Electing to Vote Early? Here’s What You Need to Know, Oct. 26-Nov. 3

Electing to Vote Early? Here’s What You Need to Know, Oct. 26-Nov. 3

On Tuesday, November 5,  New York City will vote in the  State and Federal General Election 2024, for United States Senator, President/Vice President of the United States,  Justice of the Supreme Court, Representative in Congress, Member of the Assembly, United States Senator, Judge of the Civil Court – County, State Senator, Judge of the Civil […]

Halloween Happenings Here And Now & On the Horizon

Halloween Happenings Here And Now & On the Horizon

Your Eerily Eclectic, Frighteningly Fabulous, Scary-Good Collection of Halloween-Themed Activities Appear in This Spookily Sequential Order: The Meatpacking District’s Treats in the Streets / Chelsea Green Park’s Hocus Pocus Harvest Block Party / High Line Halloween: Ghostly Gardens / Halloween Events at Verdi Cannabis / Barktoberfest / Spooky Streets Trick or Treat / Pier 57’s […]

Participatory Budgeting Begins the ‘Roundabout’ Way—With Brainstorms on Broadway

Participatory Budgeting Begins the ‘Roundabout’ Way—With Brainstorms on Broadway

REPORTED BY KATHRYN STOMSVIK with PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES | Monday, September 30, 2024, just before dusk: A violet glow illuminated the rush of Times Square traffic passing by 227 West 42nd Street’s Todd Haimes Theatre—a 1918-built venue whose neo-renaissance style was restored in 2000 by Roundabout Theatre Company. Inside, on the fifth floor of […]

Guest Opinion: Save Chelsea Speaks Out About Saying ‘No’ to ‘City of Yes’

Guest Opinion: Save Chelsea Speaks Out About Saying ‘No’ to ‘City of Yes’

Note: City of Yes for Housing Opportunity is, as described on this nyc.gov page, “a zoning reform proposal that would address the housing crisis by making it possible to build a little more housing in every neighborhood.” Opponents of the plan dislike how it would override current, custom-made zoning in favor of across-the-board allowances. The proposal began […]

Willed Into Existence by Persistent Insistence, Chelsea Green Park Passes the Five-Year Mark

Willed Into Existence by Persistent Insistence, Chelsea Green Park Passes the Five-Year Mark

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, […]

Meet & Greet Shows Schmoozing is Central to Block Association’s Winning Ways

Meet & Greet Shows Schmoozing is Central to Block Association’s Winning Ways

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 […]

July 12-14, West Side Fest is a ‘Free-for-All’ at a Who’s Who of Vaunted Chelsea Venues

July 12-14, West Side Fest is a ‘Free-for-All’ at a Who’s Who of Vaunted Chelsea Venues

NOTE: Rain plans are up to each organization. Check the hosting organization’s website in the event of cancellation or a location change for outdoor programs.  BY SCOTT STIFFLER | What do you do for Year #2, when your demand during your debut handily exceeded expectations? If you’re the West Side Fest, the first thing you […]