Since the motions to dismiss alone took about a year to the changes in our public hospitals, but no one from Mount resolve, this no doubt puts a crimp in MSBI’s “transfor- Sinai-Beth Israel (MSBI)—or any other private hospital mation” timeline. Between the time factor and the judge’s system— saw fit to attend. suggestion that the parties should talk, there is a real pos- Lois Uttley, Mark Hannay, and Arthur Schwartz, all sibility that MSBI might finally consider the needs of the members of the Community Coalition to Save Beth Israel community in their plans going forward. (CCSBI), were among the six members of the public who The Community Coalition to Save Beth Israel (CCS- testified. Committee Chair Carlina Rivera was particularly BI) is not a party to the lawsuit. It certainly does not have interested in Lois Uttley’s testimony about the state’s ‘cer- a seat at any negotiation table that may materialize. Nev- Don’t put off taking off tificate of need’ process, which regulates hospital changes. ertheless, CCSBI came up with a wish list. On the top of those extra pounds – and Uttley explained that the regulatory system was set up at a that list is the completion of an independent needs assess- keeping them off! time when the state was concerned with hospital oversup- ment before any decisions are made about service changes, Please allow me ply. There are really no requirements to review plans to including those to be provided in the 13th Street facility. to help you on your shrink or close hospitals. CCSBI also wants local elected officials to be brought into weight management journey To the extent there is any review of a closure, the deci- the process. Last but not least, CCSBI does not want the sion is made by the Public Health and Health Planning 16th Street site to become luxury housing. Joy Pape, Family Nurse Practitioner Commission (PHHPC), an advisory board to the state If the old hospital building is ultimately closed, I per- [email protected] Health Department. For the last year, PHHPC has had no sonally would like to see a Mitchell-Lama-type housing 917-806-1945 consumers on its board, although one consumer member cooperative built there, like Penn South in Chelsea. Penn is required by law. There is no requirement that PHHPC South is a wonderful enclave of middle-class living. If that have input from local officials. Thus reviews of closures are happened, MSBI would not get top dollar for the prop- essentially made by industry representatives; not unlike a erty. 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North 285 Bleecker Street email [email protected] www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 11 West Village Original: Jenny Tango Did Tango face any resistance because of her gender in the art world? “It was dif- ficult being a woman artist back then,” she says. “When I returned to Brooklyn Col- lege in 1960 for my masters, I was asked to teach a course in art education. Well, that upset the entire male art department! I guess a woman seemed dangerous. The next year I was given a teaching fellowship and a male classmate received the office fellowship, which was usually given to a woman. However, when we graduated he got a job teaching there and I didn’t!” For personal reasons, this turned out to be “the best thing” that happened to Tan- go. “I ended up teaching in high school where I met my husband, Robert. He was Dina Andriotis, Chris Tsiamis, and Nikitas Andriotis (from left to right). a student in my class and we became very "LOOKING, TO ME, IS AN ADVENTURE BE- close. He was very bright, talented, saw me 77 Christopher Street CAUSE WHEN YOU STOP AND LOOK, YOU as a painter and wanted me to go back to Between Seventh Avenue and Bleecker Street DISCOVER THINGS." Artist Jenny Tango, it. When I met him, I was happily married above, loves painting because it gives her the with two children. I had to make a very Pharmacy Hours: opportunity to look. Photo by Robert Bunkin. difficult decision but my first husband was Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM wonderful. He understood that if I was go- Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM By Michael D. Minichiello ing to be an artist, I had to make the break. Sunday 11:00 AM- 5:00 PM So, even though there’s a 28-year differ- This month’s West Village Original is artist ence between us, I married Robert. This Telephone: 212-255-2525 • Fax: 212-255-2524 Jenny Tango, born Florence Exler in Brook- was during the 60s, an incredible period email: [email protected] lyn in 1926. A visual artist working col- of creation in the arts. Robert and I were www.newyorkchemists.com laboratively and individually in painting, both artists in a world that was bursting communications media, artist’s books and with new ideas, and it was just fabulous.” comic strips, Tango received both a BA and Interestingly enough, as much as she MA from Brooklyn College. A former educator loved the Village, Tango didn’t move here with a list of both solo and group exhibitions until 2014. Why did she finally do it? “Be- to her name, Tango lives in Westbeth with her cause it was a dream I had since I was 16 husband, artist Robert Bunkin. and first discovered it,” she replies. “And I was determined to do it before I died. “I had the most wonderful parents in the Robert and I were living on Staten Island world,” Jenny Tango confesses. “I now realize when I put in an application to Westbeth. COPPELIA they weren’t perfect, but I grew up thinking Well, 24 years went by when I suddenly 207 West 14th Street • NY, NY 10011 they were! 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That was the time When asked if she and her husband still that Abstract Expressionism came out get along in such close quarters, Tango and everybody had to paint like that. You laughs. “What keeps us together is art,” couldn’t do figures! After I graduated I she says. “It doesn’t matter where we are.” tried Abstract Expressionism for two years The Village of her 16-year-old self, and decided it was the most boring thing! though, is quite different from today. “The So, I went back to figurative painting be- art world is going like the Village,” Tango cause there was so much to learn.” says. “It’s just about money. People still come What does Tango like best about paint- here from all over the world but it’s an illu- ing? “It gives me the opportunity to look,” sion of what New York and the Village used she replies. “I love looking! Looking to me to be. I had to deal with that when I moved is an adventure because when you stop and here and I’ve come to terms with it. I real- look you discover things. And you never ize that this isn’t my world anymore, either. know where it’s going to take you. But look- It’s a world of young people. But we’ve been ing is different than seeing. Seeing gives through this before and we will be through it MEET ME AT COPPELIA you the end results: ‘I see this. I see that.’ again as long as there’s an earth and a human The Latin Diner with the Old Fashioned Flavor Whereas looking is a process of discovery race. We will have our ups and downs. We and that’s what makes life so exciting.” will be wonderful and we will be bad.” 12 WestView News November 2018 www.westviewnews.org

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INCOME TAX PREPARATION in the privacy of your own home... very reasonable rates Call Peter White 212.924.0389 THEN: This land was once part of the Bleecker family farm, NOW: In 1959, demand for a safe play space for neigh- which was ceded to the city in 1809 by Anthony Lispenard borhood children prodded the city to acquire the Stetler Bleecker and his wife Mary. The Bleeckers’ son Anthony Warehouse to make way for a playground, the first in the Bleecker (1770-1827) also played a role in New York area. Photo credits: New York City Department of Parks cultural life as a founder of the New York Historical Society and Recreation. and trustee of the New York Society Library.

Pick any public park, and it has a story to reveal about of this intersection, and was also affected by the traffic what it once was, and how it came to be a parkland in a pattern changes. densely built metropolis. When the playground and sitting area eventually In this ‘bird’s-eye’ rooftop view, Hudson Street heads opened in 1966, Parks Commissioner Thomas Hoving straight south from the Meat Market district, with Bank noted “we would have been spared the years of guerilla Street intersecting in front of the last private occupant warfare over such little but important items as the shape of the space, the Stetler Warehouse. Businessman Henry of a bench or a light fixture” if community input had been MULLIGAN Stetler made a fortune in the late 19th century warehouse solicited earlier. PLUMBING & HEATING industry, and subsequently lost it during the Great Depres- In 1997, Bleecker Playground Park facilities underwent Since 1920—Three Generations of Mulligans sion. In 1927 the warehouse was the scene of a sensational a large renovation that included new lighting, benches, We Get Better and Better! rooftop shootout and fire that injured 46 firefighters. shrubbery, handicap accessibility, new play equipment and An octagonal comfort station shown here immediately the reinstallation of play equipment that was contributed to the north of the warehouse and surrounded by streets, by the Mollie Parnis Livingston Foundation in 1994. Ani- Fast, Competent, Affordable also doubled as a bandstand pavilion. It was later con- mal art and decorative details were added that reflect the Bathroom and Kitchen Renovations demned along with the warehouse to build a park. Bleeck- architecture of this Historic District. er Street is at the left of the warehouse, and bends around The adjacent sitting area features linden trees and (212) 929-1809 the pavilion to terminate at Hudson Street. Chaim Gross’s statue, The Family, dedicated by the artist 14 A Morton Street, New York • Fax (212) 929-2007 Bleecker Street Park development followed the im- to former Mayor Edward I. Koch in 1992. Gross’s sculp- plementation of a new traffic pattern that involved the ture is a large bronze set of five figures on a Carnelian red

bending connection of Hudson Street to Eighth Av- granite pedestal. This Bleecker Sitting Area was renovat- Basil Weathers enue, elimination of part of Bank Street, and widening ed in about 2008 primarily through a large donation from of Bleecker Street’s end as it too is blended into Hudson neighborhood resident Clifford Ross, that includes im- 24/7 Plumber Street. Historic Abingdon Square, ca. 1830, is just north proved perimeter plantings and more hospitable seating. Named as a Favorite Handyman in the May issue of WestView News Photo by Alison Morley IF THIS PAPER MAKES YOU THINK A resident of the Village since1979, Basil is thoroughly We will print your thoughts in the next issue knowledgeable about Village pipes and plumbing problems, and is available 24/7 to fix sudden [email protected] flooding, frozen pipes, restaurant boilers, and any 69 Charles St. • New York NY 10014 other plumbing issue that may occur. A cheerful and hard-working local businessman, Basil will always give you a fair and honest price for your job.

