Friday, September 23, 2016

EV Grieve Etc.: Avenue A's transformation; thoughts on Lenin's departure


[Photo in Tompkins Square Park via Derek Berg]

The transformation of Avenue A (Curbed)

Michael Rosen on the fall of Lenin (Bloomberg ... previously)

Plans for 25-story building on Essex Crossing Site 4 unveiled (The Lo-Down)

People seem to like those giant dumplings at Drunken Dumpling on First Avenue (Eater)

Some Bowery-of-1985 pics (Flaming Pablum)

History of the former Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshe Ungarn on Seventh Street (Off the Grid)

Christo and Dora outtakes from this past hawk season (Laura Goggin Photography)

A talk with the proprietor of Downtown Yarns on Avenue A as the NYC Yarn Crawl commences (DNAinfo)

Upcoming: 50th anniversary screening of "The Chelsea Girls" (Anthology Film Archives)

The Lower East Side Pickle Day is Sunday on Orchard Street (Official site)

"American Psycho" at midnight this weekend (Sunshine Cinema)

"Ubu Rex" through Oct. 9 at the Theater for the New City on First Avenue (SmartTix)

For fans of diners... on 23rd Street near First Avenue, East Side Café has been rebranded the East Side Diner (Town & Village)

...and remnants of, perhaps, the first smashed pumpkin of the season this morning on St. Mark's Place...

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