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February 12, 2009 N O R T H E R N M A N H AT TA N ’ S B I L I N G U A L N E W S PA P E R
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Vol. 10 • No. 7: February 12 - February 18, 2009
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February 12, 2009
Parents protest D.O.E.
plan to add high school
to P.S. 173
by Daniel P. Bader
On bitter cold afternoon, parents and
elected officials gathered outside P.S.
173 on Ft. Washington Avenue near W.
173rd Street to protest a Department of
Education (DOE) plan to add as many as
300 students to this kindergarten through
fifth grade school.
“What does the Department of
Education intend to do? To create a high
school that will eventually grow to 300
kids with all these little kids,” said City
Council Member Robert Jackson during
the Fri., Feb. 6 rally. “This plan was put
forth without discussion with the district
leadership team or even the district
superintendent.”
Parents learned about the program,
called “Eight Plus,” at a meeting in
the school on Feb. 4. Eight Plus is
aimed at students who have not met the
requirements to move into high school,
and may need a different learning
environment to achieve those standards.
Input from parents may never have been
heard had the Feb. 4 meeting not been
called by principal Dawn Boursiquot.
She invited John White, the chief
operating officer of the DOE’s portfolio
development, to explain the reasons
behind the move.
Among a number of responsibilities,
his office opens new schools, monitors
charter schools and creates “Small
Learning Communities” within existing
schools.
“The DOE finally held a meeting two
days ago to present their proposal. What
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did they arrive with? Empty handed,”
Jackson said.
He complained that there was no
paperwork on the proposal, nothing to
look over and comment on. Jackson
said that parents quizzed White and
his colleagues for 25 minutes before
they began to understand the proposed
changes.
Lilliam Perez, chief of staff of district
operations for State Senator Eric
Schneiderman, said there was no plan
presented for how to share common
space, and no indication that additional
security would be available.
“We know what happens when a fiveyear-old and a 16-year-old have to share
common areas. How are they going to
share the bathroom? How are they going
to share the lunchroom?” she asked.
The additional school at P.S. 173
is being proposed, said Community
Education Council Treasurer Josh Karan,
because the DOE mistakenly views the
building as underutilized.
“According to the DOE. this building
should have 1,000 students in it,” he said.
“Why? Because about 10 years ago, you
did have 1,000 students in this building.
They didn’t have any art room then, they
don’t have any music rooms, you don’t
have any dance studios, you don’t have
any science labs.”
Whether District 6 needs a program
P.S. 173 currently has
700 elementary school
students. The Department
of Education plans to
add a school for up to
300 underperforming
eight graders. PHOTO
by Daniel P. Bader
like Eight Plus is not at issue, Karan said.
The question is whether any school of
300 students should be put in P.S. 173.
“Doing so would then end all the
educational programs that this building
has struggled to obtain in the last 15
years.”
Karan suggested that White and his
department should work with parents
instead of talking down to them. “Let us
all figure this out together. Don’t come
in with the attitude that you know what’s
better and that we don’t matter,” he said.
In an added bit of drama in an already
tense situation, Karan said White was
allegedly overheard saying after the Feb.
4 meeting that the parents of District 6
“Don’t know how to behave.”
Jackson, the chair of the City Council
Education Committee was outraged by
the remark, calling for whoever said it to
be fired.
“That representative needs to be
fired because he knows nothing about
Washington Heights. Yes, we are
emotional because when you impact our
children, you impact us,” Jackson said.
Calls to the Department of Education
to comment on the Eight Plus plan were
not returned by press time.
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Tues., Feb 24
CB12 General
Meeting
Russ Berrie Pavilion
1150 St. Nicholas
Avenue btw. W. 167th
and W. 168th Street
7 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 25
ConEd started to replace
the electricity lines on
Cabrini Boulevard on
Tues. Feb. 10. The old
lines burned out, causing
a temporary blackout on
Feb. 4. (photo Landa M.
Towns)
by Daniel P. Bader
repair, said ConEd spokesperson Sara Banda. The
cables being replaced are bigger and have a higher
capacity than the ones that caused the interruption.
Also, because of the larger wires, the box that they
feed into will be replaced with one large enough to
accommodate the new cables.
Banda could not say how many customers were
affected by the failure, but said the road work
shouldn’t take longer than a week.
Forget driving on Cabrini Boulevard for at least
a week. Consolidated Edison has dug a trench in
the stretch between W. 187th Street and W. 190th
Street to replace power lines that burned out
on Feb. 4, causing a temporary blackout on the
street.
“This is basically an upgrade” as well as a
33rd Precinct
Council
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34th Precinct
Council
4295 Broadway
7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 26
Street Activities
Permit Task Force
Public hearing with
applicants
10 a.m.
Fri., March 6
Department of
Buildings Public
Hearing
Public hearing on
proposed change to
the rules establishing
30-day window for
public to contest a
building permit or
approval.
Office of Department of
Buildings 280 Broadway,
3rd floor conference
room.
3p.m.
Umbrella lounge weathers hearing; forecast sunny
by Adam Garrett Clark
on the street around the location and
a history of complaints from nearby
residents, no one from the public attended
the hearing to voice an opinion.
Umbrella owner Emilio Suarez, whose
request for a liquor license was already
approved, could have opened up already
but chose, he said, to go through the
proper channels first.
Suarez has invested his life savings,
$400,000, into the business, paying
$15,000 in rent each month while awaiting
The Community Board 12 Economic
Development
Committee
voted
unanimously on Feb. 10 to support a
Cabaret License for Umbrella, a nightclub
on W. 202nd Street.
The club is now closed, but scheduled
to re-open pending approval of the license
from the full community board and the
city’s Department of Consumer Affairs.
Despite public announcements placed
proper approvals.
To avoid the problems the club has
generated in the past, Suarez said he
has hired a security company to secure
both the interior and the exterior of the
location to aid police, and he’s working
on getting more lighting in the parking
lots around the building.
Community Affairs Officer Tony
Trinidad of the 34th Police Precinct said
that based on the establishment’s history
the precinct is opposed to the license.
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Friends Committee of the
Ft. Tryon Park Trust
Gwendolyn Boey
Hudson Heights Owners
Coalition
Layton Bennett
Eduardo Roldos
Mark Reilly
Jan Kovacs
Irene Ginsberg
Héctor Marcayda
Girls’ Prep
While the ownership is new, the setup
will be the same, Trinidad said.
Sitting next to the owner, Trinidad
wished him luck, but said “if anything
goes astray, we will be there to shut you
down.”
The full board will vote on the
committee’s resolution at the general
meeting on Feb. 24 and make a formal
recommendation to the DCA.
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Where: Jacob K. Javits Playground
When: Wed., Feb. 11
Digital television
conversion delayed
Congress has pushed back a February
17 deadline that would have required all
television stations broadcasting over the
air to switch from an analog to a digital
signal. Viewers with older televisions
now have until June 12 to purchase a
special converter box that will enable
them to continue to receive television for
free over the air. The switch is expected to
impact Hispanic and elderly populations
the hardest, as these groups are among the
least likely to pay for cable or satellite
television service.
A federal program that handed out
$40 coupons to dull the pain of buying
a converter box has run out of money.
Part of economic stimulus plan before
Congress would provide funds to replenish
the program. According to a recent New
York Times article about the transition,
even though the deadline was extended,
some stations will stop broadcasting after
Feb. 17.
Schneiderman
addresses MTA
On Feb. 4, New York State Senator Eric
Schneiderman delivered testimony to the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
on the impact of the proposed cuts to
service for the bus and subway lines in his
district, which covers parts of the Upper
West Side, Harlem, Northern Manhattan
and Riverdale in the Bronx.
The BX20 bus, which runs between
Riverdale and Inwood, faces elimination,
and service on the A-, C- and 1-trains
would have reduced services on top of a
significant fare hike.
Manhattan Times
Briefs
College
scholarships
available
The Edward J. McFadden Scholarship
Fund established by the Isabella
Foundation is accepting applications.
The scholarships, which range from
$500 to $3,000, are granted to Northern
Manhattan high school students with a B
average who are engaged in community
service. The deadline for applications is
March 1. For an application visit www.
isabella.org or for information email
[email protected] .
2009
Neighborhood
Achievement
Awards deadline
approaching
The New York City Department of
Small Business Services is calling for
the nominations of individuals, small
businesses and community organizations
for the 2009 Neighborhood Achievement
Awards.
The awards honor business or people
who have committed to growing
neighborhoods, creating jobs and
opportunities for members of the
community. New Yorkers, nonprofit
organizations, businesses, educational
institutions,
business
improvement
districts, local development corporations,
merchants
associations
and
other
neighborhood associations are encouraged
to apply and/or nominate others for
awards in seven categories. The deadline
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with your kids! This program is
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with children aged 5-12 years
old. The open gymnasium
will be available for your
family’s use for various sports.
Equipment provided! Play
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games, jump rope... Play alone
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with other families! This hour is
yours to spend with your family,
doing fun physical activity with
your kids! EVERY MONDAY, 67PM in the big gym. Sponsored
by CHALK- Choosing Healthy &
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noche de ejercicios con sus niños!
Este programa es GRatUito
para todas las familias de Inwood que
tienen niños entre las edades de 5 a
12 años. El gimnasio abierto estará
disponible para que su familia lo use en
varios deportes. ¡Los útiles deportivos
estarán disponibles! Juegue futbol,
juegos infantiles, brincar la cuerda.
¡Juegue solo con su familia o únase a
otros juegos con otras familias! ¡Esta
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hacer actividades físicas divertidas con
sus niños! Cada lunes de 6pm-7pm.
Patrocinada por CHALK- Eligiendo
Estilos de Vidas Saludables y Activos
para Nuestros Niños.
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Visit the US Capitol, White House, Holocaust Museum, Smithsonian
Museum and Memorials. Early Bird Special: $297/per person, double
occupancy before Feb. 23.
Call Mira for registration and further information at 212-569-6200 ext 231.
is March 6. For more information visit
the SBS page at www.nyc.gov.
L.A. Weight Loss to
refund customers
after closure
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
announced on Feb. 5 an agreement with
the now-defunct L.A. Weight Loss centers
to provide $275,000 in refunds to clients
who had paid for services they never
received. According to a statement from
Cuomo’s office, the company closed its
gyms abruptly in 2008 and never refunded
customers who had paid in advance.
Members who feel they are entitled to a
refund should call the Attorney General’s
office at 800-771-7755 and ask for a L.A.
Weight Loss claim form. Forms must be
returned by March 2.
Senior safety
Isabella Geriatric Center is hosting a
Conversión de
televisión digital
retrasada
El Congreso ha retrasado la fecha límite
del 17 de febrero que hubiera requerido que
todas las estaciones de televisión transmitiendo
por aire cambiaran de señal análoga a digital.
Los televidentes con televisores viejos ahora
tienen hasta el 12 de junio para comprar la
caja convertidor especial que les permitiría
el continuar recibiendo programas gratis. El
cambio se espera impacte más fuerte a la
población hispana y a los envejecientes, ya
que estos grupos tienden a no pagar cable o
servicio de televisión por satélite.
Un programa federal que entregó cupones
de $40 para subsidiar la compra de la caja
convertidor se ha quedado sin dinero. Parte del
plan de estimulo económico ante el Congreso
proveería fondos para restaurar fondos para el
programa. Según un reciente artículo del ‘New
York Times’’ acerca de la transición, aunque la
fecha limite fue extendida, algunas estaciones
pararan de transmitir luego del 17 de febrero.
Schneiderman se
dirige a la MTA
El 4 de febrero, el senador estatal Eric
Schneiderman entregó un testimonio a la
Autoridad Metropolitana de Transportación
sobre el impacto de los propuestos recortes al
servicio de autobuses y las líneas de trenes en
su distrito, la cual cubre partes del ‘Upper West
Side’, Harlem, Norte de Manhattan y Riverdale
en el Bronx.
El autobús BX20, el cual viaja entre Riverdale
e Inwood está enfrentando ser eliminado, y el
servicio del tren A-C y 1 reducirán servicios en
tope de un significativo aumento de tarifa.
L.A. Weight Loss
reembolsa a clientes
luego de cierre
El Fiscal General Andrew Cuomo anuncio el
5 de febrero un acuerdo con los ahora extintos
centros de L.A. Weight Loss para suministrar
$275,000 en reembolsos a clientes que habían
pagado por servicios que nunca recibieron.
Según una declaración de la oficina de Cuomo,
la compañía cerró sus gimnasios en el 2008 y
nunca les reembolsó a los clientes que habían
pagado por adelantado.
Miembros que sientan que ellos tienen
derechos a un reembolso deben de llamar a
February 12, 2009
“Safety Workshop” for older adults on
Thu., Feb. 19. Seniors will learn general
crime prevention and safety tips, the
difference between 911 and 311, fire
safety tips, strategies to prevent identity
theft, the benefits of the trespass affidavit
program and financial management.
Those interested should call 212-3429622. English to Spanish translation will
be available.
DANR to
hold reception
in Northern
Manhattan
On Feb.21, The Dominican American
National Roundtable will hold a
Dominican Heritage Reception at Serie
56 on Broadway and W. 190th Street. The
reception will honor the outgoing members
of the DANR board and welcome the new
board members and the new President
of DANR who will be elected on that
day. DANR is a non-profit, non-partisan
group headquartered in Washington D. C.
la oficina del Fiscal General al 800-771-7755
y pedir una forma de reclamo de L.A. Weight
Loss. Las formas deben de ser regresadas para
el 2 de marzo.
Becas de colegio
disponibles
El Fondo de Becas Edward J. McFadden,
establecido por la Fundación Isabella está
aceptando aplicaciones. Las becas, las cuales
fluctúan entre $500 y $3,000, son otorgadas a
estudiantes de escuela superior del Norte de
Manhattan con un promedio de B que están
comprometidos en servicio comunal. La fecha
límite para las aplicaciones es el 1 de marzo.
