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On Monday, as the city was clearing the streets after the previous night’s blizzard, a Department of Sanitation
front-loader helped a stuck snowplow get into snowed-in E. Second St.
New group is working to get
SPURA out of park, into gear
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
Seeking to help break the decades-
long deadlock that has gripped the
Seward Park Urban Renewal Area in
an exasperating paralysis of parking
lots, a new group of young Grand St.
residents has emerged backing a novel
idea — compromise.
In that respect, the position
of Sustainable Housing And Retail
Expansion, or SHARE, is very much
in line with the thinking of Community
Board 3’s Land Use, Zoning, Public &
Private Housing Committee. Working
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Hudson Square, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
with a cross section of key commu-
nity stakeholders, the C.B. 3 commit-
tee is near to approving redevelop-
ment guidelines for the sprawling site,
known as SPURA for short.
Brett Leitner, 37, who lives in the
Seward Park Co-op on Grand St.,
founded SHARE six months ago. In
sales at HBO, he’s lived in the co-op
nine years. His wife has lived there
since 1983 when she emigrated from
Russia at age 10. They have two small
children and reside in the same apart-
ment his wife grew up in.
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December 30, 2010 - January 5, 2011
Waiting to exhale:
Congress passes
9/11 health bill
BY ALINE REYNOLDS
Thousands of 9/11 sur-
vivors’ wishes came true
last week when Congress
passed a modified version of
the James R. Zadroga 9/11
Health Bill. Last Thursday,
all the key players held a
press conference in Lower
Manhattan in front of the
new 7 World Trade Center
to praise the bill’s passage.
After several exchanges
with Republican lawmak-
ers, New York Senators
Chuck Schumer and Kirsten
Gillibrand finally man-
Oil-leak cleanup
fuels concerns
Photo by J.B. Nicholas of N.Y.U. tenants
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
The cleanup of about
10,000 gallons of heating
oil remaining in the soil
from the December 2009
leak from two tanks under
Washington Square Village
is scheduled to begin,
weather permitting, on Jan.
5, 2011.
An advisory committee of
Washington Square Village
residents, Community Board
2 members and representa-
“We believe that compromise on tives of elected officials, as
SPURA is the only way,” Leitner well as New York University
recently told The Villager. “These der-
elict lots — it’s a shame, and it’s hold-
ing the neighborhood back,” he said of
the open-air parking lots on the vacant
blocks between Essex and Clinton Sts.
and Delancey and Grand Sts. south of
the Williamsburg Bridge.
In short, Leitner said, the Grand St.
area “won’t be a 21st-century neigh-
borhood” until the parking lots are
Continued on page 6
of dance
dance,
p. 17
aged to reach a bipartisan
agreement with Oklahoma
Senator Tom Coburn and
Wyoming Senator Mike
Enzi. Earlier in the week,
Coburn had threatened to
delay the bill in the Senate.
Gillibrand and Schumer
said that, in the last 24 hours
before the bill’s passage, the
Republicans negotiated “in
good faith” to create a final
workable package.
The bill “will protect
the health of the men and
Continued on page 4
executives and the cleanup
contractors, will be walking
through the site in front of
Washington Square Village
buildings Numbers 3 and 4
on Bleecker St.
“We anticipate that the
cleanup will take three to
four months, weather per-
mitting,” said Gary Parker,
N.Y.U. director of gov-
ernment and community
affairs.
The Dec. 26, 2009, leak
Continued on page 12
EDITORIAL,
LETTERS
PAGE 10
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DIE — AGAIN
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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.

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NEITHER RAIN, NOR SLEET NOR SNOW — THE
SHOPPING MUST GO ON: As we were walking to work
Monday morning, a stroller talking into his cell phone
voiced our very thoughts: “Spring Street’s a pedestrian
mall.” Indeed, cars were few and far between on the
still-somewhat-snow-covered, Soho cross-town street.
Perhaps not surprisingly, though, those ubiquitous shop-
pers were still out and about with their shopping bags,
hitting the outlets and boutiques, even as gusts of wind
were sending some of their hats flying. Amid the snowy
hush, the French tourists’ accents were even more notice-
able. We guess if you come all the way from La France,
and shopping in Soho is on your agenda, a blizzard isn’t
going to stop you, n’est ce pas? Anyway, so there at last
was a pedestrian mall — even if just a snow-day one
— in Soho, and our thoughts turned to Sean Sweeney.
About three years ago, Director Sweeney and his Soho
Alliance vehemently opposed, and ultimately deep-sixed, a
Department of Transportation proposal to turn Prince St.
into a part-time pedestrian mall. Actually, though, it turns
out Sweeney has a sensitive pedestrian side, after all. He
said he really enjoys walking around Soho and Tribeca
at Christmastime, because the streets are so empty and
tranquil — and even turned down a cousin’s Christmas
invite so he could stretch his legs around his Downtown
’hood. And he planned to go out Monday and stroll about
in the snowy streets. On another note, he noted it was the
first time in 18 years that he had cancelled his Community
Board 2 Landmarks Committee meeting.
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Happy New
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“Old-fashioned in every way”,
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in a “Waterford-and-wood-
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“snow caps” on Monday.
TREE SELLER CUTS OUT EARLY: By chance we hap-
pened to be passing by St. Mark’s Church on Second Ave.
Thursday evening and came upon a sight that would sadden
the heart of any Christmas lover: Working in the freezing
cold, Roger von Baust and his crew were breaking down
their tree-selling operation early and getting ready to drive
off. Though he thought he’d gotten the correct clearances,
it turned out von Baust didn’t have the required permits for
several structures he had on the sidewalk. After Community
Board 3 acted on complaints it received, von Baust had
recently gotten a $1,500 ticket. With the potential for more
tickets running as high as $5,000, he had one thought:
Outta here! Von Baust had a storage trailer and a fairly large
warming hut for his workers, plus a port-a-potty, all situated
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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-
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
lane — which von Baust called, “the red zone” — that was
no longer possible. The veteran spruce seller said he doesn’t
want to make a big deal about what went down, since he
hopes to return to the location next year. “We’ll just have to
do something entirely different, that’s all,” he reflected. “If
a permit would be needed to erect the hut, we’ll do that.”
Sadly, he said, he actually lost money on the trees this year,
due to the economy: People just weren’t spending as much.
In past years, buyers would come up and say, “I want a 6-foot
tree,” and pay the cost, he said. But this year, they’d just say,
for example, “What can I get for $25 or $30?” If there was
any consolation, following a report by DNAinfo about his
being ticketed, von Baust said there was an outpouring of
neighborhood support. Local firefighters even gave him a
delicious, stationhouse-cooked meal complete with all the
fixings. We’ve already probably written more about this than
von Baust would have wanted, so we’ll stop now. But we
wish him well for next holiday season and hope it goes more
smoothly — and profitably.
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producer David Sigal’s delivery of their new baby daughter,
Silvia Verona Hoylman-Sigal, via surrogate in California. So
when we heard the news on the radio Wednesday morning
that singer Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, had
a baby boy, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, by surro-
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Democrats hail health bill for honoring 9/11 victims
Continued from page 1
women who selflessly answered our nation’s
call in her hour of greatest need,” Gillibrand
and Schumer said in a written statement.
The bill came down to its final days for
passage, as lawmakers were about to go on
Christmas recess and reconvene on Jan. 5,
when a new, Republican-dominated House of
Representatives would have likely blocked the
legislation from a vote.
Schumer on Thursday referred to the bill’s
passage as a “victory lap.”
“Unlike a victory lap when you run a race,
where you just feel good, this one matters,” he
said. “This victory lap saves lives.”
The New York healthcare clinics that the
law will fund, Schumer continued, now have
their work cut out for them.
“We have to make sure that this law, when
it’s enacted, provides the best healthcare for
everybody,” he said.
Schumer was joined by a host of elected
officials and advocates at Thursday’s press
event. One of them was John Feal, president
of the FealGood Foundation, who compared
the strenuous fight for the bill’s passage to
warfare.
“While we lost a lot of battles along the
way, we came back on the bus last night know-
ing we had won a war,” he said at the press
conference.
It was a battle that looked quite bleak at
Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand were all smiles at Thursday’s press
conference hailing the passage of the 9/11 Health Bill.
times, according to Community Board 1 mem-
ber Elizabeth Williams, who spoke at the press
conference on behalf of Catherine McVay
Hughes, vice chairperson of C.B. 1. The long
fight, Williams said, made the victory all the
more gratifying.
Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, one of the
bill’s chief proponents since its inception, said
five years,” she said.
The politicians are indeed convinced that
Congress will reauthorize the bill in 2015.
“We feel confident that after the program
has been in effect — how efficient it is, how
well it works, how many it treats — it’ll be
far less politically controversial,” said Ilan
Kayatsky, a spokesperson for Nadler. And,
generally speaking, it’s a lot easier to reau-
thorize a bill than get it to Obama’s desk
the first time around, according to Bethany
Lesser, a Gillibrand spokesperson.
In the meantime, the lawmakers and those
with health issues from 9/11 are reveling in the
victory, even though the law isn’t quite what
they envisioned it to be.
“On a scale of one to 10, this bill is a
seven,” Feal said. “If we came home with
nothing, we would have had a zero. And zero
doesn’t save lives.”
The legislation will provide continued medi-
cal care to workers, residents and students who
Photos by J.B. Nicholas were injured on 9/11. The bill, first introduced
in early 2004, was approved last Wednesday
by a voice vote in the Senate and a 206-to-60
vote in the House of Representatives. The
the triumph was undoubtedly the proudest bill was then shipped to Hawaii for President
moment of his 34-year career in government. Obama to sign into law, and is scheduled go
“For seven years, we have struggled to pass into effect in late spring 2011.
this bill that would provide justice to these The bill’s new version lowers the available
heroes and survivors,” he said. “And, today, health and compensation funds from more
we redeem the honor of the United States and than $6.2 billion to $4.3 billion, compensates
demonstrate that our nation does not forget 9/11 survivors for the next five years rather
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

In the last executive action of his
administration, Governor David Paterson
vetoed a six-month moratorium on
hydrofracture gas drilling, known as
fracking, in New York State.
Instead of the broad moratorium
that environmental advocates and local
elected officials have been demanding,
Paterson issued an executive order on
Dec. 11 imposing a temporary ban on
horizontal fracking.
‘I am disappointed that
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comprise the New York City watershed,





which supplies 90 percent of the city’s
drinking water, all of it unfiltered.
The wells are first drilled down verti-
cally between 3,000 feet to 6,000 feet to
the shale formation and then horizontally
for thousands of feet in order to inject
millions of gallons of water under high
pressure and laced with a cocktail of
toxic chemicals to fracture the shale and
release methane gas trapped in the rock.
Opponents of fracking contend the
process poses unacceptable risks to
groundwater. The Bloomberg administra-
tion and the City Council last year called
for a ban on fracking in the New York '  )
City watershed, specifically. However, )
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Governor Paterson has the drilling moratorium that Paterson ,

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decided to veto such that replaces it, apply to hydrofracture )
               
   
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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
suggested that because Paterson’s term
as the state’s chief executive ends Dec.
31, his executive order would also expire
  
to landowners and tens of millions in    
dollars in tax revenues to local towns and      
counties would be threatened by a frack-
ing ban, the association said.  

