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Things seem to be going the Lower East Sides
way lately. This summer, the nations biggest
Fourth of July fireworks show makes a
triumphant return to the East River after a five
year absence. Just last month, the neighbor-
hood was the big winner of a post-Hurricane
Sandy federal design competition. As a result,
$335 million is coming from Washington to build
a new recreational area alongside East River
Park, which will double as a flood barrier. Unlike
the fireworks display, the bold plan wont take
shape for several years. But paired with other
revitalization initiatives, including new
multimillion dollar parks planned at Pier 35 and
Pier 42, its apparent the LES waterfront is about
to have its moment in the sun. There are likely
many pitfalls ahead. Anyone who witnessed the
decade-long renovation of East River Park can
attest to that. As the summer of 2014 gets under
way, however, theres reason for optimism. So in
this months cover story, we offer a guide to the
various projects set to transform the long-
neglected area. Also this month, we meet local
author Boris Fishman, catch up with gallery
owner and street art aficionado Victor Fung and
sample the best new ice cream the
neighborhood has to offer. Well be back in
September with a new magazine, after a brief
summer break. In the meantime, you can always
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East Side at thelodownny.com.
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The Rozz &
Val Show
at Summer-
Stage Kids
in Seward
Park: Rozz
Nash-Coulon
and Andrew Vladeck, along with their band and dancers,
the Hotness Monsters, perform tight harmony singing
with high-energy pop, funk, rock, ska, hip-hop and folk
to make for a fun-filled show for the whole family. Seward
Park, 10:30 a.m., free, nycgovparks.org/parks/seward-
park/events.
Paths to Pier 42 Summer Launch: Celebrate City of
Water Day at Pier 42 by visiting new art installations,
participating in hands-on workshops with artists or
joining a fishing clinic with the LES Ecology Center. Live
music by Metropolitan Klezmer. Pier 42 is located along
the East River between the Manhattan and Williams-
burg bridges. The temporary park site is on the south
side of the FDR
Drive at Montgom-
ery Street; you can
also enter through
Corlears Hook Park
at Cherry Street, 11
a.m. to 3 p.m, free,
pathstopier42.com.
New Mu-
seum Block
Party: Enjoy
an afternoon
of interactive
projects and
performanc-
es in Sara D.
Roosevelt
Park. After-
ward, head
over to the New Museum to participate in family-friendly
tours of current exhibitions. All block party guests receive
complimentary admission to the museum on the day of
the event. Chrystie Street between Delancey and Broome
streets, noon to 5 p.m., free, newmuseum.org.
HOT! Festival Opening Night Party
at Dixon Place: The worlds
longest-running LGBTQ per-
formance festival continues
to celebrate queer perfor-
mance and culture with a
lineup of boundary-pushing
theater, music, dance, pup-
petry, performance art and
homoeroticism for the whole
family. 161A Chrystie St.,
$15, through Aug. 2, find
showtimes and tickets at
hotfestival.org.
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JULY & AUGUST
Shakespeare in the Parking Lots Twelfth Night:
For the 20th season of Bard-among-the-cars" - and
what may be the companys last summer in the neigh-
borhood- the world within this bittersweet comedy
comes to the streets. In this production, the ship-
wrecked twins are swept into the parking lot itself and
the characters of the play are based on those you might
find in the contemporary world of the Lower East Side.
Through July 26. Corner of Ludlow and Broome streets,
8 p.m., free, shakespeareintheparkinglot.com.
Macys Fourth of July Fireworks:
After five years on the Hudson, Macys
fireworks are finally returning to the
East River. The annual extravaganza will
include live performances, along with
fireworks set off from the Brooklyn Bridge
and barges along the river. In honor of the
200th anniversary of "The Star Spangled Banner," the
25-minute musical score will feature patriotic favorites
by The DIVA Jazz Orchestra. Plus, new recordings by
The Charlie Daniels Band, Tony award-winning artists
Idina Menzel and Billy Porter. Go early if you
are heading down to the East River Park,
crowds start arriving by 5 p.m.; the show
starts at 9 p.m. Free, macys.com.
The undergroundzero festival at
The Clemente: The sixth incarna-
tion of the undergroundzero
festival returns to the Lower East
Side for two weeks of site-specific
live arts events. Billed as a collective
gesture of disobedience, a radical act
of generosity and a last hurrah for the downtown
underground, the performances, talks and panels
are mostly produced without a budget. At The
Clemente and other locations, $10, through July
20, undergroundzeronyc.org.