Basil Weathers Plumbing 52 Bank Street (at West 4th Street) (845) 866-2329 www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 13 After Every Storm Tech Tips & Tricks By Hank Kee been a restaurant but a funeral home, and I started getting information on different Topic of the Month: Do You Know Who styles of caskets? Has Your Personal Data? Now we have Facebook where their pri- Besides Facebook and Google, do you know mary revenue is from over 98 data points who has your data? What are they doing of information they have on you in their with that data? Have you heard of Google database. Facebook keeps ads “useful and Timeline? What is Google Timeline? relevant” in four distinct ways. It tracks I recently received an email from Google your on-site activity, such as the pages you Timeline. Google has information on me like and the ads you click, and your device that dates back to 2009. What is Google and location settings, such as the brand of Timeline? Google Timeline can be ac- phone you use and your type of Internet cessed via https://www.google.com/maps/ connection. Your personal data has become timeline. the product they sell to advertisers. Google first rolled it out during the sum- Facebook began speaking with hospitals mer of 2015. Timeline is sort of like a life last year about the possibility of matching log tool—it tracks all the places you’ve vis- anonymized user profiles with health data ited over a specific period of time. in an effort to improve medical care. Face- Wait, how did they have history on me book has since said it had hit “pause” on the that dates back to 2009? It is from the GPS program last month—presumably follow- that is in my cell phone. It matters not that ing the Cambridge Analytica scandal—to FLEA MARKET PROCEEDS WILL BE PUT TOWARDS BEAUTIFYING WESTBETH GROUNDS the cell may have been turned off. focus on “doing a better job of protecting FOR ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2020: Westbeth Flea Market organizers Christina Maile and How accurate is it? I guess I shouldn’t people’s data” and being clearer about how Nancy Gabor try on some of the treasures up for grabs. Photo by Stanley Wlodyka. be helping them do quality assurance for it’s used. their product. The information is only Now Facebook has announced up to 90 By Stanley Wlodyka ricanes have all occurred within the past 15 where I have been in the 48 contiguous million accounts may have been breached. years. Who knows why these things hap- states. If you have been traveling over- They have stated that they don’t know There’s a black line spray painted 10 feet pen? There are theories, of course, ranging seas, it was not recorded. If you’ve been to what information may have been accessed. off the ground in the basement of West- from climate change to God’s wrath. One Alaska, it seems to also miss that fact. The But if you think it is just big tech that beth Artists Residency. The entire base- thing is for sure: it does not do to dwell on places cited were not 100% accurate. I was has your information, under the radar is ment—every hall, every room—is marked. the misfortunes of the past. recently dining at a particular restaurant the Federal government. There is census It’s a stark reminder that some of the art- As Ella Fitzgerald croons, “To illustrate and it was misidentified as the next-door data that are individually identifiable. The ists who live there lost everything on Oc- my last remark: Jonah and the Whale, restaurant. Can you imagine if it hadn’t continued on page 14 tober 29, 2012, when Hurricane Sandy Noah and the Ark. What did they do, just hit New York. Hugging West Street, the when everything looked so dark? Man former Bell Labs building was directly in they said, ‘We better ac-cent-tchu-ate the the path of the overflowing Hudson River. positive, eliminate the negative, latch on That black line shows the level to which to the affirmative, don’t mess with Mr. In- the basement flooded with water. Between.’ ” Pre-deluge, the basement hosted a few Westbeth artists—creators by defini- workspaces for the artists and served as a tion- know the value of this virtue only storage area for their artwork. For a week too well. They survived the flood and or so after Sandy ravaged New York, caus- are coming out of it stronger than ever. ing $32 billion in damages, the “bowels of Scaffolding is erected throughout the Westbeth” was off-limits. Resident’s had landmarked building, facilitating much- to wait with bated breath, knowing that needed repairs in preparation for West- their paintings, sculptures, creations of ev- beth’s 50th Anniversary in 2020. Also, ery kind were soaking in a salt-water bath. a little vegetation goes a long way; the When the cordon was removed, several of flea market taking place in the basement the artists descended into the depths only this month will put the proceeds towards to find that their entire life’s work was beautifying the grounds. damaged beyond repair. If you enjoy second-hand shops for It’s hard to imagine the effect this must things like clothing and furniture, you’re have had on them. The flood myth motif likely to find the familiar faces of shop- pervaded many cultures throughout the owners waiting in line at 10am on Tuesday, ancient world, from the Mayans to the November 6th, as they hope to get the pick Mesopotamians, the Chinese, the Greeks, of the litter. They’ve gotten wise to the fact the Aboriginals of Australia and, most that artists have good taste! In addition to familiar to Western audiences, the story the vintage wears and wares you’re likely about a man who built an ark that held to find, there’ll be numerous works of art two of every living breathing thing on this donated by the residents. You can get an blue planet. It’s usually a tale that teaches amazing bargain, particularly on the strik- the value of purging, of the cutting off of ing pieces by artist and original Westbeth excesses, but it also speaks of survival, of resident Edith Isaac Rose, who passed renewal, of life persisting. away this year. BEER BATTERED FISH & CHIPS Hurricane Sandy was the second most destructive Atlantic hurricane in history, The Westbeth Flea Market opens on Elec- 466 Hudson Street until it was supplanted last year by Hur- tion Day, Tuesday, November 6th from 212-741-6479 ricane Maria, and then again by Hurricane 10am-8pm. 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Northwell continued from page 1 B. Licht, M.D., to learn more and share closure of the St. Vincent’s O’Toole Am- Upcoming Series: the information with WestView readers. bulatory Center in 2010.

