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, 1 This Village Schoolyard Turns Into a Saturday Outdoor Market ■ '■1'. I'S. «v '' ■ •) ‘it .■•.tfl; t i \ ■i'l >,, _ 1 ;> V i V T ^ % i i *’ V IP Holding forth In the P.S. 41 schoolyard, Just off Greenwich Avenue every Saturday since Christmas has been the Outdoor Village Schoomart, sponsored by the Parent-Teacher’s Association of P.S. 41 for the benefit of Its Enrichment Program, which helps fund salaries of teacher aides at the school. Cedric Pierce, an associate of the fair director, Patricia Mason (photo, left), says that there are now 120 exhibitors in the weekly event and that there has been so much Interest that some exhibitors are sharing space to make room for more. The emphasis Is on arts and hand-crafted things, but there are also plenty of collec tables and general merchandise, plus antiques and antique prints and maps. Pierce says approximately one thlrfi of the current exhibitors are Village residents and others come from as far away as Massachusetts, Including John Crawford-Sleben (photo, right). For in formation, call 752-8475. (Villager Photos by Bill BIggart) Church Seeks to Buy Hotel to Fill Continuing SRO Needs BY JAMES SHEEHAN Plans are afoot by Lower Manhattan’s venerable Trinity Church to purchase the Jane West Hotel at 113 Jane St. to guarantee its continued exclusive use as a sin^e room occupancy (SRO) residence for otherwise homeless tenants. According to the proposal, at least 50 of the tenants in the newly-reorganized operation would be relocated from an SRO on 1 Irving Place, scheduled for demolition by developer William Zeckendorf to make way for his highrise commercial residential building on the southeast corner of Union Square. If it happens, the relocation of the 50 Irving Place tenants will fulfill a committment made by Zeckendorf to find alternate housing for the tenants of this building in accordance with a zoning variance he was granted by the Board of Estimate in order to build the huge project he has planned. IHnity Qiurch housing consultant Howard Burchman says the church is holding discus sions with Zeckendorf to obtain funding for the proposal but Indicated that nothing has yet been finalized. “At the moment things could go either way,” he said late last week. “Trinity Church wants to be involved In establishing a model for a supportive residence,” explains Burchman. “The SROs* remaining in the city need to be preserved for this very fragile community. We also want to work in an area traditionally associated with the church,” (the local St. Luke’s of the Fields Parish, explains Burchman, was once part of Trinity Church). Burchman says ttie church is also negotiating with the current Jane West owner' Sallo Selzer but, without divulging the asked for price, says the two parties are about $700,000 apart on what the building is worth. “The owner is, in my estimation, asking a purchase price that might be appropriate if we were creating a condominium,” he said. Burchman also says the hotel currently has about 185 tenants and approximately 211 units. “The goal is not to displace any par ticular resident,” he says. On the other hand, Burchman notes that “our Impression is the owner is turning it into a transient hotel and charging increasing weekly rents...we ex pect there would be some turnover of people who hadn’t intended to stay there.” Trinity Church is seeking funding from the City and State as well as from ^ckendorf who is required, through his committment to the City, to maintain alternate housing for the Irving Hace tenants in perpetuity. Burch man says Trinity would contribute $500,000 to the project and is looking for the remaining funding to come from the other three sources. In order to obtain funding from the State Homeless Housing and Assistance Program, however, the church must have evidence of an agreement with Selzer by the application deadline of July 1. Funds from the City SRO Program, Burchman notes, could only be forthcoming after evidence of a “firm con tract” to purchase the property. “Anything that happens would also be sub ject to review by the City Planning Commis sion, The Mayor’s Office of Housing and community Boards 2 and 5,” says Burchman (the Jane West Hotel is located in CB2 while ^ e Irving Place SRO is in Board 5). Chairman of the CB2 Social Services and Health Committee, Keith Oandell, says the board has not taken any position on the pro posal but will hold a public hearing on the Trinity Church plans on June 6 at 7:30pm at St. Vincent’s COonln Auditorium (Uth St. and 7th Ave.). “We’re concerned about the effects on the present occupants of the hotel and with the situation of the people at the Irving Place SRO,” says Crandell. “ A whole lot of people would be affected by this.” Forum on Subways’ Future The Village Independent Democrats (VID) Community Affairs Committee will sponsor a Subway Forum discussing the future of the underground mass transit system at 7:30pm on May 23 at the club headquarters, 224 West 4th St. Speaking on what subway riders can ex pect for their token in the coming year, will be: Carl Green, Assistant