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The 18th Annual New York Interna-
tional Fringe Festival: Continuing its
reign as the largest multi-arts event
in North America, FringeNYC returns
with a smorgasbord of live perfor-
mance to choose from: avant-garde
solo shows, nude comedies, puppets,
outrageous meta-musicals and more. The lineup in-
cludes more than 200 companies from all over the world
performing for 16 days in more than 20 theater spaces
downtown. Through Aug. 24 at various venues, $15,
fringenyc.org.
The 21st Annual Charlie Parker
Jazz Festival at SummerStage:
The 21st Annual Charlie Parker Jazz
Festival at SummerStage: The festival
assembles some of the finest musi-
cians in the world who reflect Parkers
musical individuality and genius, to promote
appreciation for the world-renowned artist. This years
lineup includes pianist Kenny Barron, drummer Cindy
Blackman Santana, saxophonist Craig Handy and vocal-
ist Brianna
Thomas.
Tompkins
Square
Park, 3
p.m., free,
summer-
stage.
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Mixtape #1 Afropop at Abrons Arts
Center: The first in a new Abrons
performance series that explores
the music, art and culture of a
unique genre, Mixtape #1 celebrates
Afropop from Africa. A dance party
features the
legendary Hailu
Mergia joining
forces with
the stylistically
diverse, beat-
and bass-heavy
groove of Low
Mentality along
with Chop &
Quench, a
group com-
prised of cast and band members of the Tony-winning
musical Fela! 466 Grand St. in the amphitheatre, 7
p.m., $20 advance/$25 door, abronsartscenter.org.
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Poets Cafe
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sary Celebra-
tion with DJ Rahsaan at SummerStage:The multicul-
tural and multi-arts institution known for its poetry slams
celebrates 40 years with live performances from some
of its best. Philadelphia-based DJ and producer DJ
Rahsaan shares the stage. East River Park Bandshell, 6
p.m., free, summerstage.donyc.com.
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Miami-based gallery dedicated to the promo-
tion of influencial Geometric Art movements
from Latin America is popping up on Ludlow
Street for a show featuring the internationally
renowned Uruguayan artist Ricardo Pascale.
Director Ignacio Pedronzo says the show will run
for six months, with hopes of making the gallery
permanent. The gallery is open Monday through
Friday from 11 a.m to 6 p.m., and by appoint-
ment on weekends.
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TOP NOTCH SECURITY (8-12 Ave. B,
topnotch-security.com): Lifelong friends Eli Ishaki
and Roye Grivi, along with Ishakis father, Dan,
started their citywide locksmith business almost
five years ago, but their new storefront is their
first real showroom. Along with 24-hour on-call
emergency locksmith services, the team has ex-
panded to focus on security systems. They offer
a range of options, from cameras and alarms to
electric gates, buzzer systems and even central
air-conditioning. The store is open daily from 9
a.m. to 8 p.m.
TOP SHELF PREMIUM VINTAGE (85
Stanton St., topshelfpremium.com): Owner Mark
Rosado and girlfriend Summer Mizera, who met
as Hester Street Fair vendors two years ago,
have recently taken over the former A. Turen
storefront across from the Meatball Shop. Ro-
sado describes his brand as wearable vintage
garments, with an emphasis on early 90s attire.
The store is open Tuesday through Sunday from
1 to 8 p.m.
HOMIES WONDERLAND (15 Es-
sex St., homieswonderland.com): After selling
streetwear online and in the UK for two years,
the brand now has a flagship store in the U.S.
The shop features hoodies, jackets, hats, sneak-
ers, T-shirts and accessories, continuing the cur-
rent trend of machismo hip-hop-meets-skater-
boy havens opening below Delancey. The store
is open daily from noon to 8 p.m.
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Gary Barnett, one of New Yorks biggest real estate developers, came to the Lower East
Side last month to brief Community Board 3 and local residents about his grand plans
for the former Pathmark site on Cherry Street. In addition to an 800-unit condo tower reaching
above 60 stories, Barnetts Extell Development plans a smaller building featuring 204 units of aord-
able housing. Responding to local concerns about the loss of Pathmark, he said it was Extells intention
to nd an aordable grocery to lease a 25,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of the complex.