on that date.
The vetoed moratorium, which passed
both the state Assembly and the state
Senate, would have been valid as a state
law until May 15, 2011.
The relatively new fracking process,     
pioneered by Halliburton, the drilling
company, was exempted from most fed-
  
eral restraints in 2005. In September
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-  !
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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
    
   
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“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
a scenario that creates an easily exploit-
able loophole,” said state Senator Liz


Krueger in a Dec. 13 statement.
“This legislation was drafted to ensure
that we put a temporary hold on all drill-
ing that could do irreparable harm to
areas of the state,” Krueger said. “The
executive order that the governor signed
gives us some delay on some types of
drilling, but it still leaves the state vul-
nerable to overzealous gas companies
who wish to make up for the ban on hori-
zontal drilling by increasing the number
of vertical wells.”
New York City officials who said frack- &   '( 
ing posed a danger to the city water sup-
ply, the state D.E.C. commissioner issued
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an executive decision removing both the
New York City and the Syracuse water-
sheds from the environmental review.
The decision required gas drillers in
those watersheds to undertake supple-
mental environmental reviews for each
well, a process that would increase the
cost of each well and discourage drilling
in the watersheds.
In addition, the federal Environmental



















Protection Agency has been holding hear-


ings over the course of the past year in



































 







The process involves drilling into
the Marcellus shale formation that lies
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beneath the 27 Southern Tier counties
of New York State near the Pennsylvania
border, including the six counties that
connection with a nationwide report












































assessing the impact of fracking on water







































  
supply. The E.P.A. intends to submit tes-
timony to a science panel for a report to
be completed in 2012.
6 December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011
Compromise is key at SPURA, says new group SHARE;
Continued from page 1
redeveloped, revitalizing the neighborhood.
(C.B. 3 is also adding the Essex St.
Market buildings, between Houston and
Rivington Sts., into the SPURA mix for pos-
sible redevelopment, though they weren’t
part of the original renewal area.)
Other prominent SHARE members
include Michael Tumminia, former president
of Seward Park Co-op’s board of directors;
Dave Bolotsky, who lives in Hillman Houses;
and Jac Zagorry, whose wife is a Seward
Park Co-op board of directors member.
Leitner said SHARE’s members, in large
part, are emblematic of a group of new
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
Dwellings and East River Housing, with a
total of 4,500 units.
“We represent a growing population of
the Grand St. co-ops,” he noted.
These four developments were originally
built by trade unions as affordable, limited-
equity housing, but in the late 1990’s they all
went market rate.
‘Sheldon Silver has
certainly played a coy
game of not taking any
kind of leadership position
on getting involved in the
SPURA debate.’
Brett Leitner
As part of “slum clearance” renewal, old
tenements on the SPURA site were razed in
the late 1960’s, displacing around 2,000 resi-
dents — many of them low-income — and a
variety of small businesses.
Ironically, a stumbling block to SPURA’s
redevelopment has been opposition from some
Grand St. co-op residents to low-income and
affordable housing on the site who fear it
would lower their property values.
A MIXED-USE PROJECT
Under the latest version of the C.B. 3
guidelines — which the committee is expected
to vote on in January — about half of the
remaining space on the five vacant SPURA
parcels would be developed with 1,000 units of
housing. Of that amount, 500 units, would be
market-rate housing, while the other 500 units
would be a mix of affordable housing, with 20
percent moderate-rate housing, 20 percent low-
income units and 10 percent low-income units
for seniors. Forty percent of the site would be
SHARE founder Brett Leitner standing outside a section of the sprawling open-air
parking lots on the undeveloped Seward Park Urban Renewal Area.
developed for retail and commercial use.
“It’s completely balanced,” Leitner said
of C.B. 3’s guidelines. “The way they are
shaping up and the way they are formulating
is exactly in line with the goals of SHARE.
They generally have taken the community’s
interests into account. This has been a
bottom-up process. I give a lot of credit to
C.B. 3 for making progress on breaking the
impasse that has stymied this process for 43
years.” He called David McWater, the com-
mittee’s chairperson, “a real leader.”
Leitner said about 350 people, mostly
from the Grand St. area, have signed a peti-
tion by SHARE — either on paper or online
— calling for compromise, mixed-use devel-
opment and “progress” at SPURA.
“They want to see something happen,”
he stressed.
Leitner personally said he thinks a movie
theater would work well as part of the com-
mercial development, noting the Lower East
Side once boasted five cinemas. He added
that while his understanding is that two
other prominent community leaders who
are not part of SHARE — Heshy Jacob and
Joel Kaplan — are open to a Costco or Wal-
Mart on the site, he opposes such big-box
retailers, feeling they would harm local small
merchants. In fact, the C.B. 3 guidelines ban
big-box stores, though make an exception
for a large movie theater.
Referring to Kaplan, who is the executive
director of the United Jewish Council of the
Lower East Side, and Jacob, the manger of
East River Housing, Leitner said, “They seem
to be focusing only on retail — no housing on
SPURA.” He called Kaplan and Jacob repre-
sentative of “a strong minority” in the co-ops.
The two are allies of Sheldon Silver,
the powerful Assembly speaker and long-
time Grand St. resident. For years, Silver
has been perceived as opposing low-income
development on SPURA, though he has
done so in more of a Sphinx-like, taciturn
Photo by Tequila Minsky
manner, rather than overtly.
“Sheldon Silver has certainly played a coy
game of not taking any kind of leadership
position on getting involved in the SPURA
debate,” Leitner observed. “That’s smart
politically — SPURA is sort of the third
rail. I certainly hope if C.B. 3 passes the
guidelines that he supports it,” he said of
Silver. “I hope he doesn’t side with a narrow
bloc or interest group against C.B. 3 if they
pass it.”
SQUADRON: ‘CLOSER THAN EVER’
On the other hand, Leitner said he felt
state Senator Daniel Squadron should be
commended for weighing in on the SPURA
debate at last month’s C.B. 3 committee
meeting.
“We’re closer than we have ever come
to reaching community consensus for this
site,” Squadron said in his remarks then.
“That’s because of the work the Community
Board 3 committee is doing. I look forward
to continuing to work with the community in
the days and weeks ahead to try and make a
positive conclusion a reality.”
“I feel very encouraged by Senator Squadron
as a member of SHARE,” Leitner stated.
Leitner said he also understands the con-
cerns of housing advocates, like Good Old
Lower East Side, or GOLES, that are trying
to maximize the amount of affordable units
in any redevelopment plan.
“I am acutely aware that not all gentrifica-
tion is positive,” he noted. “Some of the older
residents of the neighborhood feel that gentri-
fication has pushed out long-term residents.”
At the same time, Leitner said, his wife
recalls when she was growing up that the
neighborhood was not as safe as it has
become today.
“What really sustains a neighborhood are
families and children and safety — and that’s
what we’re seeing on the Lower East Side,”
he said. “People are taking root here.”
He noted he and his wife are planning to
send their 3½-year-old daughter to a local pub-
lic school, and recently toured the alternative
Earth School in the East Village. The Grand St.
newcomers are deeply invested in the commu-
nity and in shaping its direction, he stressed.
“Let’s have as much community engagement
as possible to work together to figure out what
will position this neighborhood for a brighter
future, as a place to live, to work,” he said.
The moderate-income housing in the
guidelines, in particular, would be a positive
addition, he noted, feeling it would be a sta-
bilizing element for the community, provid-
ing housing for working-class families.
‘They want a site 70
percent low-income — I
oppose it. We don’t live
in Russia or China.’
Heshy Jacob
A reason market-rate housing must be in the
mix is that it would pay for the affordable hous-
ing, Leitner noted, adding that the SPURA plan
is supposed to be financially self-sustaining.
According to Leitner, the idea is for the city to
sell the Seward parcels to developers at a “huge
discount,” which would, in turn, subsidize the
construction of affordable housing.
IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES?
Leitner said he hears some neighbors in
the co-ops arguing that adding more low-
income housing on SPURA would decrease
area property values. But he countered, “The
parking lots that are there now are a drag on
property values.”
The key, again, to freeing SPURA from its
inertia, Leitner said, will be compromise, some-
thing C.B. 3’s McWater has also stressed.
“GOLES is probably not going to get all
the affordable housing they’d want, but they’re
going to get a lot,” Leitner said. “Heshy and
Joel might not get all the commercial and
retail they’d want, but they’re going to get a
lot. We have a very supportive agency with
Bloomberg, and if this chance is lost, who
knows what another administration will do?
“It’s a very diverse neighborhood and
it’s a very historic neighborhood. And to
develop SPURA at the expense of one group
over another would not be keeping with the
historic and diverse nature of the commu-
nity,” Leitner added.
He said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that
C.B. 3 will vote to pass the current guidelines.
“I don’t think a better deal is coming,”
he stressed. “This is by far the best process
Continued on page 7

