Gentle Eagles

Gentle Eagles

By Claudie Benjamin They don’t quite have the look of doves.  But the four small white marble eagles who stand on the recently restored fountain in the Belnord courtyard look pretty gentle.  Certainly, this is true in comparison with fellow...
Judge Not?

Judge Not?

Image via New York Times Community Board 7 to vote on West-Park Presbyterian’s hardship application. TUESDAY, JUNE 7th beginning at 6:30 It is NO SECRET that the congregation of West Park Presbyterian has applied to the New York City Landmarks Preservation...
Rebounding as Clothes are Dry Cleaned Again

Rebounding as Clothes are Dry Cleaned Again

By Claudie Benjamin Joseph Lee graduated from Rutgers University as a communications major. The financial crisis of 2008 made jobs scarce. Joseph was lucky that his father, Albert Lee, had the well-established J’s Cleaners dry cleaning business with...