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heart in the city. I'm also heading up our restaurant attraction strategy as all these new residents and office workers will need places to eat and drink. We'll never become a truly 24/7 neighborhood without them. What is a typical day for you? ere is no such thing as a typical day and that's one of the aspects I most enjoy about my work. I meet with cultural groups, city agencies, council members, and the media. I'm never at my desk for more than 45 minutes at a time, and I am never exactly sure what my week is going to look like when it begins. It's exciting to say I am involved in this—and that, as a born and raised New Yorker, I play a part in enhancing a neighborhood—and not just perceptually. ings are actually being built because of the work we're doing here. What are your goals? My main goal is to make this neighbor- hood one of the best and most attractive places to live, work, and play in the entire city, plain and simple. We have 60,000 university students (more than cambridge, Massachusetts). We have Etsy, MakerBot, Tough Mudder, and J.P. Morgan chase. We have twelve subways lines, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Barclay's Center, and you're a five-minute walk to Brownstone Brooklyn and the waterfront. What impact did your time at Trevor have on you? I never truly appreciated this until I was long gone, but Trevor actually prepares you for the real world. I understand that's a very bold (and broad) statement, but it's true. e real world is all about ambiguity— there are very few times in your life where you have a square peg and there's a square hole to put it in. Trevor equips you to deal with that ambiguity, by embracing it, being comfortable with it, and leveraging it to your advantage. It provides a truly well-rounded edu- cation, where all subjects are given equal footing. Just looking at the success stories of its alumni proves that point perfectly: Trevor equips us with the skills to do whatever it is we want to do. It made me an incredibly nimble person. What's your favorite Trevor memory? our junior year we travelled to West Virginia for a week to work on a Habitat for humanity site. I honestly believe this was a defining moment for us as a class. Being together and working together for this common good was transformative. We came back to New York stronger as individuals and as a class. It was fortuitous, considering the tragic events of September 11th; I honestly believe that without this trip our entire senior year would have been much different. Previous page: Andrew Kalish at Willoughby Plaza, a quiet respite close to Fulton Street's busy shopping district; Andrew is fourth from the right in this team picture of Junior Varsity Basketball; Andrew's 2002 yearbook senior page; is page: Andrew and his wife, Stephanie; Andrew surveys southern Brooklyn. 3 1 T r e v o r D ay S c h o o l n W I N T e r 2 0 1 4 – 2 0 1 5

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