tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48758777023186912322024-03-13T13:50:26.760-07:00Forgotten BoroughCVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-81464258334609346012012-11-04T10:15:00.001-08:002012-11-04T10:15:37.000-08:00The Forgotten Borough Needs Help<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Among the dead were two little boys. One, a 2-year-old, was swept out of his mother’s arms in a surge of water on Monday night.</div>
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In all, the death toll from the storm in the United States and Canada reached 95, with 48 deaths in New York State, 40 of them in the city. Twelve deaths have been reported in New Jersey and four in Connecticut. The storm also killed at least 69 people in the Caribbean before it whipped toward the Northeast, including at least 54 in Haiti and 11 in Cuba.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/home2.shtml" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="New York Fire Department">New York Fire Department</a> said Thursday that with help from search and rescue teams from three other states, firefighters had searched thousands of homes and buildings in Queens and on Staten Island, including more than 19,000 in the Rockaways and Howard Beach in Queens. Firefighters found no bodies or survivors in those Queens communities on Thursday, and were expected to end their search there.</div>
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The door-to-door canvass was personal for many. More than 600 active-duty members of the department live in the Rockaways, said Sean Johnson, a department spokesman.</div>
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“We realized we were bumping into people we know,” Mr. Johnson said, “so there’s a bit of emotion that was involved in this assignment.”</div>
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Thousands more buildings were searched on the shore of Staten Island, where search teams from Maryland, Massachusetts and Virginia joined city firefighters in going from what was left of one house to the next, hoping against hope to find survivors of the storm, not victims. But with each new discovery, it became apparent that Staten Island would be the city’s tragic epicenter of casualties: 19 of the 40 victims have been found here.</div>
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The search crews knocked on doors, asked neighbors whether they knew the whereabouts of people who did not answer and checked for dangerous structural or utility issues. To avoid adding to security problems, they did not break down doors, Mr. Johnson said.</div>
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The police found the little boys’ bodies in the cattails at the end of a dead-end street. The police said their mother, Glenda Moore, 39, had packed them into her blue sport utility vehicle and was trying to flee the storm by driving to her sister’s home in Brooklyn.</div>
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The storm thwarted her getaway, first by stalling the engine, the police said.</div>
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Ms. Moore managed to step out of the S.U.V., taking 2-year-old Brendan in her arms and leading 4-year-old Connor by the hand. But a wave slammed into them, driving her and Brendan into the marsh and breaking her hold on Connor’s hand. Another wave carried him away moments later.</div>
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About six miles away, rescuers searching a wooded lot found the bodies of an 89-year-old man and his 66-year-old wife on Thursday; the couple had lived less than 500 yards away. The police said the lot was still “overrun with water” and that sudden flooding could have kept them from escaping in their car during the storm.</div>
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“Their car had been gone from the driveway,” the Police Department’s chief spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said. “We thought they may have left or attempted to leave Staten Island.”</div>
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By night’s end, rescuers had concluded their efforts, and were also expected to end the search in Staten Island.</div>
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That the borough was the scene for so much loss of life had a lot to do with the storm’s path and the island’s own evolution, and what happened was not entirely a surprise to Staten Islanders like Dr. William J. Fritz, the interim president of the <a href="http://www.csi.cuny.edu/" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="CUNY College of Staten Island">CUNY College of Staten Island</a>, and Dr. Alan I. Benimoff, a geology lecturer there.</div>
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Dr. Benimoff said Staten Island was in the wrong place at the wrong time for a storm that scored a perpendicular hit on the New Jersey coast. “That put Staten Island in the bull’s eye” for the surge, he said. “The water didn’t have anywhere else to go.”</div>
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Dr. Fritz said Staten Island no longer had “what I like to call sponges, that absorb the energy of hurricanes.”</div>
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“Jamaica Bay is a natural sponge with dunes and marshes that can do that,” he said. “Barrier islands in North Carolina did that. What have we done on Staten Island? We’ve hardscaped our sponge. We’ve made roads and parking lots and houses and paved over the sponge. We’ve created an urban area, and you no longer have a sponge.”</div>
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Dr. Fritz said the development was “one of the reasons we have that much property destruction, and I think some of the deaths.”</div>
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Among the 19 dead were two neighbors who drowned in their homes, on Grimsby Street. Beatrice Spagnuolo, 79, a truck driver’s widow, had lived in her green single-story cottage for most of her life, according to her daughter Lucy, 45, who on Thursday was cleaning out debris at the house.</div>
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Lucy Spagnuolo said she was there with her mother when the storm hit. As the water rose, Lucy ran outside to start the car, but the water was already high and the engine would not turn over. She said she waded down the block in chest-high water, looking for help. Her mother remained inside.</div>
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Then a power line fell. “I panicked,” Lucy Spagnuolo said.</div>
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Lucy Spagnuolo’s brother Vincent, also 45, said he had called his mother on Monday afternoon and told her to leave. “She was getting her things — her medication, for her heart,” he said. “She was getting her things to leave, and didn’t have time.” He said that another brother tried to reach the house, but by then the water was neck deep. A grandson who is a police sergeant also made an attempt, Vincent Spagnuolo said.</div>
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The victim next door was identified as Anastasia Rispoli, 73, a good friend of Mrs. Spagnuolo’s. She, too, had moved there before the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964.</div>
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“When they first started building up the beach community in Staten Island, that’s when those houses were built,” said Vincent Spagnuolo’s wife, Donna. “You could well imagine, settling in Staten Island 50 years ago, it was all country.”</div>
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The storm also claimed the lives of a father and son: John K. Filipowicz, 51, and John C. Filipowicz, 20. Suzanne Santiago, the sister of the father, said the men were found together in the basement of their home on Foxbeach Avenue.</div>
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“They were hugging each other,” Ms. Santiago said on Thursday. She said her brother was a Marine who loved his home, and did not want to leave despite the mandatory evacuation order.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rick's Cafe, 695 Bay St., Clifton, is offering free, hot food to residents without power or displaced from the storm on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hurricane sandy has left thousands of animals displaced and in need of foster care and supplies. some shelters have been destroyed and need volunteers.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.animalalliancenyc.org/wordpress/2012/11/resources-for-nyc-pet-owners-impacted-by-hurricane-sandy/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mayors Alliance for NYCs Animals</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For animal-related volunteer opportunities, follow the Twitter hashtag #sandypets</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">People in NY and NJ who are still at home with their pets or have emergency animal needs are urged to call 855-407-4787 for assistance. The hotline is for animal emergencies only. People seeking immediate assistance for people in need should dial 911. Operator said they will pick up pets and help find foster care, drop off pet food, etc. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Evacuees who left an animal behind can call the city’s hotline at 347-573-1561. Do not call this line to inquire about making a donation. The agency is asking to keep the line open for those in need.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The ASPCA mobile pet unit is stationed on Staten Island for pets of evacuees. It’s located at Susan E. Wagner High School, 1200 Manor Rd. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In New Jersey, the ASPCA’s disaster response team is helping conduct water and land search-and-rescue for animals affected by the devastating storm in Ocean County, NJ. New Jersey residents in need of assistance can call 1-866-407-4787.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anarchy Animal Rescue on Staten Island has temporary foster homes available for displaced pets. If you know someone who needs to place their animal in temporary foster please email fran@anarchyanimalrescue.org or call 347-581-2807. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anyone interested in fostering a displaced Hurricane Sandy Animal can complete and return a foster application at </span></span><a href="http://www.anarchyanimalrescue.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">www.anarchyanimalrescue.org</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.doghabitat.org/volunteer/foster/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">AdoptNY</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is assisting 44 animal rescue groups to secure new foster homes for the city’s many displaced animals. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Facebook group "Hurricane Sandy Lost and Found Pets" is helping to report and locate missing pets. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://exchange.craftemergency.org/">ARTISTS' RELIEF EXCHANGE</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">The primary purpose is to assist artists who have had a career threatening emergency, but also serves artists who are just starting out and artists who need resources to take the next step in their careers. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://us2.forward-to-friend1.com/forward/show?u=d978aeb7b11c25a41fe65fbd1&id=7bb9562319">ArtsReady</a> has compiled a comprehensive list of resources for conserving artwork, post-storm. Review links to find information about stabilizing works, repairing damage, and contacting relevant organizations for assistance.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-55730707393292705342012-11-04T09:25:00.003-08:002012-11-04T09:55:12.458-08:00Come To Staten Island To Volunteer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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5406 4th Avenue, Brooklyn (53rd Street stop on the R train) Please come to St. Jacobi to receive volunteer orientation. After a brief meeting in the church sanctuary, you be able to either stay on location or join transportation to other sites. We will dispatch you to where you are needed most through our contacts on the ground in Staten Island. We can take both volunteers who have cars and those who do not.</div>
