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‘PLEASE DON’T BLOW IT’ DEVELOPMENT

New Yorkers weigh in on the Port Authority’s plans for the future of the Eighth Avenue bus terminal BY JASON COHEN

The nation’s largest bus terminal causes terrible traffic congestion and poor air quality in Midtown Manhattan and needs to be improved or moved, a stream of concerned New Yorkers said last week at a public hearing about the future of the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT). The hearing, held at the Westin Hotel Times Square on West 43rd Street, was an opportunity for residents to weigh in on a trio of options proposed for the transformation of the terminal. The overall goal of the project, which is expected to cost $7.5 to $10 billion and be

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JAIL PLANS: ALL IN THE DETAILS NEIGHBORHOODS

Council Members voice frustration at the ﬁrst formal review of the project to close Rikers BY EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM

There seems to be little disagreement among city officials that shuttering Rikers Island is a necessary, long-overdue step in reforming the city’s criminal justice system. But the lack of definitive details may be holding some council members back from voicing more

full-throated support of the de Blasio administration’s plan to replace the prison complex with four smaller jails in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. During a hearing last week before the Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting and Maritime Use — the council’s first formal review of the plan to close Rikers — members made a repeated request for a concrete timeline of the project. Administration officials from the Department of Corrections and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice could not give specific dates for when the existing jails in the

A rally at City Hall by grassroots group Close Rikers Build Communities before the hearing to close the prison complex last week. Photo: Emily Higginbotham

boroughs would be demolished, or when Rikers would be closed, but that the project as a whole would be complete by the end of 2026. Council Member Keith Powers chided the administration officials testifying when they said it was not certain whether they’d have all of the specifics before the council is scheduled to vote in October. “I just want to push you guys a little bit on this one. There are communities here that are here obviously concerned about what the plans are in their district — and I support the plan, and I want

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THE BLACK HOLE OF EAST 79TH STREET After the demolition of a block-long swath of First Avenue, an eerie streetscape emerged. Under fire from its neighbors, the developer is lighting the site. p. 6

MOCKTAILS FOR THE YOUNG AND SOBER Booze-free bars are attracting more people than ever before. p. 16

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In Brief MORE HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESS

The effort to help small seems to businesses in the city be gathering steam. Two city councilmembers, Robert Margaret Chin and Cornegy, have introduced create legislation that wouldSmall a new “Office of the within Business Advocate” of Small the city’s Department Business Services. Chin The new post, which have up told us she’d like to would and running this year, for serve as an ombudsman city small businesses within them clear government, helping to get through the bureaucracy things done. Perhaps even more also importantly, the ombudsman and number will tally the type small business of complaints by taken in actions the owners, policy response, and somefor ways to recommendations If done well, begin to fix things. report would the ombudsman’s quantitative give us the first with taste of what’s wrong the city, an small businesses in towards important first step problem. the xing fi of deformality for To really make a difference, process is a mere complete their will have to to are the work course, the advocaterising rents, precinct, but chances-- thanks to a velopers looking find a way to tackle business’ is being done legally of after-hours projects quickly. their own hours,” which remain many While Chin “They pick out boom in the number throughout lives on who problem. Angelo, vexing most said Mildred construction permits gauge what Buildings one of the Ruppert said it’s too early tocould have the 19th floor in The Department of the city. number three years, the Houses on 92nd Street between role the advocate She on the Over the past is handing out a record work perThird avenues. permits, there, more information of Second and an ongoing all-hours number of after-hours bad thing. of after-hours work the city’s Dept. problem can’t be a said there’s with the mits granted by nearby where according to new data jumped 30 percent, This step, combinedBorough construction project noise Buildings has data provided in workers constantly make efforts by Manhattan to mediate BY DANIEL FITZSIMMONS according to DOB of Informacement from trucks. President Gale Brewer offer response to a Freedom classifies transferring they want. They knows the the rent renewal process, request. The city They 6 “They do whatever Every New Yorker clang, tion Act tangible signs go as they please. work between early, and some come metal-on-metal can construction any small sound: the or on the weekend, have no respect.” the piercing of progress. For many can’t come p.m. and 7 a.m., the hollow boom, issuance of these business owners, that moving in reverse. as after-hours. The increased beeps of a truck has generto a correspond and you soon enough. variances has led at the alarm clock The surge in permits

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WHEN YOU EAT IS AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT YOU EAT HEALTH For weight loss and appetite control, fasting may work better than dieting BY RESHMI SRINATH, M.D.

For weight loss and appetite control, fasting may work better than dieting Intermittent fasting has been in the news lately, but can this variation on an ancient practice really help with weight loss? And should you consider it? While fasting as a concept has been around for millions of years and embraced by many cultures, we are just starting to learn about the medical benefits. On an evolutionary level, our bodies may have adapted to this feast or famine mindset when food was not readily available 24 hours a day. During times of fasting the body is forced to first break down stored sugar and then start breaking down

stored fat. This can lead to weight loss. It may also lower appetite and curb those late night cravings. So, if you are struggling to restrict your calorie intake or are tired of trying fad diets, intermittent fasting may be a good option.

What is intermittent fasting? Fasting is a way to reduce calories. Unlike a diet, however, it does not restrict what you eat, but only the times when you are actually eating. For many of us, what we like to eat is relatively fixed, which is why calorie restriction can be so tough. But having a limited time to eat forces us to eat less without depriving us of foods we enjoy. In addition, some people feel that having a time limit on their eating leaves them time to do other things and not have to think about their next meal or food preparation.

How do you do it? First, you have to prepare yourself mentally that you are not going to eat at all for a certain period of time

each day. There are several versions, which can be adapted to your lifestyle. One plan is called the 16:8 plan where you have an 8-hour window each day in which to eat and you fast the other 16 hours. Timing can be customized. If you prefer to not eat until noon, then you have until 8 p.m. to finish dinner. Those who need or prefer to consume their first meal of the day before noon will have an earlier dinnertime. Importantly, daily intermittent fasting does not allow for late night (post-dinner) eating and reduces the opportunity to make poor food choices. For many of us, nighttime snacking is where the calories add up because that is when we tend to do more emotional eating, and choose foods high in calories and sugar Another variation is the 5:2 plan, where five days are regular eating days and two days are ‘fasting’ days, when the goals is to consume around 600 calories a day or less. The fasting days do not have to be consecutive.

