After a years-long series of small business closures left over a half-dozen storefront spaces to remain shuttered for months at a time, the two-block stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 20th and 22nd Streets is experiencing a retail renaissance. A reasonably priced Ranjha Cleaners and a very cool addition to the Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK: West Side Shred Day / Outdoor Screening of Beetlejuice /Â WEEKLY & ONGOING EVENTS: Open Call for Participants in Hudson Guild Gallery’s 26th Annual Community Art Jam / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Â Music & Art at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers […]
BY MAX BURBANK | The key question, the lens through which you have to view the October 1, 2024 debate between Junior Senator from Ohio JD Vance and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz is: Did it matter? This VP debate, or honestly any VP debate? I gotta say, “NO.†Not much anyway, maybe not at […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, the City Planning Commission listened to the voices of countless New Yorkers and said ‘yes’ to the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity†— the most pro-housing changes in the history of the city’s zoning code. New Yorkers cannot afford to wait any longer for affordable housing. […]
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DEBORAH FENKER | The work of a gardener never ends, nor does the joy it imparts to the beholder. But that work is always at the mercy of Mother Nature as well as the inexplicable extremes of human behavior. Thus is the struggle of the Chelsea Garden Club, whose members have […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | They say elephants never forget–so it’s in all of our best interests to ensure that the 100 or so life-sized Indian elephant sculptures on display throughout the Meatpacking District have a fond tale to tell when their time in NYC comes to an end, come October 20. On the ground in […]
BY KATHRYN STOMSVIK with ALL PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES | If you’re wondering what would motivate more than 200 New Yorkers to sacrifice the perfectly gorgeous afternoon of Saturday, September 15 and pack themselves into an auditorium at the American Museum of Natural History, the answer is inspiring: It’s the opportunity to become more civically […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK & NEXT: Baryshnikov Arts’ Free Outdoor Performance / Movie Night at Chelsea Green Park /Â The Longest Table / Flu & COVID Vaccine Clinic / Older Adult Resource Fair / Shred Day! /Â WEEKLY & ONGOING EVENTS: Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Â Music & Art […]
BY MARIA HUIZA FOR THE EMPIRE STATE LOCAL NEWS COALITION |Â Earlier this year, Chelsea Community News (CCNews) joined over 200 other local newspapers in New York State to launch the Empire State Local News Coalition, which successfully advocated for a state tax credit to support jobs in local newsrooms across the state. Now, the fruits […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Saints be praised! After a long—and of late, contentious—search for a lessee who’d bring balance to the financially faltering General Theological Seminary (GTS), this week’s announcements from the landlord as well as their intended tenant garnered high praise from a chorus of community stakeholders who viewed the prospect of GTS’ previous […]