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the web site of the

West 104th Street Block Association

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Newsletters of the West 102nd &103rd Streets Block Association and Friends of Straus Park are available on separate pages. 

Newsletters are in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format, except where noted

2009 issues

Month     Contents  
December 2009
PDF
  • Happy Holidays from the W. 104th Street Blcok Association Baord of Directors
  • Security Guard Explained
  • November 2009 Financial Report
  • Getting Ready for Spring
  • Join the Solstice Songfest
  • Good Reads: The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Restaurant Review: Angelinea's Pizza Bar
  • Selected Calendar of Holiday Events
  • In the Spotlight: Richard Einhorn
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
October 2009
PDF
  • A New Look for the Tree Beds
  • We Gratefully Acknowledge Retiring Board Members
  • Bigger and Better Than Ever! The 20th Yard Sale Breaks Records
  • Election Results
  • We Get Letters...
  • September 2009 Financial Report
  • 2009 Yard Sale Income/Expense Report
  • Good Reads: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • Would You Like an Evening Escort?
  • Calling All Memories
  • Silent Auction and Raffle Donors, A Big Thank You!
  • 50/50 Raffle Winners
  • A Big Thank You to Yard Sale Volunteers
  • Selected Calendar of Events
  • Very Special Thanks
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
September 2009
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  • Be Part of History: Help Us Make this Yard Sale Break All the Records!
  • Bigger and Better than Ever! The Yard Sale Celebrates 20 Great Years: Come on Down
  • My Favorite Things....
  • Summer Flora Thrives
  • Barbara Boynton joins Block Board
  • West 104 Street Block Association Financial Report
  • Block Bulletin Board
  • Good Reads: The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
  • West End Avenue Walking Tour
  • Calling All Memories
  • Selected Calendar of Fall Events
  • Bloomingdale Aging in Place Launches New Programs: Announces Plans for Fall Panels, Concerts, and More
  • It's Election Time
  • In the Spotlight: Nicolaus Mills
  • Fall Multi-Block Fairs
  • Fresh and Healthy Cuisine---Delicious Too!
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
June 2009
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  • Special Spring Events
  • The Top of West End Tour June 28
  • Block Board Welcomes New Members
  • Help Celebrate Our 20th Annual Yard Sale
  • "Gardening" Party a Success!
  • Remembering Estelle Kattelson, Former Block Association Board member
  • Auction at 320 Riverside Drive on June 17
  • WEST 104 STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL REPORT MAY 2009
  • Block Bulletin Board
  • Bloomingdale Aging in Place Moves Toward Non Profit Status — Help! Do you need a caregiver?
  • Remembering the Yard Sale Beginnings Twenty Years Ago
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood Musician — Peter Fletcher
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
April 2009PDF
  • Bloomingdale Aging in Place Hosts Free Emergency Safety Panel
  • West 104th St. Residents Share Their Priorities
  • Block Association Asks Neighbors: Help Us Keep Our Block Great!
  • Block Survey Reveals Concerns; Preferences
  • UPDATE: Aging in Place Group To Become Non-Profit
  • Missy Cohen resigns from Block Board
  • March 2009 Financial Report
  • A Favorite Neighborhood Happening
  • Neighborhood Yard Sale
  • Get Smart Now
  • Celebrate Our Block and Neighborhood: What are your favorite things?
  • Selected Calendar of Events
  • Riddles:
  • Zoning Transparency
  • Neighborhood service needed or for hire
February 2009PDF
  • Aging in Place Update: Survey Reveals Needs, Willing Helpers
  • Your Block Needs Your Support &emdash; And You!
  • West End Avenue a Historic District?
  • Letter to the Editor,
  • West End Avenue: A Poor Relation Made Good
  • Financial Report January 2009
  • Sura Thai Urban Kitchen: Boom Year Polish, Depression Era Prices
  • Favorite Things: Celebrating Our Block and Neighborhood
  • Selected Calendar of Events
  • The Pied Piper of 104th Street
  • Neighborhood service needed or for hire