Dr. Licht, what is your position at What happens if someone needs Arabic Speculative Fiction in Northwell Health? an emergency procedure such as a I am the Vice President of Ambulatory surgery that entails inpatient care? English Translation Operations for the Western Region of the Although this doesn’t happen often, that’s lated into English and marketed in the By Anna Boots health system, and Director of Medical Af- not a problem when it does. Those pa- United States, and how they are received fairs for Lenox Health Greenwich Village. tients will be transported to a hospital that Three percent: that’s and talked about by American readers and In addition to this, and most importantly, has the services to perform the necessary the oft-cited figure of critics. As Marcia Lynx Qualey, founder I am a practicing primary care physician. procedure(s) in an ambulance paid for by how many books are of the popular blog ArabLit, has written, This allows me to remain directly engaged Northwell Health. No matter the traf- published in the Unit- in the case of Iraq War literature, Arabic in the core business of Northwell Health fic, they can usually get to the destination ed States each year in fiction translated into English can offer a healthcare delivery. It allows me to experi- within the hour. Sometimes it may take translation from lan- necessary alternative perspective on stories ence first hand what patients feel is needed longer to get to an operating room from guages other than Eng- that are usually told from the viewpoint in the community. an emergency department that is located lish. It might be sur- of the American soldier. This is the case in the same building due to many factors prising to some people What services are Northwell Health for Ahmed Saadawi’s novel, Frankenstein including intra-hospital transport. that Arabic is actually in Baghdad, published in Arabic in 2014 providing our community at this time? the fourth most translated language into As many of your readers already know, and in English translation by Jonathan Do the patients get to choose what English, following French, German and Wright in 2018, which centers on ordinary our flagship health center, Lenox Health facility they want to go to or are Spanish. This has not always been the case. Greenwich Village, opened in 2014, pro- civilians in Baghdad living with the conse- they automatically sent to Arabic ranked ninth or tenth on this list quences of the U.S.-led invasion. The story viding initially a full-service Emergency Lenox Hill in Manhattan? in the 1990s, until the interest in Arabic Department located on its ground level. follows a junk dealer named Hadi living in Yes, patients can choose their hospital if in the United States began its steady climb occupied Baghdad, who worries that the Since then we have added a complete ra- they have a physician associated with the following the 9/11 attacks and the subse- diology center, ambulatory surgery center, dismembered corpses that litter the streets accepting hospital that will accept them quent invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan following explosions won’t receive proper orthopedic institute and spine care center. as a patient. If not, the patient will be di- in the early 2000s. Even with this increase, Surrounding Lenox Health Greenwich burials. He begins to collect scattered rectly admitted to Lenox Hill Hospital and American readers (who don’t read or speak body parts and sew them together into one Village we have several Northwell Health a specialty physician will be assigned to Arabic) have very limited access to fiction Physician Partner practice sites: corpse; in the process, accidentally con- them. Of note, when a patient needs to be coming from the Arab world. structing a monster that goes on to wreak • Northwell Health Physician Part- admitted to a Hospital through an emer- Of the full-length novels that are being further havoc on the war-torn city. ners at Chelsea North with the spe- gency department that is located in the translated from Arabic into English, an in- These two novels will be the launching cialties of Internal Medicine (primary same building there is no guarantee that a creasing number of them fall into the um- point for a course at The New York Public care), Weight Management, Occupa- bed will be available in that Hospital. Pa- brella category of speculative fiction, which Library’s Jefferson Market branch this fall tional Health, and Infectious Diseases tients often wait hours or days before an includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, that deals with Arabic fiction in English appropriate bed becomes available. If you and dystopian fiction. There are many pos- translation. First and foremost, we will deal • Northwell Health Physician Part- are being transferred from our emergency sible explanations for the popularity of this with the literary aspects of the texts. But ners Vein Surgery at Union Square center to Lenox Hill Hospital this is not genre. The Iraqi-born author Hassan Bla- we will also use them to explore the art and the case. In addition, there is no competi- sim has suggested that speculative fiction is politics of literary translation from Arabic • Northwell Health Physician Part- tion for resources with a hospital when you well suited to writing under authoritarian into English. What kinds of works and au- ners at Chelsea South with the are a patient in our emergency center, thus rule, and in settings of intense censorship. thors reach an English language audience, specialties of Endocrinology, Fam- expediting care. Basma Abdel Aziz’s The Queue, published and why? How do the authors and transla- ily Medicine (primary care), Internal in Arabic in 2013 and in English transla- tors think about translating both language What type of payment will be accepted? Medicine (primary care), Dermatol- tion by Elisabeth Jaquette in 2016, uses and genre, and approach the specific ob- The Emergency Center at Lenox Heath ogy and Neurology dystopian fiction to tell the Kafkaesque stacles that arise from translating Arabic Greenwich Village accepts all patients story of citizens living under an oppressive, into English? We will consider the politi- regardless of the ability to pay. North- • Northwell Health Physician Part- authoritarian regime, who must wait in an cal stakes of reading stories translated from well Health Physician Partners’ sites and ners at Greenwich Village with the endless line in front of “The Gate” to have Arabic, and the role literary translation can Northwell Go Health Urgent Cares ac- surgical specialties of Urology, Gen- their most basic needs met. The setting is play in balancing out the perspectives on cept almost all insurance plans offered to eral, Colorectal, Vascular, Thoracic an unnamed Middle Eastern country, but the Middle East that the average Ameri- patients in the NYC metropolitan area and Surgeries, and Otolaryngology (ENT) strongly resembles contemporary Egypt. can reader is accustomed to seeing in the beyond, including Medicare and Medicaid. with Audiology services. The Medi- The genre of speculative fiction also ap- news or in English-language war literature. cine Specialties of Gastroenterology, pears to be well-suited to telling stories of Do you envision a full-blown hospital Rheumatology, Cardiology, Pulm- conflicts, such as the Iraq War. The context Arabic Speculative Fiction is a being built here in our community? onology, including a full pulmonary of American-led wars and interventions in five session course: Will we have a hospital again? function laboratory. The pediatric the Middle East is important for under- Wednesdays, November 14, 28 and That’s what so many want and think specialties of Allergy, Cardiology, and standing which Arabic stories get trans- December 5, 12, 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. they need. Neurology. No. What we at Northwell Health are do- ing is replacing the necessary and most vi- • Northwell Health Go Health Urgent tal components of health care access lost, Care Downtown locations include when we lost St. Vincent’s. 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Naadam Cash- (which is in a building owned by the William Gottlieb Real mere at 392 Bleeck- Estate company) were not able to negotiate a lease extension, er Street (between and so, the restaurant will be closing on October 27th. Torti- Perry and West 11th lla Flats opened 35 years ago, just around the time I moved IN Streets) claims that back to New York after college, and it was one of the bars that and their wool is “ethi- my friends and I frequented. It was a lively place and always OUT cally sourced directly seemed to have a party going on which was strange since the from our herders” area was pretty desolate, without all the shops and restaurants by Caroline Benveniste which means that that have opened since. I remember one particular raucous time the herders get paid when I was in the restaurant and my shoes somehow came off Correction: in the September In & Out, we reported that more while customers pay less. The company also maintains and were passed from person to person until they ended up on Ghandi Café (283 Bleecker Street east of 7th Avenue South) ap- that they use better quality wool that comes from the Zalaa the outdoor patio. The man behind Tortilla Flats was named peared to have closed. Not so! We apologize for the misinformation. Jinst white goat in Mongolia. And apparently these goats’ Stan Tankursley, and in the ‘80’s he opened a number of res- The big news this month was that the Small Business Jobs wool yields a sweater that is more durable, that pills less, and taurants in the Village including another of my favorites, The Survival Act (SBJSA) had a hearing at City Hall on October is softer than most cashmere sweaters. I took a look at the Gulf Coast at 489 West Street, and a Southern restaurant on 22. The SBJSA aims to address the fate of small businesses by en- store (I was the only customer), and saw that in the front they Barrow Street whose name I can’t recall. I got to know Stan suring that a business in good standing is guaranteed a 10-year featured $75 unisex v-neck sweaters in a wide range of colors because when I first moved down to the Village I was living in lease extension, and if the business and the landlord cannot come which looked and felt quite nice. In the back of the store were an apartment over that restaurant. to an agreement on the rent, then the case goes to binding arbi- more expensive men’s and women’s lines. Before opening, tration. At a rally before the hearing, supporters of the bill spoke, they managed to anger some residents with their risqué ads Coming Soon including Andrew Berman from the Greenwich Village Society with goats. This store occupies one of the spaces purchased by One of our readers passes along a rumor that a lease has been for Historic Preservation (GVSHP), and Jeremiah Moss, the Brookfield Properties. signed for a restaurant at 340-344 Bleecker Street (between author of the blog and book “Vanishing New York”. A large con- Christopher and West 10th Streets). This was the former tingent from the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) also Also Open Manatus space that has been empty since 2014. Signage at attended the hearing to oppose the bill. Corey Johnson, the City Buck Mason, a Los Angeles-based men’s apparel store fea- 335 Bleecker Street (between Christopher and West 10th Council Speaker, seems interested in passing something, but he, turing “wardrobe essentials” such as t-shirts, jeans and cotton Streets) heralds the arrival of Gran Gelato. Huckberry, along with other council members pointed out flaws in the cur- sweaters opened at 329 Bleecker Street (between Christo- which was until now only an on-line store selling men’s cloth- rent proposal. The SBJSA was first proposed in 1988 by Ruth pher and West 10th Streets). All the clothes are made from ing from a number of different manufacturers is opening a Messinger when she was on the City Council. In other news, American materials and manufactured in California. Brook- pop-up that will run from at November through January at Café Loup reopened at the end of September after being closed for field Properties, which purchased seven storefronts on Bleecker 383 Bleecker Street (at Perry Street). Across Bleecker Street, a week. Most people (myself included) thought it was gone, but Street is promoting its “Love Bleecker” initiative, where they one of Brookfield’s “Love Bleecker” properties (382 Bleecker according to Grub Street the owners managed to negotiate a pay- are bringing in a number of first-time brick and mortar stores Street at Perry Street) which had a piano and a place for peo- ment plan for the taxes they owed. Much of this month’s activity and adding music and art to the mix. One of these, Prabal ple to write on the wall is now being prepped to house Lingua centered on Bleecker Street with more openings than closings. Gurund (367 Bleecker Street between Charles and Perry Franca, a store that will sell a line of sustainably-sourced, fair Streets) is a high-end women’s fashion shop whose eponymous trade luxury cashmere sweaters, all hand-stitched by women Gansevoort Market designer hails from Nepal. Another of the “Love Bleecker” in NYC. Copper Branch will open at 195 Bleecker Street Gansevoort Market once again experienced quite a bit of storefronts at 384 Bleecker (at Perry Street) houses a pop-up where Rice Cream Shoppe fleetingly existed. It is the first turnover: Enzo Bruni pizza replaced Luzzo’s which had been of two businesses, Bonberi Vegan Bodega which sells vegan US location of the largest vegan chain in the world which there since the beginning, Los Panchos Taqueria replaced packaged and prepared foods, and Fleurotica, a flower shop. is based in Canada. I am already prejudiced against because Trece Taqueria, and two noodle spots opened, Pho Noodle Both businesses have a 6-month lease. On the more eastern of its “Eat Clean” motto. Feb 30 Mediterranean Eatery will and Noodle Culture. Thaimee, Hold My Knots, and Milk part of Bleecker, Hemp Garden (257 Bleecker Street between open at 110 MacDougal Street (between Bleecker Street and and Cream have closed. The 2 Dough Boyz cart has disap- Cornelia and Jones Streets) has opened, claiming to be New Minetta Lane). One of the many empty storefronts on 7th peared as well. York’s #1 Official CBD store. They sell vape oils, edibles, and Avenue South between Grove and Barrow Streets will be- CBD supplements. CBD is marijuana’s legal, non-psychoac- come a Cuban restaurant called Cuban Cuisine (89 7th Av- Open tive chemical compound. Museum of Illusions (77 8th Av- enue South). Organika previously occupied the space. Asian TOP OPENINGS: enue at 14th Street) is an exhibition space devoted to optical Restaurant Uncle Chop Chop has signage up at 7 Cornelia illusions. There is also a playroom where you can try your hand Street, at the former location of Singaporean Street Food res- at various puzzles and games. And just west of the museum, a taurant Chomp Chomp. Another Asian restaurant from the branch of Gasoline Alley, a boutique coffee shop, has opened owner of Tong Noodle Shop will open at 20 Cornelia Street at 310 West 14th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues) where (between Bleecker and West Fourth Streets). Paris Baguette short-lived pasta spot Il Conte used to be. The store gets its is opening a location at 44 West 14th Street (between 5th and name from its first location which was in Noho, in an area that 6th Avenues). It is a bakery and café founded in 1988 and had gas stations and body shops before it became fancy. Spa- featuring French-like baked goods and sandwiches. Started cious (47 7th Avenue South at Morton Street), a coworking in Korea, there are now over 3000 stores world-wide. space with monthly plans and unlimited free coffee has taken over Barworks which was supposed to be a coworking space Moved/Other but turned out to be a scam that defrauded many investors. QQ Nails and Spa moved from their location on Christopher The Village Den (225 West 12th Street at Greenwich Av- Also on 7th Avenue South, Fava Bistro Moderne, a Medi- Street near the Stonewall Inn to the long-shuttered Karavas enue) has re-opened and it is no longer the diner it once terranean restaurant, has soft-opened in the space that housed Place storefront at 108 7th Avenue South (between Christo- was, but rather, has been transformed into a health-con- short-lived La Maison de Makoto. The menu is pretty much pher and Grove Streets). New York Sports Club closed when scious café fronted by TV star Antoni Porowski of “Queer what you’d expect, with Greek and Middle-Eastern mezzes, construction to add a few more floors started at 125 7th Av- Eye for the Straight Guy” fame. I asked Jeremiah Moss, Italian pastas, salads, fish and meat main courses and assorted enue South (between Christopher and West 10th Streets). author of Vanishing New York to give me his take on the vegetables including fava chips. While Gourmet Garage re-opened, New York Sports Club new Village Den, and he replied: “I think a $21 fish-stick did not, and now it has been replaced by TMPL Gym, which kind of says it all about who this new restaurant is for--the Closed/Closing according to their website, is “Shattering Conceptions of same people that every new thing in New York is for: trend- Old Forge Art and Antiques (22 Christopher Street between), What Gyms Can Be.” Okamisan Japanese Cuisine (102 seeking members of the uppermost classes. What kept the a long-standing neighborhood antique store is closing. Brazil- MacDougal Street near Bleecker Street) replaces Korean real Village Den, well, real was its very un-trendiness, its ian brand Uma (371 Bleecker Street between Charles and fast-casual eatery New York Kimchi which was in that loca- un-hipness, its anti-Instragrammability. It was just decent, Perry Streets) is also selling off its inventory and leaving. When tion for less than two years. affordable diner food in a simple place accessible to every- it opened in 2015, the area was described in a fashion maga- day New Yorkers. And those places are vanishing every day zine as “a posh stretch of Bleecker Street.” But the saddest clos- This month we received so many tips from readers! Please keep because the city and state government will not take action to ing news this month is Tortilla Flats. The current owners of up the good work and reach out to us at wvnewsinout@gmail. protect them from the predations of landlords.” the restaurant at 767 Washington Street at West 12th Street com. Photos by Darielle Smolian. www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 17 Ready to Eat stuffed with meat and rice and cooked in a By Caroline Benveniste bed of potatoes tasted identical to a Greek dish my mother makes. There are Gluten The retail activity on Hudson Street waxes Free, Dairy Free, Vegetarian and Vegan and wanes with the seasons. Sometimes dishes. The vegetable options are myriad, many of the restaurants and shops on and you can make a meal of three vegetable one block close en masse (like Bespoke sides. There are also soups, salads and Mid- Kitchen, Tavo and La Maison Supreme), dle Eastern dips. To finish, there is a varied and other times improbably fancy stores dessert selection that includes a dreamy car- open on a formerly bleak block (Günter rot cake. It is hard to believe that all this de- Seeger, Sherri B and Martial Vivot Salon licious food is prepared from scratch in the Pour Hommes). But Hudson Street has tiny, 450 square foot store. One of the chefs, WE ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS fewer and fewer old time shops that have Pablo, came over with Rami from Heschel, FOR THANKSGIVING! a real Village feel to them. Ready To Eat and the hostess has been with Rami since is one of the survivors—it opened in 1999 he took over. Bell & Evans Fresh Turkey • Bourbon Red Heritage and remains in the same location 20 years There is also a loyal clientele. At lunch, Free Range Turkey • All-Natural Capons later. In 2013, the owner sold the business people come from neighboring offices. In Turkey Breast • Squabs • Geese • L.I. Ducks • Poussins to Rami Mishani, an Israeli chef who had the evening, some folks come directly from been running the kitchen at the Heschel working out, still in their gym clothes. The Please place your orders early for best selection. School on the Upper West Side for 10 younger patrons turn over every few years years. When Rami took over, the menu as they begin to date, get married, have a HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING! changed, and the focus shifted towards child and move out of the neighborhood. Levantine food, with dishes from Turkey, Rami is extremely friendly and obviously Greece, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Mo- enjoys his interactions with his custom- O. OTTOMANELLI rocco. Rami was born in Israel, although ers—in fact, he told me he has invited some NEW YORK’S MEAT MARKET his last name is Syrian (from Aleppo) and of them to his house for Jewish Holidays if his mother was from Istanbul. In Israel he they have nowhere else to go, or want to 285 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10014 learned to cook in the army, and spent time have a Passover seder but don’t know how Tel. (212) 675-4217 • Fax (212) 620-7286 cooking for generals when they were sta- to do it themselves. tioned at the border. When he came to the Rami’s son Guy now also works at the m m mTop m Quality m m Poultry m m andm mProvisions m m m United States he studied at the French Cu- restaurant, and his job has been to iden- linary Institute (now the International Cu- tify new business opportunities. While m m m m m m m m m m m m m linary Center) in Soho. He did not always the store always did catering, now they m m m m m m m m m m m m m work in restaurants—he spent a few years have become one of the top purveyors for driving limos, but when the opportunity the film industry in New York. Recently, presented itself he was excited to cook for the Rattlestick Theater arranged to have students at the Heschel School (which his them provide some Idaho-inspired dishes son attended). When he left his job there, that are served during the communal meal he worked with a restaurant broker who break between their currently-running connected him with the owner of Ready plays LEWISTON and CLARKSTON. to Eat who was looking to sell. Rami had When Rami took over the restaurant, previously worked at a restaurant in the there were six years left on the lease, but Village (Chez Ma Tante) so he was happy the lease will expire in early 2019. Hope- to return to the area. fully the lease negotiations will go smooth- The menu at the restaurant/take-out spot ly, and Ready To Eat will be able to con- is huge: there are a number of items avail- tinue feeding the neighborhood for years able daily, plus a set of five or so specials that to come. change with the day of the week. Some of the food could be considered comfort food, READY TO EAT but much of it would be appropriate for 525 Hudson Street, between West 10th someone on a low-carb diet. The tomato and Charles Streets

