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EDITORIAL
Chinatown bus chaos
Chinatown’s private bus business is booming. That this industry has grown to its current level in a little under 10 years is amazing. The rates are cheap and if one is not too fussy these rides are just the ticket.
Wise move at 50 West
Borough President Scott Stringer gave Downtown a better chance to get more affordable housing last week with the clear “no” he delivered to the city and developer Francis Greenburger of Time Equities.
TALKING POINT
Jock soc 101: Rise of performance and fall of valor
By Jerry Tallmer
In 1930, when Babe Ruth signed a new contract with the Yankees at $80,000 a season, the guys with press cards in their hats asked him how he felt about making more money than the president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, whose annual salary — as this country headed deeper into the Depression — was $75,000. “I had a better year than he did,” said the Babe.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
POLICE BLOTTER
MIKHAELA REID
BRIEFS
OBITUARY
Moe Fishman, 92, Abraham Lincoln Brigade leader
By Albert Amateau
The indomitable Moe Fishman, leader of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the group of Americans who fought against Franco in the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War, died Aug. 6 at the age of 92.
Mollie Bender, 85, of Gottlieb real estate family
Mollie Bender, partner with her late brother Bill Gottlieb, her husband, Irving Bender, and her son, Neil Bender, in the family real estate business, died July 1 in her West Village home at the age of 85.
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Chelsea Now photo by Jefferson Siegel Sweat Equity means success Housing & Real Estate
 Youths hit the big-time through plenty of Sweat EquityBy Lucas Mann Last Friday, on the second floor of Marc Ecko Enterprises on the cusp of Chelsea and the Flatiron District, two large TV screens flashed pictures of sleek model cars, each vying to be the design for a new Nissan prototype.
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NEWS
Stern raises red specter on Pier 40 report
By Josh Rogers The color green has been at the center of many recent Hudson River Park debates — namely where to get the needed greenbacks to build the rest of the promised green space. But Henry Stern, a member of the park Trust’s board of directors, splashed some red into the dispute last week, suggesting that some critics of the park’s plans are socialists. Sexual harassment in subway exacts toll By Audrey Tempelsman On July 26, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer held a press conference outside the Union Square subway station to announce the results of a survey entitled “Hidden in Plain Sight: Sexual Harassment and Assault in the New York City Subway System.” Nearly 1,800 individuals participated in the survey in the six weeks following its June 22 online appearance.  Trying to corral Chinatown’s booming cowboy busesBy Sruthi Pinnamaneni Holding fluorescent-colored signs calling for a halt to a proposed relocation of bus zones in their neighborhood, hundreds of Chinatown and Lower East Side residents poured into the M.S. 131 auditorium on the evening of Tues., July 24. Some had waited almost an hour for the start of the Community Board 3 meeting. On the Record Sizing up Speaker Quinn’s Renter’s Tax Credit By Lawrence Lerner and Claudia Berger In February, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn introduced a bill that would enable New York City renters to partake in recent budget surpluses by providing them with a $300 tax refund.  Soldier-artist sounds off on WWII 60th anniversaryBy Chris Lombardi Next Wednesday, Aug. 14, is the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII. As a small contribution to the story of “the greatest generation” that fought that war, we sat down with artist Knox Martin, a Coast Guard veteran who participated in the invasion of Normandy in 1945. |
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Arts & Entertainment  Songs in the key of devastating heartbreakBy Todd Simmons There were moments at the Highline Ballroom on Monday evening when the volcanic mouth of Diamanda Galás seemed to be a portal for the clamor of ancient, imperiled civilizations to come bursting out, seeking vengeance on the living with a furious uproar.  What’s on your Fringe list?By Jennifer O’Reilly When the annual New York Fringe Festival rolls around, sometimes it can be hard even for theater aficionados to sort through the endless sea of productions and pick out a few that are must-see. That’s why this year, we asked a sampling of downtown theater actors, producers, artistic directors, and directors to give us their picks for premium Fringe viewing when the festival opens this Friday. For show times and tickets, visit www.fringenyc.org. Being Tennessee Williams By Jerry Tallmer Doug Tompos owes his current onstage incarnation to the kindness of a stranger. Well, a suggestion from a stranger. “It was 10 years ago, out here in California,” says actor Tompos. “I was in ‘End of the World Party’ ” — the play by Chuck Ranberg about six gay men who rent a house together at Fire Island Pines one summer — “and at the end of the show this total stranger came up and said: ‘Did you ever play Tennessee Williams?’  She remembers ParisBy Steve Snyder One gets the feeling that Julie Delpy’s mind is a bustling universe. In her two most popular films, 1995’s “Before Sunrise” and 2004’s “Before Sunset” — the latter of which she also helped to write — the story was set around little more than a non-stop conversation, at first during an all-night talk between Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in a moonlit Vienna, and later during a 90-minute afternoon stroll through the streets of Paris. KOCH ON FILM By Ed Koch “Ratatouille” (+) I don’t usually see animated films, because I consider them to be cartoons and don’t usually enjoy them. However, many friends recommended this movie to me so I decided to go. It is magnificent, but it is still a cartoon. Children and their parents accompanying them will love this picture. “Blame It on Fidel” (+) The subject matter of this film is engrossing, and the movie is well worth seeing. It is, however, flawed. The script does not unfold in a linear fashion and too often hints at what is happening in an episodic way. |
Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery
June BrideIn this assembly of unconventional wedding photographs, the idea of the bride varies as radically as do cultural differences, traditions, family dynamics, and modes of dress. Photographers include Diane Arbus, Robert Gober, August Sander, and others. Through Aug. 17 at Yossi Milo Gallery. Above: Lise Sarfati’s “Christine #04, Berkeley, CA” (2005)
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