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 […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The cobblestone charm remains intact—better than before, in fact. But change has definitely come to the Meatpacking District, and that’s a good thing for pedestrians, plazagoers, bicyclists, and nearby businesses. Last week’s ribbon-cutting ceremony capped a seven-year transformation of the historic Meatpacking District’s iconic streetscape, bringing 20,000 square feet of Belgian […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | Every other year, the Whitney Museum of American Art (99 Gansevoort St. btw. Washington St. & 10th Ave.) presents the Whitney Biennial, an exhibition that shares what is happening in American art at the current moment, across the mediums of painting, sculpture, installation, film and video, photography, performance, and sound. The […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Tips from community members, pitches from publicists, and press releases from elected officials: It was just another interesting day at the office on Friday, July 26—and then, we came across an email with the subject line “Inclusion of your Website in the Library of Congress Web Archives.” It read, in part: […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | Community Board 4 (CB4) convened their full board meeting on July 24 at the Hudson Guild Elliott Center (441 W. 26th St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.), with a packed agenda of topics to cover, as usual. What made this night a little different, were the people gathered outside the building […]