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I understand they have a 5 year lease at $1a year rent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/movies/11coop.html?ref=movies>

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> There are 2 messages totalling 604 lines in this issue.
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> Topics in this special issue:
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> 1. Film-M akers1 Coo perative n ew home
> 2. Film-Makers¹ Cooperative new home
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:08:48 -0700
> From: Jeremy Rossen <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: Film-M akers1 Coo perative n ew home
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> It is a five year lease I believe. All for $1/year, which Brian Frye and his
> law firm arranged.JeremyCinema Project
>
> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:52:19 -0700
> From: email suppressed
> Subject: Re: Film-Makers1 Cooperative new home
> To: email suppressed
>
> Amidst all the doom and gloom, this is truly wonderful news. I am however
> curious about how long this arrangement will last? Does anyone know if FMC
> signed a long-term lease?
>
>
> --Alain
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Adam Hyman <email suppressed> wrote:
>
> Today's NY Times:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/movies/28film.html?_r=2
>
>
>
> Avant-Garde Film Group Gets New Home, Cheap
>
>
>
> The Film-Makers± Cooperative±s new home will include space designed to
>
> protect its archives.
>
>
>
> By LARRY ROHTER
>
> Published: May 27, 2009
>
>
>
> After months of uncertainty, the Film-Makers± Cooperative, whose future was
>
> threatened early this year when it received an order of eviction from a
>
> city-owned building in TriBeCa, has found a new home, and on terms that are
>
> likely to make it the envy of other arts organizations and tenants across
>
> the city.
>
>
>
> The group, which archives, distributes and restores experimental and
>
> avant-garde movies, has signed a five-year lease with the real estate
>
> developer Charles S. Cohen that calls for the organization to pay a symbolic
>
> rent of $1 a year.
>
>
>
> lIt±s amazing,² said Jonas Mekas, a filmmaker and one of the cooperative±s
>
> founders, land amazing that there are still people like Cohen in this
>
> world.²
>
>
>
> The new quarters, which the group hopes to occupy by Labor Day, are at 475
>
> Park Avenue South, on the northeast corner of 32nd Street. The sixth-floor
>
> site will offer nearly four times as much space as the co-op±s current
>
> location at the Clocktower Building, where it is paying about $1 a square
>
> foot for approximately 900 square feet.
>
>
>
> lIt±s a beautiful and more accessible space,² said M. M. Serra, the film
>
> group±s executive director. lWe±ll have offices and archives, and our films,
>
> some of which are one of a kind, will be in air-conditioning specifically
>
> designed to protect them, which we don±t have where we are now.²
>
>
>
> As part of the move, a 15-seat theater is also being built at the 32nd
>
> Street location, lfor the use of scholars and others who want to do
>
> research² into the approximately 5,000 films that the cooperative has in its
>
> archives, in formats ranging from 8 millimeter to video, Mr. Mekas said.
>
> Tentatively, it is to be named the Charles Theater, a double homage, to Mr.
>
> Cohen and to the old Charles Theater in the East Village, one of the first
>
> places in New York to show experimental films.
>
>
>
> Mr. Cohen, the president and chief executive of Cohen Brothers Realty, is
>
> known as a film aficionado. He is the author of a book of movie trivia, won
>
> a Kodak Movie Award for a comedy short he wrote and directed, and was an
>
> executive producer of lFrozen River,² the feature-length film starring
>
> Melissa Leo that was released last year and earned two Oscar nominations.
>
>
>
> lI was in a position to help, and I thought that I should,² Mr. Cohen said.
>
> lThey are a wonderful group doing important work, and there is no other
>
> place to go and see this kind of thing. They needed a storage space for
>
> their archives, and this meets their needs.²
>
>
>
> Founded in 1962, the Film-Makers± Cooperative has since the start of the
>
> decade occupied space controlled by the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center,
>
> another bulwark of the city±s avant-garde artistic establishment. But late
>
> last year, P.S. 1 decided to give up the site and turn it over to Alanna
>
> Heiss, its founder and former executive director, so that she could use the
>
> location as a base for her latest project, an Internet radio station called
>
> Art International Radio.
>
>
>
> Before that, the Film-Makers± Cooperative operated for many years out of an
>
> office on Lexington Avenue at 31st Street, which it had to leave in 2000
>
> because of redevelopment there. So returning to the same neighborhood on
>
> such favorable terms lin a way brings things full circle,² Mr. Mekas said.
