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14th St. utility pole advises on economic crisis

 

Frozen Fountain

The frozen fountain made us remember that this park at the intersection of Horatio St. and Greenwich and Eighth Avenues always had a number of people who regularly sat both in and outside the park for years, no matter the weather. But the parking lot across the street is giving way to a large structure that will ultimately contain 35 luxury condominiums. The park itself now has wireless access and will even have a tree-lighting ceremony next week. Previously, the only thing ever lit in that park was a cigarette stub or the people who smoked them. Coincidence? You tell us.

Remember this story?

While most of the media is blabbing about the price of Citibank's stock or whether the big 3 auto makers will get bailed out, Chelsea resident Hy Levenback is out on the street, reminding people of a big story that's been pushed off the front pages.

Levenback was on the corner of 9th St. and Sixth Avenue this afternoon passing out buttons that urge the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. "People are dying over there," he said.

Photographer Rowland Scherman tells all

Come and hear famed photojournalist Rowland Scherman talk about some of the most fascinating people of the 1960s while supporting a major Chelsea institution.

Scherman photographed some of the most fascinating people of the 1960's--Dr. Martin Luther King, Stokley Carmichael, James Baldwin, Robert F. Kennedy, Arthur Ashe, Art Buchwald, Abbie Hoffman, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Eric Clapton and Woody Allen.  He won a Grammy for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Album cover.

The event is free and proceeds from the sale of prints will benefits St. Peter's Chelsea Food Pantry.

Thursday, November 20 at St. Peter's Chelsea, 346 W. 20th St. (between 8th and 9th Ave.)

Reception begins 6 pm, presentation at 7:45 pm. The exhibit continues until December 6.