More Ideas For NYC

1 - Define NYC Neighborhoods

Define neighborhoods with boundaries & have Community Board represent 1 or more neighborhood.  

2 - Garbage 

My idea for dealing with the garbage situation and the black plastic bags was to have created on each block two large containers that would be done by artist that would have interests on the sidewalk side to put in regular garbage and recycling garbage and there would be doors on the street side where the garbageman will pick it up. My idea is that these containers would have seating and flower boxes and places to post notices so people on the block can advertise and get to know their neighbor.

2 - Better Signs

Sign all over are often not there. create better signs in the Subway system just hire someone to go around into each subway and think if someone is getting off the subway what information do they want and to put up the signs so that it is easy to maneuver around the New York City subway system right now I always have to ask someone but the sign is not so difficult to put up. Of course the condition of the subways is deplorable and I guess when the city has enough money, it will certainly look at that as a priority.

3 - Paint Buildings

There is so much dull (red brick box buildings) architecture in NYC. Not only all the projects, but some higher end properties like Stuyvesant Town & Peter Cooper Village.                                                                                 paint buildings what is more boring than a red brick apartment house so many of them in New York City to start with perhaps ETown and Peter Cooper Village could take on a program to paint each building for example indiv and Town each building might be painted with a theme of a famous artist, people can say I live in the van Gogh building. I live in the Picasso building whatever but that would make the whole area much more beautiful will increase property values and I think be good for everyone maybe in Peter Cooper Village they can have different birds for each building like I live in the bluebird building. I live in the red Robin building or whatever anyway when Donald Trump said he was going to run for president at first I was very excited because I knew that he built beautiful buildings, even when everyone else was still building red brick box buildings, but then he came down the escalator and things really went downhill from there. I am writing Elon Musk about participating in my idea for new Palestine by creating a large number of his tiny homes which I’ve seen what I saw said they cost $15,000 each and they are beautiful with kitchens and bathrooms and seating and well laid out, but I’ve also asked him my letter That he asked Donald Trump not to arrest senators and congressman who investigated his January 16 party that’s not very democratic that’s like a dictator which I guess he may end up by being. I’ve also asked him to ask Donald Trump to stop selling his commemorative A.R. 15 automatic weapons. I just don’t think that is good historical lady to have a president who sells automatic weapons to the public. Also, I just read that Elon Musk wants to defund Social Security while I’ve asked not to do that. I receive Social Security and I really depend upon that. I just don’t have the same resources he does so maybe he doesn’t understand that everyone is not a multi billionaire. Some people actually have to strive to make it through each month.

15 Minute Show Every 1/2 Hr.

4 - Fix NYCHA

Anyone familiar with the problems of The New York City Housing Authority knows of the serious problems that have persisted in most of this housing stock - everything from no heat in the winter to lead paint to consistently deteriorating structures and apartments.

Maintaining housing is expensive and the City & State didn’t have the resources to keep up and significant deterioration ensued.

New York City has had a massive turn around over the last 20 years with strong demand for housing everywhere in New York City.

My idea would be to convert buildings to condos. It would begin with the worst projects are the first converted. The idea is to offer tenants an amount of money to move. They would not be obliged to accept this offer, however, I think, many would take a reasonable sum and be happy to move someplace, often back to family, and have that sum of money for themselves. If they did not accept the payout, they will continue under their current protection.

The State in the City would then proceed to renovate buildings, apartments and landscaping and sell the newly renovated apartments at a market rate. The infusion of money from the sale of the apartments would allow for a substantial repayment to the State and the City.

I think everyone would be happy with thus plan. The ones who took the payout because they will get the money, the remaining tenants will be happy because they will be living in a renovated building with renovated landscaping & restored apts. The neighborhood will be happy because they will have a building with upscale landscaping and renovated buildings. The City will be happy because they will now have property that generates tax revenue.  

In conjunction with my idea I propose that the red brick boxes, which is what almost every New York City Housing Authority project looks like, be painted in colorful cheerful ways to create a more positive impact visually on the landscape in our City. Perhaps in a large complex, buildings would be painted in individual bird themes “I live in the Red Robin building”. Other themes as countries, could be used. This could upgrade existing large complexes like Peter Cooper Village. There are many red brick box buildings in NYC.

5 - Protect the NYC Skyline

6. - Mandate the Learning of English

7. - Subway Improvements

8 - 

Berkshire County - St. Pete

To:                                                                                                                *Ken Welch, Mayor St Pete

 *Brian Caper, St Pete Director of City Development

* Edward Gazouleas, Director, Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass

* Local St Pete Developers (Hi!)

    Craig Sher

    Will Conroy (What is Conroy spelled backwards?)

    Jay Miller

    Howard Miller

* Jan Miller Sher, Ali & Jessica Sher & Stacy Conroy - Owners “Got a Pair of  

     New Shoes - St Pete (great Judy Garland song)

* Judy & Mark Benjamin, Larry & Caren Appel - “The Benjamin Gourmet 

     Grocery & Deli Extraordinaire - St Pete

*Kristy Edmunds, Director MassMOCA, N Adams, Mass

*Olivier Meslay - Director The Clark Museum, Williamstown, Mass

*Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director, The Norman Rockwell Museum, 

    Stockbridge, Mass

*Janie Heinz, Director, The Judy Garland Museum, Grand Rapids, Minn

* ???, Director of The Wizard of Oz Museum, Cape Canaveral, Fla (I am

       confused about this) 

*The Barn Kitchen & Bar - The  highest rated restaurant in The

Berkshires (TheBarnWillianstown.com)

*Stacy Gravanus, Manager, The Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, Mass

*???, Owners & Managers of 

Antique venues in Sheffield, 

Mass 

- they will have spaces in a large 

“Chatham Antique Barn” 

(maybe The Barn Restaurant 

will be there - makes sense,  

no?

*Allyn Burrows, Director, 

Sheakespear & Co,

Lenox, Mass

*Pamela Tatge, Director Jacob’s 

Pillow, Becket, Mass.

* Kate Maguire - Director, The 

Berkshire Theater Group, 

Pittsfield, Mass

* Katie Fogel, Director of 

Marketing, Jimney Peak, 

Hancock, Mass (when 

younger - about 100 years ago, 

I used 2 luv skiing there - no 

moguls TYVM)

* Keith & David Halperin & Dan 

Rabin - Heir apparent of 

Halperins “The largest 

furniture store in The 

Berkshires

* Steve & Stuart Berni - Future

Managers of “The Rellim Hotel 

- St Pete (what is Miller 

spelled backwards? What is 

Trump spelled backwards” - 

“FuckYou”)

I want Libby as my waitress & 

Mr Wilbur to run the front desk

* Shael & Leslie Berni - Yoga &

Pillates for Health & 

Hoappiness

* Arielle Berni - Director - 

Jewels & More Jewels - St 

Pete

* Mark Berni - Executive 

Director of “How to Get Rich 

in 3 minutes a Day”

* David Ghiyam - Director The 

Kaballah Center - St. Pete

* John Fricke - Director of 

“Horses of A Different Color- 

St. Pete”

* Mrs Bee Lavotshkin - 

Director, Babies & Other 

Distractions - St. Pete

* Jason Weiss (& Kate 2) - 

Manager - Jason’s Veggie 

Deli & The Every Friday Night 

Judy Garland Shabbat 

Dinner (to begin with It’s 

Shabbat Baby Shark - 

YouTube it!)

* Jerry & Ellen Kahan - 

Manangers of Golf by the 

Gulf Shop - St Pete

[Did I forget anything? Oy Vehz

Mehr]

St. Pete is a hot bed of art & a “monied”population is making the decision it is the best choice for Florida living. A penthouse just sold in the, to be constructed, Waldorf Towers for $27 million! I’m flakempt! 

St. Pete has come a long way from the days I grew up there (hatched in ‘47) when it was called “The city of the living dead” because it was mostly retirees from the Midwest who sat on green benches downtown.

It has always been beautiful physically (unlike me). It is the peninsula to the south of Tampa with Tampa Bay on the east and the Gulf beaches & the Gulf of Mexico on the west. The peninsula is about 20 miles wide. Downtown has seen a major revitalization that began when The Dali Museum opened in 1982. The new museum is quite remarkable & was designed by Yann Weymouth. He designed the glass pyramid in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris when he worked for the architectural firm I M Pei. They were responsible for the entire project of revamping the entrance to the Louvre museum. He lives in St. Pete.

St Pete has many wonderful museums besides The Dali - St Pete, including The James Museum of Western and Native American Art and Sculpture - the largest collection in the world, the American Arts and Craft Museum - the largest collection in the world, The St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, which has a wonderful permanent collection and beautiful temporary exhibits, The Chihuly Collection (the most famous glass maker in the world) plus many more “museums”, art venues &, of upmost importance, lots of breweries (bottoms up!).

I’ve been going to the Berkshire since I was a kid. My mother had a sister who lived in Pittsfield. We would drive up in the summer & go to Tanglewood and Jacobs Pillow, summer stock shows & and all the art museums. MassMOCA wasn’t open yet when I was a kid, but have been many times. I feel it that the presentation of art and culture in “The Berkshires” is unparalleled in the world.

St. Pete has a unique situation having 86 acres vacant land downtown. The Rays now play there, but they have decided not to renew their lease which expires in 2028.

My idea is to rename that large piece of land “Berkshire County - St Pete and to put there all the wonderful museums and other venues in the Berkshires that would be fantastic for St Pete, would be fantastic for the Berkshires and would be fantastic for the artists. I guess you could just say it might be fantastic. 

I am sending this letter to all. Hopefully all will be enthusiastic about it and can work through the St Pete Mayor’s office to accomplish this remarkable achievement for St Pete. St Pete will become a coveted International destination - unique in the world with the most beautiful beach in the world & the best smoked mullet in the world (Ted Peters). All museums & venues keep their name and just put a - St. Pete after it!

*MassMOCA - I think this is the most brilliant collection of contemporary art that I have ever seen and the events there are quite remarkable. I went once not knowing that Mucca Pazza was going to be playing - well talk about exciting.

*The Clark Museum - It has one of the largest collections of Renoirs in the world, other world class art & a trrrific contemporary pavilion

*Jimney Peak Slide - Create a ride going around the property - no big dips 

*Berkshire Theater - 1 or 2 playhouses

*Tanglewood - St Pete - be creative with indoor & outdoor seating with the ability to have a tarp ceiling cover the outdoor space if it rains (no worries about snow). Not only classical music but concerts + a small hall ala Sergi Ozawa Hall for chamber music & smaller concerts

*Shakespeare & Co - All the wonderful events like in Lenox, Mass

*Norman Rockwell Museum - Wonderful

*Red Lion Inn (& Hotel) - Historic & charming

*The Wizard of Oz Museum & Carousel - STILL “The most popular & beloved movie of all time” starring my lovely wife (in abstentia) Judy Garland - luv u, baby!

*Chatham Antique Barn - lots of great venues

I’m tired, so will say “Good Night & Good Luck”

donald weiss

July 25, 2025

Douglaston, Queens, NYC

dweiss5348@aol.com

917 - 923-2441

DonaldWeissIdeasForChange.com - Info on my idea for the creation of a Palestinian Homeland, my “run” (not easy at my age) for Mayor of NYC, +?

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The seder is the meal Jesus was having at his last supper. After all, he was Jewish & this was Passover in year 0!  Typically, people do not sit at 1 side of the table.  Sometimes seders are very large with hundreds of people.  The Obamas had a seder each year in The White White you can youtube it.  I am not sure about Trump, although Ivana is now Jewish - she converted.  

A seder is the most joyous, intellectual, festive, fun Holiday meal. It is nothing like an Easter ham. No, siree.  There is no reason that all can not enjoy this most wonderful of meals & celebrations.  The teachings & life of Jesus can become part of the non Jewish Seder. The Haggadah tells the story of the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt & how, after putting lamb's blood on the place where a Hebrew lived, the "killing of the 1st born" by the Pharaoh, would save those children.  What is the lesson here?  Maybe, being pro active to combat a situation is a good way to move forward.  And move forward they did.  Not having time to bake bread for the flight from Egypt, they made matza, an unleavened bread (the dark chocolate ones are amazing - Uncle Jeff has them on Amazon!).  Then it was off to the Red Sea & that nifty trick & then 40 years in the desert (no GPS then) to make it to Caanan.      

