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In foreground, from left, Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, state Senator Tom Duane and Assemblymember
Deborah Glick spoke at a press conference at Seventh and Greenwich Aves. last Saturday at the start of the “A
Valentine for the Village” retail-support event.
St. Vincent’s and Rudin still
hoping for ‘a viable solution’
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
While it’s been firmly established
by now that there’s no such concept
as “land locking” in New York City
zoning regulations, it’s also been estab-
lished that some people are simply
unwilling to accept that fact.
Shouting, “Land lock now!” four
protesters were arrested inside the for-
mer St. Vincent’s Hospital after they
had staged a demonstration there for
more than an hour on Feb. 8. “Land
lock” advocates Melvyn Stevens, Alan
Bounville, Evette Stark-Katz and Iana
Di Bona were themselves locked up
and held overnight down at The Tombs
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Hudson Square, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
in what Stark-Katz later called, “hor-
rible conditions.”
The four activists are members of
Hands Off St. Vincent’s, which seeks
to get a new hospital offering Level 1
trauma care in part of the former St.
Vincent’s Hospital facilities. However,
the property — in the heart of upscale
Greenwich Village — is the chief asset
for paying off the bankrupt former
Catholic hospital’s colossal $1 billion
debt to its creditors.
Jonah Price, a Hands Off St.
Vincent’s member, said the four activ-
ists pleaded not guilty to the charge of
trespassing, claiming, “the hospital was
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p. 16
Shoppers give love,
and bucks, to help
ailing stores’ health
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
Trying to inject some
much-needed financial aid
into local businesses hard hit
by the closing of St. Vincent’s
Hospital last April, the
Greenwich Village-Chelsea
Chamber of Commerce and
local politicians teamed up
last Saturday to host a shop-
ping fest and raffle event
dubbed “A Valentine for the
Village.”
The event lasted from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m., during which
time participants made pur-
chases from merchants and
restaurants in the triangular
Chelsea school will
offer avenue to get
Photo by Norman Borden
a global education
BY SCOTT STIFFLER
A luncheon/launch
event on Feb. 1 for a new-
concept school drew a
capacity crowd in Chelsea,
but the focus went far
beyond the Lower West
Side locale.
Invited community
members, parents and
education advocates —
closed illegally to begin with.” including former Schools
Meanwhile, it’s been hard to find Chancellor Joel Klein;
out much about what’s actually going Teach for America C.E.O.
on with the shuttered Greenwich Wendy Kopp; and CUNY
Village hospital. Before St. Vincent’s
closed for good last April, the Rudin
Organization had a plan in place to res-
identially redevelop the hospital’s main
campus on the east side of Seventh
Ave. between 11th and 12th Sts.;
in turn, the property’s sale to Rudin
would have helped fund construction
of a new, state-of-the-art St. Vincent’s
hospital tower on the avenue’s west
Continued on page 6
February 17 - 24, 2011
area bounded by Greenwich
and Sixth Aves. and 14th St.
The shoppers got a
sendoff from local elect-
ed officials — including
Assemblymember Deborah
Glick, Congressmember
Jerrold Nadler and state
Senator Tom Duane, along
with Tony Juliano, the cham-
ber’s president — reminding
them of the importance of
revitalizing the neighbor-
hood’s economy through
their dollars.
Any purchase of more
Continued on page 10
Chancellor Matthew
Goldstein — politely lis-
tened and occasionally
nodded affirmation as
leaders of Avenues: The
World School put forth
their plan for fall 2012.
That’s the preordained
time when 259 10th Ave.
— a 1928 former ware-
house that bears the mark
of renowned architect Cass
Gilbert — will make its
Continued on page 12
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LETTERS
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SCOOPY’S
NOTEBOOK
MOOSE DOES SINATRA FOR DORIS: Friends threw
Doris Diether of Community Board 2 a party for her 82nd
birthday earlier this month at fellow board member Keen
Berger’s home in the West Village. The highlight was David
Marin and his Moose puppet serenading Diether with Frank
Sinatra’s “Witchcraft.” The veteran community activist loves
watching Marin perform with his “Castle Critters” puppets in
Washington Square Park, the Moose being her favorite. On
C.B. 2 since 1964, Diether is Manhattan’s longest-serving com-
munity board member. Sharon Woolums organized the party.

BOYZ ’N’ GIRLZ N THE HOOD(S): The hot item at BROADWAY

this year’s Greenwich Village Little League Opening Day on
Sat., April 9, at Pier 40 will be new official G.V.L.L. hoodies.
PANHANDLER A COOK’S BEST RESOURCE
Thanks to sponsorship that has gone through the roof for
this year’s season, Dan Miller, the league’s president tells us,
everyone will be sporting a cool hoodie. COOKWARE SALE
UP TO 70% OFF*
OOPS! The Web address given in our issue two weeks featuring
ago for people to vote for the Lower Eastside Girls Club
to win $50,000 in the DVF Foundation’s People’s Choice All Clad, Le Creuset, Cuisinart,
Awards, unfortunately, did not go to the right page, but to a American Kitchen, Mauviel, Swiss Diamond, Paderno,
porn chat room! We’re sure that someone we spoke to at the 360 Cookware, Lodge & more
girls club over the phone gave us that address, but whatever. Doris Diether with her main Moose in Washington 65 East 8th Street
Predictably, the blooper produced a mixture of shock and Square Park. 212-966-3434
hilarity. The last day of voting was Feb. 15. Mon-Sat 11-7
about 18 stories, the F.A.R. would be lower on the midblocks. Thurs ‘til 8pm
IN THE ZONE: Our breaking-news story about Trinity Real Finally, the article should have stated that Hudson Square’s Sun 11-6
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Estate’s plans to rezone Hudson Square in last week’s issue retail — not commercial — vacancy rate is 30 percent. … While Supplies Last thru 2/21/11.

should have noted that the 3,000 to 3,500 new residents Trinity
predicts will be added to the neighborhood under the rezoning
would be over a 10-year period. In addition, residential projects
would get a bonus of F.A.R. (floor area ratio) for adding afford-
able housing, but would not get extra height, since building
heights would be capped. Also, while building heights would
be capped on both narrow streets and midblocks at 185 feet, or
Interesting to note, at last Thursday’s presentation of the plan
to Community Board 2’s Land Use and Business Development
Committee, the slide showing the rendering of the school to be
included in the tower Trinity hopes to build at Duarte Square
was renamed P.S. 100. The tower would be 429 feet tall, and
the school’s previous name on the rendering we had seen was
P.S. 429 — apparently, a sort of architects’ inside joke.

Beth Israel opens new Chinatown clinic

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Multispecialty Group on Wed., Feb 16, with a ribbon-cutting Beth Israel Medical Center is part of Continuum Health — Recommended by Gourmet Magazine, Zagat, Crain’s NY, Playbill & The Villager —
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POLICE BLOTTER
Dead in Baruch elevator
Police responding to a 911 call at 4:58
a.m. Sat., Feb. 12, found a woman with mul-
tiple stab wounds to her back in the elevator
of a Baruch Houses building at 555 F.D.R.
Drive. The victim was pronounced dead on
arrival at Beth Israel Hospital. Police with-
held the identity of the victim, described
only as a 30-year-old Hispanic woman, pend-
ing family notification. The case is under
investigation.
Sway stabbings
First Precinct police responded to a report
of a brawl at Sway lounge, 305 Spring St.,
at 2:36 a.m. Tues., Feb. 8, and found one
man bleeding from a laceration of his scalp.
An Emergency Medical Service team took
the injured man to Bellevue Hospital, where
he was described as being in stable condi-
tion. Police learned that a second man, 25,
had been stabbed in the stomach earlier
and made his way on his own to New York
Presbyterian Hospital, where he was said to
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brawl walked into Downtown Hospital on
Gold St. with a laceration to his ear, police
said. There were no arrests and the case is
under investigation.
East Village bag bandit
Hector Diaz, 46, was arrested Wed., Feb.
9, and charged with four muggings in the
East Village between Dec. 5 and Feb. 6. On
Dec. 5 at about 4:30 p.m., Diaz grabbed a
woman walking on E. Seventh St. between
Avenues A and B, demanded her bag and
fled with it, according to charges filed by
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.
On Dec. 19, the suspect followed a
woman into her building near E. Sixth St.
and First Ave. around 4 a.m., put a letter
opener to her neck and grabbed her bag and
fled, the complaint says.
On Jan. 3, Diaz tackled a woman walk-
ing near E. 13th St. and First Ave. around 4
a.m., grabbed her bag and fled, police said.
Diaz followed a woman into her building
on E. Sixth St. near Avenue C around 2:26
a.m. Sun., Feb. 6, grabbed her bag, stabbed
her thumb with a pen when she resisted and
made off with the bag.
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Bogus bellhop
A woman visitor checked into the
Sheraton Four Points, 66 Charlton St., Mon.,
Feb. 14, and saw a man she thought was a
bellhop taking her bags from the front desk
to the conference room shortly after noon,
police. She left for two hours and returned
to learn that her bags were missing. The
hotel surveillance camera showed a man
who was not a hotel employee picking up the
luggage and walking off, police said.
Arrested again
Matthew Francis, 21, who is awaiting
trial for beating and attempting to rob a gay
man last Oct. 3 inside the Stonewall Inn
on Christopher St., was arrested with an
accomplice on Staten Island on Mon., Feb.
7, for beating a homeless man and assaulting
two officers.
Francis and Lattea Tate, 19, were charged
with beating the victim, who was trying to
buy drugs from the suspects during the early
morning hours on Monday. Police arrested the
pair near the scene in Port Richmond, S.I.,
where Francis resisted being handcuffed and
kicked the arresting officer, police said. Later,
Francis punched another cop in the shoulder
who was putting him in a holding cell in the
120th Precinct, according to reports. Francis
is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Party out of bounds
The Queen of Hearts, a Hudson River
party boat berthed at Pier 40 during the
summer, was reported adrift in the Hudson
River around 10 a.m. Tues., Feb. 8, after
high winds blew her from her winter moor-
ing in Lincoln Harbor in New Jersey. A
police harbor unit tied up to the unoccupied
vessel to stop it from drifting, and held it
until a tugboat arrived to tow it back to its
berth in New Jersey, police said.
East River DOA
The N.Y.P.D. Harbor Unit pulled from the
East River the body of a man who jumped
morning Feb. 10. A witness who spotted the
man jumping phoned 911 at around 7 a.m.
The victim was not identified pending family
notification.
Boutique robberies
Police arrested Anthony Gilliam, 49, and
Albert Anderson, 48, for robbing shops
in Chinatown and Soho and on the Upper
East Side between Jan. 21 and Feb. 3, and
tying up and beating the employees. Gilliam,
who was arrested Feb. 9, was charged with
robbing a shop at 199 Prince St. on the
afternoon of Feb. 3 with Anderson. They
threatened to kill the woman attendant and
attempted to tie her hands behind her back,
police said. She managed to escape after the
pair fled, police said.
On Jan. 25, the suspects entered a shop
at 75 Baxter St. at 4:50 p.m., where one
of them punched the woman attendant in
the face, dragged her to the bathroom in
the store’s rear and bound her hands with
plastic ties, according to the charges.
On Jan. 21, the suspects entered a bou-
tique at 533 Third Ave. at E. 35th St., where
one of them grabbed the woman attendant
by the neck. The two suspects bound the vic-
tim’s hands and legs and took her bag before
fleeing, according to the charges.
The suspects are being held pending a
March 1 court appearance, according to a
spokesperson for Manhattan D.A. Vance.
French Connection bust
Police arrested Bradley Jones, 53, on Feb.
4 and charged him with larceny for stealing
three jackets with a total value of $1,104
from the French Connection boutique, 435
West Broadway near Prince St., on Jan. 5.
Jones shoplifted the three jackets at 3:15
p.m. and fled with them. His arrest was
attributed to a surveillance tape.
Craigslist senior mafia
Gerald Degerolamo, 65, was sentenced on
Feb. 8 to five-and-a-half years in prison for the
Dec. 26, 2009, Macing and mugging of a man in
the vestibule of a building at 125 Christopher St.
Degerolamo had lured the victim to the building
on the pretext of buying an expensive engage-
ment ring that the victim had advertised on
Craigslist. At the rendezvous, Degerolamo blast-
ed the victim with a can of Mace, grabbed the
ring and fled. A New York Post item said that,
despite being temporarily blinded, the victim,
31, followed Degerolamo and wrested the ring
from him. The Post item identified Degerolamo
as a Luchese crime family associate.
Wild man attacks PEP
A disturbed man who ran around
Washington Square Park on Thursday after-
noon Feb. 10 screaming at people, knocked
down a female Parks Enforcement Patrol
officer who had asked him to calm down.
The man kicked the PEP officer as she lay on
the pavement and fled.
Work-site burglar
Police arrested Matthew Miller, 34, around
2 a.m. Sun., Feb. 13, when they caught him
in the closed construction site at 341 Bleecker
St. Miller entered the building by breaking the
glass front door, according to the charges of
commercial burglary filed by D.A. Vance.
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Baby food ’n’ briefs
The manager of the CVS at 20 University
Place apprehended a suspect who walked out
at 4:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 1, without paying
for four packages of infant milk formula and
two packs of men’s briefs, with a total value
of $95, tucked into a shopping bag, police
said. The manager wrestled the suspect,
David Kelly, 27, to the ground and held him
for police, who charged him with larceny. A
neighbor who was entering the store at the
time said she heard the suspect admit that he
had stolen the items but asked to be released
because he had “given them back.”
Fake tickets
Police arrested Alphonso Clark, 39, for pos-
session of a forged instrument on Sat., Feb. 12.
The suspect is charged with selling false concert
tickets to a teenage girl in front of 40 E. 14th
St. at University Place. Police discovered the
suspect also had six other fake concert tickets.
Informed
Auto stripper
Neighbor
Police arrested Carlos Manuel, 43, at
7:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 8, after two witnesses
told police they saw him breaking into a
Discussion
rear passenger-side window of a car parked
at the curb in front of 496 LaGuardia Place
between Houston and W. Third Sts. Police
said Manuel has been convicted of several
auto-stripping charges in the past five years.
Funny money
Wilfred Robert, 30, was arrested on Sat.,
Feb. 5, for trying to buy DVD’s from a store at
813 Broadway between 11th and 12th Sts. with
counterfeit $20 bills. He was also in possession
of three stolen credit cards, police said.
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after a shooting, glad to be alive” (Sept. 9, 2009). In September 2008, Gibson was
shot eight times by a deranged neighbor on E. Seventh St.
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St. Vincent’s, Rudin hoping for ‘a viable solution’
Continued from page 1
side on the site of the O’Toole Pavilion.
After the hospital went under, Rudin,
understandably, was still seen as having the
inside track on getting the property. Rudin
had already developed a plan for the site,
incorporating several of the hospital’s historic
buildings for reuse, as required by the city’s
Landmarks Preservation Commission. Having
to keep some of the former hospital’s build-
ings, while pleasing to preservationists, low-
ered the property’s sale value, since it would be
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the prime real estate location.
Back in early December, John Gilbert,
Rudin’s C.O.O., told this newspaper, “The
Rudin family is in negotiations with St.
Vincent’s to develop a solution that benefits
creditors and the community, while ensuring
the delivery of healthcare to the people of
Greenwich Village.”
It was unclear whether Gilbert meant
Rudin planned to incorporate some health-
care feature into its new building, or would
do something health-related off-site.
At that same time, a St. Vincent’s spokes-
person indicated that the former hospital
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might be seeking to get out of the deal with
Rudin.
Speaking in early December, the spokes-
person told this newspaper: “St. Vincent’s
has a contract with Rudin Management dat-
ing from 2007 for $305 million. The Rudin
organization has proposed material changes
to that contract and we continue to negoti-
ate with them. However, St. Vincent’s filing
for bankruptcy allows for the rejection of
any contracts, and material changes could
be the basis for such a rejection. Our reten-
tion of CBRE is to assist us to explore all of
the options. We are hopeful we can reach
an agreement with Rudin Management that
maximizes the most value for our creditors
and, ideally, would provide a healthcare
solution for the community.”
“CBRE” refers to real estate brokerage
CB Richard Ellis, which the Bankruptcy
Court — about a week after the above state-
ments were made — granted permission to
market the former St. Vincent’s buildings.
Neither Rudin nor St. Vincent’s spokes-
person, Veronica Sullivan, responded when
asked for specifics as to what the “material
changes” to Rudin’s plan might be that could
be used as potential grounds for breaking
the contract — though some speculate it’s
that Rudin probably now simply wants the
property for a lower price.
As of earlier this month, however, it
sounded like talks between Rudin and St.
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once again trying to work something out:
On Feb. 1, Sullivan said in an e-mail, “St.
Vincent’s continues to negotiate with Rudin
Management for a viable solution.”
On Wed., Feb. 16, asked if there was any
change to the situation and how things were
going with the marketing of the property,
Sullivan responded in an e-mail, “I have no
update for you. Will keep you posted.”
After the hospital closed, some insiders
had speculated that Bankruptcy Court would
order the St. Vincent’s property put up for
auction and that it would be sold quickly.
So far, though, there has been no word of
an auction of the hospital’s physical campus
— though an auction of the hospital’s entire
contents was held in December.
Parker fights poverty
Gary Parker has been appointed deputy direc-
tor of New York University’s McSilver Institute
of Poverty Policy, Practice and Research. The
institute was launched by N.Y.U.’s Silver School
of Social Work in late 2009. Through the
institute, Parker will develop partnerships with
area social-service agencies to undertake broad,
complex, in-depth efforts to address issues sur-
rounding poverty. Parker’s new position will
utilize his training as a social worker, advocate
and community organizer. He will continue as
director of N.Y.U.’s Office of Government and
Community Affairs through Feb. 25.
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State Senator Daniel Squadron, right, with Chester Lee, left, board of directors presi-
dent of Chinese American Planning Council, and David Chen, the group’s executive
director, at an event last week honoring Squadron for helping settlement houses.
Squadron is a real ‘Champ’
at helping settlement houses
BY JOHN BAYLES
Last week, state Senator Daniel Squadron
was recognized by United Neighborhood
Houses, a nonprofit organization that pro-
motes and advocates for settlement houses
and their communities throughout New
York City.
As the inaugural recipient of the Settlement
House Champion Award, Squadron was
honored specifically for his role in securing
$9 million in state funding for settlement
house programs and for his overall dedica-
tion to the issue since he arrived on the
scene in Albany two years ago.
The roots of his advocacy on behalf of
these communities, 38 of which exist as
members of U.N.H., can be traced to their
high concentration in the district Squadron
represents, which includes the East Village,
Lower East Side, Soho, Lower Manhattan
and part of Brooklyn.
Among local settlement houses that
received funding thanks to Squadron’s
efforts were the Chinese American Planning
Council, the Educational Alliance, Grand
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Private substance-abuse facility to open in Tribeca

