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Page 4 PHOENIX March 14,1974|im in u iiiiiin iin iig iiiiiiiu iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu im i............................................................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................... ............................ ................................................Profile Beverly Moss SpattUrban Planner &BY BARBARAZELENKO%u201c Something besides the landmark mechanism is needed to preserve neighborhood com m unities,\Moss Spatt, city planner and newly appointed Landmarks Preservation Commissioner. %u201c Right now, a lot of neighborhoods that aren't genuine historic districts (Fort Greene, Prospect Heights) have petitioned for landmark status lust to save themselves from demolition.\What happens to a neighborhood that becomes a landmark7\valuation of property goes up and the working class is eliminated,\says. \middle class.\She suggest an alternative to the landmarks process: %u201c A mandate from the people of the neighborhood.\Beverl^Spatt comes naturally by her interest in city affairs. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she is the daughter of Maxmillian Moss, who was involved in all kinds of civic affairs when she was growing up. He was president of the Board of Education and later a Surrogate Court judge. %u201c A great background for a planner,%u201d she says now. Her formal education included James Madison High School, a cum laude B.A. from Brown University, and a master's in urban planning from the Graduate School of Public Administration at New YorkUniversity. She is now a candidate for a PH. D. at the same institution.She was also interested in politics. \defeat, Phil Jessup, Jr. and I founded the West Brooklyn Independent Democrats.\also joined the League of Women Voters and founded a Brooklyn evening branch. %u201c We had only a handful of members at first, perhaps half a dozen,\%u201c But I became a city-wide director in 1961 and executives had to be non-partisan. I decided I could always go back to politics later. But as it turned out, I never went back.%u201dBeverly got her first city government job in 1964. She was an administrative assistant with the Temporary Commission n City Finance. It proved to be an excellent introduction. \little bit of everything%u2014capital budgeting, taxation, education, attended meetings. In 1965 Mayor Wagner appointed her to the City Planning Commission. %u201c It was a full-time job with parttime pay,\She faults the Lindsay administration on planning. \an elitist administration and had no concern for the environmental quality of life.\an example, she cites the World Trade Center. \space was created without a thought of the resultant congestion in local restaurants, on the sidewalks, or the strain on mass transit.%u201dIn 1969, Lindsay asked her to support his reelection. %u201c He opened an architectural magazine and showed me a picture of a beautiful building. That was his idea of city planning,\support him. But I%u2019d learned the art of politics and realized decisions have consequences.%u201d She was not reappointed in 1970. \could have happened,%u201d she says now. \against a stone wall and was physically exhausted.%u201dAs she was packigng to leave the City Planning Commission, she got a phone call from Barnard College asking her to come for an interview. Soon she was teaching city planning in the geography departm ent at Barnard. Simultaneously, she taught and developed a certification program in planning at the Human Relations Center ofthe New School for Social Rsearch.\loved it,\her academic interlude. \but the students are so enthused.%u201d She prefers small classes. %u201c I had one class of 50 students. I read a term paper and couldn't remember the face of the student that wrote it. That bothered me.\Of Mayor Beame, she says, \He really knows the city and was the only mayoral candidate the man on the street could relate to.\only city official who ever answered his own phone.%u201dShe wrote several white papers for Beame during the campaign. \in the Landmarks Preservation Commission but I had no idea he would appoint me. A friend of ours called up to congratulate me on my appointment%u2014she'd read about it in the Daily News.\She and her husband have lived in Brooklyn Heights for 30 years in a 6-story apartment house. Samuel Spatt is a doctor with an office in Brooklyn Heights. \planner%u2019s dream,\They met just before he was sent to Japan with a doctors%u2019 unit during World War II and got engaged shortly afterwards. \was fortunate,%u201d she says. They have three children, two sons and a daughter.Of her long residence in Brooklyn Heights, she says, \neighborhood has gone up, and............................................................. mi........................ %u2022>.......... ................... ...... iim iiiiiii..... ................................................................ .........................................................................................................................................................Visit theProm enadeRestaurantfor steaks, chops, seafood, soda fountain.Home-style Cooking is our specialty.With our expanded facilities, ive have added a service barserving cocktails, wines, and liquors.84 M o n ta g u e St., ( C o rn e r o f H icks ) O p e n til 2 a.m . 522-7433 JUrges Landmark Designation*%u2022+%u2605 %u2605 ***%u2605 -****%u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u25a0*%u25a0* imam* IS8 Montague St.* OPEN 7 D A Y S A* NIGHTSJ Complete Meals* * %u2605 + + * * * * * * 8 7 5 -6 0 4 6M t M kSpecializing in Yemen and International CuisineFine Food at Good Prices144 Atlantic Ave.Open Daily 11a.m.-11p.m. 858-7732%u201cThe W a te rfro n t R e sta u ra n t is pieased to announceLive EntertainmentF r i d a y %u00a3 S a t u r d a y n i q h t e %u2022 1 0 p m t o 2 a mNow appearing: Ralpn Uofkofc), folK-rocK p ia n o -v o c a lis tSupper'served 'til! | amTUE5~V%u00bbT IZ -li , SUNOAT DINNER SFRVCO 530-10-00,9UPPEHL I&-I3L156 ATLANTIC AVENUE (SET. CLINTON & HENRY) CAll t-'OR DINNER RE5ERVAriONSU ^ f 1 fE (W fllirifiT P * %u2122 i t l i lIn a determination to rebuild theimage of Brooklyn as one of thenation%u2019s most enthusiastic sportscommunities, Borough PresidentSebastian Leone has renewed hisappeal for recognition of theMazzola residence, 133 ClintonStreet, Brooklyn Heights, as anhistoric landmark.Rego's RoostTASTY FRIED CHICKENOpen Every Day 11a.m. %u25a0 11p.m.169 Atlantic Are. 8.88 5th AveI AT CLINTON STREET) (AT 39th STRfct T522-6100 633-6362In a letter to Beverly Moss Spatt,new chairman of the LandmarksPreservation Commission, Leonewrote: %u201cYour announced intentionof reviewing past and presentrecommendations for proposedhistoric landmark and historicdistrict designations prompts thisnote for consideration of the Dr.Vincent Mazzola residence, 133Clinton Street, as an historiclandmark.%u201cI share with Dr. Mazzola, thefeeling that this residence, theclubhouse of the Brooklyn Excelsiors, the first team in theUnited States to popularize thegame of baseball and win nationalrecognition as %u201cworld champions\deserves the requested honor.D id n ' t t o t h i s %u00abT h e m v i s i t A A K . ^ O U V L A K ll ^ 7 A \\ o w T A f e u t S t.- t k i -fit h g & U X x f z m k .v y w w w iW V W V u W / %u00bbV W ^ * W iW A V w V - -%u00bb-< r%u00bbV iwvwv^. 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