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West 104 th Street BLOCK ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER JUNE 9, 2007 Editor: Nancy Lian From Quirky to Collectible The 18 th West 104 th Yard Sale’s Coming! As the days get hot and the sunsets linger, it’s time to start planning the block association’s annual Yard Sale. On Saturday Sept. 29 (raindate Sept. 30), the block will fill with more than 60 vendors selling everything from vintage Depression-era glass to children’s toys. It’s a day of music, fun, amazing finds, and delicious food. The bake table has home-made treats—not to mention some of the block’s most celebrated desserts (don’t miss the cupcakes!). Manned by expert burger-and-hot-dog flippers, the grill will cook your lunch to order. The book table offers mysteries, cookbooks, and a cornucopia of great reads. The Silent Auction features gift certificates from local restaurants, stores, and museums for bidding. And the $104-for-104th raffle means someone will walk away a big winner! Block residents can to sell their wares at a bargain rate ($36 versus $51 for off-block vendors) by renting a vendor space. Don’t miss our online signup—log onto our website (www.bloomingdale.org) for details. Got a treasure to donate to the Silent Auction? E-mail Hanna at [email protected]. We take everything from oil paintings to orange juicers, but no used computer or fitness equipment, please! Want to volunteer? We would love your help! Email Miriam Duhan at [email protected]. The Yard Sale has been our signature event and a block tradition for 18 years. Like our neighborhood, it’s welcoming, quirky, and relaxed. Drop by for a few minutes—or a few hours. We’d love to say hi! Spring tulips on the block Help plant flowers June 9 and 10 The block will burst with color on Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10, when we do the annual flower planting. And you can help. We know you can! Come out anytime between 9 am and 12 pm. Flowers, knee pads and trowels will be available. You’ll provide about an hour of your time to plant in one or more of our block’s tree gardens, including the one right in front of your building. Note for 895 West End residents: Rita Houlihan is coordinating the planting in your building’s four tree gardens and has added these hours if you can’t plant in the morning: 2-3 on June 9 and 1-3 on June 10. Let her know that you’d like to plant ([email protected], 914 319 1979). Thank you for your time! Teresa Elwert, beautification leader The West 104 th St. Block Association depends on Yard Sale revenues to underwrite 25% of our annual budget. Through vendor space rentals, the Silent Auction, raffle, book table, bake table and lunch grill we raise between $5000-$6000. This helps cover the rising cost of the security guard and the lovely flowers that bloom in our tree gardens. Please support our efforts to keep our block safe and beautiful. West 104 NewsletterJune 2007 1 www.bloomingdale.org

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West 104th Street BLOCK ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER JUNE 9, 2007 Editor: Nancy Lian From Quirky to Collectible The 18th West 104th Yard Sale’s Coming!

As the days get hot and the sunsets linger, it’s time to start planning the block association’s annual Yard Sale. On Saturday Sept. 29 (raindate Sept. 30), the block will fill with more than 60 vendors selling everything from vintage Depression-era glass to children’s toys. It’s a day of music, fun, amazing finds, and delicious food. The bake table has home-made treats—not to mention some of the block’s most celebrated desserts (don’t miss the cupcakes!). Manned by expert burger-and-hot-dog flippers, the grill will cook your lunch to order. The book table offers mysteries, cookbooks, and a cornucopia of great reads. The Silent Auction features gift certificates from local restaurants, stores, and museums for bidding. And the $104-for-104th raffle means someone will walk away a big winner! Block residents can to sell their wares at a bargain rate ($36 versus $51 for off-block vendors) by renting a vendor space. Don’t miss our online signup—log onto our website (www.bloomingdale.org) for details. Got a treasure to donate to the Silent Auction? E-mail Hanna at [email protected]. We take everything from oil paintings to orange juicers, but no used computer or fitness equipment, please! Want to volunteer? We would love your help! Email Miriam Duhan at [email protected]. The Yard Sale has been our signature event and a block tradition for 18 years. Like our neighborhood, it’s welcoming, quirky, and relaxed. Drop by for a few minutes—or a few hours. We’d love to say hi!