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Through a Generous Gift of Steve Witkoff The Church of St. Veronica, 149 Christopher Street www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 19 Ambitiously Pursuing a VILLAGE More Vibrant 7th Avenue South Neighborhood APOTHECARY mented. We secured City Council funding By Brooke Schooley for the replacement of cobra-neck light fix- THE COMMUNITY PHARMACY THAT CARES tures with Landmarks Preservation Com- Carved diagonally through residential mission-approved lights. The change-out streets in 1917, 7th Avenue South quickly should begin next spring, and we hope it became a service station-lined gateway to will have a traffic-calming effect. We are Come in the Holland Tunnel, running from West also working with DOT to explore public 11th to Clarkson Street. You can see the art opportunities (underwriters needed for for your fREE vestiges of that era in the avenue’s low- this too!). rise buildings with their art deco trimmed Recently, we have expanded our out- cornices. reach to local businesses, conducting a sur- Today, 7th Avenue South’s wonky in- vey of nearly 150 merchants to learn about WELCOmE tersections and triangular buildings have their customer profile, marketing prac- a certain charm, but there are many chal- tices and greatest challenges (see results at lenges on this primarily commercial thor- www.7ASA.org). We now communicate oughfare: traffic, overflowing trash cans, regularly with over 350 businesses and 50 KIT! litter, wide street crossings, difficult sight commercial property owners (in addition lines and unclear rights of way—and now, to nearly 500 residents). When asked, we like many West Village streets, plenty of help steer businesses in the right direction BRInG THIs CARd In And RECEIVE $10 off vacancies. Sounds vis-à-vis enclosed O n A n Y P u RCHAs E O f $25 OR m ORE inviting, right? sidewalk cafe per- Enter the 7th mits, DSNY regu- Avenue South Alli- lations and liquor Store HourS: Mon - Fri 8aM - 8pM • Sat 9aM - 6pM • Sun 10aM - 5pM ance (7ASA), a non- license stipulations. profit, volunteer-run Based on our sur- 346 Bleecker St • Greenwich VillaGe, nY 10014 • VillaGeapothecarY.com organization formed vey, we think there in 2014 by a group is great potential for 212.807.7566 of neighbors. We joint marketing and wanted to make the promotion of neigh- area greener, cleaner borhood merchants. and safer…more To that end, we are plantings, less litter, testing a new ini- more manageable tiative we hope will intersections. assist our fundrais- First, we worked ing as well as boost with the Parks De- business during the partment to maxi- traditionally slow mize tree planting month of January. (it’s free!). We ambi- Introducing our tiously requested 80 West Village Neigh- trees on 7th Avenue borhood Discount South, and we re- Card! Present it for ceived 20. We have 10% off during Jan- installed tree guards uary at participating and planted tree merchants. Just do- pits with perenni- nate $100 to 7ASA, als south of Chris- INTRODUCING OUR WEST VILLAGE NEIGH- BORHOOD DISCOUNT CARD: Neighbors can $80 of which will be topher Street and get 10% discounts during January with the tax-deductible, and would love to extend 7ASA Neighborhood Loyalty Card. 7ASA we will send you this effort north and logo designed by neighbor Josh Gosfield. one! As a volunteer- MEDICAL DERMATOLOGY | COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY to commercial side run organization, MOHS SURGERY | LASER SURGERY streets like Bleecker, Christopher and West we have no overhead—every dollar will go 4th We dream about large planters with to litter pick-up and tree pit maintenance. trees on those blocks where the subway Participating merchants include: Café Bay Ridge West Village precludes tree pits (underwriters needed!). Clover, Caliente Cab Co., Doma na 7901 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209 67 Perry Street, NY NY 10014 Next, we arranged for daily litter pick- Rohu, The Duplex, Fifty, Lily Lan Chen 718-491-5800 (t) 212-675-5847 (t) up on 7th Avenue South, Bleecker Street 84 Salon, The Loyal, Maya Salon, Mi- 718748-2151 (f) 212-675-7976 (f) and beyond. You may have noticed As- chele Mack Gallery, Noah Waxman, Os- sane sweeping the sidewalks and emptying car’s Place, The Pleasure Chest, Rafele, trashcans. This continues to be our largest Raviolo, Spunto, St. Frank, Toby’s Estate expense by far and is funded by residential Coffee, Ty’s Bar, Urban Vegan Kitchen Ronald R. Brancaccio, M.D | Peter Saitta, D.O. and merchant donors, large and small. and Voula! Sherry H. Hsiung, M.D. | Lisa Gruson,M.D. | Anna Karp, D.O. Now, we provide feedback to DOT on Support beautification; drink, eat and traffic and safety initiatives, particularly as shop local; save money. Sounds inviting, the 7th Avenue South bike lane is imple- right? 20 WestView News November 2018 www.westviewnews.org A New Middle School for the West Village

