https://www.ourtownny.com/home/knickerbocker-greys-make-proud-return-to-park-avenue-armory-DY6230317 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-26T10:04:22-04:00 Knickerbocker Greys Make Proud Return to Park Avenue Armory https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-6576izsbhj_4-11138626_20260926000954.jpg The Knickerbocker Greys have returned to their historic Park Avenue Armory home (above) for the season, as the nonprofit that runs the building tries to overturn a state law that protects the youth group from eviction. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/merged_4-11138682_20260925172540.jpg The Greys were tightly confined to their basement headquarters during September 22 drills, as evidenced by the presence of surveillance cameras and barriers blocking access to the rest of the Armory. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/famed-editors-of-conde-nast-were-our-first-social-media-influencers-grynbaum-LD6225872 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-26T15:49:27-04:00 Famed Editors of Condé Nast Were Our First Social Media Influencers: Grynbaum https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/empire-of-the-elite-9781668003923-xlg_4-11132895_20260926153330.jpg The famed editors from the glory days of Conde Nast ador the cover of Michael Grynbaum’s “Empire of the Elite” which recently released a revised version in paperback. The editors are (from left) Graydon Carter, Anna Wintour and Tina Brown. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/michael-grynbaum_4-11138738_20260926154559.jpg New York Times reporter Michael Grynbaum has penned a book on the glory days of the glitzy Condé Nast empire. He says the editors who sat atop the top selling glossies should be looked on as America’s first big social media inflencers. https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/the-shame-of-east-86th-street-a-retail-mishmash-at-best-MY6230871 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-26T23:46:11-04:00 The Shame of East 86th Street: A Retail Mishmash at Best! https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/86th-street-cinemas_4-11138752_20260926174010.jpg Another grocery store, Happier Grocery, is coming to the East 86th Street corridor to replace the long shuttered movie theater. It lands in a stretch of the city that it already flooded with grocery store options. https://www.ourtownny.com/home/zhenya-gershman-s-art-gives-strength-to-ukrainians-AF5997002 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-27T12:14:42-04:00 Zhenya Gershman’s Art Gives Strength To Ukrainians https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/zhenya-gershman-photo-1_4-10881090_20260927121422.jpg Ukrainian painter Zhenya Gershman stands proudly in front of a portrait she made of a young soldier going off to war in the Russia-Ukrainian war. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/gershman-the-president-2022-oil_4-10897753_20260927121424.jpg ”The President” shows Ukrainian President Zelensky looking downcast with the weight of the war clearly weighing on his soul. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/elena_4-10897750_20260927121425.jpg “Elena” with a tragically bandaged face that was injured in the Russia-Ukraine war, is depicted in striking detail by the painter Zhenya Gershman. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/gershman-mariupol-diary-2022-oil_4-10897751_20260927121427.jpg This painting is called the “Mariupol Diary” and shows the family of Egor, Elena and Veronica hiding from Russian attacks. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/zhenya-gershman-photo-4_4-10881149_20260927121427.jpg Tools of the trade: the painter Zhenya Gershman shows off her favorite Rembrandt paint. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/central-park-tragedy-dad-struck-by-speeding-biker-dies-4-days-later-JB6232812 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-27T16:49:17-04:00 Central Park Tragedy: Dad Struck by Speeding Biker Dies 4 Days Later https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/rich-o-brien_4-11139160_20260927162848.jpg Rich O’Brien, a dad of two young children ages 8 and 12, suffered a traumatic head injury when he was hit by a speeding pedal biker in Central Park on Sept. 23 died on Sunday, Sept. 27 https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/google-street-view-of-west-84th-and-w_4-11139228_20260927164918.jpg Roadway on West Drive near West 84th Street where Rich O’Brien, a steamfitteron on his way to work on the morning of Sept. 23 was struck by a speeding pedal biker. He died four days later.