BAM dedication of Peter Jay Sharp Building restoration renaming circa 2004. Cake Man Raven and Borough President Marty Markowitz pose with red velvet cake replica of the building. Markowitz takes a bow, group of philanthropists, BAM leaders and politicians include: BAM founder and past president Harvey Lichtenstein; architect Hugh Hardy, Karen Brook Hopkins, Joseph Melillo, City Council Member Al Vann, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Alan Fishman, Chair BAM Board of Trustees, NYC Council Member, Letitia James; Commissioner of NYC Department of Cultural affairs Kate Levin