BY ALINE REYNOLDS
A new facility for recovering alcoholics
and substance abusers will open on West
Broadway in August, and the community is
giving its support.
The Hazelden Foundation, a private
addiction treatment organization based in
Minnesota, will offer lodging, counseling
and mentorship to young adults ages 18
to 29 for six to 12 months at a time. The
foundation purchased a six-story building
at 283 West Broadway in December that
was recently gutted and transformed into a
brand-new living space.
Manhattan is starved for centers that
cater to addicts working toward sobriety,
according to Mark Mishek, president and
chief executive officer of Hazelden, who pre-
sented the plan to the Community Board 1
Tribeca Committee last week. A survey that
Hazelden sent out to some 85 universities
and colleges in the tri-state area showed a
strong need for the facility in the borough.
“It’s a huge opportunity to be able to
make a difference with a population that
really has a need here,” he said. “We have
to provide them with an environment where
they can be successful, healthy and produc-
tive citizens who are sober.”
The center will target youths that are
enrolled in nearby colleges. Though the
facility will not serve as an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting spot, it will offer coun-
seling, a 12-step abstinence program and
other services for addicts on the road to
recovery.
The group counseling sessions will
also be open to community members from
Downtown and around the city.
The center will forge partnerships with
mental-health service providers, accord-
ing to Mishek, since alcoholism is often
coupled with anxiety, depression and other
mental disorders. It will also collaborate
with schools’ health-service departments
to help evaluate and treat the resident
youths.
The foundation will be announcing a
partnership with a nearby major medical
center in the next week, Mishek said.
Youths will be encouraged to stay at the
residence over the summer to participate in
internships or fellowships, and, down the
line, the center hopes to help them secure
full- and part-time jobs.
The former addicts will face tremendous
temptations to drink and do drugs, both on
and off school grounds.
“With the support and sobriety life they’re
going to be living, they’ll have to be comfort-
able walking by the bar when they come
home,” said Mishek.
“This is a badly needed facility,” said Jean
Grillo, a Tribeca Democratic district leader
and public member of C.B. 1. “We need the
ability to treat young people who have drug
and alcohol addiction issues.”
Treating college students in the neighbor-
hood they live in, she said, is ideal.
“We could all be sober on a desert
island,” she said. “It makes sense to have
treatment in the community so you can deal
with the temptations.”
It also saves families the typically high
costs, she said, of sending the youths to out-
of-state facilities.
Security cameras inside the building will
monitor activity, there will be a curfew, and
at least one staff member will be on site 16
hours a day, seven days a week. The staff
will also conduct periodic searches for booze
Canal study: Widen the sidewalks
A new Canal Area Transportation Study
just released will shed light on area trans-
portation and safety issues. The report,
published by the New York Metropolitan
Transportation Council, aims to identify
short-term solutions to improve infrastruc-
ture and mobility, and relieve congestion in
the study area.
The section under evaluation is bounded
by Houston St. to the north, Chambers St. to
the south, and the Hudson and East rivers.
The first CATS study, conducted in 2002,
led to the city’s adding higher-visibility
crosswalks to Canal St.; the renaming of
traffic signals and repairing of streetlights
along the boulevard; and addressing traffic-
sign problems at the Holland Tunnel and
and drugs to make sure the young adults are
staying sober.
Meshik plans to attend the next First
Precinct Community Council meeting to
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center and address any safety or security
concerns residents have.
Lodging fees have yet to be determined,
Mishek said, but the costs will parallel the
average prices of off-campus college dorm
rooms. Students will be able to pay using
college loans and other means of financial
assistance.
Manhattan Bridge.
Data compiled for the study includes
traffic and pedestrian counts, travel time
and delay information, parking surveys and
accident data, according to the report.
Based on the study’s results, N.Y.M.T.C.
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Showing love to stores ailing after hospital closing

Continued from page 1

than $10 was good for one raffle ticket at

raffles held every half-hour at the Lesbian
and Gay Center on W. 13th St. Free T-shirts
— with “Love the Village” printed on the
front and “Live Here, Love Here, Shop
Here” on the back — were given to the first
100 participants to show receipts totaling
$10 or more from three stores.
According to Assemblymember Deborah
Glick’s Office, receipts totaling more than
$2,500 were collected. About 50 people par-
ticipated in the shop-a-thon. Local merchants
donated 26 raffle prizes, among them Tea
& Sympathy, Murray’s Cheese (“lunch-sack
specials” coupons), Whole Foods Market
in Chelsea, Bee Deserts and Cafe, Magnolia
Bakery (two gift coupons for a dozen cup-
cakes each), Partners & Crime bookstore,
Chelsea Piers, the McBurney YMCA (a free
six-month membership), Tio Pepe restau-
rant, Citarella, Rizza salon, Roasting Plant
Coffee Company (mugs, coffee, hats and
T-shirts) and the Fire Store (sweatshirts).
Two raffle prizes remain — as do a few
bags of T-shirts. Not everyone took T-shirts Photos by Norman Borden
on Saturday, including some Community Assemblymember Deborah Glick explaining how “A Valentine for the Village” worked before the event’s start on Saturday. At far left
Board 2 members and other activists, who is Congressmember Jerrold Nadler and at far right is Tony Juliano, Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce president.
said others should get them.
Glick is reportedly thinking of organizing To enter the raffle for the two remain- at least $10 (people may enter more than Broadway, Suite 1518, New York, NY 10003;
a bigger event along similar lines, but details ing prizes, send receipts from three busi- once) by Feb. 28 to Glick’s office, either by fax, 212-674-5530; or e-mail, parsonl@nysa.
were not available at press time. nesses within the designated area totaling mail: Assemblymember Deborah Glick, 853 us . The drawing will be March 1.

Douglas Woessner, left, an owner of The Roasting Plant Coffee Company at Greenwich
and Seventh Aves., with G.V.C.C.C.’s Juliano, during Saturday’s shopping-support
event. Woessner — who also has a Roasting Plant on Orchard St. on the Lower East
Side — said he opened the Greenwich Village location six months before St. Vincent’s
announced its closing. He’d been expecting the new hospital’s new tower to be built
up the block.
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Genevieve Philactos, 91; Active in co-op and church

OBITUARY
BY ALBERT AMATEAU
Genevieve Philactos, a resident for more than 50 years
in the Village where she was a former board member of her
LaGuardia Place co-op and active in St. Joseph’s Church,
died Wed., Feb. 9, at age 91.
She had been on dialysis for the past five years and col-
lapsed at home, said her daughter, Angela. She was rushed to
Beth Israel Hospital where she died in her daughter’s arms.
“Life was hard for her these past few years but she didn’t
give up; she did not go gentle into that good night,” her
daughter said. “She was a great cook and cooked regularly
until a year ago. She was over 90 and never mentioned her
age. We had to whisper whenever we spoke about it.”
Born in Belleville, N.J., to Angelina and Nicola Scaperotta
on Aug. 21, 1919, Genevieve — known as Gina — gradu-
ated with honors from Belleville High School. In the years
surrounding World War II, she worked as a secretary in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard where she met her husband-to-be,
George Philactos, a young Navy officer. They married in
1949 and soon settled in Greenwich Village, on Bank St.
where they raised four children.
“She shared her enthusiasm for New York with all of us,”
her daughter said. “She took us to the New York World’s
Fair in 1964, to St. Anthony’s Feast and Broadway plays.
She introduced us to the array of art, music and dance in the
Village and throughout the city.”
As her children grew up, Gina took short-term secre-
tarial posts with various companies in Manhattan, including
Tiffany and Mottahedeh porcelain. She also worked for the
Center for Peace and Justice on Washington Square North
and the Greenwich Village Chamber of Commerce, whose
When her husband was unable to walk, she would take
him around Manhattan on the No. 5 bus in his wheelchair,
Angela recalled. George Philactos, an electrical engineer
who worked for Western Electric and served in the Naval
Reserve, which recalled him to active duty in 1950 during
the Korean War, died in 2005.
At Gina’s funeral Mass at St. Joseph’s on Sat., Feb. 12,
Father John McGuire paid tribute to her and her husband’s
rich contribution to the history of the parish. In addition to
Angela, she leaves another daughter, Judy Philactos, two sons,
Gregory and George, four grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews. Her sister, Elsie Scaperotta, also survives.
Perazzo Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She will be buried beside her husband in Arlington National
Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Genevieve Philactos.
meeting minutes she wrote.
Gina founded the Brownie Girl Scouts troop at St.
Joseph’s Church in 1958 and served as the troop leader for
several years. She was also a devoted member of the St.
Joseph’s Rosary Society. She served as secretary of her co-op
board when she was 80.

