THE A-LIST
THE BUZZ
EDITORIAL
Anti-bullying efforts still urgently needed
As the recent tragic shooting death of Lawrence King, a gay 15-year-old in a Southern California school, makes clear, political leaders and education officials have considerable unfinished business when it comes to protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and others stigmatized by hatred, prejudice and ridicule.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TALKING POINT
St. Vincent’s: Let’s not do the time warp again!
By Brad Hoylman
“St. Vincent’s Is Modernizing”
“Hospital Plan Is Opposed by Neighbors”
“St. Vincent’s Hospital Plan Stirs Anger”
These are headlines that could be ripped from Chelsea Now or any other newspaper covering the plans by St. Vincent’s to build its new “green” hospital with a state-of-the-art emergency room and trauma center in the Village. But they aren’t from today’s news.
City development agenda starts in your backyard
By Simeon Bankoff
New York City’s Zoning Resolution determines the physical height and shape of the city by guiding development. Among the various existing zoning districts, contextual zones have been specifically drafted to produce buildings that are consistent with existing neighborhood character.
Mikhaela Reid
Scene
Healthy Now
Supplements to pack on and preserve muscle
By Greg Rothman, M.S. P.T.
In my previous columns this year, I introduced the strategies that have helped hundreds of my clients reach their goals and attain their optimal fitness levels. It is not necessarily easy to get into great shape and will always require some effort, but I hope that this advice has made it simple to understand.
NEWS BRIEFS
Amalgamated students workshop is on the money
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Volume 2, Number 22 The Weekly Newspaper of Chelsea February 29 - March 06, 2008
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Chelsea Now photo by Jefferson Siegel
Daneyal Mahmood stands outside 511 W. 25th St., where his gallery has operated for the past five years. The address, plus two other adjacent gallery buildings on the same block, was purchased last week by a group of investment firms—fueling speculation over the future of the spaces, and the district in general.
Gallery condos’ mark shift in changing Chelsea canvas
By Chris Lombardi
When Daneyal Mahmood first came to W. 25th Street five years ago to open his own gallery, “the block was sort of desolate,” said the artist and gallery owner. But by last year, when Mahmood took space on the third floor of the gallery-rich building at 511 W. 25th St., he could already sense a change.
Hearing on M.T.A. fan plant could see some venting
By Albert Amateau
New York City Transit scheduled a hearing this week at The New School, 66 W. 12th St., on the proposed emergency ventilation plant for the Eighth and Seventh Aves. subway tunnels at the Mulry Square intersection of Seventh and Greenwich Aves.
Another round as Chumley’s vows to reopen, again
By Patrick Hedlund
Work crews have returned to Chumley’s bar in the West Village for another apparent resurrection attempt after the 80-year-old former speakeasy had to close following a partial building collapse last spring.
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NEWS
 Tenants celebrate harassment bill victory
By Chris Lombardi
Hortense Bermudez, a longtime resident of 455 W. 34th St., has been taken to housing court so frequently that she can no longer count the appearances. Every time, court judges dismiss the case because her rent has been paid. But the suits keep coming, because Bermudez is only one of a handful of rent-stabilized tenants left in the building.
Citywide syphilis surge starts in Chelsea
By Duncan Osborne
Chelsea topped the list of citywide neighborhoods reporting the largest increase of syphilis cases last year, as the infection grew in New York City in 2007 after showing a decrease the year prior.
Reaction split over city fold of gay health office
By Duncan Osborne
Drawing criticism from gay and AIDS groups, the city Health Department has eliminated its Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health, multiple current and former department staff confirmed.
Down to the wire; What are the odds OTB survives?
Interviews by Caroline N. Jackson
Mayor Bloomberg has announced his intention to end Off-Track Betting, saying he doesn’t want to subsidize gambling. OTB is starting to cost the city money to operate because of a formula under which an increasing percentage of the public-benefit corporation’s profits are going to the state.
Ex-Garden of Eden worker gains accolades for his prose
By Barry Paddock
Chelsea Garden of Eden shoppers who have struggled to choose between the store’s 38 varieties of balsamic vinegar, or floundered before the 48 feet of shelf space given over exclusively to olive oils, may not have been shopping in anonymity after all.
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ARTS
 Parsons celebrates new ‘urban quad’
By Stephanie Murg
On the corner of Fifth Avenue and 13th Street, a series of Jim Dine prints hangs in a gallery where a Dumpster used to be. A housekeeping closet has morphed into an airy white seminar room fitted out with the latest electronic gadgets.
Koch On Film
By Ed Koch
“The Counterfeiters” (+) This film is based on a true incident although it doesn’t pretend to be a documentary. It focuses on some of the Jewish prisoners in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Holocaust.
“The Band’s Visit” (+) The story is banal but sweet. Eight members of an Egyptian band travel to Israel where they are scheduled to perform at an Arab cultural center. They arrive in the wrong Israeli city.
 Transcending belief
By Sarah Norris
On September 11, 2001, Susan Retik and Patti Quigley, both of whom were pregnant, lost their husbands in separate plane crashes into the World Trade Center. Although their Boston suburbs are only one town apart, they had never met until shared tragedy brought them together.
Starting from scratch
By Rania Richardson
I’ve been flirting with modern art for a while, and my music videos have played in a bunch of museums,” says Michel Gondry, the multitalented French director who gained prominence in 2004 with “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” He credits art dealer Jeffrey Deitch with encouraging the connection of his art to his films. “[Deitch] thought I would be less exposed in a fragile way than if I went out on my own and said, ‘I am an artist.’”
 Madrid 1937, in the Hemingway original
By Jerry Tallmer
We are in Madrid, in the Hotel Florida in Madrid, under heavy bombardment by the Fascist shells that come screaming in and bursting in the street, killing many people.
Sarah Schulman’s struggle to keep her controversial ‘Child’ alive
By Adrienne Urbanski
Novelist Sarah Schulman isn’t afraid of going after what she wants. Her 1984 debut, “The Sophie Horowitz Story,” a new spin on the traditional detective story, was released when a strong lesbian presence in contemporary literature was rare.
 City of Men’ delivers emotional punches
By Steven Snyder
There’s no denying the similarities between the new “City of Men” and 2002’s “City of God,” the Oscar nominated sensation hailed by critic Roger Ebert as one of the best movies ever made.
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