Neighborhood Update: Recycling Event and 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

Daffodil Planting, Campaign Against Hunger, Ice Skating and Election Day

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, Baseball Expert and Cultural Historian

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

Marlene Schonbrun: My Photographic Safari to Kenya

Last September, I got to fulfill 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

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

2015 Issues

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

Teresa Elwert Treks to Everest and Annapurna Base Camps

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

Neighborhood Update: January 29, 2016

1.       DOT Proposal for Amsterdam Ave.: CB7 Full Meeting Vote February 2, 6:30PM The Department of Transportation’s Bike Lane proposal for Amsterdam Ave. will be up for a vote by the Community Board 7 on Tuesday, February 2. The meeting will take place at the Goddard-Riverside  Community Center at Columbus Ave. and 88th Street at … Read more