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Creativity flows at HOWL Fest
Artists worked on their pieces at Art Around the Park on Sunday at the HOWL Festival. White paper was hung on
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also featured hip-hop music and jazz, a reading of the event’s namesake, Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl,” plus over-
the-top performance-art theater. For more photos, see Page 36.
Task force and Stringer hit
the roof over playhouse wall
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
The hole in the wall of the
Provincetown Playhouse got big-
ger last week. And the resentment
felt by preservation advocates and
members of the Manhattan Borough
President’s Task Force on New York
University Development also got big-
ger.
The task force met with Alicia
Hurley, N.Y.U. vice president for
community engagement, on Thursday
afternoon Sept. 3 and toured the site
at 133-139 MacDougal St., where
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stuck in limbo
BY PATRICK HEDLUND
When a real-estate devel-
oper acquired a block-long
residential complex on
Ninth Ave. in Chelsea in
2007, he wasted no time in
outlining plans to clear out
the longtime mom-and-pop
businesses on the ground
floor in favor of high-end
retail.
Now, nearly two years
after the purchase, the first
new tenant has arrived.
Subway — a fast-food chain
that’s difficult to classify as
high-end, even by the loos-
est definition of the term —
recently took over the space
between 17th and 18th Sts.
occupied for more than three
decades by Chelsea Liquors.
While many would not
Villager photo by Q. Sakamaki argue that a liquor store
serves some greater com-
Slowly healing
after a shooting,
glad to be alive
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
Calvin Gibson had an
anniversary of sorts on July
24 — not a celebration
exactly — but it marked an
event that could have been
the university had promised to main- school and its Village neighbors. his last.
tain the walls and stage area of “N.Y.U should never have made a It was a year since a
the 1916 theater renowned for the promise to preserve the theater walls
early productions of plays by the if they didn’t know that they could
modern American master and Nobel keep it,” Andrew Berman, executive
Laureate Eugene O’Neill. director of the Greenwich Village
Hurley, who earlier last month Society for Historic Preservation and
had acknowledged responsibility for a member of the task force, said
failing to warn the task force about later.
the need to demolish part of the “If this were an isolated instance,
theater, presided over a task force it would be one thing,” Berman said.
meeting at which the members did “But the same thing happened at the
not hesitate to fault N.Y.U. and bring
up the earlier conflicts between the Continued on page 21
September 9 - 15, 2009
munity good than a sand-
wich shop, nearby neigh-
bors nonetheless mourned
the loss of the familiar face
behind the counter, who
started working there in
1974 and stayed until his
final days last November.
Subway, on the other hand,
just earned the distinction of
ranking No. 2 for having the
most chain stores citywide,
with 361 across the five bor-
oughs and 151 in Manhattan
alone, according to a report
by the Center for an Urban
Future.
At a rally held last year
in support of the string of
shops on the block, Chelsea
Liquors owner Brian Rhee
said that his new landlord
planned to more than dou-
Continued on page 6
disturbed resident of the
building on E. Seventh St.
where he has lived for 16
years shot him six times.
“It was my good fortune
not to die,” he told two
Continued on page 4
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DISCOVER
SCOOPY’S
Street Fair they can’t use W. 13th St. between Washington
BATAVUS and West Sts. because the new hotel objects. Following our
BIRIA report, Robert Valin, executive director of Leather Weekend,
ABICI told us the hotel’s managing director, Ian Nicholson, reached
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for seniors. Rather, they came to check out a cyber threat.
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in June, the two agents, both men, dressed in casual plain-
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tor. “Their vibe was very friendly and professional,” Hill said.
“They were here because they got a report that something
had been sent from the center, threatening some high official.
Apparently, they know what computer it was sent from and
when it was sent. … I said, ‘Wow, Big Brother.’ ” The agents
spoke with Marceca for 10 minutes, then left. The Secret
Service must have a backlog of suspicious e-mails to check
out: Hill heard that the one from the center was sent back
in March. Marceca confirmed Hill’s report, saying, “Your
inquiry about U.S. Secret Service agents visiting the center is
true. They approached me last week to investigate an e-mail
that was sent from one of the senior center computers to a
out to him, and that a sit-down was set for this week. The
hotel people now claim they had no idea the leather fest
was being booted off the block — though Valin the previ-
ous week had told us the Mayor’s Office clearly said the
hotel didn’t want the S&M confab there. “When I spoke
to the Standard…they said they were surprised about the
[Scoopy’s] article,” Valin said last Thursday. “At this point,
I don’t know who’s telling the truth and who’s not. … They
say they’re all about diversity. All of a sudden they’re like,
‘Maybe we can make this work.’” A hotel spokesperson
said, “They [the hotel] are speaking with them [the leather
bears] and there is hope they will not move the festivities.”
In fact, the real reason the bears were going to be banished
from the block may be because the hotel is hosting a major
fest of its own: The Standard Hotel is “headquarters” for the
Food Network’s NYC Wine and Food Festival, from Oct.
8-11, according to the event’s Web site. But it shouldn’t be
a problem, Valin said, since, “Half of these bears are chefs
anyhow.” Nevertheless, the Mayor’s Office is asking Valin
if the fetish-friendly fest — expected to draw up to 500
to 1,000 bears — can be held another weekend; but Valin
said he specifically picked Sun., Oct. 11, during Columbus
Day weekend because it’s a good travel time — plus it’s
too late to change the date. Valin said the abuse may have

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they really didn’t get into it with me.”
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that it might have to be cancelled. “I’ve told everybody, at
this point it’s not happening,” he said last week. Ironically,
he noted, the bears — hairy, beefy, beer-drinking gay guys
whose fashion accessory of choice is a leather chest harness
— will need a hotel as their event grows, and the Standard
would be perfect. Except those floor-to-ceiling, untinted
glass windows that the Standard’s guests have been turning
into a kinky peep show for High Line parkgoers could be a
little problematic. “I think I would request that the bears get
higher floors — we are sexual men,” Valin said.

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Slowly healing after shooting, he’s glad he’s alive

Continued from page 1
visitors last week. He often laughs when he
talks about the near-fatal incident: “I don’t
know why, I guess it’s because I’m past it.
And to tell the truth, I must have some
selective amnesia because I know a lot of
the circumstances only because people told
me — police and neighbors,” he said.
After a month in Bellevue Hospital
undergoing more operations than he likes
to remember and five months at Coler-
Goldwater hospital on Roosevelt Island
learning to get back on his feet, Gibson,
52, still uses crutches to get up and down
to and from his fourth-floor apartment
between Avenues C and D.
Another grim reminder of that terrible
Thursday morning last year is a 9-milli-
meter bullet fragment lodged in his lower
left jaw.
“In time, I want it taken out,” he
said. “I don’t know how I can volunteer
to have another operation, but it might
give me trouble later,” he added. “I can
balance without crutches for short walks
and in a month I want to be able to walk
with a cane,” he said.
At Coler-Goldwater, specialists gave
him the option of learning to use a wheel-
chair or crutches. He tried them both and
decided on crutches.
“I got some negative reactions using
a wheelchair on the island,” he said.
“People would look and draw back as
if I was dirty. So I said ‘Give me those
crutches.’ ”
Gibson has nothing but praise for the
rehabilitation at Coler-Goldwater but he
was eager to leave the place.
“It’s a nursing home and a sanitar-
‘I think I remember him
leaning over my body. I
played dead.’
Calvin Gibson
ium full of very old people who were
depressed, people with Alzheimer’s, peo-
ple screaming in the middle of the night,”
he recalled. “After five months I had to
go. They told me I had to be able to walk
up four flights, and I had to show them I
was able to do it.”
On the day he was shot, he left home
at 7:30 a.m. because he had to take some
books to his son, 15, a summer-school
student at LaSalle Academy, at Second
St. and Third Ave., who had phoned him
from a nearby store.
“I came back home about 8 or 8:30 and
Villager photo by Elisabeth Robert

Calvin Gibson at home on E. Seventh St.

went to the store for coffee to bring to my
brother, who was asleep in my apartment,”
he said. “He was staying with me while his
)2(367)(&= apartment was being fixed up.”
Jerry Nadler Before Gibson got to the iron gate in
Scott Stringer front of his stoop, the son of a downstairs
neighbor came from between parked cars
Tom Duane across the street screaming and shooting.
Dick Gottfried “I got shot in the hip, it locked and I
Linda Rosenthal couldn’t move. But he kept on shooting
so I made myself fall,” said Gibson. “The
The Gay City News shooting stopped. Then he started shooting
The Villager again at the guy in the bodega next door.
“I’ve known him since he was a teen-
Tenants PAC ager; he must be almost 30 now,” Gibson
NARAL said of the shooter. “I think I remember
Pro-Choice NY him leaning over my body. I played dead.
They told me he tossed his gun into the
Planned Parenthood back of his van and then went to the
of NYC Action Fund police station [Housing Authority P.S.A.
NY League of 4 at Eighth St. and Avenue C] and gave
Board, has been renovating since 2002,
Gibson said.
“It was supposed to have been done in
2004 and we were supposed to have been
a co-op by then,” he said. “But the contrac-
tors have been incompetent. They’ve done
more damage than renovation. It’s a disas-
ter but we’re stuck with it,” said Gibson,
who was a freelance demolition worker
before the shooting.
Unable to work at his trade, he subsists
on a disability check of $761 per month.
In July, a year after the shooting, the New
York State Crime Victims Board awarded
Gibson $270 and authorized his use of
food stamps.
He would have had to file a notice of
claim 90 days after the injury if he wanted
to claim damages from the city, but he was
in Coler-Goldwater at the time and missed
the chance. He said friends told him that

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Citizens Union had six prior arrests, including two for
menacing another tenant in the building.
“When he was a kid, other teenagers
would manipulate him and get him into
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The building in which Gibson lives is
Paid for by Quinn 2009 one of 11 in the East Village that UHAB,
the Urban Homesteading Assistance
craigslist.
“I need an advocate to help me,” Gibson
said. “I don’t want to go on welfare. My
parents and my grandparents never went
that route and neither will I.
“I want to get some cash together and
open a business,” he added.
Patti Kelly, owner of Kelly Glass Studio,
a stained-glass studio, on E. Eighth St.,
said Gibson’s friends are planning a benefit
for him on Nov. 16.
“He’s a great friend and neighbor and
we’re so glad he’s still with us,” Kelly
said.
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Commercial rent regulation bill is stuck in limbo

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ble his rent — from $2,400 to $6,000 — a
decision that ultimately led to Rhee’s depar-
ture less than seven months later.
“There’s two other delis [on that block]
that make sandwiches,” said Miguel Acevedo,
president of the tenant association at the
Fulton Houses, the public-housing complex
across the street from the strip of Ninth Ave.
stores. “Subway is just competing against
these small businesses that have been there
for years,” he noted.
Acevedo attended another rally outside
Chelsea Liquors last year to tout a proposal
aimed at preserving small businesses by
requiring landlords and tenants to submit
to mediation and arbitration if the two
parties can’t agree on a fair rent. The leg-
islation, introduced by Upper Manhattan
Councilmember Robert Jackson, initially
received a cool reception from some of his
Council colleagues for its possible implica-
tions on the free market. Seen as a form
of commercial rent control, the bill was
subsequently amended to remove the por-
tion calling for set rent increases that would
have been triggered if arbitration proved
unsuccessful.
“This is the mildest thing ever presented
to the City Council,” said Steve Null, the
director of the Coalition for Fair Rents, who
helped write similar legislation in the 1980s
that fell short of passing by one vote. With the
predetermined rent increases outlined in the
original measure excised from the new ver-
sion, Null explained that the “Small Business
Survival Act” currently only seeks to resolve
rent disputes through a third party.
“It’s common as apple pie to use arbitra-
tion,” he said. “Almost all contracts call for
arbitration mediation.”
After a lengthy hearing on the issue, the
revised proposal won over former critics
like Brooklyn Councilmember David Yassky,
chairperson of the Council’s Small Business
Committee, as well as his four colleagues on
the committee. The bill currently has sup-
port from 33 councilmembers — enough to
pass — but still faces one major roadblock
at City Hall.
Council Speaker Christine Quinn has
refused to bring the bill to a vote, citing the
possible legal implications it presents as a
regulatory measure.
“If I’m not sure to a reasonable sense
that the action the Council is taking is legal,
I have to be cautious, because you don’t
want to create hope you’re not sure you can
sustain,” Quinn said, adding that attorneys
continue to research the proposal.
However, advocates for the legislation
claim that Quinn is just acting as an agent
for Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who would
likely veto the bill if it were adopted.
“Quinn will never regulate the land-
lords — she’s their player,” Null charged.
Villager photo by Patrick Hedlund

