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CB’1 Battery Park City Committee,
Plus Boards of Six Condominiums, Pass
Measure Calling for Halt to
South End Avenue Revamp Process
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By Matthew Fenton
he Battery Park City Committee
of Community Board 1 (CB1)
passed a resolution at its October 5
meeting, calling upon the Battery
Park City Authority (BPCA) to halt
its ongoing initiative to consider a
possible redesign of South end Avenue. the boards of six condominium apartment buildings have
also enacted resolutions calling for a
similar halt, and asking that local
elected officials intervene with the
BPCA to stop the controversial project, which contemplates (among
other options) narrowing the thoroughfare that functions as Battery
Park City’s Main Street, and filling in
the pedestrian arcades that line the
facades of four buildings, in order to
create new retail space.
the CB1 resolution reviews the
history of a City Department of
transportation study and proposal
from 2013, which was produced in
collaboration with community leaders, and calls upon the BPCA to
scrap its current study, in favor of an
updated version of the earlier proposal. the resolution also demands
that the Authority not implement any
plans for South end Avenue without
approval from residents, and that it
disclose its goals, methods and proposed funding mechanism for the
project. the resolution will next be
considered by the full CB1 member-
ship, when it meets on October 25.
the six condominium buildings
that have enacted measures opposing
the project are Battery Pointe, the
Cove Club, Liberty Court, Liberty
terrace, hudson View east, and
hudson View West. these resolutions were ratified in August, September, and October. Similar
resolutions are expected from more
buildings soon.
Although no one at either of two
recent meetings of CB1’s Battery
Park City Committee spoke in support of the initiative to reconfigure
South end Avenue, some local residents see merit in the idea. Margaret
h. Liu, who has lived in Battery Park
City for 25 years and operates a real
estate brokerage on South end Avenue, says, “we own commercial
space here. this street is a prime location, or at least it should be. Creating more commercial space, or
enlarging and making more convenient the space that already exists,
would be a value for the community.”
Ms. Liu adds, “we have a very
wide street, which is too wide for so
little traffic. At the same time, the
sidewalks are too narrow for the
number of pedestrians. Some version
of the plan would make the whole
area more much livable. this is a
huge plus for people who live here,
work here, or do business here.”
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he City government agency that will decide how and when to stormproof Lower Manhattan hosted an Open house meeting in Battery Park City
on October 6. the session was led by staff from the Mayor’s Office of recovery and resiliency, who will review the current preliminary plans for building countermeasures to spare Lower Manhattan from a reprise of the
devastation wrought by hurricane Sandy in 2012. this meeting followed a
similar session held the previous night on the Lower east Side, and two meetings held in the Seaport neighborhood in July. the October 6 meeting was
moderated by Michael Shaikh, the agency’s deputy director for external affairs,
who noted that planning for Lower Manhattan resiliency measures is expected
to continue through 2018, followed by approximately five years of construction. this would appear to peg the completion date for local counter-flooding
measures to sometime after 2023.
Wallow in the Hallows
courtesy: Old Print Shop
“Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything,” Alexander Hamilton—who helped
win the Revolutionary War, and then helped find the money to pay for it—once said. His
life is one focus of the upcoming Wall Street Collector’s Bourse. (See story on page 3.)
A menu of options prepared by the staff of the Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency,
which hosted the October 6 meeting in Battery Park City.
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for halloween celebrants of all ages
throughout the weekend of October
29 and 30, as well as on the day itself.
Battery Park City residents planning
to welcome little goblins to their
door should begin by signing up for
the community’s halloween List at
www.BPCBlockParty.com/Halloween,
where door signs can be downloaded
as well. Final lists will be posted in
the lobbies of each building, but parents planning to escort children on
Monday (October 31), between 5:00
and 8:00 pm, can download their
own copies as of Sunday (October
30). For questions or concerns,
please email Melissa Moore at
Melissa628@GMail.com. Battery Park
City Parks will host a free outdoor
screening of Beetlejuice on Friday (October 28), in rockefeller Park, starting at 7:00 pm. For older ghouls, the
roxy hotel (two Avenue of the
Americas near Franklin Street) will
screen The Witches on Saturday (October 29) and Nightmare on Elm Street
on Sunday (October 30). Both shows
start at 9:30 pm and both are free.
