The Twenty-Seventh West 104th Street Block Association Block Party: September 24, 2016 On September 24, despite clouds and raindrops at dawn, the mid-morning sun shone brightly on the West 104th Street Block Party, which had suffered rainouts for the past two years. Heartened by the fair weather, crowds of visitors gathered around some sixty curbside … Read more
Dear Neighbor, Our Annual West 104th Street Block Association Member Meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 22, 2017: 7:30pm – 9pm. The meeting will be held in the Marseilles Community Room – 230 Broadway @103rd Street. Please attend and contribute to a wide ranging discussion of key issues facing our neighborhood. You will have … Read more
1. E-Waste Recycling: Saturday, January 14 10am – 4pm at the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus Amsterdam Ave. between W. 96th and 97th Streets The Lower East Side Ecology Center is sponsoring an E-Waste Re-Cycling Event at the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus on Amsterdam Ave. between 96th and 96th Streets. … Read more
Hi Everyone, Here are some items of interest: 1. Neighborhood Daffodil Planting: Saturday, November 12 10am – 3pm Please join your neighbors on Saturday, November 12 from 10AM – 3PM for a daffodil planting party. The block association acquired 50 free daffodil bulbs via the NYC Parks Department’s Daffodil Project and we purchased an additional … Read more
Lee Lowenfish, a resident of 308 West 104 for forty years, is a foremost expert on baseball history and a cultural historian. His books include his award-winning Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman (2007; 2009, paperback ed.), which examines Rickey’s long career as a player, manager, and executive who revolutionized the sport in various ways, including … Read more
Last September, I got to fulfil l one of the items on my “bucket list” for over thirty years—a photographic safari to Africa. Belonging to a camera club with members who travel all over the world gave me incentive and the motivation to seriously consider it. A friend and I went with a small group led … Read more
Paul Zeigler Pianist/Composer/Teacher and New Resident on the Block Paul Zeigler moved to the block in March 2015 from East 78 Street with his husband, retired doctor Larry Stern. Giving up a much used terrace at their former residence, they see the joy in living near Riverside Park. Larry has joined the board of the block … Read more
Save the Date for the 27th West 104th Street Annual Yard Sale scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2016.
Month Contents December 2015 PDF West 104th Street Historic District News Letter from the President Read the Newsletter Early Online Recently Elected Officers of the Block Association Board November 2015 Financial Report Two Board Members Resign! Dr. Lawrence Stern Elected to Board Community Corner: Tri-Bloomingdale Activities Community Corner: The 102/103rd Streets Block Association Winter Solstice … Read more
Although she wasn’t always athletic and didn’t do organized sports as a kid, Teresa Elwert, sixty-four years old and a block resident for the past twenty-two years, has always been a walker and a hiker. When she retired in 2013, she began hiking in earnest and decided it was time to fulfill a life-long desire … Read more