Posted on 12/10/2004 6:39:16 AM PST by mom4kittys
Paula Zahn's husband is the co-op president.
So if at my property a rare bird is discovered, I'm eveicted. But IF I was a rich new Yorker, it is okay to evict the bird.
It's just a bird; you want wildlife, go to the zoo, or move out into the country.
Found this on a yahoo search: www.curbed.com
Who's Who at 927 Fifth Avenue
Based on reader email and (yeecchh) research, here's what we've got so far for the 927 Fifth Avenue residents' roster. Keep tips, amplifications, and corrections coming (anonymity assured) to tips@curbed.com.
1) Real estate developer and co-op board president Richard Cohen and wife CNN anchor Paula Zahn (8th floor)
2) Lazard's Bruce Wasserstein and wife (10th floor, possible duplex?)
3) Shoe maven Kenneth Cole and wife Maria Cuomo Cole Cole sold out last year to hedge fund manager Lee Ainslie (3rd floor, 6200sqft)
4) Belco Oil and Gas Corp. founder Robert Belfer and wife Renee
5) Apollo Management founding partner Marc J. Rowan and wife Carolyn
6) Office of plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Schwager
7) Mary Tyler Moore and Dr. Robert Levine (exempted from scorn for speaking out against nest removal)
8) Laura Winters, "freelance journalist" (uh...)
REJECTED by 927 Fifth Co-Op Board: Barbra Streisand, industrialist Ronald Stanton, innumerable others
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I am finding this story quite comical. Clearly the Zahns did not anticipate the bad PR. LOL
Real reason birds were evicted is the big shot residents felt they were on public display as bird watchers photographed the building, the hawks, the nest with telephoto lenses. They felt their privacy was being invaded.
I'm guessing they have LOTS of privacy now lol!
... But it was a bird that showed an incredible ability to adapt to a man-made environment, which no red-tail has ever done. Evolutionarily, it is no ordinary hawk. It's too bad they booted him.
He'll probably find another building, though.
But but but they didn't know the nest was 'rent controlled' and the birds could not be evicted.
I always thought it was strange how absurdly excited New Yorkers were to have a red-tailed hawk living in Central Park. Big deal. Red-tailed hawks are fairly common in normal-sized enclaves. We have them all over the place here in Louisville, KY. I saw one munching a squirrel the other day in the park, and my friend has a bird feeder he calls the hawk feeder because the hawks stop by and hunt the pigeons eating the seed.
It's a duplex.
Member of these types of boards are nothing but arrogant little tin gods.
URAI
Seems the hawks have checked into the Carlyle Hotel!
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/260783p-223242c.html
Suite revenge
BY AUSTIN FENNER and TRACY CONNOR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Booted Pale Male dines on squab before retiring to new digs at the nearby Carlyle.
Homeless hawk Pale Male has checked into the Carlyle.
The red-tailed raptor bounced from his nest by rich birdbrains at a Fifth Ave. co-op was seen roosting yesterday on the roof of the swank hotel, which was happy to have him.
"He's very welcome, but has yet to order room service," quipped James McBride, manager of the Madison Ave. hotel, where penthouse suites go for $1,500 a night.
Despite the opulent surroundings, Pale Male seemed to be pining for home sweet home.
Throughout the day, he and his mate, Lola, carried twigs to the 12th floor of 927 Fifth Ave., where their nest was perched until this week.
The building's filthy-rich co-op board had the aerie dismantled on Tuesday, claiming it was a safety hazard and violated city regulations.
The move incensed bird watchers who regularly flock to Central Park for a glimpse of the famous bird whose urban exploits have been chronicled in a book and TV documentary.
Co-op board chairman Richard Cohen - a real estate developer married to CNN newswoman Paula Zahn - was emerging as a villain in the avian eviction.
Actress Mary Tyler Moore, who lives in the building and is a champion of the hawks, suggested that Cohen led the charge against Pale Male and Lola.
"As with any board of directors, there's a chairman," Moore said, when asked to name the chief nest-wrecker. "It's not that complicated."
Cohen's office referred calls to co-op lawyer Aaron Schmulewitz, who would not say what role he played in the decision.
Zahn also dodged questions, insisting through a CNN spokeswoman that she "had nothing to do with this" - but refusing to say whether she was on the side of her hubby or the hawks.
Other high-profile building residents, including financier Bruce Wasserstein, declined comment - even as protesters held a candlelight vigil in front of the building, hoisting signs that read "Ebenezer Zahn."
They want building management to restore the nest, and they're asking Mayor Bloomberg and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to get involved.
So far, there's no sign the co-op will relent, and Shmulewitz scoffed at the idea that the human tenants at 927 Fifth Ave. should invite their feathered friends back.
"We can't tell the hawk, 'Yes, it's okay for you to build a nest again.' We can't tell the hawk, 'We won't allow you to build a nest again,'" he said.
"We can't tell the hawk anything."
Raptors galore, but only 2 are stars
Pale Male and Lola may be getting all the attention, but New York is home to hundreds of hawks - including a dozen or more of the soaring red-tails, bird watchers said.
Most of them are just stopping by on their winter migration, but a hardy few make permanent nests in treetops, bridges, even fire escapes.
"We have our own hawks in Brooklyn," said Rob Jett, a Park Slope computer technician who tracks a red-tail nest in Prospect Park. "They're all over the place."
In addition to the red-tails, Cooper's hawks, sharp-shinned hawks and merlin falcons can be seen in Prospect Park at this time of year.
On Staten Island, there are a couple of pairs of endangered peregrine falcons nesting on the bridges, and harrier hawks are common in the winter, said Ed Johnson of the Staten Island Institutes of Arts and Sciences.
Red-tails also have been found in the Queens House of Detention and a Bronx apartment building. There are even other hawks in Manhattan: Four peregrine falcons hatched on a ledge at 44 Water St. last year.
So why are Pale Male and Lola getting all the attention: film crews, protesters and the support of Mary Tyler Moore?
Jett believes he knows the answer.
"It's that Fifth Ave. address," he said. "It's just like they say: location, location, location."
Austin Fenner and Tracy Connor
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