BY JULIE SHAPIRO Ashia Johns goes to work every day

wearing a white hard hat on her head and a fl ashy white-gold diamond ring on her left hand.

The hard hat keeps her safe as she builds the new Goldman Sachs head-quarters Downtown. The engagement ring look-alike, which Johns bought for herself, also keeps her safe — from the attentions of the dozens of men she works with.

“I wear the ring as a decoy,” Johns said, laughing as she ate lunch on the edge of the construction site on a recent afternoon. “They don’t really bother me,” she said of her male co-workers. “I just use [the ring] to throw them off.”

Johns, 35, is one of the rare women who choose carpentry as a career. For every 65 male carpenters, there is only one female carpenter, according to a 2008 U.S. Department of Labor study.

Other trades are even more skewed toward men — in the same 2008 study, the most unbalanced of all professions in the country was bricklaying, which boasted only one woman for every 230 men.

On the whole, women represent 2.5 percent of the total workers in the construction and excavation industry, up from 2.1 percent 20 years ago, the

BY WILL GLOVINSKYSupporters of a ballot

initiative that would create a second, independent 9/11 investigative commission are awaiting the City Clerk’s certifi cation of 52,000 sig-natures submitted on June 24 by the New York City Coalition for Accountability Now, or NYC CAN. The deci-sion could bring the measure

to the City Council for a vote and, if approved, the refer-endum would appear on this November’s ballot.

“This could be one of the most important ballot referendums ever put to city voters because of what happened, the nature of the event, the scale of it — and

8 years later, pushto put a new 9/11probe on the ballot

Women are working it at W.T.C.

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‘Mosaic Man’ out on the tilesJim Power, the “Mosaic Man,” recently fi xed up some of his planters on Avenue A encrusted with his signature mix of fragments of tiles, pieces of broken plates and glass beads. See Page 35 for more photos.

BY JEFFERSON SIEGELFor the second time in

recent months, the Animal Protection & Rescue League held a protest at the East Village restaurant Momofuku, calling on the popular eatery, as well as other restaurants, to stop serving foie gras.

“Forced feeding is a dis-eased state where the liver can’t function,” explained Bryan Pease of A.P.R.L. Pease, a California attorney and his wife, Kath Rogers, stood on First Ave. between 10th and 11th Sts., holding a large banner of graphic photos as diners fi led into the popular eatery.

Foie gras, French for “fattened liver,” is produced by inserting a feeding tube down the throat of a duck and force-feeding it, caus-ing the liver to swell to 10 times its normal size.

“When you see foie gras on the menu, it doesn’t come with a disclaimer that they torture the ducks,” Pease said.

Ben Levine of the Flatiron district stood near the banner while waiting for his girlfriend to arrive.

“I was going to eat the chicken. We’ll definitely enjoy dinner a little less now

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RETURN OF THE SLACKTIVIST: Spread the word around — the boy’s back in town. L.E.S. Slacktivist leader John Penley (above) is back in the neighborhood, and was even serving as a bartender at last Thursday night’s “The Iron Heel” fundraiser. “He said it was the best time he’s had since before he left for Erie, Pa., several months ago,” Elizabeth Ruf Maldonado, creator of the upcoming dance-operetta, told us. Penley told us that he and Jerry The Peddler are “doing publicity work” for a new band that includes former members of Living Color and P-Funk. He said he couldn’t say exactly what kind of publicity work it is.

CAN’T SAY NO TO STONEWALL: Williamson Henderson has done it again. Last Thursday, Community Board 2 overwhelmingly gave its approval for the Stonewall Veterans’ Association’s street fair on Sept. 26 on Greenwich Ave. Things had been looking doubtful for S.V.A. after Henderson, for three months, repeatedly failed to provide the information that Evan Lederman, the board’s Street Activities Committee chairperson, had been requesting. Lederman contacted Henderson last week and told him it was now or never, and Henderson fi nally e-mailed him the info at the last moment. In the end, the board voted 49 to 1 in support of the street fair, with the only no vote being Anne Hearn, a Washington Square Village tenant leader. Lederman said, ultimately, S.V.A. does have the required “nexus with the community,” in that it provides speakers about the Stonewall riots and gay rights; holds discussion panels; hosts a Web site; does youth outreach in the L.G.B.T. community; and holds meetings at the L.G.B.T. Center on W. 13th St. “They claim to have hundreds — if not thousands — of members,” Lederman noted of S.V.A., though adding, “It’s a controversial group.” Henderson never did tell Lederman exactly where the thousands of dollars from the street fair go, other than, in general terms, such as to keep their swanky blue Cadillac in good condition. “Legally, we can’t ask to see their books,” Lederman explained. “At the end of the day, he’s not testifying under oath.” Later, Lederman added that he’d gotten phone calls from “several” local politicians, who cajoled him that the board should O.K. S.V.A.’s street fair. Asked to name the pols, he replied, “I’d rather not say,” and denied he felt pressured by them. Lederman said the real issue is that the city itself doesn’t require any accounting of where money raised at street fairs goes. “I think there’s an abundance of fraud and misuse of public streets,” he said. As for the lingering accusations that Henderson himself wasn’t even at the Stonewall riots of 1969, Lederman said, “His organization stands for a cause — whether he was actually there, to me, it’s irrelevant.” Meanwhile, Henderson at last revealed why there’s no record of him having

been at Stonewall during what he calls “the rebellion” or of hav-ing been treated at St. Vincent’s Hospital for alleged injuries he suffered during the famous gay uprising against police. “They don’t know what name I was under,” he told us. “If they knew that, they’d know a lot more. ... No one would have given out their name, unless they were naive.” Asked if his pseudonym was something like Joey, Jimmy or Johnny, Henderson said no, it was much more interesting than that.

FAMILY AFFAIR: After seven years diligently writing away, Michael Rosen has published a book on his family called “What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse.” Under the Public Affairs imprint, the book tells the story of how Rosen, a founding member of the East Village Community Coalition, took in a group of local youths and helped raise them in his penthouse apartment at the Christodora House and put them through college. It’s on sale at St. Mark’s Bookshop and all the local Barnes & Noble bookstores. On Aug. 13, Rosen will be giving a reading at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, which will be introduced by former Councilmember Margarita Lopez. He’ll also be doing a reading at the National Arts Club, which will be intro’d by Councilmember Rosie Mendez. He’ll soon be embarking on a national book tour, speaking at 30 independent bookstores. … Speaking of Rosen, he tells us something may be cooking next door to him at the old P.S. 64. A group of men in dark suits were recently seen exiting the old school and getting into a black S.U.V., while tons of bricks and debris have recently been removed from the place. The latest we’d heard, plans were to rent the existing building out as some sort of university dorm.

GIMME SHELTER — FROM THE SHELTER: Conditions are again deteriorating around the Third St. Men’s Shelter off the Bowery, we’re told. Composer Philip Glass’s apartment on the corner of Second Ave. was recently burglarized, with someone breaking a window with a metal bar, but only steal-ing a cell phone. Muggings, car break-ins and drugs report-edly are rampant around the shelter. Elinor Tatum, publisher of the Amsterdam News and a member of Community Board 3 who lives on the block, said she recently went to an open house around the corner at the Marble Collegiate Cemetery and was shocked to see all the 40-ounce beer and vodka bottles littering the graveyard, which she is sure were tossed out of the shelter’s windows. “I don’t want to see it going back to the way it was in the late ’80s,” Tatum told us. We hear the shelter is holding a meeting for the community this Thursday at 6 p.m. at Kenton Hall, 333 Bowery, between Second and Third Sts.

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that we’ve seen these pictures,” he said, look-ing at the images of ducks in various stages of engorgement.

Another patron stepped outside the res-taurant to check his BlackBerry.

“I used to work in a meatpacking plant in Texas, so it doesn’t bother me as much,” he explained between texts.

Several diners exiting the restaurant called out, “I didn’t eat it.”

“We’re asking every restaurant in New York City that serves foie gras to take it off their menu,” Rogers said.

A restaurant employee referred ques-tions to a corporate e-mail. Management did not reply to e-mailed questions by press time.

Ducks have never fared well, especially in the entertainment media. (See Daffy, Donald, Howard the). However, one recent fi lm elevated the species with a touching portrayal of an elderly man searching for meaning in his remaining years. The movie “Duck” depicted actor Philip Baker Hall as a character wandering Los Angeles accom-panied by a webbed-footed companion.

“I made ‘Duck’ a cautionary tale, as a reaction to the war in 2003,” director Nic Bettauer said in an e-mail.

“The bond between a human and an animal can be life altering and affirming.

During the release of ‘Duck,’ I worked directly with Farm Sanctuary, which was leading the No Foie Gras movement with the Humane Society.

“Although I’m a hardcore foodie,”

Bettauer added, “if I go to a restaurant and see foie gras on the menu it’s a deal-breaker for me, and I’m out of there.”

According to A.P.R.L., 15 countries have banned the force-feeding of ducks

and geese for foie gras. In California, a statewide law banning the production and sale of foie gras goes into effect in 2012.

For more information on the issue go to www.aprl.org/foiegras.html.

Foie gras foes livid as Momofuku serves duck liver

Villager photo by Jefferson Siegel

Californians attorney Bryan Pease and his wife, Kath Rogers, held a banner outside Momofuku on Sunday as a man stepped out of the restaurant and saw their banner.

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because so many questions were unanswered,” said Kyle Hence, a spokesperson for NYC CAN.

Before the initiative reaches voters, however, it still faces a series of hurdles, the certifi cation decision being only the fi rst. The City Clerk must certify that at least 30,000 signatures belong to registered New York City voters, although NYC CAN’s leaders are confi dant that they can supply enough additional signa-tures if necessary. Another 15,000 signatures may also be needed to override a veto by City Council.

Seizing upon the comments by Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, co-chairpersons of the original 9/11 Commission, that their inves-tigation was “set up to fail,” NYC CAN argues that the original 9/11 Commission was a fl awed investigation marred by reticent gov-ernment agencies and inconsistent testimony. The group proposes a new subpoena-powered commission of mostly private citizens (the list in the petition does include former Senators Lincoln Chafee and Mike Gravel), which pro-ponents say would pursue the remaining ques-tions aggressively and independently.

The new commission would try to fi nd answers for all of the questions initially posed by the Family Steering Committee, the group of victims’ family members that lobbied for

the creation of the original 9/11 Commission. However, Ted Walters, executive director of NYC CAN, said that the terrorists’ fund-ing and the military’s failure to intercept the hijacked jetliners were especially high priorities for a new investigation.

“We’re talking about a serious failure to comply with protocols,” he said, referring to the failure of military interceptors.

The new commission would also investigate the illnesses that have affl icted survivors, fi rst responders and local residents and workers in the eight years since the attacks. On its Web site, NYC CAN says that fi rst responders have been unable to draw benefi ts from the World Trade Center Captive Insurance Company, which was set up by the government to under-write medical costs for injured parties.

The Coalition for Accountability Now refl ects an effort to unify and legitimize a broad spectrum of interests that have ques-tioned the government’s ability to investigate itself. Working with an issue that has fostered a bevy of conspiracy theorists, NYC CAN takes pains to clarify on its Web site that its commis-sion would be impartial and start with zero assumptions.

Walters did say that the new commission would follow a more aggressive investigative strategy than the fi rst commission, which issued subpoenas for Pentagon and White House doc-uments only after it encountered stiff resistance from government offi cials.

“The fi rst step, on Day One, would be to draw up a list of everybody they want to inter-view, and issue the subpoenas at the beginning,” Walters said. He added that, in addition to mandating testimony from tight-lipped govern-ment offi cials, subpoenas would also provide a legal green light for people who want to share information but cannot without an explicit order to do so.

William Pepper, legal counsel for NYC CAN and a slated commissioner if the referendum is approved, said that despite the municipal man-date of the commission, its subpoena power would, in effect, range far beyond the city line.

“Subpoenas are honored by other districts,” said Pepper. “If a witness refuses to appear, the subpoena could be converted to another court. There may well be challenges, but I think legally they can be overcome.”

Walters explained that if the commission were to meet the same kind of resistance that the original investigation encountered, atten-tion could be directed at the persons or agen-cies that were not forthcoming.

“There will be a dichotomy of those who want to testify and those who don’t,” he said.

Regarding the work of the original 9/11 Commission, Walters said that one of his major concerns was its refusal to hold any entity accountable for failing to fulfi ll its duty.

“There were structural failures,” he said, referring to the tangled bureaucracy that slowed the military’s immediate response to

the attack, “but there were also individual failures.”

Although Walters insisted that the new commission would not be a witch hunt, he said he would be surprised if it did not ultimately hold anyone responsible. He noted that the petition’s language charges the commission to “seek indictments” where prudent, meaning the commission could work in tandem with prosecutors’ offi ces.

“Ultimately, what our justice system does with the fi ndings of the commission is beyond our control,” Walters said. “Changes will be made through political pressure rather than legal obligation.”

The “set up to fail” comment by Kean and Hamilton is from their 2006 book, “Without Precedent,” which details the internal work-ings of the 9/11 Commission and criticizes the Federal Aviation Administration, the mili-tary command and House Republicans for obstructing the commission’s investigation.

Another 9/11 Commission member, Bob Kerrey, former Nebraska senator and current president of The New School, has also spoken out about the commission’s work, specifi cally the diffi culty of discerning the truth from infor-mation obtained through terrorism suspects who were subjected to “enhanced interroga-tion.” Kerrey, who could not be reached for this article, was quoted in a March Newsweek essay saying that it might take “a permanent 9/11 commission” to answer remaining questions.

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Department of Labor said. In Lower Manhattan, where so much

construction has fl ooded the neighborhood that the city and state created a command center to keep track of it all, the numbers do not appear to be much different, though no one collects the statistics. Women at sev-eral large construction sites said they work with hundreds of men but just a handful of women.

The Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center runs several programs to attract women and minorities to work sites Downtown, including classes and job place-ment assistance.

“It’s not a man’s world anymore,” said Beverly Bobb, who manages the command center’s equal-opportunity programs. “If a woman can do it, why not?”

While Bobb said women remain very much in the minority and occasionally face harassment or poor work conditions, those who spoke to The Villager this month did not describe an atmosphere of negativity or discrimination. The biggest challenges of the job come not from their minority status but from the job itself, the women said.

Arlene Fisher, a surveyor at One World Trade Center, the Freedom Tower, said the most diffi cult thing she has to do is navi-gate the red tape associated with rebuilding ground zero.

“It’s different than any of the other jobs I’ve worked on,” Fisher said. “The chain of command is longer than normal… It takes 10 times as long to get anything done.”

Fisher, 39, spoke of her male co-workers with affection and a trace of condescension.

“Believe it or not, the guys on construc-tion sites have good manners,” she said. Her one problem is that “They just don’t listen,” she said. “But most of the guys are well-trained,” she added. “They don’t like to see me get mad.”

Fisher, who is divorced and has two young children, started working in construc-tion nine years ago after growing frustrated with her low-paying job as a special-edu-cation teacher. Now she spends most days outside, and on a recent afternoon she was using a laser to measure whether a concrete wall around the Freedom Tower’s core was perfectly straight and exactly where it was supposed to be.

Fisher and others described the salary — an average of nearly $50,000 a year for a full-fl edged union member, plus benefi ts, according to a women’s advocacy group — as the biggest perk of the job.

The promise of good money drew Estelle St. Clair into a carpenters’ union in 1999, when she was out of work and had a 5-year-old son to care for.

“I did it at fi rst for the income, but now a lot of the work fascinates me,” said St. Clair, who is building Tower 4 at the World Trade Center site. “Looking at the massive struc-tures in New York, it makes you interested in how they get done, start to fi nish.”

