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Take Out Your Sword and Slice a Croquembouche

Take Out Your Sword and Slice a Croquembouche

By Claudie Benjamin Among many ways in which Zoom has become part of life, it’s now integrated into the daily management of Mille-Feuille, a go-to destination that is French accented in every way. For starters, the Parisian style bakery cafe transports the sweetest...

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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 sculpture Eagles and...

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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 Commission...

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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 multiple stores in...

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Upper West Side’s Diner Expert

Upper West Side’s Diner Expert

By Claudie Benjamin The ultra-vintage Metro Diner at 2641 Broadway at the northwest corner of 100th Street was used four times as the setting for episodes of Pose. The groundbreaking FX TV musical series ran for four seasons, and focused on NYC’s transgender...

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Hidden Gem

Hidden Gem

By Claudie Benjamin On occasion, Phyllis Samitz Cohen, Director of Public Art at the Municipal Art Society, stopped at Ben & Jerry’s at 2720 Broadway, the northeast corner of 104th Street and Broadway. More than savoring a chocolate mint ice cream, her purpose...

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