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Provincetown drama
encore as theater’s
wall partly removed
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
The preservation of
the original Provincetown
Playhouse within a new
building that New York
University is constructing at
the MacDougal St. site was
put on hold on Aug. 18
after neighbors discovered
that part of the historic play-
house wall that was to have
been preserved had been
removed.
The discovery of the miss-
ing wall segment last week
outraged Andrew Berman,
executive director of the
Greenwich Village Society
for Historic Preservation,
and prompted Manhattan
Borough President Scott
Stringer to demand on
Monday that work related
to the theater cease, except
as related to structural sta-
bility, until the community
is informed of the extent of
the damage.
Alicia Hurley, N.Y.U.
vice president for gov-
ernment and community
engagement, said a portion
of the north wall of the
theater, dating from before
1916, was removed about
three weeks ago when it was
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Christine Quinn, left, and Yetta Kurland at last Thursday’s debate sponsored by The Villager, Gay City News and
Chelsea Now.
Quinn on hot seat in debating
Passannante-Derr and Kurland
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
More than 200 people packed a
spirited debate for the Third City
Council District at New York University
last Thursday hosted by Community
Media’s The Villager, Gay City News
and Chelsea Now newspapers.
It was the first — and most likely
only — public debate in the high-pro-
file Democratic primary election, pit-
ting 10-year incumbent City Council
Speaker Christine Quinn against chal-
lengers Maria Passannante-Derr and
Yetta Kurland.
During the one-and-a-half-hour
debate, audience members heard the
candidates spar over term limits, the
City Council’s so-called “slush fund,”
overdevelopment, the Department of
Sanitation’s planned Spring St. mega-
garage and whether Quinn — whose
Villager photo by Jefferson Siegel Puck it! Not your
average beer league
in Tompkins Square
BY JOHN BAYLES T-shirt with cutoff sleeves
All sports have their
heated rivalries; in baseball,
you’ve got the Yankees and
and the word “Rehabs” in
big, pink letters. “That’s all
you need to know.”
mayoral ambitions are well known — ing up before 5 p.m., and soon Red Sox; in basketball, it’s Earlier in the day the
has been sufficiently engaged with her wrapped around the corner onto the Lakers and the Celtics. Demons had bested the
own district. Mercer St. Quinn simply managed But these pale in compari- Rehabs, 3-2, in an overtime
The Third Council District to get more of her supporters there son to the intense, often ugly game, which obviously con-
stretches from Canal St. to around earlier, and thus about an estimated rivalry between the Denim tributed to Moore’s animos-
55th St. on the West Side, and is 75 percent of the audience in the Demons and the Rehabs. ity. But according to Moore,
known by some as “the gay seat” of main room indeed appeared to be “The Demons suck!” the rivalry began with some
the City Council. Quinn supporters; Passannante-Derr yelled Kammi Moore, wear-
The crowd filled to capacity angrily charged that her backers ing her team’s jersey, a black Continued on page 30
the main auditorium at New York had been locked out of the venue
University’s 19 W. Fourth St. — by the strategic maneuver by Quinn.
the former Bottom Line music club About 45 people were turned away
space — plus an overflow room. It at the door because the space had EDITORIAL,
was the largest space N.Y.U. had reached its capacity based on Fire LETTERS
available that day, and the university Department safety regulations.
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provided it free of charge, as well as Quinn may have had the most sup-
helping staff the event, plus video- porters, but Kurland’s sat closest to
taping the debate. the front, all of them wearing yellow FRINGE FEST
The event was free and open to “I ♥ Yetta” T-shirts; a strategic move FAVES, PART 2
the public on a first-come, first- PAGE 22
served basis. The crowd started lin- Continued on page 16

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Gerson, for giving funds to the United Jewish Council
alk Fl of the East Side, only to have a U.J.C. member work
Mark ea collecting petition signatures for their campaigns. The
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St. Jo t at
article also noted that Mendez had given $8,000 to the

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NOTEBOOK
ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE (WHY NOT?): Maria
h Passannante-Derr, who many felt came off as “the angry
candidate” during last Thursday’s Council District Three
debate, is apparently still angry. For one, Passannante-Derr’s
Village Marketplace Web site claims that East Village activist Bob Ortiz-Arroyo
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PM was barred from entering the debate. However, not only seniors attend the centers for cultural classes, like danc-
does a YouTube video show Ortiz-Arroyo in his wheelchair
Sixth Ave at Washington Place being let into the building, but Ortiz-Arroyo himself told
(718) 907-3478 us on Tuesday that he got in, and, by the sound of it, had a
pretty good time once inside, too, enjoying the debate from
the overflow room. “Yes, I was squeezed into the other room
with a video view, and also met an Angola native who may
be interested in taking some of the hundreds of books I got
as freebies during my radio news and public affairs career,”
Ortiz-Arroyo told us in an e-mail.
T.G.I. FRIDAY-IZATION OF UNION SQUARE:
Walmart’s long-speculated entry into New York City,
most recently via a rumored deal to take space in Union
Square, found no lack of detractors among the Downtown
set. So imagine how the arrival of chain-restaurant T.G.I.
U.J.C. — which Caballero crowed isn’t even in Mendez’s
Council District 2. However, Mendez seemed to have a
good answer, retorting, “The U.J.C. runs senior centers
in my district, or on the periphery of my district that my
constituents walk to.” She specifically cited a U.J.C.-run
program in the Lillian Wald Houses on Avenue D and a
program at the Bialystoker facility, the latter which is just
over the border in Alan Gerson’s Council district. The
ing and music, and meals and to use a library and take
computer classes. As for any quid pro quo with U.J.C.,
Mendez said, “No one from U.J.C. has been volunteer-
ing in my campaign. I don’t do quid pro quo. … People
decide whether they like the work you’re doing.” Hmm,
we score it: CoDA wins another round over LESPAC.
MARGARITA AND THE SUPREMES: Speaking
of CoDA, one of its favorite daughters, former
Councilmember Margarita Lopez, attended the White
House party for newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor last week. Lopez did the intro-
duction before Michael Rosen gave a reading from his
new book at the L.E.S. Tenement Museum last Thursday,

New Brunch Menu

Friday’s will be received after it was reported that the Continued on page 28
purveyor of “Parmesan-Crusted Sicilian Quesadillas”
$10 includes 2 complimentary drinks would be opening inside a recently purchased building
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Sat. and Sun. from 11 to 4 on Union Square. The Riese Organization, which just A COOK’S BEST RESOURCE
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in both a Friday’s and Tim Horton’s coffee shop if it can’t Of Course You
63 Carmine St., Greenwich Village.
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find another tenant on the quick. (The property has been
vacant for nearly two years, and Riese scooped it up
only after the asking price fell by a reported 40 percent.)
CAN!
The move follows on the blockbuster lease of the former
Virgin Megastore/Circuit City space on Union Square
South to Nordstrom Rack and Best Buy, respectively. The
backlash among Needle Park purists began immediately
after the news started trickling through the Web, with
at least one Twitter page created to “help send a loud
and clear message to The Riese Organization that we
don’t want his TGI Friday’s in Union Sq. SAVE THE
SQUARE!” For its part, the Union Square Partnership
responded that the restaurant — whose original outpost
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pedestrians as the businesses to the south and west.” A
call to mayoral candidate and anti-consumerist Reverend
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think we already know his thoughts on the matter. T.G.I.
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\ Skateboarding workshops

Legends of Woodstock
Michael Lang, the Woodstock Festival’s organizer, above, and Henry Diltz, the festival’s
\

\
Kid’s corner
Face painting and mini make-overs
official photographer, below, celebrated the groundbreaking countercultural fest’s 40th
anniversary last Thursday with a book signing and reception at Morrison Hotel Gallery,
\ Free cultural and historic tours
at 313 Bowery. The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian was on hand, and there was a
slideshow of Woodstock photos with a monologue by Walter Cronkite reporting on the
\ Grilling demonstrations
festival.
\ Paint Out with notable local artists
\ Vintage shopping tour
\ Tastings, giveaways and more!

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at the Baruch Houses
Family Day at the Bernard Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side on Sat., Aug. 8,
brought out residents, local politicians and politicos for a day of fun and the presentation
of awards. Clockwise from top left, Family Day was all about the families; ageless
dancing grace; local leaders, from left, Robert Caballero; longtime Baruch Tenants
Association President Roberto Napoleon (who received an award for his work); Juan
Pagan, a candidate for City Council; and a friend; Mildred Martinez with Reverend Leo
Lawrence, director of Dewitt Head Start, who was honored with an award.
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District 1 wannabes are true to form at Pace debate

BY JULIE SHAPIRO
The candidates for Lower Manhattan’s
City Council seat postured and prodded each
other during a two-hour debate Monday
night, but no clear winner emerged.
The debate, run by Downtown Express
and The Villager, both owned by Community
Media, brought all five candidates to the
same stage for the first time, before a capac-
ity crowd of about 150 at Pace University.
The Democratic primary is Sept. 15.
At the debate, each candidate emerged
true to form, displaying the traits their fol-
lowers have grown to expect. Eight-year
incumbent Councilmember Alan Gerson
touted his experience; Pete Gleason attacked
Gerson’s record and called for a new
approach; Margaret Chin cited her long
history of fighting for affordable housing;
PJ Kim remained calm and looked for con-
sensus; and Arthur Gregory adopted a casual
tone with a common-sense approach and the
audience laughed at his jokes.
Gleason jumped into attack mode in
his opening statement, setting the tone for
exchanges with Gerson that grew increas-
ingly heated. Gleason hammered Gerson on
Villager photos by Jefferson Siegel
affordable housing, overcrowded schools
and the World Trade Center site and charged First District candidates, from left, PJ Kim, Alan Gerson, Pete Gleason, Margaret Chin and Arthur Gregory.
that “Nothing has happened in these areas
over the last eight years.” listing Millennium High School, the four schools was due to former Councilmember ings. He also credited his committee with
When Gleason said not a single new small high schools in the Seward Park build- Kathryn Freed, whose term ended at the the city’s decision to fully fund a rebuilt
school had been built in Lower Manhattan ing and others. beginning of 2002. Gerson’s supporters Fiterman Hall, although last year the mayor
during Gerson’s tenure, Gerson fired back, Gleason responded that credit for those booed Gleason in response. In 2004, Gerson said his frequent foe, Assembly Speaker
secured an agreement with then Deputy Sheldon Silver, deserved the credit.
Mayor Dan Doctoroff, in which the city During Monday’s debate, which lasted
Good in bed. committed to build a school annex for P.S. nearly two hours, the audience often inter-
234 and set aside money to build an East rupted the candidates with applause, hisses
Side school, which is now under construc- and boos. Occasionally, the attendees voiced
tion on Spruce St. their opinions before giving the candidates
Several of the candidates unveiled new a chance to respond. When the candidates
positions at the debate. Chin suggested were asked if they would support charg-
altering the current plan for the World Trade ing most drivers a fee for entering Lower
Center, which calls for five office towers, Manhattan and Midtown, many in the audi-
three of which would need massive public ence shouted “No!”
financing to get underway. Kim, Gregory and Chin all said yes, pro-
“We need to determine what’s going to be vided they could add some caveats. Gleason
built there,” Chin said. “No, we don’t want and Gerson said no, an agreement so rare
any more tall office building there. Let’s use that they shook hands over it. Gerson’s
the resource there, build the memorial and answer was surprising because he voted
build a park, build housing, build school, in favor of the mayor’s congestion-pricing
and that’s what we want to spend our tax bill last year. In a phone interview, he said
dollar on.” he now opposes fees on most drivers, but
Another novel suggestion came from would back a plan that would use technol-
Gleason, who said the problems at the ogy to target a minority of drivers, such