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The Red Cross is seeking medical professionals to help with storm recovery assistance. "We gladly accept people interested in volunteering. We especially need health care professionals, including registered nurses, doctors and licensed clinical social workers," said Rosemarie Valdeza, Red Cross representative. Those interested in volunteering can call 1-877-RED CROSS or consult <a href="http://www.nyredcross.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">www.nyredcross.org</span></a>.<br />
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CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-38394945586776793052012-11-04T09:12:00.000-08:002012-11-04T11:14:19.605-08:00Make A Donation To Help Staten Island<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore Street, Contact: Pastor Susan Karlson</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">New Dorp High School – FEMA / RedCross Site, 465 New Dorp Lane</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Crossroads Church (Old Lane Theater), 168 New Dorp Lane, Contact: Gloria or Chad</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">St. Clare’s Church, Nelson Ave (just above Hylan)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">South Richmond High School, 6581 Hylan Blvd.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Senator Lanza's Office, 3845 Richmond Avenue</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Congregation Ohel Abraham, 136 Amador St., Graniteville. The synagogue is collecting goods after 3 p.m. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School in Annadale is collecting donations of cleaning supplies, rubber gloves and clothing. "We need volunteers to drop clothing and supplies off to people," said Gina DeFranco, an alumna of the school. Sea is also opening up its doors from noon to 4 p.m. for those lacking hot water to take a hot shower. Volunteers can call 347-217-3489.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><b></b><br />
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New Dorp High School will be distributing clothing, food and supplies from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Only contributions of toiletries, food and water will be accepted on Saturday. The center already has enough clothing. Hurricane victims who can't make it to the location can call 718-667-8686.</div>
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CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-10035508905298805302010-11-02T11:18:00.001-07:002010-11-02T11:29:45.605-07:00Eating Goat Eyeball Tacos in Staten IslandForgotten Borough went out to eat with <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/author.php?author_id=926">Robert Sietsma</a>, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Village Voice</span> Food Critic. We at Forgotten Borough would rather pet and cuddle goats, but to each his own. The vegetarian options were delicious! Go! Taqueria Puebla (1285 Castleton Avenue, 718-720-1447). - CvB<br /><blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/TNBWGuSv4hI/AAAAAAAAGhU/fbuD7NK2hP8/s1600/IMG_8702v-thumb-576x406.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/TNBWGuSv4hI/AAAAAAAAGhU/fbuD7NK2hP8/s400/IMG_8702v-thumb-576x406.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535018615544209938" /></a><br /><center>The eyeball-popping parking lot mural was a harbinger of what was to follow.</center><br /><br />By <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/author.php?author_id=926">Robert Sietsma</a>, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Village Voice</span>.<br />It was a gothic conclusion to a very gothic day. It started out with a trip on the Staten Island Ferry to New Brighton, to a neighborhood overlooking New York's Upper Bay that was once the site of a Revolutionary War fort, which had honeycombed the ground underneath with secret passages.<br /><br />A friend and I had gone there to see the art of <a href="http://cynthiavonbuhler.com">Cynthia von Buhler</a>, who plays feminist rifs on Renaissance paintings and retrofits carnie machines with contemporary messages. The art was ensconced in a four-story house on a very high promontory that had been built by a Spanish couple in the 1920s, and seemed very Addams family. Room after room was painted in a garish color, and a series of terraces climbed a hill out back, punctuated with wrought iron arches and wooden patio furniture.<br /><br />One painting showed a female St. Sebastian pierced by arrows with a bottle of Ajax poised overhead, another showed a many-breasted woman lactating into the mouths of beasts. In the basement, a hollowed-out male figure had a literal rat-race in his stomach--a Plexiglas cage in which lab animals were deposited during an exhibition, and there were Mason jars in which were displayed menstrual blood, fingernails, and other body products.<br /><br />Climbing up and down the stairs made us peckish, so we headed off late in the afternoon for a Mexican restaurant another friend had tipped me to in in Port Richmond. Taqueria Puebla (1285 Castleton Avenue, 718-720-1447) - referring to a southern Mexican state from which many new New Yorkers have emigrated - shared a strip mall with a bodega and a martial arts academy, whose parking lot logo was a fighter with eyeballs popping out...Continue <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2010/11/eating_goat_eye.php">HERE</a> at <span style="font-style:italic;">The Village Voice</span> website.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/TNBWVho2TeI/AAAAAAAAGhc/KlqUh9HxyjI/s1600/IMG_8688v-thumb-576x432.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/TNBWVho2TeI/AAAAAAAAGhc/KlqUh9HxyjI/s400/IMG_8688v-thumb-576x432.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535018869845282274" /></a></blockquote><br /><br />CONTINUE <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2010/11/eating_goat_eye.php">HERE</a>.CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-24159670583553675382010-09-02T15:53:00.001-07:002010-09-02T15:57:00.756-07:00The Most Beautiful View in all of New York CityIs it Rome? Is it San Francisco? Nope, it's New York City! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/TIArjpoCxGI/AAAAAAAAEi0/m9WdijXSCqI/s1600/IMG_1121.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/TIArjpoCxGI/AAAAAAAAEi0/m9WdijXSCqI/s400/IMG_1121.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512453835370710114" /></a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0EP-cTdIVr8?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0EP-cTdIVr8?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-76863062531331216462010-03-05T17:44:00.000-08:002012-01-08T10:13:15.382-08:00SOLD Fort Hill Castle Is Up For SaleOpen House this Sunday, September 12, 2010 from noon - 2PM. Email info@cvbspaces.com to R.S.V.P.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5G5kRsdWoI/AAAAAAAADfM/kr9_YxpKUWU/s1600-h/000fortEXTfront_DSC8842.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5G5kRsdWoI/AAAAAAAADfM/kr9_YxpKUWU/s400/000fortEXTfront_DSC8842.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445337457343945346" /></a>I know, I know! Our slogan says that we took the ferry to Staten Island and decided to stay. We wish that we could, but life has taken us elsewhere. It's silly to own two large houses on either side of Manhattan, so we will keep The Lakeside Lodge and get a place in Manhattan. <br /><br />My heart will always live in Staten Island and I'm still here all of the time. I'm helping to promote <a href="http://showhownyc.com">SHOW gallery</a>, helping many of you get film and photo shoots at your gorgeous Staten Island houses (through my locations company, <a href="http://cvbspaces.com">CvB Spaces</a>), and I'm continuing to write this blog. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5hRAh5gf7I/AAAAAAAADjw/do-djNV617A/s1600-h/PICT0013_27.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5hRAh5gf7I/AAAAAAAADjw/do-djNV617A/s400/PICT0013_27.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447192818846039986" /></a><br />The house has been written about all over the place. Here are a few links:<br />The New York Times:<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/realestate/18hunt.html?ex=1284696000&en=024ddc423c0cfe13&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&">Looking for a House and a Turret</a>, <span style="font-style:italic;">The New York Times</span><br /><a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/house-home/1842/house-call">House call: Animal Kingdom, Time Out NY</a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/nyregion/09stop.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion">Across the Harbor</a>, a Historic Gem, <span style="font-style:italic;">The New York Times</span><br /><a href="http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2005/09/hipness_on_hori.html#comments">The Prodigal Buzz, Brownstoner</a><br /><a href="http://www.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/cynthiatour/st.george.html">St. George, Staten Island Wonderland, Forgotten NY</a><br />It also appeared in magazines like Seventeen and Vogue and on NBC News and NY1 News.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5hRBJHmSKI/AAAAAAAADkA/42XpC59BJls/s1600-h/pond_fish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5hRBJHmSKI/AAAAAAAADkA/42XpC59BJls/s400/pond_fish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447192829374122146" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">To see a slideshow of the house go <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/CynthiaVonBuhler/FortHillCastle#">HERE</a>.</span><br /><br />Here are the details below:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5HAqzliTRI/AAAAAAAADf0/3uwEOQjMYnE/s1600-h/000forthilldining_DSC8437.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5HAqzliTRI/AAAAAAAADf0/3uwEOQjMYnE/s400/000forthilldining_DSC8437.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445345266102324498" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fort Hill Castle <br />Exotic Beauty of Yesteryear</span><br /><br />Price: $715,000<br />Location: St. George, Staten Island, NYC ( the house is a 7 minute walk to the Staten Island ferry terminal. See the step-by-step commute with pictures <a href="http://forgottenborough.blogspot.com/2006/05/prodigal-commute-part-ii-si-to-14th.html">HERE </a>and <a href="http://forgottenborough.blogspot.com/2006/04/day-in-life-my-commute-in-pictures-and.html">HERE</a>.)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5hRA3zf1PI/AAAAAAAADj4/pH1TQsEw2fY/s1600-h/PICT0018_17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5hRA3zf1PI/AAAAAAAADj4/pH1TQsEw2fY/s400/PICT0018_17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447192824726410482" /></a><br /><br />Fort Hill was a British fort during the revolutionary war. While some of the tunnels and munitions are still buried in the hill, the fort no longer stands. In the late twenties, another fort-like structure was built as a home, Fort Hill Castle. This unique urban Mediterranean villa was commissioned by the original owners to resemble a specific castle in Spain. The very private garden, in full bloom from April through October, features a small koi pond, 112 varieties of flowering plant and flower, fountains, and statuary. The upper deck has a gazebo and a fire pit. There are two backyard decks and a front deck. There are distant water views.<br /><br />The interior has original plaster walls hand rubbed with layers of intense jewel-toned paint to bring out their texture. There is chestnut woodwork and hardwood floors on every floor in the home. The grand curved staircase is hardwood and wrought iron. Many of the doorways in the home are arched.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5HA50b6EEI/AAAAAAAADf8/9u930jDN9Tc/s1600-h/005forthillbedroom_DSC8543.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5HA50b6EEI/AAAAAAAADf8/9u930jDN9Tc/s400/005forthillbedroom_DSC8543.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445345524028411970" /></a><br /><br /><br />Square footage: 3,500 interior, 4 finished floors, 5,000 square feet of land <br /><br />Rooms: Living room (with arched doorways and a working fireplace), formal dining room, sunroom, eat in kitchen (with a beautiful built in gothic dining nook and a Sub Zero refrigerator), master bedroom suite (with a private bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub, bidet, and separate shower), 4 full bathrooms, powder room, library, billiard room, tower room, laundry room, bar room (with a working fireplace), two car garage (connected to the house under ground).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">To see a slideshow of the house go <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/CynthiaVonBuhler/FortHillCastle#">HERE</a>.