THE CHEYENNE DINER, one of the last original railcar-style diners in Manhattan, has closed its doors at 33rd Street and Ninth Avenue to make way for a nine-story residential and commercial development, reported AmNewYork’s Urbanite. Instead of being slated for demolition, however, the neon-lit, chrome trimmed diner will be starting a new chapter in Red..
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We will wait for the news conference on Monday to see exactly what happens to Ms. Joy Chatel’s home on Duffield Street, which some claim has strong connections to the Underground Railroad; but clearly, with today’s announcement, something is happening and the city is trying to balance the forces of growth and preservation. I won’t..
If owning a car in New York is considered a luxury then the trials of parking make us think, “maybe that word doesn’t mean what we think it means.” For a lot of people in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Downtown, where the parking situation is the favorite subject to gripe about, there may be..
With all this talk about putting tolls on bridges and streets for the privilege of driving into certain parts of Manhattan, and how it’s fair or not fair depending on where you live, and where in New York City you need to drive, we thought we’d remind everyone that intra-New York City congestion pricing already..
With blue electricians tape, two pieces of paper are taped to the lampposts announcing “Public Notice: Asbestos Abatement” (Although with this afternoon’s rain, they may not still be readable). In a neighborhood teeming with strollers, moms-to-be, elderly folks, and lawyers (!), we are pressed to wonder, if anything, what this means. The “work areas” list..
Kevin Walsh This week we caught up with KEVIN WALSH, the popular amateur historian and Bay Ridge native whose guidebook, Forgotten New York, has won accolades for its careful attention to antiquated but interesting places in all five boroughs. Park Sloper and fellow historian and writer FRANCIS MORRONE gave the book a great review in last..
Simone Dinnerstein Speaking of Park Slopers, we’ve been hearing a lot about pianist SIMONE DINNERSTEIN lately. The Juillard grad (who was born in the Slope and still lives there) had her Carnegie Hall Weill recital debut last year. In September, a New York Times article, “Looking Towards Greatness (And, Perhaps, Their 30’s), counted Dinnerstein as one..
Yasna Voices Raise your hand if you knew Brooklyn had its very own Bulgarian women’s choir. The three-year-old group, YASNA VOICES, is led by VLADA TOMOVA. An a cappella ensemble, Yasna Voices has been seen in our borough at BAMcafe, BRIC Studios and the Brooklyn Public Library, and they’ve received a generous grant from the..
Eric Daniel Metzgar Brooklynites’ invasion of Manhattan continues this weekend at the Natural History Museum. Brooklyn filmmaker ERIC DANIEL METZGAR’s documentary, “The Chances of the World Changing,” will be featured at the Museum’s MARGARET MEAD FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL through Nov. 12. Metzgar’s film chronicles a two years in the life of RICHARD OGUST, a writer..
Who says the words “library” and “party” are mutually exclusive? Brooklyn literary darlings JHUMPA LAHIRI and JON SCIESZKA are headlining Brooklyn Public Library’s 10th Annual Gala on Nov. 16. The Pulitzer-prize winning fiction writer and renown children’s book author (respectively), along with the Xerox Corporation, are the 2006 honorees at the black tie event, to be held..