For more events, please see the
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A Methodical Approach
CultureNOW's extraordinary new map, “Lower Manhattan: Then and NOW,” combines
Downtown’s past, present, and future into a single graphic that tell us where we've been,
where we are, and where we may be going. (See story on page 4.)
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Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
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Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow. ”
―Robert Frost
NEWS &
COMMENT
By Matthew Fenton
At the July and October sessions, residents were invited to form panels
that brainstormed about priorities, and selected from a menu of infrastructure
options that could ultimately be built in Lower Manhattan. Among the strategies discussed at each of these meetings were elevated sidewalks and streets,
raised street medians, elevated pathways for bikes and pedestrians, and raised
planters. each of these approaches is designed to be incorporated into the
waterfront landscape, and combined with new amenities (such as park space
and gardens) in a way that will make them less obtrusive. More conventional
measures under consideration include berms, permanent flood walls, and deployable systems that can be temporarily installed on short notice. residents
also ranked the characteristics of various proposals based on criteria and priorities like effectiveness, and preserving access to the waterfront.
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stained glass window in new york.
the John Street united Methodist
Church, which traces its roots back
ton 1766, is celebrating the restoration of its Asbury Stained glass
Window (as well as the 250th anniversary of the church itself) with a
fund raiser on thursday, October 20,
from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. the event,
held in the church’s Wesley Chapel
Museum (44 John Street) will include
an address from featured speaker
rev. Fred Day, music by the Crusty
gentlemen, and a silent auction.
Admission is priced at $50.
For more information, please email
jason@johnstreetchurch.org or call 212269-0014.
For Whatever Skin You’re In
On tuesday, October 18, new york
Presbyterian Lower Manhattan hospital will be hosting a free seminar
“Skin Care—it’s not Just for Summer.”Assistant Professor of Dermatology Marie Leger, MD, will discuss
the importance of year-round skin
care. the seminar begins at 6:00 pm
followed by a question and answer
session and takes place at Pace university (nine Spruce Street). the
event is free and open to the public,
but anybody wishing to attend is
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courtesy: Old Print Shop
The New York Clearing House building at 77 Cedar Street, depicted here in a print that will be displayed at the Wall Street Collector’s Bourse, was
where banks settled accounts with each other every day, and was part of the banking system that Alexander Hamilton helped to create.
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promising media and technology startups.
et’s face it: Alexander hamilton is havhis name would also appear regularly on
ing his moment. the rest of the world
the newspaper he started.
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Getting to Know the First Real New PageAllSixofof these
sides of hamilton, and
Man of the American revolution, one old
Yorker with Free Exhibits During more, will be on display
in two exhibits at
and one new: that he was killed in a duel
Wall Street Bourse at the Museum
the Museum of American Finance, “Alexanwith that era’s archetypal loathsome toad,
of American Finance
der Hamilton: Man with a Plan” and “Alexander
Aaron Burr, and is now the subject of a brilHamilton: Art and Popular Culture.” Both look
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not only at the man, but at the larger conhalf things: Many are also vaguely aware that
text of new york in the 1790s, when Lower
hamilton is one of only two non-presidents
whose face appears on American paper currency. (Ben Franklin is the other.) Manhattan was not only the financial capital of the young nation, but also its
But for Lower Manhattan residents, this Founding Father has always been seat of government, as well as its cultural and religious center. in a fitting
uniquely ours. And the fact that he is buried in our backyard, at trinity symmetry, the Museum is located in the former Wall Street headquarters of
Church, is the least of the reasons. in some ways, he was the first genuine the Bank of new york, which hamilton midwifed.