<br />If you want more details like taxes, etc. send us an email to info@cvbspaces.com</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5G5rpqhD7I/AAAAAAAADfU/-ZmTRZNxXNU/s1600-h/002fortEXT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S5G5rpqhD7I/AAAAAAAADfU/-ZmTRZNxXNU/s400/002fortEXT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445337584037334962" /></a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-28189634928642952792010-02-11T06:34:00.000-08:002010-02-11T06:36:48.126-08:00Second Saturday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S3QV-UuQW8I/AAAAAAAADdQ/7yq0g_4wzXs/s1600-h/showhow_night.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S3QV-UuQW8I/AAAAAAAADdQ/7yq0g_4wzXs/s400/showhow_night.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436994810601823170" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">From The Staten Island Advance</span>:<br /><br /><blockquote>Time for 'Second Saturday'<br />By Tevah Platt<br />February 11, 2010, 7:30AM<br /><br /> STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Because it’s smaller than others in New York City, the arts scene on Staten Island’s North Shore expresses itself in periodic flashes. <br /> <br /> I try to be there when the pyrotechnics crackle. They illuminate my borough in a fleeting aura of cool and make me feel part of a community as everybody goes “oooh.” <br /> <br /> Staten Island Second Saturdays, a monthly, one-night “art walk,” was inaugurated on Jan. 9 as six galleries and nine private households opened their doors to anyone interested in taking a gander. <br /><br /> The organizers of the event, Brendan Coyle and Amanda Curtis, of the living room-based Assembly Room gallery in Tompkinsville, billed it as a chance to expose local artists to the rest of New York City and an attempt to “boost cultural tourism and the economy of this quickly-growing artist community.” <br /><br /> Part cultural experience, part social event, the art walk brought together creative people from the belly of the North Shore, especially New Brighton, Tompkinsville, and St. George, for fun, wine and mutual support. <br /><br /> “It’s a no brainer. We have to be aware of each other and help each other out, and art doesn’t thrive without an audience,” said Coyle. “.¤.¤.Stringing together the common interests of disparate underground artists and movements seems to be the thing to open a vein for the lifeblood of the neighborhood to flow through.” <br /> <br /> I came from Tompkinsville in a bit of a rush that evening. I left my reporter’s notebook at home and instead brought my dog, Fergus. <br /> <br /> Popping into four apartments along Stuyvesant Place and Corson and Central avenues, we saw a woman enclosed in plastic and painted white, ceaselessly knitting. We saw a sagging, conceptual goldfish bag full of Pepsi. I wielded a chainsaw sculpted from pipecleaners while a matching headset played a vocal track by the artist, Don Porcella, vocally imitating the tool. Nyyyuuuuh, nyyyyuuuh. Fergus smelled welcoming people, fresh paint and the odd house cat. <br /> <br /> The venues were uncrowded, but the flow was constant, one of the curators said. <br /><br /> People familiar with participating artists were likely to run into people they knew. <br /><br /> And yet the shows and private settings offered intimate glimpses into the lives and minds of strangers. <br /><br /> At one point, I realized that everyone I saw out on that cold night had map in hand, and was participating in this tour of strange worlds. Central Avenue temporarily became a blank museum hallway linking exhibits. <br /><br /> And linking neighbors with neighbors.<br /><br />Itinerary<br />The second Second Saturday is Feb. 13. <br /> <br />Assembly Room<br />6 p.m. to midnight; 15 Corson Ave. 2nd Fl., Tompkinsville; Curators: Brendan Coyle and Amanda Curtis; Artists: Katie Torn, Tom Ronse <br /> <br />Blue Mohawk Lounge<br />(time TBA); 9 Corson Ave. 3rd Fl., Tompkinsville; Curators: Johann Rublein and Leilani Pickettl; Artists: Leilani Pickett, Shawn Bishop-Leo, Eliza Bazillian and music by Automatons Anonymous at 9:30; DJ Maciej Lenart<br /><br /><br />Valentine Cave (SelzeRez)<br />9 p.m. to midnight; 180 Corson Ave., New Brighton; Curator: Ann Marie Selzer and Industrial Television’s Ed Droogie; “Best in Underground” screening<br /><br /> <br />ETG Cafe<br />208 Bay St., Tompkinsville; Curator: Steve Jones Daughs; Live Music: 8pm Brian XO opens; Pheobe Blue and Tommy Bones Blurple CD Release Party; Paintings: J. Montana <br /><br />Nick Fevelo, performance and sound installation<br />7 to 8 p.m.;33 Central Ave. 6G, St. George; Curator: Nick Fevelo; Artists: Nick Fevelo and Alma Benussi <br /> <br /> <br />15 Cent<br />7 to 11 p.m.; 15 Central Ave. #2A, St. George; Curators: David and Jen Bianco and Sabrina Mazza; Exhibition: Installation and Live Entertainment <br /><br /><br />SHOW Gallery<br />6 to 9 p.m.; 156 Stuyvesant Pl., St. George; Curator: Theo Dorian; Exhibition: GLAM! by Mick Rock <br /> <br /><br />Top Flight<br />6 to 10 p.m.; 100 Stuyvesant Pl. A5, St. George; Director: Don Porcella; Artists: Patrick Dintino, Don Porcella <br /><br /><br />Parish Grill<br />Dinner until 9 p.m.; (some galleries on the tour will offer a 10 percent discount coupon); Artist TBA. <br /><br /> <br />Mandy Machine<br />6 to 9 p.m.; 100 Stuyvesant Pl. G-1; Installation Director: Mandy Morrison <br /> <br />Papouli’s Restaurant<br />8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; 9 Hyatt St., St. George; Mural by David White <br /><br /> <br />Tuttoriso<br />7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; 36 Richmond Terr., St. George; Valentine’s Day astrology love forecasts by Adrianna Goffredo and Tarot readings by Patti Earl <br /><br />CPG Gallery (Creative Photographers’ Guild)<br />1 to 5 p.m.; 814 Richmond Terr., Livingston (entrance on Tysen Street); Exhibit: “Rear View” featuring Marilyn Kiss; In honor of Valentine’s Day, CPG invites you to bring your favorite love poem to read aloud in the gallery; the first 10 readers will receive a Lee Simms chocolate heart. <br /> <br /><br />Richie’s Lot<br />Noon to 5; 18 Van Pelt (@ Richmond Terrace), Mariners Harbor; Exhibit: Richard Plunkett’s “Muskrat Husk” animal skinning, “not for the faint of heart.”; (The rodents in question were killed in the course of nature by the artist’s dog.); Keg of beer for early birds <br /><br />Galerie <br />St. GeorgeNoon to 6; 11 Phelps Pl.; Director: Gary Brant; City LightsArtist: Joseph Greenberg <br /> <br />Art at Bay<br />6 to 9 p.m.; 70 Bay St.; Director: Tim Moran; “Art Recycling” with Day de Dada, and “Residual Effects” exhibit featuring Barbara Beyar, Ed Davin, Phyllis Forman, Joyce Malerba Goldstein, Timothy Moran, Denise Mumm, Lenora Paglia, Vincent Verdi <br /> <br />Staten Island Museum<br />Noon to 5;75 Stuyvesant Pl., St. George; Exhibit: “Growing a Collection: Recent Art Acquisitions”; Free admission <br /><br /> <br />Cargo Cafe<br />120 Bay St., St. George; Music and art TBA; For updates, check www.assemblyroomgallery.com</blockquote>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-54705731760717249632010-01-18T21:52:00.000-08:002010-01-18T22:08:52.477-08:00The New York Times Visits Our NeighborsConnie Rosenblum discovered my <a href="http://cvbspaces.com">locations website</a> and wrote about <a href="http://forgottenborough.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-york-times-most-gorgeous-dwelling.html">a beautiful victorian I list</a>. She asked me if I knew of any modern houses in the St. George area and I recommended my neighbor's house. Kevin and Tina call their house "The Modernish". Here's the article:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1VKnwggMgI/AAAAAAAADaI/Xn1Czov79iE/s1600-h/DSC04707small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1VKnwggMgI/AAAAAAAADaI/Xn1Czov79iE/s400/DSC04707small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428326972761584130" /></a><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/realestate/18habi.html">Architect-Friendly, Child-Tolerant</a></span><br /><br />By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM<br /><br />Published: October 16, 2009<br /><br />ON Fort Hill Circle in St. George, Staten Island, nestled amid an assortment of shingle style, Italian Renaissance, Dutch colonial and Tudor houses, there sits an unassuming red-brick split-level. This structure was designed by a local architect named Albert Melnicker and built in 1949 by the Lipsons, a dentist and his wife.<br /> <br />Tina Vultaggio, 39, an architect who grew up in the island community of Great Kills, and her husband, Kevin Rice, 40, an architect from Houston, met the Lipsons nearly a decade ago.<br /><br />Mr. Rice and Ms. Vultaggio were newly married and had been stunned by the price tags they saw when they went house hunting in Brooklyn and Manhattan. But when they met the Lipsons, who at that point were in their 80s and already spending much of the year in Florida, things began looking up. The possibility of acquiring the older couple’s house on Fort Hill Circle, which was priced at $325,000 and had 1,900 square feet of space, was immensely appealing.<br /><br />By Sept. 11, 2001, they were in contract, with the closing set for three weeks later. The morning of the terrorist attacks, the younger couple, who at the time both worked in Manhattan, emerged from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel minutes after the plane hit the first tower and watched, horrified, as scraps of paper from the offices flew through the air.<br /><br />It seemed the worst possible moment to be buying a piece of the city.<br /><br />“We asked ourselves, should we be buying in New York at all?” Ms. Vultaggio recalled.<br /><br />Her husband added: “We wondered, should we walk away from the deposit? Should we move to Montana?”<br /><br />Despite misgivings, they decided to proceed. And now, eight years later, they are well settled in the trim brick house. The household now includes a son, Jonathan, 3. And they have no regrets.<br /><br />Throughout the house are items appropriate to a couple who both have careers in the world of design. Mr. Rice is the project leader for the redesign of Lincoln Center’s public spaces at Diller Scofidio & Renfro, a firm whose work includes the redesign of the High Line. Ms. Vultaggio works as an urban designer in the Staten Island office of New York’s Department of City Planning.<br /><br />Unsurprisingly, both are what Mr. Rice describes as “unrepentant Modernists.”<br /><br />“There’s something very appealing about this midcentury period,” he said of the house. “The open layout, the way everything flows. There’s lots of light.”<br /><br />Being architects, they talk a lot about the elevation of the house, the face it presents to the world. They are taken with the fact that the windows are modular casement units all the same width, combined in a variety of arrangements.<br /><br />Yet as much as the couple love the bones of the house, over the years they have made changes. The first thing they did after they arrived was rip out the living room’s white wall-to-wall carpet, which covered a pristine oak floor. Next up came the small windows in the dining area, then sheathed by white curtains and painted shut. The windows are now exposed and flood the space with light.<br /><br />The living room is furnished largely in white — “We’ll re-cover the sofa when he’s 6,” Ms. Vultaggio said gesturing toward her son, who this day was banging away at Tinkertoys in a corner — and the furnishings are pleasantly eclectic. A Corbusier chaise longue — “Nearly every architect has one,” Mr. Rice said — sits opposite a turn-of-the-century oak breakfront from Texas.<br /><br />On a wall in the entryway are spare 18th-century prints from a treatise on architectural education by Bernardo Vittone, an Italian architect from the Rococo period. Here and there are pieces of furniture that Ms. Vultaggio describes as “fancy Italian things that were bought at sample sales but that we couldn’t have afforded otherwise.”<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1VL_Sbfg9I/AAAAAAAADaY/0wzqup3S9c8/s1600-h/DSC05134small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1VL_Sbfg9I/AAAAAAAADaY/0wzqup3S9c8/s400/DSC05134small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428328476515992530" /></a><br />When you walk into the kitchen, you feel as if you have entered a hall of mirrors, so gleaming are all the surfaces. The countertops are covered with gray-green Swiss gneiss, the shelves are a rich cherry wood, the glass tiles on the walls glow with a cool greenish tint, and all the appliances are stainless steel.