Opponents aren’t so sure
Continued from page 6
and the guidelines are the best solution that
we’ve seen in 43 years.”
Leitner said SHARE’s members and
the co-ops’ new generation of owners are
also indicative of a mindset change in the
Grand St. co-ops, traditionally known as an
Orthodox Jewish enclave. Many of the new-
comers are Reform or Conservative Jewish
or mixed-faith couples.
“The Jewish identity of the Lower East Side
is alive — just in a new and more moderate
way,” he explained. At the same time, he said,
this new outlook is not “liberal social activist,”
but “moderate-minded...left of center.”
‘I think SHARE is a
significant player, as they
represent much of the
changing demographic
of the co-ops.’
David McWater
“I consider myself a neighborhood activ-
ist, but I don’t consider myself a socialist,”
Leitner said. “I’m not a union member —
I’m a Democrat. I’m an Obama supporter.”
C.B. 3’s McWater said SHARE, though a
new group, is definitely a key part of the mix
on SPURA.
“I think SHARE plays a very important
role and is a significant player, as they rep-
resent much of the changing demographic of
the co-ops,” McWater said.
SPURNS SPURA PROPOSAL
However, Jacob, for starters, expressed
skepticism about SHARE’s petition, noting
some entries are signed “anonymous.” About
15 of the roughly 120 signatures listed on
SHARE’s Web site are anonymous.
Next, Jacob tallied the amount of affordable
housing that, in fact, has been built on parts of
the SPURA site since the 1960’s: 600 low-
income units by Grand St. Guild Housing; 360
low-income units at Seward Park Extension
public housing; 180 units in the Hong Ning
senior residence; 125 units at the United
Jewish Council’s Bialystoker senior residence;
plus, two old buildings that weren’t razed
under the urban renewal with a combined 75
units, for a total of 1,340 affordable units. If,
under the C.B. 3 guidelines as now construed,
a total of 1,000 units are added, with 300 of
those being low-income, then, when all is said
and done, SPURA will effectively be 70 per-
cent low-income, Jacob calculated.
“They want a site 70 percent low-income
— I oppose it,” he stated bluntly. “That’s not
called integration. That’s called segregation.
… If you added 1,000 market-rate units, the
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 7
site would still be 53 percent low-income.”
“We don’t live in Russia or China —
people live where they can afford it,” said
Jacob, who is not known for his political
correctness. “I’d like to ask the mayor, how
many low-income people live in his neigh-
borhood? None.”
Jacob added that the site couldn’t have
been all low-income back when it was razed
since there were white people and Jews who
lived there, and there were many thriving syna-
gogues on the Lower East Side at that time. So,
it’s a fallacy that a full 2,000 units of affordable
housing must be replaced, he asserted.
He further said it would be a financial
error for the city to sell the SPURA sites for
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.
In the current economy, Jacob said, “It’s
criminal for the city to sell this property for
less than full value.”
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The Grand St. leader argued that the
Lower East Side already has one of the
state’s highest percentages of low-income
residents, so what’s really needed is jobs, not
more low-income housing. There were an
array of businesses on the SPURA site when
it was razed, he noted.
Pointing to another commercial lack, he
added, “There’s no nightlife on Grand St.”
Twenty years ago, Jacob recalled, he pro-
posed a plan to make SPURA into a sweep-
ing “international mall,” with restaurants,
shopping and entertainment.
The idea was for a mix of cuisines and
entrepreneurs, Jacob said, “Jews, Italians,
Chinese, Hispanic, black, Polish, Russian,
Mexican, Cuban — a beautiful quilt rep-
resenting all the ethnic groups.” The city,
though, didn’t bite.
Returning to the present, Jacob said, yes, he
would, in fact, support a Costco or Wal-Mart
at SPURA, but he added, “I would require
them to say, 50 percent of people that work
there would be from the Lower East Side.”
He denied that the blocks of vast parking
lots are bringing down the value of units at
the Grand St. co-ops, where two-bedroom
apartments are currently going for $500,000
to $600,000, on average. In fact, he noted,
units at Seward Park Co-op — the develop-
ment closest to the parking lots — are selling
for 10 percent more.
CLAIMS ‘75 PERCENT’ SUPPORT
A leader in the Grand St. Orthodox com-
munity, Jacob, who lives in Hillman Houses,
is the manager of East River Housing and
also president of Hatzolah volunteer ambu-
lance service. He downplayed his leader-
ship role, but did state, when he comes out
publicly and in earnest with his position on
SPURA, “75 percent of people in the area”
Continued on page 8
8 December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011
Big-box stores don’t find a market in SPURA process
Continued from page 7
will be standing with him.
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.
“I know nothing about what Shelly Silver is
going to do,” he said. “Shelly will make his deci-
sion when he wants to. He’s one of the smartest
men in the world that I know. There are peo-
ple who have underestimated him and found
they’ve been on the short end of the stick.”
U.J.C. Director Kaplan echoed Jacob,
saying what’s needed at SPURA is “Jobs.
Jobs. Jobs.”
“We need to maximize job development,
and we should keep some open space,” he
said. “What was there before was jobs and
stores — only Rite Aid has been added.”
Kaplan said he would support so-called
80/20 housing on the site, a mix of 80 per-
cent market-rate, plus 20 percent affordable
units, with the developer receiving tax incen-
tives for building the affordable units. This
is how many developers build nowadays,
he noted, since it actually is more profitable
than 100 percent market-rate projects.
Kaplan is a member of McWater’s C.B. 3
committee currently working toward final-
izing the SPURA guidelines. Right now,
he said, he would vote for 80/20 housing
plus commercial development at SPURA.
Although big-box stores aren’t allowed
under the guidelines, he said he personally is
not against the idea of having them there.
‘EVERYONE’S TALKING NICELY’
Kaplan had high marks for the process
so far, noting, “The best part is that every-
one is talking to each other nicely. For that I
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have to give credit to David McWater, [C.B.
3 Chairperson] Dominic Pisciotta and John
Shapiro.” Shapiro is a facilitator who has been
hired by the city to help the board with the
SPURA process.
In response to Kaplan, McWater noted,
“The deal on the table will mostly be 80/20
and includes a remarkable amount of com-
mercial space and economic development —
around 600,000 square feet.”
As for GOLES, asked what the minimum
amount of low-income housing the guidelines
would have to contain to get the organization’s
O.K., Joel Feingold, GOLES’s land-use orga-
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among many other concerns.”
Meanwhile, SHARE’s Leitner warned that
either the advocates for or the opponents to
low-income housing could bring the whole
process crashing down. He and his group
— from their position firmly in the center of
the debate — will continue to advocate for
compromise.
“I hope the better angels of everyone’s
nature who has an interest in SPURA will
win,” he said, “and that will lead each stake-
holder to some compromise.”
It appears GOLES may be hoping to delay
C.B. 3’s vote until February in a last-ditch effort
to get more affordable housing in the guide-
lines. But Leitner said, unless GOLES has really
identified a way to finance that additional hous-
ing, then it’s not worth postponing the vote.
As for Silver and Grand St.’s “old guard,”
this latest promising SPURA effort.
“If Sheldon Silver does manage to sink this,
there will be political ramifications,” Leitner
stated.
“We’re growing — they’re shrinking,” he
said of the new Grand Streeters, like those in
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“It will be noticed” if the anti-affordable
housing faction defeats the SPURA proposal,
he stressed. “He’s not elected for life. He’s not
king for life,” Leitner said of Silver.
SILVER SPEAKS... BRIEFLY
On Wednesday, in response to the East
Villager’s request for his position on SPURA
and the current C.B. 3 guidelines for its devel-
opment, Silver, through a spokesperson, issued
the following statement:
“I have great respect for the members of
Community Board 3 and for the process that
is taking place to form a consensus about the
future of Seward Park. I think it is important
to allow that process to be completed before
commenting.”
BROKER ON PROPERTY VALUES
Meanwhile, Bob Perl, an East Village real
estate broker, said the claim that this latest
SPURA proposal would bring down prop-
erty values is absurd.
“It absolutely will not lower property
values compared to what exists there now,”
he said of the guidelines’ development mix.
The parking lots are “a wasteland,” he said,
separating Seward Park Co-op from the rest
of the dynamic Lower East Side.
Perl said the proposed housing mix is
much more “gentrified” than what’s typically
found in the surrounding neighborhood for
about a 1-mile radius.
“It will greatly improve property values
in the surrounding area,” he said. “It will be
a vibrant, fully occupied, residential, com-
mercial development.”
Even if the new housing were 100 percent
market rate, that would only cause a “mini-
mal” bump up in property values compared
to the 50 percent market-rate plan, and
would actually have more impact on local
retail, he said.
Perl added that part of why the Lower
East Side is special is precisely because it is
not homogeneous.
“It’s a great mix of socioeconomic levels,”
he said. “That’s why many people move there.
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Burglars who broke into the third-floor loft apartment of
Robert Romanoff, 39, president of Nebraska Meat Corp., at
55 Gansevoort St., sometime between Nov. 23 and Nov. 28
made off with artwork by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein
valued at $750,000.
The thieves, who broke through a hallway wall into the
Meatpacking District apartment, also stole watches and
other jewelry and took the video recorder from the apart-
ment’s surveillance cameras while Romanoff was away on
vacation, police said.
The residence is in a five-story building served by an eleva-
tor that requires a key to operate and opens directly onto the
sidewalk, according to a Daily News article. A cafe is on the
ground floor, a restaurant is on the second floor and a club is
located in the basement. A stairway connects the club, cafe
and the restaurant but does not go as far as the third-floor
location of the burglary, according to a New York Post item.
Police said the stolen works, two of which are 4 feet long,
include “Thinking Nude” and “Moonscape” by Lichtenstein
and “Camouflage,” a set of eight signed prints, plus “The
Truck” and “Superman” by Warhol, along with an oil paint-
ing, “Live Cat,” by Carl Fudge.
Rolex, Patek Philippe and Cartier watches were among
the stolen jewelry items, according to reports. The Romanoff
family owns considerable property in the Meat Market dis-
trict, but the family wholesale meat businesses today are
located in the Bronx and New Jersey.
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
to CRIMES (274637) and entering TIP577.
Scary Soho suspect
William Woodruff, 20, was arrested on Dec. 22 and
charged with three robberies in Soho and Tribeca.
The suspect was charged with trying to rob the Citibank
branch at 127 Hudson St. near Beach St. on Dec. 20. He
approached a teller’s window around 4:15 p.m. and said,
“This is a robbery. Give me all of your large bills. Don’t
do anything stupid,” according to the complaint filed with
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. When the teller
refused to comply, the suspect repeated the demand but the
teller refused again and the suspect fled.
Woodruff and another defendant, Charles Smith, are
charged with robbing the Choice Forex Currency Exchange,
401 West Broadway at Spring St., around 3:55 p.m. Dec.
7, the District Attorney’s Office said. Smith stood watch at
the door while Woodruff went to a teller’s window, sprayed
a flammable liquid in a teller’s face, pulled out a lighter and
threatened to blow up the building unless he was given
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 9
The passenger sustained nerve damage to his arm, police
said.
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money. He took $1,000 and fled with Smith, running north Police arrested Samuel Ebanks, 16, on Wed., Dec. 22,
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
stopped a pedestrian on Sullivan and Spring Sts. around accomplice walked into the GameStop around 7 p.m. Sun.,
12:45 a.m. when Woodruff pulled a handgun, grabbed the Dec. 19, and announced, “I have a weapon. Everyone put
victim’s jacket and forced him to surrender $80, according to your hands up. Put the money in the bag.” The pair, however,
the charges. Woodruff and the unidentified accomplice fled. fled while waiting for people to comply with the demand.
Police apprehended Woodruff and Smith around 1 p.m. Ebanks was arrested three days later. The accomplice has not
Dec. 22 while they were peering into the window of the been apprehended.
Forex Exchange at 401 Broadway, according to the charges.
B & N bust
Armed and mysterious
An employee of the Barnes & Noble store at 105 Fifth
James O’Donnell, 39, who was arrested on March 16 on Ave. at 18th St. stopped Edward Hooper, 32, around 9 p.m.
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
containing handguns and a silencer, was indicted for crimi- seven textbooks he had taken from a shelf and stuffed into a
nal possession of weapons in connection with a stash of unli- bag. Hooper was charged with larceny.
censed guns and daggers that he had in his rented Manhattan
Mini Storage locker at 220 South St. near Pike St.
O’Donnell told State Supreme Court Justice Bart Stone
on Thurs., Dec. 23, that he had been in the military for Lost in transit
two years but declined to be more specific. Authorities in After shopping On Mon., Dec. 20, a woman sitting on the
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
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 indictment charges that O’Donnell has two 9-millimeter ized her bag, which she had placed next to her, was gone.
handguns, a .22-caliber pistol, three silencers, an electronic
stun gun and several daggers in the South St. Mini Storage Alber t Amateau
locker, along with more than 300 rounds of ammunition.
Dragged by mad cab
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
from a passenger and then dragging the victim for 14 blocks
after closing the window on the victim’s arm.
The driver, Eddy Brizard, 56, found a cell phone that the
passenger left in the cab and demanded $20 for its return,
police said. The passenger replied he did not have $20, and
the driver refused to return it. When the passenger put his
hand in the driver’s window to retrieve his phone, the driver
raised the window, catching the victim’s arm and drove off,
dragging the victim about three-quarters of a mile until
police made the arrest around 4:50 a.m. on East Houston
between Elizabeth St. and Bowery.
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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.
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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!