So much "stuff" in one Holiday.  Throughout the Seder, there are 4 cups of wine & the mandatory seder plate is explained with each item a symbol of the Exodus from Egypt.  Every seder plate has a place for each item that is to go there, often with an image. You can google a Seder plate or even buy one - Uncle Jeff will sell them all year.  He's on his new $500 million yacht trying to consume all the champaign he stocked on.  Tough job!  The Haggadah goes over the items & symbols as part of the Seder. The items on the seder plate & their symbolism are: 

A roasted egg - Symbolizes both the festival sacrifice made in biblical times & it is a symbol of Spring, the season when Passover is always celebrated.

Maror - Bitter herbs, generally horseradish, it symbolizes the bitterness of slavery, both actual & emotional.  It is dipped into charoset (see recipe on line) 

to reduce the sharpness of the maror.  It is a commandment in Numbers 9:11 "Eat the paschal lamb with unleavened bread & bitter herbs".

Chazeret - It is included as the Numbers text, as above, has herb as plural, so this is the other herb.

Shank Bone - It symbolizes the Paschal lamb offered as the Passover sacrifice in Biblical Times - seems like only last yr.  Veggie households generally use beets - not sure why.

Charoset - This symbolized the mortar used by the Hebrew slaves to build in Egypt.  It is generally apples, nuts & spices ground together with wine - sounds yummy & a nice good night snack too.

Karpas - This is parsley - although I do not know why something else is never used - I HATE parsley - what is it, anyway?  It is dipped into saltwater during the seder.  The saltwater is a reminder of the tears shed during slavery.  It could a personal "slavery" that might be causing tears also.   The parting of The Red Sea will take care of all that.

                                                                                                                        Passover symbolizes many important concepts like freedom & the joy of being together with family &/or friends +++.  It is a "tradition" to invite someone to a Seder who has not been to one before.  The traditional Seder is outlined in a book called a Haggadah.  There are many different kinds with different trajectories. Uncle Jeff (Amazon) offers 17 Haggadahs.  Many families have a "family" Haggadah that is used yr. after yr.  Often they are "marked up" or with stickers & notes because going through the whole Haggadah could take about 2 hrs.  Some just do the 4 cups of wine & that is enough. Others will decide what to exclude to instruct all what page to turn to.    

Usually everyone at the table is given their own Haggadah, sometimes they are shared at the table.  Of course, like any Holiday meal, there is the "Hello, how are you" section. But generally not cocktails & appetizers.  Why is this night different from all other nights?  That is a famous question asked at the Seder. I am not sure of the origin I will try to find out.  Well, that Mr. Google is right on top of his stuff.  The answer is Passover is not a holiday observed in a Temple or Synagogue (or church if that becomes a Christian custom) - it is a home event.  So, that does make it different from all other nights.  Plus all the yummy food, singing, hiding the matza for a child to find, the 4 questions from The Wise Son, m The I ask myself that same question every night!  Oh well.  Then the host &/or hostess might have made place cards to make sure Uncle Barry is no where near Aunt Tilly, as there was a rumor there might have been some "issue" between them.  So, don't leave that one to chance.  There is 1 leader to the Seder who will generally have others read from the Hagaddah. It is not uncommon to let everyone know what they will be reading so they are less apt. to screw up. Many famous actors were discovered at a Seder - most famous being both Mickey & Minnie Mouse (devout Jews, but they "hide" it).  So, the Passover Seder begins. Of course the most important question most people ask to themselves, or the one next to them (no public announcement here) is "I wonder how long this will take - I'm hungry already.  

Of course, Passover has been just a Jewish tradition forever.  But why shouldn't everyone who follows the Old Testament (the Torah) enjoy this most fabulous of Holidays. It's even better than The Met Gala. And your outfit does not have to be that expensive. But of course, if that becomes a new tradition - there could be "Theme Seders", The Met Gala would be a great 'theme".  

Let the Games Begin - Of course the "leader" welcomes everyone & may note some special people who are at the seder - Hello, Oprah - nice to see you not on TV.  And he/she/whatever might tell a little about the anticipated time so every does not start cheating on taking food on the table.  Food is supposed to be eaten in the order of the service, but, naturally, those hunger pangs overtake responsibility & a hunk of the gafilte fish is missing. Yum.   According to Wikopedia, the word in Hebrew means "telling" & it "sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. Reading the Haggadah at the Seder tale is a fullfillment of the mitzvah of each Jew to 'tell your children'the story from The Book of Exodus of the bringing of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt 'with a strong hand & an outstretched arm'".

There are so many wonderful traditions of a Seder that all enjoy & look forward to:

The story of The Exodus

4 cups of wine represents the 4 promises God made in Exodus 6.  Each cup has a unique name - 1st cup is for santification, the 2nd for judgement, the 3rd for redemption & the 4th for praise.  

The 4 Questions - Asked by 4 at the table, often the young. 

Why is this night different from all other nights?

Matza on the table & 3 pieces are in a special pouch. At some point in the seder, the middle one is removed & part of it is wrapped in a white cloth & it is hid for a child to find at the end of the meal.  Generally the one who finds it get some money.  It's called the afficomen.  Jeff Bezos never found the afficomen.

If you have not been to a seder, youtube one.  I suggest:

American Family Passover - 3.12 - It looks like Israel to me.  It is just some wonderful "Passover" music show preparation & then cleaning after a seder with some traditional Passover music.  

Explain it to Me Passover (3 min) - The commentator talks about Jews celebrating Passover. It may, one day, be "people celebrate Passover".  Why not?

The Last Supper Passover - The best (35 min).  The leader talks about Jesus' Passover at his Last Supper & how Jesus followed the instructions in The Bible.  He speaks of Jesus' words at his Passover & talks of the bread as his body & the cup of wine is the new covenant in my blood.  This video is beautiful.

Such a wonderful way to teach children history & create a family bond.

Gospel of John - He reads from a passage telling of Jesus washing the feet of the others at his Seder.  Did Jesus know tomorrow he was off to the cross?

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Speak English in America - how provincial!  

We all know how to Press 1 for English - we are smarter than we act! And it's not a bad idea for all Americans to learn Spanish, +++ - the more languages the better chance we have for good sex lives!

But it IS frustrating when you go into a deli & the woman at the counter has not clue what I am saying  - she does understand pointing & fingers (I wanted to give her one!).  

Is is simpler than ever to learn English - or for anyone to learn a foreign language. Just ask Mrs. Google English to Swahili (or whatever) or Swahili to English - will check that one out.  People will be requited to take screen shots of what they have learned & the "English Speaking Task Squad" can see definitively if they are complying with the law.  We do have laws to promote the betterment of our society & to me, speaking English, in America, is for the betterment of our societA friend is spending time in Jolly Old England - she was born there, with a British Accent - Waa can sound very British. Anyway, enough silliness, down to business.  She was required, under serious penalties, to quarantine for 10 days.  She could only leave the house without permission that was somehownoted in their "Big Brother" journal.  

I know, we all have our GPS & that certainly. makes traveling around in the '56 Chevy a lot easier.  But, still so many things that could be done that would make navigating our piece of the planet a little easier.

So, the idea has many permutations:

1- Establish a toll free # to call all over America where a rep (in America, hopefully - not Manila again, please) will take info on the location where you would report an issue with signage.   The agent would take the location & the problem(s) with the signs & then pass that info to a local office that would go out to confirm the problem, then fix it.  Oh my, lions & tigers & bears.

2 - Intersections with lights should have a nice sized sign, lighted at night, to give the cross street in bold letters & the street you are on in smaller letters.

Now street id signs are very small so you need a telescope to read them. Help us poor drivers out, TY.  Then, of course, if it is found a sign is missing or improper, the local gov't would do what has to be done to make a functional sign.  

3 - In NYC, I propose that corner street signs are large enough to read & after NY defines neighborhoods by boundaries, the signs will have under the street name, the name of the neighborhood. Wow, nice to know where I am.  I thought I was in Bushwick, B'klyn, but, no sir, you are in Ridgewood, Queens. 

Speaking of Queens, Ru Paul is the best one in my book!

Her name is Iris Apfel (sort of like Apple!). She was about 100 in this image & died recently at 102 - she was amazing - youtube her! I have said if I was told I had to give up my left arm or my phone I would say "Take my arm".  I can live without a left arm, but I can not live without my phone.  Remember the olden days with opening maps & stopping all along the way to ask where you are & how you get to there.  No more, off we go.

But Apple & the iphone, with all its glory, has some serious issues that should be corrected:

1 - Customer Service - The reps are competent, but you can not call before 8 am.  I am often up early & want to work on a project & need help. No siree.  "You are really up much too early, Mr. Weiss - go back to be for a while".  I often have an 8 am "meeting" (Staples to print my images) & have to wait to call Apple.  Reps say "We have 24/7 chat".  I told the rep today that I have tried it about 30 times & it just tells me to choose a question & gives an answer that does not help me.  He said he would walk me through it after 1/2 hr. he said he will notify who ever to have a direct link. But what I also said was Apple is one of the largest, most profitable corporations in the world.  The should give their customers what they deserve - human support 24/7.  It's insulting to tell you the truth.  Of course, the customer service reps are mostly very good. And they are all over the world. This morning I spoke to someone in Rumania. Movie theaters are open in Rumania (6-2-21) in case you were interested.

2 - Siri is a sweet child, but that poor girl is learning disabled!  I heard she's a computer, & heard computers can "learn".  Not Siri - you can say the same thing many times, correct it & when I say it again, she does it wrong again.  If she were my secretary I would say "Sweetheart, you are a lovely girl & not bad in bed, but you don't know what the F u r doing so get your stuff together & c u Jan 6, 2022 for the glorious recreation of that Patriot Day.  It will live in infamy.  

3 - Notes - Oy veh!  If I am looking for, say, the Red Robin note, I get all notes with the word red any where in the body of the note - even a word like reduce!  Huh?  What were they smoking when they came up with the search result system. It is frustrating & stupid!  I just want the Red Robin note.

4 - Idea for Apple to sell. millions more phones (any compensation 4 little 'ol me?).  Every photographer wants the ability to control the shutter to allow as much light as the photographer wishes to come in - not what the computer in the phone wants!

5 - Another idea to sell lots 

Dots on Lots - How much of my life have I spend looking for my car in a parking lot.  A circle with a different color could be put at both ends of a parking line of cars. Or just a number would do.  How much would this cost? Bubkis!  I asked Mr. Oy Veh about the idea & he likes it - no Oy Veh!

Not an original idea - it is from a FB post I got.  I thought it was brilliant!  The body is placed in a decomposable bag & a tree, or a vine,  is plated over it. The nutrients from the decaying body help the tree grow.  It could be a lovely vine also with a siting area for  "visitors".  Ther could be new "neighborhoods" of trees & vines.  I would like my neighborhood to be called Azeleaville - that's where I grew up in St. Pete, Fla. - so 1950's - like "Back to the Future"!     

Naturally, this is ILLEGAL - yup, no problem buying an AR15, but to bury someone without a casket - No Can Do.  For now, anyway - & this is in NY State - not sure of laws in other states.  I hope to work with Pine Lawn in Farmingdale, NY to get legislation in NY to allow this type of burial.  Not sure who, except funeral homes, who could not sell a casket, would be opposed.  But new legislation is complicated - time will tell. 

 To: Elton John & David Furnish:

Take your time (or not), there’s a lot here! All good!