Councilmember Tony Avella, a mayoral candidate, stood outside the City Council
chambers during an Aug. 20 meeting to protest the proposed bill’s not being sched-
uled for a vote.
“Everybody seems to get it except for Quinn
and the mayor.”
Queens Councilmember Tony Avella, a
Democratic candidate for mayor, went so
far as to stage a boycott at the Council’s
Aug. 20 meeting in response to Quinn’s
unwillingness to bring the measure up for a
vote. While his protest ultimately failed to
recruit other councilmembers, the message
was clear.
“Obviously, [Quinn’s] not even listening
to her own members,” Avella said. “The
real-estate industry and the landlords control
the legislation in this city. She’s not about to
turn away that money.”
Quinn contended that whereas a “hous-
ing emergency” must be proven to jus-
tify residential rent regulations, no similar
method exists for identifying a comparable
situation in the commercial market.
“So if you did the Small Business Survival
Act, the legal question we’re trying to answer
is, without the kind of construct like that…
are you engaged in some level of taking of
the owner’s private property right?” Quinn
said.
The speaker did make small business
preservation a centerpiece of her State of the
City address earlier this year, unveiling initia-
tives to fast-track the permit-application pro-
cess for startup companies and coordinate
the city agencies to expedite inspections.
“I’m extremely anxious — almost kind
of obsessed with the idea — of finding
something that is legally doable that will
bring relief to small businesspeople and their
rent,” Quinn said. “But it has to be some-
thing that I have some sense of confidence
will stand up.”
Null and Avella both scoffed at the
speaker’s proposals, viewing them as inca-
pable of preventing the continued displace-
ment of mom-and-pop businesses.
“They’re going to do whatever it takes to
protect the landlords,” Null said of Quinn
and Bloomberg. “Their dog-and-pony show
has run out of dogs and ponies.”
Avella believes the city’s numerous small
businesspeople — many of them operating in
the outer boroughs — will make their voices
heard come Election Day.
“They have to exercise the political power
they have,” he said.
Even Acevedo, one of Quinn’s most
ardent local supporters, differs with the
speaker on this issue.
“Maybe she should sit down with
Councilmember Jackson and discuss with
others how this bill can be tweaked,” he said.
“That’s the only way it’s going to happen.”
Acevedo added that he still keeps in regu-
lar contact with Rhee, who has expressed
interest in opening a new shop in the neigh-
borhood.
“If they became part of our community,
they’re family to us — they’re just not people
out of business,” Acevedo said. “Let’s keep
them in the community.”
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Kurland, Passannante-Derr get FIERCE sans Quinn
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
In a forum on Fri., Aug. 28, hosted by
FIERCE, a Chelsea-based advocacy group
for gay youth of color, District 3 City Council
candidate Yetta Kurland repeatedly signaled
her personal identification with the struggles
those young people face. One of her oppo-
nents, Maria Passannante-Derr, who has at
times clashed with the group in her role on
Community Board 2, voiced her respect for
FIERCE’s goals, even as she challenged them
to aggressively seize opportunities already
available to impact policy debates.
The third candidate in the race, City
Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has
served the district — which runs from the
West Village north to Chelsea and Hell’s
Kitchen — since 1999, did not attend, citing
a scheduling conflict.
FIERCE (Fabulous Independent Educated
Radicals for Community Empowerment)
focused the discussion on its ongoing efforts
to preserve and enhance the West Village and
the Hudson River piers in Lower Manhattan
as safe havens for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender and questioning youth, many
of whom travel from other parts of the city
and region to socialize openly with their
peers. The questions, posed by FIERCE
members Elegost Rosado and Chris Baez,
probed the candidates’ views on tensions
between the youth, on one side, and neigh-
borhood residents and police, on the other,
and on recurring debates about expanding
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forum.
the hours, access and services available for embrace youth of varying gender identities,
young people on the piers. FIERCE typically asks speakers at its events
A lesbian, who mentioned she is 41, to state their “preferred gender pronoun” or
Kurland, a civil rights attorney, established P.G.P., by which they wish to be identified.
from the start a simpatico with fellow Passannante-Derr, also an attorney, was
L.G.B.T.Q. community members roughly a initially caught off guard by the question,
generation younger. As part of its effort to saying she wanted to be called “Maria.”
Prompted again, she said that “her” is her
P.G.P. Kurland answered the same question
by saying audience members could apply
any gender identification to her they wished,
adding later, “I am in a lot of ways gender-
nonconforming.”
Passannante-Derr, at other points, was
proactive in embracing goals in line with
FIERCE’s agenda. For example, she called
for an inspector general in the public schools
to investigate harassment and discrimination
against queer students. She said she “firmly
believes” any redevelopment approved at
W. Houston St.’s Pier 40 will include a
24-hour drop-in center for L.G.B.T.Q. young
people. And she pledged that, if elected to
the Council, she would make discretion-
ary “member item” money available to the
group.
Kurland seconded her rival’s commitment
on Pier 40, and on many broad policy ques-
tions, the two candidates largely hit the same
notes. Many of their differences emerged
when they got down to specifics. On several
occasions, Kurland emphasized two lead-
ing themes of her campaign — that choices
need not be made between polarized options
and that public decision-making must be
more open and transparent. Speaking to the
simmering tensions in recent years between
L.G.B.T.Q. youth of color and more afflu-
ent and less racially diverse neighborhood
residents, she said, “I want to find a way for
us to dialogue better with the greater com-
munity. I think we’ve been put into a false
dichotomy where it’s ‘the bad kids versus the
212.929.3645 bad community residents,’ and I don’t think
that really exists, and the way we’re going
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respect for all of us.”
At the same time, Kurland argued, the
procedures in place for approving how land
regulated by the city, such as the piers, can
be used — governed by the uniform land use
review procedure, or ULURP — disenfran-
chise certain portions of the community, in
this case, the FIERCE constituency.
“The ULURP system that happens now
oftentimes excludes community involve-
ment,” she stated. “We need to find creative
ways to bring everyone to the table.”
Passannante-Derr took great exception to
Kurland’s assertion.
“I disagree with your first statement that
the ULURP process is not all-inclusive of
the community,” she said. Passannante-Derr
pointed out that approval is generally an
eight-month effort that involves numerous
levels and agencies of government, all of
them open to public input. Expressing her
confidence that a 24-hour drop-in center
at Pier 40 could and should result from
the process, she said, “With your support
and your participation, at the [community]
board, at the borough president level, at City
Planning and the City Council, that will hap-
pen. But you have to be at the hearings with
your testimony. ... It’s a lot of work.”
FIERCE challenged Passannante-Derr to
explain why, during the debate several years
ago about the Christopher St. pier’s cur-
few, she supported the relocation of the
L.G.B.T.Q. night scene to Pier 54 at W.
13th St., which the group said was out of the
way, less safe, and inherently a temporary fix,
given the likelihood of redevelopment there.
The candidate responded that the proposal
“was not in any way disrespectful,” but rather
aimed at opening up space for young people
wishing to stay out later than the park’s 1
a.m. curfew. Ending discussion of the topic
in something of a stalemate, Passannante-
Derr said, “If it’s still unacceptable, I’d like to
know why it’s still unacceptable.”
But when asked about opportunities for
making more-affordable food available in
the park around the Christopher St. Pier,
Passannante-Derr laid responsibility back at
FIERCE’s feet.
“Why don’t you start something down
there?” she asked. Then, recalling that the
group is nonprofit, she added, “Maybe you
could have a separate, for-profit organiza-
tion that would provide food down on Pier
45 [the Christopher St. Pier].”
Desireé Marshall, the evening’s “refer-
ee,” read an e-mail from Quinn, expressing
her regret at missing the event and recall-
ing efforts her office had worked on with
FIERCE in recent years.
Kurland, in turn, used regretful tones in
noting the Council speaker’s absence.
“I am saddened that she is not here,” she
said of Quinn. “L.G.B.T.Q. youth have been
ignored for too long. And you deserve to
have all three of the candidates here tonight.
... We need our elected officials listening
better.”
Passannante-Derr passed on that chance
to take a swipe at Quinn, but later said,
“Years ago I supported Chris. I thought she
was a reformer.”
 September 9 - 15, 2009 9

Quinn opponents protest outside event at Jane St.

BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, whose district
includes the West Village and Chelsea, was the target of
a protest last Wednesday night when she arrived for a
meet-and-greet at a Jane St. gathering.
The protest drew 15 people to the corner of Jane and
Hudson Sts., near the entrance to 61 Jane St., bearing
signs reading, “Chris Quinn Is in the Mayor’s Pocket” and
“Donations or Kickbacks?” Participants were incensed
over Quinn’s role in helping extend term limits.
“When term limits were overturned with Christine
Quinn’s compliance, I was deeply offended by it,” said
Rosemary Kuropat, a 25-year Hudson Square resident.
Kuropat held a large sign reading, “Quinn Dumps on
Hudson Square,” a reference to the city’s plan to build
a three-district Department of Sanitation garage at the
west end of Spring St.
Donny Moss was one of the protest’s organizers.
“She’s blocked every animal-protection bill introduced
at City Hall since she’s become speaker,” Moss said.
In the 2009 “Humane Scorecard” compiled by the
New York League of Humane Voters, Quinn ranked
among the bottom five councilmembers in voting for or
sponsorship of legislation to help animals.
When Quinn arrived at 7:30 she was greeted with
chants of “No third term!” as she walked into the
lobby.
After Quinn went inside, the protesters marched
north on Hudson St. past the Hotel Gansevoort, then
continued up Eighth Ave. to 23rd St. while chanting,
“Christine Quinn has got to go!” Villager photo by Jefferson Siegel

Edita Birnkrant explained the protest to West Village residents Jeff Wamble and his daughter Olivia, 4, outside 61
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POLICE BLOTTER
Fight turns fatal
Daniel Abbastante, 35, was charged on
Wed., Sept 2, with manslaughter after a
fight with a fellow resident of the Bowery
Residents’ Committee shelter, 317 Bowery at
Bleecker St. The suspect was fighting in the
shelter with Paul Green, 39, around 10 p.m.
on Tuesday, knocked him to the floor and
kicked him several times, according to wit-
nesses. Green declined to press charges and
was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where
he died at 12:14 a.m. on Wednesday. Police
then returned to the shelter and arrested
Abbastante.
Knife to the throat
A resident of 247 W. 11th St. told police
a man who followed her into her building
when she got out of a cab at 12:40 a.m.
Thurs., Sept. 3, pulled a knife, threatened
to slit her throat if she screamed, and took
her bag with a BlackBerry phone, bank cards
and ID and fled. The suspect was described
as a black man with braided hair, about 5
feet 11 inches tall and 170 pounds.
Burglar’s key find
A burglar opened the door of a fifth-floor
apartment at 720 Greenwich St. with the
spare key the resident left under the front-
door mat around 12:46 p.m. Sun., Aug. 30,
police said. The thief made off with a laptop
MacBook computer valued at $3,500 and
$120 in cash, police said.
Bagel beating
Three men were charged with beating a
man who spent too long in the men’s room of
a bagel shop at 120 University Place on Friday
night Sept. 4, police said. Osman Jalloh, 19;
Amadou Diallo, 21; and Mohammed Sow,
21, were charged with second- and third-
degree assault and were paroled pending a
Dec. 2 court appearance, according to the
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Argued, then attacked
A man, 22, told police that a stranger
who started an argument with him at 2:45
a.m. Mon., Aug. 31, near the corner of W.
14th St. and Eighth Ave. punched him,
knocked him down and kicked him in the
head. The assailant fled into the subway sta-
tion on the northeast corner, police said.
Bad party girls
A man coming out of a Meatpacking
District club told police three women
approached him at 5 a.m. Sun., Sept. 6,
asked him if he wanted to party with them
and then took him in their car to a bank
A.T.M. at 423 W. 14th St. to draw some
money for the party. Two of the girls accom-
panied him to the A.T.M. and massaged him
to get him in the mood for the party, accord-
ing to police. They returned to the car and
drove for a while until the driver stopped
the car and told him the party was over.
They made him get out and drove off, leav-
ing him in the street minus his wallet, the
cash and the A.T.M. card. He phoned police,
who later arrested Tiffany Raspberry, 21;
Subhanna Beyah, 21; and Barbara Labady,
27, and charged them with robbery. The
victim discovered later that three unauthor-
ized withdrawals were made just after the
incident.
‘I will shoot you’
A man walked into the HSBC branch at
769 Broadway near Ninth St. at 12:38 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 22, told a teller, “Yeah, I want
change,” then passed her a note that said,
“Don’t panic, I have a gun. I will shoot you
and security on the way out. Don’t hand me
the dye pack.” After the teller turned over
$2,058 in loose bills, the robber asked, “You
got any more 50’s?” and then left, turning
north on Broadway, police said. The robber
was a black man, about age 35, 5 feet 9 and
200 pounds.
9th St. bag grab
A resident of 60 E. Ninth St. at the corner
of Broadway told police that two or three
men followed her as she entered her build-
ing at 2:30 a.m. Mon., Aug. 31, when one
of them grabbed her bag and they all fled.
The robbers escaped into the subway station
on Broadway at Eighth St. A token booth
clerk at the Astor Place station recovered
the bag, police said. The bag’s contents — a
cell phone, driver’s license and bank card —
were not recovered.
‘I got your phone’
Two men assailed a woman as she was
entering her residence at 252 W. 14th St.
at 4:10 a.m. Sat., Aug. 22, police said. One
suspect got inside the building, but the vic-
tim and witnesses held the door to keep the
other suspect out. The suspect outside the
door said, “I got your phone, bitch.” Police
came by and arrested the two suspects,
Randy Moreno, 25, and Eric Moreno, 23,
and charged them with robbery.
Boutique boosters
Four men walked into the Massimo
Bizzocchi boutique at 433 W. 14th St. at 4:45
p.m. Fri., Sept. 4, and two of them engaged
the employee in conversation while the other
two went to look around. The employee told
police that the store security camera caught
one of them stuffing two pairs of women’s
denim shorts into a paper bag and leaving
without paying the $270 total price.
Stagehand victim
A woman stagehand who was taking
equipment out of a theatrical prop store at
14th St. near 10th Ave. and loading it into a
van around 10 p.m. Tues., Sept 1, discovered
that a thief had entered the van and made off
with her wallet with credit cards, an iPod, a
digital camera and $60 in cash, police said.
Mugging trio
Two men and a woman engaged a woman
victim in conversation at 4:20 a.m. Fri.,
Aug. 28, at Washington Square West and
Washington Place, when one of the men
put a chokehold on the victim while the
second man pulled a knife and grabbed her
bag, police said. The man tugged at the bag
and said, “Let it go, let it go,” according to
police. The three assailants fled with the bag,
containing a camera, a BlackBerry, a driver’s
license and $9 in cash, police said.
Woman is attacked
Police arrested Alexander Corchado, 61,
on Sun., Aug. 30, after he attacked a woman
in front of her apartment on Henry St. near
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POLICE BLOTTER
A MetroCard Chatham Square. A retired police officer saw
the assault and called police, who arrested
the suspect on Mott St. Corchado is believed
to be involved in two similar incidents, and
food were gone. He later learned that the
Norwood Club reported that no delivery was
made of 15 pounds of sheep’s milk cheese,
10 pounds of chorizo (sausages), a pound of

that refills was charged with attempted robbery, bur-

glary and attempted sexual abuse.
anchovies, olives, tuna and other food items
valued at a total of $447. The hand truck
was also gone.

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A food delivery driver told police he
made a stop at the Norwood Club, 241 W.
14th St., around noon, Wed., Aug. 26, load-
ed a food order onto a hand truck and went
to the rear of the club. He shouted down a
stairway that he had a delivery and a man
come up and signed for it. The deliveryman
then asked to use the bathroom, but when
he returned he found the hand truck and the
Hudson Square mugger
A woman, 35, was walking on Hudson
St. near Broome St. at 6:45 a.m. Fri., Aug.
28, when a man wielding a knife stopped
her, police said. The robber made off with
the victim’s cell phone, driver’s license and
bank card.
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Merchants roll out complaints
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BY WILL GLOVINSKY
On one recent day last month a cyclist
cruised northward past 11th St. along a
major downtown avenue. His pace was
leisurely, his manner relaxed. He did not
swerve to avoid any jutting car doors or
constantly jerk his head back to look out
for taxis.
He didn’t have to. He was riding on
Eighth Ave.’s new “cycle track” protected
bike lane, and a buffer zone of parked
cars stood between him and the afternoon
traffic.
Across the sidewalk, however, Vincent
Kim peered out at the lane from behind
the counter of Imperial Vinters, a wine
and liquor store on 11th St.
“I don’t like it,” Kim said, shrugging.
“It’s good for bikers, but you lose park-
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truck has been ticketed for unloading in
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Tony Juliano, director of the Greenwich
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He noted that when the Ninth Ave.
lane opened, some merchants report-
ed 20-to-30 percent drops in business.
Juliano said no such reports had come in
from Eighth Ave., but said that other fea-
tures could still hinder businesses.
On the other hand, bike enthusiasts
argue that the lanes should increase busi-
ness for adjacent shops.
One cyclist, Rashad, who paused for
a few minutes to talk as he cycled the
Eighth Ave. lane, said that it should bring
new business to shopkeepers.
“Whatever falls on the lane — I go to
those stores,” he said.
None of the merchants interviewed for
this article said that they would directly
link any decline in business to the bike
path, though some said it was difficult to
untangle the impact of the bike lane from
the general economic downturn.
Or, as Waits put it: “It’s sort of like
standing on the deck of a boat during a
storm and wondering if you’ve wet your
pants.”
Other problems are easier to discern.
The design has cost the west side of
Eighth Ave. quite a few parking spaces
due to the left-turn lanes and pedestrian
refuges, and, of course, delivery trucks
must contend with a lack of loading space
and an increase of tickets for standing.
One shop, though, seems perfectly
suited to the new lane. Organic Avenue,
a naturalist-lifestyle store between Jane
and Horatio Sts. that distributes vegan
raw food and organic clothing, uses a
bike service to deliver its products, there-
by integrating its organic approach into
transportation and, incidentally, introduc-
ing a new use for the bike lane.
Alexandra Chavez, a clerk at Organic
Avenue, added that the bike lane offers
a new way for customers to reach the
store.
“People get off their bikes and come
in,” she said.
But, at least for now, Organic Avenue
remains an exception to the standard
business model, and Juliano of G.V.C.C.C.
said that he wishes the Department of
Transportation were more amenable to
the needs of the business community.
He said he was happy that businesses
were alerted and consulted regarding the
Eighth Ave. lane, but remained disap-
pointed by the large “footprint” of the
lane.
“I wish the D.O.T. could examine
alternatives that aren’t as wide,” he said,
referring to the generous 10 feet allotted
to the bike lane. “It changes the character
of the street.”
When told of this complaint, Norvell
of Transportation Alternatives conceded
that the lanes were rather wide, but said
that the width was mandated by the
Department of Sanitation, which needs
enough space to send a street sweeper
down the lane.
“Other cities have small street sweep-
ers,” he said. “New York doesn’t.”
Norvell explained that the Eighth
Ave. and Ninth Ave. lanes were purposely
overbuilt in the same way the Brooklyn
Bridge was overbuilt to err on the side of
caution.
“These lanes are the first of their kind,
and they were over-designed to be extra
safe,” he said. “There’s a learning curve
with streets like this. It takes a few years
for people to use this in a confident and
predictable way.”
 September 9 - 15, 2009 15

Villager photo by Milo Hess

‘Stoppers’ stop skateboarders, but not Ian the dog

With temperatures in the 90s a couple of weeks ago, a pit bull named Ian discovered that CaVaLa Park at Canal and Varick Sts. is Downtown’s newest cool spot. Alan, his
owner, did not have an easy time getting him out of the water to return back to their Canal St. apartment. Near the spot where Ian is shown chomping his chew ball is what
is known as a “stopper” in Parks Department parlance. As described in an article on skateboarders in last week’s Villager, these small metal ribs are added to park structures
to prevent skateboarders from doing tricks on them — though the skaters say, if they want to, they can easily pry off the devices.