Enjoying an alternative Christmas Eve in Christiania
NOTEBOOK
BY LAURIE MITTELMANN
Enter this bustling, smoky auditorium on
Christmas Eve and a scruffy man wearing a
verdant green suit, a floppy velvet hat and a
satin tie will shake your hand and kiss you
on the cheek.
He’ll say, in Danish, “Happy Christmas
Tree Day, though we don’t have a Christmas
tree.”
Thomas Leth, a 29-year-old freelance
photographer, came in and quickly found
what he was looking for — a family away
from his family to share warmth and inti-
macy with on the holiday. He had arrived in
the heart of Christiania, a neighborhood of
squatters in the center of Copenhagen where
a community founded on reclaimed land,
impromptu street theater and plain, old free-
wheeling can’t help but welcome strangers.
“I’m here to avoid a lonely Christmas,”
Leth said, in between mouthfuls of pork
tenderloin, red cabbage and potatoes with
gravy.
Leth was one of more than a thousand
people who came to attend the dinner, which
the city of Copenhagen funded along with
Christiania, a village of about 850 adults and
200 children living on 85 acres of land in the
quiet borough of Christianshavn.
For some people, Christiania is a place to
party. Tables with hash dot the commercial
zone near the public entrance, the infamous
“Pusher Street.” But for others, the village is
simply a place to relax, free of traffic and its
accompanying noise, pollution and danger.
Leth sat cross-legged against a wall in the
Gray Hall, which was packed on Christmas
Eve with Danes biting into chocolate heart-
shaped cookies, leaning back in folding
chairs with fat, glowing joints and scooching
between tables with steaming cups of coffee
and tea. He smoothed his shaggy hair away
from his face and stared out at those passing
before him.
“People want to enjoy another type of
Christmas here,” Leth said, with a tug at his
bootlaces. He straightened his legs and rest-
ed his feet against one of the wooden beams
supporting the building, which the Danish
military once used for training horses. “It’s
what Christiania is about — creating a new
meeting place for outcasts or strangers —
people who don’t conform.”
Indeed, Christiania is so open that it can
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A band performed on Christmas Eve at the Christiania squatter community in
Copenhagen.
‘I don’t like normal
Christmas. When I came
here, I saw that it could be
something beautiful again.’
sometimes be hard to tell who actually lives
there and who doesn’t. Erik Bowbender,
who donned a bright orange suit and helped
greet and direct guests at the Christmas Eve
dinner, used to work driving a bus between
Christiania and Copenhagen’s railway sta-
tion.
“I saw these old Christianites who I
had seen for many years and I thought
had houses somewhere in Christiania, but
they didn’t,” he said. “They came in every
morning on the train and then were sit-
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Christmas Eve. At the end of one table, a
middle-aged man wearing a fur hat with a
pin that said “LUST” on it sat fingering a
handful of marzipan candies.
“I ate dinner here tonight, went home
to smoke a joint and nap, and returned,”
the man said, with a sip of herbal tea. He
swayed to a rock band performing near
the front of the room, on a stage backed
with a wall of multicolored flowers. More
than a hundred white paper butterflies
hung from the auditorium’s ceiling, along
with several white dresses glowing from
lights mounted inside them.
When Leth finished his pork dinner,
he rushed for a second plate. Volunteers
served 1,500 meals over the course of the
evening, including vegetarian ones, with
baked polenta topped with pesto, tofu
spring rolls and carrot salad with pump-
kin seeds.
Even dessert promised something for
everyone’s taste, with countless varieties
of cookies, pastries and cakes. Volunteers
also poured rice pudding into bowls from
a massive vat, and garnished the warm,
creamy dessert with spoonfuls of cinna-
mon and sugar. An elderly, white-haired
woman peered out from behind spectacles
Photo by Silla Virmajoki and said, “Oops,” when she dumped
nearly half a cup of the topping into a
young girl’s dish, smiled and pushed it
toward her.
ting down at the bar all day, talking with Søren Raa, 60, who has helped orga-
friends.” nize the Christmas Eve dinner since 1982,
Christiania started in 1971, when dressed for the evening with a red tweed
locals spotted apples growing on trees coat over a bright blue shirt and a snow-
amongst disused army barracks and man tie. He stood at the back of the Gray
crawled through a hole in a fence to pick Hall with a tall glass of beer when the
them. They stumbled upon dozens of night wore on and the hall emptied of visi-
buildings equipped with furniture, tools, tors from Copenhagen and Jutland.
dishes, silverware, tea and coffee, and “The worst day for a lot of people with-
called the area a “forgotten city.” Those out relatives is Christmas Day and night,”
in need of homes barricaded its roads, he said. “It’s terrible to be alone.”
outlawed cars, guns and hard drugs and Di Ponti, 28, who moved to Copenhagen
moved into the dilapidated horse stables, from Portugal six years ago to study how
laboratories and offices. people share knowledge online, was one
The community runs without elect- of 150 volunteers who made the event a
ed officials. Instead, residents gather in success. Toward the end of the night, she
large meetings in the Gray Hall, where perched on a wooden trunk behind the
consensus rulings determine the squat’s dessert table, munched on a spring roll
policies. Sometimes discussions go all and laughed with friends who had served
night without agreements being reached, food beside her that evening.
however, leaving conflicts to be mediated “I don’t like normal Christmas. It’s a lot
in Christiania’s bathhouse. of pressure with the gifts,” she said, adjust-
For families and loners alike, spirits ing her top hat. “When I came here, I saw
remained lighthearted in the Gray Hall on that it could be something beautiful again.”
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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.
Happy New Year! Hard to believe, but
this marks the one-year anniversary of this
little column, such as it is. It’s been a year
full of burlesquery, bawdiness, bunkum and
butt-kickin’ — and I haven’t even started
talking about the shows I saw yet!
I finished off 2010 by seeing a rather
odd hodgepodge of productions running the
gamut from high seriousness to low silliness.
“Emancipatory Politics” by Old Kent Road
Theatre (oldkentroadtheater.com) was an
earnest splicing of free-form fantasy and
autobiography with more valleys than peaks
— but plenty of risk-taking, and that was the
whole point.
On the other hand, Metropolitan
Playhouse’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” took
chances just by existing, and the gamble
paid off richly. This historical anti-slavery
melodrama directed by Alex Roe ought to
become a permanent part of their repertoire.
Overcome with holiday spirit, I also took in
Theater for the New City’s “A Christmas
Carol” — written, directed by and star-
ring Zen Manley. Zen’s performance as
Scrooge was a tour de force in the grand
old 19th-century tradition of spirit gum
and scenery chewing. I lapped it up like so
much Christmas pudding with booze poured
all over it. Lastly, I caught the Downtown
Clown Revue (newyorkdowntownclown.
com) in its new incarnation at Dixon Place.
The monthly showcase for red-nosed insid-
ers is well worth checking out. On the night
I attended, Big Apple Circus’s “Grandma”
showed up for a special unannounced per-
formance.
As for what to see in the coming month?
How about starting with what you missed
last year? From Jan. 6-15, Horse Trade
Theater Group will present “2010 Encores”
— a festival of shows that were hits for the
company during the past season. Almost
everything in the festival sounds interest-
ing to me, but here are some stand-outs:
Most notable perhaps is “The Event” (Jan.
10 & 14) — written and directed by
John Clancy, former artistic director of
the Present Company and the New York
International Fringe Festival. This meta-
physical “journey beyond the fourth wall”
was a hit of last year’s Fringe Festival, and
stars Clancy’s frequent collaborator, the
always excellent David Calvitto. Also in the
lineup (Jan. 7 & 9) is “Legs and All” — a
terrific clown piece by Summer Shapiro and
Peter Musante, which I saw back in March.
The duo work wonders armed only with a
large box and the hilarious pliability of their
bodies, which at times seem to do impos-
sible things. It even has romance!
Based on my knowledge of their past
work, I can also recommend Martin
Kim Noble, titular star of “Kim Noble Must Die” (in P.S. 122’s COIL Festival).
Dockery’s “Wanderlust” (Jan. 8 & 15),
Tanya O’Debra’s “Radio Star” (Jan. 7 &
14), Michael Birch’s “One Man Hamlet”
(Jan. 8 & 14) and Radiotheatre’s version
of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” (Jan.
8, 9 & 10). This festival alone ought to
keep you busy! For info and tickets, go to
horsetrade.info.
Not to be outdone, P.S. 122 will be run-
ning its 6th Annual COIL Festival, “fea-
turing hits from past, present and future
seasons” (Jan. 5-15). Of the 17 shows in
the schedule, several caught my jaundiced
eyed. Of particular interest (Jan. 5, 7, 9 &
11) is “Stories Left to Tell” —a revived pre-
sentation of unpublished and unperformed
works by the late Spalding Gray, read by
downtown pillars Bob Holman (the man
behind the Bowery Poetry Club), actress
Kathleen Chalfant, comedienne Hazelle
Goodman and playwright Ain Gordon. The
original production premiered two years
ago to great acclaim at the Minetta Lane
Theatre with some of the same cast. Gordon
will be presenting another work in the
festival as well. “A Disaster Begins” (Jan.
10) promises to reveal secrets connected
with the Galveston Flood, one of the worst