>
>
>
>
>
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
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> It is a five year lease I believe. All for $1/year, which Brian Frye and his
> law firm arranged.<div><br
> class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Jeremy</div><div>Cinema
> Project <hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:52:19
> -0700 From: email suppressed Subject: Re: Film-Makers1 Cooperative new
> home To: email suppressed Amidst all the doom and gloom,
> this is truly wonderful news. I am however curious about how long this
> arrangement will last? Does anyone know if FMC signed a long-term lease?
> --Alain <div class="EC_gmail_quote">
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Adam Hyman <<a
> href="mailto:email suppressed</a>>
> wrote: <blockquote class="EC_gmail_quote" style="padding-left:1ex">
> Today's NY Times: 
> <a
> href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/movies/28film.html?_r=2">http://www.ny
> times.com/2009/05/28/movies/28film.html?_r=2</a> 
> 
> Avant-Garde Film Group Gets New Home, Cheap 
> 
> The Film-Makers± Cooperative±s new home will include space designed to 
> protect its archives. 
> 
> By LARRY ROHTER 
> Published: May 27, 2009 
> 
> After months of uncertainty, the Film-Makers± Cooperative, whose future
> was 
> threatened early this year when it received an order of eviction from a 
> city-owned building in TriBeCa, has found a new home, and on terms that
> are 
> likely to make it the envy of other arts organizations and tenants across 
> the city. 
> 
> The group, which archives, distributes and restores experimental and 
> avant-garde movies, has signed a five-year lease with the real estate 
> developer Charles S. Cohen that calls for the organization to pay a
> symbolic 
> rent of $1 a year. 
> 
> lIt±s amazing,² said Jonas Mekas, a filmmaker and one of the cooperative±s 
> founders, land amazing that there are still people like Cohen in this 
> world.² 
> 
> The new quarters, which the group hopes to occupy by Labor Day, are at 475 
> Park Avenue South, on the northeast corner of 32nd Street. The sixth-floor 
> site will offer nearly four times as much space as the co-op±s current 
> location at the Clocktower Building, where it is paying about $1 a square 
> foot for approximately 900 square feet. 
> 
> lIt±s a beautiful and more accessible space,² said M. M. Serra, the film 
> group±s executive director. lWe±ll have offices and archives, and our
> films, 
> some of which are one of a kind, will be in air-conditioning specifically 
> designed to protect them, which we don±t have where we are now.² 
> 
> As part of the move, a 15-seat theater is also being built at the 32nd 
> Street location, lfor the use of scholars and others who want to do 
> research² into the approximately 5,000 films that the cooperative has in
> its 
> archives, in formats ranging from 8 millimeter to video, Mr. Mekas said. 
> Tentatively, it is to be named the Charles Theater, a double homage, to
> Mr. 
> Cohen and to the old Charles Theater in the East Village, one of the first 
> places in New York to show experimental films. 
> 
> Mr. Cohen, the president and chief executive of Cohen Brothers Realty, is 
> known as a film aficionado. He is the author of a book of movie trivia,
> won 
> a Kodak Movie Award for a comedy short he wrote and directed, and was an 
> executive producer of lFrozen River,² the feature-length film starring 
> Melissa Leo that was released last year and earned two Oscar nominations. 
> 
> lI was in a position to help, and I thought that I should,² Mr. Cohen
> said. 
> lThey are a wonderful group doing important work, and there is no other 
> place to go and see this kind of thing. They needed a storage space for 
> their archives, and this meets their needs.² 
> 
> Founded in 1962, the Film-Makers± Cooperative has since the start of the 
> decade occupied space controlled by the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 
> another bulwark of the city±s avant-garde artistic establishment. But late 
> last year, P.S. 1 decided to give up the site and turn it over to Alanna 
> Heiss, its founder and former executive director, so that she could use
> the 
> location as a base for her latest project, an Internet radio station
> called 
> Art International Radio. 
> 
> Before that, the Film-Makers± Cooperative operated for many years out of
> an 
> office on Lexington Avenue at 31st Street, which it had to leave in 2000 
> because of redevelopment there. So returning to the same neighborhood on 
> such favorable terms lin a way brings things full circle,² Mr. Mekas said. 
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________________________ 
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <<a
> href="mailto:email suppressed</a>>. 
> </blockquote></div> -- 40 FRAMES Alain
> LeTourneau Pam Minty 425 SE 3rd #400 Portland, OR 97214 United
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> href="http://40frames.org">40frames.org</a> 
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:12:26 -0700
> From: Adam Hyman <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: Film-Makers=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=B9?= Cooperative new home
>
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> Well, the article says five years. So I assume for now it will last five
> years.
