Coordinated Effort Sees Potted Trees Take Root on Seventh Ave.

Coordinated Effort Sees Potted Trees Take Root on Seventh Ave.

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With its stretches of subway grating flanked by a windowless Con Edison substation and a busy bike lane, Seventh Avenue between West 18th and 19th Streets has long been in need of beautification. While the restaurants and residential buildings of surrounding blocks beckon, this barren, concrete anomaly can’t claim so much […]

‘Primary’ Concerns of June 24 Voters

‘Primary’ Concerns of June 24 Voters

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ******************************* Following 14 consecutive days during which voters of the early […]

Primary Primer: From Ranked Choice Voting to Finding the Right Poll Site to ‘Am I Even Registered?’

Primary Primer: From Ranked Choice Voting to Finding the Right Poll Site to ‘Am I Even Registered?’

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ******************************* Anticipating the here-before-you-know-it General Election of November 4, 2025,  the […]

Upcoming Events Provide a Platform for the Public’s NYCHA/Casino-Related Concerns

Upcoming Events Provide a Platform for the Public’s NYCHA/Casino-Related Concerns

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ************************************************ Policy Perspectives: A Conversation with NYC Housing Authority Chief Executive […]

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 […]

Pride Murals Invite Public Participation; Bottcher Brokers Building Beautification Via Mural Installation

Pride Murals Invite Public Participation; Bottcher Brokers Building Beautification Via Mural Installation

Pride-Themed Community Murals Increase Their ‘Numbers’ as Public Paints  Pride Month goes out in epic fashion on June 30th, as the annual NYC Pride March makes its way down Fifth Ave., into the Village, and up Seventh Ave. to its Chelsea dispersal point. All along the route, a righful sense of belonging is felt every […]

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