I am hoping both of you will want to “produce” on Broadway the Grand Reopening of the Palace Theater. It was renovated for her in ’51 after bing abandoned for 18 years I am proposing “The Judy Garland Life Story”. It would be in 2 parts. Part 1 would be from her birth in 6-1922 till 9-1950 when she was fired from MGM at the matinee. The 2nd half of her life would be the evening performance. These would be shown only 3 or 4 days a week, unless demand is so hight a 2nd theater can be used for the balance of the shows - I call them “Judy Garland Highlights”. These would drawn on her almost unlimited body of work - movies, concerts, interviews , documentaries +++. It would be low budget as there would be video of her singing alone - a new singer, or a star, can come in making her silent at times, duets with the original partner 7 new singers (or stars), dancing & sing-a-longs. Oh boy - I’m excited! Clips of her original 1st song on the Grand Opening of The Palace in 1951 is on Ford Star Jubilee Judy Garland (start @ 6 minutes0. It’s a Wowie Zowie Kapowie!

For sing a longs in the “Highlights” shows, the words will be on a big screen as well as printed & handed out with the program. If Elton John agrees to Bertie a new song or intro song, it can be long, if that’s what he wants to create - a montage - Judy Garland was ubiquitous . So is Elton - good combination.  

The Palace theater had been abandoned for 18 years when her soon to be 3rd husband, Sid Luft, in ‘51, was in Times Square, & saw the abandoned theater, he called the owner & asked him to renovate the theater for her to sing there. He loved the idea. She performed for 40 weeks, 2 shows a day. All shows were sold out - all shows had rave reviews. Huge crowds came to Broadway because Judy Garland was the biggest, most popular & most beloved star of her day. She is still called “The World’s Greatest Entertainer”! John Kennedy came to opening night and “fell in love” with her (everyone does!). He started calling her once a week to say hello and ask her to sing part of Over the Rainbow. She spent a month at the Kennedy compound with her three children, literally having to sing for her supper, she campaigned with Kennedy for President & was in the White House many times. They had a love affair, but it was platonic! When he was assassinated, she had the Judy Garland show on TV. Her original contract in 1963 was for $24 million for four years the highest mountain entertainer on television through today. She was only on for one year but every show is brilliant and she had her hand and everything. She was like a good architect who creates a timeless building. She created a timeless show. Even though they were made in the early 60s, they still look contemporary. She sang “Battle Hymn of the Republic” in his honor & said, before she sang it, “This is for you, Jack”. I cried - it is very powerful. Then she said “No woman has ever sung Old Man River - I’m gonna sing that song.” YouTube her singing it and then just YouTube the song & choose anyone else. Judy Garland is twice as good as anyone else singing this common song - that was part of the genius of Judy Garland..

Judy Garland Highlights would be a different show than the other Judy Garland Life Story shows. Famous stars can show up, even the day of performance, to sing duets with Judy. I think many famous singers and actors (who can carry a tune) will love to sing a duet with Judy Garland. One show may be, say 10 - 12 songs of hers. 1st with her singing on video, then with a duet either if one exists with the original duet partner, then stopping to have a live duet partner chime in. Then an audience sing-along. So, each song can last easily 15 or 20 minutes with the combination of three or four ways of presenting the song. There is so much Judy Garland material, it is almost limitless.

I believe that demand will be strong - both fprmats will be an audience pleaser. Whoopi Goldberg said “When Judy Garland sings you hear the voice of God”. Will she want to sing with Judy in a duet? I think she would love it. Barry Manilow already did a beautiful duet with her - just YouTube Barry & Judy duet & choose the one that is 2.50 minutes (the sound on video has to be updated). I’m sure he would love to do a live duet with Judy on Broadway. YouTube Liza & Judy “Come Rain or Come Shine”. Maybe even Elton would love to do a duet. I’m sure many other stars would also, as long as they can sing a bit! Barbra Streisand’s duet with Judy, “Get Happy” is, probably, the most beautiful duet ever made. Of course, Judy Garland created it by combining the songs “Get Happy” and “Happy Days are Here Again”.

I will be contacting Susan Stroman (or maybe Elton can!) and hope that she will be happy to be the choreographer and set designer for the Judy Garland Life Story & Judy Garland Highlights. Lion King (on Broadway) has the most brilliant score (nice work, Elton!) & unbelievable staging. I often watch The opening of Lion King on Broadway on youtube. 

The Judy Garland Highlights shows can literally change every time it’s performed. The body of work Judy has left behind is voluminous. It can sometimes include her early singing, like Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart. This was the song she sang on the radio when an MGM executive heard her, he went to find her and took her to Louis B Mayer. He hired her immediately after she sang the song, without a screen test. There is much before she was hired by MGM (at the age of 13). She made over 40 movies with MGM until she was fired for not showing up at all to film, as the star, in Annie Get Your Gun.  

The body of her work is voluminous. In fact there is so much available that there could be a different “Highlights” every show, probably for an entire year, or more. Maybe some of the shows would recycle. This would involve taking material of Judy Garland, which can go anywhere from her childhood singing as Francis Baby Gumm with her sisters as The Gumm Sisters (Georgie Jessel changed her last name when she and her sisters were performing in Chicago and he was the MC and the marquee called them The Glum Sisters). The story of her being hired by MGM when she was 13 is legend, to her many movies & songs in the movies. She made approximately 40 movies with MGM to her many wonderful concerts, Judy Garland Shows, guest appearances, interviews of her (& Liza & Lorna about her) +++. She had approximately 1100 concerts. It has been said that going to a Judy Garland concert was like a séance. She had the audience in her hand and the audience loved her. It was a love fest! I read that often times she would sit at the edge of the stage for her last number with no shoes and no microphone and sing Over the Rainbow and people would cry. The only two women in the world whoever made me cry were my ex-wife and Judy Garland! There would be minimal staging. It will all be videos, stills, Judy singing solos, duets as her many fabulous duets with the original “partner” alternating with w live duet partner for that song for that performance. The duet partners can change. Liza & Lorna will be allowed to come to any shows they desire, even at late notice, and be part of either the Judy Garland story or Judy Garland highlights. They will get paid according to an agreement and the person who is being replaced would either take another roll or sit out that performance, but still get paid. 

More repeat, I think - going to bed now - will review tomorrow.

Who know how many would love to sing with Judy. Certainly Whoopi Goldberg who said “When Judy Garland sings you hear the voice of God”! And Barry Manilow already has a few duets with Judy on YouTube - the best one is 2.50 minutes (the sound needs to be updated). He sings, in duet, one of the most consequential song in Judy Garland’s life, “Zing! Went the Stringe of my Heart”. She sang it on the radio & a MGM executive heard it, went to find her, & brought her to Louis B Mayor. When he heard her sing the song, he did not ask her to do a screen test and hired her immediately. So now, at the age of 13, she was under contract with MGM. This “story” could be part of a Highlights show. My idea is that there would be live performances of Louis Mayer and a 13-year-old Judy Garland going with her parents to the audition at MGM and her being hired. After she was hired she went under under the tootlidge of Roger Edens who I’m sure Elton knows well. He was a world class composer having composed all the music for ThevWizard of Oz as well as many many other classics . 

Just to digress with a very interesting fact, Roger Edens’ father was a Cantor and he grew up as a religious Jew. The lyricist for Over the Rainbow was Yip Harberg, whose father also was a cantor and also grew up as a religious Jew. The song was written in 1939 and if you just google the lyrics you can understand that they, in fact, wrote in a very subliminal way their desire and longing for the formation of the state of Israel - how about that?

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As is everything in Judy‘s life, the story is fascinating when she became she was hired by MGM they didn’t know what to do with a 13 year-old kid. The only other child star was Shirley Temple - she was about 6 years old and was with ulUniversal. So they put her under the tootledge of Roger Edens. I’m sure Elton knows he was a world class composer, having composed all the music for the Wizard of Oz as well as many other wonderful songs. He, as well as many other composers, were moving from New York to Hollywood to make music for the movies. Clark Gable, who was the most famous movie star of his day (starred in “Gone with the Wind), a very handsome man & was also under contract with MGM. Judy told Roger Edens that she had “fallen in love” with Clark Gabel. So he takes the song “You Made me Love You” and attaches a solique with Judy looking at Clark Gable’s picture, singing to him & talking. It can be found on YouTube by just putting in Dear Mr. Gable. She sang this song to Clark Gable at his MGM birthday party and then that night at a fancy club in Hollywood. She said she was very nervous - here she was a 13 year old kid singing to the most famous movie star of the day. The song then went on the radio, (Judy had been on the radio for quite a while - I have a YouTube where the announcer says and “Here’s little Judy Garland. She’s just 10 years old, but she’s got a voice of a woman of 40 who’s been hurt”. Wow! The song was listened to everyone in America because Judy Garland’s voice is beautiful, the song is beautiful, her talking to Gable is beautiful and she’s singing to the most famous movie star in the world. So, at the age of 13 ,Judy was now a household name in America / everyone knew Judy Garland!

Would Elton John like to sing with Judy Garland. I guess if he decides he wants to produce the show maybe you and he would spend more time in New York and he would perform as many times a week as he was comfortable with always performing what I’m asking him to create - a new song dedicated to Judy Garland. It would always open the show and a Judy Garland replacement would end show sitting on the edge of the stage, with no shoes and no microphone, often having just finished a hobo routine, where part of her face is darkened or a clown routine, still in her clown outfit singing the song with no microphone. This was the common ending for her concerts and I read that it was so powerful people would cry. Videos of Judy singing and live singer, singing duets with her and singing some songs by themselves with high-end dancing, who I hope will be created by Susan Stroman.

As I guess you might have figured out, I am a Judy Garland addict, but not to worry. I start rehab soon. I have a new website judygarlandaddicts.com. I am in the process of building it. I am a typical addict. I like to share my addiction. I guess both you and Elton know her music and perhaps some of her amazing life story so I’m asking Elton John if he would write the introduction song to the show and I’m asking both of you if you would like to participate in the show in any way you feel comfortable. As of now it is only a presentation I made to the two owners of the palace theater, Stuart Lane and James Nederlander.  

I hope this idea excited both of you & you can help make it a reality.

Judy Garland the only person in history who has a book written about every day of their life. I know, Jesus got a Bible and some churches, but he did not get a book about every day of his life.

Warm regards,

donald weiss

December 12, 2024

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I have 3 addictions: Judy Garland, bridge & Starbuck Frappachino. 

I started to play bridge in the early 90's & liked it so much because, unlike golf, which I never could figure out what to do to get it right, in bridge there was some hope.  Without doubt it is the most intriging game of all time.  There are many ways to play bridge.  Party, or kitchen bridge, is the getting together & everyoe trying their best.  Duplicate bridge is a whole nother ballgame.  It is called duplicate, because all the pairs play the same hands as the other pairs.  Hands are nos computer generated so at the end of a session (generally 20 hands), you can see what cards were in each hand for each deal (called a board as the cards are face down, 13 in each direction, in a board).  This allows for endless discussions & sometimes heated arguments as why your partner screwed up!  So if yu & I are North-South, all the other North Souths will be playing the same hands. So, very little luck is involved.  It' almost ll skill, genius, cleverness & cunning (like life!).  

I guess NYC, Broadway & Times Square Ideas is my 2nd most important idea, although, Community Living Centers (below, somewhere)??????? is my idea to begin ending homelessness (starting with the apprix. 30,000 homeless vets)

Judy Garland Returns to The Palace Theater in Times Square:

I am proposing Judy Garland Sings Highlights & Duets (with a sing a long).

Using Youtubes & still from the almost unlimited body of work including videos of her singing alone, singing duets with the original partner & then with someone live, dance numbers & some new soloists singing her songs as well as sing-a-longs. Lyrics for each shows' songs would be inserted in the program. I propose Liza & Lorna, & any other "star",  can come whenever they want & sing Judy "mama for Liza & Lorna) at scale pay. Who wants to sing with Judy Garland? Barbra's duet with her - Get Happy - is probably the most beautiful duet evr sung! Would Barbra like to sing with Judy again? Barry Manilow did  - youtube Barry & Judy duet & choose the 2.50 minute video. You tube Judy & Liza Come Ran or Come Shine.    

An MC would introduce the show & give commentary throughout. It could be live, video or both.

