High Line exhibit tops his list
To The Editor:
Re “High Above and Just Beyond” (arts article, Nov. 6):
My late father, Leon Dolice, was a painter who devoted most of his life to chronicling the neighborhoods, streets and buildings of Manhattan, mainly in the 1930s through the 1950s. The love of New York City had to be something that was passed down to me with his genes, because I couldn’t consider living anywhere else in the world.
I’ve known Ellen [Bradshaw] for a number of years, and whenever her paintings are at Pleiades Gallery in Chelsea, I make a point of visiting and seeing them. Her artistic interpretation of Manhattan and many of its architectural subjects convince me that she’s a true kindred spirit whose great talent, and more importantly her deep love of our city, inspire the great paintings she creates.
Don’t miss this show. It’s on the top of my list as one of the best in Manhattan this season!
Joe Dolice
Sobering thoughts
To The Editor:
Two years after Sandy, what is being planned will help. But it won’t solve the long-term problems of climate change and storm surges.
And the problem keeps getting worse. Congress refuses to deal with the problem. The National Weather Service is woefully understaffed. The insurance companies are not writing flood insurance policies. The repair work from Sandy is taking much too long, and it is questionable if much of it will ever be completed.
Why is Europe so far ahead of us in dealing with its flooding problems? They have 50-year plans for the future that they are dealing with now. They are not playing catch-up like we are.
Robert Trentlyon
Bike anarchy on the streets
To The Editor:
A cultural shift among New Yorkers is needed in order to reduce aggressive driving, jaywalking and other dangerous behavior on the streets, they say.
Why is dangerous behavior by bicyclists never mentioned? You cannot walk down a block without seeing a bicyclist going the wrong way, riding on the sidewalk, riding without lights at night, riding with headphones on.
The bicycle explosion has been a disaster for the elderly, the visually handicapped, the cognitively challenged, and anyone whose head doesn’t spin around 360 degrees.
A cultural shift among cyclists is needed — along with vigorous enforcement of existing laws about what bicyclists can and cannot do.
Ned Sublette
Two takes on climate change
To The Editor:
Here’s a short account of two very different encounters that I, an older Chelsea resident, had with young adults regarding climate change. The first disturbed me. The second left me hopeful about the future.
During the morning rush of September 18 (at the corner of W. 25th St. & Eighth Ave.), I distributed literature and talked about the Climate Change March with coming/going commuters — including bicyclists who waited at the red light (gasp!) while an NYPD car was parked at the very corner. Many commuters were polite, some supportive…and then there were the young adults who were like walking mannequins, plugged into their apps, avoiding any human contact. Was this a generational posture on the part of those in a rush to arrive at the galleries and start-up computer companies that took feet of water during Sandy (because of inadequate protective infrastructure provided by our government as well as corporations)? I do hope these young workers are capable of becoming informed and protecting their own futures.
My second encounter was on the day of, and at, the People’s Climate March. There were so, so, so many involved young adults. No question here — these young adults cared. What a pleasure! Such a source of hope!
With the second anniversary of Sandy having recently passed, it is important that we make plans to protect our commercial and residential sites as well as the lives of Chelsea residents and workers — and become informed about what’s being done to improve the infrastructure, while making sure that government, corporations, landlords and co-op boards are working on these issues.
Phyllis Shanley
UPDATE
Re “Vigil Decries ‘Toxic Environment’ at General Theological Seminary” (news, Nov. 6):
Shortly after Chelsea Now’s Nov. 6 issue went to press, the General Theological Seminary released a statement noting that all parties “have today reached an agreement regarding the immediate issues which have led to heated debates within and without the walls of the nation’s oldest Episcopal seminary.” The Board of Trustees, Dean Reverend Kurt H. Dunkle and the faculty are involved in “an ongoing process of reconciliation,” that includes the “reinstatement of all of the returning faculty members on a provisional basis.” The statement reaffirmed the responsibilities of the Board and Rev. Dunkle. A representative of the GTS 8 — the faculty that was “forcibly resigned” — declined to give a comment to Chelsea Now.
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