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School offers avenue to bilingual global education
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debut as Avenues’ flagship campus.
Presented as “A new school with global
ambitions whose Chelsea location will be a
template for things to come,” Avenues will
school its students in the shadow of the High
Line and mere steps from Chelsea Piers.
Organizers frequently referenced a mutually
beneficial relationship between the school and
these two neighborhood institutions — also
foreseeing synergy between artistically inclined
students and local galleries. As for the school
itself, renderings portrayed a space whose
10 floors and 215,000 square feet have been
refitted to flood every classroom with natu-
ral light. Holding forth in those classrooms
will be teachers whose annual pay/benefits
package totals $110,000. In coming weeks,
information sessions will be held for parents
considering early enrollment. In 2012-2013,
Avenues will have classes from nursery school
to ninth grade. Grades 10, 11 and 12 will be
added over the next three years. Avenues’ first
graduating class will be in spring 2016.
“As the first truly global network of
pre-K-to-12 schools, Avenues is uniquely
equipped to prepare students to excel in
the highly competitive and networked 21st-
century world,” declared Benno Schmidt,
Avenues’ chairperson. A former president
of Yale University, who currently chairs
CUNY’s board of trustees, Schmidt is only
Avenues’ classrooms will be filled with natural light, as depicted above.
one of the major education names who’ve
signed on to the ambitious Avenues vision
of a 15-grade educational cycle to produce
bilingual world citizens of the world.
Image courtesy of Avenues: The World School
Others include Avenues co-head Tyler T.
Tingley, who led Phillips Exeter Academy for
12 years; Robert “Skip” Mattoon, Jr., also co-
head of the school and former headmaster of
the Hotchkiss School; and Nancy Schulman,
head of Avenues’ early learning center and
director of the 92nd St. Y’s Nursery School
since 1990.
At the luncheon, Avenues C.E.O. Chris
Whittle — who founded Edison School,
now known as Edison Learning, in 1992
with Schmidt — equated the new school’s
2012 launch to Victor Hugo’s declaration
that “There is nothing more powerful than
an idea whose time has come.”
In a telephone interview later, Whittle
described the kind of student, and person,
Avenues intends to nurture.
“We believe that, increasingly, life is
going to get more and more international,”
he explained. “Schooling is getting more
international, and so your capabilities to
navigate in other cultures are going to be
helpful — whether you’re in the art world
or banking.”
Whittle also emphasized the importance
of fluency in at least two, preferably three,
languages. Avenues will require all its stu-
dents to make an early decision to study
either Spanish or Mandarin. With an eye
on things to come, Whittle pointed out,
“America is destined to become the largest
Spanish-speaking country in the world in
relatively short order.” As for the reason
behind their other second language of choice,
Whittle stated, “The most spoken language
in the world is Mandarin.” Currently, those
who speak it are studying English at a rate
30 times that of those who are learning
Mandarin. This discrepancy, Whittle noted
at the luncheon, has immense cultural and
economic implications.
Preparing them to compete in an increas-
ingly global market, Avenues graduates will
be urged to study abroad in Europe, China
and the Third World. Beginning in middle
school, Whittle assured, “Each student will
be encouraged to participate in overseas
learning experiences, with particular empha-
sis on China, India, Latin America, Africa
and Europe.” Those experiences will take
place in the 20 or more planned indepen-
dent schools that Avenues plans to open
during the next decade — in cities such as
Shanghai, London, Mumbai, Johannesburg,
Abu Dhabi and Sydney. All Avenues stu-
dents, Whittle stressed, will benefit from
highly individualized instruction and a con-
sistent educational philosophy regardless of
which campus they’re attending.
‘We believe that,
increasingly, life is going
to get more and more
international.’
Chris Whittle,
C.E.O., Avenues: The World
School
“We need new models of schools that
break away from the centuries-old para-
digm,” Whittle said.
But before Avenues realizes its grand
global ambitions, it must first successfully get
the Chelsea campus up and running — and,
in the process, become the good neighbor
it promises to be. At least one local group,
Friends of the High Line, is optimistic.
Joshua David, the organization’s co-founder,
said, “Avenues has been a good neighbor to
the High Line, and the school’s leadership is
eager to become active and engaged mem-
bers of this community.” As for the school’s
basing its first, and flagship, campus in the
shadow of the High Line, David said, “As
we understand it, the proposed design is
respectful of the building’s original design
by Cass Gilbert and relates well to the West
Chelsea Historic District.”
One luncheon attendee, Kathy Shea,
executive director of the Parents League of
New York, said, “I thought it was a fabulous
concept,” adding she liked Avenues’ stan-
dard of fluency in at least two languages.
“It’s in an area of the city that needs more
schools,” she noted. “There’s a growing
population in that part of town.”
Avenues has not set tuition for the 2012-
’13 school year, but, according to school offi-
cials, it will be consistent with other K-to-12
New York independent schools, which aver-
age around $35,000. At least $4 million has
been budgeted for financial assistance, and
about 10 percent of students will receive
some tuition aid.
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Angry Buddhist asks: Is Soho taking it on the Chin?

TALKING POINT
BY CARL ROSENSTEIN
In The Villager’s front-page article last week concerning
the Soho business improvement district, there were several
key omissions and inaccuracies. The most glaring exclusion
is the vital role Councilmember Margaret Chin plays in
the scenario. She is the linchpin, nobody else. Your article
states correctly that the mayor’s subservient City Planning
Commission rubber-stamped the proposal, which now “only
awaits approval by the City Council.” This is an extremely
noteworthy “only,” because approval by the whole Council
rests entirely with Councilmember Margaret Chin. In land-use
decisions and district matters such as this that arise before the
Council, members will always defer to the inclination of their
colleague whose district is affected. If Chin opposes the BID,
so will the others. End of story. End of BID.
So why, in spite of the unanimous opposition by the 14
residential artist co-ops along Broadway, overwhelming oppo-
sition by Community Board 2 and opposition by the Soho
Alliance and the Soho community at large, is the BID proposal
still alive? Why doesn’t Councilmember Chin publicly and
unequivocally state: “I oppose the BID because my residen-
tial constituents are against being double-taxed by a private,
undemocratic and unaccountable government made up of big
real estate executives whose interest is clearly greed-making
greater profits at the expense of the community. Soho doesn’t
need a BID. It’s a wildly successful area that can’t withstand
the strain of any more tourists with a map pinned to their lost
faces. It can’t bear one more tour bus or motor vehicle; traffic
is already intolerable at all times. It doesn’t need Christmas
lights or signage that will cheapen the incredible character of Photo by Aline Reynolds

New York’s most famous historic district.
“What’s more, it is unacceptable and morally shameful
that the big real estate entities that have put together a fund
of $250,000 to develop their BID have been unable to con-
tribute anything to ACE, which has given hope and employ-
ment to more than 1,000 homeless people over the years. If
I am unable to persuade these big real estate empires along
Broadway, such as Vornado and Thor Equities, to contribute
their fair share so ACE can continue cleaning Broadway, I will
request sanitation enforcement to ensure Broadway property
owners maintain their sidewalks and curbs and keep them
free of debris, as required by law. If needed, I will allocate
$25,000 from my Council budget to ACE to be sure that this
self-empowerment program for the homeless will continue.
“As councilmember of District 1, which includes Soho, I will
ask for an audit by Comptroller Liu of the sales tax and real estate
taxes generated in Soho to demonstrate how woefully short-
changed this amazing neighborhood is. Surely, Soho produces
more sales tax than any locale in the city, save for perhaps Times
Square and Herald Square. If we need an additional trash pickup
Shoppers in Soho paused for a breather.
along Broadway, I will meet with Sanitation Commissioner
Doherty, and pound my shoe on his table if called for. We cer-
tainly don’t require a private government funded by my middle-
class constituents so real estate executives can pay themselves
limousine salaries to manage the 24 wastebaskets on the corners
from Houston St. to Broadway. The BID stops here.”
So why hasn’t Councilmember Chin made this speech?
Why have she and her staff spent scores of taxpayer-funded
hours keeping the BID afloat? In her own words, according
to your newspaper’s report, she will support the BID when
“she sees more resident involvement.” Which letter in the
word “no” doesn’t she understand? The community is ada-
mantly against the BID, period! Having a minority vote on a
board of powerful real estate interests will not make the BID
more palatable to anyone in Soho, plain and simple. Chin
reminds me of candidate John Kerry, who was against the
Iraq War while simultaneously being for the Iraq War.
Maybe this speech hasn’t been made because, in con-
trast to what you actually reported, Chin has been an active
supporter of the BID from its onset, and at an initial meet-
ing with the BID proponents at the Scholastic building last
summer, prior to having done outreach to any residential
constituents, Councilmember Chin endorsed the BID.
One can only surmise that Councilmember Chin has
made a cold political calculation that potential campaign
donations by big Soho real estate that will expand her power
base far outweigh the votes that she will lose in a potential
2013 primary by selling out the relatively small residential
Soho community.
If this is the case, Chin marches lockstep with our uber-
mayor and obedient, politically ambitious Council speaker,
who consistently enrich developers and this city’s elite at
the expense of the beleaguered middle class. The truth will
unfold in short time. There’s no hiding from this outcome.
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EDITORIAL
The buses are coming
The clock is ticking for the involved parties to come
up with an acceptable plan for how Lower Manhattan
is supposed to accommodate a monumental influx of
people and buses, not just for this year’s critical open-
ing of the 9/11 Memorial, but for the next two years.
We are slightly more than 200 days away from
the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the opening of the
National September 11th Memorial. This is no small
event. All of our agencies need to go into planning
overdrive to make this opening a success.
The presentation given at Monday’s Community
Board 1 W.T.C. Redevelopment Committee by the city’s
Department of Transportation left much to be desired.
We were told that the “working group” that had been
meeting to come up with the solution to the immense
problem that could result when several million people
descend on Lower Manhattan, had not reached out to
the local community board. This is unwise.
Last September Luis Sanchez, D.O.T. commission-
er for Lower Manhattan, attended a Lower Manhattan
Marketing Association meeting and said, “The D.O.T.
is working with all interested parties to prepare for the
expected influx of tourists and buses.” But apparently
the community board that represents Lower Manhattan
did not qualify as an interested party.
The 10th anniversary of 9/11 is projected to bring
an additional 80 to 90 tour buses each day to Lower
Manhattan, as Sanchez estimated months ago. We
believe that’s probably a low-ball figure. Since the
Vehicle Security Center will not be finished until 2012
at the earliest, these buses could very well be parking
anywhere. Sanchez’s presentation on Monday cited
Greenwich St. as one area for pickups and drop-offs.
We trust that Sanchez and his team have walked down
Greenwich St. in Lower Manhattan. It’s one of the nar-
rower avenues in the city and we question how many
buses this street can actually accommodate.
Lower Manhattan is already plagued on a regular
basis with idling tour buses that take up parking on
almost every Downtown street. This is only going to
get worse after 9/11/11 until the Vehicle Security
Center is finally built — and D.O.T. needs a better
interim solution.
This is why we can’t understand why the commu-
nity has not been more involved in this process. D.O.T.
needs to realize that there is enormous expertise from
those that live and work Downtown, and D.O.T
must ensure that, moving forward, all stakeholders
are included and that their opinions are taken into
consideration. This is how you build a plan that has
legitimacy in the eyes of the community.
Sound off!
Write a
letter to
The Editor
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Liberation Soho doesn’t deserve this
To The Editor: To The Editor:
Re “Soho residents strike back, slam business district
When Facebook was in Egypt’s land, plan” (news article, Feb. 10):
Let thy people go! This BID is a terrible idea. Broadway is already thriving.
Oppressed so hard they could not stand, The rents are on par with Madison Ave. Most of the stores in
Let thy people go! Soho are the same national companies that are in every mall
in the country. We, as residents, do not need more conges-
Go down, Twitter, tion. Soho already has a very good nonprofit organization
Way down to Tahrir Square; employing homeless workers who keep the streets clean.
Tell Pharaoh Mubarak, age 82:
Let thy people go! Barry Holden
“Thus saith the Lord” (saith bold thougtful Barack),
Let thy people go.
While for eighteen incredible days they cry We’ll beat back BID
Let our freedom ring.
To The Editor:
Go down, old Mubarak, Re “Soho residents strike back, slam business district
Way down to Sharm el-Sheikh, plan” (news article, Feb. 10):
Plenty of time there to reflect I live at 152 Wooster St., an artists’ co-op founded in
Why thy people are no longer thyne. 1970. Everyone in our building is opposed to the BID. We
have seen our neighborhood overrun by tourists. You can be
Jerry Tallmer stampeded on Prince St. on a Saturday afternoon! The qual-
ity of our lives has deteriorated yearly. The city’s infrastruc-
ture, already pressed, cannot support this move.
We will fight to see the BID defeated.
BID would usurp control
Joyce Kozloff
To The Editor:
Re “Soho residents strike back, slam business district
plan” (news article, Feb. 10):
As a Soho resident since 1979, I’m for the street cleaning Don’t need it; Don’t want it
and our building has been contributing to the ACE organiza-
tion for more than 10 years. That said, to ask me to vote for To The Editor:
the BID because ACE’s service will expire seems unreason- Re “Soho residents strike back, slam business district
able. Most important, it will put wonderful needy men and plan” (news article, Feb. 10):
women out of work. I have been a resident of Soho at 515 Broadway since
If the BID had the power to reverse the Department 1979 and am opposed to BID.
of Transportation’s decision to make Broadway one lane The BID has repeatedly stated it will expend more money
through Soho, I might consider voting for it. If the BID could on tourism and marketing than on street cleaning, the
reinstate the M.T.A. buses that used to serve the residents alleged pretense for the BID.
of lower Broadway, the No. 6 or No. 1, I might vote for the BID’s are intended for blighted business districts that
BID. need improvement, like the old Times Square, Union Square
Otherwise, to ask me to vote for an organization that and Herald Square. Business is booming in Soho; it isn’t
will take control of our neighborhood out of Soho residents’ blighted. A BID is simply going to make our congestion,
hands, and cost us more money — I will not be voting for it. crowds and clutter even worse.
Ronnie Wolf Continued on page 29
EVAN FORSCH
Happy Presidents’ Day.
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The Feast of San Gennaro must return to its roots

