Riverside Park Conservancy & Us Fall Clean Up We have two Saturdays to work with the Conservancy to clean up Riverside Park near 104 Street Saturday, October 10 and Saturday October 17 Both dates are rain or shine. Time 9AM to 11ish. We don’t know what we will be doing- that won’t get assigned until later … Read more
The Raffle drawing is today at 4 pm in front of 312 West 104 Street. We will be set up all day selling raffles and merchandise until then at the corner of WEA and 104th Street. Come and join us for brief but fervent celebration of our fiftieth anniversary……..and the winning raffle ticket will be … Read more
The Raffle drawing is next Saturday, 26 Sept at 4 pm in the front of 312 West 104th Street Come and join us for brief but fervent celebration of our fiftieth anniversary……..and the winning raffle ticket will be drawn at that time. The pot is currently at $2292. And we still have the $50 for 50 Appeal … 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
It is not too late to: Celebrate the Block Association’s 50th Anniversary!!! This year, 2020, the Block Association turns fifty! We invite our neighbors to join us in a virtual salute to West 104th Street. Send us a brief statement about what living on the block means to you. We will feature a roundup of these … Read more
COVID has changed our lives. And sadly, it has impacted our ability to have the yard sale. But it has not changed the spirit of the West 104th Street Block Association. We will still hold the popular 50/50 raffle.Please look for Block Association members selling tickets on the West End Avenue street corner over the next … Read more
The Block Association now has a limited number of face masks available for purchase. All cotton. Price is $10 each. Email me for purchase/ pick up arrangements. It is beautiful outside- and we must partake, but in a safe way. Stay home, be safe, and do keep in touch with us. Thanks! Steven ZirinskyDon’t get … Read more
The Annual Meeting is Tuesday, June 2 at 7:15 pm The Annual Meeting for the Block Association is being done via Zoom this year, as group gatherings are still not possible. Part of the process of the Annual Meeting includes election of the Board of Directors. Please fill out the ballot and instructions to return … 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
West 104 Street Block Association Block Bytes Dear Neighbors, As the virus looms over all of us, I just wish we could change the channel. I would like to thank all the responses I received and offers of help from the last Block Bytes It was, and is, greatly appreciated. FINANCES As with everything else, … Read more