The  show would be for the Grand Re Re Opening of The Palace Theater staring Miss Judy Garland! The Palace had been vacant for 18 years & in 1951 Sid Luft, who became Judy's  3rd husband, called the owner & asked him to renovate the theater for Judy to sing there. He did!! She performed for 40 weeks - 2 shows a day -  all sold out - all rave reviews,  Her original contract was for $24 million for 4 years - the highest amount paid an entertainer on TV through today. Big crowds came to Broadway just to get a glimpse of her. She WAS the biggest, most beloved singer & movie star of her day!  John Kennedy came to opening night & "fell in love" with her - everyone does - can't help it. He started calling her once a week to say hello & ask her to sing part of Over the Rainbow.  She spent a month at the Kennedy Compound on Cape Cod with her 3 children - she, literally, had to sing for her supper. She campaigned for President with him, & she was in the White House often. It was a love affair - platonic, but love for sure. When he was assassinated in '63, she wanted to sing Battle Hymn of The Republic to commemorate him on The Judy Garland Show. CBS execs said NO - too controversial! So she conspired with her orchestral leader to sing the song at the end of 1 of the shows but did not put it on the playlislt they gave to the CBS execs. i read that on the TV show, before she sang it, she said "This is for you, Jack"  I cried. So powerful.   

Judy Garland said "No woman has ever sung Old Man River - I'm going to sing it. Youtube Judy Garland Old Man River - she's a 15 out of 10. Then youtube just the song & choose anyone else - she is twice as good as anyone else! That is the part of the brilliance of Judy Garland. That's why I am a Judy Garland addict - but not to worry, I start rehab soon!  On to Broadway!

My proposed show outline is as follows:

Proposed Show Layout - Only videos & stills will be used with some dnnce numbers & sing-a-longs.  Words of the songs to be sung will be inserted in the program. Guest singers can do dests with Judy.  All duet partners will b organized in advance (all scale pay) but any BIG start can come, even at last minute & sing with Judy + sing a Judy song as a solo.  The show will begin with the fabulous Judy Garland Inroduction Orchestration (sound only - can not afford a live orchestra - hope th unions won't bitch & prevent this)        

Who might show up?  Her daughters, Liza Minnelli & Lorna Luft? Maybe they would love to sing with their "mama" on The Palace Theater stage. Her son, Joey? (only if he takes voice lessons), Barbra - their duet is the greatest duet ever sung - Judy & Barbra Get Happy; Whoopi Goldberg? She said "When Judy Garland sings you hear the voice of God". She can sing too! Barry Manilow - He already had a duet with Judy - Ziig! Went the Strings of my Heart - choose the 2.50 minute one. Who else might want to sing with "the greatest singer & entertainer who ever lived?" Maybe Lady Gaga, maybe Tom Cruise (can he at least carry a tune - if not, it's ok - just looking at him makes anyone sing!) Maybe Beyonce with her diamond ne cklace that she wears singing Ape Shit in The Louvre Museum (great name for a song!). Oh, maybe EVERYONE wants to sing with Judy. I always do & she never complains about my voice!

People will be encouraged to come in costume - anything from a munchkin (The Lollipop Kids ?) to Judy herself (maybe in her wonderful poppy field dress).  Would Liza mind if people came as her?  Don't want to insult her.  Oh boy - where is this going. Not to Mar-a-lago, I hopek!

All pay is “scale” - performers are there to give homage to Judy& sing with her & maybe sing a solo a song of hers, not for the $, honey. 

Since ANY "star" can show up to sing alone & duets w Judy, I think that will be part of the excitement of the show - not knowing who is going to show up. Barbra? Whoopi? Liza? Barry M? Lady Gaga! Any star can come last minute as long as they are prepared to sing a duet with Judy & they can choose any JG song to sing. They just need to bring their own background music, if they want it - or they can sing all alone. Wow! will the unions kabosh this? Someone - it might be Simon Cowell - can choose people from his show or other young and up-and-coming singers to participate (it can change often) and they probably don’t care about getting paid. I think they will just be happy to be on stage on Broadway and to sing with the greatest singer of all time - your friend of mine, Miss Judy Garland.

Note: The Palace Theater was raised (not razed! to create retail space on Broadway (good location!).  I am proposing 2 uses for that space - 1 - A "kool" 50's styles restaurant, ala Ellen's Stardust, to have singers perform Judy Garland songs with sing-a-longs.  There will have to be a time limit to dining otherwise all will stay forever!  In addition, I am proposing a retil store to sell Judy Garland & Wizard of Oz merchandise.  I hope the owners of The Palace are excited about this idea - Judy Garland Returns to The Palace!

1 - The show will begin with the Judy Garland Orchestral Introduction with still shots on the screens on the stage. I hope unions don't kabosh this.  Maybe a "deal' can be made, if the show is a success, there will be a live orchestra.

2 - MC: Introduces him/her self & tells a little of their "relationship" to Judy 

(Me) The two basic reasons I am a Judy Garland addict is 1.   I never hear a song of hers that is less than wonderful and 2 - Her life story is so remarkable and so inspirational It has given me a lot of inspiration for my own life. Maybe you will find the same for yourself. So now let’s just go into the show. I hope you have a good time. 

MC - There will be some sing-alongs - the words have been printed for you. I guess u know something about JG - she stared in the most popular & beloved movie of all time - The Wizard of Oz. She sang the most beloved & popular song of all time - Over the Rainbow. Her concert at Carnegie Hall (just youtube Judy Carnegie Hall) is still called “The greatest night in entertainment history”. She is the only person in history to have a book written about almost every day of her life. Too many more Judy Garland accolates to go over here.

3 - 1st video - JG on "Ford Star Jubilee with Judy Garland" - Start @ about 12.40 minutes - have to check out the exact time. It can begin with the announcer talking about the Palace being vacant - right before she sings there. Sing a longs after Shine On Harvest Moon. incl all the parts of songs she sings - after just Judy has sung. Her singing will be replayed w the audience participating. End about 17.60 minutes.

3 - MC - (still shots will be shown on a large screen relating to the story below.) WOW - wasn’t that amazing - The Palace Theater had been vacant & abandoned for 18 years and her soon to be third husband, Sid Luft, in 1951, saw it was abandoned when he was in Time Square. He knew the owner & called him & asked him to renovate the theater for her. He agreed. She performed for 40 weeks, 2 shows a day - all sold out - all rave reviews. 

Large crowds came to Broadway just to get a glimpse of her. She was the biggest, most beloved, highest paid movie star of her day! John Kennedy came to opening night. He “fell in love”with her, as most do - it’s hard not to. He started calling her once a week to say hello and ask her to sing part of Over the Rainbow. She spent a month 1 summer at the Kennedy compound with her three children - she literally had to sing for her supper. She campaigned with Kennedy when he ran for president & she was in the White House often. Judy Garland and John Kennedy had a love affair. It was platonic, but they loved each other as just two human beings! When he was assassinated in ‘63 she had The Judy Garland show on CBS TV. Her original contract was for $24 million - the highest amount paid an entertainer on television through today. She wanted to sing Battle Hymn of the Republic to commemorate him. The CBS Execs said no - it was too controversial. So she conspired with her orchestra leader to sing it at the end of one of the shows and they didn’t put it on the playlist that they gave to the CBS execs. Before she sang it, on the show, she said “this is for you Jack”. I cried (me!) when I heard it the first time, it is so powerful - here it is for you. Play Battle Hymn of the Republic!

4 - MC - (More still images to go along with the text.) So much to share with you. She was hired by MGM when she was only 13 years old when an MGM Exec heard her sing Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart on the radio. He went to get her, took her to Louis B Mayer, the president of MGM and the highest paid executive in America. He hired her immediately after she sang the song - without a screen test. But they didn’t know what to do with a 13 year-old kid. So she went under the tootlage of a famous composer, Roger Edens. He wrote all the music for the Wizard of Oz and many beautiful songs. Clark Gable was a star at MGM. He starred in Gone with the Wind and was the most famous and most handsome movie star of the day. Judy told Roger Edens she had “fallen in love” with Clark Gable and he used the song “You Made me Love You” and added a soliloquy - it’s all on YouTube Just put in Dear Mr. Gable. (I guess the “notes@ in the program can refer to the youtubes so they don’t have to be announced). Here is that beautiful song. Sing a longs after the video? It went on the radio, and everyone listened to it because the song is beautiful, Judy Garland’s voice is beautiful, the soliloquy is beautiful and she’s singing to the most famous & handsome movie star of the day. At the age of 13 Judy Garland became a household name in America. Everyone knew Judy Garland. She went on to make 40+ movies for MGM beginning with 10 movies with Mickey Rooney. Here are 2 of my favorite songs from those movies - (working on it) ! - Our Love Affair + ?

5 - She had many sons from her movies without Mickey.  (Me) 2 I love are 10 Pins in the Sky & On The Bumpy  Road to Love

5 - MC - Judy Garland was not always that reliable - she became dependant on "her pills". Her mother started giving her uppers and downers when she was young and performing with her two older sisters in their vaudeville house in Lancaster, California. The pills were new at that time so her mother didn’t think she was doing anything dangerous. Everyone was taking them and everyone was saying “my goodness how good these pills make me feel - so good”. Then when she was hired by MGM, Louis B Mayer gave her pills because he told her she was just 4 ft 11 and if she put on weight, she would look heavy in the movies. So she was now taking two sets of pills and her life did revolve around her pills and her need for them. But when you see her perform, you would think everything in her life was just close to perfect - well that was the beauty of Judy Garland. It was far from perfect, but it was perfect. It was perfectly amazing. She did not show up for a lot for her filming, but MGM put up with it because she was the highest paid movie star of the day and her films actually supported MGM. But her last movie, Annie Get Your Gun, which she was supposed to star in. She showed up strung out on her pills. So they fired her. That’s when Sid Luft came in and moved her along - first at the Palace Theater & then he put her in opera houses all over the world (stills as available). She was the 1st female non opera singer to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan - all the shows were sold out - all rave reviews. He then put her in Opera Houses all over the world. Then Sid Luft put her in The Palladium in London. She had her daughter, Liza Minnelli, come to sing with her and here is the beginning of that show. Liza was just 18 and it is a powerhouse.

Show video Judy Liza Hello Dolly. Who knows Liza may decide to come, even in a wheelchair, to sing with her “mama”. Maybe Lorna too.

Test testing 1230 wow wow wow

6 - Judy went on to have more than 1100 live concerts. Her concert in Carnegie Hall is still called “The greatest night in entertainment history”. Here are some songs & excerpts (I luv some of her “banter”) from that show. There was no video then because cameras were large and took up too much space & blocked site lines, but you can enjoy some parts of the show here and can you YouTube it by just putting in Judy Carnegie Hall and hear the entire concert - It is remarkable. 

7 - MC - although The Judy Garland Show was only on for 1 year, every show is a treasure. What you might notice is that even though the shows were made in the early 60s, Judy controlled everything and each show still looks contemporary. She was like a good architect who builds a building that is timeless - she created theater that was timeless. Any other show from the early 69’s looks dated! Here are a few excerpts from her many shows. We have included her beautiful duet with Barbra Streisand and you (JF) can choose what else you want to include. I luv San Francisco (with lights on the stage). Judy was always trying to pay deference to anyone she could, so she begins the song with a tribute to Jeanette McDonald, who sang the song after one of the San Francisco earthquakes and became famous. You could see how she loves to sing - she jumps, 

she skips, she hopped like a kid - so happy to be singing and making her audience happy, which made her happy. I guess I would show this one if it were up to me

8 - Her life continued to be complicated with her dependence on her pills, & her need for money, as she never paid much attention to money. She only paid attention to making her audience happy. For her last Judy Garland show (It was only on for one year) she filmed Here’s to Us. She would often get dressed in a clown outfit just to make her audience happy - that’s what made her happy! Here is that video. She handed out champagne to the audience members and gave a bottle of milk to her two children - that was Judy Garland. She didn’t forget a thing.