On a recent morning, St. Clair, 35, strode

across Tower 4’s partially completed fl oors with a pink bandana beneath her hardhat and the remnants of pink polish on her fi ngernails. St. Clair spoke with pride as she pointed out the recently poured concrete and the rows of steel reinforcements, then she worked with several men to build a structure that would support a new concrete fl oor for the next level up.

When St. Clair was fi rst starting out in construction, some guys told her they wouldn’t work with concrete, because it was too dangerous. St. Clair was a little ner-vous, too, and she had to master her fear of heights so she could build skyscrapers.

“You’re outside in the fresh air, and there are new things to do every day,” St. Clair said. “Sometimes it’s a little scary.” She paused. “I love it,” she said.

St. Clair got so comfortable with being high up off the ground that on her last proj-ect, the Bank of America tower in Midtown, her supervisor had to remind her whenever she got too close to the edge of the building — she was so absorbed in her work that she

barely noticed. As for the men she works with, St. Clair

said she rarely has problems.“Sometimes at fi rst, on a new job, they’ll

say, ‘Can we ask her to do this? Is she will-ing?’” St. Clair said. “But once they see you jump in and you try, everyone loosens up some.”

Tanya Ridley, a metal lather and the only other female hard hat at Tower 4, said her favorite part of the job is its hands-on usefulness.

“You work hard, you get dirty, you know it’s worth it,” she said, grinning.

Ridley, 32, said she doesn’t mind being one of the only women on the site, and the men she works with don’t seem to mind either.

“If I’m not as strong as they are physically, I’m willing to work hard to get it done, just like anyone else,” she said.

Ridley initially worked as a secretary and a receptionist after high school, unaware that construction was even an option. Women are funneled into college, the military or low-pay-ing, unrewarding jobs like home healthcare, she said, when the building trades might be a better fi t.

Ridley may never have broken into con-struction at all, but two years ago she heard about a Chelsea group called Nontraditional Employment for Women.

NEW runs six-week training programs designed to launch women into careers in construction and other building, transporta-tion and energy trades. Participants brush up on math skills, learn to read blueprints and practice toting 63-pound buckets up fl ights of stairs. NEW trained nearly 500 women last year, most of them lower-income minorities, and has been encouraging women to work in construction since 1978. Ridley did the pro-

gram in 2007 and said it gave her the skills she needed to get a union job.

“Things are changing,” said Kathleen Culhane, vice president of programs at NEW. “Doors are opening like never before… . Today, it’s not such a rarity to see not only one woman but a handful of women on a job site, working in construction.”

On a Friday afternoon last month, NEW held a graduation for 12 women who had just completed the six-week program. The brief but boisterously heartfelt ceremony took place on the third fl oor of NEW’s W. 20th St. building, beneath posters reading “Celebrate Men Working With Women” and images of NEW’s logo, which looks like the symbol for “female” with a hammer instead of the “T.”

As each woman’s name was called to receive a completion certifi cate, the others cheered, making up for the lack of friends and family members in the very small audience.

(Before the ceremony started, one of the NEW leaders asked if any of the women were waiting on a guest. “It’s just us,” one of the students replied. Pointing to her fellow gradu-ates, she added, “My guest is right here.”)

After impromptu speeches that left nearly everyone in tears, the graduates ate pizza and refl ected on the demanding six weeks behind them and their plans for the future.

Taja Brown, 28, hopes to join a union so she can continue working in construction but get paid better wages. When she was 19, she helped her father fi x up a house, and she fell in love with the work. Since then, she’s been getting jobs wherever she can.

“I like the looks I get in Home Depot,” Brown said, especially when she’s picking out an unusual tool or material. “People stare, like, ‘What do you know about that?’”

Brown once picked up a customer that way — a man saw her looking at tools in the tiling section, and she wound up tiling his entire basement. Brown has gotten some tiling jobs partly because she’s female, since customers expect her to be more detailed and precise, she said.

“But a lot of people assume I can’t do it,” Brown added. “I like to show them and prove them wrong.”

There is no typical NEW student. Other members of the graduating class included Cerise Bunch, a freckled 40-year-old woman from the Bronx, and Ruth Zuniga, a 20-year-old from Spanish Harlem. Bunch has an engineering degree but can’t fi nd a job, so she decided to give the blue-collar industry a shot. She hopes to work for Con Edison or the Fire Department. Zuniga had to complete her G.E.D. so she could apply to NEW, and now she wants to work as a bricklayer.

One of the only parents to attend the grad-uation was Stephanie Spencer, whose daugh-ter Rashida Johnson, 26, had just completed the program. Johnson graduated collage and had worked in public relations but was laid off, her mother said.

“It’s wonderful that she’s getting a chance to go out there in the world and compete with guys,” Spencer said. “Women com-ing into construction, electrical, plumbing work — this is the last frontier, so good for them.”

Women are working it in construction at the W.T.C.

Photo by Joe Woolhead

Tanya Ridley, a metal lather, hoists a rod of rebar at Tower 4 at the World Trade Center site.

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‘You’re outside in the fresh air, and there are new things to do every day. Sometimes it’s a little scary. I love it.’

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Wind, lightning: Sunday was a tough day to be a treeFirst, heavy winds on Sunday afternoon felled branches and whole trees around Downtown, from Sixth Ave. in Chelsea to the East Village, along Sixth St. and First Ave., and also reportedly in Tompkins Square Park. Above, a cyclist skirted downed branches on First Ave. near 13th St. On E. Sixth St., across from Gandhi restaurant, a tree trunk crashed onto a parked black BMW; a crowd of nearly 30 people watched as police, armed with electric saws, dismantled the tree, the onlookers cheering when it was removed from the car’s roof around 8 p.m. On top of the wind, later on, lightning struck a tree on the W. Houston St. median, below, slashing off half the trunk, which fell into the eastbound traffi c lanes across from Arturo’s restaurant. Again, police crews used saws to cut up the tree, with the traffi c lanes closed for an hour as they completed the work and removed the debris.

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BY HARRY BARTLE Late last month, in yet another effort

to diversify the city’s economy, the Mayor’s Offi ce released a press statement declaring plans to expand the Chinatown/Lower East Side Empire Zone to include the up-and-coming East River Science Park, a 3.5-acre site between 29th and 30th Sts. on First Ave., across the street from Bellevue Men’s Shelter. The “park,” however, is not the kind of place East Side parents are going to take their children on a Sunday afternoon. It’s primary features: two giant glass towers that, when combined, will total more than 2 million square feet. The science park is being developed to provide lab space for medical and biotech fi rms.

“Currently, the city’s institutions spin out 20 to 30 new companies annually,” said David Lombino, a spokesperson for the city’s Economic Development Corporation. “For small life-science fi rms like these, as well as large pharmaceutical companies, the lack of available commercial lab space has been a detriment to their locating in New York City.”

The city’s strategy seems to have started off on the right foot: ImClone, a global bio-pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, announced last Wednesday that it had signed a long-term lease to occupy more than 90,000 square feet in the fi rst tower.

In order to keep New York’s budding commercial bio-tech industry competitive and attract companies like ImClone, the

mayor has taken special action to include the E.R.S.P. in the Empire Zones program, a New York State initiative established in 1986 to benefi t certain areas that face long-term unemployment and poverty by stimu-lating job creation and private investment. Inclusion in an Empire Zone gives the science park access to various tax and real estate benefi ts, in addition to the $13.4 million investment by the city, $27 million given by the state, $15 million from the New York City Investment Fund and $2 million in federal funds. According to City Hall, the E.R.S.P. will create at least 2,000 new permanent jobs, ranging from scientifi c research to offi ce support.

The ambitious $700 million project is designed to take advantage of what the mayor calls “New York’s unmatched assets for building a commercial biotech industry.” These assets include the nation’s largest concentration of medical institutions — nine — unparalleled access to Wall St. and the fact that New York receives the second high-est amount of funding in the country, at $1.3 billion, from the National Institute of Health.

Currently, one of the towers, a giant blue-glass building standing tall on the edge of the East River, is nearing completion, with its fi rst tenants set to move in the fi rst quarter of 2010. The second tower is expected to be in use by 2015, thereby completing the 1,000 percent increase of the city’s commer-cial laboratory space.

Villager photo by Harry Bartle

The East River Science Park’s fi rst tower is nearing completion, at right, across the street from the Bellevue Men’s Shelter.

Part of L.E.S./Chinatown zone,science park’s sited at 30th St.

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Serial robber nabbed

Police arrested Robert Stewart, 51, of Paterson, N.J., on Wed., July 22, and charged him with fi ve robberies of elderly men in their buildings in the Village and Stuyvesant Town.

The robberies, which victimized men between the ages of 91 and 61, occurred between May 25 and July 22, the day he was arrested in the Seventh Ave. apart-ment of a Village man, 73, according to the complaint fi led by the Manhattan district attorney. Stewart pushed the victim to the fl oor at about 5 p.m. and was attempting to go through his pockets when neighbors arrived and held the suspect for police, the complaint says.

The 91-year-old man was robbed in his building at 247 W. 12th St. between Greenwich Ave. and W. Fourth St. around 1:40 p.m. May 29. The suspect grabbed the victim, hit him in the head, took about $400 from his wallet and fl ed, according to the complaint. The victim sustained cuts and bruises to his head.

On July 10, the suspect came up behind a man, 77, as he entered his Stuyvesant Town building at 448 E. 20th St. at 6:09 a.m., stole his wallet and pushed the victim to the fl oor, the complaint says.

On June 7 at 2:10 p.m., the suspect accosted a victim, 61, after he entered his Peter Cooper Village building at 440 E. 23rd St., demanded money, took his wallet, pushed him to the fl oor and fl ed.

On May 25, a man, 76, was entering the lobby of his Stuyvesant Town building at 447 E. 14th St. at 9:35 a.m. when the sus-pect grabbed him from behind and took his wallet. During the struggle, the victim was cut on the arm and required hospital treat-ment, the complaint says.

Stewart was in jail pending a court appearance this week on fi ve counts of fi rst-degree burglary, four counts of robbery, four counts of assault and one count of attempted robbery.

Sexual attack

A Bronx man was arrested naked in a tanning bed in a tanning salon at 53 Greenwich Ave. on Thurs., July 16, and charged with grabbing the woman manager against her will and sexually groping her. Donald Cameron, 34, of the Bronx entered the salon for a tanning session around 4:15 p.m. and put his hands under the 25-year-old victim’s skirt, according to the complaint fi led by the Manhattan district attorney. The suspect groped the victim’s buttocks and then grabbed her wrist, pulled her to him and held her against his erect penis, accord-ing to the complaint. The victim broke free, fl ed and called police, who charged Cameron

with sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment, forcible touching and public lewdness. Cameron, who has a previous felony convic-tion, was being held pending an Aug. 19 court appearance.

Lazarus forgery

Gladys Patino, 19, a resident of Lazarus House on E. Ninth St. between Avenues B and C, was arrested on Thurs., July 16, and charged with forging the name of Reverend Patrick Moloney on 13 checks totaling $3,000 between March 31 and April 20 of this year. Moloney, 77, a Melkite Eastern rite priest, is the founder of Lazarus Community Bonitas House, a shelter for troubled and homeless youth. He discovered earlier this month that the checks from Lazarus House accounts at Fleet Bank, Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union and Citibank had been forged, and called police, according to reports. Patino admitted to Ninth Precinct detectives that she forged the checks. She was freed pending an Oct. 19 court appearance.

Teen thiefs

Darnel Butler, 18, and Shamikah Baldwin, 17, were arrested on Thurs., July 23 on Waverly Place near Gay St. in con-nection with the 11:05 p.m. robbery of a female pedestrian, police said. The suspects grabbed the victim from behind, tried to grab her bag and hit her with an umbrella when she struggled, police said. They were being held pending a court appearance on fi rst- and second-degree robbery charges later this week.

Spa burglar gets clipped

Major-case squad detectives arrested Diego Pancha, 28, on Wed., July 22, and charged him with the October 2008 break-in of a skin-care salon at 180 Seventh Ave. South and theft of laser hair-removal machines, accessories, spa equipment and a safe with a total value of more than $800,000. Pancha told police that his wife had worked in the salon and that he had staked it out and learned about the value of the machines, according to the complaint fi led by the Manhattan district attorney. Pancha told police he climbed into the win-dow of the place at about 11 p.m. Oct. 7, gathered the equipment and the safe, loaded it into a van he had parked at the curb and drove off after daybreak the next morning.

Pancha said he rented a storage space for the loot, tried to sell it off piece by piece and broke open the safe and took the cash that it held, according to the complaint.

Pancha acknowledged that he was the burglar on the surveillance tape recorded the night of the burglary, police said. He was apprehended after police traced several cell-phone calls from the salon on the night of the robbery.

Lewd offer

A Bronx man, 40, was arrested for public lewdness and offering a 16-year-old boy $5 to expose himself on Wednesday afternoon July 22 in a building on St. Mark’s Place. Roberto Ramirez, 40, was in the building between Avenue A and First Ave. around 4:15 p.m. and made his lewd offer when the boy walked in, according to police. The boy ran home and reported the incident to his parents, who called 911. Ramirez was released pending an Oct. 7 court appearance on endangering the welfare of child and public lewdness.

‘Hold the dye pack’

A man who walked into the HSBC bank branch at 354 Sixth Ave. near W. Fourth St. at 12:15 p.m. Wed., July 22, passed a note to a teller saying he had a gun and demanded money, saying, “No dye pack or bait.” He pulled the dye pack from the bag the teller had given him and left it on the counter but some of the $3,060 he took was “baited” with recorded serial numbers. The robber was described as a white man, about age 40, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 190 pounds, wearing sunglasses, a dark gray baseball cap, olive-green button-down shirt, light-colored baggy pants and white sneakers and carrying a small black shopping bag.

Market St. mugging

Police arrested three teenagers for the knifepoint mugging of a man, age 20, on Market and Madison Sts. at 1:16 a.m. Wed., July 22. Ramzie Jawad, 18, Amjed Abdelrahman, 19, and Kamal Kheedr, 18, ordered the victim to empty his pockets and took his wallet with $289, house keys and a

cell phone, according to the complaint fi led by the Manhattan district attorney.

Socked at Stonewall

The bartender of the Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher St., told police that a regular at the bar punched him in the face at around 1:20 a.m. Sat., July 25. Police canvassed the area for the suspect, described as a white Hispanic man, 5 feet 9 inches, about 200 pounds and bald, but did not fi nd him.

‘I’ll mess you up’

A woman, 63, told police she was having lunch at the SAGE Center of the L.G.B.T. center at 208 W. 13th St. around 1:30 p.m. Thurs., July 16, when a woman she described as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 300 pounds, came up, pointed her fi nger in the victim’s face and said, “If you mess with me again I’ll mess you up.” The victim said she didn’t know what provoked the confrontation.

Union Square DOA

Police discovered the body of an Asian man, 40, on a bench in the east side of Union Square Park near 14th St. at 6:57 a.m. Wed., July 22. The Medical Examiner’s Offi ce is investigating the cause of death and the victim’s name was withheld pending family notifi cation.

E. Sixth St. jumper

A man jumped to his death from the second-story balcony at 411 E. Sixth St. between First Ave. and Avenue A at 9:58 a.m. Fri., July 24, police said. The victim, a white man, 49, was taken to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. His name was withheld pending fam-ily notifi cation.

Albert Amateau

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EDITORIALUrban evolution

As it seems to do yearly, the Meat Market has undergone another transformation. This time, the most noticeable new ingredients are the High Line park and the Standard Hotel, which spans the High Line between 13th and Little W. 12th Sts. These two proj-ects — the High Line, in particular, which is attracting thousands of visitors daily — have brought new life to the area along Washington St..

