January
RIP David Bowie...
[First Park]
The great Blizzard of Jan. 23...
[East 10th Street via Peter Brownscombe]
... and the day after...
[East 1st Street near 1st Avenue]
The great snow, oh you know...
[Photo via @sandispino]
DOUBLE RAINBOW...
[Photo by Caz Lulu via Facebook]
Panhandling evolution...
[Photo by Derek Berg]
February
Losing the war against the rats...
[Photo by Bobby Williams]
St. Mark's Bookshop closes...
Another cold, cold night...
[Photo by @georgygirlnyc]
March
One year later...
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
A new era begins...
[Photo by Steven]
April
Here's Johnny...
[Photo by Derek Berg]
You will be missed...
May
So long Yaffa Cafe mural...
[Photo by Allen Semanco]
Saving Air Shaft Rabbit...
At least Chris Christie isn't actually going to be Secretary of the Interior...
[Photo by Karts]
June
Tompkins Square Park's Prince-inspired piano...
[Photo by Steven]
At the annual Drag March...
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
ABC No Rio closes for now...
[Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk]
July
The kids learn to fly...
[Photo by Derek Berg]
A Sunday morning walk on St. Mark's Place...
[Photo by Derek Berg]
Campaigning in Tompkins Square Park...
[Photo by Steven]
Bagging a Rattata ...
[Reader-submitted photo]
August
A hotel in the works for 11th Street...
[Photo by Grant Shaffer]
A sign of progress in the ongoing Astor Place/Cooper Square Reconstruction project...
[Photo by Vinny & O]
September
A new space on Seventh Street for Abraço...
[Photo by Steven]
111 years later...
A fire at Caracas Arepa Bar...
[Photo by EVG reader Joaquin]
A new home for Comrade Lenin...
[Photo by Peter Marciano]
October
Fall in Tompkins Square Park...
A crowd in Tompkins Square Park for Choking Victim ...
[Photo by Goggla]
November
The cube returns to Astor Place at long last...
[Photo by @unitof]
A vote for the neighbor's best restaurant ...
[Photo by Peter Brownscombe]
Another March Against Trump...
[Photo by Steven]
After a brief closure at McSorley's...
[Photo by Steven]
December
The NYPD vs the Hells Angels...
[Photo by Event Photos NYC]
SantaConned again...
[Photo by Derek Berg]
At the 25th annual Tompkins Square Park tree lighting...
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
A look at the future?...
[Photo by Bobby Williams]
Saturday, December 31, 2016
The 3 most-viewed EVG posts of 2016
In keeping with the spirit of the listicle season...
1) Report: Man reportedly shot moving orange cones outside Hells Angels HQ on 3rd Street (Dec. 12)
2) The fall of Lenin: Iconic statue removed from Red Square on East Houston Street (Sept. 30)
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
3) Breaking (pretty much!): Target is coming to 14th Street and Avenue A (July 29)
1) Report: Man reportedly shot moving orange cones outside Hells Angels HQ on 3rd Street (Dec. 12)
2) The fall of Lenin: Iconic statue removed from Red Square on East Houston Street (Sept. 30)
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
3) Breaking (pretty much!): Target is coming to 14th Street and Avenue A (July 29)
Friday, December 30, 2016
Sunday times
Iggy Pop's Post Pop Depression made some year-end listicles for best records of the year... here's "Sunday" from that March release from the former EV resident.
Gone but not forgotten
Remembering a few of our friends and neighbors who died in 2016...
Stephen Konzen (aka the East Village Magic Man), friend, magician
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Richard Kopperdahl, writer, patient
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Carmen Pabón, community activist, gardener
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Bill Gerstel, father, musician
[Photo from 2014 by James Maher]
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Ernest Russell, father, artist
[Photo by Legacy Russell]
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Adrian Gilboe, store owner, collector
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Brett Kilroe, designer, music lover
[Photo by Dan Winters]
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Lorraine Levine, sophisticated lady, advice giver
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Tom Mulligan, Army veteran, Tompkins Square Park regular
[Photo by Michael Sean Edwards]
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John Farris, poet, mentor
[Photo of John Farris by EVG from 2010]
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Alan Vega, musician, icon
[Image via]
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Roland Legiardi-Laura, poet, director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
[Image via Nuyorican Poets Cafe]
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Al Orensanz, author, director of the Angel Orensanz Center
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Coca Crystal, writer, cable-access star
[Image via Facebook]
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Jim Hayes (aka Cowboy Jim), Tompkins Square Park, St. Mark's Place fixture
[Photo courtesy of John Caldwell]
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Stephen Konzen (aka the East Village Magic Man), friend, magician
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Richard Kopperdahl, writer, patient
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Carmen Pabón, community activist, gardener
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Bill Gerstel, father, musician
[Photo from 2014 by James Maher]
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Ernest Russell, father, artist
[Photo by Legacy Russell]
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Adrian Gilboe, store owner, collector
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Brett Kilroe, designer, music lover
[Photo by Dan Winters]
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Lorraine Levine, sophisticated lady, advice giver
Don't freak out, but I died on Sunday. You can now reach me via the Ouija board. Will do hauntings for a buck. ❤️u pic.twitter.com/4x01HWTYGT
— Lorraine Levine (@ask_lorraine) May 23, 2016
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Tom Mulligan, Army veteran, Tompkins Square Park regular
[Photo by Michael Sean Edwards]
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John Farris, poet, mentor
[Photo of John Farris by EVG from 2010]
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Alan Vega, musician, icon
[Image via]
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Roland Legiardi-Laura, poet, director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
[Image via Nuyorican Poets Cafe]
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Al Orensanz, author, director of the Angel Orensanz Center
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Coca Crystal, writer, cable-access star
[Image via Facebook]
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Jim Hayes (aka Cowboy Jim), Tompkins Square Park, St. Mark's Place fixture
[Photo courtesy of John Caldwell]
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