Last Licks
By Roberta Curley Eating ice cream is like breathing. It jumpstarts day and night. I mourn summer’s end. It often spells doom for free […]
Department of Health Set to Consider Plan to Close Beth Israel
By Penny Mintz On July 22, 2019, Mt. Sinai submitted an application to the State Department of Health for a certificate of need (CON) to […]
Is the Bubble About to Burst?
By James Henry Where do bubbles come from anyway? With storm clouds looming over the economy, evidence of over-heated, over-inflated markets is accumulating. Many analysts […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
NOT ALL OF US LEAVE TOWN IN AUGUST. MANY OF US APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO RELAX AND ENJOY PEACEFUL PLEASURES. VISITORS COME TO EXPLORE AND […]
St. John’s Resurrects Its Lost Fence
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Pastor Mark Erson, of St. John’s Lutheran Church at 81 Christopher Street, wrote to let us know that “after 21 […]
NYU Development on Mercer Street Rises
By Brian J. Pape, AIA New York University’s (NYU) scope of development for their enlarged Greenwich Village campus includes razing the Jerome S. Coles Sports […]
A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo …the days grow short when you reach September… …and the leaves turn to gold… Those words are from a beautiful song, with […]
IN AND OUT
This month saw only one opening, a couple of closings and a couple of moves, with much of the activity centered around Asian spots. As […]
Renovating 35 Perry Street: Thomas Merton Lived Here
By Brian J. Pape, AIA American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion, Thomas Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism. […]
In the Catbird Seat
By Keith Michael Meew. Meew. Meew. Presumably, that’s how the Gray Catbird got its name. At some point in ornithological history when the omnipotent Bird […]
What Has Happened to the Doctor-Patient Relationship?
I have been practicing internal medicine for 24 years and have seen a lot of change. I started after HMOs were already around, so I […]
Notes From Away: Deja Vu
By Tom Lamia Margaret Chase Smith was a US Senator from Maine whose life and political career offer proof of the power of independent thinking […]
Current Events Café is Back at Jefferson Market Library
By Nancy Aravecz Jefferson Market Library’s political discussion group, Current Events Café, has resumed its monthly meetings in the branch’s newly reopened space. The popular […]
Seventy-Six Eighth Avenue Development Revealed
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, Architecture Editor The busy southeast corner of Eighth Avenue and West 14th Street will get a substantial improvement over the […]
What is the 14th Street Fight Really All About?
By Arthur Z. Schwartz From screaming headlines to picketers chanting on West 12th Street, the real issues about the West 14th Street Busway Plan, and […]
View From My 91st Floor Window
By Karin Batten In 2001 I had just moved to the Westbeth artist housing community, in the West Village, two months prior to the 9/11 […]
Rebirth of a Jewel: Eero Saarinen’s Landmark TWA Terminal Has Been Restored as the Centerpiece of a New Hotel at JFK
By Eric Uhlfelder It’s not easy finding your way in. The AirTrain appears to let you off close. But it’s a long walk before you […]
“Wild West” Ad Culture on Facebook Targets Youth
IMAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTED BY THE SAN DIEGO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER, @mxdavidmx and @darrow81. In a first of its kind, Facebook has […]