Para una aplicación visite www.isabella.org
o por información por correo electrónico a
[email protected] .
DANR hace recepción
en el Norte de
Manhattan
La Mesa Redonda Nacional Dominicana
Americana llevará a cabo una Recepción de
Herencia Dominicana en Serie 56 en Broadway
y el oeste de la Calle 190. La recepción honrará
los salientes miembros de la junta de DANR y
les dará la bienvenida a los nuevos miembros
de la junta y al nuevo presidente de DANR
que será elegido ese día. DANR es un grupo
sin fines de lucro con oficinas centrales en
Washington, D.C. para más información visite
http://www.danr.org.
Se acerca la fecha
límite de los Premios
de Logros del
Vecindario 2009-02-10
El Departamento de Servicios a Pequeños
Negocios de la ciudad de Nueva York está
llamando para las nominaciones de individuos,
pequeños negocios y organizaciones
comunales para los premios del 2009.
Los premios honran negocios o personas que
están comprometidas a vecindarios creciendo,
creando empleos y oportunidades para
miembros de la comunidad. Los neoyorquinos,
organización sin fines de lucro, negocios,
instituciones educativas, distritos de negocios
mejorando, asociaciones de comerciantes y
otras asociaciones del vecindario se les exhorta
a aplicar o a nominar a otros para los premios
en siete categorías. La fecha límite es el 6 de
marzo. Para más información visite la página de
SBS a www.nyc.gov.
February 12, 2009
Manhattan Times
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Love, cake and political dissidence
February 12, 2009
D i ne r o & E x i to
by Adam Garrett Clark
On the exposed brick wall inside
Carrot Top on Broadway near W. 165th
Street is a collection of framed articles
written about the bakery’s owner, Renee
Mancino.
A casual glance, past photo-ops of the
businesswoman smiling next to trays of
baked goods, reveals hints at the enormity
of her story, or stories rather.
A single mom who went from baking
cakes in her apartment in Inwood to being
hailed as an example of free enterprise in
a McGraw Hill social studies textbook,
her life reads like a screenplay.
But as the articles suggest, if Hollywood
were ever set to immortalize her life on the
silver screen, the variety of approaches
to her story would be overwhelming. The
narrative that is perhaps less detailed
in the news clippings on the wall is the
woman’s life before baking. It’s a tale
serendipitously sprinkled with major
moments and figures in history, an
odyssey through black America in the
last 50 years.
“I’m a part of history,” she explains
while seated in the window of her bakery
with a view of the Malcolm X and Dr.
Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational
and Cultural Center across the street. She
reminds herself, out loud, to make a few
donations to the memorial.
She recently found a bag of old uniforms,
from when she made clothes as a member
of the Nation of Islam. And there’s
definitely a few books kicking around
her home that would pique the interest of
the history-minded, particularly the one
signed by Malcolm X.
Born in 1948, Mancino was in the third
grade when schools were desegregated
in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.
As a teenager in the 1960s, she became
politically active, identifying herself as a
black nationalist. “This was back when
the Afro had just come into fashion,” she
said.
She volunteered for the mayoral
campaign of a man named Carl Stokes,
who became America’s first black mayor.
Mancino witnessed the race riots that
followed.
She moved to New York in her 20s and,
after attending a few meetings in Harlem
and liking what she heard, joined the
Black Panthers. It was 1970 and the party
had since distanced itself from black
nationalism and was more concerned
with developing programs to address
problems in the community. Mancino
remembers the Panthers doing a lot of
positive things.
“The Black Panthers were not a
militant group,” she said. “We weren’t
Renee Mancino, owner of Carrot
Top Bakery on Broadway and W. 213th
Street, was involved with the Nation
of Islam and the Black Panthers. Her
involvment with the Nation of Islam
led to the founding of Carrot Top.
This is the second in a series of
stories celebrating how the AfricanAmerican experience continues to
shape Northern Manhattan.
into turning the other cheek, but we were
more activists than anything else.”
Two years later she changed her name
to Renee 17X and was accepted into the
Nation of Islam. The number came from
the fact that there were 16 other Renee’s
in the group before her. “Malcolm X
was Malcolm X because he was the only
Malcolm,” she explained.
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take a test – written test.”
Mancino remembered it as an
initiation and later characterized it as an
indoctrination.
Still, she said, it was a disciplined
organization that had its faults and its
merits.
“The Nation of Islam were capitalists,”
she pointed out. “We had our own schools,
bakeries, we were our own entities.”
The NOI fostered a spirit of self
reliance, she said, which resulted in
Harlem becoming saturated with Muslimowned businesses.
It was there that she was exposed to
carrot cake, an item as prevalent as the
bean pie in the black Muslim menu, she
said, which was based on natural foods,
avoiding pork and any foods connected
to slavery (which some might call soul
food).
It was around this time that her husband
passed away and she was left to provide
for her young daughter. She began baking
cakes for restaurants out of her apartment
on Post Avenue off of W. 207th Street.
After a friend asked her to bake a cake
for a family member upstate in prison,
she hatched the idea that would launch
her business.
She wrote letters to the Imams of
six different nearby prisons with a list
of cakes she could produce and their
prices. At the time she explained, black
Muslims in jail were responsible for
changing a lot of lives, many converted
to the religion behind bars.
“It was a very powerful movement, at
the time, of getting black men together,”
she said.
She began receiving orders and many
thank you letters. Soon she connected
with a group in the city, called Operation
Prison Gap, which organized trips to the
prisons for family visitors. The group
took on the distribution of her cakes. And
things continued to grow.
Eventually many of her loyal customers,
who had a penchant for letter writing,
began sending fan mail to Richard Pryor
and touting Mancino’s cakes. Someone
close to Pryor began ordering cakes
from Mancino which further raised her
profile.
And in a twist of fate, around this time
Mancino’s brother from Ohio was in town.
He desperately wanted to meet Richard
Pryor and one day when Mancino said
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by professional photographer
esta serie acerca de los bodegueros y las
Christopher Auger Dominguez about
bodegas de que tanto dependemos.
the owners and stores that we all rely
on.
Q: What nickname
born?
place.
do customers call you?
A:Santo Domingo,
Q:How many
A:Nothing really,
Dominican Republic.
employees are there?
sometimes Camilo.
Q:What’s your
A: Four.
Q: How long have
favorite candy/drink/
Q:How many are
you worked here?
snack to swipe?
family?
A: I bought the
A: Halls mints.
A: All of them.
bodega 1 year and 4
Q:What are the
Q:What is weirdest
months ago.
best and worst things
item a customer has
Q:How many hours
about being a bodega
asked for?
do you work a week?
owner?
A:Nothing specific
A:90 or more. I am
A:I enjoy the
but sometimes people
here all the time.
business but it isn’t
ask for something from
Q:What’sthe
easy. Long hours and
their own country that
significance of the
business is a bit slow
we don’t carry.
store’s name?
now.
Q:What do you do
A: Camilo Grocery
Q:How did you raise when it’s slow?
and Produce - My
your startup capital?
A: Clean and
family’s name.
A: My family each
organize.
Q:Where were you
contributed to buy the
Pregunta: ¿Cuál es el apodo que te
R: Disfruto el negocio pero no es fácil. Las
tienen tus clientes?
largas horas y el negocio está un poco flojo
Respuesta: Ninguno, a veces Camilo
ahora.
P: ¿Hace cuanto tiempo que estás
P: ¿Como conseguiste el capital
trabajando aquí?
para comenzar?
R: Compré la bodega hace 1 año y 4
R: Mis familiares contribuyeron para
meses.
comprar el local.
P: ¿Cuántas horas trabajas a la
P: ¿Cuantos empleados tienes?
semana?
R: Cuatro
R: 90 o más. Siempre estoy aquí.
P: ¿Cuántos son familiares?
P ¿Qué significa el nombre de la
R: Todos
bodega?
P: ¿Cuál ha sido el pedido más
R: Mi apellido familiar.
raro que le ha hecho un cliente?
P: ¿Dónde naciste?
R: Nada específico. Pero a veces la
R: Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
gente me pide productos de sus países que
P: ¿Cuál es tu caramelo/bebida/
nosotros no tenemos.
tentempié favorito?
P: ¿Qué hace cuando la bodega
R: Halls mints
esta floja?
P: ¿Qué es lo mejor y lo peor de
R: Limpiar y organizar.
ser un bodeguero?
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Opinions
February 12, 2009
O P I N I O N E S
games
(http://www.gameskidsplay.
net/). Then, she can invite others to play
along.
Help your child find solutions to her
problems. This might include talking
directly to the other child or it might mean
taking a “vacation” from the particular
friend that is giving her a hard time.
There is being left out or hurt by
unkind words and there is also bullying
with Jessica Shapley
or teasing. Bullying and teasing is, often,
about having power over someone else. It
is a misuse of power and anger. Our child
might be the victim and can sometimes
be the aggressor.
Helping our children to do something
else with their anger, frustration or hurt
can be empowering.
Here are a few ways to combat this:
I started to notice a change in how my
Teach our child to speak directly and
children related to others, socially, by
second grade. By the third grade, kids respectfully to others.
Model empathy and kindness to our
(girls at least) seem to be entrenched in
children.
the importance of peer relationships.
Teach your child how to calm himself
This is developmentally universal.
From academics to the skewed ideals down and control emotions. Encourage
of the Disney Channel, culturally, there positive friendships by setting up playdates.
is so much pressure on kids.
Sometimes the solution or even
Teaching our children to have positive
relationships with peers, to be assertive the prevention of such issues involve
and to communicate their needs to contacting the school/teacher/guidance
others is even more difficult under these counselor or even principal of the
school.
circumstance, but not impossible.
The schools in the district have different
Recently, one parent wrote:
services for support.
They might include a school
Dear Jessica,
psychologist, social worker and
OP/ED
My daughter is in the
or guidance counselors who are
first grade. I am concerned
because she seems to be drawn to people skilled at mediation.
Some schools also have peer mediation.
who don’t treat her nicely.
Her feelings are often hurt because My daughters have had wonderful success
she is left out of social interactions with in helping navigate some friendship
struggles with their guidance counselor.
these kids.
She has been available, empowering
his often happens during recess and on
the school yard. What can I do or say to and created a safe and appropriate outlet
for them.
help my daughter?
She has also worked with children
Janey, Mom in Washington Heights
when things are going well, to facilitate
that continued success.
Dear Janey:
To find out what services are available
Ah, the school yard.
This is often a place where call your school or the District 6 office
communication and friendship navigation (917-521-3783).
is most difficult. The lack of structure can
Jessica Shapley (www.momsupport.
really be hard. If equipped with “tools”
your child will be able to negotiate this org) is a licensed social worker and
mother of two.
more smoothly.
Her private practice includes new
As parents and caregivers, we want to
be able to provide our child with these mother support groups in Washington
tools. Here are some suggestions you Heights and around NYC.
She provides individual appointments
might find helpful:
Actively listen to your child express for individuals and couples. She also
moderates the Washington Heights
him/herself.
Have a conversation with your child ParentandMe Yahoo group.
For comments or questions email
about the friends she can count on.
Teach your child some school yard jessica@momsupport.
NOMA
Family
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Top 10 goals
to consider for 2009
you are prepared to do.
More and more research studies are
finding that lifestyle behaviors are
HUGE in how healthy we are and stay.
A recent study at Mt. Sinai Hospital
found that people who were 60 and
over, who reduced their caloric intake
by 30% and exercised had a better
memory than people of the same age
who did not reduce their weight and did
not exercise.
The main finding was that to keep
healthy in body and mind, you have to
stay a healthy weight and exercise.
Here, then are my top 10 goals for you
to consider this year:
It’s a jungle
out there
on the jungle gym
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1. Get to a healthy weight.
2. Exercise on a regular basis.
3. Stop smoking.
4. Make education a priority for
your family – children and adults.
This column has been focused on New
Learning is a life long goal!!!!!
Year’s Resolutions. I want to expand the
5. Eliminate corporal punishment
discussion by having you think about and verbal abuse from your parenting
goals that you could set that would go style.
a LONG way to improving your life.
6. Floss everyday.
Goals can be set at any time,
7. Start eating a fresh
not just New Years. If you do
fruit and a vegetable
OP/ED
not set goals for yourself, you
everyday.
will not reach goals.
8. Get a good night sleep and enough
Many of you have not been thinking sleep every night. (seven to eight
about making any changes.
hours)
If you do the same thing, you WILL
9. Stop abusing substances, legal
get the same result. You need to do and/or illegal.
something different in order to get
10. Schedule quality/fun time with
change in your life.
your loved ones, especially your
You are the only one that can change children. (If you do a good job, they
you.
do grow up and leave you!)
So many people get caught up trying
to change others and do not realize that
If you manage to reach any or many of
they can only change themselves. When the above goals, you have a greater the
you do something different, you will likelihood that your stress level will be
change the pattern between you and the reduced or at least be more manageable.
other people in your life. It is then that You will be on your way to change, if
the other person may decide to change you begin to consider undertaking one
as well. So below are some goals that or more of these goals. You’ve got but
you may want to think about setting for one life to live, may as well give it your
yourself. It is best to work on one goal best shot!
at a time, rather than take on more than
Dr. Luz
Towns-Miranda
MTA should enforce rules on
station emergency gates
or shut alarms off
To the Editor:
of traffic flow and need for people to use
Is it just me or do other people find the gates in addition to the turnstiles, then
the alarms that go off when people push the MTA should turn off the alarms.
through the subway “Emergency Only”
My work takes me all over the city
gates excruciatingly painful to the ears?
and I have never witnessed commuters
Can someone from the MTA
going through emergency
please explain what purpose
gates
illegally
in
any
these alarms serve? At the 191st
stations outside of Northern
LETTERS
Street and Dyckman Street
Manhattan.
uptown A-train stations (and
This is a very sad statement
increasingly at many 1-train stations), I on the disregard for law that seems to
see commuters pushing those gates open exist among some Northern Manhattan
and setting off those alarms every time I residents. I have always appreciated the
get off at those stations – regardless of fact that I feel protected by law in this
whether it is rush hour or not, regardless city.
of whether there is a line at the turnstile
To see people so blatantly violating
or whether there is no line.
the law in my home community is
These commuters are traveling light; infuriating.
they are unencumbered by baby carriages
I wonder why mothers of small children
or bicycles.
tolerate this. As an adult, I find the alarms
I would suggest that the MTA either extremely painful to my ears. I can only
enforce the “emergency only” nature of imagine how the sensitive ears of small
the gates and fine people who open them children must feel. I see this as a quality
or that the MTA turn off the alarms. And of life issue.
why is it that people need to open these
My plea to the MTA: Answers, change
gates?
or enforcement.
