March 18, 2022 Don’t be fooled by the seemingly proper, March 17-appropriate clothing and composure of the gentleman to your left. This photo was NOT taken yesterday. It is, in fact, a still frame from the action-packed Pre-Saint Patrick’s Day shindig sponsored by the West 400 Block Association last Sunday, March 13, at Clement Clarke […]
Sat., March 19, 11:30am-2pm on W. 47th St.: Day of Action Against Litter and Rats BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Resourceful though they may be, rats are also ravenous opportunists whose ability to reproduce and adapt to ever-changing situations makes them formidable foes. So why put out the Welcome mat by littering, or leave out garbage […]
BY ALLEN OSTER | On Sunday, November 28 in the late afternoon, Chelsea residents gathered in Clement Clarke Moore-Seal Park to celebrate Chanukah, “The Festival of Lights.” Allen Oster, past president of the West 400 Block Association, welcomed a crowd of several dozen adults and children as the sun was beginning to set. […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It’s been the cause of everything from long lines at the airport to forcing bargain hunters to sit at the table with family when they should be camped out in front of a superstore, waiting for Black Friday deals. And now, the very act of anticipating Thanksgiving is the reason given for […]
Chelsea Market—the NYC tourist and foodie destination once known for cranking out chalky candy Necco Wafers—may have changed hands, but it still has a firm grip on the annual tradition of providing Chelsea residents with a Thanksgiving meal’s main attraction. Some 1,300 turkeys were handed out last week, with the gobblers going to Fulton and […]
ALL PHOTOS BY IRI GRECO & JIM FRYER / BrakeThrough Media | www.brakethroughmedia.com | Saturday, October 30: As part of their 11am-5pm pedestrian-friendly Treats in the Streets event, Meatpacking (the Business Improvement District) made up for lost time and then some, when their annual Doggie Costume Contest returned with a stellar lineup of imaginatively costumed, four-legged […]
PHOTOS TAKEN BY, OR COURTESY OF, FRIENDS OF CHELSEA GREEN | Halloween in the year of the vaccine was nothing like 2020, when COVID-19 precautions compelled event organizers to cancel what would have been the second annual observance of late October festivities in the beloved West 20th Street pocket park located between Sixth and Seventh […]
Ah, October 31, 2021–Were we ever that young? Ghosts and Goblins were sent packing to make room for the month of giblets and gobblers, as Halloween gave way to November 1–but not without a fight. The five below pix, snapped and sent to us by Allen Oster, depict West 22nd Street, between 4:40and 6pm on October […]
Saturday, October 30, 11am-5pm: Treats in the Streets | Meatpacking—the Business Improvement District intent on turning its increasingly leisure- and retail-focused area of concern into a car-free pedestrian’s paradise, makes no bones about it on Sat., Oct. 30. From 11am to 5pm–From Horatio to 13th Street, Eighth Ave. to West End–will be filled with games […]
Halloween Parade & Festival Was Sat Oct 30: Changed to Rain Date of Sunday, October 31, 11am At Chelsea Green Park, 140 W 20th St. (btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) After taking last year off because of COVID (bet you haven’t read that phrase before), the freshly minted annual tradition of herding your little monsters […]