Brazilian Jui-Jitsu Helps Master Frustrations of Daily Life

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

  By Claudie Benjamin It is not obvious from the street but the large impressive Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu gym spreads out large in bright white and blue in the sub basement of 246 Columbus Avenue. Luca Atalla, called “Professor” by his students is...

Working Toward the American Dream

West 72nd Street

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...