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News about the East Village of NYC
Friday, December 12, 2008
I'm rarely suspicious when a jewelry store has a "must raise cash" sign on its front window
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Name aside, there's some kind of Vegas feel to this glittery jewelry store on Nassau Street near John Street in the Financial District. ...
Gramstand falls
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Gramstand, the cutesy tea and sandwich place on Avenue A between 13th Street and 14th Street, shuttered rather quickly yesterday. As Eater ...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
This week's sign of the apocalypse
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Eater reports that Wolfgang Puck will be catering the food at the Fillmore thingee that should really just be called the Irving Plaza. &quo...
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"When the cultural embodiment of the East Village can’t work up a single quote about his neighborhood, it’s in a lot of trouble"
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Check out East Village native Matt Harvey's article in NYPress this week titled "The East Village Isn't What It Used To Be......
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The Knicks are well-represented on this season's NBA All-Star ballot!
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Stephon Marbury and Eddy Curry have yet to play a game this season, of course. Combined salaries for this season: More than $31 million.
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Checking out the Vigilant Hotel: "Perfect for the bored with responsibilities of maintaining a traceable address"
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I've long been fascinated by the Vigilant Hotel at 370 Eighth Ave. between 28th Street and 29th Street. An old-fashioned flophouse conti...
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East Village bathroom for rent (presented without any potty humor)
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From Craigslist (via dustbury.com ) I am a female in my mid 60's and I am looking for a room mate. Times are tight and I need some extr...
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RIP Ohio Theatre?: "It's not the first cultural institution to succumb to real-estate pressures"
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Alexis Soloski reports in the Voice that the Ohio Theatre will likely close in the new year. The former textile factory at 66 Wooster St. i...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
About that iconic Pepsi-Cola sign in Queens
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The City Room has the answer: In Manhattan, they’re asking what happened to the “Pepsi-Cola” sign. In Queens, they’re asking what happened ...
Tipstering with good intentions: Versace to the Bowery?
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I always appreciate any tips... So! A tipster just e-mailed claiming that a Versace store was opening on First Street at the Bowery. The ti...
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
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The Yanks pay $160 million for their next Carl Pavano ( amNY ) Firefighter fisticuffs at McFadden's ( Gothamist ) UGH. Bumper cars at As...
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Time suckers: New York magazine on Google Books
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As Ryan Tate reported on Gawker , New York is available now in the new magazine search on Google Books. Gawker highlights Barbara Goldsmit...
Lots of buildings seem to be for sale
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Seem like more than usual? And none of these are the 17 buildings for sale that Curbed reported on last Friday. 10th Street between A and B...
Noted
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In a post last March on a fancy open house on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B, I made reference to liking the doorway below...the...
Being a New Yorker vs. being from New York
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I’m growing tired - have been tired for some time, I suppose - of writers using their New York residency as a rhetorical device. Maybe this ...
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Just a short walk to every faboo place that you can possible think of!!!!
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A friend of mine in the neighborhood is looking for a new rental. Someplace not to far from his current home near Avenue A. The Mrs. wouldn&...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Santa fight
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EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition (for the evening)
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Get ready for $2.50 subway rides ( City Room ) Why more women are boozing it up ( New York ) Concern about the fate of the Tile Bar? ( Eater...
Scaffolding ruins a nice holiday shot
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On 15th Street near Union Square.
This seems like a nice spot for an ad
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View from Houston of a new apartment building going up on Second Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.
"After watching all three films, New York just looks like the craziest place on Earth"
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We've talked before about the work of photographer/filmmaker Richard Sandler . He has made several documentaries, including Brave New Yo...
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So do you think they bought the 1-Day Fun Pass from the MTA?
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Just a quick mid-morning musical interlude.
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Dog gone (groan)
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I like to amuse myself in little ways. Like!: Walking by the condo construction site on 13th Street near Third Avenue, the place that had th...
Monday, December 8, 2008
Fixed Rate Mortgages are available
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Noted Manhattan cakemaker April Reed created a gingerbread version of the Farnsworth House . Can be yours for only ... $4,320 . ( New York ...
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Noted
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On 21st Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue.
Looking at the photography of Nathan Kensinger
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I first got turned on to the adventurous photography of Nathan Kensinger over at Curbed . From exploring the nooks and crannies of the Brook...
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EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
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Saving Mr. Purple's garden ( East of Bowery ) The continued demise of East 10th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue ( Jeremiah...
Soupy Sales (sorry, it's Monday morning)
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Esquared has a post on a new boutique called The 1929 on Mott Street. As the Daily News reports: A new SoHo boutique named The 1929 — afte...
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Not such a hot spot
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OK, so. Earlier this year, the franks place Good Dog closed on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue...and the pooch o...
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But of course!
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Ha! on me. Jill nailed it in her comment on my post last Wednesday , "Hope for the Hudson's sign?" No it can't be. You ar...
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No heedless intruder?
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James S. Russell, Bloomberg’s U.S. architecture critic, uh, critiques the Cooper Square Hotel today . The hotel, which opens Thursday, incl...
Why you shouldn't be surprised if you run into Bill Murray at a bar or loft party or...
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Page Six Magazine explains. Kind of.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
"An irresponsible vanity buy"
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Phil Mushnick in the Post today: Two years ago, when the country's financial health was superficially strong, the Mets-Citigroup namin...
Tom Lee talks about life in the East Village and his late partner, Arthur Russell
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I've been a champion of Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell , the debut feature from Brooklyn-based filmmaker Matt Wolf. Russ...
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Noted
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Just when you thought New York couldn't get any more exciting , now comes word that Josh Groban is looking to become a part-time Manhat...
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Holiday shopping at d.b.a.
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This was forwarded to me...appreciate the communuity spirit here. It's happening at d.b.a. on First Avenue between Second Street and Thi...
The 7B days of Christmas
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Horseshoe Bar. 7B. Vazac's. Always looks nice during the holidays.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Reagan Youth, "USA" in Tompkins Square Park 1988
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One of the many bands playing the A7 show tomorrow at the Knitting Factory .
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