>
>
> On 5/28/09 9:52 AM, "40 Frames" <email suppressed> wrote:
>
>> Amidst all the doom and gloom, this is truly wonderful news. I am however
>> curious about how long this arrangement will last? Does anyone know if FM=
> C
>> signed a long-term lease?
>> =20
>> =20
>> --Alain
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Adam Hyman <email suppressed> wrot=
> e:
>>> Today's NY Times:
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/movies/28film.html?_r=3D2
>>> =20
>>> Avant-Garde Film Group Gets New Home, Cheap
>>> =20
>>> The Film-Makers=C4=85 Cooperative=C4=85s new home will include space
>>> designed to
>>> protect its archives.
>>> =20
>>> By LARRY ROHTER
>>> Published: May 27, 2009
>>> =20
>>> After months of uncertainty, the Film-Makers=C4=85 Cooperative, whose
>>> future=
> was
>>> threatened early this year when it received an order of eviction from a
>>> city-owned building in TriBeCa, has found a new home, and on terms that =
> are
>>> likely to make it the envy of other arts organizations and tenants acros=
> s
>>> the city.
>>> =20
>>> The group, which archives, distributes and restores experimental and
>>> avant-garde movies, has signed a five-year lease with the real estate
>>> developer Charles S. Cohen that calls for the organization to pay a symb=
> olic
>>> rent of $1 a year.
>>> =20
>>> =C5=82It=C4=85s amazing,=CB=9B said Jonas Mekas, a filmmaker and one of the
>>> cooperat=
> ive=C4=85s
>>> founders, =C5=82and amazing that there are still people like Cohen in this
>>> world.=CB=9B
>>> =20
>>> The new quarters, which the group hopes to occupy by Labor Day, are at 4=
> 75
>>> Park Avenue South, on the northeast corner of 32nd Street. The sixth-flo=
> or
>>> site will offer nearly four times as much space as the co-op=C4=85s current
>>> location at the Clocktower Building, where it is paying about $1 a squar=
> e
>>> foot for approximately 900 square feet.
>>> =20
>>> =C5=82It=C4=85s a beautiful and more accessible space,=CB=9B said M. M.
>>> Serra, the f=
> ilm
>>> group=C4=85s executive director. =C5=82We=C4=85ll have offices and archives,
>>> and our=
> films,
>>> some of which are one of a kind, will be in air-conditioning specificall=
> y
>>> designed to protect them, which we don=C4=85t have where we are now.=CB=9B
>>> =20
>>> As part of the move, a 15-seat theater is also being built at the 32nd
>>> Street location, =C5=82for the use of scholars and others who want to do
>>> research=CB=9B into the approximately 5,000 films that the cooperative has
>>> i=
> n its
>>> archives, in formats ranging from 8 millimeter to video, Mr. Mekas said.
>>> Tentatively, it is to be named the Charles Theater, a double homage, to =
> Mr.
>>> Cohen and to the old Charles Theater in the East Village, one of the fir=
> st
>>> places in New York to show experimental films.
>>> =20
>>> Mr. Cohen, the president and chief executive of Cohen Brothers Realty, i=
> s
>>> known as a film aficionado. He is the author of a book of movie trivia, =
> won
>>> a Kodak Movie Award for a comedy short he wrote and directed, and was an
>>> executive producer of =C5=82Frozen River,=CB=9B the feature-length film
>>> starring
>>> Melissa Leo that was released last year and earned two Oscar nominations=
> .
>>> =20
>>> =C5=82I was in a position to help, and I thought that I should,=CB=9B Mr.
>>> Cohen =
> said.
>>> =C5=82They are a wonderful group doing important work, and there is no other
>>> place to go and see this kind of thing. They needed a storage space for
>>> their archives, and this meets their needs.=CB=9B
>>> =20
>>> Founded in 1962, the Film-Makers=C4=85 Cooperative has since the start of
>>> th=
> e
>>> decade occupied space controlled by the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center,
>>> another bulwark of the city=C4=85s avant-garde artistic establishment. But
>>> l=
> ate
>>> last year, P.S. 1 decided to give up the site and turn it over to Alanna
>>> Heiss, its founder and former executive director, so that she could use =
> the
>>> location as a base for her latest project, an Internet radio station cal=
> led
>>> Art International Radio.
>>> =20
>>> Before that, the Film-Makers=C4=85 Cooperative operated for many years out
>>> o=
> f an
>>> office on Lexington Avenue at 31st Street, which it had to leave in 2000
>>> because of redevelopment there. So returning to the same neighborhood on
>>> such favorable terms =C5=82in a way brings things full circle,=CB=9B Mr.