Spring tulips on the block

Help plant flowers June 9 and 10 The block will burst with color on Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10, when we do the annual flower planting. And you can help. We know you can! Come out anytime between 9 am and 12 pm. Flowers, knee pads and trowels will be available. You’ll provide about an hour of your time to plant in one or more of our block’s tree gardens, including the one right in front of your building. Note for 895 West End residents: Rita Houlihan is coordinating the planting in your building’s four tree gardens and has added these hours if you can’t plant in the morning: 2-3 on June 9 and 1-3 on June 10. Let her know that you’d like to plant ([email protected], 914 319 1979). Thank you for your time! Teresa Elwert, beautification leader The West 104th St. Block Association depends on Yard Sale revenues to underwrite 25% of our annual budget. Through vendor space rentals, the Silent Auction, raffle, book table, bake table and lunch grill we raise between $5000-$6000. This helps cover the rising cost of the security guard and the lovely flowers that bloom in our tree gardens. Please support our efforts to keep our block safe and beautiful.

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Our new green neighbor has arrived

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The empty tree garden at the top of the block is empty no more! A beautifully shaped linden tree (Tilia Cordata) was planted at the top of the block in mid-May. The tree leafed out later than other trees on the block because it came from Putnam County, whose northern location causes trees to leaf later than their “southern” cousins. We are grateful to the staff of 905 WEA who have agreed to water the tree twice a week (more frequent watering is actually a bad thing!). Thanks to Katherine Randall of 309 W 104 who called area nurseries this spring looking for the tree we wanted at the best possible price. We chose Bartlett Tree Service because our existing relationship with them enabled us to get a tree at a considerably better price ($1,500) than was proposed by other providers. By the way, the City expects its cost to plant 250,000 trees in the next ten years will be between $1,100 and $1,700 a piece says the New York Times, April 26, 2007. Thanks also to Terry Jory who was on hand for the planting to make sure everything went as planned. Finally, thank you to block residents whose dues contributions made it possible for the block association to buy the tree. Teresa Elwert, beautification leader

West Side Market reopens If you have missed the market which was at 110th St. and Broadway, you will be happy to know that it has reopened as of June 1, with more floor space and greater selections. Get your shopping carts out of your closets and have an adventure next time you shop for food. Contributors to this issue: Rosalyn Cherry, Missy Cohen, Teresa Elwert, Carol Goodfriend, Sid Herzfeld, Nancy Lian, Lynn Max, Joan Paylo, Hanna Rubin, Gil Tauber, Malisa Troutman Note: if you go to the Block website, you can see most of the newsletter pictures in color. WEST 104 STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL REPORT MAY 2007 OPENING BALANCE 5/1/07: $22,215.68 INCOME: Dues $1,100.00 Walking Tour 355.00 Newsletter advertising 25.00 T-shirt sales 36.00 TOTAL INCOME: $1,516.00 $1,516.00 EXPENSES Guard Service $5,181,12 Guard Commuting Allowance 240.00 Landscaping-Tree incl. planting 1,625.63 Time-clock repair 167.98 TOTAL EXPENSES $7,214.73 $7,214.73 CLOSING BALANCE5/31/07 $16,516.95 West 104th Street Block Association Board President Hanna Rubin 315 RSD 212.865.4579 VP/Secretary Nancy Lian 320 RSD 212.316.6112 Treasurer Sid Herzfeld 895 WEA 212.749.0085 Members Barbara Bryan 905 WEA 212.864.5663 Missy Cohen 320 RSD 212.662.8710 Miriam Duhan 309 W 104 212.866.2791 Teresa Elwert 320 RSD 212.866.4260 Alex Grannis 895 WEA 212.316.1644 Jeff Howitt 315 RSD 212.866.5569 Elly Ledogar 315 RSD 212.864.7148 Lynn Max 315 RSD 212.666.3129 Marsha Tantleff 315 RSD 212.932.9592 Gary Waskow 320 RSD 212.932.9082 Steven Zirinsky 315 RSD 212.866.6732

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A Super Series

Dino Bicaj became the superintendent at 309 W. 104th St. in September, 2005 after serving in the same capacity for eight years at 890 West End Avenue. During his time with 309, he has helped the residents and the co-op board with difficult issues involving on-going work on exterior and interior projects.