Is it because they can’t take the extra
My plea to the detonators of these
minute or two to go through the turnstiles noise bombs: Respect the law; Respect
or do they perversely enjoy setting off your community.
that explosion of noise? If this is a matter
Elena Cahill
February 12, 2009
Rincón
Familiar
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O P I N I O N E S
acerca de los amigos con que él o ella pueden
contar.
Ensénele a su niño/a algunos juegos de patio
(http://www.gameskidsplay.net/). Entonces ella
con Jessica Shapley
puede invitar a otros a jugar.
Ayude a su niño/a a encontrar soluciones
a sus problemas. Esto podría incluir hablar
directamente con el otro niño/a o podría
significar el tomar unas “vacaciones” del amigo
en particular que la está tratando mal.
Por una parte hay el ser dejado fuera o
herido por palabras crueles y por otro lado está
el mangoneo y la burla. El mangoneo y la burla
a menudo son acerca de tener poder sobre
alguien más. Es una mala utilización del poder y
el coraje. Nuestros niño/a podría ser la víctima
y algunas veces podría ser el agresor.
El ayudar a nuestros niños a hacer algo más
Yo comencé a notar un cambio en como mis
con su coraje, frustración o dolor puede ser de
niños se relacionaban con otros, socialmente,
empoderamiento.
en segundo grado. Para tercer grado, los
Aquí hay algunas maneras de combatir esto:
niños (por lo menos las niñas) parecen estar
Enseñe a su niño/a a hablar directamente y
más consolidadas en la importancia de las
respetuosamente a otros.
relaciones con los compañeros.
Presente empatía y bondad a sus niños.
Desde lo académico hasta las ensartas de
Enséñele a su niño/a a como mismo
ideales del canal de Disney, culturalmente, hay
calmarse y controlar sus emociones. Anime
mucha presión en los niños.
a amistades positivas programando días de
El enseñarle a nuestros niños a tener una
juegos.
relación positiva con los compañeros, el ser
Algunas veces la solución y hasta la
asertivos y comunicar sus necesidades a otros
prevención de tales problemas envuelve el
es aun más difícil bajo estas circunstancias
comunicarse con la escuela/maestra/concejero
pero no imposible.
o aun hasta con el principal de la escuela.
Recientemente un padre escribió:
Las escuelas en el distrito tienen
diferentes servicios de apoyo.
Estimada Jessica:
OP/ED
Ellos pueden incluir un psicólogo
Mi hija está en primer grado.
escolar, trabajador social o concejeros quienes
Yo estoy preocupada porque ella parece ser
están entrenados en mediaciones. Algunas
atraída a personas que no la tratan bien. Sus
escuelas también tienen mediación con
sentimientos a menudo son heridos porque es
compañeros. Mis hijas han tenido grandes
dejada afuera de interacciones sociales con
éxitos con su concejero. Ella ha podido crear
estos niños. Esto sucede a menudo durante el
una salida segura y apropiada para ellos. Ella
receso y en el patio de la escuela. ¿Qué puedo
también ha trabajado con niños cuando las
hacer o decir para ayudar a mi hija?
cosas van bien, para facilitar ese éxito continuo.
Janey, madre de Washington Heights
Para averiguar que servicios están disponibles
llame a su escuela o a la oficina del Distrito 6
Estimada Janey:
(917-521-3783).
¡Ah, el patio de la escuela!
Jessica Shapley (www.momsupport.org)
A menudo este es un lugar donde la
es una trabajadora social con licencia y
comunicación y la navegación de la amistad
madre de dos. Su práctica privada incluye
son más difíciles. La falta de estructura
nuevos grupos de apoyos a nuevas madres
realmente puede ser bien dura. Si es equipada
con “herramientas” su niña podría negociar esto en Washington Heights y alrededor de NYC.
más suavemente. Como padres y personas que Ella provee citas individuales a individuos o
parejas. Ella también modera el grupo Yahoo
cuidan, nosotros queremos poder proveerles
de Washington Heights. Para comentarios
a nuestros niños con estas herramientas. Aquí
o preguntas envíe un correo electrónico a
hay algunas sugerencias que podría encontrar
jessica@momsupport.
de ayuda:
Escuche activamente a su niño/a expresarse.
Tenga una conversación con su niño/a
Las diez principales
razones para considerer
en el 2009
Es una jungla allá
afuera
en el gimnasio jungla
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Dr. Luz
Towns-Miranda
Esta columna se ha enfocado en las
Resoluciones del Nuevo Año. Quiero expandir
la discusión para que piense acerca de las
metas que usted podría desarrollar y que
ayudaría muchísimo para mejorar su vida.
Las metas que puede establecer en cualquier
momento, no solo en el nuevo año. Si usted no
tiene metas, no alcanzará metas.
Muchos de ustedes no han estado pensando
acerca de hacer ningún cambio. Si usted hace
la misma cosa, usted RECIBIRA el mismo
resultado. Usted tiene que hacer algo diferente
para poder tener un cambio en su vida.
Usted es el único que puede cambiarse.
Muchas personas quedan atrapadas tratando
de cambiar a otras y no se dan cuenta de que
ellos solo se pueden cambiar a ellos mismos.
Cuando usted hace algo diferente, usted
cambiará el patrón entre usted y las otras
personas en su vida.
Es entonces cuando la otra persona
pueda decidir también cambiar. Así es que
a continuación hay algunas metas que a lo
mejor usted quisiera pensar para usted. Es
mejor trabajar con una meta a la vez, en lugar
de tomar más de las que está preparado a
enfrentar.
Más y más estudios de investigaciones están
encontrando que el COMPORTAMIENTO DE
ESTILO DE VIDA se enfoca GRANDEMENTE
en cuan saludables somos y nos quedamos.
Un reciente estudio en el Hospital Mt. Sinai
encontró que las personas que tenían 60 años
o más, que redujeron su consumo de calorías
en un 30% y hacían ejercicio tienen una mejor
memoria que las personas de la misma edad
que no bajaron su peso y no hicieron ejercicio.
El principal hallazgo fue que para
mantenerse saludable en cuerpo y mente
usted tiene que mantener un peso saludable y
ejercitarse.
1- Llegue a un peso saludable.
2- Haga ejercicio regularmente.
3- Pare de fumar.
4- Haga la educación una prioridad para
su familia – niños y adultos. El aprender es
una meta para toda la vida.
5- Elimine el castigo corporal y abuso
verbal de su estilo de crianza.
6-Utilice hilo dental todos los días.
7-Comience a comerse una fruta fresca y
un vegetal todos los días. (Si usted no come
comida fresca).
8- Duerma bien y suficiente cada noche.
(De 7 a 8 horas)
9-Detenga el abuso de substancias,
legales o ilegales.
10- Programe tiempo para divertirse con
sus seres queridos, especialmente sus
niños. (Si usted hace un buen trabajo, ellos
crecen y lo dejaran).
Si usted logra alcanzar cualquiera o
muchas de las metas de arriba, tiene mayores
probabilidades de que tu estrés se REDUZCA o
por lo menos sea más manejable.
Usted estará en su camino hacia el cambio,
si empieza a considerar la posibilidad de seguir
una o más de estas metas. Usted tiene solo
una vida para vivir, así es que trate de hacer lo
mejor que pueda.
10 Manhattan Times
February 12, 2009
Bald eagles find Inwood Hill Park cozy for the winter
by Sherry Mazzocchi
On a crisp, cold Saturday morning,
Urban Park Ranger Robert
Mastrianni leads a group
of hopeful bald eagle
watchers on a tour through
Inwood Hill Park. The
eagles aren’t night owls
– they are up early looking
for breakfast, and to see one, you
have to be up early too.
With their seven-foot wingspan the
birds are unmistakable gliding high in the
sky or zipping out of Inwood Hill Park on
their way to feast. They can also be seen
perched on ice flows under the George
Washington Bridge.
The neighborhood seems to suit them
in the winter.
Migrating south from the frozen north,
eagles settle for the winter in spots with
open water – a resource in abundance
here. They land on chunks of river ice
to hunt, grasping fish right out of the
water with their talons. A sure sign that
an eagle has been around is the leftovers
they leave on the ice.
“It’s a raft, a hunting perch and a dinner
plate all in one,” said Mastrianni.
The rangers have been leading the tours
since 2007, but Mastrianni said he’s seen
more eagles this winter than any other.
In 2002, the rangers started an eagle
release program in the park that was
based on a similar project in Washington,
D.C. Over the course of four years the
eagles were raised, tagged and released
in Inwood Hill Park, tracked by satellite
signals. The data they’ve collected tell
the rangers that, even though the birds
were raised in captivity, they’ve closely
follow the migratory paths of eagles
raised in the wild.
They’ve also found that the eagles are
returning to Northern Manhattan for the
winter, and the rangers are hopeful they
will eventually settle down and raise their
young here too.
“Eagles tend to stay where they have
fledged [taken care of their young]. If
we released them in Inwood, there is
a good percentage they would come
back. It hasn’t happened yet, but it did
in Washington, D.C.,” said Urban Park
Rangers Director Sarah Aucoin.
With its old growth forest and easy
access to the Hudson River, Inwood Hill
Park is prime raptor real estate.
The park’s tall trees are perfect for
perching to get a lay of the land.
The salt marsh inlet is an
excellent location
for
young
ones
learning to fish and practicing soaring
and diving.
Once abundant throughout all of
North America, bald eagles were nearly
decimated by loss of habitat, hunting
and Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloroethane
(DDT). The deadly pesticide poisoned
land and marine animals alike. Eagles are
at the top of their food chain so nearly
everything they ate was affected and DDT
accumulated in their bodies. It
thinned the walls of eggs and
Urban Park Rangers have been leading bald
eagle tours since 2007, but this year rangers
have spotted a whole lot more than in previous
years. (photos by Urban Park Ranger Robert
Mastrianni
Los Guardabosques Urbanos han estado dirigiendo
excursiones para ver las águilas desde el 2007, pero
este año los guardabosques han divisado muchas
más que en años anteriores.
the eaglets never hatched.
In 1963, there were only an estimated
418 pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48
states. DDT was banned in 1972 and the
bird that is America’s national symbol
was placed on the Endangered Species
list.
When eagles were removed from the
list in 2007, the number had climbed to
9,789 known nesting pairs.
Bald eagles leave the nest at
six weeks, but don’t develop
their signature white heads and
tails until they are five years old.
Known for their keen eyesight
and binocular vision, they can see fish
in water from two to three miles away.
Fierce hunters, they are also gentle,
attentive parents who mate for life. In the
wild, eagles live up to thirty years. When
they maintain the same nest for nearly
three decades, it can end up weighing
over two tons.
It seems as though they may also get
along with the neighbors.
Inwood Hill Park is already home to
falcons and red-tailed hawks. If bald
eagles settle into the park permanently,
the birds can coexist because their diets
are different. Hawks and falcons eat
primarily rodents and smaller birds, while
eagles
prefer
fish.
Aucoin, who
previously lived
in
Missouri,
would
travel
two hours to
see bald eagles.
“But here, you
can walk right
outside of your
house and see
them.”
The
Eagle
Watch
tours
meet
Saturday
mornings at 8
a.m. by the Dyckman Ballfields in Inwood
Hill Park through the month of February.
For more information, contact the Parks
Department at 212 304-2365.
Águilas encuentran un albergue
en parque Inwood Hill
Por Sherry Mazzocchi
En una fría mañana del sábado, el
Guardabosque Urbano Robert Mastrianni dirigió
un grupo de esperanzados visitantes para ver
águilas en una excursión a través del Parque
Inwood Hill. Las águilas no son como los búhos
nocturnos – ellas se levantan temprano en el
día para buscar desayuno. Quien quiera ver
estas majestuosas aves también tiene que
amanecer temprano.
Con su envergadura de siete pies los pájaros
están inconfundiblemente planeando algo en
el cielo o volando fuera del Parque Inwood Hill
para buscar su cena. Estos también pueden ser
vistos posados en hielo bajo el Puente George
Washington.
El vecindario parece quedarles bien durante
el invierno.
Emigrando al sur desde el congelado norte,
las águilas se instalan por el invierno en lugares
de agua visible – un recurso de abundancia
aquí. Ellas se posan en pedazos de hielo en el
rio para cazar, sacando los peces del agua con
sus garras. Una segura señal de que un águila
ha estado por los alrededores son las sobras
que dejan en el hielo.
“Es una balsa, posición de caza y plato para
cenar todo en uno”, dijo Mastrianni del hielo en
el Río Hudson.
Los guardabosques han estado dirigiendo
las excursiones desde el 2007, pero Mastrianni
dijo que ha visto más águilas este invierno que
en otros.
En el 2002, los Guardabosques comenzaron
un programa de liberar águilas en el parque
que fue basado en un proyecto similar en
Washington, D.C. Durante el curso de cuatro
años las águilas fueron criadas, marcadas
y puestas en libertad en el Parque Inwood
Hill, rastreadas por señales de satélite. La
información que ellos recogen les dice a los
guardabosques que aunque las aves fueron
domesticadas, ellos siguen de cerca los
caminos emigratorios de las águilas silvestres.