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There are other forms and variations of these two plans, which can be adapted to your eating pattern and lifestyle.

What are the beneﬁts? As the body gets used to fasting for short periods, your appetite lessens. And a growing body of research suggests that intermittent fasting can improve control of glucose levels and the management of diabetes. We are also learning more about possible benefits at the cellular level. In addition, any of my patients who try intermittent fasting report having more energy, focus, and improved mood.

What are the downsides? Fasting is not recommend for children or pregnant women. Moreover, it may not be appropriate for people with a history of eating disorders. If you have diabetes or are taking glucose-lowering medications you must be monitored closely by a medical provider. In general, before starting any new

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eating plan it is important to notify your medical providers. Seeing a nutritionist is a great place to start to help make better food choices and get overall healthy eating recommendations. If you are still struggling to lose weight, consider seeing an endocrinologist/obesity specialist. Reshmi Srinath, M.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease at The Mount Sinai Hospital, and director of the Sinai Weight and Metabolism Management Program.

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CRIME WATCH BY JERRY DANZIG ASSAULT AND PEPPER

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An argument between two drivers led to both being arrested, police said. At 12:50 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 26, man flagged down a police officer at the intersection of Canal and Hudson Sts. and said he had been knifed by the driver of the vehicle behind him. The dispute reportedly began as a verbal argument when the first driver approached the other driver’s vehicle and began to bang and pull on it. The first driver then allegedly squirted the other driver with pepper spray, police said, and the other driver got out of his car and slashed at the first driver with a knife, causing a laceration to his right triceps. Both drivers were treated for injuries and transported to the Port Authority Bus Terminal for processing. Donald L. Redd was arrested and charged with assault. Police had no further information on the identity of the other driver.

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SUBWAY MUGGING Apple gear continues to be a potent lure for thieves. At 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, police said, a 15-year-old male was riding the northbound Number 3 train when a man approached him and said, “I have a knife; give me your phone, or I’ll hurt you.” The suspect then took

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the victim’s iPhone X, AirPods and $137 in cash. The suspect also told the victim to “Get off the train, or I’ll stab you!” No weapon was displayed and the victim suffered no injuries. The total amount of the items and cash stolen came to $1,307

ARREST IN SUBWAY SHOVE Police remind subway riders to be alert to others around you and stand back from the edge of the subway

platform. At 10:35 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, a man allegedly pushed a 54-year-old man off the southbound N and R platform onto the tracks in the Whitehall St. South Ferry Station. The victim sustained injuries to both legs. Timothy Williams, 52, was arrested and charged with assault.

THAT IS ONE EXPENSIVE SWEATER On Saturday evening, Aug. 31,

police said, a woman entered the Brunello Cucinelli store at 136 Greene St., took a garment and exited the store without paying. Police searched the neighborhood but could not locate the suspect or the stolen merchandise. The stolen item was a sweater from the Opera collection valued at $6,595.

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Sunday, September 1, an unknown person entered the Fellow Barber store at 18 Fulton St., removed multiple items from a display rack and ﬂed in an unknown direction, police said. An employee told police that multiple people had access to the store, and there were no signs of forced entry. The items stolen included numerous shears, clippers, shavers, combs, brushes, trimmers, colognes, soap, pre-shave, body scrub, shampoos and towels totaling $4,520.

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JAIL PLANS

Council Member Inez Barron talked about how the prison system was born out of white supremacy, and made to house black and brown people. Member Mark Treyger said the focus should be on rehabilitation and closing the prison pipeline.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to be clear about that — but I think it’s a little unfair for us not to have the information about what the phasing will be like and what the plan will look like,” Powers said. “I do think that we, the council and the communities need to have some clarity about the impact the project will have in the coming weeks or at least by the time we vote.”

Cutting Down the Jail Population The new facilities, according to administration officials, would be safer for detainees and provide a better quality of life by offering direct outdoor access from housing units, among other design elements aimed to improve the system. By operating facilities in each borough (except for Staten Island whose prison population is too small to warrant its own facility) the city hopes to cut down on expensive transportation of inmates to court. Most significantly, the four new jails would house 4,000

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“It’s a little unfair for us not to have the information about what the phasing will be like and what the plan will look like.”

“Just Rearranging Where We Are”

Council Member Keith Powers detainees collectively, cutting down the city’s jail population from the present 7,400. The Manhattan facility is planned for 125 White Street downtown where a detention facility currently stands. The existing building with be demolished and replaced with a high-rise jail that is planned to top out at around 40 stories. Council Member Margaret Chin, who represents the district in which the jail will be built, brought up concerns of her constituency in regard to the height of the building as well as the demolition and construction process. Chin expressed frustration with the location of the pro-

Grassroots group Close Rikers Build Communities set up a mock Rikers Island before the hearing to close the complex at City Hall last week. Photo: Emily Higginbotham

posed new jail, as it would sit next to a senior living center. “They have an outdoor garden at the senior building,” Chin said. “Will the city help build a glass enclave to keep dust out?” Originally, Chin said, the jail was to be built at 80 Centre St., and that it would have been a superior location because it would be farther from the seniors. She asked why the location changed and how seniors would be protected during the construction process. Administration officials explained that the original loca-

tion was not able to accommodate the project, but offered no specifics in regard to the senior building. Lastly, Chin told the administration that the building was too tall. She said it would tower over the senior building and the tenements. “In the coming weeks, we have a lot of work to do,” she said. Other council members spoke about the broader culture change needed to ensure these new facilities escaped the problems of violence and abuse for which Rikers has become infamous.

Powers said he was concerned by the lack of discussion about these rehabilitative measures that are key to reform. “One glaring thing here in the testimony is that we’re not necessarily proposing programmatic changes and operational changes in addition to the facilities,” Power said. “On programming, for example, we still don’t meet our mandate of five hours of programming [a day]. I think we’re going to be siting these facilities with the goal of looking towards the future, and if we’re not adding in programmatic, operational changes then this whole thing was just rearranging where we are.” Council members from Brooklyn, Queens and the

Bronx had concerns about the process and plans to implement the new facilities in their respective boroughs. Most notably, Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. insisted that the DOC needs to close Rikers’ annex at the barge before moving forward with the project. Additionally, he took issue with the twomile distance between the proposed jail site and the Bronx court house, and wanted a closer location. For Brooklyn and Queens, the height of the building and possible traffic problems were key concerns for council members. Locals have been wary of the city’s proposed plan to build four new jails, particularly those who reside or work in the area. When the plan was up for a vote, Community Board 1 rejected the proposal. “We have followed the progress and our position has not changed since our resolution on this,” said Community Board 1 chair Anthony Notaro. Regardless, the measure will go before the council for a full vote in October.

