Digital Journal draws inspiration from museum’s exhibit By Nora Bosworth It was hard to imagine a more fitting venue as visitors of the South Street Seaport Museum sat huddled on a recent Thursday evening in a cool, brick-lined room, awaiting Underwater New York’s reading. Underwater New York is an online journal of writing, art and 
Debra Cooper has been around the political block, and now she’s ready to start down the road of a City Council candidacy. Cooper is the latest to jump into the race to represent the Upper West Side district in 2014, when current Council Member Gale Brewer will be out due to term limits. Cooper has 
By Michaela Hirsch From Sept. 22-29, the Arts Initiative and Miller Theatre at Columbia University are inviting community members of all ages to participate in a series of free lantern-building workshops, culminating in an illuminated procession in Morningside Park. Called Morningside Lights, the procession will begin at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 117th ![WS_E73rd Riverfront Rendering_courtesyof[TK]](http://nypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/WS_E73rd-Riverfront-Rendering_courtesyofTK-150x150.jpg)
Last week, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the Upper East Side will soon be home to a brand-new building housing a brand-new partnership of city institutions. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the City University of New York’s Hunter College will be teaming up to construct a connected science facility on East 73rd Street, on what 
Like many successful companies, WAHVE (Work at Home Vintage Employees) was a business created to solve a specific problem. Founder and CEO Sharon Emek had been mulling over the conundrum her industry, insurance, had been facing for years: the imminent loss of a huge segment of the workforce through retirement. Fifty percent of workers in 
Five Quirky, Colorful and Awesome Pets for City Kids By Allison Wimer “Can I have a pet?” For most parents, that’s a dreaded and often inevitable plea. But you don’t have to say “no” just because the frequently requested cats and dogs require lots of attention and physical space. Though the below pet alternatives may 
Sutton Place Synagogue was founded more than 100 years ago, in 1902, as Congregation Orach Chayim, but its roots extend back even before the dawn of the 20th century. That’s when a small Jewish population in the eastern portion of Manhattan’s Midtown area – a neighborhood populated mainly by people of German and Irish ancestry 
TV’s Most Prominent Advocate Of Health Gets Personal On The Joys Of His Career And Deep Commitment To Family By Whitney C. Harris Take the demands of a world-class cardiothoracic surgeon operating at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and teaching at Columbia University Medical School. Add to that the work of hosting a Daytime Emmy award-winning television 
For most people in New York, pigeons are a fact of life, a part of the landscape no more noticeable than the squirrels and the stray garbage. But a continuing battle over the worth of pigeons on East 92nd Street has some residents taking sides and declaring themselves lovers or haters of the birds. 