2008 issues

Month     Contents  
December 2008
PDF
  • Farewell to Elms
  • Block Resident Awarded a MacArthur: Palliative Care Specialist, Dr. Diane Meier, Receives "Genius" Grant
  • Block Bulletin Board
  • Join the Solstice Songfest
  • West 104 Street Block Association Financial Report November 2008
  • Phyllis Sperling Joins Block Board
  • A Treasury of Gifts
  • Aging in Place Initiative Update
  • Suba Pharmacy Needs Your Help
  • Selected Calendar of Holiday Events
  • SmartStartSitters — in the Neighborhood
  • About that Computer
  • Yes We Can...Help Our Neighborhood
  • Former Block Resident Wins Rhodes Scholarship
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
October 2008
PDF
  • At Yard Sale, Good Spirits Banish Poor Weather, For Great Returns
  • Halloween Parade
  • 2008 Yard Sale Income/Expense Report
  • Memorial Gathering Nov. 16
  • West 104 Street Block Association Financial Report September 2008
  • West 104th Street Block Association Board
  • Thank You Volunteers
  • Board Member Eleanor Ledogar Steps Down
  • Silent Auction Donors A Big Thank You!
  • Selected Calendar of Events
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
September 2008
PDF
  • 19th Annual Yard Sale
  • The West 104th Street Yard Sale is Coming!
  • Block Bulletin Board
  • Summer flowers still bloom
  • West 104 Street Block Association Financial Report August 2008
  • Bazaar De La Baz holds Silent Auction for Public Schools
  • A Super Series: Profile of Cesar Pechado, 315 RSD
  • Some References from the Aging in Place Meeting
  • Neighbors seek advice to keep living at home on the Upper West Side
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
June 2008PDF
  • Aging in Place Panel Discussion: You’re Invited
  • CURBSIDE CAFE/KIDS’ STUFF TOO: June 5 @ 5:30pm
  • Summertime, and the Yard Sale is Coming
  • Successful Recycling Program
  • Summer Flowers on the Block
  • WEST 104 STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL REPORT APRIL 2008
  • The Story of Our Home: Past, Present and Future Are Visited in Walking Tour
  • Newsracks
  • About Computers: a New Column for the Newsletter
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood service needed or for hire
April 2008
PDF
  • Special Spring Events
  • Block polls residents about Aging Project; seeks input, help
  • A farewell, but not goodbye
  • September 2007 financial report
  • Sheila Garden remembered
  • Neighborhood Yard Sale
  • In the Spotlight - Fiona Simon; Block Resident Plays with New York Philharmonic in North Korea
  • Gift to the Block Association
  • Change in NY State Workers' Comp law
  • How to dump that old computer: Block association to sponsor electronics collection on May 17-19
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
January 2008PDF
  • Proposed City Amendments Threaten New Zoning
  • The Secret of West 104th St. Is You
  • Treasurer Steps Down Amid Plaudits
  • December 2007 financial report
  • 2007 Annual Financial Report
  • West 104th Street Block Association Board
  • Documenting the Neighborhood
  • Local One-Stop Shopping
  • Block Bulletin Board
  • A Super Series: Paul Vukdedaj
  • 2008 Neighborhood Wish List
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood service needed or for hire