Extell will receive tax benets as a result of building the 13-story aordable building. It plans to hand o
management to a community-based nonprot organization. During the meeting, many people com-
plained that the luxury and low-income
housing will be separate, arguing that
the plan amounts to segregating dier-
ent classes of people. Extell kept draw-
ings for the luxury tower under wraps,
saying they were not yet nished. Also
last month, the Two Bridges Neighbor-
hood Council and Settlement Hous-
ing Fund announced plans to build a
mixed-income building on an adjacent
lot where the Pathmark pharmacy was
once located. They have not yet revealed
the height of that project.
For the last couple of years, residents and busi-
nesses on Grand Street west of Bowery have con-
tended with noise, trac detours and other incon-
veniences related to the replacement of a large
water main. In the next several weeks, the construction
zone shifts to the stretch of Grand between Bowery and
Essex Street. By the middle of August, night work will get
under way between Bowery and Forsyth Street from 9
p.m. to 6 a.m. In November and continuing through the
middle of next year, daytime work will begin all the way to
Essex, and will run from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. during the week
and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends. The project is part of
the construction of Water Tunnel No. 3, one of the biggest public works projects in New York City history.
While the road is torn up, automobile trac will be allowed only eastbound on Grand Street. Westbound
trac extending to Chrystie Street will be prohibited. City ocials say some water service interruptions
are likely. They will provide 72-hour advance notice in the neighborhood before shutting o water.
public art
real estate
transportation
Contractors work on Grand Street west of Bowery.
real estate
Construction crews have begun to prepare a parcel at Chrystie and Stanton streets for a
28-story hotel and apartment complex from developer Ian Schrager. The project will be the
rst New York branch of Schragers Public Hotel, a brand he launched in Chicago. The building will
rise alongside 10 Stanton St., a 147-unit aordable housing complex. Residents of that building held
a brief ceremony several weeks ago, just before crews knocked down more than a dozen fully grown
trees on the development lot. Led by Alysha Coleman and Debbie Gonzalez of the tenant association,
residents said a prayer for the trees, precious commodities in the once-gritty neighborhood, and went
around the circle to share memories. At the same time, residents said the moment represented new
life and new beginnings. As part of the deal to build the hotel, the previous owner of the Chrystie Street
parcel, Ruby Schron, agreed to extend 10 Stantons federal aordable housing contract for 25 years.
The tenant association, as well as Community Board 3, agreed to support the project in exchange for
this guarantee, protecting the low-income housing for years to come. The arrangement also triggered
improvements, including a new playground and garden, an exercise room, community room, computer
lab and bicycle storage room.
The triangle at Division and Ludlow
Streets has come alive with a new
public installation. Local artist Kim
Sillen (who is also the art director of this
magazine), nished painting Modern
Tapestry, a colorful combination of
patterns meant to lift the spirits of
passers-by with color and form, last
month. She was the winner of a community-
driven open call sponsored by the Lower
East Side Business Improvement District.
The installation beneted from a grant by
the Department of Transportations urban
art program. In recent weeks, a bench and
large concrete slabs for additional seating
have been added. New plantings and
tables are also expected to be put in place
in the reclaimed public space.
Rendering of Essex Crossing
neighborhood news
editedby EdLitvak
crime
It took three years
for justice to be
done in the brutal
stabbing death of
Jomal i Moral es.
The 43-year-old wo-
man was murdered
in February 2011,
her body left in
an elevator at the
Baruch Houses on
FDR Drive. A judge
sentenced her killer,
22-year-old Markeece
Dunning, to 24 years to life in prison. Morales was
celebrating her 43rd birthday the night she encoun-
tered Dunning. Lured back to his apartment, she was
viciously attacked, suering 19 stab wounds. At a sen-
tencing hearing, Dunnings attorneys argued for leni-
ency, saying he suered from mental problems and
substance abuse. Prosecutors wanted 25 years to life.
Because of Markeece Dunning,Jomali Moralesfamily
planned her funeral on the day they should have been
celebrating her 43rd birthday,District Attorney Cyrus
Vance said in a written statement. I hope todays sen-
tencing brings some measure of closure to the victims
daughter, mother and family.In court this past spring,
Morales mother, Petra Montaez-Vitale, told Dun-
ning She had plans You took away her future, her
life And not only that but you took the mother of my
grandchild. Morales left behind a teenage daughter.
Photo: NYC Dept. Design & Construction
Rendering of afordable tower at Extell site by Dattner Architects.
Residents of 10 Stanton St. bid goodbye to trees on a new hotel site.