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THE BLACK HOLE OF EAST 79TH STREET COMMUNITY

After the demolition of a block-long swath of First Avenue, an eerie and spectral streetscape emerged. A month later, under ﬁre from its neighbors, the developer is ﬁnally illuminating the site. BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

One of the most high-profile street corners on the Upper East Side has become a dead zone at night – dark and desolate, shadowy and even a little bit spooky for passers-by. The east side of First Avenue on the full block between 79th and 80th Streets literally appears pitch-black at times, turning it into a scary, potentially dangerous and inhospitable menace, residents say. For 50 years, Tobina Rosenberg has lived around the corner at 425 East 79th St., and now, calling herself “a young 80-year-old,” she offers this simple piece of advice to fellow seniors: “Try not to ever be alone!” Still, this is a story with a (mostly) happy

ending. Community voices were raised in anger. Elected officials reflected that outrage. Straus News started making inquiries. The developer who had created the ghostly conditions spoke with local constituents, absorbed a salvo of negative feedback – and pledged remedial action. But it took a full month. At issue is a vast construction site where Extell Development Co. this summer razed nine humble four-story buildings. Each had a footprint of roughly 2,000 square feet, and together they housed 11 retailers and 104 apartments abutting historic St. Monica’s Roman Catholic Church on East 79th Street. Extell says it has no immediate plans for the parcel, which encompasses 1514-1528 First Avenue, as well as a ninth building around the corner, 403 East 79th St. A 10th low-lying structure, 402 East 80th St., still standing, is also expected to be demolished.

Unnerving UES Activists A skyline-transforming builder with a penchant for steering ambitious plans to fruition after a decade-plus in development, Extell pio-

A view looking north up the east side of First Ave. from the corner of East 79th St. The entire darkened block near an Extell construction fence is forbidding and spectral in appearance, and though it’s only 9 p.m., not a single pedestrian is in sight. Photo: Sandra Lerner

An image based on a map from the NYC DITT highlights the Extell development site and St. Monica’s Church. Graphic: Liv Cosgrove

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neered Billionaire’s Row on East 57th Street – first, in 2015 with its 1,005-foot One57, then, with another supertall, the 1,550-foot Central Park Tower, which bows on the strip in 2020. That track record, charted by company president and founder Gary Barnett, unnerved UES activists. So did uncertainty about what would ultimately rise on the lot. Adding to the unease: Extell can construct a bulky 250,000-square-foot building as of right. On top of that, it bought out, and then shuttered, a whole blockfront of bread-and-butter retailers on First Avenue – a diner, liquor store, nail salon, pizzeria, pharmacy, pastry shop and Szechuan restaurant. Those closures irked locals. Against that backdrop, anti-Extell sentiment was already running high. So when the company finished site demolition on Aug. 9, hauling off its scaffolding and the lighting that undergirded it, reaction to the ensuing darkness was swift and condemnatory: “There were people lingering in the dark, and you can’t see them, and it’s not safe, and it’s a

little scary,” said Betty Cooper Wallerstein, the civic activist who has headed the East 79th Street Neighborhood Assn. for the past 35 years. “It’s an enormous space that is very dark and desolate and empty at a time when crime is up on the Upper East Side,” she added. “You need it to be lit at night so people can walk safely without being afraid.”

“We Are Now Vulnerable” Soon, an unsigned flyer, drafted and distributed by Wallerstein’s group, was posted in the mailrooms, laundry rooms and bulletin boards of residential buildings on East 79th Street and in dozens of shops on the avenues around the corners: “WE ARE NOW VULNERABLE,” it declared. “An entire stretch of First Avenue was left dark and desolate without any notice to neighbors or coordination with city agencies to ensure that arrangements for the conditions post-demolition were remedied,” said state Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, who

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Dining Information, plus crime news, real estate prices - all about your part of town The view from the east side of First Ave., looking east across Extell’s vast and empty construction site, takes in a portion of historic St. Monica’s Church on East 79th St. Photo: Sandra Lerner

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hung the flyer in the window of her York Avenue district office. “It’s disappointing that there hadn’t been any anticipation of the darkness of an entire block, or the need for lights in an area that must be safe for our toddlers, our elderly and everybody else,” said Alida Camp, chair of Community Board 8. “There’s a hole in the cityscape. It’s pretty ugly – and no area without lighting can ever be safe,” she added. Meanwhile, Rosenberg summed up the attitude toward the developer: “They’re going to make millions and millions on this site, maybe even billions, so you’d think they could invest a little more to provide such basic needs as lighting to make the neighborhood a little bit safer,” she said. As it turns out, that’s exactly what Extell now intends to do.

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Solar Lighting Ten days after the company effectively turned the site into a black hole, Eli Kopciel, its vice president for development, penned an Aug. 19 letter to Seawright, saying it would “install lights on the fence to illuminate both the sidewalk and the interior of the site,” a step it said exceeds the city’s Dept. of Buildings requirements. But when? No date was given. Community leaders remained skeptical. More than two weeks passed. Still nothing. Then on Sept. 5, Extell spokesman George Arzt told Straus News, “In an effort to assist the neighborhood with lighting around the site, we anticipate installing lighting on the fence during the week of Sept. 9.”

The lighting will be solar, Arzt said. Once it’s in place, will residents be content? Not exactly.