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Victim’s friends: Wrong man in jail for ’91 killing

BY CLAUDE SOLNIK
When Raymond Blount was killed on
13th St. in the summer of 1991 after a fight
in a Union Square nightclub, his friends
were just a few feet away. Some helped
whisk him off to a hospital, and one ended
up hospitalized after being attacked.
But years after Mr. Blount’s death, they
took turns on the witness stand last week
in a Manhattan court to tell a judge the
man convicted of the shooting 18 years ago
wasn’t the killer — and that they had been
insisting on that fact for years.
Fernando Bermudez, 40, is serving a
term of 23 years to life after his photo was
selected by witnesses in police custody for
a homicide following a fight at the Marc
Ballroom, a Union Square club.
But at a hearing before Justice John
Cataldo last week, a procession of people
who said they stood a few feet from Blount
and the shooter insisted the wrong man was
convicted of the crime.
“He’s taller than the guy who actually did
the shooting,” Terrence Hall, one of Blount’s
friends, said of Bermudez, who is 6 feet 2
inches tall. “He [the shooter] wasn’t that tall.
He must’ve been five-eight or five-nine.”
Barry Pollack, the lead attorney in
the motion, along with co-counsel Lesley
C. Risinger and Michael Risinger, asked
Bermudez to stand, as he would do repeat-
edly at the hearing.
“He wasn’t that tall,” Hall repeated as
Bermudez rose and returned to his seat
beside his pro bono attorneys.
When Hall was asked minutes later if he
was sure Bermudez wasn’t the shooter, he
gave a brief response.
“Positive,” he said.
The defense argues Bermudez may bear
some facial resemblance to the shooter,
which accounts for the selection of his pho-
tograph. But they argue he is far taller, wasn’t
at the scene, knew nobody at the scene and
was caught up through mistaken photo iden-
tification. Prosecutors argue the identifica-
tion should stand, and previous efforts have
failed to overturn the conviction.
But Justice Cataldo a few weeks ago
ordered a hearing regarding whether there
should be a new trial after defense attor-
neys presented evidence indicating that wit-
nesses who had picked Bermudez’s photo sat
together and conferred before photo arrays
and lineups were done.
That would compromise the indepen-
dence of identifications, Cataldo said when
he granted the request for a hearing as to
whether to overturn the conviction.
Justice Cataldo in his ruling also pointed
to evidence that the main witness, the only
prosecution witness who said he knew the
shooter, committed perjury. Efrain Lopez
told police in a videotaped interview that a
friend of his nicknamed Wool Lou was the
shooter. He in court repeatedly identified
Mr. Bermudez as Wool Lou. But defense
and prosecution now agree Wool Lou — the
name of the person Lopez originally said
committed the crime — is someone else.
Although much of the hearing, at least
initially, focused on the handling of photos
that witnesses said were passed around
and discussed, the most dramatic testi-
mony occurred as Blount’s friends told their
‘Why are we even still
going through this? He’s
not the individual.’
Lawrence Darden,
witness
account of the murder, insisting the man
convicted could not have committed the
crime. The witnesses, called by the defense,
said Bermudez, who is far taller than the
man they saw commit the crime, wasn’t the
person they saw pull the trigger.
Nikosi William Boyce, who described
himself as Blount’s best friend, testified
he saw the shooter, a thin Hispanic man
with a goatee, a few feet away. He insisted
Bermudez wasn’t the man.
“They had a big mob of people,” Boyce
said. “But I could look directly and see who
the shooter was.”
Assistant District Attorney Peter T.
Casolaro argued Boyce indicated he focused
on the gun and might be mistaken, while
Boyce insisted height alone made it clear
Bermudez wasn’t the shooter.
“I’m looking at the gun,” Lawrence
Darden, whose nickname was “Truth,” said
later, noting the shooter wore a white T-shirt,
blue-jeans shorts and white sneakers and
socks. “I didn’t even see the person’s face.”
But he, too, indicated the shooter was
about 5 feet 7 inches and 150 pounds, while
Casolaro said confusion and time could
cloud memory. Darden, who is 6 feet 4,
said he looked down at the shooter, whereas
Bermudez is closer to his own size.
“Why are we even still going through
this?” Darden asked. “He’s not the indi-
vidual.”
Darden described a night of pandemo-
nium and mistakes extending to information
about who had been murdered. He returned
from the hospital where his friend had died,
only to find out word got out that he himself
had passed away.
“Somebody called my mother’s house and
told her I got killed,” Darden said. “She was
relieved. I wasn’t [relieved].”
Michael Thompson, another friend of
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Raymond Blount, said police, convinced
they had solved the case, seemed eager to
identify Bermudez as the shooter after his
photo had been picked.
“He kept pointing at the picture,”
Thompson said of how one officer handled
the photo array. “He was like, ‘What about
Number 2?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know him.’”
Thompson said the lineup was a similar
process, with police making it clear who they
believed committed the crime.
“The cop was pointing at Number 2,”
Thompson said of the lineup. “I said, ‘No.
That’s the guy in the picture.’”
Thompson said he would eventually say
Bermudez was the shooter “so I could
go home,” while Casolaro questioned why
someone would implicate an innocent man
simply so they could leave.
“This was murder and you picked Number
2 because you wanted to go home?” he
asked, to which Thompson replied, “Yes.”
“You pointed to a totally innocent guy
and identified him as the murderer of your
friend,” Casolaro continued.
“Yes,” Thompson said. “Everything I did
I was forced to do. I didn’t want to go to
court. I was dragged out of my room and
told what to say.”
Police arrested Thompson at home as a
material witness and took him to court to
testify.
“They said, ‘If you don’t go, we’re going
to drag you over there,’” Thompson said.
September 9 - 15, 2009 19
“One cop sat on my bed.”
Thompson said, even though he identified
Bermudez in the original trial, Bermudez
couldn’t be the shooter: “The dude was my
height,” he said of the gunman.
He said the prosecutor indicated he could
help him with other cases. But Casolaro said
gun and robbery charges against Thompson
were dropped before the trial.
“I had another case,” Thompson said.
“My case wasn’t dismissed.”
Casolaro also questioned why Thompson
wouldn’t tell priests, lawyers or friend about
all this.
Thompson, who has since obtained a
degree from John Jay College of Criminal
Justice, said he told his girlfriend, repeating,
“I was forced to lie.”
Frank Marchany, who was stabbed the
night of the shooting, identified the photo of
Bermudez as that of the shooter, both while
in police custody and at trial. He said, at the
time, he thought the face in the photo was
that of the shooter, but no longer believed
that to be the case.
Marchany said when he saw other, simi-
lar headshots of young Hispanic men, he
saw others that also resembled the shooter.
Marchany said after finally seeing Fernando
Bermudez standing, rather than seated in a
lineup, there was no doubt that he couldn’t
be the gunman.
“I couldn’t believe he was that big,”
Marchany said of Bermudez, who repeat-
edly rose and sat during the hearing at
Pollack’s request. “The dude I remember
wasn’t that big.”
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‘Tearing down the wall’ along Chelsea’s waterfront

BY PATRICK HEDLUND
Despite opening to the public back in
April, Pier 64 celebrated its official coming-
out party on Thurs., Aug. 20, with a cadre of
local advocates and elected officials on hand
to fete the new waterfront mall that spent
more than two decades in the making.
The group gathered at the end of the 500-
foot pier between W. 24th and 26th Sts. to
share memories of the Chelsea waterfront’s
genesis through the years from all but for-
gotten to one of the most active stretches
along the Hudson River.
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried
credited a “relentless army of community
organizers” with pushing for the revitaliza-
tion of the West Side waterfront, which will
also see two adjacent piers open next year
along the Chelsea portion of the 5-mile-long
Hudson River Park.
“This is as great an example of West Side
vision and West Side activism as any one we
have ever seen,” said City Council Speaker
Christine Quinn of the local effort to create
public, passive-use park space at the once
bustling port.
The celebration was also attended by state
Senator Thomas Duane, Congressmember
Jerrold Nadler, Manhattan Borough
President Scott Stringer and Robert Lieber,
deputy mayor for economic development.
Photo by William Alatriste, NYC Council
Also joining in the festivities were Connie
Fishman, president of the Hudson River From left, Doris Corrigan, John Doswell and Ed Kirkland at the official dedication on Aug. 20 of Pier 64, which has been rebuilt
Park Trust; Robert Trentlyon, founder of as a public pier as part of the Hudson River Park.

the Chelsea Waterside Park Association;
John Doswell, a founding chairperson
of the Friends of Hudson River Park;
Matthew Washington, deputy director of
the Friends; and longtime community activ-
ists Ed Kirkland, Doris Corrigan and Lee
Compton.
“I am really proud to be a part of this fam-
August 14, 2009 ily,” said Stringer, a former Upper West Side
assemblymember, who previously worked
with Gottfried on issues related to the Hudson
“Mr. Vance...is an accomplished River Park. “So many of you have really gone
beyond the community-organizer mold and
criminal and civil trial lawyer have really created magic,” Stringer told the
assembled park advocates.
Duane — who worked on waterfront
who offers balanced judgment issues as a community board member, dis-
trict leader, city councilmember and state
and a commitment to criminal senator — praised the persistence of park
activists in realizing their goal.
justice reform... We strongly “We waited a long time, and it’s worth
it,” he said of the project, adding, “it’s
endorse Mr. Vance.” spectacular, it’s beautiful, it’s amazing. We
should be very proud of ourselves.”
Many of the speakers, including Duane,
reserved the highest praise for Trentlyon,
who helped lead the charge to redevelop the
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High Line railway. But for most of that time,
residents on the Lower West Side remained
removed “from their rightful possession of
the Hudson River,” Trentlyon noted.
“In fact, the lack of contact with the river
made many Chelsea residents forget one of
‘The lack of contact with
the river made many
Chelsea residents forget
one of the great rivers of
the world was just a few
blocks away, or even forget
they lived on an island.’
Robert Trentlyon
the great rivers of the world was just a few
blocks away, or even forget they lived on an
island,” he said.
But now, in addition to the opening of
Pier 64, Trentlyon noted that the High Line
has been reimagined as a popular public
park and Pier 57 at W. 15th St. is slated for
redevelopment.
“The wall has fallen down,” he said,
“and Chelsea residents are united with the
Hudson River once again.”

Photo shows the remnants of MacDougal St.’s Provincetown Playhouse, in background, but with a large section removed from its northern wall. As can be seen from the
photo, the rest of the site is being prepared — with a new foundation — for construction of a new building for N.Y.U. School of Law.
Task force and Stringer hit roof over playhouse wall
Continued from page 1
Poe House [in 2002] and the Palladium [in 1995]. It’s
consistently apparent that N.Y.U. cannot keep its word.”
David Gruber, chairperson of the Institutions
Committee of Community Board 2 and a task force
member, also took N.Y.U. to task.
“If they could move the Temple of Dendur from Egypt
to the Metropolitan Museum, I don’t see why N.Y.U.
couldn’t preserve four walls of a 90-year-old theater in
a project across the street from its law school,” Gruber
said. He wanted the task force to be more vigilant about
N.Y.U. development in general, especially in the uni-
versity’s plans for the N.Y.U. Center for Academic and
Spiritual Life on Washington Square South on the site
formerly occupied by the N.Y.U. Catholic Center and
acquired by the university from the Catholic Archdiocese
of New York last year.
Shaan Khan, of Manhattan Borough President Scott
Stringer’s staff, said on Tuesday that the task force was
meeting this week to review both the Provincetown
Playhouse and the N.Y.U. Spiritual Life Center.
The task force has made several design suggestion for
changes to the proposed Spiritual Center, and N.Y.U. is
scheduled to show the task force and Community Board
2 its response to those suggestions at the end of this
‘If they could move the Temple of
Dendur from Egypt to the Metropolitan
Museum, I don’t see why N.Y.U.
couldn’t preserve four walls of a
90-year-old theater in a project across
the street from its law school.’
David Gruber,
Community Board 2
month, Khan said.
Regarding the Provincetown Playhouse, Stringer told
September 9 - 15, 2009 21
Villager photo by Isaac Rosenthal
The Villager on Tuesday that he was focusing on the
issue with “laser-beam” intensity.
“I expect N.Y.U. to live up to every promise it made,”
he said. “I have enormous respect for [N.Y.U.] President
John Sexton and for the community leaders who fought
N.Y.U. for years. But when N.Y.U. makes a mistake, my
role is to protect the interests of the community.”
Stringer said he was upset not only that N.Y.U. failed
to let the task force and C.B. 2 know about the breach in
the Provincetown Playhouse wall for about three weeks,
but that the trust between N.Y.U. and the Village com-
munity that the task force has developed over the past
three years was compromised.
“The mistake was made and N.Y.U. will have to work
hard to regain the community’s goodwill,” Stringer said.
Jo Hamilton, chairperson of Board 2 and a member of
the task force, who was out of town on Sept. 3 when the
task force met, recalled on Tuesday that C.B. 2 passed a
resolution earlier this year approving the N.Y.U. plan for
a new building for its law school at 133-139 MacDougal
St. on the promise that the interior walls of the historic
theater would be preserved.
“The fact that the wall was partly demolished was a
big failure,” Hamilton said. “We need to be more careful
and demand more assurances about future projects.”
22 September 9 - 15, 2009

