Ending AIDS in the City Where It Began

Sandwiched between the banal hustle of Penn Station and the outer reaches of Manhattan's once gritty waterfront, the corner of 31st street buttresses the north end of Chelsea, New York's historically gay neighbourhood, where AIDS activism began over 30 years ago but today new glass condos price out long-time residents.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/12/ending-aids-city-began/?#038;#038;

Japanese World War II forced prostitution and art

... QR Code, in collaboration with The New York City Department of Transportation's Urban Art Program. Public Art in Chelsea, New York City, 2013. Image courtesy of the artist. "Comfort Women Wanted" provides a platform for women to expunge their ...

http://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/japanese-world-war-ii-forced-prostitution-and-art/

Apollo's Leon Black Makes Top 10 Art Power List Headed by Koons

... That's a reversal from 2012, when no artist made the top 10. In May, Koons, 58, had two concurrent solo shows in Chelsea, New York's gallery epicenter: One was at Gagosian Gallery, the artist's main dealer; the other, five blocks south, at ...

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MWUCDI6S972901-6P4LJLB4AH79QENMUR5A2BVQ78

Apollo's Black Makes Top 10 Art Power List Led by Koons

... a reversal from last year, when no artist made the top 10. In May, Koons, 58, had two concurrent solo shows in Chelsea, New York's gallery epicenter: One was at Gagosian Gallery, the artist's main dealer; the other, five blocks south, at Gagosian's ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-25/apollo-s-black-makes-top-10-art-power-list-led-by-koons.html

Apollo's Black Makes Top 10 Art Power List Headed by Koons

... a reversal from last year, when no artist made the top 10. In May, Koons, 58, had two concurrent solo shows in Chelsea, New York's gallery epicenter: One was at Gagosian Gallery, the artist's main dealer; the other, five blocks south, at Gagosian's ...

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MWU2CE6S972S01-3EVR8MHTIGE0J9COOP11V16LKU

Gallery Hopping A Fun And Free Way To Experience The City

... says. "He seems as contemporary and modern now as he must have 100 years ago, so what better thing than to show him Chelsea, where people go to look at contemporary art and modern art?" Also on the list is the Mary Boone gallery on 24th Street, ...

http://www.ny1.com/content/lifestyles/arts/199282/gallery-hopping-a-fun-and-free-way-to-experience-the-city

Taxi driver/minister listens to confessions of riders

... a minister. He said a closeted gay man once opened up to him after hailing him at 29th Street and 11th Avenue in Chelsea. "He heard my Christian hip-hop and while talking about it, it slipped out that I was a pastor," Djan said. "His mood changed ...

http://nypost.com/2013/11/10/taxi-driverminister-listens-to-the-confessions-of-riders/

Kleinfeld Paper Launches New Wedding Collection for Fine Stationery...

... selection of American and European designer gowns. The 35,000 square-foot flagship salon is located in the heart of Chelsea, New York City, and is host to TLC's hit show, Say Yes to the Dress. Kleinfeld, the leader in bridal fashion, is owned by ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11290999.htm

De Blasio's Long, and Lucky, Campaign

... Christine Quinn four years ago, but I can't forgive her for the third term. I just can't," Yvonna Balfour, a 50-ish Chelsea resident who should have been a core Quinn supporter, said in August. She'd decided to go for de Blasio. And for Bill ...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/de-blasio-long-and-lucky-campaign/

Kleinfeld Paper Launches New Wedding Collection for Fine Stationery Retailers

... selection of American and European designer gowns. The 35,000 square-foot flagship salon is located in the heart of Chelsea, New York City, and is host to TLC's hit show, Say Yes to the Dress. Kleinfeld, the leader in bridal fashion, is owned by ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11290999.htm