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An exterior rendering showing a public school that would be included in a new residential tower Trinity Real
Estate plans at Canal St. and Sixth Ave. (The inside-joke name, “429,” refers to the building’s height.)
Soho residents strike back,
slam business district plan
BY ALINE REYNOLDS
A hotly debated business improve-
ment district for Soho is close to
materializing. The proposal, approved
by the City Planning Commission last
week, now only awaits approval by the
City Council.
But many Soho residents vehement-
ly oppose a business improvement dis-
trict, or BID, contending that it will
lead to more crowds in an area that is
already jampacked with tourists and
shoppers from elsewhere in the city.
The BID, which would extend
between Canal and East Houston Sts.
along Broadway, would provide sanita-
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Hudson Square, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
tion; public safety and visitor services;
marketing, promotion and advertising;
holiday lighting; and streetscape and
storefront improvements.
“Some people look at this and say,
‘It’s a BID — all you want to do is
make the neighborhood more crowded,
and have more tourists coming here,’ ”
said Brian Steinwurtzel, co-chairper-
son of the BID’s steering committee,
formed in June 2009 to create the BID
proposal.
“We’re not saying we’re only for
that,” he continued. “What we’re say-
ing is there are already all these stores
and traffic. We have to figure out a
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Trinity says it’s
time for residential
in Hudson Square
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
Calling Hudson Square’s
zoning “outmoded,” Trinity
Real Estate wants to rezone
a major portion of the dis-
trict to allow residential
use.
With the change, Trinity
expects 3,000 to 3,500 new
residential apartments would
be added to the neighbor-
hood — not counting the
district’s few existing legal
residential units.
The plan’s centerpiece is
a new, 429-foot-tall, residen-
tial tower at Duarte Square,
on property owned by Trinity.
Honi Klein leaving
Village Alliance;
Courtesy of SHoP Architects
Kelley to lead BID
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
Honi Klein, execu-
tive director of the Village
Alliance business improve-
ment district since it was
organized, is retiring next
week after 18 years.
A passionate advocate
for the Village as a residen-
tial and commercial com-
munity, she led the approv-
way to deal with it, and we think the al processes that resulted
BID is the best and proven way to deal in the BID’s formation in
with it.” November 1993, the $2.1
If the BID wins approval, commer- million streetscape renova-
cial property owners and residents in
mixed-use commercial co-op buildings
will have to pitch in around $5,000
per year toward the services, according
to Steinwurtzel. All other residents,
meanwhile, will have to contribute a
token fee of $1 per year.
The planned district was approved
unanimously by City Planning on Jan.
26. The City Council wouldn’t disclose
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February 10 - 16, 2011
Helping alleviate local
school overcrowding, a 420-
seat, K-to-5 public school
would be included in the
tower’s base. Trinity would
build out the school’s raw
space for the Department of
Education.
Currently, residential use
and schools are not allowed
in Hudson Square’s M1-6
(manufacturing zoned) dis-
trict. Neither are cultural
uses currently permitted.
Tonight, Thursday,
Trinity Real Estate will
Continued on page 16
tion of Eighth St. in 2001
to 2002, and the expansion
of the BID’s boundaries in
2006.
A resident of Greenwich
Village since she graduat-
ed from Simmons College
in Boston, Klein served
until 2001 on Community
Board 2, which covers the
Greenwich Village area
between 14th and Canal Sts.
and between the Hudson
Continued on page 6
EDITORIAL,
LETTERS
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CARUSO
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SCOOPY’S
W. Houston St. The new facility opened last fall. “The fact
that this transaction has stood the test of time and closed
four years after the contract signing shows the strength of
the New York City real estate market,” Massey said. The

NOTEBOOK seven-story, elevator building, completed in 1905 as a hotel

NEW C.U. PRESI-
DENT : Dr. Jamshed
Bharucha, provost and
senior vice president of
Tufts University, was intro-
duced on Tuesday to stu-
dents, faculty and alumni
of The Cooper Union
for the Advancement of
Science and Art as the
school’s 12th president
starting July 1. Bharucha,
introduced by Dr. Mark
Epstein, chairperson of
the Cooper Union board
of trustees, spoke briefly
at the Feb. 8 convocation Photo by Mario Morgado
in the school’s Great Hall
Dr. Jamshed Bharucha.
on Astor Place. Bharucha
will succeed Dr. George Campbell Jr., who has been Cooper
Union’s president for the past 11 years. The incoming presi-
dent of the school has made a career of bridging arts and sci-
ence with local and international engagement. He graduated
Phi Beta Kappa in 1978 from Vassar College, majoring in
biopsychology, earned a master’s degree from Yale in 1979,
and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Harvard in 1983.
He also earned a diploma in violin — which he learned as a
teenager in his native city of Mumbai, India — from Trinity
College, London, in 1973. His research explores how the
brain responds to music. He spent most of his academic
career at Dartmouth, where he was a professor of psychol-
ogy and brain science and became dean for social sciences
and dean of arts and sciences and provost. He moved to
Tufts in 2002 where as provost he oversaw seven schools
and recruited deans and faculty that put the university
among the forefront of international education.
NURSING-HOME CONDO CONVERSION: The 2007
sale of the old Village Nursing Home, at W. 12th and
Hudson Sts., finally closed on Feb. 1 for $33.25 million, Paul
J. Massey, of the Massey Knakal real estate firm announced
last week. The new owner, FLANK, the architectural and
development firm that converted the historic Washington
Square Methodist Church on W. Fourth St. into residential
lofts in 2006, plans to covert the former nursing home into
10 residential condos, according to the announcement. The
original sale contract cleared the way for VillageCare, the
nonprofit operator of the Village Nursing Home since 1977,

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to build its new rehabilitation and nursing facility at 510
3AT
PMsWWWVILLAMOSCONICOM
on the west side of Abingdon Square, was converted to
nursing home use in 1958. It was renovated in 1981 when a
penthouse was added, creating a total of 56,800 square feet,
including a finished basement with an 11-foot ceiling. The
conversion of the building, which is within the Greenwich
Village Historic District, will create condo apartments of
between 3,300 and 9,000 square feet, with ceiling heights
between 9 and 15.5 ft. Massey Knakal, which arranged the
sale, has closed on 2,500 deals in the New York metropolitan
area since 2001, with an aggregate value of $12 billion.
HOME AT LAST: “I’m moving back to the neighbor-
hood for the fourth time — I think it’s officially a record!” File photo
Jim Power, the East Village’s “Mosaic Man,” told us this Jim Power.
week, glad that he has, at long last, landed a unit in The
Lee, the new supportive-housing building at East Houston Jane should be moved in by Monday and ready for their
and Pitt Sts. run by Common Ground. The LEED “Silver” photo-op. Some residents of The Lee are already in their
energy-efficient facility will house 262 residents, including apartments. Power’s relief at his living situation, however,
adults with special needs, low-income working adults and pales in comparison to his passion over the city’s proposed
young adults aging out of foster care and at risk of home- closing of Astor Place between Fourth Ave. and Lafayette
lessness. Power said “chronic homelessness” over the years St., which he fears will decimate his array of tile-mosaic
has been his problem. His small, 10th-floor studio is 15 street lampposts and planters festooning the intersection.
feet by 15 feet and overlooks Houston St. He’ll pay one- “I’m asking that Community Board 2 resign,” he declared,
third of his income toward his rent. As part of the process, “because they thought that was a very good design — that’s
he had to get his permanent resident card from Homeland ridiculous! This is still our neighborhood!” A key part of
Security, and also, after 50 years, Power, who immigrated Power’s counterstrategy will be to create a special new
to New York from Ireland at age 12, is finally getting his mosaic zone. “The plan is simple,” he explained, “an inter-
citizenship. The “Mosaic Man” will have a roommate to national flag on each lamppost, intended to establish this
keep him company — his longtime canine companion, as an international neighborhood.” Decision-making power
Jesse Jane. “She’s the only dog in there, because they know will then shift to, well, Power. “Will I run it?” he said. “Yes.
she’s an official service dog,” Power noted. “She helps me Will I control it? Yes. Will I set policy? Yes… .” He’ll be
with my mobility and my stress.” He said he and Jesse cooking up his master plan at The Lee.
Meeting on February 17, 2011
Manhattan Charter School’s Board of Trustees will be submitting
an application to the SUNY Trustees to open a new charter school in
lower Manhattan. The proposed charter school will serve grades K-5,
have a target population similar to the population currently served
by MCS and have an enrollment of 72 in year one and 274 at full
capacity. The proposed school will replicate the academic program of
MCS and the mission of the proposed school will be the same. To hear
comments or questions from the community, an open public meeting
will be held on February 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM in the auditorium of IN THE HEART OF GREENWICH VILLAGE
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In Year of Rabbit, dragon buses could face new law
BY ALINE REYNOLDS
On the morning of the second day of the
Chinese new year, community activists and
politicians weren’t celebrating at a restau-
rant or a park. Instead, they were huddled
outside in the cold, announcing a proposed
new state law intended to streamline the
intercity bus pickup and drop-off system in
Chinatown and around the city.
The bill, if passed, would implement a
citywide permit system for private buses in
Chinatown — known informally as dragon
buses — that currently chaotically pick up
and unload passengers on city streets. The
new requirement would mean safer condi-
tions for pedestrians and result in fewer fines
for bus drivers, according to proponents.
“Right now, the streets of Chinatown are
like the Wild West,” said state Senator Daniel
Squadron at a press conference last Friday at
Canal and Allen Sts. in Chinatown.
Buses today, Squadron noted, can stop
anywhere, double-park and continuously
circle around blocks to avoid tickets, while
sidewalks overflow with anxious passengers
who often don’t know where they’re being
picked up.
“The fact is,” Squadron said, “we love
having low-cost buses. We love the fact that
we have an industry that’s growing and that’s
centered in the Chinatown community. But it
has to grow and thrive in a way that works
for the community.”
“Permits would allow the legitimate bus
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companies to have a process they can depend
on and that riders can depend on,” said City
Councilmember Margaret Chin, who also
spoke at the press event.
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“Both from a customer point of view and
the provider point of view, you want a certain
reliability,” echoed Wellington Chen, execu-
tive director of the Chinatown Partnership.
Bus drivers, he said, would prefer to have a
dependable way of dropping off passengers
than risk paying fines.
At a Chinese New Year celebration in
Sara D. Roosevelt Park last Thursday, a
man asked Chen if he knew where a bus
coming into the city would drop off his
relative.
“I didn’t know, and he didn’t have a cell
phone,” Chen said of the confused man.
The new regulations would also tighten
the reins on bus companies that break traf-
fic laws, according to Assembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver. Apart from issuing permits
to the companies and designating spaces for
pickups and drop-offs, the law, Silver said,
would “hold the bus operators accountable
for their actions, including fines for violat-
ing these regulations.”
The permit would cost the bus com-
panies a maximum of $275 annually. The
elected officials purposely kept the fee low,
they said, so companies wouldn’t have to
adjust ticket prices in order to afford per-
mits.
The politicians didn’t specify a time-
line for the bill, but said they would like
it passed “as quickly as possible.” Chin
said she’s confident the City Council will
approve the bill, since Council Speaker
Christine Quinn is very supportive of it.
Oversight of intercity, long-distance
buses has been a priority for Community
Board 3 for several years, according to
David Crane, chairperson of the board’s
Transportation Committee. Recently,
more and more Chinatown residents have
expressed concerns to the board about con-
gestion, pollution and safety surrounding
Photo by Aline Reynolds
the frenzied bus system.
“The bus companies need regulations
that provide ways for them to comply with
the law, to operate safely and coexist on our
congested streets,” said Crane.
Eastern Coach, a bus company that
shuttles passengers between New York,
Washington and Philadelphia, accrues
about $30,000 in parking fines each year
from idling or parking illegally.
“Now, we have no space on the street,”
said David Wang, Eastern Coach’s presi-
dent, of the lack of designated, legal pickup
and drop-off spots.
The company’s bus drivers frantically
scramble to avoid the traffic police, accord-
ing to Wang, causing a precarious situation
for pedestrians.
“When the drivers see the cops, they
get so scared, they try to pull out,” some-
times even during passenger pickups,
Wang said.
Police tend to issue parking tickets arbi-
trarily, according to Jimmy Cheng, presi-
dent of the United Fujianese American
Association, a nationwide nonprofit orga-
nization based on East Broadway that has
garnered community support for the bus
law in the past few years.
Wilson Yau, who owns a discount store
in Chinatown, agreed that today’s unregu-
lated system is not working, either for pas-
sengers or the bus companies.
“If the government controls the spots,
gives the license and separates the buses,
they’re much easier to control,” he said.
Passengers now, he added, have a hard
time deciphering the street signs that indi-
cate which buses stop at a given stop.
About 20 intercity bus companies cur-
rently operate in Chinatown, according to
Councilmember Chin’s office. They would
all require permits if the law is passed.
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Honi Klein, first Alliance director, to step down;
Continued from page 1
River and the Bowery/Fourth Ave.
“Anyone who knows Honi knows she’s
a force of nature,” said Lynne Brown, New
York University senior vice president and
executive committee member of the Village
Alliance board of directors. “As a founder of
Village Alliance and its engine for almost 20
years, Honi has helped transform and revive
the Eighth St./St. Mark’s Place corridor and
now the University Place corridor, and she
has always been ready for the next idea.”
“Honi Klein has been very committed
to the Village and the Village Alliance and
she will be missed,” said Bill Abramson, of
Buchbinder & Warren and a member of the
Alliance’s board of directors. “We’re now look-
ing forward to a new era and new leadership
with a fresh perspective on the challenges that
face Eighth St. today,” Abramson added.
The new executive head of the BID will
be William Kelley, for the past three years
director of economic development of the
Union Square Partnership, the BID that cen-
ters on Union Square Park and 14th St.
“The Village Alliance has been the stan-
dard bearer for the Eighth St. and Central
Village business community for nearly 20
years,” said Kelley, who takes over on Mon.,
Feb. 14. “I am honored to join the team and
eager to build on that rich history to help
take the organization to the next level.”
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Honi Klein.
Klein told this newspaper she would con-
tinue to participate in issues that affect the
neighborhood that she has always loved.
“I came to the Village right out of col-
lege,” she recalled. “It’s the only place I ever
wanted to live.”
She worked as a fashion consultant for
Abraham & Straus, a major department
store in Brooklyn, and then became a fash-
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about commercial and residential conditions
in the neighborhood prompted her to apply
for a community board seat, which Carol
Greitzer, then councilmember for the dis-
trict, appointed her to in 1985.
Klein focused on Eighth St. after the
late Norman Buchbinder, a major property
owner on the street, called a meeting of mer-
chants and residents in 1990 to consider
problems that included graffiti and commer-
cial vacancies.
“I told Norman I would work one day
a week as a consultant to organize mer-
chants and property owners,” she said.
Klein shepherded the group through the
process that led to the creation of the
Village Alliance BID in 1993.
Graffiti was the first problem that
Klein tackled; she called on the Bowery
Mission, which allowed its clients to
work on scrubbing street furniture and
buildings.
Klein then undertook an Eighth St.
market study in which merchants indi-
cated that the sidewalks were too narrow.
She helped secure a $2.1 million federal
grant for a new streetscape.
“I had 11 public hearings on the design
and it took two years,” she recalled. The
sidewalks were widened, new historic lamp-
posts were installed and, Klein noted, “We
still maintained two lanes of traffic, and
parking on both sides of the street.”
For the past eight years, the Alliance
has conducted the Taste of the Village
event in Washington Square Park, and
over the years, the Alliance has donat-
ed more that $350,000 to the park’s
improvement.
“People ask what the connection is
between the BID and the park,” Klein said.
“It’s really the only public destination in the
Continued on page 7

William Kelley to lead BID
Continued from page 6
Village, and it’s just across the street from
the BID on Fifth Ave.,” she explained.
Klein also guided the expansion of the
BID along the University Place corridor,
which became official in November 2006.
Now, a total of more than 44 blocks are
included along University Place between
Eighth and 13th Sts., along Eighth St.
and St. Mark’s Place between Sixth Ave.
and Second Ave., and along Sixth Ave.
between W. Fourth and W. 13th Sts.
The area’s next major project is the
city’s $6.5 million redesign of Astor Place
and Cooper Square, the northern part of
which is within the BID’s eastern end.
“Honi is a hard act to follow,” said
Shirley Secunda, a public member of the
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Tired of being ‘malled,’ residents reject Soho BID;

Continued from page 1

a tentative timeline for its vote.