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212-924-2550 THE SCHOOL THAT TOOK A QUARTER CENTURY TO BUILD: Parents of the children who are entering Middle School 297 on Morton Street were children themselves when the school was originally proposed. Photo by Ananth Sampathkumar. By Ananth Sampathkumar, Partner drab masonry façade with modest window NDNY Architecture + Design openings has been converted to a school Counselor At Law for 5-8th graders with generous amounts Middle School 297 NYC moved into its of daylight that filters in through the gen- new location at 75 Morton Street this fall. erous high-performance glazed windows. Disability Law The school officially opened in 2017 and A rainscreen terracotta cladding adds color had been sharing space with The Clinton and warmth to the facade. The new lobby School near Union Square for a year, while was created in the old loading dock area the building was under construction. In the and access provided from both Morton and Max Leifer P.C. mid 2000’s, parent groups banded together Barrow Streets. The rounded corner of the to rally for a new middle school in the West original structure was squared off, which MaxMax D. LeiferLeifer PCPC is is an an established established law law firm firm Village and the building at 75 Morton per the Architect, was a nod to the substan- with overover 40 years experienceexperience inin PersonalPersonal Injury, Injury, Street seemed to be a good location for it. tive improvements on the existing building. The seven-storey structure had been owned Negligence,Negligence, Social SecuritySecurity Disabilty,Disability, According to the School’s website, the Long Term Disability, and occupied by the State Office for People 177,000-square-foot, seven-story building Long Term Disability, with Developmental Disabilities (OPDD). Commercial and Union Appeals. is handicap-accessible and includes science Commercial and Union Appeals. The building had to be transferred to the labs, dance studio, art and music rooms, a Department of Education before any work cafeteria on the ground floor and a double We are committed to providing could begin. The transfer was completed in Wehigh are qualitycommitted representation to providing height Gymnatorium with retractable seat- 2012 and work began on adaptively con- ing. The coolest feature however, is a new and highwe work quality aggressively representation to obtain verting the building for its new purpose. green roof that was made possible by gen- and wethe work best aggressively possible results to obtain ‘75 Morton Community Alliance’ was the erous donations from local politicians. and protectthe best the possible rights of results our clients. official coalition of interested families that MS 297 will be the zoned Middle school andFree protect consult the in personrights ofor ourby phone. clients. worked with Community Board 2, Depart- for District 2 west of 6th Avenue. The new Free consult in person or by phone. ment of Education and the School Con- building at 75 Morton is shared with a new Please feel free to contact us with any questions struction Authority to provide input not special education middle school P751 that and our friendly staff will assist you with your concerns. only on the design of the building, but also occupies the lower floors of the building. Please feel free to contact us with any questions the curriculum for the new middle school. Member of Million Dollar Trial Association Moving into the new building for the aca- and our friendly staff will assist you with your concerns. The original building dates back to 1919 demic year 2018, with an existing 7th grade DESIGNATED AS A SUPER LAWYER FIRM AT SUPERLAWYERS.COM and it was intended for offices and storage. and a new 6th grade, the students will no The structure had undergone a number doubt help personalize the space adding 135214 West Sullivan 26th Street,Street, Street,Suite 3-C, 11-D of renovations over the years. Ciardullo character and allure to the stark interior New York, NY 1001210001 Architecture Planning were the architects spaces. While MS 297 embarks on its jour- Tel: (212) 334-9699 • Fax: (212) 966-6544 while DeMatteis Construction Corpora- ney in their new building, parents in the tion were the contractors behind the suc- [email protected] West Village are glad to see that 75 Mor- cessful renovation. What used to be a ton is here to stay. www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 21

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St. John’s Gets Another Do-Over: The Saga of 550 Washington Street

A RENDERING OF THE NEWEST OFFICE AND RETAIL DESIGN FOR 550 WASHINGTON STREET shows this plaza on Houston Street, sloped up seven to nine feet to position it above our new floodplain. Credit: COOKFOX Architects.

