BY SCOTT STIFFLER | June 3 was the occasion for this year’s iteration of the 300 West 18th & 19th Streets Block Association’s annual Meet & Greet. Held at The Whitney amidst a backdrop whose sweeping view of the Hudson paralleled the hyperlocal group’s grasp of big picture concerns, the gathering was an opportunity to “reconnect […]
Note: The High Line 28 Block Association is a block association and newsletter for the West Chelsea and Hudson Yards area (West 28th to 34th Streets, between 10th & 11th Avenues). It chronicles happenings around the neighborhood and occasionally brings people together. To visit the BA’s online presence, click here. Directly below, reprinted with permission, […]
BY SUSAN PALMER MARSHALL, PRESIDENT, CCBA | The Council of Chelsea Block Associations (CCBA) recently hosted its Summer Soirée at Ora La Casa de Las Flores (229 Ninth Avenue). Delegates representing CCBA’s Member Block and Tenant Associations gathered with elected officials, their community liaisons, and invited guests for an evening of cocktails and conversation. Throughout […]
Chelsea Community Church & Chelsea Neighbors United Invite the Public to a Free Afternoon of Songs, Socializing, and ICE Preparedness Training Sunday, May 3, 1pm at 346 W. 20th St. (btw. 8th & 9th Aves.) Chelsea Community Church (CCC)—the lay-led, non-denominational Christian Church whose annual Candlelight Carol Service is a popular December draw—marks its early […]
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Pursuant to provisions of Section 25(b)(1) of the Charter of the City of New York, notice is hereby given that a special election will be held in the Borough of Manhattan, County of New York, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM for the […]
With less than six months before an inaugural class of 96 undergraduate students arrive in Chelsea, Vanderbilt University NYC (VU-NYC) is moving full speed ahead with construction, repair, and other long-planned projects that will turn the former Genearl Theological Seminary digs into Vanderbilt’s foirst ca,m[ujs poiutsode their home base in Tennessee (we recently wrote about […]
Coffee & Construction Friday, February 20 at 9am In Moore 1W on Vanderbilt University’s Chelsea Campus Enter at 420 West 20th Street (btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) With less than six months until its inaugural class of undergrads arrive, Vanderbilt University is moving full speed ahead with the work that will transform former General […]
Item Donations Sought For Annual Fundraising Auction Supporting Chelsea Green Park (140 West 20th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves,) Auction Bids Accepted Feb. 27 – March 12 BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Friends of Chelsea Green–that great group of perpetual park boosters–is appealing to their own friends, to help make their annual fundraising auction the […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | All year long, the Penn South Ceramics Studio (276 Ninth Ave.) is where developing and established artists turn lumps of clay into objects both decorative and functional. And come early December, their annual Holiday Sale serves as the discerning gift-giver’s reliable source of one-of-a-kind mugs, plates, bowls, trays, vases, jewelry, and […]