natural disasters in his country’s history. I
saw Gordon’s “Birdseed Bundles” at Dance
Theatre Workshop years ago, featuring the
great Lola Pashalinski. His writing is sharp
and insightful, and this one should also be
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011
Photo by Jay Paterson
a safe bet.
I also have my sights set on “Green
Eyes” (Jan. 5-10, 12-15). It’s the New York
premiere of a Tennessee Williams rarity that
was first published in 2008. Director Travis
Chamberlain and I both worked as bookers
at Galapagos a few years back. Much confu-
sion and not much hilarity ensued as a result
of our common first name. But the main
reason I’ll be attending is the show descrip-
tion — which tells of a “ravenous Southern
woman determined to satisfy the darkest
recesses of her most deviant desires.” The
site-specific show actually takes place in a
room at the Hudson Hotel. How kinky is
that? Info on these and other shows in the
COIL Festival are at ps122.org.
Also returning this year is the Under the
Radar Festival (Jan. 5-16), curated by Mark
Russell (formerly of P.S.122) and billed
as a “Festival Tracking New Theatre from
Around the World.” This looks to be one of
their best efforts in years, with 13 foreign
countries represented among the festival’s
20 productions, and several local stars beef-
ing up the New York presence (including
Suzan-Lori Parks, JoAnne Akalaitis, David
Greenspan and Taylor Mac).
Most exciting to me personally, though,
is the presence of the great Reggie Watts. I
had occasion to watch this force of nature
perform back in October at the New York
Theatre Review launch party. Like all great
13
performers, he’s impossible to describe.
Visually, he resembles Alexandre Dumas.
His act is a mash-up of human beatbox
and other music parodies, and a stream of
consciousness comic monologue that calls to
mind everyone from Groucho Marx to Taylor
Meade. The current piece “Dutch A/V” (Jan.
5-16) is a bit of multi-media involving video
taken in the Netherlands with collabora-
tors Tommy Smith and Brendan Kiley. The
Netherlands: That’s where they have all that
legal marijuana isn’t it? I rest my case. For
more info on the 20 Under the Radar shows
at each of their eight venues, go to under-
theradarfestival.com.
In the club and variety
worlds, a number of
announcements grabbed
my attention. On Jan.
8, ukulele warbler
Sweet Soubrette will be
launching her new CD
“Days and Nights” with
a performance at Bowery
Poetry Club.
In the club and variety worlds, a number
of announcements grabbed my attention. On
Jan. 8, ukulele warbler Sweet Soubrette will
be launching her new CD “Days and Nights”
with a performance at Bowery Poetry Club.
Also known as Elia Bisker, don’t let the
“sweet” in the soubrette’s sobriquet fool you.
Her comic love songs are dark and biting,
even if the singer seems lithe and gentle as
can be.
The legendary Joey Arias will be tak-
ing his act to Le Poisson Rouge (Jan. 10).
A drag performer/ performance artist who
first made his mark in the halcyon days of
the 1980s, he’ll be singing that night with
musical director Ben Allison. Lastly, don’t
miss my favorite ventriloquist lady — Carla
Rhodes — as she does her monthly rock and
roll show at Arlene’s Grocery on January 23
(for info, carlarhodes.net and arlenesgrocery.
net). How hot is Carla? Let’s just say she’s
helping me get over that thing I used to have
for Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop.
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
find myself preferring more and more, where
the audience enters a space — one that may
not be a traditional theatre space at all — and
finds itself pulled into an experience that
stretches and enlarges them. We’re talking
total immersion in a new environment with a
new set of rules, like dropping into someone
else’s dream for a couple of hours and soaking
up the strangeness and awe and unexpected
patterns and twists of fancy and intellect.
This is what bluemouth inc. does. Their
theatre is one of complete engagement on the
part of audience members and performers
alike. It’s not bland, planned interactivity like
“Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding.” It’s about being an
active participant. It’s about being present.
New Yorkers will get their next glimpse
at an original bluemouth inc. show when
Incubator Arts’ Other Forces Festival and The
Performance Project @ University Settlement
present “Dance Marathon” — beginning
January 6 at University Settlement’s space on
Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side.
I have been following bluemouth inc. —
and a dedicated fan of their work — ever
since they arrived in New York back in 2005.
The company began in Canada, where they’ve
been performing since 1998 (winning a Dora
Award in 2004 for one of their most ambi-
tious works, “Something About a River”).
Two of the four founding members are
Canadians — Lucy Simic, an interdisciplin-
ary artist interested in text and movement,
is from Vancouver; and Richard Windeyer,
who is a composer and sound/visual artist, is
from Peterborough, Ontario. The other two
are Americans Stephen O’Connell (from New
Jersey; a dancer and creator who has worked
with The Wooster Group, among others) and
Sabrina Reeves (from Massachusetts; a pho-
Marathon moves: Back where we started, here we go round again.
tographer, writer, actor and videographer).
O’Connell and Reeves found themselves
in Canada in the 90s. Mysterious theatri-
cal alchemy brought the four together, and
they’ve been making remarkable, visceral,
unforgettable theatre ever since.
Joining these original core members is
Toronto native Ciara Adams, who is also a pri-
mary creator and director with the company.
The way I got to know about bluemouth
inc. was pure serendipity. I got an email
in September 2005 inviting me to review
“LENZ” — the New York City debut of a
company that was in the process of relocat-
ing to the Big Apple. The thing that piqued
my interest was the location: “LENZ” was
being staged in the Ye Olde Carlton Arms
Hotel (a lesser-known haven for artists along
the lines of the Chelsea Hotel), near Baruch
College.
For “LENZ,” bluemouth inc. rented three
rooms in the hotel, on different floors. When
you arrived at the performance, you were put
into one of three groups. Each group was
then sent to one of the three rooms. The story
was experienced in three different orders, as
these groups trooped to the next and then the
next location over the following hour. In one
room we found Reeves as Iris (Jacob Lenz’s
sister), telling us about her family and her
brother. In another room was a film projected
onto a low coffee table, with much of the
dialogue in French and English (which we
heard via headphones), supplying backstory
about the title character. In the last room was
Lenz himself (played by O’Connell), at the
very edge of sanity (the room was pitch black
when we entered it, and quite quickly Lenz
left it screaming, forcing us to follow him out
into the hallway).
I had never seen anything like “LENZ”
before — a startlingly coherent narrative,
once you pieced together its three disparate
scenes; but more than that, a play about
itself, about the experience of witnessing and
absorbing life among other live beings.
I have learned that these ideas — common
experience, playing witness, being aware of
yourself and others — are the themes that
run through bluemouth inc.’s work. Indeed,
their company motto is: “What level of expe-
rience are you committed to having?” I have
seen them transform a deserted downtown
office building into a dreamscape/playground
(2006’s “What the Thunder Said”); a barber
shop on the edge of Chinatown into a side-
show of American male archetypes (2007’s
“American Standard”); and a converted
Brooklyn church into a courtroom where the
Wolf (from “Peter and the Wolf”) is put on
trial (2009’s “How Soon Is Now?”).
I should add that bluemouth inc.’s work
isn’t just cerebral and philosophical; it’s high-
energy, thrillingly entertaining, filled with
music and movement and video, constantly
shifting, constantly surprising. Check out
their website (bluemouthinc.com) to see
some samples of what they do.
The next bluemouth inc. opus is coming to
NYC in January 2011, for a woefully limited
run at University Settlement. I can’t wait.
It’s their “Dance Marathon” — a piece they
premiered in Toronto as part of Harbourfront
Centre’s 2009 World Stage, and subsequently
presented at The Cork Midsummer Festival
and the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad last
Photo by Gordon Hawkins
winter. It’s scheduled to tour Australia this
spring, at the Dance Massive Festival in
Melbourne and the Ten Days on the Island
Festival in Tasmania.
“Dance Marathon” is inspired by a
strange cultural phenomenon during the
Great Depression, where people competed
for prizes by dancing for hours on end, fight-
ing exhaustion to keep moving on the dance
floor. O’Connell emailed me this description
of bluemouth inc.’s take on this concept: “A
genuine endurance contest and staged per-
formance, hopeful amateurs mix with blue-
mouth inc. performers under the direction
of floor judges and the merciless movement
of the clock to shape participation theatre.
Those with two left feet can simply sit back
to enjoy the fancy footwork.”
The audience engagement element in
“Dance Marathon” seems pretty clear-cut.
I’ve seen O’Connell, Simic and their col-
leagues dance; the audience members who
will get a chance to be their partners are in
for a major treat.
What I don’t know — and am keenly
looking forward to — are the layerings of
unexpected happenings that are sure to be
part of “Dance Marathon.” Bluemouth inc.
shows always startle, always jolt. The press
release begins with these two sentences:
Registration for “Dance Marathon”
begins at 7:30pm and the event starts
promptly at 8pm.
Please wear comfortable shoes for danc-
ing.
I’m ready.
 December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011 15