Partly thanks to all the new foot traffi c in the area from the High Line, the Meat Market is weathering the recession better than most commercial areas. However, while High Line-goers are stopping in at local bou-tiques, anecdotal reports are that only about 50 percent are actually making purchases; admittedly, the Meat Market’s price point is a bit high. On the other hand, restaurants are reporting that business is defi nitely up.

The number of meat businesses continued to con-tract over the past year, with less than 10 meatpackers left, almost all of them in the city-owned co-op build-ing, where they have six years left on their lease.

Over the past 10 years, the fi ve-block area — fi rst slowly, then increasingly rapidly — has morphed into a nightlife, dining and shopping district.

While the meat businesses have largely vanished, the creation of the landmarked Gansevoort Historic District several years ago was key in preserving the neighborhood’s essential character.

Speaking of history, amid all the change, it’s nice to see that the operators of the Gansevoort St. Cafe, set to open in three weeks, are trying to retain the “spirit” and “karma,” as they put it, of the former Florent res-taurant. This will not be easy, as Florent Morellet’s lov-ing and manic imprint on the space was so profound. The new place will have white “subway tiles” on the walls, a zinc bar where Florent’s use to be, though a bit shorter, American comfort food — and, most impor-tant in the view of many, will keep the stainless-steel front paneling and the “Restaurant” of the exterior sign, and possibly even the “R & L,” too.

Similarly, the late Robert Isabell was taking a taste-ful and contextual approach with two Meat Market buildings. At one, at 13th and Washington Sts., he had recently planted the classic overhang roof with color-ful fl owers. More than a year ago, Isabell had been planning a Charlie Chaplin museum and movie theater there to show classic silent fi lms. Though the idea never materialized, it’s the sort of interesting attraction the Meat Market could use more of.

The plaza pilot project along Ninth Ave. and in Gansevoort Plaza needs some tweaking. Local busi-nesses want fewer restrictions on where cars can drive, since their well-dressed patrons don’t want to have to walk any distance to get to their venues, much less to do so in bad weather. Yes, the bollards, granite blocks and planters out there do look a little thrown together. But the concept is sound — to slow down cars going through the Meat Market, making it safer for everyone.

It was hoped a Meatpacking District business improvement district would fund these plaza spaces’ upkeep, but that BID hasn’t yet materialized. Hopefully, the Department of Transportation and Community Board 2 can fi ne-tune the plaza spaces — though, again, what’s there now is basically the right idea.

We’re very encouraged by some of the most recent changes — of course, particularly the High Line and, yes, also the Ninth Ave. plaza areas. There’s no doubt the Meat Market will continue to change, again prob-ably in ways we couldn’t have foreseen. The landmark-ing of the neighborhood, however, was key, and is, ironically, what has ensured it remains a unique and vital area, characterized by its mostly low-rise architec-ture and connected to its historical context.

12 July 29 - August 4, 2009

As corruption mounts, politicians see an upside.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORNow that’s a baseball story

To The Editor: Re “Yankees salute Little League’s M.V.P. — Most

Valuable Person” (news article, July 22): It’s so inspiring to hear stories like this, especially with all

the negativity there has been lately with the steroids issue. It reminds us that, although these are famous ballplayers, they are, after all, human like the rest of us. Way to go Little League and Yankees.

Donna Pettitte

Electeds in developers’ pockets

To The Editor: “Pols, protest, stuck string; Jacobs would have loved it”

(news article, July 15):For sheer chutzpah you can’t beat the politicians who

support the proposed Rudin/St. Vincent’s megaproject in the heart of our historic district while lauding the dedication of Jane Jacobs Way. The Jane Jacobs that “discovered Greenwich Village, where the low-rise buildings allowed people to see the sky” must be turning over in her grave at the hypocrisy of those elected offi cials who would allow this “land grab” by the developer Rudin Management. Rudin’s luxury condos, along with St. Vincent’s humongous hospital tower, would cast a shadow across the Village and would not only lead to the demise of the Village, but also eviscerate the Landmarks Law. Moreover, the proposed condos would add roughly 400 new families to the neighborhood, and thus would strain, to the breaking point, an already overburdened local school system: a problem our representatives choose not to address.

An alternative solution to St. Vincent’s problems could have been found had political will and foresight been exercised; however, the truth is that the real estate developers have the politicians in their pockets. The politicos are selling our historic, cultural and architectural heritage — in other words, the soul of this great city — for political contributions by developers. It is happening, not only in the Village, but everywhere in the city.

Our local politicians have become lackeys of the real-estate establishment and truly don’t give a damn about New York City’s people, the city’s history or its future.

Gary A. TomeiTomei is president, W. 13th 100 Block Association; member, St. Vincent’s Community Working Group; and founding member, Protect the Village Historic District

Bravo for St. Vincent’s letters

To The Editor:Re “Pols’ shameful glomming” (letter, by Geoffrey Knox,

July 15) and “Jane and St. Vincent’s” (letter, by Carol Greitzer, July 15):

Thanks for keeping up the pressure on St. Vincent’s Hospital/Rudin by publishing letters and articles which sup-port St. Vincent’s fi nding space for their hospital that is not in a historic district.

The New York Post, in an editorial on July 13, said that the current estimated cost of the new St. Vincent’s Hospital on the site of the O’Toole building is $1.6 billion.

It seems to me that anyone who can get their hands on $1.6 billion is like the proverbial 600-pound gorilla: He can sleep wherever he wants. With that kind of money, St. Vincent’s can fi nd other space. They just don’t want to. I’ll bet Donald Trump could spend that amount of money for a hospital and fi nd a space not on the west side of Seventh Ave. between 12th and 13th Sts.

Elizabeth Ryan

Showdown on the High Line

To The Editor: Re “Rainforest activists: High Line wood a ‘pour’ choice”

(news article, July 8):Rainforests of New York (www.rainforestsofnewyork.org),

the long-term campaign to end the use of rainforest wood in New York City government-funded projects, has challenged the much-touted “eco-park,” the High Line, for using it. While passing out fl iers to Chelsea residents and tourists there a week ago, the campaign met Ricardo Scofi dio, a principal partner of the team of Diller Scofi dio + Renfro that designed the High Line park. We discussed the fi rm’s ecologically insen-sitive decision to use ipê wood from the Amazon.

During our conversation, Mr. Scofi dio repeatedly claimed that the city’s Design Commission “insisted” the High Line use ipê trees, although his fi rm proffered thoughtful eco-designs that would salvage the old High Line rail ties or use recycled plastic lumber or regionally sourced hardwood from black locust trees. He also claimed that the Parks Department had provided specifi cations requiring ipê be used — despite the fact that Mayor Bloomberg has declared he would end, where possible, the city’s use of rainforest wood because of

IRA BLUTREICH

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BY NORMAN SOLOMON Media eulogies for Walter Cronkite, who died on

July 17, rarely talk about his coverage of the Vietnam War before 1968. This obit omit is essential to the myth of Cronkite as a courageous truth-teller.

But facts are facts, and history is history — including what Cronkite actually did as TV’s most infl uential journal-ist during the fi rst years of the Vietnam War. Despite all the posthumous praise for Cronkite’s February 1968 telecast that dubbed the war “a stalemate,” the facts of history show that the broadcast came only after Cronkite’s protracted sup-port for the war.

In 1965, reporting from Vietnam, Cronkite dramatized the murderous war effort with enthusiasm.

“B-57’s — the British call them Canberra jets — we’re

using them very effectively here in this war in Vietnam to dive-bomb the Vietcong in these jungles beyond Da Nang here,” he reported, standing in front of a plane. Cronkite then turned to a U.S. Air Force offi cer next to him and said: “Colonel, what’s our mission we’re about to embark on?”

“Well, our mission today, sir, is to report down to the site of the ambush 70 miles south of here and attempt to kill the V.C.,” the colonel replied.

Cronkite’s report continued from the air: “The colonel has just advised me that that is our target area right over there,” he said. “One, two, three, four, we dropped our bombs, and now a tremendous G-load as we pull out of that dive. Oh, I know something of what those astronauts must go through.”

Next, viewers saw Cronkite get off the plane and say: “Well, colonel, it’s a great way to go to war.”

The upbeat report didn’t mention civilians beneath the bombs.

Also in 1965 — the pivotal year of escalation — Cronkite expressed explicit support for the Vietnam War. He lauded “the courageous decision that Communism’s advance must be stopped in Asia and that guerilla warfare as a means to a political end must be fi nally discouraged.”

Why does this matter now? Because citing Cronkite as an example of courageous reporting on a war is a danger-ously low bar — as if reporting that a war can’t be won, after cheerleading it for years, is somehow the ultimate in journalistic quality and courage.

The biggest and most important lie about an aggressive war based on deception is not that the war can’t be won. The biggest and most important lie is deference to the conven-tional wisdom that insists the war must be fought in the fi rst place and portrays it as a moral enterprise.

Solomon is the author of the new book “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.”

Beyond the media hype: Cronkite and the Vietnam WarTALKING POINT

Villager photos by Lincoln Anderson

Cyrus and the lion: Banner day for Iran opposition Chanting “Stop the Torture! Stop the Killing!” and “Freedom! Now!” about 1,000 demonstrators demanding change in Iran marched to Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza by the U.N. on Saturday. Many wore green and carried green banners — the symbol of the Iranian opposition. But another contingent displayed some symbolism of other kinds. A woman who gave her name as Taraneh, left, held a likeness of Cyrus the Great, founder of the mighty Persian empire in the 6th century B.C.E. Asked why she was pro-Cyrus, she said, “He’s the king, number one — and he’s our symbol. And he’s anti-Islamic Republic.” Maryam Esmaeli, a doctor of audiology from Livingston, N.J., at right in photo at right, held Iran’s fl ag from 30 years ago, with its “shir va khorsheed” — lion and sun — which, after the Islamic revolution, were replaced by “Allah” in Arabic. “We want our lion back,” Esmaeli said. “I’m Persian — I don’t want Arabic words on my fl ag. ... We don’t want mullahs; I’m sick and tired of religion,” she added. Esmaeli said she was a convert to Zoroastrianism, which was also Cyrus’s religion. The demonstrators sporting green were younger, they said, and also were largely Muslim. “The people on the other side [of the plaza] just want the other candidate,” Esmaeli noted. “We don’t like the entire Islamic regime.” She said that when the candidate for president that the green-wearing youths back, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, was prime minister during the Islamic Republic, he personally was to blame for many “assassinations” of young students. “This has been going on for 30 years,” she said, noting the younger protesters don’t remember everything that happened. “But thanks God to Internet and cell phones, the world can see it. Thank goodness for new technology, you can see it.”

Lincoln Anderson

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BY ALBERT AMATEAU Leo J. Blackman, preservationist, archi-

tect and East Village resident, was recently elected president of the Historic Districts Council, the citywide advocacy organization for historic neighborhoods.

Blackman, who won a 2003 award for his design of the four-story addition to the land-marked 1885 Village Community School on W. 10th St., replaces Paul Graziano, a Queens preservation consultant, as H.D.C. president.

Blackman’s fi rm has specialized in proj-ects within or adjacent to historic buildings and has designed library and classroom facilities and campus plans for several insti-tutions.

“I’m amazed that a lot of architects and offi cials still don’t get preservation,” Blackman said last week. “I intend to get together with institutions like the American Institute of Architects and the School Construction Authority and get them to view preservation as part of their job and a challenge instead of seeing it as an obstacle to what they want to do.”

The current economic climate will pres-ent challenges and opportunities for preser-vationists generally and H.D.C. specifi cally, Blackman said.

“With development around the city slow-ing, it’s less likely that we’ll see inappropri-ate new projects popping up in historic neighborhoods,” he said. “But at the same

time, H.D.C., like all nonprofi t organiza-tions, will have to do more with less because of reduced public and private funding.”

Blackman grew up in Rhode Island, went to Brown University and served as an intern at the Providence Preservation Society as a college student.

“I bought an old house in Providence and spent a lot of time restoring it,” he said.

He pursued his degree in architecture at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

“Preservation students were more friendly than architects, so I spent a lot of time in the preservation department,” Blackman said.

He worked at three New York architec-ture fi rms — Kliment & Halsband; Stephen Potters, and Bond/Ryder/James — before starting his own fi rm in 1985. He focused on residential projects and also designed award-winning light fi xtures and furniture and was recognized for urban-design com-petition entries. He won a fi rst prize in a competition for reconfi guring the neighbor-hood south of Brooklyn Bridge conducted by Bridging the Gaps, an urban solutions organization.

From 1999 to 2001 he was a design partner at Buttrick White & Burtis, where he was in charge of producing a master plan for the Adelphi University Library. He also oversaw the renovation of an 1895 townhouse for Marymount Middle School and an urban campus plan for Marymount Manhattan College.

Blackman returned to private practice in 2001 and has been designing adaptive reuses and additions for academic clients and religious institutions. H.D.C and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation jointly made the award for the Village Community School project.

“I’ve been a member of H.D.C. for sev-eral years, and after they gave me the award in 2003 they asked me to be on their board,” Blackman said. He hopes to visit historic districts in each of the fi ve boroughs over the next two years. The burden of being president of the citywide organization will be lightened somewhat because he lives on E. 12th St., one block from the H.D.C. offi ce in the parish house of St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, Blackman said.

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In June 2004, The Village Community School on W. 10th and Greenwich Sts. won a Village Award for its new wing designed by architect Leo Blackman, left, under the direction of Eve Kleger, V.C.S. head of school, middle. Anthony Zunino, then-outgoing president of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, right, presented the award. Blackman was recently elected president of the Historic Districts Council.

More than 50 city arts organizations will receive a total of $2.4 million in federal stimulus money, Congressmember Jerrold Nadler announced earlier this month.

Many of the groups have Lower Manhattan roots or have done programs Downtown, including Dance New Amsterdam, Creative Time and the Joyce Theater, which will all get $50,000. The money, granted through the

National Endowment for the Arts, is intend-ed to preserve jobs at nonprofi t arts groups, which are struggling with the recession and may otherwise be forced to do layoffs.

“It’s always essential to support the arts in our communities,” Nadler said in a state-ment, “but these stimulus funds are particu-larly signifi cant right now for the retention of thousands of local jobs.”

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Top, photo by Lincoln Anderson, a cow graffi ti mural by Antonio “Chico” Garcia on the former Premier Veal building at Washington and Gansevoort Sts. Above, photo by Elisabeth Robert, the outdoor dining space of The Living Room at the Standard Hotel on Washington St.

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BY BARBARA THAU Amid the fresh buzz of the completed

High Line park, the Meatpacking District is ushering in a new wave of eateries brushed with a tony sheen, and headlined by star chefs befi tting the hyper-chic, upscale neigh-borhood.

At the same time, several new entrants, including food merchants and cocktail lounges, are tailoring their venues to the times with an accent on affordable fare to match the mood of the recession.

“You’ve got to be fl exible and adjust your concept to what the market will bear,” said David Rabin, co-owner of Double 7, which is expected to reopen in the former Rhone space this November at 63 Gansevoort St.

The swank cocktail lounge, which closed in 2007 at 418 W. 14th St., was known for its $16 drinks made with hand-cut ice, freshly pressed juice and top-shelf liquor.

Today, “It’s a very different world,” Rabin said. “Now is not the time to be defi ning yourself in the market by being ‘most expensive in New York City’ — which is weighing our decisions about pricing.”

The new Double 7 will re-create the “dark, sexy living room” vibe of the old space with chocolate brown leather furni-ture and amber lighting, but a light, 10-item food menu will be added to the equation, as well as outdoor seating.

Rabin called the long-awaited arrival of the elevated park on the former railway, as well as the Standard Hotel, “total game-changers.”

