Transportation Planning Committee (TPC): Wednesday, May 17, 6:30pm | There will be a presentation and vote on the matter of a neighborhood loading zoning request that would be located in front of the Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.). The TPC then conducts a discussion of bicyclists using sidewalks–a topic expcted to draw many members […]
BY TRAV S.D. | April 27, 2023: Just another Thursday in Chelsea’s booming Gallery District. Your correspondent thought it would be fun to take in a lighting round of openings to see what was in the air, and encountered much to please the eyes. First on the itinerary was Innocent Nkurunziza: From Rwanda with […]
Happening This Week, in “This Week In & Around Chelsea” Pop-Up Card Rigging Academy / West Chelsea Artists Open Studios / Spring Fling Saturdays / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Camp Chelsea Green–An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party Pop-Up Card Rigging Academy: Wednesdays, 6pm at Pier 57 in the Seahorse Classroom | […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, the Adams Administration released our Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget. As President Joe Biden has often said, “Show me your budget and I will show you your values.” That is why this budget invests in our Working People’s Agenda, prioritizing education, jobs, housing, health care, and public […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Take a walk in Washington Square Park and know you’ll owe its intact nature, in no small part, to Jane Jacobs (1916-2006). The urbanist and activist’s 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, made the case for a break from the “demolish and replace” school of urban planning […]
Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Spring Fling Saturdays / NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal’s West Side Town Hall / Community Cleanups / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Event Postponed: Camp Chelsea Green–An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4): Wednesday, May 3, 6:30pm via […]
TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER, PHOTOS BY BrakeThrough Media | Throughout the pandemic period, hibernation was never an option for Meatpacking. The neighborhood’s Business Improvement District kept on taking care of business as usual (keeping the area clean, for starters) while mindful of what could be done while in incubation and enaction modes. The results, so […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A 30-year-old male criminal recidivist—known to the 10th Precinct as an individual who exhibits signs of emotional distress—was arrested again on Tuesday, April 25, nearly six hours after a violent incident inside Rainbow Station. The adult store’s 203 Eighth Ave. address (btw. W. 20th & 21st Sts.) makes it part of […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, New York City celebrated Earth Week by powering up new rooftop solar panels in Brooklyn, cleaning up parks in Queens, and releasing PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, our new plan to create a more climate-resilient city for all. This strategic climate plan builds on our city’s ongoing efforts to […]
UPDATE: The designation matter discussed in this article has been scheduled for a discussion and vote on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is following through on expected protocol, following an action taken at their February 14 meeting. There, on a day an outside observer […]