“There’s a hole in the cityscape. It’s pretty ugly – and no area without lighting can ever be safe.” Alida Camp, chair of Community Board 8 While the unlit street was the No. 1 bone of contention, community activists like Wallerstein and Camp remain troubled by the brickand-concrete dust they fear could blow onto the sidewalk and scatter from the site. Some have also called for higher fencing, enhanced vermin controls and more aggressive cleanliness efforts. Arzt said the lot has been properly cleaned and graded. Maintenance efforts will be expanded, he said, “should conditions warrant it.” Weather-proof bait boxes will be maintained for pest control. All aspects of the project are DOB-compliant. The eight-foot plus fence is “entirely suitable” for the site so there are no plans to increase its height, he added. Thus, the bottom-line question: Is Extell a good corporate citizen or not? “If you ask neighbors, they would say Extell is responsive – but not as responsible as they should be,” Seawright said. Countered Arzt, “Extell is proud of its widelyrecognized reputation for making public safety a core priority, and for quickly responding to the concerns of the communities.” invreporter@strausnews.com

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ALL AGES MUST HELP AFTER DISASTERS BY BETTE DEWING

There sure is a lot of information and news about the first day of school, some so needed, like more speed cameras in school zones. But where are those which catch “failure to yielders,” the foremost cause of pedestrian death and injury? Another “How long dear Lord how long?” lament. But the scene that brightens my day are kids walking (yup, walking!) hand and hand with a parent, often their mothers, and sometimes their dads. Now and then it could be a grandparent. Let’s hope the offspring (especially the boys) never think they’re too old for that – or hugs, let alone significant time spent

with their elders. Infinitely more must be said about that.

Deadly Dorian And I’m trying not to be overwhelmed by the places where the schools and even homes have been destroyed by hurricane Dorian. Surely pre-teens and teens ought to offer support to their peers in such unbelievable need. And yes, that boy in the white house should head this children outreach mission, aided by a girl and boy in New York’s mayor’s mansion. What’s that biblical verse about children not being blamed for the sins of their fathers? How does all this relate to the first day of school? Just that this so desperately needed outreach and support should be included in the

school’s concerns – beginning with an address by the principal and a plan to give ongoing help, and no mention right now about combating global warming. And also the importance of people helping one another in disaster-time should a subject covered more often in normal, everyday times. As for the first day of school, and the response to this horrific disaster, the principal would urge the students to be more considerate of others who, for example, share these finite streets and public transit. Yup subways and buses are more crowded on school days and too often kids in groups are not so considerate. Ah, how we need to get kids smiling !

And I’m getting way off the mark here and a look at the Weather Channel to see (that’s important) Dorian ruthlessly battering the coastal places and to hear that many thousands of homes are without power. Imagine. Imagine.

Being Prepared in NYC While the city wasn’t expected to be much affected, in my email are elected officials’ preparedness bulletins so needed by all, but especially the disabled and often elder citizens living alone. But how will some get to “preparedness meetings” as scheduled by East Side Council Member Benjamin Kallos? In fact, his newsletter says little about elder needs or related events. Of course the greatest need

may be the inter-generational interaction and help. And neighbors helping neighbors - in general. (Call Ben Kallos at 212 980 1828.) Calls do matter. And perhaps preparedness talks should be considered for the first session of State Senator Liz Krueger’s Roundtable for Boomers and Seniors, scheduled for November 7 at the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 East 70th St. The topic will be NYC’s Older Adults: What We Need to Live in the City. (would few attend if the “old” word were used – another “How long, dear Lord how long” lament). Well, it gives time to tell this elder concerned senator what may be needed the most, beginning with how boomers at the

forum might help the seniors sharing those round tables not only in disaster times but in every day times. Krueger’s numer and other potentially helpful numbers are listed in this paper’s Useful Contacts column. Krueger’s is 212 490-9535. Calls do matter.

Never Forget And we will never forget the unspeakable people-made unnatural disaster of 9/11 and the bereaved and the injured. And now of course ongoing help for as long as it takes for victims of this latest horrific natural disaster. All ages and surely all political parties working together and hopefully overcoming the unnatural divisions that defeat the village it takes – the village it takes to prevent unnatural disasters and give overwhelming response to the natural kind. It can be done if enough of us try dewingbetter@aol.com

NEW YORK IS NOT A DOLL HOUSE BY JANET A. DAVIS

New York City is a residential, business and an industrial city. It stays vibrant and ahead of other great cities around the world with new ideas and fierce competition. We are not a still quiet doll’s house where people and cyclists can go anywhere they wish without consequence. Most pedestrians are mindful of the dangers of crossing between huge tractortrailers and simple cars. Bikers, however, seem to thrive on taking chances and then condemning others when they are hurt or killed. It is indeed a tragedy when someone loses their life in traffic. We are a city where multi-ton equipment is moved to building sites everyday. Certain avenues are where these behemoths travel to get the

equipment and building materials to the construction sites. Should the streets where trucks carry equipment and materials be used by bikers? Cyclists should be banned from these streets. Cars and trucks jockey for lanes as they move towards their goals. It is nearly impossible for the average driver to find a way to get into the proper lane, let alone an unprotected biker. And the city does not seem to care. Bike lanes with barriers are not the cure for this lack of safety as we all know that serious bikers flaunt the barriers and lanes. The city needs to ban bikes from certain roads completely. Spending $54,000,000.00 on bike lanes sounds good, but it is a big splash meant to impress. When is the city going to spend the necessary money to require all bikes to have

visible licenses so they can be accountable? When will the city require bikers to know the rules of the road? Why not have a rear view mirror, such as a small mirror located on the handlebar near a grip. There should be classes across the city to teach bikers safe driving and learn state regulations. The young woman from Australia who lost her life by pulling into the traffic lane on Central Park West had no experience driving on the right side of the road, as in Australia they drive on the left, where she would have pulled towards the sidewalk. This major difference in driving patterns can be confusing for all drivers. Some of the mayor’s $54,000,000.00 needs to be spent on setting up a system to educate bikers for their safety and for pedes-

Cyclists on CPW on a recent Sunday. Photo: Janet A. Davis

trian safety. Bikers fly through intersections, fly through red lights and threaten pedestrians all across

the city. Not all bikers drive this way, but pedestrians need protection from bikers, too.

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‘PLEASE DON’T BLOW IT’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 completed by 2030, is to increase capacity, reduce onstreet congestion, improve bus storage and staging to reduce bus idling, and improve bus network reliability.