9 - Toward the end of her life things were not so good. A man by the name of John Meyer, who was only 28, went to visit a friend in New York City and who is lying on the couch - none other than Judy Garland. She had no money and was sleeping on a friend’s couch. He took her to his parents’ apt on Park Avenue where they stayed in his childhood bedroom for a while and then they went to Boston. He wrote a few beautiful songs for her. Here is my favorite called Till After the Holidays - she sang it on the Johnny Carson show.

10 - MC - Well the show could go on for another 10 hours and still not be finished, but I think we’re finished now. I hope everyone had a good time. I hope you have fallen in love with Judy Garland! People said Judy Garland didn’t have concerts, she had seances. She would end many of her concerts with no shoes and no microphone and sing Over the Rainbow at the edge of the stage. People cried it was so powerful! So that is how we’ll end the show - please join in singing that beautiful song. What famous star wants to sing this like Judy - no shoes, no mic - just singing the most beloved, popular song of all time. Once again as a sing a long!         

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Nathanael is a 9 ft marble sculpture created by Dominique Polles.  It took him 5 years to finish.  He chose marble from  the Carera quarry as this was the same marble Michelangelo used for The David.  He had something serious in mind & wanted to create what I call "The Modern Day David".  In an artistic way, he presented the male with "emphasis" on the phallus, most important to most males!  The sculpture was shown in The Bagatelle Gardens in Paris.  Polles is one of a select few sculptors whose work has been shown there.  Others include Henry Moore & Bottero.  The sculpture was purchased as the "focal point" for Sugar Hill Art Center for the Grand Opening on Oct. 12, 2001 (bad timing!).  The Art Center was in an apt. house I owed on Broadway & 151 St. in Manhattan & consisted of 4 retail store galleries with a duplex in 1 up to a "converted" 4 BR apt.  This was GalleryDonaldWeiss.  Each  gallery had it's own name with most of the art coming from France. Nathanael was shown in that Gallery.  Besides the 3 other retail store galleries, I created a 14,000  Roof Garden/Sculpture Park.  

After 9/11, it was complicated completing all the work to finish the ArtCenter.  This included competing the Roof Garden, finishing all sheetrock necessary for the galleries, new storefronts for all the stores, flagpoles around the building +++!  Many artists became reluctant to send their art because all of it was with a minimal down  payment & the balance on contingency.  I managed to get all the art, including Nathanael which was installed a few days. before the opening.  I had a steel plate placed at the front of the gallery with concrete blocks underneath to support the 5 ton sculpture.  It is a complicated schulpture to move!  The Grand Opening could not be changed because I had purchased 50 tickets for Broadway shows on Friday night - I was hoping to "make a statements"!  Naturally, everyone invited came & we had a rally in Times Sq. before I handed out the tickets.  There was a large crowd Saturday & Sunday with a buffet lunch on the roof.  I had to hire someone for each galley (they were not connected) who were on commission. I hired a paid Gallery Director to oversee all.  No sales!  I was not easy getting people out after 9/11 & coming to Harlem to look at art was not on the top of anyones list. My Director had some wonderful follow up shows in GalleryDonaldWeiss.  The original show was about 50 oils of Moreno Pincas + Nathanael.  His work was up for a few months & I returned many of the pieces as nothing sold.  The next show was Danny Simmons, a fine artist & the brother of Russel Simmons. Lots of limos on Opening night, but, again, no sales.  The 3rd show included Frank Bowling.  The galleries were closed & opened only by appointment except GalleryDonaldWeiss where my Director sat.  After about 1 year with no sales, I closed the Art Center & moved Nathanael to storage.

There are many youtubes for Dominique Polles, including his recent 1 person show in The Louvre Museum Garden.

Do I need a doctor? I am a Judy Garland addict - not to worry, I start rehab soon!  She is so amazing, you, like most who "get to know" her, including John Kennedy, "fall in love" with her & become addicts too.

Lots of info  @ DonaldWeissPhotosAndArt.com.    

Start with going to youtube (I have Premium - $20/mo - no ads - I can listen to music all day with no ads!).      

She is is still known as "The world's greatest singer & the world's greatest entertainer".

 1 - Judy Garland The Concert Years - Brilliant 1 hr bio with songs & acolades by her daughter, Lorna Luft

2 - Judy Frank Dean - choose the 6 videos - all with Judy, Frank Snatra & Dean Martin.  She had an affair with Frank Sinatra (He had an affair with almost everyone!) & remained friends for life. When they stand touching facing each other, the xexual energy can be felt. Frank Sinatra said "in 100 years after I dye, no one will know me. Everyone will still be listening to, and stuying, Judy Garland, long after her death". I call her the Beethovan of popular music. Her life was amazing from ups like spenidng a onth with her 3 children one summer at The Kenndey Compound on Cape Cod to trying to commit suicide 3 tie (a "cry" for "help")

3 - Judy Carnegie Hall - Still called

                                      New Palestine - Creating the Country

 This is a duplicate of the letter above, but a older version

To: King Charles III: (The letter is addressed to King Charles, but sent to many "important" people, with the thought that "New Palestine" would be part of The Commonwealth go make sure no leader comes in who decides to dessroy Israel.  And England has a powerful history with the creation of The State of Israel & in The Middle East)

My Idea is for the Creation of the Country of New Palestine to be governed by, or overseen by, The Commonwealth. This will assure no leader, or someone who overtakes the government, decides they want to kill all the Jews and destroy Israel. It will assure a lasting peace between Israel & The Palestinians. After

Would you, could you “assist”?

I call it New Palestine so there is no confusion with Palestine. When Golda Meir immigrated to what was then Palestine, she said that she got a Palestine Passport - “Jews were Palestinians and Arabs were Palestinians.”

1 - Egypt will give land to the south of Gaza, about 2 sq miles.  If Egypt is not interested, Israel can use Israeli land East of Gaza. This land would be the place where the Palestinians would be moved to a new tent city with water & many common bathrooms with showers & tubs. They would remain there until what was Gaza is rebuilt (plan below).  

2 - A major hospital will be built in Israel East of Gaza with Palestinian doctors & nurses. This is to make sure no Palestinians are in Gaza (New Palestine) when all buildings are razed & tunnels are flooded to “abolish” Hamas. After floodimg, tunnels would be filled in. [Israel has a long history in caring for Arabs in hospitals, clinics, etc. Israel is only country in the world where Arabs have full human rights. 20% of Israel’s citizens are Arab - Arabs sit in The Knesset & there is an Arab Supreme Court Judge].

3 - With the flooding of the tunnels, Hamas members will either drown or be captured for a trial (& jail ?). The old Gaza will be cleared & rebuilt by the world.   

4 - The rebuilding will be in the form of Community Living Centers (CLCs). There would be four types of CLCs: 

a - A Working CLC where people would work in a profit oriented business & live there. CLC’s would have common dining rooms, as well as private kitchens in each unit. There would be shared cooking, cleaning, etc. Just like a Kibbutz in Israel!      

b - A Learning CLC where people go to get a high school degree, Jr College or Bachelors’ degree & Certificates of Excellence in some speciality (from plumbing to computer tech).      

c - Caring For CLCs  for people who didn’t fit into a or b.    

 d - Retirement CLCs for old farts like me

There would also be in intake CLC to d derermine which CLC each individual would go to. CLCs will allow the population of New Palestine to become functioning

My idea was originally for dealing with homelessness and the shelter system in America, but it would function very well in New Palestine. CLCs would be a mix of high rises, mid rises & tiny homes. Larger homes & apartments would be built & sold, or rented, to those who want to participate in the CLC concept or just want to live in New Palestine.    

5 - The new land “donated” by Egypt could later (after New Palestinians are moved out) be built as a high end resort area.  

6 - Areas in the West Bank that are occupied by Arabs would become States or Provinces of New Palestine. See the map on my website 

DonaldWeissIdeasForChange.com

These areas are not physically connected to the main land mass of New Palestine but would be part of the country of New Palestine. The West Bank would be a new legal entity - The West Bank. It would not be part of the land mass of Israel. The Jews living there (there are now about 700,000) would get whatever benefits Israel decides they should get (probably full benefits including voting ?) &, I presume, the obligation to serve in the Army.  Both New Palestine and the West Bank would become part of, & governed by, The Commonwealth. Becoming part of the Commonwealth is the best solution to assure a lasting peace. Great Britan has a long history with this part of the world & with the creation of Israel.

I think you’ll agree this the ONLY idea that will work. 

Long live The King!

Warm regards,                    donald weiss                               

July 4, 2024 917 923-2441    dweiss5348@aol.com.                      

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To: Prince Harry & Megan 51824 (Originaly sent to them thinking they woud be the "best" choice to move this forward, but then realized their "situation" was too complicated & decided to go to King Charles - he never called me!  Busy with Camilla, I guess - all all that pagentry - Trooping of The Colour & then 2 days later The Order of The Garter - busy, busy!

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You both can be instrumental in creating the country that I call New Palestine (no confusion with Palestine). 

My idea is that New Palestine would be governed by The Commonwealth - no chance of a leader or despot wanting to invade Israel & kill all the Jews! 

Maybe this will help you reconnect with your family in a meaningful way.  Please take the time to read it & respond.  TY

1 - Egypt will give land to the south of Gaza, about 2 sq miles.  This land would be the place where the Palestinians would be moved to a new tent city with water & many common bathrooms w showers.  A large hospital would be built by Israel just to the East of Southern Gaza with primarily Palestinian doctors, nurses & staff. The Palestinians would remain there until what was Gaza is rebuilt (plan below).   

2 - Once all are relocated, tunnels will be flushed with water. Hamas members will either drown or be captured for a trial (&jail ?). The old Gaza will be cleared & rebuilt by the world.  

The rebuilding will be in the form of Community Living Centers (CLCs). My idea was originally for dealing with homelessness and the shelter system in America, but it would function very well in New Palestine. CLCs would be a mix of high rises, mid rises & tiny homes. Larger homes & apts would be built & sold, or rented, to those who want to participate in the New Palestine CLC or just want to live in New Palestine.  The new land “donated” by Egypt could then be built as a high end resort area with uxury hotels & condos.  

There would be four types of CLCs -    

    a - A Working CLC where people would work in a profit oriented business                                     

    b - A Learning CLC where people go to get a high school degree, Jr College or Bachelors’ degree. In addition Certificates of Excellence in some speciality (from plumbing to computer tech).    

   c - Caring For CLCs  for people who didn’t fit into a or b.                                  

    d - Retirement CLCs for old farts like me

CLCs will allow the population of New Palestine to become functioning.  

Areas in the West Bank that are occupied by Arabs would become States or Provinces of New Palestine. See the map below

http://DonaldWeissIdeasForChange.com

These areas are not physically connected to the main land mass of New Palestine but would be part of the country of New Palestine.  The West Bank would be a new legal entity - The West Bank. It would not be part of the land mass of Israel. The Jews living there (there are now about 700,000) would get whatever benefits Israel decides they should get (probably full benefits including voting ?) & the obligation, as is now the case, to serve in the Army.  Both New Palestine and the West Bank would become part of, & governed by, The Commonwealth.

This would assure that there is no chance that the new leader, or despot of New Palestine, like Hamas did, decides they want to kill all the Jews and bomb and destroy Israel. Becoming part of the Commonwealth is the best solution.  Great Brittan has a long historty with the creation of Israel.

I’m contacting you because both of you are the logical humans to be able to create New Palestine. I think you’ll agree this the ONLY idea that will work. And I think it might put you in a better place with your family (Harry). 

I tell people how wonderful you both are. I read Harry’s book, Spare, and now understand the complicated life that you have had, & still have with "The Royal Family" & how both you made the right decision.   I have great respect for both of you and I tell people how responsible and involved in issues of consequence you both are and how you met someplace in Africa doing something - I forgot!         

You both you are wonderful human beings (with knock out kids, and deserve peace, happiness & enough money to pay your $5 million/yr cost for security (+ quarter pounders & mocha frappe for the kids).  If for some reason you are not interested, I will approach Netanyahu.  Let me know

Warm regards,                                                                                                don weiss                                                                                                          917 923-2441.                                                               dweiss5348@aol.com.  

