Comida China Y Criolla Bienvenido de Nuevo!

Comida China Y Criolla Bienvenido de Nuevo!

​​By Claudie Benjamin Miguel Yip, one of the propitiators of the family-owned La Caridad 72, has worked at the exuberantly welcoming restaurant for 40 years. Yip is the son of Chinese parents who lived in Havana, Cuba. He came to New York in the late 1960s...
Bite of the Big Apple

Bite of the Big Apple

​​By Claudie Benjamin Look through the glass walls of Apple Upper West Side. See for yourself. Holiday shoppers are browsing and shopping nonstop. Among very few things that might draw you away from the convenience of ordering anything online is the option...
Going Your Way

Going Your Way

​By LANDMARK WEST! John Tauranac has lived on the Upper West Side for most of his life, and in the same apartment building at 900 West End Avenue for over fifty years. Suffice it to say that when he leaves home and heads for the IRT at...
Craving  A Cup

Craving A Cup

​By Claudie Benjamin Golden Arches identify the McDonalds at the 2049 Broadway location and at McDonalds throughout the country and the world. They might be seen as symbolic of US (omni)presence. But, that’s only part of the picture. The history of coffee...
2024 Year End Appeal

2024 Year End Appeal

​Dear Friend and Neighbor, Quality of life. Sustainability. Community. Preservation. Who will fight for New York’s neighborhoods? We will. When I first returned to NY in 1999 for college, an early mentor further stoked in me a fire of New York...