Tuesday, July 19, 2022

EVG Etc.: Remembering Hunter Reynolds & Claes Oldenburg; looking at de Blasio's campaign donors

Some links to other sources from the past week (with a photo from this morning on Houston and Ludlow) ... 

• Remembering Hunter Reynolds, East Village artist and AIDS activist (POZ) 

• RIP Claes Oldenburg (CNN ... more background on his LES history at Off the Grid)

• Family looking for answers after murder of Jesse Parrilla (PIX 11 ... previously on EVG) 

• Police seek man on e-bike accused of sexually assaulting 2 women in Manhattan early Saturday morning, including a 28 year old on Avenue A and Fourth Street (Westside Rag ... CBS 2 ... ABC 7 ...

• A $95 million lawsuit alleges sexual assault against famed East Village restaurateur Shuji Bon Yagi (The Post) 

• City under a heat advisory through tomorrow night (Gothamist ... find a cooling center via this city map) 

• De Blasio scores campaign cash for the Congressional District 10 race from subjects of his ethics probes (The City) UPDATE: The former mayor drops out of the race (Axios) 

• Displaced Lower East Side Ecology Center heading now to Canarsie (NY1 ... previously on EVG) 

• Jesse Malin pays tribute to his longtime friend Howie Pyro (The Village Voice) 

• The MTA has put up a want ad for companies seeking to install platform barriers at three stations in the subway system, including the L at Union Square (The City) 

• History of Mechanics Alley on the LES (Ephemeral New York) 

• More on the Acne Studios handbag ads with the butt shots (The Post ... previously on EVG)
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 19, 2022 at 4:52 PM

    Wasn't there a similar issue a few years back when IHOP was venting bacon smell into the apartments on 14th? What ever happened with that? Did IHOP have to re-do its venting system?

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  2. AnonymousJuly 19, 2022 at 5:12 PM

    De Blasio dropped out!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 20, 2022 at 8:28 AM

    De Blasio dropped out…but still gets to use cash raised to pay off past debts.

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