Ellos también encontraron que las águilas
están regresando al Norte de Manhattan
para el invierno, y los guardabosques están
esperanzados de que eventualmente se
instalen y críen sus crías aquí también.
“Las águilas tienden a quedarse donde han
cuidado a sus crías. Si nosotros las soltamos
en Inwood hay una buena probabilidad de que
regresen. Todavía no ha sucedido, pero sucedió
en Washington, D.C.”, dijo la directora de los
Guardabosques del Parque Urbano Sarah
Aucoin. Con el bosque y el fácil acceso al Rio
Hudson, el Parque Inwood Hill es un buen lugar
donde quedarse.
Los altos árboles del parque son perfectos
para situarse y ver la tierra. El pantano es un
excelente lugar para los jóvenes aprender
a pescar. Una vez abundante a través de
toda América del Norte, las águilas fueron
diezmadas por la pérdida de hábitat, la caza y
el Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT). El
mortífero pesticida envenenó la tierra y también
a los animales marítimos. Las águilas están en
el tope de su cadena alimenticia así que casi
todo lo que ellas comen fue afectado y el DDT
acumulado en sus cuerpos. Esta hace fina las
paredes del huevo y estos nunca se empollan.
En 1963, había solo unos 418 pares de
águilas en los 48 estados. DDT fue prohibido en
el 1972 y el pájaro que es el símbolo nacional
de América fue colocado en la lista de Especies
en Peligro de Extinción.
Cuando las águilas fueron removidas de la
lista en el 2007, el número ya había aumentado
a 9,789 pares conocidos.
Las águilas dejan el nido a las seis semanas
de haber nacido, pero no se desarrollan sus
distinguidas cabezas blancas y rabo hasta que
tengan cinco años de edad.
Conocidas por su gran vista y visión
binocular, ellas pueden ver el pez en el agua
desde dos o tres millas de distancia. Cazadores
feroces, también son gentiles, padres atentos
que se unen por vida. En la fauna, las águilas
viven cerca de treinta años.
Parece ser que ellas a lo mejor también se
llevan con los vecinos.
El Parque Inwood Hill ya es hogar de
halcones y halcones de cola roja. Si las águilas
se instalan en el parque permanentemente, los
pájaros pueden coexistir porque sus dietas son
diferentes. Los halcones comen principalmente
ratones y pájaros pequeños, mientras que las
águilas prefieren pescado.
Aucoin, quien previamente vivió en Missouri,
viajaba dos horas para ver las águilas.
“Pero aquí puedes caminar justo afuera de la
casa y verlas”.
La excursión para ver las águilas se reúne
los sábados en la mañana a las 8 a.m. por el
campo de bateo de Dyckman en el Parque
Inwood Hill a través del mes de febrero.
Para más información, comuníquese con el
Departamento de Parques al 212 304-2365.
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Neighborhood Blog Watch
and somewhat ethereal view of
It’s a Green Green aerial
New York’s fauna. The photography on
sky-level blog beautifully captures
Green Green World this
the flight of the city’s fine feathered
“Jazz in Sugar Hill,” January 9, 2009
In her own words, The Green Cat is
a “former stage manager, a quilter, a
Manhattanite and a childfree atheist” who
has a green streak, that is, an eco-friendly
green streak.
Less neighborhood blog and more
personal diary of living in New York
City, the Cat’s blog is special in that it
allows the reader to peek into the life
of an Inwood resident as she travels the
streets of the city and does a little sewing
on the side.
Of particular note is an early January
entry that details her experience at a
Parisian-styled musical salon called
Sunday Parlor Jazz in Sugar Hill. It all
begins with The Green Cat just trying to
“Take the A Train.”
itsagreengreengreengreenworld.
blogspot.com
The Origin of Species
My musings regarding urban ecology,
evolution and the divine presence in our
everyday.
“Bike Trip Around Manhattan,”
February 2, 2009
Take a walk on the wild side with
Yojimbot, an urban documentarian and
street art historian, as he chronicles an
friends and gives a surprising and littleanticipated perspective on Northern
Manhattan’s rich natural life.
yojimbot.blogspot.com
Shards of the Line
No Title, February 2, 2009
Slightly enigmatic and mostly poetic,
Shards of the Line intermixes sprigs
of quotes, sprays of photography and
philosophical meditation with abandon.
One day a post will appear about women
and beauty, the next a quote from author
Evelyn Waugh. Somewhere in between,
the writer artfully muses on the branding
genius of the downtown Japanese store
Muji.
In that space in between, the creator of
“Shards” filed an entry about a newfound
love for Washington Heights that captured
his realization that the neighborhood
perfectly reflects the symbiotic J.D.
Salinger and Wes Anderson perception of
New York. All it took was one photo of
the entryway to a subway in the Heights
and a few lines to make his point clear.
And it was perfection.
shardsoftheline.wordpress.com
Follow Carla Zanoni’s own blog “The
Streets Where We Live” to explore and
stay connected to Northern Manhattan
at www.wahi.typepad.com. Back to work for a 7th term
Assembly Member Adirano Espaillat was sworn into office at the
Shabazz Center on Jan 15. Pictured with Espaillat (center) is Senator
Charles Schumer (left) and New York City Commissioner of Immigrant
Affairs Guillermo Linares (right). Espaillat was elected to a seventh
term in November.
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Diners’ Journal –
tasty morsels from Northern Manhattan
coogan’s
4015 Broadway
at W. 169th St.
212-928-1234
www.coogans.com
Daily: 11am-midnight
Delivery available.
DAiLy: $5 cocktails
all day. $3 pints all
day. weekLy:
New seasonally-themed food
specials. SAt-Mon: the
Big Brunch $11.95. During
college and pro
FootBALL games: “The
Wing Thing” specials on
fresh house made wings by
the dozen.
tue, thu, &
SAt: Karaoke. After
8pm. (Quiet dining
also available.)
$
AmericAnorgAnic
La estufa
5035 Broadway
near W. 214th St.
212-567-6640
laestufarestaurant.com/
Mon-Sun: 11:30am-10:30pm
Weekend brunch: 10am-4pm
Delivery available
Serving the best
cheeseburger around.
Mon-Fri: Happy
Hour. 1/2 price bottles
of wines and pitchers
of sangria and 2 for 1 beers.
4-7pm. giFt cArDS
available for any occasion.
$
New Leaf Restaurant
and Bar rolls out hot
chocolate samplers
New Leaf Head Chef Scott Campbell,
building on his popular hot chocolate with
homemade lavender-infused marshmallows,
has a winter menu offering variations on the
steamy beverage guaranteed to take the chill
out.
There are eight variations on the classic
hot cocoa, one that takes the lavender out
of the marshmallow and puts it right in the
cup. Want to spice it up? Try the chipotlecinnamon variation or for the salty-sweet
toothed connoisseur, grab a mug of the peanut
butter hot chocolate.
Campbell also has a bit more grown up take
on the lowly hot chocolate.
He has spiked the Valhrona chocolate
standard with different liqueurs, all of which
could be a dessert by themselves.
The liqueurs include: Frangelico, (hazelnut),
Vandermint, (chocolate and mint), Grand
Marnier (a triple sec of brandies distilled with
orange essence) and Cherry liqueur which are
all sure enhance the popular drink.
These, like the others, are all served with
homemade whipped cream.
If you’re not sure which one to try, samplers
are available in any combination. For the
non-alcoholic mugs, expect to pay $3.50 for
a small and $5 for the regular and a sampler
for $12. For the alcoholic drinks the price is
$4 for a small, $11 for a regular and $14 for
a sampler.
Heights natives Humberto Garcia Jr. and
Melissa Duran, (their family runs the grocery
store one door down) the two plan on serving
shakes, salads and soups. For a limited time
the café will offer free WiFi access. Garcia
said he wants the café to have a “downtown
vibe.”
“Due to the rising number of customers
bringing in take-out containers, 107 and
Next Door have decided to start an incentive
program for all the customers that have
been so generous and environmentally
conscientious.”
For every 10 containers brought back
customers get a free soda. For 20, they enjoy
a free appetizer, and for 30 one free brunch.
New “downtown” café A little something for
I’ll take a number 23
being green
open in the Heights
The sister restaurants of Next Door and 107
Café Milan, a suave and fresh new café has
with a
opened its doors on W. 176th Street between West, both located on W.187th Street between
Broadway and Ft. Washington Avenue. A cup Pinehurst and Ft. Washington Avenue are
side of biodiesel
of coffee with steamed milk cost $1.50, and rewarding their customers who bring back
goes along great with the selection of pastries
available. Owned and operated by Washington
AmericAninternAtionAl
take-out containers. A sign posted on the
window of 107 West reads:
Speaking of being green, Golden Star, the
see JOURNAL p14
uptown Dining Directory
cAfe
Fibe Bistro
coffee Shop
continentAl
4055 Broadway
at W. 171st St.
212-781-7690
Lunch: 11am-4pm Dinner:
Daily Happy Hour: 4-7pm
Weekend Brunch: 11am3:30pm Free Delivery
call 212-569-5800
to advertise
DominicAn Authentic
$
next Door
813 W. 187th St.
near Ft. Washington Ave.
212-543-2111
Daily: 5-11pm
Brunch Sat-Sun: 11am-4pm
Delivery available
thu: every bottle of
wine half price.
DAiLy: Recycle
your take out containers and
get free food. Rinse and
return 10 containers with
lids and get a free soda, 20
containers for a free
appetize, and 30 for a free
brunch.
$
Mon-Fri: $10
Early Bird special.
Soup/salad, entree &
dessert. 4-7pm. Mon:
Mexican night. Mexican meal
and margarita for $10. $5
margaritas. tue: $5
mojitos & daiquiris. FREE
chips & salsa at the bar.
weD: $14.95 T-bone
steaks (16oz). thu:
Hospital appreciation night.
Discount drinks w/ ID. Fri:
Ladies buy 1 drink get 1
FREE. $15 Corona buckets.
Fri: Celeste at the
piano 7:30-10pm. DJ
Kora & DJ DP after
midnight. SAt: Karaoke
11pm. Sun: Latin Jazz
every last Sunday of the
month.
indian road
café & Market
600 W. 218th St.
at Indian Rd.
212-942-7451
www.indianroadcafe.com
Mon-Thu: 7am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 7am-11pm
Sun: 8am-3/6pm (seasonal
hours)
Coffee and wine bar with
seasonal dishes and artwork
from local artists on the
walls.
$
Free Wi-Fi
de café
4842 Broadway near W.
204th Street
212-567-7657
[email protected]
www.decafeinc.com
Mon-Fri: 6am-10pm
Sat: 7am-10pm
Sun: 7am-7pm
Free Inwood delivery
in w/ $10 purchase
An all-in-one hot spot for
coffee, pastry, sandwiches
and light entrees where
everything (even the mayo!)
is made in house.
$
Free Wi-Fi
tinto
4710 Broadway
near Arden St.
212-567-6900
Dinner: 4pm-midnight
Delivery available
Mon-Fri: $25 pre
fix menu, 4-9pm.
Mon-tue: 30
percent off food all day.
every DAy: house
drinks 1/2 off and $4 wine,
4-9pm. weD: $5 Hump
Day Mojitos all night. thu:
Tequila Night: $5 margaritas
with free tequila shot.
$
Margot
restaurant
“el Basement”
3822 Broadway
at W. 159th St.
212-781-8494
Daily: 10am-10pm
Delivery Available
until 8:30pm
The best Dominican food.
La verdadera comida
Dominicana. “La Casa del
Concon.”
Lunch SpeciAL:
“Juana” $7 or “Juanita” $6
(includes entrée and sides).
February 12, 2009
DominicAncAribbeAn
el presidente
restaurant
3938 Broadway
near W. 165th St.
212-927-7011
Open 24 hours, 7 days
Delivery available
Mon.-Fri: Lunch
special $4.99. 11am4pm. Buffet: 4.99 a
pound. 11am-6pm
SAt: Karaoke 10pm.
Sun: Live Music,
Wilson Daniel sings
bachata & merengue 712pm
$
Manhattan Times
JApAneSe
itAliAn
pizzA
tex-mex
107 West
Aquamarina
4060 Broadway
at W. 171st St.
212-928-0070
Dinner Daily
Lunch: 11am-4pm
S/S Brunch: 11am-3:30pm
Delivery Available
Mon-Fri: $10
Early Bird Special.
Choice of entree with
a glass of wine, soup or
salad (dine in only). With
dessert +$3. 4-6:30pm.
$
13
Sushi yu ii
827 W. 181st St. near
Pinehurst Ave.
212-781-8833
Open 7 days a week
Mon-Thu: noon-11pm
Fri & Sat: noon-11:30pm
Sun: 3-10:30pm
Delivery available
$
Mon-SAt: Lunch
special: $7-9.95.
Noon-3:30pm
mexicAn
Marisco centro
Grandpa’s Brick
oven pizza
4973 Broadway
near W. 211th St.
212-304-1185
Sun-Thu: 11am-midnight
Fri-Sat: 11am-2am
Delivery available
from Inwood to W.
168th Street.
$
DominicAnmoDern
1490 St. Nicholas Ave.
@ W. 185th St.
212-740-2000
www.mariscocentro.com
Daily: 10am-3am
Delivery available
SpAniSh regionAl
WeekDAy lunch
specials 11:30am3pm
811 W. 187th St.
near Ft. Washington Ave.
212-923-3311
www.107west.com/
Mon-Sat: 11am-11pm
Sun: 11am-10:30pm
Delivery available
Fri: select bottles
of wine half price.
DAiLy: Recycle your
take out containers and get
free food. Rinse and return
10 containers with lids and
get a free soda, 20
containers for a free
appetizer, and 30 for a free
brunch.
$
Wine bAr
SAlvADoreAñA
italian cafe
restaurant
809 restaurant
112 Dyckman St.
near Nagle Ave.