Photo by Natalie Raben
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Asked about a perception that the Education-
al Alliance has steered clear of political activism,
Van Capelle replied, I dont think its a percep-
tion... I think its a fact. Making clear that advocacy
will be a new priority, Van Capelle said, I think
there is room for the Educational Alliance to insert
ourselves in some important conversations taking
place in the city, particularly given the fact that the
look and the feel of our neighborhood is not pre-
determined.
As someone who lives in the neighborhood,
Van Capelle said, its important for him to recognize
that upwards of 50 percent of people who shop at
my Fine Fare are on SNAP [food stamps], that only
37 percent of the kids who go to high school in our
neighborhood graduate and that 40 percent of the
seniors in our neighborhood live below the poverty
line. He believes a robust conversation should be
taking place to find solutions to these vexing prob-
lems, and that the Educational Alliance should be
playing an active role in facilitating this kind of com-
munity-wide discussion. The Manny Cantor Center,
he said, is prepared to play the role of convener
without dictating the agenda.
Sometimes I think there is an elegance to just
being the convener without predetermining what
actually is said in the conversation, Van Capelle
said.
On another topic, a previously announced
plan to create a dual-generation school within the
big Essex Crossing development project set to
break ground next year, Van Capelle signaled a
change in direction.
We have, I think, about 36,000 to 40,000
square feet of space that we can use for anything,
he said, and Im not sure what its going to look
like, is my honest answer. He continued, my
hope is that the Educational Alliance works with
the Grand Street Settlement [the lead community
partner in Essex Crossing] and hopefully some of
our other settlement houses to find a joint project
that we can do together in that space. He was not
specific about what that project might be, but em-
phasized that a collaboration is the way to make
sure the space offers a true community benefit.
Van Capelle said hes committed to working
with his counterparts at other organizations, as well
as local elected officials and city agencies to en-
sure that the neighborhood receives the resources
that it needs.
If we are doing our work well, he argued,
we are both providing services and advocating
for our community at the exact same time.
When Alan Van Capelle and his partner, Matt
Morningstar, brought their second child, Patrick,
home from the hospital this past spring, the news
had already traveled fast. On his short walk to their
Grand Street apartment from the Educational Alli-
ance, where Van Capelle had just become presi-
dent and CEO, three friends stopped to offer con-
gratulations. Its like a small town, Van Capelle
observed of the Lower East Side. I dont think you
find that in most neighborhoods in New York.
Theres something totally special about our little
corner of the city.
Over coffee one morning last month at Cafe
Petisco, located next door to the Educational Alli-
ances newly renovated flagship building, Van Ca-
pelle went well beyond extolling the virtues of the
community in which hes chosen to raise a family.
He vowed to raise the public profile of the
125-year-old institution on the Lower East Side
and to engage the community in a robust conver-
sation about key issues facing the rapidly chang-
ing neighborhood.
The energetic activist made a national name
for himself as head of the Empire State Pride
Agenda, a prominent gay rights organization, be-
fore going on to work in the New York Comptrol-
lers office and to lead Bend the Arc, a Jewish or-
ganization dedicated to social justice. He grew up
in Commack, Long Island, the son of a Dutch-In-
donesian father and a Jewish mother. Van Ca-
pelles grandmother lived on Rivington Street. Hes
lived in the Hillman Co-op for three years.
Van Capelle arrived at the Educational Alli-
ance just as it was concluding a $55 million renova-
tion of its headquarters on East Broadway, a high-
stakes investment meant to sustain the historic
institution for decades to come.
In some ways, the easy part is building the
building, although it was by no means an easy
renovation, he said. The more difficult task, Van
Capelle added, is fulfilling the lofty mission of the
Manny Cantor Center, the new community facility
housed in the building: creating a local hub for all
of the diverse groups that make up the Lower East
Side. This is an experiment, he asserted, and
so far its working.
About three mornings a week, the organiza-
tions new leader stands outside the building en-
trance and greets each person who comes inside.
Thats everyone from a senior arriving for break-
fast, members of the new state-of-the-art fitness
center and parents dropping their kids off for
Head Start or for the preschool program.
It is an extraordinary thing, he said, like
being in an airport, because there are lots of peo-
ple from all corners of the world who are coming
for something at the Manny Cantor Center.
Van Capelles priority now is making sure ev-
eryone knows whats happening inside those four
walls.
