Named best weekly newspaper in New York State in 2001, 2004 and 2005 by New York Press Association PUBLISHER JENNIFER GOODSTEIN
EDITOR IN CHIEF LINCOLN ANDERSON
ARTS EDITOR
SCOTT STIFFLER
CONTRIBUTORS PHOTO BY TEQUILA MINSKY
IRA BLUTREICH TEQUILA MINSKY JEFFERSON SIEGEL JERRY TALLMER
ART / PRODUCTION DIRECTOR TROY MASTERS
SENIOR DESIGNER MICHAEL SHIREY
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS CHRIS ORTIZ ANDREW GOOS
EXECUTIVE VP OF ADVERTISING AMANDA TARLEY
SENIOR VP OF ADVERTISING / MARKETING FRANCESCO REGINI
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PUBLISHER EMERITUS JOHN W. SUTTER
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‘Day by Day’ (by the fountain) Some star power was assembled around the Washington Square Fountain on Monday for what was reportedly a 1972 “Godspell” cast reunion shoot for Vanity Fair. From left, Paul Shaffer, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy and Martin Short. Also there, but not in this shot, was Victor Garber.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Caffeine jitters To The Editor: There is a new Starbucks on Bleecker St. between Sixth and Seventh Aves., and I am dismayed. I feel this changes the unique character of Bleecker St. It’s only two doors from that lovely pastry shop Rocco that has been there for years. Don’t we have enough Starbucks locations? Marilyn Moorcroft
Doesn’t sound kosher Member of the National Newspaper Association
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September 11, 2014
To The Editor: Re “Katz’s reportedly sells its development rights, but deli will be staying” (news article, Sept. 11): They really will stay in business during construction? Will they build an underground entrance and beam the tourists into Katz’s? Will your pastrami come with mustard, coleslaw and dust? Will all of Houston St. become a bigger parking lot during construction? Affordable housing — really affordable — would be nice. Foreign investors money-laundering through luxu-
ry housing is a no-no. Shame on you, Jake Dell. Judith Chazen Walsh
Students care the most To The Editor: Re “Cooper protest continues as new tuition kicks in, new security comes on” (news article, Sept. 4): Cooper students have been amazing throughout this mess. They know and care more about Peter Cooper’s vision and trust than the administration that is (over)paid to act as the trust’s steward. And while school spokesman Harmon continues to hype the Pell Grant family numbers, the board of trustees own April 21, 2013, meeting notes quote school president Bharucha reassuring them that the added grants are only a temporary measure to bolster applications: “The president explained that the additional need- and merit-based aid in the model reduces over time.” Scott Lerman
N.Y. not on his agenda To The Editor: Re “The revolution will be televised” (Scoopy’s Notebook, Sept. 4): In case you didn’t get it yet after all these years, the whole Yippie propaganda strategy was about media hype. Also, I hate gentrified New York and would have to move back and possibly be homeless to do this, and too many of my old friends from the L.E.S. are dead, so I find the city very depressing and expensive. Besides, I already told The Villager that I was going to NOLA and then back to Mexico to photograph Chiapas, Oaxaca and the Zapatistas. F N.Y.C. John Penley E-mail letters, not longer than 250 words in length, to news@thevillager.com or fax to 212-229-2790 or mail to The Villager, Letters to the Editor, 1 Metrotech North, 10th floor, Brooklyn, NY, NY 11201. Please include phone number for confirmation purposes. The Villager does not publish anonymous letters.
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