https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/new-york-transit-museum-at-50-a-half-century-celebration-II5749794 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-04-11T02:10:29-04:00 New York Transit Museum at 50: A Half-Century Celebration! https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/new-york-transit-museum-50-party-whee_4-10606986_20260411020319.jpg New York Trasit Museum celebrations include a May 17 Party on Wheels. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/new-york-transit-museum-50-exhibition_4-10606989_20260411020158.jpg The New York Transit Museum began as a 1976 exhibition. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/new-york-transit-museum-50-platform-v_4-10606993_20260411020900.png New York Transit Museum Vinyl Night will transform this platform level into a funky dance hall. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/freckles-is-back-unhoused-man-says-broadway-is-my-home-FA5736340 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-04-11T11:52:47-04:00 Freckles Is Back: Unhoused Man Says Broadway Is My Home! https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/ethan-and-kitty_4-10592035_20260407164854.jpg An unhoused individual, Ethan, known locally as “Freckles,” holds his cat “kitty” the day after a city sweep. He says he always returns to the Broadway and W. 75th St. location under a scaffold the minute city officials leave because he prefers to live outside rather than a shelter. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/img-0109_4-10588683_20260406171747.jpg Ethan at his “home” the day before a city sweep. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/img-0108_4-10588680_20260407103153.jpg Ethan had a humble abode set up on Broadway and 78th Street before April 1 https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/img-0110_4-10588669_20260407103155.jpg The day before the sweep, April 1 https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/img-0163_4-10588664_20260407103157.jpg The day after Ethan, or Freckles as he is known, was back at his old spot. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/img-0159_4-10588661_20260407103159.jpg Freckles said he simply clears his stuff off the sidewalk when he knows the city is conducting a sweep, and then moves right back in by the next day. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/goldman-asks-congress-for-15-million-african-burial-ground-expansion-BX5743120 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-04-11T13:56:06-04:00 Goldman Asks Congress for $15 Million African Burial Ground Expansion https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/goldman-congress-african-burial-groun_4-10606925_20260410171422.png Rep. Dan Goldman in Washington speaking of African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/goldman-asks-congress-burial-ground-m_4-10607023_20260411135859.jpg Mayor Mamdani speaks at African Burial Ground, Tuesday March 24. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/goldman-congress-african-burial-groun_4-10607026_20260411140147.jpg African Burial Ground National Monument entrance at 290 Broadway.