Quality of Life Millie Torelli, a member of the Hell’s Kitchen Democrats, said that renovating the bus terminal is long overdue. “The congestion is worse than just a few junkies,” she said. “I’m especially concerned that everyone’s quality of life is being violated by all these buses.” Torelli is in favor of relocating the terminal to the Jacob Javits Center, one of the three options described in a planning-level scoping document released in May by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. As an asthmatic, Torelli hopes that whatever the Port Authority decides to do will improve the air quality in the city. “Isn’t that my right, to breathe?” she said. “The amount of buses that illegally idle is unbelievable. There will come a day when tourists won’t want to come here.” Pastor Tiffany Triplett Henkel, of the Hell’s Kitchen South Coalition, said she has spent the last two years working with stakeholders to come up with a plan for the terminal. Like Torelli and others, Henkel said the idling buses are a major problem. “Our community is affected by the many buses at our curbside,” Henkel said. According to Henkel, Hell’s Kitchen has the third worst air quality in all of New York City. She stressed that any improvements to the PABT must involve an enclosed air filtration system.

A Rare Opportunity Steven O’ Brien, who has lived in Hell’s Kitchen for 25 years, is glad the aging bus terminal is finally being addressed. “An investment in a public project like this comes around every 50 years or so,” he said, “so please don’t blow it. Please do all you can to create a much better customer experience.” Elected officials also spoke

The Port Authority Bus Terminal, as seen from the northwest corner of West 41st St. and Ninth Ave. Photo: David Noonan

at the meeting. Assembly Member Richard Gottfried gave testimony on behalf of himself, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Senator Brad Hoylman and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal. They all support the option of rebuilding the bus terminal in-place on the existing site. “Building in place allows the PABT to take advantage of existing tunnel and mass transit infrastructure,” Gottfried said. “We support this alternative with the caveat that it integrates a facility that includes bus parking and staging, and absorbs all intercity, long-distance, commuter and tourist buses currently operating curbside.” Gottfried went on to explain some of the complications that he and his colleagues be-

lieve rule out the Javits Center option, including “how it interacts with the current Lincoln Tunnel infrastructure, the West Side Highway and the Hudson River Greenway.” The Manhattan hearing fell within the Port Authority’s 120-day period to solicit comment from the public. The first two such meetings, one in each state, were held July 10. The deadline for public comment is September 18. The existing terminal was built in 1950 and expanded in 1981. The terminal now serves an estimated 260,000 passenger trips on weekdays, or 23 percent of trans-Hudson trips entering or exiting Manhattan’s central business district, and 8,000 bus movements. Demand is expected to increase by 30 percent, with up to 337,000 weekday passen-

ger trips by 2040. While the process to build a new bus terminal is continuing, the Port Authority has undertaken an aggressive $110 million Quality of Commute program to enhance the customer experience at the existing facility. The initiatives include new and enhanced retail, new bathrooms, new doors at the terminal’s Eighth Avenue entrance, new lighting and ceiling and improved elevators and escalators. The Port

Pastor Tiffany Triplett Henkel said the project must address air quality issues. Photo: Jason Cohen

Authority also has partnered with bus operators on operational changes that have reduced crowding within the

terminal and relieved congestion caused by buses on nearby streets.

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HOW GREAT ART IS MADE A Guggenheim series offers rare access and deep insights into the creators and the creative process behind musical and theatrical performances

IF YOU GO What: “Works and Process” worksandprocess.org Where: Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave at 89th St When: Through December 16th

BY MARY GREGORY

Where does the artistic journey begin? How does it evolve? Did you ever find yourself wondering ‘Who came up with this?’ as you watch a play, listen to music, or see an opera or a dance performance? The Guggenheim has some answers. Since 1984, the “Works and Process” series has drawn back the curtain on the creative process, introducing the artists, talent, discipline, hard work, collaborations and creativity that go into the masterpieces that appear on New York’s stages. In the intimate setting of the mu-

seum’s Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Peter B. Lewis Theater, audience members meet the individuals behind the magic, in an encounter that’s both humanizing and inspiring. For every great work that appears fully realized, there are countless hours of imagination, concentration, practice, editing, reworking, feedback, and finally knowing when something is complete. “Works and Process” offers insights into those hours, along with excerpts of the completed pieces.

The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess, Eric Owens and Angel Blue in Porgy and Bess. Photo: Paola Kudack

The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten, Anthony Roth Costanzo as Akhnaten. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith

Where Artists and Audiences Meet Caroline Cronson is the producer of the series. Along with Duke Dang, the general manager, they search out new, interesting, and important works to bring to the Guggenheim’s audience. The goal is to elucidate the creative process and support the artists. “We’re all about the creators,“ Cronson said. “It’s all about helping the individuals.” There are commissioned works, previews and selections from major productions. Each season highlights a number of specially created works performed in the majestic rotunda of the museum. The program has become beloved by artists and audience alike, with many of both coming back year after year. “Our very first show in ‘Works and Process,‘” said Cronson “was the New York City Opera production of ‘Akhnaten’ and we are reprising it this year.” On October 16th, the stars and creative team behind the Metropolitan Opera’s much anticipated production of the Philip Glass opera will be on the Guggenheim stage. “It’s an 80-minute program that opens with a performance,“ Cronson explained. “For example, it may be ‘Akhnaten,’ in act One, where he’s

transformed into a god. Then, they might discuss how Philip Glass came to create it – what voices he chose, what musical instruments he chose. And then we’ll have another excerpt.” The opera’s director will talk about his approach, as will Anthony Roth Costanzo, who stars as the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, and J’Nai Bridges, who performs the role of Nefertiti. Then, Cronson said, “they’ll finish with an excerpt and the audience will go off dying to see more.”

A Stellar Lineup The season opened last week with a performance by multidisciplinary artist and costume designer, Machine Dazzle, which was “dazzling,“ Cronson admitted. Upcoming highlights include performances in the rotunda by Dance Theatre of Harlem and Roomful of Teeth. There will be previews of new works from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet West, National Ballet of Canada, and Washington Ballet. For the New Group’s world premiere of “Cyrano,“ a musical adaptation of the classic tale, a discussion with director Erica Schmidt, actor Peter Dinklage, and composer Aaron Dessner will be

presented. A Merce Cunningham centennial celebration, The Metropolitan Opera’s “Porgy and Bess,“ and a much-beloved and only at the Guggenheim production of “Peter and the Wolf” featuring Isaac Mizrahi performing, along with his costumes and sets, are all on the schedule. “The museum closes and the rotunda opens to the audience at 5:30 p.m.,“ Cronson explained. “At 7:00 the theater opens. The show is about 80 minutes. After the show you go to the glorious rotunda, and you have wine, water and snacks with the creative team, the actors, the dancers, and everyone in the show. So, the audience gets to mix and mingle with the people on stage.” Cronson and her team keep the programs diverse, with productions that appeal to young and old, serious and curious, what she calls “core super users,“ and first-timers. The season winds up with a swing dance party with Caleb Teicher, Ben Folds, and Eyal Vilner Big Band. Mingling with stars under Frank Lloyd Wright’s skylight with masterworks of modern art looking down is something that only happens in New York, only at the Guggenheim.

