Richard Rothbard has performed magic on wood for 55 years. He first began woodworking in the 1960s as a Broadway actor who helped create furniture for the sets and for his own apartment. ( Credit: Nicholas Liu) “An American Craftsman” Offers Handmade Wares with Character Richard Rothbard is holding a rock, but it’s made of wood. His well-practiced fingers have carved onto its surface a network... City Arts 11 Apr 2024 | 11:33
NYC DOT pedal-assist e-cargo bicycle, “Cargi B” ( Source: NYCDOT ) City Supports Expansion of Electric Cargo Bikes In an effort to reduce the number of unwieldy, high-polluting trucks on the streets of New York City, the city’s Department... News 01 Apr 2024 | 12:47
Michael Lee, the newly-appointed museum president, was previously Managing Director of Corporate Development at the New York Institute of Finance for six years. He sits on the boards of several Asian-centered nonprofits and teaches martial arts and lion dances. ( Credit: Karen Zhou) New President Appointed to Lead the Museum of Chinese in America After several years rocked by protests, resignations, and a 2020 fire that destroyed a part of its collection, the Museum... News 25 Mar 2024 | 12:25
Some demonstrators customized their rain gear with protest demands. The watermelon, which bears the black, green, and red colors of the Palestinian flag, has become a familiar symbol at Palestinian protests. ( Photo by Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) Pro-Palestine Protestors Demand a Gaza Cease-Fire Thousands of protestors gathered in Washington Square Park and under heavy rain on March 2 and marched to mid-town calling... Voices 10 Mar 2024 | 02:19
Protestors against the congestion pricing toll gathered at City Hall Park on Feb. 27th. “What is going to happen when the FDR Drive turns into a parking lot?” one lower east sider asked. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Deep Divisions in Hearings Over Congestion Pricing as Opponents and Boosters Battle Deep divisions between boosters and bashers were seen Feb. 29 as the MTA kicked off the first of its four public hearings... News 04 Mar 2024 | 05:18
A dragon flies along Mott Street. ( Credit: Nicholas Liu) Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown Features Banners, Music, and Lots of Dragons Thousands of New Yorkers and visitors from other cities and countries congregated along Mott and Canal Street on February... News 02 Mar 2024 | 03:06
Protesters form a picket line outside of the museum entrance. ( Credit: Nicholas Liu) At Chinatown Museum’s Lunar New Yr Party, Protesters Accuse its Leadership of Selling Out To herald the Year of the Dragon, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) threw a ticketed, family-friendly party on February... News 26 Feb 2024 | 06:43
Kristina Puzyreva and Nikolay Goltsev, pictured in happier times before prosecutors charged them with partaking in a money laundering scheme to send military equipment to Russian military entities. ( Source: Facebook) Couple Behind Russian Gun Running Plot Nabbed in Manhattan Hotel Room Kristina Puzyreva, a 32-year old Russian-Canadian woman, pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court to money laundering,... News 16 Feb 2024 | 06:23
Meta first leased space at 770 Broadway in 2019. Now it is cutting one third of its footprint there. ( Source: Wikimedia Commons) Meta Drops 275,000 sq ft of Workspace at 770 Broadway Meta Platforms, the social media giant that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is abandoning 275,000 square feet out... News 15 Feb 2024 | 10:53
The Museum of Chinese in America has been based in 215 Centre Street since 2009. ( Source: MOCA) Chinatown Museum Draws Heat After it Finalizes $51M Purchase of Its Building with City Help The 43-year-old Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) paid $51.1 million to a firm called the Grand Machinery Exchange for... News 12 Feb 2024 | 04:41
An e-bike fire on Madison St. in Chinatown killed four people in June. ( Photo by Carly Barovick ) Lithium Batteries Drive Fire Death Toll to 106 Across City in ‘23, Highest in 20 years Raging fires from defective lithium batteries caused 18 deaths across the city in 2023, including eight in Manhattan alone.... News 30 Jan 2024 | 02:01
A rendering of + Pool, with proposed floating walkways that will connect the 9,000 sq. ft structure to land when it finally opens to the public. The company plans to test a smaller 2,000 sq. ft. model in the East River this summer. ( Photo: + Pool ) Pool to Float in East River with a Summer Test, Ready for Big Public Splash by ‘25 New York City will have a new swimming pool, and it’s not like any other pool found in the city, or anywhere in the United... Home 26 Jan 2024 | 06:54
56 LED lights illuminate Brooklyn Bridge’s newly-scrubbed towers, which are being illimunated for the first time since its centennial in 1983. ( Source: NYC Department of Transportation) Brooklyn Bridge Towers Bathed in Bright White Lights for First Time in 40 Years For its new year’s gift, Brooklyn Bridge received 56 energy-efficient LED lights, which now flood the towers of the celebrated... News 22 Jan 2024 | 01:55
The Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge is vendor free on Jan. 3, the first day the DOT’s new “no vendors” regulation was enforced. Photo: Keith J. Kelly City Evicts Vendors from Brooklyn Bridge The row of stalls and tables that once sold cheap souvenirs along the Brooklyn Bridge is no more. A new DOT rule banning... News 08 Jan 2024 | 04:14
