Wednesday, December 30, 2015

EV Grieve Etc.: Permanent protection for an LES community garden; travel like Patti Smith


[Avenue A at 9th Street via Bobby Williams]

Permanent protection for the Siempre Verde Community Garden? (The Lo-Down)

Kossar’s Bialys closer to reopening (BoweryBoogie)

The former Winnie's Bar in Chinatown looks to be getting — shocker! — an upscale makeover (DNAinfo) ... that looks suspiciously familiar (Grub Street)

A photo tour of Autre Kyo Ya, now open at 10 Stuyvesant Street (Eater)

The political past of East Fourth Street (Off the Grid)

Check out the "Essential LES Guide" (The Lo-Down)

A new pair of adult red-tailed hawks hanging around the Lower East Side (Gog in NYC)

How a Russ & Daughters manager helped fulfill his mother's last wish (DNAinfo)

Some 2015 NYC vanishings (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Real estate horror stories from 2015 (Gothamist)

ICYMI: Bidding farewell to NYC after 2 days (heh):

I take pride in knowing that I lived in New York when it was still gritty. When you could still ride a Ferris wheel in the middle of a giant toy store. When you couldn’t walk across Forty-second Street without getting hassled by crowds of topless painted women. When the M&M’s store didn’t have a limit on the number of pounds of candy you could smuggle out in your conference’s complimentary tote bag. (The New Yorker)

What's in Patti Smith's suitcase? (BoingBoing)

New York magazine's Where-to-Eat-in-2016 list includes East Village spots Noreetuh (First Avenue), Oiji (First Avenue), Babu Ji (Avenue B) and Superiority Burger (East Ninth Street) (New York)

Diversions: The Punk Rock Fun Time Activity Book (Dangerous Minds)

RIP Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister: His friends and fans share their thoughts (BBC News) ... a collection of his best quotes (The Guardian) ... and Alex contemplates life without Lemmy (Flaming Pablum)

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