I think we have done a less than adequate
job of explaining to folks what the role of the Edu-
cational Alliance has been in Lower Manhattan for
the last 125 years, he said. We have a responsi-
bility to tell the stories of the people who walk into
our three community centers [the Manny Cantor
Center, the 14th Street Y and the Sirovich Senior
Center] every day.
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President
Emphasizes
Community
Advocacy at
Educational
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Lower East Side ice cream lovers have it pretty good
around here, with Houston Streets il laboratorio del gelato,
Orchard Streets Melt Bakery and Essex Street Markets Luca
and Bosco not to mention the weekly infusion of options at
the Hester Street Fair.
This summer, two new parlors have introduced their wares
to the mix, just in time for the sidewalk-melting heat of July
and August.
Restaurateur Nick Morgenstern opened Morgensterns
Finest Ice Cream at 2 Rivington St., while Mohan and Holiday
Kumar, long-time Lower East Side residents, partnered up
with Chef Sam Mason to open the first Manhattan outpost of
Brooklyns OddFellows Ice Cream at 75 E. Fourth St.
This is all I ever wanted to do make ice cream, Mor-
genstern said recently from behind
his shiny white bar. He owns
Stanton Streets El Rey
Coffee Bar and Lun-
cheonette and the
East Villages Goat
Town restaurant,
but his passion
for ice cream has
been brewing
since long before
either of those
t wo es t abl i s h-
ments opened. He
began experiment-
ing at his Fort Greene
restaurant, General
Greene, after a
career in other
peoples kitch-
ens, including
Gramercy Tav-
ern. He spent
more than a year
building out his
cheerful, sleek,
black-and-white space
near the corner of Bow-
ery. Now that its com-
plete, he spends most of
his time in his basement
kitchen under the parlor, concocting
flavors.
Vanilla and chocolate? Theres five
of each, with variations like bourbon
vanilla and lemon chocolate. Other
flavors in rotation include black ass
licorice and durian banana, along with
sorbets like apricot and sweet potato.
Huge sundaes, designed to be shared,
come with a variety of topping options,
including made-to-order whipped
cream, luxardo cherries, pickled pine-
apple and dried acai. Prices start at $4
for one scoop; cash only. Theres also
Counter Culture brand coffee, house-
made sodas, floats and shakes.
After news of Morgensterns soft-
opening appeared in the citys foodie
press at the end of May, crowds flood-
ed his space. He did about 1,000 cov-
ers a day over Memorial Day weekend,
he said. Since then, the lines have
calmed down a little but the accolades
have accelerated, with food critics ap-
plying terms like the thinking mans
scoop shop and the best ice cream
in New York.
Just a few blocks north, at OddFel-
lows Ice Cream Co., the tiny shop may
be brand-new, but the many kudos for
its contents are already framed on the
wall. Thats because OddFellows has
just celebrated its one-year anniver-
sary after launching in Williamsburg
last summer. The Kumars, who live on
Attorney Street, launched the business
with Mason, a friend theyd met while
living on Clinton Street, where Mason
was the pastry chef at wd~50. OddFel-
lows was born out of pregnancy crav-
ing, said Mohan Kumar, who left a ca-
reer in real estate finance for the new
venture.
When my wife was pregnant, she
wanted fried chicken, and she wanted
savory ice cream, which was actually hard to find,
he said. I was telling Sam about it, and a few days
later, he showed up at our apartment with a pint of
pretzel ice cream. I didnt even get to taste it it
was gone.
Like Morgenstern, Mason had wanted to open
an ice cream shop his whole life, Kumar said, and
the partnership was born.
OddFellows main production facility is in
Brooklyn, where Mason pasteurizes his own prod-
uct base using milk and cream from Battenkill Val-
ley Creamery upstate (which is also Morgensterns
supplier). The list of flavors is 121 varieties long,
with eight on tap at any one time in the Manhattan
shop. Savory options are OddFellows specialty,
and they include offerings like chorizo caramel
swirl. The menu, which starts at $4 for one scoop,
is full of great combinations try the miso cherry
and the blueberry-honey buttermilk. OddFellows
makes its waffle cones from scratch daily, and also
offers hand-packed pints ($10).
The best compliment a customer gives me is
your ice cream just tastes fresh, Kumar said. Ev-
erything we do is entirely made from scratch, and
thats the long way of doing it, the labor-intensive
way.
Both Morgensterns and OddFellows are part
of a booming artisan ice cream market thats be-
ginning to mirror other foods trending toward
small-batch production craft beer, for example.