212-304-3800
www.809restaurant.com
Mon-Thu: 11am-midnight
Fri-Sat: 10-2am
Sun: 2-11pm
thu: After Work
Party, 2 for 1 drinks
5-9pm
tue: Latin Jazz
open mic 8-11:30 pm
Sun: Karaoke 6-10:30 pm
$
Corner of W. 177th St.
212-928-5555
Daily: 10am-11pm
Delivery available.
$
Mon-Fri: Lunch
Special. 10am3:30pm. MonFri: Happy Hour 3pm-7pm
itAliAnmeDiterrAneAn
europeAn
chic
ta’cocina
Ft. Washington Ave. @ W.
187th St.
212-568-2299
Daily: 11am-11pm
Weekend Brunch: 11am4pm
Delivery Available
$
WeekDAy
Lunch
SpeciAL: Combo
special with rice and
beans: $7.95. 11am-4pm.
WeekDAy eArLy
BirD SpeciAL: 4-7pm
kiDS Menu: $4.955.95.
plum pomidor
4009 Broadway
near W. 168th St.
212-781-3333
www.plumpomidor.com
Daily: 11am-11pm
Weekend Brunch: 11am-4pm
Delivery available
WeekDAyS:
Happy Hour: 25% off
mojitos, sangria,
wines, beers. 4-8 pm
Mon: JAZZ with
Bill Wurtzel Duo.
No Cover. 6:30
to 9:30pm. SeconD
SAturDAyS: “Party
Night” Midnight-4am.
$
$
Mon-Fri: Happy
Hour. House drinks
and wine $5.
Selected beer $3. 25% off
bar menu. Free glass of
pinot grigio or shiraz with
and dinner entrée. 4-7pm.
BirthDAyS. Free bottle
of champagne on your
birthday with ID and three or
more friends for dinner.
(We’ll even sing “Happy
Birthday” for you.)
Fri & SAt: Live
Jazz. (Call for
schedule)
Galicia
La cabaña
Salvadoreaña
4384 Broadway Ave.
near W. 187th St.
212-928-7872
Daily: 11am-10pm
Specializing in the
traditional cuisine of
El Salvador: pupusas,
tamales, & enchiladas.
Nuestra especialidad
es la comida tipica
Salvadoreaña.
Bleu evolution
808 W. 187th Street
near Ft. Washington Ave
212-928-6006
www.bleuevolutionnyc.com
Weekday Lunch: 11-4:30pm
Dinner: Sun-Thu: 5-11:30pm
Fri-Sat: 5pm-12:30am
Weekend Brunch:
10am-4:30pm
Delivery available
in Vino Veritas
SeAfooD
Guadalupe
597 W. 207th St.
near Broadway
212-304-1083
guadaluperestaurant.com
Mon-Fri: 5-11pm
Weekends: 11:30am-1am
Weekend Brunch:
11:30am-4pm
Delivery available
$
DAiLy: 2 for 1
happy hour and $6.95
bar bites menu 38pm. BirthDAyS:
FREE birthday dinner ($20
value) with ID and 3 or more
friends.
thurSDAyS:
Flamenco night
Boca chica
4235 Broadway
near W. 180th St.
212-568-0027
Open 24 hours
Delivery available
Fresh seafood entrees,
mofongo, sandwiches,
soups, and paella.
4083 Broadway
near W. 172nd St.
212-568-0168
Daily: 7am-1am
Delivery available
Now imported Tapas
selection available.
Mon-Fri: Daily Lunch
Special. Fri: Live music
Near W. 170th St.
212-781-4900
Mon-Fri: noon-2am
Sat: 6pm-2am
Delivery available
A wine cafe featuring wines
from around the world,
cocktail-style sandwiches,
salads and small plates to
complement the wines.
Mon-Fri: Lunch Special:
Salad, panini & soda $8.50.
With wine $11. noon-3pm.
Fri: Live Cuban music
remember:
Saturday,
Feb 14 is
Valentine’s Day.
take your
sweetheart out
for dinner.
eat
uptown.
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Chinese restaurant on W. 181st Street and
Broadway has contracted with a company
to turn their frying oil into biodiesel.
Reporter Corinne Ramey reports that
the take out and eat-in restaurant started
dealing with Tristate Biodiesel after the
city stopped taking the oil in the regular
trash. Originally, the service from Tristate
was free, but now Golden Star pays a
small monthly fee to dispose of the oil.
Tristate said they have several accounts
in the Northern Manhattan area.
Try the tuna,
and keep the
water coming
Guadalupe, the Mexican-Dominican
restaurant on W. 207th Street has some
knock-out fire-breathing tuna tacos on
the regular menu. The two, unassuming
tacos, folded into warm, soft, yellow
shells are easily one of the hottest items
on the menu.
Quick bites:
La Estufa, the Italian-American eatery
on Broadway and W. 215th Street has a
customer loyalty program where regulars
who sign up can receive coupons or
discounts.
Starting on Mon., Feb. 16, Indian Road
Café will have a happy hour from 4-6
p.m. with discounts on beer and wine.
Munchies on Broadway has re-opened
on Broadway near W. 212th Street. The
speedy eatery had run afoul with the health
department regarding their plumbing but
is back in business.
Sister restaurants Next Door (above) and 107 West are offering freebies for bringing back take-out containers.
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Bon appétit.
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16 by Mike Fitelson
For 47 years, Dindga McCannon has
been a fiber artist, creating innumerable
quilts, paintings and other wall
hangings.
In her own words: “Being an artist is a
very strange job.”
One reason, she explained, is the almost
obsessive pull of the creative spirit, when
it feels like no sacrifice is too great to
make to achieve artistic endeavors. When
economic times are tough, she added,
“Sometimes you have to decide if you are
going to eat or buy art supplies.”
As Washington, D.C. debates how
many hundreds of billions of dollars to
pump into the national economy, the arts
service organization Northern Manhattan
Arts Alliance (NoMAA) has quietly put
$100,000 into the hands of local artists
and organizations over the last 12 months
during two grant cycles, providing a
stimulating jolt to the local creative
community.
The latest round of checks totaling
$50,000 was distributed to 55 grantees
on Feb. 5 at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty
Shabazz Memorial, Educational, and
Cultural Center on Broadway at W. 165th
Street. Selections were made by panelists
from the arts and culture industry who
awarded amounts ranging from $500
to $1,000 for individuals and $1,000 to
$2,000 for groups.
In all, 98 applicants, both individuals
and organizations, sought funding for
visual arts, literary arts, performing arts
and media projects that must be completed
within the next year. The grants cover
a wide range of creative endeavors,
helping fund Raquel Cabrera’s second
book of poetry, Margarita Zelenaia’s
Byzantine chants for solo cello, Felipe
Galindo’s five-minute animated video,
Jose Luis Decena’s series of mixedmedia sculptures of baseball players and
the Inwood Shakespeare Festival’s 10th
theater season. (See sidebar for several
artists’ projects that take Northern
Manhattan as their inspiration and a
complete list of grantees.)
For McCannon, who’s practiced her
fiber art in Northern Manhattan for
31 years, the grant she received “is a
reaffirmation that someone believes in
art.”
NoMAA was launched in the fall of
2007 to cultivate, support and promote
the works of artists and arts and cultural
organizations north of W. 155th Street. It
NoMAA Grantees
Individual
Artists
John Beasant III
Raquel Cabrera
Hector Canonge
Raquel Cepeda
John Cichon
Laurence Connelly
(Groux)
Andrew R. Cookey
Edgar Cortes
Andrea Cukier
Jose Luis Decena
Risa Ehrlich
Samuel Evensen
Felipe Galindo
Manhattan Times
February 12, 2009
Supporting artists
To see some of
art by NoMAA’s
grantees visit www.
manhattantimesnews.
com/video.html
NoMAA grants $50,000 to local artists
NoMAA awarded 55 artists a share of $50,000 in grant money. Over the last 12 months NoMAA has
contributed $100,000 to Northern Manhattan artists. (photo Christopher Auger-Domínguez)
Rashaas Ernesto
Green
Melissa Guion
Shamar Hill
Henry Jesionka
Karen Jolicoeur
Jessica Lagunas
Marin Leggat
Jeanne Leone
Alain Maridueña (Ket)
Jessie Marino
Dindga McCannon
Belinda McGuire
Elisa Montesinos
Michael Murphy
Rosa Naparstek
Eva Nikolova
Sky Pape
Louise Rogers
Dister Rondon
Nader Sadek
Jennifer Scappettone
Diana Schmertz
Tony Serio
Lisa Taliano
Edgar Tavarez
Arlaina Tibensky
Chris Van Strander
Alexander Villar
Margarita Zelenaia
Arts & Cultural
Organizations
Alliance of
Dominican-American
Visual Artists
(ADAVA)
Artists Unite, Inc.
Casa Duarte Cultural
and Performing Arts
Center
is being funded by the Upper Manhattan
Empowerment Zone, founded during
the Clinton Administration to revitalize
distressed communities by using public
funds and tax incentives to lure private
investment, and incubated by the Hispanic
Federation, which supports over 90 Latino
health and human services agencies.
For the first time, the NoMAA grant
money also came from the JPMorgan
Chase Foundation.
Gayle
Jennings
O’Bryne,
the
Foundation’s vice president for Upper
Manhattan and the Bronx, said at the
grant ceremony that she was pleased to
add NoMAA to the Foundation’s arts and
culture portfolio.
“I’ll go back and tell them about all the
great things you are doing,” she said.
Many artists spoke about how difficult
it is to find the money to sate their
creative muses.
“It’s hard to apply for grants and
money,” said mixed-media artist Jessica
Laguna, who has received grants both
years. “The competition is fierce in New
York City.”
Alain Maridueña, whose street name is
Ket, said he had been a self-funded street
artist and painter for 20 years before
receiving his first grant last year when he
saw a flier for “Free money” outside the
Parkview Diner on Dyckman Street. This
year’s grant will help fund a new antiwar mural.
“It’s large and will create some
controversy, which is what I love to do,”
he said.
While the grantees were pleased to
receive funds to help complete projects,
many also spoke about how grateful they
are for NoMAA’s non-financial support,
particularly in its efforts to create a sense
of community.
“I’ve been in Inwood for 13 years,
waiting, waiting, waiting, for this arts
community to join together,” said Diana
Schmertz, a two-time grantee who was
funded this year to create an installation
for her arts publication “PERFECT 8.”
“It’s not just about competition, but it’s
about the spirit of art.”
Concerts in the
Heights
Cornerstone Chorale
Fly-by-Night Dance
Theatre, Inc.
Juan Pablo Duarte
Foundation
Moose Hall Theatre
Company
NYCSalt
NY Street Opera
SONOS Chamber
Orchestra
Underworld
Productions Opera
Ensemble, Inc.
NoMAA begins planning the 7th Uptown Arts Stroll, announces poster contest
by Mike Fitelson
In supporting and promoting
the arts in Washington Heights
and Inwood, the Northern
Manhattan
Arts
Alliance
(NoMAA) has taken on the role
of lead organizer for the annual
Uptown Arts Stroll, the region’s
June-long visual and performing
arts festival.
This year, NoMAA is relaunching the popular poster
contest to design the artwork
that will be used to promote
the Stroll (see complete details
below). Last year the design
was created by master artist
Knox Martin, one of the Stroll
honorees. This year the public
will help choose the final image
at an artists salon held Mon.,
March 30 at Manhattan Mini
Storage – 5030 Broadway at W.
213th St. from 6-8 p.m.
While details about the
Stroll are still being firmed up,
NoMAA intends to launch the
festival on Sat., May 30, possibly
with a series of events in local
parks. No date has been set for
open studios, but organizers are
considering expanding it from
one day because of the number
of artists who participated last
year. The Museum of Modern
Art has already signed on as a
supporter for the second year.
One date is locked in: June
6 will be the annual Hike the
Heights event where children
from
all
over
Northern
Manhattan walk through local
parks to an arts-filled celebration
in Highbridge Park.
Noting that last year the
calendar was packed with
events, Stroll organizers intend
this year to limit the number of
activities occurring at the same
time to maximize attendance.
The Uptown Arts Stroll was
created in 2003 to promote
Northern
Manhattan’s
arts,
cultural and business community
by attracting visitors, from the
neighborhood and the rest of the
city, to a month of arts exhibits
and.
For more info, contact NoMAA
at 212-568-4396.
Call for submissions: Uptown Arts Stroll Poster Contest; Deadline: Mon., March 9, 5pm
Specifications:
1. Design must accommodate
three sizes:
● Poster: 18 X 24 in.
● Flier: 8.5 X 11 in.
● Postcard: 6 X 4 ¼ in.
2. Allow for full color and
B&W reproduction.
3. The following text must be
shown in the mock up:
● Uptown Arts Stroll 2009 /
Paseo de las artes 2009
● Presented by the Northern
Manhattan Arts Alliance
(NoMAA)
● Exhibits and performances
by the Washington Heights and
Inwood arts community
● May 30 - June 29
● Details: www.artstroll.
com; www.nomaanyc.org or the
Manhattan Times
● (Include additional space
where events and sponsors will
be listed)
4. Poster Selection:
● A panel of judges drawn
from the local arts community
will give extra consideration
to eye-catching original and
unpublished designs that
reflect the Northern Manhattan
landscape.
● The panel will select
finalists.
● Finalists will be asked to
bring a hard copy of the design,
on paper or board no larger than
9X12 in., to exhibit to voters.
● Finalists’ submissions
will be exhibited at NoMAA’s
Artists’ Salon on Mon., Mar.
30 at Manhattan Mini Storage
– 5030 Broadway at 213th
Street, 6-8pm.
● The winning poster will be
selected by community vote at
this event.
5. Entry must include artist’s
name, address, phone number,
and email.
6. DEADLINE: Mon Mar.
9 by 5pm. Winning selection
announced in April and will
receive a $500 honorarium.
7. Send digital submissions
to [email protected] (please
submit JPEG files of 300 dpi
only).
8. For more information visit
www.artstroll.com or www.
nomaanyc.org.