In a report, City Planning recommended
that the Soho BID include a residential
reimbursement plan that would compensate
co-op residents for the annual fees. Co-op
residents are legally required to pay the same
sum toward a BID that commercial property
owners do, according to city Department of
Finance regulations.
This co-op residents’ fee was a chief
reason why Community Board 2 rejected
the proposal. The board’s January resolu-
tion states, “There is no mechanism in place
to ensure that all residential owners not be
assessed more than $1 annually, as is custom
in all BID’s in New York City.”
Another point of contention is the more
than $50,000 slated for visitor services and
marketing of the district. In assessing residents’
concerns, City Planning advised the BID’s
steering committee to specify the intended use
of the money toward these services.
“Specifically,” Planning’s report states, “this
plan should expressly state that funds are
included for providing signage and other way-
finding tools for identifying the location of
businesses, such as a logo and map, as well as
providing information to the public about the
unique historical character of the district.” Photo by Aline Reynolds
Steinwurtzel said the organization is com- Ricardo James, right, a salesperson at Boys and Chicks on Broadway, said he’s tired of giving visitors — like the couple above —
mitted to reimbursing all Broadway co-op directions all the time, and would welcome a Soho BID providing such services.
residents their $5,000 fees.
“It’s not our intention to charge anything however, remain convinced it will only serve wrote letters to Community Board 2, City to tenants will be minor amounts,” he said,
to the residents,” he said. The Soho BID Broadway’s businesses, and they resent the Planning and City Councilmember Margaret “and will only be temporary until their leases
would become the first of all 64 BID’s in the authority the BID would have in community- Chin. Many of them requested that the BID expire, since any new lease will be reset to
city to offer a reimbursement plan to co-op wide decisions. proposal be rescinded altogether. market rates.”
dwellers, according to the city’s Department “The main issue is putting the real estate As a result, in November, C.B. 2 urged As for tourism, Steinwurtzel assured that
of Small Business Services. interests in control of our lives,” said Sally the BID steering committee to withdraw the the majority of the marketing budget would
The BID, Steinwurtzel noted, should act Lindsay, who lives in a 12-story loft build- proposal, referring to “overwhelming” oppo- go toward creating signage for the tourists
as an advocate for all stakeholders in Soho. sition from residents. that are already there — not toward adver-
The committee has devoted $250,000 to The board’s resolution states many resi- tising or other means to attract more out-
launching it. dents’ concerns that the BID would only of-towners. Retailers along Broadway have
He said he plans to continue to meet with ‘It’s a pretense to set up a exacerbate overcrowding on Broadway, and complained to the steering committee that
area residents to get their input and will that its stated mission to increase local they often feel like tour guides to customers
heed their concerns. He also hopes some of quasi-governmental agency tourism would negatively impact residents’ who easily get lost amid Soho’s streets.
them will join the BID’s board, which cur- quality of life: “Soho already has a tremendous amount
rently mostly consists of landlords, with just within Soho.’ “The BID applicants have failed to con- of tourists,” Steinwurtzel said. “It’s more
two residents. vince the public of the necessity of a new busi- about managing those people, and the traffic
“A BID is a place where all the opinions Sean Sweeney ness improvement district for Soho, which is they create.”
have to be respected, worked on together a flashpoint for traffic and pedestrian conges- Improving sanitation for the area —
and agreed on,” Steinwurtzel said. His fam- tion,” the board’s resolution states. purportedly one of the BID’s main services
ily has owned real estate on Broadway in the The BID is “self-defeating,” in that it — is something most community members
neighborhood since the early 1980’s. ing at 491 Broadway. “What if I missed the could endanger the very businesses it hopes support. The Association of Community
Having a centralized voice for the com- meeting where they decided to put a kiosk in to promote, according to Sean Sweeney, Employment Programs for the Homeless
munity could be very advantageous, accord- front of my door?” she asked. “We just don’t director of the Soho Alliance. More tour- (ACE), which has hired sanitation workers
ing to John Pasquale, a member of the BID’s want that kind of control.” ists would translate into increased sales, he to clean up Broadway and Soho’s side streets
steering committee who owns several prop- Lindsay, who has lived in Soho since argued, which could lead to landlords hiking daily since the early 1990’s, will discontinue
erties in Soho. 1971, has watched the neighborhood evolve business owners’ rents, eventually forcing its service at the end of June due to funding
“It’s important to have a common com- from a desolate area to what she calls a them out of the neighborhood. shortages.
pany that’s going to stay on top of all these “magnificent shopping mall.” “This proposal is not a BID — this is a “I think everybody is concerned about
concerns,” he said. “We don’t want more tourists, Christmas landlord’s improvement district,” Sweeney sanitation,” said Councilmember Chin. “We
Many other Soho landlords, and even decorators or shoppers,” she said. “It’s the said. “It’s a pretense to set up a quasi-govern- don’t want the streets to go back to what
residents, apparently agree with Pasquale. hottest district in New York. It doesn’t need mental agency within Soho that would be det- they were before, with garbage spilling out
Of the 45 percent of those that responded a BID.” rimental to the residents and the businesses.” of garbage cans, and wind blowing it all over.
to a survey conducted by the steering com- “It’s out of control already,” echoed Peter, BID fees incurred by property owners, he Whether or not you need a BID to supervise
mittee and overseen by the city, according to a Broadway loft resident, declining to give added, would also be passed onto tenants in the cleaning, though, is up for debate.”
Steinwurtzel, more than 90 percent of resi- his last name due to the sensitivity of the the form of increased rents. Some people in the neighborhood, how-
dents favored the BID, and some 80 percent issue. Steinwurtzel, however, said additional ever, feel there are alternatives to a BID to
of all survey respondents supported it. Upward of 100 community members tenant payments would be insignificant.
Local residents opposed to the BID, opposed to the BID, including Lindsay, “The majority of any taxes passed along Continued on page 9

C.B. 2, Chin back them up
Continued from page 8
get similar services, such as encouraging local
retailers to voluntarily clean their sidewalks.
“The pretense of street cleaning is a
sham,” declared Sweeney. “What this intends
to do is bring more tourists into Soho.”
Forming a BID in order to keep
Broadway dirt- and litter-free, Lindsay
echoed, is “like building a chandelier to fix
a light bulb that’s out.”
“The city is supposed to clean the streets,”
she said. “If they don’t clean them enough,
the stores will have to get somebody on their
own to clean.”
Property owners and tenants are required
by city law to clean the sidewalks in front of
their lots, though sources say this is not suf-
ficient to keep the streets devoid of garbage.
“They don’t understand that there’s more
to it than sweeping up in front of your
store,” said Jim Martin, executive director of
ACE. Countless Soho visitors, he said, stroll
along Broadway each weekend, many throw-
ing trash onto the streets or in the trash bins,
which quickly overflow. The city is solely
responsible for collecting the trash bags.
“If those garbage cans aren’t turned and
bagged,” Martin said, “you’re going to have
a disaster.” The garbage problem gets even
worse during Fashion’s Night Out and other
special outdoor events. (City Planning dis-
couraged the BID’s organizing of such large
Februar y 10 - 16, 2011 9
public events in the neighborhood to avoid
crowds and litter.)
Several BID opponents, mainly resi-
dents, attended the steering committee’s
Jan. 19 meeting to voice their concerns and
make suggestions.
“It was a very good meeting,” said Chin,
who has been fighting for more resident
feedback to be heard on the BID. “A lot of
Best Value
people from the area came and expressed
ruction •
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their interests.”
In a phone interview last week, Chin
ss Fa cilities • Expe
said that she would not support the BID
until she sees more resident involvement in
World-Cla
the modified plan.
The councilmember said she looks for-
ward to examining the final proposal.
“We want to make sure the residents’
concerns are addressed, and that they will
have a say,” she said.
The BID steering committee will hold its
next meeting at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral,
32 Prince St., on Tues., Feb. 22, to “finalize
the district plan according to everyone’s sat-
isfaction,” according to Steinwurtzel, who is
holding out hope that, the more Soho resi-
dents learn about the BID, the more they’ll
realize its benefits.
“When you don’t know what something
is, you get a little worried,” he said. “It’s
not our intention to make the neighborhood
worse. We’re trying to make it better. We’re
trying to make this work for everyone in the
community.”
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Pizza man did the right thing; Will Capital One?
BY WICKHAM BOYLE
At 10 minutes to 10 on Monday morning
Feb. 7, a lone robber came into the Capital
One Bank branch at Sixth Ave. at W. Fourth
St. In the bank at the time was Efrain
Aquino Jr., known as Junior to his clients.
For 16 years Efrain has managed the Two
Boots Pizza at 75 Greenwich Ave., and he
makes this money run regularly to deposit
the weekend cash and get coins for the next
few days.
This past Monday was no different.
Aquino waited in line.
“There were very few customers in the
bank, and only one teller,” he recalled.
“When I got to the head of the line, the teller
asked the man behind me what he wanted
and he responded, ‘A roll of quarters.’ She
had already seen that I required 846 bucks in
coins in a variety of forms. I had it all written
out on slips of paper. The teller said she had
no coins and left for the vault.”
Aquino went on excitedly, “I was at the
head of the line with my cash on the teller’s
desk when a guy dressed all in black bursts
in holding his hand inside his shirt. It looked
like a gun sticking out. I thought at first he
was another crazy person, until he started
yelling for everyone to lie down. Then I saw
he meant business. All the back-office people
lay down, and I did too.”
“He kept screamin’, ‘Where’s the f---ing
money? Where’s the f---ing money?’ and get-
ting more agitated because there was none
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Efrain Aquino Jr., a.k.a. Junior, outside Two Boots Pizza on Greenwich Ave.
and no teller. When he walked over to me, I
was worried he would shoot me. Then I said
to him, ‘Take whatever you want from me,
take my money on the counter.’”
In an incredible, cool moment, Aquino
directed the robber to take his deposit and
he did. But the robber dropped the money
and began yelling at everyone again until
he gathered the cash together and ran out
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the door.
Aquino explained, “I thought if he didn’t
get any money he would turn violent on all
of us out of frustration, and so I said, Take
anything.”
Initially, for his cool head, Aquino was
told by the bank management that because he
hadn’t officially deposited the money Capital
One Bank was not responsible. Capital One,
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of course, is the bank whose credit card profits
rose on a commercial showing other banks to
be rapacious Visigoths ready to pick people’s
wallets, while the benign Capital One was
ready with low fees and a helping hand.
Capital One Financial Corp. posted
fourth-quarter profits that leaped 85 per-
cent. The Virginia-based bank posted net
income of $697 million for the last three
months. The biggest improvement came in
its well-advertised credit card segment, from
which the company derives about a third of
its earnings.
Two Boots Pizza, a local hangout featur-
ing a pizza cuisine fusion of two geographic
boots, Italy and Louisiana, doesn’t have
profits anywhere nearly as stratospheric as
Capital One. A call to the Capital One
corporate headquarters assured a reporter
that rather than the answer given Aquino
after the robbery, that, in fact, the bank was
reconsidering its response.
Speaking the day after the robbery,
Aquino said the pizza shop’s accountant
received a phone call from the bank asking
for the amount that had been taken from
the teller’s ledge. Aquino said it’s hard times
that would make a man come into a bank
in broad daylight and try to make off with a
little money. It’s heartening to see that some-
one who had been victimized can share in
the perpetrator’s plight, and more heartening
that a major financial institution can quickly
decide to do the right thing.
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POLICE BLOTTER
Neighbor saved her
Fire in a 10th-floor apartment at 77
Columbia St. in Masaryk Towers on
Wednesday morning Feb. 2 critically injured
a 97-year-old woman who was pulled from
the blaze by a neighbor.
The neighbor, Wanda Camacho, 53,
opened her door around 5:30 a.m. to find
smoke pouring into the hall from the apart-
ment of her neighbor, Wei Chee Hu, who was
sitting immobile at a coffee table. Camacho
dragged Hu out of the fire and into her own
apartment, where they remained until fire-
fighters arrived.
Hu was taken to the burn center of
New York Presbyterian Hospital in critical
condition. Camacho was treated for smoke
inhalation at Beth Israel Hospital, and 11
other residents of the floor were treated for
minor injuries.
Subway attack
An off-duty woman M.T.A. worker was
attacked in the East Broadway F train station
at 6:15 p.m. Fri., Feb. 4, and knocked onto
the tracks by a deranged man who fought
with a man who had come to her rescue. The
attacker chased the victim, Sabrina Scott,
around the station, repeatedly asking, “Are
you scared of me?” and grappled with the
man who responded to her cries for help,
according to reports. Scott, however, was
knocked onto the tracks during the fracas,
but her rescuer managed to bring her back
onto the platform. The deranged man fled,
and the rescuer, described as a tall black man
wearing headphones and a baseball cap, also
disappeared. Scott had head injuries but was
reported in stable condition.
Dog dies in boat fire
Fire broke out in a 46-foot catamaran
berthed at Pier 59 of Chelsea Piers at W.
17th St. around 2:30 a.m. Fri., Feb. 4, injur-
ing the owner, who escaped with his life.
The fire spread to an adjacent boat in the
Pier 59 marina but no one was injured. The
injured owner of the catamaran, Mark Stoss,
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42, was taken to Bellevue Hospital with lung
injuries from the heat. He was unable to save
his 4-year-old German shepherd, Chloe, who
perished in the fire. A month ago, a police
scuba diver had rescued the animal after she
had fallen into the water.
Firefighters brought the fire under con-
trol around 4:30 a.m. but the catamaran
sank and the adjacent boat was destroyed
in the fire. A space heater on the catamaran
was cited as a possible cause of the fire.
D.W.I. on F.D.R.
Police charged a motorist with driving
while intoxicated after a two-car accident on
the southbound F.D.R. Drive at Clinton St.
around 7:10 a.m. Sun., Feb. 6. The suspect,
Rodney Gripper, 43, of the Bronx, was iden-
tified as an off-duty Transit employee. He
was freed on his own recognizance pending
an April 6 court appearance.
Busted for burglaries
Surveillance tapes at a W. 26th St. res-
taurant and at a building at 20th St. at 10th
Ave. led to the arrest on Feb. 1 of William
Cullen, 32, on charges of burglary. The tape
from Pars Restaurant, 249 W. 26th St.,
between Seventh and Eighth Aves., showed
a man matching Cullen’s description remov-
ing money from a cash register around 4:45
a.m. Jan. 14, according to the charges. A
surveillance tape from the lobby of 460 W.
20th St. at 10th Ave. showed a man match-
ing Cullen’s description forcing the door
and entering the lobby of the building and
leaving a short time later with a coat in his
hands, according to the charges filed with
the Manhattan district attorney. Police said
Cullen also admitted to taking a laptop com-
puter and keys from the closet.
Robbers try boutique
Police arrested one of two men who
grabbed the woman working at the Emile
Lafaurie boutique, at 199 Prince St., around
4 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 2, and tried to drag her
to the basement and bind her hands. Albert
Anderson, 48, was charged with robbery,
but his accomplice, identified as Anthony
Gilman, 49, escaped, police said.
Foils phone snatch
A Queens man, 58, was walking on Canal
St. between Wooster and Greene Sts. around
1 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 3, when a stranger
punched him in the chest and grabbed his
cell phone from his coat pocket. The victim
grabbed the phone back and police grabbed
the suspect, Rumako Manwaring, 28, and
charged him with robbery.
CD’s hard sell
Three strangers stopped a man, 19, on
Broadway in Soho around 4 p.m. Sun., Feb.
6, and sold him two CD’s for $100, police
said. The strangers followed the customer to
the corner of Spring and Thompson Sts. and
shouted, “Hey, take our phone number and
let us know how you like the CD’s.” When
the customer took out his cell phone, one
of the trio grabbed it and another told him,
“Give me your wallet. I have a knife and I’ll
poke you.” The three fled with the victim’s
cell phone and his wallet with $2,000 in
cash, police said.
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Gallery theft
Two men walked into Pom Gallery, 133
Greene St., around 3:25 p.m. Sat., Feb. 5,
and after one of them engaged the attendant
with questions, both walked out. The atten-
dant told police that he discovered his digital
camera had been stolen from his desk.
Rabbits hole entered
A woman working at Rabbits Cafe, 142
Sullivan St., told police she was in the rear
of the place around 11:50 p.m. Sat., Feb. 5,
after it was closed and spotted a man exiting.
She discovered that her handbag, which she
had left on a counter in the front, had been
stolen.
Wallet was gone
A woman told police that she discovered
her wallet, containing her Taiwan passport,
$170 in cash and credit cards, was gone
from her backpack when she emerged from
the Prince St. subway station at Broadway
around 2:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 5. The victim,
43, said she had bought a MetroCard with
cash from the wallet a short time earlier.
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BY JERRY TALLMER
In the fall of 1988, Crystal Field, the dyna-
mo at the center of First Avenue’s Theater for
the New City, begged me to come see a play
there called “Heathen Valley” by a writer with
the wonderful name of Romulus Linney — or
more exactly, Romulus Zachariah Linney IV.
I thought, “What the hell, hillbilly drama,”
but I went. There were a lot of hillbillies in
it, sure enough, but also — and interestingly
— an anti-establishment, crusading, 19th-
century Episcopal bishop of North Carolina
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populace of a forgotten pocket of Appalachia
(Linney’s boyhood territory) to belief in the
Good Word.
Some three years later I went to James
Houghton’s Signature Theater on West 42nd
Street to see a truly fascinating play by
Romulus Limney called “The Sorrows of
Frederick,” starring Austen Pendleton (won-
derfully) as a half-tyrannical, half-humane,
and altogether most oddly poetic Frederick II,
king of Prussia in the 18th century.
That was 1991. Only now, 20 years later
and Romulus Linney three weeks cold in the
ground — January 15, 2011, of cancer, age
80 — do I suddenly see Linney’s Frederick II
as, among other things, a doppelganger for
the larger-than-life good and bad persona of,
yes, none other than our own Lyndon Baines
Johnson.
You think I’m crazy? Well, Romulus
Linney, not only a writer and playwright,
but for many years a teacher of writing
here or there just for salting, along with the
Vietnam War.
gant. He was a diffident man but not too dif-
fident. I only learned that Laura Linney was
his daughter, not when he and I first talked
but when I saw it in some newspaper some-
where. (On the other hand, I interviewed her
— at the brilliant far Off Off Broadway start
of her career years ago, and she didn’t men-
tion her father either. More recently, when the
Signature honored playwright Linney with a
lifetime award, actress Linney was lovingly
on hand, as was the Edward Albee who has
always drawn more spotlight than the no-less-
deserving honoree).
Diffident? Crystal Field remembers the
day of the big New York City blackout of
1977 when, in an elevator, in the candlelit
dark, a fellow tenant suddenly said: “Hello.
I’m a playwright” and stuck out his hand.
What came out of that initiative was, first,
the 1978 production of a play called “Just
Folks” — the folks being Jesus Christ and his
family — followed by the commissioning by
Theater for the New City of half a dozen plays

