Good morning and happy Saturday! We’ve got two lovely days ahead of us. Sunshine and the best sort of fall temperatures. Enjoy the weekend…
Go grab a coffee and enjoy these words and pictures… “When I think of home it is New York and the Actors Studio. That is where I can exist in the human race” — stirring words from none other than Marilyn Monroe, just one of a glittering list of actors who over the years have worked their craft in a modest former Presbyterian church in Hell’s Kitchen. Read more…
Here’s what’s been happening around Hell’s Kitchen this week…
The leader of the pack in what is one of the most crowded categories of W42ST Best of Awards 2022, newcomer Jaz Indian Cuisine shot to stardom out of the gate with their first-year win as Hell’s Kitchen’s Best Place to Eat. W42ST caught up with founder Jaz Rupall to get her secret recipe for cooking up successful Northern Indian fine dining on 9th Avenue. Read more…
Hurricane season’s leftover wet weather may have pushed the W44th Street Better Block Association’s Garage Sale on a week — but there was no hint of dampened enthusiasm for last weekend’s event. Read more…
We’ve taken a few trips on THE RIDE when we’ve had visitors in town — and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It will be your last chance tomorrow (Sunday) to take the bus around New York, with its sideways-on stadium seating, as it’s closing. Read more…
Dr Stephanie Liff and the team at Pure Paws took top honors at the W42ST Best of Awards 2022 for their pet care services. We caught up with Dr Liff to find out her story. Read more…
The City Council has earmarked two vacant Hell’s Kitchen hotels to become Response and Relief Centers for migrants — as local schools report difficulties in dealing with the influx of families. Read more…
In 2019 the waiting time for trees was 909 days according to the Parks Department. Since then, they’ve not reported… What’s your experience with requesting a tree in Hell’s Kitchen? Read more…
One of Midtown’s most famous pieces of public art is getting a radical new look – with a “magical” thread joining the Garment District Button & Needle. Read more…
Did you know that nestled between glass and steel, Hell’s Kitchen walk-ups are perfect locations for solar panels — and this co-op just installed them? Read more…
On a corner site on 8th Avenue and W46th Street, work has begun on what will be a 1,067ft tower housing a hotel, an observation deck — and Manhattan’s first theme-park style “drop ride.” Read more…
One of Manhattan’s most famous smoked fish purveyors is coming to Hudson Yards as Russ & Daughters opens a new cafe on the West Side. Read more…
W48th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue is staking its claim as a mini alternative to Restaurant Row as pizza chain Emmy Squared makes a long-awaited debut, and neighboring Civilian Hotel prepares to debut its rooftop bar. Read more…
What we’ve been reading
Could outdoor dining sheds be around for at least another year? (Village Sun)
These activists in Paris are turning off the lights — should we do the same in NYC? (New York Times)
Hadestown execs apologize after actor calls out a hearing-impaired audience member using a captioning device. (Deadline)
Pick up some vintage clothes and get repairs done this weekend. (WWD)
Bookmark this list of sober bars for those dry days… (SecretNYC)
Freeze Frame
Thank you to Frédéric Lère for sharing his recent oil painting — Westbound Bus. “Turning the Big Apple into a pumpkin, as seen from my windows. A recently painted mural on the access ramps to the Port Authority Bus Terminal uses the same color palette,” he said on Instagram.
Happy birthday to Lesley Davis.