Carol from East 5th Street found what appears to be a Christmas/holiday tree... freshlyplucked from the Earth (there's still some green on it)...on Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
Why discard this today? Perhaps the balmy temperatures made it ideal for spring/summer cleaning...
Last Tuesday, Roger Friedman at Forbesnoted that the CBBG movie by husband and wife filmmakers Jody Savin and Randall Miller was a go.
Now, The Hollywood Reporterbrings word that well-regarded English actor Alan Rickman will play CBGB founder Hilly Kristal in the biopic about the club's origins.
And here's Rickman as Hans Gruber inside the Nakatomi Plaza in "Die Hard."