The High Line appears to have extended the Meatpacking District’s restaurant/bar scene from a weekend to a weeklong busi-ness, he said.

In 2007, Rabin opened a Mexican res-taurant, Los Dados, at 71-73 Gansevoort St. in anticipation of the park.

Two years later, “We’ve fi nally reached our original projections,” he said. Since the High Line opened, “business has nearly doubled.”

Bion Bartning, founder and chief execu-tive offi cer of food distributor Basis Foods, also expects traffi c from the High Line to have a halo effect on the company’s new retail concept, Basis Markets, opening at the end of the year on W. 14th St.

“As a future retailer in the neighbor-hood, it’s exciting,” he said.

The company, which counts Gramercy Tavern and Murray’s Cheese Shop among its clients, plans to grow Basis Markets into a chain with more than 100 stores.

The mission of Basis is “good food for

all,” with a farm-to-chef/retailer operating model.

And the new small-format Basis Markets store will build on that theme.

“Why should only wealthy people have good food?” Bartning said. “We’re really focused on affordable price points.”

Bartning described the upcoming store as a cross between Trader Joe’s and a farm-ers market. But whereas Trader Joe’s sells processed foods, Basis Markets will not, he said.

Basis defi nes good food as that which is grown by small-and mid-sized farmers, as well as prepared goods made from fresh ingredients versus processed in factories.

For example, Basis Markets will sell a $2 quart of milk that was bottled at a local farm 24 hours earlier.

The new Gaslight Pizzeria is also claim-ing bragging rights for the freshness of its food.

The owners of Meat Market lounge staples Gaslight and G2 opened the pizza restaurant this spring in the former meat locker of the old Diamond Meats building at 39 Ninth Ave.

It’s clearly one of the more foodie-worthy pizza places, serving up slices made with fresh mozzarella kneaded from scratch on the premises, boasts co-owner Matt de Matt.

And it’s affordable: A slice is $2.50. “We don’t want to gouge people,” de

Matt said, noting that’s never what Gaslight has been about.

Gaslight Pizzeria’s décor combines ele-ments of a Tuscan bistro — brick walls, wooden beams — with Gaslight’s 1800s bar aesthetic.

The place attracts a regular crowd, including people who work in the area.

Then, there are the openings marked by boldface-name chefs and at least one high-profi le hotelier.

The Standard Grill in André Balazs’s new Standard Hotel, which looms above the High Line like a modernist beacon, promises a “straightforward and accessible” menu that takes its cue from traditional chophouses and “new American grill sen-sibilities.”

The menu by former Union Square Café chef Dan Silverman changes daily, with dishes such as sweet pea ravioli with pista-chios and mint for $15, and “demi-vache” (half cow) dry-aged rib-eye steak for two for $65.

New high-end restaurants will be open-ing on 14th St.

Alex Guarnaschelli, the Butter chef/Food Network star, will headline the kitch-en at Supper Club, slated to open on the site of the now-defunct Nell’s nightclub at 246 W. 14th St., just east of Eighth Ave. The restaurant will reportedly include live performances.

And Abe & Arthur’s will open this summer at 409 W. 14th St. in the space of former “it” club Lotus, next door to the Matthew Williamson and Alexander McQueen designer boutiques.

Franklin Becker of Brasserie and Capitale

fame has been named the executive chef. He will serve up American bistro classics made from “the freshest ingredients” at the 180-seat, two-level restaurant, according to press materials.

Abe & Arthur’s is named after the grandfathers of Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum, the owners of Meatpacking lounge/celebrity hangout Tenjune, who are backing the launch.

A few blocks away at 69 Gansevoort St., the empty space that once housed the Meatpacking District’s iconic, revered and endlessly eulogized restaurant, will be fi lled.

A “Gansevoort St. Café Coming Soon” sign hangs on the storefront of the former

Florent, the neighborhood pioneer that closed last year after two decades in the area.

This is not the fi rst attempt to replace the institution.

R&L Restaurant quickly took Florent’s place after it closed. (The restaurant was launched by the building’s landlord, whose father opened the original R&L in 1955 at the same address.) But the place shuttered.

It’s been reported that the upcoming Gansevoort St. Cafe will hold on to a bit of Florent’s trademark décor, such as the quilted stainless-steel paneling.

But whether or not the new restaurant will manage to rise above the stubborn shadow of Florent remains to be seen.

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Watermelon, engineer caps:High times by the High LineThe recent High Line Festival saw thousands of people fl ock to the newly opened elevated park, which bisects the Meat Market, running down to Gansevoort St. between Washington and West Sts. Annie Washburn, executive director of the Meatpacking District Initiative, said she and others were serving up slices of watermelon almost fast-er than they could cut them for the droves of parkgoers. Above, a historic photo helped recall for parkgoers the days not so long ago when the High Line was still a functioning freight railway bringing trainloads of all manner of meat and fowl to the Meat Market.

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BY ALBERT AMATEAU Florent, the Meat Market restaurant

on Gansevoort St. that served meatpack-ers, club kids, drag queens, celebrities and just plain folks for 23 years before it closed last year, is re-created in David Sigal’s new documentary “Florent: Queen of the Meat Market.”

The film was shown as a work in prog-ress on June 6 at New Fest, the New York gay and lesbian film festival, where it won the Audience Award.

“We brought it to the festival in a rough cut to get some feedback from the audience and the screening was sold out,” Sigal told The Villager last week. “It’s such a great subject, and Florent Morellet is a fascinating person.”

Sigal and his crew began shooting the film in January 2008 before Florent was definitely sure that the owner of 69 Gansevoort St. was going to triple the rent and force him out of business. During the course of the filming, the fate of the restaurant became clear but Sigal continued filming until the last day — the last minute during the early hours of Sunday June 29 of last year.

The film, still being edited, includes archive photos from 1985 when Morellet started the restaurant, and interviews with celebrities, including Julianne Moore, Isaac Mizrahi, Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Musto, Sylvia Miles, David

Rakoff, Robin Byrd, Penny Arcade and Christo and Jeanne-Claude, plus a host

of other characters. It intercuts old foot-age and new, fast-motion time lapses and talking heads. The film even includes a scene or two from more than a decade ago of an event where H.I.V. positive men and women fill the restaurant with their naked bodies.

Viewers who want to see and hear Florent himself will not be disappointed. He’s there, recalling how he responding to the news in 1987 that he was H.I.V. posi-tive and how he decided to go public with it. He talks about how the Meat Market changed since he fi rst opened the place. He talks about his partnership in the group that owns the decommissioned fi reboat John J. Harvey and how the boat supplied the water for the Fire Department response to the World Trade Center attack.

There’s footage of Florent as grand marshal of the 2006 Gay Pride March striding with Mayor Bloomberg, Senator Hillary Clinton and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. There are scenes with Jo Hamilton — now chairperson of Community Board 2 — talking about their efforts that culminated in the desig-nation of the Gansevoort Market Historic District in 2003. He talks about his political and social passions, like historic preservation and end-of-life issues; he was a board member of the Society for the Right to Die.

“Florent, Queen of the Meat Market” chronicles the last weeks of the renowned diner, with Florent explaining his deci-sion to close the place rather than pay the tripled rent by noting he would have had to double or triple his prices.

“I’m glad I’m being kicked out,” he says in the fi lm. “I’m being kicked forward.”

And fi nally, “It was an absurd mix of peo-ple, a crazy mix, I’m going to miss it.”

Florent, who was traveling in New Mexico last week and helping to mount the artwork of his father, François Morellet, 83, a prominent painter, sculptor and installation artist, in a Santa Fe art gal-lery, spoke to The Villager by phone.

“I saw the fi lm in its entirety for the fi rst time at the festival — I was moved to tears,” he said. As for the future, Florent said he was talking to potential partners about a new restaurant — he wouldn’t say where — not to reproduce the old Florent, because the past cannot be recaptured, but a new mid-price place for a wide-ranging clientele.

Sigal is busy making a final cut of “Florent: Queen of the Meat Market” and has recently finished filming a feature, “Fair Game,” based on the case of Valerie Plame Wilson, the C.I.A. officer whose cover was blown in 2005.

“The location is Washington, D.C., but we filmed a scene that was supposed to be in Georgetown in the Meat Market,” he recalled.

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Developed by Andre Balazs, the Standard Hotel is 20 stories tall, with 337 rooms. Its rooms are slightly smaller — at 200 to 400 square feet — compared to those of the nearby Hotel Gansevoort; yet they all feature fl oor-to-ceiling glass windows, offering spec-tacular views.

The Standard Hotel chain’s name is actually ironic, since Balazs’s whole concept is for the hotels to be nonstandard — different from the norm. This is the fi rst hotel Balazs has built from the ground up, as opposed to a renovation of an existing building.

For starters, the hotel sits on massive concrete stilts 36 feet above the High Line. That clearance above the former elevated rail-way was required under the federal Rails to Trails program in order to preserve the railway’s right of way, even though the structure recently opened as a celebrated new landscaped park.

Rates range from $495 for a room with views in three directions to $395 and $195. The Standard’s suites feature unusual touches, such as, in one case, a free-standing bathtub not separated by a wall from the bedroom. Another room boasts a shower the size of a small studio apartment with a fl oor-to-ceiling, no-tint window with a view of the Empire State Building; drawing the curtain closed while showering is strictly optional. Emblematic of “smart design,” tables in the rooms have an adjustable hydraulic lift so they can be positioned at the perfect height. The rooms all have wooden ceilings.

The Standard’s lobby is surprisingly small. This was done inten-tionally to give the feeling of a boutique hotel. Another chic touch includes a TV screen-sized avant-garde video installation made up of 400 different images in the elevators.

There are plenty of eating options at the hotel, notably the Standard Grill, which has been frequently mentioned in local gossip columns for its celebrity sightings. The Standard Grill has Oyster Bar-style vaulted tile ceilings and a fl oor made of 480,000 pennies. A bit more casual is The Living Room, which offers an indoor and outdoor space. An open-air beer garden located on Little W. 12th St. underneath the High Line is set to open in September; currently, there are tables and seating located in this space — which is open to the public — and sometimes ping pong tables, on one of which Jay-Z and Beyoncé recently played a match.

The hotel’s 18th fl oor features a “pool bar” area, with a Jacuzzi. On the same fl oor is an airy cocktail lounge and restaurant that the hotel is billing as a “Windows on the World”-type space. Last week its glittering gold carpeting was still covered in a sheet of plastic to protect it before its opening. The interior is dominated by light-colored wood, and there are views of the city in two direc-tions, north and south. Both spaces will be open to the public. The rooftop will also be an event space.

In front of the hotel, at 13th and Washington Sts., is a public plaza with Pop Art-style yellow benches.

The iconic hotel has already become a local landmark of sorts. Last Thursday, the red-blue-and-yellow Colombian “chiva” party bus pulled up and, as Latin music pumped out its windows, three of its crew got up on the bus’s roof to dance and pose for a photo in front of the Standard Hotel.

“We plan to put a restaurant around here,” one of them explained, before they hopped back on the bus and motored off.

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The new Standard Hotel rises above the High Line on Washington St.

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Clockwise from above left, the Standard Grill

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BY GABRIEL ZUCKER In the little more than a year since six

plazas were carved out of the street bed in the Meatpacking District, the installations have polarized public opinion in the area. Reactions have ranged from celebration of a more pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, exasperation with slower traffi c fl ow, confu-sion over who is responsible for maintenance and bemusement at the suggestive design of some of the new street furniture.

Now, in recent months, the Department of Transportation has begun a project to revamp the installations — which were originally intended as a temporary pilot proj-ect — in response to community feedback. The landscape architecture fi rm Balmori Associates is leading the redesign process, which was undertaken in large part after increasing objections from area property owners and businesses.

“To be honest, we’re trying to change it a lot,” said Annie Washburn, director of the Meatpacking District Initiative, an

organization that markets the neighborhood and represents many of the businesses there. M.P.D.I. had been taking responsibility for maintaining the pedestrian spaces, but fund-ing for the project ran out in the fall; since then, according to M.P.D.I., the spaces have become dirty and unruly.

“There’s graffi ti on the blocks and bol-lards,” Washburn said. “It needs to be changed — and it needs to be funded.”

In an effort to gauge public opinion and facilitate public discussion about the spaces’ redesign, Balmori held an online forum via Twitter several weeks ago. Entitled “Making Public Places,” the event used the Meatpacking District installations as a case study to discuss what elements contribute to an effective public place. Participants brought up issues like the lack of shade and greenery in the current plaza areas, proposed the addition of bike parking and movable furniture and discussed how the six distinct plazas could be better unifi ed through a single identity.

Although Balmori has not yet released any elements of its own proposed design, the fi rm has settled on some important issues to address.

“One of the things we’re critiquing about the current design is that they have placed elements that really give limits to where cars should go and people should go,” said Monica Hernandez, an architect with the fi rm. She said Balmori is working to create a less “limit-ing” and “more fl uid space.”

Community Board 2 Chairperson Jo Hamilton, who advocated for the installa-tions in the fi rst place through the Greater

Gansevoort Urban Improvement Project, said she thought the redesign would benefi t the whole community.

“Aesthetically, there is a lot of room for improvement,” she said, summarizing the feedback that C.B. 2 received at a January public hearing. She maintained, though, that

the plaza spaces had been very popular so far, and had been successful in calming traffi c fl ow, as they were intended to do.

The community board has not yet been involved in the redesign process, but expects to review any proposals before they are fi nalized.

“Our position is that it’s a really great

project that seems to be doing really well, and we’re really glad that the property own-ers are stepping up to deal with it,” said Hamilton. “There are so many opportunities with these spaces, and when they’re well operated and well managed, they’re better for everybody.”

Traffi c-calming plan will be getting some tweaking

Villager photos by Lincoln Anderson

Stacks of slab-style seating structures in the new plaza areas have attracted graffi ti, above, while tree planters have become garbage receptacles, below. Everyone agrees that better maintenance of the plaza areas is needed.

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BY ALBERT AMATEAU The Whitney Museum of American Art’s

proposed Downtown branch, designed by Renzo Piano, to be built at the south end of the High Line park on Gansevoort St., was assured last month when Mayor Bloomberg confirmed that part of a city-owned Meat Market site would be sold to the Whitney.

The mayor made the announcement on June 8 at the official opening of the first segment of the High Line park between Gansevoort and 20th Sts.

A spokesperson for the city’s Economic Development Corporation said last week that the agency was finalizing the contract that will allow the world-famous Whitney to build on the 43,000-square-foot site on Gansevoort St. between West St. and the High Line. The agreement also allows meat wholesale firms to continue doing business in the commercial co-op building that occupies the north part of the city-owned property.

A spokesperson for the Whitney was unable to say last week when construction would begin, but he did say the museum was confident that the new museum would hit the 2012 target completion date.

The City Planning Commission earlier this year approved the project after the city’s 10-month uniform land use review procedure, known as ULURP. Because the Downtown Whitney and the Meat Market

co-op, plus the southern end of the High Line, are in the same development block, three easements tailored to the architec-ture of the museum and the meat co-op building were needed to define the size and configuration of possible future devel-opment on the rest of the 102,000-square-foot property.

And because the site is in a manufactur-ing zone, which does not allow museums or art galleries, the Whitney had to obtain a special permit for the project.

The Renzo Piano-designed building will step down in three stages from 175 feet on West St. to 50 feet at a five-story High Line maintenance building by Washington St. to be built at the same time as the museum by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The maintenance building will be connected to the High Line but will be separate from the museum.

The three setbacks will provide ter-races with a total of 15,000 square feet of outdoor gallery and event space.