Questions: info@nomaanyc.
org.
February 12, 2009
Manhattan Times
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NoMAA subvenciona
artistas con $50,000
por Mike Fitelson
Por 47 años, Dindga McCannon
ha sido una artista de fibra, creando
innumerables edredones, pinturas y
otras cosas para colgar en paredes.
En sus propias palabras: “el ser un
artista es un trabajo bien extraño”.
Una razón, explicó ella, es el casi
obsesivo empuje del espíritu creativo,
cuando se siente como que no hay
ningún sacrificio demasiado grande
el hacerlo para lograr esfuerzos
artísticos. Cuando los tiempos
económicos están difíciles, añadió
ella, “algunas veces tú tienes que
decidir si vas a comer o comprar
artículos de arte”.
Mientras Washington, D.C.
debate cuantos cientos de billones
de dólares entrar a la economía
nacional, la organización de servicios
de arte Alianza de Arte del Norte de
Manhattan (NoMAA, por sus siglas
en inglés) calladamente ha puesto
$100,000 en las manos de artistas
locales y organizaciones durante los
pasados 12 meses, suministrando
una estimulante sacudida a la
comunidad creativa local.
La última ronda de cheques
totalizando $50,000 fue distribuida
a 55 artistas el 5 de febrero en
el Centro Cultural y Educacional
Malcolm X y Dra. Betty Shabazz
en Broadway y el oeste de la Calle
165. Las selecciones fueran hechas
por panelistas de la industria de las
artes y la cultura quienes entregaron
cantidades fluctuando desde $500 a
$1,000 para individuos y de $1,000 a
$2,000 para grupos.
En total, 98 aspirantes, tanto
individuos y organizaciones,
buscaron fondos para las artes
visuales, literaria, bellas artes y
proyectos de comunicación. Las
subvenciones cubren un amplio
marco de proyectos, ayudando
con el segundo libro de poesía
de Raquel Cabrera, el canto del
violoncelo de Margarita Zelenaia,
el video animado de cinco minutos
de Felipe Galindo, las esculturas de
Jose Luis Decena y el Festival de
Teatro de Shakespeare de Inwood en
su Décima temporada. (Vea la lista
para varios proyectos de artistas que
tomaron el Norte de Manhattan como
su inspiración y una lista completa
de ganadores). Para McCannon,
quien a practicado su arte de fibra
en el Norte de Manhattan por 31
años, la subvención recibida “es una
reafirmación de que alguien cree en
el arte”.
NoMAA fue lanzada en el otoño
del 2007 para cultivar, apoyar y
promover los trabajos de artistas y
organizaciones de arte y cultura al
norte del oeste de la Calle 155. Ha
estado siendo subvencionada por
la Zona de Empoderamiento del
Alto Manhattan, fundada durante
la administración de Clinton para
revitalizar comunidades en apuros
utilizando fondos públicos e
incentivos de impuestos para atraer
la inversión privada, e incubada por
la Federación Hispana, la cual apoya
sobre 90 agencias de servicio de
salud y humanas latinas.
Por primera vez, el dinero de
NoMAA también vino de la Fundación
JPMorgan Chase.
Gayle Jennings O’Bryne, la
vicepresidente de la Fundación en el
Alto Manhattan y el Bronx, dijo en la
ceremonia de entrega que ella estaba
complacida de añadir a NoMAA
al porfolio de arte y cultura de la
Fundación.
“Yo regreso y les digo acerca de
todas las grandes cosas que ustedes
están haciendo”, dijo ella.
Muchos artistas hablaron acerca
de cuán difícil es el encontrar el
dinero para saciar sus musas
creativas.
“Es difícil aplicar para
subvenciones y dinero”, dijo la artista
Jessica Laguna, quien ha recibido
subvenciones ambos años.
“La competencia en la ciudad de
Nueva York es feroz”.
Alain Maridueña, cuyo nombre
de calle es Ket, dijo que ella ha sido
una artista auto-subvencionada y
pintora por 20 años antes de recibir
su primera subvención el año pasado
cuando ella vio una hoja suelta de
“dinero gratis” afuera de Parkview
Diner en la Calle Dyckman. La
subvención de este año ayudará a
costear un mural contra la guerra.
“Es grande y creará alguna
controversia, que es lo que a mi me
encanta hacer”, dijo él.
Aunque los que recibieron la
subvención estaban contentos
de haber recibido los fondos para
ayudar a completar sus proyectos,
muchos también hablaron acerca
de cuan agradecidos ellos estaban
del apoyo financiero de NoMAA,
particularmente en sus esfuerzos por
crear una comunidad sensitiva.
“Yo he estado en Inwood por
13 años, esperando, esperando,
esperando, que esta comunidad de
arte se una”, dijo Diana Schmertz,
subvencionada por NoMAA dos
veces.
“No es solo acerca de la
competencia, sino acerca del espíritu
del arte”.
Painting by: Tony Serio
A selection of NoMAA grantees
whose projects are inspired in
part by Northern Manhattan.
Arlaina Tibensky
Funding will help cover materials and
personal expenses to complete writing
collection of short stories “Upstate
Manhattan.”
Edgar Cortes
Funding will help cover costs of a dance
performance called “The Last Unicorn,” in
recognition of the Unicorn Tapestries in
the Cloisters.
Hector Canonge
Funding will help cover costs associated
with research, filming, supplies, promotion,
and equipment for a multimedia installation
exploring street violence in Inwood.
Andrea Cukier
Funding will help pay for eight to 10
paintings on the theme “Earth and Dreams
in Inwood.”
Tony Serio
Funding will help pay for the completion of
a series of paintings of Northern Manhattan
cityscapes and landscapes.
Michael Murphy
Funding will help pay for creating a series
of photographs entitled “Uptown Still
Life.”
Taliano, Lisa
Funding will help pay for the production
and exhibition of 10 to 12 paintings in the
series “Inwood Abstracted.”
Una selección de receptores
de NoMAA cuyos proyectos son
inspirados en parte por el Norte de
Manhattan.
Arlaina Tibensky
Los fondos ayudarán a cubrir materiales y gastos
personales para completar la colección escrita
de pequeñas historias “Upstate Manhattan”.
Edgar Cortes
Los fondos ayudaran a cubrir los costos de
una presentación de baile llamada “The Last
Unicorn”, en reconocimiento a los Tapices de
Unicornio en los Cloisters.
Hector Canonge
Los fondos ayudaran a cubrir los costos
asociados con la investigación, rodaje,
provisiones y equipo para una instalación de
multimedia explorando la violencia en la calle
en Inwood.
Andrea Cukier
Los fondos ayudarán a pagar de ocho a diez
pinturas en el tema “Earth and Dreams in
Inwood”.
Tony Serio
Los fondos ayudaran a pagar la terminación de
una serie de pinturas de paisajes del Norte de
Manhattan.
Michael Murphy
Los fondos ayudaran a pagar la creación de
una serie de fotografías tituladas “Uptown Still
Life”.
Taliano, Lisa
Los fondos ayudaran a pagar la producción y
exhibición de 10 a 12 pinturas en la serie de
“Inwood Abstracted”.
Convocatoria: Concurso del póster para el Paseo de las Artes 2009 / Uptown Arts Stroll
Fecha limite: Lunes, 9 de marzo, 5pm
¡El festival de arte del alto
Manhattan retorna en junio! Una
vez más Northern Manhattan Arts
Alliance (NoMAA) coordinará este
evento a través del cual se intenta
promover y celebrar la comunidad
artística/cultural, y las instituciones
que la apoyan en esta vecindad de
Manhattan. El paseo de las artes del
alto Manhattan invita a los residentes
de esta zona y a los vecinos de la
ciudad de Nueva York en general,
a visitarnos y apoyar este mes
de exhibiciones y espectáculos al
noroeste de la calle 155.
Hacemos una llamada a los
artistas locales a inscribirse en el
concurso para seleccionar el póster
que representara al Paseo de las
artes 2009 / Uptown Arts Stroll 2009.
Especificaciones:
1. El diseño debe adaptarse a tres tamaños:
● Póster: 18 X 24 in.
● Circular: 8.5 X 11 in.
● Tarjeta postal: 6 X 4 ¼ in.
2. El diseño debe permitir reproducción a color o
en blanco y negro.
3. El texto siguiente debe incluirse en el esbozo
o muestra:
● Uptown Arts Stroll 2009 / Paseo de las
artes 2009
● Presented by the Northern Manhattan Arts
Alliance (NoMAA)
● Exhibits and performances by the
Washington Heights and Inwood arts
community
● May 30 - June 29
● Details: www.artstroll.com ; www.
nomaanyc.org or the Manhattan Times
● (Incluye espacio adicional donde se notará
los eventos y patrocinadores)
4. Selección del Póster:
● Un panel de la comunidad artística local
considerará la originalidad y la capacidad
de persuasión de los diseños inéditos
inscritos en el concurso. También tomará en
cuenta si estos diseños reflejan el paisaje y
la comunidad del alto Manhattan.
● El panel seleccionará a los finalistas.
● Finalistas deberán presentar copias
impresas del póster para exhibir ante los
votantes.
● Las obras de los finalistas serán exhibidas
en el NoMAA Artists’ Salon el lunes 30 de
marzo, 2009 en Manhattan Mini Storage
– 5030 Broadway y la calle 213, 6-8pm.
● El Póster ganador será seleccionado por
medio del voto de la comunidad en este
evento.
5. Las inscripciones en el concurso deben incluir
el nombre del artista, dirección, teléfono e email.
6. Fecha limite: Lunes 9 de marzo, 5PM. El
ganador será anunciado en abril y recibirá un
honorario de $500.
7. Envíe su inscripción en forma digital (JPEG
– 300dpi) a [email protected]
8. Para mas información visite www.artstroll.com
o www.nomaanyc.org.
Envíe sus preguntas a: [email protected].
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February 12, 2009
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CT Corporation System, 111
8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd.
agt. upon whom process may
be served. DE addr. of LLC:
1209 Orange St., Wilmington,
DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed
with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity.
2/12/09
Legal Notice
Pequot Matawin 12/08 Opportunity Offshore Master
Fund, L.P. Authority filed with
NY Dept. of State on 12/19/08.
Office location: NY County. LP
formed in DE on 12/9/08. NY
Sec. of State designated as
agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served
and shall mail process to the
principal business addr.: c/o
Pequot Capital Management,
Inc., 500 Nyala Farm Rd., Westport, CT 06880. DE addr. of LP:
c/o The Corporation Trust Co.,
DE 19801. Name/addr. of genl.
ptr. available from NY Sec. of
State. Cert. of LP filed with DE
Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Hearst Distribution Group, LLC.
Authority filed with NY Dept.
of State on 12/23/08. NYS fict.
name: Hearst Magazine Distributors. Office location: NY
County. Princ. bus. addr.: 300
W. 57th St., NY, NY 10019. LLC
be served. DE addr. of LLC: The
Corporation Trust Co., 1209
Orange St., Wilmington, DE
DE Sec. of State, P.O. Box 898,
lawful activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
HealthCor Offshore GP, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/08. Office location: New York County.
LLC formed in Delaware (DE)
on 12/05/08. Principal office
of LLC: Carnegie Hall Tower,
152 W. 57th St., 43rd 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 at the address of its principal office. DE address of LLC:
2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts.
of Org. filed with DE Secy. of
State, Div. of Corporations,
John G. Townsend Bldg., 401
Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Qualification of GS
Mezzanine Partners V Employee Master Fund Offshore, L.P.
Authority filed with Secy. of
State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 11/3/08.
Office location: NY County. LP
formed in Cayman Islands (CI)
on 1/2/08. SSNY designated as
SSNY shall mail process to: 85
Broad St., NY, NY 10004. CI address of LP: Maples Corporate
Services Ltd., P.O. Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman,
KY1-1104, CI. Name/address of
each genl. ptr. available from
SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with Registrar of Exempted LPs, Elizabethan Sq., 4th Fl., Phase Four,
George Town, Grand Cayman,
CI. Purpose: any lawful activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
UPPER EAST SIDE DENTISTRY,
PLLC, a domestic Professional
Limited Liability Company
(PLLC) filed with the Sec of
State of NY (SSNY) on 10-908. NY office Location: New
York County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom
process against the PLLC may
be served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of any process against
the PLLC served upon him/her
to Dr. Freda Seifoddini, 201 W.
85th St., #5C, NY, NY 10024.
Purpose: Dentistry.
2/12/08
Legal Notice
Goldman Sachs Private Equity
Commodity Real Assets Advisors, L.L.C. Authority filed with
County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/10/08. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: 85 Broad St., NY,
NY 10004. DE address of LLC:
Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert.
of Form. filed with DE Secy.
of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover,
DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of GIVING BY GAMING LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State of
NY (SSNY) on 01/27/09. Office
location: New York County.
Principal office of LLC: 280
Park Ave. South, Apt. 9A, NY,
LLC at the address of its principal office. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
3/12/09
Legal Notice
Notice is hereby given that a
license (#TBA) for Hotel Liquor
has been applied for by Fortuna Hotel Chelsea LLC, at retail,
in a Hotel, under the ABC Law,
at 127 W. 28 St. NY, NY 10007
for on-premises consumption.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
NAME: CS CAPITAL ADVISORS,
LLC. Articles of Organiz ation
were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY) on
York County. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail a copy of process to the
LLC, CS CAPITAL ADVISORS, 80
EAST END AVENUE, 15E, NEW
YORK, NEW YORK 10028. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Qualification of TABOR FUND, L.P. Authority filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
on 12/24/08. Office location:
New York County. LP formed
in Delaware (DE) on 12/16/08.
SSNY designated as agent of LP
process to Attn: Jacob W. Doft,
One Rockefeller Plaza, 30th Fl.,
NY, NY 10020. Name and address of each general partner
are available from SSNY. DE
address of LP: c/o Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville
Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste.4, Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
2/12/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Qualification of BW
LL, LLC. Authority filed with
Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
New York County. LLC formed
in Delaware (DE) on 04/11/08.