the city of New York. The feast is also to be reclaimed by an opportunity to invite the city of Naples — and its arch-
TALKING POINT Italian-Americans at large. They, too, are major stakeholders
and have a rightful voice to re-imagine the feast, insisting
bishop, Cardinal Sepe — to participate.
And yes, the feast should be extended all the way to
BY VICTOR J. PAPA that it become an educational and cultural enterprise of Houston St. But certainly not at the cost of the debacle that
San Gennaro’s lore as a martyred saint under Emperor merchants and residents there had to endure last year. If the
Diocletian, indeed Gennaro’s life and his miracles, have novelty of caged animals and unregulated A.T.M. machines
imbued the soul of Naples and her people for centuries. This was the creative answer to filling the gap between Kenmare
is the same Neapolitan soul that was borne by a poor and The need for a dialogue is obvious and Houston Sts., then what could be said of the spon-
noble immigrant people over the Atlantic Ocean all the way sors affronting the ennobled basilica of St. Patrick’s Old
to Mulberry St. during the great immigration phase of 19th- and urgent and the feast’s sponsors Cathedral, and the nearby residents and merchants, with
century American history. Thus, the San Gennaro Feast, firmly such a display?
established in his name and consistently celebrated since should initiate it now. The need for a dialogue within the community is all too
1926, is a public manifestation of an Italian immigrant group’s obvious and urgent and it should be initiated by the feast
reverence for celebrating their saint’s day on Sept. 19. sponsors now. It must be a dialogue that engages elected
So how come Community Board 2 doesn’t necessarily officials, community board members and the basilica, and
see it that way? Why have some local residents lost toler- a civilization worthy of imparting on Mulberry St. (sorry, that includes the residents and merchants of Little Italy
ance for it? Why do some of the merchants along Mulberry Diocletian) Dante’s poetry, Rossini’s never-ending overtures, and Nolita and, not least, Italian-American organizations.
St. agonize over its duration? Some say it’s a question of or the wonders of Michelangelo’s incomparable, sculptured It should be an open and welcoming dialogue, creative and
authenticity — a feast afflicted with serious deficiencies as marble — a bold display of a heritage that goes beyond resolute toward resolving the hard questions about the feast
hard to defend as they are easy to exploit by anyone who, for offensive caricatures. What an opportune time, as well, to itself, with a clear focus and vision to restoring its relevancy
whatever reason, chooses to take issue with it. mark in a moment of solemnity the tragedy of 9/11, and the and its authenticity to a level worthy of San Gennaro’s
I derive a right to say these things. I am a Catholic, centennial of the Italian Republic, or to consider the feast as enduring patronage of Naples and Little Italy.
an Italian-American and a New Yorker. I live and work in
Downtown Manhattan. And I work every day in the interests
of the Little Italy merchants and tenants toward furthering
tenant rights, economic recovery and the historic preserva-
tion of what is now a neighborhood quite near extinction, in
spite of the fact that it is a major tourist and visitor destina-
tion. It is a historic neighborhood important to understand-
ing the Italian immigrant experience in American social
history. Intrinsic to its unique ethnic identity is the San
Gennaro Feast — a boon to New York City and an icon to
Italian-Americans all over the nation. But the fate of this very
vulnerable neighborhood must not be forsaken and left to
the risks of an annual event increasingly bereft of the imagi-
nation, reverence and soul upon which it was founded.
The feast’s sponsors need to come to terms with this fact
— and also acknowledge that criticisms about the feast are
sentiments shared by many Italian-Americans. And because
they come from within the Italian-American community,
these critiques might hold more validity than anyone else’s.
And because they come from within that community, they
cannot easily be summarized as bigotry or as anti-Catholic.
For how can anyone who takes issue with the feast be char-
acterized as “anti-Catholic” or as “anti-Italian” if there is
hardly anything about the feast that is Catholic or Italian
to offend? The feast sponsors are responsible for protecting
Catholic identity and Italian heritage, as the nature of the
event implies. They can only assume that role by being more
authentically Catholic and more authentically Italian in their
obligation to restore to the feast the best that those two
traditions have to offer. That means restoring the feast to its
rightful religious and ethnic authenticity — or, I fear, there
goes the feast, along with its symbiotic partner, Little Italy.
Also important is the idea that the feast is not the exclu-
sive domain of anyone: not the sponsors, not the community Photo by Battman Studios

board, not the residents or merchants of Little Italy, and not Overhead decorations and vendors’ signs festooned Mulberry St. during the 2009 Feast of San Gennaro.

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‘Bitchin’’ (cool) artists and

cartoonists, then and now
Robert Williams is known as the godfa-
CLAYTON’S PAGE ther of Southern California Lowbrow art
and the founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture
Magazine, as well as a member of the Zap Comix collective. His painting “Appetite
for Destruction” was notably used on the cover of the Guns N’ Roses album of the
same name. The screening of a new movie about him, “Robert Williams: Mr. Bitchin’,”
brought his illustrator and artist friends to MoMA on Feb. 7. Back in the 1980’s,
Williams’s first major New York art show, at the Psychedelic Solution gallery, at Eighth
and MacDougal Sts., brought the Zap Comix crew from California to the Village. Above
right, Williams, at left, being interviewed after the film’s screening on Feb. 7 by Carlo
McCormick, the Lower East Side art critic and writer. Above left, Zap Comix members
20 years earlier at Williams’s Psychedelic Solution show, from left, Spain Rodriguez,
S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Rick Griffin (who later died in a motorcycle accident),
Gilbert Shelton, R. Crumb and Victor Moscoso. “That show was huge,” documentar-
ian Clayton Patterson recalled. “There was a lineup around the block to get into that
show.” Below left, New York City friends at the “Mr. Bitchin’” screening, from left,
Adam Alexander, who specializes in computers and fractals; his wife, illustrator Leslie
Sternberg; artist Joe Coleman; Axel, a jewelry designer who famously made Keith
Richards’s skull ring; and Coleman’s wife, Whitney, with back to the camera. At right,
Coleman in the ’80s. Coleman currently paints large canvases featuring obsessively
detailed miniature scenes, “kind of like an anthill,” Patterson said. “His friends are in
there…serial killers — it’s kind of like Joe Coleman’s world.”
 Februar y 17 - 24, 2011 17

Shape of things to come? Trinity unveils its tower

PROPOSED REZONING // TRINITY IS PROPOSING A HEIGHT LIMIT WHERE NONE EXISTS
Carl Weisbrod, below, former head of TODAY AND KEEPING BULK IN CONTEXT - DUARTE SQUARE;
Trinity Real Estate, now a consultant,
outlined Trinity’s rezoning proposal for
Hudson Square — the former Printing
District — at Community Board 2’s
Land Use and Business Development
HEIGHT:
Committee meeting last Thursday. Trinity
wants to increase the manufacturing- - 429’ @ DUARTE SQUARE
zoned area’s residential occupancy from
the current 4 percent to 25 percent over
a 10-year period. Adding up to 3,500
new residents would increase vitality and
foot traffic, supporting more retail stores
in the underserved area. The plan’s cen-
BULK:
terpiece is a 429-foot residential tower
— a basic massing study of which was - RESIDENTIAL BULK: 9.0 FAR
shown last week, at right — slated for
Duarte Square, at Canal St. and Sixth
Ave. In the building’s bottom four stories,
Trinity would provide the city with space
- SCHOOL ON GROUND LEVEL
free of charge — and rent-free in perpe-
tuity — for a 100,000-square-foot public
school. “What we’re offering is, frankly, a - DUARTE SQUARE PARK WILL BE
huge amount of lost revenue for Trinity,”
Weisbrod said of the plan to give the RE-DESIGNED & BUILT WITH THE
school space to the city for nothing.
NEW BUILDING

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VILLAGER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Lewis & Freud team up, for takes on God
Play sees icons spar over the ultimate question
THEATER
FREUD’S LAST SESSION
Written by Mark St. Germain
Directed by Tyler Marchant
Open-ended run
At the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater (10 W.
64th St.)
Tues. at 7pm, Wed.-Fri. at 8pm. Sat. at 2 &
8pm. Sun. at 3 & 7pm.
For tickets ($65), call 212-352-3101
Visit FreudsLastSession.com
BY JERRY TALLMER
It just slipped out. A Freudian slip, you
might say.
“Psychoanalysis doesn’t profess the arro-
gance of religion, thank God.” — declares
the bearded 79-year-old free-thinking pat-
tern-smasher who will lose his own long,
frightful battle with oral cancer before the
Luftwaffe’s bombs stop falling on hapless
Poland.
“What did you say?” asks Professor
Sigmund Freud’s visitor, 41-year-old writer
C.S. Lewis, who has fought and lost (or won,
depending upon how you look at it) a long
battle of another kind: with God.
“A bad habit,” confesses Dr. Freud. “I’ve
tried to break it all my life. ‘Thank God.’
‘With God’s grace.’ ‘God help us.’ I was
raised by a devout Roman Catholic nanny
who dragged me to church every Sunday.
I learned to genuflect, make the sign of the
cross, all the obsessional neuroses.”
It is at this point, early in the evening,
that we realize we’re in for a sparkling fenc-
ing match — a debate over the existence or
non-existence of God — by way of “Freud’s
Last Session,” a play that has returned for
an open-ended engagement at the Marjorie
S. Deane Little Theater (where it sold out all
last season).
Mark St. Germain has set this imagined
event in Freud’s study, Hampstead, London,
on September 3, 1939 — two days after
Hitler’s invasion of Poland and 26 days before
Freud’s death on September 29 of that year.
Want a further taste of the rapier’s give
and take?
LEWIS: The wish that God doesn’t exist
can be just as powerful as the belief He does.
I’d even say choosing to disbelieve may be
stronger evidence for His existence, since you
have to be aware of what you’re denying.
FREUD: I deny the existence of Unicorns.
L to R: Mark H. Dold as C.S. Lewis and Martin Rayner as Sigmund Freud.
Therefore, they exist?
If you can take that in without laughing
out loud, you’re made of sterner stuff than
I am.
Playwright St. Germain — a husky, genial
and thoughtful man in his mid-50s (bearded,
not like Freud, but like Santa Claus) found
his inspiration for this two-character clash
of beliefs in a book called “The Question
of God” (Simon & Schuster, 2003), by a
Harvard Medical School professor named
Armand M. Nicholi Jr. It drew upon the sepa-
rate writings of Freud and Lewis on God, sex,
existence, and other such matters.
“I don’t think the two men ever met in
real life,” says St. Germain. “It was a dreadful
time for Freud. Himself near death. The start
of World War II.”
Why not bring the two men face to face
on stage? T’aint what you do, it’s the way
that you do it.
FREUD: I’m convinced. Christ was a
lunatic.
LEWIS: That was my first option….
FREUD: Which of Christ’s “teachings”
are even realistic? Love our neighbor as our-
selves? It’s a foolish impossibility! Turn the
other cheek? Should Poland turn the other
cheek to Hitler?
To this auditor, St. Germain’s dramatiza-
tion comes down a bit more on Freud’s side
than Lewis’s. May one ask, sir, if you were
raised in any particular faith?
“Sure,” says the playwright. “I was raised
Roman Catholic, but I no longer have any-
thing to do with the Church.”
If, Mr. St. Germain, you met — had ever
met — C.S. Lewis, would you argue with
him?
A nod that says Yes. After a moment: “I’d
argue with both of them. I think Freud really
liked to stir people up. When he first fled
Germany for England, people thought of him
as this lovable old man. But then he wrote
‘Moses and Monotheism’ — in which Moses
is murdered by the Jews in their religiosity —
and people said: ‘Don’t publish it.’ “
But Freud did. It came out the year he died
and caused a commotion.
May one further ask a playwright if he’s
ever been shrunk?
“Beg pardon?”
Seen a psychiatrist.
“Oh, sure. A number of times. I wouldn’t
say I’m a strict Freudian, but….”
The play “raises issues,” St. Germain
feels, “that you don’t normally think about
until something enormous happens in your
own life.”
Such as?
“When my wife and I were first mar-
ried, she was diagnosed with brain cancer.
Fortunately, Maggi came through it — we’ve
been married 30 years this year — but that
was something that forced me to do a lot of
thinking about life and values.”
And when there is no happy ending?
FREUD: My daughter Sophie died of
Spanish Flu at twenty-seven. A mother, a
wife, snatched from her family! But this
Februar y 17 - 24, 2011 19
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was God’s plan if only I was smart enough
to understand it? My grandson Heinele was
killed by tuberculosis at five years old! Five!
What a brilliant plan of God’s to murder him!
I wish cancer attacked my brain instead.
Then, perhaps, I could hallucinate there is a
God and seek vengeance.
Well, old Sigmund, you have your ven-
geance here and now, in an Off-Broadway
theater in a YMCA on West 64th Street, New
York City.
“Freud’s Last Session” had a world pre-
miere by the Barrington Stage Company,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in June 2009. It
became the longest running show in that
company’s history.
“People came either through word of
mouth or because of their fascination with
Freud. We got one letter from a young couple
who had seen the show, gone to dinner and
during dinner had switched sides. Before that
evening the wife had believed in God.”
The play opened here at the Marjorie S.
Deane on July 22 of last year, and had to
go on hiatus in November only because of a
prior booking at that
venue. It is now back, in an open-ended
run directed by Tyler Marchant, with the
same two actors as always: Mark H. Dold as
C.S. Lewis and Martin Rayner as Sigmund
Freud.
“Every time we do the play, they bring
something new to it,” says Mark St. Germain.
Also something that may change a mind or
two.
God willing.
20 Februar y 17 - 24, 2011
For No.11 Productions, making a mark is job #1
In 2011, challenging assignments await
BY MARTIN DENTON
Every year, graduates from theatre
departments all over the country pour into
New York City, ready to make it big in the
Big Apple. Things really haven’t changed all
that much since the legend got laid down in
“42nd Street” — kids come here from every-
where, ready to become stars on Broadway.
Of course, nowadays, most of these
young people are too pragmatic — and
maybe even cynical enough — to know
that overnight success doesn’t just happen.
Instead, they’re prepared to work hard in
hopes that the elusive big break will come
their way. Some of these folks are ready to
dedicate themselves to making important art,
with dreams of fame only secondary. Among
this latter group are Julie Congress, Mitchell
Conway, Ryan Emmons and Jen Neads (who
collectively are No.11 Productions — a the-
atre troupe now in its fourth year in NYC).
Because one of its co-founders happens to
be my niece, I am perhaps better equipped
to write about their history and development
than any other journalist — though unable
to write about them in any kind of critical
context.
All four met at Skidmore College, where
they worked together in the theatre depart-
ment. While there, they determined to follow
in the footsteps of Fovea Floods — another
company that originated at Skidmore before
making a splash in New York City.
No.11 Productions followed the same
track — and when the foursome graduated
from college in 2008, they headed to NYC
to make their mark in the indie theatre com-
munity. They made their official debut here
in the 2008 New York International Fringe
Festival in a new drama called “We Three”
by Will Goldberg. Since then, they’ve pro-
duced another show in FringeNYC — an
outdoor production of “Lysistrata” in Sara
D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side,
as well as two productions in the FRIGID
New York Festival — a revival of Antonin
Artaud’s presumably unproduceable “Jet of
Blood” at UNDER St. Mark’s in 2009 and
a revival of “Medea” at the Kraine Theatre
in 2010. AND they’ve produced a revival of
Jeff Hylton & Tim Werenko’s parody “The
Kate Villanova in “Jet of Blood.”
Elephant Man — The Musical” at a former
clothing store near South Street Seaport,
along with a ten-part reading series celebrat-
ing New York Theatre Experience’s “Plays
and Playwrights” anthologies. That series
took them to venues in Queens, Brooklyn and
every corner of Manhattan. They’ve done two
shows at The Bushwick Starr (one of them
an original puppet play called “Claire and
the Ornithological Shadow,” the other a new
short puppet theatre piece inspired by a song
by David Bowie).
They’ve also appeared in the Capitol
Fringe Festival in Washington, D.C. three
years in a row; and in SaratogaArtsFest, a
springtime celebration of the arts held in
Saratoga Springs, New York (Skidmore’s
hometown), three years in a row as well (with
Photo by Christopher Walsh
a fourth appearance planned for later this
year). Last year they made their first music
video with musician Nat Osborn (youtube.
com/watch?v=Fbf-ZqcqeDA) [change web
address to black print] — and did I men-
tion that Julie and Ryan are the co-Chapter
Directors for the New York State of the
Educational Theatre Association?
These No.11’ers are nothing if not ambi-
tious.
They’re embarking this year on perhaps
their most challenging assignments yet. In
January, they launched a six-part monthly soap
opera for the stage called “Places” — about the
trials and tribulations of a young indie theatre
company in New York City. Performances are
on Sunday nights, every month except March,
until July, at UNDER St. Marks. For this proj-
ect, they’re working with a number of artists
they’ve frequently collaborated with, along
with a brand-new playwright who will be mak-
ing her NYC debut with their second episode.
In this and all their original work, they adhere
to their company mission of creating what they
call Theatre of the Unexpected: “To approach
theatre from varying perspectives in order to
bring about a higher level of acceptance and
understanding.”
This month, No.11 will produce a brand
new one-act musical at FRIGID New York
called “The Oregon Trail: Quest for the
West!” — which is inspired by the computer
game that everyone in the world younger than
me seems to know all about. For this piece,
which begins performances at the Kraine on
February 23, Julie, Ryan, and Jen co-wrote the
book with Zachary Fithian; Ryan is directing;
and the songs are by Rebecca Greenstein and
Danny Tieger, both of whom have worked
with the core team on previous projects. Julie
is designing and sewing all the costumes and
performing in the show, Jen is making the
props and Ryan is building a covered wagon!
No.11 subscribes to the DIY aesthetic of
indie theatre in a big way.
As the roster of their shows clearly dem-
onstrates, this is a company that is unafraid
to try just about anything. They’ve been learn-
ing as they go, experimenting with different
approaches to classical material and creating
As the roster of their shows
clearly demonstrates,
this is a company that
is unafraid to try just
about anything. They’ve
been learning as they
go, experimenting with
different approaches to
classical material and
creating brand new work
that’s all their own.
brand new work that’s all their own. Their
energy and enthusiasm and obvious love for
craft and form propel all their work and carry
it through rough waters.
Trust me, no one has been a tougher critic
of their work than me — but I am always
excited by what they’re going to come up with
next, and not just because of my closer-than-
normal ties with them. No.11 is an emerging
force to be reckoned with in NYC’s indie
theatre world, and their current work this
winter and spring at UNDER St. Marks and
the Kraine will hopefully push them one step
further toward taking that world by storm.
Martin Denton is the founder, editor, and
chief reviewer of nytheatre.com. He is the
Executive Director of nytheatre.com’s non-
profit parent organization, The New York
Theatre Experience, Inc.) — and also edits
NYTE’s annual “Plays and Playwrights”
anthologies (along with the collections
“Playing with Canons” and “Unpredictable
Plays”). Denton is also the founding pro-
ducer of “nytheatrecast” — NYC’s first origi-
nal, regularly scheduled theatre podcast. He
received an OTTY (Our Town Thanks You)
Award for contributions to the community in
2008; and with NYTE’s Managing Director
Rochelle Denton, he was honored with the
2008 Stewardship Award from the New York
Innovative Theatre Foundation.
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What would Linda Lavin do — with a night off?

