NewRoc Now

The one complaint I have in New Rochelle is the complete disregard for pedestrians in the downtown area.  Crossing North Ave., from the north to south (K Buidling to Chase Bank) is literally taking your life in your hands.  I have seen people killed there and I hope that I am not the next.  Granted […]

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If there is a theme of New Rochelle it is reinvention. From the Huguenot origins to the revolutionary war to the civil war to prosperity to Glenn Island to Norman Rockwell to Eddie Foy to Dick Van Dyke to Lou Gherig to Rodney King riots and now to Capelli dreams, New Rochelle has seen it’s […]

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If you ever venture to Hudson Park you will see a green dilapidated building with a pretty cool clock that was the New Rochelle Yacht Club.  I have seen some pretty rockin weddings and other loud parties there, but it looks like going on the porch of that thing is tossing your life to fate.
In […]

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This post is not related to New Rochelle at all but it reflects two bizarre statistics that reflect the strangeness of our world.
In Myanmar, where we speculate that over 100,000 have died cnn.com reports “White House spokeswoman Dana Perino also announced Monday that the United States has offered Myanmar an additional $13 million in aid, […]

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I don’t know when the last time that these two groups of people were associated with each other, but there are two groups of people in New Rochelle that draw my curiosity.   They are both somewhat pervasive in the downtown area and somewhat ignored.  They both form a strong presence in downtown New Ro if […]

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New Rochelle lost two of its most incredible and inspiring residents, Rabbi Jacob Rubenstein and his wife, Deborah in a tragic fire. Rabbi Rubenstein was the Rabbi of Young Israel of Scarsdale, which is on the border of New Rochelle and Scarsdale.
Rabbie Rubenstein was a great father, a great husband a great scholar […]

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Walking out of Merry Go Round toy store, my life saver for children’s birthday parties and recent NY Times feature, I saw a new (to me) purple awning for a store called Ambrosia. It turns out to be one of the nicest galleries in New Rochelle featuring African and Jamaican inspired paintings […]

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Frank’s barbershop at 13 1/2 South Division is closing after 45 years.  Hard to imagine coming to the same shop every day for 45 years, but here’s a shout out to Frank, who undoubtedly is not reading this.  If you have a chance stop by his shop, next to CTown on S. Divsion and take […]

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This is a blog about my life in downtown New Rochelle.   I have lived in the North End of New Rochelle and I currently live in the East End of New Ro (there is no south end) and I have had my business in downtown New Ro for over 6 years.  During these years I […]

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