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2007 issues

Month     Contents  
December 2007
PDF
  • Our Broadway sparkles
  • Celebrating a great West 104th St. year!
  • Remembering Michael Dillon
  • Letter to the editor
  • Election results
  • November 2007 financial report
  • Yard Sale 2007 final report
  • In the spotlight: Michael Deegan and "The Revels"
  • Special neighborhood holiday gift suggestions
  • 'Tis better to give away than to receive
  • The spirit of the season: Crafts that help the world, right down the street
  • Hula hoops in Riverside Park
  • Flowers bulbs have been put to bed
  • Neighbors launch "green team" projects
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood service needed or for hire
October 2007
PDF
  • Neighborhood rezoning victory
  • It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood
  • A farewell, but not goodbye
  • September 2007 financial report
  • Preliminary Yard Sale 2007 report
  • Block resident makes Met Opera debut
  • Silent Auction contributors
  • New board members: Gina Boonshoft, Joyce and Martin Mann
  • It's block association board election time!
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Thank you, volunteers
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
September 2007
PDF
  • Your block association needs you! Let's make this our best Yard Sale ever
  • It's beautiful day in the neighborhood... Come celebrate at the W. 104th Yard Sale!
  • Introducing Jeff Howitt, board member
  • Letter to the editor
  • New restaurants coming to the neighborhood
  • Financial report August 2007
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Block resident makes Met Opera debut this month
  • In the spotlight -- Rob Fisher
  • Block bulletin board: Keith Christiansen, Missy Cohen, Gary Dennis, Jim and Jean Jacobs
  • Zoning alert
  • Landmark West maps our neighborhood
  • A super series: Robert Joseph DeArce
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
June 2007
PDF
  • From Quirky to collectible: The West 104th St. Yard Sale's coming!
  • Help plant flowers June 9 and 10
  • Our new green neighbor has arrived
  • West Side Market reopens
  • Financial report, May 2007
  • A super series: Dino Bacaj
  • Nearby second home for clothing and other items
  • Transplanted daffodils did just fine, thank you!
  • More pairs of eyes looking out for seniors
  • Rodent problem on our block
  • Touring our neighborhood on Riverside Drive
  • Upper West Side rezoning update
  • Please give what you can -- the block needs your support!
  • Selected calendar of events
  • It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a flying Fairway bag!
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
March 2007
PDF
  • Block survey yields high response; safety leads residents' concerns
  • A tree grows on 104th Street
  • Support your block association!
  • Neighbors, please curb your dogs
  • Upper West Side rezoning update
  • Preservation commission recommends landmarking automat
  • Financial report: February 2007
  • Block bulletin board
  • Yarntopia opens
  • West 104th St. Block Association goes national
  • Neighborhood walking tour May 20
  • A super series: Victor Portelli
  • The shuttering of our neighborhood
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Theater party set  for Tea at Pan Asian Rep
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
January 2007
PDF
  • An appeal to the block: Keep W. 104th St. beautiful and safe
  • Rezoning measure stalled in City Planning Review
  • Return your survey! We want your feedback
  • Letter to the editor (Carol Goodfriend)
  • Park extended at Riverside Drive intersection
  • New exterior light fixture at 320 Riverside
  • December 2006 financial report 
  • Fiscal 2006 financial report
  • Block bulletin board
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Landmark hearing for Horn & Hardart building
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire

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2006 issues

Month     Contents  
December 2006
PDF
  • Fight to save local gem: West 104th St.'s automat future to be weighed again by Landmarks Preservation Commission
  • Join your neighbors for neighborhood caroling
  • Our block guard
  • Do you need a special holiday gift? (West 104th St. T- shirt!)
  • Letter to the editor
  • November 2006 financial report
  • Yard Sale 2006 financial report
  • Block residents plant for spring
  • Block bulletin board
  • In the spotlight: Michael Graves
  • Pharmacy expands to improve service
  • New York as a battleground
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood houses of worship: New York Buddhist Church; Congregation Ansche Chesed
  • Metal plate finally removed
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
October 2006
PDF
  • A perfect day: Yard Sale hits a home run
  • Beautification beat
  • Yard Sale report
  • More great feedback on the Yard Sale
  • Letter to the editor
  • September 2006 financial report
  • Block bulletin board
  • History in jeopardy: automat
  • Neighborhood houses of worship: St. Michael's Episcopal Church
  • A beautiful day in the neighborhood: the 17th annual Yard Sale (photos)
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood services for hire
  • View Yard Sale 2006  photos 
September 2006
PDF
  • Yard Sale: Great finds, cool buys, W. 104th St. 17th annual Yard Sale
  • Schedule for the Yard Sale, Sept. 16
  • You can still help before the Yard Sale: be a volunteer, donate to the Silent Auction and bid on other items; donate your books
  • At the Yard Sale: new this year (raffle); buy a royal blue West 104th St. T-shirt
  • Greenmarkets
  • Free booklet on crime prevention for senior citizens
  • Business clothes needed
  • August 2006 financial report
  • Block bulletin board
  • Meet your "gardener" neighbors
  • Neighborhood houses of worship: The historic Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension and Temple Ramath Orah
  • Do you know this face?
  • In the spotlight: Missy Cohen
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood services for hire
June 2006
PDF
Special issue: Neighborhood rezoning project by Gil Tauber  
June 2006
PDF
  • Yard Sale, September 16
    • Hold everything: 17th annual Yard Sale is coming
    • Be a vendor
    • Be a volunteer
    • Donate to the Silent Auction
    • Donate your books
  • Curbside Cafe time
  • Neighbors plant and make block beautiful
  • Board member for 15 years resigns
  • Daffodils and tulips get second life
  • In memoriam
  • May financial report
  • Block bulletin board
  • Neighborhood houses of worship: Congregation of St. Saviour at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; Preserving a beautiful church
  • Do you know this face?
  • Neighborhood tour
  • To the editor: American idle
  • Summer calendar of events
  • Local scholars present their schools
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
April 2006
PDF
  • Let there be new streetlights!
  • Neighbors comment on new streetlights
  • It's springtime
  • New traffic light, pedestrian signals installed
  • Neighborhood residents ask for rezoning, survey results, p. 5
  • Meet new block association board member Barbara Rothenberg
  • WANTED!
  • West 102-103 Street news
  • Walking tour, April 30
  • Letter to the editor: T-shirts travel
  • Financial report March 2006
  • Local scholars present their schools
  • Selected calendar of spring events
  • A landmark on Broadway (Horn & Hardart building)
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire
February 2006
  • Neighborhood zoning issues studied: survey seeks block feedback
  • Block fundraising drive kicks off
  • Neighborhood incidents lead to more patrols
  • Two new trees on block
  • 2005 general ledger
  • January 2006 financial report
  • Block resident's passion for history
  • Random recollections of 104th Street
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Recognizing a stroke
  • New fish market on W. 104th St.
  • Neighborhood services needed or for hire

