Tues., Jan. 26, 8pm: The 10th Precinct Sector A Build the Block Meeting | Neighborhood Coordination Officers Ricardo Roman and Samuel Baezveras host this Zoom-held event that gives neighborhood residents and business owners a chance to discuss their public safety concerns–or any concern, for that matter. If it’s anything like what went down when we […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | On the morning of Thursday, January 14, a beleaguered group of about 25 tenants and their supporters came together for a press conference in front of 308 W. 30th St. to plead for intervention in what they say are dangerous renovations occurring in their building. Attempting to shelter in place per […]
PHOTOS & TEXT BY MELODIE BRYANT | One of the most rewarding things about living on an Open Street is that the FDNY uses it to practice for emergencies. That happened over the weekend, when FDNY Engine 3/Tower Ladder 12/Battalion 7 took advantage of our Open Street’s lack of through traffic to check equipment and log in […]
TEXT & PHOTOS BY DONATHAN SALKALN | Like firemen rushing into a building already in flames, candidates everywhere are lining up to run for office in a city facing the bleakest of futures: homelessness, hunger, citywide-bankruptcy, shootings, empty office buildings, a fleeing tax base, converted condos where badly needed hospital beds should be, and a […]
The New York City Council’s District 3 is comprised of Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, the Flatiron District, West Soho, Hudson Square, the Meatpacking District, Columbus Circle, Times Square, the Theater District, and the Garment District. This year, term limits mandate the departure of the D3’s current rep, Corey Johnson—who, since 2018, has also served […]
Hudson Guild Theatre Company Seeks Talent for New Online Showcase | Live performances are on hold until their theatre can safely reopen–but that hasn’t stopped Hudson Guild from nurturing new talent. Set to broadcast monthly through June, Talent Jam! is a new virtual showcase presented on the Guild’s YouTube channel. Each episode will feature 2-3 […]
Longtime Chelsea resident Pamela Wolff, currently ensconced in Truro, MA, sent us this view from her pillow, upon opening her eyes. This is not an unusual occurrence, noted Wolff, who said more often than not, at least two of the area’s four juvenile wild turkeys are there in the morning. “They give me a little […]
Hudson Guild Theatre Company Seeks Talent for New Online Showcase | Live performances are on hold until their theatre can safely reopen–but that hasn’t stopped Hudson Guild from nurturing new talent. Set to broadcast monthly through June, Talent Jam! is a new virtual showcase presented on the Guild’s YouTube channel. Each episode will feature 2-3 […]
TEXT BY DONATHAN SALKALN | Without a doubt, the current Manhattan District Attorney—Cyrus Vance Jr.—tattooed a big target on his own back when, in 2011, he directed his office to convince NYS acting Supreme Court Justice Ruth Pickholz to reduce financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex offender status down from his level-three status (high risk of repeat […]
BY TRAV S.D. | If the public knows only one thing about Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), it’s that he is widely held to be the author of the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas a.k.a. ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, one of the best-known and best-loved pieces of American literature in the world. (A […]