By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP arm of Ontario’s municipal employee pen- type office building, with the addition of with nature.” When complete, office work- sion plan, bought the southern part of the nine stories above an existing three-story ers will enter a landscaped entry plaza and If you don’t have your scorecard handy, three-block-long property in January of structure, totaling 1.3 million square feet. experience landscaped terraces and rooftop you’re going to miss some plays with this 2018 from Westbrook Partners and Atlas Initial construction will remove some ex- areas overlooking the Hudson. Cook is a development along West Street across Capital Group for $700 million. The de- isting train tracks in the building, and the leading proponent of “biophilic” design, from Pier 40 and the Hudson River Park velopers, abandoning the residential design, overpass now covering Houston Street. But using nature to enhance working and living Trust (HRPT) headquarters. are now offering the former option, as pre- six sets of track rails on the second floor environments. More than four years ago the developers sented to Community Board 2 last month. will have their tops visible on the floors, Oxford’s design of the building will not of St John’s Terminal were considering an In an October 3, 2018 article on the running through the existing building’s use any of the “development air rights” office/commercial scheme that would not YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) website, southern portion, leaving vestiges of the from the HRPT, but will use only the “as require rezoning, which means the owners Sebastian Morris reported that Oxford building’s original purpose. of right” air right under the original zoning could have developed the area without go- Properties Group plans to redevelop the Dean Shapiro, a Senior Vice President at allowance. The developers could have gone ing through the hassle of a ULURP (Uni- St. John’s Terminal as an industrial loft- Oxford, said that approximately 4,000 people higher, but they intend for the building to form Land Use Review Procedure) review, will work in the building. Hudson Square is be more contextual with its surroundings. but which also would have meant no $100 attracting an “educated, technically savvy, Atlas and Westbrook retained the part million in air rights to save Pier 40, no ban generally young workforce,” he explained. of the property north of Houston Street, on future air rights transfers, no community “St. John’s Terminal once formed the end using the 200,000 square feet of air rights board review, and no new historic district. of the High Line and our design will pre- purchased from Pier 40. The tallest tower Currently, the site has a manufacturing serve the history and authenticity of this was slated to rise 430 feet according to zoning, which allows for offices and hotels important piece of rail infrastructure that the previously approved plan. Under an but not for residential use. The existing 1.2 once connected the world to New York agreement with the city, they are required million square foot St. John’s building—the City,” said Rick Cook, founding partner of to make “best efforts” to ensure their part original 1930s terminus for the High Line COOKFOX, which was retained for the of the site will include a much-needed freight railroad viaduct—could be razed to OFFICE WORKERS WILL ENTER A LAND- new designs as well as the previous deign. supermarket. However, non-supermarket make way for new construction. In 2015, SCAPED ENTRY PLAZA and experience “By opening the site with the removal of big-box stores won’t be allowed on any part however, a residential option was presented landscaped terraces and rooftop areas. The the overpass and incorporating the rail of the St. John’s site. There are still many to the city, setting off a firestorm of opposi- building’s “biophilic” design features three beds, we’re connecting the building with more steps in the development process, but tion to its over-scaled towers. acres of open space, including terraces fac- the neighborhood and at the same time they have taken the path of least resistance Oxford Properties Group, the real estate ing the river. Credit: COOKFOX Architects. creating a workplace that is connected on this one; can you blame them?

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ONE OF OUR SMALLEST BIRD SPECIES, BARELY LARGER THAN A HUMMINGBIRD: A pho- togenic Golden-crowned Kinglet poses in Hudson River Park. Photo by Keith Michael.

By Keith Michael Kinglets rarely stop moving as they careen from branch to branch, leaf to leaf, tree to tree. I feed my first of the month stamped en- The catalogue of edible tidbits that they glean velopes of bills into the big blue mouth of from every surface and out of the air seems too the mail box on the corner and, of course, lengthy, frankly, to catalogue. How do they not jiggle its jaw (as my mother taught me) to wear themselves out? And yet, they can keep be sure that my envelopes haven’t gotten going like that, each a self-winding toy, hour stuck in its craw. Yes, I still pay bills with after hour, block after block. hand-written checks in envelopes with re- They do have a compatriot in teeny ti- turn addresses and stamps. nyness: the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Equal- Millie seems to wince at the squeak ly miniscule, the RCKI—their American squeak squeak that rusty mouth makes Ornithological Union (AOU) four-letter above her corgi head. Or maybe she’s just code—is distinguished by, you guessed it, squinting at me as a heavyweight nor’easter a ruby-colored crown rather than a golden punches down Washington Street. A ca- one. This other peripatetic charmer tends nine friend has left its aromatic calling card to be much more reserved in displaying its at the base of the mailbox, so, in no time namesake (though its call is a much more she’s forgotten about the aural distraction elaborate chortling of musical declensions). and is back deciphering the barcode of that Mostly, one sees it as an olive-colored other dog’s neighborhood identity. schmear in the tops of trees. Even in good Now I’m distracted as well—by a chorus light, the ruby crown might only be a spray of oddly similar “tsee tsee tsee” calls up above of red feathers peeking out from the top of Do You Need Home Care? my head that seem to be bouncing around its head. Look and listen. Fast! the branches; and then, one by one, I see a For me, one of the greatest mysteries (and, blur of phantoms streak along the street into apparently, from what I’ve read, a conun- Continuity Home Health Care the yellowing Honey Locust trees across the drum to many others as well) is how these way. That “tsee tsee tsee” is the welcome au- diminutive sprites survive the brutal winter tumn staccato of Golden-crowned Kinglets temperatures of the far north. Not all of on their way from Canada to, perhaps, spend them migrate. Some “stick it out!” I recall Where Healing Continues... the winter with us here in the West Village. having read somewhere (though I haven’t A licensed home care agency providing Or, this may be just another stopover before been able to re-locate the source) that 30-40 health care services, both professional they head further south to a balmier clime. of these feathered micro-furnaces have been and paraprofessional, for individuals Kinglets are one of our smallest bird spe- discovered snuggled together within the living at home since 1996. cies. Barely larger than a hummingbird, each protection of a tree cavity during a sub-zero weighs between a fifth and a third of an night in Alaska. As a scientific discovery, I ounce. One could fold three or five of them recall thinking as I read it, “Now how did into an envelope and send them through the you observe that remarkable phenomenon?” mail with a single first-class Forever stamp! The mysteries intrigue me. It’s some- Call Tim Ferguson at (212) 625-2547 Think “one sheet of 8½ x 11 inch paper” times better not to know the answer. Just and then, “That could be a Golden-crowned be amazed and enthralled. or drop in to 121 West 11th Street opposite PS 41 Kinglet.” They are jauntily named because While I’ve been thinking about all of this they do, indeed, have a little golden yellow Millie has long since pulled me along her crown on the top of their heads which, when predestined morning route toward home. We accept most private they are excited (or territorially defensive), A jane-o-lantern with fetchingly carved insurances they can raise like a Cardinal’s crest—like curls momentarily startles her from a stoop. and private pay. tipping their hats. Breakfast and coffee await. Getting a clear view of one takes a lot of patience and speed. (Tip: If you hear one, just For more information about New York City [email protected] stare up at the trees without moving your eyes. WILD! nature outings, birding, photo- Then, notice any movement that happens graphs, or books, visit keithmichaelnyc.com or around the edges of where you are looking.) follow Instagram @newyorkcitywild 24 WestView News November 2018 www.westviewnews.org Christine Blasey Ford and the Power of Memorable Architecture entry ramp that was the main attraction for By Ananth Sampathkumar, Partner, me. The ramp enabled attendants to wheel NDNY Architecture + Design cadavers in and out of the building easily, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the but was also one of the few places where Senate Judiciary Committee on Septem- my friends and I could test our skating ber 27th, 2018. Her testimony about the skills. The unusual association of cadavers, assault on her was both riveting and pain- skating, and a ramp is probably why this ful to watch. What made her statements so memory has stuck with me. compelling to me was the clarity of archi- Unique spaces can also help us remem- tectural detail in her account. Her recollec- ber things. The Method of Loci was a tion included both large-scale landmarks mnemonic technique adopted in ancient like the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Greece and Rome that used the familiar- Chase and some smaller-scale spaces like ity of place, whether real or imaginary, the living room at the party house, the nar- and associated it with the things one was row stairs, and the bathroom across from trying to remember. This technique has the bedroom which ended up saving her been practiced by many memory con- from her assailants. test champions including the 2006 USA The power of iconic architecture to Memory Champion Joshua Foer. His book transform sleepy cities into world class Moonwalking with Einstein details how destinations is well known, from the Gug- he created a familiar route, placed impor- genheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain to the tant items along the way, and associated Sydney Opera House in Australia. How- some feature from each location with the ever, the potential of everyday structures in object. This technique helped Joshua set a shaping our memories is discussed much new record for recalling the sequence of a less. Familiar architecture plays a vital deck of 52 cards. Go ahead and give it a role in how we relate to our surroundings try—picture walking through your child- and remember events. Your local library, hood school, then visualize a number you church, and even the corner bodega are are trying to remember stuck to the side of all visual clues that subconsciously ground the fetid water cooler in the cafeteria. Ev- your experiences to a place. Some archi- ery time you want to remember that num- tectural theorists have gone as far as to say ber all you have to do is recall where in your that our memories are only as good as our virtual path you left it. The route matters buildings. as well, especially if you are trying to elicit One of my earliest childhood memories things in a sequence. is of a single-story morgue on the medi- Interior and exterior spaces (whether cal campus where I grew up. The campus magnificent or mediocre) matter, especially was a live-work community that allowed when it comes to our recollection. The the doctors to be in close proximity to the West Village is steeped in old and new ar- hospitals where they worked. As kids, we chitectural constructs. The next time you roamed freely between the medical and take a stroll on one of the cobbled streets, residential sides. The windowless mortu- try harnessing the power of its visual cues ary had a beautiful brise-soliel, and a long to create vivid memories for yourself. YOUR NAME IN PRINT Angels belong By Roberta Curley

