Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) zoomed through a packed agenda, at July 22’s full board meeting. Having been consigned to the pages (and web links) of history, it’s a case of “See you in September.” The full board did not convene in August, and will resume its first-Wednesday-of-the month schedule as of Sept 2. (Click […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | When the COVID-19 crisis started escalating in March, I packed up and moved my entire life—to Zoom. That marvelous app is sort of like a big conference call, but it’s visual too. It’s the kind of incredibly clever thing we dreamed about when growing up (“Someday there’ll be a telephone where […]
BY RANIA RICHARDSON | Service to the community begets more—a truism for several local residents who answered one particular call to action. On Saturday, August 1, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson (whose area of coverage includes Chelsea) held a “Council District 3 Clean-Up Day” for 10 areas within his purview, from Churchill Square […]
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Having made the right call to close its gates in mid-March, just before New York City became the country’s coronavirus epicenter, the High Line remained off-limits for the next four months. On July 16, it reopened—no worse for the wear, and recalibrated to resonate with a world below […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The coronavirus may have retreated from our city, but its fallout, in shuttered theaters and unemployed performers of every description, lingers in our atmosphere. Festivals that once lured thousands are furloughed or, at best, transformed into video compendia of past triumphs and Zoom experiments. Many of the videos on view take […]
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DONATHAN SALKALN | If you live in Chelsea or are just there for a visit, you don’t need a plane ticket, a backpack full of masks, and 14 spare days for quarantine to experience other parts of the world. Chelsea is home to extensive culinary options for the domestic and international […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY HIBA SOHAIL | As New York City spends its long, hot summer determined to build on the gains of Phase 4 reopening status, the recently launched Open Streets initiative spends 12 hours a day, every day, transferring ownership of the road from cars and trucks to parents, kids, […]
The scenic views haven’t changed, but the solitude is something new. Limited visitor capacity along the recently reopened High Line creates a peaceful experience, albeit one brought about by pandemic-era protocols. We toured the truncated Gansevoort to W. 23rd Sts. route today (Mon., July 27), and will file our full report, with many more photos, […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | Citing longstanding security concerns around public LinkNYC Wi-Fi and charging stations, area leaders have requested the removal and relocation of four of these kiosks along Eighth Ave. The move has the support of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4), Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, West Chelsea’s 10th Precinct of the NYPD, […]
BY RANIA RICHARDSON | Plans are underway to reopen New York City schools on September 10—but nothing is guaranteed in these pandemic times. City officials, health experts, school administrators, educators, parents, and other related parties are meeting to prepare for School Year 2020-21, knowing that their work is in a dynamic state and subject […]