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Volume 80, Number 31 $1.00 West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Hudson Square, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933 December 30, 2010 - January 5, 2011

Waiting to exhale:
Congress passes
9/11 health bill
BY ALINE REYNOLDS aged to reach a bipartisan
Thousands of 9/11 sur- agreement with Oklahoma
vivors’ wishes came true Senator Tom Coburn and
last week when Congress Wyoming Senator Mike
passed a modified version of Enzi. Earlier in the week,
the James R. Zadroga 9/11 Coburn had threatened to
Health Bill. Last Thursday, delay the bill in the Senate.
all the key players held a Gillibrand and Schumer
press conference in Lower said that, in the last 24 hours
Manhattan in front of the before the bill’s passage, the
new 7 World Trade Center Republicans negotiated “in
to praise the bill’s passage. good faith” to create a final
After several exchanges workable package.
with Republican lawmak- The bill “will protect
ers, New York Senators the health of the men and
Chuck Schumer and Kirsten
Gillibrand finally man- Continued on page 4

Oil-leak cleanup
fuels concerns
Photo by J.B. Nicholas of N.Y.U. tenants
Big push is on for digging out BY ALBERT AMATEAU
The cleanup of about
10,000 gallons of heating
executives and the cleanup
contractors, will be walking
through the site in front of
On Monday, as the city was clearing the streets after the previous night’s blizzard, a Department of Sanitation
oil remaining in the soil Washington Square Village
front-loader helped a stuck snowplow get into snowed-in E. Second St.
from the December 2009 buildings Numbers 3 and 4
leak from two tanks under on Bleecker St.
Washington Square Village “We anticipate that the

New group is working to get is scheduled to begin,


weather permitting, on Jan.
5, 2011.
cleanup will take three to
four months, weather per-
mitting,” said Gary Parker,
An advisory committee of N.Y.U. director of gov-
SPURA out of park, into gear Washington Square Village
residents, Community Board
2 members and representa-
ernment and community
affairs.
The Dec. 26, 2009, leak
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON with a cross section of key commu- “We believe that compromise on tives of elected officials, as
Seeking to help break the decades- nity stakeholders, the C.B. 3 commit- SPURA is the only way,” Leitner well as New York University Continued on page 12
long deadlock that has gripped the tee is near to approving redevelop- recently told The Villager. “These der-
Seward Park Urban Renewal Area in ment guidelines for the sprawling site, elict lots — it’s a shame, and it’s hold-
an exasperating paralysis of parking known as SPURA for short. ing the neighborhood back,” he said of
lots, a new group of young Grand St. Brett Leitner, 37, who lives in the the open-air parking lots on the vacant EDITORIAL,
residents has emerged backing a novel Seward Park Co-op on Grand St., blocks between Essex and Clinton Sts. LETTERS
idea — compromise. founded SHARE six months ago. In and Delancey and Grand Sts. south of
PAGE 10
In that respect, the position sales at HBO, he’s lived in the co-op the Williamsburg Bridge.
of Sustainable Housing And Retail nine years. His wife has lived there In short, Leitner said, the Grand St.
Expansion, or SHARE, is very much since 1983 when she emigrated from area “won’t be a 21st-century neigh- KIM WILL
in line with the thinking of Community Russia at age 10. They have two small borhood” until the parking lots are DIE — AGAIN
Board 3’s Land Use, Zoning, Public & children and reside in the same apart- PAGE 13
Private Housing Committee. Working ment his wife grew up in. Continued on page 6

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Photos by Jefferson Siegel (above) and J.B. Nicholas

Keep on toboggan; Spray it, don’t say it (Blizzard!)


During Sunday night’s blizzard, a father valiantly pulled his son on a toboggan through Washington Square Park, above. The boy may have been overheard yelling, “Mush!”
Monday, in the Meat Market, a blower sent snow arcing over Ninth Ave., below.
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 3

SCOOPY’S
around the nexus of Abe Lebewohl Park, the church fence
and the nearby sidewalk. The Department of Transportation,
in fact, determined there was sufficient sidewalk room for
pedestrians to pass by, but, well, regulations are regula-

NOTEBOOK tions, and he lacked permits. In the past, from what we


understand, the tree vendor would put his trailers in the
parking lane. But with the new dedicated Select Bus Service
NEITHER RAIN, NOR SLEET NOR SNOW — THE lane — which von Baust called, “the red zone” — that was
SHOPPING MUST GO ON: As we were walking to work no longer possible. The veteran spruce seller said he doesn’t
Monday morning, a stroller talking into his cell phone want to make a big deal about what went down, since he
voiced our very thoughts: “Spring Street’s a pedestrian hopes to return to the location next year. “We’ll just have to
mall.” Indeed, cars were few and far between on the do something entirely different, that’s all,” he reflected. “If
still-somewhat-snow-covered, Soho cross-town street. a permit would be needed to erect the hut, we’ll do that.”
Perhaps not surprisingly, though, those ubiquitous shop- Sadly, he said, he actually lost money on the trees this year,
pers were still out and about with their shopping bags, due to the economy: People just weren’t spending as much.
hitting the outlets and boutiques, even as gusts of wind In past years, buyers would come up and say, “I want a 6-foot
were sending some of their hats flying. Amid the snowy tree,” and pay the cost, he said. But this year, they’d just say,
hush, the French tourists’ accents were even more notice- for example, “What can I get for $25 or $30?” If there was
able. We guess if you come all the way from La France, Photo by Scoopy any consolation, following a report by DNAinfo about his
and shopping in Soho is on your agenda, a blizzard isn’t Mailboxes and newspaper boxes on Spring St. had being ticketed, von Baust said there was an outpouring of
going to stop you, n’est ce pas? Anyway, so there at last “snow caps” on Monday. neighborhood support. Local firefighters even gave him a
was a pedestrian mall — even if just a snow-day one delicious, stationhouse-cooked meal complete with all the
— in Soho, and our thoughts turned to Sean Sweeney. TREE SELLER CUTS OUT EARLY: By chance we hap- fixings. We’ve already probably written more about this than
About three years ago, Director Sweeney and his Soho pened to be passing by St. Mark’s Church on Second Ave. von Baust would have wanted, so we’ll stop now. But we
Alliance vehemently opposed, and ultimately deep-sixed, a Thursday evening and came upon a sight that would sadden wish him well for next holiday season and hope it goes more
Department of Transportation proposal to turn Prince St. the heart of any Christmas lover: Working in the freezing smoothly — and profitably.
into a part-time pedestrian mall. Actually, though, it turns cold, Roger von Baust and his crew were breaking down
out Sweeney has a sensitive pedestrian side, after all. He their tree-selling operation early and getting ready to drive B-B-B-BABY AND THE JETSSSS: A few weeks ago,
said he really enjoys walking around Soho and Tribeca off. Though he thought he’d gotten the correct clearances, we reported on District Leader Brad Hoylman and film
at Christmastime, because the streets are so empty and it turned out von Baust didn’t have the required permits for producer David Sigal’s delivery of their new baby daughter,
tranquil — and even turned down a cousin’s Christmas several structures he had on the sidewalk. After Community Silvia Verona Hoylman-Sigal, via surrogate in California. So
invite so he could stretch his legs around his Downtown Board 3 acted on complaints it received, von Baust had when we heard the news on the radio Wednesday morning
’hood. And he planned to go out Monday and stroll about recently gotten a $1,500 ticket. With the potential for more that singer Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, had
in the snowy streets. On another note, he noted it was the tickets running as high as $5,000, he had one thought: a baby boy, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, by surro-
first time in 18 years that he had cancelled his Community Outta here! Von Baust had a storage trailer and a fairly large gate on the West Coast on Christmas Day, it was déjà vu all
Board 2 Landmarks Committee meeting. warming hut for his workers, plus a port-a-potty, all situated over again. Congrats to Elton, David and Z.J.L.

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Democrats hail health bill for honoring 9/11 victims


five years,” she said.
Continued from page 1 The politicians are indeed convinced that
Congress will reauthorize the bill in 2015.
women who selflessly answered our nation’s “We feel confident that after the program
call in her hour of greatest need,” Gillibrand has been in effect — how efficient it is, how
and Schumer said in a written statement. well it works, how many it treats — it’ll be
The bill came down to its final days for far less politically controversial,” said Ilan
passage, as lawmakers were about to go on Kayatsky, a spokesperson for Nadler. And,
Christmas recess and reconvene on Jan. 5, generally speaking, it’s a lot easier to reau-
when a new, Republican-dominated House of thorize a bill than get it to Obama’s desk
Representatives would have likely blocked the the first time around, according to Bethany
legislation from a vote. Lesser, a Gillibrand spokesperson.
Schumer on Thursday referred to the bill’s In the meantime, the lawmakers and those
passage as a “victory lap.” with health issues from 9/11 are reveling in the
“Unlike a victory lap when you run a race, victory, even though the law isn’t quite what
where you just feel good, this one matters,” he they envisioned it to be.
said. “This victory lap saves lives.” “On a scale of one to 10, this bill is a
The New York healthcare clinics that the seven,” Feal said. “If we came home with
law will fund, Schumer continued, now have nothing, we would have had a zero. And zero
their work cut out for them. doesn’t save lives.”
“We have to make sure that this law, when The legislation will provide continued medi-
it’s enacted, provides the best healthcare for cal care to workers, residents and students who
everybody,” he said. Photos by J.B. Nicholas were injured on 9/11. The bill, first introduced
Schumer was joined by a host of elected Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand were all smiles at Thursday’s press in early 2004, was approved last Wednesday
officials and advocates at Thursday’s press conference hailing the passage of the 9/11 Health Bill. by a voice vote in the Senate and a 206-to-60
event. One of them was John Feal, president vote in the House of Representatives. The
of the FealGood Foundation, who compared times, according to Community Board 1 mem- the triumph was undoubtedly the proudest bill was then shipped to Hawaii for President
the strenuous fight for the bill’s passage to ber Elizabeth Williams, who spoke at the press moment of his 34-year career in government. Obama to sign into law, and is scheduled go
warfare. conference on behalf of Catherine McVay “For seven years, we have struggled to pass into effect in late spring 2011.
“While we lost a lot of battles along the Hughes, vice chairperson of C.B. 1. The long this bill that would provide justice to these The bill’s new version lowers the available
way, we came back on the bus last night know- fight, Williams said, made the victory all the heroes and survivors,” he said. “And, today, health and compensation funds from more
ing we had won a war,” he said at the press more gratifying. we redeem the honor of the United States and than $6.2 billion to $4.3 billion, compensates
conference. Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, one of the demonstrate that our nation does not forget 9/11 survivors for the next five years rather
It was a battle that looked quite bleak at bill’s chief proponents since its inception, said those who have served.” than the next eight, and caps the amount
The bill’s passage, Nadler added, doesn’t awarded to attorneys that represent the sick
come a moment too soon. The plight of 9/11 survivors in court.
responders and survivors, he said, is “very seri-
ous and immediate.”
“Thousands are sick and, until now, justice
has seemed so far away,” he said.
Councilmember Margaret Chin, chairper-
son of the City Council Committee on Lower
Manhattan Redevelopment, said in a statement
that the law’s passage is a “the fulfillment of a
promise to our men and women in uniform,
and to the heroes of September 11th, who we
will never forget.”
Mary Perillo, a 9/11 survivor, breathed a
sigh of relief when she heard the news at home
in her loft at 125 Cedar St., which faces the
World Trade Center.
“I feel like I can exhale for the first time,”
she said, adding, “I know if I have trouble inhal-
ing in the future, maybe, there’ll be healthcare,
at least if it’s in the next five years.”
Perillo has recently had trouble breath-
ing when climbing subway stairs. She
went for a preliminary checkup at Bellevue
Hospital Center, which has a healthcare
clinic that will be funded by the new
law, but decided not to return for a lung-
function test.
“I think I was waiting to find out if there
was going to be a place to go for much longer,”
she said. “Now I know the clinic is funded, I
will go back — I will take the stress test, I will
take the breathing test, and we’ll find out how
I’m doing.”
The healthcare clinics, she added, now
have the opportunity to prove their value to
the law’s opponents.
“Maybe we won’t have to go through this Congressmember Carolyn Maloney was
nightmare to try to get it approved for another elated at the 9/11 health bill’s passage.
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 5

Activists, pols say Paterson  




watered down fracking ban    
BY ALBERT AMATEAU comprise the New York City watershed, 

