BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Tin Pan Alley is globally recognized as the birthplace of American popular music—and for decades, preservationists have sought its protection. Two upcoming events offer the public a chance to dive deep into Tin Pan Alley’s history, and become involved in the effort to see this site of significance remain intact. Part […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | A standing room only crowd gathered in the auditorium of The LGBT Center (208 W. 13th St.) on Mon., Sept. 16, for “Stop Violence in the Sex Trades Act” teach-in. Sex work advocates joined elected officials, to discuss S6419/A8230, the country’s first legislation introduced to decriminalize the sex trade. “We cut […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The sky’s the limit, when you get in on the ground floor of Chelsea Chew—the Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce (GVCCC) month-long September event that offers those with a hunger to save a little dough special discounts and promotions, courtesy of food purveyors throughout Chelsea. It’s a simple as walking into […]
BY PUMA PERL | Photographer and artist Marcia Resnick has historically demonstrated her ability to turn people inside out in her portraits. She is a living embodiment of her documentation—and captured, on camera, the energy of the clubs, the cultural icons, the punk era, and, in her 2015 volume Punks, Poets & Provocateurs, the “New […]
BY DONATHAN SALKALN | Our lives are blessed in having other Americans grow up with big hearts, big muscles, and lots of guts, and then serve in New York City Fire and Police Departments. While I sleep in Chelsea, just feet from my carbon dioxide and smoke detectors and a three-lock apartment door, they are […]
The annual Father Mychal Judge 9/11 Walk of Remembrance is scheduled for Sun., Sept. 8. Last year, over 1,100 people participated, despite a cold, unremitting rain. Held to honor Fr. Mychal Judge (1933-2001), an FDNY Chaplain listed as “Victim 0001” of the Trade Center events, as well as the late NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, and all […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | Warm weather brings more people outside to enjoy cycling and sightseeing, but this summer’s fun has been marred by alarming rates of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities. As of Aug. 15, there have been 70 pedestrian fatalities citywide since January—12 more deaths than this time last year. And 19 of them have […]
BY ZAZEL LOVEN | August 6 was a beautiful day in our neighborhood, and has now been declared “Detective Mike Petrillo Day.” Chelsea neighbors, elected officials and their representatives, and 10th Precinct officers gathered together on W. 17th St. at the Fulton Houses, for National Night Out Against Crime. Detective Petrillo is back after recovering […]
PHOTOS/CAPTIONS BY DONATHAN SALKALN |On Mon., August 19, in front of the studios of NY1 (Chelsea Market; 9th Ave. btw. W. 15th St. & 16th Sts.), the Fulton Houses Independent Tenants Association organized a protest of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan in moving forward with a public/private partnership at the New York City Housing Authority […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The walls of a new coffeehouse located on a marquee corner of Chelsea are providing patrons with a window into the world of LGBTQ+ activism, as documented by the disciplined, discerning, empathetic eye of Donna Aceto. The lead photographer for AIDS Walk New York (as well as Los Angeles and San […]