BY DONATHAN SALKALN Parental Guidance | My parents are approaching their 90s and live amidst forested property marked by “No Hunting” and “No Trespassing” signs. Although they live in the boonies, they both told me they had gotten COVID-19. My dad said he had the disease in early March and recovered. My mom said that […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | While we’ve been staying at home and putting many things on hold, seeds of change planted months ago have taken root, and are showing their true colors throughout Chelsea. The above photo of orange and yellow tulips, taken April 27 at the southwest corner of Ninth Ave. and W. 21st St., […]
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TEXT & PHOTOS BY PAMELA WOLFF | April 19, 2020: First, we are well. Tony (my husband) and I decamped from Chelsea, NYC on March 13, thinking we would spend a few days on the Cape and return to 21st Street to spend our seclusion at home there. In the few days following, it became […]
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BY DONATHAN SALKALN | It’s a shock to system when a friend suddenly dies—snatched in an instant. Missed opportunities to exchange gossip and opinions, to share a meal, a wine or beer, a smoke, or to forgive or be forgiven. Judy Richheimer was such a friend of mine, and to many others. She died […]
Compiled by Scott Stiffler | Artist, activist, and beloved Chelsea resident James Campbell died on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Lenox Health Greenwich Village (30 Seventh Ave., NYC). He would have been 75 on May 13. “After he passed, the doctor told me they were going to report his COD [cause of death] as respiratory […]
Judy Richheimer, 70, died from COVID-19 complications. Her friends, colleagues, and admirers remember her as a tenacious, vital, combative, and concerned member of the Chelsea community. Following those testimonials and memories, find Twitter testimonials as well as links to Richheimer’s preserved-in-Internet-amber work as a journalist. As you’ll see, Judy leaves a legacy that calls to […]
A message from the Midtown South Community Council: Time to organize and act! The CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, is identified as a respiratory illness that has not been previously seen in humans. Coronavirus is widespread and fast-moving. Italy has been the second hardest hit by the virus—behind China—as of March 23, exceeding 59,138 confirmed cases and over […]
My CoviDiary is reprinted, with the author’s permission, from its original publication via maxburbank.wordpress.com. Below, find all March entries. For April entries, click here. My CoviDiary, 3/18/2020: Being an Introduction to This Project BY MAX BURBANK | Hours ago, on my own authority, I declared today to be International Robert Goulet Day. There was a […]