The Downtown Whitney’s largest gal-lery will be on the third floor with 17,000

square feet of column-free space. The museum’s permanent collection will be on the fourth and fifth floors, and the top floor will accommodate long-term exhib-its. The new Whitney will also have a 175-seat theater, a study center and space for the museum’s 35 education programs. The Whitney, which has a relationship with

the Hudson Guild in Chelsea, is commited to reaching out to Village and Chelsea schools for joint education projects.

The museum’s cantilevered main entrance on Gansevoort St. between West and Washington Sts. will shelter a public plaza and lead to an expanded lobby that will serve as a free public space and which could double as a performance area.

Robert Hammond, co-founder with Joshua David of Friends of the High Line, said last week that the Whitney will be a perfect partner for the elevated park.

“The High Line goes over Chelsea, the home of the city’s largest collection of art galleries. And now the Whitney, with the greatest hits of American art, will be at the base of the High Line on Gansevoort St.,” he said. “It’s really important that the design has a large public plaza at the southeast side allowing light and air onto the High Line.”

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A rendering of the design for the new Downtown Whitney Museum of American Art on Gansevoort St., viewed from the south. The High Line park is at right.

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A sketch by Renzo Piano of the Downtown Whitney entrance on Gansevoort St., viewed from the east.

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BY LINCOLN ANDERSONOn the site of a current car wash and gas

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Meanwhile, Novac Noury, the former “Arrow Keyboard Man” of Studio 54 back in the disco days, is moving ahead with his plans for a unique mini-inn on his property at Little W. 12th St. and Washington St., just south of Andre Balazs’s new Standard Hotel. On Monday, Noury said he had just met with potential development partners from Beck Street Capital. Under Noury’s concept, a schematic of which is shown below, the building would feature a “four-story-tall hull” evoking the Titanic, whose survivors were dropped off at nearby Pier 54 on W. 13th St. after the disaster. “It almost looks like the QE2 — it will be as of right,” Noury said. The project will also feature a waterfall “at least 30 or 40 feet high,” he added.

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BY PATRICK HEDLUND

PARTY POLICE

The Soho Alliance neighborhood orga-nization has claimed a victory against the developer of a new hotel on Lafayette St. for successfully beating back the builder’s attempts to secure a liquor license for a pair of planned outdoor spaces.

According to July 26 press release from the alliance, the developer of the incoming Mondrian Hotel near Howard St. recently withdrew an application with the State Liquor Authority to serve booze in the hotel’s courtyard and second-story patio space facing Crosby St. The alliance had previously expressed its concerns with “the outdoor party space” and its sought-after closing times, arguing that the racket brought on by patrons would negatively impact neighbors across the street. (The 25-story building, care of the Morgans Hotel Group, also contains restaurants on the rooftop and inside the hotel, the latter able to accommodate up to 400 people.)

“Not satisfied at the profits generated from having such spectacular views, the developer decided to double-dip, exploit-ing the outdoor Crosby space for late-night entertainment use,” the alliance’s statement read, adding, “What were they thinking? Did they really think they were going to be allowed to destroy this part of Soho?”

And while Community Board 2’s S.L.A. Licensing Committee compromised to permit the outdoor spaces to remain open until 11 p.m., the full board disagreed, voting almost unanimously to recommend denial of the spaces’ use entirely.

“Mondrian may have thought that Soho activists have just fallen off the pump-kin truck,” said alliance director Sean Sweeney. “But we are seasoned organizers who will fi ght tooth and nail to prevent Soho from becoming a late-night play-ground. We have learned from the misery these party hotels have caused elsewhere Downtown, and we are determined that it will never — ever — happen in Soho.”

RENTAL MARKET CHILL

Rental prices across the Village remained relatively stable during one of the most active months of the year, with rents off slightly in some neighborhoods while others produced the expected sea-sonal gains.

Over all, the East Village experienced a 1.25 percent jump in average rental prices for studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments in both doorman and non-doorman buildings since last month. Some of the strongest unit types throughout the Downtown market were the neighbor-

hood’s doorman two-bedroom apartments, which showed an average gain of 11.45 percent from June to July. However, the East Village’s one-bedroom units suffered a 3.5 percent drop for both doorman and non-doorman units.

In Greenwich Village, prices slipped an average of 1.18 percent across all unit types, with doorman and non-doorman one-bedrooms falling by almost 4 percent. The lone bright spot were the neighbor-hood’s doorman two-bedroom apartments, which increased by 4.16 percent month over month.

Other notable changes included a near-ly 9 percent drop in the average price of doorman studios in Soho, as well as 7.15 percent dip for non-doorman two-bedrooms in the neighborhood. However, Soho did post gains for non-doorman studios (up 9.03 percent) and doorman two-bedrooms (up 7.74 percent).

On the Lower East Side, noticeable decreases were felt in the price of non-doorman studios (down 7.75 percent) and non-doorman two-bedrooms (down 6.58 percent), while increases occurred at doorman two-bedrooms (up 6.89 percent) and doorman one-bedrooms (up 6.52 per-cent).

WEST VILLAGE ‘QUIET ZONE’

City Council candidate Yetta Kurland has called for the creation of a “quiet zone” on Greenwich Ave. in the West Village to combat the noise from tour buses rumbling through the neighborhood.

“According to reports, as many as 80 tour buses a day travel along this route in the West Village neighborhood with loudspeak-ers turned on, greatly compromising the quality of life of residents along the way,” Kurland said in a statement. “Many residents have complained for some time about the serious problem of noise pollution, but so far nothing has been done about it.”

Kurland, a civil rights attorney who is running to unseat Council Speaker Christine Quinn, also expressed concerns about the buses’ exhaust fumes, especially given their proximity to the P.S. 41 schoolyard.

“We need to look into all the environ-mental hazards that these tour buses may pose and fi nd a solution that permits them to operate effectively while at the same time minimizing the amount of harm being done to those in our community,” she continued.

West Village neighbors groused last year about the buses’ route along Bleecker St. and even formed the organization Buses Off Bleecker, a.k.a. B.O.B., to beat back tour operators’ advances in the neighbor-hood. According to Kurland, the tourist-toting double-deckers altered their route to Greenwich Ave. in response to community concerns.

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its signifi cant contribution to global climate change.We pointed out that ipê grows at a rate of two trees per acre

and that these trees therefore can not be harvested sustainably. We mentioned that our warnings to the High Line and to the Parks Department were borne out again on July 13, when the results of yet another investigation of the fraudulent Forest Stewardship Council’s (F.S.C.) “eco-timber laundering” (the “eco-wood” scheme used by the High Line) were published in an article entitled, “Illegal Amazon timber passed off as eco-certi-fi ed” (http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/illegal-amazon-timber-passed-off-as-eco-certifi ed).

Last week, we wrote to the Design Commission to ask them about Mr. Scofi dio’s assertion. They refuted his claim, stating that “[W]hile the Commission reviewed the design of the High Line, it did not request that a particular type of wood be used.”

This high-profi le Parks Department project received more than $100 million in taxpayer funding from Mayor Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn. It is unacceptable that Diller Scofi dio + Renfro, the city of New York and the Friends of the High Line or anyone would use ecologically unsound sources of wood, whether or not the discredited “green” F.S.C. organization has approved of its use. Specifi cations can be changed, which is what we have been asking for.

That all of these parties skirt responsibility is testimony to our era of unaccountable public works.

Robert Jereski Jereski is a member, Rainforests of New York

Lederman’s legacy

To The Editor: Re “Gerson a friend of artists? Ha!” (letter, by Robert

Lederman, July 15):I always fi nd it interesting when Robert Lederman

attacks someone else for not being a friend of street artists. Although I have serious issues with some of Councilperson Gerson’s ideas for street artists, and have spoken out strongly against facets of his proposed street-vending legis-lation, it is Mr. Lederman’s philosophy that I feel has had the most negative impact on the street art scene.

Consider the lowly state of formally well-known public artist areas, such as West Broadway in Soho. Only fi ve to seven years ago West Broadway was bustling with travel-ers from all over the world who made a point of coming to Soho to visit fi ne artists who publicly display their own original artwork on the weekends. As this public art scene had evolved, some fi ne artists began to unite as a way to represent their issues politically and to promote who they were and where they could be found.

However Mr. Lederman fought every attempt by these fi ne artists to come together. He is “president for life” of his own group and he guards his position with great jeal-ousy. His method to retain control was, as it has always been, to use relentless mendacity and grossly false charges against members of the artist cooperative. This, in turn, caused paranoia in the ranks and, as a result of their amplifi ed fear, many fi ne artists then jumped onto the Lederman bandwagon as a way to fend off threatened new legislation proposed by Mr. Gerson.

Mr. Lederman’s plan called for fi ne artists to join forces with the legion of vendors who sell cheap, often illegally cop-ied, art reproductions and imitation jewelry, thereby blurring the line defi ning who fi ne artists actually are. This negative strategy proved to work against artists. Knowledgeable travel-ers and collectors simply have taken West Broadway and other formerly well-known artist areas off their itineraries because the scene has become so polluted with cheap reproduction art and knockoff merchandise that it is to be avoided. The result is that few, if any, public fi ne artists can support their families anymore. That is the Lederman legacy.

Of course, the economy has sunk to a new low, which has had a very negative effect on artists as well. However, the cooperative plan gave fi ne artists tools to deal with the economic downturn and recourses to which they now have no access. Without this plan, artists simply sit idly by

while waiting for Mr. Lederman to fi ght Mr. Gerson over proposed legislation that appears to be going nowhere. At the same time, vendors of cheap reproductions sell briskly in areas where fi ne artists used to display their own art-work. What a shame for us all.

Lawrence White

Magnolia’s making a mess

To The Editor:Isn’t it time for you to send a photographer to Bleecker

St. to photograph the ubiquitous white boxes from the Magnolia Bakery overfl owing every corner trash basket down to Grove St., not to mention the napkins and drink containers scattered around? Far from “remaking” Bleecker St., as the puff piece your paper ran in 2006 claims, this hyped-up cash cow is the major generator of garbage from the park down to Seventh Ave. and it singlehandedly destroyed Bleecker St.

Frances Genovese

Editor’s note: An article in the July 23, 2008, issue of The Villager, “‘Sex and City’ tour scratches Carrie’s stoop from its route,” referred to the litter problem caused by Magnolia Bakery: “[Aubrey] Lees walks her dogs each morning at Bleecker Playground, which she called ‘an absolute hellhole’ due to another ‘Sex and the City’ tour side effect — cupcake liners strewn on the ground. The show’s fans eat their cupcakes on benches in the park next to Bleecker Playground on Hudson St. ‘It is completely a mess and littered with little cupcake holders,’ she said, adding that Magnolia Bakery is also to blame for doing nothing to keep the park clean.”

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BY JERRY TALLMERHISTORY speaks: “You are back in the

1930s, the days of the Great Depression. I’m going to give you a lesson from those days of struggle, to teach you how to Navigate the Future…”

VOICE OVER (as, on stage, we see WPA-type scenes of the starving, the home-less, the jobless, the scared, vintage 1932): “One-third of this nation ill-housed, ill-clothed, ill-fed…”

Those were the years, says History (a/k/a Theater for the New City actor Mark Marcante), of breadlines, bank failures, foreclosures, Okies, sit-down strikes and the Bonus Marchers — thousands of ragged World War I veterans driven from their Tent City in the Capitol by the tear gas and bul-lets ordered by Gen, Douglas MacArthur.

“All together now,” shouts a character from the small stage that has unfolded from a truck but is quite large enough to encom-pass a city, a nation, a multitude, “let’s make a Cell-phone Symphony to tell the govern-ment [the 2009 U.S. government] what we want it to do!”

Sure enough, the audience sitting out front on milk crates or folding chairs or leaning out window sills may be of rather modest circumstances, but nobody is too poor or too young to have a cell phone, and on the invitation they now whip them out and, urged on by a terrifi c fi ve-piece combo, participate heartily in a Cell-phone Symphony urging new New Deal action on all those wheelers and dealers down in Washington.

This is, you see, the summer street the-ater of indomitable director/author Crystal Field’s TNC — which for six weeks every August into September tours the streets, parks and playgrounds of all fi ve boroughs with free — yes, free. Field’s straight-from-the-neighborhood brand of social comment and wishful impact concerns the (always outrageous) matters and morals of our time.

“Tally Ho!, or Navigating the Future” premieres at 2:00p.m. on Saturday, August 1 at on East 10th Street between Second and First Avenues (nearer to First), around the corner from TNC itself.

Six weekends and 11 performances later, it plays Washington Square Park before wrapping things up on Sunday afternoon, September 13, at St, Mark’s Church (Second Avenue and 10th Street), right up the block from where the cycle started six weeks earlier.

By then, with all the 2009-style Big Guys and Bad Guys and Bankers and CEOs and Wall Street Gunslingers laid to rest, at least temporarily, we’ve learned the mantra of what the old New Deal — the FDR New

Deal — gave us:The 8-hour workday. The 40-hour workweek. The Child Labor laws. The fi rst Anti-Lynching law. The minimum wage. Banking oversight. Anti-Trust laws. Workman’s compensation. Unemployment insurance.And (but you must hold your breath)…The Social Security Act of 1936.Crystal Field, cofounder of Theater for

the New City with then husband George Bartenieff, has been writing and staging street theater in New York since 1976, and started seven years before that with street theater in Philadelphia.

“No,” Field says, “I wasn’t around” at the height of the Great Depression of the 1930s, “but I heard all about it from my mother. At one time she’d worked in a candy factory in New York, and they let you eat all the candy you wanted that dropped on the fl oor.”

Her mother would one day become the fi ne, dedicated Dr. Fannie Stoll, a wonderful old lady whom I chatted with at TNC street shows in the years just before her death not long ago at 98.

“My parents were very, very active,” says Field, who remembers not getting her fi rst “bought dress” — a “stripey cotton, size Chubette” — until she was 12. “When they talked about the Depression, they always said there’d be another one.”

Which is of course exactly what hap-pened seventy-plus years after Wall Street’s Black Tuesday of 1929, and is also what “Tally Ho!, or Navigating the Future” is all about.

Theater for the New City’s annual sum-mer street shows don’t just hatch, like eggs. There is a considerable gestation period, all of which starts in a brown paper bag in Field’s kitchen drawer.

“In there I shove notes and ideas and

scraps and pieces of paper.” These scraps all feed into a 2½-week workshop at TNC each spring, based on a rough scenario. Then Field repairs alone for two weeks to the trailer she’s long had in the woods up past Poughkeepsie “on the wrong side of the river, three or four miles from the General Store.”

That trailer is where she puts in the hard writing, with which she returns to the city for a 3½-week rehearsal period. Et voila!

Field did a ton of research while writing “Tally Ho!” and had leading cast members read the same books and study the same photographs she was absorbing.

“In the 1930s, there was almost a revo-lution in this country;” she says. “The New Deal really saved everything. That’s what Roosevelt did — he saved capitalism.”

So why isn’t there a revolution now?“It hasn’t been bad enough. But it will

happen again unless they put back all of the New Deal along with Universal Health Care. I’m really not a Socialist,” says Field, “but it’s coming. Unless…”

Yes, she thinks the new president is try-ing his best, “but I don’t think he can do it alone” — and this too is what “Tally Ho!” is urging. “When the people move, things get done. When they don’t move, nothing gets done.”

Oh, sure, there are oversimplifi cations and stock fi gures aplenty in “Tally Ho!” — it’s the nature of street theater to oversim-plify — but that doesn’t lessen, and indeed

increases, the warmth and one-to-one inter-action of actors and audiences. There is also, dear God, a climactic group sing in praise of Lower East Side community gardens. That’s virtually Field’s trademark.