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2005 issues

Month     Contents  
December 2005
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October 2005
PDF
   
September 2005
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  • How to help Katrina survivors
  • The Silent Auction needs your stuff!
  • New trees and guards at 320 RSD made possible by residents/board
  • Yard Sale, September 24
  • The street lights are coming, too
  • Block flowers do well -- with lots of care
  • Reminders to book table contributors
  • The summer's hit recipe" caviar pie
  • August 2004 financial report
  • To vendors and volunteers
  • Hidden neighborhood treasure
  • Will the Metro close? Art deco classic seeks a fresh foothold
  • Visiting red tail hawk
  • Landmarks in our neighborhood: the Master apartment building
  • State-of-the-art park just 30 minutes away
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Ratings of local hospitals
  • Neighborhood services for hire
June 2005 PDF
  • Our beautiful block: neighbors plant flowers; tree care and more!
  • Using coffee grounds as fertilizer
  • Disease strikes London Plane trees
  • Dead trees to be replaced
  • The Yard Sale's coming!
  • Meet new board member Asia Ingalls
  • Price check in the dairy aisle!
  • Changes coming to Riverside Park: Riverwalk, 83rd to 91st Streets; turf on 103rd and 107th Street athletic fields
  • May 2005 financial report
  • Cathedral update
  • Farmers' markets
  • That man on horseback at 106th Street
  • 311 gets the job done
  • Two food markets recently open: Gristedes and Garden of Eden
  • Calendar of selected events
  • "Quality of life" alert: neighborhood complaints raise concerns
  • Neighborhood services for hire
April 2005
PDF
  • Follow your bliss: get involved in beautification
  • Intel science contest update
  • Friends, neighbors, and flowers: warm weather brings good news, good times
  • What is a Go bag?
  • March financial report
  • In remembrance: Jody Pope
  • A feast like Mama's
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Disputes at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
  • Neighborhood services for hire
February 2005
MS Word
  • Favorite block son gains national attention as finalist in Intel Science Search
  • Fundraising campaign underway; dues raised to meet urgent need
  • Meet Lynn Bender Max
  • January financial report
  • Meeting report: West Side Federation of Neighborhood and Block Associations, Jan. 2005
  • New face at Riverside Park Fund
  • Three safety messages
  • Your neighborhood service publicized -- free!
  • Interesting web sites
  • Changes along Broadway
  • Retail space at Columbia's new faculty residence, Broadway and 103rd Street
  • Watch your butt!
  • Beautification bailiwick: And the winners are...
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Neighborhood services for hire
January 2005
MS Word
  • Come join your neighbors --- help our block thrive
  • Help our block -- and make a fashion statement
  • 10 reasons why living on West End Ave and 104th St. is unbeatable
  • Neighbors' comments about the block association

