NewRoc Now

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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I finally took the plunge and moved out of my tenement on 5 Prospect Street to the Avalon Sound East.  On 5 Prospect I had hot water sporadically at best, walked past and listened to loud youth gangs most warm nights, lived with 1 bathroom in a 3 BR apartment and froze through the winter […]

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Found this old NYTimes Article from 1992 that gives you an idea of just how far things have come in downtown New Rochelle.

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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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