<br /><br />The design of what was originally a galley kitchen, which the couple redid largely by themselves, looks as if the space could have been reconfigured no other way. But even for a pair of architects, inspiration came slowly.<br /><br />“We started drawing designs when we first moved in,” Mr. Rice said. “We were sketching it for three years.”<br /><br />For better and sometimes worse, the house came equipped with many of the original furnishings. Some have been lovingly preserved, and others were retrofitted for a new century, as is especially evident in the family room. The table and chairs are Danish modern, and the sofas are the work of a Modernist designer named Harvey Probber, who enjoyed a brief flurry of late-in-life attention in trendy venues like Wallpaper magazine. (If you turn over the turquoise cushions, you can see the original nubby orange fabric.)<br /><br />The macramé blinds are original, as is the pecan paneling, which Mr. Rice describes as “real wood veneer.”<br /><br />“Very Brady Bunch,” his wife said dryly.<br /><br />Period touches also abound upstairs, among them the original square tub in one of the bathrooms, a cast-iron fixture configured on the diagonal and executed in a color Ms. Vultaggio likes to call pistachio. The sailboat mobile in Jonathan’s bedroom is a decorative accent appropriate for a child whose mother’s résumé lists her main interest as “sailing on Raritan Bay.”<br /><br />In the back of the house is a patio, which Mr. Rice built with his father-in-law one Saturday afternoon. It is equipped with not one but two grills — one gas, one charcoal — because, as Mr. Rice pointed out, “I’m from Texas, and I’m not letting go of my culture.”<br /><br />The patio faces an expanse of lawn fringed with greenery, including what Mr. Rice describes as “the obligatory fig tree,” a cherry tree acquired through the city’s MillionTreesNYC program, and arugula grown from seed provided by Ms. Vultaggio’s father. In this tranquil space you can hear the bells from Brighton Heights Reformed Church and watch the antics of the resident squirrels, cardinals and blue jays.<br /><br />Ms. Vultaggio’s mother, who comes by twice a week to baby-sit, still lives in the house her daughter knew as a child. But even though Ms. Vultaggio has returned to the island of her birth, she does not feel as if she were shuttling back in time.<br /><br />“I felt this was different from the Staten Island I grew up in,” said Ms. Vultaggio, who is a first-generation American. (Her parents came from Italy.) “It’s more urban and diverse, and a lot of the people who live here came from someplace else. When I moved back, I didn’t feel as if I was coming home.”</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1VLH1bsjTI/AAAAAAAADaQ/fVHk7kBtva4/s1600-h/DSC04721small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1VLH1bsjTI/AAAAAAAADaQ/fVHk7kBtva4/s400/DSC04721small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428327523839413554" /></a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-65611341611837694852010-01-16T12:11:00.000-08:002010-01-16T12:34:32.899-08:00Staten Island Blog Looks To The Hills<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1IfTO59Y6I/AAAAAAAADZ8/wtGKK_Sx_vE/s1600-h/Ben+Braw+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 381px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1IfTO59Y6I/AAAAAAAADZ8/wtGKK_Sx_vE/s400/Ben+Braw+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427434916214039458" /></a><center><small>Ben Braw House - 1935</center></small><br /><a href="http://apeshall.blogspot.com">Ape Shall Not KIll Ape </a> takes a look at some of St. George, Staten Island's hills. I have included a few of the photos here, but take a look at the <a href="http://apeshall.blogspot.com/2010/01/look-to-hills.html">post</a> for more information and antique maps.<br /><br /><blockquote>Tuesday, January 12, 2010<br /><br />Look to the Hills<br /><br />Perhaps you've noticed that the North Shore of my beloved Staten Island is littered with hills? Well it is.<br /><br />Once they were all refuges for wealthier seeking insulation from the rest of us. Elevation lifted them away and above us. In that time great mansions covered many of those hills (see the Ben Braw pictures). Later, meaner times lead to the demolition of those manorial estates and the subdivision of their property as is seen in the differences between the map of the C. A. Low Estate and the photo of the same place twenty-five years later.</blockquote><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1IfTGDYRPI/AAAAAAAADZ0/z5ndo29VUwc/s1600-h/Fort+Hill+from+York.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1IfTGDYRPI/AAAAAAAADZ0/z5ndo29VUwc/s400/Fort+Hill+from+York.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427434913837630706" /></a><center><small>Fort Hill - 1933 (Note: You can see the tower of Forgotten Borough's Fort Hill Castle on the hill, behind, and to the left of the tudor home).</center></small><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1IfSjqLAsI/AAAAAAAADZs/tHz1iN0gIUo/s1600-h/Tompkins+Hill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/S1IfSjqLAsI/AAAAAAAADZs/tHz1iN0gIUo/s400/Tompkins+Hill.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427434904605098690" /></a><center><small>Pavillion Hill - 1933</center></small>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-59720040469404473072009-09-29T09:30:00.000-07:002010-01-18T22:12:54.480-08:00Gala*: A Unique Industrial-Chic Art & Dinner Party<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsIzqfTh8rI/AAAAAAAADEQ/GTy928mAQhc/s1600-h/pallet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsIzqfTh8rI/AAAAAAAADEQ/GTy928mAQhc/s400/pallet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386924909339472562" /></a><br />A massive New York Container Terminal turns into a contemporary museum for a dinner and art party highlighting the work of ten borough artists.<br /><br />The Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island<br />Friday, October 2, 2009<br />7:00pm - 11:00pm<br /><br />Location:<br />Warehouse 74/75, New York Container Terminal<br />241 Western Avenue<br />Staten Island, NY<br />Phone: 7184473329<br />Email: statenislandarts.org<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsIywBwym9I/AAAAAAAADEA/85lThDxm3r4/s1600-h/n162460120409_8153.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsIywBwym9I/AAAAAAAADEA/85lThDxm3r4/s400/n162460120409_8153.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386923904976722898" /><br /></a>The Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) will turn Staten Island’s massive New York Container Terminal into a contemporary museum for a special arts weekend highlighting the work of ten borough artists. <br /><br />The exhibit, entitled “Mapping Staten Island,” explores these artists’ perceptions of their resident borough, through physical installations, video, light, and musical recordings, and will feature works by Nick Fevelo, John Foxell, Steven Lapcevic, Brendan Coyle, Paul Moakley, Robin Locke Monda, Mandy Morrison, Kala Pierson, Don Porcella, Mike Shane and Cynthia von Buhler. <br /><br />The exhibit space – created by the newly established firm Archicorp -- will be a work of art in itself, as actual shipping pallets will be used to build walls, tables and other structures to display the artwork. After the exhibit, the pallets will be recycled and used for their original purpose of transporting consumer goods. <br /><br />In “Mapping Staten Island,” the selected borough artists will play with ideas of psycho-geography, and other non-traditional ways of interpreting the theme. COAHSI Grants Director Ginger Shulick elaborates on the concept of “Mapping Staten Island”:<br /><br />“The artists selected to participate in “Mapping Staten Island” are not only creating work that physically or conceptually represents the unique geography, history, or mythology of Staten Island, but they are also truly putting Staten Island ‘on the map’ artistically.” <br /><br />The selection of the New York Container Terminal as the venue for the exhibit also builds on Staten Island’s specific geography and history. Each exhibition room will be constructed from shipping pallets and designed like a fort, 20x10 feet long. The pallets will literally be “branded” by hot iron brands, bearing the logo or tag line of each sponsor. Deconstructed after the gala, these branded pallets will then rejoin the flow of global trade, sharing with the world a small part of Staten Island. Artists will be on site both during the Gala and the public exhibit to discuss their installations with the public. <br /><br />Gala tickets are available online at the COAHSI website: statenislandarts.org, starting at $125. A shuttle will be available to pick up attendees at the Staten Island ferry and transport them to the New York Container Terminal at 241 Western Avenue. For information about table sponsorships, please contact Frank Williams at COAHSI, 718-447-3329. <a href="https://www.statenislandarts.org/gala.html">BUY TICKETS HERE.</a><br /><br />Artist Bios<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsIy33ooOxI/AAAAAAAADEI/gkqmI3Ezy1E/s1600-h/smallFRONT_COVER_bleed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 360px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsIy33ooOxI/AAAAAAAADEI/gkqmI3Ezy1E/s400/smallFRONT_COVER_bleed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386924039697087250" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cynthia von Buhler</span><br /><br />Von Buhler will recreate the old-timey historical boardwalk of Staten Island’s South Beach, combining contemporary art criticism with a carnival motif to add a modern element to her installation – including a number of her animated sculptures. Von Buhler will be costumed in traditional carnival garb, wielding a microphone that samples pretentious artists statements mixed with the words “Step Right Up”. <br /><br />Cynthia von Buhler is an internationally exhibiting visual artist, performer, and author. In March 2006, Art & Antiques named von Buhler as “one of the top contemporary surrealists”, and has been linked to the Fluxus and Lowbrow movements. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.cynthiavonbuhler.com">www.cynthiavonbuhler.com</a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2B8oZwVKro&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2B8oZwVKro&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Nick Fevelo</span><br /><br />Fevelo will create a “Staten Island Water Museum” featuring a collection of water from around Staten Island, including purified rain water for drinking, found water bottles filled with urine from the Island’s shores, as well as images marking Staten Island’s nature and topography. Nick Fevelo is a multi-disciplinary photographer balancing journalism and conceptual artistic practice. He holds a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, and recently received the Society of Silurians Breaking News Photography award and the National Headliner Awards 3rd Place Breaking News Photography award. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.nicholasfevelo.com">www.nicholasfevelo.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">John Foxell</span><br /><br />John Foxell will recreate a room of his extraordinary house for the gala. Foxell is a poet whom resides in a historic house in Port Richmond, Staten Island. His home, built in the Saltbox style in 1848, houses many curiosities: skeletons, taxidermied animals, and numerous historical artifacts, including vintage radios from the 1940s and a letter from President Roosevelt to his wife Eleanor. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Steven Lapcevic and Brendan Coyle</span> <br /><br />Lapcevic and Coyle are collaborating to create a mixed-media installation, depicting the corner of Victory and Corson Avenues in St. George. Recorded sounds from the street will serve as the backdrop to Lapcevic’s animation – a digital window onto the world just outside 15 Corson Gallery/The Assembly Room. <br /><br />Steven Lapcevic’s work addresses themes of volition, identity, and alienation within the framework of a darkly fictional world that strongly mirrors the more frightening characteristics of our own. It is through his work that he hopes to explore and shed light on the smaller, abstract and darkened corners of our collective experience.