West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Rani Dorman, Director and Design Specialist of her firm Blooming Urban Design Scapes (BUDS,) spends most days planting and designing backyards, rooftop decks, balconies, and flowerboxes. Working with a small crew, she is making daily life better...
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Chef Charles Gabriel with COO Quie Stolbert By Claudie Benjamin Charles Gabriel, long-time chef and Harlem based restaurateur, is bringing his very special, lightly crusted pan fried chicken to 144-146 West 72nd Street. The mostly take-out soul food specialty...
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By Claudie Benjamin Nicole Rector has a degree in business and has spent the last 13 years of her professional life as CFO of City Veterinary Care at 220 West 72nd Street, in addition to maintaining a private consulting business. She loves working at City Veterinary...
200 Amsterdam, 50 West 66th Street, ABC Watch, Advocacy, Zoning
West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin Big Apple Portraits located at 143 West 72nd Street is all about celebrating family. The studio specializes in a wide variety of family portraits in custom studio settings designed and constructed by principal photographer Harmonie Soyk....
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By Claudie Benjamin When considering massage for stress or pain relief, it makes sense that the cause of discomfort may be more complex than you think. Yes, an experienced massage therapist like Satu Ferentz, LMT, knows where to and how to press on an aching...
adaptive reuse
By Claudie Benjamin In NYC, an apartment with outdoor space can refer to access to a fire escape, or a rickety rooftop. It could also describe the luxury of having a well-appointed deck or a penthouse extravaganza. Another option has been created on Amsterdam Avenue...
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By Claudie Benjamin Not entirely by chance, but sometimes long considered plans are spurred into action while on a walk to take advantage of beautiful weather or during conversation over a good meal. That’s what happened a number of years ago when an Upper West...
West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin One day in 1982, Patricia Ripley, co-owner of Creative Energy Exercise Studios at 133 West 72nd Street and former manager of the Lotte Berk Method (an Upper East Side exercise salon) stopped in for a bite at Captain Nemo, a seafood restaurant...
West 72nd Street
By Claudie Benjamin 20 years ago when Michael R. Bloomberg was first running for New York City Mayor, he recognized a need to learn some conversational Spanish to gain credibility with the city’s significant population of Latino voters. The teacher he chose was Juan...
