2Posted Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 12:13 pm PTReplies (2)SANTEE, CA — Flouting San Diego County's ban on most public events, a Santee music school held a rock concert atop its roof Saturday, despite the risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic, NBC reported.The event was organized by Dale Curtsinger, owner of San Diego Performance Academy on North Magnolia Avenue. He called it a "Music Matters Protest," in an effort to avoid being shut down by the county — protests, after all, are permitted under the ."We’re outdoors, we’re safe. The band is on the roof, socially distanced," Curtsinger told NBC....…2Posted Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 12:13 pm PTReplies (2)SANTEE, CA — Flouting San Diego County's ban on most public events, a Santee music school held a rock concert atop its roof Saturday, despite the risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic, NBC reported.The event was organized by Dale Curtsinger, owner of San Diego Performance Academy on North Magnolia Avenue. He called it a "Music Matters Protest," in an effort to avoid being shut down by the county — protests, after all, are permitted under the ."We’re outdoors, we’re safe. The band is on the roof, socially distanced," Curtsinger told NBC....WW…

0Posted Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 4:17 pm ETUpdated Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 6:50 pm ETReply CENTRAL PARK, NY — Victorian Gardens, the amusement park that has popped up in Central Park's Wollman Rink each summer for more than a decade, will not open for the 2020 season and may need to permanently close, its owners said Monday.In a news release, the Zaperla family, Italian theme park manufacturers who also own the company that runs Victorian Gardens, said the decision was based on the "limited guidance and uncertainty surrounding when amusement parks will be permitted to open in New York State." The...…0Posted Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 4:17 pm ETUpdated Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 6:50 pm ETReply CENTRAL PARK, NY — Victorian Gardens, the amusement park that has popped up in Central Park's Wollman Rink each summer for more than a decade, will not open for the 2020 season and may need to permanently close, its owners said Monday.In a news release, the Zaperla family, Italian theme park manufacturers who also own the company that runs Victorian Gardens, said the decision was based on the "limited guidance and uncertainty surrounding when amusement parks will be permitted to open in New York State." The...WW…

1Posted Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 12:01 pm PTReply (1)SAN MATEO, CA — After nine years in business, Vault 164, the popular New American restaurant in downtown San Mateo, became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, as management announced the eatery was closing its doors at the end of that day."Since the start of the pandemic, I have seen this day coming," managing partner Brad Goldberg wrote on the restaurant's Facebook page Saturday morning. "Fortunately for us, we were able to find a buyer that allowed us to leave on our terms." Goldberg thanked the restaurant's...…1Posted Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 12:01 pm PTReply (1)SAN MATEO, CA — After nine years in business, Vault 164, the popular New American restaurant in downtown San Mateo, became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, as management announced the eatery was closing its doors at the end of that day."Since the start of the pandemic, I have seen this day coming," managing partner Brad Goldberg wrote on the restaurant's Facebook page Saturday morning. "Fortunately for us, we were able to find a buyer that allowed us to leave on our terms." Goldberg thanked the restaurant's...WW…

15Posted Thu, May 19, 2022 at 2:15 pm ETUpdated Fri, May 20, 2022 at 10:02 am ETReplies (15)UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — As residents beg a judge not to merge the Upper East and Upper West sides into a single congressional district, one group has come up with a novel argument against the change: Jews on the East and West sides are too different from each other."While both the East Side and the West Side support synagogues and Jewish schools of national stature, East Side Jews can be clearly differentiated from West Side Jews," reads a sent Tuesday to Steuben County Supreme Court Justice Patrick...…15Posted Thu, May 19, 2022 at 2:15 pm ETUpdated Fri, May 20, 2022 at 10:02 am ETReplies (15)UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — As residents beg a judge not to merge the Upper East and Upper West sides into a single congressional district, one group has come up with a novel argument against the change: Jews on the East and West sides are too different from each other."While both the East Side and the West Side support synagogues and Jewish schools of national stature, East Side Jews can be clearly differentiated from West Side Jews," reads a sent Tuesday to Steuben County Supreme Court Justice Patrick...WW…

22Posted Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:21 pm ETUpdated Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 2:16 pm ETReplies (22)MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Call it a sign of the times: the first signs reminding New Yorkers not to smoke weed in public have gone up in three Midtown parks after the state last week.The placards were put up this week in Bryant Park, Herald Square Park and Greeley Square Park by the nonprofits that manage the three spaces. They bear an implicit message: "NO SMOKING of any kind."The intention is to avoid a return to the parks' bad old days, when marijuana use was rampant and deterred the public from...…22Posted Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:21 pm ETUpdated Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 2:16 pm ETReplies (22)MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Call it a sign of the times: the first signs reminding New Yorkers not to smoke weed in public have gone up in three Midtown parks after the state last week.The placards were put up this week in Bryant Park, Herald Square Park and Greeley Square Park by the nonprofits that manage the three spaces. They bear an implicit message: "NO SMOKING of any kind."The intention is to avoid a return to the parks' bad old days, when marijuana use was rampant and deterred the public from...WW…