For the kids!

Youth activities for idle hands
MARK TWAIN: A WONDERFULLY FLAT
THING Kids who may not be old enough
to read Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry
Finn” can get to know the quintessential
American humorist — and discover the
wonders of children’s theater — all in one
fun, creative experience. “A Wonderfully
Flat Thing” is a modern twist on Twain’s
short story “A Fable.” The adaptation
finds Twain and his animal friends on
a journey of self-discovery and magic.
Puppets, dance, music and interactive
video are the new tricks that help bring
this old writer into the modern age. Manju
Shandler, who created masks and pup-
petry for “The Lion King,” designed the
puppets. Recommended for ages 3 and
up. Sat., Jan. 8 & 15 at 11:30am, 2:30pm
& 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.
btw. 1st & 2nd Aves.). For tickets ($15),
call 212-780-0800 or visit www.14StreetY.
org/AWFT.
ANGELINA BALLERINA: THE MUSICAL
Anything can happen in the world of chil-
dren’s cartoons: Dogs talk, daffy ducks
spar with rascally rabbits and an aardvark
named Arthur goes to school. But writer
Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen
Craig came up with something special
when they introduced us to a mouse who
loves ballet. Now, that mouse (star of
her own PBS series) comes to life — and
comes to a stage near you — in “Angelina
Ballerina: The Musical.” As the curtain
comes up, everyone at the Camembert
Academy is all aflutter because a special
guest is coming to visit. Angelina and her
friends (Alice, Gracie, AZ and Viki) are
excited to show off their hip-hop, modern
dance, Irish jig and ballet skills — but
will Angelina get that moment in the
spotlight she’s hoping for? This show is
appropriate for children ages 3-12. Jan.
8 through Feb. 19, Saturdays at 1pm &
3pm and Sundays at 1pm. At the Union
Square Theatre (100 E. 17th St. btw.
Union Square East and Irving Place).
For tickets ($39.50-$65), call 1-800-982-
Finding magic, in a mirror: See “A Wonderfully Flat Thing.”
2787 or visit ticketmaster.com. Also visit
angelinathemusical.com.
MANHATTAN CHILDREN’S THEATRE
Imagination reigns supreme in the produc-
tions of this theater company whose ninth
season is dedicated to classic stories and
characters (with a twist!). Through Jan. 2,
it’s the world premiere of Chris Alonzo’s
“Lula Belle in Search of Santa.” From
Jan. 8 through Feb. 28, MCT’s version of
“Little Red Riding Hood” has a pair of
bungling wolves trying to outfox that little
hood-wearing smarty as she makes her
way to Granny’s house. Later in the sea-
son, look out for MCT’s revved up, wise-
cracking, revisionist takes on “Goldilocks
and the Three Bears” and “The Complete
Photo by Onno de Jong
Works of the Brothers Grimm (Abridged).”
Performances are every Sat. and Sun.,
noon and 2pm. At Manhattan Children’s
Theatre (52 White St., btw. Broadway &
Church Sts., 2 blocks south of Canal St.).
For tickets ($20 general, $50 front row),
call 212-352-3101 or visit www.theater-
mania.com. For school, group or birthday
party rate info, call 212-226-4085. Visit
www.mctny.org.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ARTS
Explore painting, collage and sculpture
through self-guided arts projects. Open art
stations are ongoing throughout the after-
noon — giving children the opportunity to
experiment with materials such as paint,
clay, fabric, paper and found objects.
Sat., Jan. 1, from noon to 5pm, the “Kurt
Schwitters-inspired Collage” activity gives
visitors ages 4 and up the chance to use
the artwork of Kurt Schwitters as a start-
ing point for their own collage. On Sun.,
Jan. 2, from noon to 5pm, the “Giacometti
Inspired Sculpture” event encourages
those ages 5 and up to create an arma-
ture — then cover the surface to create
elongated figure sculptures like Alberto
Giacometti. Regular museum hours: Wed.-
Sun., 12-5pm; Thurs., 12-6pm (Pay as You
Wish, from 4-6pm). Admission: $10. At
the Children’s Museum of the Arts (182
Lafayette St. btw. Broome & Grand). Call
212- 274-0986 or visit www.cmany.org.
For group tours and visit, call 212) 274-
0986, extension 31.
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE’S COPS &
KIDS BASKETBALL SEASON Registration
for the Police Athletic League’s (PAL)
Cops & Kids Program is open through
Jan. 10. Manhattan young people, ages 14
to 17, are encouraged to participate in the
upcoming winter basketball season. Each
year, 825 New York City Police Officers
volunteer their time to coach and play bas-
ketball, volleyball, soccer, softball and flag
football. One of PAL’s signature programs,
Cops & Kids will help you perfect your
half-court shot. To sign up, call 212-477-
9450, ext. 389. Visit www.palnyc.org.
DEAR EDWINA This heartwarming show
about the joys and frustrations of growing
up has our spunky heroine (advice-giver
extraordinaire Edwina Spoonable) sharing
her wisdom on everything from setting
the table to making new friends. That it’s
done through clever, catchy and poignant
songs makes the experience enjoyable
and engaging for kids who know what
Edwina’s going through as well as adults
who remember what it was like. Through
Feb. 25 at the DR2 Theatre (103 E. 15th
St.). For tickets ($39), call 212-239-6200.
For groups of 10 or more, call 646-
747-7400. Visit www.dearedwina.com for
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
since 2003 — and features some of their
most iconic performances and characters
(plus a few new pieces). In a world where
entertainment is more wordy and frenzied
than ever, Mummenschanz’s throwback style
of silent vignettes, fantastical characters and
abstract shapes is a spectacle of simplicity that
deserves to be seen (even if it can’t be heard).
Through Jan. 8, at The Skirball Center for the
Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place, at
Washington Square). For performance times,
and to order tickets ($45-$75), call 212-352-
3010 or visit mummenschanzNYC.com.
THE ANNIHILATION POINT
The Berserker Residents come to us
from Philadelphia. The three renegade
time travelers in “The Annihilation Point”
come to us from the year 3037 A.X. (“After
Xenocide”). Although they’ve mastered
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A traditional Tu B’Shvat seder with fruit, grains and other treats.
Just Do Art!
Continued from page 16
the art of millennium-jumping, it seems
their gobs of knowledge and futuristic
technology can’t help them shake off the
mutants, flesh-eating nanobots and inter-
dimensional droid vigilantes hot on their
heels. Will Astronaut Z, his cyborg com-
panion Dr. Doomstache and alien advisor
Gregory Tamborsky save humanity before
it’s too late — or, seeing as they’re from
the future, is it already too late? Physical
theatre, puppetry, music, sketch and prop
comedy conspire to deliver an immer-
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
the Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand St.,
corner of Pitt St.). For tickets ($15), call
866-811-4111 — and would it kill you to
visit berserkerresidents.com?
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PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY:
OPEN HOUSE
When a new neighbor moves in, the
burden is usually on you to show up
with a plate of cookies and best wishes.
This new arrival will take the wishes, but
wants you to leave the cookies at home.
They’ll be the ones serving up complimen-
tary food — plus free performances and
the chance to win merchandise and tickets
to The Paul Taylor Dance Company. In
the spirit of full disclosure by the new
kids on the block, The Company will per-
form Paul Taylor’s newest work, “Three
Dubious Memories” — which will give the
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
studios. Free. Sun., Jan. 9, Noon to 4pm
at the Paul Taylor Dance Company (551
Grand St., Second Floor). For info, call
212-431-5562 or visit ptdc.org.
December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011
One of the boys from Company B. See “Paul Taylor.”
TU B’SHVAT: WINTER GARDEN
Just as the French seem to have a word
for everything nowadays, the Chosen People
have their own ramped-up take on a slew of
beloved cultural observations (Purim lets kids
have Halloween dress-up in March — and
Hanukkah’s eight days of gift-giving rivals that
singular night of presents under the tree). Now,
get to know the not-so-famous observance of
Tu B’Shvat. As explained by the folks at jew-
faq.org, “Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of the
Jewish month of Shevat, is also known as the
New Year for Trees.” It’s also known (accord-
Faye Lane shines
in ‘Beauty Shop Stories’
BY SCOTT STIFFLER
Faye Lane’s not just the gal who had the
hottest, sweetest, funniest show in this year’s
FringeNYC festival — she’s also a 20-year
resident of the Chelsea Hotel and has the
secret to containing the common cold. The
medicinal advice she gave during an inter-
view following our recent viewing of her
current show cut our usual sniffle/sneeze
downtime in half. But that’s not why
she’s at the top of this week’s A&E picks.
Lane’s encore run of that FringeNYC hit
(“Beauty Shop Stories”) is a perfect early
evening activity for those who want to
show their lingering out of town holiday
guests (or themselves) why Broadway reg-
ularly scopes, steals from and sometimes
makes a star out of solo performers playing
to intimate Off-Off Broadway houses.
As for what you get when the show starts:
Lane takes you on a journey of discovery that
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Photo by Tom Caravaglia
ing to event organizers at Museum at Eldridge
Street) as the Jewish Arbor Day. Family tree-
making, genealogy workshops, plantings, food
demos are used to unearth cultural roots
and environmental heritage. An architectural
tour highlighting the green restoration of the
1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue also puts a
nice spin on the fast-rising star of this holiday.
Sun., Jan. 23, 1-4pm, at the Eldridge Street
Synagogue (12 Eldridge St btw. Canal and
Division Sts.). For more info, call the Museum
at Eldridge Street at 212-219-0888 or visit
www.eldridgestreet.org.
starts on the porch of her mom’s Texas beauty
salon, makes an unexpected detour in Paris
and ends up right here in NYC — where she
fulfills her sober childhood vow to become a
stewardess by day and an entertainer by night.
Finding out how the dreams of a chubby
outcast were achieved by the charming dish
you see on the stage is what gives this solo
performance its angel wings. Plus, it’s really
funny — and cute bartender Byron makes a
killer drink (the Moon Pie Martini) that’s as
sweet and easy to digest as Lane’s life story.
An added bonus: Cozy up to Faye after the
show, and she’ll tell you the name of that
highly effective cold & flu medication.
Sundays at 5pm, through Jan. 9. At the
Huron Club at the SoHo Playhouse (15
Vandam St. btw. Sixth Ave. & Varick St.).
For tickets ($25), visit www.ovationtix.com
or call 866-811-4111. For all things Faye,
visit www.beautyshopstories.com.
18 December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF AG CORE PLUS
REALTY III EMPLOYEE
INVESTMENT PRO-
GRAM, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/01/10. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 10/15/10. Princ.
office of LP: c/o Angelo, Gor-
don & Co., L.P., 245 Park Ave.,
26th Fl., NY, NY 10167. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the LP at
the addr. of its princ. office.
Name and addr. of each
general partner are available
from SSNY. DE addr. of LP:
c/o Corporation Service Co.,
2711 Centerville Rd., Wilm-
ington, DE 19808. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State
of DE, Dept. of State, Div.
of Corps., John Townsend
Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF KORTRIGHT
OPPORTUNITY FUND LP.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/05/10. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/03/10. Princ.
office of LP: 399 Park Ave.,
39th Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the Partner-
ship at the princ. office of
the LP. The regd. agent of
the company upon whom
and at which process against
the company can be served
is Matthew B. Taylor at the
princ. office addr. Name and
addr. of each general partner
are available from SSNY. DE
addr. of LP: 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of the State of
DE, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HIGH 10 MEDIA LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
07/12/10. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
590 Madison Ave., NY, NY
10022. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to c/o Pavia & Harcourt
LLP, Attn: John R. Firestone,
Esq., 600 Madison Ave., 12th
Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GERSON GLOB-
AL ADVISORS, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/12/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/09/10. Princ.
office of LLC: 70 E. 55th St.,
21st Fl., NY, NY 10022. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o The Ger-
son Group, LLC at the princ.
office of the LLC. DE addr. of
LLC: c/o Corporation Service
Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste.
400, Wilmington, DE 19808.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of the State of DE,
Div. of Corps., P.O. Box 898,
Dover, DE 19903. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ORANGE KITCHEN
ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
09/23/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: 233
W 77th Street #10E, New
York, NY 10024. Purpose:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN
PRESENTS LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 11/4/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY desig.
agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of pro-
cess to 142 W. 26th St., Apt.
5, NY, NY 10001, which is
also the principal business
location. Purpose: Any law-
