Manhattan Sideways blogger Betsy Polivy spends her days exploring the city's side streets and small businesses, but is happy to call Chelsea home

… In an era where small city storefronts shutter seemingly every … transplant from the Upper West Side to Chelsea but still buys season to the tickets to the ballet and hopes to never … this your dream neighborhood or is there someplace else in NYC youd prefer to settle in … My husband and I are very …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 7, 2017 - 11:59AM
Neighborhood blogger Katia Kelly says there's plenty to explore in Carroll Gardens, but don't say you "discovered" it

… built on the site of the former Longshoremens Union Medical Facility  Then there is 100 Luquer Street a tall 11story … more as a luxury condo development site than as a health facility So it was sold and is being demolished right now It …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 15, 2016 - 9:59AM