Editorial
Urgent action needed on Chelsea crossing
Another day, another pedestrian mowed down by a vehicle on Manhattan’s busy streets. Unfortunately, that was the fate of 82-year-old Amelia Chimienti last week as she crossed what has arguably become one of the most dangerous intersections in Chelsea: 16th St. on the east side of Ninth Ave., across from Chelsea Market.

Letters to the editor

Talking point
Parsing the fine print in the General Theological Seminary debate
By David Halle
As a Sociologist who lives in New York City and is writing a book about development on Manhattan’s Far West Side, I have been following the G.T.S. proposals debate. I have great respect for several opponents, but I think the moral high ground here lies with the Seminary, for four reasons.

The governor can’t steamroll separation of powers
By Deborah J. Glick
The Bush administration’s view of the unitary Executive highlights the importance of the separation-of-powers doctrine. Due partly to the Republican Congress’s failure to properly fulfill its role as a check and balance to the all-powerful chief executive, the administration was successful in pushing through a number of highly misguided actions.

Notebook
Anna Nicole Smith and the men who love her
By Andrei Codrescu
The Anna Nicole Smith business hit me hard. I didn’t expect it. I was saddened, troubled. I nearly cried. I got mad at the letters from viewers on CNN. People said things like, Why give such coverage to the death of a nobody? Great scientists, thinkers and writers pass with nary a mention.

The Buzz

Police Blotter

Scene

Elizabeth Sculthorp Force, 104, education pioneer and gardener
By Albert Amateau
Elizabeth Sculthorp Force, a pioneer in family-life education and a Village resident active in the Jefferson Market Garden, died Jan. 24 in her Horatio St. home at the age of 104.

Making the most of your cardio workouts
By Greg Rothman, M.S. P.T.
If you’ve been following my column, you’ve been introduced to the concept of “synergy,” the three elements of any successful fitness program that work together to give you the results you want — building lean muscle, moderate cardiovascular exercise and the right nutrition — and you read about the first, building lean muscle, in last week’s column.