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8 WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR NYC STUDENTS 1. Help students with autism and other disabilities

The program ofﬁcer for education at The New York Community Trust offers suggestions to help kids during this school year BY EVE STOTLAND

The start of a new school year is an exciting time for New York children—a time when they get to meet new teachers and make new friends. But for many students, this hopeful excitement is replaced by anxiety. This is especially true for children who grow up in foster care, are living with disabilities, or for whom English isn’t the primary language spoken at home. Unfortunately, many New York City schools are not prepared to meet these students’ needs. The good news is you can help by supporting a number of New York nonprofits that are working every day to make it possible for more children to succeed. From providing on-theground help in schools to advocating for improved policies, nonprofits are making our school system work for all students. Below are eight ways to give and some great organizations that can put your generosity to work.

2. Create safe, supportive schools It’s difficult to learn when you don’t feel safe. That’s why a number of nonprofits are working to help students feel more secure. You can help by supporting: Cure Violence New York trains trusted insiders to intervene in conflicts before violent incidents happen. Make the Road New York works to reduce arrests and

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3. Create curricula that connects Students learn best when they see themselves in the materials they study. Culturally responsive education has become a touchstone issue — and several nonprofits are at the forefront of efforts to rethink curricula. You can help by supporting: NYC Coalition for Educational Justice and allies such as Make the Road New York, and New Settlement Apartments are leading efforts to make sure that students study themes and materials from a wide range of cultural perspectives.

4. Support early reading. Early-reading skills have a strong relationship with a child’s long-term success. Ready Readers, an afterschool program, teaches critical reading skills to students in kindergarten through grade three. Several New York nonprofits are playing host to Ready Readers programs across the city. They include: CAMBA, Chi-

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All children have the right to attend school and to learn, including children with disabilities. But teachers, families, and administrators often need tools and training to help ensure they can meet the unique needs of these students. You can help by supporting: Advocates for Children of New York helps children with disabilities and others who are at greatest risk of schoolbased discrimination. INCLUDEnyc offers training and information for teachers and other professionals who work with students with disabilities. Parents for Inclusive Education brings together parents, advocates, and professionals to improve opportunities for students with disabilities. QSAC offers programs to help students with Autism.

suspensions and ultimately help more students graduate. New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund teaches students how to talk about violence and become advocates for safer communities.

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nese-American Planning Council, Cypress Hill Local Development Corporation, ExpandED Schools, and Teaching Matters.

5. Prepare students for professional careers A number of nonprofits help students from low-income communities connect with opportunities that put them on a path to professional careers. You can help by supporting: Exalt Youth offers an internship program for court-involved teens. Two-thirds of the program’s participants have completed their internships and all of them have remained in high school. Futures and Options provides internships for high school students living in public housing and youth shelters. Knowledge House provides free training in coding for low-income young people in 10 Bronx high schools. Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center runs programs that help young people in public housing get high school equivalency certificates.

6. Help students in foster care Those who are in foster care face a number of challenges that can stifle their success. But with the right invest-

ments and support, these children have a path toward a brighter future. You can help by supporting: Court Appointed Special Advocates for Foster Care helps young adults as they leave foster care. Foster Care Excellence Fund at The New York Community Trust supports promising approaches to find excellent foster homes for kids in New York. Graham Windham operates youth development and family support programs in Harlem, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Westchester. JCCA provides foster care and support services to New York’s neediest and most vulnerable children.

7. Support young immigrants Immigrant children are among the most vulnerable students in New York’s schools. As immigration receives increased scrutiny and debate, nonprofits are working to help ensure immigrant children get support and care. You can help by supporting: Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Foundation helps Haitian newcomer youth in New York schools and trains teachers to become more culturally aware. Internationals Network for Public Schools educates more

than 5,000 New York students from 131 countries who speak 102 languages.

8. Expand arts education Children who have access to quality arts programs perform better in other subjects, have fewer behavioral issues, and are more likely to succeed. Unfortunately, schools increasingly lack funding to provide these programs — and teachers often have to double down on subjects like math and English to prepare students for standardized tests. ArtistYear places teaching artists in low-income schools in NYC. ArtsConnection works with elementary, middle and high schools across all five boroughs to integrate the dance, theater, visual arts, and music into students’ overall learning and development. HookArts Media provides in-school, multidisciplinary arts and media programs in New York City transfer high schools. These are just some of the nonprofits The New York Community Trust funds to improve education. Contact our donor services team if you’d like to learn more about supporting New York students.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS

AUGUST 28- SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml. El Cacto

54 East 13 Street

City Gourmet Cafe

238 East 14 Street

Vspot Organic

12 Saint Marks Pl

Raku

342 E 6th St

Nix

72 University Pl

Barn Joo

35 Union Sq W

Grade Pending(26) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Mi Tea

23 Saint Marks Pl

Grade Pending(22) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, crosscontaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Tobacco use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area observed. Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

Cozy Soup & Burger 739 Broadway

Village East Cinemas

181 2 Avenue

Sunburst Espresso Bar

206 3 Avenue

Grade Pending(19) Hot food item not held at or above 140º F. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. A Grade Pending(11) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

Vanessa’s Dumpling

220 East 14 Street

Karma

51 1 Avenue

Agavi Organic Juice 72 E 7th St Bar

Love Mama

174 2nd Ave

Closed

Happy Garden

17 Division St

Delight Wong Restaurant

300 Grand St

Grade Pending(27) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Scarr’s Pizza

22 Orchard St

Alphonso’s Pizzeria & Trattoria

525A Grand St

New May May Kitchen

181 Clinton St

Rockwood Music Hall: Stage 1

184198 Allen Street

Rockwood Music Hall: Stage 2/ Stage 3

190 Allen Street

Butter Lane

123 E 7Th St

Gourmet Empanada 38 Avenue B

Pyramid

101 Avenue A

Muzzarella Pizza

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374 West 11 Street

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MOCKTAILS FOR THE YOUNG AND SOBER Booze-free bars serving elevated drinks are attracting more people than ever before, especially women