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at Columbia, Princeton, Hunter, Brooklyn
College and many another fount of learning,
was one of the most cultured and cross-
cultured men you might ever want to meet.
His peers — the men and women he drew on,
or dug into, or adapted from, or transformed,
or multiplied by some other person or per-
by Romulus Linney and the production there
of those and more by him, often directed by
him, over the years from then to now.
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Johannes Somary, debuted in Wash. Sq., dies at 75

OBITUARY
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
Johannes Somary, organist, composer, conductor and
founder of the Amor Artis Choral, who made his U.S.
conducting debut in July 1960 with the Washington
Square Music Festival, died Feb. 1 at age 75.
His most recent appearance at the annual music festi-
val was in December 2008 at St. Joseph’s Church in the
Village in a program that included his own compositions
as well as works by Bach and Haydn.
“After his auspicious debut in Washington Square,
Maestro Somary achieved a prominent international
career as a conductor, choirmaster and organist,” said
Peggy Friedman, the festival’s executive director. “He
was a well-known and respected figure in the New
York music scene. We will all miss him and his joyous
approach to music.”
Johannes Somary also had a distinguished career as
a teacher. He lectured at Brooklyn College, New School
for Social Research, the New England Conservatory and
Columbia University. In 1971, he began teaching at the
Horace Mann School and served as chairperson of the
school’s arts and music department.
“He was at the top of his game when he had a stroke
on Dec. 27,” said his wife, Anne. “We kept hoping for
a miracle but it was not to be.” Several hundred col-
leagues, friends and former students attended his funeral
Sat., Feb. 5, at St. Ignatius Loyola Church on Park Ave.
at 84th St. “He planned all the music and readings seven
years ago,” his wife said of the service.
A native of Switzerland, Johannes Somary came to
the U.S. at age 5 with his mother, brother and sister. His
Johannes Somary.
father, Felix Somary, a banker and economic adviser, was
working in Washington, D.C., at the time. His mother,
May Demblin, was an Austrian countess.
“They left on the last ship to the U.S. from Spain in
1940. Bela Bartok happened to be on the same ship,” his
wife said.
Johannes attended the Albany School, a prep school in
Washington, D.C., and earned a B.A. from Yale in 1957.
He continued at Yale to earn a master of music degree
in 1959.
Somary founded Amor Artis in 1961, led its repertory
of baroque music, and continued as the group’s musi-
cal director. He led the U.S. premieres of little-known
oratorios of George Frideric Handel, “Esther” in 1961,
“Theodora” in 1963 and “Susanna” in 1965. He was also a
guest conductor for the English Chamber Orchestra, New
Orleans Symphony and London’s Royal Philharmonic.
His participation in international music festivals includ-
ed Dubrovnik, Madeira, Israel and Greece.
James Adler, a composer, pianist and longtime Village
resident, recalled his friendship with Hannes, as friends
knew him.
“I first met him when he conducted my AIDS requiem
in 2000,” Adler said. “Being Swiss, he loved pastry, so
we’d get together periodically and laugh, cry, schmooze
and eat pastry. We were planning a joint recording ses-
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recent recording of Handel’s organ concertos.
In addition to his wife, he leaves two sons, Stephen and
Geoffrey, and a daughter, Karen. A brother, Wolfgang, of
Switzerland, and a sister, Maria Theresa Twaalfhoven, of
Hilversum, Holland, also survive.

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John Krevey, 62; Activist enlivened the waterfront
OBITUARY
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
John Krevey, a waterfront entrepreneur
and activist who brought historic ships to
Chelsea and ran Pier 66 Maritime, a popular
gathering place, died Fri., Feb. 4, at age 62
while on a vacation with his son in Santo
Domingo.
The cause appeared to be a heart attack
and came as a surprise to his devastated fam-
ily, friends and colleagues.
The Working Harbor Committee, a non-
profit civic association, honored Krevey last
September for helping to revitalize the for-
merly decaying Hudson River waterfront.
“He was the waterfront before the water-
front was cool,” said his friend and colleague
John Doswell.
Krevey was one of the earliest members
of Friends of Hudson River Park, the civic
group advocating for the 5-mile-long water-
front park. He was a member of the Friends’
board of directors until last year.
Film on ‘female Viagra’ takes on the drug companies
BY DAVID A. GARFINKEL
After years of medical testing and coun-
seling, women can finally rejoice: Lack of
consistent orgasms during sex is normal, not
a disease. That may not be the best news,
since 70 percent of ladies can’t reach the
finish line from sex alone. But Liz Canner’s
first feature documentary, “Orgasm Inc.,”
exposes pharmaceutical companies’ treat-
ment of female sexual dysfunction (F.S.D.)
and problems in the search for a cure. The
movie, which Newsweek called a “desperate-
ly needed antidote” to excessive hype from
drug companies pursuing a female Viagra,
premieres in the United States at Greenwich
Village’s Quad Cinema, 34 W. 13th St., from
Feb. 11 to 17.
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creams, pills and probes, all aiming to help
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An electrical contractor by profession,
Krevey ran his company, R 2 Electric, from
rented space on Pier 63 at W. 23rd St. for
more than 30 years. A lifelong enthusiast
for historic ships, he bought the decom-
missioned U.S. lightship Fryingpan, which
was lying in the mud in Chesapeake Bay in
the early ’80’s. At great expense and with a
group of a half-dozen like-minded enthusi-
asts, Krevey got the ship afloat, installed a
truck diesel engine and started a legendary
coastal sea voyage to the Hudson River in
1983. They encountered storms, engine fail-
ures and short rations before they brought
the limping vessel into the Hudson.
The Fryingpan had several berths over
the next few years, including Pier 25, at
North Moore St., in Tribeca; Chelsea Piers;
and the Intrepid pier at W. 46th St. The
ship was even moored in the middle of the
Hudson River at one point. In 1995, Krevey
acquired an old railroad barge that had been
used to ferry railroad cars across from New
Jersey to Manhattan and tied it up on the
north end of Pier 63, at W. 23rd St.
many argue that the disease they hope
to treat is a myth. Canner fears that this
misrepresentation of female sexuality hurts
women.
“It really puts women at risk of being mis-
informed and taken advantage of,” Canner
said in a special advance press screening at
New York University.
Currently, the film has been shown across
Europe, South America, Japan and Canada.
But activists protesting drugs purporting
to treat F.S.D. have had difficulties raising
awareness, just as Canner has had difficul-
ties distributing the film in the United States.
Canner believes her troubles finding U.S.
distribution stem from the pharmaceutical
industry’s outsized influence in television
advertising, along with the sexual content
of the movie.
“God forbid there’s a film that features
female pleasure,” Canner said.
The documentary, which took Canner 11
John Krevey.
With Fryingpan as an attraction, Krevey
turned the 350-foot-long barge into a public-
access boat landing, Pier 63 Maritime, with
“Orgasm Inc.,” Liz Canner’s new docu-
mentary, is premiering at the Quad
Cinema.
years to make, begins when a pharmaceuti-
cal company testing a vaginal orgasm cream
hires her to create female-friendly pornog-
raphy to use in their clinical testing. In the
ultimate reality show, Canner drags along a
camera to film her as she learns tidbits such
as the female preference for steamy scenes
with story lines. Meanwhile, she slowly
realizes that drug companies are not actu-
ally treating an already-recognized disease,
but creating it in the search for a new rev-
enue stream. The California-based company,
Vivus, Inc., she comes to see, is actually
trying to adapt its drugs — initially used
to treat erectile dysfunction — for women.
After tests consistently fail, the company
abandons the effort, but other corporations
continue the search.
The leading contender ends up as Procter
& Gamble’s Intrinsa, a testosterone patch
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a small bar and restaurant that became a
neighborhood gathering place where boat
owners could tie up.
In 2000, Krevey and friends put in a bid
to buy the John J. Harvey, a decommissioned
fireboat, from New York City. The Harvey
found a home at Pier 63 Maritime. And on
Sept. 11, 2001, the vessel helped evacuate
Battery Park City residents during the World
Trade Center attacks and then, under radio
direction from the Fire Department, trained
its powerful, functioning water pumps on
the blazing towers.
Four years ago when the Hudson River
Park Trust acquired Pier 63, Krevey was
able to convince the Trust to designate the
former railroad float bridge at W. 26th St. as
the new site for the barge. It became Pier 66
Maritime and the new neighborhood gather-
ing place.
Plans for Pier 66 Maritime are uncertain
at this point.
Krevey leaves his wife, Angela, a son,
Kyle, and a daughter, Kyra. Funeral arrange-
ments are pending.
said to increase the female libido. However,
opponents argue that the dangerous side
effects of increased testosterone — including
breast cancer — are too great a risk.
“When you talk about sex drugs, you’re
talking about millions and millions and mil-
lions of people going on these drugs,” said
Canner, 42, whose face barely shows her age
and whose ideas firmly resonate with the col-
lege crowd decades younger. “We’re talking
about a tremendous number of women in
the population going on them,” she said.
Canner, who grew up in Groton, Mass.,
and now lives in Vermont, is a veteran
filmmaker whose previous work addressed
darker topics. In 1993, Canner’s “State of
Emergency: Inside the LAPD” focused on
police violence just after the Rodney King
incident. Two years later, her film “Deadly
Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund” critiqued
the effects of globalization.
Canner wanted to move on because these
films were giving her terrible nightmares.
Though “Orgasm Inc.” seems like a major
departure from those earlier films, she
believes the subject is comparable.
“The reason I feel that this is a human
rights issue,” Canner said, “is because when
you have something like the pharmaceutical
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Trinity unveils new rezoning idea for Hudson Square

Continued from page 1

present the rezoning concept plan to Community Board

2’s Land Use and Business Development Committee.
Three days earlier, Trinity gave The Villager an exclusive
advance presentation.
Trinity officials who showed the plan asked not to be
quoted by name in this article.
In short, Trinity feels there’s “a strong desire” for some
residential use in the district.
In addition, Trinity is seeking height caps for new con-
struction in Hudson Square — with residential projects
eligible for a height bonus if they include 20 percent afford-
able housing. The caps are being described as “a modest
downzoning.”
Along wide streets, like Canal, Hudson and Varick and
Sixth Ave., there would be a height cap of 320 feet, or 32
stories. For commercial use, the maximum floor area ratio,
or F.A.R. (which determines how much square footage can
be built.) would be 10, with current height bonuses for
including public plazas and arcades eliminated.
On these wide streets, residential F.A.R. would be 9,
which would get a bump up to 12 F.A.R. with the inclusion
of 20 percent affordable housing.
Currently, the whole district’s F.A.R. ranges from 10 to
12. Plus, there’s no height limit — which is how the Trump
Soho condo-hotel could be built to 490 feet, equivalent to 49
stories, by acquiring air rights from adjacent buildings and
using a plaza bonus.
On midblocks and narrow streets, like Greenwich and
Spring Sts., and other east-west streets, the F.A.R. would
be lowered from the current 10 to 6.5, but could rise to 8.5
F.A.R. with affordable housing included. The height cap
would be 185 feet — around 18 stories.
On Broome and Watts Sts., however, the F.A.R. would
be even lower, 5.4, but could rise to 7.2 with the affordable-
housing bonus. The height cap would be about 12 stories.
The tower Trinity hopes to build at Duarte Square — at
A map showing the area Trinity is proposing rezoning to allow residential use. The rezoning would also add height
caps for new construction.
on the west, Houston St. on the north and Canal St. on the Sts. Yet, hotels generate a lot of traffic, which is a concern
Trinity feels the current zoning is south, Hudson Square was formerly known as the Printing of Trinity Real Estate.
District. Located west of Soho and north of Tribeca, it In addition, Trinity had a bad experience with a hotel
producing nondescript new hotels. lacks both those neighborhoods’ renowned cachet. Yet, in project on one of its own properties: The planned Viceroy
recent years, as new businesses have moved into the area, hotel, to be built atop the gutted shell of a warehouse at 330
Hudson Square increasingly has become an energetic and Hudson St., never panned out. At great expense, Trinity itself
hip, media and creative hub. Foot traffic — at least during had to seal up the vacant shell.
the wide-streets intersection of Canal and Varick Sts. and the day — has shot up. And SEIU is reportedly having trouble finding a buyer
Sixth Ave. — at 429 feet would be taller than other new con- Trinity Real Estate wants to increase, not only residential for its former union headquarters building at Sixth Ave. and
struction. The public school in it would occupy four stories occupancy, but also retail in Hudson Square. Right now, the Grand St. Without residential use, converting the building
and be 100,000 square feet, and would not count toward the neighborhood turns quiet with empty streets at night and on into another hotel might be the only option.
project’s F.A.R. Trinity would build out the school’s core and weekends. Lunch options are few. Trinity would like to make Under the proposed rezoning, a special permit would be
shell — and then give the space to the city for free — and it a “24-hour community.” Residential use would increase needed for new hotels with more than 100 rooms.
rent free, for perpetuity. foot traffic, helping sustain retail. However, luring chain- Trinity doesn’t want to attract so-called destination retail
Trinity is also obligated to build a park on part of the store-type or high-end retailers is definitely not the goal. — like Soho’s glitzy boutiques and the large stores lining
property at Duarte Square as part of the development. Specifically, Trinity is seeking a rezoning for the area Broadway. Rather, Trinity hopes to attract small and mid-
A prime concern of Trinity is to preserve the jobs of north of Canal St., east of Sixth Ave. and Varick St. over to sized retailers and restaurants — mainly to service its own
current commercial tenants. Under the scheme, existing Hudson St. and then across Spring St. over to Greenwich St. commercial tenants and the increased number of residential
buildings of more than 50,000 square feet could not be resi- and up to Houston St. tenants that would populate the neighborhood due to the
dentially converted. If a commercial building of more than Trinity is, unquestionably, the area’s major stakeholder; rezoning.
50,000 square feet were demolished, then there would have it owns 40 percent of the neighborhood’s buildings and 50 Currently, Hudson Square’s residential occupancy is about
to be a “1-to-1 replacement” in the new building — meaning percent of the land. (The Saatchi & Saatchi building, at 375 4 percent. With a rezoning allowing residential use, Trinity
it would have to have at least 50,000 square feet of com- Hudson St., for example, is on Trinity property but is owned hopes to boost this figure to 25 percent. Two mixed-use
mercial space. Buildings less than 50,000 square feet could by Tishman Speyer.) neighborhoods that Trinity sees as comparable to Hudson
be residentially converted, and the expectation is that many Meanwhile, Hudson Square’s commercial vacancy rate, Square, Park Ave. South and the Flatiron District, have resi-
would be. According to Trinity, under the rezoning, about 90 30 percent, is very high, despite having one of the lowest dential rates of 38 percent and 29 percent, respectively.
percent of the existing square footage in the neighborhood retail rents in Manhattan. Other areas, like the World Trade All of Trinity’s profits go to support Trinity Church as
would be preserved as is. Center and the Hudson Yards, have commercial subsidies, well as Trinity’s charitable mission throughout the city,
Also, under the proposed change, new nightclubs would not but Hudson Square does not. As a result, property owners focused on neighborhoods like Chinatown, the Lower East
be allowed to open in Hudson Square. Big-box stores would be are turning to hotels — a number of nondescript ones hav- Side, Harlem, the South Bronx and the Upper West Side.
banned, as well, with an exception for supermarkets. ing recently popped up in the neighborhood, along with the Except for its actual church building, Trinity pays property
Bounded by Sixth Ave. on the east, the Hudson River towering new Trump Soho condo-hotel at Spring and Varick taxes on all its real estate holdings.
 Februar y 10 - 16, 2011 17