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It was a different vote of Gerson’s that
drew the most censure at the debate: his sup-
port last year for extending term limits for
the mayor and other city officials, including
himself. All four of Gerson’s opponents said
the decision should have gone back to the
voters for a referendum. In the past, Gerson
had opposed a City Council change to the
term limit law.
Gleason criticized Gerson as “a patsy of
the mayor” and said, “We need someone
who’s going to stand up to the mayor.”
Gerson defended his vote by repeating an
argument he has made in the past: that he
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Continued from page 6
sponsored legislation to force a referendum,
but that when that legislation failed, he felt
democracy was best served by giving voters
more options on the ballot.
The candidates found several points of
agreement during Monday’s debate. They all
criticized New York University’s dramatic
NYU Plans 2031 expansion scheme, which
would add 3 million square feet to its Village
campus, mostly near Union Square. The
candidates called on N.Y.U. to be a better
neighbor — Gleason suggested they build
elementary-school seats, which are in greater
demand than college seats Downtown —
and find an alternative expansion site else-
where.
Gerson’s opponents also agreed that the
designs for Washington Square Park should
have included more community input.
Gerson said he negotiated a compromise on
the park’s design that was better than the
Parks Department’s original plan.
When the topic turned to education,
the candidates were reluctant to say who
should get preference at the two new middle
schools that will open Downtown as soon as
2010. Chin was the strongest voice for giv-
ing preference at the middle schools not just
to students who live below Canal St. on the
West Side and below the Brooklyn Bridge on
the East Side, but also to students who live
in Chinatown. Gerson and Kim advocated
for choice and inclusion as well, though less
specifically.
The candidates all agreed that something
needs to happen at the Seward Park Urban
Renewal Area, several large blocks of which
have sat untouched for decades after the city
used eminent domain to claim it. Gerson
hopes to interest cultural tenants in the site;
he revealed he recently gave a tour to “Little
Steven” Van Zandt — the longtime member
of Bruce Springsteen’s band and former
“Sopranos” star — regarding the possibility
of a recording facility on the renewal area.
Everyone wants to see affordable housing
on the site, but Chin was the only one to say
the location should not have any market-rate
housing, and the commercial space, too,
should be subsidized.
During the debate, as during her cam-
paign, Chin frequently focused on affordable
housing and issues facing Chinatown and
low-income residents. Asked how she would
address the needs of other neighborhoods,
and in particular the district’s wealthier resi-
dents, Chin spoke mostly about the need for
affordable housing throughout the district.
When the candidates
were asked if they sup-
port charging drivers a
fee for entering Lower
Manhattan, many in the
audience shouted ‘No!’
Chin is the only woman running for the
seat and pointed out that the City Council
could use more diversity, since only 17 of its
51 members are female. There is also only
one Asian in the Council.
During the debate, Kim frequently point-
ed out areas of agreement with his oppo-
nents. He espoused middle-of-the-road opin-
ions on questions of the government working
with private developers. On the Seward Park
renewal area, for example, he said market-
rate housing and commercial space would
have to be part of any viable plan.
Kim was also realistic about the limits
of the City Council’s power. On the World
Trade Center, he said the Council might not
be able to expedite the construction, but he
would try to mitigate its impact.
Kim also argued for setting the “circus”
of political attacks aside and focusing on
the issues, but Gleason said Gerson was to
blame for the Trade Center rebuilding’s slow
progress.
Gleason made factual errors about Gerson
at times, but when Gerson responded, he
often ran out of time just when he seemed to
be getting to the crux of his points.
Gerson did not respond directly to a
question about his office disorganization, a
problem cited by his supporters and oppo-
nents alike. Instead, he made a joke about
his occasionally rumpled appearance and
said his record speaks for itself.
“I’m not done yet,” he said later, after list-
ing accomplishments as varied as affordable
housing funds and free bathtub grab-bars for
senior citizens.
Gregory was the only candidate who
appeared nervous during the debate, speak-
ing hesitantly at times and occasionally
stumbling over words. Near the end of the
debate, he drew sympathetic laughter and
applause when he noted that he hadn’t
received much applause so far and said he’d
bring more people with him the next time.
Gregory focused on his post-9/11 advo-
cacy and volunteer work, and also made
some unusual suggestions, including that
the city ask developers who received Liberty
Bonds to return some of the money to help
build schools, and that the city use emi-
nent domain to knock down some Financial
District buildings and replace them with
parks.
In the “lightning round,” the candidates
were asked to give one or two-word respons-
es to a series of rapid-fire questions.
Asked if they would consider endorsing
Mike Bloomberg for mayor, all the candi-
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Bill Thompson, presuming he wins the
Democratic primary. Kim previously praised
Bloomberg in an interview with Downtown
Express, suggesting he could consider sup-
porting the mayor. Asked to rate Bloomberg
on a scale of 1 to 10, Gerson, Kim and
Gregory gave him a 5, while Chin said 4.75
and Gleason said 3.
As for the Council race, Kim, Gleason
and Chin agreed to endorse the winner of
the Democratic primary, but Gerson and
Gregory did not. Asked to name the second
most-qualified candidate in the race, Chin
and Gleason picked each other, while Gerson
and Kim did not give an answer. Gregory
named himself as the second most-qualified,
saying Gerson had more experience.
All the candidates want to see One Police
Plaza moved out of Lower Manhattan, since
its sensitivity as a potential terrorist target
caused the city to close Park Row to traffic
after 9/11, although Gerson said only if a
feasible location were found elsewhere in
the city.
None of candidates like the protected
Grand St. bike lane, though Kim qualified
his response by saying it was important not
to demonize cyclists. All the candidates save
Chin support legalizing marijuana, though
Gerson and Kim added the caveat that it
should be just for medicinal purposes.
The last question of the night was one
of the easiest, though it has divided New
Yorkers for generations: Yankees or Mets?
The candidates responded quickly and
unanimously: Yankees.
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Thompson: ‘We need thoughtful planning, smart growth’
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
Comptroller William Thompson told
a coalition of preservation advocates last
week about his views on balancing preser-
vation and development. But Thompson,
a Democratic candidate for mayor, also
responded to questions that covered a broad
range of potential campaign issues.
Thompson told the Aug. 12 preservation
forum that the city, which is expected to
add 1 million more people by 2030, needs
development. Nevertheless, he warned that
careless and haphazard construction has
proven dangerous.
“How do you explain the delay in demol-
ishing the Deutsche Bank building at the
World Trade Center?” was one of the ques-
tions that came up at the forum, sponsored
by New York Landmarks Conservancy, the
Historic Districts Council, Greenwich Village
Society for Historic Preservation, Landmark
West and Municipal Art Society.
“I don’t think you can explain it,”
Thompson replied. “It’s one thing in Lower
Manhattan that the city administration is
responsible for and they’ve dropped the
ball again and again. It’s inexcusable. A
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continuous failure of oversight — of safety,”
he added.
Another question: “What changes would
make education better for our children?”
“I support mayoral control but the system
focuses on standardized tests too much,”
Thompson responded. “The tests cannot
have the only role in judging achievement.
Children are being taught to spit out answers.
It’s about doing well on standard tests, not
about comprehension,” he said.
Another question prompted Thompson
to remark that the target of most complaints
about city agencies is the Department of
Buildings.
“No matter what the borough, peo-
ple complain about the Department of
Buildings,” he said. “The department needs
professional people, especially for inspecting
construction sites,” he added.
A resident of W. Ninth St. wanted to
know if Thompson would have intervened
in the Landmarks Preservation Commission
procedure that recently approved a modi-
fied St. Vincent’s Hospital-Rudin residential
project in the Village.
“I know that people felt they were being
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Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson
stonewalled,” Thompson replied. “There
should be a process that’s open and fair, not
just the city saying, ‘This is what we want
to do,’ and then finding a way to do it,” he
went on. Nevertheless, Thompson said he
“would not want to jump in and manipulate
the process.”
Regarding development, in gener-
al, Thompson told the forum, “We need
thoughtful planning and smart growth. We
need building in the interest of people, not
just profits. We need to take into account the
needs of people and neighborhoods.
“Urban planning is more than finding
ways to accommodate developers,” he said.
“We should decide what we want a neigh-
borhood to look like first.”
Regarding large projects, Thompson said,
“I’m not in favor of picking one developer
and giving him a lot to do. There are advan-
tages to multiple developers on a large
project.”
The Landmarks Preservation Commission
should have adequate funding — “the tools
and teeth” — it needs to do its job, Thompson
said. He noted that even before a potential
landmark is calendared for a hearing, a devel-
oper who doesn’t want landmark designation
could rush to demolish a building. “By the
time the hearing is scheduled, the building
is gone or the things that make it historical
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are destroyed,” he said. The city should make
sure the Landmarks Commission should have
better connections with other relevant agen-
cies, like the Departments of Buildings and
City Planning, he said.
Thompson agreed that the L.P.C. ought
to pay equal attention to preservation in
all neighborhoods, including Harlem and
Queens, not just the most populated or
glamorous.
Community boards should be getting
more resources instead of having their bud-
gets cut, he added.
“They are a reliable source of information
about our neighborhoods, and we should
have as many people as possible involved —
and trained to participate,” he said.
Waterfront access and open space for
public recreation should be part of the bal-
ance of private-public development, he said.
“We have to be able to develop public
open space and waterfront parks and find
ways to pay for them,” he said.
Thompson promised to look into one
questioner’s charge that many public-hous-
ing apartments are warehoused, in effect, by
being kept vacant for renovations that never
seem happen.
Regarding the balance of preservation
and development, Henry Stern, former New
York City Parks commissioner, asked, “Do
you think the entire city should be a historic
district?” Thompson’s short answer was
“No.”
Under his breath Stern replied,
“Sometimes you wonder,” apparently refer-
ring to the aggressive preservation position
of the groups that sponsored the forum.
The forum sponsors issued a “2009
Citywide Preservation Platform,” whose first
plank calls for encouraging reusing and
rehabilitating older buildings, including city
buildings acquired by default.
The platform, signed onto by more than
100 organizations citywide, also calls for
expanding state and city tax-credit programs
for landmarked properties. A task force to
study feasible ways to preserve and support
the maintenance of historic religious proper-
ties is also in the platform.
The preservation agenda additionally
calls for more staffing and funding for
the Landmarks Preservation Commission,
better communication to ensure that com-
missioners are aware of pending landmark
requests, and a protocol for working with
the Department of Buildings in emergency
situations involving landmarks.
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house between Greenwich Ave. and W. Fourth St. had been

kicked open, leaving a visible boot print. But a canvass of

Avenue C shooting
A man who walked out of a deli on the corner of E. 12th
St. and Avenue C just before 5 a.m. Sun., Aug. 16, was shot
once in the chest and fell to the sidewalk, police said. The
victim, described only as a Hispanic man, 25, was taken to
Bellevue Hospital in critical condition. The gunman, and
possibly an accomplice or two, hailed a cab and fled, accord-
ing to reports. Police did not release the victim’s name but
were investigating the case.
Dead on Soho roof
Responding to a call at 11:35 a.m. Tues., Aug. 11, police
went to the roof of 35 Howard St. near Broadway, where
they found the body of a white male. The man, about whom
more information was not provided, was pronounced dead
at the scene, and the Medical Examiner’s Office was inves-
tigating the cause of death. Police are still investigating the
case.
Electric toothbrush trick
Kelly Scott, girlfriend of Cameron Douglas, the son of the
actor Michael Douglas, was arrested Aug. 10 and charged
with smuggling small plastic bags of heroin from the Hotel
Gansevoort room where Cameron previously had been stay-
ing to the Manhattan home of his mother, where he was
under a court-ordered security watch, according to a New
York Post article last week.
Scott was charged with trying to get the tiny heroin bags
crammed inside the battery compartment of an electric
toothbrush to Douglas in his mother’s apartment. The agents
POLICE BLOTTER
assigned to Douglas had heard him phone a woman and
ask her to bring him personal items, especially his electric
toothbrush, from the Hotel Gansevoort room where both
had been staying and where he was arrested last month on
drug charges.
Scott turned up later at the apartment with a black bag
of personal items, including the electric toothbrush with
the heroin in the battery compartment. She told agents at
the apartment that she didn’t know about the heroin in the
gadget. The agents later brought Scott back to the Hotel
Gansevoort, where they found a half-pound of crystal meth-
amphetamine and small bags of what appeared to be heroin,
marijuana and meth, according to the Post article. Scott was
jailed and held without bail on drug-possession charges.
‘Give me $1,600’
A man walked up to a desk in the Capital One branch at
21 University Place near E. Eighth St. shortly after 10 a.m.
Sat., Aug. 8, said, “I want to open an account,” and was led
to a teller where he then passed a note saying, “Give me
$1,600. I will hurt you if you try anything,” police said. The
teller handed over $748 and the suspect fled. Police said
the suspect, described as a black man about age 25, 5 feet
6 inches tall and 150 pounds, had been walking around in
front of the bank before it opened.
Cold job
The manager of the Snow Mountain Ice Cream shop at
474 Sixth Ave. near W. 12th St. closed the place at 12:20
a.m. Sat., Aug. 15, and reopened at noon to find that the
lock on the security gate was gone and $700 was missing
from the cash register, police said. The security system was
unplugged and the computer tower valued at $800 was also
the area did not find a suspect. A U.S. passport belonging to
the apartment’s resident, who was not at home at the time,
had been stolen but nothing else was reported missing. The
burglar was described as a black man about 29, 5 feet 10
inches tall and weighing 185 pounds, wearing black trousers,
a white T-shirt and a baseball cap.
Took her Apple Book
A resident of an apartment at 183 Sullivan St. near
Bleecker St. left home with her doors locked and win-
dows closed around 12:45 p.m. Sat., Aug. 8. She returned
home Sun., Aug. 9, around 10:24 p.m. and found her door
unlocked, a bedroom window open and an Apple laptop
computer valued at $2,000 stolen, police said. The resident’s
roommate, who had been away on Saturday, returned at 3
p.m. Sunday, found the door unlocked, and left again 15
minutes later, locking the door behind him. The roommate
had not noticed anything missing, police said.
Knocked to ground
A man, 26, was walking on W. Fourth St. near W. 11th
St. shortly before 3 a.m. Tues., Aug. 11, when a mugger hit
him over the head and knocked him to the ground, police
said. The suspect took a wallet with credit cards and a
driver’s license from the victim and fled.
Bottles for iPod
A group of men started an argument with a man, 41, on
the Bowery at Prince St. at 10:50 p.m. Sat., Aug 8, when
one of them grabbed an iPod from the man, who resisted,
police said. The thieves then hit the victim over the head
with beer bottles, left him bleeding on the sidewalk and fled,
police said.

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YOUR 8 that he had seen a man in front of a house at 275 W. operating and recorded the theft, police said.
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&
believe that the related construction expense Jones Lang LaSalle, average rents for all impact of rezonings on community services.
prevents them from realizing a fair return on Downtown office buildings have slipped 12.4 “When this bill is enacted, neighborhoods
the property. percent during the past six months — from will be prepared with the needed schools,

MIXED USE However, Department of City Planning

BY PATRICK HEDLUND
MEAT MARKET CUT
The developers of a planned High Line-
straddling office tower in the Meatpacking
District have trimmed the size of its proposed
building after the project came under fire from
the city and local preservationists.
The Romanoff family, which owns the prop-
erty, at 437 W. 13th St. near Washington St.,
has been seeking a variance from the Board of
Standards and Appeals to construct a high-rise
much larger than what is allowed by zoning
regulations.
The previous plan — which called for a
12-story, glass-sheathed office building, 215 feet
tall and extending over the High Line, similar to
the Standard Hotel just to the south — has now
been reduced to 201 feet and eliminates the pro-
posed cantilever above the new elevated park.
The project’s proposed use of a 7.7 F.A.R.
(floor area ratio) has been trimmed to 7.1,
despite the fact that the as-of-right designa-
tion only allows an F.A.R. of 5. Additionally,
the building’s cellar portion to be constructed
underneath the High Line has been eliminated.
The Romanoffs originally sought the “hard-
ship” variance because the High Line passes
over more than a quarter of the site, and they
Commissioner Amanda Burden disagreed,
writing a letter to the B.S.A. in May, recom-
mending the board deny the variance.
The applicant made a point of noting that
the proposed tower would still be shorter than
the Standard Hotel and nearby, still-under-con-
struction High Line Building, even though both
of those structures utilize F.A.R.’s conforming
to the zoning regulations. The Romanoffs have
also been criticized for planning to more than
triple the size of their allowed retail space,
from about 10,000 square feet permitted in the
manufacturing district to 32,000 square feet.
“While the B.S.A. has not yet rendered a
decision, the good news is they seem to remain
skeptical about the application, and the devel-
oper has already scaled back the requested
variances in response to the resistance they are
facing,” read a statement from the Greenwich
Village Society of Historic Preservation, which
also opposes the variance.
The B.S.A. will hold its next hearing on the
project on Sept. 22.
DOWNTOWN OFFICE LOWS
Average asking rents for Downtown
office buildings have fallen more than 12
percent over the last six months, with fore-
casts indicating that prices could drop below
$50 per square foot for the area’s highest-
quality properties by next year.
According to a report from brokerage
$48.75 per square foot to $42.70.
The area’s top-class trophy properties, which
went for an average of slightly more than $70
per square foot a year ago, have seen nearly a
7 percent decrease over the last six months —
from $64.54 per square foot to $60.23.
The report stated that the sub-$50-per-
square-foot scenario has already occurred at
some Downtown properties. If trophy build-
ings were to suffer similar drops, Downtown
asking rents would return to levels not seen
in five years.
Rents for all Downtown office types tumbled
nearly 16 percent over the last year, compared
to 17 percent decrease in Midtown.
‘SMART’ DEVELOPMENT
A bill requiring city agencies to assess spe-
cific infrastructure needs related to rezoning
projects in order to prepare neighborhoods
facing major redevelopment will be introduced
to the City Council this week.
The proposed measure, authored by
Councilmember David Yassky, would
require city agencies like the Departments of
Education, Environmental Protection,
Sanitation and Transportation, as well as
the Police and Fire Departments, to con-
duct impact assessments accompanying major
rezoning actions. Under the legislation, called
the “Smart Development Bill,” the agencies
would establish relevant and specific minimum
neighborhood service standards to measure the
subway and bus lines, trash-disposal capa-
bilities, fire and police needs, among others,
that too often have been ignored during the
development process,” said Yassky, who is
running for city comptroller.
The assessments would identify current
service levels in the respective area, state
potential changes related to the proposed
development, and include plans to imple-
ment recommended improvements in a time-
ly manner to allow sufficient time for the city
to provide the appropriate resources.
“For far too long, many communities have
undergone significant rezoning and devel-
opment without a correlating expansion in
vital city services,” said Comptroller William
Thompson, Jr., a candidate for mayor. “This
legislation will go a long way to protect our
neighborhoods from rapid development by
providing a necessary level of review during
the rezoning process.”
The current uniform land use review process,
or ULURP, only requires the City Council, affect-
ed community board or boards and Department
of City Planning to assess major development
proposals. Under the bill, the city agencies would
review projects’ applications and environmental
impact statements (E.I.S.), and submit a report
to City Planning outlining their impacts, as well
as necessary changes in services or capital spend-
ing. These assessments would then accompany
the rezoning application and E.I.S. as they move
through the approval process.
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Villager photos by Clayton Patterson

Top brass and Latin flash

at 7th Precinct’s Night Out
The Seventh Precinct Community Council’s recent National Night Out Against Crime
at Ludlow and Stanton Sts. brought community members and local police together for
an evening of fun and safety. Clockwise from top left, Chief Robert Giannelli, the high-
ranking New York Police Department chief of patrol, was on hand; so was Rabbi Blank,
right, from the Bialystoker Home on East Broadway; a live band added flavor to the
festivities.
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Provincetown drama, as theater wall partly removed

Continued from page 1
found to be made partly of rubble and unstable. She said she
discovered the removal only last Thurs., Aug. 13.
“My office should have known about it and takes full
responsibility for the communications gap,” Hurley said.
Work as related to the theater will cease and will not resume
until a report is made to the community within the next two
weeks. “The final shoring up of one wall of the theater is
being done this week to hold everything in place, and then
we’ll take a break from work in the theater part of the proj-
ect,” Hurley said.
Work, however, will shift to the north end of the project.
Preservation of the playhouse, where Nobel Laureate
Eugene O’Neill’s modern American plays took stage in the
first two decades of the last century, was an emotional and
contentious issue last year.
N.Y.U., which since 1984 has owned the building at
133-139 MacDougal St. where the 170-seat playhouse was
located on the south end, agreed in June 2008 to preserve the
theater’s four walls, stage and entrance and build the rest of
the new five-story project around it.
The project was also seen as the first test of the “N.Y.U.
planning principles,” which were adopted in January 2008
by the Community Task Force on N.Y.U. Development
organized by Stringer. The principles — and, for some,
the theater preservation project — heralded the beginning
of harmonious relations between the university, its Village
neighbors and elected officials.
The borough president said on Monday that while removal
of a part of the playhouse wall may have been unavoidable, he
was “outraged that the university did not pause to consult with
[Community Board 2] and the task force before proceeding.
“Since the adoption of the planning principles, N.Y.U. has
embarked on a new path of transparency and dialogue with
neighbors,” he said. “The question for N.Y.U. now is — Do
you want to go back to the old N.Y.U or continue on the new
path where transparency is part of the lexicon?”
After learning from neighbors whose apartments over-
look the street-level construction barriers that part of the
theater wall had been removed, Berman recalled that the
university last year initially had planned to save only the
facade of the theater end of the entire project and none of
the theater’s interior.
“But then they made a big announcement that they had
reconsidered and would preserve the four walls of the the-
ater — less than 6 percent of the interior,” Berman said in
an e-mail to The Villager. “If they are demolishing parts of
the four walls, then what is the difference between their new
plan and their old one, except a broken promise?”
In another e-mail, Berman said, “What’s unfortunate and
clear is that N.Y.U. has yet again been caught in a lie, the lie that
they would preserve the walls of the theater in their entirety.”
Hurley said much of what was removed was below grade
level and it was a composite of rubble, paving block and brick.
“The area that was brick and above grade, we will be able
to replace with saved bricks and some new brick,” Hurley
said, adding, “To date we have invested nearly $2 million in
shoring up the existing structure and remain committed to
preserving as much as we can.”
She noted that her office had a construction walk-through
of the site with David Gruber — chairperson of Community
Board 2’s Arts and Institutions Committee and a member of
the task force — more than a month ago and prior to the
discovery of the unstable section of the theater wall.
“If there was an error, it was that we should have brought
David or someone from the task force back to explain what
the engineers were advising,” Hurley said. “My office takes
full responsibility and regrets this gap in communication.”