Leading roles are played by Mark Marcante, who has been Crystal Field’s all-purpose strong man at TNC for many years; by Primi Rivera as Big Guy, a sort of prof-it-hungry, power-hungry villain, what my father would have called a rotating son of a bitch no matter which way you looked at him; and by Michael David and Alexander Bartenieff (Crystal’s 39-year-old son) as a couple of smartass Wall Street wolves.

Field herself has a small role — that of a mama who, when her son (the less vora-cious of those two wolves) says reassur-ingly: “It’s all in the numbers, Mom,” tartly replies: “In my day they had the numbers game, but at least they paid when your num-ber came up.”

VILLAGERARTS&ENTERTAINMENTAnnual street theater show tackles present by looking to pastCrystal Field’s Theater for the New City ensemble again delivers

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Ensemble members rehearse for :”Tally HO!”

TALLY HO!, OR NAVIGATING THE FUTUREWritten and directed by Crystal Field

Music by David Tice

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KOCH ON FILM

Ed Koch is making progress in his recovery from heart surgery on June 19. We wish him well and hope to have him back — praising and panning — as soon as possible.

30 July 29 - August 4, 2009

BY PAULA ROSENBERG“Writing teachers are like psycho-

analysts — only they’re paid less,” jokes Susan Shapiro. Her debut novel, “Speed Shrinking” (St. Martin’s Press) hits book-stores in August.

Shapiro has lived in the Village for 28 years. She purchased an apartment around the corner from her fi rst dorm at NYU because she wanted to “recapture the thrill of moving to the city from Michigan in 1981.” Her debut novel is a follow up to the hilarious 2005 memoir, “Lighting Up” — which chronicled conquering her addi-tions to smoking, drinking and drugs. At the end, the only thing Shapiro needed to quit was her addiction to therapy.

In “Speed Shrinking,” it’s the psycho-analyst who ends up quitting New York — and his patient. The novel’s heroine, Julia Goodman, is about to plug her new self-help book on beating sugar addiction. That’s when her best friend, husband, and shrink all leave town indefi nitely — send-ing Julia on a cupcake binge and a desper-ate mission to fi nd the perfect replacement psychiatrist by visiting eight therapists in one week. The entire novel takes place in the Greenwich Village — which is very fi t-ting, since its Shapiro’s idea of paradise.

She vividly recalls her fi rst day in New York, where she moved to get her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from NYU. “I was sitting in Washington Square Park and realized what was wrong with the fi rst 20 years of my life. I was switched at birth and should have been here.” Like her fi c-tional alter ego Julia, Shapiro rarely leaves her beloved neighborhood.

In the novel, Julia is also a Midwestern transplant. Like Shapiro, Julia can’t under-stand how people could want to live anywhere but downtown Manhattan. She seems especially irked when her best friend since grade school is whisked away

to Cleveland by her new husband. This revelation is so shocking that after bidding adieu to her friend, Julia promptly heads to her local drug store to binge on treats from the candy aisle.

Julia’s antics of fi nishing off a half dozen Crumbs cupcakes while obsessive-ly calling her best friend, Sarah (even though she is on her honeymoon) seem extreme. However, it’s Julia’s comical anal-ysis of her situation, as well as her unself-ishness, that ultimately wins the reader over. Even in the midst of her turmoil, she still makes her weekly commitment of vol-unteering at a soup kitchen and has genu-ine concern for Sarah’s diffi culty adapting to her new surroundings.

Julia is the cool, quirky, creative friend that everyone wishes was in their cir-cle. It’s her inventiveness that leads her

to test out eight shrinks in one week (to replace her trusted Dr. Ness). On her hunt, she’s as critical of her would-be substitutes as she is of herself — dismissing them for having bad taste in art, only being avail-able at 9AM on Saturdays, and suggesting she move outside of Manhattan.

Julia uses a similar technique when she realizes that she has packed on over 30 pounds from her sugar binges. She’s nervous about her book being dropped if her publisher gets wind of her weight gain and even more nervous about how she’ll look on her upcoming appearance on “The View.” Tired of being mistaken for pregnant, she decides to test out eight Overeaters Anonymous meetings in a week. She takes resourcefulness to a new level when she starts having her therapists take power walks with her during their sessions, rationalizing that she can unload her mind and burn off some calories at the same time.

The tall, dark haired, black clad Shapiro admits the novel is autobiographical. She was devastated when her therapist, Dr. Fred Woolverton, moved out of state and only came back to the city once every six weeks. He recommended a therapist from his East 9th Street consortium, The Village Institute, and promised to fl y back to town to participate in her upcoming speed shrinking parties (think speed dating with shrinks). “He was jealous I’ll be shrinking around,” Shapiro laughed. She is also a fan of the institute’s close proximity to her apartment. “I found such fantastic shrinks within a few block. Why would I schlep anywhere else?”

Therapists aren’t the only people Shapiro is unwilling to travel for. When the author fi rst met her husband, he lived in Murray Hill. This was a deal break-er. Colleagues tease that above 14th Street, she turns into a pumpkin. Fortunately, her partner eventually agreed to buy a Village apartment and recently became a tenured TV/Film professor at NYC.

Shapiro writes by day and teaches by night. She has taught at Cooper Union,

New York University, and the New School — where she will be receiving a distin-guished teaching award on September 3rd. “Even if I was a millionaire, my life wouldn’t be any different.” The locations of her second profession don’t hurt either. “I’ll work anywhere in walking distance of my apartment.” Sometimes Shapiro doesn’t even have to go beyond her front door, as she has taken to teaching book seminars and essay classes in the comfort of her own home. She calls her method “the instant gratifi cation takes too long” school of writing, where the goal is to write and sell a great piece by the end of the class to pay for the class.

While she admits the cost of an apart-ment has gone up dramatically in this neighborhood, Shaprio can’t imagine ever leaving. “I never want to live anywhere else. Vacations are diffi cult because I’m happier at home.” The only change in the neighborhood she laments is the loss of some of her favorite bookstores. She miss-es Postman Books and was “heartbroken” when the Astor Place Barnes and Noble right across the street from her closed. “The day we moved into our new place, I was giving a reading at Barnes and Noble and there was a poster of me in the window I could see from my apartment. I took it as good Karma,” she said. Having sold seven books in seven years it seems to be work-ing. She currently frequents Shakespeare and Co., The Strand, the Sixth Avenue Barnes and Noble, and McNally Jackson Booksellers.

Since August is the month most of the city’s couch doctors are on vacation she’s calling her public readings, “The Shrinks Are Away Tour.” Hopefully, that will help her readers make it to September.

Shapiro will be appearing 7:00p.m. on August 4th (along with Ian Frazier & Patricia Marx) at McNally Jackson Booksellers (52 Prince Street). She’ll also be giving a solo reading on September 7th, at 7:30p.m., at the Greenwich Village Barnes & Noble (396 Avenue of the Americas). Visit her at www.susanshapiro.net.

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Village author mines humor from misery“Speed Shrinking” released in the cruel month when therapists vacation

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Author and longtime Village resident Susan Shaprio

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Not Enough BodyMonika Treut’s romantic thriller falls short on both countsBY GARY M. KRAMER

Monika Treut’s intriguing fi lm “Ghosted,” about a lesbian video artist coping with the loss of her lover, intertwines issues of sexuality, nationality, and identity with decidedly mixed results. Despite a promising conceit — how love is most deeply felt when it is gone — this multicultural romance shaded by a mystery is surprisingly un-engaging.

Ai-Ling (Han-Ru Ke) leaves Taiwan for Germany to see her businessman uncle, Chen Fu (Jack Kao). She’s searching for information about her late father, and thinks Chen Fu may hold the key to her identity. Attending a movie one night she meets Sophie (Inga Busch), a video artist who becomes her lover. Although Sophie texts Ai-Ling that she has put a spell on her, audi-ences may not feel the intensity of their too-cool romance. The affair ends suddenly when Ai-Ling is murdered. While Sophie says she doesn’t blame herself for Ai-Ling’s demise, as the fi lm unfolds, there are hints that Ai-Ling’s feelings of jealousy and betrayal prompted her death.

Five months later, Sophie is in Taiwan, unveiling a video exhibit featuring her late lover. Mei Li (Ting Ting Hu) approaches the artist with interest in doing a newspaper interview. Sophie is wary of Mei Li, perhaps because she reminds her of Ai-Ling. Eventually she agrees to talk with the intrepid journalist, and in time they make their way into bed. Will this affair help Sophie drive the “ghost” of Ai-Ling from her past? Or will Sophie be haunted by the tragedy of Ai-Ling’s death; will her dead lover “avenge what has been done to her” from beyond the grave? Viewers may not feel much at stake in the answers.

Part of the problem is that the fi lm’s casual style fails to suffi ciently allow for the dramatic tensions to surface or percolate. Sophie’s loss of Ai-Ling is not made palpable, probably because what we see of their relationship lacks emotional pull. Like Sophie, audiences barely get to know Ai-Ling before she is killed; much of her screen time is shown in fl ashbacks. That problem is compounded by the fact that the circumstances of Ai-Ling’s death are revealed too late in the story. As with Ai-Ling, Sophie’s relationship with Mei Li is short on excitement, the two women never making the connection that would make their relationship believable. Their bonding may parallel Sophie’s romance with Ai-Ling, but it feels more like a contrived plot device.

The fi lm’s thrill episodes also fail to pack a punch. There is little inherent drama about Mei Li becoming unnerved by a pair of strangers, or having a “nightmare.” Perhaps the biggest kick in this aloof fi lm is when Mei Li reveals she has a hidden agenda. But much of “Ghosted” is simply too detached. Ai-Ling’s search for knowledge about her father doesn’t amount to much in terms of us getting to know her, even when his identity — not terribly unexpected — becomes known.

Treut may be focused more on mood than narrative in “Ghosted.” The fi lmmaker captures her characters’ unease by having these women communicate in broken English because no one can speak the other’s language. Surprisingly, the culture-clash elements in the fi lm are restricted

mostly to minor exchanges, such as Sophie expressing surprise that Al-Ling’s mother calls her everyday.

Sophie, Ai-Ling, and Mei Li are not unlik-able women; they are just uninteresting and the performances by the trio of actresses are equally soulless. Inga Busch, who looks a bit like Sandra Bernhard, has a formidable screen presence, but she never brings her character to life. It’s hard to appreciate what her lovers see in her. Both Han-Ru Ke and Ting Ting Hu are attractive and engag-ing, in ways that suggest there is more going on with their characters that perhaps there is. This may be their way of adding depth that doesn’t otherwise exist to their underwritten parts. But their efforts only go so far. “Ghosted” treats its issues superfi cially, never quite providing viewers with clues to the mysteries being solved.

Treut shot “Ghosted” on digital video, and though the fi lm does have some striking imagery, too much of it lacks a coherent style. The visuals often are no more gripping than the thin plot. “Ghosted,” disappointingly, is a wisp of a fi lm.

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Ting Ting Hu as Mei Li and Inga Busch as Sophie in Monika Treut’s “Ghosted”

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32 July 29 - August 4, 2009

BY DAVID KENNERLEY“Lake Overturn,” the generous debut

novel by Vestal McIntyre, is an extraordi-narily rendered narrative about ordinary people. Set in Eula, Idaho, a quasi-fiction-al desert town on the edge of a big lake, the work traces the lives of more than a dozen characters who are swimming against the crosscurrents of family, class, race, organized religion, peer pressure, and thwarted sexuality.

The book’s title refers to an actual 1986 incident in Cameroon, where a giant bubble of carbon dioxide rose from the bottom of Lake Nyos and killed 1,700 villagers. The plucky-but-geeky Enrique, a young teen who gets off reading muscle mags, explores this phenomenon in a sci-ence fair project, suggesting that a similar tragedy could befall Eula.

Despite their humble, white-trash roots, McIntyre has crafted poignantly vivid characterizations where humanity shines. The critics are purring, calling the novel “engrossing,” “deliriously ambro-sial,” and “richly imagined and fully real-ized.” The New York Times recently named the work an “Editor’s Choice,” as it did his collection of short stories, “You Are Not the One,” a couple of years ago. If your typical summer page-turner feels like ocean surf crashing, the experience of reading “Lake Overturn” is akin to gentle wavelets lapping at your toes –– soothing, expansive, transporting.

The youngest of seven siblings (four turned out to be gay) in a Southern Baptist household in Nampa, Idaho, McIntyre won a highly coveted National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Lambda Literary Award in 2006. For many years, he lived in New York, serv-ing steak frites at the famed, lamented bistro, Florent, and last year decamped to London to live with his British husband, Tristan.

I recently spoke with the 37-year-old author about his new novel, his Florent days, becoming an ex-pat, and the murky politics of same-sex marriage.

DAVID KENNERLEY: In the last few weeks, I spied guys reading “Lake Overturn” on the Fire Island Pines beach and the Christopher Street pier. Somebody even approached me while I was reading the book and said that his 80-year-old mother loved it.

VESTAL MCINTYRE: Are you kidding? Holy shit, I wish I were there. When my first book came out, I was hoping and praying that one day I would randomly see someone reading it on the subway, but it never happened. I have personally sold copies of my book, however. I have a crappy job at this chain store —London’s answer to Barnes and Noble. The manag-ers are really nice and stock it at the front counter. Sometimes when I’m at the regis-ter, customers pick the book up and when they realize I’m the author, they buy it.

DK: Who then, would you say, is your target audience?

VM: When I’m writing, I resist think-ing of a specific audience. Usually, the first person to read my work is my older sister, my toughest critic. So I ask myself, “Would Beeb think this is funny or would she roll her eyes?” But that doesn’t mean I’m targeting lesbians in their late 40s.

DK: On the surface, a wispily plotted story set in Podunk, Idaho doesn’t exactly scream “Read me!” Was it a tough sell to get it published?

VM: Not at all. I had a savvy, receptive group of editors to send it out to, and luckily I got offers right away. It’s funny you ask, because I come up against that problem a lot. I have to talk about the book and get people excited about it: “It’s about these folks stuck in a small town in Idaho, and there’s this trailer park.” When I was writing, I never considered how that might sound. There’s no hook.

DK: You’ve woven together several story threads involving a slew of char-acters. There’s Lina, a single mom of Mexican descent who lives in a trailer

park and cleans people’s houses; Enrique, her gay-leaning 13-year-old son; Connie, a lovelorn, conflicted religious zealot; Chuck, a Mormon losing his wife to can-cer; and Wanda, a drug addict/ babysitter who yearns to become a surrogate mother. And many more. How did you keep all those story lines straight?

VM: At a certain point the timeline got all out of shape and the story was a tangled mess. So I turned one wall into a big chart with color-coded notecards with scenes I had written and had yet to write. It helped me sort out what could happen when.

DK: Instead of mocking Connie’s devout religious fervor, you treat her with respect. Was that difficult?

VM: It would be difficult for me — and I don’t want to sound too sappy — not to treat her with respect, since I’m devoting so much of the novel to her. Her concerns with living a good life and pleasing God were my concerns when I was little. I was intensely religious, worried I was going to Hell. I had long negotiations directly with God, bargaining, “If I do this, will you help me with this?” I couldn’t make fun of her. Although I’d be happy to skewer Christians in another book.

DK: Although barely a teenager, Enrique is pretty sure he’s attracted to boys. Did you draw from your own experience?

VM: Yeah. I went to a tiny fundamen-talist Christian junior high school where I was targeted as the school fag. It got so tortuous, my parents let me switch to public school, which was bigger and more comfortable for people on the fringe. A lot of stuff, like [Enrique’s] navigations of junior high society and negotiations with bullies, came from my life. He’s a little more ruthless and gets into harder situa-tions than I got into — what I could have been if I were bolder.

DK: What was it like having gay broth-ers and sisters?