Photos by Clayton Patterson

Original skin: Eighties ink

Back in the 1980’s, when tattoo parlors
CLAYTON’S PAGE were illegal in New York City, skin art flour-
ished on the Lower East Side among a core
group of ink artists. Documentarian Clayton Patterson photographed them, and even formed
a club, Tattoo Society, to help him to better do so. Tom DeVita, below left — at an early-
’90’s show of his work at Patterson’s Essex St. gallery — was a central figure. “He started on
the Lower East Side in 1961, the day after tattooing had become illegal,” Patterson noted.
“He was at Fourth and D for years.” Also in the photo are bohemian scenester Bill Heine’s
original tarot cards. Mike Bakaty, inking Pat Storm, above, on the Bowery in the ’80’s, still
does needle work in the nabe, at Fine Line Mike, at First St. and First Ave. As for Storm —
then a popular, spoken-word, performance artist — he disappeared, Patterson said. Cat, at
right, seen at a Tattoo Society contest, sported a blue, tattooed right ear (not shown) and
an abstract bird wing on her left arm. She ran an E. Fifth St. basement tattoo studio with
Mike McCabe, in photo at top right. Californian Ed Hardy, bottom right, was a big supporter
of DeVita and frequently visited. Today, Hardy’s Japanese and traditional American tattoo
patterns are worldwide, everywhere, “shower curtains, underwear, energy drinks,” noted
Patterson. Tattoo Society, of which Patterson was president — “with Elsa Rensaa as vice
president,” he noted of his wife — met at places like CBGB and Pyramid. In 1997, fearing
a crackdown by Mayor Giuliani, Patterson, then-Councilmember Kathryn Freed and Canal
St. tattooist West Wood successfully worked together to legalize tattoo parlors in New York.
That effort spawned the New York City Tattoo Convention, at Roseland each May, of which
Patterson is an organizer. A few months ago, Bob Baxter, Skin and Ink magazine’s former
editor, ranked Patterson No. 46 among the “101 Most Influential People in Tattooing.”
18 Februar y 10 - 16, 2011

EDITORIAL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Where’s the real Park51?
Last May, Daisy Khan, who heads the American Society Park smoking ban smells funny Gold was one of a kind
for Muslim Advancement, approached a Community
Board 1 committee about appearing at its upcoming meet- To The Editor: To The Editor:
ing to share plans for an Islamic community center. I’m not a cigarette smoker, but what public safety Re “Ed Gold, C.B. 2 elder statesman, dies at age 84”
The wording on the meeting’s agenda stated that the purpose is achieved by banning cigarette smoking in New (obituary, Sept. 16, 2010):
presentation would be made by the Cordoba Initiative, York City parks while actively soliciting for hundreds of Ed Gold considered me his oldest friend. We met in third
an established organization focused on interfaith relations food-vending carts and trucks to set up in the exact same grade at P.S. 70 on Weeks Ave. in The Bronx. We stayed in
whose founder was Khan’s husband, Feisal Abdul Rauf, an parks, many of which are using toxic fuel for cooking the same class together during elementary school and gradu-
internationally recognized religious scholar and imam. and are running their diesel engines for 10 hours a day? ating from P.S. 117/Joseph H. Wade Junior High School. We
Nine months later, that original presentation seems There is far more pollution and smoke from one such attended DeWitt Clinton High together for one semester until
like a mischaracterization, at best. At worst, it seems truck than 10,000 cigarette smokers might cause in the residential geography separated us. Ed transferred to Taft
like nothing more than the jump-off point for a public- same location. High School and I went on to Christopher Columbus High. I
relations spin campaign. The message we applauded and Likewise, the Greenmarket in Union Square Park runs live in Austin, Texas, and did not hear of his passing.
the project this community center has become are now gasoline generators, as well as having the diesel engines of Ed was a wonderful friend and a wonderful man. One of
murky and muddled. many trucks running all day while parked right inside the a kind. Ed, I will miss you!
Since that first introduction to our community early last park. And the Holiday Markets that run huge fuel-powered
May, the project has been called by three different names, generators for more than a month straight in various city Gabriel Nossov
has had two different spiritual leaders, two different blogs parks — are their fumes supposed to be a healthy addition
and now a Facebook page that is serving as the major to the experience of our public parks?
method of promoting the project’s mission. And disturb- Just wondering where the consistency is in such a E-mail letters, not longer than 250 words in length, to
ingly, it is becoming harder and harder for the constituency policy. news@thevillager.com or fax to 212-229-2790 or mail to The
that supported this project from day one, including those in Why is it artists — who by law cannot even use a Villager, Letters to the Editor, 145 Sixth Ave., ground floor,
the press, to communicate with the shifting leadership. battery-powered light — that must be eliminated? Could NY, NY 10013. Please include phone number for confirma-
Our sister paper, Downtown Express, interviewed Rauf the answer be that the Parks Department gets $100 tion purposes. The Villager reserves the right to edit letters
in early December and it was then that we began to ques- million a year from concessions and food trucks, but for space, grammar, clarity and libel. The Villager does not
tion his motives about the project he had for so long been nothing from cigarette smokers or First Amendment- publish anonymous letters.
the face of. At that moment, he brought up for the first protected artists?
time his notion of the Cordoba Movement that, in his own
words, had taken root right here in Lower Manhattan. Robert Lederman
We were surprised, to say the least, when the rift
that is all but crystal clear now, began to materialize
between Rauf and Sharif El-Gamal, the president of
SoHo Properties, who is spearheading the project’s
Lederman is president, ARTIST (Artists’ Response to Illegal
State Tactics)
Sound off!
development. Rauf hired his own publicists, and
El-Gamal, his. The project soon adopted a new nick- Teachable moment for Black
name: Park51, also the name of a mysterious nonprofit
group that, according to SoHo Properties, would run To The Editor: Write a
the future community center. The group, consisting Re “Parents see red after Black makes birth-control quip”
of El-Gamal and others, began holding “public infor-
mation sessions” at their Downtown offices, which,
(news article, Jan. 20):
It’s obvious from the recent verbal gaffes of new Schools
letter to
strangely enough, were not open to the press.
The aim was to clarify the project’s goals. But their
Chancellor Cathie Black that she is in a new culture, that
of parents and educators, and that while she is used to a
The Editor
myriad attempts to demystify things only led to more quick-paced and perhaps clever-tongued corporate milieu,
confusion. Rauf and El-Gamal seemed to be contradict- she doesn’t understand the sensibilities or lingo of her new
ing rather than reinforcing each others’ apparent shared environment, yet. By her accounts, she was not serious.
vision when publicly describing the project. While just listening might be a challenge, until she knows
“The Cordoba Movement and the Cordoba Initiative are the language of her new job, she should lay low on her meta-
separate nonprofit entities from Park51 with different mis- phors and jokes.
sions and leadership,” El-Gamal said in a press release.
El-Gamal also recently announced that neither Rauf Tequila Minsky
nor Khan would be speaking on behalf of Park51, nor
would they be raising funds for it.
Weren’t “Cordoba” and “Park51” one in the same last
spring? Wait, no — wasn’t the original name of the project
IRA BLUTREICH
“Cordoba House”? Were Khan’s and Rauf’s philosophies
not the inspiration for the proposed community center?
Enter a new spiritual advisor, Imam Adhami, who
espouses some controversial views on homosexuality
very much at odds with the planned center’s original
vision that embraced openness and inclusion. Days
later, Adhami exits the project.
We embraced this project from the very beginning,
as did C.B. 1, most of our elected leaders and the
Lower Manhattan community. It would be a shame if
the very cause we rallied behind turns out to be some-
thing altogether different.
And while we hope that this is not the case, and
we understand that all nonprofits encounter growing
pains, we implore the real people behind Park51 to step
forward once again and show the same level of trans-
parency and openness to dialogue and inclusion that
impressed and inspired us. City Hall turns the Big Apple into a ‘Granny State!’
 Februar y 10 - 16, 2011 19

Dad’s memory of bike trip with Gloria never faded

MEMORIAL
BY CATHERINE L. FLECK
On Oct. 15, 2010, an article by Dan Barry was published
in The New York Times entitled “Death of a Fulton Fish
Market Fixture,” in which he sketched that bit of the life
of “South Street Annie” — also known as “Shopping Cart
Annie” — that he knew. In his article, Barry wondered just
who this person really was, and presented what he character-
ized as an “incomplete, partially hidden” portrayal of Annie,
whose given name was Gloria Wasserman, an account which
had been cobbled together from “old photographs, faint
remembrances and snippets of things once said to make sense
of the life lived.”
In one of the memories brought forth in his sketch, Barry
tells of how in the summer of 1947, Gloria, at the age of 22,
accompanied a World War II veteran — her future husband, my
father — Fred Fleck, on a bicycle trip to Alaska. But we are left
wondering about this trip, about “Annie,” and about the person
who accompanied her on that bicycle trip to Alaska.
Fred Fleck has now also died — on Jan. 19, 2011, at the
age of 92. Like Annie’s, his is a story worth telling — that of
another New Yorker who lived a very interesting life, during
interesting and difficult times. In telling his story, a bit more
of the lives that crossed with his become less hidden, and
more of the history of those lives lived is revealed. What fol-
lows is another cobbling together of a life now passed, drawn
from the memories of lifelong friends, and family.
Frederick Samuel Fleck was born in the Bronx on Nov. Fred Fleck and Gloria Wasserman in Fairbanks, Alaska, at the end of their bicycle odyssey that had started on Pitt
15, 1918, four days after the end of World War I. Fred St. on the Lower East Side.
spent the next 24 years living and working in New York
City. Graduating from Morris High School in 1935 — in the that began at Camp Hale in 1943, lasted 68 years. hit I was sent down the ridge to Campiano, where we fought
middle of the Depression — Fred’s jobs included working as In a personal communication, Ed Fancher describes the off counterattacks for five days.”
a shipping clerk in a factory, selling butter and eggs door-to- time he and Fred spent in Italy: In this same communication, Ed Fancher recalls the sum-
door, selling coffee and sandwiches for 5 cents each from a “We were first quartered with about ten partisans in mer of 1947, when both he and Fred were again living in
truck to W.P.A. workers, and working as a porter in the New a stone farmhouse on a hill looking out over a valley to New York City, after the end of the war.
York City subway system. By 1942, he felt he had it made: German positions on Mount Belvedere and Riva Ridge, “Fred and I and another 10th Mountain man, Rolland
He was working at a civil service job as a trolley motorman Osgood, were living in a tenement on Pitt Street on the
in Brooklyn. Lower East Side. Fred and I had planned to go to the
In December of 1942, Fred was inducted into the Army’s University of Alaska that summer, but I backed out at the
Signal Corps. Earlier, during the fall of 1942, Fred had read a Fred Fleck was the subject of the last minute. Fred then decided to go anyway. …”
news story in the Bronx Home News that had piqued his inter- This was when Fred Fleck met Gloria Wasserman. Fred
est; the Army had a need for a mountain division of ski troops, Village Voice’s first lead story. was visiting his brother-in-law, who worked for Harry
and was calling for applications. Fred applied, and after a Winston in the Diamond District of New York City, and, as
month of basic training in the Signal Corps, at Ft. Monmouth, Fred told the story, an acquaintance of his brother-in-law,
N.J., Fred was transferred to Camp Hale, Colorado. He had Gloria, showed up to say she wanted to accompany him to
made it into the Ski Troops, the 10th Mountain Division. As soon to be our combat objectives. … A few weeks later, we Alaska. Taken aback, Fred said he’d have to test Gloria’s
Fred told it, “There, a life of excitement, adventure, travel, made our famous night assault in the snow on Riva Ridge. stamina for such an arduous trip; he later recalled that
families, and different careers began.” Our company took our objective in our sector with only one Gloria, after the two of them had vigorously bicycled about
At Camp Hale in 1943, Fred became the squad leader in casualty that night, but the next day, a group of our men on their test of her stamina, had actually shown more than
the first platoon, Company B, 86th Regiment, where he met were shelled by German artillery resulting in several casual- he had. So the two of them headed out for Alaska. As Ed
and became friends with Ed Fancher. They were in the same ties. Fred rushed down to help the wounded and he was Fancher described it, “[Fred] and Gloria set out from Pitt
barracks and the same company, and later served together in himself wounded in the arm with shrapnel [Feb. 21, 1945]. Street for Fairbanks on bicycles, while a family of Gypsies
Italy. Fred earned several medals for his service, including Although wounded, he insisted on walking down the moun- watched their departure in disbelief.”
the Purple Heart, and a Bronze Star Medal with one oak leaf tain alone to the first aid station. Luckily he made it down
cluster. The friendship between Fred Fleck and Ed Fancher the mountain before shock set in too badly. The day Fred was Continued on page 31