It’s time to put the brakes on rogue bicycle riding

TALKING POINT
BY JACK BROWN
Residents are increasingly concerned
about the epidemic of scofflaw cycling plagu-
ing the city’s streets and sidewalks. The pre-
vailing anarchy creates an ongoing sense of
jeopardy for many that deprives us of peace
of mind and jacks up the stress level in an
already high-stress environment.
The Coalition Against Rogue Riding
(CARR) was formed by a number of neigh-
borhood organizations — including the
Greenwich Village Block Associations and
Soho Alliance — to focus on calming the
streets and sidewalks through better traffic
management. CARR advocates an increase
of an evenhanded enforcement of the vehicu-
lar laws.
In May the results a rigorous study con-
ducted in April by the departments of soci-
ology and urban affairs of Hunter College
was issued. “Biking Behavior in Midtown”
observed 5,275 cyclists at 45 intersections
between 14th St. and 59th Sts. and First
and Tenth Aves. It was found that nearly 38
percent of observed cyclists did not stop at
red lights. Nearly a third did not use a desig-
nated bike lane. More than 17 percent were
either riding the wrong way, or at various
times both with and against traffic.
This hard data gives a representative
portrait of what causes the sense of anarchy.
However, it does not portray the multitude
of hits and nears misses that have gone
unreported over the years and that activate
the adrenalin of the fight-or-flight mecha-
nism and challenge peace of mind. It does
not indicate the deaths. Professor Peter
The elderly are vulnerable.
Parents fear for children’s
safety. Pets are in peril.
Tuckel is the principle investigator. To locate
the study, go to the blog site “Commuter
Outrage” and find “Academic Study,” where
a direct link can be found.
On June 18, after addressing the Village
Alliance (Eighth St.) business improvement
district, featured speaker Janette Sadik-
Khan, commissioner of the Department of
Transportation, was given a copy of the
study. Despite a D.O.T. representative’s
assurance that the department would have a
response to the study by the next day, none
was forthcoming. Previously, in a phone
message, an agency representative said that
“enforcement” was the responsibility of the
Police Department.
On July 19, the New York Daily News ran
a piece about the death of Stuart Gruskin.
Gruskin was a well-liked senior V.P. of
Valuation Research. He grew up in New
York and was a graduate of N.Y.U. Stern
School of Business. On April 28 he was
knocked down by a delivery rider cycling the
wrong way on W. 43rd St. Three days later
he died in Weill Cornell Hospital of head
trauma. The bike had no brakes. The rider
wore no helmet. The bike was without horn
or bell. Rogue rider Alfredo Geraldo was hit
with three violations. No criminal charges
were filed. Geraldo has disappeared.
A $20 million lawsuit has been
filed against the Call Cuisine Catering
Company. Gruskin’s widow says that busi-
nesses that offer incentives for rush delivery
bear a big responsibility. She says that the
lawsuit is filed to draw attention to the need
for regulation, responsibility and bicycle
safety. The Gruskin family is also establish-
ing a foundation to address this problem.
Ironically, the suit was filed on July 8. This
was the day that Commissioner Sadik-Khan
declared that New York was the “bike capi-
tal of the world” after completing 200 miles
of bike lanes.
The traffic safety department of the
Manhattan South police command, which
encompasses the area of the study, was
informed of the findings. A plan was devel-
oped with Manhattan South precinct chiefs
for a “sustained step-up in an evenhanded
enforcement” of the vehicular laws. After two
weeks, there were no measurable results.
Chief James Tuller was recently pro-
moted from Manhattan South to head
Transportation at One Police Plaza head-
quarters. CARR provided a copy of the
Hunter College study. A request was com-
municated to Chief Tuller that he take the
Gruskin tragedy into account and declare
rogue riding a “quality of life” issue and
“refocus” enforcement of the vehicular laws
throughout the five boroughs. The response
from Chief Tuller’s office was a suggestion
that CARR work through Manhattan South.
The offices of state Senator Liz Krueger,
Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and
Councilmember Jessica Lappin responded
to CARR’s request for action. Kavanagh and
Krueger undertook the revision of S7851,
which had been introduced in 2002 by
Krueger. The Vicarious Liability Bill makes a
business owner financially responsible for the
actions of a delievery agent. Councilmember
Lappin is the chief sponsor of Intro No.
624, a similar bill that has been in limbo in
the Transportation Committee, headed by
Councilmember John Liu. Liu and Speaker
Christine Quinn are responsible for bring-
ing it to the floor for a hearing. If a version
of this bill had been law and enforced, the
tragic death of Stuart Gruskin might have
been avoided.
There are places, such as Denmark
and Berlin, where cycling is a well-estab-
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Pope forgives Jews — and Putin apologizes for pact

David Low, the great British political artist, put it all for the occasion, a poem so titled, one he knows I’ve revered

TALKING POINT into a famous cartoon in which Hitler and Stalin are bow-
ing to one another like those two sycophants in a Paul Klee
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etching, with the corpse of Poland at their feet. “The scum All I have is a voice
BY JERRY TALLMER of the earth, I believe,” says Mr. Hitler. “The bloody assas- To undo the folded lie,
For sheer shocking irony, nothing much can beat the sin of the workers, I presume,” says Mr. Stalin. The romantic lie in the brain
opening sentence of “The Man in the Glass Booth,” a novel If I had any lingering daydreams about the Soviet Union Of the sensual man-in-the-street
by the actor Robert Shaw (subsequently made by him into as the hope of mankind, those illusions were soon to be And the lie of Authority
a play). wiped away by the writings of Arthur Koestler, George Whose buildings grope the sky.
It was that sentence — “Jesus Christ, the Pope has Orwell, W.H. Auden and others. There is no such thing as the State
forgiven the Jews!” — that flashed through one’s mind on So 70 years after the Nazi-Soviet 10-year nonaggression And no one exists alone;
being hit by the headline on Page A5 of The New York pact that cleared the ground for the World War II that Hunger allows no choice
Times of Tuesday, September 1, 2009 — 70 years to the started one week later, and the invasion of Russia one year To the citizen or the police;
day of the German invasion of Poland that started World later, Russia’s prime minister Vladimir V. Putin — to grease We must love one another or die.
War II. the skids for a diplomatic visit to Poland — announces that
“Russian Premier,” read the headline, “Calls Nazi-Soviet the Nazi-Soviet pact was indeed...immoral. Auden spent many years late in his life trying to
Pact in World War II Immoral.” Jesus Christ, the Pope has I don’t put that word in quotes because The Times expunge, to renounce, the last line there. Most of us choose
forgiven the Jews. didn’t. to keep it in. It may or may not be true, but it is not, in any
And the second thing that flashed through my mind, see- On September 1, 2009, my son Matthew e-mailed me, event, immoral.
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EDITORIAL
Vote on Tuesday
On Tuesday, April 15, New Yorkers will go to the polls
to cast their votes in the primary elections. We urge all our
readers to exercise their democratic franchise.
This year sees some pivotal races in The Villager’s cov-
erage area. In Council District 1 — which covers Lower
Manhattan, the Lower East Side, Chinatown, Soho/Noho
and the South Village — last week we endorsed Margaret
Chin. Again, in our view, Chin is the most qualified to lead
among the field of five candidates, including the incum-
bent, Alan Gerson. Gerson should have been term-limited
out of office, but instead cast a key vote in favor of extend-
ing term limits for himself and his Council colleagues.
One’s stance on term limits, however, is not the ultimate
litmus test. But we do feel the district needs fresh leader-
ship and new commitment — and Chin will bring that.
Gerson has had eight years in office, but many feel he
has not been effective enough in getting things done during
all those years. Chin would bring new energy and, without
a doubt, much better organization. Simply put, it’s high
time for a real change in District 1, and we back Chin to
bring about that change.
Another race that is drawing interest is in District 3
— covering Greenwich Village, Hudson Square, Chelsea,
Clinton, Flatiron District, West Midtown and Murray
Hill — where Christine Quinn is up for re-election. As
City Council speaker, Quinn pushed the term-limits exten-
sion through the Council, allowing herself — and her ally
Mayor Bloomberg — a chance at a third term. Once more,
though, the term-limits issue is not the final deciding factor
in our endorsement. To be clear: In no uncertain terms, we
opposed the legislative overturning of term limits; though
we do support extending them to three terms — since we
think it would result in more effective government — but
only if done so by a voter referendum.
As for Quinn’s relationship with the mayor, while it
certainly can benefit her district, at times it admittedly
has been too close. Should she be re-elected, we hope to
see her stake out more independent positions, so that the
Council is a bona fide check in city government’s system of
checks and balances. Again, we support a full investigation
of the City Council’s “slush gate,” and are eager to see the
results as soon as possible.
But, despite her flaws, Quinn remains the best can-
didate by far in her race. Maria Passannante-Derr and
Yetta Kurland, for all their strengths, simply don’t have
anywhere near the experience or political skills and savvy
that Quinn brings to the table. Quinn is a champion on
tenant issues, L.G.B.T. issues, senior issues, parks. Even
one of her fiercest critics flat-out admits Quinn is “the best
politician in the race.”
Yes, Quinn can definitely improve, such as, for start-
ers, by ensuring that the Department of Sanitation garage
planned at the west end of Spring St. is only built to
house two Sanitation districts’ garages — not three. The
Sanitation garage is an issue, for example, where she
shouldn’t merely be an enabler of the mayor, but should
take a more forceful role in the negotiations — and in find-
ing a true, workable solution. And one can be found.
In District 2 — the East Village, Union Square and
East Side up to the mid-30s, excluding Stuyvesant Town/
Peter Cooper Village — we endorse Rosie Mendez for
re-election. She’s done a good job, knows her district and
cares about it and her constituents. Her challenger, Juan
Pagan, has deep roots in the neighborhood, but lacks the
political know-how and ability of Mendez.
The Villager again urges our readers to go to the polls
and vote Tues., Sept. 15. For those wishing to view our
more detailed, complete endorsements from last week
for the City Council races in the First, Second and Third
Districts, as well as the full videos of the candidates
debates we organized in the First and Third Districts, visit
www.thevillager.com and www.downtownexpress.com .
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editorial can’t justify Quinn
To The Editor:
Re “Christine Quinn for City Council in Third
District” (editorial, Sept. 2):
Your endorsement of Christine Quinn for a third
(effectively stolen) term works so hard to communicate
balance and yet fails so miserably.
Though I am proudly lesbian, I grow tired of this
notion that Quinn’s hold on office is a referendum on
our futures. We will not be fully free until we are able to
throw out the gay and lesbian bums just as readily as we
are the ones who don’t look or think like us.
Quinn has supported a Police Department-promulgated
law to prohibit public assemblies of 50 people or more,
though the right to free assembly is a cornerstone of our
constitutional democracy, and despite the fact that there
is a strong tradition of group assembly as a means to
progress in the gay and lesbian community.
Beyond gay and lesbian issues, Christine Quinn has
failed me, too. She has consistently championed over-
sized developments that do not ensure the vitality of city
life. And yes, Quinn did address this at The Villager’s
Council District 3 debate, but with the development
bubble over, her concern is closing the barn door long
after the horse has run free.
While I can applaud your comments on the Department
of Sanitation garage and salt shed slated for Spring St.,
you failed to acknowledge how little Quinn has done to
put this project on a proper track. Irrespective of the
undeniable fact that she could stop this half-billion dol-
lar, oversized and environmentally abusive plan from
going forward, she has not done so. Instead, she has pit-
ted community board against community board, and hid-
den behind a settlement between the city and the Friends
of Hudson River Park regarding Gansevoort Peninsula.
The two-district Hudson Rise alternative proposal,
the only impediment to which is a place to site the third
district, would be a positive legacy for Quinn. Instead,
she has opted to surrender (again) to Mr. Bloomberg, just
as she did on term limits.
Ultimately, all that communities really have is the
advocacy of their City Council representative, a pro-
cess that has been abandoned by Quinn and generally
explained away as result of the pressures of her role as
speaker. But we District 3 residents didn’t elect her as
speaker; we elected her (and yes, I did vote for her the
last time around) to be our representative to the City
Council.
In that role, she has failed. She is unavailable and
IRA BLUTREICH
Is Spitzer coming back? ... Some people are getting excited.
haughty; Quinn’s staff actually threatened to cancel a
meeting on the Sanitation facility on Sept. 2 if I attended
because I have been outspoken in my criticism.
This election confronts us with the opportunity to
eliminate the further harm that Christine Quinn will do
with an undeserved third term and, we can hope, rein-
vigorate the City Council to serve in its power-balancing
role against a mayor who is willing to spend any amount
of money to buy support or, at minimum, silence.
There is no doubt that Christine Quinn is the best
politician in the race. But she is also all that is wrong
with politics: Yet to find a principle she is unwilling to
abandon, though righteous and confirmed in her right
to lead.
Rosemary Kuropat
Speaker, mayor and the police
To The Editor:
Re “Christine Quinn for City Council in Third District”
(editorial, Sept. 2):
Your endorsement of Christine Quinn cites the many
things she has done for the constituents in her district. It
fails, however, to look at her larger role as Council speaker,
where instead of serving as a foil to billionaire Mayor
“Bloomingdale”’s designs that have transformed our city into
a shopping mall for condo owners, she has been a rabid cheer-
leader of this development for developers: The uncontested
sale of Stuyvesant Town to Speyer, the unforgivable Soho
Trump Hotel that has forever marred Downtown’s low-rise
skyline, the taxpayer-financed Yankee Stadium and the recent
Coney Island zoning changes that will transform this piece
of authentic New York into a Nike/Disney store are just four
obvious examples.
Perhaps even more egregious is Speaker Quinn’s blessing
of the New York Police Department’s unconstitutional “stop
and frisk” policy that criminalizes a half a million black and
Hispanic men every year for simply being black and Hispanic.
This and her deafening silence on the N.Y.P.D.’s draconian
persecution of Critical Mass bikers, as well as Republican
Convention protesters swept up in People’s Republic of
China-style mass arrests, should give all voters serious second
thoughts about re-electing her for yet another term.
Carl Rosenstein
Continued on page 35
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Bugs in my bed and in my mind; E. 5th metamorphosis