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2004 issues

Month     Contents  
December 2004
MS Word
  • Holiday good wishes
  • Street light replacement project
  • President steps down
  • Corrections to October 2004 newsletter
  • November 2004 financial report
  • Yard Sale final report
  • Keep NYC firewood in NYC
  • Know your neighbors: Jazz lovers take note
  • In appreciation of our bulb planters
  • Welcome back Metro Twin Theater
  • The moving deuce: Films on Times Square
  • Calendar of selected events
  • The bell tolls, but don't ask to see it: World's largest tuned bell at Riverside Church can be heard but not seen
  • Block association T-shirts for sale
  • Neighborhood services for hire
October 2004
MS Word
  • Yard sale a big success
  • Kudos to the volunteers
  • We thank the individuals and merchants who supported the silent auction
  • Welcome to Missy Cohen
  • Street light replacement fund-raising is complete
  • Memorial for Susan Schwartz
  • Local telephone reference numbers
  • September 2004 financial report
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Tom Otterness sculptures come to upper Broadway
  • The peach report
  • Neighborhood services for hire
September 2004 
MS Word
  • Yard Sale, Saturday, October 16
  • Rent a space: free yourself of stuff
  • The schedule for the Yard Sale
  • The Yard Sale's silent auction needs your donation
  • It's due!
  • Street light replacement fund-raising nearly complete
  • Held needed for Yard Sale
  • May we borrow these for the Yard Sale?
  • No parking October 16
  • Donate your books and CDs to the Yard Sale
  • August 2004 financial report
  • What is palliative care?
  • Molly Lilly May and The Blue Slippers by Emma Sharon; resident fourth-grader wins play contest
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Swept by ocean breezes
  • Neighborhood services for hire
June 2004
MS Word
  • Street cleaning and car parking: Oil and water or strawberries and cream?
  • Reducing noise, increasing security
  • Voter registration
  • Hail and farewell
  • Stepping aside for new leadership
  • It's Curbside Cafe season
  • Status of street light replacement project
  • Final report of bench fund
  • Remembering Brett Zickerman
  • Save the date: 15th annual Yard Sale, Saturday, Oct. 16
  • Organic food cooperative
  • May 2004 financial report
  • Suba Pharmacy survives again
  • Beautification news
  • Poet's corner
  • Know your neighbor: Diane Meier
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Know your neighbor: Award-winning Bob Ost
  • Neighborhood services for hire
April 2004 MS Word
  • Announcing street light replacement project
  • Help wanted !
  • Save the date: 15th Annual Yard Sale, Saturday, October 16
  • Local supermarkets closing
  • Take care New York
  • Blossoms in Riverside Park
  • About the new subway gates
  • Susan Schwartz bench fund reminder
  • Neighborhood Yard Sale and appraisal event
  • March 2004 financial report
  • CB7 district needs statement
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Shame on you: Racial discrimination at Eden Cafe
  • Multi-block fair schedule
  • Poet's corner
  • Neighborhood services for hire
February 2004
MS Word
  • An appeal to your pocketbook
  • Special security guard service available
  • 2003 financial report
  • 2004 budget
  • January 2004 financial report
  • Susan Schwartz
  • 104th St. recipes
  • A man and his dog
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Be kind to your bicycle
  • Neighborhood services for hire