<br /><br />Brendan Coyle works in various artistic media such as sculpture, comics, and performance art, practicing in variance and combination. Coyle also directs and curates The Assembly Room, a contemporary art gallery on the North Shore of Staten Island.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.anomalyville.com">www.anomalyville.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Paul Moakley</span><br /><br />Moakley will show his film “Memory Loop”, filmed along the shoreline of Staten Island. During the editing process Moakley will incorporate ephemeral objects, family photos, archival film footage, and historical photography. This film will be displayed alongside large prints, and a reproduction of the bench outside the Alice Austen House Museum along the waterfront, wherein Moakley hopes to create a place for people to contemplate the shoreline and their own lives. <br /><br />Paul Moakley is a photographer, curator, and editor who lives and works at the Alice Austen House Museum. Moakley was a senior photo editor at Newsweek (2002-2009) and previously served as the photo editor for PDN (Photo District News). <br /><br /><a href="http://www.paulmoakley.com">www.paulmoakley.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Robin Locke Monda</span><br /><br />Locke Monda will create “Wave Circle,” an installation made entirely from old boom boxes set in a circle with their speakers facing toward the center, creating a dialogue. Each boom box will play a CD of Staten Island sounds, including urban, suburban, natural environments as well as Staten Islander’s voices, all recorded by Locke Monda. <br /><br />Robin Locke Monda is a graphic designer, photographer, and writer working in both old and new media. She is especially interested in cultivating active listening among Staten Islanders, and has created an initiative called “Sounds Like Staten Island” to engage locals in sharing and initiating sound projects.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.soundslikestatenisland.com">www.soundslikestatenisland.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mandy Morrison</span><br /><br />Morrison will create a mixed-media performance titled “Initial Public Offering of Staten Island: We are Co-Dependent and Connected” regarding Staten Island’s sometimes problematic relationship with power and resource-sharing with other boroughs and the greater New York City.<br /><br />Mandy Morrison is a video and performance artist whose work is an inquiry as to how we structure our lives through thought and action. Her work is an investigation that focuses on the outward manifestations of the self, whether as an individual or as part of a collective. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.soundslikestatenisland.com">www.mandymachine.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Kala Pierson</span><br /><br />Pierson will create a “Tibetan Sand Mandala in Audio,” where over the course of the night, the audio will dissolve, starting with thick layers and ending with one layer and eventually silence. Once this happens, the sound will exist only in the memories of the people who were present.<br /><br />Kala Pierson is a composer and sound/media artist. Pierson has studied at the Eastman School of Music where she held a George Eastman Scholarship, Bard College at Simon’s Rock where she won the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, and Tanglewood Institute/BUTI. <br /><br /><a href="http://unfurl.org">unfurl.org</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Don Porcella</span><br /><br />Porcella is creating a cave with figures that narrates his understanding of ancient artists as it relates to art history and early Staten Island people. “The Cave Painters” by Don Porcella intends to show the passion artists have for their craft, how artists have always lived on Staten Island, and how it is connected to our understanding of contemporary artistic practice. <br /><br />Don Porcella, in his unique approach to encaustic painting, hopes to “reinforce the significance of life’s blunders by presenting a mysterious world: shamelessly awkward and unabashedly comical” (NY Times). The bulk of Porcella’s recent work has involved creating whimsical and subversive sculpture from pipe cleaners. Porcella transforms this “craft material” into a form of high art, as the content and structure of his sculptures play with our conceptions of consumerism, reality, and our own weird mortality.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.donporcella.blogspot.com">www.donporcella.blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike Shane</span><br /><br />Shane will create a temporary mixed-media installation integrating at least 150 square feet of black and white photography and a monochromatic mix of brush paint, ink, and spray paint. The images will portray the emerging artist scene in Stapleton, where Shane resides.<br /><br />Mike Shane is a photographer and a life-long Staten Islander. He holds a degree in Graphic Design and Illustration from Kingsborough Community College, and has independently studied photography for over a decade. Shane considers himself an artist, who chooses photography as his weapon of choice. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mikeshanephotography.com">www.mikeshanephotography.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Vincent Appel</span><br /><br />Vincent Appel is an architect, urbanist, industrial designer and artist. His professional experience includes work at Archi-tectonics in Manhattan, Koetter Kim Architects in Boston, Estudio Borelles in Barcelona and his own practice, Of Other Places. His work has received recognition, fellowship and awards from Judith Seinfeld, The Center for Architecture, and Syracuse University.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Paul Miller</span><br /><br />Paul Miller holds the Bachelor of Architecture cum laude from Syracuse University’s School of Architecture. In May 2009, his thesis on the political underground of Washington DC won the James Britton Memorial Prize. Prior to co-founding Archicorp, Paul worked with PARA-Project in Syracuse and New York City and Chaintreuil Jensen Stark Architects in Rochester, New York.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Rob Daurio</span><br /><br />Rob Daurio is an architect/urbanist and graphic designer. Previous to Archicorp, Rob Daurio worked with OMA/Rem Koolhaas in the Netherlands on a number of projects including: master plans in Italy, Belgium, and France, catwalks for the Milan Prada fashion shows, and a print for a Prada 2009 Spring/Summer dress. Rob Daurio is a graduate of Syracuse University.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">About Archicorp:</span><br />Archicorp is a design research collaborative based in New York City. Archicorp operates in a methodology that is affirmatively social, and maintains an optimistic position about the role of design as a device for solving complex problems. The studio engages in a spectrum of work ranging from urban planning and building design to large scale public art, cultural analysis, industrial and fashion design.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">About COAHSI: </span><br />The Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) works to foster, develop, and support the arts and humanities on Staten Island. We do this through professional development, technical assistance, and regrants to artists and arts organizations. COAHSI works hard to bring together artists, organizations, and the greater Staten Island community. For more information on the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) visit <a href="http://www.statenislandarts.org">www.statenislandarts.org</a>.CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-71290286201416028782009-09-27T23:29:00.000-07:002009-09-27T23:33:33.991-07:00Running On Staten IslandBrian Fidelman, The Roving Runner, tries Staten Island out for running in this <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/the-roving-runner-staten-island/?hp">New York Times</a> article.CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-38534149561371094812009-09-27T23:02:00.000-07:002009-09-27T23:37:42.915-07:00A Time Out NY Staffer Explains Why She Loves St. George, Staten Island<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsBU6dwnBXI/AAAAAAAADDg/sjP6Vx1A9e8/s1600-h/005museum_DSC6900.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsBU6dwnBXI/AAAAAAAADDg/sjP6Vx1A9e8/s400/005museum_DSC6900.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386398517732771186" /></a><center><small>One of our favorite things about St. George is The Staten Island Museum.</center></small><br />Meredith Bodgas loves St. George, Staten Island and she picks her favorite haunts below. We also love the places she mentions, but there is so much more. Browse our site to find out about our lovely, quirky island. Click <a href="http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/real-estate/78814/why-i-love-st-george-staten-island#ixzz0Rxd61iJp">HERE</a> to see a slideshow and read the article on TONY's website.<br /><br />From Time Out NY:<br /><br /><blockquote>“I grew up on the South Shore,” admits freelance writer Meredith Bodgas, “but St. George, on the North Shore, is what the cool ’hoods in Brooklyn were like before you couldn’t afford to live there. It’s a wonder that more Manhattanites don’t hang out here—especially in a recession. The very pleasant ferry ride (you can buy beer on the boat!) is free, and once you’re on the S.I. side, fun it’s cheap, too.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Her favorite bars and restaurants</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Enoteca Maria</span> (27 Hyatt St between Central Ave and St. Marks Pl; 718-447-2777, enotecamaria.com) “What makes this Italian restaurant stand apart from the countless other ones on the island? The rotating grandma-chefs are actually from Italy—not Bay Ridge. As a result, the restaurant is more European with a menu that changes nightly based on what’s fresh. Rest assured, you can always order pasta.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Beso</span> (11 Schuyler St between Richmond Terr and Stuyvesant Pl; 718-816-8162, besonyc.com) “Meat and seafood lovers will like the choices at this cozy Spanish restaurant. Order mojitos or sangria, and split tapas, like fried goat cheese and coconut-crusted shrimp, with your friends. Dim lighting and brick walls make it a good date spot.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jimmy Steiny’s</span> at Baker Square (2 Hyatt St between Central Ave and Stuyvesant Pl, 718-442-9526) “Though it’s not much to look at from the outside, the inside of this bar is sparkling—it has Blue Moon, Magic Hat and nine other beers on tap. Go after work when pints and well drinks are $3 or less and the jukebox is pumping.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Her favorite places to visit</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Richmond County Bank Ballpark</span> (75 Richmond Terr at Wall St; 718-720-9265, siyanks.com) “Staten Island Yankees games are fun (Scooter the Holy Cow has been known to shoot T-shirts into the stands) and cheaper than the real Yankees. When the Major Leaguers get sent down for a few weeks, they often play here. I saw El Duque pitch a game from a $15 seat behind home plate!”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">15 Corson Gallery: The Assembly Room</span> (15 Corson Ave between Daniel Low Terr and Victory Blvd, second floor; 917-586-2325, myspace.com/assemblyroom) “This hipster-friendly gallery is a paradise for anyone who likes his art off the beaten path. Plus, you can catch lively music and comedy performances from local talent here.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">St. George Theatre</span> (35 Hyatt St between Central Ave and St. Marks Pl; 718-442-2900, stgeorgetheatre.com) “You know the battle of the bands concert in School of Rock? That was shot here. Checking out a big-name act at this 1920s theater would be very cool, but I’d highly recommend a kitschy show with local acts, such as Staten Island’s Got Talent.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Postcards</span> (141 Richmond Terr between Hamilton Ave and Stuyvesant Pl, statenislandusa.com) “I got chills the first time I went to this September 11th memorial, and not just because my husband’s uncle is one of the victims whose profile is accurately depicted on the wall: The wings of the sculpture frame where the Twin Towers used to stand across the bay.