The Winnie the Pooh dolls at the Donnell Library as displayed on thewall panels of the MTA's "Art Stop" at the Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street station. The dolls moved out in 2008 when the library was closed prior to its demolition in 2011. ( Photo: Douglas Feiden) The Museum of Lost Museums For better or worse, the latest territorial expansion of one museum on West 53rd Street could never have been accomplished... News 11 Nov 2019 | 05:41
Outside the Nuyorican Poets Café ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) The Floor is Open If you’re looking to get a seat at the poetry slams at the Nuyorican Poets Café, you better come early. A long line had already... News 11 Nov 2019 | 03:44
Books of Wonder launched in September 1980. ( Photo: Jason Cohen) Books of Wonder to Relocate A fixture in Chelsea for nearly four decades, Books of Wonder plans to relocate when its 15-year lease at 18 West 18th Street... News 11 Nov 2019 | 01:16
Honorees after the event with emcee Errol Louis (center) and Straus Media President and Publisher Jeanne Straus (right of center). ( Photos: Ciro J. Napolitano) Honoring Building Service Worker Award Winners Straus Media-Manhattan joined forces with 32 BJ SEIU last Wednesday to recognize the accomplishments of 21 building service... News 11 Nov 2019 | 12:03
Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing that Dermot Shea (right) will be next Commissioner of the New York Police Department, at City Hall on November 4, 2019. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Big Challenges for New Police Boss Each month, Dermot Shea sits with other top New York City police officials and the mayor to brief reporters on the latest... News 12 Nov 2019 | 12:31
Alyson Vega overcame a rare disorder and reinvented herself as a fabric artist. ( Photo: Courtesy of Alyson Vega) The Art of Recovery “How open are you to discussing your tumor?” “Oh, completely.” Alyson Vega was in the middle of her life in 2007 ‒ on a ski... News 07 Nov 2019 | 03:52
Those were the days! A Giants Super Bowl 46 ring. ( Photo: Gabriel Argudo Jr. via Flickr) Giants vs. Jets: Welcome to Met Life (Support) Stadium On Sunday, New York sports fans will watch one of the sorriest chapters in the city's long athletic history. The 2-7 New... News 07 Nov 2019 | 11:09
Council Member Ben Kallos. ( Photo courtesy of NYC Council photographer William Alatriste) Kallos Outlines His BP Platform Upper East Side Council Member Ben Kallos officially kicked off his campaign last week to become the next borough president... News 05 Nov 2019 | 10:02
Amanda Petersen, Jessica Thigpen and Margaux Gray (l to r) protested the Crunch Fitness decision in front of the West 83rd St. gym on Oct. 29th. ( Photo: Courtesy of Margaux Gray) Crunch Cuts Childcare Parents that work out at Crunch Fitness on the Upper West Side are angry. On Oct. 29, the gym, located at 162 West 83rd St.,... News 04 Nov 2019 | 03:09
Tim Morehouse (center) with his fencing students and teaching staff. ( Photo: Tim Morehouse Fencing Club staff) 'The Olympian Keeps Going' Tim Morehouse is one of the Upper West Side's most accomplished athletes. In addition to winning a silver medal for fencing... News 04 Nov 2019 | 09:48
Joint Disease and Winter Don't Mix The fall’s first frost usually happens in mid-November, but if you are not a “snowbird” and don’t plan to head to Florida,... News 31 Oct 2019 | 12:52
Rendering of the new AMC exterior. ( Photo courtesy of Animal Medical Center.) $70 Million Expansion for Animal Medical Center One of the world's top veterinary hospitals is planning a $70 million expansion of its New York headquarters. The 110-year-old... News 31 Oct 2019 | 12:18
Brian Bannon, the Merryl and James Tisch Director of the NYPL. ( Photo: Jonathan Blanc / NYPL) Not Your Grandfather's Librarian Man in a hurry: Brian Bannon has only been on the job for a few weeks, but the new director of the New York Public Library... News 30 Oct 2019 | 02:14
A one-third size model of the statue, which will be cast in bronze. ( Photo: Michael Bergmann) 'Breaking the Bronze Ceiling' There are 23 monuments in Central Park, including a Polish king, a Prussian naturalist and a sled dog. Not one depicts real... Home 28 Oct 2019 | 02:39
