By Claudie Benjamin Writer/Cartoonist Ben Katchor produced his thought-provoking and awe-inspiring The Dairy Restaurant, a book of witty illustrations and text in 2020. It’s the only book on Dairy restaurants. Read it. It’s...
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...
By Claudie Benjamin When Leslie Daley was a teenage gymnast she had a terrible fall. She recovered. But, a few years later when visiting colleges, she had the frightening experience of having her neck muscles lock, “I couldn’t turn in either...
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...
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...