I’ll leave with the wise words of Woody Allen:  "Live every day of your life like it’s the last and one day you’ll be right", and a Snoopy Philosophy I got on Facebook (I have the postcard of The Rellim Hotel as my image if you want to follow me!) - Life is like riding a bike. You must keep moving otherwise you lose your balance.     

I hope to hear from you and I hope we can move forward and enjoy the pleasure of knowing that we were responsible for creating the country of New Palestine.

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Well, well!  Since I posted this over 1 yr ago, starting with "The history of the Jews & Arabs in Israel" below, much has changed!  I "forgot" Hamas was "in charge" in Gaza & they have the destruction on Israel in their charter.  They teach young kids to carry a pastic machine gun and chant "I want to kill a Jew!"  Not a great partner for peace.  There is much talk about the need for a "two state solution", but what land is being planned for the Palestinians?  They are not a desirable commodity - Egypt & Jordan are not interested in helping them.  The history of Israel offering a state for the Palestinians in The West Bank is history.  Arafat did not want to give up the large cash flow to the PLA which he took a good share fore himself.  Then the Jews decided they wanted to live in Judea/Samaria, the ancestorial homeland of the Jews.  Beautiful country & cheap housing could be be created there.  Now there ae almost 700,000 living there!  Just gt thm all to leave?  I think not.  So there are 3 problems: 1 - Who is th partner for peace; 2 - Who will be their leader & 3 - What land will become Palestine.  I cannot answer the first 2, but maybe my idea, below, could be a foundation for what land will be in The Country of Palestine.

The history of the Jews and Arabs in Israel and the West Bank is complicated. The country of Israel has a population of approximately 9 million of which approximately 2 million are Arabs with a good majority of them being citizens of Israel. There is a Arab Supreme Court Judge & Arabs who are in other government positions, including the Knesset. They live a comfortable life as Israeli citizens. A recent post stated that Israel has about 400 mosques in Israel, 73 in Jerusalem. This is an 8 fold increase since 1988. Walls had been built surrounding some West bank Arab towns because people from those communities went out killing Jews in settlements. The killings dropped dramatically after thecwalls were built. Arab citizens of Israel are not required to serve in the Army unlike Jewish Israelis. About 1,000 Arabs enlisted themselves in the Israeli army.

Over the years, there have been many attempts by Israel to create a Palestinian State. This includes in 2000 an offer from Ehud Barak, then Israel’s Prime Minister, to Arafat at a Camp David. The meeting was with Pres. Bill Clinton. Arafat was offered approximately 90% of what he asked for. 

This was before the influx of Israelis into settlements in the West Bank. Arafat rejected this offer because being the leader of the PLO was a cash cow for him. Tens of millions of dollars every year went to his private Swiss bank accounts and to help support his wife living comfortably in Paris. 

In 1967, Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the Six-Day War when Israel was attacked by all the surrounding Arab countries. Over in 6 days! Israelis started building settlements and towns in the West Bank as they felt this was their historical homeland. There is now a huge Jewish population in the West Bank, and territorial divisions are complicated.

My idea for a Country of Palestine is as follows:

 To: Prince Harry & Megan 51824 (I originally thought they would be the perfect ones to work on this 

DonaldWeissIdeasForChange.com

You both can be instrumental in creating the country that I call New Palestine (no confusion with Palestine). 

My idea is that New Palestine & New Palestinian would be governed by The Commonwealth - no chance of a leader or despot wanting to invade Israel & kill all the Jews! 

Maybe this will help you reconnect with your family in a meaningful way.  Please take the time to read it & respond.  TY

1 - Egypt will give land to the south of Gaza, about 2 sq miles.  This land would be the place where the Palestinians would be moved to new tent cities with water & many common bathrooms w showers.  They would remain there until what was Gaza is rebuilt (plan below).                                        2 - Once all are relocated, tunnels will be flushed with water. Hamas members will either drown or be captured for a trial (&jail!). The old Gaza will be cleared & rebuilt by the world.  

The rebuilding will be in the form of Community Living Centers (CLCs). My idea was originally for dealing with homelessness and the shelter system in America, but it would function very well in New Palestine. CLCs would be a mix of high rises, mid rises & tiny homes. Larger homes & apts would be built & sold to those who want to participate in the CLCs or just want to live in New Palestine.  The new land “donated” by Egypt could then be built as a high end resort area (with gambling ?).  

There would be four types of CLCs -    

    a - A Working CLC where people would work in a profit oriented business                                     

    b - A Learning CLC where people go to get a high school degree, Jr College or Bachelors’ degree. In addition Certificates of Excellence in some speciality (from plumbing to computer tech).                                      

   c - Caring For CLCs  for people who didn’t fit into a or b.                                  

    d - Retirement CLCs for old farts like me

CLCs will allow the population of New Palestine to become functioning.  

Areas in the West Bank that are occupied by Arabs would become States or Provinces of New Palestine. See the map on my website 

DonaldWeissIdeasForChange 

These areas are not physically connected to the main land mass of New Palestine but would be part of the country of New Palestine.  The West Bank would be a new legal entity - The West Bank. It would not be part of the land mass of Israel. The Jews living there (there are now about 700,000) would get whatever benefits Israel decides they should get (probably full benefits including voting ?) & the obligation to serve in the Army.  Both New Palestine and the West Bank would become part of, & governed by, The Commonwealth.

This would assure that there is no chance that the new leader, or despot of New Palestine, like Hamas did, decides they want to kill all the Jews and bomb and destroy Israel. Becoming part of the Commonwealth is the best solution.  Great Brittan has a long historty with the creation of Israel.

 I’m contacting you because both of you are the logical humans to be able to create New Palestine. I think you’ll agree this the ONLY idea that will work. And I think it might put you in a better place with your family (Harry). 

I tell people how wonderful you both are. I read Harry’s book and now I understand the complicated life that he has had, & still has with The Royal Family & how both you made the right decision.  I think if both of you want to move forward with this idea, it might help with your connection with the Royal Family and how you are treated by them.  I have great respect for both of you and I tell people how responsible and involved in issues of consequence you both are and how you met someplace in Africa doing something - I forgot!                                                                                    You both you are wonderful human beings and deserve peace and happiness & enough money to pay your $5 million year cost for security (plus quarter pounders & mocha frappe for the kids).  If for some reason you are not interested, I will approach Netanyahu.

Warm regards,                                                                                                                                     don weiss                                                                                                      917 923-2441.         dweiss5348@aol.com.  

I’ll leave with the wise words of Woody Allen:  Live every day of your life like it’s the last and one day you’ll be right, and a Philosophy I got from Snoopy Philosophy on Facebook (I have the postcard of The Rellim Hotel as my image) - Life is like riding a bike. You must continue moving otherwise you lose your balance.     

I hope to hear from you and I hope we can move forward and enjoy the pleasure of knowing that we were responsible for creating the country of New Palestine.

I decided it would be best if "New Palestine" was part of The Commonwealth as his would insure no aberrant leader took over & decided to destroy Iarael! So going to King Charles seemed to be the way to go. Never heard from him.  England DOES have a history with Israel & the land. 

I’m a bit miffed. I was so excited about my idea. I thought that everyone would just jump up and down with joy and say we found a solution to all the problems in Gaza and with the Palestinians and creating a state and what to do with the West Bank and how to make sure that Hamas is eliminated. 

I sent out about 75 letters that were addressed to King Charles and Prince William to many world leaders and included a nice multi the one that’s in the section below. I got zero response.   

It seems Netanyahu is only interested in taking back all the land of Gaza for Israel & will try to have the Palestinains move somewhere.  Maybe LA!  Stupid. I know he is under a lot of pressure from the religious right, but, hey, the Palestinians have been in "the neighborhood" for a while.  Of course, the term "Palestinin" is a bit of a misnomer.  The land was callefd Palestine before it beame known as Israel when Israel became a State.  Gola Meir said "When I immigrated, I got a Palestinian passport - Jews were Palestinians as well as Arabs". Jew used to say at Holiday meals "Next year in Palestine!"  Arafat confused everyone.  There were approximately 140,000 Arabs in Gaza in 1940. Today there are 2 million +.  The Israelis & Arabs had a peaceful co existence & Israel thouhgt it was doing good haveing 30,000 Israelis leave Gaza to give it to the Arabs.  HAMAS was not elected, but took over the government & only taught the children "Kill a Jew - Kill a Jew!"

                                                                                                                           Egypt has not been too kindly to the Palestinians in Gaza.  They erected walls to keep them out of Egypt!  Trump looks at Gaza as real estate and has forgotten that there was a Palestine in population that had lived there and has been desirous of a homeland. I think they deserve one and my idea gives them one with the creation of new Palestine.  

My idea s still possible & would allow Israel to take the moral high road!

I listen on the news two people questioning how to eliminate Hamas what to do about the Palestinians and what to do about the West Bank. Well, don’t you know my Idea sells all those problems but who knows if anyone will grab a hold of it and move with it I certainly hope so. 

I have also sent out a lot of emails and will continue in addition to making phone calls to particularly Senator Schumer, Senator Sanders and Senator Shiff. They are all Jewish and certainly have a strong interest in creating a solution. 

Jared Kushner is already talking about building a hotel in Gaza! My idea includes the eventual building of Hotels. I also sent the letter and the idea to Jared, but he hasn’t called yet.

Donald Weiss

917 - 923-2441 (Text, please)

dweiss5348@aol.com

The location of the various idea are just below my info immediatley below. If it is not at the end, you must scroll to the top & go to Page 2. If you need to got back to pg 1, you must scroll back to the top & in the upper Left, click home!

Follow me on Facebook. This photo is the image for my FB page.

The reason for the image is The Rellim Hotel (what is Miller spelled backwards?), built by my grandparents Jack & Harriet Miller) wass on St. Pete Beach (Pass-a-Grille). It is the most endearing image I could think of.  The history of the Hotel & my relationship with my family who would all come each year for a family reunion at Christmas time, is below under Miller Family Reunions.  The hotel had been sold, but we still have the Miller Family Reunion each yr. for MFR'23 there were about 80 people - cousins (11 & Aunt Marilyn, the only surviving parent - 93!) & their  families.  All the info is further down.  Scroll down to find what might interest you.  My idea for the creation of The Country of Palestine is important as well as my idea for ending homelessness & the shelter system - Community Living Centers

To go to the "next page", click on pg 2 on top right on the top. To go back, click on Home on upper left on top.

Please e mail me, tell me if we have met or talked or how you got to me + where u live. I will send you invites to online art shows of mine - nice to meet you.

I will be setting up a scroll bar on top with a search bar for the different idea, & topics. For now, they are listed below. Just scroll down

1 - If you want to maintain our democracy & not live in a dictatorship than you MUST vote for Biden & Must vote for a Democratic House.  Presenters will be organized (famous stars like you & me) & "Neighborhood Presenters" will go door to door to  talk about the election & to leaave a brochure.

2 - Community of "The Cult of Trump"

3 - Idea for the Creation of the Country of New Palestine (not to be confused with Palestine).  When Golda Meir immigrated to Israel, she said she got a Palestinian passport. Jews & Arabs were Palestinians.  Before the creation of the country of Israel, Jews used to say at a Holiday meal "Next year in Palestine".  Arafat started a campaign to confuse people - & he did! My letter to Prince Harry & Megan Markel to "spearhead my idea is below.  I propose that New Palestine (& The West Bank) will become a member of The Commonwealth. The Commonwealth will govern New Palestine so there is no chance that if a leader comes in, or one that takes over the government (like Hamas), that wants to invade Israel, kill all the Jews & destroy Israel.  The Commonwealth will be an effective & safe governing body. New Palestine will be rebuilt as a Community Living Center (see #4) to allow the Palestinians to become functioning members of the new Palestine. Palestine can also be built as a tourist destination with its beautiful beaches on The Mediterranean Sea!  Scroll down to #4 to read the letter.

4 - Dominique Polles & the Sculpture Nathanael

5 - Community Living Centers - A practical "no cost solution" to homelessness, the shelter system, an alternative to poverty & a secure place for wayward youths +++. 

