Category: Community
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Open data for all?
Tech heavyweights throw their capital behind the annual BigApps competition and the City Council keeps pushing open data legislation. Meanwhile, the city’s 311 hotline receives thousands of service requests a day – all of them, of course, catalogued online.
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New park to generate revenue, while detractors question cost
The Hudson Yards/Hell’s Kitchen Business Improvement District is inching closer to acquiring a sole source license for park commerce, but not everyone in the community is happy.
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Rockefeller Center’s ice rink opens amid Indian summer
Rockefeller Center’s ice skating rink reopens for business while temperatures in New York hit 72 degrees.
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Chelsea street fair struggles to stay afloat
The London Terrace, a historic pre-war apartment complex in West Chelsea, hosted its 23rd annual street fair in late September. Although the fair is beloved by the community, it is struggling to stay afloat because of city-mandated fees for street fair organizers.
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New York’s working — at least for now
‘Tis the season to have a job, and maybe a raise, in much of Midtown West.
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Young entrepreneurs start consulting firm at Fulton Houses
Acevedo & Associates, founded by young residents of the Robert Fulton Houses public housing project, tries to bridge the gap between the booming affluence of Chelsea and its low-income communities.
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Leave certification to the pros, architects say
Architects oppose potential state legislation that would abolish a faster building process in the city.
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At a busy crossroad, a temporary retreat
The owners of the Bryant Park sukka, the Chabad of Midtown congregation, have to jump through hoops yearly to attain the permits. The Bryant Park sukka serves thousands of people during the Jewish festival of Sukkot.
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Chelsea locals prevent new restaurant from opening
Local residents prevailed against the owner of a Cuban bar and restaurant who wanted to open a new location on the ground floor of a West 26th Street condominium, between 6th and 7th avenues.
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Hot Time, Summer in the City
Reporters cover the latest news in Midtown West — the aftermath of the Zimmerman verdict, the future of exports, gay couples, food and movies, the Union Square greenmarket, the royal family and more.
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West Clinton Rezoning Seeks to Balance Gentrification and Neighborhood Character
The swank, 19-story Ink48 hotel and the sprawling construction site of Gotham West, a 1240-unit residential complex anchored by a 31-story tower, are becoming landmarks in rapidly changing West Clinton. But a proposed rezoning of the neighborhood seeks to restrict such soaring developments and increase the number of affordable housing units.
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Midtown West Now and Then: The Times, They are A’Changin’
Pictures and numbers: Midtown West in transition.
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New Year Brings Changes for Library’s Main Branch
This year the trustees of the New York Public Library have been thrust into the spotlight to defend their Central Library Plan, which would turn the library’s main branch into a combined research and circulation library. The 42nd Street building is a historic landmark, but also a widely used research library in the heart of…
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Portraits from Midtown Manhattan
The people in midtown Manhattan are as diverse as the city. Here are a few portraits of some of its characters.
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After Sandy: Utility Trucks Replace Union Square Farmers’ Market
The northwest corner of Union Square, at 17th Street and Broadway, on most Saturdays the domain of the popular Union Square Greenmarket, was overtaken by utility trucks from across the country. In addition to the now-familiar Con Edison trucks, there were trucks from ComEd, Duke Energy, Entergy, Georgia Power, Indiana Michigan Power, and Pepco. Sakibou…
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After Sandy: City Distributes Basic Supplies in Chelsea
New York City has organized the distribution of basic supplies for Hurricane Sandy Victims at the Chelsea Park soccer field on West 27th Street, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, between 1 and 5 p.m. Giveaways were provided by the federal government and aid groups including the Salvation Army and American Red Cross, as well as…
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Rooftop Farm Welcomes Toddlers
Standing in the center of a circle of preschoolers, holding a pack of cabbage seeds, Lauren Baccus asked, “Who likes salad?” “I don’t!” shouted Harry, a four-year-old boy. “You might like it if you grew it, though — That’s what farmers say,” Baccus replied with a smile. Baccus and the children were at the Hell’s…
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Fresh Produce Program For Seniors Launched
Council Member Gale Brewer of District 6 launched the Westside Senior Supported Agriculture (WSSA) Food Bag Program as part of her “Grow Green, Age Well” initiative. The program, the first of its kind in Manhattan, has had mixed reviews from area seniors.
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Mom’s Club Provides Outlet for Mothers in Clinton Shelter
A Mom’s Club provides support for young mothers who live at the Clinton Family Inn, one of four locations of the Homes for the Homeless’ American Family Inns program.
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Alice’s Garden Brings Nature to the Public
“This is everyone’s own private garden,” announced New York Sen. Tom Duane at the opening ceremony of Alice’s Garden on September 24, a public garden between Dyer Street and Tenth Avenue on West 34th Street. The garden, once managed by Alice Parsekian, a local caretaker who passed away in 2010, had fallen into disrepair before…
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