During the weekend of October 21, admission to the Museum is free, in
new yorker, the paradigm of a type that would later become instantly recognizable among generations of restless, ambitious strivers drawn irresistibly to conjunction with the sixth annual Wall Street Collector’s Bourse, an exhibition,
sale, and live auction of hunManhattan because no place else
dreds of works on paper from
knew what to do with their outthe 18th, 19th, and 20th censized share of talent.
turies (many from the Old Print
Starting life as a nobody
Shop and Arader galleries), as
from nowhere (in this case, the
well as currency, historic coins,
illegitimate son of a minor Scotvintage financial documents,
tish landowner, born in the hinphotographs, and commemoraterlands of the Caribbean and
tive medals. Free events and presoon orphaned), the adolescent
sentations during the Bourse will
hamilton charmed the local geninclude, “Hamilton in Paterson:
try just enough to be sure they
America’s First Tech Incubator,” by
would cobble together some
Leonard Zax, president of the
scholarship money and ship the
hamilton Partnership (on Friday
penniless -- but precocious -- lad
at 12:30 pm); a talk by coin and
off to what was, even then, the
medal designer Joel iskowitz
center of the universe. having
about “U.S. Presidents on American
landed in new york, he quickly
Coins” (Saturday at 12:30 pm); a
raised a company of militia at
presentation of “Fun Facts for
age 20 (some accounts say 18),
The Museum of American Finance is hosting the sixth annual
Kids” (Saturday at 2:00 pm), and
joined the fight for independWall Street Collector’s Bourse from October 21 through 23.
a look at hamilton’s life by
ence, and soon caught the eye of
robert Begley, president of the
george Washington, who later
appointed him America’s first treasury chief (at age 34). in his spare time, he new york heroes Society (Sunday at 1:00 pm). the Bourse will also feature
also founded the u.S. Coast guard and was one of the driving forces behind a raffle of two impossible-to-get tickets to Broadway’s “Hamilton: An American
the drafting and ratification of the u.S. Constitution. rotating out of gov- Musical.”
All of which seems likely to put a human face on the mythic figure whom
ernment, hamilton returned to our community (not for him the farms to
which Washington and Jefferson would retire) and helped to found the new Shakespeare might as well have had in mind when he wrote, “the elements
york Post and the Bank of new york, while also scheming with the man who mixed so well in him that nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘this
would later kill him in a duel to finance the bank now known as Chase/JP- was a man.’”
the Wall Street Bourse, the exhibits, and numerous other events will all
Morgan (under the guise of bringing much-needed water to Lower Manhatbe held at the Museum of American Finance (48 Wall Street, at the corner of
tan).
in short, if he had been born in the 1970s, hamilton would today already William Street), from Friday, October 21, through Sunday, October 23. For
have three or four presidential appointments behind him, and by now be a more information, please browse MoaF.org (for the Museum),
partner at goldman Sachs, a board member at several museums and univer- WallStreetBourse.org (for the Bourse), or AuctionsInternational.com (for the live
sities, and a regular guest on Charlie Rose—as well as a major investor in several auction).
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SyMMetry SuMMit
StOrM-PrOOFing MeASureS FOr DOWntOWn DiSCuSSeD
Labor Day weekend, when hurricane hermine raised concerns
Last november, BPCA board member Martha gallo seemed
about possible flooding, before veering out to sea.
to hint at the possibility of the BPCA playing a leadership role in
But Lower Manhattan still lacks a comprehensive plan to pro- both formulating and funding a local resiliency plan. At a Commutect entire neighborhoods, such as Battery Park City, the Financial nity Board 1 (CB1) meeting, Ms. gallo (the only member of the
District, and the South Street Seaport. One option is a plan vari- Authority’s board who lives in Battery Park City), said, “we owe it
ously called the “Big u” and the “Dry Line,” which would create a to the community to talk about the things we are working on, and
network of flood walls around Lower Manhattan that would (the- the things we plan to work on.”
oretically) hold back storm waters. in other Downtown neighborin a preview of the series of quarterly Open Community Meethoods, these barriers can be incorporated into ongoing waterfront ings that the BPCA began hosting the following month, she said,
development plans, so
“the number one topic
that they will not obon my mind is a major
struct public access to
infrastructure study
(or enjoyment of) the
that the BPCA board
shoreline. in Battery
has funded, to look at
Park City, however, wathe infrastructure of
terfront development
the neighborhood and
was finished more than
resiliency. the City has
20 years ago. As a releft us out of every
sult, it will be much
funding discussion of
more difficult to intethe ‘Big u.’ So somegrate levees and breakhow, we’re going going
waters into the existing
to get some room from
landscape without sigthe agreement we have
nificant disruption.
