adaptive reuse
By Claudie Benjamin “If these walls could speak….” Is a phrase that suggests hushed revelations. In the case of the towered St. Paul the Apostle Church on Columbus Avenue and 60th Street, the stone used for its construction (1875-1885) would tell the story of the...
West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Belgian entrepreneur Alain Coumont, Founder of the Le Pain Quotidien bakery chain, was certainly among the influencers who made croissants and hearty sourdough loaves vie for the love of bagels among New Yorkers. Opening in 1997 in...
West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Sherry Ansky is well known in Israel as a food columnist and writer of many cookbooks. Her daughter Michal Ansky is famous as a TV cooking show judge and a food journalist. The mother and daughter and Michal’s husband...
West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Health and wellness continues to concern everyone in our efforts to face up to the uncertainties of the Covid pandemic. Ongoing resilience comes more naturally to some people than to others and bodē nyc Upper West Side located at 143...
West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin “I was born in the building at the southwest corner of 75th Street and Columbus,” says Joe Aguilera owner of Giacomo Deli at 269 West 72nd Street, located just a few blocks from his home. ...
