Watch-Blog
A Fine Cup of Tea: Relaxing and Restorative
By Claudie Benjamin Though New York City is where she worked for two decades in corporate finance, this one-time resident of the Ansonia, who has most recently been living upstate with her artist husband and children, Elina Medvedeva brings an enticing undefined...
Young, Health-Conscious & Entrepreneurial
By Claudie Benjamin 24 year old Moe Nagi is part owner of the newly opened Hungry & Healthy Marketplace on West 72nd Street. Moe started college in Fresno CA and is completing his degree remotely at NJ City University. Moe’s father Najid, also a partner, plays a...
Painting The Town Red
By Claudie Benjamin Fabulous vivid reds, oranges along with fluorescent turquoise and yellows are nail salon owner Susie Chang’s picks for fall 2021 mani-pedis. But, some customers prefer the more subtle, traditional seasonal neutrals, dark plum and greige for...
Container seating is latest innovation at Beer Culture
By Claudie Benjamin The latest and likely coolest late July arrival on West 72nd Street was the drop off of a shipping container in front of Gebhard’s Beer Culture at #228. Matt Gebhard and Manager Lindsay Ronchi were thrilled with the innovation spurred by the...
Boutique High Quality Eyelid Surgery
By Claudie Benjamin Explaining her ongoing passion for her surgical subspecialty, Oculoplastic Surgery, Debra Kroll, MD, a Board-Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery...
West 66th Street Appeal: How We Will Beat the Voids
West 66th Street Appeal: How We Will Beat the Voids Long, long ago, in a land (not so) far, far away... In January of 2015 LW! began monitoring the development at 50 West 66th St. and challenging the loopholes that resulted in its design. This was never a fight about...
Vail’s View of the UWS Valley
By Claudie Benjamin Architect Thomas Vail grew up on a dairy farm in Westchester, NY, where his family had lived for eight generations. Now largely partitioned, it is now known as Vail's Grove on Peach Lake. In high school, while working in a local engineer’s office,...
Massage for Self-Care and Pain Relief
By Claudie Benjamin When Massage Therapist Pam Christenson talks about the purpose and value of massage she says it ranges from providing specific pain relief, focusing on preventive care and creating a stress-free space for 60-90 minutes of self-care. Most...
BUDS for a better daily life
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...
North Carolina Plantation to the UWS
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...
