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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Today I heard even more plans for downtown New Rochelle - New Street.  New Street should run from New Roc and will replace Lawson street and run to the library.  It will run through the long stripmall on the south side of North Avenue, in between Citibank and the shoe store, wiping out the building […]

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It seems like the the Trump building is mostly empty.  At night maybe 10 to 15% of units are lit, there is very little lobby traffic and besides NYSC, there are no commercial tenants nor are there signs that any are on the way.   There are all kinds of rumors about lower prices and rent-to-own […]

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After months of signs proclaiming the opening of New York Sports Club the NYSC actually opened. It is clean and new and so far uncrowded. A welcome addition, for sure.

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