BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2, Flatiron North Plaza (Broadway & 23rd St.) was the setting for the first-ever Flatiron NoMad Plant-Based Food Fair, hosted by the Flatiron NoMad Partnership and Eleven Madison Home (from the team and kitchen behind Eleven Madison Park). Timed to celebrate the start of April’s […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Like the guest at a party who wouldn’t leave—and was never on the invite list—the scaffolding and shedding mandated by the city to shield passersby from debris during building construction has long been the bane of those it intends to protect. “Ask New Yorkers what gets on their nerves, and a […]
In This Week’s This Week In & Around Chelsea: Storytime at the Cell Theatre / The 13th Precinct Community Council / Pop-Up Rigging Academy at Pier 57 / Closing Celebration at the Whitney / Earth Day in Clement Clarke Moore Park / The Return of Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Community Cleanups / […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers work hard 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They should expect their city government to work at their pace—not the other way around. New Yorkers shouldn’t have to navigate layers of government bureaucracy or fill out pages of paper forms to have access to the […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Don’t let the elbow-length gloves, the cat-eye glasses, or the bouffant hairdos pull focus from what’s really going on when The Kinsey Sicks take the stage. Their look may evoke Eisenhower-era cocktail culture throwbacks—but get their liberal dander up, and these ladies are more than ready for a throwdown. And throwdown […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Every New Yorker has strong women in their life. The women who birthed and nurtured them. Our mothers, sisters, aunties, and grandmas. Our teachers, our doctors, nurses, engineers, scientists. The hardworking women who make life in this city possible and inspire us. We owe so much to women. Yet […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Congratulations to the team of reporters and critics whose work in 2022 was recognized by the New York Press Association (NYPA) Better Newspaper Contest. During a March 31 awards ceremony held as part of NYPA’s 2023 Spring Conference, Chelsea Community News won First Place in the category of Coverage of the […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Built in 197 and having made its bones as a shipping and storage terminal, the long-dormant Pier 57 (at W. 15th St. in Hudson River Par) oened to the public on April 1 as a multi-tasking destination for those with a mind for the stomach (via a 15-kiosk, ground floor food hall) […]
Once a month, the full membership of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) meets to, among other things, vote on letters whose calls to action and recommendations originated from the previous month’s committee meetings–where the real action is! All committee and Full Board meetings of CB4 are being held virtually, via Zoom, through 2023. Meeting dates, times, […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” One Day Earlier Than Usual, the Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) / E-Waste Recycling / Community Cleanups / In The Coming Weeks, In & Around Chelsea: Earth Day (April 22) in Clement Clarke Moore Park and The Return of Down to Earth […]