WEST 104TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION BLOCK BYTES Latest Newsletter Our latest newsletter is now available in color! Raffle Table Photos from Last Year Are you there? Click to see more. Be safe, and do keep in touch with us. Thanks! Steven Zirinsky
West 104 Street Block Association Block Bytes Calling All Vendors! Reservations are now being accepted for the Yard Sale on Sept 30th. Visit the Yard Sale Vendor page for details Our June Newsletter is now available. Be safe, and do keep in touch with us. Thanks! Steven Zirinsky Block Association Dues Haven’t paid your dues? Why Not? It … Read more
West 104 Street Block Association Block Bytes Want to read the September Newsletter in Color? Click Here! We now take payments with Zelle and Venmo. 21st Century here we come! Yard Sale Oct 1st is coming Get your raffle tickets and merch now… most nights and weekends at W 104 and WEA! Block Association Dues Haven’t paid your … Read more
View the latest Newsletter in color. What do you want to see in the neighborhood this coming year? Stores? Services? Other changes? Please send your thoughts to Hanna Rubin for possible inclusion in the next newsletter. Responses maybe edited for length and clarity. Block Association Dues Haven’t paid your dues? Why Not? It is easy! Click here. Boom. Done. Don’t get … Read more
Volunteers BakeryMichelle BarrePauline BrookfieldRodica CristeaCathy CuthellEverest de Montebello Miriam Duhan Benetta Dunning Shani ErdmanAlex GrannisRita Houlihan Lynn MaxCarol Prager Marlene Schonbrun BakersMichelle Barre Pauline Brookfield Mary Cargill Karen Collins Sandi Cooper Barb CowlingJennifer Cowling Cathy Cuthell Kay Cynamon Arlene Danford Janie Deegan Miriam Duhan Lauren Flowers Mary Jo Gennaro Tova GeoffMiriam GraboisAlex GrannisMary KovalJohn KrinskyDaniel … Read more
Month Contents November 2020PDF A Helping Hand on the Block: Mark Smith Is a One-Man Pick-Up Crew A Golden Afternoon: The Block Association celebrated its 50th anniversary with a 50/50 raffle drawing $50 for 50 Donors October 2020 Financial Report Local Celebrities, Internet Stars: Riverside Park’s raccoon families are a hit Going for the … Read more
A Helping Hand on the BlockMark Smith Is a One-Man Pick-Up Crew By Joyce Mann In the 1970s, Mark Smith moved to New York from North Carolina to pursue an acting career. In those days, urban living had a gritty edge. The years went by, Smith met his wife Miriam Cukier, and in 1994, they … Read more
In her new memoir, Shailah Edmonds talks about the grit and glamour it took to succeed. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Shailah Edmonds dreamed of a fashion career. Coming to New York as a young woman in the 1970s, she found few opportunities for women of color. A photographer advised her to try Paris, where … Read more
The Block Association Board has rescheduled its annual meeting for June 2. Please keep an eye out in your email for an upcoming Block Bytes with time/link and ballot. We are pleased that the New York City Parks Department has agreed to join the meeting virtually for a presentation on our neighborhood’s street trees as … Read more
Month Contents November 2020PDF A Helping Hand on the Block: Mark Smith Is a One-Man Pick-Up Crew A Golden Afternoon: The Block Association celebrated its 50th anniversary with a 50/50 raffle drawing $50 for 50 Donors October 2020 Financial Report Local Celebrities, Internet Stars: Riverside Park’s raccoon families are a hit Going for the … Read more