https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/karen-s-quirky-ny-takes-a-tour-exploring-city-s-jazz-landmarks-EK5783633 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-04-23T07:44:56-04:00 Karen’s Quirky NY Takes a Tour Exploring City’s Jazz Landmarks https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/rempel-kqny-apr-2026-blossom-dear_4-10643045_20260422145442.jpg Karen Rempel lolls on the stoop of Blossom Dearie’s former home. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/rempel-kqny-apr-2026-kissing-on-s_4-10643064_20260422145443.jpg Karen Rempel smooches with a passerby on Blossom Dearie’s stoop. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/rempel-kqny-apr-2026-john-hammond_4-10643055_20260422145442.jpg Karen Rempel glows at former home of influential jazz impresario John Hammond, who broke the color barrier for jazz musicians and founded Columbia Records. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/rempel-kqny-apr-2026-sheridan-the_4-10643058_20260422145443.jpg Karen Rempel tipples from a bedazzled flask at St. Vincent’s Triangle, former location of the Sheridan Theatre, where Billie Holiday headlined in 1957. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/rempel-kqny-apr-2026-village-vang_4-10643061_20260422145443.jpg Karen Rempel leans against the Village Vanguard’s customary, beloved hand-lettered sign showing the names of the current week’s jazz performers. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/rempel-kqny-apr-2026-smalls_4-10643067_20260422145444.jpg Karen Rempel strikes a jazz siren pose at the cave-like entrance to Smalls Jazz Club on W. 10th St. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/rempel-kqny-apr-2026-columbia-pho_4-10643052_20260422145442.jpg Karen Rempel celebrates jazz history at the original location of Columbia Phonograph Co. on Fifth Ave, where Billie Holiday was first recorded. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/upper-east-side-rapist-convicted-for-brutal-attack-on-sleeping-nurse-LK5783872 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-04-23T10:40:12-04:00 Upper East Side Rapist Convicted for Brutal Attack on Sleeping Nurse https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/upper-east-side-rape-donovan-murphy-f_4-10651556_20260423234952.jpg Donovan Murphy in the vicinity of First Avenue and East 92nd Street, September 2024. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/donovan-murphy_4-10643652_20260423104012.jpg Surveillance photo of Donovan Murphy, convicted of first degree rape and other charges. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/upper-east-side-rape-donovan-murphy-f_4-10651559_20260423234953.jpg Donovan Murphy in the vicinity of First Avenue and East 92nd Street, September 2024. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/upper-east-side-rape-donovan-murphy-n_4-10651560_20260423234954.jpg https://www.westsidespirit.com/features/healthy-manhattan/the-new-perfect-workout-2-minutes-a-day-can-help-you-live-longer-MI5785538 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-04-23T11:43:03-04:00 The New Perfect Workout: 2 Minutes a Day Can Help You Live Longer https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/3-women-exercising_4-10644772_20260423114250.jpg Recent guidelines said you should undertake at least ten mintues of moderate exercise three times a week to gain long term health benefits. Now a noted sports medicine physician says even two minutes a day will deliver big long term health benefits. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/judge-blocks-movement-of-homeless-intake-center-to-east-3rd-street-MG5787934 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-04-23T18:27:44-04:00 Judge Blocks Movement of Homeless Intake Center to East 3rd Street https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/image-screenshot-2026-04-23-at-4-53-45-pm_4-10651210_20260423165413.png A judge has granted a temporary pause to the conversion of a homeless shelter at 8 E. 3rd St. into the system’s citywide intake center for single adult men, after a lawsuit filed by locals. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/image-tempimagecw3bba-4-10450608-2026030617_4-10651155_20260423165210.webp The movement of services was supposed to coincide with the closure of the crumbling “Bellevue” shelter on E. 30th St., which currently handles intake services. https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/bathroom-goals-bill-aims-to-expand-public-toilet-access-for-world-cup-YK5783980 hourly The Spirit - Westsider en 2026-04-24T10:38:43-04:00 Bathroom Goals: Bill Aims to Expand Public Toilet Access For World Cup https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/bryant-park-restroom-2023-front_4-10643867_20260422170341.jpg A new City Council bill aims to address a public bathroom gap in New York City before the World Cup kicks off in June. https://www.westsidespirit.com/binrepository/9wlmkfal-400x400_4-10643928_20260422171712.jpg The bathroom bill has been introduced by Council Majority Speaker Shaun Abreu, who represents neighborhoods such as the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights.