Friday, November 30, 2018

EVG Etc.: Catching up with Christo and Amelia; saving the Strand from landmarking


[The red-tailed hawks on the Christodora via Goggla]

Thanksgiving with Christo and Amelia (Laura Goggin Photography)

The Strand doesn't want its building landmarked (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

A feature on John Casey, owner of Casey Rubber Stamps on 11th Street (CBS 2 via YouTube)

These East Village spots are fueling "New York's Taiwanese New Wave" (The New Yorker)

The fight to make cash-free cafés illegal in NYC (Grub Street)

Citi Bike tripling the size of its fleet in the coming years (Streetsblog)

The mayor scraps plan for mega-jail down on Centre Street (Curbed)

The Lower East Side of Lillian Walk (6sqft)

EVG contributor Daniel Efram is raising funds for a one-off Curiosities book prototype (Kickstarter)

If you enjoy action-packed 1980s B-movies set in a dystopian future, then consider "2019: After the Fall of New York" (Dangerous Minds)

Meanwhile, on Twitter...


... and an EVG regular shared info on this festive event tomorrow evening at 7:30 not too far away — 155 East 22nd St., between 3rd Avenue and Lexington...

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1 comment:

  1. NOTORIOUSNovember 30, 2018 at 5:02 PM

    Re: The Strand. A happy ending story until it falls into Jeremiah's hands. Must he always be such a despair pornographer?

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