By Jennifer Strom
All of the sudden, theres a lot of great ice
cream out there, Kumar said. I dont want ice
cream to turn into the next cupcake craze, but if
people do it right, it can be really good.
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cIosing
The Lower East Side dining scene lost a few
power-hitters over the last month, with the
closures of Sorella and Family Recipe, along
with the news that wd~50 will shutter this
fall. Sorella proprietors Sarah Krathen and Emma
Hearst ended a great five-year run on Allen
Street, saying all good things must come to
an end. The ever-changing menu of northern
Italian cuisine featured delectable pastas and
inventive meat and vegetable dishes, while the
housemade gelato sparked a spin-off dessert
parlor called Stellina, also now closed. Over on
Eldridge Street, Chef Akiko Thurnauer closed
Family Recipe, her three-year-old homestyle
Japanese restaurant, on June 22. Thank you so
much for all your support, Thurnauer wrote to
fans on the restaurants Facebook page. We had
an amazing journey. The news that really rocked
the citywide food press last month, however, was
Chef Wylie Dufresnes announcement via Twit-
ter on June 10: Nov 30 will be our final night
of service at wd50. Come celebrate with us for
the next 173 days. The one-story building at 50
Clinton St. that has housed the groundbreaking
restaurant since its inception had been slated to
be demolished for redevelopment. In a twist, the
property came onto the market just a day after
Dufresnes announcement; its for sale as part of a package deal being marketed by Massey Knakal.
While Dufresne hints he may reopen elsewhere, its the end of an era on Clinton Street, where his arrival
as the chef at the now-defunct 71 Clinton Fresh Food in 1999 and his launch of wd~50 in 2003 were
crucial milestones in the growth of the Lower East Sides restaurant scene.
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at the end ol May.
Iawsuits
Katzs Deli has been a Lower East Side main-
stay for 125 years, but now theres a second
Katzs Deli in Deerfeld Beach, Fla., and its
presence is not sitting too well with the own-
ers of the New York City original. The owners of
the world-famous Houston Street institution have
filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in federal
court asking for $1 million in damages. The filing
states that Katzs Deli is an indisputable New York
institution that has delighted patrons with authen-
tic Jewish deli food for 125 years. It goes on to
establish the restaurants iconic status, including
the delis inclusion in many films, from Harry Met
Sally to Donnie Brasco. The lawsuit indicates
that Katzs has owned the federal trademark on
its name since 1992. Charles Re, the owner of the
Florida establishment, stole the name to unlaw-
fully capitalize on the fame of Katzs Deli, the
lawsuit alleges. Re responded by saying the NYC
Katzs trademark had lapsed at the time his res-
taurant opened. There are probably six or so dif-
ferent restaurants named Katzs on the East Coast
and in Texas, Re said. Im not sure why theyre
going after us. Maybe they need the publicity.
Earlier this year, Katzs prevailed in another trade-
mark infringement case, after suing the New York-
based Katz & Dogz food cart.
evicted
After a lengthy legal battle, the kosher pizzeria
at 357 Grand St. shuttered for good on June
16. Shalom Chai, which owed $86,000, had been
fighting to stay in its space through July. Seward
Park Co-op, the owner of the low-rise commercial
building, had been seeking to collect back rent
and utilities for more than 15 months, and moved
to evict the restaurant through legal channels in
late May. The embattled pizzeria, which was the
last full-service kosher restaurant on the Lower
East Side, had also struggled with sanitary issues,
having been shut down by health department in-
spectors for six weeks in the spring of 2013. We
want the space back, co-op attorney Peter Axel-
rod said after the final court hearing. We have
little expectation that any money will be paid.
(continued)
opening
Cherche Midi, Keith McNallys new French
restaurant, replaces his pizzeria, Pulinos, at
the corner of Bowery and Houston. After a
June 13 opening, food critics gushed about
the pan-roasted foie gras and the frog legs;
theres also a prime rib burger and a steak
frites. The pot de fromage and the hamachi
crudo make for excellent snacks at the bar,
which features a nice array of summery
cocktails.
The Late Late Bar, the brainchild of Irish
proprietor James Morrissey, opened at 159 E.
Houston St., featuring two floors of live music
space and Guinness poured over ice.
Sweet Chick, the Brooklyn chicken and
waffles joint, finally opened the doors to its
LES outpost at 178 Ludlow St. on June 5; a
weekend brunch and weekday lunch menu
followed.