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“Redesigning” Medicaid – It
Shouldn’t Be Just About the Money
By Emma DeVito
D o e s n ’t i t s e e m l i k e e a c h y e a r y o u h e a r f r o m f o l k s l i k e m e w i t h d i r e w a r n i n g s a b o u t t h e i m p a c t
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T h i s h a s b e c o m e t h e a n n u a l d a n c e i n A l b a n y f o r m o r e y e a r s t h a n w e ’d l i k e t o c o u n t : T h e
gover nor puts for th huge cuts, a nd the st ate L eg islat u re gets lobbie d to eli m i nate them, or
s i g n i f i c a n t l y s o f t e n t h e b l o w.
I n t h e p a s t , b o t h s i d e s h a v e “d a n c e d w i t h w h o b r u n g ‘e m .”
T h i s y e a r, o f c o u r s e , i s i n m a n y w a y s n o d i f f e r e n t .
Ye t , a t t h e s a m e t i m e , i t i s m a s s i v e l y d i f f e r e n t : A n d r e w C u o m o s w e p t i n t o o f f i c e o n a p l a t f o r m
o f g e t t i n g t h e s t a t e ’s f i s c a l h o u s e i n o r d e r, r e d u c i n g t h e t a x b u r d e n a n d m a k i n g N e w Yo r k a
business-friendly state.
F o r t h e n e w l y i n s t a l l e d G o v e r n o r, t h a t m e a n s c u t t i n g e x p e n d i t u r e s .
I n M e d i c a i d s p e n d i n g , h e u p p e d t h e a n t e e x t r a o r d i n a r i l y. F o r M e d i c a i d , a l w a y s a h a n d y t a r g e t
f o r b u d g e t c u t t e r s , G o v e r n o r C u o m o w a n t s t o s l a s h s p e n d i n g b y m o r e t h a n $ 3 . 5 b i l l i o n . T h a t ’s
double the tot a l a mou nt of Me dic a id cuts a masse d over the prev ious fou r st ate budgets. For
long-ter m care prov iders, their share of the cuts in the Cuomo Executive Budget is equal to the
agg regate impact of cutbacks they have endured in the past nine years. Nurse practitioner Suzanne Roth in a scene from “Orgasm Inc.”
U n d e r l y i n g t h i s , o f c o u r s e , i s t h e s t a t e ’s h o r r i b l e ( t h e r e ’s n o o t h e r w o r d , r e a l l y ) f i n a n c i a l
s i t u a t i o n , w i t h m o n u m e n t a l d e f i c i t s s t r e t c h i n g o u t b e f o r e u s : $ 10 b i l l i o n t h i s y e a r ; m o r e t h a n $ 15
b i l l i o n t h e n e x t ; a l m o s t $ 18 b i l l i o n t h e n e x t , a n d , i n 2 014 -15 , $ 21. 4 b i l l i o n . U n l e s s s o m e t h i n g
is done about it.
G over nor Cuomo has taken the c ar rot- a nd-a- st ick approach to those who prov ide c are a nd
Film on ‘female Viagra’ takes
ser v ic es for the po or a nd for disable d i ndiv idu a ls w ith Me dic a id f u nds. He says he wa nts to
r e f o r m M e d i c a i d a n d a d d r e s s i t s i l l s , a n d h a s e s t a b l i s h e d a M e d i c a i d R e d e s i g n Te a m t h a t r i g h t
now is r un ning around the state listening to people. He wants this team to come up w ith ways to
reduce spending, w ithout presumably hav ing an undue impact on those who need v ital ser v ices.
on pharma’s search for a ‘cure’
T h a t ’s t h e G o v e r n o r ’s c a r r o t . has had in marketing “Orgasm Inc.” to U.S. TV
T h e s t i c k i s t h a t i f t h e r e ’s n o w o r k a b l e p l a n i n t h e e n d , G o v e r n o r C u o m o s a y s h e w i l l t a k e Continued from page 14 stations, which are reluctant to show the film.
the cuts any way through across-the-board reductions. T he amount that the Medicaid team is “The question is getting out our message,”
s u p p o s e d t o “s a v e ” t h r o u g h r e d e s i g n o f t h e s y s t e m , r e p r e s e n t s m o r e t h a n t w o - t h i r d s o f t h e e n t i r e
industry, which is so powerful and so well said Tiefer in a telephone interview. “A com-
$3 billion-plus the G over nor wants to cut from Medicaid.
M a k e n o m i s t a k e , I b e l i e v e i n r e f o r m i n g M e d i c a i d a n d i t s s p e n d i n g . I t ’s n e e d e d . We c a n funded, it really starts to undermine our mercial film and an activist campaign have
do better – we can spend less, be more resourceful, and still prov ide essential ser v ices while understanding of sexuality.” different places in society and different ways
r e d u c i n g t h e e c o n o m i c b u r d e n o n t a x p a y e r s . G e t t i n g t h e r e , h o w e v e r, r e q u i r e s s o m e d r a s t i c The movie contains striking images cer- of interacting with institutions. In order to get
c h a n g e s i n h o w t h e s y s t e m w o r k s . T h e M e d i c a i d R e d e s i g n Te a m h a s a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y b e f o r e i t tainly suggesting human rights abuses. One people to see Liz’s film, she has to get it into
t o a c h i e v e a s y s t e m t h a t p r o v i d e s n e e d e d c a r e a n d s e r v i c e s m o r e e f f i c i e n t l y a n d e f f e c t i v e l y. woman recounts her vaginoplasty — essen- theaters and that requires the cooperation of
At the sa me t i me, there a re th i ngs that t rouble me. B efore gett i ng to them, it m ig ht b e
tially a vaginal facelift — that bled and drained distributors.”
helpful to look at the words of another Cuomo, from more than 25 years ago :
her body of one-third of its blood and nearly And Canner has not had that cooperation.
“ P resident Reagan admitted that although some people in this countr y seemed to killed her. “Orgasm Inc.” also addresses inse- The film has been shown to several American
b e d o i n g w e l l n o w a d a y s , o t h e r s w e r e u n h a p p y, e v e n w o r r i e d , a b o u t t h e m s e l v e s , t h e i r TV stations and she was turned down each
f a m i l i e s , a n d t h e i r f u t u r e s . T h e P r e s i d e n t s a i d t h a t h e d i d n ’t u n d e r s t a n d t h a t f e a r. time. Canner feels that the amount pharma-
H e s a i d , ‘ W h y, t h i s c o u n t r y i s a s h i n i n g c i t y o n a h i l l .’ A n d t h e P r e s i d e n t i s r i g h t . ceutical companies spend on advertising has
In many ways we are a shining city on a hill.
“ B u t t h e h a r d t r u t h i s t h a t n o t e v e r y o n e i s s h a r i n g i n t h i s c i t y ’s s p l e n d o r a n d
The movie contains hindered her chances, because the U.S. is one
g l o r y… t h e r e ’s a n o t h e r c i t y, t h e r e ’s a n o t h e r p a r t t o t h e s h i n i n g c i t y. T h e p a r t w h e r e of only two countries in the world that permits
s o m e p e o p l e c a n ’t p a y t h e i r m o r t g a g e s , a n d m o s t y o u n g p e o p l e c a n ’t a f f o r d o n e ; striking images certainly direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertis-
w h e r e s t u d e n t s c a n ’t a f f o r d t h e e d u c a t i o n t h e y n e e d , a n d m i d d l e - c l a s s p a r e n t s w a t c h ing. (The other country is New Zealand.)
the drea ms they hold for their ch ildren evaporate. suggesting human rights After the major U.S. rules change in 1997
“ I n t h i s p a r t o f t h e c i t y t h e r e a r e m o r e p o o r t h a n e v e r, m o r e f a m i l i e s i n t r o u b l e , that permitted direct-to-consumer broadcast
m o r e a n d m o r e p e o p l e w h o n e e d h e l p b u t c a n ’t f i n d i t . E v e n w o r s e : T h e r e a r e e l d e r l y
people who tremble in the basements of the houses there. A nd there are people who
abuses. advertising, pharmaceutical spending soared
s l e e p i n t h e c i t y s t r e e t s , i n t h e g u t t e r, w h e r e t h e g l i t t e r d o e s n ’t s h o w. T h e r e a r e to nearly $5 billion in 2007 from $220 million
ghettos where thousands of young people, w ithout a job or an education, g ive their in 1997, according to reports by the journal of
l i v e s a w a y t o d r u g d e a l e r s e v e r y d a y. T h e r e i s d e s p a i r, M r. P r e s i d e n t , i n t h e f a c e s Minnesota Medicine and marketing research
t h a t y o u d o n ’t s e e , i n t h e p l a c e s t h a t y o u d o n ’t v i s i t i n y o u r s h i n i n g c i t y. curity and shame. Many of the women in the firm Research and Markets.
- - M a r i o M . C u o m o , 19 8 4 D e m o c r a t i c c o n v e n t i o n k e y n o t e a d d r e s s film feel diseased because they don’t know that With the release of “Orgasm Inc.,” Canner
their lack of steady, instant orgasms is actually hopes to start a greater conversation in America
W h ile I f u lly suppor t the c onc ept of Me dic a id refor m, I fe a r some of the dire ct ions we m ig ht
take. I find k inship in the words of the elder Cuomo, who understood, at least, that we need to quite usual. But pharmaceutical companies, about the growing influence of the pharmaceu-
hold out our hands to help others. the film argues, hope to profit by recasting the tical industry. The film is opening in New York,
B u t t h e y a r e o f l i t t l e c o m f o r t i n l o o k i n g a t w h e r e w e a r e t o d a y i n 2 011. I w o n d e r w h o i s norm into a medical dysfunction. Chicago and Coral Gables, Fl., in February,
spe a k i ng for those i n ne e d. “Basically, if you can define a disorder in a and in Los Angeles in March.
F o r t h e p o o r w h o n e e d h e a l t h c a r e – i n a s t a t e b u d g e t t h a t ’s f o c u s e d a l m o s t e n t i r e l y, a n d really broad way, then you are going to have a In addition, Canner is traveling on a col-
c o l d l y, o n t h e h a r s h r e a l i t i e s o f a d d r e s s i n g t h e s t a t e ’s m a s s i v e b u d g e t d e f i c i t – w h o s p e a k s f o r
lot more people fall into that category,” Canner lege tour and speaking against the treat-
them?
For f ra il older adu lts who ne e d home c a re a nd housi ng - - who spe a k s for them? said, referring to newly created names for com- ment of female sexual dysfunction with
F o r t h e t h o u s a n d s o f p e r s o n s l i v i n g w i t h H I V / A I D S – t h e p o o r, b l a c k s a n d H i s p a n i c s , a n d mon problems, like restless leg syndrome or potentially harmful drugs, such as Intrinsa.
m i nor it y women liv i ng i n c om mu n it ies w ith few ser v ic es – who spe a k s for them? social anxiety disorder for shyness. Although banned by the U.S. Food and Drug
Ye s , N e w Yo r k s t a t e n e e d s a l a r g e d o s a g e o f f i s c a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y, a n d , t o h i s c r e d i t , G o v e r n o r A main figure in “Orgasm Inc.” is Leonore Administration, Intrinsa was made available in
Cuomo is intent on getting us there. Tiefer, a professor of psychiatry at both New Europe in 2007 for “post-menopausal women
But we need to be careful.
York University School of Medicine and Albert with diagnosed sexual problems,” according to
We s h o u l d d o a l l w e c a n t o a v o i d d e n y i n g c a r e a n d s e r v i c e s t o p e o p l e s i m p l y b e c a u s e t h e y
a r e p o o r. Einstein College of Medicine. Tiefer organized the Daily Mail.
If we do not f ind a way to achieve f inancial stabilit y in this state while at the same time the New View Campaign (N.V.C.), which seeks Canner is desperately searching for a vaca-
preser v ing v ital ser v ices that the poor need – especially frail elderly and persons liv ing w ith H I V/ to “expose the deceptions and consequences of tion from 11 difficult years of production, but
A IDS – then what have we really accomplished? industry involvement in sex research, profes- it may still be awhile before “Orgasm Inc.”
( M s . D eV i t o i s p r e s i d e n t a n d c h i e f e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r o f n o t - f o r - p r o f i t V i l l a g e C a r e , w h i c h sional sex.” Although Tiefer said skepticism of can be seen throughout the country, allowing
s e r v e s s o m e 12 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s a n n u a l l y i n c o m m u n i t y - b a s e d a n d r e s i d e n t i a l c a r e p r o g r a m s f o r o l d e r pharmaceutical companies is high in the United Canner some fleeting freedom from the film
adults and those living with HI V/A IDS .) States, she also recognizes the trouble Canner she has invested so much of her efforts in.
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VILLAGER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Birdland’s “Cast Party” heads to Town Hall
Host Caruso’s a swingin’ cat, a sly fox and one bad mother
CABARET
THE BEST OF JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY
AT TOWN HALL
A Benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Thursday, February 17, 8pm
At Town Hall (123 W. 43rd St. btw. Sixth Ave. & Broadway)
For tickets ($25, $50, $75): ticketmaster.com or call 800-982-
2787
Visit jimcaruso.com and birdlandjazz.com