to turn over our excess
in another context,
revenues, to do this
however, Battery Park
work.” Although three
City is well positioned
Open
Community
to develop and impleMeetings have been
ment a flood protection
held since then, the Big
plan. the Authority has
u plan (or any alternaa staff and engineers An architect’s rendering of the proposed “Big U” storm barrier, which would erect an eight-foot wall tive proposal for prowho focus exclusively along the length of the Battery Park City Esplanade. This image was apparently chosen by designers tecting the Battery Park
on the community and because it shows the Esplanade at its widest point (in Rockefeller Park), where such a barrier would City against flooding)
its infrastructure, as be least obtrusive. But a floodwall of this size on other sections on the Esplanade would diminish the has not yet appeared
well as the capacity to neighborhood's most prized public space to a narrow walkway (or else close it entirely), and effecon the agenda at any of
tively obliterate its sweeping views.
fund any plan it formuthese sessions.
lates. the BPCA collects hundreds of millions of dollars per year
At the October 6 meeting, former CB1 chair Catherine McVay
in ground rents and payments in lieu of taxes (generating an annual hughes (who, in her professional life is a hydro-geologic engineer)
surplus of more than $100 million), and has the capacity to borrow underscored the importance of avoiding a piecemeal approach to
billions more, because its credit is deemed by bond rating agencies resiliency, and instead adopting a region-wide plan. “right there,
to be better than that of either the City or the State.
across the hudson river,” she said, pointing out the window of the
indeed, the BPCA’s financial resources are so prodigious that waterfront meeting room at Six river terrace, in which the session
the Authority could theoretically subsidize flood barriers not only was held, “individual cities in new Jersey are each making their own
for Battery Park City,
plans, and each one has
but for much of the rest
to
worry
about
of Lower Manhattan.
whether the strategy
Such an expanded misadopted by the next
sion would require the
town over is going
consent of both City
make flooding worse
hall and Albany, but
for them.” She added
both might greet with
that, “we need to conenthusiasm the opporsider something like
tunity to underwrite a
the thames Barrier,” a
project that is widely
moveable floodgate
perceived to be desperthat has, since 1984,
ately needed, and for
protected
London
which other sources of
from storm surges
funding seem increasoriginating in the
ingly unlikely. (Such an
north Sea. “there are
agreement would also
plans being discussed
have the political virtue
for a flood barrier outoffering
the One local example of a deployable system is the temporary flood wall erected around the World
of
side new york harbor,
BPCA—an agency that Trade Center complex over Labor Day weekend, when Hurricane Hermine briefly raised concerns
that would stretch from
has struggled to justify about possible flooding, before veering out to sea. The wall was assembled (and then removed)
the rockaways to
its continued existence in a matter of hours.
Sandy hook,” Ms.
in the years after development in Battery Park City was com- hughes said, “which would protect Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan,
pleted—a new mission and a new lease on life.)
and new Jersey.” Supporters argue that such a project could also
the bleak prospects for funding resiliency measures in Lower double as other forms of infrastructure, such as a causeway that
Manhattan came into focus earlier this year, when a $176 million might carry a direct toll road between Long island and northern
federal award for building flood countermeasures Downtown, an- new Jersey, or a rail link between kennedy and newark Airports.
nounced in January, was
At the conclusion of the October 6 Open house meeting, Mr.
later discovered to specifically exclude Battery
Park City, the Financial
District, and the Seaport. (the money was
earmarked instead for
the two Bridges neighborhood, nestled between the Brooklyn and
Manhattan Bridges.) Although the administration of Mayor Bill de
Blasio later allocated
$108 million for the remaining “Manhattan
tip” area—understood
to extend from the
southern edge of the
two Bridges commuManhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Council member Marnity, around the Battery, garet Chin (seated, left and right) listen to a presentation about storm reand up to tribeca on the siliency plans for Lower Manhattan, as Community Board 1 chair Anthony
west side—nobody ex- Notaro (standing) looks on.
Former Community Board 1 chair Catherine
McVay Hughes (a hydro-geologic engineer by pects that this amount
training) emphasized the importance of a com- will be enough to pay Shaikh predicted that there would be additional, similar sessions in
prehensive, large scale solution to the problem for a resiliency plan cov- the months ahead. Dates for these upcoming sessions have not yet
of waters that are rising regionally, rather than ering such a large area.
been announced.
locally.