Principal office of LLC: c/o Investcorp, 280 Park Ave., 36W,
NY, NY 10017. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service
Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany,
NY 12207-2543. DE address of
LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville
Secy. of State DE, Div. of Corporations, 401 Federal St., Ste.
4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
3/5/09
Legal Notice
NAME: Withinvestors St. Marks,
LLC. Articles of Organization
of State of New York (SSNY)
on Dec. 19, 2008. Office location: New York County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, Withinvestors
St. Marks, LLC located at 6 St.
Marks Place, New York, NY
10003. Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
2/12/09
Legal Notice
Name: CONTINENTAL BUSINESS PLAN CONSULTING, LLC
Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of State
of NY 10/03/08. 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. 1562 Third Avenue, 4D,
New York, NY 10128. Purpose:
Any lawful act.
2/12/09
Legal Notice
Name of LLC: VOKMILL LLC.
Articles of Org. filed Dept. of
State of NY on 1/14/09. Office location in NY: New York
County. Secy. of State designated as agent of LLC upon
be served. Sec. of State shall
mail a copy of process to: c/o
Gersten Savage LLP, 600 Lexington Avenue, 9th Floor, New
York, NY 10022. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
3/12/09
Legal Notice
Name of LLC: PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
GROUP LLC. Articles of Org.
filed Dept. of State of NY on
10/23/08. Office location in
NY: New York County. Principal
bus loc.: 477 Madison Avenue,
Suite 210, New York, NY 10022.
Secy. of State designated as
Sec. of State shall mail a copy
of process to: Progressive Capital Solutions, LLC, 477 Madison
Avenue, Suite 210, New York,
NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful
activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of Edward Funding LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 12/12/08. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Alan Haberman, 1212
Avenue of the Americas, NY,
activity.
2/26/09
Legal Notice
NAME: sept-huit films, LLC.
Articles of Organization were
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY) on
11/25/2008. Office location:
New York County. SSNY has
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
shall mail a copy of process to
the LLC, 647 E. 11th St., Apt.
24, NY, NY 10009. Purpose: For
any lawful purpose.
2/26/09
Legal Notice
Ceteris US, LLC. Authority
(SSNY) on 1/23/09. Office location: NY County. LLC formed
in Illinois (IL) on 9/10/08. SSNY
mail process to: The LLC, 604
North Milwaukee Ave, #201,
Libertyville, IL 60048, also the
address to be maintained in IL.
Arts. of Org. filed with IL Secy.
Of State, Dept. of Business
Services, LLC Section, Rm. 351,
Howlett Building, Springfield,
IL 62756. Purpose: any lawful
activities.
3/19/09
Legal Notice
987 SECOND AVENUE, LLC,
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with the
Sec of State of NY on 12-9-08.
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
process against the LLC served
upon him/her to c/o East Coast
Saloons, 205 E. 42nd St., Ste.
202, NY, NY 10017. General
purposes.
2/26/09
Legal Notice
Name of Foreign LLC: NEW
ENERGY FINANCE, LLC. App. for
Auth. filed NY Dept. of State:
12/24/08. Jurisd. and date of
org.: NV 11/6/07. County off.
loc.: New York County. Princ.
bus. loc.: 1841 Broadway, Suite
802, New York, NY 10023. 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: 1841
Broadway, Suite 802, New York,
NY 10023. Addr. of foreign LLC
in NV is: CRA of America, Inc.,
3638 N. Rancho Drive, Suite 6,
Las Vegas, NV 89130. Auth. officer in NV where Cert. of Form.
filed: Ross Miller, Sec. of State,
101 North Carson Street, Suite
3, Carson City, NV 89701. Purpose: any lawful activity.
2/26/09
Legal Notice
JEEREDDI INVESTMENTS, LP.
Authority filed with Secy. of
State of NY (SSNY) on 12/31/08.
Office location: New York
County. LP formed in Delaware
(DE) on 12/02/08. Principal office of LP: 594 Broadway, Ste.
509, NY, NY 10012. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon
be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LP at the address
of its principal office. The registered agent of the company
upon whom and at which process against the company can
be served is Naveen Jeereddi,
at the principal office of LP.
Name and address of each
general partner are available
from SSNY. DE address of LP:
Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State
of the State of DE, 401 Federal
St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
2/19/09
Legal Notice
NAME: BMJT HOLDINGS LLC.
Articles of Organization were
a copy of process to the LLC,
303 Fifth Avenue, Suite 405,
New York, New York 10016.
Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
3/19/09
Legal Notice
Name: DHG New York Hotel Management Company,
LLC. Articles filed w/SOS
12/24/2008. Office: NY Cty;
Principal Business Location: To be determined. SOS is process agent & will send process
c/o Wiggin and Dana LLP, 450
Lexington Ave. Suite 3800, NY,
NY 10017. Purpose: all lawful
activity.
3/19/09
Legal Notice
White Eagle Advisors, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/08. Office location: NY County. LLC
formed in Delaware (DE) on
12/15/08. SSNY designated as
SSNY shall mail process to: The
LLC, 527 Madison Ave., 6th Fl.,
Ny, NY 10022, also the address
of the principal office. Address
to be maintained in DE: 160
Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover,
with DE Secy. Of State, 401
Federal St., Ste 4., Dover, DE
19901 . Purpose: any lawful
activities.
3/5/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of Goforit Hopefuls, LLC. Arts. of
location: NY Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 517 W. 113th
St. #71, NY, NY 10025-8065.
Purpose: any lawful activities..
2/12/09
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PROPERTY 215 LLC, Arts.
Of Org. filed with SSNY on
01/08/09. Off. Loc.: NY County,
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
shall mail a copy of process
to: The LLC, 11 E. 17th St., New
York, NY 10003. Purpose: to
engage in any lawful act.
3/12/09
Legal Notice
NAME: Discover Camp China,
LLC. Articles of Organization
of State of New York (SSNY) on
January 5th, 2009. Office location: New York County. SSNY
of the LLC upon whom process
shall mail a copy of process to
the LLC, Discover Camp China,
325 East 77th Street, Unit 5H,
New York, NY 10075. Purpose:
For any lawful purpose.
3/12/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of GREENRENOVATIONS LLC. Arts. of Org.
(SSNY) on 01/09/09. Office location: New York County. SSNY
process to Margaret H. Mayo,
Esq., 225 Broadway, Ste. 2510,
NY, NY 10007. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
3/5/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of THUNDERWORKS, LLC. Arts. of Org.
(SSNY) on 11/6/08. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Kin W. Lui, 420 E. 51st
St., Apt. 12G, NY, NY 10022.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
2/26/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of HERITAGE HOUSING GROUP, LLC.
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on
York County. SSNY designated
served. SSNY shall mail process
to: The LLC, c/o 19 West 34th
Street, Suite 918, New York,
activity.
2/26/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of ALPHA REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
York County. Principal office
of LLC: 551 Fifth Ave., NY, NY
10176. SSNY designated as
LLC at the address of its principal office. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
3/12/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Qualification of 7
Sutton Square, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 6/26/08. Office location: NY County. LLC
6/24/08. SSNY designated as
SSNY shall mail process to: c/o
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., 19 E.
64th St., NY, NY 10021, Attn:
Mr. Anthony J. Salesi. DE address of LLC: 2711 Centerville
DE Secy. of State, Townsend
Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any and all lawful act or
activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of
GATERIDGE ADVISORS LLC, a
domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with the SSNY on 01/05/09. Office location: NY County. SSNY
the LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of process
to: The LLC, 54 East 83rd St.
Apt 1B, NY, NY 10028. Purpose:
Any Lawful Purpose.
3/12/09
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NOTICE OF FORMATION of
ACDNY Consulting LLC. Arts.
Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State
of N.Y. on 12/04/08. Office location: New York County. SSNY
process to principal business
location: Amy Claire Duffy,
150 E 49th Street, #8C, NY, NY
10017. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 1155047 w.o.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of 138
WEST 70TH STREET, LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 12/15/08. Office location: New York County. Principal office of LLC: 27
W. 70th St., Apt. #2A, NY, NY
10023. SSNY designated as
LLC, c/o James Veltri at the
principal office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
3/5/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of INTEGRATED
STRUCTURAL
SYSTEMS LLC. Arts. of Org.
(SSNY) on 11/21/08. Office location: NY County. Principal
office of LLC: 1501 Jersey St.,
S. Plainfield, NJ 07080. SSNY
process to Corporation Service
Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY
12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
3/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of 2137 LONG ISLAND, LLC. Arts. of
location: NY County. Principal
office of LLC: 7 Times Sq., NY,
LLC, c/o G. Warren Whitaker,
Esq., Day Pitney LLP at the principal office of the LLC. Purpose:
3/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Qualification of LIBERTY HEAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC. Authority filed with
York County. LLC formed in
Delaware (DE) on 11/19/08.
Principal office of LLC: 30 E.
62nd St., #2H, NY, NY 10065.
shall mail process to the LLC
at the address of its principal
office. DE address of LLC: c/o
Corporation Service Co., 2711
Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE .
Arts. of Org. filed with Harriet
Smith Windsor, Secy. of State
of DE, DE Div. of Corporations,
401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover,
DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Island Source II, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State
NY County. Princ. bus. addr.:
601 Carlson Pkwy., Ste. 200,
Minnetonka, MN 55305. LLC
be served. DE addr. of LLC:
Corporation Trust Co., 1209
Orange St., Wilmington, DE
DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal
St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
any lawful activity.
2/12/09
Legal Notice
Madison MH Parking LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of
State on 9/22/08. Office location: NY County. LLC formed
in DE on 9/17/08. NY Sec. of
State designated agent of LLC
may be served and shall mail
process to the princ. bus. addr.:
Madison Capital, 600 Madison
Ave., 26th Fl., NY, NY 10022. DE
addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St.,
Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts.
of Org. filed with DE Sec. of
State, 401 Federal St., Dover,
activity.
3/19/09
Legal Notice
Kondaur Ventures VII Offshore
REO 1, L.L.C. Authority filed
with NY Dept. of State on
County. LLC formed in DE on
12/22/08. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon
be served and shall mail process to the principal business
addr.: c/o Pequot Capital Management, Inc., 500 Nyala Farm
Rd., Westport, CT 06880. DE
addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St.,
Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert.
of Form. filed with DE Sec. of
State, Townsend Bldg., Dover,
activity.
2/26/09
Legal Notice
Name of Foreign LLC: JEBROOKE LLC. App. for Auth.
filed NY Dept. of State:
11/10/08. Jurisd. and date of
org.: DE 10/6/08. County off.
loc.: New York County. 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: 185 NW
Spanish River Blvd., #100, Boca
Raton, FL 33431. Addr. of foreign LLC in DE is: 615 South
DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901.
Auth. officer in DE where Cert.
of Form. filed: Sec. of State,
Corporation Dept., Duke &
York Streets, Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
3/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of NFF
NEW MARKETS FUND VII,
Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
NY County. Principal office of
LLC: 70 W. 36th St., 11th Fl., NY,
NY 10018. The latest date on
which the LLC may dissolve is
11/19/2058. SSNY designated
served. SSNY shall mail process
to Nonprofit Finance Fund at
the principal office of the LLC.
3/19/09
Legal Notice
TALA PARTNERS I LP. Authority filed with Secy. of State of
location: New York County. LP
02/10/05. Principal office of
LP: 594 Broadway, Ste. 509, NY,
LP at the address of its principal office. The registered agent
of the company upon whom
and at which process against
the company can be served is
Naveen Jeereddi at the principal office of LP. Name and address of each general partner
are available from SSNY. DE
address of LP: 2711 Centerville
Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, New
Castle Cnty., DE 19808. Arts. of
the State of DE, 401 Federal St.,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
2/19/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of Bike
Pictures, LLC. Arts. of Org.
(SSNY) on 12/11/08. Duration:
12/31/2028. Office location:
NY Co. SSNY designated as
SSNY shall mail process to: The
LLC, Attn: Tom Hansen, 450 N.
Roxbury Dr., 8th Fl., Beverly
Hills, CA 90210-4222. Purpose:
any lawful activities.
2/12/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of Steven Olds Design LLC. Arts. of
location: NY County. Principal
office of LLC: 349 Broadway,
3rd Fl., Ste. 4, NY, NY 10013.
shall mail process to the LLC, c/
o Steven Olds, 250 Mercer St.,
B 402, NY, NY 10012. Purpose:
3/19/09
Legal Notice
NAME: MH MEDIA, LLC. Articles of Organization were
a copy of process to the LLC,
110 St. Mark’s Place, #9, New
York, NY 10009. Purpose: For
any lawful purpose.
2/26/09
Legal Notice
Notice of Formation of BABY
BESPOKE BY KATHRYN BEACH,
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, a domestic LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with the SSNY on
County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom
process against the LLC may
be served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of process to: Kathryn M.
Beach, 1085 Park Ave., #6C, NY,
NY 10128. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
2/12/08
Legal Notice
MobileBehavior LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of
location: New York County.
LLC formed in Delaware (DE)
on 12/12/08. Principal office
of LLC: 437 Madison Ave., NY,
SSNY shall mail process to c/o
Corporation Service Co., 80
State St., Albany, NY 12207. DE
address of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington,
with DE Secy. of State, John
G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.
2/12/09
Legal Notice
Morgan Stanley HedgePremier/Mariner-Tricadia Credit
Strategies Fund LP. Authority
filed with NY Dept. of State on
County. LP formed in DE on
12/8/08. NY Sec. of State designated as agent of LP upon
be served and shall mail process to the principal business
addr.: c/o Morgan Stanley
HedgePremier GP Inc., 522 5th
Ave., 13th Fl., NY, NY 10036,
regd. agt. upon whom process
may be served. DE addr. of LP:
DE 19801. Name/addr. of genl.
ptr. available from NY Sec. of
State. Cert. of LP filed with DE
Sec. of State, 401 Federal St.,
lawful activity.