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Her favorite shops</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Every Thing Goes Thrift & Vintage</span> (140 Bay St between Central Ave and Victory Blvd; 718-273-7139, etgstores.com/clothing) “Staten Island is not really known for its shopping—the main retail draw is the mall, after all—but there are three floors of vintage threads at this store. It’s as great for everyday duds as it is for Halloween costumes.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Every Thing Goes Book Cafe and Neighborhood Stage</span> (208 Bay St between Minthorne St and Victory Blvd; 718-447-8256, etgstores.com/bookcafe) “Cater to your ADD with this used-book-and-record store/tea shop/art gallery/performance space/Internet café. The events are usually free, and you can even make a couple of bucks by selling your dusty paperbacks and vinyls.</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsBUfKZRvBI/AAAAAAAADDY/lVg50RJqL_A/s1600-h/001staetelyEXTPICT0120.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/SsBUfKZRvBI/AAAAAAAADDY/lVg50RJqL_A/s400/001staetelyEXTPICT0120.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386398048678165522" /></a><center><small>One of our favorite things about St. George is the gorgeous, old houses.</center></small>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-51187200644354138402009-09-03T20:14:00.000-07:002009-09-03T20:32:43.980-07:00Staten Island Advance Plugs Forgotten Borough (and its blogger)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/situation2-710213.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 255px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/situation2-710203.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><small><center>Staten Island home owners: Cynthia von Buhler and Tevah Platt in front of Cynthia's house. Photo from an article about Staten Island's North Shore in <a href="http://www.ejapion.com/special/495/1/">Japion</a>, a New York Japanese newspaper.</small></center><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ON THE WEB<br />Thursday, September 03, 2009<br />Staten Island Advance<br />by Tevah Platt</span><br /><blockquote><br />Cynthia von Buhler, an artist with profoundly gothic sensibilities, was bound to fall under the spell of Staten Island's old, desolate and abandoned places.<br /><br />House-hunting in 2005, she discovered the borough and snatched up an Iberian castle at the pinnacle of St. George.<br /><br />Her <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/realestate/18hunt.html?ex=1284696000&en=024ddc423c0cfe13&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&">"quest for a turret"</a> made the New York Times' real estate section.<br /><br />And ever since, Ms. von Buhler has been singing a siren song, luring New Yorkers willing to sail to the North Shore.<br /><br />She's chatted with reporters with the Japanese weekly Japion, brought in adventurers from Forgotten NY, and, for the local and foreign crowd, maintains an elegant blog featuring Staten Island's cultural offerings: Forgottenborough.com.<br /><br />In what was formerly titled the "Prodigal Borough" blog, Ms. von Buhler maintains the voice of an insider who is also an outsider, as in the tag line: "We took the ferry to Staten Island and decided to stay."<br /><br />But notably, Staten Island has decided to stay with Ms. von Buhler.<br /><br />Since buying a second home in pastoral Connecticut, she spends more time in New England than she does in New Amsterdam, yet she continues to blog and to tout Staten Island's North Shore.<br /><br />Ms. von Buhler, who helped found St. George's <a href="http://showhownyc.com">SHOW Gallery</a>, recently completed the children's book, "But Who Will Bell the Cats?" (Houghton Mifflin). She is among the artists to be featured at the upcoming Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) <a href="http://forgottenborough.blogspot.com/2009/09/mapping-staten-island-gala-exhibit.html">"Mapping Staten Island" Gala at the New York Container Terminal</a> on Oct. 2, with a public exhibit Oct. 3.<br /><br />Visit the blog at:<a href="http://forgottenborough.com"> forgottenborough.com</a> and her new book's Web site: <a href="http://www.butwhowillbellthecats.com">www.butwhowillbellthecats.com</a></blockquote><br /><br />Link to the article <a href="http://www.silive.com/northshore/weekly/index.ssf?/base/news/125199001460860.xml&coll=1">HERE</a>.CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-12015754132695781112009-08-17T17:56:00.000-07:002009-08-17T18:05:25.146-07:00Mick Rock at SHOW Gallery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/Son-HqQVNqI/AAAAAAAAC5g/LtbuiP4VNQg/s1600-h/Gallery_Guide_v3_low_res.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/Son-HqQVNqI/AAAAAAAAC5g/LtbuiP4VNQg/s400/Gallery_Guide_v3_low_res.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371103438171354786" /></a><br />Find out more about this exhibit <a href="http://showhownyc.com">HERE.</a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-16405538614207721232009-08-09T15:48:00.000-07:002009-08-09T17:55:09.059-07:00Across the Harbor, a Historic Gem by Cara Buckley<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/Sn9UR35DDWI/AAAAAAAAC4g/SZQr9GsdnMk/s1600-h/001BalconyEXT_DSC8231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wEUlVez30Bc/Sn9UR35DDWI/AAAAAAAAC4g/SZQr9GsdnMk/s400/001BalconyEXT_DSC8231.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368101946886655330" /></a><small><center>Photograph by Forgotten Borough.</small></center><br />It looks like <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/b/cara_buckley/index.html">Cara Buckley</a> came back to Staten island for another visit recently. We gave her a tour of the area <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/nyregion/thecity/07hips.html">last time</a> and I'm pleased to see that this time around she visited <a href="http://www.enotecamaria.com/wp/">Enoteca Maria</a> and <a href="http://besonyc.com/">Beso</a>. They are Forgotten Borough's two favorite St. George restaurants. <br /><br /><blockquote>Many visits to Staten Island go like this: Ride the ferry from Lower Manhattan. Catch a free glimpse of the Statue of Liberty. Disembark. Take the next ferry back.<br /><br />But the tiny, historic neighborhood of St. George, where the ferry docks, is worth exploring, even if the bleak landscape just outside the terminal suggests otherwise. Get a map at the terminal’s passenger office, and after your amble in St. George, consider a four-minute ride on the S40 bus from the terminal to the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, at right, 1000 Richmond Terrace, (718) 448-2500. It is 83 acres of Greek Revival buildings and paradisiacal gardens that will make you feel like you stepped into an E. M. Forster novel.<br /><br />•<br /><br />10:30 A.M.Ride the 1, N, R or W train to South Ferry, and get on board. The ferry is free and leaves Manhattan and Staten Island every half-hour (with variations after 1 a.m., on weekends and during the weekday rush). If it’s a nice day, ride on the upper deck for the fresh air and panoramic views of New York Harbor, Lower Manhattan, Governors Island and the Brooklyn and Verrazano-Narrows Bridges.<br /><br />•<br /><br />11 A.M. As you disembark from the ferry, Staten Island’s stately Borough Hall, will be in front of you, a French Renaissance-style structure built between 1904 and 1906 and designed by Carrère and Hastings, the architectural firm behind the New York Public Library. Go left on Bay Street and walk five minutes to the Everything Goes Book Cafe & Neighborhood Stage, 208 Bay Street, (718) 447-8256, a cozy, welcoming used-book store and community gathering spot run by Ganas, a local commune (it’s closed on Mondays). Tasty, affordable coffee and organic baked goods are for sale, accompanied by live music weekend nights. Ganas also runs a nearby vintage shop, Everything Goes Clothing, 140 Bay Street, (718) 273-7139, closed Sunday and Monday, where one recent offering was a thick Pucci-like shift that felt like a bath towel and cost $14.<br /><br />•<br /><br />NOON Head to the Cargo Cafe, 120 Bay Street, (718) 876-0539, for cool ambience — exposed wood beams, peeling red walls, shabby chic chandeliers — and cheap lunch: $4.75 for a burger, fries and a soda; the weekend brunch starts at $7 and includes muffins and a cocktail or coffee (open Tuesday to Sunday at 11 a.m.; Monday at 5 p.m.).<br /><br />•<br /><br />1:30 P.M. Walk along Central Avenue to Hyatt Street, and visit the St. George Theater, 35 Hyatt Street, (718) 442-2900, an 80-year-old former vaudeville house that was recently restored to its over-the-top baroque glory. Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O’Donnell appeared there last week; Toni Orlando is scheduled for Sept. 10. Be sure to see the auditorium’s glorious, spotlighted dome ceiling.<br /><br />•<br /><br />2 P.M. Time to view some fancy local houses — from the outside; people live there. Map in hand, head up Hyatt Street, take a right on St. Mark’s Place, a quick left on Fort Place and then a right (stay with me) on Daniel Low Terrace to gaze at some very pretty Tudor-style mansions and well-kept flower gardens. Just off Daniel Low Terrace is Fort Hill Circle; check out No. 22, a castlelike house built in 1930.<br /><br />•<br /><br />2:30 P.M. Walk downhill to the Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, (718) 727-1135, a tiny repository of local history, assorted animals preserved in jars, cool glow-in-the-dark rocks and a portrait of St. George’s namesake, George Law, who, as it turns out, wasn’t a saint at all. Admission: $2.<br /><br />•<br /><br />3 P.M. If you’re peckish again, or thirsty, try Beso, 11 Schuyler Street, (718) 816-8162, a tucked-away tapas bar that also serves Cuban pressed sandwiches for $7.95; glasses of wine start at $7. Or head to Enoteca Maria, 27 Hyatt Street, (718) 447-2777, a modern, authentic Italian restaurant, open Wednesday to Sunday, that has food critics and local folks swooning with its rotating cast of female chefs from assorted regions of Italy.<br /><br />•<br /><br />4 P.M. Take the ferry back to Manhattan. If you skipped the wine, the tapas and the Italian fare, the ferry snack bar sells pretzels and $3.50 domestic beer.</blockquote><br /><br />-<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/nyregion/09stop.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion"> New York Times</a><br /><br />Make sure to take a look at the St. George <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/09/nyregion/20090809-LOCAL_index.html">slideshow</a>.CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-82551074314900776972009-07-28T21:48:00.000-07:002009-08-01T17:16:24.137-07:00New York Daily News: Borough Bloggers Reveal Secret Gems of NYC Neighborhoods<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/showhow_night-791163.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/showhow_night-791154.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><blockquote>BY WENDY MITCHELL<br />Thursday, June 11th 2009, 4:00 AM<br /><br />Read the whole article <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/06/11/2009-06-11_borough_bloggers_reveal_secret_gems_of_nyc_neighborhoods.html#ixzz0McYGrJFd">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Think you know everything cool to see in your city? These boro bloggers comb the streets of their nabes every day for new finds to chat about. And not surprisingly, they've got plenty of secret gems that, well, aren't a secret anymore!<br /><br />STATEN ISLAND<br />Blogger: Cynthia von Buhler<br />Blog: www.prodigalborough.com<br />What she's blogging about: Prodigal Borough covers a variety of Staten Island interests including art, parks, the ferry, beaches, parks, real estate and preservation, and food.<br />Her gem: Staten Island is one big wonder full of eccentric oddities, and my favorite is the easiest to find. Take the scenic ferry ride, and then follow the neon sign to Theo Dorian's gallery SHOW. The current show at the gallery is “Lost & Found,” an exploration of earnestness in art, and in mid-June, the gallery will feature sculptures of hard, mundane forms like axes and logs cast in fine white porcelain by Victoria Munro. The gallery also offers workshops (like guitar lessons during an upcoming exhibit of photographs of glam rock icons by Mick Rock). While on the island, get directions to nearby wonders like the shrine built of found objects, the Chinese koi pond and gardens, and gorgeous Victorian houses. Address: SHOW, 156 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, <a href="http://www.showhownyc.com">www.showhownyc.com</a>, 718-524-0855.