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n Friday (October 21), the National Archives and
the National Archives Foundation will host the third in
its “National Conversations” series, in partnership with the
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. the discussion, titled, “Amending America: Women’s
Rights and Gender Equality,” will be focused on issues surrounding comparative opportunity and egalitarianism between the sexes, both historically and today.
the all-day event features panel discussions with national
leaders, including Archivist of the united States David S.
Ferriero, u.S. Congressman Jerrold nadler, new york City
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, and award-winning broadcast anchor and chief executive of Starfish
Media group Soledad O’Brien. the Broadsheet recently sat
down with Dorothy Dougherty, the programs direction for
the national Archives in new york. here is what she had
to say.
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about the National
Archives Foundation? Its origin, funding and mission?
For 24 years, the national Archives Foundation has passionately stood side-by-side with the Archivist of the
united States to educate, enrich, and inspire a deeper appreciation of our country’s heritage. As the national
Archives’ nonprofit partner, the Foundation increases public awareness of the national Archives, inspires a deeper
appreciation of our country’s heritage, and encourages citizen engagement in our democracy. the Foundation generates financial and creative support for national Archives
exhibitions, public programs, and educational initiatives,
introducing America’s records to people around the u.S.
and the world. you can learn more by going to www.archivesfoundation.org.
Q: What’s the mission and history of the National
Archives?
the national Archives and records Administration
(nArA), was established in 1934 by President Franklin
roosevelt, with major holdings dating back to 1775, and
is the nation’s record keeper. today, nArAs' collection of
federal records includes more than 12 billion pages of
paper records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural
and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and
graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of
motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings;
and six billion electronic records—or eight trillion pages
if they were printed. these records are vital to understanding and documenting the decisions of government and
provide immeasurable value to citizens. the rotunda for
the Charters of Freedom, located in the national Archives
museum in Washington, D.C., is also the permanent home
of the original Declaration of independence, Constitution
of the united States, and Bill of rights.
But as important as these national treasures are, there are
equally inspiring resources right here in new york City.
the national Archives at new york City has more than
150,000 cubic feet of historically significant records of
some 85 federal agencies and courts in new Jersey, new
york, Puerto rico, and the u.S. Virgin islands, dating from
1685 to the present. new yorkers can visit our research
Center to search original and online documents from our
holdings, browse our exhibit gallery, or stop by our Learning Center for a variety of educational programs, including
teacher workshops, student field trips, genealogy workshops, lectures, family activities and more.
Q: The Agenda will include discussions about gender
equality and human rights. In light of the presidential
contest, will the conduct of both candidates and their
spouses likely to be discussed?
We anticipate that this “National Conversation” will be a dynamic discussion framed by our historical context and
rooted in current events. this year marks the 96th anniversary of women earning their right to vote. it’s safe to assume—given the historic nature of this election and the
role that women are continuing to play—that this will be
part of the day’s discussion.
Q: What's the future goals of the National Archives?
in response to public interest and demand, the national
Archives and national Archives Foundation will continue
to work together on opportunities to elevate and intensify
the work at the core of our mission: increase public access
to the Archives and the breadth of its records, create innovative programs that engage the public and connect individual lives to our collective history, and embrace the
primacy of digital information in modern life.
Q: Tell us about the event on October 21, and what
Lower Manhattanites might find of interest.
the national Archives chose new york for this “National
Conversation” because of its rich history of honoring
women and families, from the Suffragette movement to
the fight for equal rights today. the event will focus on
women’s rights, gender equality, and advocacy and feature
panel discussions with not only national leaders but some
of our local heroes focused on this work, including: the
noted journalist, Soledad O’Brien; Anna eleanor roosevelt
of goodwill industries; Sonia Ossorio of nOW-nyC;
Suzanne Braun Levine of Ms. Magazine; and Stephanie
toti from the Center for reproductive rights. this is a
uniquely new york event that Lower Manhattanites are
sure to enjoy.
the national Conversation on Women’s rights and gender equality will take place at the Alexander hamilton u.S.