Cabaret performance & new CD are labors of love
CABARET
LINDA LAVIN, IN
“POSSIBILITIES”
Monday, February 21
7pm
At Birdland (315 W. 44th St. btw. 8th & 9th
Aves.)
Cover: $30-$40, $10 food/drink minimum
For reservations, call 212-581-3080
Visit birdlandjazz.com

BY SCOTT STIFFLER
You know how it is. You work six days
a week, pouring your heart and soul and
blood and sweat — and occasionally, on
command, your tears — into everything
you do. When you finally get a day off, all
you want to do is…work.
Linda Lavin’s life would make for a
very sad story indeed — if the work in
question were some Dickensian task per-
formed amidst deplorable conditions and
bereft of thanks for a job well done.
Fortunately, the veteran stage enter-
tainer is busy beyond comprehension (by
choice). Her sweet reward — applause — is
one that all of us should experience when
we’ve shown up for work and done well
what we’ve been hired to do. But until the
day when everybody gets a standing ovation
upon punching the clock at 5pm, we’ll just
have to be happy for Lavin.
“It’s about connecting with
the audience. I try to let
them know me through the
material and through the
moment.”
That’s not a very challenging sentiment
to muster — especially if you grew up or
grew old watching her for nine seasons on
the 1976-1985 CBS sitcom “Alice.” Lavin’s
portrayal of the title character still resonates,
in reruns and on DVD — because over 30
years later, there remains something admi-
rable and reassuring about the notion of a
widow with a young son who takes a job as a
waitress at a greasy spoon and in short order
manages to charm the crusty boss with her
brassy, ballsy, sweetly cynical take on life.
Admirable trace amounts of those qualities
were still much in evidence during a recent
phone interview.
Something to sing about: Linda Lavin, poised to release “Possibilities.”
Currently starring in “Other Desert
Cities” at Lincoln Center (through February
27), Lavin spoke with The Villager from the
glamorous splendor of a laundry room at an
undisclosed Manhattan location. Whether
she was waiting for the rinse cycle or
fresh from feeding quarters into the dryer,
Lavin did not say — but she did offer some
insights regarding her upcoming one-night-
only cabaret gig at Birdland.
That gig is meant as the launch event
for “Possibilities’ — her album of jazz stan-
dards. Selections include “Hey, Look Me
Over,” “There’s A Small Hotel,” “Corcovado
(Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)” and “Walk
Between Raindrops” (at press time, we were
pretty sure that’s the beautiful Donald Fagen-
penned tune; and if it is, in Lavin’s hands
that’ll be worth the price of admission).
Lavin will also perform the CD’s title
track — “You’ve Got Possibilities” — a
song she sang in the 1966 Hal Prince-
helmed Broadway show “It’s a Bird...It’s
a Plane...It’s Superman.” Still a friend,
Prince wrote the liner notes for the
CD. At Birdland, Lavin will be accom-
panied by pianist/arranger/singer Billy
Stritch, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Aaron
Weinstein on violin, Steve Bakunas on
drums and Steve Doyle on bass (sub-
bing for the CD’s bassist John Brown).
Bakunas, by the way, has the enviable gig
of being married to the featured singer.
“What a band I have,” exclaimed Lavin
— glowing, among the fluorescents of the
laundry room — in anticipation of a rehears-
al booked for later in the day. “I’ve been
preparing with my fabulous musical direc-
tor, Billy Stritch, for a couple of weeks now;
going over song selections, most of which
are on the CD, and deciding on a few new
tunes to add to the show. I’ll do an homage
to Bobby Short and to Margaret Whiting,
who was a big influence of my life.”
Asked what she hopes to accomplish in
the intimate setting of Birdland, Lavin says
her primary goal is to share a moment with
the audience — and the strategy for achiev-
ing that doesn’t alter much just because
she happens to be singing a song or telling
a personal story or delivering the words of
a playwright: “The material I choose tells
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, artistic director
presents
East Village Concert Series
St Marks in the Bowery
131 East 10th St. (near 2nd Ave.)
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2011 AT 3pm
Suggested Donation: $15-$10 Seniors &
Students, Unemployed: $8
Photo by Bill Westmoreland
my story; what I want to say about myself
— the frustrations, the drama. That’s what
songs do. They tell the story of us. People
identify with songs the way they do with
any art. It’s about connecting with the audi-
ence. I try to let them know me through the
material and through the moment.”
Of course, cabaret is a different bird
than work that’s being delivered through
the TV or from the stage. You know
immediately if you’ve bonded or alien-
ated your audience when you can see the
whites of their eyes. So the key, she notes,
is, “You approach it with hope. You say
the gift is mine to give. This is what I’m
here to do, and I hope you like it.”
22 Februar y 17 - 24, 2011

Dance programs inspire and illuminate

Movement provides antidote for winter doldrums
BY WICKHAM BOYLE
Most of us are fed up with cold, snow and
slush — but there’s no better antidote for the
winter doldrums than dance. Watching others
twirl, spin, glide and leap takes our breath
away and gives us a renewed sense of possibil-
ity. We are transported and illuminated — and
often inspired to move and shake our own legs
or derrieres.
Downtown, across town, in the Village East
and West then looping up to Chelsea, audi-
ences can find toe tappers, modern interpreters
and gloriously delirious dancers.

DIXON PLACE
Ellie Coven’s old living room is now a
glorious space for dance theater, cocktails and
inspiration. All shows are $15 general admis-
sion, $12 for students/seniors. At 161 Chrystie
St. (btw. Rivington & Delancey). Call 212-219-
7581 or visit dixonplace.org.
“BODY BLEND” — See a collection of new
dancers and choreographers and pick your
own favorites. Curated by Niles Ford Trebien
Pollard Eddie Brito. Tues., March 1, 7:30pm.
“THE TRAGEDY OF MARIA MACABRE”
— Rachel Klein’s stylized movement-based
theater piece with live-action cartoon aesthetic
pulls from circus imagery, silent horror films.
Wed., March 2, 7:30pm.
“CROSSING BOUNDARIES” — Curated
by Marcia Monroe Regina Miranda Regina
Nejman. Tues., March 29, 7:30pm.
DANCE NEW AMSTERDAM
Season performances take place Thurs.,
Fri., Sat. at 8pm and Sun. at 3pm. At 280
Broadway, 2nd Floor (entrance on Chambers).
For info on all the below performances, call
212-625-8369 or visit dnadance.org.
“OBJECT.OBJECT” — Ximena Garnica,
Jennifer Nugent and Adrienne Westwood, take
to the stage. The season concludes with viv-
idly theatrical world premieres by Artists in
Residence. Feb. 17–20:
“SPLICE: JAPAN” is the winter season clos-
er. This shared bill features up-and-coming cho-
reographers (and DNA Artists in Residence)
Mana Kawamura and Makiko Tamura. Both
“Splice: Japan” double bills you. See “Dance New Amsterdam.”
of their works were inspired by life experiences
in NYC and their native Japan. The choreog-
raphers received time and resources to create
unique experiential work, which represents a
fusion trend in contemporary dance (by meld-
ing traditional non-western dance with the the-
atrical and modern aesthetic). Feb. 24–26. A
post-performance talkback moderated by Yoko
Shioya, Artistic Director of Japan Society, will
take place on Thurs., Feb. 24.
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
The New York premier of Norway-based
Verdensteatret’s “And All The Question Marks
Started to Sing” — a fusion of sound art, visual
pieces, theater and dance. Feb. 24-27, 7:30pm
(matinee, Feb. 27, 5:30pm). At Dance Theater
Workshop (219 W. 19th St. btw. 7th and 8th
Aves.). Call 212-691-6500 for info on this
event and many other performances, lectures
and event. Also visit dancetheaterworkshop.
org/performances.
PERIDANCE CAPEZIO CENTER
There are rarely performances here — but
there are dancers galore, and over 250 classes
each week. If you want to warm up and rub
shoulders and toes with dancers, then dip your
toe into a beginner class. At 126 E. 13th St.
(btw. 3rd and 4th Aves.) Call 212-505-0886 or
visit info@peridance.com.
PUNCHDRUNK
British theater company Punchdrunk will
present “Sleep No More” — in a site-specific
production, billed as the former McKittrick
Hotel (530 W. 27th St.). However, many
will remember it as Club Twilo. Based on
“Macbeth,” “Sleep No More” is devised and
directed by Felix Barrett, Maxine Doyle and the
company. The show is mostly dance (there is no
spoken dialogue and the producers are calling
it “an immersion experience as the audience
chose where and what it watches”). During the
course of the show, theatergoers move through
the venue (which has been converted for the
production), experiencing events in an intimate
and often surprising manner. For tickets ($75),
call 212-352-3101 or visit sleepnomorenyc.
com. Opens March 7.
Photo by Bill Hebert
(by crossing between dance and spoken word
and theater) for 30 years. The company will
celebrate its 30th anniversary with new and
beloved work. The gala opening is March 1.
“Monte’s Dialogue with Vanishing Languages”
opens the run. As well, the company will host
over twenty special dance events — from
master classes to website launches and video
interviews with the artistic team and dancers.
Most events are open to the public, at low-cost
— and some are FREE. Through March 6.
BUGLISI DANCE THEATRE
Choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi, a passion-
ate descendant of Martha Graham, moves us
with sublime images that touch the heart and
embrace the soul. In the world premiere of
“Letters of Love on Ripped Paper,” Buglisi
reveals the rapture and human complexity
underlying human relationships through a
labyrinth of love letters: Pliny to Calpurnia;
Queen Victoria to Prince Albert; Zelda to
Scott. Feb. 15-20.
ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET
Celebrating its 15th anniversary season, the
company performs an exhilarating program
of contemporary dance exemplifying its com-
mitment to commissioning groundbreaking
work by both world renowned and emerging
choreographers. Feb. 22-27.

