Another T’Day Souk-cess! Le Souk was the place to be on Thanksgiving Day. In an annual tradition, the 510 LaGuardia Place restaurant and hookah hot spot once again served up free dinners with all the fixin’s, plus good times all around. There were two seatings, with 150 people served at each meal. Although the dinners were complimentary, donations were accepted. All proceeds go to Visiting Neighbors, and will be matched by Le Souk, nearby Falucka restaurant and lounge and BAMRA (Bleecker Area Merchants’ and Residents’ Association). Le Souk owner Marcus Jacob, bottom right, proudly held up the latest addition to the Egyptian-themed restaurant, his new baby. Jim Fouratt, second from the bottom at far right, looked happy with the spread. Novac Noury, “The Arrow Keyboard Man” of the disco era, was twinkling the keys in a flashy jacket, second from top, far right. And a woman we know only by her nickname – “They call me Pocahontas,” she told us before — was grooving and shaking her Indian-style braids on the dance floor. As usual, volunteers helped fuel the feel-good event, including new District Leader Terri Cude, who rocked a red fez on her head for the occasion.
Clarifications: Following the publication of the Nov. 26 Villager article “Village Fight Club: Norton and Co. sock it to Blaz on rezoning,” Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, contacted The Villager to clarify that he believes the current Billy Macklowe luxury residential tower project at the former Bowlmor site on University place could be brought under the proposed G.V.S.H.P. rezoning — including a height cap and an affordable housing component — if the city would only move quickly to implement the rezoning. Also, the Nov. 19 Villager article “Architect and developer try to build the case for St. John’s project,” quoted Berman saying that St. John’s Partners should “just give the money to the park,” rather than buying air rights from the Hudson River Park that would then make their development project bigger. A fuller and more accurate description of Berman’s statement is that he called for a dedicated tax to be placed on the project, under which the developer would pay an assessment to the Hudson River Park.