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Quinn on hot seat debating Passannante-Derr, Kurland
Continued from page 1
on Kurland’s part, perhaps, since signs weren’t allowed
under the debate’s ground rules.
PASSANNANTE-DERR GOES ON ATTACK
Passannante-Derr, a former Community Board 2 chairper-
son, went on the attack in her opening statement.
“This election is about an arrogant incumbent who has
turned the City Council into a rubber stamp for a right-wing
Republican mayor,” she charged. “A candidate who has sold
out her community — first, with a three-district Sanitation
garage, when there’s a two-district community alternative,” and
second, with a marine waste-transfer station on Gansevoort
Peninsula, “a station that’s 50 yards from a toddler playground,
a playground where children will now ingest polluted air from
Sanitation trucks that will drive into this park all day long,”
Passannante-Derr said.
The early questions were among the evening’s toughest
for Quinn, and her responses were frequently met with some
hoots of derision and cat calls from the audience, although the
audience, over all, remained respectful.The first question asked
the candidates’ position on term limits and on their being over-
turned legislatively last year in the City Council, in an effort led
by Quinn, with the backing of Mayor Bloomberg.
“It is not an issue of term limits — it is an issue of democ-
racy,” stated Kurland, a civil rights attorney and educator who,
like Quinn, is lesbian. “If you tell me that you want two terms,
I will listen to you, and I will respect that decision.”
Quinn said she doesn’t support term limits, saying they
‘This Sanitation garage will be
Christine Quinn’s legacy for selling
out the community.’
Maria Passannante-Derr
“empower lobbyists and staff over elected officials.” Quinn
said she supported repealing term limits — which had been
approved by two voter referenda — because of the reces-
sion.
“I think given these extraordinary times, it was appropri-
ate to give voters a choice,” she said. “We face now the worst
economic crisis this city and state and country have seen
since the Great Depression.”
Wall St. provides 25 percent of the city’s taxes, she noted.
But Derr said the power of incumbency makes it impossible
for challengers to have a level playing field.
COUNCIL ‘SLUSH FUND’
The next question concerned the so-called “slush fund,”
under which millions of dollars of city budget funds were
stashed under names of phony nonprofit groups. Essentially
controlled by Quinn, as the City Council’s speaker, these funds
were then doled out to various community groups and orga-
nizations, many in Quinn’s own district, including Friends of
the High Line and even the Greenwich Village Little League.
The question: “Who bears responsibility for the slush fund’s
continuing until spring 2008?” Quinn became the Council’s
speaker in January 2006.
“There is a complete disgust with the slush-fund scandal
and the fact that we are paying for Christine Quinn’s legal
From left, Maria Passannante-Derr spoke at the debate, as Christine Quinn and Yetta Kurland waited their turn.
fees and the legal fees of her staff,” Passannante-Derr said,
referring to the attorney Quinn hired after the practice came
under investigation.
“The Department of Investigation’s investigation was pushed
under the carpet because of Mayor Bloomberg and because of
your power in the City Council,” Passannante-Derr accused of
Quinn. “Thank God, we have a federal investigation going on,
or we would hear nothing of this.”
For her part, Quinn said, “We found out a year and a half
ago that there was a very inappropriate practice going on in the
City Council,” her statement meeting some groans of disbelief.
“We believe it dates back to at least 1995. And when we found
out that this practice was going on, we immediately asked the
authorities to look into it and to investigate it. It’s a practice that
never should have gone on.”
Quinn added that, due to new procedures, every budget
item that gets approved is now “vetted and trackable” online.
However, Kurland said, “One of the most troubling things
to me is that we haven’t seen the investigation on the slush
funds — what happened?” Kurland said she was glad Quinn
acknowledged the practice was wrong, then added: “But you
must certainly have known about it, if in 2006, you were using
those slush-fund monies for your district.
Kurland added skeptically, “I can’t believe that the Speaker’s
Office asked the federal department to investigate them. I think
the investigation was [already] going on.”
SPRING ST. MEGAGARAGE
Also sparking fireworks was the topic of the city’s plan
for a three-district Sanitation garage on Spring St. in Hudson
Square, a project Quinn approved in the City Council.
Quinn said her office continues to work with commu-
nity members who oppose the three-district garage to find an
“appropriate alternative” site for the trucks from one of the
Sanitation districts. Getting Sanitation District 2’s garbage
trucks off Gansevoort Peninsula is required under a lawsuit
settlement, she noted.
In either a misstatement or just a flub in which she could
have used a G.P.S., Quinn said, “I think we’ve all seen the
[garbage] trucks sitting around Father Demo Square bother-
Villager photos by Jefferson Siegel
ing people who are having fun in the park — that’s not what
we want.” Father Demo Square is in the South Village, not
Hudson Square.
Quinn added that Community Board 4 — which covers
Chelsea and Clinton and which contains some of the proposed
alternative sites — already has many similar municipal-type
facilities.
But Passannante-Derr blasted Quinn, charging, “This
Sanitation garage will be Christine Quinn’s legacy for selling
out the community.” Noting the neighborhood already has
many FedEx and UPS trucks, Passannante-Derr said, “One
‘[Quinn’s] close alliance with the
mayor stops her from actualizing
that opportunity to show up and to
be a fighter for our community.’
Yetta Kurland
hundred twenty-eight more vehicles right in the middle of a
growing community. It will be 120-feet tall… . We already have
the second-worst air quality in the Northeast. We already have
16 lanes feeding into the Holland Tunnel. We’re going to have
a 5,000-ton, open-ended salt shed with airborne salt flying all
over right next to the Holland Tunnel fresh-air tower.”
Passannante-Derr said she supports the community-alterna-
tive Hudson Rise plan, which would only have two Sanitation
districts, plus a park on top.
Kurland said she supports Hudson Rise, too, adding, “I
think the problem with Hudson Square typifies the problem
we have in this community with the type of development and
the way that development is happening. This is the perfect
example of how our current councilmember can’t stand up for
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us as a community and stand up for the problems we face. It
would wipe out that community,” she said of the megagarage.
“We have a solution: Hudson Rise is an incredible, complex
solution.
“None of this development happens in this city until our
councilmember says, ‘Yes, O.K.,’ and signs off on it,” Kurland
added.
ON BEING COUNCIL SPEAKER
Another flashpoint question asked whether Quinn’s being
Council speaker — considered to be the city’s second most-
powerful office — has benefited her district or, rather, actu-
ally taken her focus off addressing constituents’ needs.
Passannante-Derr didn’t hold back.
“Christine Quinn is an absentee councilmember who is
disconnected from the district,” she said. “She shows up
for ribbon-cutting ceremonies… . She’s in the outer bor-
oughs for photo ops. Sure, Stephen DiBrienza, term-limited
councilmember in Brooklyn, gets $1 million from Christine
Quinn’s slush fund — but the Visiting Neighbors got totally
wiped out. How is that helping us with Christine Quinn as
speaker?”
(The payments to DiBrienza’s nonprofit group — termed
a “ghost district office” by some — in fact, started under
Quinn’s predecessor, former Speaker Gifford Miller, in
2002. Under Quinn as speaker, DiBrienza’s group got more
than $200,000 in 2006. On Monday, Dr. Cynthia Maurer,
Visiting Neighbors’ executive director, told The Villager
that the group was still hoping for $200,000 from “the
speaker’s pot” of funding. “Bottom line,” Maurer said, “we
still haven’t seen a contract yet and the fiscal year started
July 1. We’re running on empty, basically. It’s scary.”)
A clearly impassioned Quinn listed some of her accom-
plishments serving her district.
“I am incredibly proud of the work that I do and my
staff does every day for the residents of this district,” she
said. “Whether it’s standing up with the residents on 22nd
St. when they faced a landlord who was going to take over
their home for use by his own, beating that back… . I’m
incredibly proud of when there’s been crime in our district,
the work that I’ve been able to do with our local police
officers... . I’m proud of the work I’ve done in our Housing
Authority buildings, bringing them cameras that helped
reduce crime in those projects, and proud of having gone
door to door in those projects, to help identify problems
where services weren’t being delivered, and enroll people
who live in the Fulton Houses in food stamps — that’s
constituent services,” she said, as her supporters burst into
thunderous applause.
Quinn added that park areas like Father Demo Square
and J.J. Walker ball field, which “were in desperate need of
renovations,” got renovations under her.
“I do think the opportunity to serve our community has
been failed,” Kurland said, “I think time and time again, as
the City Council speaker, she has to serve the interests of
others beyond our community. ... Our community came up
with a great solution to transfer the Gansevoort transfer
station so it would be out of the way of children and people
using the Hudson River Park — in the district still, but out
of the way. That couldn’t happen because, unfortunately,
Christine Quinn has to answer to a lot of people. And her
close alliance with the mayor, and with other forces, stops
her from actualizing that opportunity to show up and to be
a fighter for our community. ... I am beholden to no one but
the people of the Third District.”
Passannante-Derr even blamed school overcrowding on
Quinn.
“We have children that are now going to have to go
from the Village down to 26 Broadway for middle school,”
she said. “And that is a crime. That should have been
addressed in the long-term capital plan. … We have school
overcrowding because of Christine Quinn.”
The main room for the debate was packed to capacity, as was an overflow room with 40 seats. About 225 people
attended the debate.
L.G.B.T. ISSUES
All three candidates said they back gay marriage.
Each expressed disapproval of the Police Department’s
bogus busts last year of middle-aged gay tourists on prostitution
charges at porn video stores in the East Village and Chelsea.
To address similar false arrests, Quinn said the Civilian
Complaint Review Board, as before, should have prosecutorial
powers, and she noted approvingly that the police commis-
sioner’s L.G.B.T. Advisory Board has been re-established.
Kurland supported creation of a Committee on Police
Oversight.
‘I am incredibly proud of the work
that I do and my staff does every day
for the residents of this district.’
Christine Quinn
The three women said they back anti-bullying legislation for
New York City public schools.
ST. VINCENT’S HOSPITAL
On another development issue, St. Vincent’s Hospital’s
rebuilding project, all said they favor the hospital staying in
Greenwich Village.
“We need it here,” Kurland said, though adding of the proj-
ect, “It is overly concerned with luxury condos being developed.
This is because of the type of overdevelopment we’re seeing in
this district — without the kind of urban planning and the care
for the community. … The problem with St. Vincent’s is that it
does not create… affordable housing — it actually displaces the
community. And it also changes the look and feel of a very beauti-
ful part of the Village.”
Quinn said she was glad St. Vincent’s project changed as it
went through the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s review,
so that four of the hospital’s existing buildings were saved.
August 19 - 25, 2009 17
“The project will now make its way through the full land-use
process,” Quinn said. “There’s more work to do — to balance
the medical needs of our district with the preservation and resi-
dential needs of our district…to maximize the open space in the
triangle.”
Referring to Kurland’s and Passannante-Derr’s calls for creat-
ing new schools along with new development, Quinn said the
City Charter should be changed so that developers “are held
accountable for the services that their buildings create the need
for — not just schools, but things like fire[fighters] and police
officers and transportation.”
Passannante-Derr said the hospital’s construction will be the
biggest challenge, which can be addressed through “vigilance”
and monthly Community Board 2 meetings and curtailing con-
struction hours.
Kurland accused Quinn of backing a development plan for
the Western Rail Yards in Chelsea lacking affordable housing.
But Quinn said the plan, in fact, will be an opportunity to create
affordable housing — “something we’re going to fight to make
sure that it happens, and is permanent,” she noted.
PROSTITUTION AND YOUTH
A written audience question asked, “What are you going
to do about the huge prostitution problem in the West
Village? What do you intend doing about the unruly youth
in the West Village?”
Quinn said she was happy to see the recent reinforce-
ments for the Sixth Precinct, including a mounted unit and
an infusion of new Police Academy graduates.
She said she’s “working with community members on
conversations that we can have with judges” about prostitu-
tion, “particularly focused on not giving johns a pass — not
letting them off the hook.” Quinn said she hopes to replicate
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes’s “School for
Johns” program in Manhattan, “to be a deterrent, and stop
people from coming to the Village.”
She said a program at The Door on Broome St. put
in place to help the gay and lesbian youth frequenting
the Village is working, and that she’ll push to keep
funding it.
Taking a harder line, Passannante-Derr said, “This prob-
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18 August 19 - 25, 2009
EDITORIAL
Democracy in action
This past week saw Community Media lead and
participate in what we think was an impressive exercise
in democracy that benefited and informed voters in
two City Council districts.
First, last Thursday, three of our publications
— The Villager, Gay City News and Chelsea Now —
sponsored a debate for the Democratic candidates in
the Third Council District — Christine Quinn, Yetta
Kurland and Maria Passannante-Derr. We thank New
York University for hosting and supporting the event.
Then, on Monday, The Villager and Downtown
Express teamed up to sponsor a second debate, for
the five Democratic contenders in the First Council
District — Alan Gerson, Margaret Chin, PJ Kim, Pete
Gleason and Arthur Gregory.
Hundreds of New Yorkers turned out to hear the candi-
dates state their positions on the issues, answer tough ques-
tions, challenge each other and generally make their case
for why they should be elected to represent their respective
districts. The debates were stimulating, thought provoking,
fun and informative. And the engagement and passion of
the many audience members was truly inspiring.
In total, about 225 people attended Thursday’s debate
and 150 more were at Monday’s debate. An impressive
turnout, to say the least. What’s more, the debates, in
their entirety, are now posted on our newspapers’ Web
sites. Now thousands more people can view and hear
all the action from both forums. It’s called democracy
in action, pure and simple, and it’s part of responsible,
committed community journalism.
Both debates were major events. People were excit-
ed and eager to attend. As one Villager put it, describ-
ing the Quinn-Kurland-Passannante-Derr debate: “I
got in line at 5:15 for a debate that started at 7 — I felt
like I was in line for the Shake Shack.”
One candidate in the first debate, however,
Passannante-Derr, sadly chose to go negative because
Quinn was able to marshal her supporters to turn out
in large numbers. Passannante-Derr has put out mis-
information, and continues to do so, charging that The
Villager and Gay City News somehow told Quinn’s cam-
paign “four days” prior to the debate that tickets would
be given out to let people in. In fact, the idea to give out
tickets once a capacity number of people had gathered
was a crowd-control measure put in place by security
officials a day before the debate — so it’s impossible
anyone was notified four days prior. Passannante-Derr
similarly continues to claim that Bob Ortiz-Arroyo, a
supporter who uses a wheelchair, was denied access.
But, as clearly shown on YouTube, Ortiz-Arroyo got in.
This is a puzzling campaign strategy on the part of
Passannante-Derr: to spread misinformation — on her
Web site and in the press — and attack us for doing the
commendable public service of holding a debate.
Meanwhile, Quinn, though attacked vigorously by
both her opponents, stayed cool under fire. Regardless
of the criticisms — some certainly legitimate — Quinn
faces, that kind of steady character is what one looks for
in a good leader. Kurland, too, though she had plenty of
pre-debate concerns about the event’s format, once the
debate started, stuck to the issues and made the most of
her opportunity to get her message out and argue why
she could do a better job than the incumbent.
As for Quinn, though, one of her glaring failures
during the debate was her refusal to own up fully to
her role — a major one — in the City Council “slush
fund” scandal. Quinn can’t plead ignorance of what
was going on with those millions of dollars during the
early years of her Council speakership. She should have
done a better job coming clean last Thursday.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Gerson walks the walk
To The Editor:
I don’t believe there has ever been a councilmember in
District 1 that has ever reached out and responded to the
needs of our communities as Councilman Alan Gerson does.
Councilman Gerson has reached out to the district’s “outer
areas” and has brought us together with respect for each
other and our issues.
Councilman Gerson, and members of his staff, have spent
endless hours — and on most occasions, well after 5 p.m.,
respecting the fact that people have to work and cannot
make meetings during the day — meeting with local people
and community groups.
I have never seen such multicultural groups, and groups
in general, come together at meetings the way we do; each
realizing respectfully that our neighborhoods have differ-
ent issues, which only compounds the many challenges in
District 1. We have someone in office truly willing to work
for us, listen to us, fight for us and who has opened up his
office to the community — unlike his predecessor, who was
way too busy with Soho — and who has tried again and
again to get things worked out. He has been successful,
for the most part, if we really think about it; and, if anyone
thinks this is a piece of cake, they are clueless.
It’s disturbing to me that the people running against the coun-
cilman are too busy focusing their campaigns on bashing rather
than stating their solutions for a better and improved tomorrow
and what they intend to bring to the office. I am not interested in
what Pete Gleason supposedly did in his past jobs and what his
claim to fame was while in those jobs. He is so transparent, talk-
ing the talk, and there is no doubt in my mind that he will not be
able to walk the walk as Councilmember Gerson does.
Alan is all over District 1 and we know how huge an area
it is. So what if he misses some of the “boy club” meetings
in the Council? The councilman has a hands-on approach,
and I’d rather have him in the trenches with the real people,
hearing us, and trying to come up with solutions — which
is what he has been doing. Does Gleason even know that it
was Bloomberg who insisted on third terms? It’s so obvious
that Gleason is attempting to distract the campaign because
he has nothing to say of any substance.
In these challenging times, we should be beyond Gleason’s
attempt to sabotage the campaign with his childish behavior,
name-calling and pickiness that he’s been putting out. Since
this apparently is what he is made of, then this isn’t someone
that I want in office or that has my respect. Gleason either
needs to grow up or find a real job — which is another issue.
Lillian Tozzi
IRA BLUTREICH
Cuomo waits and the G.O.P. rejoices as Paterson plummets in polls.
The ‘livability’ candidate
To The Editor:
As a senior citizen, I would like to thank Alan Gerson for
his unyielding commitment to enhancing our quality of life.
He has worked diligently in regard to noise pollution, as well
as being instrumental in supplying such things as bath guard
rails and other safety features for the elderly. Alan has also
organized wonderful day cruises for The Caring Community
along with out-of-pocket delicious lunches. He has always
presented a kind and gentle demeanor to his many friends
and neighbors. Good luck, Alan!
Connie Masullo
Can’t see forest for trees
To The Editor:
Re “Art war getting surreal” (letter, by Timothy Clark,
Aug. 12):
Timothy Clark can’t ever seem to get his facts straight. I am an
advocate for trees and a member of the Arbor Day Foundation. I
never opposed trees being planted in Soho. If anything, I’d like to
see a lot more trees there. What I have opposed is ugly concrete
planters — many of which function as garbage cans — being
installed all over Soho sidewalks in order to prevent legal vendors
and street artists from selling there. I am also an outspoken critic
of street artists or vendors claiming permanent ownership of any
particular sidewalk space. Imitating landlords and BID’s is not
what artists’ free speech is about.
Robert Lederman,
Lederman is president, A.R.T.I.S.T. (Artists’ Response to
Illegal State Tactics)
All art is free speech
To The Editor:
Re “Lederman’s legacy” (letter, by Lawrence White, July 29):
As a longtime member of A.R.T.I.S.T., I’m responding to
comments that Larry White has made concerning our presi-
dent, Robert Lederman.
Robert Lederman has been duly elected by the mem-
bers of A.R.T.I.S.T. four times. It was with his guidance
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My brother Frank: The teacher who walked beside me