In the last executive action of his which supplies 90 percent of the city’s
administration, Governor David Paterson drinking water, all of it unfiltered.
vetoed a six-month moratorium on The wells are first drilled down verti-
hydrofracture gas drilling, known as cally between 3,000 feet to 6,000 feet to
fracking, in New York State. the shale formation and then horizontally
Instead of the broad moratorium for thousands of feet in order to inject
that environmental advocates and local millions of gallons of water under high
elected officials have been demanding, pressure and laced with a cocktail of
Paterson issued an executive order on toxic chemicals to fracture the shale and
Dec. 11 imposing a temporary ban on release methane gas trapped in the rock.
horizontal fracking. Opponents of fracking contend the
process poses unacceptable risks to
groundwater. The Bloomberg administra-
tion and the City Council last year called
‘I am disappointed that for a ban on fracking in the New York '  )   (  &      '  
City watershed, specifically. However, )
     '  *  !
  '       + 
Governor Paterson has the drilling moratorium that Paterson ,    -
  $       &  -

vetoed, as well as his executive order
decided to veto such that replaces it, apply to hydrofracture )
                   
drilling throughout the state.    
 %
  
important legislation.’ The Independent Oil and Gas       

Association of New York State has insist-
State Senator Liz Krueger ed that fracking has been done with-    
out risk of harming the environment.
Moreover, the association contends that  
     
 
a fracking ban would eliminate $1 mil-
Governor Paterson’s executive order, lion in annual state revenues from drill-      

which does not cover shorter, vertical ing fees and would risk the loss of 5,000
fracking wells, imposes the less-compre- industry jobs. Hundreds of millions of
hensive drilling ban until July 1, 2011. dollars in lease payments and royalties  

However, environmental advocates have to landowners and tens of millions in     
suggested that because Paterson’s term dollars in tax revenues to local towns and      
as the state’s chief executive ends Dec. counties would be threatened by a frack-
31, his executive order would also expire ing ban, the association said.  
   
on that date. The relatively new fracking process,     
The vetoed moratorium, which passed pioneered by Halliburton, the drilling
both the state Assembly and the state company, was exempted from most fed-
  
Senate, would have been valid as a state eral restraints in 2005. In September
law until May 15, 2011. 2009 the New York State Department      
Environmental opponents, including of Environmental Conservation issued
 
    
a group known as Frack Action and the an 800-page supplemental draft gener-
Natural Resources Defense Council, as ic environmental impact statement on
          
    
     
well as local state legislators, protested proposed guidelines for hydrofrack-   !
"#$   
the veto on Dec. 13 in front of the ing. Environmental advocates, however,
                  
Governor’s Manhattan office on Third said the proposed impact statement was
Ave. largely written by gas companies. The
         
  %
     
“I am disappointed that Governor review has not yet been completed. 

 
     
Paterson has decided to veto such impor- But in response to the opposition by
tant legislation and has instead opted for New York City officials who said frack- &    '( 
a scenario that creates an easily exploit- ing posed a danger to the city water sup-
able loophole,” said state Senator Liz ply, the state D.E.C. commissioner issued
'!

Krueger in a Dec. 13 statement. an executive decision removing both the
“This legislation was drafted to ensure New York City and the Syracuse water-
that we put a temporary hold on all drill- sheds from the environmental review.
ing that could do irreparable harm to The decision required gas drillers in
areas of the state,” Krueger said. “The those watersheds to undertake supple-
executive order that the governor signed mental environmental reviews for each
gives us some delay on some types of well, a process that would increase the
drilling, but it still leaves the state vul- cost of each well and discourage drilling
nerable to overzealous gas companies in the watersheds.
who wish to make up for the ban on hori- In addition, the federal Environmental 
zontal drilling by increasing the number Protection Agency has been holding hear- 
of vertical wells.” ings over the course of the past year in 
 
  
The process involves drilling into connection with a nationwide report    
the Marcellus shale formation that lies assessing the impact of fracking on water   
!
beneath the 27 Southern Tier counties supply. The E.P.A. intends to submit tes-
of New York State near the Pennsylvania timony to a science panel for a report to
border, including the six counties that be completed in 2012.
6 December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011

Compromise is key at SPURA, says new group SHARE;


what we’re seeing on the Lower East Side,”
Continued from page 1 he said. “People are taking root here.”
He noted he and his wife are planning to
redeveloped, revitalizing the neighborhood. send their 3½-year-old daughter to a local pub-
(C.B. 3 is also adding the Essex St. lic school, and recently toured the alternative
Market buildings, between Houston and Earth School in the East Village. The Grand St.
Rivington Sts., into the SPURA mix for pos- newcomers are deeply invested in the commu-
sible redevelopment, though they weren’t nity and in shaping its direction, he stressed.
part of the original renewal area.) “Let’s have as much community engagement
Other prominent SHARE members as possible to work together to figure out what
include Michael Tumminia, former president will position this neighborhood for a brighter
of Seward Park Co-op’s board of directors; future, as a place to live, to work,” he said.
Dave Bolotsky, who lives in Hillman Houses; The moderate-income housing in the
and Jac Zagorry, whose wife is a Seward guidelines, in particular, would be a positive
Park Co-op board of directors member. addition, he noted, feeling it would be a sta-
Leitner said SHARE’s members, in large bilizing element for the community, provid-
part, are emblematic of a group of new ing housing for working-class families.
professionals, many in their 30’s, who have
moved into what was formerly known as
Co-op Village, the four Grand St. co-ops
— Seward Park, Hillman, Amalgamated ‘They want a site 70
Dwellings and East River Housing, with a
total of 4,500 units. percent low-income — I
“We represent a growing population of
the Grand St. co-ops,” he noted. Photo by Tequila Minsky oppose it. We don’t live
These four developments were originally
SHARE founder Brett Leitner standing outside a section of the sprawling open-air
built by trade unions as affordable, limited-
parking lots on the undeveloped Seward Park Urban Renewal Area.
in Russia or China.’
equity housing, but in the late 1990’s they all
went market rate. developed for retail and commercial use. manner, rather than overtly. Heshy Jacob
“It’s completely balanced,” Leitner said “Sheldon Silver has certainly played a coy
of C.B. 3’s guidelines. “The way they are game of not taking any kind of leadership
shaping up and the way they are formulating position on getting involved in the SPURA
‘Sheldon Silver has is exactly in line with the goals of SHARE. debate,” Leitner observed. “That’s smart A reason market-rate housing must be in the
They generally have taken the community’s politically — SPURA is sort of the third mix is that it would pay for the affordable hous-
certainly played a coy interests into account. This has been a rail. I certainly hope if C.B. 3 passes the ing, Leitner noted, adding that the SPURA plan
bottom-up process. I give a lot of credit to guidelines that he supports it,” he said of is supposed to be financially self-sustaining.
game of not taking any C.B. 3 for making progress on breaking the Silver. “I hope he doesn’t side with a narrow According to Leitner, the idea is for the city to
impasse that has stymied this process for 43 bloc or interest group against C.B. 3 if they sell the Seward parcels to developers at a “huge
kind of leadership position years.” He called David McWater, the com- pass it.” discount,” which would, in turn, subsidize the
mittee’s chairperson, “a real leader.” construction of affordable housing.
on getting involved in the Leitner said about 350 people, mostly
from the Grand St. area, have signed a peti- SQUADRON: ‘CLOSER THAN EVER’
SPURA debate.’ tion by SHARE — either on paper or online IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES?
— calling for compromise, mixed-use devel- On the other hand, Leitner said he felt
Brett Leitner opment and “progress” at SPURA. state Senator Daniel Squadron should be Leitner said he hears some neighbors in
“They want to see something happen,” commended for weighing in on the SPURA the co-ops arguing that adding more low-
he stressed. debate at last month’s C.B. 3 committee income housing on SPURA would decrease
Leitner personally said he thinks a movie meeting. area property values. But he countered, “The
As part of “slum clearance” renewal, old theater would work well as part of the com- “We’re closer than we have ever come parking lots that are there now are a drag on
tenements on the SPURA site were razed in mercial development, noting the Lower East to reaching community consensus for this property values.”
the late 1960’s, displacing around 2,000 resi- Side once boasted five cinemas. He added site,” Squadron said in his remarks then. The key, again, to freeing SPURA from its
dents — many of them low-income — and a that while his understanding is that two “That’s because of the work the Community inertia, Leitner said, will be compromise, some-
variety of small businesses. other prominent community leaders who Board 3 committee is doing. I look forward thing C.B. 3’s McWater has also stressed.
Ironically, a stumbling block to SPURA’s are not part of SHARE — Heshy Jacob and to continuing to work with the community in “GOLES is probably not going to get all
redevelopment has been opposition from some Joel Kaplan — are open to a Costco or Wal- the days and weeks ahead to try and make a the affordable housing they’d want, but they’re
Grand St. co-op residents to low-income and Mart on the site, he opposes such big-box positive conclusion a reality.” going to get a lot,” Leitner said. “Heshy and
affordable housing on the site who fear it retailers, feeling they would harm local small “I feel very encouraged by Senator Squadron Joel might not get all the commercial and
would lower their property values. merchants. In fact, the C.B. 3 guidelines ban as a member of SHARE,” Leitner stated. retail they’d want, but they’re going to get a
big-box stores, though make an exception Leitner said he also understands the con- lot. We have a very supportive agency with
for a large movie theater. cerns of housing advocates, like Good Old Bloomberg, and if this chance is lost, who
A MIXED-USE PROJECT Referring to Kaplan, who is the executive Lower East Side, or GOLES, that are trying knows what another administration will do?
director of the United Jewish Council of the to maximize the amount of affordable units “It’s a very diverse neighborhood and
Under the latest version of the C.B. 3 Lower East Side, and Jacob, the manger of in any redevelopment plan. it’s a very historic neighborhood. And to
guidelines — which the committee is expected East River Housing, Leitner said, “They seem “I am acutely aware that not all gentrifica- develop SPURA at the expense of one group
to vote on in January — about half of the to be focusing only on retail — no housing on tion is positive,” he noted. “Some of the older over another would not be keeping with the
remaining space on the five vacant SPURA SPURA.” He called Kaplan and Jacob repre- residents of the neighborhood feel that gentri- historic and diverse nature of the commu-
parcels would be developed with 1,000 units of sentative of “a strong minority” in the co-ops. fication has pushed out long-term residents.” nity,” Leitner added.
housing. Of that amount, 500 units, would be The two are allies of Sheldon Silver, At the same time, Leitner said, his wife He said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that
market-rate housing, while the other 500 units the powerful Assembly speaker and long- recalls when she was growing up that the C.B. 3 will vote to pass the current guidelines.
would be a mix of affordable housing, with 20 time Grand St. resident. For years, Silver neighborhood was not as safe as it has “I don’t think a better deal is coming,”
percent moderate-rate housing, 20 percent low- has been perceived as opposing low-income become today. he stressed. “This is by far the best process
income units and 10 percent low-income units development on SPURA, though he has “What really sustains a neighborhood are
for seniors. Forty percent of the site would be done so in more of a Sphinx-like, taciturn families and children and safety — and that’s Continued on page 7
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 7

