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DAILY NEWS Friday, February 12. 1988 nn i-i nn By JOAN WEEARP Manhattan Cultural Affairs Editor Fine architecture and real estate will merge oh Tuesday, when the landmark Biltmore Theater goes oh the auction block. In a separate action, the city will try to evict the producers of a successful Off-Broadway show from a theater in a city-owned building. The Biltmore Theater, at 261 W. 47th St, whose interior was damaged in a fire in December, will be sold by Properties at Auction, 635 Madison on Tuesday morning at the Pierre Hotel.

The requested opening bid is $4,000,000, according to the auction firm's brochure. 'Perfect for mixed use' "If anyone wants to donate the money to us," said Jack Goldstein, president of Save -The Theaters, a nonprofit theater-preservation group, "we'll buy it But I do think the site is perfect for mixed use theater and residential. I just hope someone who is interested in running a theater will buy it" In addition to its landmark status, the hotel comes with air rights that can be developed under existing landmark laws. However, any changes the structure, including demolition, alteration, or construction of a tower above the theater, must be approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The theater, located just a few blocks, from the new Zeckendorf project at 49tti St -and Eighth which includes the construction of of- 4Jth St.

will be auctioned Tuesday. New plays Two new one-act plays, A Delicate Heart," by Jean Reynolds and "Emily and Emilia and Bob," by William Russell, are at the Second Story Theater at St Marks Church, 10th St and Second Ave. tonight and tomorrow at 8, and Sunday 3 and 8 p.m. Admission is $6. Comedy festival Manhattan Punch Line will hold its Fourth Annual Festival of One Act Comedies at the Judith Anderson Theater, 422 W.

42d St tonight, tomorrow and Sunday. Tickets are $0. For reservations, call 427-4200. t.Zuzlz notes Pianist Lenoardo Gala will be in concert tonight at 8 at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, 584 Broadway. Admission is $7.

For the Valentine weekend, Cafe Americano, 105 Hudson St, will have its annual "Broken Hearts" parties tonight, tommor-. row, and Sunday. The special $14.95 dinner will be served from 5 to 8 p.m. At 10 p.m., a deejay will play hot dance music until -closing time. Piano concert On Saturday at 3 p.m.

at Alice Tully Hall, 65th St and Broadway, pianist Anton Kuerti will play Bee-ihoyen's Piano Concerto 5 with the Symphony Orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music. Kuerti replaces Richard Go ode, who was scheduled to Murdor mystery "Back for Murder" by Agatha Christie is on the boards at the St Bart's Playhouse, 109 E. 50th St tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m., and on Sunday at 3 p.m. The play is directed by Marc McQuown with costumes by Annette Mo-desitt Tickets are $12. Doroplay "Mr.

Hirsch Died Yesterday," a play about a candy store in the South Bronx is being done by the Castillo Theater Company, 7 E. 20th St The play runs on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are EM wlho meed DAILY NEWS thousands of people since it opened in 1983. However, the city maintains that the entire building, including the theater, was designated by the Board of Estimate for use by nonprofit organizations only. "They knew we were a commercial producer when they rented to us," said Paul Batista, attorney for the producer, Vy Higginsen.

The city has tried and failed to evict the theater company before. "I will move for an adjournment for another date," said Batista, "and then I will move to get the. case dismissed. I won before, and I think I will win again." Ihomes looking for adults who can provide a stable environment for the babies and lots of love. Yesterday, two prospective parents stopped by the Sinergia offices on W.

105th St to check on their applications. Nelida Gomez, 46, said now that her youngest daughter is about to go to college, she would love to have a baby or small child to care for. Edy Ortiz, 27, has a mentally retarded daughter, Edith, 8, and would like a second child for her daughter to grow up with. "Besides," Ortiz said, "these children need homes." Adults, whether single or married, who are interested in the program should call Sinergia at 666-1300. The Human Resources Administra-s tion has a special hot line for adults who are interested in foster care and adoption of other children, DBtlOUIUtO BILTMORE THEATER, 261 W.

fices and residential condos, is considered highly desirable real estate by appraisers. The Biltmore fire damaged the first few rows of seats, part of the stage and some of the plaster work, according to Gene Norman, chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The theater has been vacant since May and has fallen, prey to vandals and drug ad-dicts, according to owner Sam Pfeiffer. The Biltmore was built in 1925 and designed by renowned theatrical architect Herbert Krapp. "Hair," the 1960s musical about the counterculture, me all of them had been abandoned," Cuadra recalled yesterday.

"Many had disabilities. I could tell just by looking at these tiny children that no matter how much love and attention the nurses could give, it wouldn't be enough." Back at Sinergia, she told director Dick Lash, "This is ridiculous! We've got to do something." State grant The two developed a program and applied for additional funds from the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, a principal funding source for Sinergia, along with the New York City Youth Bureau. Sinergia recently received an $80,000 state grant to find and train parents to care for boarder babies with physical and mental disabilities such as Down's Syndrome, cere was one of many well-known musicals that played at the Biltmore. The buyer could come from anywhere in the world, because Properties at Auction is an international firm, with offices in London, Paris, Milan, Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Vancouver, and takes bids by phone. Another theater-real estate issue will go to court on Tuesday, when the city will move in the Commercial Division of Landlord and Tenant Court to evict the show "Mama I Want to Sing," from the Heckscher Theater, 1 E.

104th St The show has played to levies bral palsy and epilepsy and is now accepting applications from Manhattan adults interested in offering long-term care. Sinergia will train those accepted, showing the adults how to take care of the dren's special needs. Through the program, adults also will receive any special equipment the child requires, assistance in getting government benefits, such as Medicaid, that the child is entitled to, and assistance in getting the child into day care or other educational programs. Registered nurses will visit each child and teachers will regularly visit the infants. Monthly stipend The adult caring for the child will receive a basic stipend of $603 per month.

But Cuadra and Lash said money is not the object They are By JOYCE YOUNQ Daily News Staff Writer Myrta Cuadra, a program director at a family service agency, vividly remembers the day last spring when she vowed to get the boarder babies with disabilities out of hospitals and into permanent families and homes. She had been to St Luke's Hospital to visit a former client from SinergiaDirection Service in Manhattan Valley, a private, non-profit group serving families where one member or more has a physical or mental disability. The young woman in the hospital, who had a physical disability and an addiction to crack had just given birth to a two-pound, premature baby. After visiting the mother, Cuadra went to the nursery to see the baby. "The room was filled with babies and the nurses told $10.

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