THEATER
MEMORIAL
BY ALPHIE MCCOURT
My brother Frank McCourt died on July 19 this year: one
month, to the day, before his 79th birthday. The world took
notice. Walter Cronkite died on July 17. My wife, Lynn, said
that Frank waited a couple of days so that Walter Cronkite
could have his moment. Frank McCourt? And Walter
Cronkite, the most trusted man in America? In the same
breath? Isn’t this a great country?
Frank’s early miseries are well known, as are his teaching
career, his monumental success as a writer and his vast inter-
national popularity as speaker and humorist. He has always
been a strong presence in my life, along with my brothers
Malachy and Michael. I will never speak to him again, nor
see him. I can’t believe that. But I will have to get used to the
idea. Death comes to, and for, everyone.
As is well known, seven children were born to my parents.
Three died and, as Malachy has pointed out, for many years
the odds were in favor of the survivors. Three were gone and
the four of us still stood. Now the odds have shifted.
Frank was 10 years older and, from my boyhood, I
remember him as being serious, austere, even: disciplined,
determined and with a sense of mission. Ten years distant
from any possibility of an easy relationship with him, I was Photo by Lynn McCourt

a little bit intimidated. Until the day I borrowed his bike,
crashed it and awaited his wrath. Wrath never came. Frank
dismissed the incident without any fuss. In our Limerick, in
the bleak harshness of the 1940s and 1950s, no one said I
love you. But Frank didn’t chide me, or shout or threaten.
No, he forbore and, to a child reared on fire and brimstone,
more especially on the Irish Catholic version, such forbear-
A crashed bike, a trek across the
Brooklyn Bridge...a final blessing.
ance, in the face of destruction and stupidity, was nothing
short of love.
In 1949 Frank left Limerick, the city of his rearing, and
returned to New York, the city of his birth. We were left
behind: Mam, Mike and myself. Malachy was already away
in England. Our hearts broke when he left.
A long 10 years would elapse before I came to New York.
And, a couple of years later, in 1961, when I was staying
with Frank and his wife in Brooklyn, Frank and I went for
a few beers in a bar in Downtown Manhattan. All too soon
it is 4 a.m., closing time, with the dawn coming up, too late
and too early to take a subway or bus. At Frank’s sugges-
tion we walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Two men, walking
side by side; fat or thin, tall or small, rich or poor; there’s a
The literary brothers McCourt: Frank, Malachy and Alphie
magic in that.
We are nowhere near drunk. It would be hard to get
drunk even on a succession of small 15-cent glasses of beer.
But we are cheerful. By this time I am as tall as Frank, my
oldest brother. Out of the night and into the day we walk,
out of the darkness, into the light and the promise of the
future. Only in retrospect, and only after many years, did I
see the symbolism. To this day I treasure it. Ever the teacher,
Frank didn’t send me or walk behind me. Nor did he lead.
The teacher walked beside me.
Eight or nine years later, when I was living in Dublin
and attending University College, Dublin, Frank came over
to work on a doctorate, at Trinity College. I was sharing an
apartment with two friends. Frank lived elsewhere but he
had a key to our apartment. One miserable rainy afternoon
I came home to find him in the kitchen. Standing, still in his
coat, he was eating a soft-boiled egg. One single, solitary,
soft-boiled egg, with no bread, no butter, no tea in sight.
That was his way. Only what he needed, that’s what he took.
He kept the faith.
Twenty-five years later, the success of his first book, a
memoir, left him bewildered. Throughout most of his adult
life he had been “only the teacher.” “Angela’s Ashes,” a saga
shot through with poverty and hunger, became the engine of
his success. Now even Gourmet magazine was asking him to
write a piece. “Irony is my constant companion,” he would
remark as he poked fun at his status as a newly minted big
shot.
Frank survived typhoid fever as a boy and endured
chronic conjunctivitis. In the 1980s he would survive cancer.
Having thoroughly embraced and enjoyed his dozen years of
fame, he was now afflicted with melanoma. Treatments and
hospital stays would follow, all to no avail.
During his last days, in the hospice, he lies propped up
in bed. Two or three other people are in the room. I indicate
to him that I must leave and that I will be back tomorrow.
Frank raises his right hand, the first and second fingers
extended; the middle finger and the pinkie folded back, the
thumb lying flat.
Smiling as he is, this gesture means something. I can tell.
The others in the room are watching him and they laugh
when he raises his hand. With the crinkle of a joke at the
corners of his smile he forgives the others their laughter.
Still looking directly at me, and with the same wide smile, he
moves his right hand: upward, and slowly downward, then
left to right, in a continuous motion. Oldest to youngest,
fatherless now as we have ever been, in timeless rhythm he
gives me his blessing. And without a thought I cross myself.
Next day Malachy and I are with him in the room. Frank’s
wife, Ellen, is away, briefly, on an errand. Frank becomes
agitated. His shirt is bothering him and we help him remove
it. Still he tosses. We can’t settle him, can’t seem to relieve
his discomfort. We decide to use the emergency device to
call the nurse. “Where is it?” I ask Malachy. “It’s hanging
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Quinn on hot seat debating Passannante-Derr, Kurland
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lem has gone on for years. Youth come into
the area, some are well behaved, some are
not. And the ones that are not, they terrorize
the community. They walk all over the cars,
they defecate, they urinate, they have sex in
the streets and they’re detrimental to what’s
going on in the community. People have a
right to walk on the street — but with every
right comes a responsibility: The responsibil-
ity to act with respect for the people in the
neighborhood.”
Passannante-Derr proposed that the
Christopher St. Pier be closed an hour ear-
lier — at midnight.
She added that, a few years ago, she’d
suggested to the advocacy group FIERCE
that the gay youth use Pier 54 — a black-
top pier at W. 13th St. in a less residential
area — late at night, instead of Christopher
St. Pier.
“That was unacceptable to this group
— and I don’t understand why to this day,”
she said.
Kurland said, “We can’t ignore that this
is, in large part, the L.G.B.T. youth. We need
to get those children into education pro-
grams, into youth-program services. There
are things we can do without villainizing
people that set them up for success, give
them opportunity, that get them off the
streets.”
Tempest in a teapot after a reporter gets miffed
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
About 15 minutes before the start of last
Thursday’s Third Council District debate,
civil rights attorney Norman Siegel unsuc-
cessfully lobbied to get a reporter from
another publication inside. The miffed
reporter — who had arrived at the highly
anticipated and well publicized event too
late to get a spot far enough up in the line
to get in — subsequently wrote an article
headlined, “Public, Press Barred From
Debate for Quinn Seat” — this regarding
a free debate that had been attended by
more than 200 people.
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LIGHTNING ROUND
Next, a “lightning round” of questions
with “yes” or “no” answers was informative,
fast-paced and entertaining.
Both Kurland and Passannante-Derr said
they opposed a seasonal restaurant in the Union
Square pavilion, but Quinn approved of it.
Both Kurland and Passannante-Derr said
they would support the Democratic nominee
for mayor, but Quinn said, “I’m not going to
make that commitment today.”
As for whether the Village and Union Square
area could absorb further New York University
expansion, Kurland said, “These are not ‘yes-
no’ questions,” while Quinn said, “I agree with
Yetta.” Passannante-Derr seemed noncommit-
tal, but eventually said, “Probably not…no.”
Asked if they would accept a parking
placard if elected, Quinn and Passannante-
Derr both said yes, but Kurland said, “I
don’t know — I don’t own a car,” prompting
cheers from her supporters.
They all said they would decriminalize
the use of marijuana.
Should a police permit be required for a
gathering of 50 people? was another light-
ning-round question, to which Kurland and
Passannante-Derr answered no, but Quinn
answered yes.
At the lightning round’s conclusion, the ener-
gized partisan supporters erupted into cheers,
each side trying to chant the name of their
candidate louder than the others, while clap-
Speaking later, Siegel said one reason
why he had lobbied to get that reporter,
as well as a NY 1 reporter, into the debate
was because Siegel has been involved in
lawsuits recently involving press creden-
tials. In one case, three online journalists
who had formerly been print journalists —
David Wallis of Featurewell.com, Rafael
Martinez Alequin of YourFreePress, and
Ralph Smith of The Guardian Chronicle
— successfully sued the New York Police
Department to give them press ID, after
they had previously been rebuffed. The
case was hailed as a groundbreaking vic-
Some chose to protest against Christine Quinn outside the debate. Protesters’
signs bashed Quinn on the City Council “slush fund,” as well as the planned three-
district Department of Sanitation garage at Spring St.’s west end, which is in Quinn’s
district, that she voted to approve.
ping rhythmically. After the candidates’ closing
statements, things ended on a high note.
As the satisfied crowd got up out of their
seats and was starting to file out, one man
tory for bloggers’ rights.
Currently, Siegel is suing to force
the Police Department to issue just one
standard type of press ID, as opposed to
the two current options: a Working Press
pass and a plain Press pass.
“That’s why I was focused on getting
these two people in,” Siegel said. Plus, he
said, he just felt the journalists should be
allowed in.
Meanwhile, Passannante-Derr, on her
Web site, charged that Quinn’s campaign
had been tipped off to arrive at 5 p.m.
when they would get tickets to get in.
However, tickets were handed out when
it was estimated that a capacity crowd
had formed.
As of Monday, Passannante-Derr’s
Web site still alleged that Bob Ortiz-
Arroyo, an activist who uses a wheelchair
and had come all the way from the East
Village, was barred entry. However, a
YouTube video posted the day after the
debate clearly showed Ortiz-Arroyo roll-
ing through the building’s entryway.
“The Villager is the culprit here,”
Siegel can be heard accusing on the video
as Ortiz-Arroyo was shown entering the
building.
John W. Sutter, The Villager’s pub-
lisher, issued the following statement the
day after the debate:
“Community Media was very pleased
last evening to have hosted a very suc-
Villager photo by Jefferson Siegel
shouted out, “No third term!”
The video recording of the full debate
is online on The Villager’s Web site at
www.thevillager.com .
cessful candidates forum in the Third
Council District Democratic primary
race. Roughly 225 people were able to
be accommodated in the debate hall and
a nearby overflow room; approximately
45 people were unable to gain entry. We
were very happy to have worked with
New York University, which provided the
space for a discussion that touched on
critical issues facing the Third District
and the city.
“A tempest has sprung up this morn-
ing about the issue of ‘ticketing,’ which
unfortunately has created a red herring
obscuring the basic admissions policy
that was always in place. Audience mem-
bers were admitted on a first-come, first-
served basis. The ticketing was a count-
ing mechanism instituted on the recom-
mendation of security officials concerned
about a crowd of people too large to be
accommodated standing around for a
lengthy period of time only to learn there
would be no room for them.
“The limitations on attendance were
based on standard Fire Department occu-
pancy regulations.
“Press were welcome to attend, and
some reporters made the appropriate
plans to arrive early to gain access.
Others who came later cannot fairly
expect to be privileged over audience
members who made efforts to arrive in
timely fashion to gain admittance.”