Opponents aren’t so sure


site would still be 53 percent low-income.”
Continued from page 6 “We don’t live in Russia or China —
people live where they can afford it,” said
and the guidelines are the best solution that Jacob, who is not known for his political
we’ve seen in 43 years.” correctness. “I’d like to ask the mayor, how
Leitner said SHARE’s members and many low-income people live in his neigh-
the co-ops’ new generation of owners are borhood? None.”
also indicative of a mindset change in the Jacob added that the site couldn’t have
Grand St. co-ops, traditionally known as an been all low-income back when it was razed
Orthodox Jewish enclave. Many of the new- since there were white people and Jews who
comers are Reform or Conservative Jewish lived there, and there were many thriving syna-
or mixed-faith couples. gogues on the Lower East Side at that time. So,
“The Jewish identity of the Lower East Side it’s a fallacy that a full 2,000 units of affordable
is alive — just in a new and more moderate housing must be replaced, he asserted.
way,” he explained. At the same time, he said, He further said it would be a financial
this new outlook is not “liberal social activist,” error for the city to sell the SPURA sites for
but “moderate-minded...left of center.” below market rate. Instead, he suggested,
the properties should be sold for maximum
value, and the developers could then build
the low-income housing somewhere else.
‘I think SHARE is a In the current economy, Jacob said, “It’s
criminal for the city to sell this property for
significant player, as they less than full value.”
represent much of the
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changing demographic
The Grand St. leader argued that the
of the co-ops.’ Lower East Side already has one of the
state’s highest percentages of low-income
David McWater residents, so what’s really needed is jobs, not
more low-income housing. There were an
array of businesses on the SPURA site when
“I consider myself a neighborhood activ- it was razed, he noted.
ist, but I don’t consider myself a socialist,” Pointing to another commercial lack, he
Leitner said. “I’m not a union member — added, “There’s no nightlife on Grand St.”
I’m a Democrat. I’m an Obama supporter.” Twenty years ago, Jacob recalled, he pro-
C.B. 3’s McWater said SHARE, though a posed a plan to make SPURA into a sweep-
new group, is definitely a key part of the mix ing “international mall,” with restaurants,
on SPURA. shopping and entertainment.
“I think SHARE plays a very important The idea was for a mix of cuisines and
role and is a significant player, as they rep- entrepreneurs, Jacob said, “Jews, Italians,
resent much of the changing demographic of Chinese, Hispanic, black, Polish, Russian,
the co-ops,” McWater said. Mexican, Cuban — a beautiful quilt rep-
resenting all the ethnic groups.” The city,
though, didn’t bite.
SPURNS SPURA PROPOSAL Returning to the present, Jacob said, yes, he
would, in fact, support a Costco or Wal-Mart
However, Jacob, for starters, expressed at SPURA, but he added, “I would require
skepticism about SHARE’s petition, noting them to say, 50 percent of people that work
some entries are signed “anonymous.” About there would be from the Lower East Side.”
15 of the roughly 120 signatures listed on He denied that the blocks of vast parking
SHARE’s Web site are anonymous. lots are bringing down the value of units at
Next, Jacob tallied the amount of affordable the Grand St. co-ops, where two-bedroom
housing that, in fact, has been built on parts of apartments are currently going for $500,000
the SPURA site since the 1960’s: 600 low- to $600,000, on average. In fact, he noted,
income units by Grand St. Guild Housing; 360 units at Seward Park Co-op — the develop-
low-income units at Seward Park Extension ment closest to the parking lots — are selling
public housing; 180 units in the Hong Ning for 10 percent more.
senior residence; 125 units at the United
Jewish Council’s Bialystoker senior residence;
plus, two old buildings that weren’t razed CLAIMS ‘75 PERCENT’ SUPPORT
under the urban renewal with a combined 75
units, for a total of 1,340 affordable units. If, A leader in the Grand St. Orthodox com-
under the C.B. 3 guidelines as now construed, munity, Jacob, who lives in Hillman Houses,
a total of 1,000 units are added, with 300 of is the manager of East River Housing and
those being low-income, then, when all is said also president of Hatzolah volunteer ambu-
and done, SPURA will effectively be 70 per- lance service. He downplayed his leader-
cent low-income, Jacob calculated. ship role, but did state, when he comes out
“They want a site 70 percent low-income publicly and in earnest with his position on
— I oppose it,” he stated bluntly. “That’s not SPURA, “75 percent of people in the area”
called integration. That’s called segregation.
… If you added 1,000 market-rate units, the Continued on page 8
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Big-box stores don’t find a market in SPURA process


“It will be noticed” if the anti-affordable
Continued from page 7 housing faction defeats the SPURA proposal,
he stressed. “He’s not elected for life. He’s not
will be standing with him. king for life,” Leitner said of Silver.
Although he is a close ally of Silver, Jacob
said he couldn’t offer any insight into what
position the speaker will take on SPURA. SILVER SPEAKS... BRIEFLY
“I know nothing about what Shelly Silver is
going to do,” he said. “Shelly will make his deci- On Wednesday, in response to the East
sion when he wants to. He’s one of the smartest Villager’s request for his position on SPURA
men in the world that I know. There are peo- and the current C.B. 3 guidelines for its devel-
ple who have underestimated him and found opment, Silver, through a spokesperson, issued
they’ve been on the short end of the stick.” the following statement:
U.J.C. Director Kaplan echoed Jacob, “I have great respect for the members of
saying what’s needed at SPURA is “Jobs. Community Board 3 and for the process that
Jobs. Jobs.” is taking place to form a consensus about the
“We need to maximize job development, future of Seward Park. I think it is important
and we should keep some open space,” he to allow that process to be completed before
said. “What was there before was jobs and commenting.”
stores — only Rite Aid has been added.”
Kaplan said he would support so-called Photo by Clayton Patterson

80/20 housing on the site, a mix of 80 per- Heshy Jacob, far right, with from left, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Jerry BROKER ON PROPERTY VALUES
cent market-rate, plus 20 percent affordable Hauer, former commissioner of the city’s Office of Emergency Management; and
units, with the developer receiving tax incen- former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in January 1999 on Grand St. after the Seward Park Meanwhile, Bob Perl, an East Village real
tives for building the affordable units. This Co-op’s garage collapsed. estate broker, said the claim that this latest
is how many developers build nowadays, SPURA proposal would bring down prop-
he noted, since it actually is more profitable have to give credit to David McWater, [C.B. position on depth and breadth of affordability, erty values is absurd.
than 100 percent market-rate projects. 3 Chairperson] Dominic Pisciotta and John among many other concerns.” “It absolutely will not lower property
Kaplan is a member of McWater’s C.B. 3 Shapiro.” Shapiro is a facilitator who has been Meanwhile, SHARE’s Leitner warned that values compared to what exists there now,”
committee currently working toward final- hired by the city to help the board with the either the advocates for or the opponents to he said of the guidelines’ development mix.
izing the SPURA guidelines. Right now, SPURA process. low-income housing could bring the whole The parking lots are “a wasteland,” he said,
he said, he would vote for 80/20 housing In response to Kaplan, McWater noted, process crashing down. He and his group separating Seward Park Co-op from the rest
plus commercial development at SPURA. “The deal on the table will mostly be 80/20 — from their position firmly in the center of of the dynamic Lower East Side.
Although big-box stores aren’t allowed and includes a remarkable amount of com- the debate — will continue to advocate for Perl said the proposed housing mix is
under the guidelines, he said he personally is mercial space and economic development — compromise. much more “gentrified” than what’s typically
not against the idea of having them there. around 600,000 square feet.” “I hope the better angels of everyone’s found in the surrounding neighborhood for
As for GOLES, asked what the minimum nature who has an interest in SPURA will about a 1-mile radius.
amount of low-income housing the guidelines win,” he said, “and that will lead each stake- “It will greatly improve property values
‘EVERYONE’S TALKING NICELY’ would have to contain to get the organization’s holder to some compromise.” in the surrounding area,” he said. “It will be
O.K., Joel Feingold, GOLES’s land-use orga- It appears GOLES may be hoping to delay a vibrant, fully occupied, residential, com-
Kaplan had high marks for the process nizer, said he couldn’t say yet. C.B. 3’s vote until February in a last-ditch effort mercial development.”
so far, noting, “The best part is that every- “We are holding a member summit on Jan. to get more affordable housing in the guide- Even if the new housing were 100 percent
one is talking to each other nicely. For that I 8,” he said. “After that, we’ll have a public lines. But Leitner said, unless GOLES has really market rate, that would only cause a “mini-
identified a way to finance that additional hous- mal” bump up in property values compared
ing, then it’s not worth postponing the vote. to the 50 percent market-rate plan, and
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money. He took $1,000 and fled with Smith, running north Police arrested Samuel Ebanks, 16, on Wed., Dec. 22,
Meaty Pop Art heist on West Broadway, police said. and charged him with trying to rob the GameStop store on
On Dec. 4 Woodruff and another unidentified accomplice E. 14th St. at University Place. Ebanks and an unidentified
Burglars who broke into the third-floor loft apartment of stopped a pedestrian on Sullivan and Spring Sts. around accomplice walked into the GameStop around 7 p.m. Sun.,
Robert Romanoff, 39, president of Nebraska Meat Corp., at 12:45 a.m. when Woodruff pulled a handgun, grabbed the Dec. 19, and announced, “I have a weapon. Everyone put
55 Gansevoort St., sometime between Nov. 23 and Nov. 28 victim’s jacket and forced him to surrender $80, according to your hands up. Put the money in the bag.” The pair, however,
made off with artwork by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein the charges. Woodruff and the unidentified accomplice fled. fled while waiting for people to comply with the demand.
valued at $750,000. Police apprehended Woodruff and Smith around 1 p.m. Ebanks was arrested three days later. The accomplice has not
The thieves, who broke through a hallway wall into the Dec. 22 while they were peering into the window of the been apprehended.
Meatpacking District apartment, also stole watches and Forex Exchange at 401 Broadway, according to the charges.
other jewelry and took the video recorder from the apart-
ment’s surveillance cameras while Romanoff was away on
vacation, police said. B & N bust
The residence is in a five-story building served by an eleva- Armed and mysterious
tor that requires a key to operate and opens directly onto the An employee of the Barnes & Noble store at 105 Fifth
sidewalk, according to a Daily News article. A cafe is on the James O’Donnell, 39, who was arrested on March 16 on Ave. at 18th St. stopped Edward Hooper, 32, around 9 p.m.
ground floor, a restaurant is on the second floor and a club is St. Mark’s Place with a dagger in his belt and a backpack Wed., Dec. 22, as he was leaving the store without paying for
located in the basement. A stairway connects the club, cafe containing handguns and a silencer, was indicted for crimi- seven textbooks he had taken from a shelf and stuffed into a
and the restaurant but does not go as far as the third-floor nal possession of weapons in connection with a stash of unli- bag. Hooper was charged with larceny.
location of the burglary, according to a New York Post item. censed guns and daggers that he had in his rented Manhattan
Police said the stolen works, two of which are 4 feet long, Mini Storage locker at 220 South St. near Pike St.
include “Thinking Nude” and “Moonscape” by Lichtenstein O’Donnell told State Supreme Court Justice Bart Stone
and “Camouflage,” a set of eight signed prints, plus “The on Thurs., Dec. 23, that he had been in the military for Lost in transit
Truck” and “Superman” by Warhol, along with an oil paint- two years but declined to be more specific. Authorities in After shopping On Mon., Dec. 20, a woman sitting on the
ing, “Live Cat,” by Carl Fudge. Germany have a file on O’Donnell with 20 arrests but there southbound E train at about 5:45 p.m. prepared to get off at
Rolex, Patek Philippe and Cartier watches were among is no U.S. record of him, according to a Daily News article. the next stop — W. 14th St. and Eighth Ave. — when she real-
the stolen jewelry items, according to reports. The Romanoff The indictment charges that O’Donnell has two 9-millimeter ized her bag, which she had placed next to her, was gone.
family owns considerable property in the Meat Market dis- handguns, a .22-caliber pistol, three silencers, an electronic
trict, but the family wholesale meat businesses today are stun gun and several daggers in the South St. Mini Storage Alber t Amateau
located in the Bronx and New Jersey. locker, along with more than 300 rounds of ammunition.
Police are asking the public for information about the
burglary and the location of the stolen artwork. Tips should
be phoned to Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or
reported to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text-messaged Dragged by mad cab
to CRIMES (274637) and entering TIP577.
Police arrested a cab driver on East Houston St. on Sat.,
Dec. 18, and charged him with robbery, assault with a motor
vehicle and reckless endangerment for stealing a cell phone
Scary Soho suspect from a passenger and then dragging the victim for 14 blocks
after closing the window on the victim’s arm.
William Woodruff, 20, was arrested on Dec. 22 and The driver, Eddy Brizard, 56, found a cell phone that the
charged with three robberies in Soho and Tribeca. passenger left in the cab and demanded $20 for its return,
The suspect was charged with trying to rob the Citibank police said. The passenger replied he did not have $20, and
branch at 127 Hudson St. near Beach St. on Dec. 20. He the driver refused to return it. When the passenger put his
approached a teller’s window around 4:15 p.m. and said, hand in the driver’s window to retrieve his phone, the driver
“This is a robbery. Give me all of your large bills. Don’t raised the window, catching the victim’s arm and drove off,
do anything stupid,” according to the complaint filed with dragging the victim about three-quarters of a mile until
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. When the teller police made the arrest around 4:50 a.m. on East Houston
refused to comply, the suspect repeated the demand but the between Elizabeth St. and Bowery.
teller refused again and the suspect fled.
Woodruff and another defendant, Charles Smith, are
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EDITORIAL
New Year’s wishes
Before we even realized it, the end of another year
has snuck up on us. And so it’s time to reflect on some of
the major, ongoing stories that occupied us in 2010 and
that will assuredly top our list once again in 2011.
For starters, the potentially largest development
scheme of all is, of course, New York University’s 2031
expansion plan. As part of its ambitious growth agenda,
the university seeks to add 6 million square feet, including
up to 2 million on its two South Village superblocks.
N.Y.U. simply must scale down its superblocks plans.
Photo by Milo Hess
Yes, perhaps on some architect’s table somewhere it might
somehow have appeared that a fourth tower — 400 feet
tall, no less! — could be jammed into the landmarked
Silver Towers complex on Bleecker St. But Architect I.M.
There was snow way to ride this thing
A bicycle in Tribeca was in sore need of a snowplow.
Pei, Silver Towers’ designer, and his partner, Henry Cobb,
recently made it emphatically clear that it was the wrong
spot for a new tower — only confirming what neighbors
and preservationists were saying all along.
Yes, N.Y.U. can build “as of right” on its Morton
Williams supermarket site. But any development there
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
— just as on the Coles gym site, also on the southern in effect in February 2009. All you have to do is watch
superblock — must be reasonably sized and contextu- Party was well deserved those hard-working guards urging people to walk faster.
ally designed. N.Y.U.’s upcoming ULURP will deter- Let’s hope that Community Board 1 and our local repre-
mine if, and how big, it can build at Coles. To The Editor: sentatives take to task those responsible, and restore intervals
Also in the South Village, the Landmarks Preservation Re “EXTRA! C.M. holiday party” (photos, Dec. 23): that allow all to safely walk — not run — across West St.
Commission must quickly designate the rest of the pro- The Villager, East Villager and Downtown Express are
posed South Village Historic District. The Children’s Aid the most informative and insightful publications in Lower John Brindisi
Society’s recent decision to sell its Sullivan St. buildings Manhattan. You also set the standard for community news
has highlighted the risks of leaving this low-scale area all over the country. Best wishes for another great year.
unprotected against potential overdevelopment.
This past year was devastating for Lower West Lawrence White College, combat connection
Side healthcare with St. Vincent’s Hospital’s closing.
The health-needs assessment now underway is, in our To The Editor:
view, required to make the best case for whatever level Re “A streetcar named Pearl Harbor: Getting onboard”
replacement health facility we can hope to get, from a Make crossing West St. safe (notebook, by Jerry Tallmer, Dec. 16):
full-service hospital on down. Lawsuits aren’t working. I love this account of Tallmer’s Dartmouth doings around
And the recent New York Post report that Saudi Arabia’s To The Editor: the time of Pearl Harbor. Being a Dartmouth guy myself,
King Abdullah is mulling buying the St. Vincent’s site and As a result of the death of pedestrian Marilyn Feng with a father, Class of 1936, who served in North Africa
restoring a hospital is, so far, unsubstantiated. Political on Feb. 13, 2009, the Battery Park City community was and Europe, and having just written a World War II-oriented
opportunists have been exploiting this emotional issue; reminded of the unusually short time of traffic light novel, all this is fascinating to me. Nice writing, too.
what we need instead is cooperation and a realistic intervals to cross treacherous West St.
appraisal as to what’s truly achievable. In response, the Department of Transportation Dave Bergengren
We’ll continue to cover the Seward Park Urban Renewal increased the timing so one could cross without running a
Area. Led by Community Board 3, conscientious develop- sprint. Recently, again owing to community concerns, the E-mail letters, not longer than 250 words in length, to
ment guidelines have taken shape. Both affordable-housing Lower Manhattan Development Corporation provided a news@thevillager.com or fax to 212-229-2790 or mail to
advocates and Grand St. co-op owners must compromise. $1.2 million grant to station crossing guards at the intersec- The Villager, Letters to the Editor, 145 Sixth Ave., ground
We call on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to back the tions at Chambers St. and southward on weekdays during floor, NY, NY 10013. Please include phone number for
emerging consensus plan and be a leader on this issue. normal business hours only, and not inclusive of weekends. confirmation purposes. The Villager reserves the right
Mixed-income and mixed-use development at SPURA will Without notifying the community, D.O.T. has once to edit letters for space, grammar, clarity and libel. The
increase, not decrease, property values. again restored the short time intervals to those that were Villager does not publish anonymous letters.
Politically, it’s also essential that Silver back the
reforms being pushed by Ed Koch and others: indepen-
dent redistricting, a GAAP budget and ethics reform.
IRA BLUTREICH
Albany is long overdue for reform.
We support the proposed Chinatown Business
Improvement District. Yes, BID’s can admittedly cause
economic upscaling and affect small merchants. But this
will basically be a cleaning BID, which Chinatown needs.
We hope ’11 sees progress at Pier 40, at W. Houston
St. in Hudson River Park. The massive pier, a treasured
community amenity, needs millions for urgent repairs.
Absent a new R.F.P. to find a compatible developer,
money must somehow be located. We hope Friends of
Hudson River Park in a new private fundraising role
can help meet this need.
Finally, we look forward to the increasing acceptance
of the growing bike lane network. Bike lanes making our
city more livable, safer, healthier. But cyclists must be
considerate of pedestrians — especially the elderly, who
move slowly and fear serious injury from falls.
We’ve barely begun and it’s already shaping up to be
an exciting and busy 2011. Happy New Year! The new year cannot come fast enough for some people!
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 11

