Press Coverage
- Chelsea's Hottest Hotspots!
- New York Post, April 12, 2013
- Get out of the cafe! Thanks to free outdoor Wi-Fi in Chelsea, now you’ll never have to settle for coffee – and fight over a table or an electrical outlet – at Starbucks again.
- Chelsea Gets Neighborhood-Sized Wi-Fi Network
- Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2013
- A new Wi-Fi network sponsored by Google Inc. and Chelsea Improvement Company extends from West 14th Street to West 19th Street between Eighth Avenue and the West Side Highway...
- Airstream Lobster Tank Brings $18 Rolls To Meatpacking District
- Gothamist, September 26, 2012
- Over the weekend a new lobster purveyor rolled into town, setting up shop at 15th Street and 10th Avenue in Manhattan.
- New French market brings some continental flavor to Chelsea
- New York Daily News, July 11, 2012
- Outdoor booths aim to offer fare that's different from typical greenmarket choices, with pastries, organic selections, meats and cheeses
- Adding a French Accent to the New York Market Scene
- New York Times, June 23, 2012
- Bensidoun USA, the American branch of the company that runs all the public food markets in Paris – 26 outdoors under canopies and six indoors – will open its first market in New York on Friday, at the invitation of and in partnership with the Chelsea Improvement Company.
- Eats Beat: New York restaurant news for June 20, 2012
- New York Daily News, June 20, 2012
- New responsibilities, new revenue sources and preparing for the rebound top concerns for 2012 (PDF)
- Downtown Idea Exchange, January 1, 2012
- Wi-Fi access will continue to serve downtowns well
- Downtown Promotion Reporter, January 1, 2012
- 2012 signals a renewed focus on women and the arts
- Downtown Promotion Reporter, January 1, 2012
- Case study: Chelsea Improvement District (PDF)
- Landscape Forms Insite, December 23, 2011
- Industrial designer Ignacio Ciocchini's custom streetscape elements play an important role in the Chelsea Improvement Company's goal to enhance pedestrian safety and aesthetic experience in this busy part of the city.
- NY1 Flash Mob Turns Heads in Chelsea Triangle
- New York 1, December 3, 2011
- It's a flash mob, so there are no introductions. The music starts and that's the cue.
- Have a Seat! Bloomberg Installs 1,000 CityBenches in All Five Boroughs
- New York Observer, October 20, 2011
- Could a bench make the city more pleasant?
- Flexible use and programming enliven public space
- Downtown Promotion Reporter, August 1, 2011
- Free Salsa Dancing Sashays into Chelsea Triangle
- DNAInfo, June 28, 2011
- Free salsa hits Chelsea's public plaza on Thursday.
- Food Coming to Chelsea Pedestrian Plaza
- DNAInfo, May 19, 2011
- The group that brought Brazilian dance classes to W. 14th Street and Ninth Avenue wants to have food there, too.
- Making the most of a modest public space (PDF)
- Downtown Idea Exchange, May 1, 2011
- While most revitalization projects take years of planning and implementation, there is another way and a faster way, to create or revitalize public spaces.
- Curbed Awards '10: Adventures in Urban Planning
- Curbed, December 29, 2010
- Coolest Seat on the Street
- New Public Bench is Unveiled in Chelsea
- DNAinfo, September 1, 2010
- A prototype for a new public bench at 16th Street and 10th Avenue gives Chelsea residents a new place to sit.
- FREE Capoeira Classes in Chelsea
- New York Daily News, August 9, 2010
- The Chelsea Improvement Company is sponsoring free outdoor capoeira classes open to the public in Chelsea this Summer.
- From Street to Club, Moving to a Latin Beat
- New York Times, July 22, 2010
- Then there's the outdoor Sunset Salsa series....The evening there begins with a free salsa lesson from 6:30 to 7:30, followed by dancing until 9, all against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline, and with envious, gawking passengers in passing buses and taxis as an audience.
- The Market Force – Chelsea Market Facade Gets a Makeover
- New York Post, January 17, 2008