the other part did not want to know. I was sleeping on a those who don’t itch and develop welts.
NOTEBOOK
THEATER futon again. My good friend of yesteryear was not avail-
able. I saw nothing.
Since early childhood, books have been my refuge.
A dissertation could easily be written on “Bedbugs in
BY MARIANNE LANDRÉ GOLDSCHEIDER Literature.” In Germany they are associated with World
In Central Park the other day I was talking with an War II. I have read countless accounts of the war, and
acquaintance about my recent visit to Vermont. The con-
versation shifted to an article on bedbugs that appeared in
Luckily, not affected by the bites, bedbugs loom large.
Monday, my day of disclosure, came.
The New York Times real estate section on Sun., Aug. 23.
“Of course I read it,” said my interlocutor. Then she
but grossed out, nonetheless. “Are you sure?” asked the manager. “I’ll send the
super tomorrow to verify.”
looked at me suspiciously, adding, “Don’t tell me you “I’m sure,” I said in a very small voice.
have them.” Then, she said cheerfully, “You’ll have to wash every
I nodded. Thereupon she jumped up with a cry of Then the present manager slipped a note under the last stitch in your house, remove futon, frame and bed-
horror and in an anguished voice called from a distance, door: “Bedbugs have been sighted. We’ll be placing ding. And bag all books, anything in drawers. Do you
“I have so much clutter, if I ever get them I’ll die.” She strips. If you see one, notify us immediately.” have family to help you?”
examined herself anxiously and, choking up, said that she Two white strips were placed — one under my bed, My two sons, living in western Massachusetts, hardly
couldn’t talk to me anymore. the other in the living room. Ostrich that I am, I could have the time to rush to my assistance.
My first experience with bedbugs — wanzen is what not face checking them myself. In the middle of August The manager smiled: “Don’t worry, don’t panic, we’ll
we call them in German, with great disgust — was dur- I again lifted the futon and again recoiled in dismay. It help you to find help.”
ing the Second World War in Prague. I was a child and was Friday. I decided to give myself until Monday before Crestfallen, I returned to the scene of infestation — a
I had no idea that I am one of a good number of people announcing them to the manager. All weekend long I war zone now! I would have loved to head for the hills,
who are completely insensitive to their bites — no marks, could only think one thing. I spoke to no one about it,
nothing. I remember my mother accusing the upstairs being keenly aware of the disgust they cause even among Continued on page 26
neighbors of shaking their bedclothes out of the window.
I don’t remember how we got rid of them. There were
much worse things happening.
The critters are nocturnal, so you rarely see them.
When in New York, weeks after 9/11 in 2001, one was
crawling over the Village Voice I was reading, I squished
it, saw blood, was disgusted and had no idea what I had
seen. It became horrifyingly obvious a week later, when a
friend and I picked up the wonderful king-size futon I had
recently purchased. We will never forget the sight.
Instantly, we decided to remove futon and frame. I
had to call to our assistance a maintenance man in my
new building. We dragged the scene of horror to the
basement. I hurried to hardware stores asking for bedbug
killer and was told that, “There are no bedbugs in New
York. All we can give you is roach spray — good luck.”
That was 2001. We sprayed the area and I assumed
that would be it. Since the evidence had been exposed, I
had to speak to the manager. She calmly told me, “Our
cleanest tenants have them. Don’t worry. I’ll send the
exterminator.” Casually, he came. Alas, before too long
one was crawling along the yellow part of a sleeping bag;
I’d bought a foam-rubber mattress and was now sleeping
on the floor. A Dutch friend stayed with me and was bit-
ten. I realized that I had a problem.
I was 69 then. A good friend who knew that bedbugs
have been in New York for a long time promised to help.
I went away for the summer. Only recently did he tell me
of the heroic, labor-intensive measures he took. I didn’t
see one again until June 16, 2009. I squished it, saw my
blood, smelled its sickening odor, recoiled in horror and Villager photo by Jefferson Siegel

decided to believe it was one deluded specimen venturing At the HOWL Festival in Tompkins Square Park on Saturday, Village View resident
out in daylight, which of course they are not supposed
to do.
SCENE Hildegarde Forde showed off a rare four-leaf clover she plucked in the park.
According to folklore, the find is supposed to bring good luck.
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but I had to face the disaster. I had to face my errant ways
of not dealing with it on June 16.
On Wednesday the super came. I was at my most con-
trite, ready to confess every last sin. He brought black
garbage bags. In went my pillows, my blanket, sheet, all
I’d been wearing recently. The bag was sealed and I was
told to wait for a man to remove it. I was shaking.
Then the manager came with the exterminator. He
saw me trembling, and looked at my beautiful photo-
graph of an egret. He told me he was a nature boy and
to please stop shaking.
“Leave your books on their shelves, I’ll be back in a
week,” he said. “Wash everything, bag all you can and
stop worrying.” He would be back twice more in two-
week intervals. I rushed out of the house.
The super held a can of spray in his
hand. When they left my floor was a
sea of spray. As quickly as I could I
fled once again to my oasis in New
York: Central Park.
Help came in the form of a lovely young woman from
the Midwest who I have known for several years. My
subsidized housing on E. Fifth St., the best New York
provides for the aged, has a laundry room with seven
washing machines and four driers. I have never done so
much washing at one time. I am an old European with
two peasant grandmothers.
My house guest cheerily encouraged me to get rid
of all the clothes I never wear, books I’ve read and will
never read again, and the endless tomes I’ve written in
the past nine years that no one will ever read. Clothes,
books I’ve read, I have no trouble discarding. My writ-
ings would be harder to part with.
The super and two of his men came, dressed in pro-
tective plastic suiting, to remove the futon, my very last
ever! They disassembled the frame. That is where the
bugs were crawling. The super held a can of spray in
his hand. When they left my floor was a sea of spray. As
quickly as I could I fled once again to my oasis in New
York: Central Park.
Then I bagged and bagged and bagged. I now live sur-
rounded by more than a dozen black plastic bags. I docu-
mented the scene with my video camera. For a week I
had lived in fear and trepidation of not doing all I could.
I did not sleep the night before the exterminator came. I
wrote in my notebook from 7 a.m. until he came at noon.
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breathed a sigh of relief, asking a last question, “When
can I un-bag?”
“In six weeks,” said the exterminator. I began shaking
once again when he threw in, “But you can take out a few
things you urgently need.”
Bedbugs are still on my mind. I’d love to find an ento-
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behavior of these tiny creatures that are the source of so
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“A Short Wake” not here for long
Second time a charm for 1st Irish 2009 theater fest
BY JERRY TALLMER
The two brothers, Teddy and Jimmy,
have not seen or talked to one another for
33 years.
Jimmy went out to California and
became a hotshot lawyer. Teddy, four years
older, remained in New York City where
they were born and hustled his way into
his 40s as a fast-talking thief and gambler.
Now their bad-tempered, abusive Irish-
American ex-bookie father — the root of
their separate problems, and separate memo-
ries — lies dead in his coffin, awaiting burial.
Lo and behold, here comes unexpected
Jimmy, all the way from California, walking
through the door of the funeral parlor.
Recovering from his surprise, Teddy
says: “Why don’t you go over there and say
hello to Pop. He’s dying to see you.”
And if you’d like to know how that
fraternal mishigas spins out, you can make
your way to the Manhattan Theatre Source,
where Derek Murphy’s “A Short Wake” is
stirring up dark Irish waters September
10-26 as an entry in the 1st Irish 2009
theater festival.
Ireland doesn’t breed more playwrights
than any other country. It just seems that
way. Especially now and in New York,
where that second annual 1st Irish to-do
brings us the works of 21 very alive Irish or
Irish-bred dramatists at 12 Off-Broadway
venues, most of them in the Village, from
September 1 to October 4.
That’s right — the second annual “1st
Irish 2009 theater festival,” which is how
they bill it, the first such charivari having
been last year’s 1st Irish 2008 New York
theater festival.
If you see what I mean.
It makes good sense, anyway, to
Limerick-born, New York-based George
Heslin, prime mover of 1st Irish both
2008 and 2009 and founder/artistic direc-
tor of the Origin Theatre Company, a
springboard for launching new European
playwrights in America.
“It’s all about risk-taking,” says Heslin.
“People send in scripts, we select and
then connect them to companies here.”
Among those connections: the sparkling
Irish Repertory Theatre on West 22nd Street,
the busy little Manhattan Theatre Source
on MacDougal Street, the Gene Frankel
Theatre on Bond Street, Players Theatre
and Players Loft on MacDougal Street, St.
Peter’s Rectory on West 20th Street, NYU
Glucksman Ireland House in Washington
Mews, Vineyard Theatre on East 15th Street,
and the elegant, warm-historied Players Club
on Gramercy Park South.
Also the Mint Theatre, on West 43rd
Street, the 59E59 Theatres on East 59th
Street. Borders Bookstore on Columbus
Brandon Williams, left, as Jimmy; Peter Bradbury as Teddy
Circle, the American Irish Historical
Society, and the Library for the Performing
Arts at Lincoln Center.
Some 375 actors, writers, directors,
designers, stage managers, etc., are about
to be involved this year.
Among the plays on this round:
Sebastian Barry’s Dublin love story, “The
Pride of Parnell Street”; Billy Roche’s small-
town “Tales From Rainwater Pond”; Mark
Doherty’s “Trad,” about some very, very old
folks; Paula Meehan’s semi-autobiographi-
cal inner-city “Cell”; Dermot Bolger’s eerie
post-mortem “Walking the Road”; Barbara
Hammond’s Shavian-sounding “Beyond
the Pale”; Conor McPherson’s tense, oft-
revived “The Good Thief.”
Plus a gender special, September
2-20 at 59E59 Theatres, Origin Theater
Company’s presentation of “Spinning the
Times,” — world premieres of five short
new plays by five Irish women: Geraldine
Aron, Lucy Caldwell, Rosalind Haslet,
Rosemary Jenkinson, Belinda McKeon.
Which brings us back to “A Short
Wake” and Derek Murphy, the Dublin-
born self-described offspring of “a hard-
drinking electrician” father. Murphy’s
tormented “Wake” came out, in disguise,
Photo by Michael Priest Photography
from an exchange of recollections he’d
had three years ago with one of his three
sisters. “What our memories were, and
how different.” (The playwright has no
brothers, and that electrician father is
still alive — in hospital. “A few too many
cocktails,” says the son.)
“I could tell ya a story,” says Murphy,
and then — prodded by an interviewer
— tells it.
“One Sunday when we were kids our
father set about taking all of us to see ‘The
Sound of Music’ followed by a restaurant
after the movie. But this one sister couldn’t
eat her [midday] Sunday dinner. Our mother
[also still alive] was a terrible cook anyway.
“Our father flew into a rage, grabbed
my sister’s plate, hurled it into the gar-
bage, and we all followed him out of the
house, leaving that sister sitting there.
She was still there at the kitchen table
when we came back from the movie and
the restaurant.
“But my father felt guilty, and the next
day he took her all alone to a restaurant;
for the meal she’d missed.
“Well, 20 years later I got talking with
her about that incident. She said: ‘Oh no,
we all went to ‘The Sound of Music’ and
September 9 - 15, 2009 27
THEATER
A SHORT WAKE
Part of the 1st Irish 2009 theater festival,
Sept. 10-26 (www.1stirish.com)
By Derek Murphy
Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser
With Peter Bradbury and Brandon Williams
A Tweiss production, September 10-26
At Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal
Street
212-352-3101 or www.theatermania.com
that restaurant, don’t you remember? It
was just a lovely day.’
“Whereas I” — says the Derek Murphy
of 2009 — “clearly remembered the
events of the day before. It goes to show
you what tricks memory can play.”
Murphy came to the United States in
1985, after college, “when there wasn’t
much going on in Ireland and I was
estranged from my father.” Pause. “So I
ended up married [to Martha Fioravante]
and the father of two, in Staten Island.”
And writing plays that burn deep —
and bitterly funny — if “A Short Wake”
is any guide.
(TEDDY has pulled out a gun,
there in the funeral parlor, and points
it first at Jimmy, then toward the
casket.)
JIMMY: What are you doing,
Teddy? You expecting him to wake
up? Why did you bring it here?
TEDDY: I bring it everywhere, the
OTB, Dunkin’ Donuts, The Blarney
Stone [a pub], confession, the post
office.
JIMMY: Wait a minute, you go
to confession?…I don’t know what’s
more fucked up, you going to confes-
sion, or you taking a gun to confes-
sion…What are you going to do,
shoot the priest if he gives you too
many Hail Mary’s?
TEDDY: That would be a sin…
JIMMY: You need serious help.
TEDDY: I know. That’s why I go
to confession. Sometimes I confess
your sins.
For a full schedule of the 2009 fes-
tival plus any other information, go
to www.1stirish.com. The 1 there is a
numeral 1.
28 September 9 - 15, 2009
New York, New York: Read all about it
Books about, or set in, your patch of Gotham
BY SCOTT STIFFLER
AUTOMATS, TAXI DANCERS AND
VAUDEVILLE:
EXCAVATING MANHATTAN’S
LOST PLACES OF LEISURE
David Freeland (New York University
Press)
From the melancholy giveaway phrase
in the title (“Lost Places”), you might
expect David Freeland’s excavation of
NYC’s bygone hotspots to be steeped in
sepia-toned regret for an era of simpler
pleasures. Only a reader made of stone
will be able to resist the occasional long-
ing for what used to be; but overall,
Freeland’s headfirst dive into the past
makes the experience seem utterly con-
temporary, vital and alive. He brings a
scholar’s knowledge and a native New
Yorker’s passion to the table. The result?
Readers will come as close as one can to
experiencing what it was like to be there
in the heyday of The Atlantic Garden,
The 1893 Chinatown Theater, Tin Pan
Alley, Horn & Hardart’s (the original
NY Automat), and The Orpheum Dance
Palace. It’s proof positive that in a culture
saturated by images, words still reign
supreme when it comes to transporting us
back to a specific place in time.
Photo by Andreas Feininger
133rd Street nightclub, circa 1940
(courtesy of The New York Historical
Society)
SPEED SHRINKING
Susan Shaprio (St. Martin’s Press)
A follow-up to her 2005 memoir
“Lighting Up” (which chronicled addic-
tion to smoking, drinking and drugs),
“Speed Shrinking” is longtime Village res-
ident Susan Shaprio’s debut novel. Set in
Greenwich Village, it chronicles the emo-
tional meltdown and the long trek back
to relative sanity experienced by Julia
Goodman. When her shrink and her best
friend both ditch NYC at the same time
she’s set to plug her new self-help book on
beating sugar addiction, Goodman suc-
cumbs to a cupcake binge; then goes on a
desperate “speed dating”-like search for a
new shrink. For our July 29, 2009 profile
on the author, visit www.thevillager.com
and do a search for “Speed Shrinking.”
Book cover image courtesy of Syracuse University Press
Map: Currier & Ives ca. 1877; Book
Cover design by Michael J. Walsh
GOVERNORS ISLAND: THE JEWEL
OF NEW YORK HARBOR
Ann L. Buttenwieser (Syracuse University
Press)
Urban and waterfront planner Ann
Buttenwieser’s new book merges a tecchie’s
geekish attention to detail with a historian’s
sense of time and place. From that unlikely
equation comes an utterly satisfying exami-
nation of the fascinating past, present and
future of Governors Island — that unas-
suming patch of land nestled in the waters
between Manhattan and Brooklyn which
still, for some reason, remains firmly off the
radar of many NYC residents. The book’s
impressive, exclusive collection of maps,
photographs and first-person accounts from
the early 18 century to good old 2009
would be the perfect companion for one
fine field trip before the island before closes
for the season on October 11.
STORE FRONT: THE DISAPPEARING
FACE OF NEW YORK
James T. & Karla L. Murray (Gingko Press)
Certain blocks in neighborhoods all over
the city have NY looking less like Gotham
and more like a ghost town. Authors James
and Karla Murray have heard that song
before. Their book connects the shuttering
of street level businesses with a greater loss
of self and soul — while celebrating how
neighborhood stores of the past and pres-
ent have set the pulse, life, and texture of
their communities. From the exploration of
blocks that haven’t changed in a century to
the documentation of disappearing signage,
architectural adornments, and window dis-
plays, the authors consistently demonstrate
a love for the city that’s stronger than mere
brick and mortar.
HONEST SID: MEMOIR OF A
GAMBLING MAN
Ronald Probstein (iUniverse Books)
Honored scientist Ronald Probstein grew
up in a Times Square hotel room, occasionally
hobnobbing with Depression-era gamblers,
gangsters, boxers and bookies. Later, while
working on his doctorate at Princeton, he
rubbed elbows with Albert Einstein and John
Nash. The inspiration for that impressive
journey? His dad, “Honest Sid” — a former
professional baseball player and quintessen-
tial American optimist turned professional
gambler and down on his luck dreamer whose
love of the easy dollar was eclipsed only by
the investment he made in his son. Probstein’s
recollections of Sid shows how a kid can go
from a world of horse parlors and transient
hotels to a lifetime of academic achievement
and scientific excellence.
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Turner Publishing
In an August 26, 2009 Villager article
(available online at www.thevillager.com),
Jerry Tallmer noted the one glaring omission
in “Historic Photos of the Brooklyn Bridge”
was “any photography credits whatsoev-
er (except one passing reference to Lewis
Hine). This is the real crime in a book like
this.” Good to note, then, that Tallmer’s com-
ment was balanced by praise for the crisp
renderings of “photos, drawings, engravings;
the great bridge itself, in every phase of con-
struction including a cover illustration from
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper of five
workmen with painting gear in hand, cling-
ing like flies to a spider’s web of cables high,
high over the East River.”
 September 9 - 15, 2009 29

