BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Calling New York City’s current zoning laws “outdated, restrictive, and complicated’ patchwork quilt that “limits opportunities to create new homes and make those that do get built more expensive.” Vowing they’ve got a viable means “to build a little more housing in every neighborhood, the mayoral administration’s City of Yes: Zoning […]
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 […]
UPDATED on Oct. 25, 2024 to reflect new information and provide archival links to October meetings that took place prior to Oct. 21. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Normally held on the first Wednesday of the month, the Full Board meeting of Manhatan Community Board 4 (MCB4) has much activity to offer, including a Public Session […]
After a years-long series of small business closures left over a half-dozen storefront spaces to remain shuttered for months at a time, the two-block stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 20th and 22nd Streets is experiencing a retail renaissance. A reasonably priced Ranjha Cleaners and a very cool addition to the Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK: West Side Shred Day / Outdoor Screening of Beetlejuice / WEEKLY & ONGOING EVENTS: Open Call for Participants in Hudson Guild Gallery’s 26th Annual Community Art Jam / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Music & Art at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers […]
BY MAX BURBANK | The key question, the lens through which you have to view the October 1, 2024 debate between Junior Senator from Ohio JD Vance and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz is: Did it matter? This VP debate, or honestly any VP debate? I gotta say, “NO.” Not much anyway, maybe not at […]
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DEBORAH FENKER | The work of a gardener never ends, nor does the joy it imparts to the beholder. But that work is always at the mercy of Mother Nature as well as the inexplicable extremes of human behavior. Thus is the struggle of the Chelsea Garden Club, whose members have […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | They say elephants never forget–so it’s in all of our best interests to ensure that the 100 or so life-sized Indian elephant sculptures on display throughout the Meatpacking District have a fond tale to tell when their time in NYC comes to an end, come October 20. On the ground in […]
BY KATHRYN STOMSVIK with ALL PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES | If you’re wondering what would motivate more than 200 New Yorkers to sacrifice the perfectly gorgeous afternoon of Saturday, September 15 and pack themselves into an auditorium at the American Museum of Natural History, the answer is inspiring: It’s the opportunity to become more civically […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK & NEXT: Baryshnikov Arts’ Free Outdoor Performance / Movie Night at Chelsea Green Park / The Longest Table / Flu & COVID Vaccine Clinic / Older Adult Resource Fair / Shred Day! / WEEKLY & ONGOING EVENTS: Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Music & Art […]