BY LEANNE ITALIE, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Five years ago, for her 27th birthday, Lorelei Bandrovschi gave up drinking for a month on a dare. She was a casual drinker and figured it would be easy. It was, but she hadn’t banked on learning so much about herself in the process. “I realized that going out without drinking was something that I really enjoyed and that I was very well suited for,‘’ she told The Associated Press. “I realized I’m a pretty extroverted, spontaneous, uninhibited person.’’ And that’s how Listen Bar was born on Bleecker Street downtown. At just under a year old, the bar that Bandrovschi opens only once a month is alcohol-free, one of a growing number of sober bars popping up around the country. Booze-free bars serving elevated “mocktails’’ are attracting more young people than ever before, especially women. The uptick comes as fewer people overall are drinking away from home and the #MeToo movement has women seeking a more comfortable bar environment, said Amanda Topper, associate director of food-service research for the global market research firm Mintel. Mocktails aren’t just proliferating at sober bars. Regular bars and restaurants are cluing into the idea that alcohol-free customers want more than a Shirley Temple or a splash of cranberry with a spritz. Alcohol-free mixed drinks grew 35 percent as a beverage type on the menus of bars and restaurants from 2016 to this year, according to Mintel. Topper said 17 percent of 1,288 people surveyed between the ages of 22 to 24 who drink away from home said they’re interested in mocktails. The interest, she said, is also driven in part by the health and wellness movement, and higher quality ingre-

Serving drinks at the Listen Bar competition for mixologists. Photo: Sasha Charoensub

dients as bartenders take mocktails more seriously. “It really started a few years ago with the whole idea of dry January, when consumers cut out alcohol for that month,‘’ Topper said. “It’s shifted to a long-term movement and lifestyle choice.’’ Listen Bar recently hosted a mocktail competition for mixologists, who whipped up drinks that included The Holy Would, comprised of citrusy, distilled, non-alcoholic Seedlip Grove 42, palo santo syrup, low-acid apple juice, lemon and lime bitters produced with glycerin, and verjus, the pressed juice of unripened grapes. The drink is the brainchild of Fred Beebe, a bartender at Sunday in Brooklyn. The restaurant isn’t alcohol-free, but Beebe helped create an extensive mocktail menu that goes well beyond the sugary choices of yore, using unique ingredients. Palo santo, for instance, is a tree native to Peru, Venezuela and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula that loosely translates to “holy wood’’ and is widely used in folk remedies. “Everybody should be able to have a delicious drink at a bar,‘’ Beebe said. “Hospitality is making sure everybody has a good time. Alcohol, for me, is not the most important part of a cocktail anymore. The cool

juices and syrups and tinctures and mixtures and all that stuff makes a lot of the fun.’’ Listen Bar has enjoyed packed houses every month. Photographer Zach Hilty, 40, was a first-time customer on competition night. He said he drinks alcohol occasionally. “My girlfriend and I are interested in the health benefits of different botanicals and such,‘’ he said. Cat Tjan, 27, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was also on hand and brought a colleague, Ammar Farooqi, 26, from Williamstown in southern New Jersey. Neither drinks alcohol. Tjan said Listen Bar is the only sober bar she could find in Manhattan, where she works for a drug company. “I have no interest in it,‘’ she said of booze. “It’s not particularly fun. It’s very expensive. There are better ways to have a good night out.’’ Many bartenders will mix up regular cocktails and just leave out the alcohol if you ask, but that’s different than choosing something conceived as virgin from a separate menu, Farooqi said. Mocktails generally cost a few dollars less than cocktails, but separate menus are still hard to find. At the sober bar Getaway in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, mocktails go for $13 a pop.

Lining up for Listen Bar on Bleecker Street. Photo: Sasha Charoensub

Listen Bar’s “Ghost Me Maybe.” Photo: Molly Tavoletti

There’s the Paper Train, with lemon juice, tobacco syrup (from the leaf and containing no nicotine), vanilla and San Pellegrino Chinotto. And there’s A Trip to Ikea, a mix of lingonberry, lemon, vanilla, cardamom and cream. Getaway opened in April in a permanent space. “Weekends are generally really busy,‘’ said co-owner Regina Dellea. “My business partner’s brother is in recovery, and when he first got sober they missed having a space to hang out in at night, where you can meet up and just talk.’’ Mainstream suppliers are catching on. Beer companies are experimenting with alcohol-free selections, and Coca-Cola North America gobbled up the popular Topo Chico premium

sparkling mineral water. The U.K.’s Seedlip brand bills itself as the world’s first non-alcoholic spirits. It comes in three flavor profiles with ingredients like hand-picked peas from founder Ben Branson’s farm in the English countryside. At Listen Bar, Tjan and Farooqi sipped on a mocktail dubbed Me, A Houseplant, a green concoction comprised of Seedlip’s Garden 108 variety (the one with the peas), cucumber, lemon and elderflower. Each glass was garnished with a hefty cucumber slice. It was thought up by Jack McGarry, co-founder of the booze-serving Dead Rabbit bar in lower Manhattan and a wellknown mixologist. McGarry is also three years sober. At Listen Bar’s “Good AF Awards,‘’ he was one of the judges, clipboard in hand. “Alcohol-free used to be very simplistic with, like, homemade lemonades and ginger ales. People are wanting more diverse offerings,‘’ he said. “I’m intrigued at how it will all shake out. I’ve seen lots of trends come and go. When people come in asking for non-alcoholic drinks, we have a bunch of drinks that have been thought out.’’

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New York Fashion Week is in full swing. Not many of us get to go to the shows, let alone check out the runways from the front row with Anna. (If you have to ask “Anna who?” stop reading.) You can still get into the spirit of the event though with a coveted seat (your sofa) and your streaming service by watching the top sartorial features, TV shows and documentaries about an industry that “Miranda Priestly” once informed us “represents millions of dollars and countless jobs.”

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in chief just doesn’t slow down. This documentary has her planning the Costume exhibit at the Met museum.

13 GOING ON 30: The female version of “Big” set at a fashion glossy.

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gown designer gets a girlfriend.

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SHOP GIRL: Claire Danes

FUNNY FACE: Fred Astaire

may play a photographer and Audrey Hepburn his muse, but the movie stealer is when a fashion editor declares the need for a new black and the whole office breaks out into a rousing chorus of “Think Pink.”