<br /></blockquote>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-57839767675810207622009-07-25T09:16:00.000-07:002009-08-01T17:16:24.145-07:00Art Recycle Opportunity with Day de Dada: Reduce – Reuse - Recreate<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/l_7bdfb2f36ef044c68d44022bdfacfc64-791508.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/l_7bdfb2f36ef044c68d44022bdfacfc64-791505.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Art Recycle Opportunity with Day de Dada: Reduce – Reuse - Recreate<br /> <br />Do you have extra art that you're not using? Maybe you have some leftover concepts in the closet or cluttering up the basement of your mind.<br /> <br />Here's your chance to reduce, reuse, and recycle your extraneous art. Bring your leftover canvases, sculpture bits and unused creative ideas to "Van Duzer Days" on Saturday August 1st and work together with Artists from Day de Dada to create a masterpiece of repurposed art.<br /> <br />It will be live, it will be creative, it will be videotaped, it will be Dada!<br /> <br />Meet at "Van Duzer Days" on Saturday August 1st from 1:00 to 4:00 on Van Duzer Street between Wright and Beach Streets, Staten Island . <br /> <br />Van Duzer Days is part of Summer Streets NYC and is sponsored by Sicolab.<br /> <br />While at Van Duzer Days also check out "We-Cycle" - A community upcycling bike advocacy installation.<br /><br />More info at <a href="http://www.daydedada.com">www.daydedada.com</a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-28437778934975955712009-07-12T19:59:00.000-07:002009-08-01T17:16:24.151-07:00Prodigal Borough's Name Has Changed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/fortwadsworth-792447-734660.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/fortwadsworth-792447-734634.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>In homage to <a href="http://www.forgotten-ny.com/">Forgotten NY</a>, which first helped us find Staten Island, we are changing our name to Forgotten Borough. Forgotten NY features overlooked, ancient sites in New York City. Staten Island is the most overlooked borough in the city, and it has a plethora of ancient sites. We are here to make you more familiar with the most mysterious borough of New York City: Staten Island. Using the term "forgotten borough" to describe Staten Island isn't new; it was first coined in 1928 by <span style="font-style:italic;">The New York Times.</span><br /><br /><blockquote>15 July 1928, <span style="font-style:italic;">New York Times</span>, pg. RE1:<br />Urging Staten Island operators to be cautious about pricing their realty, W. Burke Harmon, President of the Harmon National Real Estate Corporation, yesterday declared that sudden price increases on properties at this time might well result in halting the normal development of what he calls "this<span style="font-weight:bold;"> forgotten borough</span> that has suddenly stepped into the limelight."<br /><br />19 October 1950, <span style="font-style:italic;">New York Times</span>, pg. 35:<br />Speaking at a borough-wide rally last night in the Boulevard Hotel, Grant CIty, S. I., Mr. Corsi described Staten Island as the "<span style="font-weight:bold;">forgotten borough</span>" by the present Tammany administration at City Hall.<br />(Edward Corsi, Republican candidate for Mayor - ed.)<br /><br />23 November 1958, <span style="font-style:italic;">New York Times</span>, pg. R1:<br />Staten Island rates high as the possible scene of New York's next boom in industrial construction, according to city and Chamber of Commerce officials. The fact that the commerce group's members come largely from Richmond is not expected to lengthen the odds against "<span style="font-weight:bold;">the forgotten borough</span>," as some of them have named it.</blockquote><br /><br />I'm attaching a few of my pictures of Fort Wadsworth. Forgotten. Ancient. You see what I mean.<br /><br />This site is undergoing a redesign. Check back in soon to see our stylish new look.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/forwadswirth2-760451-794975.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/forwadswirth2-760451-794971.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/fortwadsworth4-734882-749839.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/fortwadsworth4-734882-749819.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-57888035627911136502009-06-27T07:01:00.000-07:002009-08-03T18:59:59.544-07:00New York Times: "A contender for most beautiful building in NYC"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/000arabesqueEXT_DSC7391-756229.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/000arabesqueEXT_DSC7391-756221.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />In this New York Times Habitats column Constance Rosenblum visits the old Bechtel mansion on St. Pauls Avenue. I was quoted, but I wasn't given a credit. My film and photo location company which lists this property (The Arabesque Victorian) is <a href="http://www.cvbspaces.com">CVB Spaces</a>. Check that out if you want to see dozens of my pictures of it (you can see a few of my photographs here). Staten Island is filled with this type of wondrous home. -Cynthia von Buhler<br /> <br /><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/realestate/28habi.html">For a Family, Elaborate Elbow Room</a></span><br />By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM<br />Published: June 26, 2009<br /><br />IN 1888, a German-born beer baron named George Bechtel, who was said to be the richest man on Staten Island, gave his 21-year-old daughter Annie an extraordinary wedding present.<br /><br />A Time Capsule<br />Annie was betrothed to a German-American named Leonard Weiderer, and the gift was a three-story, 24-room Victorian mansion in the Queen Anne style. The 4,500-square-foot showpiece, on the street known as Mud Lane (later rechristened St. Paul’s Avenue), was outfitted with eight bedrooms, two kitchens and six fireplaces, each of a different design.<br /><br />Annie’s bridal home included virtually every detail of Victorian domestic architecture — hipped roofs, gables, fish-scale shingles, chimneys, bay windows, dormer windows, even a turret. Garlanding the exterior were a series of porches and balconies. Two dozen imported stained-glass windows, courtesy of the glass factory Mr. Weiderer owned, exploded with stars, sunbursts, crescent moons and floral designs pricked in luminous primary colors. Chestnut and oak paneling covered nearly every available inch of wall space.<br /><br />But the couple’s time in the house was brief. Three years into the marriage, tuberculosis claimed Mr. Weiderer’s life. His young widow moved to Germany and married a second time, but just five years later, in 1899, she died also. She was 31.<br /><br />Annie’s sister Agnes lived in the house until 1928, followed by the Teitelbaums (1928-48), the Fraziers (1948-88) and, from 1988 to 1999, a chef who painted the exterior what one paint consultant described, not intending to pay a compliment, as a “Lucille Ball shade” of pink.<br /><br />Through all these incarnations, the house proved a hardy survivor, the undisputed but neglected star among nearly a hundred handsome Victorian dwellings in the Stapleton area. What it lacked was someone who valued its lustrous past.<br /><br />That person turned out to be a soft-spoken Montana-born doctor named Ted Brown. Dr. Brown, 63, who is the director of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Institute for Basic Research, and whose specialty is autism research, works out of offices on Staten Island.<br /><br />At the time he began house-hunting on the island, he and his family were ensconced in a 200-year-old farmhouse in Port Washington, on Long Island, and he was developing a taste for living close to the past. When he was shown what a real estate agent modestly described as an “older house of character,” he was blown away.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/001arabesqueEXT_DSC7286-756276.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/001arabesqueEXT_DSC7286-756268.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />“Maybe I was crazy, but I just thought it would be fun to live there,” Dr. Brown said in his understated way as he and his wife, Donna, sat side by side in what they call their formal parlor, an octagonal space framed by a sweeping archway.<br /><br />Ms. Brown, a speech therapist who works with autistic schoolchildren (the couple met in 1985 at a genetics conference in Australia), viewed the situation differently.<br /><br />“When I first saw the house,” she said, “I thought Ted had lost it.”<br /><br />And remind us why she went along with the idea?<br /><br />“Because I love him,” Ms. Brown said with an adoring smile.<br /><br />When the couple bought the house in 1999 for $525,000, they set aside $250,000 for renovations, a figure that ballooned to $400,000. Before moving in, they worked for six months on the interior; once in residence, they tackled the exterior. Painting the facade — using sun-drenched colors like squash, copper, antique gold and seven others — took five months.<br /><br />“The first couple of years, the house was really in sad shape,” Ms. Brown said. “We were really overwhelmed. Then we began to love it.”<br /><br />But they know the work will never be finished, in part because the family, which includes the couple’s son, Hunter, 17; their daughter, Montana, 19; and two dogs, use all 24 rooms, amazing as that seems.<br /><br />The room where the Browns were sitting on this day had the look of a perfectly appointed stage set for some forgotten Victorian-era drama. Furnishings include Persian carpets from Dr. Brown’s childhood home, an inlaid chessboard atop an inlaid table and a piano with Debussy on the music stand. (Dr. Brown, who in 1964 was a Montana state chess champion, plays both the game and the instrument.)<br /><br />The mantel is almost hidden by an assortment of crystal — bells, goblets, paperweights, teardrop candlesticks. A velvet shawl with ivory fringe is draped over one chair, and needlepoint pillows nestle in the corners of the sofa.<br /><br />The couple are justly proud of the grand staircase, which looks like a puzzle composed of intricately braided chestnut spindles and a matching woven screen, each tiny curl milled separately. At the base of the stairs, a pair of linked circlets have been carved into the wood. It is an emblem, Ms. Brown thinks, of the union of the young couple whose time in the house was so brief and so tragic.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/003_DSC7227-708468.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/003_DSC7227-708462.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The second floor is devoted to bedrooms, and the third, the onetime servants’ quarters, with its tiny rooms and low ceilings, is a teenage boy’s paradise; Hunter has his own bedroom, kitchen and video area.<br /><br />The third floor is also the entrance to the little two-story room at the top of the turret. On a Web site that lists the Brown house as a location for filming and fashion shoots, the passageway to the turret is described as a “creepy, coffin-shaped tunnel.”<br /><br />Creepy is the word.<br /><br />“When we first moved in, the kids used to play there,” Dr. Brown said, “and someone was always being dragged in and locked away and had to be rescued.”<br /><br />After he moved to Stapleton, Dr. Brown joined the Mud Lane Society, the preservation group that helped get 92 Victorians designated as city landmarks. The group’s president since 2007, he knows more than most people about what life in this part of the city was like a century ago. Along the staircase hang photographs giving a vivid picture of the brewers who were island royalty before Prohibition brought them low, and through eBay Dr. Brown has amassed a collection of old bottles from the Bechtel brewery.<br /><br />He has discovered that living in such an over-the-top house was just as he thought it would be — fun. Total strangers stop and take pictures, in part thanks to <a href="http://www.forgotten-ny.com">www.forgotten-ny.com</a>, a Web site that proclaims 387 St. Paul’s Avenue as “possibly the most gorgeous private dwelling on Staten Island and a contender for most beautiful building in NYC.” And at least for the Browns, who see themselves as caretakers of a piece of Staten Island history, the poignant history of the house only enhances its appeal.<br /><br />“This was a wedding gift for a bride,” Ms. Brown pointed out. “Don’t you wish you could give your child such a gift?”