Note: This look at Chelsea Green’s history incorporates previous reporting by Kristen Ancillotti, Mark Nimar, & Scott Stiffler. Email Friends of Chelsea Green at ChelseaGreenPark@gmail.com to join their mailing list. On Instagram: @chelseagreennyc. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It was 5 years ago this week—July 25, 2019—when the photo seen directly above was taken. Seconds later, […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Still on Facebook? Join the dwindling club. But even though we’re basically dinosaurs roaming the social landscape in search of a branch to nibble on, there are still rules as to how to behave there. Let me make it easy for you. Here’s what NOT to do as a Facebook user. […]
Note: The following is a letter sent on July 10, 2024 to NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, NYC Department of Homeless Services. It is presented as a Guest Opinion piece at the request of its authors. Those who wish to add their names and/or groups/organizations to the list of supporters appearing […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York is the safest big city in America, and we are working hard every day to keep New Yorkers safe from all kinds of dangers — including those posed by lithium-ion battery fires. While the rise of battery-powered mobility devices has had many positive effects, too many of […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Manhattan Community Board 4’s Full Board Meeting / Free Affordable Housng Workshop / 300 W. 21st 22nd 23rd Streets Block Association’s Neighborhood Meet & Greet / Rooftop Films Screens Penn F-ing Station / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Imbuing his moody, muted, often cinematically composed depictions of city living with a sense of both detachment and curiosity, the artist in question seems reluctant to tell all; or anything, really, save for a few clues written in the language of shadows, light, and faces focused on avoiding eye contact. It’s […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our city is facing a generational housing crisis with a vacancy rate at 1.4 percent, and half of all New York renters are paying more than 30 percent of their income in rent. The only way to solve this crisis is simple: build more. That requires all of us […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | After nearly a decade’s worth of members moving away and other means of matriculation left its Board of Directors so sparsely populated that the gathering of two practically constituted a quorum, a repopulated and robust incarnation of the 300 West 18th/19th Streets Block Association (18/19) emerged in 2018. Ready to advocate […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance Presents, Through October, Free Programming in Bella […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Comedy great Kevin McDonald earned that apt description decades ago, for his work with The Kids in the Hall—the 5-man, 80s/90s Canadian sketch troupe literally unearthed by Amazon Prime last year for an all-new, 8-episode run. A well-deserved second season continues to elude, but McDonald gathers no moss waiting for it. […]