Offering inviting views from the outside and a warm, welcoming experience once through its doors, Community Wine & Spirits (140 10th Ave. btw. W. 18th & 19th Sts.) may be new to the neighborhood–but it’s made a mark in the mere three months since arriving. Chelsea Community News recently posed some questions to its founder, […]
BY DEBORAH FENKER | Few images are as cozy and calming as a furry feline curled up in a window’s nook, purring peacefully in its sleep. It is this sense of comfort and tranquility that newcomer DongJu Song means to conjure with his new venture, The Sleeping Cat bakery (160 Seventh Ave. btw. W. 19th […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’m generally adept at drawing out my interview subjects, because I’m a pretty good listener and besides, I project a sort of passivity which enables the stars to unburden me with their most private truths. I love the whole process, with me posing insouciant questions, then sitting back and letting them […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Hudson Companies and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced this week that their “mini-lottery” is accepting applications for six affordable studio apartment units at The Clinton. Located at 520 West 48th Street (btw. 10th & 11th Aves.), the December 21 press release described The Clinton as […]
Like Phoenix from the ashes (or maybe Sleeping Beauty), the Chelsea West 200 Block Association (CW200BA) emerges from a long snooze to take its place among the many active Chelsea block associations. On December 4, the CW200BA (encompassing 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Sts., 7th to 8th Aves.) held its second membership meeting of the […]
BY EILEEN STUKANE | Reemergence, reinvention, and expansion: The story of how—and why—the 2006-founded Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership became the Flatiron NoMad Partnership has all of these elements, amplified by the fact that it took place as the pandemic was tapering off. “We are blessed that we have one of the best parks in all of […]
BY EILEEN STUKANE | On the stage where I Need That is in performance, the curtain, playing the part of a canvas, offers a painted aerial view of streets and houses—a grid of suburbia in Anywhere, USA. My Playbill is even more specific: “Place: New Jersey” and “Time: Now.” Spilling from beneath the curtain and […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I never get tired of coming up with drag queen names because it’s a chance to be punny and funny and a little bit incorrect. Here goes—and I’ll not only include a few actual drag queens’ names, I’ll follow that with some names for the drag kings, too. NOTE: Want more, […]
BY TRAV S. D. | An extremely important Chelsea milestone approaches in just a few weeks. December 23 will mark the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the beloved poem A Visit from St. Nicholas—better known as ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, by Chelsea founder Clement Clarke Moore. (For how Moore can be described […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Devoid of product and people for nearly 14 months, The Donut Pub (W. 14th St. & Seventh Ave.) will be up and running again as of 6am on Monday, November 27. As we noted in our article of July 21, 2023 (Sweet Relief for the Glazed and Confused: Donut Pub to Resume […]