Posts Tagged ‘Chinatown’

Neighborhood Chatter

Written by NYPress on April 26, 2012. Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Lower East Side Museum of Chinese in America Welcomes New Exec. Director The Board of Trustees of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) has announced the appointment of the accomplished program expert and East Asian scholar Helen Koh, who began working there in mid-April. “We are looking forward to having Helen Koh lead our
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Five Ways to Spot a Seriously Good Chinese Restaurant

Written by Regan Hofmann on April 12, 2012. Posted in Eat & Drink, NY Press Exclusive

You might recognize Regan Hofmann’s byline from our printed pages (in Our Town, West Side Spirit and Our Town Downtown), but now on a weekly basis our resident food writer will grace the pages of nypress.com. A bit about Regan, in her own words: “I like to tell people what to order. If there’s something
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Chinatown Soon To Be Pond Free

Written by Andrew Rice on April 3, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, News OTDT

UPDATE: (4/4/12) On April 5, State Senator Daniel Squadron will join the NYC Department of Transportation at 10 AM to officially break ground and begin repair of road-curb ponding conditions in Chinatown. The repairs will include milling and resurfacing large stretches of Mulberry and Baxter Streets, and filling potholes throughout Chinatown in order to remove and prevent “ponding” which is
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Neighborhood Chatter: Plea to Hold Chen Case in US

Written by Our Town Downtown on March 14, 2012. Posted in Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit, Our Town Downtown

Chinatown PLEA TO HOLD CHEN TRIAL IN US Last week, Council Member Margaret Chin joined Private Danny Chen’s family, OCA-NY President Liz OuYang, Chinatown community leaders and supporters, in response to the conclusion of Article 32 pre-trial hearings for eight soldiers charged in connection with Chen’s death. Chen is believed to have died from a
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Victims of Chinatown Fire to Return Home

Written by admin on March 7, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, Our Town Downtown

Almost two years after the fire that left the residents at 289 Grand Street in Chinatown displaced from their homes, a court ruling has finally granted tenants permission to return to their building by March of next year. Today, Judge Timmie Elsner ordered the landlord of the building to fully renovate the apartments by March
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Neighborhood Chatter

Written by admin on January 18, 2012. Posted in News OTDT

LOWER MANHATTAN DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE HOLDS LOVE STORY CONTEST Did you meet your soulmate by chance along the promenade of Battery Park City? On the Wall Street trading floor? During your lunch hour in City Hall Park? Whatever your Lower Manhattan love story is, the Downtown Alliance wants to hear it. In anticipation of Valentine’s Day,
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Daniel Squadron, New York State Senator

Written by admin on December 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News

There’s a lot we can’t predict about a new year. But one thing’s for sure: Downtown Manhattan will continue to grow and thrive. We’ll make progress on Pier 42, moving us toward open, green space and a harbor park—a central park for the center of our city. We’ll see increased L train service and Chinatown
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State Sen. Daniel Squadron Nabs Public Servant of the Year Award

Written by admin on December 21, 2011. Posted in News OTDT, Uncategorized

Last weekend, State Sen. Daniel Squadron was given the Public Servant of the Year Award by the Little Italy Merchants Association (LIMA) and the Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation in recognition of his “compassion, humanity and commitment in serving the citizens of the Little Italy and Chinatown communities.” After being presented with the award by
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The Pan American Contradiction

Written by admin on December 7, 2011. Posted in Eat & Drink

A restaurant for the vegan meat-eater locavore globehopper in all of us By Regan Hofmann In the ever-shifting neighborhood creep of Downtown, it seems nothing is what it’s supposed to be anymore. Little Italy has become Chinatown, Nolita has become Soho and Soho has become Times Square. Walking from block to block you’re not quite
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Options for Relieving School Overcrowding are Hotly Debated

Written by admin on November 16, 2011. Posted in Breaking News, Education

By Lillian Rizzo The Department of Education rolled out a new rezoning plan last week in the hope of settling the growing problem of overcrowded schools in Lower Manhattan and increasing waitlists for kindergartens. But it looks like the DOE is the only one that is content with this new rezoning plan. While the DOE
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