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music• at St. Veronica Saturday November 17, 7:00 pm Panegyris:The Birth of Folk Music Presented by the Axion Estin Foundation A guided tour from early Byzantine church hymns to centuries old folk songs and dance from the mountains touching Europe to the islands in the Aegean. Featuring the Axion Estin Cantors and the virtuoso Epirus Folk Players with costumed dancers. A THOUSAND YEARS OF MUSICAL HISTORY IN ONE EVENING

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This Panegyris concert is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 27 Andy Warhol: Endangered Species (At the Ukrainian Museum) By Robert Heide career illustrating and writing popular ies—Dracula/Batman and Camp—which children’s books including Uncle Andy’s: starred the eccentric Jack Smith. He made At 222 East 6th Street (just off the Bowery) A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol and a split-screen filmed version of my playThe the ultra-modernistic Ukrainian Museum— Uncle Andy’s Cats, both on sale at the mu- Bed, which was originally performed at the which features multiplex galleries and a seum’s gift shop. Also, in a glass vitrine, Caffe Cino on Cornelia Street. The film charming gift shop selling authentic embroi- visitors will see Campbell’s soup can labels is now being digitally restored, under the dered shirts, dresses, books and oddities from signed and inscribed by Andy Warhol. supervision of Whitney Museum curator Central Europe—is now presenting a splen- Andy Warhol was born on August 6, Claire K. Henry, by a triumvirate of muse- did exhibition entitled Andy Warhol: En- 1928. He was baptized as Andrew Varchola ums which includes the Warhol Museum, dangered Species. The ten striking silkscreen which later became Warhola with Andy ul- the Museum of Modern Art and the Whit- prints commissioned by Ronald Feldman timately dropping off the last “a.” His fam- ney Museum of American Art. At Andy’s (Feldman Fine Arts) and executed by War- ily had lived as peasants in the mountain- request, I also wrote a film scenario based on hol in 1983 are portraits of the San Francisco ous regions of Eastern Slovakia and were the tragic suicide of Lupe Velez (the Holly- Silver Spot (butterfly), the Pine Barrens Tree identified as Carpatho-Rusyns, referring wood star known as “the Mexican spitfire”) Frog, the Bald Eagle (now making a return to themselves as Ruthenians when they for his top superstar Edie Sedgwick. It was to Long Island, according to a recent news emigrated to the United States; today there the last of Edie’s many films for Andy. report), the galloping Grevy’s Zebra, the are over one million Carpatho-Rusyns liv- Andy became my mentor and a forever climbing (Rocky Mountain) Bighorn Ram, ing in America. Andy’s parents settled in friend that I will never forget. Now an icon a Siberian Tiger, a Black Rhinoceros, an Af- NOW ON VIEW AT THE UKRAINIAN MUSE- a Ruthenian community in Pittsburgh and for the ages, I still miss him on a personal rican Elephant, an Orangutan, and a Giant UM: A wild and wizened Borneo Orangutan, spoke the Rusyn dialect at home. Deeply and creative level. Panda. In addition to these ten artworks is one of the ten silkscreens created by Andy religious, they attended St. John Chryso- Andy Warhol from A to B and Back an eleventh image (a different size from the Warhol. Image courtesy of John Gilman. stom Byzantine Catholic church where, Again, the largest exhibition at the down- others), a Sea Turtle, which was added to later, Warhol said he was influenced by the town Whitney devoted to a single artist, the portfolio in 1985. All of these are at the organizations involved in fundraising efforts. portraits of Jesus Christ. The colors and opens on November 12th and runs through Ukrainian Museum until February 7, 2019, James ( Jamie) Warhola, Andy Warhol’s golden gilt in the icons and religious paint- March 31, 2019. According to chief curator on view to the public Wednesdays through nephew, is a consultant for this remark- ings are reflected in his portraits of Marilyn Donna De Salvo, it is a reappraisal which ex- Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The able exhibit. He has included memorabil- Monroe, Liz Taylor and others, which also amines his art and career as a continuum. She museum is celebrating the 35th anniversary ia, from his own personal collection, such incorporated the super bright colors used has also said that Andy “anticipated the digi- of this collection—on loan from the National as dime-store Depression era Big Little in Ukrainian and Polish Easter egg deco- tal age” and “was a seer of the 21st Century.” Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyo- Books with titles like Houdini’s Book of ration. Andy remained committed to the ming—which was originally exhibited in Magic and Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy Ju- Greek Catholic church. Robert Heide’s new book, entitled “Robert 1983 at the American Museum of Natural nior. On one wall is an oil painting of a I first met Andy in the Village in 1958 Heide 25 Plays,” is available at select stores History in New York City. Warhol made 100 can of Campbell’s Tomato Soup done by through photographer Edward Wallowitch. and on Amazon; it includes “The Bed,” a prints of this evocative group of animals and Jamie at age fifteen in honor of his Uncle I spent a great deal of time with him at the new play called “I Shop: Andy Warhol,” and donated them to ten different conservation Andy. Later, Jamie went on to his own Factory, where I appeared in two of his mov- the scenario for the Warhol film “Lupe.”