AT THE JOYCE THEATER KEIGWIN + COMPANY

At 175 8th Ave., at 19th St. For info on all
the below performances, call 212-691-9740 or
visit joyce.org.
ELISA MONTE DANCE
Elisa Monte has been breaking barriers
After electrifying audiences with its first
solo Joyce season in 2010, KEIGWIN +
COMPANY comes back with the world pre-
miere of Dark Habits, an evening-length work,
which examines fashion and drama. March
8-13.
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Just Do Art
COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER

EAST SIDE CONCERT SERIES

Under the guidance of artistic direc-
tor Mimi Stern-Wolfe, Downtown Music
Productions presents the latest installment
of their East Side Concert series. This time
up, it’s cellist Dave Eggar and percussionist
Chuck Palmer — with special guests Karate
champion James Luk and Attack Theatre
Contemporary Dance. Sun., Feb. 20, 3pm,
at St. Marks in the Bowery (131 E. 10th
St., near Second Ave.). Suggested donation:
$15 ($12 for students/seniors, $8 for the
unemployed).

THEATER: A WORLD APART

Leading a monastic life doesn’t neces-
sarily free you from the pitfalls of the Photo courtesy of the artist.
human condition. In “A World Apart,”
Lian Amaris lays it out — and maybe
Mother Augustina doubts her ability to
works it out. See “Daddy’s.”
lead her nuns into the future, given that
she’s been contemplating a return to the
outside world. In walks Father Byrne,
who’s wondering if he can do more for
that world if he ventures beyond cloistered
walls. While sharing their doubts, both
become seduced by what’s outside and
what’s inside. This tough nut is written
by multi-disciplinary theatre artist Susan
Mosakowski (co-artistic director, with
Matthew Maguire, of Creation Production
Company). Wed. through Sat., at 7pm.
Through Feb. 26, at The Flea Theater (41
White St. btw. Broadway & Church). For
tickets ($18), call 212-352-3101 or visit
theatermania.com. Also visit theflea.org
and creationproduction.org.

PREVIEW: FARENHEIT 451

In collaboration with Preview of the Arts,
the American Place Theatre’s Literature to
Life series (a performance-based program
offering verbatim adaptations of significant
literary works) takes on Ray Bradbury’s
novel “Fahrenheit 451.” Visionary and cau-
tionary in 1953 (when it was first released
amidst the Cold War), this tale of firemen
tasked with burning books resonates in an
age of unfettered access to information for
some and censorship for others. Emmy-
nominated actor Rich Orlow, as protagonist
Montag, spans the full breadth of the novel
in just sixty minutes — time enough for
debating the implications at dinner or just
going home and curling up with a good
book while you still can. Wed., Feb. 23,
7pm, at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette St.). For
tickets ($20), call 212-967-7555 or visit pre-
viewnyc.com. Dinner reservations must be
made separately (212-539-8778). For more
info, visit previewnyc.com, literaturetolife.
org/451 and joespubcom.
Photo by Jonathan Slaff
Burn, baby, burn: See “Farenheit 451.”
to the lexicon. Amaris, who was raised
in a Kosher Jewish household by a black
father and a feminist mother, was given
the greatest gift a performance artist could
hope for — an identity inspired by gender-
play, racial ambiguity, mental illness and
cultural tensions. That’s more than enough
ground to cover in one show. That show,
“Daddy’s Black and Jewish,” brings it all
home through a hybrid of monologue,
music, Brechtian storytelling and visual
language wrapped in a comfortable but
confining blanket of pop culture neuroses.
Feb. 23-26, 7pm, at Nuyorican Poets Cafe
(236 E. 3rd St. btw. Aves. B & C.) Tickets
are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. To
order, call 212-780-9386 or visit nuyori-
can.org.
Who gives a hoot about who killed Laura Palmer? See “The Pink Room.”
Palmer still resonates. “The Pink Room:
David Lynch Burlesque” takes place on
the eve of Palmer’s death — and serves as
a reminder of how the unblemished odd-
ity of “Twin Peaks” inspired innovation
and challenged our notion of what the old
idiot box was capable of. It also, as it turns
out, put its stamp of beauty and damage
on the current generation of Downtown
artists. The inaugural edition of burlesque
performer, singer and producer Franny
Flüffer Nütter’s new “Pink Room” series
is all about the world of Dale Cooper,
the Log Lady, and owls that are not what
Photo courtesy of Franny Flüffer Nütter
they seem. Future installments will delve
into other aspects of Lynch’s influential
output. On our wish list — the equally
strange “Peaks” follow-up “On the Air.”
This time around, though, the proceedings
are hosted by Bastard Keith. The featured
performers include Amelia Bareparts,
Calamity Chang, Franny Fluffer, Gemini
Rising, Grace Gotham, Tansy Tan Dora
— and go-go dancing by Foxy Vermouth.
Wed., Feb. 23, 9:30pm at the Parkside
Lounge (317 E. Houston St. btw. Aves. B
& C). Cover: $10. Visit parksidelounge.
net and frannyfluffer.net.