>>> Mekas s=
> aid.
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> __________________________________________________________________
>>> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
>> =20
>> =20
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> <BLOCKQUOTE> E=3D'font-size:12.0px'>Amidst all the doom and gloom, this is truly wonderful
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> nyone know if FMC signed a long-term lease? 
> 
> 
> --Alain 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Adam Hyman <email suppressed> =
> wrote: 
> <BLOCKQUOTE> E=3D'font-size:12.0px'>Today's NY Times: 
> <a
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> www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/movies/28film.html?_r=3D2</a> 
> 
> Avant-Garde Film Group Gets New Home, Cheap 
> 
> The Film-Makers=C4=85 Cooperative=C4=85s new home will include space designed
> to<BR=
>>
> protect its archives. 
> 
> By LARRY ROHTER 
> Published: May 27, 2009 
> 
> After months of uncertainty, the Film-Makers=C4=85 Cooperative, whose future
> wa=
> s 
> threatened early this year when it received an order of eviction from a 
> city-owned building in TriBeCa, has found a new home, and on terms that are=
> 
> likely to make it the envy of other arts organizations and tenants across<B=
> R>
> the city. 
> 
> The group, which archives, distributes and restores experimental and 
> avant-garde movies, has signed a five-year lease with the real estate 
> developer Charles S. Cohen that calls for the organization to pay a symboli=
> c 
> rent of $1 a year. 
> 
> =C5=82It=C4=85s amazing,˛ said Jonas Mekas, a filmmaker and one of the
> coopera=
> tive=C4=85s 
> founders, =C5=82and amazing that there are still people like Cohen in this 
> world.˛ 
> 
> The new quarters, which the group hopes to occupy by Labor Day, are at 475<=
> BR>
> Park Avenue South, on the northeast corner of 32nd Street. The sixth-floor<=
> BR>
> site will offer nearly four times as much space as the co-op=C4=85s
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> location at the Clocktower Building, where it is paying about $1 a square<B=
> R>
> foot for approximately 900 square feet. 
> 
> =C5=82It=C4=85s a beautiful and more accessible space,˛ said M. M. Serra,
> the =
> film 
> group=C4=85s executive director. =C5=82We=C4=85ll have offices and archives,
> and our fi=
> lms, 
> some of which are one of a kind, will be in air-conditioning specifically<B=
> R>
> designed to protect them, which we don=C4=85t have where we are now.˛ 
> 
> As part of the move, a 15-seat theater is also being built at the 32nd 
> Street location, =C5=82for the use of scholars and others who want to do 
> research˛ into the approximately 5,000 films that the cooperative has =
> in its 
> archives, in formats ranging from 8 millimeter to video, Mr. Mekas said.<BR=
>>
> Tentatively, it is to be named the Charles Theater, a double homage, to Mr.=
> 
> Cohen and to the old Charles Theater in the East Village, one of the first<=
> BR>
> places in New York to show experimental films. 
> 
> Mr. Cohen, the president and chief executive of Cohen Brothers Realty, is<B=
> R>
> known as a film aficionado. He is the author of a book of movie trivia, won=
> 
> a Kodak Movie Award for a comedy short he wrote and directed, and was an<BR=
>>
> executive producer of =C5=82Frozen River,˛ the feature-length film
> starrin=
> g 
> Melissa Leo that was released last year and earned two Oscar nominations.<B=
> R>
> 
> =C5=82I was in a position to help, and I thought that I should,˛ Mr.
> Cohen=
> said. 
> =C5=82They are a wonderful group doing important work, and there is no
> other<BR=
>>
> place to go and see this kind of thing. They needed a storage space for 
> their archives, and this meets their needs.˛ 
> 
> Founded in 1962, the Film-Makers=C4=85 Cooperative has since the start of
> the<B=
> R>
> decade occupied space controlled by the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 
> another bulwark of the city=C4=85s avant-garde artistic establishment. But
> late=
> 
> last year, P.S. 1 decided to give up the site and turn it over to Alanna<BR=
>>
> Heiss, its founder and former executive director, so that she could use the=
> 
> location as a base for her latest project, an Internet radio station called=
> 
> Art International Radio. 
> 
> Before that, the Film-Makers=C4=85 Cooperative operated for many years out of
> a=
> n 
> office on Lexington Avenue at 31st Street, which it had to leave in 2000<BR=
>>
> because of redevelopment there. So returning to the same neighborhood on<BR=
>>
> such favorable terms =C5=82in a way brings things full circle,˛ Mr. Mekas
> =
> said. 
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________________________ 
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.<BR=
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