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Never Taken for Granted
By Megan Fitzpatrick I met Rev. K Karpen on a bright Wednesday morning with a coffee in hand and a smile ready to start his day. Most likely not his start, but mine. The daily grind at St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church had already begun with palettes of...
Gnot Your Grandma’s Gnocchi
By Megan Fitzpatrick I shimmy into the narrow shopfront on Columbus Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets to shield myself from the rain, and I’m immediately drawn to the wonderfully delicious smell of vodka sauce, cheese, and potatoes. Fresh gnocchi is being prepared...
Washing A Building
By Claudie Benjamin It’s not simple to clean and repair a building facade. That’s particularly true for an elaborate structure like the 1902 Dorilton coop on 71st Street. For over a year, the ornate Beaux Arts treasure has been swathed in protective netting. Once...
Building Materials Sourced from the Earth
By Claudie Benjamin Plaster: on the low end of building materials? Not at all. Its use as a building material in the luxurious 1902 Dorilton at 171 West 71st Street, where apartments sell for millions, is a notable example. Realtor Ann Cutbill Lenane counts among...
Facing Columbus
By LANDMARK WEST! The Doric order is recognized for its plain solidity and strength. The Ionic order is recognized for its graceful beauty. The Corinthian order is recognized for its detail and slenderness. The Mermaid order? I’ll have the beer-battered fish tacos...
Wish I Had Made (the Cake) Myself
By Claudie Benjamin Madge Rosenberg spent 30 years devoted to her passion for baking. She was so successful that today, more than a decade after Soutine, her French-style bakery at 104 West 70th Street closed in 2012, she said she can’t go up to the farmers market on...
Raise your Glass at Westland Roe
By Claudie Benjamin Linda Hopper came from Dublin, Ireland to New York City in 1995, and Carrie Galvin arrived from Abbeyfeale, County Limerick around five years later. They met and became friends working as bartenders at midtown bars. Both women loved the demanding...
New Star with a Long History
By Claudie Benjamin Kossar’s Bagels and Bialys, a new star on the block, now shines at 270 West 72nd Street. The brightly lit sparkling white walls and tiled floors provide a welcoming backdrop for an abundant array of bialys, bagels, spreads, black & whites,...
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 and has...
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 of...