BY SCOTT STIFFLER
Put on your Sunday best, lay down a modest cover charge
and step through the doors of Birdland Jazz Club on any
given Monday night — and it’s as if you’ve set the Wayback
Machine for a lost era when well-dressed guys and gals sat
at candlelit tables mere steps from household names who’d
belt out standards between the amiable patter of a much-
loved host.
That host is Jim Caruso — and that Monday night destina-
tion event for Broadway babies, journeyman jazz musicians,
cabaret veterans and chummy regulars is “Jim Caruso’s Cast
Party.” Now in its eighth year, the popular music-themed
open mic is a sweet-natured yet occasionally catty throwback
to the days of kitchen sink Vaudeville, when a beefy roster of
performers would get just a few short minutes to wow you.
Most of the time during any given night’s three-plus
hours, the folks who make it onto the Birdland stage deliver.
But a few do mange to fall flat (usually because the mate-
rial doesn’t suit the room or their interpretive abilities).
When that happens, Caruso just winks and smiles and keeps Photo by Bill Westmoreland
shoveling coal into his runaway train — schmoozing with Swing time: Caruso’s CD shines.
the band about an unrelated and often surreal topic, then
brining up the next act. only pine momentarily for outside help. And girl, the boy just added Hinton Battle, the Tony winner. Karen Ziemba,
A few months ago, shortly after Oprah gave away clearly needs it. In addition to his hosting duties, Caruso who won the Tony for “Contact,” is singing an Andrew Gerle
those cars to her audience, Caruso turned the notion of does all of the PR outreach for “Cast Party” and promotes song, because so much of what we do is about new com-
ego cloaked in generosity into a scathing running joke that the “Broadway at Birdland” series. There he goes again, posers.” Invoking his frequent collaborator, the great Billy
didn’t wear out its welcome despite the fact that he trotted doing unto others what somebody should be doing unto him. Stritch, Caruso says, “Billy will be at the piano. Neither of
out subtle variations of the same basic zinger way into the Such altruism — it makes you sick! us plan to talk about what we’re going to say, so our casual
wee hours. Even when he’s cutting you down, Caruso never Caruso’s pom poms and cabaret cheers will be out in full take on hosting will help keep the freshness and improv
strays too far from the “Cast Party” mission of lifting per- force on February 17. That’s when “Cast Party” moves to quality alive.”
formers up and making sure the audience knows his shtick is Town Hall for one night only — for an amped up evening Circling back around, Caruso adds, “I want to make it
all in the service of good, (mostly) clean cabaret fun. It’s that that will have cabaret and Broadway fans worked up into a clear that Billy will be at the piano and I’ll have my ‘Cast
polite safety net that keeps audiences and performers coming complete and total tizzy. Here’s a partial list of who’s on the Party Symphony Orchestra’ as we call it.” That means Billy
back week after week. Despite being the frequent recipient bill: The legendary Liza Minnelli (whose 2008 show “Liza’s Stritch (musical director), bass player Steve Doyle and
of coveted air kisses from the likes of Liza and Chita and at the Palace” marked the Broadway debut of Caruso). drummer Daniel Glass.
any number of special guests in attendance, Caruso retains a Broadway icon Chita Rivera. Country music superstar Sprinkled throughout the starry night will be a few
genuine aura of gee-gosh wonder which lets you know he’s as Larry Gatlin. Lucie Arnaz. Marilyn Maye. Tony nominee selections from Caruso’s new CD. “Jim Caruso: The Swing
thrilled to be here as you are. It’s a thing to see. Christopher Sieber. Tony nominee Sally Mayes. Jazz singer Set” is a 13-track collection (12 of which are first-time
Chelsea Now recently had a long, dishy phone conversa- Hilary Kole. R&B tenor William Blake. Nightlife Award- covers for the singer). Only one tune, “If I Only Had A
tion with Caruso. It began with a mutual pity party during winning jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein. Klea Blackhurst (star Brain,” is from the Caruso repertoire. A parallel world
which we was firmly established that both this intrepid of the new IFC Comedy Series “The Onion News Network”). away from the silly/stupid scarecrow version you know
cabaret reporter and his interview subject were basically Composer Andrew Gerle — and Countess Luann de Lesseps from “The Wizard of Oz,” this take is downbeat, with only
decent, driven men who worked themselves like show ponies (from “Housewives of New York City”). the slightest lemon twist of hope. It’s a melancholy punch
without the benefit of schemingly ambitious yet competent Although the lineup is heavy on star power, Caruso says it to the gut full of doomed “if only” moments punctuated
interns. While this humble scribe speculated he’d gladly deal won’t stray too far from the Birdland formula — then quickly by Warren Vaché’s sad coronet and slow licks from iconic
with an “All About Eve” scenario in exchange for somebody adds, “I’m doing something with the Mark Stuart Dance
who didn’t mind making copies, Caruso allowed himself to Theatre. It’s going to be a full-on production number. We Continued on page 23
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Hot property in the Baltics lands at La MaMa
State violence collides with secret violence against loved ones
THEATER
PURGE
Written by Sofi Oksanen
English translation by Eva Buchwald
Directed by Zishan Ugurlu
Presented by Actors Without Borders
February 10-20
At La MaMa E.T.C. (74-A East 4th St.)
For tickets, call 212-475-7710
BY JERRY TALLMER
Aliide speaks. She is a weather-worn
woman of 70, looking back on when she
was a girl of 20 in this same house in what
was then Soviet-occupied Estonia. Her lover,
Hans, in those days of her youth — her sister
Ingel’s husband, an Estonian who’d fought
the Russians and lost — is still asleep in his
hideaway in the basement behind a heavy
chest of drawers, when the Stalinist security
thugs come looking for him.
ALIIDE: Hans didn’t even wake up
when they came to get us, agreed to go
quietly. We didn’t want him to know.
We’d been woken by the dogs barking
even before they came to the door and
we knew exactly what it meant. By the
time they knocked we were standing in
the kitchen all ready to go.
It was our first time and they took
us straight to headquarters — to the
Town Hall. Me, Ingel and Linda [the
10-year-old]. There was a young boy
with them, a boy from the village.
He couldn’t look at us. We’d been
in the same school. In the cellar of
the Town Hall there were two naked
lamps [light bulbs] hanging from the
ceiling. A soldier was eating bread
and drinking vodka. Knocking back
his glass. Wiping his mouth on his
sleeve the way the Russians do. He
offered us some. We declined.
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SOLDIER 1 (voice only): We know
that you know the whereabouts of
Hans….
SOLDIER 2 (voice only): You have
such a charming daughter.
ALIIDE: We said we didn’t know
anything about Hans….
SOLDIER 2 (voice only): What’s
your daughter’s name?…The girl’s
almost a woman….
And that’s where the nightmare begins.
It’s all in the skillful telling, old Aliide
talking about the days of — remembering the
days of — young Aliide, a woman who will
survive in the face of anything, at the cost
of anything and anybody. All this in a jolting
piece of theater that’s by a young woman who
herself has hit the ripe old age of 33.
Her name is Sofi Oksanen. She was
born in Finland to a Finnish father and an
Estonian mother. Her play is called “Purge”
(“Puhdistus”), and it’s a very hot prop-
erty indeed in the Baltic countries of Eastern
Europe and elsewhere abroad. Its author
liked it so much — was so fascinated by its
characters, who wouldn’t leave her alone —
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that she then further explored it as a novel,
which in itself has turned into a best-seller. Maren Bush with Peter Franzén.
Some share of play and novel, comes out of
the memories of Oksanen’s Estonian grand- “Instead of a conscious and naturalistic You did the right thing. You did your
mother. set,” Ugurlu said over some blueberry pan- duty. You acted as a progressive, social-
This I learn from another remarkable cakes last week, “I’m trying for a set that ly aware person should act. That’s a
young-minded woman, Zishan Ugurlu — is both conscious and subconscious — the noble thing. Your driving force is your
the Turkish-born director of the English- landscape of Aliide’s body and soul.” devotion to your community, to your
language version of this play (translated by And some body and soul this is. The Motherland. That’s admirable. You are
Eva Buchwald) that runs February 10-20 at Aliide of “Purge,” I hazarded, has much in guided by natural class instinct. That’s
the late Ellen Stewart’s La MaMa E.T.C. common with Bertolt Brecht’s eternal survi- what I first admired in you. The very
La MaMa regulars will surely remember vor, Mother Courage. first time I saw you at the party meet-
actress Ugurlu from her 2004 performance “Why yes!” exclaimed Ugurlu, who per- ing. I sensed at once, there’s something
as Helen of Troy in Andre Serban’s staging haps had been too busy to think of that. special about that girl!…Finally when
of “The Trojan Women.” Well, now she is She sees Aliide also as a Medea-like figure, I saw you sitting in the corner, reading
not only the director of “Purge” and of the “living on the edge; at the last moment your Lenin — you looked like a picture
Actors Without Borders resident company she betrays everything and everybody, her or a painting — I could tell you had
that’s staging it, but also the set designer husband, her sister, her granddaughter. At what it takes to rise above the class you
and the person who persuaded Oksanen to one point she becomes a sandwich in bed were born into….
have the play come to New York. between her husband, Martin, and her lover,
Hans, her sister’s husband. Stop! Stop! Can’t someone please stop
“It’s like a thriller,” said the director. him? I’d betray the crashing bore myself, if
“Like a Hitchcock movie.” She took a breath only to stop him. Of course I’d have to marry
before saying, “I love this play for the issues him first.
it deals with — sex, politics, and power.” Fortunately for this production, the role
Also as it happens, rape, torture murder, of Martin is being carried by the distin-
HELP ME JUMP OVER and other such Stalinist and non-Stalinist guished Finnish movie actor Peter Franzén.
THE SNOW pleasantries. The Aliide — old Aliide — is Jillian Lindig.
Written & Directed by BINA SHARIF “Torture,” said Ugurlu. “Everybody does Young Aliide is Maren Bush. Grant Neale
Thurs - Sun, February 10 - 27 it on one level or another. We do violence is Hans.
Thu-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 3pm against our loved ones on an almost uncon- Ugurlu says she owes everything to Ellen
scious level. And then the violence of the Stewart for bringing her here seven years
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Love N’ Courage loved ones. The discourse of Aliide’s hus- getting her a Green Card.
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6:30pm Tickets $125 MARTIN: All right, all right, Aliide. Ugurlu.

Sublime collaborators Billy Stritch (L) and Jim Caruso (R).
Jim Caruso
Continued from page 21
superstar jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli.
Fans know the man can pick at a furious
pace — but here, like Caruso, his restraint
packs an unexpected wallop.
Asked what’s up with this very unusual
interpretation, Caruso traces its origins to
an early failure: “I auditioned for the role
of the Scarecrow once, but I didn’t get it.
It went to a local hairdresser/makeup art-
ist. So the anger and sadness of not getting
that role stayed with me. I was telling Billy
this pathetic story, and he said ‘you need to
sing that song.’ And I said I couldn’t just
stand there and sing it, so he started play-
ing these hip, jazzy, contemplative chords.
It refreshed the song for me and took it to
a whole other place.”
Don’t get the wrong idea from that
“Brain” origins anecdote. “The Swing
Set” is full of upbeat, irony-free covers
(including “Avalon” with Hillary Kole
and Stritch; “Gotta Be This or That”
with Michael Feinstein; and “The Doodlin’
Song” with Stephanie J. Black). Solo
Caruso numbers include the snarky “I’m
So Happy,” the not too saccharine sweet
“Pick Yourself Up,” and an affectionately
rendered “Manhattan.”
In addition to Vaché and Pizzarelli,
other musicians lending their talents to
the Caruso cause include Harry Allen
(tenor saxophone), Tedd Firth (piano),
Steve Doyle (bass), Jon Burr (bass),
Warren Odes (drums), Kristy Norter (sax-
ophones), Dave Trigg (trumpet) and Ross
Februar y 10 - 16, 2011 23
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Konikoff (trumpet). Not familiar names?
Google them and you’ll be sufficiently
impressed.
High praise from the CD’s vocalist goes
to Aaron Weinstein — the 24-year-old who
served as musical director, played violin and
created the musical arrangements (which
have an inspired purity that’s both sparse
and complex). Caruso says the concept for
the CD has been percolating for quite some
time. Crediting its success to a sound cre-
ated by Weinstein, Caruso notes, “It’s all
in the arrangements. Aaron is a genius. He
has an incredible capacity to interpret these
songs. All the musicians would come in and
say how gorgeous the charts were. These
are guys who are in the studio every day
playing for someone. They see it all, and the
fact that they were fainting at the arraign-
ments was just beautiful.”
It’s at this point that Caruso goes back
into that gee-wiz mode that shoots out
of him like happy ectoplasm when he’s
hosting “Cast Party.” He’s clearly tapping
into that golden era of popular music,
when collaboration came not in the form
of a few distant studio musicians, but
massive ensembles of backup singers, cho-
rus boys and multi-member orchestras.
Finding strength in numbers suits him just
fine. “I’ve always been lucky to surround
myself with brilliant talent,” says Caruso
— who grew up watching variety shows
and wanting to be an Osmond brother.
He’s achieved that dream in a roundabout
but very satisfying way, creating on the
stage and off a Mormon-sized family of
friends who became collaborators.
24 Februar y 10 - 16, 2011
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Far beyond flowers and candy
Things to do with your love
Photo by Carrie Leonard
Stolen Chair’s “Victorian Valentine’s Day Party” takes you back…way back.
COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER
If you’re a true romantic, and lucky enough to be in love,
every day is Valentine’s Day — so good for you. But if you’re
not the type to wear your heart on your sleeve by gifting that
significant other with grand and frequent gestures, pulling out
all the stops for this annual articulation of love is a no-brainer.
This year, in addition to lavishing them with the usual flow-
ers and candy, think about employing some of these unique
options. In the end, the effort you take just might equal the
love you make. As for our single readers: Suck it up and
let your coupled friends have their day in the sun — and
remember, there’s no shame in sending flowers to your-
self. We all deserve love!
VICTORIAN VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY
Tonight you’re gonna party like it’s 1865 — and maybe
make love sweet love when once you’ve ripped the corset
or bodice or top hat off your smartly-dressed date or lover
or forbidden paramour. Theater company Stolen Chair has
crafted a celebration with some serious Downtown bite.
Their “Victorian Valentine’s Day Party” (suitable for couples
as well as singles) encourages you to come in costume, try
Victorian-themed drink specials and have your fortunes told
by a master of Regina Victoria tarot. Proceeds from the
event (including those generated from a silent auction) will
help fund Stolen Chair’s 14th original work — “Cut Paste
Corset Perfect” — a site-specific play inspired by the art of
Victorian photocollage (premieres in mid-June). Sun., Feb.
13, 7-9pm at the Dove Parlour (228 Thompson St. btw. W.
3rd & Bleecker). $10 admission does not include drinks. For
info, visit stolenchair.org.
BUGLISI DANCE THEATRE: LETTERS OF LOVE ON
RIPPED PAPER Photo by Paul B. Goode
Buglisi Dance Theatre’s got the love bug this week, and Buglisi Dance Theatre’s latest takes its inspiration from
they’re looking to spread it around — by way of a world love letters.
premiere piece. Artistic Director Jacqulyn Buglisi’s “Letters
of Love on Ripped Paper” was inspired by the many forms
of love expressed on the written page (romantic love, love of
Expressionistic and highly theatrical, Buglisi’s dancers are
accompanied by an original score by Daniel Brewbaker
country, love of self). The choreography is stamped with the (whose works have been performed by the likes of Yo-Yo
influence of letters from Pliny to Calpurnia; Queen Victoria
to Prince Albert; Napoleon to Josephine; and Zelda to Scott. Continued on page 25