ful purpose.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF RL ORGANIZATION
LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
10/19/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: The
LLC, 888c Eighth Avenue,
Suite 355, New York, NY
10019. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
RICHARD SHUBACK,
LLC,
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with the
Sec of State of NY on 9/22/10.
NY Office location: New York
County. SSNY is designated
as agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may be
served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC served upon him/her
to Feuer & Orlando, LLP, 350
Fifth Ave., Ste. 7116, NY, NY
10118. General Purposes.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GLOBAL DIRT MOVIE,
LLC.
Arts Of Org. filed with Secy.
Of State of NY (SSNY) on
9/24/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: 300 W. 106th St.,
NY, NY 10025. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF VISION REAL ESTATE
LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. Of
State of NY (SSNY) on 7/2/10.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY designated as agent
for service of process. SSNY
shall mail process to: 304
Mulberry St. #LE, NY, NY
10012. Purpose: Any lawful
activity. Present name of LLC:
James Joseph Real Estate
LLC.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 625 GIFTS LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
Of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/4/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
701 7th Ave. #4W, NY, NY
10036. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 123 WAVERLY AVE
LLC,
Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 3/7/03. Office
location: NY County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to 331
W. 57th St., #301, NY, NY
10019. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SERIN CAPITAL, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
12/11/06. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: Serin
Capital, LLC, 156 5th Ave, Ste
1234, NY, NY 10010. Pur-
pose: To engage in any law-
ful act or activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
ASCOT CAPITAL LLC,
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with
the Sec of State of NY on
7/29/10. NY Office location:
New York County. SSNY is
designated as agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of any pro-
cess against the LLC served
upon him/her to Amarjit S.
Bhalla, Ascot Properties, Ltd.,
46 Trinity Pl., 2nd Fl., NY, NY
10006. General Purposes.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SGRC 1482 LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/21/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Bettina Equities
Company, LLC, Attn: Legal
Dept., 230 E. 85th St., NY, NY
10028. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PH8 PLANTATION2,
LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
10/26/10. Office location:
New York County. SSNY des-
ignated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o Cooley LLP,
1114 Avenue of the Ameri-
cas, NY, NY 10036, Attn: Peter
Mansbach. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF NIGHTSHIFT LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/5/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: United Corporate
Services, Inc., 10 Bank St.,
Ste. 560, White Plains, NY
10606. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMA-
TION OF THE JACKSON
GROUP HOLDINGS LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/7/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: The LLC, 1407
Broadway, 38th Fl., NY, NY
10018. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF NEISHA REALTY, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 10/26/10.
Office location: NY County.
Sec. of State designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o DeGaetano &
Carr, 488 Madison Ave., 17th
Fl., NY, NY 10022. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF CANDLEWOOD
INVESTMENT GROUP,
LP.
Authority filed with NY
Dept. of State on 10/8/10.
Office location: NY County.
LP formed in DE on 6/4/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: The LP, 777 Third
Ave., Ste. 19B, NY, NY 10017,
Attn: Michael Lau. DE addr.
of LP: c/o National Corporate
Research, Ltd., 615 S. DuPont
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901.
Name/addr. of genl. ptr. avail-
able from NY Sec. of State.
Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec.
of State, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 11/25-12/30/10
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF NORTH PARK PRES-
ERVATION CLASS B LIM-
ITED PARTNER, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/16/10. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
60 Columbus Circle, NY, NY
10023. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to c/o Corporation Ser-
vice Co., 80 State St., Albany,
NY 12207. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 12/2/10-1/6/11
KMR LLP
Notice of Reg. filed 11/17/10
NY Sec. of State (SSNY).
Office in NY Co. SSNY desig.
agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served.
SSNY to mail copy of pro-
cess to 440 Park Ave. S., NY,
NY 10016, also the princi-
pal business loc. Purpose:
To practice Certified Public
Accountancy.
Vil 12/2/10-1/6/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF FIND. EAT.
DRINK. LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/9/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 4/29/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: Nicholas
Bumstead, 161 W. 16th St.,
Fl. 7, Ste. H, NY, NY 10011. DE
address of LLC: Capitol Ser-
vices, Inc., 615 South DuPont
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts.
of Org. filed with DE Secy. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
ful act or activity.
Vil 12/2/10-1/5/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF YUSON & IRVINE,
LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
10/22/10. Office location: 24
W 45th St., 5th Floor, New
York, NY 10036, NY County.
SSNY has been designated
as an agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may
be served. The address to
which SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC is to: Yuson & Irvine
c/o The Company Corpora-
tion, 2711 Centerville Road,
Suite 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ELADIAN PART-
NERS LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/22/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 10/01/10. Princ.
office of LLC: 750 Third Ave.,
Ste. 2300, NY, NY 10017.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process
to c/o Peter R. Kent at the
princ. office of the LLC. DE
addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington,
DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed
with DE Secy. of State, Div.
of Corps., John G. Townsend
Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF 188 E. 76TH
STREET, LLC,
Application for Authority
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY) on
11/12/2010. Office Location:
New York County. The Prin-
cipal Business Address of
the LLC is 404 South Beach
Road, Hobe Sound, Florida
33455-2701. SSNY has been
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
the LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to:The LLC
c/o Gunster, Yoakley & Stew-
art, P.A., Attn: Lisa Schneider,
Esq., 777 South Flagler Drive,
Suite 500E, West Palm Beach,
Florida 33401. LLC formed in
Florida on October 13, 2010.
Certificate of LLC filed with
Florida Secretary of State,
2661 Executive Center Circle,
Tallahassee, Florida 32301.
Purpose: Any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
EYELEVEL RETAIL SOLU-
TIONS, L.L.C.
art. of org. filed Secy. of State
NY (SSNY) 10/8/10. Off. loc.
in NY Co. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of pro-
cess to: The LLC, 6040 N.
Cutter Cir, ste 309, Portland,
OR 97217. Purpose: Any law-
ful purpose.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
CATION OF CLINTON
LENDER LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/17/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/16/10. Princ.
office of LLC: c/o Coalco NY,
505 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10017.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC at the addr. of its
princ. office. DE addr. of LLC:
c/o Corporation Service Co.,
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of
the State of DE, Corp. Dept.,
Loockerman & Federal Sts.,
Dover, DE 19901. As amend-
ed by Cert. of Correction filed
with SSNY on 11/23/10, the
name of the LLC is: PARK-
SIDE LENDER LLC. Purpose:
Any lawful activity
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
VIRTUOSO RESOURCES
LLC,
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with the
Sec of State of NY on 9/29/10.
NY Office location: New York
County. SSNY is designated
as agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may be
served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the LLC served upon him/her
to Harold Hagopian, 303 W.
66th St., #5JE, NY, NY 10023.
General Purposes.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
CUCINELLI RETAIL SCP
LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of State
NY (SSNY) 10/13/10. Off. loc.
in NY Co. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of pro-
cess to: att: Palma Settimi,
7 Sutton Pl, Brewster, NY
10509. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CHIC ACCESSORIES
& DECOR LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
Of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/7/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
7014 13 Ave. #202, Brooklyn,
NY 11228. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF EMYS CAPITAL LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. Of
State of NY (SSNY) on 5/5/10.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY designated as agent
for service of process. SSNY
shall mail process to: 556
State St. #2DN, Brooklyn, NY
11217. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HEARTS OF PALM
(ASIA), LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
Of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/3/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
1411 Broadway, 23 Fl., NY,
NY 10018. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ADKO PARTNERS
LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/14/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC for service
of process. SSNY shall mail
process to: 450 E.86 St. #26D,
NY, NY 10128. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
FL CAPITAL LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/10/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Ron Hollands-
worth 225 W 35th 8th Floor
New York, NY 10018. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF YOMA, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/19/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Texas
(TX) on 11/12/10. SSNY des-
ignated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Capitol Services,
Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste.
100, Albany, NY 12205. TX
address of LLC: 3418 Lovers
Lane, Dallas, TX 75225. Arts.
of Org. filed with TX Secy. of
State, 1019 Brazos, Austin,
TX 78701. Purpose: any law-
ful act or activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF BLACKROCK
CORE ALTERNATIVES FB
PORTFOLIO LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 11/15/10. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 40 E. 52nd St.,
NY, NY 10022. LLC formed
in DE on 11/19/09. NY Sec.
of State designated agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o CT
Corporation System, 111 8th
Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served. DE addr. of
LLC: 100 Bellevue Pkwy.,
Wilmington, DE 19809. Cert.
of Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF HPM ADVI-
SORS LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 11/17/10. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 6 E. 43rd St., NY,
NY 10017. LLC formed in
DE on 10/20/10. NY Sec. of
State designated agent of
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o CT
Corporation System, 111 8th
Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served. DE addr. of
LLC: The Corporation Trust
Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any and
all lawful activity.
Vil 12/9-1/13/11
PARK BRIDGE SCR
WFCM 2010-C1 LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 11/15/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Robert
J. Spinna, Jr. 560 Lexington
Ave 17th Fl New York, NY
10022. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PEONY 82, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/23/10. Office location:
NY County. Princ. office of
LLC: 909 Fifth Ave., NY, NY
10021. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to c/o Corporation Ser-
vice Co., 80 State St., Albany,
NY 12207, regd. agent upon
whom and at which process
may be served. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF SDUSA, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/8/10. Office location:
NY County. LLC formed in
California (CA) on 12/17/08.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
The LLC, 801 S. Figueroa St.,
Ste. 2500, Los Angeles, CA
90017, also the address to
be maintained in CA. Arts of
Org. filed with CA Secy. Of
State, 1500 11th St., Sacra-
mento, CA 95814. Purpose:
any lawful activities.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11AEG
ADVISORY SERVICES,
LLC,
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with
the Sec of State of NY on
10/29/10. NY Office location:
New York County. SSNY is
designated as agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of any pro-
cess against the LLC served
upon him/her toThe LLC, 575
6th Ave., #7B, NY, NY 10011.
General Purposes.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11

NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF RADIANT PIG BEER
COMPANY, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
10/01/2010. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: Radiant
Pig Beer Company, E 26th
St, #5F, New York, NY 10010.
Purpose: To engage in any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF S.E.A. NICHE, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/20/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Chamberlain &
Steward Associates, Ltd.,
400 Park Ave., NY, NY 10022,
Attn: Norman Volk, President.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NAME OF FOR. LLC:
DKDOI GP LLC.
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 11/8/10. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 10/13/10.
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of
State designated as agent
of foreign LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The Sec. of State
shall mail copy of process to:
65 E. 55th St., 19th Fl., NY, NY
10022. Addr. of foreign LLC
in DE is: National Corporate
Research, Ltd., 615 S. DuPont
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Auth.
officer in DE where Cert. of
Form. filed: DE Sec. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NAME OF FOR. LLC: DKIL
GP LLC.
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 11/8/10. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 10/13/10.
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of
State designated as agent
of foreign LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The Sec. of State
shall mail copy of process to:
65 E. 55th St., 19th Fl., NY, NY
10022. Addr. of foreign LLC
in DE is: National Corporate
Research, Ltd., 615 S. DuPont
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Auth.
officer in DE where Cert. of
Form. filed: DE Sec. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ERWIN PEN-
LAND LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/22/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/8/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o IPG, 1114
Ave. of the Americas, 19th Fl.,
NY, NY 10036. DE address of
LLC: 615 South DuPont Hwy.,
Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org.
filed with DE Secy. of State,
401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
ful act or activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MAGGY’S FUND LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 11/24/2010.
Office location: NY County.
Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal busi-
ness addr.: 520 E. 86th St.,
Apt. 8A, NY, NY 10028, Attn:
Patricia H. Nadosy, regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served. Term: until
12/31/2060. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MARIA RODALE
CHELSEA ENCLAVE LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 11/30/10.
Office location: NY County.
Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal business
address: 177 9th Ave., Ste.
4K, NY, NY 10011. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF HALPERN REAL
ESTATE VENTURES, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 11/12/10. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 401 West St.,
3rd Fl., NY, NY 10014. LLC
formed in DE on 9/2/10. NY
Sec. of State designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
NY 10011, regd. agent upon
whom process may be
served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209
Orange St., Wilmington, DE
19801. Cert. of Form. filed
with DE Sec. of State, 401
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: real estate, invest-
ments, management and
related activities.
Vil 12/16-1/20/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT
a license, #TBA has been
applied for by Space NY 8
Corp. d/b/a/ Hirai Mong to
sell beer, wine, and liquor
at retail in a restaurant. For
on premises consumption
under the ABC law at 12 St.
Marks Place NY, NY 10013.
Vil 12/23-12/30/10
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT
a license, #TBA has been
applied for by 344 Bowery
Retail LLC to sell beer, wine,
and liquor at retail in a res-
taurant. For on premises con-
sumption under the ABC law
at 344 Bowery NY, NY 10012.
Vil 12/23-12/30/10
ALVA CAPITAL, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/8/2010. Office location: NY
Co. LLC formed in Delaware
(DE) on 4/6/2010. SSNY des-
ignated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to The LLC 347 W
57th ST 30B NY, NY 10019.
DE address of LLC: 1209
Orange ST, Wilmington, DE
19801. Arts. Of Org. filed with
DE Secy. of State, PO Box
898 Dover, DE 19903. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMA-
TION OF FLUSHING BAY
DEVELOPMENT LLC,
Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of
State (SSNY) 7/26/10. Office
location: NY County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process
to Xiao Bo Zhang, 180 River-
side Blvd., Ste. 12H, NY, NY
10069. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
NEZU ASIA CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT, LLC,
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 11/12/10. Office loc.:
NY County. LLC org. in DE
11/3/10. SSNY desig. as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of proc. to Attn: David
Snoddy, 590 Madison Ave.,
18th Fl., NY, NY 10022. DE off.
addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville
Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808.
Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purp.: any lawful
activities.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 15
LITTLE WEST 12 OWNER
LLC,
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 11/12/10. Office loc.:
NY County. LLC org. in DE
11/6/09. SSNY desig. as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of proc. to NRAI, 875 Ave of
the Americas, NY, NY 10001.
DE off. addr.: 160 Green-
tree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE
19904. Cert. of Form. on
file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any
lawful activities.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ST ANNES, LLC
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of
NewYork (SSNY) on 10/18/10.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY has been designated
as an agent upon whom pro-
cess against the LLC may be
served. The address to which
SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the
LLC is to: St Annes LLC, 110
Duane Street, PH3N, New
York, NY 10007. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF STARR STREET PART-
NERS II LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/1/10. Office location: NY
Co. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: The LLC, 594
Broadway, Ste. 1212, NY, NY
10012. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF KILOHANA
PARTNERS, LP.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/29/10. Office location:
NY County. LP formed in
Delaware (DE) on 11/19/10.
SSNY designated as agent
of LP upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
The Partnership, 351 Saint
Nicholas Ave., Ste. 31, NY,
NY 10027, also the principal
office address. DE address of
LP: c/o National Registered
Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree
Dr., St 101, Dover, DE 19904.
Name/address of genl. ptr.
available from SSNY. Cert.
of LP filed with DE Secy. of
State, 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activities
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF VICTOR RPM, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/06/10. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
146 W. 57th St., Apt. 56C, NY,
NY 10019. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to c/o Moshe Shuster at
the princ. office of the LLC.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF TWAIN WERKS, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/07/10. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
202 Riverside Dr. - Ste. 9J,
NY, NY 10025. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to the LLC at the
addr. of its princ. office. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ECUA_COOL, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
07/27/2010. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: ECUA-
COOL LLC, 623 W 207th
Street # BSMT, New York, NY
10034. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF HARKELYN LLC.
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 11/9/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY des-
ignated agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to attn. Lloyd
Mark, 1186 Broadway #1043,
New York, NY 10001. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PROXIMETY SOLU-
TIONS, LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
Of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/7/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
7014 13 Ave. #202, Bklyn, NY
11228. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ETF SPECIALISTS
LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
Of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/10/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
80 Trapelo Rd., Lincoln, MA
01773. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF TRIBECA HOUSE-
KEEPING SERVICES LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
Of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/2/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
105 Hudson St. #1B, NY, NY
10013. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BOKEH LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/12/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: 55 Fifth Avenue, 18th
Fl., NY, NY 10003. Purpose:
any lawful act or activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF MILESTONE
HORIZON LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/29/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 10/11/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o KVB Part-
ners, 60 Broad St., Ste. 3502,
NY, NY 10004. DE address of
LLC: 1201 Orange St., Suite
600, Wilmington, DE 19801.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898,
Dover, DE 19903. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF CAM TASB,
LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/8/10. Office location:
NY County. LLC formed in
Delaware (DE) on 11/17/10.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
101 Park Ave., 23rd Fl., NY,
NY 10178, Attn: Paul Tanico.
DE address of LLC: c/o United
Corporate Services, Inc., 874
Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover,
DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed
with DE Secy. of State, 401
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
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December 30, 2010 - Januar y 5, 2011
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF CASTLEROCK
GLOBAL MACRO FUND,
L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/9/10. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 8/30/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o Castle-
Rock Management II, LLC,
101 Park Ave., 23rd Fl., NY,
NY 10178. DE address of LP:
c/o United Corporate Ser-
vices, Inc., 874 Walker Road,
Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904.
Name/address of each genl.
ptr. available from SSNY.
Cert. of LP filed with DE Sec.
of State, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF KOPLIK INTERNA-
TIONAL LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
11/3/10. Office location: New
York County. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: The LLC, 600
Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF JUNIPER I,
L.L.C.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/29/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/10/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to princ. bus.
loc.: 311 W. 43rd St., NY, NY
10036. DE address of LLC: c/o
Corporation Service Com-
pany, 2711 Centerville Rd.,
Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Cert. of Form. filed
with DE Secy. of State, 401
Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: real estate
development and any other
purposes permitted by appli-
cable law.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF RESTIVO EVENTS,
LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/23/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: The LLC, 245 E. 25th
St., #12L, NY, NY 10010. Pur-
pose: any lawful purpose.
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NAME OF LLC: RIGBY
183 LLC.
Art. of Org. filed Dept. of
State of NY on 8/9/10. Off.
Loc. in NY: NY Cty. Secy. of
State designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
Sec. of State shall mail a
copy of process to: Hands-
man & Kaminsky LLP, 900
Third Ave., 12th Fl., NY, NY
10022. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF REEF SOLUTIONS,
LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/30/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: Ben Serebin, 160 W.
96th St., #11M, NY, NY 10025.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MMMM, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
7/19/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Corporation Ser-
vice Company, 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207, registered
agent upon whom process
may be served. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 12/23-1/27/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF AMERICOLD
MFL 2010 LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/7/10. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 10 Glenlake Pkwy.,
South Tower, Ste. 800, Atlan-
ta, GA 30328. LLC formed
in DE on 11/17/10. NY Sec.
of State designated agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o CT
Corporation System, 111
8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE
addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St.,
Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert.
of Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF VALUE LINE
PUBLISHING LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/3/10. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 7/2/10. NY
Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal business
addr.: Value Line, Inc., 220 E.
42nd St., NY, NY 10017, Attn:
Howard Brecher, Esq. Regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served: CT Corpora-
tion System, 111 8th Ave.,
NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of
LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF THE PICKHOLZ LAW
OFFICES LLC, A PROFES-
SIONAL SERVICE LLC
(PLLC).
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 11/19/10.
Office location: NY County.
Sec. of State designated as
agent of PLLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal busi-
ness addr.: The Pickholz Law
Offices LLC, 1140 Ave. of the
Americas, 9th Fl., NY, NY
10036, Attn: Jason R. Pick-
holz, Esq. Purpose: practice
law.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SO OTHERS MIGHT
SURVIVE, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
08/30/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: So
Others Might Survive, LLC,
7014 13th ave., Brooklyn, NY
11228. Purpose: To engage
in any lawful act or activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF EASTSIDE HOME
REPAIR & IMPROVE-
MENT, LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
04/05/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY has been
designated as an agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. The
address to which SSNY shall
mail a copy of any process
against the LLC is to: The
LLC, 568 Grand St. Ste 2002,
New York, NY 10002. Pur-
pose: To engage in any law-
ful act or activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11
MELODY OF FLAVORS
LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 10/22/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Melody A. Staz-
zone 255 Cabrini Blvd. Ste 5F
NY, NY 10040. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CBBJ, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/10/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to Steven Golden, c/o
CBIZ MHM, LLC, 1065 Ave. of
the Americas, NY, NY 10018.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF M & H 75TH STREET
HOLDINGS, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/29/10. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
55 E. 75th St., NY, NY 10021.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
c/o Schwartz & Salomon,
P.C., 225 Broadway, Ste.
4200, NY, NY 10007. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
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NAME OF FOR. LLC:
WASHINGTON ST. 42A,
LLC.
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 10/26/10. Jurisd.
and date of org.: DE 3/17/10.
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of
State designated as agent
of foreign LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The Sec. of State
shall mail copy of process
to: Jeff Silver, 14 Faulkner
Lane, Dix Hills, NY 11766.
Addr. of foreign LLC in DE is:
615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover,
DE 19901. Auth. officer in DE
where Cert. of Form. filed: DE
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
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NAME OF FOR. LLC:
WASHINGTON ST. 42B,
LLC.
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 10/26/10. Jurisd.
and date of org.: DE 3/17/10.
Cty off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of
State designated as agent
of foreign LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. The Sec. of State
shall mail copy of process
to: Jeff Silver, 14 Faulkner
Lane, Dix Hills, NY 11766.
Addr. of foreign LLC in DE is:
615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover,
DE 19901. Auth. officer in DE
where Cert. of Form. filed: DE
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LOFTS 21 LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
7/1/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Classic Group
Inc., 4 W. 22nd St., 4th Fl.,
NY, NY 10010. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF 58 FERRY RD
LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/15/10. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 200 Whitsett St.,
Greenville, SC 29601. LLC
formed in DE on 12/14/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
NY 10011, regd. agent upon
whom process may be
served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209
Orange St., Wilmington, DE
19801. Cert. of Form. filed
with DE Sec. of State, 401
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF 3 WTC MEZZ
2 LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/9/10. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 11/29/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
NY 10011, regd. agent upon
whom process may be
served. DE address of LLC:
1209 Orange St., Wilming-
ton, DE 19801. Cert. of Form.
filed with DE Sec. of State,
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF WORLD TRADE
CENTER HOLDCO LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/9/10. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 11/29/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
NY 10011, regd. agent upon
whom process may be
served. DE address of LLC:
1209 Orange St., Wilming-
ton, DE 19801. Cert. of Form.
filed with DE Sec. of State,
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 12/30-2/3/11
PUBLIC NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE
TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP
AND ALGONQUIN GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Docket No. CP11-56 -000
Notice is hereby given that Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (“Texas Eastern”) and Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (“Algonquin”), on
December 20, 2010, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) for certificates of public convenience
and necessity and for related authorizations for (i) the construction, ownership, operation and maintenance ofTexas Eastern’s proposed
New Jersey - New York Expansion Project (“NJ-NY Project” or “Project”), (ii) the construction, ownership, operation and maintenance
of facilities by Algonquin, (iii) the lease of capacity on Algonquin’s system to Texas Eastern and (iv) the abandonment of certain existing
Texas Eastern facilities in Docket No. CP11-56-000 (“Application”).
The NJ-NY Project facilities on the Texas Eastern system consist of the (i) installation of approximately 4.84 miles of 42-inch diameter
pipeline that will replace certain segments of existing 12-inch and 20-inch diameter pipelines from the existing Linden Compressor Sta-
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
Island, Richmond County, New York; (ii) construction of approximately 15.5 miles of new 30-inch diameter pipeline from the existing
M&R station 058 through the Borough of Staten Island, NewYork, and the cities of Bayonne, Jersey City, and Hoboken in Hudson County,
New Jersey, to the Borough of Manhattan, NewYork County, NewYork; (iii) removal and abandonment in place of approximately 8 miles
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
diameter pipeline in the City of Linden, New Jersey; (iv) installation of receivers and launchers within the existing property line of the
Linden Compressor Station in Linden, New Jersey, and within the property line of M&R station 058 in the Borough of Staten Island, New
York, and remote controlled valves in the City of Bayonne, New Jersey and Jersey City, New Jersey; (v) installation of additional yard
piping at the Hanover Compressor Station in Morris County, New Jersey; (vi) modifications to existing M&R stations in Union County,
New Jersey, and in Richmond County, New York; (vii) construction of two new M&R stations at the existing Hanover Compressor Sta-
tion in Morris County, New Jersey; (viii) construction of a new Bayonne M&R station at a location where the pipeline crosses the local
distribution system, thereby allowing an interconnection with Public Service Electric and Gas Company (“PSE&G”) in Hudson County,
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
County, New Jersey; (x) construction of a new Jersey City M&R station, and (xi) construction of a new point of interconnection with
Con Edison at the Manhattan Point.
The NJ-NY Project facilities on the Algonquin system consist of installation of additional yard piping at the Cromwell Compressor Station
in Middlesex County, Connecticut, and the Hanover Compressor Station in Morris County, New Jersey; and modification of facilities to
facilitate the interconnection withTennessee Gas Pipeline Company in Mahwah, New Jersey and facilities to facilitate the interconnection
with Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C., in Ramapo, New York.
The NJ-NY Project will: (i) provide new points of interconnection for existing and new customers, including New Jersey and New York
local distribution companies, to deliver diverse sources of natural gas supply to high-growth New Jersey and NewYork markets, includ-
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-
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.
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.
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
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.
For more information, please contact:
Franklin S. Gessner
Manager, Right-of-Way
NJ-NY Expansion Project
150 Warren Street
Suite 201
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Toll Free (888) 568-7269
www.yesgaspipeline.org
www.nj-nyproject.com
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