Chelsea Now photo by Jefferson Siegel

Sashay, chante
Celebrating a decade of outreach to the city’s transgender community, the HIV/AIDS services and advocacy organization Housing Work hosted a fashion show on Dec. 18 at its Chelsea Thrift Shop on W. 17th St. Transgender models like Alexis Cole (above) strutted the runway in outfits by Raphael6, and all proceeds from the event went to the group’s Transgender Evening Program, which offers a safe and trans-affirmative space for both HIV-positive and HIV-negative New Yorkers.

West Side school seats play game of musical chairs
By Heather Murray
Tamara Rowe has both a sixth-grader and an eighth-grader attending the Clinton School for Writers and Artists on W. 21st St., so she considers herself pretty much in the loop regarding school happenings.

Proposed HK high-rise eyes dealership deal
By Heather Murray
A major developer is close to striking a deal with a Hell’s Kitchen automotive company to build a 44-story apartment complex at a site at 57th St. and 11th Ave. that currently houses shiny showrooms and auto repair shops.

NEWS

Tide may be turning for Cheyenne Diner
By Patrick Hedlund
More than eight months after the announcement of a plan to save the historic Cheyenne Diner at the corner of 33rd St. and Ninth Ave. by moving it to Brooklyn, the landmark railcar-style restaurant is now facing a fresh set of challenges in its proposed relocation.

Term limits lawsuits loom as critics bare fangs
By Diane Vacca
The term limits brouhaha has left not only voters, but elected officials and those aspiring to their offices, scratching their heads.

3 indicted in firefighters’ deaths in Deutsche blaze
By Albert Amateau
Three construction supervisors were indicted on Dec. 22 for manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment in the deaths of two firefighters in the August 2007 fire in the Deutsche Bank building next to the World Trade Center site.

Florence Rush, 90, feminist author who focused on child sexual abuse

Good fortune for renovated West Side Jewish Center

A bowl of rock candy
By TODD SIMMONS
The newly christened Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in Soho has the potential to establish itself as a lively alternative to the usual circuit of New York City tourist destinations.

Koch on Film
By Ed Koch

The art of interpreting doublespeak
BY JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT
If you didn’t get out of town for the holidays, you can still satisfy that travel jones by visiting Chelsea.

Fantastic Mr. Brecht
By JERRY TALLMER
On February 27, 1933, the Reichstag building in Berlin that housed the German Parliament was ravaged by fire. When he heard the news, the poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht turned to his wife, actress Helene Weigel, and said: “Okay, let’s leave.”

Fertile ground for rock ’n roll
By STEVEN SNYDER
For both the artists who played there and the audiences who often lingered until dawn, Wetlands Preserved wasn’t just an activist rock club. It was a magical kingdom.

Monster entertainment
By SCOTT HARRAH
Adapting a Hollywood blockbuster movie into a Broadway stage musical is never an easy task.