Paulaner, the German brewery that closed

after a brief and unsuccessful launch this
spring, just rebooted and reopened under
new ownership at 265 Bowery. It still features
beer brewed on site, and has added a lunch
menu.
Cherche Midi, a new Irench restaurant, opened in mid)une.
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For many generations, new immigrants settled
on the Lower East Side not because they thought
it would be a great place to live, but because there
was no other option. But Boris Fishman, who came
to the United States as a child 26 years ago from
the former Soviet Union, made a conscious choice
to establish roots in this neighborhood.
Nearly a decade after moving into an apart-
ment in the East River Cooperative, Fishman is not
only feeling right at home on Grand Street, but the
young writer is also experiencing his first taste of
success as an American novelist.
Last month, "A Replacement Life" Fishmans lit-
erary debut, landed on the cover of the New York
Times Book Review. Is there room in American
fiction for another brilliant young migr writer?,
wrote reviewer Patricia OConner. There had bet-
ter be, because here he is. Boris Fishmans first nov-
el... is bold, ambitious and wickedly smart.
The Times is not alone in singing his praises.
The past several weeks have been filled with tele-
vision and radio appearances, public readings and
mostly glowing press reviews.
"A Replacement Life" tells the story of Slava
Gelman, an aspiring and frustrated 20-something
journalist, who is persuaded by his grandfather to
fake Holocaust restitution claims for the Russian
Jews in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
Like any good novelist, Fishman takes many lib-
erties in the story, but there are more than a few
parallels with his own life. In 1988, at the age of 9,
he found himself living in south Brooklyn, after his
family immigrated from Minsk. Fishman worked for
three years as a fact-checker for The New Yorker,
before embarking on his career as a freelance writ-
er. At the age of 24, his parents had set him up in
an Upper East Side apartment, where Fishman felt
completely out of place.
Over coffee one recent afternoon at Ost, the
new cafe on Grand Street, Fishman explained why
he gravitated to the Lower East Side.
As soon as I got the opportunity to leave,
he explained, this neighborhood appealed to
me, because I never smelled anything on the Up-
per East Side, and this neighborhood is just full of
smells, both good and bad.
Things are alive here, Fishman said, referring
not only to the sleepy section of the LES where he
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town just keeps it real in a way that things never are
on the Upper East Side.
Determined to go his own way, Fishman did
not simply move into the formerly Socialist-leaning
cooperatives, but he transformed the apartment in
a manner that initially horrified his family. Drawing
on recollections from an extended stay in Mexico,
he painted the walls in bright, bold colors, added
many eclectic design flourishes and created what
was described in one newspaper profile as a ha-
cienda in the sky.
The living room, which is dominated by an over-
sized work table, is Fishmans ideal writing space.
It has always been such an oasis, he said.
That apartment is a really fertile place to work.
The idea for the novel originated when Fishman
was asked to fill out the restitution paperwork for
his grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. Since war
victims could obviously provide no documentation,
the claims, he noted, came down to whether you
could tell a good story. It immediately occurred to
Fishman that it was only a matter of time before
someone has a field day with these applications.
And in fact thats exactly what happened in a scan-
dal that erupted in 2010.
In the story, Yevgeny Gelman cajoles his grand-
son into telling a whopper of a story, that he lived
through the Holocaust, when in fact he fled to Uz-
bekistan during the war. Yevgeny justifies the fabri-
cation by arguing that he suffered, just not exactly in
the way the restitution forms required.
My avatar, Slava Gelman, argues with his
grandfather and both, to me, make really good
points about why the other is wrong, he said. I
really wanted myself not to know which one of them
was rightI wanted to explore this morally murky
situation.
Another major theme is family, and the need so
many immigrants feel to create their own identity.
My novel, Fishman said, is so taken up with
how to reconcile yourself with your family, especially
across generations. In real life, theres no doubt
Fishman chose a different direction than the one en-
visioned by his parents. But Fishman said they came
to accept and to support the choices he made.
I did go off on my own path, he said. It
cost me so much to disappoint and defy my par-
ents in that way, but today an incredible tether
remains.
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my favorite area right now. Also, a shout-out to
Avenue D, as its one of the last few areas that
still have the older LES vibe.
Favorite cheap eats?
Poon Kee at 39 Monroe St. Great noodles and
very cheap!
Favorite place for a special night?
Hanging out at night on LES rooftops in the sum-
mertime. Priceless.
How have you seen the neighborhood
change?