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Dino Bicaj From the day of his arrival, the state of the building has reflected his presence. The common areas in the basement were soon reorganized and tidiness became the order of the day. His well outfitted office is a sign of his efficiency, exactitude, and responsiveness to all problems and requests.

Dino, now an American citizen, was born and grew up in Kosovo, then part of the former Yugoslavia. The second eldest of fifteen children--nine brothers and six sisters-- he learned from his military father and his mother that organization was important if everyone was to be fed, schooled and given individual attention. They were a strong group, a successful family that is now spread around the world. An extended conversation with Dino reveals his worldly sophistication, broad grasp of history, and knowledge of the ancient legends, myths, and beliefs absorbed while growing up in a land surrounded by wars of aggression and territorial

controversies. Beneath his reticence, he is also a man well schooled in international affairs, politics, and diplomacy.

Dino left Kosovo in 1979 at the age of eighteen, making his way through Switzerland and then to Canada. In 1981, he entered the United States. He became an expert plumber and electrician; he also developed skills in carpentry and tiling, establishing a small general construction company. When this reporter mentioned a failed struggle to find a responsive contractor willing to renovate a client’s bathroom and install a wheelchair shower (it was a “small” job, not enough $$), Dino remarked that he would have been delighted to do the job, as that is the sort of person he likes to help. And, of course, along with that willingness to help is an offer to always “be available” to any other block super for advice.

Dino’s basement workshop at 309 W. 104 Along with his wife, who was born in Montenegro and whom he met here, Dino guides his three children toward success. His eldest son graduated from Mercy College in New Rochelle in May with a biology major. His daughter graduates from high school this year and will attend Stony Brook in the fall. His second son is a sophomore at St. Jean Baptiste High School on E. 75th St. A super with a building to keep in tiptop shape and a father with three teenagers has little in the way of spare time to

himself. But when he can, Dino will indulge his loves for soccer and for swimming, especially when he can occasionally see friends outside the city. And if he had both time and money, where in his adopted land would he most like to visit? The Grand Canyon—and he can more than hold his own in any conversation about the geology and the history of that place, and about much else besides! By Carol Goodfriend Other supers on our block will be featured in future newsletters.

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Nearby second home for clothing and other items Don’t throw out that unused clothing and kids’ toys, books and equipment! If you don’t plan to rent a space at the September 29 Yard Sale, you can give these items a much-appreciated second life now by bringing them to the Regent Family Residence, a transitional housing facility, run by Volunteers of America at Broadway and 104th St. Their phone is 212.865.7000. They don’t accept furniture (all the rooms are already furnished) but a family that is leaving the residence may be able to use your unwanted furniture in their new home. How helpful and thoughtful is that!

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Transplanted daffodils did just fine, thank you! Terry Jory’s experiment in transplanting the block’s spent 2006 daffodils upstate was a success! In exchange for a contribution to the block association, Terry planted the daffodils in sunny spots around a pond at his home in Columbia County. The daffodils don’t re-bloom in our tree gardens because tree leaves prevent them from getting the sunlight they need after flowering. We can’t help but think that Terry is creating a US version of the sight William Wordsworth wrote about two hundred years ago in his poem Daffodils. Teresa Elwert, beautification leader