</blockquote><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/004_DSC7175-708510.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/004_DSC7175-708504.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-50573331381908062272009-06-07T07:35:00.000-07:002009-08-01T17:16:24.168-07:00The New York Time's Hunt Column Asks "So Where Are They Now"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/11868272-779713.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 391px; height: 400px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/11868272-779708.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />A few years ago Joyce Cohen, from <span style="font-style:italic;">The New York Time</span>s, interviewed us (Cynthia von Buhler and Russell Farhang) about our house hunt and move to Staten Island. That article launched Prodigal Borough as she listed the blog url in the paper. We have been writing about Staten Island ever since. Cohen's <span style="font-style:italic;">Hunt</span> column is celebrating its 5th year anniversary, so they called to ask us "where are you now?" We are living in both CT and Staten Island now, both places are lovely in their own way. <br /><br />The original article can be found <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/realestate/18hunt.html">HERE.</a> <br />There is also a multimedia slideshow.<blockquote>Excerpt: And then, one day, they noticed Staten Island. "It was like we opened up a present we had forgotten about," Mr. Farhang said. So off they went.<br /><br />They saw a few houses with Tina Sirico, an agent at Sari Kingsley Real Estate in New Dorp. The houses in Staten Island seemed beautiful and well-kept, and much cheaper than houses elsewhere. They were surprised and thrilled, especially when they visited a four-story, 2,500-square-foot Mediterranean-style villa, with a curved staircase inside and a lush garden outside. It looked like a castle. The house, in the St. George section, was listed at $659,000.<br /><br />Trying to contain their excitement, they waited until that evening to place their bid. They bought the house for $655,000.<br /><br />According to the sellers, Laura Drew Kelly and Michael Kelly, who moved to Dover, Del., the house was built around 1929 by a Spanish teacher from Spain, who wanted a home reminiscent of his country.</blockquote><br /><br />The new article can be found <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/realestate/07hunt.html">HERE</a><br />and a slideshow is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/06/07/realestate/0607-hunt-slideshow_4.html">HERE.</a> <br /><br /><blockquote>Excerpt: Three years ago, Russell Farhang and Cynthia von Buhler were married in the lush backyard of Fort Hill Castle, their turreted Staten Island home.<br /><br />“I thought we would live there forever,” Mr. Farhang said, never imagining that he would come to think of the castle as a starter house.<br /><br />Ms. von Buhler became active in the local arts scene. Mr. Farhang enjoyed the ferry commute with coffee, newspaper and friends...<br /><br />Ms. von Buhler, who has an art studio in the house, has just finished her most recent children’s book, “<a href="http://butwhowillbellthecats.com">But Who Will Bell the Cats?</a>” (Houghton Mifflin). Not coincidentally, the setting for the book is a castle. Back in Staten Island, Fort Hill Castle is currently occupied by Ms. von Buhler’s sister.</blockquote><br /><br />Joyce Cohen is also a blogger. Visit her blog at: <a href="http://huntgrunt.blogspot.com">http://huntgrunt.blogspot.com</a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-61903894181445109582009-05-27T09:58:00.000-07:002009-08-01T17:16:24.176-07:00Art By The Ferry 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/shapeimage_1-750666.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 365px; height: 134px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/shapeimage_1-750665.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The 2009 ART BY THE FERRY Festival highlights the wide variety of excellent visual arts, crafts, spoken word and performing arts on Staten Island in spaces provided by local real estate developers, restaurants, galleries and the Staten Island Museum. And it’s free!<br /><br />Support two fundraising events for Art by the Ferry 2009;<br />Thursday May 28, 6pm-9pm at Killmeyer’s<br /> and <br /><a href="http://www.artbytheferry.org/Art_bytheFerry_4_11_09/Fundraising_Parties%21.html">Saturday May 30, 7pm - 10pm at Everything Goes Book Cafe & Neighborhood Stage</a><br /><br />LOCATION:<br />St. George, Staten Island, NYC<br /><br />DATES:<br />June 6,7 & 13,14, 2009<br />11am to 6pm<br /><br />SPONSOR:<br />Staten Island Creative Community (SICC)*<br /><br />FESTIVAL MOTTO:<br />“The artists are coming! The artists are coming!”<br />*More information about Staten Island Creative Community is on the News page - livepage.apple.com<br />FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:<br /><br /><a href="http://sicolab.org/event/art-on-the-ferry-day-de-dada-performance-art-parade">Art ON the Ferry, sponsored by SIcoLab -- on the Staten Island ferries, Saturday June 6, from 11am to 2pm.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artbytheferry.org/Art_bytheFerry_4_11_09/News/Entries/2009/5/3_Art_+_Money_%3D_Money_Art_Parade.html">Performance Art Parade -- Saturday June 6, 2pm </a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.statenislandarts.org/deadlinecalendar.html">Workshops for Arts Professionals, presented by COAHSI -- Saturday, June 6, 2009; 1pm, Sunday, June 7, 2009; 1pm, Staten Island Museum</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artbytheferry.org/Art_bytheFerry_4_11_09/News/Entries/2009/5/24_Performance_schedule.html">Music, Performance -- all day, all four days, multiple venues</a><br /><br />Children’s Workshops<br /><br /><a href="http://www.artbytheferry.org/Art_bytheFerry_4_11_09/News/Entries/2009/5/24_art_exhibitors_and_venues.html">Art Exhibits -- all day, all four days, multiple venues</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artbytheferry.org/Art_bytheFerry_4_11_09/News/Entries/2009/5/24_Crafts_venues.html">Crafts -- all day, all four days, multiple venues</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artbytheferry.org/Art_bytheFerry_4_11_09/News/Entries/2009/5/24_spoken_word_schedule.html">Spoken Word -- all four days at the Fish’s Eddy site </a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-78682879296008160262009-04-25T22:32:00.000-07:002009-08-01T17:16:24.184-07:00Stairway To Heaven<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/PICT0056_7-747177.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/PICT0056_7-747170.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><small><center>Fort Hill is the highest hill in St. George. Fort Hill Castle, on Fort Hill, is the highest house on the hill. Does that make these the highest steps in St. George?</small></center><br />Staten Islander Dan Icolari has launched his own blog called "Walking Is Transportation." St. George (in the North Shore) is extremely hilly and "Walking Is Transportation" explores that in his post: "The Vertical Life, or Hill-Walking on Staten Island's North Shore." Check it out by clicking <a href="http://walkingistransportation.typepad.com/walking_is_transportation/2009/04/from-the-archives-the-vertical-life-or-hillwalking-on-staten-islands-north-shore.html">HERE</a>. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/Picture-1-718053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/Picture-1-718047.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><small><center>A Google Earth map of New York City</small></center><br />The "stairway" article got me thinking about elevation in St. George. I knew that Todt Hill on Staten Island is the highest point in all five boroughs of New York (and the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the United States south of Maine). I also knew that Fort Hill, where my house is located, is the highest point in St. George, Staten Island. My house is the tallest house on Fort Hill - might it be the highest point in St. George? And, if we are talking about Staten Island having the highest elevations in all of New York City, my house is closer to heaven than most places in New York City. I checked out the elevations on Google Earth. You can see my calculations below. The height of the houses are approximate. I will look into that and report back with actual figures.<br /><br />My house (Fort Hill Castle) elevation. Ground elevation: 166 feet, Tower elevation: 35 feet approximate, Total elevation: 215 approximate<br /><br />Fort Hill Park (the highest point of Fort Hill): 207 feet, House elevation: 20 feet approximate, Total elevation: 227 approximate<br /><br />Todt Hill Elevation: 410 feet<br /><br />227 feet - 215 feet = 12 feet<br /><br />My approximate calculations show that there is one other house at a slightly higher elevation on Fort Hill, however, our house is the tallest, therefore they even out a bit. I'm guessing house heights here, but it looks like my house is only about 12 feet from being the highest in St. George, and only about 215 feet lower than the highest point in all of New York City. We have been thinking about raising the height of our tower by about 24 feet so we can get a 360 degree view of the island; currently part of our house blocks some amazing views. Our house tower always seemed kind of squat compared to the rest of the house, so a couple of years ago, I spoke with an architect who said that we would be allowed to do this given the cities rules and regulations on building height. We are already higher than our neighbors so we wouldn't be blocking any other house views. If we do this, our house will easily clear the 12 feet or so difference and would be the highest house in St. George.<small><center>Before</small></center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/001fortEXTCIMG1441-767138.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 129px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/001fortEXTCIMG1441-767129.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><small><center>After (stretched image)</small></center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/house_front_snowCIMG1441-745494.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/house_front_snowCIMG1441-745462.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-57997713399510423522009-04-25T22:19:00.000-07:002009-08-01T17:16:24.191-07:00Van Duzers Visit Van Duzer Street<embed src="http://www.lonelyplanet.tv/player.swf?key=5AEC518255162B35" width="430" height="354"></embed>This is a cute video created by two brothers, Ethan and Ryan, whose last name is Van Duzer. I have always loved to say this street name: VAN DUZER. I only wish that they had walker further down the block as the street gets cooler once you hit Martini Red, The Muddy Cup, and the antique stores. The street is a bit homely and dull closer to the ferry where they were walking. The funny thing about Staten Island is that when you are walking around you discover wonderful little pockets of coolness and beauty.CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4875877702318691232.post-84110023272045868112009-04-09T17:13:00.000-07:002009-08-01T17:16:24.196-07:00Japion Newspaper Staten Island Cover Feature<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/ferry-700768.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 144px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/ferry-700762.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />New York's top Japanese newspaper did a cover feature about St. George, Staten Island. The photos here are from their website.<br />-To read Tomoko Inoue's article and interviews (in Japanese) with the Staten Islanders below go <a href="http://www.ejapion.com/special/495/1/">HERE.<br /><br /></a>Staten Islanders: John Leo and Shawn Bishop-Leo with Tomoko Inoue.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/situation1-734016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 202px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/situation1-734006.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Staten Islanders: Cynthia von Buhler (her dog Miss Jenny Poodles) and Tevah Platt in front of Cynthia's house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/situation2-710213.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 255px;" src="http://prodigalborough.com/blogger/uploaded_images/situation2-710203.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>CVBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342243824603653833noreply@blogger.com0