Enjoying an alternative Christmas Eve in Christiania


Christmas Eve. At the end of one table, a
NOTEBOOK middle-aged man wearing a fur hat with a
pin that said “LUST” on it sat fingering a
BY LAURIE MITTELMANN handful of marzipan candies.
Enter this bustling, smoky auditorium on “I ate dinner here tonight, went home
Christmas Eve and a scruffy man wearing a to smoke a joint and nap, and returned,”
verdant green suit, a floppy velvet hat and a the man said, with a sip of herbal tea. He
satin tie will shake your hand and kiss you swayed to a rock band performing near
on the cheek. the front of the room, on a stage backed
He’ll say, in Danish, “Happy Christmas with a wall of multicolored flowers. More
Tree Day, though we don’t have a Christmas than a hundred white paper butterflies
tree.” hung from the auditorium’s ceiling, along
Thomas Leth, a 29-year-old freelance with several white dresses glowing from
photographer, came in and quickly found lights mounted inside them.
what he was looking for — a family away When Leth finished his pork dinner,
from his family to share warmth and inti- he rushed for a second plate. Volunteers
macy with on the holiday. He had arrived in served 1,500 meals over the course of the
the heart of Christiania, a neighborhood of evening, including vegetarian ones, with
squatters in the center of Copenhagen where baked polenta topped with pesto, tofu
a community founded on reclaimed land, spring rolls and carrot salad with pump-
impromptu street theater and plain, old free- kin seeds.
wheeling can’t help but welcome strangers. Even dessert promised something for
“I’m here to avoid a lonely Christmas,” everyone’s taste, with countless varieties
Leth said, in between mouthfuls of pork of cookies, pastries and cakes. Volunteers
tenderloin, red cabbage and potatoes with also poured rice pudding into bowls from
gravy. a massive vat, and garnished the warm,
Leth was one of more than a thousand creamy dessert with spoonfuls of cinna-
people who came to attend the dinner, which mon and sugar. An elderly, white-haired
the city of Copenhagen funded along with woman peered out from behind spectacles
Christiania, a village of about 850 adults and Photo by Silla Virmajoki and said, “Oops,” when she dumped
200 children living on 85 acres of land in the A band performed on Christmas Eve at the Christiania squatter community in nearly half a cup of the topping into a
quiet borough of Christianshavn. Copenhagen. young girl’s dish, smiled and pushed it
For some people, Christiania is a place to toward her.
party. Tables with hash dot the commercial ting down at the bar all day, talking with Søren Raa, 60, who has helped orga-
zone near the public entrance, the infamous friends.” nize the Christmas Eve dinner since 1982,
“Pusher Street.” But for others, the village is ‘I don’t like normal Christiania started in 1971, when dressed for the evening with a red tweed
simply a place to relax, free of traffic and its locals spotted apples growing on trees coat over a bright blue shirt and a snow-
accompanying noise, pollution and danger. Christmas. When I came amongst disused army barracks and man tie. He stood at the back of the Gray
Leth sat cross-legged against a wall in the crawled through a hole in a fence to pick Hall with a tall glass of beer when the
Gray Hall, which was packed on Christmas here, I saw that it could be them. They stumbled upon dozens of night wore on and the hall emptied of visi-
Eve with Danes biting into chocolate heart- buildings equipped with furniture, tools, tors from Copenhagen and Jutland.
shaped cookies, leaning back in folding something beautiful again.’ dishes, silverware, tea and coffee, and “The worst day for a lot of people with-
chairs with fat, glowing joints and scooching called the area a “forgotten city.” Those out relatives is Christmas Day and night,”
between tables with steaming cups of coffee in need of homes barricaded its roads, he said. “It’s terrible to be alone.”
and tea. He smoothed his shaggy hair away outlawed cars, guns and hard drugs and Di Ponti, 28, who moved to Copenhagen
from his face and stared out at those passing sometimes be hard to tell who actually lives moved into the dilapidated horse stables, from Portugal six years ago to study how
before him. there and who doesn’t. Erik Bowbender, laboratories and offices. people share knowledge online, was one
“People want to enjoy another type of who donned a bright orange suit and helped The community runs without elect- of 150 volunteers who made the event a
Christmas here,” Leth said, with a tug at his greet and direct guests at the Christmas Eve ed officials. Instead, residents gather in success. Toward the end of the night, she
bootlaces. He straightened his legs and rest- dinner, used to work driving a bus between large meetings in the Gray Hall, where perched on a wooden trunk behind the
ed his feet against one of the wooden beams Christiania and Copenhagen’s railway sta- consensus rulings determine the squat’s dessert table, munched on a spring roll
supporting the building, which the Danish tion. policies. Sometimes discussions go all and laughed with friends who had served
military once used for training horses. “It’s “I saw these old Christianites who I night without agreements being reached, food beside her that evening.
what Christiania is about — creating a new had seen for many years and I thought however, leaving conflicts to be mediated “I don’t like normal Christmas. It’s a lot
meeting place for outcasts or strangers — had houses somewhere in Christiania, but in Christiania’s bathhouse. of pressure with the gifts,” she said, adjust-
people who don’t conform.” they didn’t,” he said. “They came in every For families and loners alike, spirits ing her top hat. “When I came here, I saw
Indeed, Christiania is so open that it can morning on the train and then were sit- remained lighthearted in the Gray Hall on that it could be something beautiful again.”

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plans, tenants have told the university they alternative methods will be used.
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that residents can use in emergencies. a year,” said the tenants association leaders
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uninformed and apprehensive,” the tenant organic vapors? The air quality in the hall-
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VILLAGER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT


Dixon Place, P.S. 122, Horse Trade are go
Ready/Set for fests, a ukulele warbler and our favorite ventriloquist lady
BY TRAV S.D. performers, he’s impossible to describe.
Happy New Year! Hard to believe, but Visually, he resembles Alexandre Dumas.
this marks the one-year anniversary of this His act is a mash-up of human beatbox
little column, such as it is. It’s been a year and other music parodies, and a stream of
full of burlesquery, bawdiness, bunkum and consciousness comic monologue that calls to
butt-kickin’ — and I haven’t even started mind everyone from Groucho Marx to Taylor
talking about the shows I saw yet! Meade. The current piece “Dutch A/V” (Jan.
I finished off 2010 by seeing a rather 5-16) is a bit of multi-media involving video
odd hodgepodge of productions running the taken in the Netherlands with collabora-
gamut from high seriousness to low silliness. tors Tommy Smith and Brendan Kiley. The
“Emancipatory Politics” by Old Kent Road Netherlands: That’s where they have all that
Theatre (oldkentroadtheater.com) was an legal marijuana isn’t it? I rest my case. For
earnest splicing of free-form fantasy and more info on the 20 Under the Radar shows
autobiography with more valleys than peaks at each of their eight venues, go to under-
— but plenty of risk-taking, and that was the theradarfestival.com.
whole point.
On the other hand, Metropolitan
Playhouse’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” took
chances just by existing, and the gamble In the club and variety
paid off richly. This historical anti-slavery
melodrama directed by Alex Roe ought to worlds, a number of
become a permanent part of their repertoire.
Overcome with holiday spirit, I also took in announcements grabbed
Theater for the New City’s “A Christmas
Carol” — written, directed by and star- my attention. On Jan.
ring Zen Manley. Zen’s performance as
Scrooge was a tour de force in the grand 8, ukulele warbler
old 19th-century tradition of spirit gum
and scenery chewing. I lapped it up like so Photo by Jay Paterson Sweet Soubrette will be
much Christmas pudding with booze poured Kim Noble, titular star of “Kim Noble Must Die” (in P.S. 122’s COIL Festival).
all over it. Lastly, I caught the Downtown launching her new CD
Clown Revue (newyorkdowntownclown. Dockery’s “Wanderlust” (Jan. 8 & 15), a safe bet.
com) in its new incarnation at Dixon Place. Tanya O’Debra’s “Radio Star” (Jan. 7 & I also have my sights set on “Green “Days and Nights” with
The monthly showcase for red-nosed insid- 14), Michael Birch’s “One Man Hamlet” Eyes” (Jan. 5-10, 12-15). It’s the New York
ers is well worth checking out. On the night (Jan. 8 & 14) and Radiotheatre’s version premiere of a Tennessee Williams rarity that a performance at Bowery
I attended, Big Apple Circus’s “Grandma” of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” (Jan. was first published in 2008. Director Travis
showed up for a special unannounced per- 8, 9 & 10). This festival alone ought to Chamberlain and I both worked as bookers Poetry Club.
formance. keep you busy! For info and tickets, go to at Galapagos a few years back. Much confu-
As for what to see in the coming month? horsetrade.info. sion and not much hilarity ensued as a result
How about starting with what you missed Not to be outdone, P.S. 122 will be run- of our common first name. But the main
last year? From Jan. 6-15, Horse Trade ning its 6th Annual COIL Festival, “fea- reason I’ll be attending is the show descrip- In the club and variety worlds, a number
Theater Group will present “2010 Encores” turing hits from past, present and future tion — which tells of a “ravenous Southern of announcements grabbed my attention. On
— a festival of shows that were hits for the seasons” (Jan. 5-15). Of the 17 shows in woman determined to satisfy the darkest Jan. 8, ukulele warbler Sweet Soubrette will
company during the past season. Almost the schedule, several caught my jaundiced recesses of her most deviant desires.” The be launching her new CD “Days and Nights”
everything in the festival sounds interest- eyed. Of particular interest (Jan. 5, 7, 9 & site-specific show actually takes place in a with a performance at Bowery Poetry Club.
ing to me, but here are some stand-outs: 11) is “Stories Left to Tell” —a revived pre- room at the Hudson Hotel. How kinky is Also known as Elia Bisker, don’t let the
Most notable perhaps is “The Event” (Jan. sentation of unpublished and unperformed that? Info on these and other shows in the “sweet” in the soubrette’s sobriquet fool you.
10 & 14) — written and directed by works by the late Spalding Gray, read by COIL Festival are at ps122.org. Her comic love songs are dark and biting,
John Clancy, former artistic director of downtown pillars Bob Holman (the man Also returning this year is the Under the even if the singer seems lithe and gentle as
the Present Company and the New York behind the Bowery Poetry Club), actress Radar Festival (Jan. 5-16), curated by Mark can be.
International Fringe Festival. This meta- Kathleen Chalfant, comedienne Hazelle Russell (formerly of P.S.122) and billed The legendary Joey Arias will be tak-
physical “journey beyond the fourth wall” Goodman and playwright Ain Gordon. The as a “Festival Tracking New Theatre from ing his act to Le Poisson Rouge (Jan. 10).
was a hit of last year’s Fringe Festival, and original production premiered two years Around the World.” This looks to be one of A drag performer/ performance artist who
stars Clancy’s frequent collaborator, the ago to great acclaim at the Minetta Lane their best efforts in years, with 13 foreign first made his mark in the halcyon days of
always excellent David Calvitto. Also in the Theatre with some of the same cast. Gordon countries represented among the festival’s the 1980s, he’ll be singing that night with
lineup (Jan. 7 & 9) is “Legs and All” — a will be presenting another work in the 20 productions, and several local stars beef- musical director Ben Allison. Lastly, don’t
terrific clown piece by Summer Shapiro and festival as well. “A Disaster Begins” (Jan. ing up the New York presence (including miss my favorite ventriloquist lady — Carla
Peter Musante, which I saw back in March. 10) promises to reveal secrets connected Suzan-Lori Parks, JoAnne Akalaitis, David Rhodes — as she does her monthly rock and
The duo work wonders armed only with a with the Galveston Flood, one of the worst Greenspan and Taylor Mac). roll show at Arlene’s Grocery on January 23
large box and the hilarious pliability of their natural disasters in his country’s history. I Most exciting to me personally, though, (for info, carlarhodes.net and arlenesgrocery.
bodies, which at times seem to do impos- saw Gordon’s “Birdseed Bundles” at Dance is the presence of the great Reggie Watts. I net). How hot is Carla? Let’s just say she’s
sible things. It even has romance! Theatre Workshop years ago, featuring the had occasion to watch this force of nature helping me get over that thing I used to have
Based on my knowledge of their past great Lola Pashalinski. His writing is sharp perform back in October at the New York for Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop.
work, I can also recommend Martin and insightful, and this one should also be Theatre Review launch party. Like all great See you next month!
14 December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011

Come dancin’ — says bluemouth inc.


‘Marathon’ recalls endurance events of days gone by
THEATER
DANCE MARATHON
210 minutes
January 6, 7, 8
Registration/Orientation begins at 7:30pm.
The event starts promptly at 8pm. Wear com-
fortable shoes for dancing.
At University Settlement (184 Eldridge St. at
Rivington St.)
For tickets ($20), call 212-352-3101.
Visit bluemouthinc.com, incubatorarts.org &
universitysettlement.org.

BY MARTIN DENTON,
of nytheatre.com
There’s a kind of theatre where the audi-
ence sits in the dark — and from the comfort
and safety of their seats, they watch a story
unfold on a stage in front of them.
But bluemouth inc. does not do that kind
of theatre.
There’s another kind of theatre, a kind I Photo by Gordon Hawkins
find myself preferring more and more, where Marathon moves: Back where we started, here we go round again.
the audience enters a space — one that may
not be a traditional theatre space at all — and tographer, writer, actor and videographer). left it screaming, forcing us to follow him out winter. It’s scheduled to tour Australia this
finds itself pulled into an experience that O’Connell and Reeves found themselves into the hallway). spring, at the Dance Massive Festival in
stretches and enlarges them. We’re talking in Canada in the 90s. Mysterious theatri- I had never seen anything like “LENZ” Melbourne and the Ten Days on the Island
total immersion in a new environment with a cal alchemy brought the four together, and before — a startlingly coherent narrative, Festival in Tasmania.
new set of rules, like dropping into someone they’ve been making remarkable, visceral, once you pieced together its three disparate “Dance Marathon” is inspired by a
else’s dream for a couple of hours and soaking unforgettable theatre ever since. scenes; but more than that, a play about strange cultural phenomenon during the
up the strangeness and awe and unexpected Joining these original core members is itself, about the experience of witnessing and Great Depression, where people competed
patterns and twists of fancy and intellect. Toronto native Ciara Adams, who is also a pri- absorbing life among other live beings. for prizes by dancing for hours on end, fight-
This is what bluemouth inc. does. Their mary creator and director with the company. I have learned that these ideas — common ing exhaustion to keep moving on the dance
theatre is one of complete engagement on the The way I got to know about bluemouth experience, playing witness, being aware of floor. O’Connell emailed me this description
part of audience members and performers inc. was pure serendipity. I got an email yourself and others — are the themes that of bluemouth inc.’s take on this concept: “A
alike. It’s not bland, planned interactivity like in September 2005 inviting me to review run through bluemouth inc.’s work. Indeed, genuine endurance contest and staged per-
“Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding.” It’s about being an “LENZ” — the New York City debut of a their company motto is: “What level of expe- formance, hopeful amateurs mix with blue-
active participant. It’s about being present. company that was in the process of relocat- rience are you committed to having?” I have mouth inc. performers under the direction
New Yorkers will get their next glimpse ing to the Big Apple. The thing that piqued seen them transform a deserted downtown of floor judges and the merciless movement
at an original bluemouth inc. show when my interest was the location: “LENZ” was office building into a dreamscape/playground of the clock to shape participation theatre.
Incubator Arts’ Other Forces Festival and The being staged in the Ye Olde Carlton Arms (2006’s “What the Thunder Said”); a barber Those with two left feet can simply sit back
Performance Project @ University Settlement Hotel (a lesser-known haven for artists along shop on the edge of Chinatown into a side- to enjoy the fancy footwork.”
present “Dance Marathon” — beginning the lines of the Chelsea Hotel), near Baruch show of American male archetypes (2007’s The audience engagement element in
January 6 at University Settlement’s space on College. “American Standard”); and a converted “Dance Marathon” seems pretty clear-cut.
Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. For “LENZ,” bluemouth inc. rented three Brooklyn church into a courtroom where the I’ve seen O’Connell, Simic and their col-
I have been following bluemouth inc. — rooms in the hotel, on different floors. When Wolf (from “Peter and the Wolf”) is put on leagues dance; the audience members who
and a dedicated fan of their work — ever you arrived at the performance, you were put trial (2009’s “How Soon Is Now?”). will get a chance to be their partners are in
since they arrived in New York back in 2005. into one of three groups. Each group was I should add that bluemouth inc.’s work for a major treat.
The company began in Canada, where they’ve then sent to one of the three rooms. The story isn’t just cerebral and philosophical; it’s high- What I don’t know — and am keenly
been performing since 1998 (winning a Dora was experienced in three different orders, as energy, thrillingly entertaining, filled with looking forward to — are the layerings of
Award in 2004 for one of their most ambi- these groups trooped to the next and then the music and movement and video, constantly unexpected happenings that are sure to be
tious works, “Something About a River”). next location over the following hour. In one shifting, constantly surprising. Check out part of “Dance Marathon.” Bluemouth inc.
Two of the four founding members are room we found Reeves as Iris (Jacob Lenz’s their website (bluemouthinc.com) to see shows always startle, always jolt. The press
Canadians — Lucy Simic, an interdisciplin- sister), telling us about her family and her some samples of what they do. release begins with these two sentences:
ary artist interested in text and movement, brother. In another room was a film projected The next bluemouth inc. opus is coming to
is from Vancouver; and Richard Windeyer, onto a low coffee table, with much of the NYC in January 2011, for a woefully limited Registration for “Dance Marathon”
who is a composer and sound/visual artist, is dialogue in French and English (which we run at University Settlement. I can’t wait. begins at 7:30pm and the event starts
from Peterborough, Ontario. The other two heard via headphones), supplying backstory It’s their “Dance Marathon” — a piece they promptly at 8pm.
are Americans Stephen O’Connell (from New about the title character. In the last room was premiered in Toronto as part of Harbourfront
Jersey; a dancer and creator who has worked Lenz himself (played by O’Connell), at the Centre’s 2009 World Stage, and subsequently Please wear comfortable shoes for danc-
with The Wooster Group, among others) and very edge of sanity (the room was pitch black presented at The Cork Midsummer Festival ing.
Sabrina Reeves (from Massachusetts; a pho- when we entered it, and quite quickly Lenz and the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad last I’m ready.
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 15

For the kids!