FILM: CERTIFIABLY JONATHAN
Most people know 80-year-old Jonathan
Winters from his Maudie Frickert character
— whose frequent appearances on Laugh-In
gave the show a surreal bite that its political
content couldn’t begin to match. Despite
being idolized by comedians (and given his
due as an early recipient of The Mark Twain
Prize for Humor), Winters doesn’t enjoy the
icon status of others from his golden era
of performing. Perhaps that’s because his
cerebral, improvisational, eccentric riffs are
somewhat impenetrable on the first viewing.
So many cogs and gears are firing before his
mouth opens, Winters’ comedy often comes
across as the work of a truly, deeply mad
genius.
That hint of insanity is brought out into
the light of day in the new documentary
“Certifiably Jonathan.” Between various tes-
timonials to his utterly unique comic chops,
we see how Winters (a gifted painter) dreams
of having his paintings hang in the Museum
of Modern Art. After failed exhibitions in
Beverly Hills and Las Vegas, he’s about to
give up. Then in walk the filmmakers, who
hunt down an influential art critic who
believes Winters is “the missing link between
Miro and Dali” and convinces the Museum
of Modern Art to give him a show if he
paints three new paintings. Many great artists
thrive on deadlines, but some become para-
lyzed by the imposed quest to produce great
work. When his favorite painting is stolen,
Winters loses his comic and artistic mojo,
then goes on a quest to get it back. Helping
Far beyond flowers and candy
Continued from page 24
Ma and the St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra).
Completing this tribute to classic gestures
of love: “Requiem” — a sensual work of
Buglisi’s inspired by the 17th century Italian
painter Artemisia Gentileschi (who used her
brushes to express herself as an independent
woman). Feb. 15-20 (Tues./Wed., 7:30pm;
Thurs./Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2pm & 8pm; Sun.,
7:30pm). A “Dance Chat” talk follows the
Feb. 16 performance. At The Joyce Theater
(175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St.). For Tickets
($10-$39), call 212-242-0800 or visit joyce.
org. Also visit buglisidance.org.
BERGINO BASEBALL CLUBHOUSE
It’ll soon be spring — when a young man’s
fancy turns to thoughts of love…and baseball.
Down two birds with one very memorable
stone when you surprise the one you love
with this unique, decorative and functional
love-themed baseball. This handmade baseball
is only $20 (includes a gift box and turf base
stand). Available for purchase at the Bergino
Baseball Clubhouse (67 E. 11th St., in the
landmarked Cast Iron Building). For info, call
212-226-7150 or visit bergino.com.
LOVE IN THE PARLORS: A
VALENTINE IN CONCERT
The Merchant’s House Museum — NYC’s
only family home preserved intact from the
Photo © Certifiably Jonathan LLC
Crazy insane, or crazy clever…or a little
bit of both?
him on the road to Oz are Sarah Silverman,
Howie Mandel, Nora Dunn, Ryan Stiles,
Gary Owens and others. Running time: 1:20.
Opens Fri., Feb. 11, at the Quad Cinema (34
W.13th St. btw. Fifth & Sixth). For screening
times, call 212-255-2243 or visit quadcin-
ema@aol.com. Filmmakers Jim Pasternak and
Richard Marshall will be present for a Q&A
session following the 7:40pm shows on Feb.
11 and 12.
Photo by Bergino
Get to first base and beyond with this
unique gift. See “Bergino.”
mid-19th-century — offers an authentic fro-
zen-in-time glimpse into the customs, morals
and mindset of old New York. Their “Love
in the Parlors” Valentine’s Day concert rec-
reates the 19th-century tradition of “salon
music” with vocal chamber works performed
in an intimate parlor setting. The composi-
tions, which address themes of love in all
of its triumphs and failings, were chosen
from repertoire written between 1801-1900.
The Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society
(MHM’s arts group in residence since 2004)
provides the vocal talent. Mon., Feb.14, at
7pm (snow date Thurs., Feb. 17). At the
Merchant’s House Museum (29 E. Fourth
Februar y 10 - 16, 2011 25
Photo by Eddie Chen
H.T. Chen & Dancers, in the Lantern Festival Celebration.
LANTERN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
There’s more to celebrate than the fact that the days are getting longer. The H.T.
Chen & Dancers’ “Lantern Festival Celebration” will lighten your mind and spirit by
providing food for thought (plus refreshments for the physical body). Appropriate for
the whole family, the dances will range from the long-unseen romantic duet “Nocturne”
to H.T. Chen’s “Big Brother” (performed by long-time Company dancer Renouard Gee)
to the Chinese Lion Dance-inspired “Heart of Grace.” Also scheduled to be performed is
“Warriors of Light” — a piece from Chinese Opera, which concerns the journey towards
enlightenment. So brave the tail end of winter and get to know (or rediscover) what the
Chen Dance Center has been doing right — and doing very well — since 1988. Thurs.
through Fri., Feb. 17-19. Pre-show activities at 7pm, show at 7:30pm. At the Chen Dance
Center (70 Mulberry St., corner of Mulberry & Bayard). For tickets ($15; $10 for stu-
dents/seniors), call 212-349-0126. Seating is limited; reservations required.
St. btw. Lafayette & Bowery). Tickets are dancing ballroom. From 7pm to 9pm, couples
$25 ($20 for students/seniors, $15 for MHM will fuse at the hip to the jazzy, festive rhythms
members). Reservations required. Call 212- inspired by the traditional Argentinean style.
777-1089 or visit merchantshouse.org/cal- A group instructor will provide tango lessons
endar. from 6pm to 7pm for those looking to brush
up on their footwork. FREE. Mon., Feb. 14.
FREE TANGO LESSONS & DANCING At the World Financial Center Winter Garden
Return those tickets to Buenos Aires and (220 Vesey St.). For info, call 212-945-0505
save yourself a trip to the airport. Arts World or visit artsworldfinancialcenter.com. Also visit
Financial Center has a better way to get a con- hectordelcurto.com. Got plans for the eve-
sensual pat-down — courtesy of free tango les- ning? Get a little afternoon delight with “The
sons and dancing the night away to the sounds Winter Garden Milonga: Free Lunchtime Tango
of the Hector Del Curto Tango Orchestra at the Performances and Lessons” — from 12-2pm on
Winter Garden. The 10-musician ensemble will Feb. 14 (same address and contact info as the
transform the glass-vaulted atrium into a grand evening event).
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TION OF GRIFFIN 303
EAST LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/18/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 09/28/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Eisenberg
Tanchum & Levy, 675 Third
Ave, Ste. 2900, NY, NY 10017.
DE addr. of LLC: Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal
St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF URIU LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/13/10. Office location:
NY Co. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: The LLC, 1556
Third Ave., #201C, NY, NY
10128. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HOWARD P. MAGA-
LIFF, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
12/02/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: The
LLC, 138 Shadow Lake Road,
Ridgefield, CT 06877. Pur-
pose: To engage in any law-
ful act or activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF EPISODE 80 LLC
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of
NewYork (SSNY) on 09/24/10
Office location: NY County.
SSNY has been designated
as an agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may be
served. The address to which
SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
is to: The LLC, 74 Perry Street
#4F NY NY 10014. Purpose:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
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SOHO 2108 LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/16/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Jajan, PLLC 110
Wall St, 11th Floor NY, NY
10005. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 1/13-2/17/11
BLUE HILL DESIGN STU-
DIO, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/22/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to The LLC 315
West End Ave Apt 3B NY, NY
10023. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF AMMARA Y, LLC
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of
NewYork (SSNY) on 11/22/10.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY has been designated
as an agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may be
served. The address to which
SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
is to: Ammara Y, LLC, 350
East 79th Street, #41A, New
York NY 10075. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
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1661 FIRST AVE LLC,
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with
the Sec of State of NY on
12/1/10. NY Office location:
New York County. SSNY is
designated as agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of any pro-
cess against the LLC served
upon him/her to The LLC,
c/o Mr. Vincent Ventura, 1586
First Ave., NY, NY 10028.
General Purposes.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CIVIC GW LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/3/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Civic Builders,
304 Hudson St., 3rd Fl., NY,
NY 10013. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GI TENANT LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/13/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/16/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to princ. bus.
loc.: c/o GxG Management
LLC – Series A, 540 Madison
Ave., Ste. 21A, NY, NY 10022.
DE address of LLC: Delaware
Corporate Services Inc., 1220
N. Market St., Ste. 850, Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Secy. of
State, 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful purposes permit-
ted by applicable law.
Vil 1/13-2/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PROCIBO, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
12/22/10. Office location:
New York County. SSNY des-
ignated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o United Cor-
porate Services, Inc., 10 Bank
St., Ste. 560, White Plains,
NY 10606, registered agent
upon whom process may be
served. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF VIJISANS HOLDINGS,
LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/28/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, 62 W. 47th
St., Ste. 802, NY, NY 10036.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 1/13-2/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
CATION OF GORDON
BROTHERS GROUP, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 11/26/2010. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 1/4/1998.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: 101 Huntington Ave.,
10th Fl., Boston, MA 02199.
DE address of LLC: c/o The
Corporation Trust Co., 1209
Orange St., Wilmington, DE
19801. Cert. of Form. filed
with DE Sec. of State, 401
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF VIII/H2 - 1414
HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
Authority filed with NY
Dept. of State on 12/20/10.
Office location: NY County.
Princ. bus. addr.: 591 W. Put-
nam Ave., Greenwich, CT
06830. LLC formed in DE on
12/15/10. NY Sec. of State
designated agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served and shall
mail process to: c/o CT Cor-
poration System, 111 8th
Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served. DE addr. of
LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Secy.
of State, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF EULAV SECURI-
TIES LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/23/10. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 12/20/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal business
addr.: Value Line, Inc., 220 E.
42nd St., NY, NY 10017, Attn:
Howard Brecher, Esq. Regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served: CT Corpora-
tion System, 111 8th Ave.,
NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of
LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SPECIAL INSPEC-
TIONS OF NYC, LLC.
Arts of Org filed with the
Secy of State of NY(SSNY)
on 11/22/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
The LLC, 118 West 18th St.,
New York, NY 10011. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF RHOP, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/04/11. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 01/03/11. Princ.
office of LP: c/o Reunion Hos-
pitality Trust, Inc., 1370 Ave.
of the Americas, 28th Fl., NY,
NY 10019. SSNY designated
as agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to Corporation Service
Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY
12207-2543. Name and addr.
of each general partner are
available from SSNY. DE
addr. of LP: 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of the State of DE, Corp.
Dept., Loockerman & Federal
Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF D2A2 INVESTMENT
GROUP, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/03/11. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
17 E. 82nd St., NY, NY 10028.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC at the addr. of its
princ. office. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF WHAT MOVES YOU?
LLC.
Arts. of Org. was filed with
SSNY on 6/9/10. Office loca-
tion: NewYork County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
whom process against may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o The LLC, 301
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza,
#11A, New York, NY 10017.
Purpose: all lawful activities.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ADVECT CAPI-
TAL, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/06/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 12/16/10. Princ.
office of LLC: c/o Advect
Group, LLC, 405 Lexington
Ave., 26th Fl., NY, NY 10174.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC at the addr. of its
princ. office. DE addr. of LLC:
c/o Corporation Service Co.,
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts.
of Org. filed with DE Secy.
of State, DE Div. of Corps.,
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
19901-3639. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF EUREKAFACTS LLC.
Arts of Org filed with the
Secy of State of NY(SSNY)
on 12/23/10. Office loca-
tion: NY County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process against the LLC
is to: EurekaFacts LLC, 451
Hungerford Dr, #515, Rock-
ville, MD 20850. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF JSIGNAL LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/21/10. Office location:
NY Co. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: The LLC, 110
Third Ave., Apt. 21C, NY, NY
10003. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MP HUTCH, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
12/21/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, 545 5th
Ave., Ste. 600, NY, NY 10017.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
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NAME OF FOR. LLC:
HEDGEFORUM OZF, LLC.
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 11/19/10. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 11/15/10.
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of
State designated as agent
of foreign LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The Sec. of State
shall mail copy of process
to: c/o Citi Private Advisory,
LLC, 666 5th Ave., Fl. 12B,
NY, NY 10103. Addr. of LLC
in DE is: National Corporate
Research, Ltd., 615 S. Dupont
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901 Auth.
officer in DE where Cert. of
Form. filed: DE Sec. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF JLP DEFENSIVE
CREDIT FUND LP.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/15/10. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 12/13/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: 420 Lexing-
ton Ave., Ste. 2225, NY, NY
10170. DE address of LP: Stel-
lar Corporate Services LLC,
3500 South DuPont Hwy.,
Dover, DE 19901. Name/
address of each genl. ptr.
available from SSNY. Cert.
of LP filed with DE Secy. of
State, 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GT OPERATING COM-
PANY LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
12/14/10. Office location:
New York County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: The LLC, c/o
Union Square Hospitality,
24-32 Union Square E., 6th
Fl., NY, NY 10003. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF DESIGN HOLD-
INGS COMPANY LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/24/10. Fictitious name in
NY State: Design Holdings
Company (Delaware) LLC.
Office location: NY County.
LLC formed in Delaware (DE)
on 12/21/10. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o CPCP I Man-
agement LLC, 1350 Avenue
of the Americas, 3rd Fl., NY,
NY 10019, Attn: R. Adam
Smith. DE address of LLC:
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste.
400, Wilmington, DE 19808.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Secy. of State, Townsend
Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: any and all lawful act
or activity.
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NAME OF FOR. LLC:
HEDGEFORUM ROC,
LLC.
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State 8/24/10. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 8/4/10. Cty
off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of State
designated as agent of for-
eign LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
Sec. of State shall mail copy
of process to: c/o Citigroup
Alternative Investments LLC,
55 E. 59th St., 10th Fl., NY,
NY 10022. Addr. of LLC in
DE is: National Corporate
Research, Ltd., 615 S. Dupont
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901 Auth.
officer in DE where Cert. of
Form. filed: DE Sec. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 160 FIFTH LEASE
PARTNERS LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
11/18/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: RFR Holding LLC,
390 Park Ave., New York, NY
10022, Attn: Tom Lavin. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF CUMBERLAND
EAT LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/6/11. Office loca-
tion: NY County. LLC formed
in DE on 1/5/11. NY Sec. of
State designated agent of
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o CT
Corporation System, 111 8th
Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served. DE addr. of
LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF SI POINTE
PARTNERS LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/15/10. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 4/30/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
NY 10011, regd. agent upon
whom process may be
served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o
The Corporation Trust Co.,
1209 Orange St., Wilming-
ton, DE 19801. Cert. of Form.
filed with DE Sec. of State,
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has
been applied for by Maxi-
mopino Café 1 LLC & Trust
3 Hospitality LLC to sell Beer,
wine and liquor at retail in a
restaurant. For on premises
consumption under the ABC
law at 604 6th Avenue aka
68-70 West 13th Street NY,
NY 10011.
Vil 1/27-2/3/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has been
applied for by Hot Talk LLC
d/b/a Horses to sell beer and
wine at retail in a restaurant.
For on premises consump-
tion under the ABC law at
168 Elizabeth Street NY, NY
10012.
Vil 1/27-2/3/11
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
AIA HOLDINGS I LLC,
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 12/16/10. Office loc.:
NY County. LLC org. in DE
12/15/10. SSNY desig. as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of proc. to Attn: Averell
H. Mortimer, 375 Park Ave.,
32nd Fl., NY, NY 10152. DE
off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Cen-
terville Rd., Wilmington,
DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on
file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any
lawful activities.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
ZLPI HOLDINGS, LLC,
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 11/12/10. Office loc.:
NY County. LLC org. in DE
11/1/10. SSNY desig. as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of proc. to Attn: Stuart Zim-
mer, 535 Madison Ave., 6th
Fl., NY, NY 10022. DE off.
addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville
Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808.
Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purp.: any lawful
activities.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
PACIFIC GATE ASIA, LLC,
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 8/10/10. Office loc.:
NY County. LLC org. in DE
8/9/10. SSNY desig. as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of
proc. to Attn: Jeremy Reifer,
1350 Ave of the Americas,
4th Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE off.
addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville
Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808.
Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purp.: any lawful
activities.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
TREMBLANT ELS FUND
LP,
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 12/1/10. Office loc.:
NY County. LP org. in DE
11/30/10. SSNY desig. as
agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of proc. to Attn: Brett
Barakett, 767 Fifth Ave., Fl.
12A, NY, NY 10153. DE off.
addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville
Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808.
Cert. of LP on file: SSDE,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Name/addr. of each
gen. ptr. avail. at SSNY. Purp.:
any lawful activities.
1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
GREEN 28W44 MEZZ
LLC,
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 11/12/10. Office loc.:
NY County. LLC org. in DE
11/10/10. SSNY desig. as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of proc. to NRAI, 875 Ave of
the Americas, NY, NY 10001,
the Reg. Agt. upon whom
proc. may be served. DE
off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr.,
Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904.
Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purp.: any lawful
activities.
1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF RELATED DIS-
TRESSED OPPORTUNITY
FUND I GP, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/11/11. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 06/01/10. Princ.
office of LP: 60 Columbus
Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Corpo-
ration Service Co., 80 State
St., Albany, NY 12207-2543,
regd. agent upon whom
and at which process may
be served. Name and addr.
of each general partner are
available from SSNY. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State
of DE, John G. Townsend
Bldg., Federal and Duke of
York Sts., Dover, DE 19910.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ELLERY HOLD-
INGS LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/12/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/18/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Corpora-
tion Service Co., 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE
addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of DE, Div. of
Corps., John G. Townsend
Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF R & J HANDBAGS,
LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
11/17/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: The
LLC, United State Corpora-
tion Agents, Inc., Suite 202
7014 13th Avenue, Brook-
lyn, NY 11228. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BECOME YOUR
GREATNESS, LLC.
Arts. of Org. was filed with
SSNY on 11/10/10. Office
location: New York County.
SSNY designated as agent of
LLC whom process against
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o United
States Corporation Agents,
Inc., 7014 13th Ave. #202,
Brooklyn, NY 11228. Pur-
pose: all lawful activities.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CSRSL LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
12/23/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: The
LLC, 6 East 43rd Street; New
York, NY 10017. Purpose:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
INTERJEWEL REALTY
LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of State
NY (SSNY) 11/18/10. Off.
loc. in New York Co. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to: c/o Mitchell
J. Devack, PLLC, 90 Merrick
AVe, Ste 500, E. Meadow, NY
11554. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose, managed by man-
agers.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
SYZYGY ADVISORS, LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of
State NY (SSNY) 7/9/10. Off.
loc. in New York Co. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to: c/o Frederic
A. Nelson III, 325 W 76 St,
NY, NY 10023. Purpose: Any
lawful purpose, managed by
managers.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF THOTH HOLDINGS
CO LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/11/11. Office location: NY
Co. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o CPCP I Man-
agement LLC, 1350 Ave. of
the Americas, 3rd Fl., NY, NY
10019, Attn: R. Adam Smith.
Purpose: any lawful activi-
ties.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ARMADALE
RESIDENTIAL LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/6/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 4/15/08. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o National
Registered Agents, Inc., 875
Ave. of the Americas, Ste.
501, NY, NY 10001. Principal
office address: 224 E. 52nd,
#PH, NY, NY 10022. Address
to be maintained in DE:
16192 Coastal Hwy, Lewes,
DE 19958. Arts of Org. filed
with DE Secy. Of State, 401
Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF EAST RIDGE
PROPERTIES LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/6/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 10/8/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o The LLC,
PO Box 64, Waccabuc, NY
10597, Attn: Kevin J. Boyle.
DE address of LLC: c/o Unit-
ed Corporate Services, Inc.,
874 Walker Road, Dover, DE
19904. Arts. of Org. filed with
DE Secy. of State, PO Box
898, Dover, DE 19903. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BLEECKER SPAGHET-
TO, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 12/7/10.
Office location: NY County.
Princ. bus. addr.: 232 Bleeck-
er St., NY, NY. Sec. of State
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served and shall
mail process to: Corporation
Service Co., 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MADISON/PUTNAM
DEVELOPER LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 3/2/10.
Office location: NY County.
Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal business
addr.: c/o CPC Resources,
Inc., 28 E. 28th St., 9th Fl.,
NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
CATION OF TERROIR
GLOBAL, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/10/11. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 412 E. 12th St.,
NY, NY 10009. LLC formed
in DE on 1/6/11. NY Sec. of
State designated agent of
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o CT
Corporation System, 111 8th
Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served. DE addr. of
LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful
purposes.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has been
applied for by Pub 138 Inc.
d/b/a Local 138 to sell beer,
wine and liquor at retail in a
restaurant. For on premises
consumption under the ABC
law at 138 Ludlow Street NY,
NY 10002.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has been
applied for by Artichoke Mac-
Dougal, LLC to sell beer only
at retail in a restaurant. For
on premises consumption
under the ABC law at 111
MacDougal Street (South
Store) NY, NY 10012.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has
been applied for by Barraza
Foods Inc. d/b/a Taqueria
Lower East Side to sell beer,
wine and liquor at retail in a
restaurant. For on premises
consumption under the ABC
law at 198B Orchard Street
NY, NY 10002.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has been
applied for by Ottoman’s LLC
d/b/a Peri Wine Bar to sell
beer and wine at retail in a
restaurant. For on premises
consumption under the ABC
law at 181 Essex Street NY,
NY 10009.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has been
applied for by VSC Operat-
ing Company d/b/a Union
Square Cafe to sell beer,
wine and liquor at retail in a
restaurant. For on premises
consumption under the ABC
law at 19-21 East 16th Street
NY, NY 10003.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has been
applied for by GT Operating
Company d/b/a Gramercy
Tavern to sell beer, wine and
liquor at retail in a restaurant.
For on premises consump-
tion under the ABC law at
42 East 20th Street NY, NY
10003.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, no. 1250800,
has been applied for by KIGS
508, LLC dba The Albert Hall
to sell beer, wine and liquor
at retail under the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Law, at
a restaurant located at 508
9th Avenue, New York, NY
10018, for on-premises con-
sumption.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, no. 1250601,
has been applied for by
Gravy New York LLC dba
Gravy to sell beer, wine and
liquor at retail under the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Law, at a restaurant located
at 32 East 21st St., New York,
NY 10010, for on-premises
consumption.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
Februar y 10 - 16, 2011
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, no. 1251383,
has been applied for by
L&D Hospitality Manage-
ment LLC dba Kings Club
to sell beer, wine and liquor
at retail under the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Law, at a
restaurant located at 5 King
St., New York, NY 10012, for
on-premises consumption.
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CENTRAL PARK
CYCLING LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/19/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
33 Gold St. #612A, New York,
NY 10038. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LANE MAURER LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/23/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
7014 13 Ave. #202, Brooklyn,
NY 11228. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 537 MUSIC LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/8/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
7014 13 Ave. #202, Brooklyn,
NY 11228. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF MND, LLC
filed with the Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on JANU-
ARY 07, 2011. Office location:
New York County. SSNY des-
ignated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Barton Barton &
Plotkin LLP, 420 Lexington
Avenue, 18th Floor, New
York, New York. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
DREW DOGGETT PHO-
TOGRAPHY, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/21/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to The LLC 261
West 28th Street #3A New
York, NY 10001. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
FAIRWAY CLINTON LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/2/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Kriss &
Feuerstein LLP C/O Kenneth
P. Horowitz 360 Lexington
Ave, 12th FL NY, NY 10017.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
MGCM I GP LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/17/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to The LLC 38
E 61st Street New York, NY
10065. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF IACQUIRE, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/20/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 12/31/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the LLC,
11811 N. Tatum Blvd., Ste.
3083, Phoenix, AZ 85028.
DE addr. of LLC: Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington,
DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed
with DE Secy. of State, Div. of
Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MDG BENEFIT SOLU-
TIONS, LLC
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of
New York (SSNY) on 11/29/
2010. Office location: NY
County. SSNY has been des-
ignated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: MDG
Benefit Solutions, LLC, 1575
Boston Post Road, Guil-
ford, CT 06437. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
INDOCHINE CAFÉ, LLC,
Arts, of Org. filed with SSNY
on 01/12/11. Off. Loc.: NY
County, SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
a copy of process to: The
LLC, 70 Little West St., New
York, NY 10004. Purpose to
engage in any lawful act.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given, pur-
suant to law, that the NYC
Dept. of Consumer Affairs
will hold a Public Hearing
on Wednesday, February 16,
2011 at 2:00 p.m., at 66 John
Street, 11th floor, on a peti-
tion from Radiante LLC, to
continue to, maintain, and
operate an unenclosed side-
walk at 131 Duane Street,
in the Borough of Manhat-
tan, for a term of two years.
Request for a copy of the
proposed revocable consent
may be addressed to Dept. of
Consumer Affairs, 42 Broad-
way, New York, NY 10004
Attn: Foil Officer
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 360 EAST 88TH ST.
26C LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
12/14/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY has been des-
ignated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: 360 East
88th St. 26C LLC, 8 Madonia
Court, Manhasset, NY 11030.
Purpose: To engage in any
lawful act or activity.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that license number 1250939
has been applied for by the
undersigned to sell liquor at
retail in a restaurant under
the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Law at 174 Bleecker
Street, First Floor and Base-
ment, New York, N.Y. 10012
for on-premises consump-
tion. CMB Restaurant Group,
LLC d/b/a The Mussel Pot
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that license number 1251196
has been applied for by the
undersigned to sell liquor at
retail in a restaurant under
the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Law at 529 Hudson
Street, New York, N.Y. 10014
for on-premises consump-
tion. RF HUDSON (DE) LLC
d/b/a RedFarm
Vil 2/3-2/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF JP SOUTHWAY LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/29/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Katten Muchin
Rosenman LLP, 575 Madison
Ave., NY, NY 10022, Attn:
Melissa Singer Bernard, Esq.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ARCHITECTURAL
HOLDINGS, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/5/04. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, Attn: James
Dolan, 135 W. 27th St., 6th Fl.,
NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF RYDER MADISON
LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
9/16/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Mitchell Holdings
LLC, 41 E. 60th St., 6th Fl.,
NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BBSC NEW YORK
CITY, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
6/11/10. Office location: New
York County. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: The LLC, 31 Jane
Street, Apt 2C, New York, NY
10014. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF FULBROOK
MANAGEMENT, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/11/11. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 1185 Ave of the
Americas, 30th Fl., NY, NY
10035. LLC formed in DE on
1/10/11. NY Sec. of State des-
ignated agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o National Regis-
tered Agents, Inc. (NRAI), 875
Ave. of the Americas, Ste.
501, NY, NY 10001. DE addr.
of LLC: c/o NRAI, 160 Green-
tree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE
19904. Cert. of Form. filed
with DE Sec. of State, 401
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a Liquor License (# Pend-
ing) has been applied for by
B&R SORRENTO CORP.,
dba La Nonna, to sell, liquor,
under the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Law at 134 Mulberry
Street, New York City, NY for
on-premises consumption.
Vil 2/10-2/17/11
LUCKY 128 MOTT LLC
Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of
State of NY 01/12/2011. Off.
Loc.: New York Co. SSNY
designated as agent upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY to mail
copy of process to THE LLC,
139 Centre Street, Suite PH#
138, New York, NY 10013.
Purpose: Any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SSD WEBSITE, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/24/11. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
29 W. 36th St., NY, NY 10018.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
Corporation Service Co., 80
State St., Albany, NY 12207-
2543. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/10
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GP & GM CAPI-
TAL, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/26/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 01/21/11. Princ.
office of LLC: Attn: Raphael
Rabin-Havt, 509 W. 110th
St., 4E, NY, NY 10025. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the LLC at the
addr. of its princ. office. DE
addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington,
DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed
with Secy. of State of DE, 401
Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
ALPA LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of
State NY (SSNY) 11/5/10. Off.
loc. in New York Co. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to: c/o With-
ers Bergman LLP, 157 Church
St, 19th Fl, New Haven, CT
06510. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
FARMERSWEB LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/29/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Dave Ross 10
W 15th St Apt 815 New York,
NY 10011. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF FROGS CONSULT-
ING LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/12/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
165 Christopher St. #5D, NY,
NY 10014. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF STRATEGIC PHYSI-
CAL THERAPY, PLLC
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT
license number 1251081 has
been applied for by the under-
signed to sell liquor retail in a
restaurant under the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Law
at 316 Columbus Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10023 for on-
premises consumption. PAP-
PARDELLA REST CORP d/b/a
PAPPARDELLA
Vil 2/10-2/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 308-340 WEST 49TH
STREET, LLC
amended to CSAI LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of
State of NY (SSNY) on
11/8/01. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to princ. bus. loc.: The
LLC, 6 Grace Avenue, Great
Neck, NY 11021. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF BBH REAL
ESTATE INCOME SERIES
FUND II, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/15/10. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 12/6/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF BLDG BLEECK-
ER LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/20/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 1/18/11. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o Bldg.
Management Co., Inc., 417
Fifth Ave., 4th Fl., NY, NY
10016. DE address of LLC: c/o
United Corporate Services,
Inc., 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C,
Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org.
filed with DE Secy. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LION EQUITIES L.L.C.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 2/18/10.
Office location: NY County.
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GEORGETOWN
434 LESSEE, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/19/11. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 667 Madison Ave.,
23rd Fl., NY, NY 10065. LLC
formed in DE on 11/12/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Corporation Ser-
vice Co., 80 State St., Albany,
NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC:
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert.
of Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful
purposes.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF SERVCO LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/13/11. NYS ficti-
tious name: ServCo (NY) LLC.
Office location: NY County.
LLC formed in DE on 7/14/09.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom

ADVERTISING
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
01/14/2011. Office location:
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o Brown
process against it may be
Sec. of State designated as
served and shall mail pro-
agent of LLC upon whom

CAREER
Queens County. SSNY has
been designated as an agent
upon whom process against
the LLC may be served. The
Community Media, which publishes the award-winning weekly newspapers address to which SSNY shall
Brothers Harriman & Co., 140
Broadway, NY, NY 10005. DE
address of LP: c/o National
Corporate Research, Ltd., 615
South DuPont Hwy., Dover,
cess to: 645 Fifth Ave., NY,
process against it may be NY 10022. DE address of LLC:
served and shall mail pro- c/o Corporation Service Co.,
cess to the principal business 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400,

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SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
rose, NY 11426. Purpose: To DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal 10022. Purpose: any lawful
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The story of the man who rode with ‘South St. Annie’
Continued from page 19
More than 50 years later, in a personal communication
in 1998, Gloria tells of that trip to Alaska, and of her long
friendship with Fred Fleck, which survived well after they
had divorced:
“We bicycled for nearly three months across the U.S. — up
to Canada — the Yukon Territory, White Horse, and 3,000
miles of Alcan Highway. The American Army built that high-
way in the wilderness in 9 months during the 2nd World War.
“When twilight would fall we would put up a small
nylon tent by the side of the road. Fred would recite poems
from the ‘Leaves of Grass’ and ‘The Waking’ by Theodore
Roethke and also read from Gibran’s ‘The Prophet.’ It was a
happy and exciting time.
“Finally, we rolled into Fairbanks, 2nd largest city in
Alaska. Only two streets were paved. It was truly the ‘last
frontier’ in 1947. Fred went on to enroll in the University of
Alaska, high on a hill, where he spent his free time skiing.
“He traded in our trusty bicycles for a small room in John
and Lotti Pace’s house. The house must have been at least
150 years old. You had to be brave to get out in the minus 10
degrees weather to use the ‘outhouse.’ There was no modern
plumbing. Another feature of that warm, loving home was
an old fashioned wood stove in the kitchen. We enjoyed
many a delicious meal with the Pace family.
The 1950’s saw him working in
Alaska as a school maintenance
man in an Eskimo village and as
a tugboat cook.
“Fred and I have kept in touch throughout the years. He
has helped me from time to time in family matters and I am
proud and glad he is still in my life.”
The years following that trip to Alaska with Gloria, Fred
traveled a fair bit, working and living in various places — from
New York City, to the Alaskan tundra, to Arizona. From 1948
to 1953, he worked with Ed Fancher as a trucker in New York
City, while attending the New School for Social Research. He
worked as a school maintenance man in an Eskimo village in
Kasigluk, Alaska, from 1951 to 1952. In the summers of 1951 to
1953, he worked as an Alaska tugboat cook on the Kuskokwim
River, and as a longshoreman. During 1951 to 1953, Fred also
worked as a social worker in Arizona, in Holbrook and on the
White River Apache Indian Reservation.
Ed Fancher recounts this period in Fred’s life in a per-
sonal communication in 1998, when friends and family
contributed to a book of memories, to be presented to Fred
on his 80th birthday:
“When Fred returned from that Alaska adventure he
went to Fordham where he finished his B.A. and then to the
New School for Social Research, for his M.A. in psychology.
We were both living on the $150 a month from the G.I. Bill
of Rights, so we needed a little extra income. I had a 1937
Plymouth pickup truck at the time, so Fred and I started the
Fancher and Fleck Trucking Company, shortened to F & F
Trucking, to supplement our income. We did light moving
in the Village mostly, but much of our business seemed to
be moving 18-year-old girls from their families in Brooklyn
or Queens to Village tenements where they could become
‘liberated’ and Bohemian.
“By 1955, after further adventures in Alaska, Arizona,
etc., Fred returned to New York and became a student at
the School of Social Work of Columbia University, where
Februar y 10 - 16, 2011 31
Gloria and Fred on the Alcan Highway in Canada during their cross-country ride.
he succeeded in persecuting the school to the point of get-
ting himself kicked out. While he was suing Columbia over
his dismissal, Dan Wolf and I were planning to launch the
Village Voice. Fred was our first employee.”
The first issue of the Village Voice, Vol. 1, No. 1, carried
as its lead story, “Village Trucker Sues Columbia,” which
told of Fred Fleck’s battle with Columbia:
“A 36-year-old Village trucker, expelled from the New
York School of Social Work of Columbia University in
March, claims that his expulsion was improper and is suing
the University for $50,000. Papers in the suit were served
Monday.
“Frederick Fleck of Christopher Street was expelled
from the school on March 23rd of this year — the day after
a signed editorial critical of the school’s training methods
appeared in a student publication of which he was editor.
Fleck claims — and the school’s spokesmen deny — that he
was expelled because of his editorial criticism. …”
In 1956, while living in Greenwich Village, Fred met and
married Judith Parke White, daughter of Margaret Marshall
and Hal Saunders White. Fred and Judy drove across the
country to Short Creek, Arizona/Utah (Short Creek spanned
both sides of the border between the states) in the summer
of 1956. In this polygamist village, Fred worked as a social
worker and a teacher. Across the next decade, he continued
to work as a school teacher in six different school districts
in the four corners of Arizona, including such places as Ft.
Fred Fleck at age 91.
Huachuca, Naco, Douglas and Chinle. From 1965 through
1966, Fred studied at the University of Arizona in Tucson, house in Granada Hills, Cal., where he spent the last two
receiving an M.A. in education. years of his life. Over the years, the memories that remained
In 1966, Fred and his family moved to Southern California, the most vivid, and which stood out the most, were those of
where he remained until his death. Fred worked as a reading that bicycle trip to Alaska and the time he had spent in the
specialist at Ontario High School until 1985, when he retired 10th Mountain Division.
to take care of his son, who had A.L.S. Frederick Samuel Fleck outlived at least three of his four
After moving to Southern California, where Fred and his wives — Gloria, Judy and Ethel — and one child, Daniel.
family had somewhat “settled,” they continued to travel dur- Fred is survived by his sisters, Sophie and Adele; his children,
ing the summers — across the country and to Mexico — for Barbara, Annie, Catherine, Mika, Carol and David; and his
the next couple of decades. In the 1990’s, in his 70’s and grandchildren, Nicolas, Ellie, Nathan, Zoe, Elliot and Ian.
80’s, with his children grown, Fred maintained his pattern of On Sat., Jan. 22, 2011, a funeral service was held for Fred
traveling to visit family and friends — crossing the country Fleck in Granada Hills. At this service — which was held in the
to New York, driving to Mexico and traveling to Europe. home he had lived in for the last part of his life — Fred’s long,
Living independently until he was 87, Fred then moved to an adventurous and well-lived life was celebrated, as was his passion
apartment four blocks from his son’s house, where the fam- for life, and his extraordinary and deep commitment to family
ily could help care for him. At 90, Fred moved into his son’s and friends. He will be missed by many.
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