VM: When we were little, our house was so gay. We weren’t allowed to talk about gay stuff at all, since my mother was so strict. However, we’d divide into teams, dress up, and have weird, campy dance contests, performing elaborate rou-tines to Dolly Parton songs. It was basi-cally one big drag show. Our parents loved it.

DK: Now you’re living in London. Why do you think Americans have such a prob-lem with gays getting hitched compared to the Brits?

VM: It’s complicated. The easy answer is that America is overrun by religious conservatives, while [Great Britain] is the most secular society I can think of. Political questions are dealt with more intellectually here, unclouded by passion.

People don’t get moralistic or religious about it. It’s a simple matter of civil rights.

DK: Do you think it’s a question of semantics? The “M” word scares many Americans.

VM: I don’t know why people are so fixated on that word. I’m happy with the term civil partner. I don’t want it to be called marriage because that seems like an imitation of a straight convention. I am tempted to diss America but I love it too, and I miss it. I want to move back and bring Tristan, as soon as they let us.

DK: I read your letter to Obama pub-lished in the Advocate encouraging the passage of the Uniting American Families Act, the bill allowing Americans to spon-sor their same-sex foreign partners so they can live here. What’s your take on Obama’s inaction on this issue?

VM: Obama has a huge influence on how it will go, but technically the bill is in the hands of Congress right now. Obama supported it as a senator; there’s no question he would sign it. The task is to get more senators behind it. It could still happen.

DK: You worked at my favorite restau-rant, Florent, for a decade. Did the expe-rience inform your writing in any way?

VM: It was great for my career. Everyone who worked there had a creative streak, and Florent [Morellet] encouraged us. Other writers and my agent would visit me there — it was my office. I was able to go away to write for stretches, sometimes months, and come back and still have a job. When my first book came out, Florent kept a stack downstairs. When he was having dinner with a literary influential, he’d grab one and say [French accent], “Zees is Vestal, he’s a great writer. You simply must read hees book.”

DK: The restaurant’s demise seems ripe for a novel — a popular, unpreten-tious, artsy gastro hub, presided over by a graciously eccentric gay maverick, falls victim to a greedy landlord, who in turn gets crunched by the economic slide and struggles to find a tenant for the space. Ever been tempted to write about that?

VM: No. But last time I was in New York, I saw Florent furiously writing some sort of manuscript.

Still Waters Run DeepSprawling novel extracts magic from the mundane

LAKE OVERTURNBy Vestal McIntyre

HarperCollins

$24.99; 448 pages

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MUSIC IN CHELSEAFrederico Gouveia, an emerging talent on the New York City scene, makes his first appearance as conductor of The New Amsterdam String Orchestra — which, every summer, morphs into the New Amsterdam Summer Orchestra (as part of the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra’s long-time collaboration with St. Peter’s Music in Chelsea series). Confused by the three different “Amsterdam” variations? Don’t stress about it; just show up and enjoy selections including Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (by Vaughan Williams). Tuesday, August 11, 7:30p.m. at St. Peter’s Church (3346 W. 20th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues). The suggested donation is $10 ($5 for students/seniors). For more information, call 212-929-2390.

PEOPLE, PIERS, WATERFRONTRendered in luminous black and white, Darleen Rubin’s photographs of NYC are deceptive time capsules. Works like 1974’s “Coast Guard Eagle with Goodyear blimps” depict what we’ve come to expect when viewing photographs of the city taken during the early decades of the last cen-tury. No matter the era depicted or evoked, you’ll find yourself thoroughly swept away by pleasant waves of melancholy and nostalgia once the full force of exhibit has its way with you. “Greenwich Village People, Piers and the Waterfront during the 1970s” shows at the Jefferson Market Library (425 Sixth Avenue at 10th Street) through August 31. For more information visit www.darleenrubin.com.

CINE FEST PETROBAS BRASILCatch the best of contemporary Brazilian cinema at the seventh annual edition of Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil. Likely highlights include “The Ballroom” — a San Paulo-set tale following five couples dealing with love and lust (on the dance floor and off). “Veronica” tells the tale of a childless public school teacher whose life suddenly changes when one of her students, left behind after hours, plunges her into a web of unexpected intrigue and action. August 2 through 7 at Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street). For tickets ($10 for each film), www.ticketweb.com. Film descrip-tions and a full schedule can be found on www.brazilianfilmfestival.com or by calling 646-827-9333.

SUMMER IN THE SQUAREThe weekly entertainment series “Summer in the Square” invites you to Union Square Park every Thursday through August 19. From the wee hours of the morning to the cusp of dusk, you’ll find fitness and yoga classes as well as music and theatri-cal performances — all of which won’t cost you a dime. At 8:00a.m. on July 30 and August 6/13, “Fitness in the Square” features a Yoga class by Prana Power. At Noon on July 30 and August 6, “Kids in the Square” presents the Gazillion Bubble Show. At 6:00p.m. on August 6, “Music in the Square” brings performances presented by Daryl Roth Theater. For a complete schedule of these free Union Square Park events, visit www.union-squarenyc.org/SummerintheSquare.htm.

STEELY DANAn event making it into the A List two weeks in a row happens about as often as a Democrat getting elected to the presidency — so don’t bother sending angry emails. Walter Becker and Donald Fagan have burrowed their way into the hearts and minds of we here at The A List with their potent mix of sophisticated, cynical, lecherous lyrics and breezy but complex musical arrangements (think “Hey Nineteen” and “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”). Villager residents are therefore advised to make the trek uptown to catch updated takes on classic albums (“Aja” “Goucho” or “The Royal Scam”) along with selected personal favorites. The final night will feature audience requests made from Internet ticket buyers. Good to know they’re keeping up with the modern times, even if the best of their most recent work (“Everything Must Go”) revels in sitting back and having a drink as the world goes to hell. July 29, 31 and August 1, 3, 4, 10, 11; at The Beacon Theatre. To purchase tickets, www.ticketmaster.com or 866-858-0008.

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From “Veronica”

Photo by Matt Tyson

Jukebox and the Ghost, performing July 30, 5:30pm-6:30pm

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From May, 1973: “Rollerena on Pier 42”

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34 July 29 - August 4, 2009

`NAME: SHAH COMMU-NICATIONS L.L.C.

Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 01/08/09. Off. Loc.: New York Co. Kamal Shah desig-nated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to THE LLC C/O Kamal Shah, 292 Fifth Ave-nue, 4th Flr., NY, NY 10001. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

FIFTH AVENUE MAINTE-NANCE LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/2/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O Business Filings Incorporated 187 Wolf Road, STE. 101. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Regis-tered Agent: Business Filings Incorporated 187 Wolf Road, STE. 101 Albany, NY 12205.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

BP PANAMA LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/14/2009. Offi ce 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 13TH Street, Suite 7B New York, NY 10014. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF AULIS & CO., LLC

Cert. of Conversion fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/15/09, convert-ing AULIS & CO. to AULIS & CO., LLC. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 345 Park Ave., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10154. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Ser-vice Co., 80 State St., 6th Fl., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF RESIDENTIAL TELEVISION PRODUC-

TIONS LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/13/09. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 320 Roe-bling St., #126, Brooklyn, NY 11211. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to Kathy A. Hobbs at the princ. offi ce of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CAPE SAG ELITE ASSOCIATES, LLC

Arts of Org., fi led with NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) 04/15/2009. Offi ce in New York County; SSNY desig-nated agent for service of process with copy mailed to Attn: Thomas J. Malmud, Esq., Pryor Cashman LLP, 410 Park Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10022, All lawful business purposes.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PEACELOVE 1 LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/08/09. Offi ce 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: Peace-Love 1 LLC, Darada David, 206 East 87th Street Apt. 5B, NY 10128.Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 603

ASSOCIATES, LLC

Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/10/08. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2108. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY has been des-ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 210 East 86th Street, Suite 603, New York, New York. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF SANCUS CAPI-

TAL ADVISORS LLC

App. for Auth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/12/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC org. in DE 5/8/09. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Attn: Olga Chernova, 111 Wooster St., Apt. 6B, NY, NY 10012. DE offi ce addr.: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF CRISPIN

CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.

App. for Auth. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/22/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LP org. in DE 5/21/09. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Attn: Michael Cahill, 375 Park Ave., Ste. 1305, NY, NY 10152. DE offi ce addr.: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP on fi le: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Name/addr. of each gen. ptr. avail. at SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FIVE OTHER TEN CONDOMINIUM LLC

Arts. Of Org. fi led with Sec. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 05/12/09. Offi ce 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, 503 W. 27th St., #4, NY, NY 10001. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 323 CONSULTING,

LLC

Arts. Of Org. fi led with Sec. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 04/08/09. Offi ce 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, 10 W. End Ave., Ste. 31B, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NY ELIZABETH PROP-

ERTIES LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/30/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: The LLC, 87 Elizabeth St. #4D, New York, NY 10013. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF EARL OF

SANDWICH (350 PARK), LLC

Application of Authority fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/3/2008. Offi ce location: NY County. Principal business address: 6052 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32819. LLC formed in Florida (FL) on 11/12/2008. 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, c/o Earl of Sandwich, 6052 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32819. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DIVINE STRATEGIES,

LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 5/28/09. Offi ce location: NY County. 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 address: 254 W. 31st St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

NAME: STRUCTURED CREDIT CONSULTANTS,

LLC

Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 03/18/09. Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of pro-cess to THE LLC, 845 Third Avenue, 6th Floor, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil 7/1-8/5/09

NAME: 66-68 WEST 82ND STREET REALTY,

LLC

Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 05/29/09. Off. Loc.: New York Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of pro-cess to THE LLC, 26 West 85th St., New York, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Vil 7/1-8/5/09

NEW RED LLC

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Vil 7/1-8/5/09

LOVESICK PICTURES LLC

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Vil 7/1-8/5/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF SUNRISE BRO-

KERS, LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/27/2009. Offi ce location: NY Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/22/2009. SSNY designated as /agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Buchanan Associates, LLC 1114 Avenue Of The Americas 17TH Floor New York, NY 10036. DE address of LLC: 1201 Orange Street #600 Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal ST, Suite 4 Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF INTEGRATIVE

SPORTS MEDICINE NYC, PLLC

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF INTEGRATIVE FAMILY

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Vil 7/1-8/5/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 2304 REALTY LLC

Arts Of Org. fi led with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/05/99. Offi ce location: Bronx County. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 201 Red Hill Rd., New City, NY 10956. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/1-8/5/09NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 1726 DAVIDSON LLC

Arts Of Org. fi led with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/21/05. Offi ce location: Bronx County. SSNY desig-nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jon Basmanov, 817 Westchester Ave., Bronx, NY 10455. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 1702 LLC

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Vil 7/1-8/5/09NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF 2308 LLC

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 3876 PARK AVENUE

LLC

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Vil 7/1-8/5/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 150 EAST, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/16/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 17 Battery Pl., Ste. 1224, NY, NY 10004. 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. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ABSOLUTE PROPER-

TIES OF NYC, LLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/27/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: The LLC, 260 Convent Ave Ste. 102, New York, NY 10031. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 7/1-8/5/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MARINA M. RICH-

ARDS, M.D., PLLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/15/09. Offi ce 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: 1 Morningside Drive, #2005, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 7/1-8/5/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF AEA MEZZA-NINE II FUNDING LLC

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 2/6/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 263 Tresser Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901. LLC formed in DE on 12/4/08. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: CT Corporation Sys-tem, 111 8th Ave., 13th Fl., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilm-ington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 7/1-8/5/09

NAME OF FOREIGN LLC: SKIDMORE, OWINGS &

MERRILL A.D. LLC

App. for Auth. fi led NY Dept. of State: 5/28/09. Jurisd. and date of org.: DE 3/30/09. County off. loc.: New York Cty. Princ. bus. loc.: 14 Wall St., NY, NY 10005. 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: 14 Wall St., NY, NY 10005, Attn: General Counsel. Addr. of foreign LLC in DE is: 615 South DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Auth. offi cer in DE where Cert. of Form. fi led: Sec. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., # 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NAME OF FOREIGN LLC: 1709 SURF AVENUE

ASSOCIATES LLC

App. for Auth. fi led NY Dept. of State: 5/12/09. Jurisd. and date of org.: DE 5/13/05. 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: c/o Taconic Investment Part-ners LLC, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Addr. of foreign LLC in DE is: 1209 Orange Street, Wilming-ton, Delaware, 19801. Auth. offi cer in DE where Cert. of Form. fi led: Sec. of State of the State of DE, c/o DE Div. of Corporations, 401 Federal Street, Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DIVINE CONSULT-

ING, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 5/28/09. Offi ce location: NY County. 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 address: 254 W. 31st St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GIRONA CAPITAL,

LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/26/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: The LLC, Attn: Jef-frey Ravetz, 498 West End Avenue, Unit 7-A, NY, NY 10024. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 6/24-7/29/09

ULTIMATEREC LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/23/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Cullen Douglas Shaw 1309 5TH Ave Apt 30D New York, NY 10029. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

LATMAN CONSULTING SERVICES LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/19/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Neil Latman 305 E. 24TH ST. 15U New York, NY 10010. Purpose: Any law-ful activity. Registered Agent: Neil Latman 305 E. 24TH ST. 15U New York, NY 10010.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

ROWE ADVISORS, LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/19/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Mr. Ronald Weintraub 920 5TH Avenue New York, NY 10021. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

FAIRWAY FUND VII LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/29/2009. Offi ce 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 7/8-8/12/09

JZS DESIGNS, LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/20/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 360 West 22 Street, #2L New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Regis-tered Agent: Judy Salmon 360 West 22 Street, #2L New York, NY 10011

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

MANDEL BHANDARI LLP

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/23/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to THE LLP 11 Broadway Suite 615, New York, NY 10004. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

EXPERT ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTICS, LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/4/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to THE LLC 124 West 60TH Street Apt 35D New York, NY 10023. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

JFL GENERAL CON-

TRACTING LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/15/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Jose Lebron 601 W 113 Penthouse New York, NY 10025. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF BDS TRADING,

LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/21/2009. Offi ce location: NY Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/19/2009. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to THE LLC 159 Bleecker Street, Apt 4D NY, NY 10012. DE address of LLC: Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF HOLLISTER CON-

STRUCTION SERVICES

OF NEW YORK, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/16/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: Heights Plaza, 777 Terrace Ave., Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604. 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. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF LIBRIS HOLDINGS

LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/23/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 24 Fifth Ave., #705, NY, NY 10011. 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. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF ANVAYA, LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/22/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/05/07. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 205 E. 85th St., Unit 15H, NY, NY 10028. 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. offi ce. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with The DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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P U B L I C N O T I C E S

July 29 - August 4, 2009 35

Villager photos by J.B. Nicholas

The ‘Mosaic Man’ puts it together on Avenue AEarlier this month, Jim Power, the East Village’s “Mosaic Man,” was busy at work fi xing up some broken-tile-encrusted planters he had made at Avenue A and Third St.

36 July 29 - August 4, 2009

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY

COMPANY. NAME: LSJC JV GROUP, LLC

Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secre-tary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/22/09. Offi ce 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, 200 Central Park South, #20A, New York, New York 10019. Purpose: For any law-ful purpose.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KYLE DEWOODY LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 6/24/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 334 Bow-ery, #2F, NY, NY 10012. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Doug-las Gladstone, Esq., Goldfarb & Fleece, 345 Park Ave., NY, NY 10154. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PETER FLOM CON-

SULTING LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Dept. of State on 6/25/09. Offi ce location: NY County. 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.: 515 West End Ave., Apt. 8C, NY, NY 10024. Pur-pose: all lawful purposes.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF D. E. SHAW AQ-SP SERIES 14-02,

L.L.C.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 5/11/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 12/18/08. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., 120 W. 45th St., 39th Fl., NY, NY 10036, Attn: John Liftin, General Counsel, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-ington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF D. E. SHAW AQ-SP SERIES 6-07,

L.L.C.

