Friday, March 30, 2018

EVG Etc.: Coffee shop thieves on Union Square; hawklet egg watch in Tompkins Square Park


[Last night in Tompkins Square Park]

Thieves targeting coffee shops around Union Square (Town & Village)

Criticism over NYCHA's Lower East Side development plans (The Lo-Down) ... NYCHA residents suffer while politicos trade barbs (CBS New York)

The Landmarks Preservation Commission wants to eliminate some public hearings over building modifications (B+B)

Egg watch for Christo and Dora! (Laura Goggin Photography)

Longtime EV resident and storyteller Phillip Giambri stars in this short film "The Boho's Lament" (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York ... previously)

Union Square subway history (Ephemeral New York)

Rose and Basil on Seventh Street recently launched a new dinner service (Official site ... previously)

Electoral Dysfunction, a long-running political comedy debate show, coming to the Kraine Theater on Fourth Street (Official site)

Two East Village-based restaurants are opening second outposts: Little Tong in Midtown East (Eater) and Avant Garden to Williamsburg (Eater)

The Grace Jones retrospective that you've been waiting for (Metrograph)

The owner of Mercer Street Books & Records discusses the woes of small-business owners (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

A wide-ranging Q&A with Mike D (Vulture)

Random diversions: Nico's first single, featuring Brian Jones and Jimmy Page (Dangerous Minds)

... and workers finally removed the sidewalk bridge surrounding the Christodora House on Ninth and B ...


[Photo yesterday by Steven]
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2 comments:

  1. SarahMarch 30, 2018 at 3:57 PM

    Damn! Thief was 60! Time to get your life in order, son.

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  2. GojiraMarch 30, 2018 at 4:01 PM

    Has anyone seen anything of Nora? Or has she moved on, I wonder? (Guessing if anyone might know it would be Goggla.)

    And - Opie?!?

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