Like I mentioned before, in the time I have lived in
the LES, I have seen a lot develop south of Delanc-
ey. Tons of new galleries, restaurants, bars, etc.
What do you miss from the old LES?
I hate to be a clich New Yorker who complains
about gentrification and how I miss the old New
York (even though I do). Ill be honest, I spent most
of the 90s in Queens around Flushing, but when I
started going to the LES, it was usually out with
friends to party or get into some trouble. Max Fish,
Mars Bar, Iggys, Motor City, etc The whole
stretch of Ludlow and Orchard from Houston to
Delancey definitely has a different feel today. I ap-
preciate the old and I try my best to appreciate
the new as well.
Is there a new arrival (restaurant, shop, at-
traction) you love? Why?
Love is a strong word, but Im very happy to see
the East River waterfront downtown is slowly
starting to get up to par with the west side.
What drives you crazy about the neigh-
borhood?
Maybe Im just getting old, but I do my best to stay
away from the LES above Delancey on weekends.
Its a bit too crazy for me these days.
Whats the strangest thing youve ever
seen on the LES?
What stands out the most in my recent memory is
watching cars float around in the street during Hur-
ricane Sandy and how dark, quiet and eerie the
streets were during the blackout that followed. I
drove around taking videos of the dark streets at
night and it was a pretty apocalyptic feeling. Im
sure that people experienced crazy situations all
over the city, but I was on the LES during the time,
so Ill never forget those images down here.

LES. Today, in addition to representing artists like
Seb Gorey, Smart Crew, Jurne, etc., I also run a
mural business called Graffiti USA (graffiti-artist.
net) that focuses on commissioned aerosol art-
work. We have done custom work for many clients
including LinkedIn, DKNY, Facebook, Rebecca
Minkoff, etc. I really enjoy the challenges of work-
ing in completely different environments every day
and am happy to be out of the office!
Tell us about your apartment the good,
the bad and the ugly.
Well, when I first moved in, I had to help empty this
apartment out that was full of, say, collected items
from my aunt that had really stacked up over the
years. Lets just say that there was only a narrow path-
way that led from one room to the other to get
around. It took about three to four truckloads to get
rid of everything, and we had to bring stuff down five
flights of a walk-up. The view out my front door and
from my roof of the Manhattan Bridge is all worth it,
though. Also, my building is up on a hill right by the
water and we were luckily totally safe from Sandy.
Whats your favorite spot on the LES and
why?
This is a hard one. I would say that the LES area
under Delancey Street is developing very fast
How long have you lived on the Lower
East Side?
I have lived in what I call the Lower Far East Side
(Chinatown/LES) for only four years. I am originally
from Queens, but I have been hanging out down
here since the early 2000s or so.
Why did you move here or, if you were
born here, why did you stay?
Basically, my aunt lived in a tenement building
down here for about 30 years and I took over her
place. I commuted into the city from Queens for
my whole life (school, work, etc.) and the two to
three hours of travel a day really started adding up
over the years. It was time to make the move.
What do you do?
Out of college, I spent about eight years working
in the corporate world doing project management
at a marketing company. During that time, in about
2011, I started Klughaus Gallery (klughaus.net)
with my partner Pierre Gutierrez. It was located at
47 Monroe St., by the Manhattan Bridge skate-
park. We quickly outgrew the space and moved on
to doing pop-up shows in larger venues within the

Victor
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For our regular feature spotlighting the people who
live and work on the Lower East Side, we talked with
gallery owner and muralist Victor Fung.
Whos the best neighborhood character
youve met and why?
Coming from a background working with street art-
ists, I would have to give a shout-out to the local
graffiti writer SEV TDT who's been active and up in
these Chinatown/LES streets as long as I've been
alive. He's a humble guy and definitely an interest-
ing LES character.
Tell us your best LES memory.
Walking around in the snowstorm in 2010 when lit-
erally no cars could go down the side blocks. We
were doing snow angels in the center of the Allen
Street and Delancey Street intersection. It was pret-
ty lawless that night, and we did our best to behave.
Also, going way back, my parents used to drive to
Chinatown to go grocery shopping every weekend
and we parked on Catherine Street across the street
from PS1. They would leave me in the car in the
drivers seat like I would keep them from getting a
ticket (My feet couldnt even reach the pedal.) Once
they were done shopping, I would usually get to go
into this one comic/newsstand store. I couldnt read
any of the stuff in Chinese but always liked to look at
the cartoons.
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