March 13, 2012 Hon. Robert Tierney, chair ... - Landmark West!

Cuban Cultural Center of NewYorkP.O. Box 2608, Times Square Sta.New York, NY 10036We, the undersigned artists, writers, architects, teachers, and other concerned citizenshereby petition the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the City of New York todesignate as a landmark and preserve Arturo Martín's mural (commissioned by Victor delCorral in 1971 for Victor’s Café, and located since at West 71st Street and ColumbusAvenue) for both its unquestionable artistic value and its significant relevance to thehistory of Manhattan's Upper West Side:--A--Abel Acen,Complex Human Resources Manager. Case Foods, Inc.Amelia AciarRoberto AciarJosé Acosta, Artist-EngineerSusana Mestre Acosta,Archivist,Marymount SchoolIván Acosta, Playwright-FilmmakerCarlos M. AguiarGraciela AguiarRafael Águila, Journalist/Publisher, El Cotorreo MagazineMagaly Alabau, Poet and ActressLucero AliceaAna María AlvarezAurelio AlvarezJay Alvarez, ActorAlejandro Anreus, Ph.D., Art HistorianJosé A. Aquino, Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLPMaite ArgüellesAurora de Armendi, Artist, Printmaker, TeacherMagda ArrochaConnie Attanasio, Middle Village, NYAmada Avila, JournalistLuis Cruz Azaceta, Artist--B--N. BacallaoSylvia Baldeón, ArtistFelix N. BarreraMaria Cristina Beyra, Director, Office of Faith FormationMark BlackLourdes Blanco, WriterGilbert Blondeau, SwedenMaritza Bolano, Esq.Peter Bonachea

Iraida Bustillo, Retired Teacher---C---Humberto Capiro, Classical Latin ProductionsConcepción de Cárdenas, Ret. U.N. StaffEd Castañeda, Executive Director, HavanaNewYork.comElena Castañeda,Young ProfessionalManuel Castedo, ArchitectCarol Castel, Stage DirectorNico Castel, Tenor, Metropolitan Artist, TeacherAndrés Castellanos, Prof.Speech/ Parliamentary Procedures, Hispanic Inst.of Pastoral FormationAurora Ramos Castellanos, Retired Sales Senior Agent, Continental AirlinesMaria Teresa Castellanos, J.DHenio del Castillo, Graphic DesignerJoe Del CastilloJohanna CoreasJeff CubetaMabel Cuesta, Literature Professor and Writer, University of Houston--D--Maribel Danta, ArtistPablo Danta, Hotel IndustryRosalia Danta, SociologistRafael Díaz CasasSheila D'Nodal, MD, Vice-President, South Nassau Communities Hosp., Oceanside, NYAzalia DuFore--E--Paul Echániz,P.E.,P.E.Director of Geotechnical Services CME AssociatesOsmundo EchevarríaVito Echevarría, JournalistCarlos Eire, T. Lawrason Riggs Prof. of History and Religious Studies, Yale UniversityEnrique Enriquez, ArchitectGuillermo A. Estévez, Director (Ret.), International Rescue Committee, Inc., NJ OfficeAmelia Estévez Creedon--F--Leo Falcón, Latin American and Caribbean Center, FIUFernando Fernández, AIADiana FerrusquiaGladys Feijoo, Retired Professor, CUNYMaría del Pilar Florian--G--Peter A. Gallett,Joaquín Gálvez, Writer

Alina Galliano, PoetMargarita García Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Psychology Dept., Montclair State Univ.Enrique A. GarcíaAna Josefa García FerroBlanco Rosa GayosoKathryn Giaimo, Thalia Spanish TheaterFrank GibbsLourdes Gil, Poet and EssayistJ. R. Gil-Berlinches, Electrical EngineerJoan Glickman, MSN psychotherapistManuel Goicoechea, ArchitectDr. Myrka GonzálezNatasha GonzálezAna GómezJose M. Gomez y Alonso, R.Ph.Mirene I. Gómez, Retired ProfessorArthur González, A.F.A.Jay Gonzalez, Reciter-Poet-Actor and Ink System DesignerOscar L. GrauOscar Ramon GrauJenny Torres GrauBerta Guzman GraffeoNelly Guerrero--H--Janice Hall, Singer-ActorMercedes V. HartMark G. Hawbecker, Member Actor's Equity Association, AFL/CIOBeatriz Hernández Díaz de ArceAndres Hernandez, ProfessorJulio Hernández-Miyares, PHD, Emeritus Professor, Kingsborough C. College, CUNYLois Howes, Long Island Arts Council at Freeport--I--Antonio Ibarria, El EspecialAnthony Ibarria Jr., General Manager, El EspecialitoBarbara Ingber, Director, Artists' Museum of NYCMaya Islas, Visual Artist and Poet, University of HoustonIraida Iturralde, Poet--K--Cheryl King, Cheryl King Productions, Stage Left Studio--L—Felipe Lazaro, Director Editorial BetaniaLawrence P.Lenzner, Esq.