“what was once one of the most murder-
ous neighborhoods in the United States.”
Ferrara skillfully documents an era when
the neighborhood was a brutal, bloody
battleground where “the rules of property
and propriety” no longer applied. Despite
the violent subject matter, you’ll likely
emerge with an appreciation for its vicious
bygone residents — and an equal amount
of gratitude that you got to know them
from a safe distance.
I SPEAK OF THE CITY: POEMS
OF NEW YORK
Stephen Wolf (Columbia University Press)
In 1977, Chicago native Stephen Wolf
moved to the Lower East Side — blocks
from where his grandparents once lived.
After decades in the city, he’d become editor
of the most extensive collection of poems
ever assembled about New York. Taking
readers on a chronological journey from
1569’s “The Complaint of New Amsterdam
to its Mother” all the way to works written in
the aftermath of 9/11 (“Lured Beneath Your
Golden, Calling Lights”), this meticulously
curated anthology captures NYC’s notable
and forgotten moments of transformation,
gentrification, triumph and disaster. Each
selection is prefaced by brief, insightful
Wolf-penned introductions which provide
a window into the minds of poets who’ve
been “inspired by the marvels and madness,
humor and heartbreak of an enduring city.”
THE ORACLE OF STONE STREET
Thomas Quealy (iUniverse)
Thomas Quealy’s sad, surreal, ultimately
uplifting comic novel gives the LES and the
Village a run for their money when it comes to
neighborhood crazies and strange occurrences.
The titular character (ORACLE: a mind-read-
ing, Bud Light-drinking feline) is the tip of the
iceberg. Also along for the ride are an iguana,
a squirrel and a dog — all of whom play a
role in helping those who frequent Ulysses
(a Wall Street bar whose denizens are in free
fall along with the stock market). Not enough
eccentrics for you? There’s also the matter of
a lovelorn witch, a kickboxer turned attorney,
a security broker who longs to dance and a Su
doku-obsessed busboy.
LOSERS LIVE LONGER
Russell Atwood (Hard Case Crime books)
Longtime East Village resident and author
Russell Atwood’s follow-up to his cult fave
“East of A” (as in Avenue A) once again
charts the twisted adventures of detective
Payton Sherwood — who prowls the still-
mean streets of the East Village in his quest
to solve the murder of legendary private eye
George Rowell. This time around, Sherwood
navigates Avenues C and D and elsewhere.
Along the way, a runaway investment scam
artist, a drug-addled reality TV star and a
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New York, New York: Read all about it
Continued from page 29
bewitching beauty ensure our man Sherwood
once again finds himself knee-deep in a pig
pile of murder, lust and greed.
CROSSING WASHINGTON SQUARE
Joann Rendell (New American Library)
Joann Rendell’s second novel returns
to the location of her first: Manhattan
University. This time around, two women
“are compelled to unite their sense and
sensibilities.” That book jacket quote, and
the author’s invocation of a Jane Austen
passage just prior to the first chapter, hints
at the sly bending of Austen-era stories of
star-crossed love, manners, ambition and
tragedy. Will Sylvia Plath scholar Professor
Diana Monroe or young upstart Prof Rachel
Grey win the heart of the Carson McEvoy
(the brash, brilliant visiting Harvard profes-
The neighborhood store front: Gone; but not forgotten?
Artists & Writers
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sor)? An unexpected trip with some under-
grads to London and a life-threatening
experience forces the two rivals to change
their hearts and minds.
ON THE WALL: FOUR DECADES
OF COMMUNITY MURALS IN NYC
Janet Braun-Reinitz and Jane Weissman
(University Press of Mississippi)
This insanely comprehensive, loving-
ly researched, beautifully rendered work
deserves a space on your coffee table this
fall; and a permanent place of honor on your
bookshelf. It’s packed with dozens of color
photographs showing murals all over the city
in their brilliant prime — and loaded with
scholarly, passionate insights which chart the
mural’s role as a source of community pride,
politics, activism and art. We could gush all
day about “On the Wall” — but then there
would be nothing left for next week’s feature
on the murals, the book, and its authors.
Book cover photo courtesy of James and Karla Murray
AMERICAN CHINATOWN: A
PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF FIVE
NEIGHBORHOODS
Bonnie Tsui (Simon & Schuster)
Travel writer Tsui’s new book reveals
America’s most famous Chinatowns (San
Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Honolulu
and Las Vegas) and provides an evocative
impression of the lives of those living within
these well-known but largely undiscovered
cities-within-cities. Join Tsui for a look at
the vibrant microcosm of this uniquely
American phenomenon when she appears at
Bluestockings Bookstore (172 Allen Street)
at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15. Free
admission (donations accepted).
THE LOWER EAST SIDE
REMEMBERED & REVISITED:
KOCH
ON FILM
“EXTRACT” (-)
My recollection of Labor Day weekends
in the past is that they brought us several
blockbuster films. This holiday weekend,
there were none. I chose this movie because
it seemed the least dreary of the lot, and I
thought it might have possibilities. What a
mistake. “Extract” is awful. Intended as a
light, soft-porno-motivated film, it turned
out to be crude and with little humor.
Joel (Jason Bateman), who owns a bot-
tling plant, is denied his marital expecta-
tions by his wife, Suzie (Kristen Wiig). She
pulls the drawstring on her sweatpants
every evening at 8:00 p.m. — and if Joel
is a minute late arriving home, there is no
party. Joel discusses his dilemma with a
bartender friend, Dean (Ben Affleck, total-
ly unrecognizable in his scruffy beard),
and tells him that he has relied on mastur-
bation for months. Believe me, this is ugly
stuff and a turnoff.
A beautiful grifter, Cindy (Mila Kunis),
HISTORY AND GUIDE TO
A LEGENDARY NEW YORK
NEIGHBORHOOD
Joyce Mendelsohn (Columbia University
Press)
This updated, expanded edition of the
classic 2001 walking tour guidebook chron-
icles the waves of immigration to the Lower
East Side — focusing on the enduring
impact of a Jewish presence upon the LES.
It also, in Mendelsohn’s own words, “exam-
ines the dynamics of the neighborhood as
it reinvents itself and becomes a place of
stark contrasts between locals and new-
comers, existing low-scale buildings and
newer towers.” What toll have the luxury
condos, expensive hotels and youth culture
taken? Hear it from the author herself:
6:30pm, September 23, at Angel Orensanz
Foundation for the Arts (172 Norfolk Street
in New York City).
who is willing to con or steal from anyone,
appears on the scene. An accident occurs at
the factory involving Step (Clifton Collins
Jr.) who loses one testicle with the other
barely hanging on. At Cindy’s urging, Step
threatens a million dollar lawsuit. This, of
course, would not be possible in most
if not all states, because of Workmen’s
Compensation laws that limit recoveries so
as to prevent such injuries from overwhelm-
ing a business. But facts are not important in
this intended but failed erotic comedy.
Aside from his business problems, Joel
embarks on a plot suggested by Dean to hire
a gigolo, Brad (Dustin Milligan), to seduce
Suzie. Brad, one of the dumbest gigolos
you will ever meet, is very successful in his
advances — having 15, count them, days of
coital triumph.
This is one terrible movie that succeeded
in making sex unappetizing. I won’t tell you
how it ends. If you decide to see it, you
deserve to suffer.
1hour, 30 minutes; Rated R; Comedy.
Playing at, among other places, Angelika
Film Center (18 West Houston St.). For
screening times, call 800-326-32646; also
at City Cinemas 123 (1001 Third Avenue).
For screening times, call 800-326-32646,
x2705.
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THE
ALIST
HARBOR DAY

EVENTS
400 years after Henry Hudson’s historic
journey of discovery, NY400 Week gets its
COMPILED BY Dutch pride on with a slew of activities
SCOTT STIFFLER which won’t cost you a dime. Harbor Day
Scott@thevillager.com spans six major waterfront sites: The
Battery, Battery Park City, Hudson River

TALKS Park, Governors Island, Brooklyn Bridge

Park and Snug Harbor. Spectators, linked
to each location by boat rides and free bike rentals,
can view a flotilla of historic Dutch sailing ves-
sels, consume lots of you-know-whats at the Oyster
Festival, or simply make like Henry H. and take in
the still spectacular view of the Hudson. Sun, Sept
Photo by Clayton Cotterrell
13. For a complete list of activities, visit www.
Don’t even think of going Dutch: free bike rentals.
ny400.org or www.nycgo.com/harborday.

Photo by Juliana Thomas
April, 2009: Marina Squerciati as abolitionist Anna
Dickinson
GREAT EVENINGS IN THE GREAT HALL
The Cooper Union’s performance series “Great Evenings
in the Great Hall” kicks off its fall roster with “Workers’
Rights.” Tony nominee Maria Tucci leads the cast as
they recreate the stirring words of radicals and reform-
ers (including Clara Lemlich, Mother Jones and Andrew
Carnegie) who made their mark during the defining
decades of the American labor movement. Historic pho-
tographs and period music from the NYC Labor Chorus
complement the powerful oration. Free; Thurs, Sept 17,
6:30 p.m. at Cooper Union, Great Hall (7 East 7th St,
btwn 3rd and 4th Aves). For info, 212-353-4195 or www.
cooper.edu.
BENEFIT
TASTE OF THE VILLAGE
The Village Alliance wants you to help celebrate the
completion of phase two of Washington Park’s restora-
tion — while raising funds for park maintenance. How?
By eating food from Village restaurants, drinking wine
from Long Island vineyards and being merry with the
people of all ages, talents and interests who frequent
one of American’s ultimate urban parks. The seventh
annual “Taste of the Village Benefit for Washington
Park” lets you sample edibles from the neighborhood,
while providing the opportunity to work it off with a
walk in the park. September 16, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at
Washington Square Park. $40. Call 212-777-2173 or
visit www.villagealliance.org.
Photo courtesy of the Village Alliance
From 2008’s event. You can’t eat just one. . .so why
even try?

GROOVALOO
If watching “Groovaloo” is
as much fun as saying it GAY MARSHALL

MUSIC
three times fast, you’re in Unabashed Francophile Gay Marshall audi-
for a very good time. Find tioned for the part of Morales during the origi-
out for sure when some (or nal run of “A Chorus Line” — with a number
all?) of the The Groovaloos from famed French songbird Edith Piaf. She
(an innovative 25-member got the part. Later, she’d play Grizabella in
L.A.-based dance crew) kick the original Paris production of Cats. Now,
off the Joyce Theater sea- Marshall reprises her acclaimed Piaf concert
son. The Groovaloos’ perfor- (“Queen of Heart”) — which shatters the
mance fuses hip hop and Photo by Leonard Xu popular perception of Piaf as a tragic figure
freestyle dance with spoken
Two of The Groovaloos, by accentuating her joyous, mischievous side.
shaking their groove things All that, plus Marshall translated many of the
word poetry, and music —
all used to tell the tale of songs herself (about half are in English). Sept
15, 22, 29 at 7 p.m. and Oct 1, 8 at 7:30 p.m.
DANCE

