Worn-down armrest-less chairs occupied by the occasional patient lined the walls of the room. There were two vending machines off to the side. One sold beverages. The other sold cheap snacks: Doritos, potato chips, pretzels, peanut butter M&Ms, probably some odd breakfast pastry too. I always found it strange to put pastries in a vending machine. Something about it seems unnatural; it’s like seeing a shark on top of a mountain.
Read MoreIn its glory days—or rather, glory nights—China Chalet boasted high-profile attendees at its restaurant-transformed-nightclub: from actor Timothée Chalamet to rappers Cardi B and Denzel Curry, to the infamous Ghislaine Maxwell. Not only did it become a haven for modern America’s gentry, but it welcomed the serfs as well; it didn’t cater to one community or genre of people.
The underwhelming restaurant warrants a funeral, but the overwhelming, all-inclusive nightclub deserves a celebration of life ceremony. One of the last great New York venues has died of COVID-19.
Read MoreLauren Turner (formerly Lauren Davis), is a newlywed and recent college graduate, who at 22 years old experienced life’s biggest and most celebrated moments during 2020, the year of the Coronavirus.
Read MoreWhat did NYC look like on election day? EST’s photo editor, Lucas Drumond scoured the streets on Nov. 3, 2020, to capture the following images.
Read MoreAfter four days of tumultuous ballot-counting, a decision was finally determined on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020–Presidential candidate, Joe Biden winning the final vote. The following video captures the people’s reaction to this breaking news in New York City.
Read MoreWith the entrance to the official Blood Manor just in sight, a Harley Quinn Impersonator gave us one final taste of the night to come. She said, “Can’t wait to kill you and make your friends watch!” in an oddly sensual tone that left us slightly unsettled as to the nature of her character. So far, a whacked, disorienting attempt at subtle eroticism.
Walking in through those doors gave us this strange sense of completion: the only way out now is through. Walking in single-file, with Seth in lead and our friend Jon Adler in caboose, we braved the night. Thankfully, and less interestingly, the slightly psychotic power dynamic had dwindled away.
So we entered…
With quite a few New York City residents and students still scattered across the country due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many are forced to miss one of the most adored New York seasons: fall. Hopefully, these photographs can serve as a temporary “taste of home” as we all continue to do our part to keep one another safe.
Read MoreAfter failing to receive $175 million from insurance providers, Century 21 filed for bankruptcy in September, joining the lengthy list of other national retailers who have done the same since the pandemic started.
Read MoreTall skyscrapers with twilights devoid of stars. Taxi cab drivers: mute. Subway cars with redundant seat colors and silent neighbors, eyes bent down to a flashing screen and ears plugged with headphones. No one talks. No one looks at each other. Sterile, boring, depressing.
We’re here to shake things up.
Read MoreThousands gathered at the 9/11 Memorial on Friday to pay tribute to the lives of family, friends and fellow Americans that died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.
Read MoreAfter being closed for over five months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the MET reopened to the general public Saturday, August 29. As a line began to trail down the museum’s iconic steps, there was a palpable significance to the historical moment that appeared evident on the faces of everyone gathered there. Upon entering the room, camera men, reporters and videographers flew about interviewing and capturing the moment, but past security, the museum’s contents remain unchanged and they seemed more important and appreciated than ever.
Read MoreChurches across New York City that joined together in Harlem on June 6. The Gathering, a church that meets in Harlem, organized the march and invited churches in the city to join in and declare in unison that Black lives matter.
Read MoreOn the corner of 98th Ave. and Park Place in Brooklyn, New York, over 100 churches came together with a single cry to a God of justice. A mile away at Barclays Center, the reoccurring 7:00 p.m. Black Lives Matter protest took form. At 7:25, the two marches converged, painting a picture of joint outrage.
Read MoreWith hands raised high into the air and eyes clenched shut, Shá Sanders, King’s senior and President of the Table, the student organization at King’s created to give a voice to minority students, stood in front of the Barclays Center to protest police brutality and the murder of George Floyd. The tear gas released by police officers’ into the predominantly peaceful crowd clouded her vision. An officer walked towards her demanding she leave the premises immediately. Then, as she walked away, stopping just momentarily to help a girl who had tripped behind her, she was struck down in the ribs by an officer’s baton.
Read MoreDespite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, thousands gathered in Brooklyn on June 2 to peacefully protest the murder of George Floyd in solidarity with the “Black Lives Matter” social justice movement.
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY—King’s alum, Victoria Bevill, and senior, Jonathon Keeler, married amid the novel coronavirus pandemic just four weeks after a quarantine had been set in place in the state of New York.
Read MoreAt the end of last month, a record high of 6.6 million people applied for unemployment in a single week. Those who have lost their jobs suffer the most immediate consequences of this, but the situation shapes up to be troubling for another group of people as well: college seniors looking to enter the job market later this year.
Read MoreWes Parnell, an alumnus of The King’s College and reporter for New York Daily News, contracted the novel coronavirus on March 21.
Read MoreAs students packed up and headed home for the semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some students stayed behind. The King’s College reported that around 40 students are still on campus, while New York’s death rate is the highest in the United States.
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