Posts Tagged ‘neighborhood’

Jewish Home Land Swap

Written by admin on August 13, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

Representatives from Jewish Home Lifecare, an organization that provides health care for seniors, met with community groups on Aug. 12 to unveil a proposal to redevelop its West 106th Street nursing home in Park West Village, on West 100th Street. To bankroll the new nursing home, a project that has long been in the works
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Brearley Expansion Plans

Written by admin on July 29, 2009. Posted in Opinion and Column

To the Editor: In her July 8 column, Bette Dewing reminds us of how priceless “everyday places” are to a neighborhood—especially the places we call home. Dewing mentions the possible expansion of the Brearley school on East End Avenue, which may endanger the homes of some longtime residents of rent-stabilized apartments
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Valued Vendor or Neighborhood Nuisance?

Written by admin on July 1, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

On a sun-soaked Sunday afternoon, the corner of West 73rd Street and Broadway is a pinwheel of colors. Men and women hurriedly walk by, iPhones, Zabar’s bags and Starbucks cups in tow. Some scurry into the Chase bank while others wander into the sample sale being held in the adjacent space. As the sounds of
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