VILLAGER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Father/son tales comprise ‘disturbing double-bill’
Irish playwright Creedon ‘good going on great’
BY JERRY TALLMER
When I was a kid, if a girl gave you the air,
there was always some wise guy cheering you
up with the mantra: “You know what they say
about women and streetcars — there’s always
another one coming along.”
You could more seriously, and more
maturely, apply those words to Irish play-
wrights. The damn thing is, unlike certain
non-Desired streetcars, those Irish playwrights
(from Yeats and Wilde and Synge and Shaw on
down to now) are always good going on great,
and the latest in that endless chain is the all but
unknown (in America) Cónal Creedon.
Unknown no longer, thanks to Ciaran
O’Reilly and Charlotte Moore’s blessed jewel
box of an Irish Rep — where Creedon’s short,
idiosyncratic “After Luke,” and even shorter,
punchier “When I Was God,” comprise a dis-
turbing two-hour double-bill.
Idiosyncratic?
Bite off any hunk of either work; it’s all as
chewy as leather yet weirdly digestible. “After
Luke,” set in the outskirts of Cork City, on
the southern coast of Ireland, looks in on a
Dadda, crusty proprietor of a small auto-body
shop, and his two grown sons: the mechani-
cally gifted, semi-articulate elder, called Son
(as in Horton Foote’s “”Dividing the Estate”),
though his name is not Son; the younger and
slicker, not to say shiftier, is called Maneen
(“little man”), though his name is not that.
We never learn their real names. We never
see their mother, who has an appointment with
destiny in the chicken coop.
We see, in Son’s retelling, the prize chicken
named Reddy who with its beak helps Son
strip down cars, and who (the chicken) is
slaughtered, just for meanness, by Maneen,
the pop-out, pop-in wandering offspring fresh
back from the gaudy fleshpots of London.
Maneen also steals — that is to say, lays —
Son’s wished-for girlfriend.
We see and hear, via the three male narra-
tive roles, a simulacrum of St. Luke’s parable
of the Prodigal Son hopscotched to a long-
starved and bloody Ireland suddenly finding
itself the economic strong man of Europe.
Fathers and sons. For instance:
Son is driving Dadda — boastfully “free-
wheeling” (coasting) all the way downhill to
the Glen Hall — for Dadda’s treasured once-a-
week Bingo game.
DADAA (to audience):
How in the name of Christ did I rear a
half wit?
A good lad. Don’t drink. Don’t smoke.
Never had as much as an ounce of trouble
outa; him —
Strip a car down to the chassis in a half a
day, so he would.
Happiest out tinkering with cars? And how
bad…
SON: Speed bump!
Gary Gregg (left) as Son and Michael Mellamphy as Maneen
DADDA:
How bad indeed?
Brain of a mechanic — the hands of a
surgeon.
The other fella? Maneen?
They’re like chalk and cheese. Chalk and
cheese.
Maneen’s as bright as a button. Up there
he have it…
Mind the cyclist, Son!
The fella on the bike!
Mind the fella on the bike, will ya!
Jeezus!
SON: Speed bump!
Whereas in “When I Was God,” another
glimpse of the universal built-in father/son
civil war, the manifestation is not in terms
of chickens or gear boxes but such cherished
spectator sports as hurling, soccer, and (yes!)
table tennis.
Here the dialogue is terse and repetitive
right up to the edge of mania, as Mother and
Father argue which of those sports their young
son Dinny should go out for, and whether he’s
also to go to college or to work.
MOTHER: You thinks you knows every-
thing!
FATHER: Sur’ Jesus! look at yourself,
Missus!
MOTHER: What about me?
FATHER: You thinks you’re always right!
MOTHER:
I thinks I’m always right?
I knows I’m always right…
Now he’s going to college,
And no more about it!
FATHER: He will not!
MOTHER: I said he will!
Photo by Carol Rosegg
FATHER: Well I said he won’t!
MOTHER: He will!
FATHER: He won’t!
MOTHER: He will!
And of course Dinny (same actor as
Mother) will go to college, and will take up
first soccer and then table tennis, after failure
to master the violence-prone hurling (a close
relative of lacrosse) that his father worships
— and he’ll wind up as a famous soccer ref-
eree bedeviled by the ghost, or memory, of his
deeply disgruntled dad.
None of this would be unfamiliar to, let’s
say, D.H. Lawrence, or, for that matter, George
Orwell. What hasn’t been heard before is the
thorny voice of 48-year-old Cónal Creedon of
County Cork, Ireland, who, from all reports, is
a lot gentler in the flesh than on paper.
“I had only met him on the telephone
until he came over with his partner” — a
lady named Fiona — “for a week during our
rehearsals,” says Tim Ruddy, the director of
the twin-bill at Irish Rep. “He’s a real gentle-
man, a lovely guy, incredibly gracious; went to
every performance.”
KOCH
“IN THE LOOP” (-)
ON FILM
This alleged satire, which received four-
star treatment from other critics, left me
with a ho-hum and sorry feeling that I had
wasted an evening seeing it.
The humor is predicated on American
and British diplomats seeking to embarrass
one another. The Americans seek to plan a
war against a Middle Eastern country, and
August 19 - 25, 2009 21
THEATER
AFTER LUKE and WHEN I WAS
GOD
Written by Conal Creedon
Directed by Tim Ruddy
Through September 20
At the Irish Repertory Theatre
132 West 22nd Street
For tickets, call (212) 727-2737
or visit www.irishrep.org
The only head shot of Creedon that this
writer could scare up from Google revealed
a face rather like an Irish potato. Ruddy
describes him as “average height, stocky
build, more on the order of Brendan Behan
than Samuel Beckett.”
Yet Ruddy, himself a County Mayo man,
had never heard of Creedon until being
asked, last year, to direct a stripped-down
black-box American premier of something
called “When I Was God” for an Irish theater
festival at Greenwich Village’s Manhattan
Theater Source.
What he found out was that Cónal
Creedon was a documentary filmmaker and
novelist as well as playwright.
“Cork is a fiercely proud city,” says Tim
Ruddy, noting that County Cork was the
home sod of martyred Michael Collins.
“When Cónal came over this time, he had
T-shirts made up for all of us [actors and
director] that featured a red star — a
Chinese Communist star — and the words
‘Republic of Cork.’ ”
The several roles in both ends of the bill
at Irish Rep are fulfilled by Gary Gregg, Colin
Lane, and Michael Mellamphy. More power to
them — and to Charlotte and Ciaran’s fiercely
proud Irish Republic of West 22nd Street.
the British want to stop them.
The principal British diplomat, Simon
Foster (Tom Hollander), is the most
amusing member of the cast. He is not
against the war but does not want to get
into any trouble over it. He worries end-
lessly over whether he should resign. His
press agent and new employee is Toby
(Chris Addison). The British public rela-
tions officer and loudmouth of the group
who insults everyone is Malcolm Tucker
(Peter Capaldi). U.S. General Miller (James
Gandolfini) upholds America’s honor, and
Karen (Mimi Kennedy) is a female diplomat
Continued on page 24
22 August 19 - 25, 2009
Got FringeNYC?
Our best bets, 2.0
BY SCOTT STIFFLER
Last week, we took a look at a mere
twenty of the dozens and dozens and dozens
of shows which comprise FringeNYC — that
annual marathon smorgesboard of theater,
dance and miscellaneous oddities packed
with more thespians than a barrel full of
bloated, budget-busting Broadway babies.
Here are a few more of the many offer-
ings taking place through August 30.
Now in its thirteenth year, this wildly
uneven, curiously curated multi-arts festival
has birthed many genuine works of genius —
while bestowing its seal of approval on more
than one yawn-inducing, head-scratching
debacle. Often rough and frayed at the edges
but ultimately elegant in form and noble
in function, its $15 per-show ticket price
means you can take more than a few chances
before your bill totals the cost of just one
Broadway show. For FringeNYC tickets and
information, visit www.FringeNYC.org or
call 866-468-7619. Discount passes to mul-
tiple shows are available.
ALL OVER
Writer/performer Elizabeth Audley’s
story about optimism, patriotism and driv-
ing around is based on the silly, strange,
quirky adventures from a very long 2007
summer road trip during which she “devel-
oped an enormous crush on America.” At
The Actors’ Playhouse.
AMERICAN JAKATA TALES
Classic Indian Buddhist stories are retold
for your amusement — in an allegorical,
supremely American manner. Take a trip
down South with the Buddha and discover
what needs to be learned in this lifetime in
order to be reincarnated as something bet-
ter the next time around. At The Studio @
Cherry Lane.
BABY WANTS CANDY
The titular comedy troupe presents an
improvised musical (with a full band) which
is created when the audience shouts out
titles of musicals that have never been per-
formed before. The first title BWC hears,
clearly, becomes the launching point for the
next sixty minutes of spontaneously created
comedy. At The Players Theatre.
BE THE DOG
Mankind’s complex relationship with
man’s best friends gets put under a micro-
scope in this tale (tail?) taken from the
stories of Dave Eggars. Four actors play
a variety of characters whose lives are all
changed by one very exuberant dog. At The
Robert Moss Theatre.
CAMP SUPER FRIEND
This kid-friendly story follows the adven-
tures of Marvel — a superhero who doesn’t
know how to be a super-friend (until he arrives
at Super Camp and must rise to the challenge
of saving his peers from the evil Professor
Nemesis). At The Cherry Lane Theater.
Elizabeth Audley and her car, Timmy, traveling “All Over”
COMPLETE
This serious comedy centers around
two obsessive linguists, a determined child
and a charismatic guru. Together, this
motley crew (each with their own agenda)
clash over the power and perversion of
language. At The Studio @ Cherry Lane
Theater.
DANCES IN FUNNY
Five funny ladies bring movements as
sharp as their wits to the table in this manic
mashup of dance and original text that
promises to be darkly danced; or danced
funny; or some such combination of parts
whose whole turns out to be something
you’ve never seen before and certainly
weren’t expecting. At The Robert Moss
Theatre.
ECTOSPASMS
When ectoplasmic entities contact the
Fox sisters of Hydesville, NY in 1848, the
trance-driven practice known as Spiritualism
is born. See mediums and spirits move with-
in a supernatural soundscape, illuminated by
light, projections and otherworldly oddities.
This multi-media dance theater piece plays
at The Robert Moss Theatre.
FLIGHT
Just as an early winter storm moves in, two
strangers meet at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.
Bound together by proximity, and anonymity,
they reveal their innermost secrets — and, in
the process, find both danger and refuge. At
The Studio @ Cherry Lane.
Photo by Burrow Beckerman
JACK AND THE SOY BEANSTOCK
Wide Eyed Production’s zany eco-
friendly take on the timeless childhood
fairy tale recasts the Giant as a big
business baddie. Jack’s lesson this time
around involves self-reliance, conserva-
tion and good old fashioned ingenuity.
This family-friendly show gets the job
done with lots of comedy; and puppets!
At Dixon Place.
M: AN ADAPTATION OF
SHAKESPEAR’S MACBETH
This show sees Shakespeare performed
by a compact trio of actors. The Three
Witches use black magic and prophetic
visions to morph into every character —
spinning a breakneck, abridged version of
the well-worn tale whose name no super-
stitious thespian will say aloud. At The
Actors’ Playhouse.
PEACE WARRIORS
Four academics and a teenage girl get
more than they bargained for when they
break that rule about not getting person-
al when it comes to discussing politics.
Academic ambition, Middle East conflicts,
old affairs and new seductions all figure into
the volatile mix. At The Players Theater.
POPULATION 8
When the town of Loki, North Dakota
(population 8) gets one more mischievous
resident, the original 8 must reconcile the
temptations and opportunities of the mod-
ern world with the comfortable, convenient
truths of life as they once, very recently,
knew it. At SoHo Playhouse.
THE SONGS OF ROBERT
Writer/actor John Crutchfield plays all
the parts — in addition to playing a claw-
hammer banjo and slide guitar while singing.
All that, and more, is done in the service
of telling this tale (set in the south) of the
difficulties faced by a teenage boy. At CSV
Cultural and Educational Center.
SUNDAY BEST
One woman, ten characters and more
than a few tall hats join forces for a wicked
romp through the minds of those who
worship at a Black Pentecostal Church in
Brooklyn. Funny, devilish and heavenly all at
the same time, this irreverent look at religion
gets its groove from live gospel music and
questions posed regarding faith, loss and hat
size. At Dixon Place.
VENUS
The fourth entry in a series of ecologi-
cally-inspired “Planet Plays” finds a commu-
nity of ex-patriot twentysomethings on the
volcanic surface of Venus. Their mission?
Share a pancake breakfast and try not to
self-destruct when a strange, beautiful girl
suddenly appears to disrupt the proceedings.
Hey, we’ve all been there. At CSV Cultural
and Educational Center, Flamnoyan.
VICTORIA AND FREDERICK FOR
PRESIDENT
It’s 1872, and Victoria Woodhull is about
to run for president (with Frederick Douglas
as her VP). Many years before Clinton and
Obama made history, Victoria and Frederick
were blazing trails that would leave their
modern counterparts in the dust. At The
New School for Drama.
THE W. KAMAU BELL CURVE
Subtitled “Ending Racism in About an
Hour,” this tidy, efficient multi-media per-
formance takes sixty minutes to do what
America hasn’t been able to manage in sev-
eral hundred years — all at the hands of W.
Kamau Bell (who’s already secured his place
in history by telling “the very first Obama
joke back in 2005”). At The Players Loft.
WILLY NILLY
Piper McKenzie (the theater compa-
ny whose brains are the brawn behind
Brooklyn’s Brick Theater) presents “Willy
Nilly” — a “musical exploitation” timed
to coincide with 40th anniversary of the
Manson family and the Tate-Labianca
Murders. This self-proclaimed “tasteless
rock’n’roll spoof” tells the tale of a filthy
faux-Messiah, his cult of wanton women
and high Hollywood murder — through
copious amounts of gore, gratuitous nudity
and cruel stereotypes. The man behind this
ambitious affront? Trav S.D. — a Villager
contributor and prolific renaissance freaka-
zoid. At Dixon Place.

