BY DONATHAN SALKALN | This spring’s heavy rains on Chelsea can’t compare to the deluge of developers beating down the rooftops of our community’s vulnerable—but no one foresaw the City’s intention to allow a private developer to demolish two Robert Fulton Houses NYCHA buildings, in exchange for repair money and three towers made up of […]
Re: To Protect, Preserve Tin Pan Alley, Landmarking is a Must Dear Editor: I am writing regarding Ms. Greenspan’s recent article on Tin Pan Alley. The significance of Tin Pan Alley cannot be overstated. It represents the early days of American music, which has contributed to American life and culture in many ways. Jazz is an original African American […]
BY SALLY GREENSPAN (Member of the Board, Save Chelsea) | On Tuesday, April 30, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) held a landmark designation hearing for Tin Pan Alley. These five Italianate row houses (47-55 W. 28th St. btw. Broadway & Sixth Ave.) were built in the mid-19th century. They are part of an […]
BY DONATHAN SALKALN (CRDC Executive Committee member) | As the sun sets on June 15 and the New York City’s rent laws expire, there is much optimism that not only millions of renters in the city, but also those upstate and on Long Island, will wake-up on June 16 to the good news that the […]
Reader Feedback From Articles, Following Our April 23 Launch: Re: The Memes of Mad King Donald Good to see you back, Max. We expect great things of you. | Ruth Werner You had me at the intersection of paragraphs 10 and 11. Yes I caught the intentional (?) double entendre. Great to have you back. | Rjeff […]
BY GLENNDA TESTONE (a member of The Women’s Building Advisory Circle and Executive Director of NYC’s LGBT Community Center) | It’s no surprise our city is changing. From Hudson Yards and Industry City, to the conversion of the High Line, New York continues to greet a flurry of real estate endeavors—some met with more enthusiasm than […]
BY NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER COREY JOHNSON | Monday was Earth Day, a day where people all over the world came together to recommit ourselves to protecting our environment, and fight the dangers of climate change. Last week, the City Council celebrated Earth Day by taking the ambitious step of passing the Climate Mobilization Act, one […]
BY MAX BURBANK | Hello, old friends. It’s been a while. This is my first column since November of last year, when Scott Stiffler was still editing Chelsea Now newspaper, and I was its political satirist and editorial cartoonist. I wrote about Thanksgiving, and also about the threat to our way of life posed by […]
The Chelsea Community Supports ChelseaCommunityNews.com From: Bill Borock (CCBA President) / wborock@hotmail.com To: Scott Stiffler, Founder/Editor, ChelseaCommunityNews.com Date: March 12, 2019 The Council of Chelsea Block Associations (CCBA) is comprised of 16 Block Associations and three Tenant Associations, covering 34 blocks in Chelsea. As president of CCBA, I am writing to you to let you […]
BY GERALD BUSBY | I first met Angel Martinez when he came to my home church, First Baptist in Tyler, Texas, to lead us in a revival meeting. Christian revivals, particularly among Baptists and Methodists, have existed in America since the late l8th century, with the advent of the Second Great Awakening. Besides reinvigorating believers […]