More pairs of eyes looking out for seniors New York City is enlisting its letter carriers in a program aimed at aiding our older citizens. Carrier Alert, assisted by the City’s Department for the Aging, is training US Postal Service carriers on protocol for when they notice uncollected mail to the elderly on their routes. Citizens must register to participate in the program. While we hope that on our block it is neighbors, not letter carriers, who are the first to notice signs of distress in the elderly, this program seems like an excellent idea. Perhaps you know of someone who could benefit by registering with the program? Visit the Department for the Aging’s website (www.nyc.gov/aging) for complete details. Rodent problem on our block The block association has received several complaints from residents about an increase in rat sightings on the street. Warm weather boosts their visibility as well as their numbers. The block has made a complaint to the city’s Health and Mental Hygiene Dept., which will send an inspector this month to assess the situation and determine where and how to bait the area. Meanwhile, buildings are requested to try to keep garbage in bins and covered as much as possible.

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Touring our Neighborhood on Riverside Drive

Riverside Park between 96th and 97th – The May 20 tour begins with guide Gil Tauber

Gil Tauber at the Women's Health Protective Association monument during the Riverside Drive tour On May 20 Gil Tauber, block resident, urban planner and historian, conducted an enthusiastic crowd of more than 30 from Striker’s Bay at 96th St. to the site of Claremont near 123rd St.. Gil talked of the early settlement of this area, development of Riverside Park and Drive, architecture and monuments, literature and the arts. Tour participants learned that the 1832 poem "Woodsman, Spare That Tree" was written about a tree near what is now Riverside Drive and 97th St. They also visited the grave of St. Clair Pollock, "an amiable child" who died in 1797 and is buried in what is now Riverside Park; and a statue of Civil War General William Butterfield, who composed "Taps" and used to have a telephone exchange named after him. Among the buildings along the route were former homes of Saul Bellow, Billy Strayhorn, Eberhard Faber (the Pencil King), and Elliot Roosevelt, the beloved but alcoholic father of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Upper West Side Rezoning Update The Department of City Planning presented a Certified Zoning Plan to Community Board 7 at the end of April. The proposed zoning substantially addresses community concerns. Development on Broadway will be limited to a maximum height of 145 feet (approximately 14 stories) while side streets will be downzoned to R8b, with a maximum building height of 75 feet (approximately 7 stories). There will be less impetus to demolish brownstones and other low rise buildings on side streets. Transfer of air rights from side streets to avenues, which was key in the Ariel towers on 100th and Broadway, will no longer be possible. The Community Board has its final vote on the proposed zoning on Tuesday, June 5th, 7:00 P.M. at the Goddard Riverside Community Center, 593 Columbus Avenue (88th Street). Following the Community Board vote, the Rezoning Plan will then be reviewed by the Manhattan Borough President, the City Planning Commission and finally, by the City Council. If all goes well, we could have new zoning enacted into law by October. Happy Summer Holidays to you all

Please give what you can – The Block needs your support! The block association has set a goal of 100% participation by residents in donations this year. Please give what you can! Even a small contribution can help. Our costs have steadily risen, and we need residents’ support to continue having a guard on the block six nights a week, planting spring and summer flowers, and our many other activities. Many thanks to all for making our block a great and special place!

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Selected Calendar of Events 6/7 Flights of Song. Poetry of Yeats, Longfellow,

Bishop and Auden with music by American and British composers, with four premieres. New Amsterdam Singers, Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 E 88 St., 8 pm. Tickets $20. Call Amy Harrison at 212.842.1511 for more information.

6/8-24 Love’s Labour’s Lost, by William Shakespeare. New York Classical Theater performs at 103rd & CPW at 7 pm, weather permitting. Central Park is the stage, so be prepared to walk and follow the cast. Free but contributions encouraged. No tickets or reservations required. For info call 212.252.4531 or go to newyorkclassical.org.

6/9 Kayaking on the Hudson. 20-minute instructional paddles to explore the Hudson River first hand. Participants are required to wear a bathing suit, or shorts and a t-shirt, and you must know how to swim. Volunteers supply life jackets, kayaks, paddles, and tips on paddling. Weather permitting only. For daily weather status: (646) 613-0740. Repeats every Saturday and Sunday through10/14. 72nd St. & the Hudson. 10 am to 5 pm.

