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Working Toward the American Dream

By Claudie Benjamin Elegant Barbershop opened at 118 West 72nd Street in December 2020. “We’d been looking on the Upper West Side and especially on 72nd Street for a year but the rents were too high. The pandemic was not a...

Envisioning Smiles and Making them Happen

9th Ave. Elevated, Columbus Avenue, Cultural Immigrant Initiative

By Claudie Benjamin ProSmile is a family dental practice whose partners are brothers Drs. Slavko and Val Duzdevich. Slavko specializes in orthodontics and Val in implants. The open plan office has partitions strategically designed to ensure privacy,...

Upper West Side embraces Mamoun’s 11th

9th Ave. Elevated, Cultural Immigrant Initiative

By Claudie Benjamin The 11th restaurant and in a sense the newest baby of the Chater family, has been welcomed with open arms by Upper West Siders, says Galal Chater. He is one of four brothers who opened their UWS Mamoun’s Falafel shop, at 508...

Longing for Firenze (Florence, Italy) or a Spot in Campagna (countryside)

9th Ave. Elevated

By Claudie Benjamin Firenze (Florence) is one of the most iconic of Italy’s many romantic destinations. Can you imagine how very wonderful it would be to sit at a wine bar in a popular bordered piazza (square) in town or in...

Creative Drinks and Neighborhood Vibe

West 72nd Street

By Claudie Benjamin Living, working and going to college in Manhattan has to have had its challenges for Amber Zachweieja after she first left Long Island and arrived in the city. But she’s been making this all happen and having fun too. ...

Working Toward the American Dream

Envisioning Smiles and Making them Happen

Upper West Side embraces Mamoun’s 11th

Longing for Firenze (Florence, Italy) or a Spot in Campagna (countryside)

Creative Drinks and Neighborhood Vibe

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