Tuesday, April 7, 2015

EV Grieve Etc.: Tickets for Taste of 7th; new chair for SLA


[Tompkins Square Park photo yesterday by Allen Semanco]

Taste of 7th is this weekend (Luke's Lobster)

A crazy East Village neighbor: "He called my roommate a prude b____ for not succumbing to his middle-aged wiles, then by way of threat casually mentioned that he had a key to our apartment." (Thrillist)

Cuomo appoints new chair of the State Liquor Authority (BoweryBoogie)

This East Seventh Street townhouse for sale includes an open air shower and a trampoline (Curbed)

A Broadway and East 14th Street then and now (Off the Grid)

A look at K’ook, now serving Korean fare on East Sixth Street (Bedford & Bowery)

Bike! Bonanza at Sara D. Roosevelt Park Saturday (The Lo-Down)

Donut Pub on 14th Street celebrating a big anniversary (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Palm Steakhouse closes for first remodeling in almost 90 years (Eater)

The mad history of moving in NYC (BoingBoing)

Inside the demolished Roseland Ballroom (Gothamist)

...and tonight at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS), 155 Avenue C between East Ninth Street and East 10th Street:

• Christiania 1971-2015: The Story of Europe's Biggest and Most Long Lasting Squat (Details here)

... and tomorrow night from 6:30-8 at 20 Cooper Square (Bowery at East Fifth Street):

• The Colloquium For Unpopular Culture and Powerhouse Books Present: KILL CITY: LOWER EAST SIDE SQUATTERS 1992-2000
Facilitated by NYU professor Sukhdev Sandhu
Artist talk/slide show by Ash Thayer followed by conversation with Stephen Duncombe, FLY, and Peter Spagnuolo (Details here)
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 8, 2015 at 5:54 AM

    re taste of 7th--Red Cross does not have fund to help displaced residents and businesses--it will go into general fund.

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  2. AnonymousApril 9, 2015 at 12:22 AM

    You can also donate to LES Ready where funds will go directly to help displaced residents. http://lesready.org/east-village-explosion/

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