FringeNYC: Where it’s at
FringeNYC is a great opportunity to
reconnect with (or discover) some of
downtown’s most creatively ambitious the-
aters. Here’s information on all of the
FringeNYC venues. Drop by or visit them
online to discover what’s playing all year
long.
VENUES #1, #2 CSV Cultural and
Educational Center (Milagro) and
CSV Cultural and Educational Center
(Flamboyan), 107 Suffolk Street (Rivington
& Delancey Streets; csvcenter.com)
VENUE #3 Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie
Street (Rivington & Delancey Streets; dix-
onplace.org)
VENUE #4 The Connelly Theater, 220
East 4th Street (Avenue A & Avenue B;
connellycenter.org/theatre)
VENUE # 5 Theatres at 45 Bleecker
— The Lafayette Street Theatre, 45
Bleecker Street (at Lafayette; myspace.
com/45bleecker)
VENUE #6 The Robert Moss Theatre,
440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor (Astor
Place/ East 4th Street; 440studios.com)
Photo by Dixie Sheridan VENUE #7 Manhattan theatre source,
Academics argue on the road to becoming “Peace Warriors” 177 MacDougal Street (8th and Waverly
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VENUES #8, #9 The Players Theatre and
The Players Loft, 115 MacDougal Street
(West side of MacDougal, just south of
West 3rd Street; theplayerstheatre.com )
VENUE #10 Minetta Lane Theatre, 18
Minetta Lane (6th Avenue & MacDougal
Street; 212-420-8000)
VENUE #11 The Actors’ Play-
house, 100 Seventh Avenue South
(Grove & Bleecker; actorsplayhouse.org)
VENUE #12 The New School for Drama
Theater, 151 Bank Street (West & Washington
Streets; drama.newschool.edu )
VENUE #13 The Cherry Pit, 155 Bank
Street (West & Washington Streets)
VENUES #14, #15 The Cherry Lane
Theatre and The Studio @ Cherry Lane
Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, (7th Avenue
& Hudson Street; cherrylanetheatre.org)
VENUE #16 The SoHo Playhouse, 15
Vandam Street (6th Avenue & Varick/7th
Avenue; sohoplayhouse.com)
VENUES # 17, #18 HERE Arts Center
(Mainstage) and HERE Arts Center (Dorothy
B. Williams Theater), 145 6th Avenue (Enter
on Dominick, one block S of Spring; here.
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PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Preschool-
ers 3-5 years old and their parents/care-
givers can enjoy new and classic picture
books, action songs, and related activities
and meet other preschoolers in the neigh-
borhood. Sept 9, 3:30 p.m. at the New
York Public Library (Jefferson Market
Branch); 425 Avenue of the Americas. Call
212-243-4334, or visit nypl.org.
MEDLEY OF THE ARTS SUMMER
CAMP Part of the children’s programs
at the Greenwich House, this camp is
designed for 3 and 4-year-olds (with
an afternoon session for 2-year-olds).
Children participate in a wide variety of
activities, including music, movement,
art, dress-up, story-telling, plus water
play and planting in a tree-shaded gar-
den. Registration is ongoing at Greenwich
House Music School. Call 212-242-4770,
or visit greenwichhouse.org.
GAME ON Does your teenager like Wii,
PS3, Xbox 360 or PS2 ? Let him or her
challenge friends to a game in the library
or take part in tournaments. For ages 12
to 18. Sept 11, 3:30 p.m. New York Pub-
lic Library- Jefferson Market Branch. 425
Avenue of the Americas. Call 212-243-
4334, or visit nypl.org.
EXHIBITS
DRAMA.QUEENS.DRAMA Michael
Harris’ first New York solo show focuses
on the phenomenon of the modern female
icon-the quick rise to fame and the down-
fall into tragedy. Opening reception- Sept
10, 6-8 p.m. The exhibition will be on dis-
play through October 4. Sarit Chalamish
Gallery, 197 East Broadway (between Jef-
ferson & Clinton St). Visit edalliance.org/
artschool
AVEDON-A COLLECTION OF FASH-
ION PHOTOGRAPHS Shown in memo-
ry of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Comfort, this
exhibition is an extraordinary tribute to
the best in fashion photography. Through
Aug 28. Stanley & Wise Gallery, 560
Broadway. Call 212-966-6223, or visit
stanleywise.com.
CLAIRE SHERMAN AND MARIA
E. PINERES AT DCKT CONTEMPO-
RARY Two solo exhibitions: new paintings
by Claire Sherman and new needlepoint
works by Maria E. Pineres. Through Aug 22.
DCKT Contemporary, 195 Bowery. Call 212-
741-9955, or visit dcktcontemporary.com.
MID-19TH CENTURY UNDER-
WEAR Take a peek at rarely seen
“unmentionables” of the 1850s and 60s,
including a lady’s chemise, corset, draw-
ers, stockings, and cage crinoline. $8 Gen-
eral, $5 Students & Over 65. Merchant’s
House Museum, 29 East Fourth Street.
Visit merchantshouse.com.
THE GLOBAL POLIS-INTERACTIVE
INFRASTRUCTURES If you’re inter-
ested in how today’s giant cities came
into existence, this exhibition is for you. It
addresses the ideas of architecture, plan-
ning and design. Entrance to the Galleries
is free. Through Aug 29. Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.
to 8 p.m. , Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. AIA
The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuar-
dia Place (between Bleecker and W 3rd
Strees). Call 212-683-0023, or visit cfa.
aiany.org.
The history of these miniature but mighty
fighters is presented in this unique exhibi-
tion. Visitors will be able to see inch-high
Aztecs and conquistadors, Indians encir-
cled by a stagecoach, bands marching,
knights jousting, and doughboys fighting
mock battles. Free. Ongoing. The Forbes
Galleries, 62 Fifth Ave (at the corner of
Fifth Ave and 12th St). Call 212-206-5548,
or visit forbesgalleries.com.
THEATER
THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOL-
LIES The show offers an overview of
the Village’s history in a form of an old-
school musical. $35. Sunday evenings at
7 p.m. through September 27. At Man-
hattan Theatre Source, 177 McDougal
St (between 8th St and Waverly Place).
Tickets can be ordered by phone: 212-
352-3101 or online: thegreenwichvillage-
follies.com.
LINE The longest running off-off
Broadway show in NYC history-now in
its 35th year. The plots centers around
five people waiting in line…The line of
life. $20 (seniors and students with ID:
$15.00) Fridays and Saturdays at 9:30
p.m.13th Street Repertory Company, 50
W 13th Street. Call 212-675-6677, or visit
13thstreetrep.org.
MUSIC
SUNDAY BRUNCH AT THE BLUE
NOTE JAZZ CLUB Enjoy a jazz perfor-
mance and a Sunday brunch at the same
son Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street. Call 212-
505-3474, or visit lepoissonrouge.com.
PHIL VASSAR The artist labeled the
hardest workingman in country music in
concert at the Highline Ballroom. $25.
August 26, 8 p.m. The Highline Ballroom,
431 W 16th Street, (between 9th and 10th
Ave). Call 212-414-5994, or visit highline-
ballroom.com.
JONAH SMITH A New-York based
singer, songwriter and pianist; Smith
transcends musical genres to create a
unique concert experience. Ages 21 and
over. $15, Aug 28, 8 p.m. at The Bowery
Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street. Visit bow-
eryballroom.com.
HAPPY ENDING MUSIC AND READ-
ING SERIES The event fatures the most
interesting storytellers, writers and musi-
cians. It requires the readers to take one
public risk, while the musicians perform
two short sets with their original music
and one cover song. $15. Sept 2, 7 p.m.
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street. Visit
joespub.com.
EVENTS
THE BIG QUIZ THING A live trivia
event’s 200th Episode Spectacular.
$400 in cash prizes. $10. Aug 31, 7
p.m. (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker
Street at Thompson Street. Call 212-
505-3474, or visit lepoissonrouge.com.
THE LISTINGS
INTRODUCTORY ART CLASS
WORKSHOP The 2-hour hands-on
art workshops are just $20 with mate-
rials included. Available workshops
include: drawing, portrait drawing,
clay, abstract painting, welding and
cartooning. Registration required. Sept
13, 11:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.; call 646-395-
4236, or visit edalliance.org/artschool.
OUR HIT PARADE The show is
inspired by the musical sketch series
“Your Hit Parade” that ran on radio and
then television from 1935 to 1959. $20.
Aug 26, 9:30 p.m. at Joe’s Pub,; 425
Lafayette Street. Call 212-539-8777 or
visit joespub.com.
COMEDY NIGHTS AT THE VILLAGE
LANTERN Every night there’s a dif-
ferent comedic flavor at this local joint.
Enjoy Pauly’s Candy Store” at 9 p.m.
on Mondays or “Friday Night Funnies”
at 9 p.m. on Fridays. List of events is
available online. The Village Lantern,
167 Bleeker St (Sullivan/Thompson)
Call 212-260-7993, or visit villagelan-
tern.com.
L I K E 2 L A U G H ’ S S U N D AY S O I -
REE Comics new to the scene are
given the opportunity to showcase
their talent. Free. Every Sunday, 7 p.m.
at Botanica; 47 E Houston Street. Call
212-343-7251.
FREE HEARING SCREENINGS AT
THE LEAGUE FOR THE HARD OF
HEARING Every Wed from 12-2 P.M.
and every Thurs. from 4-6 p.m.; the
League for the Hard of Hearing is locat-
ed at 50 Broadway, 6th Floor. To sched-
ule an appointment, call 917-305-7766,
or email them at appointments@llh.org.
PUBLISHING IN EXILE-GERMAN
LANGUAGE LITERATURE IN THE
U.S. IN THE 1940S This exhibition
brings together, for the first time, the
literary works of those who escaped
national socialism in their home coun-
tries in the 1930s and were forced to
write abroad. Leo Baeck Institute New
York, 15 W. 16th Street (between Fifth
and Sixth Avenues). Call 212-744-6400,
or visit lbi.org.
ADULT DODGEBALL This recre-
ational event takes place every Mon-
day, 7 p.m., and may require registra-
tion — and the ability to dodge a ball.
Call 212-242-5228 or 212-242-5418.
Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, 3
Clarkson Street @ 7th Avenue South.
Visit nycgovparks.org/facilities/recre-
ationcenters.
LISTINGS REQUESTS for The Villager
may be mailed to Listings Editor at 145
Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
10013-1548 or e-mailed to listingsedi-
tor@gmail.com. Please include listings
in the subject line of the e-mail and pro-
vide the date, time, location, price and
a description of the event. Information
must be received two weeks before the
event is to be published. Questions? Call
646-452-2507.

ICONS OF THE DESERT- EARLY

Gallery, 547 W 27th St (5th floor). Call ABORIGINAL PAINTINGS FROM
917-828-3130. PAPUNYA The exhibition showcases
art created by Aborigines from Central
THE BETTER HALF- ARTIST COUPLES Australia. Exhibition opens on September
ON DISPLAY The exhibition presents 1. Grey Art Gallery-NYU. 100 Washington
young artist couples who are balancing Square East. Call 212-998-6780, or visit
careers, creating art and being married nyu.edu/greyart.
to another artist. Free. Opening reception-
Sept 10, 6-8 p.m. Educational Alliance Art TOY SOLDIERS Toys aren’t just for kids.
Theater for the New City 155 1st Ave. at 10th St.
Reservations/Info 254-1109 TDF Accepted
For more info, please visit www.theaterforthenewcity.net
TNC’S AWARD-WINNING STREET THEATER COMPANY in
TALLY HO!
or NAVIGATING THE FUTURE
Written, Directed and Lyrics by CRYSTAL FIELD
Music Composed by DAVID TICE Musical Director MICHAEL ROSS
August 1 - September 13, Saturday & Sunday, 2pm
FREE!!! FREE!!!
The Next Four Shows are:
Sat, August 22nd, 2pm - Prospect Park Concert Grove, Brooklyn
Sun, August 23rd, 2pm - Jackson Hts., Travers Park at 34th Ave bet. 77th & 78th Sts., Queens
Sat, August 29th, 2pm - St. Mary’s Park at 147th Street & St. Ann s Avenue, The Bronx
Sun, August 30th, 2pm - Washington Square Park, Manhattan
time. $24.50 includes brunch, the show
and a drink. Sundays, 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.
The Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 E 3rd Street.
Call 212-475-8592, or visit bluenote.net/
newyork.
CAROLINE GOULDING AND CHRIS-
TOPHER O’RILEY Goulding, an extreme-
ly talented young violinist and O’Riley, an
acclaimed artist and pianist will share a
stage to create a unique musical evening
to remember. Sept 8, 6:30 p.m. at Le Pois-
FREE!!!
Koch on film
when I saw it at 7:30 p.m. on a Friday eve-
Continued from page 21 ning at the IFC. In this case, the audience
was more astute than the critics. While I
who wants the American war plan exposed. would not recommend this film to you, I
Most of the Brits have heavy accents and would urge you to see a movie of your choice
more than half of what they said was unintel- at this theater. Their seats are as comfortable
ligible to me. Although there are some funny as living room chairs and there is plenty of
gags, overall I did not find the script humor- space for people like me with long legs.
ous due to the fact that most of the humor HS said: “I rather liked the movie, ephem-
is predicated on everyone talking obscenely eral as it was. The plot is basically bureau-
and constantly using the F-word. It may be cratic infighting among British politicians and
that hearing distinguished characters con- their minders. The actors zip around, curse
tinuously express themselves with a stream each other, and plot leaks. The film’s premise
of obscenities is funny in Britain. Queen is anti-war; if you’re smart enough to make a
Victoria, however, would have said, “We are movie, you know war is beneath you.”
not amused.” Neither was I. Rated R, 106 Minutes. At the IFC Center,
Although the film has been playing for 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third St.).
several weeks, I was surprised that there Screenings vary daily. Call 212-924-7771 or
were fewer than 20 people in the audience visit www.ifccenter.com. Closes August 25.
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THE
ALIST
DANCES FROM HOME

INSTALLATION
Born in Japan, choreographer and performance artist
Maureen Fleming is an American master of Butoh (an avant-
COMPILED BY garde movement developed in post-war Japan). This gallery
SCOTT STIFFLER installation/performance celebrates her 25 years as a NYC
Scott@thevillager.com artist with a retrospective of her photography, video and
live work. By the time you exit, Fleming hopes you’ll have
COMEDY

reconsidered the notion of home as the crossroads between

place of origin and that ultimate dimension beyond death
which we’ve all got an appointment with. Plus, the dancing
is nice. On view daily from August 22 through September
4 (with live installation presentations Saturday through
Monday, August 22 – 24, at 7 p.m., 8 p.m. & 9 p.m.). At La
MaMa La Galleria (6 East 1st Street, between Bowery & 2nd
Photo by Lois Greenfield
Avenue). Admission is free; donations encouraged. For more
Maureen Fleming: “The Immortal Rose” information, visit maureenfleming.com.

EXHIBIT
Poised to satirize contemporary songs

OUR HIT PARADE

Inspired by the 1935-1959 radio and TV musical sketch
show “Your Hit Parade,” this new version is designed for
a very different generation. Structured as a satirical live
top-ten countdown show, “Our” reimagining of that solid
comedic premise sees downtown stars performing their
Photo courtesy of Bjorn Wallander
own original renditions of current popular songs. Kennny
“System Patterns in Housing” by the Institute without Boundaries
Mellman (of Kiki & Herb fame) and Neal Medlyn are two
of the brains behind the curtain. Special guests include INTERACTIVE INFRASTRUCTURES
Myles Kane, Molly Pope, Kalup Linzy and the always- Curious about things to come in the world of 21st century urban infrastructure? “Global Polis: Interactive
popular “many others.” August 26, 9:30 p.m. at Joe’s Pub Infrastructures” looks at approaching city planning as a complex social, political, and ecological matrix. Policy wanks
(425 Lafayette St.). For reservations and information, call will drool over the exhibition’s series of workshops and public programs — and the general public will swoon over
212-539-8777 or visit joespub.com. the forward-thinking drawings and diagrams. Free. Through August 29 at The Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia
Place, between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets). For exhibit information and CFA hours, call 212-683-0023 or visit
12 FLUTE SOLOS cfa.aiany.org.
Lower East Side Performing
Arts, which creates free
cultural programs in neigh-
borhood libraries and com-
munity spaces, presents MANDALA: THE PERFECT CIRCLE
“Where are the Women? Buddhist Cosmic Diagrams come to life in this exhibit which

ART
12 Flute Solos by Women thoroughly transports the viewer from the 8th to the 21st
Composers.” Renowned century — by displaying some of the oldest known mandalas
Photo by Milton Fletcher
flutist Andrew Bolotowsky (large paintings found in the Dunhuang caves in northwest-
Andrew Bolotowsky, in
will perform the works of, ern China) alongside virtual, computer-generated varieties.
a 2008 concert
among others, Jennifer This exhibition is the first of three in “The Cosmologies
Post, Joyce Hope Suskind, Tui St. George Series” — RMA’s continuing investigation of how different
Tucker, Beth Anderson, Elodie Lauten, Lynn cultures visually represented the universe. Come for the
Wilson and Judith Sainte Croix. Not famil-
MUSIC

mandalas and your own search for meaning; stay for the wide
iar with their work? Ten minutes on Google array of Himalayan art! Through January 2010; at The Rubin
will leave you appropriately impressed. Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street (between 6th and 7th
August 22, 2 p.m., at the Hamilton Fish Avenues). $10 admission (special rates for students, seniors,
Park Branch of the New York Public Library artists, neighbors). Call 212-620-5000 or visit rmanyc.org.
(415 Houston Street, near Ave D). Free. Image courtesy of Rubin Museum of Art