3/5/09
The Inwood UPS Store was named the top Manhattan location for customer service by UPS. (From Left
to Right) Steven Jimenez, Victor Vargas, Tony Lopez, Kathy Hoyos, and Albert Brown.)
Shhhh!
“In the Heights,” the winner of the 2008
Tony Award for Best Musical, is now
also a Grammy Winner. “In the Heights
Original Broadway Cast Recording” won
the Best Musical Show Album at the 51st
Annual Grammy Awards on Sun. Feb. 9.
The musical, which takes place on W.
181st Street, was written in college by
Inwood-native Lin-Manuel Miranda, who
also won Best Score at the Tony Awards.
Playbill reported in January that Miranda
will step down from his lead role playing
bodega owner Usnavi on Feb. 15, a year
after the show made its Broadway debut.
Other media reports have said that
the movie rights have been purchased
by Universal Pictures, and Page 6, the
gossip column of the New York Post, has
reported that actress and pop star Jennifer
Lopez recently saw the show twice and
had dinner with the producer, showing
an interest in being part of the filmed
version.
Lin-Manuel is the son of Manhattan
Times Publisher Luis Miranda.
Shhhh!
Two local artists are celebrating the
400th anniversary of the European
discovery of the Hudson River by Henry
Hudson.
Karen Loew has three paintings of
the neighborhood which are currently
on exhibit at the Salmagundi Club on
Fifth Avenue. One work is directly tied
to the official celebration of the river’s
discovery. Loew is one of 21 artists
selected to paint a six-foot by threefoot panel that explores the history of
the river. She painted a scene from the
Battle of Fort Washington inspired by a
photograph from the 2008 reenactment in
Ft. Tryon Park. The series will be shown
at the Hudson River Gallery in Yonkers,
the Fraunces Tavern downtown and then
the Vlissingen Muzeeum in Holland.
Two other paintings are in a
simultaneous show at the Salmagundi
Club, one entitled “Spuyten Duyvil” and
the other “Little Red Lighthouse.”
Also celebrating the 400th anniversary
of the Dutch expedition, Diane Drescher
will exhibit her “Hudson River
Landscapes” in the Gold Wing at Hebrew
Tabernacle on Fort Washington Ave.
and W. 185th St. in March and April.
At the same time, Drescher’s work will
be exhibited at La Galeria at Boricua
College on Broadway and W. 155th St.,
during the month of March.
Shhhh!
Dyckman Street UPS Store owner Tony
Lopez and his staff have been recognized
for their high level of customer service
by the corporate headquarters. Lopez
was given a Certificate of Recognition
for having the highest Customer Equity
Index score in Manhattan, besting 46
other stores. Four mystery shoppers
– people working for a company that
evaluates stores – rated the Inwood UPS
as excellent.
“Your top rating in Manhattan obviously
reflects the high priority that you have
given to outstanding customer service in
your store. Not many franchise owners
reward their associates for customer
commendations, but you do!” said a note
that came along with the award.
Lopez has four employees: Steven
Jimenez, Victor Vargas, Kathy Hoyos,
and Albert Brown. The Inwood store has
been open since Feb. 28, 2004.
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20 Manhattan Times
February 12, 2009
real estate
Are newspapers leaking
the secrets of Northern Manhattan?
b i ene s
r a i ce s
by Daniel P. Bader
If you live here, you know
you’ve got it good. There’s an
abundance of parkland, over 500
acres in fact.
Rents and apartment prices are
cheaper, per square foot, than
anywhere else in Manhattan.
Crime is low.
The city is at our doorsteps,
just about a half hour jaunt on
the A-train.
So when newspapers like
The New York Times, the Daily
News and AMNewYork publish a
story pointing out these benefits
to the rest of the city, do area
real estate agents’ phones start
ringing? Does part of the secret
slip out?
The answer, according to local
brokers, is: sort of.
“Definitely, they call,” said
Andrew Shell, owner of A.N.
Shell Realty In Inwood.
Shell’s business is a rough
60/40 split between rentals
and sales and he has offices in
Inwood and Harlem. “It’s hard
to track because usually we
don’t ask,” he said, but he has
had people say their interest was
piqued by an article.
However, he said, “Mostly it’s
word of mouth.”
Still, he believes in the power
of the press so much that he
hangs articles about Northern
Manhattan in the windows of his
offices, and the home page of
his Web site prominently display
a Daily News story about Food
Network Pastry Chef Patrick
Coston buying an Inwood
apartment.
Other brokers say they receive
a less enthusiastic response
when the citywide press covers
Northern Manhattan.
“I personally have not gotten
that,” said Stein-Perry broker
Gus Perry. “I’m sure it’s out
there.”
He’d heard that one article
Inwood seen from Ft. Tryon Park. Local real estate professionals say that word of mouth and advertising have a far greater effect drawing downtown buyers to
Northern Manhattan than newspaper stories about the neighborhood.
in The New York Times
about renegotiating rent with
landlords stirred up trouble, but,
as a landlord himself, he has
not been confronted by a tenant
holding a newspaper asking
about lowering the rent.
“Picking up the Times is not
what it used to be,” he said.
Kelly Cole, a senior vice
president for the Corcoran
Group, said positive stories
about the neighborhood help
sell apartments, but do not drive
people to the neighborhood.
“It takes a little more than
that,” she said. “But I guess
you’ll pluck a few off that
way.”
Instead, she said, she keeps
clippings, like a recent Time
Out New York article describing
Indian Road as one of the
“hippest” places to live in the
city, to help seal the deal.
“It can be a certain catalyst,”
Cole said.
Simone Song agent David
Libchaber said the people who
find the office usually get there
through the Internet.
“If they research the area, they
find us,” he said.
And editorial stories aren’t
telling any secrets about his
principle market – Hudson
Heights.
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“Many people who work on
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And, he added, “There’s a
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“I moved to Washington
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b i ene s
r a i ce s
Medios de comunicación se fijan en el Alto Manhattan
por Daniel P. Bader
Si usted vive aquí, usted sabe que está bien.
Hay abundancia de parques, de hecho el 40
por ciento del área es parques. Las rentas y los
precios de los apartamentos son más baratos,
por pie cuadrado, que en cualquier otro sitio en
Manhattan. El crimen está bajo. Media hora en
el tren A de deja en el centro de Manhattan.
Así es que cuando periódicos como el New
York Times, el Daily News y el AM New York
publican historias señalando estos beneficios,
¿los teléfonos de los agentes de bienes raíces
del área comienzan a sonar?
La contestación, según agentes locales es:
más o menos.
“Definitivamente ellos llaman”, dijo Andrew
Shell, dueño de A.N. Shell Realty.
El negocio de Shell es más o menos dividido
en 60/40 entre rentas y ventas, y tiene oficinas
en Washington Heights, Inwood y Harlem.
“Es difícil de rastrear porque normalmente
nosotros no preguntamos”, dijo él, pero él ha
tenido personas que han dicho que su interés
fue por un articulo.
Sin embargo, él dijo, es a base de
referencias personales.
Aunque él todavía cree en el poder de la
prensa tanto que cuelga artículos acerca del
Alto Manhattan en las ventanas de sus oficinas,
y su página electrónica tiene una historia del
Daily News acerca del Chef Patrick Coston del
Food Network comprando un apartamento en
Inwood.
Otros agentes de bienes raíces son menos
entusiastas.
“Yo personalmente no he recibido eso”, dijo
el agente Gus Perry de Stein-Perry.
“Yo estoy seguro que está ahí afuera”.
El escuchó que un artículo en el New York
Times acerca de renegociar renta con los
dueños de edificio provocó problemas, pero
también como dueño de edificio, él no ha sido
confrontado por un inquilino aguantando un
periódico pidiendo que le bajen la renta.
“El coger el Times no es lo que solía ser”,
dijo él.
Kelly Cole, un vicepresidente de Corcoran
Group, dijo que positivas historias acerca de
que el vecindario ayuda a vender apartamentos,
pero no lleva a las personas al vecindario.
“Toma un poco más que eso”, dijo ella.
“Pero creo que atraes a unos pocos de esa
manera”.
En su lugar, dijo ella, mantiene recortes,
como un reciente artículo de Time Out
describiendo Indian Road como uno de los
lugares más de moda para vivir en la ciudad,
para ayudar a sellar el trato.
“Puede ser un cierto catalítico”, dijo Cole.
David Libchaber agente de Simone Song dijo
que las personas que encuentran su oficina
normalmente llegan allí a través del Internet.
“Si ellos investigan el área, nos encuentran”,
dijo él.
Las historias editoriales no están contando
ningún secreto acerca de su principal mercado
– Hudson Heights.
“Hudson Heights es bastante bien conocido”,
dijo Libchaber.
Pero la agencia se anuncia con el Manhattan
Times y el New York Times, y sus listados
terminan en una sección, similar a la historia del
Manhattan Times “Que Pagaron” (página 22)
más o menos cuatro a cinco veces al año – y
eso trae gente.
No es por la página electrónica o por
anunciarse, la gente encuentra el Alto
Manhattan a través de las referencias de sus
amigos.
“Muchas personas que trabajan en Broadway
están aquí. Hay una justa cantidad de artistas”,
dijo él.
Y él añadió, “hay una justa cantidad de
religiones como los judíos ortodoxos” que
vienen al área basados en lo que escuchan de
la familia y los amigos.
“Yo me mudé a Washington Heights cerca de
11 años atrás”, dijo Cole. ¿Dónde ella escuchó
acerca del vecindario? Gente hablando.
“Nuestros amigos que también eran músicos
vivían en Washington Heights…los precios son
costeables y es fácil de viajar”.
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Ciudad añadiría una escuela secundaria
a la P.S. 173 – padres se oponen
por Daniel P. Bader
El viernes, 6 de febrero, en el frio glacial,
padres y oficiales electos se reunieron en
las afueras de P.S. 173 en la Avenida Ft.
Washington cerca del oeste de la Calle 173
para protestar el plan del Departamento de
Educación de añadir 300 estudiantes a esta
escuela que compone alumnos de Jardín
Infantil hasta quinto grado. “¿Qué intenta hacer
el Departamento de Educación? El crear una
escuela superior que eventualmente crecerá
a 300 niños con todos estos niños pequeños”,
dijo el miembro del Concejo Robert Jackson.
“Este plan fue creado sin la colaboración
con el equipo de liderazgo del distrito ni el
superintendente del distrito”.
Los padres supieron del programa,
llamado “Eight Plus”, en una reunión en la
escuela el 4 de febrero. “Eight Plus” está
dirigido a estudiantes que no han cumplido
con los requisitos para seguir hacia escuela
superior y que podrían necesitar un ambiente
de aprendizaje diferente para lograr esos
estándares.
La opinión de los padres a lo mejor nunca
hubiera sido escuchada en la reunión del
4 de febrero si no hubiera sido llamada por
la principal Dawn Boursiquot. Ella invitó a
John White, un oficial del Departamento de
Educación cuya oficina tiene la difícil labor de
maximizar el espacio de aulas en el distrito.
“El D.O.E. finalmente llevó a cabo una
reunión hace dos días atrás para presentar
su propuesta. Sin embargo vinieron con las
manos vacías”, dijo Jackson.
El se quejó de que habían papeles de trabajo
en la propuesta, nada para ver y comentar.
El dijo que los padres interrogaron White
y a sus colegas por 25 minutos antes de
que tuvieran una idea de lo que había sido
propuesto.
Lilliam Pérez, directora de la oficina de
distrito del senador estatal Eric Schneiderman,
P.S. 173 actualmente tiene 700 estudiantes de escuela elemental. El Departamento de Educación planea añadir a la escuela por lo menos 300 estudiantes de octavo
grado. (foto Daniel P. Bader)
dijo que no se presentó ningún plan de cómo
compartir espacio común, o que existiría
seguridad adicional.
“Nosotros sabemos lo que sucede cuando
un niño de cinco años y uno de 16 tienen
que compartir áreas comunes. ¿Cómo van a
compartir los baños? ¿Cómo van a compartir el
salón de almuerzo?”, preguntó ella.
Otra escuela está siendo considerada
para P.S. 173, dijo el tesorero del Concejo de
Educación Comunal Josh Karan, porque el
edificio parece estar siendo mal utilizado.
“Según el D.O.E. este edificio debería tener
1,000 estudiantes en el”, dijo él. “¿Por qué?”
Porque hace 10 años atrás, usted tenía 1,000
estudiantes en este edificio. Entonces ellos no
tenían ningún salón de arte, no tenían salones
de música, no tenías ningún estudio de baile,
no tienes ningún laboratorio de ciencia”.
Si el Distrito 6 necesita un programa como
“Eight Plus” no es un problema, dijo Karan. La
pregunta es si la escuela de 300 estudiantes
debería ser puesta en la P.S. 173.
El hacer eso terminaría entonces todos
los programas educativos que este edificio ha
luchado para obtener en los pasados 15 años.
El compadeció la posición de White.
“John White tiene que lidiar con los edificios
que tiene”, dijo Karan.
Pero él dijo, White y su departamento
deberían trabajar con padres en lugar de
hablarles.
“Vamos a resolver esto juntos. No vengan
con la actitud de que ustedes saben que es
mejor y que nosotros no importamos”, dijo él.
Para añadir un poco de drama en una
situación ya tensa, de acuerdo a Karan,
luego de la reunión del 4 de febrero White
supuestamente dijo que los padres del Distrito 6
“no sabían cómo comportarse”.
Jackson, el presidente del Comité de
Educación del Concejo de la Ciudad estaba
indignado con el comentario, pidiendo que
quien fuera que lo hubiera dicho fuera
despedido.
“Ese representante necesita ser despedido
porque el no sabe nada acerca de Washington
Heights. Si, nosotros somos emotivos porque
cuando tu impactas nuestros niños, nos impacta
a nosotros”, dijo Jackson.
24 Manhattan Times
February 12, 2009
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