how the cast realized their hopes and dreams by

shaking their groove things. Sept 15-27 at The Joyce
Theater (175 Eighth Ave, at 19th St). Tickets: $59;
$35; $19; $10. Tues–Wed, 7:30 p.m.; Thurs–Fri, 8
p.m.; Sat, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.;
Call 212-242-0800 or online at www.Joyce.org; visit
www.groovaloo.com
at the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd St.).
$25 cover, 2 drink minimum. For reservations
call 212-206-0440. Visit www.gaymarshall.
com.
Photo by Drew. S. Harris
Gay Marshall: from Morales to Grizabella to Piaf
32 September 9 - 15, 2009
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
PUBLIC NOTICES
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
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 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
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.
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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
NOTICE OF FORMATION
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
MHT VISIONS LLC
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
FANTASTIC PAW, LLC
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
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 OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF DEAN FOODS
OF WISCONSIN, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/27/09. Office location:
NY County. LLC formed in
Delaware (DE) on 3/27/09.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
c/o CT Corporation System,
111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011,
registered agent upon whom
process may be served. 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.
Purpose: all lawful purposes.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF MAN INVEST-
MENTS (USA) LLC
Authority filed with Secy. of
State of NY (SSNY) on 8/4/09.
Office location: NY County.
LLC formed in Illinois (IL) on
3/14/98. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to the IL address of
LLC: The LLC, 123 N. Wacker
Drive, Ste. 2800, Chicago, IL
60606. Arts. of Org. filed with
IL Secy. of State, 501 South
Second St., Springfield, IL
62756. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 8/19-9/23/09
NAME: GENERAL PROD-
UCTS COMPANY, LLC
Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State
of NY 07/20/08. Off. Loc.:
New York Co. SSNY desig-
nated as agent upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY to mail copy of
process to THE LLC, 237 East
18th Street, New York, NY
10003. Purpose: Any lawful
act or activity.
Vil 8/26/09 – 9/30/09
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LLC 16 WEST 36TH
STREET, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/7/09. Office location: New
York County. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to Ganfer & Shore,
LLP, 360 Lexington Ave., NY,
NY 10017 Duration perpetual.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 8/26/09 – 9/30/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF MEN IN BLACK
STAFFING LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/8/2009. Office location:
Queens Co. LLC formed in
Delaware (DE) on 6/2/2009.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
C/O Business Filings Incor-
poration 187 Wolf Rd Ste
101 Albany, NY 12205. DE
address of LLC: 108 West
13th St, Wilmington, DE
19801. Arts. Of Org. filed with
DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal
St., Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
BLACK WOLF CAPITAL,
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 Corpo-
ration Service Company
80 State Street Albany, NY
12207. Purpose: Any lawful
activity. Registered Agent:
Corporation Service Com-
pany 80 State Street Albany,
NY 12207.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
JENNIFER ROSS DESIGN
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 Jennifer Ross
500C Grand ST. #3F New
York, NY 10002. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
CHAOS INDUSTRY, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/28/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Corporation
Service Company 80 State
Street Albany, NY12207-
2543. Purpose: Any lawful
activity. Registered Agent:
Corporation Service Com-
pany 80 State Street Albany,
NY 12207-2543.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
OMERGE ALLIANCES,
LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/22/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to The LLC 345
West 145TH Street STE 6B1
New York, NY 10031. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
THE LAW OFFICES OF
VIJAY BHAGWATI PLLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/21/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to The LLC
8 Baker Street Lawrenceville,
NJ 08648. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
BLACK WOLF CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 8/12/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Corpo-
ration Service Company 80
State St Albany, NY 12207
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Registered Agent: Corpora-
tion Service Company 80
State St Albany, NY 12207.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
BLACK WOLF CAPITAL
PARTNERS, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 8/12/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Corpo-
ration Service Company 80
State St Albany, NY 12207
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Registered Agent: Corpora-
tion Service Company 80
State St Albany, NY 12207.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
BLACK WOLF PART-
NERS, 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 Corporation
Service Company 80 State St
Albany, NY 12207. Purpose:
Any lawful activity. Regis-
tered Agent: Corporation
Service Company 80 State St
Albany, NY 12207.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
CHATSWORTH VEN-
TURES LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/2/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 25
West 31 ST., 11TH FL. New
York, NY 10001. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
IMEK 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 Erik A Kaiser 10
West Street 29A New York,
NY 10004. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CAPITAL MERCURY
SHIRTMAKERS LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
08/07/09. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
350 Fifth Ave., Fl. 70, NY, NY
10118. 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. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
CATION OF COLONY
FINANCIAL MANAGER,
LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
08/07/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 06/23/09. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Corpora-
tion Service Co. (CSC), 80
State St., Albany, NY 12207-
2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o
CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd.,
Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
Dept. of State of the State of
DE, Div. of Corps., John G.
Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal
St.-Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CLOUD M1, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
07/24/09. 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: Cloud
M1, LLC, 449 West 125th
Street 3B, New York, NY
10027. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PROTOTYP3 D., LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
03/20/09. 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: PRO-
TOTYP3 D., 31 Union Square
West, Studio 3D, New York,
NY 10003. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME: B &
H PHOTO VIDEO PRO
AUDIO LLC.
Articles of Organization were
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY)
on 07/20/09. 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, 420 9th
Avenue, New York, New York
10001. Purpose: For any law-
ful purpose.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
September 9 - 15, 2009
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF CAMERON
CAPITAL LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
6/2/2009. Office location:
NY County. Principal busi-
ness address: 321 Silverrod
Court, Paramus, NJ, 07652.
LLC formed in New Jersey
(NJ) on 2/12/2008. 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 process
against the LLC is to: The
LLC, 321 Silverrod Court,
Paramus, NJ, 07652. NJ
address of LLC: 321 Silverrod
Court, Paramus, NJ, 07652.
Articles of Formation filed
with Treasurer of the State
of New Jersey, Dept. of the
Treasury, P.O. Box 002, Tren-
ton, NJ 08625. Purpose: any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF DHJV COM-
PANY LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 8/7/09. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: One Discovery Pl.,
Silver Spring, MD 20910. LLC
formed in DE on 4/24/09. 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: 1209 Orange St.,
Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts.
of Org. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful
purposes.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF APOLLO PHILAN-
THROPY PARTNERS, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/3/08. 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 Corporation Ser-
vice Company, 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207, registered
agent upon whom process
may be served. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NAME OF FOREIGN LLC:
NY TRIO 343 OWNER
LLC
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 7/14/09. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 7/10/09.
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 pro-
cess to: National Corporate
Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St.,
10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, regis-
tered agent upon whom pro-
cess may be served. Addr.
of foreign LLC in DE is: 615
S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE
19901. Auth. officer in DE
where Cert. of Form. filed:
DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal
St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 8/26-9/30/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #1230358 has
been applied for by Savory
& Sweet LLC to sell beer,
wine and liquor at retail in a
restaurant. For on premises
consumption under the ABC
law at 450 West 33rd Street
NY, NY 10001.
9/2/09 & 9/9/09
33
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has been
applied for by 27 Faja Foods
on the Hudson, Inc. to sell
beer, wine and liquor at retail
in a restaurant. For on prem-
ises consumption under the
ABC law at 27 Desbrosses
Street NY, NY 10013.
9/2/09 & 9/9/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #1230455
has been applied for by
339 Broadway Corp. to sell
beer and wine at retail in a
restaurant. For on premises
consumption under the ABC
law at 339 Broadway NY, NY
10013.
9/2/09 & 9/9/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #1229914 has
been applied for by Tradiz-
ione Corp. to sell beer and
wine at retail in a restaurant.
For on premises consump-
tion under the ABC law at
247 W 35th Street 14th Floor
NY, NY 10001.
9/2/09 & 9/9/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #1230107 has
been applied for by Garrity
Walsh Corp. d/b/a Affair on
8th to sell beer, wine and
liquor at retail in a restaurant.
For on premises consump-
tion under the ABC law at
35 West Eighth Street NY,
NY 10011.
9/2/09 & 9/9/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #TBA has been
applied for by 812 Broadway
Inc. d/b/a Karaoke Boho to
sell beer and wine at retail in
a restaurant. For on premises
consumption under the ABC
law at 196 Orchard Street NY,
NY 10003.
9/2/09 & 9/9/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, #1229969 has
been applied for by TPHG,
Ltd. d/b/a 315 Park Avenue
to sell beer only at retail in
a restaurant. For on prem-
ises consumption under the
ABC law at 315 Park Avenue
South NY, NY 10022.
9/2/09 & 9/9/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a License #1221342, has
been applied for by Flor De
Mar Inc., to sell, wine, beer
& liquor, under the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Law at 484
Amsterdam Ave, New York
City, NY, 11372, for on-prem-
ises consumption.
9/2/09 & 9/9/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ALVORD RECORDS,
LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
05/05/09. 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: 338
E. 15th Street, Ste. 2C, New
York, NY 10028. Purpose:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
34 September 9 - 15, 2009
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF EM GLOBAL MAR-
KETING, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
07/21/09. 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: EM
Global Marketing, LLC, 2727
Ocean Parkway, Suite A4,
Brooklyn, NY 11235. Pur-
pose: To engage in any law-
ful act or activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
ALEX LAYMAN IMAG-
ING, LLC
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with the
Sec of State of NY on 7/6/09.
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, c/o Alex Lay-
man, 170 E. 116th St., NY, NY
10029 General purposes
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
ACCELAPAYMENT LLC
a foreign Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with the
Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/2/09. NY office Location:
New York. SSNY is desig-
nated as agent upon whom
process against the LLC may
be served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC served upon him/
her to The LLC, 105 E. 34th
St., Ste. 163, NY, NY 10016.
General purposes.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF DESIGNER PAGES
ONLINE 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 pro-
cess to: The LLC, 21 Penn
Plaza, Ste. 1000, 360 W. 31st
St., NY, NY 10001. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BREAKTHROUGH
COLLEGE COUNSEL-
ING, LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/31/09. 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. 59th
St., Apt. 16A, NY, NY 10022.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF EATALY WINE LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/20/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: C/O B&B Hospitality
Group, Attn: Riva Horwitz, 45
E. 20th St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY
10003. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LHIW HESTER LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/13/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: John Newhouse
Esq., 3 W. 35th St., 9th Fl.,
NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF NEW YORK ADMIS-
SIONS, LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
08/04/09. 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, 1182 Broad-
way, NY, NY 10001. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF NYC – SHORT TERM
RENTALS LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
07/21/09. 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, 220 Riv-
erside Blvd., Ste. 22-F, New
York, NY 10069. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF KAYBRI REALTY LLC
Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec.
Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
08/18/09. 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, 337 E. 41st
St., NY, NY 10017. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF EYE CANDY LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
08/18/09. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 03/03/09. Princ.
office and DE address of LLC
is: 111 E. 23rd St., NY, NY
10010. NYS fictitious name:
FRESH & FAST LLC. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Corpora-
tion Service Co., 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207-2543. Arts.
of Org. filed with State of DE,
1220 N. Market St., Ste. 806,
Wilmington, DE 19801. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PCBV LIMITED LIABIL-
ITY COMPANY
Certificate filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
05/08/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: UNITED STATES
CORPORATION AGENTS,
INC, 7014 13th Street, Brook-
lyn, NY, 11228. Name/address
of each general partner avail-
able from SSNY. Purpose:
To engage any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF COBALT BAL-
LOON LLC
App. for Auth. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 7/30/09. Office
location: NY County. LLC org.
in DE 4/27/06. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to 10 E. 53rd
St., 34th Fl., NY, NY 10022.
DE office addr.: c/o CSC, 2711
Centerville Rd., Wilmington,
DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on
file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activities.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF MARATHON
CREDIT DISLOCATION
FUND GP, LLC
App. for Auth. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 7/23/09. Office
location: NY County. LLC org.
in DE 7/22/09. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to Attn:
Gregory L. Florio, One Bryant
Park, 38th Fl., NY, NY 10036.
DE office addr.: c/o CSC, 2711
Centerville Rd., Wilmington,
DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on
file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activities.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF TALF ADVAN-
TAGE FUND, LP
App. for Auth. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 6/29/09. Office
location: NY County. LP org.
in DE 4/23/09. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LP upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to Attn:
Thomas Pearce, 437 Madi-
son Ave., 39th Fl., NY, NY
10022. DE office addr.: CSC,
2711 Centerville Rd., Wilm-
ington, DE 19808. Cert. of
LP on file: SSDE, Townsend
Bldg., Dover, DE 19901.
Name/addr. of each gen. ptr.
avail. at SSNY. Purpose: any
lawful activities.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
DAVID OLIVER COHEN
FILMS, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 4/23/2009.
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 E.
22ND Street, #4L New York,
NY 21401. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
JM&S BRANDS LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/22/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to THE LLC
1 Irving Place, Ste V27D New
York, NY 10003. Purpose:
Any lawful activity. Regis-
tered Agent: Graham Jonas
1 Irving Place, Ste V27D New
York, NY 10003.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
FAIRWAY EVANSTON
LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 8/25/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to THE LLC 1250
Broadway STE 1203 New
York, NY 10001. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
PUBLIC NOTICES
HILLARY LEFEBVRE
MEDIA LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 1/30/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Hilary Lefebvre
Perry 62 West 62ND Street
Apt. 3G New York, NY 10023-
7007. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF DOUBLE J
CONSTRUCTION SER-
VICES, LLC
authority filed with NY Sec. of
State (SSNY) 7/23/2009. Juris.
of Org: NJ filed 10/14/2005.
NY off. Loc. In NY Co. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to The LLC
5 Shady Ridge Court Colum-
bus, NJ 08022. Arts of org.
on file with NJ Secretary of
State 125 West State St P.O.
Box 300 Trenton, NJ 08625-
0300. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF AMERICAN
FARMLAND ADVISOR
LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 8/14/09. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 8/13/09. NY
Sec. of State designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal business
addr.: 10 E. 53rd St., 29th
Fl., NY, NY 10022, Attn: Gen-
eral Counsel. DE addr. of LLC:
1209 Orange St., Wilming-
ton, DE 19801. Arts. of Form.
filed with DE Sec. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF AMERICAN
FARMLAND COMPANY
L.P.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 8/18/09. Office
location: NY County. LP
formed in DE on 8/14/09. NY
Sec. of State designated as
agent of LP upon whom pro-
cess against it may be served
and shall mail process to the
principal business addr.: 10
E. 53rd St., NY, NY 10022,
Attn: General Counsel. DE
addr. of LP: 1209 Orange
St., Wilmington, DE 19801.
Name/addr. of genl. ptr. avail-
able from NY Sec. of State.
Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec.
of State, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that license number 1230359
has been applied for by the
undersigned to sell liquor at
retail in a restaurant under
the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
trol Law at 34 8th Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10014 for on-
premises consumption.
34 8TH AVENUE LLC
Vil 9/2/09 & 9/9/09
NAME OF LLC: COOPER-
STEIN HOLDINGS LLC
Articles of Org. filed Dept. of
State of NY on 7/27/09. Office
location in NY: NY County.
Secy. of State designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. Sec. of State shall
mail a copy of process to:
Sheppard Mullin Richter &
Hampton LLP, Attn: Theo-
dore Max, 30 Rockefeller
Plaza, 24th Fl., NY, NY 10112,
registered agent upon whom
process may be served. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF QUIK PARK BPC TEN-
ANT LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N. (SSNY) on
7/16/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, 247 W. 37th
St., NY, NY 10018. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
Vil 9/2-10/7/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF THE NEW DISCOV-
ERYCAR & LIMO, LLC
Article of Organization filed
with the Secretary of State
of NY (SSNY) on 7/21/2009.
Office location: New York
County. SSNY has been des-
ignated as agent upon whom
process against it may be
served. The Office address to
which the SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC upon him is C/O the
LLC 147 Post Avenue, New
York, NY 10034. Date of Dis-
solution: (If Applicable). Pur-
pose of LLC: to engage in any
lawful activity. Street address
of Principal Business location
is 147 Post Avenue New York,
NY 10034.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
STICKHEAD MEDIA LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 7/8/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to The LLC 328
East 74TH ST., Suite 1C New
York, NY 10021. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
44 CLOTHING COMPANY
LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 5/1/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to C/O Lumbert
Slade 15 Saint James PL Apt.
#5G NY, NY 10038. Purpose:
Any lawful activity. Regis-
tered Agent: Lumbert Slade
15 Saint James PL Apt. #5G
NY, NY 10038.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
BUSINESS CAPITAL
SOLUTIONS LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 6/4/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Michael
Caronna 100 Neptune Ave.
Woodmere, NY 15598. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF MOORING TAX
ASSET GROUP, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
08/19/09. Office location:
NY County. LLC formed in
Virginia (VA) on 01/29/97.
Princ. office of LLC: 8614
Westwood Center Dr., Ste.
500, Vienna, VA 22182. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Corpora-
tion Service Co., 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207-2543. VA
addr. of LLC: 8614 Westwood
Center Dr., Ste. 650, Vienna,
VA 22182. Arts. of Org. filed
with Joel H. Peck, Clerk of
the Commission, PO Box
1197, Richmond, VA 23218.
Purpose: To service tax and
water and sewer liens.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HERO WARDROBE,
LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
05/29/09. 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: Hero
Wardrobe, LLC 573 Grand
Street Suite D-1706 NY, NY
10002 Purpose: To engage in
any lawful act or activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HORIZON VIEWS, LLC
Art. of Org filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 7/25/06. 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 c/o
Harry Fried, 39 W. 37th St,
New York, NY 10018. Pur-
pose: any lawful activities.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF RINCKER LAW, PLLC
a professional service
limited liability company
(PLLC). Articles of Organiza-
tion filed with Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY) on
08/20/2009. 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: Cari
Rincker, 165 East 90th Street,
Suite 2A, New York, NY
10128. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF DO NOT DIS-
TURB T ASSOCIATES,
LLC
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 8/13/09. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 54 Thompson St.,
NY, NY 10012. LLC formed
in DE on 6/12/09. 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., NY, NY 10011, regd. agt.
upon whom process may be
served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o
The Corporation Trust Co.,
1209 Orange St., Wilming-
ton, DE 19801. Arts. of Org.
filed with DE Sec. of State,
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: all lawful
purposes.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CENTURY TOWER
ASSOCIATES NY LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/24/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o The Olnick
Organization, Inc., Executive
Office, 135 E. 57th St., 22nd
Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF REGISTRA-
TION OF CUTTITA LLP
Certificate filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/15/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLP upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLP, 128 E. 35th
St., Ste. 100, NY, NY 10016.
Purpose: practice the profes-
sion of law.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PNT SHELL HOLD-
ING LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/16/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Tucker Distribu-
tion, 250 Passaic St., Newark,
NJ 07104, Attn: Len Carpen-
tieri. Purpose: any lawful
purpose.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HONEY MANAGE-
MENT, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/3/2005. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o William B.
DeBonis, 400 Central Park
West, Apt. 6N, NY, NY 10025,
who is also the registered
agent upon whom process
may be served. Term: until
12/31/2045. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF FLEURS DE COR, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
8/13/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: 110 West End
Avenue, #14C, NY, NY 10023.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BLUE ROCK PROPER-
TIES, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
3/21/06. Office location: New
York County. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Blue Rock Proper-
ties, LLC, 72 Orchard St., Ste.
10, New York, NY 10002. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF VESTA CAPITAL
PARTNERS LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/15/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o Wachtel &
Masyr, LLP, 110 E. 59th St.,
NY, NY 10022, Attn: William
H. Langston, Esq. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GUNN LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE, PLLC
a professional service lim-
ited liability company (PLLC).
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/28/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of PLLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: The PLLC, 38
W. 32nd St., Ste. 604, NY,
NY 10001. Purpose: practice
the profession of landscape
architecture.
Vil 9/9-10/14/09
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR trict needs.” I, and many of my neighbors,

couldn’t agree with you more.