Maria Teresa Castellanos Lenzner, JDHector Lemagne SandóMadeleine LiebertRaquel LizardiAlexandra Loizzo, WriterIrina Loizzo, College studentRobert Loizzo, Political ScientistNancy Carret López-Balboa, Retired College Professor--M--Eduardo Machado, PlaywrightRafael Morales, Retired Arts Teacher and PainterCarmen C. San Miguel, Retired Professor, Horace Mann School, St. Bernard's SchoolJo-Ana Moreno, Club Cubano Inter-AmericanoOmar MadrugaZelde MalevitzElena M Martinez, Ph.D.,Baruch College ProfessorMignon Medrano, Art Collector, Founding Pres.Emerita, Cuban Museum of Art & CultureAlfredo F. Méndez, Esq.Mercedes MestreMercedes Mier, Bank Assistant Branch ManagerOrfelina Miranda, Real Property Tax SpecialistRodolfo MolinetOscar Montero, Professor, Lehman College--N--Innocenta NacimientoJesús L. NodaFelina Del NodalLuisa Del Nodal-- O--Ramón ObesoDiane OrdonezRoberto Ordonez, RealtorAndres Orol de la VinaMandy Otero, MBA, V.P. Federacion Mercantil Hispana--P--Xiomara Pages, Writer, Journalist, Motivational SpeakerJuanita Palacios-Sims, President/Founder, International Society of Black LatinosJacira Paolino, President, SalsaPower.comCarmen Peláez, Playwright-ActressManuel J. Pereira, ArchitectRose M. Perez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Fordham University

Rosa Perez-Koenig, DSA Professor Fordham UniversityDavid Pérez, President of the Board of Ballet HispanicoLisette M. Perez, Cuban Culture EnthusiastMike Periu, Fellow, Kauffman FoundationAntonio Del Pino, Latham & Watkins LLPCarlos del Pino, MusicianRoberto Piriz, Owner, JS Cheeses, Inc.George Pruitt, PhotographerRolando Pulido, Artist--Q--Lydia V QuijanoManuel Quijano, Architect--R—Jose M.RamosGisela RamosReinaldo RamosSandra Jane Rios, MultiMedia Performance ArtistIsel Rivero, PoetJesús Rivera, ArtistVilma Rizo, President, South American Music Project, Inc.Mylene RobinsonLionel Rodríguez de la Torre, Cuban Journalist, former Cuban political prisonerEsperanza Rodriguez-S.Rafael RodríguezVíctor RodríguezLeonor RozencvaigProf. Perla Rozencvaig, Columbia UniversityElsa Ruiz, Photographer--S--Angela SnchezVanda SanchezDr. Verisimo F, Sanchez, Ret. PhysicianErik ScottTerry S. Triades, Esq.David Sandoval, Esq. and Bandleader, Delexilio Music ProjectMargie SantiagoGustavo E. Segredo, CFO Vincent Fine Designs, Corp.Gisela Schera, Librarian, Yonkers, NYSteve Schera, Accountant, Yonkers, NY.Raquel Siege, Patron of the ArtsLuis Alberto Soto, EconomistCarolyn Steinberg, ComposerZulema E. Suarez, Ph.D., Associate Director, Success is an Inside Job

--T--Carlos M. Taracido, Retired College ProfessorRay Torres - Enterprise ArchitectEugenia TorroellaIsabelle TorroellaMario Torroella, ArtistPablo TorroellaTaina Traverso, Founder/President, Taina Touch Art EnterprizeRamón Trigo BodeRenny Tirador, President, Out Of The Blue AdvertisingAntonio Del Pino, Latham & Watkins LLP--V--Jorge Valls, WriterVíctor Varela, Artist and PlaywrightNan Vega, TeacherCarmen Vega-RiveraMariano Vidal, President, Architect-Classical SingerWilliam Villalobos, Sr. Manager, John Wiley and SonsMarlenys Villamar, Journalist and TeacherJuana Vivó de Acrivos--Y--Aleida Yepez, Traffic & Production Manager, Medical Education--Z--Luis Zaldivar, Palladium Equity Partners, Managing DirectorPablo Zinger, Pianist, Conductor, Composer