Friday, May 8, 2015

EV Grieve Etc.: Preserving 190 Bowery; demolishing 136-140 Bowery


[Photo on East 4th Street by Derek Berg]

Mayor de Blasio’s plan for more affordable housing (The New York Times)

The Landmarks Preservation Commission likes the graffiti at 190 Bowery (Curbed)

Demo permits filed for 136-140 Bowery (BoweryBoogie)

East Village explosion victims eligible for low-interest loans (NY1)

More hawklet action (Gog in NYC)

No one apparently wants to rent the LES apartment with the shower in the kitchen (The New Yorker)

Fewer rats in NYC possible? (Runnin' Scared)

Q-&-A with Lydia Lunch (HuffPost), the subject of a new exhibit on East First Street (Howl! Happening)

More thoughts on "Tompkins Square Park" — the song (Flaming Pablum, previously)

144-150 Ludlow St. owners double their money in two years (The Lo-Down)

Is this is the best punk band in the United States? (Dangerous Minds)

Lower East Side History Month continues… find all the events here.

...and the 21st Annual Children's Workshop School Arts and Science Fair is tomorrow at the school on East 12th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C ...there will be glop...



... and there's an interesting series at the Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue and East Second Street this weekend titled Rain the Color of Blue With a Little Red in It, which includes screenings of "The Harder They Come," two Jean Rouch films, "Moi, Un Noir" and "Jaguar," and "Purple Rain" ...



Find screening times here.

… and click on the image below from Michael Sean Edwards for some Tompkins Square Park cycling action…

1 comment:

  1. A 1 bedroom in LES for $1800? and it cannot be rented? I thought there was a housing shortage for affordable housing? Picky people. There are still apts. with toilets in the hall and tubs in the kitchen and tenants are not moving out of those apts.

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