Editorial

The neighborhood with everything now has a paper
It's not every day one gets to start a new community newspaper. So, naturally, it goes without saying that we're both very enthusiastic and extremely proud about this, our, debut issue of Chelsea Now — the new weekly newspaper just for Chelsea.

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Letters to the editor

Talking Point
The "World Waterfall" is his oyster on Weehawken St.
By Jean-Louis Bourgeois
It's not every day that one gives a commission to a 94-year-old artist to design a seven-story waterfall in one's landmarked house in the heart of Greenwich Village. It's even rarer when the artist happens to be one's mother.

The Buzz

Police Blotter


In briefs

No buts about it, shot near Chelsea school

Give peace a chance

It's a natural: Penn South marks 20 years as a NORC

Lights! Camera! Action!


Obituary

Beryl Sokoloff, 88, chronicled changes of Chelsea
By Albert Amateau
Beryl Sokoloff, filmmaker, photographer and painter who lived in Chelsea for nearly 50 years, died Sept. 11 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital at the age of 88.


Sports

Soccer prez: Youth leagues must shoot for diversity
By Judith Stiles
When Sunil Gulati, the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, showed up in Brooklyn to watch his young son play soccer for the Downtown United Soccer Club Dynamos on an ordinary Saturday afternoon, it was lucky for him he wore his running shoes, because he was suddenly handed a whistle and asked to referee the game, after the regular referee failed to make an appearance.

Your Weekly Neighborhood Newspaper | Volume One, Issue One, September 29, 2006

Our Premiere Issue

News

Cops on the beat; Club beat goes on
By Lawrence Lerner
Walking north on 11th Ave. near the mid-W. 20s on Saturday night, amid the gigantic former warehouses-turned-galleries, upscale condos and sundry businesses, the popular and much maligned West Chelsea club scene is barely discernible.

Two brothers' laidback bar never goes out of style
By Lori Haught
They make no qualms about it being a dive bar. That's why they love it. Affordable drinks, amazing music and friendly service make BillyMark'ss West, at 332 Ninth Ave. on the corner of 29th St., one of a dying breed in Manhattan — a neighborhood bar.


The News


Related joins banquet hall bash in park at Pier 57
By Lincoln Anderson
The Witkoff Organization is on the verge of partnering with The Related Companies in its effort to redevelop Pier 57 in the Hudson River Park.

High Line preview and celebrity audio tour to roll out on Oct. 7
By Albert Amateau
High Line Park, the 1.5-mile elevated rail line along Washington St. and 10th Ave. being converted into the city's first park-in-the-sky, will have a preview on the Oct. 7-8 weekend, when the parrk's design team will give hourly presentations at 820 Washington St.

Stand-up and upscale mingle at new Meat Market club
By Lori Haught
With curtains reminiscent of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" and a chic design, Comix proves to be one of the classier comedy clubs in the city. Located at 353 W. 14th St., Comix is the first comedy club in the Meatpacking District.

Musician is killed in unsolved hit-and-run highway accident
By Lori Haught
On Mon. Sept. 18, musician Joshua David "LEFTist" Crouch was killed in a hit-and-run incident at 3:45 a.m. on the West Side Highway near 12th St.

A sendoff before sentencing for radical attorney Stewart
By Lori Haught
Radical Lower East Side attorney Lynne Stewart, 67, was happy and optimistic at a gathering held in the East Village Tuesday night, even if it was to honor her before she is sentenced to up to 30 years in jail.

Kayakers lobby for a new landing on the waterfront
By Albert Amateau
Nearly 100 kayak enthusiasts, some waving their paddles, came to a Community Board 4 Waterfront Committee meeting last week calling for support of their efforts to stay on the Pier 63 Maritime railroad barge when it moves at the end of this year to a new berth three blocks north on the Chelsea waterfront.

Arts & Entertainment


To prepare for "Nickel and Dimed," a theater company lives hand to mouth
By Nicole Davis
Inside a rehearsal studio at Collaborative Arts Project 21 in Chelsea last Sunday, Cherelle Cargill described to her fellow actors what her week had been like, living on $11 day. "I work in a restaurant," she explained, "so I really took advantage of the free meals.

In"Songs," Young Jean Lee pokes fun at everyone
By Nicole Davis
Young Jean Lee is a big tease. In the first few minutes of her new play, "Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven," the Brooklyn-based playwright leaves the audience in the dark, literally, as the sound from an unseen video begins. Seated in the pitch-black theater, it takes a few seconds to realize that Young Jean is about to be slapped on her face, because she and her slapper are giggling about just how hard he's going to hit her.

Northern Exposure
By Susan Yung
To observe Chelsea's gallery terrain growing and sprawling like a giant canvas is to see the market behave at its best and worst. Markets, that is, since this overwhelming growth (more than 300 galleries and counting) is the product of two separate, yet inextricable commodities — art and real estate. Suddenly, a tour of must-see shows in Chelsea now includes many galleries west of Eleventh Avenue, and as far north as 36th Street.

Eve Ensler's "Treatment" needs serious help
By Scott Harrah
Since Eve Ensler's Obie-winning "Vagina Monologues,"premiered ten years ago in the basement of the Cornelia Street Cafe 76 countries have staged performances of it, HBO produced a special about it, and one day out of every year, "V-Day," now honors the play's underlying theme of preventing violence against women.


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