BY SCOTT STIFFLER | West Chelsea residents and other area stakeholders spent the spring and summer of this year in a state of smoldering unease, following an April public gathering whose host–the financially faltering General Theological Seminary (GTS)–acknowledged the frontrunner to lease the lion’s share of their buildings was a “nonprofit partner” (the School of […]
TEXT & PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES Manhattan Plaza & Other Polling Locations | Tuesday, November 5, 2024: My Election Day coverage began with casting my own vote at the ground level polling site of 400 West 43rd Street’s Manhattan Plaza (where I reside). The morning’s line extended from the voting room, winding 50 feet down […]
BY TRAV S.D. | There’s a lot going on at the moment, so you can perhaps be forgiven for missing news about the upcoming Geraldine Page centennial. The widely respected stage and screen actress, who passed away in 1987, would be turning 100 this coming November 22. To mark the occasion, Torn Page, the family-run […]
Between Two Worlds | BY PUMA PERL The day after, 2016. Sky, gray, colorless. Lower East Side streets silent, locked down. Nobody knew what to say, where to look. “Good Morning” greetings sounded almost obscene. Last night, rather than witness the country turning red, I decided to walk my dog, Fae. Through the Vladek […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): The Full Board meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) / Hell’s Kitchen Culture Crawl and HYHK Alliance’s End of Season Survey/ Room to Grow’s Fill-a-Truck Event / Curbside Composting Information Sessions / The Green Room, a live music and arts series at Verdi Cannabis / Down to […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Haunting images caught the eyes and captured the imagination once again this year, along the 400 blocks of West 21st and 22nd Streets, where going all-out is the “in” thing when the last week of October rolls around. That’s when a cordial-yet-competetive house decorating contest awakes the creative spirit of residents. […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The subway ride home from New York Comic Con (NYCC) is always an adventure. The 7 train leaves from Hudson Yards, half a block from the Javits Center. Most of the people who board the train there are coming straight from the con. I sat down on the subway bench in […]
Life before the Presidential Election The autumn dawn jolts her out of sleep. She skims the paper, barely reading headlines. Still, the newsprint soils her hands. Finding the housekeys she lost minutes ago, she feels the jagged edges that unlock home. Canada, Australia, Ireland. Words swirling in her mind like incantations. Pedestrians shuffle […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Pumpkin Smash / Día de Muertos Week throughout the Flatiron District & NoMad / The 10th Precinct Community Council / Spooky Streets Trick or Treat / Halloween Events at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Free Outdoor Screening of Hocus Pocus / PICK OF […]
Friends of Chelsea Green, the frightfully hard-working group responsible for the year-round programming of spirited events in Chelsea Green Park (140 W. 20th St.), saw hundreds of costumed celebrants fall under the spell cast by “Hocus Pocus Harvest.” The Sunday, October 20 event marked 2024’s entry in the FRIENDS’ annual Halloween shindig–an event so sprawling […]