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The State of Public Libraries

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Local libraries supportive of midtown renovations, speak out against budget cuts The New York Public Library system is facing major changes and not everyone is happy about it. The Committee to Save the New York Public Library (NYPL) has been rallying to stop the Central Library Plan, a plan to consolidate the Mid-Manhattan and the
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Where the Streets Are Filled With Ideas

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

The New Museum’s biennial Ideas festival presents hundreds of concepts for productive change in the City This past weekend was alive with innovation as Ideas City — a multi-day festival of presentations, exhibitions, workshops and panels which aims to take New Yorkers’ ideas about improving the city, and urban living in general, to the people
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Pro Building, Not Rebuilding

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

The East River Blueway Plan establishes community-based framework for East River waterfront “The water is coming,” said Eric Klinenberg to community members and elected officials gathered at Cooper Union last week. Klinenberg, an NYU professor and author to one of the most famous essays about rebuilding New York City after Hurricane Sandy, went on to
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The Water is Coming

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

The East River Blueway Plan establishes community-based framework for East River waterfront “The water is coming,” said Eric Klinenberg to community members and elected officials gathered at Cooper Union last week. Klinenberg, an NYU professor and author to one of the most famous essays about rebuilding New York City after Hurricane Sandy, went on to
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Denim Day Draws Masses

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Event to raise awareness about sexual violence gets wide support Hundreds of supporters came out to City Hall last week, clad in denim, to kick off Denim Day, an international movement which aims to raise awareness about sexual assault. Numerous elected officials including presidents from each borough, and community based organizations including the New York
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The Protagonist: Local Poet Alexander Norelli Says Be a Shameless Entrepreneur

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Self-publishing is not a “low-brow thing,” but a “way to get your ideas into the world” In my last column, I featured a group of poets trying to kickstart their way to literary benevolence by way of crowd-funding platform Kickstarter. No sooner had I published my column than I heard of a local poet and
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Thinking Beyond the Food Drive

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

The NYC Coalition Against Hunger promotes innovative ways to treat the city’s major hunger problem For many New Yorkers—and Americans in general—when they think of feeding the hungry, they think of scrounging through their pantries for canned goods to donate to food banks or helping serve food at a shelter over the holidays. And therein
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The Minority is the Majority at CUNY’s “Where I’m From”

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

CUNY’s live taping of its first radio show on heritage and culture draws an eclectic mix of performers “This is a show for the New America, where the majority is the minority,” said Jesse Hardman when he introduced the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s first edition of “Where I’m From” at last weekend’s live taping
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Thinking Beyond the Food Drive

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown

Innovative ways to fix the city’s hunger problem For many New Yorkers—and Americans in general—when they think of feeding the hungry, they think of scrounging through their pantries for canned goods to donate to food banks or helping serve food at a shelter over the holidays. And therein lies the problem, says the New York
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Community Education Council Discusses Hot Button Issues in District 3

Written by Alissa Fleck on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School located at 215 West 114th Street. The CEC brought together families, educators and Dept. of Ed. Chancellor Walcott to address pressing issues facing the school district A joint town hall meeting got heated last week as parents, educators and the District 3 Community Education Council (CEC 3) demanded answers from Chancellor Dennis Walcott and his team regarding a variety of issues
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