Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Images and stories 2017, Part 2

Here's a sampling of the stories and photos from the past year... July through December (find part 1 here) ... thanks to everyone who contributed during 2017!

July


Woo, it's 100 degrees out! Photo by Derek Berg...



The great sinkhole of Tompkins Square Park...



Noted on First Avenue...



The Polish G. I. Delicatessen closes on First Avenue between Sixth Street and Seventh Street...



DOUBLE RAINBOW... photo by James and Karla Murray...



I know what you did last summer ... spotted at Avenue A and Ninth Street entrance to Tompkins Square Park...



When you're late for the BBQ and can't find a cab, July 4 on Seventh and Avenue C ...



At the wake for Cher, the willow of La Plaza... photo by Steven...



August


About Jake, who roamed the East Village these past 11 years...



Solar eclipse... photos by Frank Franca...





The Confederate flag controversy on Avenue D and Eighth Street...



Summer storm ... photo via EJ...



The Village Voice announces that its ending its print edition...



A Starbucks for St. Mark's Place and Avenue A...



Tagging — then cleaning — the cube ... via Derek Berg...



Webster Hall closes...



Someone returns a book to the Tompkins Square branch 38 years after it was due back...



Sea Monster performing in Tompkins Square Park during the David Peel memorial ... photo by Steven...



September


Every recap needs a mannequin photo...



Workers remove Cher from La Plaza... via Steven...



Noted in Tompkins Square Park... photo by Bobby Williams...



Higher ed on Sixth Street ... via Goggla...



Hurricane Maria relief efforts continue at the Second Street firehouse...



October


Cafe Orlin wraps up 36 years on St. Mark's Place...



Jimmy Webb opens I Need More on Orchard Street ... photo by Walter Wlodarczyk...



HiFi ends its 15-year run on Avenue A... via Dan Efram...



RIP Flatbush... photo by Steven...



A crowd descends at the Halloween Dog Parade in Tompkins Square Park... via Steven...



... and at the Dog Parade ... by Stacie Joy...



Remembering Tom Petty at the Black & White Bar on 10th Street...



So many adventures... photo by Derek Berg ...



November


A fall sunrise from St. Mark's Place...



Publisher abruptly shuts down Gothamist and DNAinfo...



Friends and loved ones place flowers on Cooper Square where Elizabeth Lee was reportedly gunned down by a onetime boyfriend who had been stalking her...



The latest iteration of the International Bar closes, merges with its sister saloon, the Coal Yard, one block to the south on First Avenue...



Northeast corner of St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue will yield to a 7-story office building ...



December


The beloved washer-dryer combo of 10th and B...



The Grassroots Tavern will close after 42 years on St. Mark's Place...



Pre-Supermoon via Goggla ...



... and a holiday scene in Tompkins Square Park...

Sunday, January 1, 2017