For information, visit lesperformingarts.org. The Enlightened One, Jewel Born (Tibet;
14th century; pigments on cloth)
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Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste.
400, Wilmington, DE 19808.
Arts. of Org. filed with State
of DE, Secy. of State, Div. of
Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CITY FUELS LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/27/09. 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, 4353 Broad-
way, NY, NY 10033. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMA-
TION OF BEDFORD 61ST
STREET ASSOCIATES,
LLC
Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 6/9/09. Office
location: NY County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to c/o
Nat. Reg. Agents, 875 Ave
of the Americas, Ste. 501,
NY, NY 10001, the Reg. Agt.
upon whom proc. may be
served. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MC GREENPORT, LLC
Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 6/1/09. Office
location: NY County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to c/o
Metropolitan Council, 80
Maiden Lane, NY, NY 10038.
Purpose: any lawful activi-
ties.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMA-
TION OF THE WEDDING
DIRECTOR, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y
of State (SSNY) on 4/24/09.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of pro-
cess to c/o CSC, 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207, the Reg.
Agt. upon whom proc. may
be served. Purpose: any law-
ful activities.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LU NING ARCHITEC-
TURE, PLLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
06/30/09. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
PLLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the PLLC is to: The
PLLC, 55 E 87th St, 7M, New
York, NY 10128. Purpose:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME: USA
AUTO TRADERS LLC
Articles of Organization were
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY)
on 06/19/09. Office location:
New York County. SSNY has
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of
process to the LLC, c/o The
Law Offices of Spar & Ber-
stein, P.C., 225 Broadway,
Suite 512, New York, New
York 10007. Purpose: For any
lawful purpose.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PHILMEDIA, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/16/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: Cliff Sloan c/o Phil-
Media, LLC, 95 Morton St.,
NY, NY 10014. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF M AND B PARKING
LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/29/09. 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, 50-25 Bar-
nett Avenue, Sunnyside, NY
11104. Purpose: any lawful
purpose.
Vil 7/22-8/26/09
ALPARI SECURITIES, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 6/30/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 14
Wall Street, Suite 5H New
York, NY 10005. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF PUPS TO GO,
LLC AMENDED TO PUP
TO GO, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
5/21/2009. Office location: NY
Co. LLC formed in Delaware
(DE) on 5/18/2009. SSNY des-
ignated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to Meena Manshara-
mani 524 E. 72nd St #29C NY,
NY 10021. DE address of LLC:
1209 Orange St Wilmington,
DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. filed
with DE Secy. of State, 401
Federal St, Ste 4 Dover, DE
19901. Registered Agent is
Meena Mansharamani 524 E.
72nd St #29C NY, NY 10021
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF FLY ON THE WALL
FILMS LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/10/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to Altman, Greenfield
& Selvaggi, 200 Park Ave.
South, 8th Fl., NY, NY 10003.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABIL-
ITY COMPANY. NAME:
BROADSWITCH MOBILE
LLC
Articles of Organization were
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY)
on 07/16/09. The latest date
of dissolution is 12/31/2060.
Office location: New York
County. SSNY has been des-
ignated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail a copy of process to
the LLC, c/o Blueswitch, 61
Broadway, Suite 2710, New
York, New York 10006. Pur-
pose: For any lawful pur-
pose.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BARBARA L PORT-
MAN, LLC
Article of Organization filed
with the Secretary of State of
NY (SSNY) on 05/26/09 Office
location NEW YORK County.
SSNY has been designated
as agent upon whom process
against it may be served. The
Post Office address to which
the SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon him/her is C/O
the LLC 7014 13th Avenue.
Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose
of LLC: to engage in any
lawful act or activity. Street
address of Principal Business
location is: 860 Fifth Avenue.
New York, NY 10065.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF POLYMODAL LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/19/09. Office location: NY
Co. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: National Registered
Agents, Inc., 875 Avenue of
the Americas, Ste. 501, NY,
NY 10001, also registered
agent. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF E-PLAY, LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 6/12/09. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in OH on 6/15/04. NY
Sec. of State designated as
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. agt. upon whom
process may be served. OH
and principal business addr.:
1177 Olentangy River Rd.,
Columbus, OH 43212. Arts.
of Org. filed with OH Sec. of
State, 30 E. Broad St., Colum-
bus, OH 43266. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF INTERNA-
TIONAL HOUSE OF
PANCAKES, LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 2/26/09. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 450 N. Brand
Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203.
LLC formed in DE on 1/15/69.
NY Sec. of State designated
as 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. agt. upon whom
process may be served. DE
addr. of LLC: c/o The Corpo-
ration Trust Co., 1209 Orange
St., Wilmington, DE 19801.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF HARVEST
PARTNERS, LP
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 7/14/09. NYS fict.
name: New Harvest Partners,
L.P. Office location: NY Coun-
ty. LP formed in DE on 3/3/06.
NY Sec. of State designated
as agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal business
addr.: Harvest Partners, LP,
280 Park Ave., 33rd Fl., NY,
NY 10017. DE addr. of LP:
1209 Orange St., Wilming-
ton, DE 19801. Name/addr. of
genl. ptr. available from NY
Sec. of State. Cert. of LP filed
with DE Sec. of State, 401
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HIGHLAND PROJECT
CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
5/14/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Corporation Ser-
vice Company, 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207, registered
agent upon whom process
may be served. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMA-
TION OF TRAINING
CONCEPTS CONSULT-
ING, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
June 2, 2009. 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 Shira Bor-
doloi, 126 East 57th Street,
#3B, New York, NY 10022.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF KY 270 BROADWAY
LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/7/09. 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 Fox Rothschild
LLP, 100 Park Ave., Ste. 1500,
NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 23NYC FIDI LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
5/1/08. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Filippo Cinotti, 50
Broad Street, Ste. 1911, NY,
NY 10004. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
Vil 7/29-9/2/09
BEAUTY EMPOWER-
MENT, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/17/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Arnie Herz, Esq.
14 Vanderventer Ave., STE
255 Port Washington, NY
11050. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
JUNKO Y. CUSICK CON-
SULTANTS, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 6/3/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 425
Fifth Avenue #19D New York,
NY 10016. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
THE ROMERO FIRM LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/27/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Custodio
Anibal Romero 271 W 47TH
Street Suite 44B New York,
NY 10036. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
WORKLAB CONSULT-
ING, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/9/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 21
East 10TH Street, APT. 11C
New York, NY 10003. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
FAIRWAY FUND VIII LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/31/2009.
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
Avenue 12TH FL New York,
NY 10017. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
FIXITSOLIFE LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/7/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 34
West 12TH ST APT 3R New
York, NY 10011. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
MODOLOGY, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/19/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Ohanes Gara-
bedian 204 West 14 Street,
#3D New York, NY 10011.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
WARCOMM, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/20/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Wayne A. Ross
158 West 144TH Street, Suite
5B New York, NY 10030. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09

SLR LEASING LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/6/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Scott Roth 800
6TH Avenue, APT 27E New
York, NY 10001. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF JUN GROUP
PRODUCTIONS, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/30/2009. Office location: NY
Co. LLC formed in Connecti-
cut (CT) on 12/13/2005. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to THE LLC 21
West 39TH Street, Suite 4A
NY, NY 10018. Arts. Of Org.
filed with CT Secy. of State,
30 Trinity Street Hartford, CT
06106. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF LRZ STRUC-
TURED CAPITAL, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
06/05/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 06/04/09. Princ.
office of LLC: c/o Enterprise
Asset Management, Inc.,
Attn: General Counsel, 521
Fifth Ave., Ste. 1804, NY, NY
10175. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to the LLC at the addr. of
its princ. office. DE addr. of
LLC: c/o National Registered
Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree
Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, Cnty. of
Kent, DE 19904. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of
the State of DE, 401 Federal
St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SC STUDIO NEW
YORK LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/21/09. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
Moses & Singer LLP, Attn:
Ross J. Charap, 405 Lex-
ington Ave., 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. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF NEWRO PROPERTY
LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/22/09. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
19 W. 34th St., NY, NY 10001.
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.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BELLAFARE LLC
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of
New York (SSNY) on 7/20/09.
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: Bellafare LLC,
261 W 28th St, #3A, NY, NY
10001. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF VIP SPECIAL
SERVICES, LLC
Application of Authority
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
04/13/09. N.Y. Office Loca-
tion: NY County. LLC formed
in New Jersey, on 04/12/05.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon to the LLC: c/o
National Registered Agents,
Inc., 875 Avenue of the Amer-
icas, Suite 501, New York, NY
10001. The Principal Busi-
ness Address of the LLC: 583
Valley Road, West Orange,
NJ 07052. Purpose of LLC:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF INDIGO SHOWROOM
LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
06/03/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: The LLC, 545
8th Ave., Ste. 14NC, NY, NY
10018. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BREAD AND BUTTER
MARKETING, LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
04/30/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: Philip F. McGovern,
Jr., Esq. Connoll Foley LLP,
Harborside Financial Center,
2510 Plaza 5, Jersey City, NJ
07311. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF KIMMERICH, LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/15/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Herve N. Linder,
Ernst & Linder LLC, 17 Bat-
tery Pl., Ste. 1307, New York,
NY 10004. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF M-K SOUTH BROAD-
WAY ASSOCIATES LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
01/11/02. 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 Kenart Realties
Inc, 10 W 47th St., NY, NY
10036. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ISABEL SCHAREN-
BERG CREATIVE MAN-
AGEMENT LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
06/04/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Marie-Isabel
Scharenberg, 417 E. 6th St.,
#2, NY, NY 10009. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GRAMERCY PSY-
CHOLOGICAL SERVICES,
LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/06/09. 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, 205 E. 16th
St., Apt. 1A, NY, NY 10003.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LEWIS JACOBSEN
ARCHITECT LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/20/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: Ingram Yuzek Gainen
Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP, 250
Park Ave., 6th Fl., NY, NY
10177. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF OR BOOKS LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/06/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Colin Robinson,
213 W. 21st St., #3B, NY, NY
10011. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SHAHIN GHARIB MD,
PLLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/06/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of PLLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: C/O Corpora-
tion Service Comp., 80 State
St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.
Purpose: profession of medi-
cine.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GOTHAM WELLNESS
ACUPUNCTURE, PLLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/01/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of PLLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The PLLC, 96 Craft-
sland Rd., Chestnut Hill, MA
02467. Purpose: profession
of acupuncture.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ESV SAILING
LLC
Authority filed with the SSNY
on 05/07/09. Office location:
NY County. LLC formed in DE
on 05/13/2008. SSNY is des-
ignated as agent upon whom
process against the LLC may
be served. SSNY shall mail
a copy of process to: C/O
the LLC, 225 Broadway, Ste
3407 , NY, NY 10007. Address
required to be maintained in
DE: 108 West 13th St. Wil-
imington, DE 19801. Cert of
Formation filed with DE Div
of Corps, 401 Federal St - Ste
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any Lawful Purpose.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF 867 MADISON,
LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 7/1/09. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 867 Madison Ave.,
NY, NY 10021. LLC formed
in DE on 4/4/05. NY Sec. of
State designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o CT
Corporation System, 111 8th
Ave., 13th Fl., NY, NY 10011.
DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corpora-
tion Trust Co., 1209 Orange
St., Wilmington, DE 19801.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NAME OF FOREIGN LLC:
NIELSEN MOBILE, LLC
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 5/8/09. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 6/10/98.
County off. loc.: New York
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: Nielsen Mobile, c/o The
Nielsen Company, 770 Broad-
way, NY, NY 10003, Attn: Tax
Dept. Addr. of foreign LLC
in DE is: 615 South 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 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MTI SHOWSPACE
GP LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/30/09. 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, c/o Music
Theater International, 421 W.
54th St., NY, NY 10019, Attn:
Drew Cohen. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MTI SHOWSPACE L.P.
Certificate filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/1/2009. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LP, c/o Music
Theater International, 421
W. 54th St., NY, NY 10019,
Attn: Drew Cohen. Name/
address of each genl. ptr.
available from SSNY. Term:
until 12/31/2108. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GENESIS PART-
NERS REAL PROPERTY
HARLEM, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
June 12, 2009. Office loca-
tion: New York County. LLC
formed in Delaware (DE) on
May 15, 2009. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o GENESIS
CORNERSTONE PARTNERS,
LLC, 594 Broadway, Suite
1107, New York, NY 10012.
DE address of LLC: c/o Karim
Hutson, 55 Cascade Lane,
Suite A, Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware 19971. Arts. of Org.
filed with DE Secy. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CHAMPION PARKING
77 LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/10/09. 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, 655 Third
Avenue, NY, NY 10017. Pur-
pose: any lawful purpose.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NAME OF FOREIGN LLC:
STYX SPV-1, LLC
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 6/23/09. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 6/19/09.
County 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:
The LLC, 299 Park Ave., NY,
NY 10171. Addr. of foreign
LLC in DE is: c/o National
Corporate Research, Ltd., 615
South DuPont Hwy., Dover,
DE 19901. Auth. officer in DE
where Cert. of Form. filed:
DE Sec. of State, Townsend
Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 8/5-9/9/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a restaurant wine license
has been applied for by the
undersigned to sell same in
restaurant / pizzeria under
the Alcohol Beverage Con-
trol Law at 133 2nd Avenue,
New York, NY 10003 for on-
premises consumption. Piz-
zanini, Inc.
Vil 8/12/09 & 8/19/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF RENEWABLE COM-
MUNITIES, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY)
on 07/30/2009. Office loca-
tion: 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: Renew-
able Communities, LLC
c/o Law Offices of Howard
Goldman 475 Park Avenue
South New York, NY 10016.
Purpose: To engage in any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/12 – 9/16/09
PIG & OX PICTURES, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/7/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to THE LLC
201 East 30TH ST. APT. 37
NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any
lawful activity. Registered
Agent: Robert Demarco 201
East 30TH ST. APT. 37 NY,
NY 10016.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
ADVANCE YOUR IMAGI-
NATION LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 4/22/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Mirlet Auguste
C/O Ayi-First Taste NYC 208
W. 29TH ST., Suite 406 New
York, NY 10001. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
MIMI & ME LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/7/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 320
West 86 Street #5C New York,
NY 10024. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of
Limited Liability Company
(“LLC”). Name: ONY Pro-
tection, LLC. Articles of Orga-
nization filed with the Sec-
retary of State of the State
of New York (“SSNY”) on
7/15/09. N.Y. office location:
New York County. The SSNY
has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The SSNY shall mail
a copy of any process to ONY
Protection, LLC, c/o Omni
New York LLC, 885 Second
Avenue, 31st Fl., Suite C, NY,
NY 10017. Name/address of
each member available from
SSNY. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF EXCELERATE
DISCOVERY, LLC
Application for Authority was
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on July
30, 2009. Office location: NY
County. Principal business
address: Piedmont Center
North, 3575 Piedmont Road,
N.E., Building 15, Suite 900,
Atlanta, Georgia 30305. LLC
formed in Georgia (GA) on
August 25, 2008. 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 pro-
cess against the LLC is to:
Capitol Services, Inc., 1218
Central Avenue, Suite 100,
Albany, New York 12205. GA
address of LLC: Piedmont
Center North, 3575 Piedmont
Road, N.E., Building 15, Suite
900, Atlanta, Georgia 30305.
Articles of Organization filed
with GA Secretary of State,
Corporations Division, 315
West Tower, #2 Martin Luther
King, Jr. Dr., Atlanta, Georgia
30334-1530. Purpose: any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
August 19 - 25, 2009
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF BLUE SPRING
SHIPPING COMPANY
LIMITED
App. for Auth. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 6/19/09. Office
loc.: NY County. LLC org. in
Gibraltar 7/3/08. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of proc. to c/o CTC,
111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011,
Reg. Agt. upon whom proc.
may be served. Gibraltar
office addr.: Helen Bonavia,
10 Blackwood Tower, Brymp-
ton, S. Barrack Rd., Gibraltar.
Art. of Org. on file: Regis-
trar of Companies, Compa-
nies House Gibraltar, 1st Fl.,
The Arcade, 30-38 Main St.,
Gibraltar. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ORIZZONTE CON-
STRUCTION INTERNA-
TIONAL LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
06/30/09. 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 served upon
him is C/O the LLC 55 Broad
Street 15E, New York, N.Y.,
10004. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
ROLLER RINK 515 LLC
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with the
Sec of State of NY on 6/25/09.
NY Office location: New York
County. SSNY is designated
as agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may be
served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC served upon him/
her to The LLC, 515 W. 18th
St., NY, NY 10011 General
purposes
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ARCHER SPE
OFFSHORE I, L.L.C.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/24/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 06/23/09. Princ.
office of LLC: 570 Lexington
Ave., 40th Fl., NY, NY 10022.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
Joshua Lobel at the princ.
office of the LLC, regd. agent
upon whom and at which
process may be served. 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 the State of
DE, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
27
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF CROSSBOR-
DERS, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
08/03/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 10/29/03. Princ.
office of LLC: 207 W. 25th
St., Ste. 507, NY, NY 10001.
NYS fictitious name: CROSS-
BORDERS OF NEW YORK,
LLC. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess 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, New Castle
Cnty., DE 19808. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of
the State of DE, Corp. Dept.,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: Production
services.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF KOTP INVESTORS
I LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/27/09. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
135 W. 18th St., 2nd Fl., NY,
NY 10011. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to James A. Pappas at
the princ. office of the LLC.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF THE LAW OFFICE
OF FIONA OLIPHANT,
ESQ., LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
04/16/09. 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: PO Box
250166 New York, NY 10025.
Purpose: To engage in any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF CLARITY SOLU-
TIONS GROUP LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
5/1/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 3/25/09. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: The LLC, 298
Mulberry St., Apt. 7H, NY, NY
10012. Address of the princi-
pal office: 665 Broadway, Ste.
503, NY, NY 10012. Address
to be maintained in DE: 615
South DuPont Hwy, Dover,
DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed
with DE Secy. Of State, 401
Federal St., Ste 4., Dover, DE
19901 . Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 8/12-9/16/09
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR E-mail letters, not longer than 250

