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Pols are right to check out Trump hotel
Our local elected officials are working with the Department of Buildings to negotiate a restrictive declaration for the contested 45-story condo-hotel planned by Bayrock/Sapir and Donald Trump on Spring St. Clearly, the developers must negotiate, because right now all they have is a permit to dig a hole: D.O.B. has so far withheld issuing a building permit for the actual building.

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Talking Point
It’s a new day in America and the sun is shining
By Jerry Tallmer
It rained hard, all day, here in New York, on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 — rained cats and dogs, as my father would have said — but through all that downpour the sun was shining a billion candlepower right over my head wherever I put down a soggy foot — in precise opposite to the little black cloud that follows Dogpatch’s Joe Bfstplk around wherever he goes.

TV’s may change, but same old electoral visions keep repeating
By Andrei Codrescu
Even as I stood on my tiptoes applauding the Democrats taking over Congress, I kept thinking how ridiculous I looked. Here was an old guy wrapped in a silk brocade robe with a healthy portfolio clapping for a bunch of wealth-confiscators.

The Buzz

Police Blotter

In Briefs

Chelsea noir

Let’s get physical (therapy)

Jean Claude Mastroianni, 54, award-winning fashion designer

Ostriches strut their stuff

Ship to shore

Skaters wear it well

Your Weekly Neighborhood Newspaper | Volume One, Issue 8, Nov. 17 - 23, 2006

Chelsea Now photo by Jefferson Siegel And the winner is... Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, left, presented the Cop of the Year Award to 10th Precinct Officer Sean Conlon at the Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce’s Cop of the Year Awards on Wednesday. [MORE] Helping world artists take a bite out of the Big Apple By Lawrence Lerner In a barren eighth-floor art studio overlooking the streets of Hell’s Kitchen, Tobias Zielony hovers over a row of grainy, 30-inch-by-36-inch photographs spread before him on the gray concrete floor. Chamber honors police officers for outstanding work By Albert Amateau The Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday honored four officers from three police precincts covering Chelsea, the Village and the Gramercy-Flatiron neighborhoods with Cop of the Year awards. Schnabel has created a monster, critics say By Lincoln Anderson Julian Schnabel’s latest creation is getting disastrous reviews from West Village neighbors and preservationists. The artist and filmmaker’s new 11-story tower addition to his existing three-story building on W. 11th St. between Washington and West Sts. rises to 167 feet in height.		NEWS They’ve been working on the rail yards; Lots of new ideas By Albert Amateau Now that the proposed Jets stadium over the West Side rail yards is dead and buried — thanks to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the united opposition of local elected officials and civic groups — what’s next? F.I.T. students decry pattern of injustice against union By Lawrence Lerner Fashion Institute of Technology students traded haute-couture clothing styles for activist outfits Tuesday afternoon, coming out in full force to demand a new contract for faculty and staff at a rally in the school’s main plaza that drew nearly 200 participants. Pols don’t want Trump hotel tenants missing their checkout By Albert Amateau The city and local elected officials are negotiating with the Trump Organization for a restrictive declaration to insure that the proposed 45-story condo-hotel that Trump is building in Soho really operates as a hotel. Steal this coffeehouse; Yippies revive the ’60s vibe By Lori Haught Before there were yuppies, there were Yippies. They were a countercultural movement springing out of the Youth International Party (Y.I.P.), embracing many of the ’60s most colorful characters, including political activists Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin.

Arts & Entertainment

The secrets of a portrait
By John Ranard
Chuck Close in his exhibition at Aperture Gallery, “A Couple of Ways of Doing Something,” begins his adventure with portrait photography by using the daguerreotype, a photographic process invented in 1839 in France that renders the illusion of a positive image.

Koch on Film
By Ed Koch
“Borat” (-) I tried to see this film at two different theaters on a Friday night but it was sold out at both. Although there was a line when I returned on a Sunday afternoon, I was able to get a ticket.
“51 Birch Street” (+) I attended the Bat Mitzvah of my grandniece on a Saturday afternoon. Over lunch following the ceremony, a guest asked if I had seen the movie “51 Birch Street.” When I told him I had not, he highly recommended it and encouraged me to see it. I decided to go.

Bohemian dreaming
By Jerry Tallmer
The ’60s. You remember the ’60s. And if you don’t, there’s a fellow named Fred McDarrah whose evocative, time-binding photographs of hundreds of artists, writers, and other hell-raisers of the New York scene in the 1960s — actually from the late ’50s into the ’70s — will, at this guess, set you aching to have once been part of that scene yourself.

Linda Stein’s defensive armor
By Ellison Walcott
In a world where many people feel the ever-looming threat of terrorism and violence, Linda Stein has created sculptures that symbolize strength, but also represent the ongoing feeling of vulnerability.

Talking shop with Winkleman / Plus Ultra Gallery
By Shane McAdams
Years ago, I tried to create an Internet art portal featuring developing artists and message boards, full of online galleries and virtual critiques between exhibiting artists. Long story short, it sank, and I learned a valuable lesson: artists can be skittish when it comes to technology.

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