Beware the Rat

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Spotted: Union crews (DC 9, for painters) protesting at the corner of Henry Hudson Parkway and Netherland Avenue, outside the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. To be fair: Construction schedules and union intricacies are things I know nothing about and I have no idea what their complaint is … or what side is in the right, [...]

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Caution: Shaking Hands Ahead

Political campaigning kicks into high gear this week in preparation for the Sept. 15 primary election.
Funny to think there are other seats to fill besides the one Councilman Oliver Koppell is defending from Tony Cassino. There are and one candidate will take his turn in Riverdale tomorrow. City comptroller contender, David Yassky, will be greeting [...]

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K at Play

P.S. 24’s Parents Association is hosting a “welcome to school” event for incoming kindergarteners Sept. 9 at the Spuyten Duyvil playground. The Great K Playdate will take place after the second of hour-long sessions for students on the first day, around 11:30 and will run until 1 p.m.
Anyone have additonal Back 2 School events [...]

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Down Riverdale Ave.

Took a walk down Riverdale Ave. with the kids yesterday. Fueled by cookies from Palumbo, natch.
Progress? Dunno. We did see some retail-related activity going on. It appears Riverdale Laundry (yawn) will open up next door to Jay-Bar’s  and crews were clearing out fixtures and debris from the old Chinese restaurant a few doors down from [...]

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Artistic Democracy

Local-grown artist and author Maira Kalman mentions her hometown, Riverdale, in her latest “And the Pursuit of Happiness” Opinion blog about the shared and ever-evolving journey to America on NYTimes.com.
A Link to today’s “I Lift My Lamp Besides the Golden Door” is here: http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/i-lift-my-lamp-beside-the-golden-door/
We all may not know Kalman’s name, but we all have seen [...]

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Cup o’ Joe on Tony

Spotted: Campaigning Tony Cassino handing out cups off coffee this morning at the Spuyten Duyvil train station.

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Art 4 Kids

Three local and talented women – Michelle  Frick, Kayle Nochomovitz and Janae Schwartz – are about to launch the Hudson River Arts Workshop, an after-school arts program for kids in Riverdale.
The workshop, for student in grades 1-9, places heavy emphasis on the basics of art. A studio program for grades 7-9 is also available for [...]

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A Riverdale Must Have

Okay, more reading I’m catching up on … and worth mentioning. I love the Riverdale Press’ Living in Riverdale supplement to last week’s paper. I’ve worked on projects such as this in the past and let me tell you, this is no small endeavor. Kudos to the Press.
It’s a great piece of public service. A [...]

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Spuyten Duyvil in amNY

Update: Eliminated scanned images below and have added, thanks to TJ, a proper link to the amNY story below.
I’m playing catch-up here. amNY’s “City Living” section did a neighborhood feature on Spuyten Duyvil a few weeks ago and my better-half saved a copy for me. I tried to find an online version of the story, [...]

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Joan in Riverdale?!?!

I’ve got a serious thing for Mad Men. Went to go watch an online preview of next week’s episode (Season 3, Episode 3: My Old Kentucky Home) and Joan mentions to Mrs. Sterling Number 2 that her and her new husband are considering a move to Riverdale … it’s as Joan says, “Close to [...]

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