6 - DonaldWeissPhotos.com  (under construction). My 1st series is 20 iages call Las Vegas Abstract Expressions.

7 - Ideas for NYC including:

    Community Living Centers -  A practical "solution" to homelessness, the

       shelter system & an alternative to housing the poor - see below

    Fix NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority)

    Clean up NYC Garbage

    Define NYC Neighborhoods

    Why Zoning? - Allow all office buildings to have up to 50% of the space to 

             be rented or sold as residential - good 4 all!

    Twice a Month Opposite Side of the Street Parking

    Improve Times Square - "Kick out" Minnie, Mickey & all them guys

        & replace them with actors in costumes from B'way shows to perform &

        sell TKTS & advance tickets with hand held devices

     Classic Broadway Hits as a show

     Paint Street Lines with Reflective Paint

     Dress Up NYC buildings (in a tux!)

8 - St Pete Ideas & Art Additions - MassMOCA-StPete - The world's greatest venue for contemporary art & "culture" should have an "annex" in St. Pete, Fla. To move their massive installations to buildings (or floors in multi floor buildings) the same size & configertion that exist at MassMOCA.              Moving The Judy Garland Museum to St. Pete to give her the exosure she deserves.  Youtube MassMOCA in 2 miniuts & check it out on Google.  Judy would get more attention In St. Pete than in Grand Rapids, Minn

9 - Have You Heard of Judy Garland? (From a convicted Judy Garland  

addict - no to worry, I start rehab soon) - have fun!  Begin by youtubing Judy Garland Playlist Get Happy - 80 songs & videos & Battle Hymn of The Republic.  She was very friendly with John Kennedy. He came to her Grand Opening at the Palace Theater on Times Sq that was renovated for her. He "fell in love" with her & would call her once a week to say hello  &  ask her to sing part of Over Rainbow.  She could call him when ever she wanted, even when he was President - he always took her call.  She spent a month with her 3 children at the Kennedy compound one summer 7 was in The White House many times. She had The Judy Garland Show on CBS in '63 & '64. Her original contract was for 4 yrs @ $24 million - The highest amount pd an entertainer on TV through today.  She was only on for 1 yr because she was in the same time slot as Bonanza. It was the most popular show on TV & was in color. Pople were buying their 1st color TV in the early 60's.  She wanted to sing Battle Hymn of he Republic in his honor but CBS said No - it would be too controvertial. So she conspired with er orchestra leader to sing it at the end of a show & did not put it on the playlist given to CBS execs. I read that before she sang it she said "This is for you Jack".  Get out a handkerchief!

Youtube

Judy Garland Playlist Get Happy - choose the 89 videos - many other Judy Garland playlist & mixes

Judy Garland - Battle Hymn of the Republic

Judy Garland - Old Man River - She said"No woman has ever sung Old Man River - I'm gong to sing it!"  After you listen to her just youtube Old Man River & choose any other singer - She is a 15 out 10 - all the other a are a 6 or 7 - That is the brilliance of Judy Garland

Judy Garland Songs For Kids (Adults & Dogs 2 -Toto had his own agent!):

      Mr & Mrs Clown

      Be a Clown

      Ten pins in The Sky

      Do the La Conga + Many more below in the Section about her

10 - Dots on Lots - Lots of dots on lots of lots (or numbers).  No more "Where the F is my car?"

11 - Everyone Should Celebrate Passover - It was Jesus' favorite holiday - He loved to hide the afikomen.  It is the most festive, meaningful, joyful Holiday dinner.  It way better than an Easter ham.  Passover is The Last Supper so non Jews can tell the story form the Bible & recant parables & teachings of Jesus. Let everyone enjoy his important, joyous experience.

12 - When I Die Make Me Into a Tree or a vine (bogenvilla is lovely) - Or just send me to Ibiza for some R & R

13 - A Better Apple (Corp.) - Great, but many things could be corrected.  

    Siri's a lovely girl, but that poor child is learning  disabled + more

14 - Requirements to speak English - Radical!

15 - St. Pete, Fla. - Visit there, winter there, live there.  Maybe the most 

     exciting & interesting newly gentrifying city in the world (according 

     to Judy Garland - & me)

16 - Miller Family Reunions & The Rellim Hotel (what is Miller spelled backwards?). 64 years of family reunions - now about 80 people show up in St. Pete during the Christmas Holiday.

17 - The Precepts of Kabbalah - The ancient wisdom of Kabbalah was begun by Jacob (the original one, not Jacob Miller, my grandfather) who taught the wisdom, until The Kabbalah Centers began, from 1 religious, 40 yr or older Jew, to another.  There are now 100's of Kabbalah Centers all over the world & there are many apps & there is much on line info. The basic principal is we live in the 1% & spirituality is the 99%.  Spirituality is the spirits of OUR own ancestors. Mine care about me,  & don't know you. Yours care about you. Read Many Lives Many Masters. It is the story of a Psychiatrist who used hypnosis as part of his practice. He had a woman who not only recanted previous lives but told of tie in between lives where there were "Spirit Masters" who taught the many poor, misguided, confused souls they had to deal with. Mr Oy Vey ha a comment on this one!

18 - Spirituality

19 - Enjoy Unitarian Universalism (UU) - I belong to uucsr.org.  The history of UU is very interesting & includes  Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emmerson & Henry David Throeau.  Step right up & learn all about it, folks

20 - Playing bridge, eZeBridge & the app Funbridge.  Bridge is the most amazing card game ever!

21 - Require PIN #'s for credit cards so if the card is lost or stolen the liklyhood that it can be used is very slim.

22 - "American Houses for American Familes". Congress should pass a law that an individual, corp, or any entitity can not buy mor.  thn 3 houses for investment with a sufficient penalty large enough that all will comply with the law.  Corporations have been buying houses for investment as they g up in value more than the stock market. This effects the supply of housig & real estate prices are supply & demand & since this has significantly reduced supply & demand is strong, prices have gone up & many can not afford a house. 

23. Paint lines on streets in reflective white & yellow so you can see your lanes at night!

Balance - "Under Construction" - Union labor, only

So many great idea - check them out. Donald Weiss will be the best Mayor NYC ever had - see why in the ideas below, Donald Weiss will Make NYC

                             Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

 Ideas:    

My most important idea is my "plan" for peace between Israel & The Palestinians giving them a homeland by the creation of what I call "New Palestine". It would be part of The Commonwealth to assure no aberrant leader comes in  & says "Oh my - I decided to kill all the Jews!" A 2nd new country would be created changing The West Bank to JudiaSamaria. 2 or 3 areas in what is now The West Bank would become State or Provines of New Palestine. Like Alaska, they are not physically connected. The detailed plan is on

DonaldWeissIdeasForChange.com               

* Converting NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority - all big red brick boxes) from mostly welfare. Starting with the worst building, tenants will be offered $25,000 to move - they are not obliged to take the $, but many will. When the tenants who take the $ move (6 mo to move - penalties if they do not - $ put in an attorney’s escrow account to be released after verification of the unit being vacant (lock immediately changed), the City & State will do a full renovation of the bldg - elec., plumbing, remove lead paint, sheet rocking as necessary, new elevators, new roof, pointing, creating upscale lobbies, hallways & landscaping (with trees & seatings).  

There would be “contests” to have artists prepare a plan to paint each building in an artistic way. No more red brick box buildings! Ugh! 

Then apts will be sold as condos. NYCHA apartments are large & well laid out. With new kitchens, bathrooms & central a/c in each apartment, they will be desirable places to live. The city does not have to get maximum value as the transfer of the middle & upper middle class population of people who pay income tax & RE tax will, in the end, bring billions to the city. Let’s do the math. There are approximately 175,000 NYCHA apts in NYC. If, in the end 100,000 move the city saves tons of money - no welfare, no Section 8, no medical, no nothing! Not even counting the savings. If each new tenant - most will have 2 adults so I’ll say 1 1/2 tax payers for each apt - that’s 150,000. If each makes $100,000, they would pay income tax @ 12% to NYC (conservative), that is 150,000 x $12,000 = approximately $180,000 million a yr in income tax for 1 building!If each apt is fully valued at $400,000 (conservative) @ had an assessed value for RE taxes of $160,000 with a tax rate of 12%, the math, for the 1st building, is 100 units x ($160,000 x 12% = approx $18,000/yr per apt so 100 units x $18,000/yr = $1.8 million. Maybe they should be exempt for a period to increase sales prices! 

If it is estimated that, in the end 100,000 units “turn over” with 1 1/2 people per unit & a projected NYC income tax paid, this would generate (100,000 x 1 1/2 working persons per apt = 150,000 “tax payers” x $18,000/yr NYC tax = $2.7 Billion additional annual income. NYC’s budget now is $107 billion, so an extra $2.7 billion won’t hurt & so much of NY will be converted from red brick boxes to something beautiful. Maybe Stuyvestown would paint each building as a flower - “We live in The Gardena Building” & Peter Cooper Village will pain each building for a bird - “We live in The Bluebird Building”. More red brick box building to something of beauty!

My idea s a practical solution to begin to end homelessness & the shelter system. My “vision” is to begin with the approx 30,000 homeless Vets in America.  Units will be in a wide range of structures. Anything from a high rise to tiny homes. 

My idea is to build CLCs on vacant, inexpensive, land or in cities that need revitalization or just want a CLC in their city. Why take care of poverty in the most expensive REcin America - NYC?cMy plan involves construction of CLCs as condominiums.  Units will be purchased by CLC sponsors. This could include a wide range.  Maybe 1 or 2 “Oprah Winfrey CLC), by Corporations, the wealthy - individual units or as a full CLC Sponsor.  Even with 1 sponsor, the CLC will still be built as condo units so the sponsor can decide what they want to do. Governments may be sponsors too. Units would be bought with a down payment with the balance at closing. They are condos, so a mortgage can be taken out.  This will help pay for the construction.

Medical systems where the CLC is being built will be involved to set up all the medical needs. The “member” will live there and then the sponsor may eventually sell it or even give it to the previously homeless. 

I propose each CLC will have 300 - 500 “members” (that means about 100 CLC's just for homeless viets!) & units would be built for homeless, families & “outsiders” who want to live in a CLC. 

CLCs would be built as high rises, mid rise, 2 story &/or tiny homes (Elon Musk shows tiny homes for $15,000). Larger units & homes would be built for those described above. There would be a common dining room where members would share cooking, cleaning, maintenance, etc. Each unit would have its own kitchen also. 

There would be 4 types of CLCs:

1 - A Working CLC where members would work in a profit oriented business. It could be anything from non soil farming tp cottage industries. Members would receive a weekly stipend (about $300). Their housing, food & transportation is taken care of by the CLC.

2 - Learning CLCs where members would get a  degree or a Certificate of Excellence in a specialized field . This should allow them to get a job anywhere in the world.

3 - A Caring For CLC if the member did not fit into 1 or 2  

4 - A Retirement CLC for old farts like me  

5 - An Intake CLC (only at the beginning of that CLC) to determine where that new “member” should go. 

I lived in Israel (’84 - ’87) & spent much time on the kibbutz where my wife’s cousins lived - Kibbutz Bachan. I have fond memories of how wonderful life was for these financially poor Argentinians who immigrated to Israel when it became a State. I soon thought how wonderful something like that would be for America. I have had the concept of Community Living Centers (CLCs) for many years but only now am I starting an aggressive campaign to present the plan to all as outlined above.

More About Me & NYC

I have had a "love affair" with NYC since I was a kid. I grew up in St. Pete, Fla & when school was out, my mom would drive us up to be with her sister who lived in Mamaroneck.  She would tke me into the City to see a show & I was "hooked"!  We would park to the West of 8th Ave & crossing 8th, I would see these "creatures".  "Mom - they don't have girls like that in St. Pete! She would take my hand, drag me & say "Come along Donnie, come along!."  My 1st show was Damn Yankees with Gwen Verdon. 