Youth activities for idle hands
MARK TWAIN: A WONDERFULLY FLAT Sat., Jan. 1, from noon to 5pm, the “Kurt
THING Kids who may not be old enough Schwitters-inspired Collage” activity gives
to read Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry visitors ages 4 and up the chance to use
Finn” can get to know the quintessential the artwork of Kurt Schwitters as a start-
American humorist — and discover the ing point for their own collage. On Sun.,
wonders of children’s theater — all in one Jan. 2, from noon to 5pm, the “Giacometti
fun, creative experience. “A Wonderfully Inspired Sculpture” event encourages
Flat Thing” is a modern twist on Twain’s those ages 5 and up to create an arma-
short story “A Fable.” The adaptation ture — then cover the surface to create
finds Twain and his animal friends on elongated figure sculptures like Alberto
a journey of self-discovery and magic. Giacometti. Regular museum hours: Wed.-
Puppets, dance, music and interactive Sun., 12-5pm; Thurs., 12-6pm (Pay as You
video are the new tricks that help bring Wish, from 4-6pm). Admission: $10. At
this old writer into the modern age. Manju the Children’s Museum of the Arts (182
Shandler, who created masks and pup- Lafayette St. btw. Broome & Grand). Call
petry for “The Lion King,” designed the 212- 274-0986 or visit www.cmany.org.
puppets. Recommended for ages 3 and For group tours and visit, call 212) 274-
up. Sat., Jan. 8 & 15 at 11:30am, 2:30pm 0986, extension 31.
& 5pm and Sun., Jan. 9 & 16 at 11:30am
& 2:30pm. At The 14th Street Y’s newly
renovated LABA Theatre (344 E. 14th St. POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE’S COPS &
btw. 1st & 2nd Aves.). For tickets ($15), KIDS BASKETBALL SEASON Registration
call 212-780-0800 or visit www.14StreetY. for the Police Athletic League’s (PAL)
org/AWFT. Cops & Kids Program is open through
Jan. 10. Manhattan young people, ages 14
to 17, are encouraged to participate in the
ANGELINA BALLERINA: THE MUSICAL upcoming winter basketball season. Each
Anything can happen in the world of chil- year, 825 New York City Police Officers
dren’s cartoons: Dogs talk, daffy ducks volunteer their time to coach and play bas-
spar with rascally rabbits and an aardvark ketball, volleyball, soccer, softball and flag
Photo by Onno de Jong
named Arthur goes to school. But writer football. One of PAL’s signature programs,
Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Finding magic, in a mirror: See “A Wonderfully Flat Thing.” Cops & Kids will help you perfect your
Craig came up with something special half-court shot. To sign up, call 212-477-
when they introduced us to a mouse who 2787 or visit ticketmaster.com. Also visit Works of the Brothers Grimm (Abridged).” 9450, ext. 389. Visit www.palnyc.org.
loves ballet. Now, that mouse (star of angelinathemusical.com. Performances are every Sat. and Sun.,
her own PBS series) comes to life — and noon and 2pm. At Manhattan Children’s
comes to a stage near you — in “Angelina Theatre (52 White St., btw. Broadway & DEAR EDWINA This heartwarming show
Ballerina: The Musical.” As the curtain MANHATTAN CHILDREN’S THEATRE Church Sts., 2 blocks south of Canal St.). about the joys and frustrations of growing
comes up, everyone at the Camembert Imagination reigns supreme in the produc- For tickets ($20 general, $50 front row), up has our spunky heroine (advice-giver
Academy is all aflutter because a special tions of this theater company whose ninth call 212-352-3101 or visit www.theater- extraordinaire Edwina Spoonable) sharing
guest is coming to visit. Angelina and her season is dedicated to classic stories and mania.com. For school, group or birthday her wisdom on everything from setting
friends (Alice, Gracie, AZ and Viki) are characters (with a twist!). Through Jan. 2, party rate info, call 212-226-4085. Visit the table to making new friends. That it’s
excited to show off their hip-hop, modern it’s the world premiere of Chris Alonzo’s www.mctny.org. done through clever, catchy and poignant
dance, Irish jig and ballet skills — but “Lula Belle in Search of Santa.” From songs makes the experience enjoyable
will Angelina get that moment in the Jan. 8 through Feb. 28, MCT’s version of and engaging for kids who know what
spotlight she’s hoping for? This show is “Little Red Riding Hood” has a pair of CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ARTS Edwina’s going through as well as adults
appropriate for children ages 3-12. Jan. bungling wolves trying to outfox that little Explore painting, collage and sculpture who remember what it was like. Through
8 through Feb. 19, Saturdays at 1pm & hood-wearing smarty as she makes her through self-guided arts projects. Open art Feb. 25 at the DR2 Theatre (103 E. 15th
3pm and Sundays at 1pm. At the Union way to Granny’s house. Later in the sea- stations are ongoing throughout the after- St.). For tickets ($39), call 212-239-6200.
Square Theatre (100 E. 17th St. btw. son, look out for MCT’s revved up, wise- noon — giving children the opportunity to For groups of 10 or more, call 646-
Union Square East and Irving Place). cracking, revisionist takes on “Goldilocks experiment with materials such as paint, 747-7400. Visit www.dearedwina.com for
For tickets ($39.50-$65), call 1-800-982- and the Three Bears” and “The Complete clay, fabric, paper and found objects. additional details and full schedule.

155 1st Avenue at East 10th Street


Reservations/Info 212-254-1109 Online at w ww.theaterforthenewcity.net

DOLLFACE A PROCESS OF THE INVENTOR, THE


ESCORT, THE PHO-
Book by B.J. SEBRING ELIMINATION TOGRAPHER, HER
Lyrics by DAVID FORMAN Written by BOYFRIEND AND HIS
Music by DAVID FORMAN GENE RUFFINI GIRLFRIEND
& ROB HYMAN Directed by Written & Directed by
Directed by DAVID CELINE HAVARD MATT MORILLO
FORMAN & B.J. SEBRING Thursday - Sunday Thursday - Sunday
Thursday - Sunday Dec 30 - January 16 January 6 - 30
Dec 30 - Jan 16 Thu - Sat at 8pm Thu-Sat 8pm
Thu-Sat at 8pm Sun at 3pm Sun 7pm
Sun 3pm $18/tdf All Seats $15/tdf All Seats $20/tdf
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Just Do Art!
COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER

TERESA & SERENA WU, AT POSMAN


BOOKS
We all know mom knows best — but
what’s so special about what an Asian-
American mom knows? Teresa and Serena
Wu have the answer, and they’ll be doling out
bits and pieces of it when they read from their
new book “My Mom is a Fob: Earnest Advice
in Broken English from Your Asian-American
Mom.” Fob, by the way, is a short & snotty
way to say “Fresh off the boat” — but don’t
think for a minute that means mom is unin-
formed. So what if she still makes Peking
Duck instead of turkey on Thanksgiving?
So what if she owns a giant cleaver, wears a
plastic visor for an evening stroll or takes 24
more napkins than she needs at Chipotle?
She’s no fool. As for the authors, the Wu
sisters (through their hit blog) have seized
ownership of that derogatory “Fob” term, by
applying it to the ways Asian moms adapt to
American culture. Such nice girls. Meet them
both on Wed., Jan. 5, 6pm, at Posman Books
Image courtesy of Perigee Books
in Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Ave. btw. 15th
& 16th Sts.). For info, call 212)-627-0304 or To see if you might be a Fob, See
visit posmanbooks.com. “Teresa & Serena Wu.”

to shun Cirque du Soleil, there’s a show in


MUMMENSCHANZ town that delivers the artful clowning, clever
If you’re old enough to remember Shields mime, surreal visuals and subversive humor
and Yarnell — or have already seen Blue you crave. Their current NYC gig is part of
Man Group — or are discerning enough a national tour marking the renowned Swiss

Photo by Rae Winters

The future is now: Bradley K. Wrenn in “The Annihilation Point.”

performance troupe’s first return to U.S. soil and to order tickets ($45-$75), call 212-352-
since 2003 — and features some of their 3010 or visit mummenschanzNYC.com.
most iconic performances and characters
(plus a few new pieces). In a world where
entertainment is more wordy and frenzied THE ANNIHILATION POINT
than ever, Mummenschanz’s throwback style The Berserker Residents come to us
of silent vignettes, fantastical characters and from Philadelphia. The three renegade
abstract shapes is a spectacle of simplicity that time travelers in “The Annihilation Point”
deserves to be seen (even if it can’t be heard). come to us from the year 3037 A.X. (“After
Through Jan. 8, at The Skirball Center for the Xenocide”). Although they’ve mastered
Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place, at
Washington Square). For performance times, Continued on page 17
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 17

Photo by Kate Milford Photo by Tom Caravaglia

A traditional Tu B’Shvat seder with fruit, grains and other treats. One of the boys from Company B. See “Paul Taylor.”