Vice President for Governmental Affairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Peter Skeie of the Straphangers’ Campaign; and Keith Crandell of the VID and a member of Com munity Board 2. For further information call 243-6553. News Briefs Invite Scholars to Apply Corlears School, the independent, non profit, non-sectarian nursery and elementary school on West Fifteenth Street, has created a special scholarship fund for the 1885-1886 academic year and invites inquiries about the plan. “This new scholarship program will underwrite the educational costs for a limited number of bright students, aged five through eight, who would benefit from Corlears* in dividualized, child centered program, but who would otherwise be unable to attend,” says Mark Mllstein of the school. Located in twin brownstone houses, Cor lears is respected for it’s high teacher/stu dent ratios, for it’s small classes, for it’s beautiful facilities, and for what Milsteln calls “its commitment to individualized, ac tive, child centered education.” For Informa tion, write 324 W. 15th St., NYC lOOU, or call 741-2800. against Nuclear Destruction United (CAN- DU) which will provide food and necessities to sustain the campers throughout the three day camp-in. Activities at the park will In clude a distribution of informational leaflets and collecting signatures on petitions. On the evening of May 18 the campers will hold a silent vigil followed by songs and poetry readings. The camp at Madison Square Park, parallels a petition campaign for a ballot referendum sponsored by the Mobilization for Survival which will have 100 volunteers on the city streets with petitions this weekend,' calling for a vote by the public to be put on the November ballot to stop the Navy plans for the homeport. The petition campaign will conclude on June 8 when thousands of people are expected to span the Verrazano Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island In a symbolic demonstration as guardians of the harbor. Sisters of Charity of New York. “We are proud of St. Vincent’s tradition of nursing excellence,” said Sr. Mary Robert, R.N. Ed., director of the School of Nursing. “Extensive clinical education and high rank ing on nationwide examinations have made St. Vincent’s nurses In high demand not only in New York City, but throughout the entire country.” St. Vincent’s School of Nursing was found ed in 1882 with a first year enrollment of 8 women. To date, over 6,000 nurses have graduated since the opening of the school. St. Vincent’s School of Nursing was accredited in 1878 for the full eight year period allowed by the National League for Nursing. and led an Insular life while growing up that did not extend much beyond a 20-block radius of her home on 23rd Street. She used this neighborhood as the backdrop for many of the characters in her novels, and the tour covers significant points of interest in her life, ending w|th a reception at St. Sava’s Cathedral. The slide lecture, by contrast, em phasizes the interiors of her era, and is preceded by a reception. Reservations are necessary for both events. Call the society at 924-3805. Suggested non-member contribution is $6 for ei&er the tour or the lecture or $10 combined. For members the prices are $4 for either or $6 combined. Tour a Writer’s ‘World’ Program on Holidays Camp in Madison Park Dozens of women from downtown neigh borhoods will camp at Madison Square Park, 23rd and Broadway, for three days, start ing to protest plans by the United States Navy to homeport a potentially nuclear missile bearing fleet in New York Harbor. The camp is being hosted by Chelsea Graduate 78 Nurses The School of Nursing of St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York graduated 78 new nurses on May 3, in a ceremony uptown at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and honored guests and speakers were The Most Rev. John J. Maquire, D.D., V.G., and Sr. Agenes Connolly, S.C., president of the The world of novelist Edith Wharton, rang ing across Greenwich Village, Gramercy P^k, and Madison Square, will be revisited in a walking tour led by historian Scott Mai^ shall on Sunday, May 18 at 1pm and slide lec ture by historian Davie Garrard Lowe on Wednesday, May 22 at 6pm. Both events are sponsored by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, and are set|pr the Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue. Wharton socialized with the New York elite of the 18th Century, including Washington Irv ing, Henry James and Theodore Roosevelt, Rabbi Dovid Din, an American born kab- ballst and Ghassldlc Rabbi, along with other tehchers from his school, the Sha'arei Orah institute, will offer a full day colloquium on the mystical significance of the Jewish holidays on Sunday, May 18 at Congregation Darech Amuno, 53 Charles St., on the comer of Charles and West 4th. The program entitled “Time and the Sacred,” Includes a meditation, lectures, a lunch break and plenary session and will run from 11:30am to 6pm. Full day tuition fee is $35 and classes may be taken individually. 7 May IB, 1BBB, THE VILLAQER, Page S -sasMss I .
