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Arts Grants Support Local Institutions

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

The National Endowment for the Arts announced grants for local cultural institutions The National Endowment for the Arts recently released their grants for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, and several major cultural institutions on the Upper West Side, Upper East Side and downtown Manhattan reaped the benefits of the extra funds. Many organizations saw an increase
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Arts Grants Support Local Institutions

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

The National Endowment for the Arts announced grants for local cultural institutions The National Endowment for the Arts recently released their grants for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, and several major cultural institutions downtown and throughout Manhattan reaped the benefits of the extra funds. Downtown, Tribeca Film Institute received $100,000 for a professional development program and
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Midtown East Italian Joint, “Destino” A Mixed Experience

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Destino Scores Points With Service and Atmosphere, but food has not quite come into its own yet As I sat down inside “Destino,” a neighborhood-friendly Italian restaurant at 50th Street and 1st Avenue, I first noticed an elderly woman speaking with her waiter about which wine to order. The waiter remembered which wines she ordered
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Midtown East Italian Joint, “Destino” A Mixed Experience

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in Dining Our Town, Our Town

Destino Scores Points With Service and Atmosphere, but food has not quite come into its own yet As I sat down inside “Destino,” a neighborhood-friendly Italian restaurant at 50th Street and 1st Avenue, I first noticed an elderly woman speaking with her waiter about which wine to order. The waiter remembered which wines she ordered
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Open Space Challenges of Life on the Upper East Side

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

The Andrew Haswell Green Park on the Upper East Side has been a work in progress for years. Councilmember Dan Garodnick and other panelists discuss ways to increase public park space According to a recent New Yorkers for Parks’ survey which counted the amount of open space, and rated open space quality with 15 standards, the Upper East Side failed on all 15 counts. The Upper East Side has one of the smallest
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Arts Grants Boost Local Institutions

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Upper East Side ranks near the bottom for open space National Endowment for the Arts to Help Fund Guggeinheim, Whitney and Others The National Endowment for the Arts recently released their grants for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, and several major cultural institutions on the Upper West Side, Upper East Side and downtown Manhattan reaped the
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What’s Up With That?

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit, West Side Spirit

Readers’ neighborhood questions answered Eileen Fisher (Columbus Avenue, 76th-77th) has a large sign on her window: “We’d like our clothes back right now. Thank you very much.” What’s the story? Fortunately it looks like the mysterious sign outside Eileen Fisher’s storefront window on Columbus and 77th has nothing to do with a break-out of shoplifting
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Putting the Brakes on Food Trucks

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

Food Truck 4-25 The city council may limit mobile food vendors Food trucks have become essential elements to the workday lunch and the job force, but for Upper West and Upper East Side residents and businesses, they can be detrimental to quality of life. That’s why Council Member Dan Garodnick authored a citywide bill that would designate food
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