Bloody Installation at the Met

Written by NYPress on May 23, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest installation piece mixes images and feelings, conjuring a bloody crime scene at first glance. Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi, known for combining Islamic art influences with modern conceptual approaches, was commissioned to create the work, which covers the roof of the museum and is viewable from the Iris and B.
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Group Pushes for Grand Army Plaza

Written by NYPress on May 23, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Local preservation advocacy group Landmark West is pushing the city and the Central Park Conservancy to overhaul their plans to restore the park’s Grand Army Plaza, located on Fifth Avenue between East 58th and 60th Streets. Designed as an outdoor room, in the manner of a French garden, the plaza was created in 1916 by
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Sandy Refuges to Stay in Hotels

Written by NYPress on May 23, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

New Yorkers displaced by Superstorm Sandy will continue to be able to stay in city-paid hotel rooms. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that a Manhattan judge ruled the city must continue to shelter hundreds of Sandy-displaced residents. The city currently pays for 890 individuals to stay in hotels, at an average cost of
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Trash Station Plans Cause Health Worries

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on May 23, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Advocacy group and local physicians express concerns for children with asthma The East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station, which if built, would transfer 5,000 tons of garbage daily from the Upper East Side’s Yorktown neighborhood to New Jersey, has not been popular with the community. Opponents cite the garbage facility’s proximity to Asphalt Green, where
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A Celebrity Interview with a Celebrity Interviewer

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Jersey Shore’s Vinny gets a new talk show By Angela Barbuti Vinny Guadagnino is living life vicariously through himself. At least that’s what the quote on his Twitter page’s background says. When asked about it, Guadagnino explains that he was only being sarcastic. But it does make a lot of sense that he would be
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The Cure for Dog Slobber

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, West Side Spirit

E.A.T. Gifts offers products you hardly knew you needed By Laura Shanahan I brake for dogs. When I’m walking down the street and spot a great-looking doggy, I can’t resist giving the pooch a good “skritch” under the chin – the animal (and owner) willing. The last time I did this, my hand came away
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The State of Public Libraries

Written by Alissa Fleck on May 15, 2013. 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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Political Animals

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, West Side Spirit

By Adam Janos Photographs of horses. Pamphlets full of geese. At the New Yorkers for Clean, Liveable and Safe Streets Mayoral Forum on Animal Rights, the fate of New York’s non-human residents was brought into sharp focus as five candidates for mayor hashed out their light-on-policy thoughts about the place of other species in our
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Board 8 Says Yes to New Cancer Center

Written by admin on May 15, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

The cancer and educational center moves one step closer to completion This past week, despite concerns from the community, Community Board 8 voted in favor of approving the zoning amendment sought by Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) and the City University of New York (CUNY) needed to build a new cancer and educational center on East
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