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2003 issues

Month     Contents  
December 2003 (minus ads) MS Word
  • Holiday sing on December 16
  • Special, personal security guard service
  • To forget is human, to remember is -- divine!
  • Why our block looks so beautiful
  • Filming in the neighborhood
  • Remembering Susan
  • November 2003 financial report
  • Election results
  • 104th St. holiday recipes
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Got guests? Get them a hotel -- nearby
  • A solution to litter
  • Here I am again
  • Inexpensive swimming
  • Dead tree to be replaced Spring 2004
  • Local holiday gift suggestion
  • amNew York: New daily newspaper
  • Neighborhood services for hire
October 2003 (minus ads and photos) MS Word
  • Yard Sale a smashing success
  • It's election time
  • Welcome new board member: Steve Zirinsky
  • September financial report
  • Yard Sale financial report (preliminary)
  • Kudos from our Yard Sale vendors
  • Welcome to the new building in the Park
  • Petropolis museum tour
  • Fatal car accident at 106th and Broadway
  • Yard Sale lost & found
  • It's a small world, after all
  • Our Israeli volunteer
  • 20-story condo planned for Olympia Theatre site
  • Coming soon: tulips and daffodils
  • Subscribe to New York Festival of Song
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Neighborhood Services of Hire
August 2003 ((minus ads) MS Word
  • 14th Annual Yard Sale, September 20
  • Yard Sale Schedule
  • Board Changes
  • Working hard for cleaner streets
  • Con Ed problems
  • Parks Dept., Block Assn. team up to battle rats
  • We remember...
  • July financial report
  • Selected calendar of events
  • Purse-snatcher tackled by security guard
  • It's election time
  • Health runs in the family
  • A night without light
  • Know your neighbor: And the winner is... Dick Latessa!
  • Here's the scoop
  • Neighborhood services for hire
May 2003 (minus ads) MS Word
  • Save the date: 14th annual yard sale
  • Meet the park's landscape architect
  • Metro Theatre open but for how long?
  • Subway renovation news
  • Distressed trees on our block
  • Columbia coming to 103rd St.
  • Kudos
  • April financial report
  • Park cafe now open
  • Selected calendar of summer events
  • Sublet available
  • More authors on the block
  • Petropolis: A social history of urban companion animals
  • Dial 311 for non-emergency government assistance
  • Be fire safe
  • Neighborhood services for hire
March 2003
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  • Community forum with precinct leadership
  • Whom to call
  • How to turn someone else's trash into your treasure
  • Snow removed by building personnel
  • Restoration, but no new art work at 103rd station
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Safety tips for traveling women
  • Safety tips for New Yorkers
  • Update on Columbia building at 103rd St. and Broadway
  • Empress of China presentation March 30
  • New and different on Broadway
  • Opinion -- How to cope with a chemical attack: Try prevention
  • 2002 financial report
  • December financial report
  • Letter to the editor
  • Multi-block street fairs for 2003
  • Neighborhood services for hire
January 2003
PDF
  • Empress of China
  • Columbia plans residential facility at 103/Broadway
  • Renew support for our block association
  • Telephone dialing pattern change
  • Joon is back
  • Financial report 2002
  • Financial report December 2002
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Alternate side parking suspensions for 2003
  • What's new on our web site
  • Get a West 104 T-shirt
  • Improvements are noted at Malibu Hotel
  • City reorganizes a shelter unit
  • Take the bus to Fairway uptown
  • Dial 311 for governmental information  and complaints
  • Street light outage reported
  • Neighborhood services for hire

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2002 Issues

Month     Contents  
December 2002
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  • Ben and Jerry's "Scoop Shop" Comes to Broadway
  • Holiday Sing on December 17
  • Change in Christmas Tree Recycling
  • Special Holiday Gifts
  • Another Yard Sale Thank You
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • Treasurer's Report
  • Last Chance to Get Autographed Copy of Tree Guide
  • Reported Celebrity Sightings
  • Neighborhood Services for Hire
October 2002
PDF
  • Yard Sale: another successful party
  • Following through on our promised gift
  • Silent auction tempts bidders
  • Board change
  • Calendar of selected events
  • Yard Sale preliminary financial report
  • Telephone dialing pattern change
  • Regent update
  • Annual neighborhood Halloween parade
  • September financial report
  • It's bulb planting time
  • In brief: drug dealing; street crossing button; new nooks this fall
  • Neighborhood Services for Hire
September 2002
PDF
  • Block association's 13th annual Yard Sale
  • Books, books, and CDs
  • Delectable delights sought for block bakery
  • Help the silent auction! We need your stuff now!
  • Vendor spaces available, but going fast
  • Have no fear: volunteer!
  • Start with breakfast
  • Ned Barnard's tree book now available
  • Groundbreaking for volunteer house in park
  • September financial report
  • Calendar of selected events
  • CB7 monitoring "quality of life" issues
  • 103rd St. subway station rehabilitation
  • Letter to the editor: dry cleaner
  • Get your West 104 T-shirt
  • Meanwhile, two blocks north: Art in the Park
  • Neighborhood Services for Hire
May 2002
PDF
  • Challenge Grant for Challenging Times
  • Dust in the Air
  • Yard Sale Vendors: Mark Your Calendar!
  • Don't Answer That Phone!
  • Silent Auction Needs Your Stuff
  • Book Started in This Newsletter Will Be Published This Fall by Columbia University Press
  • Books, Glorious Books
  • Hidden Cameras
  • Beautification Update: Dead tree removed, tree watering program, where have all the flowers gone, our flower bulbs get a second life
  • "Mama's Boys" Make Good
  • Play It Again -- With Feeling!
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • Treasurer's Report
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Know your Neighbors -- On and Off Broadway
  • Neighborhood Services for Hire
February 2002
PDF
  • Support the Block Association
  • Grants from Two Angels
  • Guard Services Reduced
  • Store Changes on Broadway
  • The Magic of Tree Watching
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • Treasurer's Report
  • Proposed Budget for 2002
  • Protecting Our Trees This Winter
  • Happy Holiday Sing
  • Neighborhood Services for Hire
  • Welcome to Our New Residents