6/9 I Got Rhythm: Mickey and Judy’s Hollywood. Jeff Narnar & Shauna Hicks with full symphony orchestra present movie music including Girl Crazy, Babes in Arms, Strike Up the Band and Babes on Broadway. Town Hall, 8 pm. For more info go to the-townhall-nyc.org. Tickets at box office after 1/3. Call 212.307.4100. Tickets are $40 and $37.50.

6/10 Summer Sun. Children learn about Ultra Violet (UV) rays and how they affect us. Make bracelets or necklaces using UV sensitive beads. To sign up call 212.870.3070. Free Riverbank Playground at 142nd St. 1-3 pm.

6/10 Tea. By Velina Hasu Houston, directed by Tina Chen. 102nd-103rd St. Block Assn. sponsors a group to attend event at 3 pm. Call 212.864.2165 to reserve your ticket. Pan Asian Theatre at 263 W 86th St. Play continues to 6/17.

6/11 Tours of Governors Island. Tour, picnic and view the harbor. Governors Island Ferry Terminal, 10 South St., Slip 7, next door to the Staten Island Ferry terminal. 10 am to 5:30 pm. Purchase tickets for $6 in advance or on the day of departure through the NY Water Taxi Ticket Booths. At the ferry slip same day tickets are available only on Saturdays. Call 212.440.2202 for more information.

6/12 La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini. Metropolitan Opera. Central Park Great Lawn, 8 pm. Free.

6/13 Faust by Charles Gounod. Metropolitan Opera. Central Park Great Lawn. 8 pm. Free.

6/13 Summer on the Hudson – Yoga and an Evening Salute to the Sun. Hatha Yoga in a sunset setting. For all fitness levels. Wear comfortable loose clothing and a take a mat.

The Plaza at 66th St. & Hudson, 6:30 pm. Free. Repeats throughout the summer, weather permitting. Call 212.408.0219 for more information.

6/16 Bloomsday on Broadway XXVI. 26th annual celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Symphony Space, noon to midnight. $25 full day. Call 212.864.5400 for more information and tickets.

6/16/17 Family Workshop: Love’s Labour’s Lost. Central Park Conservancy & professional actors from the NY Classical Theater to teach children (optimum ages 8-10) new acting skills. At the Pool, Central Park, W. 100-103rd St. West Side. 5-5:45 pm. Free. Repeats 6/23/24. Bring a picnic to enjoy after workshop and before performance at 7 pm. (See 6/8)

6/16 Outdoor Bluegrass Concert. RCTA Sunset Concert Series. This kid-friendly concert features Citigrass. For more info and other concert dates go to rcta.info. Lawn at 97th St. Tennis Courts, 7 pm. (Rain date 6/17).

6/17 Seneca Village. Meet at Central Park West and 85th St. to tour land that was an Indian village, learn the history, property owners and what New York was like then. 1 pm. Call 212.772.0210 for directions. Free.

6/17 Let’s Dance. Salsa, swing and hustle lessons and group dances led by instructors from Soho Dance Studio. Pier 1, 70th St. & Hudson. 6-9 pm. Free. Weather permitting.

6/19 Pilates Mat Class. Develop core muscle power and tone with a view of the Hudson!. Wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat. Weather permitting. The Plaza at 66th St. & Hudson. 6:30 pm. Call 212.408.0219 for other dates and information.

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It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Flying Fairway Bag! Dark clouds boiled in over the Hudson and a sudden strong wind hit my face as I rushed down 104th Street, toward my building. I looked up to determine if I could make it before the rain, when to my amazement a brown paper grocery bag jettisoned out of a high window. Completely airborne, 14 stories up, the bag tilted slightly as it flew up the block, dropping its contents one by one – a loaf of bread, a box of cereal, apples. As the firefighters say, it was a miracle no one was hoit.