Continued from page 24
Chris always came through
To The Editor:
Re “Christine Quinn for City Council in
Third District” (editorial, Sept. 2):
As we approach next week’s primary
election, it’s easy to focus on just one spe-
cific neighborhood issue, like a new building
going up on your block or construction on a
local school. In doing so we ignore the many
issues that affect the entire city, but have a
huge impact on life in our community.
That’s why I agree so strongly with The
Villager’s assessment that Christine Quinn
is the best candidate for City Council in
District 3. In the last four years alone,
Speaker Quinn has expanded the number of
full-day pre-kindergarten seats and worked
to improve test scores at struggling middle
schools. She increased safety regulations
to keep bars and clubs from bringing noise
and violence into our neighborhoods. Chris
stood up against hate crimes, and is fighting
in Albany to bring marriage equality to New
York State. She’s improved environmental
standards and brought healthier foods into
our schools and onto our streets. She’s
helped reform campaign finance, and kept
lobbyists from having too much influence
over government. She’s balanced our budget
without sacrificing safe streets and good
schools. And she’s been working to create
new jobs and help New Yorkers who are
unemployed.
When it comes to the issues that are
important to District 3, and to New York
City, Christine Quinn has always delivered.
I hope that on Tuesday, our neighbors keep
that in mind and join you in supporting her
Spring St. garage is indicative of her envi-
ronmental neglect. Quinn agreed to place-
ment of a 5,000-ton salt shed at Spring St.
in addition to a three-district garage. Salt
dispersed from the shed will be corrosive to
buildings, damage nearby parks and, most
important, create a health hazard to fami-
lies and their pets. The 500-plus daily trips
to and from the garage would add to the
already-high levels of traffic in the area and
further deteriorate the air quality.
Quinn’s lack of support for the com-
munity’s alternative, Hudson Rise, reflects
her ethical failure and fiscal imprudence.
Hudson Rise would mitigate some of the
traffic and air concerns by reducing the
garage size and adding a rooftop park, and it
would cost less than the city’s proposal.
It’s time we had a representative who
represented us. I say, “Dump Quinn.”
Denise Levine
Quinn fights for tenants
To The Editor:
Re “Christine Quinn for City Council
in Third District” (editorial, Sept. 2):
I was glad to see The Villager endorse
Speaker Christine Quinn for re-election
to the City Council this year. As you
noted, she has been a tremendous leader
in the fight for tenant protections, pass-
ing important legislation like the Tenant
Protection Act and the Safe Housing
Act. But it isn’t just about legal protec-
tions. In the last 10 years, Quinn has been
a leader in the fight to protect affordable
housing in the Village.
As a resident of Westbeth, I saw first-
hand just how critical it is to have some-
George Cominskie
Doing Bloomberg’s bidding
To The Editor:
Re “Christine Quinn for City Council
in Third District” (editorial, Sept. 2):
I am shocked by The Villager’s endorse-
ment. Simply put, Quinn serves Mayor
Bloomberg and has abandoned her commu-
nity. I personally sat in a meeting with her
regarding the Sanitation garage and I said,
“If you stand up to the mayor, you will be
a hero to the community.” She replied, “I’m
not interested in being a hero.” She then
went ahead and voted for the garage.
Aren’t our representatives supposed to sup-
port our best interests? The reason she didn’t
is because every insider knows Bloomberg
wants the garage. That’s ridiculous and not
someone who should be elected as a represen-
tative of a community. How can you endorse
a candidate that is Bloomberg’s lackey?
Christopher Brown
Save the bears!
To The Editor:
Re “Balazs whips bondage bash”
Subscribe to The Villager
(Scoopy’s Notebook, Sept. 2):
I commented last year about the
“Leather Fest” being moved to a more
obscure location, W. 13th St., and nobody
else had anything to say about it. Now,
the leather community is being forced
someplace else again, perhaps even more
obscure?
Apparently it is O.K. to have pride in
who you are, and be accepted as who you
are, as long as you are one of the pretty
people. Leather folk and “bears” don’t fit
that mold, so we are relegated to the back
alleys and out of sight.
How many more years until they just
give us a small island out in the Hudson
River where we will never be seen or
heard from again?
Richard Hunt
Leather forever!
To The Editor:
Re “Balazs whips bondage bash”
(Scoopy’s Notebook, Sept. 2):
Our community is under attack again.
We are being punished by a money-hungry
community that wants us to be invis-
ible. Yes, I have fond memories of every
Sunday afternoon when daddies and their
boys were seen up and down Christopher
St. We had friendly bars, clubs, shops and
Continued on page 38

for re-election.
Brad Hoylman
Hoylman is Democratic district leader, 66th
Assembly District, Part A
It’s time to dump Quinn
To The Editor:
Re “Christine Quinn for City Council in
Third District” (editorial, Sept. 2):
I am disappointed that The Villager sup-
ports Quinn in spite of its acknowledgement
that she has failed her constituents concern-
ing the Spring St. Sanitation garage. The
Villager credits Quinn on tenant issues and
parks, but her stance — or lack of one! —
regarding the Spring St. garage indicates
that she has, in fact, abandoned her district
on those issues as well.
The Spring St. garage would be located
across the street from residential buildings,
and the mammoth garage (more than 110
feet high before mechanicals) would effec-
tively set up a barrier between the neighbor-
hood and the Hudson River Park.
Furthermore, her lack of action on the
YES
one fighting to keep our homes affordable.
Had we lost our tax abatement, many
Westbeth artists would have been priced I want The Villager
out of our community. Christine Quinn
stood with us every step of the way to Enclosed is: $16 for half year $29 for 1 year
make sure this didn’t happen. Just a few $45 for 2 years $59 for 3 years
months ago, she led the effort to renew
our tax abatement and keep our rents
affordable for another 40 years. Name_________________________________________________________
When The Related Companies proposed
Company _____________________________________________________
a 15-story glass tower for the Superior Ink
site, Christine Quinn helped us fight the Address _______________________________________________________
proposal and forged a compromise that
led to a much more acceptable building. City _______________________ State ____________ Zip ______________
As apartments have gotten more and
more expensive all over Manhattan, it’s
absolutely critical that we have leaders Payment Methods
who know how to keep our neighborhoods check enclosed credit card
affordable. Speaker Quinn has proven she
can do just that, and she’s exactly the per- Acct# _____________________________________________________________
son we need to keep up that fight for the
Expiration date ____ / ____ (month / year)
next four years.
I often say to friends who disagree Name (print) ______________________________________________________
with Christine on an issue or two, “If we Signature (required) _______________________________________________
had to have 100 percent agreement on
everything, we’d all be single.” As you
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A young artist learns, while another’s legacy endures

Above, on Saturday, at Art Around the Park at the HOWL Festival at Tompkins Square Park, Rolando Vega, right, discussed art with a fellow East Village artist, Scarlet Potts,
6. Below, also on Saturday, a group vending cupcakes and sweets passed an Art Around the Park painting in memory of the late Valerie Blitz. A painter, actress and activist,
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Continued from page 35
neighbors. Pride is more then one or two
days a year. It is a community of loving,
caring people who demand respect. We
are being made into pariahs.
In leather and pride.
Lenny Waller
Hey Bullwinkle, I’m smart!
To The Editor:
Re “Maybe it’s nuts, but they call her
‘The Squirrel Whisperer’” (news article,
Aug. 26):
I loved the “Squirrel Whisperer” story,
but there was no mention of how incred-
ibly intelligent these little guys are. Some
years back, I trained a family of three or
four to come right up to my rear window
and take an unshelled peanut from my
fingers. It got so that when I raised the
window, they recognized the sound and
would come from all around, including
the roof of a nearby building, to have a
bite. Other times, out of the blue, one of
them would come to the closed window
and stand on the sill at full height, peering
in to see if I was around. They don’t live
much longer than three years, I’m told,
and I’m not patient enough to train the
new crop.
Same thing in Madison Square Park,
where the squirrels are well acquainted
with the habit of humans feeding them. If
I made a clucking noise, they’d hop across
the lawn from great distances, climb the
wire fence and perch on top to take the
unshelled peanut from my fingers. But
I’m not clear on city policy about feeding
them. On at least one occasion, a park
official told me I was breaking the law.
And I saw signs there and in other parks
that say don’t feed the squirrels. Why
would this be?
Bruce Haxthausen
Squashes squirrel jab
To The Editor:
Re “Maybe it’s nuts, but they call her
‘The Squirrel Whisperer’ “ (news article,
Aug. 26):
Just to clarify a few incorrect state-
ments made in this article:
First, the squirrels in Union Square
Park are not starving. I sell my artwork in
Union Square and every time I go out to
sell, I bring nuts and water with me and
have “regular customers” coming back
and forth all day. I lay the nuts out on
one of my bins and provide a nut buffet
for them.
Second, having just confessed to bring-
ing nuts to the park for the squirrels, it is
illegal to feed them. There are big, green
signs posted throughout the park stating
this. Squirrels are considered wildlife and
wildlife must not be fed, according to the
law. Technically, I’m not feeding them —
they’re stealing from me.
Miriam West
Providence the next Poe?
To The Editor:
“Provincetown drama encore as the-
ater’s wall partly removed” (news article,
Aug. 19), by Al Amateau on demolition of
part of the Playhouse north wall, misses
some key points for people in the com-
munity who have lived through N.Y.U.’s
past performances. Without getting into
Alicia Hurley’s comments — “My office
should have known about it and takes
full responsibility for the communications
gap” — and Borough President Stringer’s
comments about failure to consult the
community regarding N.Y.U. embarking
“on a new path of transparency and dia-
logue with neighbors,” the missing link is
that the community has been conditioned
by N.Y.U. over some two generations, or
more than 40 years, to place little cre-
dence in the university’s statements and
more in its actions.
It was merely a few years ago that
John Sexton — after his series of town
hall talks, in which he had spoken about
the Village’s fragile ecosystem — sprung
the monstrous, 26-story, 700-room, E.
12th St. dormitory on this very ecosystem.
This was followed shortly by N.Y.U.’s par-
ticipation in Borough President Stringer’s
Task Force on N.Y.U. Development as a
signatory to the “planning principles,”
one of whose major points stressed “reuse
before new development.”
And so the very first project that N.Y.U.
Rogue cyclists ride roughshod
Continued from page 22
lished, lawful way of life. Transportation
Alternatives — the pedestrian and bicycle
advocacy organization that has promoted
bike lanes, bike racks, indoor parking and
other amenities — says it wants to double
the number of commuter cyclists, currently
185,000, according to T.A., in the next two
years. D.O.T.’s focus is on the establishment
of bike lanes, which are causing contro-
versy, and encouraging people to lounge in
lawn chairs in Times Square. The neglect
of enforcement toward a standard of traffic
safety seriously calls the priorities of this
administration into question.
The elderly are virtually housebound.
Parents of young children are deeply con-
cerned for their safety. Animal compan-
brought before the task force was demolition
and redevelopment of the full Provincetown
block front. It took some major effort, prin-
cipally by the Greenwich Village Society for
Historic Preservation, to convince N.Y.U.
to preserve the historic theater in footprint
and volume — with the theater’s four walls
and surviving artifacts — after failing to
get the university to commit to preserva-
tion. Absent from the initial discussion was
N.Y.U. rising to a higher standard, as would
befit an institution claiming world-class sta-
tus, to preserve an American cultural icon
instead of taking the easy way out through
demolition rather than preservation.
We now are involved in what amounts
to a sequence of errors and omissions on
Provincetown regarding structural facts that
were supposed to have been vetted back in
2008 when the project was presented to the
task force, and a breakdown in communica-
tions within the N.Y.U. administration in
explaining this problem to the public and
why partial demolition is proceeding. For
those who were present at the construction
of the new Law School building that was
to preserve the Poe House several years
back, this seems like history repeating itself.
Poe ended up as a brick facade and plaque
appendage compared to the original prom-
ises N.Y.U. made on its proposed preserva-
tion. Again, absent was the call to a higher
standard in preserving a legacy in American
culture, as debatable as it may have been.
Who else but a major “world-class” educa-
tional institution could heed this call?
This is why there is still great skepti-
cism on the part of task force members,
including myself, and the general public
and explains why N.Y.U.’s so-called “trans-
parency” and “harmonious relations” with
its neighbors are regarded as a myth. The
only transparency, in fact, is that N.Y.U.
has unveiled its space needs for 2031
and the 6 million square feet total, or
3.6 million square feet slated for the core
campus area. It is this magnitude of space
slated for the core that causes great anxi-
ety to N.Y.U.’s neighbors as the university
expands its hegemony over the Village and
Continued on page 39
ions are in peril. The atmosphere of the
sidewalks and streets resembles the Coney
Island boardwalk carnival live-target paint-
ball game “Shoot The Freak” — and we,
the people, are the freak. It is a version of
homegrown terrorism.
In a recent paper, “A Mayoral Directive,”
Transportation Alternatives calls for the
establishment of an “Office of Traffic Safety”
by December 2010. Given the ongoing
crisis, such an office would be appropriate.
However, CARR recommends, in the near
term, that the “moving violations unit” be
restarted. This would not require legislation.
The resulting enforcement would require
will, commitment and common decency.
Brown is a founder of Coalition Against
Rogue Riding and a former owner of The Hi
Ho Cyclery bike shop, at 165 Avenue A.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Continued from page 38
its fast-disappearing “fragile ecosystem.”
Martin Tessler
No Tennessee in ‘Greatness’
To The Editor:
Re “Last call for FringeNYC” (arts article, Aug. 26):
I once served as Tennessee Williams’s assistant. I met him
a year after the Vancouver production of “The Red Devil
Battery Sign,” and continued in that position for six months,
through the staging of his last new play produced during his
lifetime, “A House not Meant To Stand” at the Goodman
Theatre in Chicago.
Since I now live in Stone Mountain, Ga, I have been
unable to witness Mr. MacIvor’s play onstage, but some time
ago, received a copy of the manuscript. I can say that what-
ever merits “His Greatness” has, they do not include insight
into the nature, life or poetic core of Tennessee Williams
— in his later years or at any other time. I did not recognize
Tennessee Williams in Mr. MacIvor’s play.
Additionally, the Young Man is not the type of “young
man” Mr. Williams would have associated with at all — I
had considerable experience dealing with Mr. Williams’s
“young men.”
Whether The Assistant reflects my personal qualities or
not, I’ll leave to others to decide.
Although I cannot speak for them, the Williams scholars
with whom I have been in contact and who have seen or read
“His Greatness” are of the same opinion of Mr. MacIvor’s play.
My memoir of the six months I worked for Tennessee
Williams will be released by Alyson Books in hardcover in
April 2010. I do not mention this as commercial promotion
— it’s months too early to pre-order — but to let your read-
ers know that the record will be set straight.
By all means, enjoy Mr. MacIvor’s play — as simply
a piece of theater — but please reserve judgment on the
nature of Tennessee Williams. There must be a reason Mr.
MacIvor takes great pains not to mention Tennessee’s name
or the titles of his plays. I write this with all sincerity.
Scott Kenan
Shut up, you hockey pucks!
To The Editor:
Re “Puck it! Not your average beer league in Tompkins
Square” (news article, Aug. 19):
I love how the Rehabs can’t even just keep their whin-
ing to themselves, or to the league Web site, or to the
league message board. Now they have to start complain-
ing in local papers.
Hacksaw
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