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[Discarded $100 mattress on 7th Street by Derek Berg]
Community group and CB3 exploring possibilities of a special retail district (DNAinfo)
A feature on Ravi DeRossi, who owns multiple bars and restaurants in the neighborhood (The New York Times)
Fledgling photos from Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography)
Details on the Mermaid Parade tomorrow in Coney Island (Sheepshead Bites)
Things looking up for the Essex Street Market? (BoweryBoogie)
"Heavy Metal Parking Lot" turns 30 (Anthology Film Archives)
The best independent bookstores in NYC (Gothamist)
Business at the great bookshop Three Lives & Company is booming. However, the owners may need to find a new storefront after its home on West 10th Street is up for sale (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Ramones-spotting (Flaming Pablum)
Design contest winners proposed some L train alternatives (Curbed)
A look at ABC No Rio's last show (Slum Goddess ... previously)
Remembering the General Slocum tragedy (Off the Grid)
A new generation returning to revitalize Chinatown (The Lo-Down)
...and tomorrow at the Sixth Street Community Center between Avenue B and Avenue C...
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Lastly, will someone please check the contents of this trash bag for us? On Ninth Street between A and First Avenue... Thanks!
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[Photo via William Klayer]