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Class Divide

Class Divide , a documentary about hyper-gentrification in Chelsea, the High Line, and the impact of stark inequality on both rich and poor...

There have been some rumors going around that the Greek Corner Coffee Shop -- which I first wrote about here -- is on its way out. So I wen...

Neighborhood supermarkets are dropping like flies all over the city, pushed out by rising rents. Here goes another. The Associated Supermark...

The Chelsea Stone Restoring St. Peter’s Chelsea Guest post by Romy Ashby One of my favorite neighborhood places is St. Peter’s , the pretty...

Chelsea's Truemart Discount Fabrics is for rent. They've been on the corner of 7th Avenue and 25th Street for a long time. Maybe 40 ...

You can now take home a piece of La Lunchonette. Owner Melva Max is selling many of the items from the restaurant this week. She writes on F...

When La Lunchonette closed on New Year's Eve , forced out of business after the landlord sold the building, I wondered what would replac...

VANISHING Adding to the ever dwindling number of gay businesses on Chelsea's 8th Avenue, The Starting Line will be closing. They'v...

You may recall that last fall I reported that La Lunchonette would be forced to close, thanks to the High Line Effect that is sweeping smal...

VANISHED After nine months of sitting shuttered by the City, after hopeful rumors that they’d soon be reopening , Chelsea’s wonderful La Ta...

Recently, the Daily News reported on the existence of a city-sponsored ethnographic study entitled " The Effects of Neighborhood Chang...

In a city rapidly losing its record shops, Academy Records is alive and well on West 18th Street . It's actually crowded on Saturday aft...

A few holdouts have left the ever-expanding footprint of the Hudson Yards Luxury Zone. You can't blame them for taking the money and run...

In May, I reported that Chelsea's wonderful La Taza de Oro had been shuttered for a month , due to problems with the neighboring buildin...

Recently, a store called Taxi Parts, Inc., moved in to the East Village . It had been up on Tenth Avenue for the past 25 years, on the groun...