BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | A familiar sight on W. 21st St. is about to change, at least for the time being. The 80-foot mural on the side of PS11 (320 W. 21st St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves.), entitled GIANT, must come down, as exterior construction commences at the school. While the construction is needed, […]
PHOTO ESSAY & INTRODUCTORY TEXT BY CHRISTIAN MILES | On Monday, July 15, at approximately 5pm, members of Rise and Resist (“a direct action group committed to opposing, disrupting, and defeating any government act that threatens democracy, equality, and our civil liberties”) blockaded the intersection box of 42nd St. and 5th Ave. with orange safety […]
NOTE: At the end of this article, see an update. BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | The July 10 meeting held by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) was the first step in a 120-day public outreach effort to seek formal comments from elected officials in New York and New Jersey, the City […]
BY DONATHAN SALKALN | While the last of the June 20 thunderstorms had passed through New York City by the start of the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club’s monthly community meeting at Hudson Guild’s Elliott Center, a downpour of passion continued to pound the Chelsea community. The night’s panel program, called NYCHA’s Fulton Housing Debate, brought together […]
BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | At the stroke of noon on Sunday, June 2, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” boomed out on the corner of 37th Ave. and 89th St. in Queens. It was a sound check for Queens Pride. New York City was just 36 hours into Pride Month, and the first of our Pride […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | By 9am on Sunday, June 30, a few thousand people had gathered at Sheridan Square, just south of the Stonewall Inn, to await the step-off of the Queer Liberation March. By the time the March wended its way up Sixth Ave. to Central Park, the crowd had reached an estimated 45,000 […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | The 2019 NYC Pride March was held on June 30, an event that historically brings millions of people together, either to march, or to cheer on the procession of floats and participants waving and dancing their way down the March route—which, this year, traveled down Fifth Ave., into the Village, and […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | This year’s Pride celebrations held a special historic importance, as the 50th anniversary of Stonewall was commemorated and WorldPride was held in the United States for the first time, bringing in significantly more people than usual for June 30’s Pride March. The March took a different path than previous years, beginning […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER Sunday, June 30 will see the end of an especially robust LGBTQ+ Pride Month, with NYC having spent all of June anticipating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, while welcoming an influx of global guests, drawn to the city by WorldPride. (The “Olympics of Pride,” it’s being held in the U.S. […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | On June 25 in the Community Room of Penn South Building 10 (367 W. 28th St.), a joyful gathering was forming. People congregated in groups of twos and threes, laughing and talking. As new members filed into the room, more chairs had to be brought in to accommodate the crowd. Once […]