Customs house (One Bowling green, near the intersection of Broadway and Battery Place) on Saturday (October
21), from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. mission is free and open to
the public, but anyone wishing to attend is asked to register
in advance at this link: www.archivesfoundation.org/
amendingamerica/conversations/women/
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LOWER MANHATTAN'S
HISTORY, CULTURE, AND
FUTURE CONVERGE
IN A VISIONARY NEW MAP
to the editor:
the opening of the iPic movie complex in the historical South Street
Seaport area marks an historical occasion for the Lower east Side of
Manhattan.
instead of being the first major
movie house to geographically service the large population while complementing its unique seafaring
location, it vividly illustrates another
glaring symbol of how howard
hughes real estate plans to turn the
Seaport historical District into an
upscale, pricey mall.
the first thing you discover on
entering the new lobby is that there
is no list of prices, movies and times
anywhere. you will be informed personally that this multiplex theater has
two price scales, one for its registered, paid annual club membership
(lower),the other public,(higher) with
a rising scale of prices according to
varying plushy seating and service. in
the words of the receptionist, “We
are not designed for children and no
discount for seniors.”
Food varies from restaurant to
faster service including personal
service and what should have been a
modern, egalitarian, typical American movie theater is now an elitist
cinema club for upscale spenders
who don’t ask, “how much?”
this is another dramatic example of the implementation of the
howard hughes strategy,business
plan with the support of the new
york eDC adding to the totally
modernist glass cube building now
replacing the period salty, redwood
multi-service one on pier 17 to bury
its historical identity. in addition, the
attempt to build a forty-eight story
tower in the water next to the tin
building and proposal to move the
iconic Seaport Museum to the remote pier 16 from early 1800’s
Schermerhorn row houses, the heart
of the historical area, demonstrates
what happens when politicians put
business (and the commerce oriented economic Development Corporation) in charge of priceless
cultural sites.
remember the destruction of
the grand old Penn Station to build
Madison Square garden now being
talked about razing (and the near destruction of grand Central) is what
happens when city leaders don’t care,
or learn from history.
Schools include the study of the
past to deepen our view and valuing
of the present. the South Street Seaport is the last, oldest location where
Manhattan seaport began and is a
place that draws visitors from the
world as well as locals to view our
heritage, not a pricey mall.
Sy Schleimer
Many ships pass Battery Park City on their way to and
from the midtown passenger ship terminal. Others may
be seen on their way to or from docks in Brooklyn and
Bayonne. Stated times, when appropriate, are for
passing the Colgate Clock and are based on sighting
histories, published schedules and intuition.
they are also subject to tides, fog, winds, freak waves,
hurricanes and the whims of upper management.
"This is about how you tell the story of a neighborhood," reflects, Abby Suckle, president of CultureNOW.
"And Lower Manhattan is all about history." This is how
Ms. Suckle describes the vision behind an extraordinary
new local atlas, the "Lower Manhattan: Then and
NOW" map." Ms. Suckle, an architect whose contribution to the Downtown streetscape include work on the
Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City, recalls,
"so I took a group of students around and we did a lot
of research last summer." This included not only walking the streets of Lower Manhattan, but also prowling
through archives that contained a series of historic
views, plans, and layouts of the square mile below what
is now Chambers Street. They began with charts of
"Mana-hatta" (the Lenape Native American name for
this, "Island of Many Hills"), and proceeded through
records of the time when Wall Street was a wall, Broad
Street was a canal, and the shorelines were at what are
now Pearl and Greenwich Streets. "Then we took all
these maps," says Ms. Suckle, "put them together, and
made a mash-up."
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6:30a (Bayonne)
Oct 17
Carnival Sunshine
7:15a
Oct 18
Sirena
6:15a
Oct 20
Oct 21
Oct 22
The result is an image that compresses four centuries of
growth, war, political upheaval, redemptive triumph
and (above all) ceaseless transformation, into two images, printed on the opposite sides of a single sheet of paper: one showing the 1500s through the early 1990s, with the obverse illustrating the 20th and 21st centuries. This richly
layered tapestry also continues the narrative thread from the past, through the present, and into the future: It depicts Downtown layered not only with the 2012 storm surge from
Hurricane Sandy, but also the areas that will be swamped by the 31 inches of sea level rise that the federal government now expects to come no later than 2050.