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thieves steal the jewels from the Met Gala because, really, isn’t it all about accessorizing?

hopes well-to-do customer Steve Martin will rescue her from behind the counter at Saks Fifth Avenue.

GIA: Angelina Jolie is all

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY:

attitude as the real-life supermodel turned drug addict.

FASHION: Priyanka Chopra, aka Mrs. Nick Jonas, goes from small-town to supermodel and discovers all that glitters is not gold lamé.

ZOOLANDER: Male models deserve representation, too. DON’T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER’S DEAD: Teen

fakes a fashion resume and becomes a designer —

“New Yorker” fact checker, Michael J. Fox, snorts a lot of a certain substance to cope with the realization that his wife only saw him as her ticket to become a model in Manhattan.

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They may sell her clothes at Bergdorf’s, but once-scrappy Reese Witherspoon, who’s engaged to a Kennedy-esque Patrick Dempsey, gets nostalgic for Civil War re-enactments, Lynyrd Skynyrd and her down-home husband.

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INTERN: Retired Robert De

A wannabe writer reluctantly takes a fashion magazine job that (all together now) a million girls would kill for.

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Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels “Fat Chick” and “Back to Work She Goes.”

Niro proves he’s still got it at Anne Hathaway’s ecommerce clothing company. Mizrahi turned his career around.

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AFTER THE TYPEWRITER AGE VIEWPOINT

Or, how I got my ﬁrst serious job at 60 BY HARMON RANGELL

It seems like a long time ago now, but I was sixty years old when I went looking for my first job. The typewriter business had suffered its final death throes at the hands of Jobs, and Wozniak and Gates. Word processing and computers had already rendered typewriters into the same category as the horse-drawn carriage -- charming but obsolete. I always knew the end was coming but never thought it would happen so fast. All the major manufacturers were closing their doors. Companies like Royal, Remington Rand, Smith Corona, Underwood and the like were going out of business. Imagine: I had begun by selling manual typewriters and adding machines -- not even calculators. Adding machines were the main tools of business and even though it now seems hard to believe, many were considered to be high-tech at the time. Every business had a “typewriter man,” and I was able to convince many companies that that guy should be me.

From the Chelsea Clinton News, July 14, 1983. Photo courtesy of Harmon Rangell Article in the New York Times, Dec. 5, 1991. Photo courtesy of Harmon Rangell

Chelsea Hotel History My shop seemed welcoming and different from those of my competitors. It was right down the block from the Chelsea Hotel which in the sixties and seventies was a haven for the avant garde. Writers, artists and musicians would both live there and frequent its lobby, and many of them would wander into my store. Residents included the likes of Allen Ginsburg and Dylan Thomas. Jack Kerouac wrote “On the Road” there. Arthur Clarke wrote “2001, A Space Odyssey” there. Arthur Miller lived and wrote there. Even Mark Twain lived there in a previous era. Bob Dylan wrote music there. Leonard Cohen wrote his songs and had an affair with Janis Joplin there. They lived right down the hall from each other on the fourth floor. Madonna lived there. And of course, everyone knew that Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungeon in Room 207. I would always delight in telling prospective customers about all of

Coming out of the Chelsea store in the 1960s. Photo courtesy of Harmon Rangell

the above, and of the famous, even Pulitzer Prize winning authors who had written on my typewriters. Russell Baker, David Mamet, Herbert Gold, Susan Sontag and her lover, the photographer Annie Leibowitz, Gail Sheehy and John Patrick Shanley who wrote the award winning “Moonstruck.” All and more wrote on my typewriters. And after we spoke of all of the above, of course I’d make the sale!

Cactus Conversation While good music played in the background, my “doodles” lined the walls above the area around my desk

where my cacti lived. Both of which would prompt conversation. “They’re beautiful because they’re ugly.” I would say to those who would comment that most of the cactus were weird looking. For those were the very ones I’d select when walking through the flower market on 28th Street in the early morning. “And how often do you water them?” Was usually the next question. “Well,” I would answer. “I read the New York Times every morning and I turn to the national weather page. If it rained in Phoenix, Arizona --

then I water the cactus!!” That would always get a laugh and then, of course, I’d make the sale! So it was with great anguish and sadness that I was forced to give up all of the above. It wasn’t just giving up a living, it was part of my identity. A local newspaper once dubbed me “The Typewriter Baron of 23rd Street.” I was that big guy with the beard in that little yellow store on 23rd Street. But computers were on the verge of taking over the world, and nothing could stop that. Typewriters were suddenly a thing of the past, just like the horse-drawn carriage. I managed to get some work acting, getting non-speaking extra roles in movies, TV and TV commercials. I spent some time as a framer in an art store and I would disappear into the darkened recesses of a favorite poolroom on many an afternoon. And then one day I came to the realization that I was both too young and too poor to retire and decided to rejoin the workforce.

The Job Interview And so there I was: a 60-year-old with a receding hairline and a beard that was speckled with white, applying for a job at a multinational company. My competition came in the form of those younger than my own children, and the interviewer sitting across the desk from me fell into that category as well. “If I offer you this job,” said the young hotshot across the desk, “will

you go to school at night and take courses in computers?” Taking a few moments, I said forcefully, “No.” “Look” I said, “It’s no secret. I’m an old guy, but that’s exactly what I have to sell -- my age, wisdom and the fact that I’ve been around the block a few times. If you hire me I’m going to give you a full day’s work. But see that machine over there?” I pointed to one of the units that was in the room and an item that sold for about $40,000. “If you hire me I’ll learn whatever it is I have to know to sell those boxes, and I’ll sell a lot of your boxes!” Someone walked into the room who I thought later had been listening from an adjoining office. He nodded to the interviewer -- and they hired me on the spot. I was sixty and embarking on my first serious job. After a few months I made some innovations in their process that resulted in lots of new business. I won a corporate trip to Paris in my first year and made some real successes in educational sales. I worked for ten years until I retired at seventy. Harmon Rangell has been married to the same good woman for 57 years. He is a father, grandfather, retired businessman, writer, part time musician, collector of Bonsai trees, and self described “Pool Room Junkie”. His novel “Jake’s Tale” is available at Amazon.com. He can be reached at killebrew99@yahoo.com

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