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2001 issues

Month     Contents  
December 2001
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  • Holiday sing on December 19
  • More Yard Sale Thank You's
  • Report on Rosenberg Exhibit Tour
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • November 2001 Treasurer's Report
  • Urgent Need for 4th Quarter Dues
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Memorial Flower Bulb Planting
  • New York City: The Last 17,000 Years
  • Unhooking
  • Neighborhood Services for Hire
November 2001
PDF
  • A Splendid Party with Splendid People
  • A Banner Book Sale
  • Election Results
  • Hail and Farewell
  • NYC Firemen's Memorial
  • Neighborhood Services for Hire
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • September 2001 Treasurer's Report
  • Yard Sale Financial Report
  • Job Skills Program
  • Rosenberg Exhibit at Historical Society
  • Also on View...
  • November Tour of Riverside Park
October 2001
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  • Coming Together as We Mourn
  • Yard Sale Schedule of Events
  • How to Help Make the Yard Sale a Success
  • Donate Your Books and CDs
  • Vendor Spaces Sold Out
  • Get Set to Boogie at the Yard Sale
  • Scrumptious Goodies Wanted for Block Bakery
  • May We Borrow These for the Yard Sale?
  • Silent Auction Items
  • August 2001 Treasurer's Report
  • It's Election Time
  • Places in which to Find Quiet and Solace
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • Neighborhood Services for Hire
  • Block Residents Directly Affected by Sept. 11 Attack
September 2001
  • Yard Sale Schedule of Events (Note: the Yard Sale has since been re-scheduled for October 6)
  • Call for Yard Sale Volunteers, Baked Goods, Books/CDs, Silent Auction Items
  • New! Neighborhood Services for Hire
  • July 2001 Treasurer's Report
  • NY Save
  • The Quintessential Urban Tree: the Ailanthus
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • Neighborhood Best Buys: Broadway Pizza & Restaurant
  • If You Lose Your Purse or Wallet
  • Flowers Thrive Under Loving Care
June 2001
  • Yard Sale: Calling All Vendors
  • Crime Report
  • Hudson Beach Cafe is Open
  • Park Tour Planned for July
  • Schedule of Multi-Block Street Fairs for 2001
  • Heard on the Street...
  • Subway Street Conditions
  • Rolling Along the River
  • A Dog Tail
  • How to Handle Noisy Neighbors
  • Easy Ways to Reduce Electricity Consumption
  • Do You Know What You're Eating?
  • Doe Fund Waters Our Flowers
  • Late Blooming Asian Immigrants Show Their Colors in June and July
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • Thank You, Flower Planters!
  • Get Well Wishes
  • Charter School Planned
  • More Clean Sidewalks
April 2001
  • Beautification Challenge Grant Status
  • Dog Dilemma
  • Save this Date: September 15
  • Two Early-Spring Activities
  • Hanna Rubin Comes Aboard!
  • West Side Center Wins Award
  • Contributor List
  • Out of Africa...Letters from Kenya
  • March 2001 Treasurer's Report
  • A Tale of Two Trees that Share a Common Ancestor
  • Oil Spill on 105th St.
  • Rats: Don't Feed 'em, Don't Breed' em
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • Call for Dues
  • Reduction in Guard Service
March 2001
  • Champagne Brunch Honors Contributors
  • Earth Day Lobby Day
  • Save the Date: Yard Sale 2001
  • Beautification Challenge Grant Status
  • Teresa Gets Ode of Appreciation from Sheila Garden
  • Notes to the Editor
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • January 2001 Treasurer's Report
January 2001
  • A Beaut' of a Challenge
  • On Tap for February
  • Rashomon on the Upper West Side
  • CVS Boycott
  • Don't Be a Victim: Tips from the NYPD
  • Revisiting the Hidden Forest
  • Calendar of Selected Events
  • Pearls Chinese RestaurantA Woman Meets Dog Story
  • Bits and Pieces
  • Youths Arrested in 105th St. Mugging
  • Guard's Cell Phone Service to Continue
  • Annual Dues Are Now Payable
  • December 2000 Treasurer's Report

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