Hell’s Kitsch

As we mentioned yesterday, the W 45^th & 46^th St Block Associations held their annual Fall Film Screening in Matthews Palmer Playground, and despite the ever-​dropping temperatures, there was a good turnout.

The children got to make their own “seedballs” (exactly what it sounds like – balls of soil full of seeds):

They even had free pumpkin pie and apple cider available (I’m pretty sure the pie was courtesy of Hell’s Kitchen Restaurant, so that’s nice of them):

This is the 8^th year they’ve been running the night, and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down. It’s a great way to bring the local streets together for a family evening before it’s actually winter.

Overall just a nice community night out.

Well, we’ve been watching the progress at the incoming Snack Taverna and saw as the checkerboard tiles were slowly chipped away at, and now it’s finally happened: they’re gone.

Lots of Greek updates today. Anyway, they’re making good progress with the conversion there. Won’t be long now until we have a new Greek option below Port Authority.

Who says it’s too cold to go outside? The W 45^th St Block Association have organized a double feature tomorrow night at Matthews Palmer Park. The timely Charlie Brown “It’s the Great Pumpkin” will be showing along with a documentary The Vanishing City. The directors of the documentary will even be there for a Q&A after the screening.

It’s all starting at 6:30pm, so bring your blankets. For those of you who have been craving outdoor movies since the ones at the Intrepid finished, your prayers have been answered.

The Brotherhood of Señor de los Milagros (Our Lord of Miracles) held their seemingly-​regular parade/​procession today, starting at 53^rd & 9^th.

Massive crowds turned out for it:

The whole sidewalk around PS111 was covered with various tables with all kinds of foods. Looked pretty similar to the other week (related?).

The parade continued down 53^rd, up a block on 11^th Ave, then back to 9^th Ave along 54^th, before returning to the church on 53^rd.

Ardesia Wine Bar held a pumpkin massacre carving contest today. It looks like it was a fun way to spend the afternoon, and lots of interesting creations came out of it.

The winner:

Only a few more days until Halloween, if you hadn’t noticed from the one or two decorations around the area. Get excited.

The Oasis Community Garden on W 52^nd St is having a clean-​up weekend this weekend, from 11am-​3pm. If you want to get involved with the garden or just lend a hand, head on over tomorrow for the second day of gardening.

The cooling weather won’t do the various gardens in the area any favors, so it’s a good time to get them ready. Here’s the Oasis garden back at the start of summer, for comparison.