Scott has lived in his parents’ apartment since he was a little boy–soon after Chelsea Houses were built in the 1960s. Scott is “cautiously optimistic” about their move into a new NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) apartment, even though they will downsize from the current family home.
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The City is trying its best to balance all levels of traffic from pedestrians to cyclists to vehicular traffic all the way down to anything that moves in its five boroughs. There is, though, an undercurrent that is at play in the City, where the narrowing of many city streets and the closing of streets has caused undue stress on the system and also to mass transit, especially busses, to the detriment of disregarding the voices of its local residents.
Read MoreLetters to the Editor – April 2024 MOONSTRUCK MEMORIES Roger Paradiso’s story about Norman Jewison and the Academy Award winning film Moonstruck brought back memories. He may not know it but the connection between...
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Two weeks ago, I delivered a “we lost” message to the broad coalition of community activists and leaders, who had endeavored since 2018 to keep Beth Israel Hospital open. But, in fact, this fight has now backed off the precipice.
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Just when you thought it was safe to cross Hudson Street in the West Village, a new group of villains has appeared on the scene. They have no police record, few prior arrests, and have probably served no jail time. Nonetheless, they’ve proven in a short time to be as deadly and unforgiving as all the Lower Manhattan felons who preceded them.
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Have you ever heard the sayings “potatoes growing in one’s ear” or “if you don’t keep your ears clean, you may sprout a spud?” It’s said as a joke because potatoes don’t grow in ears. Potatoes grow in the dirt. Some people think earwax is ‘the dirt’ but actually, earwax (medical term: cerumen seh-ruh’-muhn), is a naturally occurring waxy substance. It protects the ears of humans and other mammals from infection and provides a barrier to water, foreign bodies and insects.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered about the history of the beautiful buildings in Greenwich Village? The newly launched Epic Walking Tours offers two experiences that take guests back in time. Its founder, a New York-raised local historian, writer and college professor, has high hopes that it will inspire people to follow in the footsteps of the innovators and trailblazers who once lived, advocated, and worked here.
Read MoreA few life-changing experiences have been the realizations that:
A thought proceeds an action.
I am not my thoughts.
I can change my thoughts.
Jamal of Village Revival Music at 197 Bleecker has been through a lot for a Mom and Pop shop in the Village. There was the Covid shut down. No funds through PPP or any grants other than more predatory loans. He made it through that and the lean year just after when the Village was just digging out from Covid. He made a deal with his landlord and paid his rent.
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NYC once held the most advanced military research laboratories in the world. Not far from Morton Street were the Westinghouse labs, home to where radar and advanced fuses for the atomic bomb were developed. Many of our apartments still have the old parquet flooring. Under the floors of 6I microfiche photos of drawings for advanced technologies like radar and the atomic bomb were stolen, hidden and shared with the Russians.
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Lola stole our hearts while we were having a meeting at Kelly Craig’s home. Kelly was getting ready to travel so her suitcase was still on the floor with Lola laying in it. “Once the suitcase comes out,” Kelly said, “she knows I’m leaving and she jumps in—as if she wants to go.”
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New York City has experimented in recent years with “micro-unit” apartments, sponsoring a competition to design apartments of under 400 square feet to meet the needs of single occupant renters.
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675 Hudson Street is undergoing major updates. The owners are applying to restore the façade, modify ground-floor openings, install new storefront infill, replace windows, install painted signage, enlarge an existing elevator bulkhead, and install new rooftop mechanical units, according to the application presented to the Community Board Two (CB2).
Read MoreIn any life, influence is dependent on having an audience. An audience is lost when the writer or publisher drives it away with nonsense. Nonsense does not persuade. Nonsense may slowly emerge by degrees as time or other factors play their parts in the path to nonsense. Writers and publishers both must avoid creeping nonsense to remain viable.
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Merle Ratner, 67, longtime advocate for peace and Vietnam, was killed while crossing the street in the East Village on Feb. 5.
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