CultureNOW is a nonprofit organization formed in 2002 from the New York/New Visions coalition of design professionals who came together to help rebuild Lower Manhattan in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The organization bills itself as, "a museum without walls" that celebrates Downtown's cultural environment cultural tourism and
arts education. One means of achieving this mission is creating original maps that celebrate local art, architecture, and history. Since 2002, CultureNow has created and distributed
over 650,000 free maps at civic and cultural institutions throughout New York City.
Norwegian Breakaway 7:45a
Veendam
Anthem of the Seas
AIDAluna
7:15a
American Glory
Disney Magic
Oct 24
Oct 25
Regal Princess
AIDAluna
4:30p
4:30p
4:30p
6:30a (Bayonne)
6 am
Ocean Dream
4:30p
6:15a
Ocean Dream
Carnival Sunshine
Oct 23
4:00p
6 am
7:15a
6:45a
4:00p
Caribbean
repositioning to Baltimore, MD
repositioning to norfolk, VA
5:30a (Brooklyn)
3:15p
4:30p
5:00p
6:30p
Bahamas
Canada
Jamaica
4:30p
Bermuda
5:30p
Caribbean
5:00p
transatlantic
in port overnight
Queen Mary 2
6:00a (Brooklyn)
6:15a
San Diego
new england
Bahamas/World Cruise
7:15a
Rotterdam
Canada
in port overnight
Silver Whisper
Crystal Serenity
Bermuda
in port overnight
Norwegian Breakaway 8:15a
Crystal Serenity
Caribbean
7:30p Repositioning - Florida
5:15p
transatlantic
Copies "Lower Manhattan: Then and Now" can be purchased from CultureNow for $10. Please email info@culturenow.org for more information.
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MON 17
THU 20
House, home of the National Museum of
the American Indian in New York. Tour highlights include a discussion of the history of
the site, architect Cass Gilbert, viewing the
Collectors office; Tiffany woodwork; Reginald Marsh murals; and the 140 ton Rotunda Dome by Raphael Gustavino. One
Bowling Green. Free. 1pm. Repeated on October 18 at 1m. www.americanindian.si.edu
ents CLIMAX, an active invitation for the audience to move as they engage in an
emotionally intimate, yet forcefully
provocative performance. CLIMAX invites
the audience to make choices about their
own spectatorship throughout its three hour
duration. $15, $20. 8pm. Gibney Dance,
280 Broadway (entrance on Chambers
Street). www.gibneydance.org
U.S. Custom House Tour
FRI
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6th Annual Wall Street
Tour of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom Tel Aviv-based artist Yasmeen Godder pres- Collectors Bourse
WED 19
Radical Robots
Build your very own robot hand to take
home in this class that focus on technology.
Explore how robots can be used to make
our lives easier. Experiment with robots that
can do some extraordinary tasks, infrared
robots, robotic arms and even soccer playing robots. For ages 6 and older. Battery
Park City branch of the New York Public Library. Free. 4pm. New York Public Library.
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Moment of Zen
Meditation Group
Scientific studies show that just 10 minutes
of meditation a day relieves stress and improves your health and well-being. Take
time out of your busy schedule to come to
the New Amsterdam library to learn meditation and find inner peace. No prior experience necessary. Free. 1pm. Tribeca branch
of the New York Public Library, 9 Murray
Street. www.nypl.org
Classical Chinese
Dance Competition
Classical Chinese dance is an art form that
brings alive the folk tales, legends and
myths of China. Semi-finals on Oct. 20; finals on Oct. 21. $10, $20. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street.
www.tribecapac.org
John Street Church 250th
Anniversary.
Now in its sixth year, the Bourse is a free
exposition, sale and live auction by international collectors and dealers displaying
hundreds of works on paper from the 18th,
19th and 20th centuries. See website for
more information Free. 10am. Museum of
American Finance, 48 Wall Street. Through
October 23. 212-908-4110. www.moaf.org
Hamilton in Paterson:
America’s First Tech
Incubator
Leonard Zax, president of the Hamilton
Partnership, will discuss the new national
park dedicated to Alexander Hamilton in
Paterson, NJ. Price includes museum admission. Talk will be followed by Q&A and book
signing. Free. 12:30pm. Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall Street. 212-908-4110.
www.moaf.org
SAT 22
Drawing in the Park
Paint in watercolor, or use pastels, chalk, and
charcoal to capture the vistas of the Hudson
River and the unique landscape of South
Cove. An artist/educator will help participants of all levels with instruction and critique. Art materials provided. Free.