Just Do Art! PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY: TU B’SHVAT: WINTER GARDEN ing to event organizers at Museum at Eldridge
Continued from page 16 OPEN HOUSE Just as the French seem to have a word Street) as the Jewish Arbor Day. Family tree-
When a new neighbor moves in, the for everything nowadays, the Chosen People making, genealogy workshops, plantings, food
the art of millennium-jumping, it seems burden is usually on you to show up have their own ramped-up take on a slew of demos are used to unearth cultural roots
their gobs of knowledge and futuristic with a plate of cookies and best wishes. beloved cultural observations (Purim lets kids and environmental heritage. An architectural
technology can’t help them shake off the This new arrival will take the wishes, but have Halloween dress-up in March — and tour highlighting the green restoration of the
mutants, flesh-eating nanobots and inter- wants you to leave the cookies at home. Hanukkah’s eight days of gift-giving rivals that 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue also puts a
dimensional droid vigilantes hot on their They’ll be the ones serving up complimen- singular night of presents under the tree). Now, nice spin on the fast-rising star of this holiday.
heels. Will Astronaut Z, his cyborg com- tary food — plus free performances and get to know the not-so-famous observance of Sun., Jan. 23, 1-4pm, at the Eldridge Street
panion Dr. Doomstache and alien advisor the chance to win merchandise and tickets Tu B’Shvat. As explained by the folks at jew- Synagogue (12 Eldridge St btw. Canal and
Gregory Tamborsky save humanity before to The Paul Taylor Dance Company. In faq.org, “Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of the Division Sts.). For more info, call the Museum
it’s too late — or, seeing as they’re from the spirit of full disclosure by the new Jewish month of Shevat, is also known as the at Eldridge Street at 212-219-0888 or visit
the future, is it already too late? Physical kids on the block, The Company will per- New Year for Trees.” It’s also known (accord- www.eldridgestreet.org.
theatre, puppetry, music, sketch and prop form Paul Taylor’s newest work, “Three
comedy conspire to deliver an immer- Dubious Memories” — which will give the
sive theatrical experience that’s amusingly
apocalyptic. Sat., Jan. 8 at 7pm & 10pm;
Sun., Jan. 9 at 6pm & 10pm; Mon., Jan.
10 at 8pm; and Thurs., Jan. 13 at 8pm. At
audience an opportunity to see the piece
before it premieres at City Center. Taylor
2 will perform the classic “Airs.” It’s hap-
pening in celebration of their new Tribeca
Faye Lane shines
the Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand St.,
corner of Pitt St.). For tickets ($15), call
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studios. Free. Sun., Jan. 9, Noon to 4pm
at the Paul Taylor Dance Company (551
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THE VILLAGER current show cut our usual sniffle/sneeze
downtime in half. But that’s not why
performance its angel wings. Plus, it’s really
funny — and cute bartender Byron makes a
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Lane’s encore run of that FringeNYC hit
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whom process against the Ave. of the Americas, 19th Fl., The Partnership, 351 Saint it may be served. SSNY shall LLC may be served. The
19801. Arts. Of Org. filed with 01773. Purpose: Any lawful Purpose: any lawful activity.
LLC may be served. The NY, NY 10036. DE address of Nicholas Ave., Ste. 31, NY, mail process to: c/o Castle-
DE Secy. of State, PO Box activity. Vil 12/23-1/27/11 address to which SSNY shall
LLC: 615 South DuPont Hwy., 898 Dover, DE 19903. Pur- NY 10027, also the principal Rock Management II, LLC,
address to which SSNY shall Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. Vil 12/23-1/27/11 mail a copy of any process
pose: any lawful activity. office address. DE address of 101 Park Ave., 23rd Fl., NY,
mail a copy of any process filed with DE Secy. of State, LP: c/o National Registered NOTICE OF FORMATION against the LLC is to: So
Vil 12/23-1/27/11 NY 10178. DE address of LP:
against the LLC is to: Radiant 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree OF MMMM, LLC. Others Might Survive, LLC,
NOTICE OF FORMATION c/o United Corporate Ser-
DE 19901. Purpose: any law- Dr., St 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. 7014 13th ave., Brooklyn, NY
Pig Beer Company, E 26th ful act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMA- OF TRIBECA HOUSE- vices, Inc., 874 Walker Road,
TION OF FLUSHING BAY Name/address of genl. ptr. Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. of State of NY (SSNY) on
St, #5F, New York, NY 10010. Vil 12/16-1/20/11 11228. Purpose: To engage
DEVELOPMENT LLC, available from SSNY. Cert. KEEPING SERVICES LLC. 7/19/10. Office location: NY
Name/address of each genl. in any lawful act or activity.
Purpose: To engage in any of LP filed with DE Secy. of Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. County. SSNY designated as
Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of ptr. available from SSNY. Vil 12/30-2/3/11
lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION State (SSNY) 7/26/10. Office State, 401 Federal St., Ste. agent of LLC upon whom
OF MAGGY’S FUND LLC. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Of State of NY (SSNY) on Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec. process against it may be
Vil 12/16-1/20/11 location: NY County. SSNY 11/2/10. Office location: NY of State, 401 Federal St.,
Arts. of Org. filed with NY designated as agent of LLC any lawful activities served. SSNY shall mail
Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: NOTICE OF FORMATION
Dept. of State on 11/24/2010. upon whom process against County. SSNY designated as process to: Corporation Ser-
any lawful activity. vice Company, 80 State St., OF EASTSIDE HOME
NOTICE OF FORMATION Office location: NY County. it may be served. SSNY agent for service of process.
Sec. of State designated shall mail copy of process NOTICE OF FORMATION Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Albany, NY 12207, registered REPAIR & IMPROVE-
OF S.E.A. NICHE, LLC. SSNY shall mail process to:
agent of LLC upon whom to Xiao Bo Zhang, 180 River- OF VICTOR RPM, LLC. agent upon whom process MENT, LLC
process against it may be side Blvd., Ste. 12H, NY, NY 105 Hudson St. #1B, NY, NY
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. NOTICE OF FORMATION may be served. Purpose: any Articles of Organization
served and shall mail pro- 10069. Purpose: any lawful 10013. Purpose: Any lawful lawful activity.
of State of NY (SSNY) on of State of NY (SSNY) on OF KOPLIK INTERNA- filed with Secretary of State
cess to the principal busi- activities. 12/06/10. Office location: NY activity. Vil 12/23-1/27/11
4/20/10. Office location: NY Vil 12/23-1/27/11 TIONAL LLC.
ness addr.: 520 E. 86th St., County. Princ. office of LLC: Vil 12/23-1/27/11 of New York (SSNY) on
County. SSNY designated as Apt. 8A, NY, NY 10028, Attn: Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. 04/05/10. Office location:
146 W. 57th St., Apt. 56C, NY, of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
Patricia H. Nadosy, regd. NOTICE OF QUAL. OF NY 10019. SSNY designated NY County. SSNY has been
agent of LLC upon whom 11/3/10. Office location: New TION OF AMERICOLD
agent upon whom process NEZU ASIA CAPITAL as agent of LLC upon whom NOTICE OF FORMATION
process against it may be MANAGEMENT, LLC, MFL 2010 LLC. designated as an agent upon
may be served. Term: until process against it may be OF BOKEH LLC. York County. SSNY desig-
served. SSNY shall mail 12/31/2060. Purpose: any Auth. filed Sec’y of State nated as agent of LLC upon Authority filed with NY Dept. whom process against the
served. SSNY shall mail pro- Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State on 12/7/10. Office
process to: Chamberlain & lawful activity. (SSNY) 11/12/10. Office loc.: cess to c/o Moshe Shuster at whom process against it LLC may be served. The
Vil 12/16-1/20/11 NY County. LLC org. in DE of State of NY (SSNY) on may be served. SSNY shall location: NY County. Princ. address to which SSNY shall
Steward Associates, Ltd., the princ. office of the LLC.
11/3/10. SSNY desig. as 11/12/10. Office location: NY mail process to: The LLC, 600 bus. addr.: 10 Glenlake Pkwy.,
Purpose: Any lawful activity. mail a copy of any process
400 Park Ave., NY, NY 10022, NOTICE OF FORMATION agent of LLC upon whom South Tower, Ste. 800, Atlan-
Vil 12/23-1/27/11 County. SSNY designated as Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022. against the LLC is to: The
OF MARIA RODALE process against it may be ta, GA 30328. LLC formed
Attn: Norman Volk, President. agent of LLC upon whom Purpose: any lawful activity.
CHELSEA ENCLAVE LLC. served. SSNY shall mail in DE on 11/17/10. NY Sec. LLC, 568 Grand St. Ste 2002,
Purpose: any lawful activity. copy of proc. to Attn: David NOTICE OF FORMATION process against it may be Vil 12/23-1/27/11 of State designated agent
Arts. of Org. filed with NY New York, NY 10002. Pur-
Vil 12/16-1/20/11 Snoddy, 590 Madison Ave., OF TWAIN WERKS, LLC. of LLC upon whom process
Dept. of State on 11/30/10. served. SSNY shall mail pro- pose: To engage in any law-
18th Fl., NY, NY 10022. DE off. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. NOTICE OF QUALIFICA- against it may be served and
Office location: NY County. addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville cess to: 55 Fifth Avenue, 18th TION OF JUNIPER I, ful act or activity.
of State of NY (SSNY) on shall mail process to: c/o CT
NAME OF FOR. LLC: Sec. of State designated Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808. 12/07/10. Office location: NY Fl., NY, NY 10003. Purpose: L.L.C. Vil 12/30-2/3/11
agent of LLC upon whom Corporation System, 111
Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, County. Princ. office of LLC: any lawful act or activity.
DKDOI GP LLC. process against it may be Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE Authority filed with Secy. 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE
202 Riverside Dr. - Ste. 9J, Vil 12/23-1/27/11 of State of NY (SSNY) on addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St.,
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept. served and shall mail pro- 19901. Purp.: any lawful MELODY OF FLAVORS
NY, NY 10025. SSNY desig- Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert.
cess to the principal business activities. 11/29/10. Office location: NY LLC
of State: 11/8/10. Jurisd. and nated as agent of LLC upon of Form. filed with DE Sec. of
address: 177 9th Ave., Ste. Vil 12/23-1/27/11 NOTICE OF QUALIFICA- County. LLC formed in Dela-
whom process against it may State, 401 Federal St., Dover, Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
date of org.: DE 10/13/10. 4K, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: ware (DE) on 11/10/10. SSNY
be served. SSNY shall mail TION OF MILESTONE DE 19901. Purpose: any law- of State (SSNY) 10/22/2010.
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of any lawful activity. NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 15 designated as agent of LLC
process to the LLC at the HORIZON LLC. ful activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11 LITTLE WEST 12 OWNER upon whom process against Office in NY Co. SSNY
State designated as agent addr. of its princ. office. Pur- Vil 12/23-1/27/11
LLC, pose: Any lawful activity. Authority filed with Secy. it may be served. SSNY shall design. Agent of LLC upon
of foreign LLC upon whom NOTICE OF QUALIFICA- Auth. filed Sec’y of State Vil 12/23-1/27/11 of State of NY (SSNY) on mail process to princ. bus. whom process may be
process against it may be TION OF HALPERN REAL (SSNY) 11/12/10. Office loc.: NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
10/29/10. Office location: NY loc.: 311 W. 43rd St., NY, NY TION OF VALUE LINE served. SSNY shall mail copy
served. The Sec. of State ESTATE VENTURES, LLC. NY County. LLC org. in DE 10036. DE address of LLC: c/o
11/6/09. SSNY desig. as NOTICE OF FORMATION County. LLC formed in Dela- PUBLISHING LLC. of process to Melody A. Staz-
shall mail copy of process to: Authority filed with NY Dept. OF ECUA_COOL, LLC Corporation Service Com-
of State on 11/12/10. Office agent of LLC upon whom ware (DE) on 10/11/10. SSNY Authority filed with NY Dept. zone 255 Cabrini Blvd. Ste 5F
65 E. 55th St., 19th Fl., NY, NY process against it may be Articles of Organization pany, 2711 Centerville Rd.,
location: NY County. Princ. designated as agent of LLC of State on 12/3/10. Office NY, NY 10040. Purpose: Any
served. SSNY shall mail copy filed with Secretary of State Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
10022. Addr. of foreign LLC bus. addr.: 401 West St., upon whom process against location: NY County. LLC lawful activity.
3rd Fl., NY, NY 10014. LLC of proc. to NRAI, 875 Ave of of New York (SSNY) on 19808. Cert. of Form. filed formed in DE on 7/2/10. NY
in DE is: National Corporate the Americas, NY, NY 10001. 07/27/2010. Office location: it may be served. SSNY shall with DE Secy. of State, 401 Vil 12/30-2/3/11
formed in DE on 9/2/10. NY Sec. of State designated
Research, Ltd., 615 S. DuPont DE off. addr.: 160 Green- NY County. SSNY has been mail process to: c/o KVB Part- Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE
Sec. of State designated as tree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE agent of LLC upon whom
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Auth. agent of LLC upon whom designated as an agent upon ners, 60 Broad St., Ste. 3502, 19901. Purpose: real estate
19904. Cert. of Form. on process against it may be NOTICE OF FORMATION
process against it may be whom process against the development and any other
officer in DE where Cert. of file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., NY, NY 10004. DE address of served and shall mail pro- OF CBBJ, LLC.
served and shall mail pro- LLC may be served. The purposes permitted by appli-
Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any address to which SSNY shall LLC: 1201 Orange St., Suite cess to the principal business
Form. filed: DE Sec. of State, cess to: c/o CT Corporation cable law. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
lawful activities. mail a copy of any process addr.: Value Line, Inc., 220 E.
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE System, 111 8th Ave., NY, 600, Wilmington, DE 19801. Vil 12/23-1/27/11 of State of NY (SSNY) on
Vil 12/23-1/27/11 against the LLC is to: ECUA- 42nd St., NY, NY 10017, Attn:
19901. Purpose: any lawful NY 10011, regd. agent upon Arts. of Org. filed with DE Howard Brecher, Esq. Regd. 12/10/10. Office location: NY
whom process may be COOL LLC, 623 W 207th
activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, NOTICE OF FORMATION agent upon whom process County. SSNY designated
served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Street # BSMT, New York, NY
OF ST ANNES, LLC 10034. Purpose: To engage Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: OF RESTIVO EVENTS, may be served: CT Corpora- as agent of LLC upon whom
Vil 12/16-1/20/11 Orange St., Wilmington, DE tion System, 111 8th Ave.,
19801. Cert. of Form. filed Articles of Organization filed in any lawful act or activity. any lawful activity. LLC. process against it may be
with Secretary of State of Vil 12/23-1/27/11 NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of
with DE Sec. of State, 401 Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. served. SSNY shall mail pro-
NAME OF FOR. LLC: DKIL NewYork (SSNY) on 10/18/10. LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. of State of NY (SSNY) on
Office location: NY County. ington, DE 19801. Cert. of cess to Steven Golden, c/o
GP LLC. Purpose: real estate, invest- NOTICE OF FORMATION 11/23/10. Office location: NY
SSNY has been designated NOTICE OF QUALIFICA- Form. filed with DE Sec. of CBIZ MHM, LLC, 1065 Ave. of
ments, management and as an agent upon whom pro- OF HARKELYN LLC. County. SSNY designated as
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept. related activities. TION OF CAM TASB, State, 401 Federal St., Dover, the Americas, NY, NY 10018.
cess against the LLC may be Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. agent of LLC upon whom DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
of State: 11/8/10. Jurisd. and Vil 12/16-1/20/11 served. The address to which of State (SSNY) 11/9/2010. LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
process against it may be ful activity.
date of org.: DE 10/13/10. SSNY shall mail a copy of Office in NY Co. SSNY des- Authority filed with Secy. served. SSNY shall mail pro- Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Vil 12/30-2/3/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY any process against the ignated agent of LLC upon
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of GIVEN THAT of State of NY (SSNY) on cess to: The LLC, 245 E. 25th
LLC is to: St Annes LLC, 110 whom process against it may
State designated as agent Duane Street, PH3N, New be served. SSNY shall mail 12/8/10. Office location: St., #12L, NY, NY 10010. Pur- NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF FORMATION
a license, #TBA has been pose: any lawful purpose.
of foreign LLC upon whom applied for by Space NY 8 York, NY 10007. Purpose: To copy of process to attn. Lloyd NY County. LLC formed in OF THE PICKHOLZ LAW OF M & H 75TH STREET
Corp. d/b/a/ Hirai Mong to engage in any lawful act or Mark, 1186 Broadway #1043, Vil 12/23-1/27/11 OFFICES LLC, A PROFES-
process against it may be Delaware (DE) on 11/17/10. HOLDINGS, LLC.
sell beer, wine, and liquor activity. New York, NY 10001. Pur- SIONAL SERVICE LLC
served. The Sec. of State Vil 12/23-1/27/11 SSNY designated as agent (PLLC). Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
at retail in a restaurant. For pose: Any lawful activity. NAME OF LLC: RIGBY
shall mail copy of process to: on premises consumption Vil 12/23-1/27/11 of LLC upon whom process Arts. of Org. filed with NY of State of NY (SSNY) on
183 LLC.
under the ABC law at 12 St. NOTICE OF FORMATION against it may be served. Dept. of State on 11/19/10. 10/29/10. Office location: NY
65 E. 55th St., 19th Fl., NY, NY Art. of Org. filed Dept. of
Marks Place NY, NY 10013. OF STARR STREET PART- NOTICE OF FORMATION SSNY shall mail process to: Office location: NY County.
10022. Addr. of foreign LLC NERS II LLC. State of NY on 8/9/10. Off. County. Princ. office of LLC:
Vil 12/23-12/30/10 OF PROXIMETY SOLU- 101 Park Ave., 23rd Fl., NY, Sec. of State designated as 55 E. 75th St., NY, NY 10021.
in DE is: National Corporate Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Loc. in NY: NY Cty. Secy. of
TIONS, LLC. NY 10178, Attn: Paul Tanico. agent of PLLC upon whom
of State of NY (SSNY) on State designated as agent SSNY designated as agent
Research, Ltd., 615 S. DuPont NOTICE IS HEREBY Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. process against it may be
11/1/10. Office location: NY DE address of LLC: c/o United of LLC upon whom process served and shall mail pro- of LLC upon whom process
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Auth. GIVEN THAT Of State of NY (SSNY) on
Co. SSNY designated as Corporate Services, Inc., 874 against it may be served. cess to the principal busi- against it may be served.
officer in DE where Cert. of a license, #TBA has been agent of LLC upon whom 10/7/10. Office location: NY
Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, Sec. of State shall mail a ness addr.: The Pickholz Law SSNY shall mail process to
applied for by 344 Bowery process against it may be County. SSNY designated as
Form. filed: DE Sec. of State, Retail LLC to sell beer, wine, agent for service of process. copy of process to: Hands- Offices LLC, 1140 Ave. of the
served. SSNY shall mail DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed c/o Schwartz & Salomon,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE and liquor at retail in a res- SSNY shall mail process to: man & Kaminsky LLP, 900 Americas, 9th Fl., NY, NY
process to: The LLC, 594 with DE Secy. of State, 401 P.C., 225 Broadway, Ste.
taurant. For on premises con- Broadway, Ste. 1212, NY, NY 7014 13 Ave. #202, Bklyn, NY Third Ave., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10036, Attn: Jason R. Pick-
19901. Purpose: any lawful Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. 10022. Purpose: any lawful 4200, NY, NY 10007. Purpose:
sumption under the ABC law 10012. Purpose: any lawful 11228. Purpose: Any lawful holz, Esq. Purpose: practice
activity. at 344 Bowery NY, NY 10012. activities. activity. Purpose: any lawful activity. activity. law. Any lawful activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11 Vil 12/23-12/30/10 Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Vil 12/23-1/27/11 Vil 12/30-2/3/11
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PUBLIC NOTICES
NAME OF FOR. LLC: NOTICE OF FORMATION NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
WASHINGTON ST. 42A, OF LOFTS 21 LLC. TION OF 3 WTC MEZZ
LLC. 2 LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. LEGAL NOTICE
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept. Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State: 10/26/10. Jurisd.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on of State on 12/9/10. Office
TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP
and date of org.: DE 3/17/10. 7/1/10. Office location: NY location: NY County. LLC AND ALGONQUIN GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of County. SSNY designated as formed in DE on 11/29/10.
State designated as agent agent of LLC upon whom NY Sec. of State designated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
of foreign LLC upon whom agent of LLC upon whom Docket No. CP11-56 -000
process against it may be
process against it may be process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro- served and shall mail pro-
served. The Sec. of State Notice is hereby given that Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (“Texas Eastern”) and Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (“Algonquin”), on
cess to: c/o Classic Group cess to: c/o CT Corporation
shall mail copy of process December 20, 2010, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) for certificates of public convenience
Inc., 4 W. 22nd St., 4th Fl., System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
to: Jeff Silver, 14 Faulkner and necessity and for related authorizations for (i) the construction, ownership, operation and maintenance ofTexas Eastern’s proposed
NY, NY 10010. Purpose: any NY 10011, regd. agent upon
Lane, Dix Hills, NY 11766. whom process may be New Jersey - New York Expansion Project (“NJ-NY Project” or “Project”), (ii) the construction, ownership, operation and maintenance
Addr. of foreign LLC in DE is: lawful activity.
served. DE address of LLC: of facilities by Algonquin, (iii) the lease of capacity on Algonquin’s system to Texas Eastern and (iv) the abandonment of certain existing
615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, Vil 12/30-2/3/11 1209 Orange St., Wilming- Texas Eastern facilities in Docket No. CP11-56-000 (“Application”).
DE 19901. Auth. officer in DE ton, DE 19801. Cert. of Form.
where Cert. of Form. filed: DE filed with DE Sec. of State,
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St.,
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA- The NJ-NY Project facilities on the Texas Eastern system consist of the (i) installation of approximately 4.84 miles of 42-inch diameter
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: TION OF 58 FERRY RD pipeline that will replace certain segments of existing 12-inch and 20-inch diameter pipelines from the existing Linden Compressor Sta-
19901. Purpose: any lawful
any lawful activity. LLC. activity.
tion in the City of Linden, Union County, New Jersey, to the existing metering and regulating (M&R) station 058 in the Borough of Staten
Vil 12/30-2/3/11 Vil 12/30-2/3/11 Island, Richmond County, New York; (ii) construction of approximately 15.5 miles of new 30-inch diameter pipeline from the existing
Authority filed with NY Dept.
M&R station 058 through the Borough of Staten Island, NewYork, and the cities of Bayonne, Jersey City, and Hoboken in Hudson County,
of State on 12/15/10. Office
NAME OF FOR. LLC: NOTICE OF QUALIFICA- New Jersey, to the Borough of Manhattan, NewYork County, NewYork; (iii) removal and abandonment in place of approximately 8 miles
location: NY County. Princ. of 12-inch diameter pipelines in the City of Linden, New Jersey, and the Borough of Staten Island, New York, and 20-inch and 24-inch
WASHINGTON ST. 42B, TION OF WORLD TRADE
bus. addr.: 200 Whitsett St., CENTER HOLDCO LLC. diameter pipeline in the City of Linden, New Jersey; (iv) installation of receivers and launchers within the existing property line of the
LLC.
Greenville, SC 29601. LLC Authority filed with NY Dept. Linden Compressor Station in Linden, New Jersey, and within the property line of M&R station 058 in the Borough of Staten Island, New
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 10/26/10. Jurisd. formed in DE on 12/14/10. of State on 12/9/10. Office York, and remote controlled valves in the City of Bayonne, New Jersey and Jersey City, New Jersey; (v) installation of additional yard
and date of org.: DE 3/17/10. NY Sec. of State designated location: NY County. LLC piping at the Hanover Compressor Station in Morris County, New Jersey; (vi) modifications to existing M&R stations in Union County,
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of agent of LLC upon whom formed in DE on 11/29/10. New Jersey, and in Richmond County, New York; (vii) construction of two new M&R stations at the existing Hanover Compressor Sta-
State designated as agent NY Sec. of State designated tion in Morris County, New Jersey; (viii) construction of a new Bayonne M&R station at a location where the pipeline crosses the local
process against it may be
of foreign LLC upon whom agent of LLC upon whom distribution system, thereby allowing an interconnection with Public Service Electric and Gas Company (“PSE&G”) in Hudson County,
served and shall mail pro- process against it may be
process against it may be
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
New Jersey; (ix) construction of a new tap for a future Jersey City meter station and a point of interconnection with PSE&G, in Hudson
served and shall mail pro-
served. The Sec. of State
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
County, New Jersey; (x) construction of a new Jersey City M&R station, and (xi) construction of a new point of interconnection with
System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
shall mail copy of process Con Edison at the Manhattan Point.
NY 10011, regd. agent upon System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
to: Jeff Silver, 14 Faulkner NY 10011, regd. agent upon
Lane, Dix Hills, NY 11766. whom process may be The NJ-NY Project facilities on the Algonquin system consist of installation of additional yard piping at the Cromwell Compressor Station
whom process may be
Addr. of foreign LLC in DE is: served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 served. DE address of LLC: in Middlesex County, Connecticut, and the Hanover Compressor Station in Morris County, New Jersey; and modification of facilities to
615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, Orange St., Wilmington, DE 1209 Orange St., Wilming- facilitate the interconnection withTennessee Gas Pipeline Company in Mahwah, New Jersey and facilities to facilitate the interconnection
DE 19901. Auth. officer in DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed ton, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. with Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C., in Ramapo, New York.
where Cert. of Form. filed: DE filed with DE Sec. of State,
with DE Sec. of State, 401
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. The NJ-NY Project will: (i) provide new points of interconnection for existing and new customers, including New Jersey and New York
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: 19901. Purpose: any lawful
any lawful activity. Purpose: any lawful activity. local distribution companies, to deliver diverse sources of natural gas supply to high-growth New Jersey and NewYork markets, includ-
activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11 Vil 12/30-2/3/11 Vil 12/30-2/3/11 ing a new direct pipeline connection to the Borough of Manhattan; (ii) expand access to multiple sources of natural gas supply utilizing
Texas Eastern’s and Algonquin’s systems, thereby increasing supply diversity and improving operational performance and system flex-
ibility and reliability; (iii) increase opportunities to eliminate existing operational constraints that will enableTexas Eastern and Algonquin
pipelines to bring additional natural gas supplies to the New Jersey and New York metropolitan market, resulting in enhanced market
competition, reduced price volatility and lower prices; (iv) mitigate the risk of severe disruption at Con Edison’s system that would result
from a loss of an existing Manhattan delivery point; (v) provide new and existing electric generation facilities with greater sources of
natural gas supply, in turn improving air quality and the reliability of the electric system; (vi) meet escalating residential and commercial
demands for energy with clean-burning natural gas in the growing New Jersey and New York metropolitan area; (vii) provide new and
enhanced energy infrastructure to support economic development in the New Jersey and NewYork metropolitan area; and (viii) provide
opportunities to improve regional air quality by utilizing clean-burning natural gas in lieu of fuel oil in existing and future residential, com-