DADDY’S BLACK AND JEWISH THE PINK ROOM: DAVID LYNCH

Black? Jewish? It’s enough to make
a gal go “Oy!” No word on whether or
not Lian Amaris will invoke that iconic
Yiddish expression; but her upbringing
just might inspire some new slang to add
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agent of LLC upon whom
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served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Civic Builders,
304 Hudson St., 3rd Fl., NY,
NY 10013. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
Vil 1/13-2/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GI TENANT LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/13/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/16/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to princ. bus.
loc.: c/o GxG Management
LLC – Series A, 540 Madison
Ave., Ste. 21A, NY, NY 10022.
DE address of LLC: Delaware
Corporate Services Inc., 1220
N. Market St., Ste. 850, Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Secy. of
State, 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful purposes permit-
ted by applicable law.
Vil 1/13-2/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PROCIBO, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
12/22/10. 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 United Cor-
porate Services, Inc., 10 Bank
St., Ste. 560, White Plains,
NY 10606, registered agent
upon whom process may be
served. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF VIJISANS HOLDINGS,
LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/28/10. 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, 62 W. 47th
St., Ste. 802, NY, NY 10036.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 1/13-2/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
CATION OF GORDON
BROTHERS GROUP, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 11/26/2010. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 1/4/1998.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: 101 Huntington Ave.,
10th Fl., Boston, MA 02199.
DE address of LLC: c/o The
Corporation Trust Co., 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.
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PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF VIII/H2 - 1414
HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
Authority filed with NY
Dept. of State on 12/20/10.
Office location: NY County.
Princ. bus. addr.: 591 W. Put-
nam Ave., Greenwich, CT
06830. LLC formed in DE on
12/15/10. NY Sec. of State
designated agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served and shall
mail process to: c/o CT Cor-
poration System, 111 8th
Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.
agent upon whom process
may be served. DE addr. of
LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Secy.
of State, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF EULAV SECURI-
TIES LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/23/10. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 12/20/10.
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 SPECIAL INSPEC-
TIONS OF NYC, LLC.
Arts of Org filed with the
Secy of State of NY(SSNY)
on 11/22/10. Office location:
NY County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
The LLC, 118 West 18th St.,
New York, NY 10011. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF RHOP, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/04/11. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 01/03/11. Princ.
office of LP: c/o Reunion Hos-
pitality Trust, Inc., 1370 Ave.
of the Americas, 28th Fl., NY,
NY 10019. SSNY designated
as agent of LP upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to Corporation Service
Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY
12207-2543. 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 the State of DE, Corp.
Dept., Loockerman & Federal
Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF D2A2 INVESTMENT
GROUP, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/03/11. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
17 E. 82nd St., NY, NY 10028.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC at the addr. of its
princ. office. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF WHAT MOVES YOU?
LLC.
Arts. of Org. was filed with
SSNY on 6/9/10. Office loca-
tion: NewYork County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
whom process against may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o The LLC, 301
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza,
#11A, New York, NY 10017.
Purpose: all lawful activities.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ADVECT CAPI-
TAL, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/06/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 12/16/10. Princ.
office of LLC: c/o Advect
Group, LLC, 405 Lexington
Ave., 26th Fl., NY, NY 10174.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC at the addr. of its
princ. office. DE addr. of LLC:
c/o Corporation Service Co.,
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts.
of Org. filed with DE Secy.
of State, DE Div. of Corps.,
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
19901-3639. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF EUREKAFACTS LLC.
Arts of Org filed with the
Secy of State of NY(SSNY)
on 12/23/10. Office loca-
tion: NY County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process against the LLC
is to: EurekaFacts LLC, 451
Hungerford Dr, #515, Rock-
ville, MD 20850. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF JSIGNAL LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/21/10. 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, 110
Third Ave., Apt. 21C, NY, NY
10003. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MP HUTCH, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
12/21/10. 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, 545 5th
Ave., Ste. 600, NY, NY 10017.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
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NAME OF FOR. LLC:
HEDGEFORUM OZF, LLC.
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
of State: 11/19/10. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 11/15/10.
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: c/o Citi Private Advisory,
LLC, 666 5th Ave., Fl. 12B,
NY, NY 10103. Addr. of 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 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF JLP DEFENSIVE
CREDIT FUND LP.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/15/10. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 12/13/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: 420 Lexing-
ton Ave., Ste. 2225, NY, NY
10170. DE address of LP: Stel-
lar Corporate Services LLC,
3500 South DuPont Hwy.,
Dover, DE 19901. Name/
address of each 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 activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GT OPERATING COM-
PANY LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
12/14/10. Office location:
New York County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: The LLC, c/o
Union Square Hospitality,
24-32 Union Square E., 6th
Fl., NY, NY 10003. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 1/20-2/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF DESIGN HOLD-
INGS COMPANY LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/24/10. Fictitious name in
NY State: Design Holdings
Company (Delaware) LLC.
Office location: NY County.
LLC formed in Delaware (DE)
on 12/21/10. SSNY desig-
nated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o CPCP I Man-
agement LLC, 1350 Avenue
of the Americas, 3rd Fl., NY,
NY 10019, Attn: R. Adam
Smith. DE address of LLC:
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste.
400, Wilmington, DE 19808.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Secy. of State, Townsend
Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Pur-
pose: any and all lawful act
or activity.
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NAME OF FOR. LLC: NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
HEDGEFORUM ROC, ZLPI HOLDINGS, LLC,
LLC.
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
App. for Auth. filed NY Dept.
(SSNY) 11/12/10. Office loc.:
of State 8/24/10. Jurisd. and
date of org.: DE 8/4/10. Cty NY County. LLC org. in DE
off. loc.: NY Cty. Sec. of State
11/1/10. SSNY desig. as
designated as agent of for-
eign LLC upon whom process agent of LLC upon whom
against it may be served. The
process against it may be
Sec. of State shall mail copy
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to: c/o Citigroup
of proc. to Attn: Stuart Zim-
Alternative Investments LLC,
55 E. 59th St., 10th Fl., NY,
mer, 535 Madison Ave., 6th
NY 10022. Addr. of LLC in
Fl., NY, NY 10022. DE off.
DE is: National Corporate
Research, Ltd., 615 S. Dupont addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville
Hwy., Dover, DE 19901 Auth. Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808.
officer in DE where Cert. of Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE,
Form. filed: DE Sec. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful 19901. Purp.: any lawful
activity.
activities.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 160 FIFTH LEASE
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
PARTNERS LLC.
PACIFIC GATE ASIA, LLC,
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on Auth. filed Sec’y of State
11/18/10. Office location: NY (SSNY) 8/10/10. Office loc.:
County. SSNY designated as NY County. LLC org. in DE
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be 8/9/10. SSNY desig. as agent
served. SSNY shall mail pro- of LLC upon whom process
cess to: RFR Holding LLC, against it may be served.
390 Park Ave., New York, NY
10022, Attn: Tom Lavin. Pur- SSNY shall mail copy of
pose: any lawful activity. proc. to Attn: Jeremy Reifer,
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1350 Ave of the Americas,
4th Fl., NY, NY 10019. DE off.
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville
TION OF CUMBERLAND
EAT LLC. Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808.
Authority filed with NY Dept. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE,
of State on 1/6/11. Office loca- Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
tion: NY County. LLC formed
19901. Purp.: any lawful
in DE on 1/5/11. NY Sec. of
State designated agent of activities.
LLC upon whom process
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against it may be served and
shall mail process to: c/o CT
Corporation System, 111 8th NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.
TREMBLANT ELS FUND
agent upon whom process
may be served. DE addr. of LP,
LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilm- Auth. filed Sec’y of State
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
(SSNY) 12/1/10. Office loc.:
Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover, NY County. LP org. in DE
DE 19901. Purpose: any law- 11/30/10. SSNY desig. as
ful activity. agent of LP upon whom
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process against it may be
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA- served. SSNY shall mail
TION OF SI POINTE copy of proc. to Attn: Brett
PARTNERS LLC.
Barakett, 767 Fifth Ave., Fl.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
12A, NY, NY 10153. DE off.
of State on 12/15/10. Office
location: NY County. LLC addr.: CSC, 2711 Centerville
formed in DE on 4/30/10. Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808.
NY Sec. of State designated
Cert. of LP on file: SSDE,
agent of LLC upon whom
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
19901. Name/addr. of each
cess to: c/o CT Corporation
gen. ptr. avail. at SSNY. Purp.:
System, 111 8th Ave., NY,
NY 10011, regd. agent upon any lawful activities.
whom process may be 1/27-3/3/11
served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o
The Corporation Trust Co.,
1209 Orange St., Wilming-
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF
ton, DE 19801. Cert. of Form.
GREEN 28W44 MEZZ
filed with DE Sec. of State,
LLC,
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
Auth. filed Sec’y of State
activity.
(SSNY) 11/12/10. Office loc.:
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NY County. LLC org. in DE
NOTICE OF QUAL. OF 11/10/10. SSNY desig. as
AIA HOLDINGS I LLC,
agent of LLC upon whom
Auth. filed Sec’y of State process against it may be
(SSNY) 12/16/10. Office loc.:
NY County. LLC org. in DE served. SSNY shall mail copy
12/15/10. SSNY desig. as of proc. to NRAI, 875 Ave of
agent of LLC upon whom the Americas, NY, NY 10001,
process against it may be
the Reg. Agt. upon whom
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of proc. to Attn: Averell proc. may be served. DE
H. Mortimer, 375 Park Ave., off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr.,
32nd Fl., NY, NY 10152. DE Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904.
off. addr.: CSC, 2711 Cen-
terville Rd., Wilmington, Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE,
DE 19808. Cert. of Form. on Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., 19901. Purp.: any lawful
Dover, DE 19901. Purp.: any
lawful activities. activities.
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NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF RELATED DIS-
TRESSED OPPORTUNITY
FUND I GP, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/11/11. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 06/01/10. Princ.
office of LP: 60 Columbus
Circle, NY, NY 10023. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Corpo-
ration Service Co., 80 State
St., Albany, NY 12207-2543,
regd. agent upon whom
and at which process may
be served. Name and addr.
of each general partner are
available from SSNY. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State
of DE, John G. Townsend
Bldg., Federal and Duke of
York Sts., Dover, DE 19910.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ELLERY HOLD-
INGS LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/12/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/18/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Corpora-
tion Service Co., 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE
addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of DE, Div. of
Corps., John G. Townsend
Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF R & J HANDBAGS,
LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
11/17/10. 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, United State Corpora-
tion Agents, Inc., Suite 202
7014 13th Avenue, Brook-
lyn, NY 11228. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BECOME YOUR
GREATNESS, LLC.
Arts. of Org. was filed with
SSNY on 11/10/10. Office
location: New York County.
SSNY designated as agent of
LLC whom process against
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o United
States Corporation Agents,
Inc., 7014 13th Ave. #202,
Brooklyn, NY 11228. Pur-
pose: all lawful activities.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CSRSL LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
12/23/10. 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: The
LLC, 6 East 43rd Street; New
York, NY 10017. Purpose:
To engage in any lawful act
or activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
INTERJEWEL REALTY
LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of State
NY (SSNY) 11/18/10. Off.
loc. in New York Co. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to: c/o Mitchell
J. Devack, PLLC, 90 Merrick
AVe, Ste 500, E. Meadow, NY
11554. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose, managed by man-
agers.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
SYZYGY ADVISORS, LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of
State NY (SSNY) 7/9/10. Off.
loc. in New York Co. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to: c/o Frederic
A. Nelson III, 325 W 76 St,
NY, NY 10023. Purpose: Any
lawful purpose, managed by
managers.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF THOTH HOLDINGS
CO LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/11/11. Office location: NY
Co. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o CPCP I Man-
agement LLC, 1350 Ave. of
the Americas, 3rd Fl., NY, NY
10019, Attn: R. Adam Smith.
Purpose: any lawful activi-
ties.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ARMADALE
RESIDENTIAL LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/6/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 4/15/08. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o National
Registered Agents, Inc., 875
Ave. of the Americas, Ste.
501, NY, NY 10001. Principal
office address: 224 E. 52nd,
#PH, NY, NY 10022. Address
to be maintained in DE:
16192 Coastal Hwy, Lewes,
DE 19958. Arts of Org. filed
with DE Secy. Of State, 401
Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF EAST RIDGE
PROPERTIES LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/6/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 10/8/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o The LLC,
PO Box 64, Waccabuc, NY
10597, Attn: Kevin J. Boyle.
DE address of LLC: c/o Unit-
ed Corporate Services, Inc.,
874 Walker Road, Dover, DE
19904. Arts. of Org. filed with
DE Secy. of State, PO Box
898, Dover, DE 19903. Pur-
pose: any lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BLEECKER SPAGHET-
TO, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 12/7/10.
Office location: NY County.
Princ. bus. addr.: 232 Bleeck-
er St., NY, NY. Sec. of State
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served and shall
mail process to: Corporation
Service Co., 80 State St.,
Albany, NY 12207. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 1/27-3/3/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MADISON/PUTNAM
DEVELOPER LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 3/2/10.
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
addr.: c/o CPC Resources,
Inc., 28 E. 28th St., 9th Fl.,
NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
CATION OF TERROIR
GLOBAL, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/10/11. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 412 E. 12th St.,
NY, NY 10009. LLC formed
in DE on 1/6/11. 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: 1209 Orange St., Wilm-
ington, DE 19801. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful
purposes.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CENTRAL PARK
CYCLING LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/19/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
33 Gold St. #612A, New York,
NY 10038. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LANE MAURER LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/23/10. 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 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 537 MUSIC LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/8/10. 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 2/3-3/10/11
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF MND, LLC
filed with the Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on JANU-
ARY 07, 2011. 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: Barton Barton &
Plotkin LLP, 420 Lexington
Avenue, 18th Floor, New
York, New York. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
DREW DOGGETT PHO-
TOGRAPHY, LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/21/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to The LLC 261
West 28th Street #3A New
York, NY 10001. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
FAIRWAY CLINTON LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/2/2009.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to Kriss &
Feuerstein LLP C/O Kenneth
P. Horowitz 360 Lexington
Ave, 12th FL NY, NY 10017.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
MGCM I GP LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/17/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to The LLC 38
E 61st Street New York, NY
10065. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF IACQUIRE, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/20/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 12/31/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the LLC,
11811 N. Tatum Blvd., Ste.
3083, Phoenix, AZ 85028.
DE addr. of LLC: Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington,
DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed
with DE Secy. of State, Div. of
Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF MDG BENEFIT SOLU-
TIONS, LLC
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of
New York (SSNY) on 11/29/
2010. Office location: NY
County. SSNY has been des-
ignated 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: MDG
Benefit Solutions, LLC, 1575
Boston Post Road, Guil-
ford, CT 06437. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
INDOCHINE CAFÉ, LLC,
Arts, of Org. filed with SSNY
on 01/12/11. Off. Loc.: NY
County, SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
a copy of process to: The
LLC, 70 Little West St., New
York, NY 10004. Purpose to
engage in any lawful act.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 360 EAST 88TH ST.
26C LLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
12/14/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY has been des-
ignated 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: 360 East
88th St. 26C LLC, 8 Madonia
Court, Manhasset, NY 11030.
Purpose: To engage in any
lawful act or activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF JP SOUTHWAY LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/29/10. 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 Katten Muchin
Rosenman LLP, 575 Madison
Ave., NY, NY 10022, Attn:
Melissa Singer Bernard, Esq.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ARCHITECTURAL
HOLDINGS, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
4/5/04. 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, Attn: James
Dolan, 135 W. 27th St., 6th Fl.,
NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF RYDER MADISON
LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
9/16/10. 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 Mitchell Holdings
LLC, 41 E. 60th St., 6th Fl.,
NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BBSC NEW YORK
CITY, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
6/11/10. 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, 31 Jane
Street, Apt 2C, New York, NY
10014. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF FULBROOK
MANAGEMENT, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/11/11. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 1185 Ave of the
Americas, 30th Fl., NY, NY
10035. LLC formed in DE on
1/10/11. NY Sec. of State des-
ignated agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o National Regis-
tered Agents, Inc. (NRAI), 875
Ave. of the Americas, Ste.
501, NY, NY 10001. DE addr.
of LLC: c/o NRAI, 160 Green-
tree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE
19904. Cert. of Form. filed
with DE Sec. of State, 401
Federal St., Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Vil 2/3-3/10/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a Liquor License (# Pend-
ing) has been applied for by
B&R SORRENTO CORP.,
dba La Nonna, to sell, liquor,
under the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Law at 134 Mulberry
Street, New York City, NY for
on-premises consumption.
Vil 2/10-2/17/11
LUCKY 128 MOTT LLC
Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of
State of NY 01/12/2011. Off.
Loc.: New York Co. SSNY
designated as agent upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY to mail
copy of process to THE LLC,
139 Centre Street, Suite PH#
138, New York, NY 10013.
Purpose: Any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF SSD WEBSITE, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/24/11. Office location: NY
County. Princ. office of LLC:
29 W. 36th St., NY, NY 10018.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
Corporation Service Co., 80
State St., Albany, NY 12207-
2543. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/10
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GP & GM CAPI-
TAL, LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/26/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 01/21/11. Princ.
office of LLC: Attn: Raphael
Rabin-Havt, 509 W. 110th
St., 4E, NY, NY 10025. 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 State of DE, 401
Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
Februar y 17 - 24, 2011
NOTICE OF FORMATION
ALPA LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of
State NY (SSNY) 11/5/10. Off.
loc. in New York Co. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to: c/o With-
ers Bergman LLP, 157 Church
St, 19th Fl, New Haven, CT
06510. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
FARMERSWEB LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/29/2010.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Dave Ross 10
W 15th St Apt 815 New York,
NY 10011. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF FROGS CONSULT-
ING LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/12/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
165 Christopher St. #5D, NY,
NY 10014. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF STRATEGIC PHYSI-
CAL THERAPY, PLLC
Articles of Organization
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
01/14/2011. Office location:
Queens 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: Strate-
gic Physical Therapy PLLC,
84-54 250th Street, Belle-
rose, NY 11426. Purpose: To
engage in any lawful act or
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT
license number 1251081 has
been applied for by the under-
signed to sell liquor retail in a
restaurant under the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Law
at 316 Columbus Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10023 for on-
premises consumption. PAP-
PARDELLA REST CORP d/b/a
PAPPARDELLA
Vil 2/10-2/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 308-340 WEST 49TH
STREET, LLC
amended to CSAI LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of
State of NY (SSNY) on
11/8/01. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to princ. bus. loc.: The
LLC, 6 Grace Avenue, Great
Neck, NY 11021. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
25
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF BBH REAL
ESTATE INCOME SERIES
FUND II, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/15/10. Office location: NY
County. LP formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 12/6/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LP
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co., 140
Broadway, NY, NY 10005. DE
address of LP: c/o National
Corporate Research, Ltd., 615
South DuPont Hwy., Dover,
DE 19901. Name/address of
each 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 activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF BLDG BLEECK-
ER LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/20/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 1/18/11. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o Bldg.
Management Co., Inc., 417
Fifth Ave., 4th Fl., NY, NY
10016. DE address of LLC: c/o
United Corporate Services,
Inc., 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C,
Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org.
filed with DE Secy. of State,
Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LION EQUITIES L.L.C.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 2/18/10.
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 the principal business
addr.: c/o DeGaetano & Carr,
488 Madison Ave., NY, NY
10022. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF GEORGETOWN
434 LESSEE, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/19/11. Office
location: NY County. Princ.
bus. addr.: 667 Madison Ave.,
23rd Fl., NY, NY 10065. LLC
formed in DE on 11/12/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: c/o Corporation Ser-
vice Co., 80 State St., Albany,
NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC:
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert.
of Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful
purposes.
Vil 2/10-3/17/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF SERVCO LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 1/13/11. NYS ficti-
tious name: ServCo (NY) LLC.
Office location: NY County.
LLC formed in DE on 7/14/09.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to: 645 Fifth Ave., NY,
NY 10022. DE address of LLC:
c/o Corporation Service Co.,
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert.
of Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: any law-
ful activity.
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26 Februar y 17 - 24, 2011
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given pur-
suant to law, that the NYC
Dept. of Consumer Affairs
will hold a Public Hearing in
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at
2:00 p.m., at 66 John Street,
11th floor, on a petition
from Union Square Cater-
ing Facility Inc., to continue
to maintain, and operate an
unenclosed sidewalk café at
29 Union Square West, in the
Borough of Manhattan, for a
term of two years. Request
for a copy of the proposed
revocable consent may be
addressed to Dept. of Con-
sumer Affairs, 42 Broadway,
New York, NY 10004. Attn:
Foil Officer.
Vil 2/17-2/24/11
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given pur-
suant to law, that the NYC
Dept. of Consumer Affairs
will hold a Public Hearing in
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at
2:00 p.m., at 66 John Street,
11th floor, on a petition from
Meath Trails, Inc., to continue
to maintain, and operate an
unenclosed sidewalk café at
61 Second Avenue, in the
Borough of Manhattan, for
a term of two years. Request
for a copy of the proposed
revocable consent may be
addressed to Dept. of Con-
sumer Affairs, 42 Broadway,
New York, NY 10004. Attn:
Foil Officer.
Vil 2/17-2/24/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that a license, number which
is pending, for beer and
wine, has been applied for
by the undersigned to sell
beer and wine, at retail in a
restaurant under the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Law
at 666 Third Ave., G/FL, New
York, NY 10174 for on prem-
ises consumption. MY MAKI
LLC DBA MY MAKI
Vil 2/17-2/24/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that license numbers #
1243820 and 1243821 have
been issued to Corner Shop,
LLC to sell beer, wine and
liquor at retail in a restaurant.
For on premises consump-
tion under the ABC law at
643 Broadway New York, NY
10012.
Vil 2/17-2/24/11
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN T
hat a license, #TBA has been
applied for by Music Story
Inc to sell beer, wine and
liquor at retail in a restaurant.
For on premises consump-
tion under the ABC law at 34
West 32nd Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001.
Vil 2/17-2/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF DAVISON DESIGN
LAB LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of
State of NY (SSNY) on 1/4/11.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY designated as agent
for service of process. SSNY
shall mail process to: 100
W.72 St. #4E, NY, NY 10023.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF TRIFORIUM LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
2/19/09. 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 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF L.E.S. RECORDS, LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/8/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process
to: 80 State St., Albany, NY
12207. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF DUCKS ON THE
POND LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/7/09. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process
to: 324 E.66 St. #22, NY, NY
10065. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 347 EAST 85TH PART-
NERS, LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of
State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/10.
Office location: NY County.
SSNY designated as agent
for service of process. SSNY
shall mail process to: 347
E.85 St., NY, NY 10028. Pur-
pose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF GROUND FLOOR
MANAGEMENT LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/25/11. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
875 Ave. of Americas #501,
NY, NY 10001. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF BONDI PIES LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/2/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
Steven Williams, One Market
St. Level 36, San Francisco,
CA 94105. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF DAVE ARNOLD, LLC.
Art. of Org. filed w/Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/28/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent for service of process.
SSNY shall mail process to:
208 E. Broadway #J302, NY,
NY 10002. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CHAOS TRADE PRO-
DUCTIONS, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/02/10. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail pro-
cess to Corporation Service
Co., 80 State St., Albany,
NY 12207, regd. agent upon
whom and at which process
may be served. Purpose: Any
lawful activity
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFI-
CATION OF ELANUS
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,
LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/30/10. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 11/5/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o Matthew
M. Moniot, 300 East 56th
St., Apt. 4H, NY, NY 10022.
Address to be maintained in
DE: c/o National Registered
Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree
Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE
19904. Arts of Org. filed with
DE Secy. Of State, 401 Fed-
eral St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF NEW MOUN-
TAIN GUARDIAN ADVI-
SORS BDC, L.L.C.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
01/14/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 10/12/10. Princ.
office of LLC: 787 7th Ave.,
49th Fl., NY, NY 10019. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the LLC, c/o
New Mountain Capital, L.L.C.
at the princ. office of the LLC.
DE addr. of LLC: Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington,
New Castle Cnty., DE 19808.
Arts. of Org. filed with DE
Secy. of State, Div. of Corps.,
John G. Townsend Bldg., P.O.
Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF G2MB HOLDCO,
LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/24/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Dela-
ware (DE) on 9/28/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o National
Registered Agents, Inc., 875
Ave. of the Americas, Ste.
501, NY, NY 10001. Principal
office address: 142 West 57th
St., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10019.
Address to be maintained in
DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste.
101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts
of Org. filed with DE Secy. Of
State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activities.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
J&Y ALLIANCE LLC
Articles of Organization were
filed with the New York Sec-
retary of State on 01/04/2011.
The office of the LLC is in
NEW YORK County. The
New York Secretary of State
is designated as agent of the
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
Secretary of State shall mail
a copy of such process to
P.O.BOX 943, NEW YORK,
NEW YORK, 10002. The LLC
is organized to engage in any
lawful activity for which an
LLC may be formed under
the NY LLC Law.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
DIEVAS, LLC,
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with
the Sec of State of NY on
1/19/11. 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 The LLC,
401 W. 56th St., #6A, NY, NY
10019. General Purposes.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
EMYS MANAGEMENT
LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.
of State (SSNY) 12/9/10.
Office in NY Co. SSNY
design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process to Andrew Glaze
546 5th Ave 14 FL New York,
NY 10036. Purpose: Any law-
ful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
ATEX TRADE & EXPORT
LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of State
NY (SSNY) 8/3/10. 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: 100 W 121st St, #42,
NY, NY 10027. Purpose: Any
lawful purpose.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
ANDREW GORDON PHO-
TOGRAPHY LLC
art. of org. filed Secy. of State
NY (SSNY) 8/27/10. 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: 48 W. 22nd St, 5th fl,
NY, NY 10010. Purpose: Any
lawful purpose.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF TRUE NORTH TYLER
STREET, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
2/9/11. 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 United Corporate
Services, Inc., 10 Bank St.,
Ste. 560, White Plains, NY
10606. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF ME AT THE ZOO, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/10/11. Office location: NY
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Cowan, DeBaets,
Abrahams and Sheppard,
LLP, 41 Madison Ave., 34th
Fl., NY, NY 10010. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF SUNCAP CEN-
TRES FE ROCHESTER,
LLC.
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
1/24/11. Office location: NY
County. LLC formed in Flor-
ida (FL) on 12/21/10. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: CT Corpora-
tion System, 111 8th Ave.,
NY, NY 10022. FL address of
LLC: 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd.,
1528, Miami, FL 33156. Cert.
of Form. filed with FL Secy.
of State, P.O. Box 6327, Tal-
lahassee, FL 32314. Purpose:
all lawful purposes.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF CHRISTOPHER J.
ACITO & ASSOCIATES
GP LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with NY
Dept. of State on 12/10/2010.
Office location: NY County.
Princ. bus. addr.: 130 E. 59th
St., 12th Fl., NY, NY 10022.
Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom pro-
cess 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. Term: until
12/31/2110. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF ALLIANCE-
BERNSTEIN AIS - LONG/
SHORT EQUITY STRATE-
GIES LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/21/10. Office
location: NY County. LLC
formed in DE on 12/17/10.
NY Sec. of State designated
agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served and shall mail pro-
cess to the principal busi-
ness addr.: 1345 Ave. of the
Americas, NY, NY 10105. DE
addr. of LLC:The Corporation
Trust Co., 1209 Orange St.,
Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert.
of Form. filed with DE Sec.
of State, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
NOTICE OF QUALIFICA-
TION OF POOCHCLUB
FOODS LLC.
Authority filed with NY
Dept. of State on 12/17/10.
Office location: NY County.
LLC formed in DE on 6/7/10.
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.: PH C-D, 136 E. 56th
St., NY, NY 10022. DE addr.
of LLC: 615 S. DuPont Hwy.,
Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of
Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful
purposes.
Vil 2/17-3/24/11
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given pur-
suant to law, that the NYC
Dept. of Consumer Affairs
will hold a Public Hearing in
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at
2:00 p.m., at 66 John Street,
11th floor, on a petition from
Peckslip Restaurant Corp.,
to continue to maintain, and
operate an unenclosed side-
walk café at 22 Peck Slip,
in the Borough of Manhat-
tan, for a term of two years.
Request for a copy of the
proposed revocable consent
may be addressed to Dept. of
Consumer Affairs, 42 Broad-
way, New York, NY 10004.
Attn: Foil Officer.
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Soho is home to 10,000 residents. It is not
a central business district or a suburban mall
in need of more tourists! The BID will be run
by uptown people not from Soho, and they
care little what happens to its residents.
Once BID’s are established, it is practi-
cally impossible to put them out of business.
BID’s have tremendous power, and a Soho
BID will be a voice for large real estate
corporations to drown out our opinion and
efforts at keeping Soho livable.
Let the stores sweep their sidewalks the
way stores everywhere else do! We don’t
need a BID taxing us $700,000 annually to
sweep our sidewalks. Soho generates incred-
ible income and taxes for the city. We pay for
sanitation. Let’s get what we pay into, not
more taxes for a BID.
Claude Samton
Impact would be dramatic
To The Editor:
Re “Soho residents strike back, slam busi-
ness district plan” (news article, Feb. 10):
We are writing as residents of Soho
for 40 years to let you know that we
and our entire co-op building are opposed to
the formation of a BID in Soho. This would
only increase tourist traffic and congestion
in what is a residential neighborhood whose
streets are already overcrowded with tour-
ists, especially on weekends.
Richard Foreman
Kate Manheim
Soho works fine now
To The Editor:
Re “Soho residents strike back, slam busi-
ness district plan” (news article, Feb. 10):
My husband and I bought our loft on Grand
St. in the late 1970’s. We have lived, worked
and raised our family in Soho. The first year our
co-op was established, Soho was a dark and dan-
gerous, very dirty place. As the first president of
the co-op, I often cleared the industrial debris off
our sidewalk and street on our block.
The changes to Soho in the intervening
30-plus years have been extraordinary. As
an artist, I miss the trucks and galleries.
However, as a resident, I am always happy to
give directions to lost or confused tourists.
As a co-op owner, we pay our taxes and keep
our sidewalks clean.
We strongly oppose a business improve-
ment district. Soho does not need a BID. It is
not a blighted area. It is a solid, residential and
commercial neighborhood, with 10,000 resi-
dents. Co-ops do not need to pay more taxes.
We do not need an outside special-interest
agency occupying a position of power in our
community. Community Board 2 recommend-
ed “unconditional denial” of the BID.
The business owners on Broadway and
other streets can sweep their own sidewalks.
Their employees can happily give directions
to tourists — shoppers, in fact. If the city
Department of Sanitation is not cleaning the
corner bins in a timely manner, then the busi-
ness owners can call D.O.S. Soho works. It
doesn’t need special interests to “fix” it.
Please support our opposition to the
Soho BID.
Debrah and Harris Feinn
Area’s already overcrowded
To The Editor:
Re “Soho residents strike back, slam
business district plan” (news article, Feb.
10):
I am writing this letter to voice my opposi-
tion to a BID for Soho. My family has lived in
Soho for eight years, and we have watched as
traffic and congestion have progressively taken
over the neighborhood. Many days it is impos-
sibly dangerous to cross in the crosswalk with
my daughter in her stroller. We avoid walking
down Broadway due to the sidewalk over-
crowding with tourists and street vendors.
I don’t believe that the residents of our
neighborhood should have to pay additional
taxes to support a BID.
Alison Lille
‘I oppose the BID’
To The Editor:
Re “Soho residents strike back, slam
business district plan” (news article, Feb.
10):
As an owner of a first-floor commercial
space in Soho, I oppose the BID proposal.
Ed McGowin
No to ‘Sohosploitation’
To The Editor:
Re “Soho residents strike back, slam busi-
ness district plan” (news article, Feb. 10):
As a Soho resident for more than 30
years, I wish our representatives would
remember that actually a lot of people live
in the neighborhood. And though I am not
opposed to tourism, I am against this type of
neighborhood exploitation.
Pamela Morgan
Trigger is strange, but…
To The Editor:
Re “ ‘It’ll never happen again,’ bar owner
Februar y 17 - 24, 2011 29
tells protesters” (news article, Feb. 3):
Trigger has a reputation for being strange
but I do not believe him to be in the slightest
bit racist. Haven’t been to Continental since
to myself and the people I have quoted, they
are big. First, it was the actor Joel Grey, who
starred with Liza Minnelli in “Cabaret,” who
rented a room from J. Forrest Vey in the
the mid-’90’s. Never seen an “all white” (or late 1940’s or early ’50’s. Second, the Diane
all-anything for that matter) event there. diPrima quotes are from her “Recollections of
These protesters are misguided. Upper My Life as a Woman” (2001, Penguin Press).
East Side, that’s where the problem is! (Or Third, it was Henry (not Herbert) Marshall’s
was... . I don’t go out much these days.) Tavern or Porter House that was established in
1850 and continued until 1875 or ’76.
Davide Gentile The article reported everything correctly
as it was presented at the rally. Unfortunately,
some of the information that was printed on
the rally signs was not correct, and on behalf
Signs were slightly off of the people I originally quoted, I would
like to make these corrections. Thanks again
To The Editor: for a great article.
Re “Cooper Sq. at ‘tipping point’ as 1825
building faces demo” (news article, Feb. 3): Sally Young
Thank you so much for publishing this! It
was really appreciated by all the people that E-mail letters, not longer than 250 words
took part in this rally. I do have some correc- in length, to news@thevillager.com or fax to
tions to this article. I was the first researcher 212-229-2790 or mail to The Villager, Letters
on this project, and thankfully many more to the Editor, 145 Sixth Ave., ground floor,
have joined in to help. But the initial research, NY, NY 10013. Please include phone num-
as was sent to the Landmarks Preservation ber for confirmation purposes. The Villager
Commission, has been altered a bit as a result reserves the right to edit letters for space,
of so many reading through the history. grammar, clarity and libel. The Villager does
These may seem like minor points, but not publish anonymous letters.
File photo
Will Soho BID replace ACE?
In July 2008, a participant in the Soho Partnership’s Project Comeback pro-
gram worked a street-sweeping shift at Broadway and Prince St. The Soho
Partnership, Tribeca Partnership and Noho/Bowery Partnership are all under the
umbrella organization called Association of Community Employment Programs,
or ACE, which seeks to help get homeless people back on their feet and leading
productive, self-sufficient lives. Local stores, however, don’t want to pay ACE for
the cleaning services anymore, but instead are backing the proposed new Soho
business improvement district.
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