I hope we're not running out of miracles. I see a lot of near-misses from my corner river view perch. Cracked windowpanes bear scars from the strong crosscurrents that whip around up here. Work crews leave soda cans, painters’ caps and plastic sheeting on the block’s roofs, and return from lunch to find them vanished, literally, into thin air. New neighbors don't stop and think why they can't leave toys on their balcony. Yes, I am hyper-aware of UFO's (Unintended Flying Objects). It began when our super sternly lectured me about a flower pot lodged in a rainspout outside my

window, causing a ceiling leak in an apartment below. He marched into my bathroom, threw open the window and with a broom handle retrieved a large blue plastic flower pot from the drain. It wasn't my flower pot. Whether it came from next door or New Jersey, we'll never know, but I swear it wasn't mine. Just the other day when a steady gale bowed the trees in the park below and a bolt of crowd-to-ground lightning threatened Grant's Tomb, a rag doll in a red dress whizzed past my window. I watched an aluminum lawn chair slamming against a balcony railing, each time edging higher and higher up the fence. At the last moment, a gust knocked the chair back into a corner and someone on the street below was spared a nasty blow. The solution is simple. Swirling winds of just 20 miles an hour can suck screens and items from the windowsills and carry them away. Particularly in spring and summer, when sudden storms hit with little warning, batten down the hatches. Secure furniture, planters and miscellany and always close your windows before leaving home, no matter what the forecast.

By Joan Paylo

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Selected Calendar of Events (cont’d from p. 7) 6/20 Straus Park Music Event. Evening. (Rain

date 6/21) Call 212.866.9038 for information. 6/23 Rail Yard History of Riverside Park South.

Observe the NY Central Railroad’s 60th St. yard, clues to the waterfront’s industrial part. Walking tour with industrial architect Thomas Flagg. Pier 1, 70th St., 2 pm. Part of the UPPERWESTFEST.

6/24 Summer Street Festival. Columbus Avenue, 86-96 St. 11am-6 pm.

6/30 Waterways and Vistas. Meet at the Central Park Dairy at 12 noon to learn about the design of pathways, distinct style of landscapes, and how the Parks were planned. Tour is 90 minutes. Call 212.794.6564 for directions.

7/5 Computer/Technology. An introduction to the Internet for parents and children ages 6-12. Preregistration required at 212.864.2530. 4 pm. Free at Morningside Heights Library, 2900 Broadway at 113th St. Also 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2.

7/7 Storytelling at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue. Stories for children 5 and up. Saturdays until 9/29, 11 am. Children are asked to site with parents or guardians. Storytelling is held rain or shine. West of Conservatory Water, 74th St. near Fifth Ave.

7/11 New York Philharmonic plays Berlioz Le Corsaire Overture , Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, "Pathéthique". Central Park Great Lawn, 8 pm. Fireworks follow. Free.

7/14 Book/Photography Fair. Straus Park. (Rain

date 7/15) Call 212.866.9038 for information. 7/15 At the Turning of the Tide by Arm-of-the-

Sea Theater. Production combines painted mask and puppet characters with live music to celebrate the Hudson River Estuary. Great Hill, Central Park West from 103rd to 107th St. 1-2 pm. Free. For all ages. For more information call 212.860.1370.

7/17 New York Philharmonic plays Strauss Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Various Arias of Puccini, Massenet, Catalani, Weber, and Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition. Central Park Great Lawn, 8 pm. Fireworks follow. Free.

8/2-26 The Recruiting Officer, by George Farquhar. New York Classical Theater performs at 103rd & CPW at 7 pm, weather permitting. Central Park is the stage, so be prepared to walk and follow the cast. Free but contributions encouraged. No tickets or reservations required. For info call 212.252.4531 or go to newyorkclassical.org.

9/15 Fall Street Festival. Broadway, 110-118 St. 11 am-6 pm.