Need to place
mercial and industrial facilities, thereby significantly reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions and other pollutants.The proposed in-service
date for the Project is November 1, 2013.

Notice of the Application will be mailed to affected landowners, and local, state and federal governments and agencies involved in
the Project. A copy of the Application and related resource reports are on file in the public libraries and/or local offices in communities
impacted by the aforementioned facilities.

a legal ad for Texas Eastern and Algonquin will need to acquire permanent and temporary property interests from a limited number of landowners
for the proposed facilities. A significant portion of the proposed NJ-NY Project facilities will be within existing rights-of-way (“ROWs”),
consisting of pipeline ROWs currently occupied by Texas Eastern or Algonquin, public roadways, railways, and/or other utility ROWs.
Texas Eastern and Algonquin have made substantial efforts to ensure that the Project will have minimal impacts on landowners, com-
munities and the environment.

your business? For further information on becoming an intervenor or commentor in the FERC process and/or to obtain FERC’s pamphlet entitled “An
Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline on My Land? What Do I Need to Know?”, visit FERC’s website (www.ferc.gov) or contact FERC toll free
at (877) 337-2237 or (866) 208-3372.

Texas Eastern and Algonquin are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Spectra Energy Corp, a North American leader in developing

Call 646-452-2471 infrastructure and connecting major natural gas supply basins to growing markets. Texas Eastern and Algonquin are engaged in the
business of transporting natural gas in interstate commerce. Texas Eastern owns and operates an open access pipeline system extend-
ing from south Texas and offshore Gulf of Mexico to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States. Algonquin owns and operates an
open access pipeline system from New Jersey to Massachusetts, connecting with major transmission pipelines in the Northeast United
States.
Jason Sherwood / For more information, please contact:
Senior Marketing Consultant Franklin S. Gessner
Manager, Right-of-Way
NJ-NY Expansion Project
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Photos by Q. Sakamaki

Numbers of old-school Japanese woodsmen thin out


East Village photographer Q. Sakamaki was recently in Tono, Iwate, Japan, where he documented a jidabiki, Moriji Kikuchi, 74, dragging timber
WORLD out of a mountain forest by horse in the traditional method. In modern Japan, the jidabikis’ numbers are dwindling, yet their craftsman-like trade
is still needed. Nowadays, jidabikis only take trees that have been thinned out from forests to allow them to grow better. High-tech machines have
difficulty accessing the areas because the passes are too narrow. Kikuchi has been a jidabiki since age 16, nearly 60 years. Young Japanese, however, aren’t interested in
the physically demanding, dangerous job.
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