*Make Times Square about Broadway theater not Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Superman & The Naked Cowboy - what                                                                                        * Convert The Palace Theater to The Judy Garland Palace Theater with all JG all day & all night with a JG / W of Oz store & Judy’s Sing a long Coffee Shop * Reopen Horn & Hardetts * Create MassMOCA-NYC *Create The Clark Museum NYC * Create The Norman Rockwell Museum NYC * Create Jacob’s Pillow NYC * Create Tanglewood NYC in Queens Park - open all year for interior seating & as weather permits for lawn seating * Encourage everyone to have a “traditional” Friday night Shabbat Dinner. You don’t have to be Jewish to give thanks for making it through to week, eating & sitting with friends & family, giving praise to “your God” & enjoying a special meal - “traditional” food - matzah ball soup, gefilte fish, salad, chicken +++ or “traditional” food from your country. Every Friday night I will have a Judy Garland Shabbat Dinner in Gracie Mansion, whether I am in town or not. I already have a date to meet Elon Musk on Mars for a weekend in January - he says that’s the most beautiful time of year there - can’t wait. All Shabbat dinners will begin with a welcome from a religious leader (Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Hokey Pokey (this is a new 1), Jewish, Unitarian Universalist, Epis

* End opposite side of the street parking. Go & look at the road after cars have moved & before Sanitation comes - The streets are clean! Oh my - why inconvenience so many for no reason. Cleaning should be once a month. Property owners will make sure the sidewalks & street are clean. See back for more ideas. 

* End use of garbage bins & have different colored bags (any size) put on the curb: Dark Blue - Aluminum & cans; Light Blue - Paper; Green - The remains of Donald Trump (just kidding!) Green will be for glass; Yellow - Plastic; Purple - Paper & small cardboard; Cardboard boxes can be put inside each other & left out (no plastic bag needed) or cut to make flat with tape to hold all pieces together  * On Manhattan blocks & “Urban blocks” there would be, on the sidewalk, large almost container sized, artist designed, whatevers that would have openings on the * “A New Times Square” * Once a year Tuesday / Thursday “Theater Date” for kids - beginning in kindergarten, through 2nd year of NYC Community Colleges * Allow Airbnb’s & other sharing platforms all over NYC - make it affordable to visit NYC * Vacate all hotels with welfare tenants & have the love to Community Living Centers in upstate NY - why house welfare in the most expensive real estate in the world * Paint red box buildings * Convert NYCHA buildings from welfare to fully renovated buildings selling units as condos to middle class & upper middle class * Make it illegal for non real estate companies to buy houses & condos for investment - this reduces the supply of housing & increases prices for others *Have “The English Police” work with non English speakers to learn English for free on the phone & to have free classes for all languages to learn English * Create areas about 20 ft long on subway platforms with long thick clear plastic strips putting a/c & heat in about 4 places each direction * Run contests to redesign subway stations & entrances with personal & corporate donors paying for the cost with recognition costs * Have a Dept of Better Signs take suggestions of poor, misleading or missing signs on streets & highways *Dots on Lots - put colored dots & numbers on parking lanes for identification * Encourage Broadway theaters with all sold out shows to have matinees on all days & be open Monday nights - alternative casts can perform *Have free movies in parks throughout the city all night except when weather does not permit. Sitting in 25 degree weather with no wind wearing a parka, hat & gloves with a blanket to keep warm would be fun - free movies don’t have to be in the summer only * Paint NYC buildings * Create “Polles’ Garden” * Paint lines on roads & highways in reflective white * Define NYC neighborhoods * Build Las Vegas style venues in a high rise building to have Las Vegas style shows, many Cirque du Solis’s & residencies by famous performers * Eliminate zoning & replace it with a more reasonable method of allowing anything in an existing structure (like in Paris) & new construction that conforms with what already exists in the neighborhood with a right, by voting of locals, if something planned & presented is not wanted - majority rules * Allow horse & buggy rides throughout all of NYC. Horses are not Divas. They were put here to cater to the needs of humans - there would be laws to properly care for the horses *

Times Square is About Broadway & Theaters:

Sorry, Mickey and Minnie and the naked cowboy, and all the other characters that are throughout Times Square soliciting tourist to take their picture and then bothering them for money, have NOTHING to do with Broadway or Times Square. New York City needs to pass an ordinance that only allows people sanctioned by Broadway or off Broadway theaters to be in Times Square in costume & to solicit. These other characters can be relegated to the side treats to ply their trade.

No more TKTS Booth & Waiting in line, sometimes up to 1 hr. FINISHED!

1 - What I propose are TKTS people, dressed in a special TKTS outfits, that would carry a hand held device to sell DKTS at the discount for that day and to sell future tickets at full price. They would  be able to take the credit card on the machine and to send a QR code to the customer as their ticket. This should increase sales dramatically because it makes it easy to buy tickets. You don’t have to wait on line at TKTS. You don’t have to pay a service fee at one of the brokers online you don’t have to go to the theater. You just have to go to Times Square and find a TKTS live human being representative. No so difficult! I recommend the GoDaddy smaller handheld device.

2 - I am proposing that the bleachers behind the TKTS location on 47th St. be torn down and a stage be put there and another stage we put just north of 1 Times Square. Every half hour, young actors (or hungry older ones( will perform from a show, in costume. Now Times Square is what it should be - about Broadway & Off Broadway Theater!  Goodby Minnie & Mickey (& Goofy too - I heard Mickey & Goofy were gay - shh!( & Mr. Naked Cowbowy (dd he retire?). Hello Broadway & Off Broadway Theater.

2 - Theaters that have strong demand for their show should have 14 performances a week. Many people prefer a matinee and why leave the theater vacant four days a week during matinee when money could be made.

3 - I am proposing that the bleachers behind the TKTS location on 47th St. be torn down and a stage be put there and another stage we put just north of 1 Times Square. Every half hour, young actors (or hungry older ones( will perform from a show, in costume. Now Times Square is what it should be - about Broadway & Off Broadway Theater!  Goodby Minnie & Mickey (& Goofy too - I heard Mickey & Goofy were gay - shh!( & Mr. Naked Cowbowy (dd he retire?). Hello Broadway & Off Broadway Theater.

4 - I have presented my idea of the reopening of The Palace Theatre in Times Square with  "Judy Garland Sings Some of Her Highlights with Video & Live Duets & a Sing a Long" to the 2 owners, James Nederlander (Pres. of The Nederlander Organization) & Stewart Lane. The letter is on my website JudyGarlandAddicts.com.   

I also sent a letter to Elton John asking him to write a theme song, perhaps incorporating it with her orchestral intro. I have also asked if he & his husband, David Furnish, would like to produce the shows. Or maybe Barbra Streisand would like to - she & Judy were "tight". I have also asked Susan Stroman do the sets & choreography. I read she is interested in new & often young choreographers.  She could use differnet  ones for The Judy Garland Highlights shows. So many of Judy’s songs in the Highlight shows could have new choreographers present their work. ne good example is got a pair of new shoes probably half hour 40 minutes could be work just from that one song from Judy singing it to people singing duets with her to dance numbers to the audience participating in the sing-along just one song of hers could entertain an audience for easily 30 or 40 minutes. I don’t think they’ll be anything to compare to lion King, but the music is brilliant and her creating the animals and everything else about the show is above spectacular. 

Perhaps Simon Cowel could pass talent one for 1 Highlight performance. I envision big stars being able to come on even at the last minute and sing with judy. Of course you’ll have to know what they’re going to sing so there might be some planning involved, but the idea is to have the show open to whoever wants to come to sing with Judy Garland and to sing a little bit on their own.

Did you got in my story would be presented in two parts the first half of her life from her being an unwanted baby until she was fired from Annie get your gun for not showing up at all for filming in XXX until the end of her life in 1969. My idea is that those shows would run just three or four days a week and the balance of the shows both matinee and evening shows. I’m calling Judy Garland highlights and basically that is taking any of her body of work which is almost unlimited and using videos of her singing Both solo where people can join in singing with her they can’t be famous people they can be in famous people people who will be chosen by maybe Susan Stroman, as I understand she has an interest in finding new talent. But I think there’s a lot of a found talent that would love to sing with Judy Garland maybe Barbra Streisand who sang the most beautiful duet ever created. Get happy that was Judy Garland combining happy days and get happy. It is on show number 9 - if you watch the entire show scroll past the stupid comedians unless you like stupid comedians I guess one of the things about to do Garland show is that they still look contemporary even though they were made in the early 60s Judy had her hand and everything and she was like a good architect who built a building that is timeless She knew how to create a show that was timeless look at any other show made in early 60s not the Judy Garland show. Parts of all the shows could become part of the highlights. Really, the possibilities are almost limitless. I am proposing that Liza Minnelli and Lorna left can show up for any show whether it be a life story show or a highlight show to take over part in the show or to sing with their mama and sing by themselves also. They will get paid as all the other people who show up and that would be union wage the actor or actress who was supposed to play the part that night will either play another part or sit out and get paid. This will create a new excitement on Broadway not knowing who is gonna show up for one of the highlight shows. People can know what is in that show in advance. For example, it could be a highlight show. Just using Judy Garland show number three and people could listen to that show before they come to Broadway and familiarize themselves with some of the songs that will be in the show as sing-alongs. I’ll have to look at show number three myself to see which songs might be appropriate for that particular show, but like I said it is unlimited. The interview with Liza Minnelli is something remarkable and the interview is on the left is also quite telling about Judy Garland’s life and interest, forcing the interviews with songs and duets and dances I think would be very entertaining.

I am also proposing that the retail store created when they raised the palace theater to create that valuable retail space should be used as a Judy Garland and Wizard of Oz showroom selling all the Judy Garland and Wizard of Oz products that are out there.

I suggest that the Judy Garland story went told be told either in a live performance or by video by John Frickey, who I call Mr. Judy Garland he knows everything about that woman and his presentation is something that would be a asset to both Of Life story and her highlight shows. He has written many books on Judy Garland as well as books on the Wizard of Oz.

I am so enthusiastic about this idea. I think it may be a huge blockbuster where there might even be two theaters having Judy Garland highlight shows and maybe just in the palace theater the Judy Garland life story would play every day matinee and evening and another theater would have Judy Garland highlights. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how strong demand is, but I know once you get to know this woman and listen to her. It’s hard to stop. She has a unique ability of transcending time and space when you watch your thing on video even though she’s been dead for 60 years somehow you feel like she is singing just to you and you actually develop connection with her and as you get to know about her life, you become very sympathetic to her as a human being very enthusiastic about her as her humanity was remarkable on many levels on so many levels with so many stories although that can be part of Judy Garland highlights it really can go on forever and what pleasure there would be in creating different highlight chose And having new talent come to perform with her and having old talent come to perform with her.

Oh boy, I’m so excited. There are so many Judy Garland mixes and playlist on YouTube that just a few songs from each of these can be a highlight show. I just came across a YouTube blah blah blah that has his number videos often times I’ll put the news on and listen for a few minutes because that’s about all my Nervous system can take and then I put onto Judy Garland and often times she is singing to me when I wake up because there’s so many songs in the playlist in the mixes that I can now say that I truly slept with Judy Garland you can too. Like I tell everyone how can you find a woman who is so easy to get along with and always sings to you whenever you ask her to and her voice isn’t so bad either I guess the one unique thing about listening to Judy Garland is a very rarely hear a song that’s less than wonderful. Oh that one was wonderful. The next one is more wonderful. I guess that makes it wonderfuler!  

In case you don’t know, the Palace theater was renovated for Judy Garland in 1951 and had abandoned for 18 years and she loved who became with her husband after Judy Garland was fired from Annie get your gun knew that she was the greatest star of her day and had the most beautiful voice ever, and he was in Times Square and saw the theater was abandoned and knew the owner and called him and said why don’t you renovated it for Judy to sing there and the owner did and her show lesson for 40 weeks she put on two shows a day also down all great reviews and I think I told you the story about John Kennedy, but I will go back and read what I read what I wrote. Everyone falls in love with Judy Garland. You can’t help it except my cousin DAVID who happens to be a singer himself, but said to me, I don’t give a rat ass about Judy Garland. Well, that’s too bad David.