Continued from page 18
and leadership that we won our fight
against the city, the Parks Department
and Mayor Giuliani. We went up against
the city’s 600 lawyers, the Corporation
Counsel, and won decisions in six courts.
Robert’s extensive knowledge of the vend-
ing laws and the First Amendment made
that possible. We can now sell and display
our work on the streets and in the parks
of New York City without a permit.
Whereas Larry White’s position on
street artists is one of exclusiveness, want-
ing to form a special forum or panel to pass
judgment on what is or is not art, Robert’s
is one of inclusiveness — all speech, art,
is protected and need not pass a test to
qualify as free speech. If we exclude some
artists for failing to pass our “test,” then
their speech is dependent on how well they
do on the test, which amounts to prior
restraint on that speech.
Jack Nesbitt
Didn’t sit well with writer
To The Editor:
Re “They showed no sympathy” (letter,
by Sheryl Canter, Aug. 12):
I was happy to see you printed my let-
ter until I read it through and noticed you
added something that made it inaccurate
and totally changed the point. You wrote
(I did not write!) that Nicola would not let
me sit down “without ordering.” Wrong!
She would not let me sit down, period. Her
policy is that everyone in a party must be
seated at once, and no one can come along
later, even if they order. I had every inten-
tion of ordering, but she would not let me
sit down in the empty chair across from my
mother.
Sheryl Canter
High Line’s high costs
To The Editor:
Re “High Line plan is too taxing, neigh-
bors cry” (news article, Aug. 12):
The High Line stood for about 25 years
with little or no maintenance. In this state it
became a treasure that had to be preserved.
Now it takes $3.5 million to $4.5 million a
year to maintain? Find a way to make the
High Line less costly or tear it down, but
don’t raise taxes.
Charlie Walker
words in length, to news@thevillager.com
or fax to 212-229-2790 or mail to The
Villager, Letters to the Editor, 145 Sixth
Ave., ground floor, NY, NY 10013. Please
SCOOPY’S NOTEBOOK
Continued from page 18
and she filled in the author/activist about
the judicial bash that had occurred the
night before. Lopez talked extensively
with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and
Sotomayor at the Supreme soiree. “Ruth
Bader Ginsberg loved her — she told her
that she was beautiful,” Rosen report-
ed. “Margarita said Ginsberg was very
elegant, dressed in gloves.” Mendez said
Lopez, now a top-ranking official at the
New York City Housing Authority, went
as a representative of Mayor Bloomberg
and of NYCHA, whose housing in the
Bronx Sotomayor is a product of. There
was apparently no ill will expressed over
the fact that Lopez is currently working in
a Republican administration.
N.Y.U. HELPED BIG TIME: The Villager
would like to thank all those at New York
University who helped make our Council
District Three debate last week become a real-
ity, and ensured that it went off without a hitch.
include phone number for confirmation
purposes. The Villager reserves the right to
edit letters for space, grammar, clarity and
libel. The Villager does not publish anony-
mous letters.
Alicia Hurley, N.Y.U. vice president of govern-
ment and community engagement, deserves
the biggest thanks, as well as Marie Spears,
event coordinator; Amanda McEntire, Lisa
Kail and Marcia Maxwell, line guards (they let
in Bob Ortiz); Jack Breffle, timekeeper (he used
his iPod); Christopher James and the N.Y.U.
audiovisual shop, and Gary Parker.
CORRECTIONS: Contrary to the claims
of Scoopy, who gave her a surprise promotion
last week, Bethany Jankunis will not be pro-
vost, but assistant to the provost of Polytech
University of New York University. Also, as
opposed to what was stated in an article in last
week’s issue on the bulging-bricks emergency
at 2 Fifth Ave., former Mayor Ed Koch didn’t
reside there when he was mayor. “I lived at
14 Washington Place before I was sworn in
as mayor,” Koch told us. “Then, I lived at
Gracie Mansion for 12 years. On Jan. 1, 1990,
I moved to 2 Fifth Ave.” Additionally, the
photo caption on last week’s talking point page
misidentified one of the individuals as Robert
Hammond, when it was his Friends of the
High Line co-founder, Joshua David.

NOTICE OF FORMATION MHT VISIONS LLC FANTASTIC PAW, LLC

OF JUNOON NYC LLC.
Articles of Organization Filed
with Secretary of State of
New York SSNY on 6/11/09.
Office located in NY county.
SSNY has designated for
service of process. SSNY
shall mail copy of any pro-
cess served against the LLC:
Rajesh Bhardwaj, 56 Traut-
wein Cresent, Closter, NJ
07624.
Vil 8/19 – 9/23/09
DREAMS ANIMATION
LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 8/3/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to THE
LLC 590 Madison Avenue,
21ST Floor Manhattan, NY
10022. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
D & C MCKEEGAN LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 2/6/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to THE LLC
Mckeegan & Shearer PC 192
Lexington Avenue New York,
NY 10016. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/19/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to C/O Mona Tem-
chin 509 East 81ST Street Apt
16 New York, NY 10028. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
BOMBSHELL TAXI LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 3/20/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 313
Tenth Avenue NY, NY 10001.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Registered Agent: Evgeny A.
Freidman 313 Tenth Avenue
NY, NY 10001.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
EXPERT NETWORK
GROUP, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 6/17/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to The LLC Attn
Mark S Wolkstein 201 East
15TH ST APT 4C New York,
NY 10003. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/28/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Michael Grego-
ry 360 West 21ST Street 2K
New York, NY 10011. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
MS. TEASE DANCE STU-
DIO, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/27/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 129-08
7TH Ave, 1ST Floor College
Point, NY 11356. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SECOND BUTTON
LLC
Art. of Org filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 7/27/09. Office loca-
tion: New York County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process to
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP,
1350 Broadway, New York,
NY 10018, Attn: Thomas G.
Huszar, Esq.. Purpose: any
lawful activities.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
CATION OF C/S 12TH
AVENUE LLC
Authority filed with Sec. of
State of NY (SSNY) on 8/2/02.
Office location: NY County.
LLC formed in DE on 7/31/02.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o
Peter Sharp & Co., Inc., 545
Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022.
DE address of LLC: Corpora-
tion Service Co., 2711 Cen-
terville Rd., Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
DE Sec. of State, P.O. Box
898, Dover, DE 19903. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that license number 1229697
has been applied for by the
undersigned to sell liquor at
retail in a hotel under the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Law at 128 West 29th Street,
New York, N.Y. 10001-5301
for on-premises consump-
tion. BRISAM WEST 29 LLC
d/b/a DOUBLETREE HOTEL
MANHATTAN-CHELSEA
Vil 8/19/09 & 8/26/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF DEAN FOODS
OF WISCONSIN, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on TO PLACE A LEGAL NOTICE
7/27/09. Office location:
NY County. LLC formed in
Delaware (DE) on 3/27/09.
in The Villager,
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process call Dave Jaffe
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
c/o CT Corporation System,
at 646-452-2477
111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011,
registered agent upon whom
or e-mail
process may be served. DE
address of LLC: 1209 Orange
david@thevillager.co
St., Wilmington, DE 19801.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Secy. of State, 401 Federal
St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: all lawful purposes.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
COURT OF PROBATE, DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF MAN INVEST- REGIONAL CHILDREN’S PROBATE COURT
MENTS (USA) LLC
Authority filed with Secy. of
NOTICE TO Lindon Lewis, whose last known residence was in the town of , NY.
State of NY (SSNY) on 8/4/09. Pursuant to an order of Hon. Salvatore L. Diglio, Judge, a hearing will be held at
Office location: NY County.
New Haven Regional Children’s Court, 873 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511
LLC formed in Illinois (IL) on on September 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM on an application for Removal and Appoint
3/14/98. SSNY designated as
Guardian concerning a certain minor child born on May 7, 2000. The Court’s
agent of LLC upon whom decision will affect your interest, if any, as in said application on file more fully
process against it may be
appears.
served. SSNY shall mail
process to the IL address of RIGHT TO COUNSEL: If the above-named person wishes to have an attorney,
LLC: The LLC, 123 N. Wacker but is unable to pay for one, the Court will provide an attorney upon proof of
Drive, Ste. 2800, Chicago, IL inability to pay. Any such request should be made immediately by contacting
60606. Arts. of Org. filed with the court office where the hearing is to be held.
IL Secy. of State, 501 South
By Order of the Court
Second St., Springfield, IL Frank J. Forgione, Judge
62756. Purpose: any lawful Vil 8/19/09
activity.
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My brother Frank: The teacher who walked beside me
Continued from page 19
by the side of the bed,” Malachy answers. I
look for it, without success, and I continue
to search, while Malachy insists. In the end,
I get down on my hands and knees. Malachy,
with his busted leg encased in the big black
boot, begins the search on his side of the
bed. Neither of us can find the device.
I have a fleeting vision of Malachy, Mike
and myself, all of us under the bed search-
ing for the device, and the nurse arriving in.
“Where is everybody?” she would ask Frank.
“Where have your brothers gone?”
“Damned if I know,” would be his
response. “The behavior of my brothers has
always been a mystery to me.” And he would
sink back on his pillow, resigned, as always,
to our vagaries. That was my imagining.
In the event, Malachy’s wife, Diana, had
gone to summon the nurses. Frank never
had been overweight and now there is not an
ounce of excess. His spirit, whatever that is;
his dreamer, his inspiration, the fine tuner of
all his lives and of his brilliant articulation,
all are pulling away.
He tosses and turns from side to side. No
matter how he has been positioned in the
bed, his feet always seem to find purchase
against the rail at the foot. Now he moves
his legs up and down, as if practicing for
takeoff. A distillation is taking place, a fever
without fever, as his spirit gains its complete
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ascendancy. And a smelting, as his body, night, I was at home when the call came. At a all we have, the brothers, the women and
reduced to its essentials, takes on a sheen little after 3 p.m. Frank had stopped breath- the children.” Now, of course, we are one
and an extraordinary beauty. ing. His body had finally wound down. It is less. But maybe, after a nice rest, and God
Years ago Frank told me that he was very sad. The knowledge of his absence is knows he deserves it, in another 66 years,
strongly attracted to the writings of J. sometimes overwhelming. The memory of or however long it takes to reach retirement
Krishnamurti, to the idea that we should that earlier day, that day of exaltation, offers age, Frank will break away from the mass of
abandon all the grandiose notions and prac- some consolation. the great vibration and, once again, lend his
tices of established religion, that we should A few years ago he said to me: “We are voice to the shunned and the excluded.
look with wonder at whatever is before us,
and that, toward everyone and everything,
we should behave in a just, loving and com-
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adjust and plump up his pillows and settle
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now, and with his left palm under his chin
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Rehabs vs. the Math: Not your average beer league
Continued from page 1
trash-talking during a game back in 2003, on the part of the
Demons, she added. A player on the Rehabs then found some
“pornographic pictures” on the Web, Demon players in sundry
positions, and the Rehabs printed the pictures and stuck them
on the backs of their jerseys for the next game. From there, the
rivalry has reached seemingly historic proportions.
“We’ve never met in the championship,” said Moore. “Last
season we lost to them in the quarter-finals, but we pelted them
with water balloons anyway.”
The Demons and the Rehabs are two of the 18 teams, all
with equally interesting names, that make up the Blacktop Street
Hockey League (B.T.S.H.) and who play their games in Tompkins
Square Park on Sunday afternoons from March to October. Most
of the names have stories to go along with them. The Mexican
Standoffs are named after a drink at a bar frequented by the team
manager. And then you have the Filthy Gorgeous, named after a
Scissor Sisters song, and Cobra Kai of “The Karate Kid” fame.
Hang out at the Tompkins blacktop and you’ll hear people
yelling, “Go Math!” (There’s a team named the Mathematics)
and “Come on Filthy!”
But funny names aside, B.T.S.H. has become a stalwart
among the recreational beer leagues that infiltrate the city’s park
ball fields and blacktops during the summer. It’s nearing its tenth
anniversary, and since its inception in 2000, it has expanded
from six teams to 18 and expects to once again expand to 20 or
22 teams next year. There’s even a free-agent pool with players
hoping to get picked up in the off season.
The skill level ranges from nonexistent, someone who has
never held a hockey stick in his or her life, to advanced, players
who’ve spent years playing minor league ice hockey.
Bob W. has been the league manager since 2002 and can
always be found at the blacktop in Tompkins Square on Sundays,
‘Obviously, some of the women
play very aggressively. But keeping
women in the mix reminds the men
not to be jerks.’
Bob W.
answering people’s questions, picking up trash and generally
keeping a watchful eye over all things B.T.S.H.
Of his seven-year tenure as league manager, Bob W. said, “It’s
a culture. It’s a lifestyle and it, you know, becomes your social
focal point. You create so many friends and associations doing
this job, and it’s really rewarding and everyone is very community
minded and appreciative. Not a weekend goes by on a Sunday
when I’m not thanked 25 times. And not a weekend goes by
when people aren’t offering to help out in any way they can.”
B.T.S.H. is one part of the soon to be incorporated nonprofit
Urban Hockey Association. Once the umbrella organization
finishes the necessary paperwork to become a legitimate 501(c)
(3), B.T.S.H. and its sister league, MOFO Hockey (mofohockey.
org) — which plays in a rink, Moffo Rink, instead of on a black-
top, at Tanahey Park near the South Street Seaport — will be
joined by a youth league that Bob W. promises will be less, er,
beer oriented.
“What we’re trying to do is to start a program that we hope to
grow throughout the city — an introductory youth street hockey
program, free of charge,” Bob W. explained. “It will involve basic
instruction, skills and strategy. Physical fitness obviously will be
part of it, and we hope to teach the kids goods sportsmanship
and teamwork as well.”
Villager photos by John Bayles
Some recent Blacktop Street Hockey League action from Tompkins Square Park, above, celebrating a goal; below,
stick-handling the ball.
He said it will be a mix of skills training and scrimmaging and
will be totally separate from B.T.S.H. Bob W. said the tentative
the youth league’s starting date will be sometime in the fall.
B.T.S.H., and MOFO too, is hockey in sneakers, not roll-
erblades or in-line skates. There’s a ball instead of a puck and
there is no body checking. B.T.S.H. has other rules, such as
always having at least two girls playing on the blacktop for
each team. And the female factor is essential to B.T.S.H. The
league was actually founded by two women; one has since
moved to Los Angeles and the other stepped back to raise a
child. In Bob W.’s eyes, having the girls involved is one way
of making sure the machismo is kept to minimum.
“It forces the teams to incorporate the women in a meaning-
ful way,” he said. “And it lessens the aggression. Obviously, some
of the women play very aggressively. But keeping women in the
mix reminds the men not to be jerks.”
Because of the two-women rule, currently it’s easier to get into
the league if you’re a female. Ashley McMass is one example, cur-
rently playing in her first B.T.S.H. season. She played Division I
field hockey for Columbia, just graduated and is now looking for
a job. She plays on Filthy Gorgeous. Haanwa is another female
and is on the Mexican Standoff. She’s been playing since 2002.
“It’s great hanging out with all these wonderful people,”
McMass said. “And it’s nice exercise. It’s not like I can afford a
gym membership.”
That seems to the combination that lures most of the play-
ers into B.T.S.H.: It’s an easy way to meet people from different
backgrounds — there are freelance artists, engineers, physicists, and games, some teams certainly want to be in the champi-
musicians and doctors — and it’s a fun way to stay in somewhat onship when all is said and done.
decent shape. “Any time someone is keeping score, there is competition and
Eli Kazin, works in advertising and plays on the nobody wants to be on the lower side of that score. That’s just a
Mathematics; when the team was formed, one of the found- fact of life,” said Bob W.
ers was in grad school for physics. Their team jerseys are Kazin said there’s the occasional suspension and players
gray T-shits and their logo is the variable “X” under the get tossed out of the games for breaking the rules or for just
square-root sign. Kazin also manages the B.T.S.H. Web site being stupid. When it comes to wanting to win, he echoed
(BTSH.org). His only hockey experience prior to B.T.S.H. Bob W.’s remarks.
was gym floor hockey in high school. “It’s just an aspect of human nature. When you’re com-
“It’s the only outdoor, athletic thing I do,” he noted. peting and keeping score, people are going to be competitive.
Kazin said it’s a fun way to fill the weekends; athletic No one wants to show up and lose every week.”
activity and beer drinking when there are no football games
to watch on television. But Kazin, along with Bob W., also For more info on B.T.S.H., like how to join a team, visit
mentioned the competiveness of the league. While it’s all fun the Web site BTSH.org .

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