10am-12pm. South Cove. www.bpcparks.org
In evening of bluegrass music and delicious Expanding the Boundfood, celebrate the church's history and aries of Chinese Poetry
raise money for the Capital Restoration
Fund. $50 suggested donation. 6pm-9pm.
John Street United Methodist Church, 144
John Street. www.johnstreetchurch.org.
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Hear Steve Reich’s City Life and Aaron Copland’s Quiet City. City Life is a minimalist
composition for chamber orchestra features
two pianos and digital samples of a wide
variety of city sounds, mainly recorded by
Reich himself in and around New York City.
Aaron Copland’s Quiet City was originally
written for a play by Irwin Shaw’s music
that never made it out of previews. Copland
later combined the music into a single composition. Julian Wachner, conductor. Free.
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What separates contemporary Chinese poetry from its classical or even modern counterpart? Can contemporary Chinese poetry
further expand its boundaries and find alternative identities and voices that are at
once open, experimental, radical and significant in a globalized world? With such
questions in mind, three lectures by poet
and professor Yibing Huang will introduce
famous, even canonical yet often misunderstood Chinese writers and re-examine their
distinctive relationships with contemporary
Chinese poetry. $10, $15. 2pm-4pm. China
Institute, 40 Rector St. chinainstitute.org
SUN 23
Life and Works of Mao Dun
Mao Dun (1896-1981) was the pen name
of Shen Yanbing, a 20th-century Chinese
novelist, cultural critic, and the Minister of
Culture of People’s Republic of China. He
was one of the most celebrated left-wing realist novelists of modern China. To mark the
120th anniversary of Mao Dun’s birth, the
Renwen Society at the China Institute is
inviting Dr. Maiheng Shen Dietrich to give
a lecture on the life and works of her grandfather. $5. 2pm-4pm. China Institute, 40
Rector Street. www.chinainstitute.org
An October Garden:
Downtown Voices
Trinity’s semiprofessional choir, presents
their first concert of the season featuring a
new composition for choir, flute, clarinet,
and piano, by Julian Wachner, Trinity's Director of Music and the Arts, titled An October Garden and Morten Lauridsen's
Midwinter Songs, a choral cycle set to five
poems by Robert Graves. Connected by recurring motifs and phrases against the
backdrop of winter, the poems are about
love, sex, and death. Free. 3pm. St. Paul's
Chapel. www.trinitywallstreet.org
MON 24
Sagittarius Ponderosa
Archer, still known as Angela to his family,
returns home to Central Oregon to be with
his ailing father. $10-$40. 3-Legged Dog,
80 Greenwich Street. Through November
19. 3ldnyc.org
TUE 25
How the Struggle Over
Islam Is Reshaping the
World
Brookings Institution scholar Shadi Hamid
examines how the struggle over Islam will
continue to shape the Middle East and Western nations for years to come. Free. 7pm.
9/11 Memorial Museum. www.911memorial.org
WED 26
Introduction to
JewishGen
JewishGen brings together individuals
worldwide and across generations in a virtual community centered on tracing Jewish
ancestral roots and history. Learn how JewishGen.org can help you discover your family history and solve common genealogical
research challenges. Free. 3:30PM. Museum
of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to
the Holocaust, 36 Battery Place. www.mjhnyc.org
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Mah Jongg in Jewish and
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the Game. Since the 1920s, the game of
mah jongg has ignited American popular
culture with its beautiful tiles, mythical origins, and communal spirit. Come learn the
history and meaning of the beloved game
and its significance in both Jewish and Chinese traditions. $12, $10. 7pm. Museum of
Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the
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Body Beautiful, Part 1
Body Beautiful Part One is an art history
lecture that explores prehistoric voluptuous
Venus of Willendorf, Greek gods, Lady Godiva, and Henry VIII: Bodies minimized and
maximized with corsets and codpieces. Each
lecture is followed by a catered luncheon
hosted by the lecturer herself. The menus
are specially curated to compliment the art
subject discussed. Luncheon tickets are
available by calling the box office. $29.
12:15pm. Schimmel Center, 3 Spruce Street.
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