Saturday, September 28, 2019

EVG Etc.: The Mayor walks East River Park; the police look for vape store puncher


[Coffee time on 2nd Avenue via Derek Berg]

• A survivor of the Second Avenue gas explosion shares his story in court (New York Post ... previously)

• The Mayor tours East River Park, blows off local pols and at least one reporter (Patch)

• East Village parents angry at city over lead-filled apartment (New York Post)

• Local City Councilmember Carlina Rivera introduces bill to limit construction outside normal business hours (Crain's)

• New music venue from Baby's All Right team finally set to open on Lafayette (Brooklyn Vegan ... previously on EVG)

• Reflections on the 1970s-80s East Village art scene (Document Journal)

• Cops are looking for an underage suspect who punched a clerk after refusing to sell him a vaping device at the Smoke & Vape Shop on Fourth Avenue (ABC 7)

• Homeless advocates revive sleep-out protest at City Hall Park (Gothamist)

• A review of Debbie Harry's new memoir (The Washington Post)

• Remembering Hilly Kristal on what would have been his 88th birthday (Off the Grid)

• Long reads: The development battle in Two Bridges (Curbed) Meanwhile, One Manhattan Square has resorted to a rent-to-buy plan (The Lo-Down) Will luxury towers edge out the last of the working-class in Chinatown? (Vox)

• A 10,600-square-foot mural coming to Essex Crossing (Patch)

• Why Labor on Canal Street is the city's "most beloved" skate shop (i-D)
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3 comments:

  1. NOTORIOUSSeptember 28, 2019 at 12:32 PM

    So it's the accelerated heartbeat brought on from blinding rage that's killing the Juul kids.

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  2. franceonislandSeptember 28, 2019 at 7:39 PM

    Love, love, love Derek Berg's unique take on the East Village! Makes my day, every day!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2019 at 8:36 AM

    Landfill used to raise the East River Park 8 to 10 feet may contain asbestos and other harmful dust.
    For people living in the area, that's a huge health hazard!
    Nature survived hurricane Sandy, we need more trees (i.e. weeping willows) not deforestation.

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