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 5/8/09. Offi ce loca-tion: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 5/16/07. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., 120 W. 45th St., 39th Fl., NY, NY 10036, Attn: John Liftin, General Counsel, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Fed-eral St., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF HALSEY LANE

HOLDINGS, LLC

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 6/24/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 900 Park Ave., NY, NY 10075. LLC formed in DE on 6/23/09. 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: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Fed-eral St., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DUNN/BORIS PRO-

DUCTIONS, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/12/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to princ. bus. loc.: c/o The LLC, 515 Park Ave., Ste. 20, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF O-CAP ADVI-

SORS, LLC

App. For Auth. fi led with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 6/8/2009. Offi ce loca-tion: New York County. LLC formed in DE on 6/4/2009. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 140 E. 63rd St., Apt. 17C, New York, NY 10065, Attn: Michael Olshan. DE address of LLC: 615 S. DuPont High-way, Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. fi led with DESS, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: to engage in any act or activity lawful under the NY LLC Law.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MMAC PRODUC-

TIONS, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/3/09. Offi ce 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, 248 W. 60th St., NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/8-8/12/09

ROCK HOUSE GROUP LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/1/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O Davidoff Malito & Hutcher LLP, Attn. Charles Klein, Esq. 605 Third Avenue 34TH Floor New York, NY 10158. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09ONE DAY PARTNERS,

LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/12/2009. Offi ce 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 7/15-8/19/09

ARC SOLUTIONS LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/13/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Andreas Ryll And Lisa Gottesman 201 East 77TH Street Suite 20B New York, NY 10075. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PHIPPS CG III, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 902 Broadway, 13th Fl., NY, NY 10010. 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. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JOHN F. KRUSE, DDS,

PLLC

Arts. Of Org. fi led with Sec. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 05/04/09. Offi ce 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, 630 5th Ave., Ste. 1818, New York, NY 10111. Purpose: profes-sion of dentistry.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CCB STRATEGIES,

LLC

Arts. Of Org. fi led with Sec. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 04/24/09. Offi ce 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, 1057 2nd Ave., Apt. 4B, New York, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF HFP INVEST-

MENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 06/04/09. LLC Formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/17/08. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 685 5th Ave., 9th Fl., NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. Of Org. fi led with DE Secy. Of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF THE SOUFAN

GROUP LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/25/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 4/24/07. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 156 W. 56th St., Ste. 1004, NY, NY 10019. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o Har-vard Business Services, Inc., 16192 Coastal Hwy, Lewes, DE 19958. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. Of State, 401 Federal St., Ste 4., Dover, DE 19901 . Purpose: any lawful activities. .

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFI-CATION OF ARTISAN

INVESTMENTS GP LLC

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 6/30/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 875 E. Wisconsin Ave, Ste. 800, Milwaukee, WI 53202. LLC formed in DE on 3/26/09. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Corpora-tion Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EAST RIVER RETAIL

SYSTEMS LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/22/09. Offi ce 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 The LLC, 450 7th Avenue, Ste. 1401, NY, NY 10123. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

NAME OF LLC: STRYJ, LLC

Art. of Org. fi led Dept. of State of NY on April 14, 2008. NY county off. loc.: New York Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to: Olshan Grund-man, Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, 65 East 55th Street, New York, NY 10022, Attn: Samuel P. Ross, Esq. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/15-8/19/09

A PROFESSIONAL SER-VICE LIMITED LIABILITY

COMPANY:

Notice of Formation of A Pro-fessional Service Limited Lia-bility Company (PLLC)Name: Metropolitan Urology, PLLC Article of Organization fi led by the Department of State of New York on 5/6/2009 offi ce location: County of New York. Purpose: Medicine. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 242 East 72nd Street, Suite 1B New York, NY 10021.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

FOUR G 23RD STREET REALTY LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/13/2008. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Kimberly D Jus-tice Suite 4G 620 West 171 Street New York, NY 10032. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

MANHATTAN COVERS LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/23/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to THE LLC 1583 First Ave APT 4D NY, NY 10028. Purpose: Any law-ful activity. Registered Agent: Zbigniew Jakowiak 1583 First Ave, APT. 4D NY, NY 10028.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

FLORAWORKS LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/4/2004. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to THE LLC 366 Amsterdam Ave, #132 NY, NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Registered Agent: Alon Hacohen 366 Amsterdam Ave, #132 NY, NY 10024.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF BAM CAPITAL

HOLDINGS, L.P.

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/18/2009. Offi ce location: NY Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/12/2008. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Bam Asset Management L.P. 135 E 57th Street, 27th Fl. NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF COMPASS

FINANCIAL ADVISORY, LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 02/23/09. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 825 Third Ave., Ste. 203, NY, NY 10022. 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. offi ce. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF WAVERLY CAPI-TAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/08/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/23/09. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 90 W. Houston St., Apt. 3B, NY, NY 10012. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to the LLC at the princ. offi ce of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. fi led with State of DE, Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CITY FUELS LLC

Arts. Of Org. fi led with Sec. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 05/27/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: The LLC, 4353 Broad-way, NY, NY 10033. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF BEDFORD 61ST STREET ASSOCIATES,

LLC

Art. of Org. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/9/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Nat. Reg. Agents, 875 Ave of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MC GREENPORT, LLC

Art. of Org. fi led Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/1/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Metropolitan Council, 80 Maiden Lane, NY, NY 10038. Purpose: any lawful activi-ties.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF THE WEDDING

DIRECTOR, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 4/24/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of pro-cess to c/o CSC, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. Purpose: any law-ful activities.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LU NING ARCHITEC-

TURE, PLLC

Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/30/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC is to: The PLLC, 55 E 87th St, 7M, New York, NY 10128. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY

COMPANY. NAME: USA AUTO TRADERS LLC

Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/19/09. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o The Law Offi ces of Spar & Ber-stein, P.C., 225 Broadway, Suite 512, New York, New York 10007. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PHILMEDIA, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy.

of State of NY (SSNY) on

6/16/09. Offi ce location: NY

County. SSNY designated as

agent of LLC upon whom

process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: Cliff Sloan c/o Phil-Media, LLC, 95 Morton St., NY, NY 10014. Purpose: any

lawful activity. Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF M AND B PARKING

LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy.

of State of NY (SSNY) on

6/29/09. Offi ce location: NY

County. SSNY designated as

agent of LLC upon whom

process against it may be

served. SSNY shall mail pro-

cess to: The LLC, 50-25 Bar-

nett Avenue, Sunnyside, NY

11104. Purpose: any lawful

purpose.

Vil 7/22-8/26/09

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN

that a license, #1228651 has been applied for by Fondue 26 LLC to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on premises consump-tion under the ABC law at 122 W 26th Street NY, NY 10001.

Vil 7/29/09 & 8/5/09

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN

that a license, #TBA has been applied for by 137 East 55th St. Inc. d/b/a Covet to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant. For on prem-ises consumption under the ABC law at 137 East 55th Street NY, NY 10010.

Vil 7/29/09 & 8/5/09

ALPARI SECURITIES, LLC

Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/30/2009. Offi ce in NY Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to THE LLC 14 Wall Street, Suite 5H New York, NY 10005. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-

TION OF PUPS TO GO,

LLC AMENDED TO PUP

TO GO, LLC

Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/21/2009. Offi ce location: NY Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/18/2009. SSNY des-ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Meena Manshara-mani 524 E. 72nd St #29C NY, NY 10021. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. Of Org. fi led with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4 Dover, DE 19901. Registered Agent is Meena Mansharamani 524 E. 72nd St #29C NY, NY 10021 Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF FLY ON THE WALL

FILMS LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to Altman, Greenfi eld & Selvaggi, 200 Park Ave. South, 8th Fl., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABIL-

ITY COMPANY. NAME: BROADSWITCH MOBILE

LLC

Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/16/09. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2060. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY has been des-ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Blueswitch, 61 Broadway, Suite 2710, New York, New York 10006. Pur-pose: For any lawful pur-pose.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BARBARA L PORT-

MAN, LLC

Article of Organization fi led with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/26/09 Offi ce location NEW YORK County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Offi ce address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is C/O the LLC 7014 13th Avenue. Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose of LLC: to engage in any lawful act or activity. Street address of Principal Business location is: 860 Fifth Avenue. New York, NY 10065.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF POLYMODAL LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/19/09. Offi ce location: NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001, also registered agent. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF E-PLAY, LLC

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 6/12/09. Offi ce location: NY County. LLC formed in OH on 6/15/04. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. OH and principal business addr.: 1177 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, OH 43212. Arts. of Org. fi led with OH Sec. of State, 30 E. Broad St., Colum-bus, OH 43266. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-TION OF INTERNA-TIONAL HOUSE OF

PANCAKES, LLC

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 2/26/09. Offi ce location: NY County. Princ. bus. addr.: 450 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203. LLC formed in DE on 1/15/69. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corpo-ration Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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P U B L I C N O T I C E S

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BY JULIE SHAPIRO An ice rink is coming to Battery Park City

this winter. The 17,000-square-foot rink, more than

twice the size of the one that opened in South Street Seaport last winter, will go in the B.P.C. ball fi elds during the months the fi elds are usually closed.

“We would like to extend the useful life of the fi elds,” said Stephanie Gelb, vice president of planning and design for the Battery Park City Authority. The goal is a community-oriented skating rink, “as if it’s a local pond,” Gelb said.

The authority is close to signing a deal with Rink Management Services Corp. to build the temporary rink on the fi elds each winter for the next six years. The rink will be of regulation National Hockey League size, approximately 200 feet by 85 feet. It will also have a 9-foot-wide skating path that will break off from the rink and mean-der around the northern part of the ball fi elds. Only one other rink in the country has a path like that, said Tom Hillgrove, president of R.M.S.

“It’s extremely unique, even for New York,” Hillgrove said.

The rink will be open seven days a week, starting sometime in December and running through late January or early February. The authority is still discussing hours and fees with R.M.S., but admission will be about $10, with skate rental at $3, the authority

said. Skating and hockey lessons will cost about $15 a session.

The authority’s board voted last Tuesday to give R.M.S. the contract.

Jeff Mihok, a B.P.C. resident, said he is looking forward to taking his children skat-

ing at the rink. He suggested a discounted rate for residents or a seasonal membership pass, options the authority is considering.

“I’m really happy to hear they’re going to make that happen,” Mihok said. “To have that space not used for fi ve months of the year is crazy.”

The authority tried to bring an ice rink in for last winter but wasn’t able to pick an operator in time. The other operator that applied for the contract would have created a much more expensive, tourist-focused rink, which Gelb said had “a lot more glitz to it” and would not have been compatible with the community.

R.M.S. will pay the authority a mini-mum of $60,000 per year to rent the space and will pay more if the rink does well,

Gelb said. In addition to building the rink, R.M.S. will bring in trailers and put up tents for concessions.

The revenue from the rink will offset the costs of some utility work the authority has to do at the fi elds. The authority plans to spend about $700,000 on the work, which includes removing an electrical panel and a shed from the fi elds’ south side, opening up more space for the local sports leagues to use.

Tom Merrill, president of Downtown Little League, said he has long been advocat-ing for the authority to make those changes, which will provide room for batting cages and a place for pitchers to warm up.

“Every inch of space down there counts,” Merrill said.

Ice, ice, baby: Rink is for real this year at B.P.C. ball fi elds

A schematic rendering showing the sea-sonal ice rink and skating path planned for the Battery Park City ball fi elds.

Skating Path

Rink

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TION OF HARVEST

PARTNERS, LP

Authority fi led with NY Dept. of State on 7/14/09. NYS fi ct. name: New Harvest Partners, L.P. Offi ce location: NY Coun-ty. LP formed in DE on 3/3/06. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail pro-cess to the principal business addr.: Harvest Partners, LP, 280 Park Ave., 33rd Fl., NY, NY 10017. DE addr. of LP: 1209 Orange St., Wilming-ton, DE 19801. Name/addr. of genl. ptr. available from NY Sec. of State. Cert. of LP fi led with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION

OF HIGHLAND PROJECT

CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/14/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Corporation Ser-vice Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF FORMA-TION OF TRAINING

CONCEPTS CONSULT-ING, LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on June 2, 2009. Offi ce location: New York County. SSNY des-ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Shira Bor-doloi, 126 East 57th Street, #3B, New York, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KY 270 BROADWAY

LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/7/09. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: c/o Fox Rothschild LLP, 100 Park Ave., Ste. 1500, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 23NYC FIDI LLC

Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/1/08. Offi ce location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: Filippo Cinotti, 50 Broad Street, Ste. 1911, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: any law-ful activity.

Vil 7/29-9/2/09

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DREN’S PROBATE COURT

NOTICE TO: Alpha Sessay, whose last known residence was in the city of New York, State of New York. Pursuant to an order of Hon. Beverly Streit-Kefalas, Judge, a hearing will be held at New Haven Regional Children’s Court, 873 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511 on August 14, 2009 at 11:15 AM on an application for Continued Temporary Custody & Removal of Guardian concerning a certain minor child born on December 1, 1997. The Court’s decision will affect your interest, if any, as in said application on fi le more fully appears.

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Vil 7/29/09

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th fl oor, on the petition from PGT Rest. Corp d/b/a Slainte, to establish to, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 304 Bowery, in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. Request for copies of the proposed Revocable Consent Agreement may be obtained by submitting a request to: Dept. of Consumer Affairs, 42 Broadway, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Foil Offi cer.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th fl oor, on the petition from K.D. International Corp, to establish, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 95 Second Avenue, in the Borough of Manhattan, for a term of two years. Request for copies of the proposed Revocable Consent Agreement may be obtained by submitting a request to: Dept. of Consumer Affairs, 42 Broadway, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Foil Offi cer.

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Aaron Eng-Achson and his second-grade E.S.L. class from P.S. 42 spent this spring learning about landmarks. To teach the children how new landmarks get created, Eng-Achson brought his class to the Landmarks Preservation Commission last month.

Before the visit, the students wrote persuasive pieces to L.P.C. Chairperson Bob Tierney, hoping to convince him that Confucius Plaza, a 760-unit limited-equity co-op and the tallest building in Chinatown, deserves landmark status. The students gave archi-tectural, historical, aesthetic, moral, and economic reasons why Confucius Plaza is important to the Chinese community and to the New York City community at large.

“I would like for you to make Confucius Plaza a landmark because it gave elderly people a clean, safe place to live,” wrote Lila Chen, one of Eng-Achson’s students. “It is over 30 years old. It is one of a kind landmark. It is the tallest building in Chinatown. It is fl at and semi-circle.”

In addition to teaching his students about landmarks, Eng-Achson hoped to teach them about being active in their com-munity, regardless of the fact that they are young and are still learning English.

“They were very impressed with my 7-year-olds,” Eng-Achson said of the commissioners.

The L.P.C. is reviewing the students’ request, a spokesperson said.

The mission to landmark Confucius Plaza has special mean-ing for Eng-Achson, because his father, Allan Eng-Achson, advocated for the building in the 1970s as a way to maintain Chinatown as an affordable residential community.

Before visiting the L.P.C. June 23, the P.S. 42 students spent fi ve months discussing the meaning of landmarks and their implications for their local community. Their study focused on landmarks around the city but particularly in Chinatown, near their school on Hester St.

Students make case for landmarking Confucius Plaza

Students in Aaron Eng-Achson’s second-grade class at P.S. 42 pose with models they made of New York land-marks. The students wrote letters hoping to convince the city to add a new landmark to the list: Confucius Plaza.

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