1Posted Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 10:59 am ETUpdated Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 8:14 pm ETReply (1)UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Carolyn Maloney will seek another term in Congress next year, the veteran lawmaker announced Wednesday, tamping down speculation that she would retire after a few tough primary challenges and nearly three decades representing Manhattan's East Side.Maloney, a 75-year-old Democrat, would reach the 30-year mark in Congress if she is re-elected in 2022 and serves another two-year term. Her 12th congressional district includes the Upper East Side, Midtown, East Village and Roosevelt...…1Posted Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 10:59 am ETUpdated Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 8:14 pm ETReply (1)UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Carolyn Maloney will seek another term in Congress next year, the veteran lawmaker announced Wednesday, tamping down speculation that she would retire after a few tough primary challenges and nearly three decades representing Manhattan's East Side.Maloney, a 75-year-old Democrat, would reach the 30-year mark in Congress if she is re-elected in 2022 and serves another two-year term. Her 12th congressional district includes the Upper East Side, Midtown, East Village and Roosevelt...WW…

1Posted Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 4:18 pm ETUpdated Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:06 am ETReply (1)MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Three immigrant-run food carts were unfairly displaced from their longtime home outside Hudson Yards, workers alleged Monday, calling it the culmination of years of harassment they received from owners of the luxury megadevelopment.Starting in 2014, when construction had barely begun on the glassy skyscraper complex, Mohamed Awad began selling hot dogs on the south side of West 33rd Street between 10th and 11th avenues. He was joined by two other carts selling gyros, falafel and...…1Posted Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 4:18 pm ETUpdated Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:06 am ETReply (1)MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Three immigrant-run food carts were unfairly displaced from their longtime home outside Hudson Yards, workers alleged Monday, calling it the culmination of years of harassment they received from owners of the luxury megadevelopment.Starting in 2014, when construction had barely begun on the glassy skyscraper complex, Mohamed Awad began selling hot dogs on the south side of West 33rd Street between 10th and 11th avenues. He was joined by two other carts selling gyros, falafel and...WW…

1Posted Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 1:55 pm ETUpdated Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 4:19 pm ETReply (1)MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Police barricades that blocked part of Columbus Circle for most of a year were finally dismantled this week, nine months after they were erected during a wave of protests.Shortly after protests began in early June over the police killing of George Floyd, the NYPD metal barricades around the Christopher Columbus monument, closing off the small park in the middle of the traffic circle and also preventing cyclists from using the bike lanes that surround it. Neighbor Charlie Todd...…1Posted Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 1:55 pm ETUpdated Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 4:19 pm ETReply (1)MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Police barricades that blocked part of Columbus Circle for most of a year were finally dismantled this week, nine months after they were erected during a wave of protests.Shortly after protests began in early June over the police killing of George Floyd, the NYPD metal barricades around the Christopher Columbus monument, closing off the small park in the middle of the traffic circle and also preventing cyclists from using the bike lanes that surround it. Neighbor Charlie Todd...WW…

0Posted Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 3:09 pm ETUpdated Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 8:05 pm ETReply UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Though it feels like new developments are constantly shooting up on the Upper East Side, the neighborhood gained less housing in the past decade than almost any neighborhood in New York City, a new analysis found.Since 2010, hundreds of existing apartments on the Upper East Side have been lost after developers knocked them down to construct new buildings, or after homeowners combined existing apartments to form bigger units, according to the by the Department of City Planning. Those...…0Posted Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 3:09 pm ETUpdated Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 8:05 pm ETReply UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Though it feels like new developments are constantly shooting up on the Upper East Side, the neighborhood gained less housing in the past decade than almost any neighborhood in New York City, a new analysis found.Since 2010, hundreds of existing apartments on the Upper East Side have been lost after developers knocked them down to construct new buildings, or after homeowners combined existing apartments to form bigger units, according to the by the Department of City Planning. Those...WW…

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Dylan's Candy Bar is set to become one of the Upper East Side's most high-profile pandemic casualties, as the glitzy sweet shop's flagship location has been put up for lease.The 12,000-square-foot shop at ., at East 60th Street, has been listed by Ripco Real Estate, broker Lindsay Zegans confirmed on Thursday. She said the shop was still open as of Wednesday, but declined to comment further. Dylan Lauren, daughter of the designer Ralph Lauren, opened the Upper East Side shop in 2001 — the first location in a chain that has since spread to five cities. Now, however, the...…UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Dylan's Candy Bar is set to become one of the Upper East Side's most high-profile pandemic casualties, as the glitzy sweet shop's flagship location has been put up for lease.The 12,000-square-foot shop at ., at East 60th Street, has been listed by Ripco Real Estate, broker Lindsay Zegans confirmed on Thursday. She said the shop was still open as of Wednesday, but declined to comment further. Dylan Lauren, daughter of the designer Ralph Lauren, opened the Upper East Side shop in 2001 — the first location in a chain that has since spread to five cities. Now, however, the...WW…