Whether you made an appointment to be there or stumbled upon it and stayed, Gansevoort Plaza (Gansevoort St. & 9th Ave.) was the place to be on Saturday, April 13. That’s when the Meatpacking District’s large and lively public plaza saw a new tradition set in stone—cobblestone, actually—as the second annual Return of the Red […]
Voting for NYC Council District 3’s Participatory Budgeting Projects Through Saturday, April 14, Online & In-Person | New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher has once again allocated $1 million from this year’s capital discretionary budget to be spent on capital improvement projects (schools, parks, libraries, streets, etc.) throughout the District 3 coverage area. The […]
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024 Eclipse-Themed Activities, in Order of Appearance: At the Edge Observation Deck / At the Intrepid Museum / On the Rooftop Park a Pier 57 / At Flatiron North Plaza / From Friends of Chelsea Green Park BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Let’s start with the basics: A solar eclipse occurs when the […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Not a week goes by where we don’t feature a public meeting accessible via Zoom, a local brick and mortar location, or both. Many of them are recorded for posterity and posted online for perpetual (usually free) access at your convenience. And so we come to this—an occasional roundup column that […]
Like Phoenix from the ashes (or maybe Sleeping Beauty), the Chelsea West 200 Block Association (CW200BA) emerges from a long snooze to take its place among the many active Chelsea block associations. On December 4, the CW200BA (encompassing 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Sts., 7th to 8th Aves.) held its second membership meeting of the […]
COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Sunday, October 1, 2023: After a few too many successive days of drizzles, downpours, and every imaginable iteration of wet weather inbetween, the clouds parted and the sun beamed down on Chelsea as if on cue, allowing for the return of The Longest Table to West 21st Street, between Ninth […]
We want to thank everyone who participated in the 2023 London Terrace Street Fair. We had a rough time of it this year with the rain, and the October 7 event was a wet one. Our appreciation goes out to everyone–those who took part in the Street Fair, and those who sat it out. Either way, we […]
Halloween Block Party: Sunday, October 22, 10am-2pm In & Around Chelsea Green Park (140 W. 20th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) | Friends of Chelsea Green’s annual Halloween Block Party is a feast of fun featuring free crafts and activities in the park, Trick or Treating along the street at nearly 50 vendor tables, […]
TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER and PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHELSEA MARKET | Foodies with a fondness for the farm to table model flocked to Chelsea Market in the early evening of September 13 to feast on a smorgasbord of fresh sights, smells, textures, and tastes. Nearly 3,000 attendees traversed the iconic venue’s long and winding pathways, […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | My mother, Anna Musto, was the best Italian-American cook, bar none. Anyone who disagrees…stai zitto! When I was growing up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in the 1960s, mama Anna made all kinds of delicious things, like chicken and rice soup, sautéed fillet of sole, and escarole—or, more accurately, shcarole. (Italians always drop […]