9/29 W. l04th St. 18th Annual YARD SALE. 9/30 Harvest Street Festival. Broadway, 96-110

St. 11am-6 pm. 10/13 Art in the Park. Straus Park. (Rain date

10/14) Call 212.866.9038 for information. 10/14 Fall Street Festival. Broadway, 86-96 St. 11

am-6 pm.

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Neighborhood Services Needed or for Hire Art for Sale. Marsha Ra's original wildlife and botanical drawings and paintings are available as are lovely notecards. For more

information go to www.marshara.com Massage. For relaxation & well-being. Experience psychological & physical benefits. Neighbor. NY State Lic. for 15+ years. Call

212.663.6409. Keep track of your personal business – financial affairs – medical bills and app’ts – social schedule – shopping of all types – skillful,

creative cook. Flexible schedule, will travel. Call Olga – 973-752-8546 or [email protected] Excellent references including block residents.

Clean Up Your Clutter. Simplify your life. Jump start package. Call 212.663.6409 for information. Math Tutor. Former Math teacher for NYC Dept. of Ed. On W.104 St. Pursuing Masters in Middle School Math Education. I would

love to tutor your child(ren) in algebra, geometry and trigonometry. Reasonable rates. Contact Linda at [email protected] or 201.280.6783.

Organizing Apartments. Assistance with organizing/recycling your possessions; aesthetically hanging paintings, etc. Call Possession Placement Planning at 212.724.9391. Very reasonable rates.

Guitar teacher. 104 St. resident has experience working with all ages. Reasonable rates and flexible schedule. Contact John at 917.756.6678

Piano and/or French Lessons. Beginner to advanced, child to adult, by congenial, multi-degreed professional. Call Irina at 212.749.1193

Juilliard Staff Pianist, experienced teacher and coach-accompanist is willing to teach in your home or apt. Enthusiastic, supportive teacher for students of all levels and ages. Call Linda at 212.877.1292 or 917.538.2719.

Computer Consultant/PC Doctor - Computers repaired, maintained, viruses removed and junk mail controlled. Advise to repair or buy depending on condition of machine and your pocketbook. I do Windows!! Call Greg Williams, block resident, at 212.749.2398.

Jack of All Trades: Apartment cleaning and painting; Handyman. Very reasonable rates. Excellent references from various block residents, including board members. Phone: 718-961-4542.

Your Neighborhood service publicized - free! You can publicize your neighborhood service (babysitting, dog walking, apartment

cleaning, etc.) free in the newsletter and on our web site for one year, renewable. To submit an ad, fill out the form on our web site (www.bloomingdale.org Neighborhood Services for Hire) or mail/deliver the following information to Teresa Elwert, 320 RSD, #9D.

For our records: your name and mailing address For publication: your name, contact method (phone # or e-mail address), description of your service Placement: newsletter, website, or both

Dues 2nd Quarter 4/07 – 6/07 Please allocate my contribution to: Amount of check: ____________

___ Security ___ Beautification ___Social ___Newsletter ___Board Decision (Suggested amount: $30 per quarter or $120 per year )

Name ______________________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________ Apt. No. _________ E-mail Address _______________________________________________________ (For internal use only. The Block Association will not sell, exchange, or lend your e-mail address to any outside parties)

Make checks payable to West 104th Street Block Association Inc. Mail to our treasurer: or drop off at Sid Herzfeld, 895 WEA., Apt. 5D, NY NY 10025 315 RSD: Tantleff, Apt 6C, 320 RSD: Elwert, Apt 9D 905 WEA: Bryan, Apt 141, 309 W. 104: Duhan, Apt 8C

James Perez Senior Vice President/Associate Broker ________________________________________

Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales, LLC

1926 Broadway, New York, NY 10023 www.brownharrisstevens.com

Tel 212.588.5656 Cell 917.902.7193 Fax 212.418.9763 Email [email protected]