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ROUND ONE IT TAKES TWO THANK YOU, SIR—WE NEEDED THAT... All photos by Maggie Berkvist. 28 WestView News November 2018 www.westviewnews.org A Visit with Actress and Former Arts at St. John’s Villager Marianne Rendon Enjoy These Arts and Music Events at St. John’s in the Village, thing Special.” She got the room through a (Heated and ADA) friend. She experienced the area as a magi- 220 West 11th Street cal neighborhood, a special locale of about For all bookings or queries: email [email protected] three blocks encompassing Sullivan Street, Thompson Street, Houston, Prince—she or phone 212 243 6192. loved that neighborhood and found it somewhat stuck in time; the buildings had been there since the first half of the 19th century, and many people knew each other. She spent time at Local on Sullivan Street, JUST TWO YEARS OUT OF JULLIARD: Mari- which was a hangout for a lot of people. anne Rendon, above, stars in Plot Points in At that time there was a tiny pop-up park Our Sexual Development. Photo by Jeremy there, where everyone sat, brought their Daniel. dogs, and talked about their lives. “It just felt like this untouched part of New By Jane Heil Usyk York. There was that mozzarella store on Sul- livan Street ( Joe’s Dairy Latticini Freschi).” The last two years, since she left the Vil- After a nice trip through Marianne’s mem- lage, have been very, very busy for Mari- ories of her Village, we discussed how she got anne Rendon. How many young people the part of Patti Smith. “My agent and man- graduate from college and immediately get ager let me know about auditions, and they a major acting part in a series? And then told me about the Mapplethorpe/Patti Smith fill in the gaps in the shooting schedule movie,” she said. “Patti Smith had been one Sunday November 11, 11 am with featured parts in movies? of my idols.” (Gena Rowlands was another.) Marianne did that, and now she is star- “And to think of playing her—! I tried to be Fauré Requiem ring in a play at Lincoln Center. When I really honest, to get her essence...” The First World War, in which over six thousand New Yorkers perished, caught up with her, she was getting ready So she took a few weeks off from “Impos- ended at 11am on 11 November 1918. Exactly 100 years later to the to go onstage in “Plot Points in Our Sexual ters,” went to New York, and played Patti minute, at 11am on Sunday 11 November 2018, those who made the Development,” an interesting, absolutely Smith when Smith was younger and in a cre- supreme sacrifice are commemorated at a Solemn Requiem for the of-the-moment take on aspects of sexuality. ative partnership with Robert Mapplethorpe, Fallen of WWI. Music by Gabriel Fauré (Requiem), who lost his own son Marianne plays a cisgender (the same gen- a very innovative photographer of the 1970s in WWI. The fallen of the West Village are commemorated by name. der as one was born with) person, and Jax and 1980s. They lived together in the Chelsea A reception follows. Jackson plays a transgender (now a different Hotel for about five years, from 1969 to 1974. gender from that one was born with) person. After that movie, Marianne returned Saturday November 10, 7pm The first half of the play tells of their sexual to Canada and “Imposters.” It ran for two histories; the next half tells how they adjust seasons. Then Marianne heard, through WWI Centenary Concert to each other in order to have a relationship. her agent and manager, of an audition for by Ember “Schola Cantorum on Hudson” It’s playing at the Claire Tow Theater, above “Charlie Says,” a movie about the young Music includes Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living, Joan Szymko’s Be It the Beaumont, until November 18th. women who gathered around the cult Therefore Resolved, and Jake Runestad’s Live the Questions. World pre- How did all that happen? And where does leader Charles Manson in the late 1960s. miere of a new work by Cheryl Engelhardt. she go from here? We discussed her trajectory, She tried out for the part of Susan At- and her years in the Village, recently. Mari- kins, a major figure in the cult, who had Monday November 5, 6:15 pm anne is tall and slim, with long black hair that been present at all the murders the Man- sometimes curtains her lovely face. She is in son family perpetrated. Susan was a very Guy Fawkes Night town briefly, then plans to go back to Vancou- troubled girl who had been a stripper and Gunpowder Plot Evensong (plainsong) followed by ver, Canada, where she has been living while a street person. But the movie is not about the Lighting of the Fire and Burning of the Guy and making the series “Imposters.” She grew up in that part of her life, Marianne tells me. sausage sizzle.The Guy Fawkes celebration is a sym- New Rochelle, went to Bard College as an un- “The movie focuses on Karlene Faith, a bol of the rejection of terrorism in all its forms. The dergraduate, then went into the four-year act- sympathetic feminist counselor and teacher ‘Guy’ which is burned now represents terrorism and ing program at the Juilliard School, a famous in the prison where the girls were serving all evil, not a historical person. program that only admits eighteen people ev- time, and on their gradual understanding Free but booking for catering purposes is essential. ery year. Among its graduates: Kelsey Gram- of why they made bad decisions, and what mer, Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Robin Wil- they really needed, which was a family— Monday November 12, 6:15 pm liams, and Mandy Patinkin. but not that family.” The real Susan Atkins While at Juilliard, Marianne won the died of a brain tumor while in prison. Launch of “The Early Eastern Orthodox Church” John Houseman Award, given for excel- Both movies have played in a few film by Stephen Morris lence acting in the classics. festivals and been warmly received. They Evensong (plainsong) followed by readings by the author and Even before her 2016 graduation, juggling are probably going to come out in movie book-signing.Discounted rates for copies purchased at the event. Free. a desk job at Juilliard along with classes and theaters in the spring. When the run of school performances, she heard about audi- “Plot Points in Our Sexual Development” tions for a series called “Imposters,” in which ends, in mid-November, Marianne will re- To view all twelve concerts, book-launches, she would play someone duped by a beautiful turn to Canada, a country she reveres for workshops, jazz nights, and other arts events con artist. She tried out, and got the job, so its humane attitudes and sanity, and where that by graduation she was already planning to at St John’s go to: she has already put down roots. And what move to Canada, where the show was filmed. is on the horizon? Only time will tell. But stjvny.org or pick up a brochure in the church She was living on MacDougal Street, in a judging from her first two years out of Juil- (corner of W 11th St and Waverly Place). room in poet Anne Waldman’s house, near liard, there will be many auditions, lots of Lenny Cecere’s now-gone store, “Some- theater, TV, and movies. www.westviewnews.org November 2018 WestView News 29 Seven Books for Seven Ages each keeps one for themselves. My sister en- joys the Fancy Nancy series. The books are full of surprises and funny moments. The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer (seven-year-olds) In this series Alex and Conner go between the real world and the fairytale world, sav- ing it from evil. The Land of Stories is one of the best series as it has lots of thrilling moments and cliffhangers. MUST-READ BOOKS: Book suggestions Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (eight-year-olds) for each age of childhood. Photo by Yalini Sampathkumar. Roy is going on the bus to school one day when he sees a boy running very fast, as if By Yalini Anne Sampathkumar (nine) he has to get somewhere in a hurry. When Roy finds out what this boy’s mystery is Kids like to read and be read to. Some like he decides he is going to help. This starts fiction while others prefer non-fiction. a whole world of adventure. The story Here are a few book suggestions, one for draws you in from the start. each age from four to ten. The School for Good and Evil Puff the Magic Dragon by Lenny Lipton by Soman Chainani (nine-year-olds) and Peter Yarrow (four-year-olds) The School for Good and Evil is a place where Puff the Magic Dragon is a sing-along kids get trained to be good or to be evil. THE LOST VILLAGE PREMIERS: Roger Paradiso’s survey of the disintegration of book about a friendship between a dragon Sophie and Agatha are best friends who traditional Greenwich Village culture was premiered at the Cinema Village theater October 19th. WestView columnist Jim Fouratt and Publisher George Capsis re- and a little boy. It is based on a song by get kidnapped and brought to the school. spond to the audience’s disturbed reactions. Photo by Roger Paradiso. Peter, Paul, and Mary. Sophie expects to be put in the school for Who Needs Donuts? Good and that Agatha will be put in the by Mark Alan Stamaty (five-year-olds) school for Evil. Instead, Agatha ends up in the school for Good while Sophie ends up Sam loves donuts. One day Sam decides Remembrances from The Lost Village: to ride into the city to find lots of donuts. in the school for Evil—which leads to di- When he gets there, he meets a man, saster. This book will scare and excite you Mr. Bikferd, who has millions of donuts. and leave you wanting more. A Series of Stories About Sam happily starts working for Mr. Bik- The Girl Who Could Fly ferd, but when left alone to do the job he by Victoria Forester (ten-year-olds) doesn’t know what to do. The book is full Piper is no ordinary girl. She has the pow- Greenwich Village of beautiful black and white illustrations. known George, he has been most kind, er to fly. Piper joins a school for special By Roger Paradiso Fancy Nancy: Oodles of Kittens kids but soon learns that the school might not only in supporting my film when oth- ers have run the other way, but he has been by Jane O’Conner (six-year-olds) not be what it seems. This is a great book After a screening of my filmThe Lost Vil- a friend. Without George I would never Fancy Nancy books are about a girl named for kids who love thrillers. lage at the Cinema Village in April of 2017, have seen a séance where the dead an- Nancy who loves to be fancy. In this story, I walked to the front of the screen to begin nounce their presence by moving a cross, Fancy Nancy and her best friend Bree rescue These seven books are available at the Jef- a question and answer period with the au- or something, about in the air. Nor would stray kittens. They find homes for them and ferson Market Library. Happy reading! dience. Just as I got stationed, a kind and I have experienced the elegance of Bach at gentle man jumped out of his seat, presum- St. Veronica’s. That’s another thing about ably to hit the road or restroom. He stared George: when he sees a cause he likes, he and pointed his finger at me, and said goes for it. It’s not enough to publish the Caruso’s Quips something I took as a compliment. But I best monthly newspaper in the country, By Charles Caruso couldn’t possibility fit it all here in a 500 but he is also a concert promoter while word article. That man was George Capsis. trying to save a beautiful Church from I would soon liken him to many charac- Thumbing through an old telephone book can be a melancholy experience. gentrification. I have learned not to ask ters I remembered from a movie and play George how his day has gone. You always called The Front Page. The 1974 version of Always put important things in the same place. get the same answer, “Oh, I’m having a this nostalgic comedy, from when newspa- very bad day.” And then he smiles and The majestic grace of a building crane moving slowly across the morning sky. pers were the main source of our news, was asks you to sit down and have a cup of directed by the great Billy Wilder. If you A mot to trouble the mind’s eye. coffee. One day I was visiting George and take the best parts of the two main char- he said he had to go out on his bike to the The new chumminess between North and South Korea foreshadows acters played by Jack Lemmon and Walter bank (Where else?). George is always go- the end of U.S. Influence in the Far East. Matthau, you will find the lovable charac- ing to the bank which tells me one thing. ter of George. By the way, did you know Cane: A stick-like instrument designed to help you walk. He likes to ride his bike. My best remem- that George is also the “unofficial” Mayor It can usually be found in the far corner of another room. brances are those days when we sat in his of the West Village, making sure that his garden and ate Greek food. Especially his Even the saddest day passes. constituents, friends and neighbors don’t favorite, and you have to not only pro- get trampled on by the bad guys? On any Things run out. The bottle’s never full. nounce it correctly but you have to read day he could be fighting some of the West it phonetically. Ready? “mo͞oˈsäkə”, or you Brains and energy bring money. Money brings power. Village’s greatest enemies. Whether it be can say “mo͞osäˈkä”. I hope we have many Power brings arrogance. Arrogance brings hatred. Then the hard rain falls. “Diller’s Island,” “NYU’s Prostitution 101,” more meals in the garden. The best way to tell if you like someone: You remember their telephone number. or “The Landlord of the Flies, Mr. Steven Croman,” you know George is giving it his Mothers learn more about the world in a chat at the supermarket best effort supporting the interests of the Roger Paradiso is the Director of the than by listening to any news show. West Village. film The Lost Village and a writer and Correction: New sex site: Orgasm.org (instead of: orgasm. com) In the soon to be two years that I have photographer.

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