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Friday, March 20, 2009
Looking back at another Avenue B fire
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Yesterday's fire on Avenue B brought back memories of a major blaze...this one at 42 Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street ha...
Unzipping the mystery at Zips (trying to, anyway)
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There's no shortage of chitchat among a few neighbors [that I happen to know] of the former Zips Deli on Avenue B at Fifth Street . Rumo...
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Houston and Avenue B in 1997....and 2007
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Two weeks back, we mentioned the new mural by Chico and Tats Cru on Houston and Avenue B. Here's a quick look at some recent history of...
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Michael Rosen discusses Formula Retail Zoning
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This week's issue of The Villager includes an op-ed written by Michael Rosen titled Fighting on many fronts to protect our neighborhoo...
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Rhyming and dating
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I was reminded it that it's Spring Break for some colleges...a time when students go to warm places and drink and act dumber more than...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
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Spend an evening with Drew Hubner and Jim Coleman -- next Tuesday ( East of Bowery ) Biker Bill has words for Biker Billy the chef ( Slum Go...
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Starbucks to run expensive ad campaign to show that its coffee isn't expensive
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AdAge.com has it: Distressed that Starbucks has become the "poster child for excess," CEO Howard Schultz said the coffee company ...
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Of course the people we really want to leave just won't
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From the Times today : " New York City lost less population to other states in the 12 months ending July 1, 2008, than during any year...
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Is it safe to venture out again?
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I've come out of hiding...Is St. Patrick's Day over yet? And thanks to the jokester who sent me the info on the St. Patrick's Da...
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Noted
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Engineers have discovered dangerous cracks in 200-year-old wooden beams right above Mayor Bloomberg's desk in City Hall , leading to an...
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An excellent body of work
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Last August, I did a post on artist Dan Witz . He uses some of the uglier new buildings in Brooklyn and the LES as the backdrops for the p...
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" George W. Bush is getting $7 million for his memoir , tentatively titled "Decision Points," scheduled for a 2010 release by...
Reverend Billy investigates how the downturn is having an impact on local businesses ("Stay out of the national chains!")
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Thanks to the tipster who passed along this link... Mayoral candidate Reverend Billy talks with business owners on East Ninth Street on how...
More love for Britney on Avenue B...
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At Sixth Street... Previously .
More on Mr. Zero
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[ Update : The link to This Ain't the Summer of Love's Mr. Zero post/photo archives is currently down...we'll let you know when ...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Signs of the coming Depression?
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Two times in two different locations in the East Village...I saw someone walking down the street blowing on a harmonica . One more sighting ...
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At the Tub, Christmas 1933
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From an archival photo from Corbis dated 1933. Here's the original caption: Homeless and Unemployed Men Eating at Relief Center Mr. Zero...
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Don't mess with Mr. G
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Been a little slack. On my to-do list since, uh, last summer...join Jeremiah's Urban Etiquette Signs pool at Flickr . Anyway, here are...
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Jaws
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A few weeks back our pal BoweryBoogie mentioned the Western Union ads on the vacant groundfloor storefront along the Ludlow... Anyway, this...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Appreciating a great bar on a day where it's not safe to go into any bars
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Mars Bar , of course. First Street at Second Avenue. Not that you'll see anyone here today in green plastic hats and what not, but you n...
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Just another photo of a dog trying to hotwire a van
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Looking how guilty he/she looks! Caught on Ninth Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue.
What's wrong with this picture?
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Spotted in the Financial District.
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Avenue ATM (aka, how many stupid ATMs does one block need?)
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A new ATM was recently installed in front of the China Wok on Avenue B at Third Street.... Fine, though there was already an ATM across the ...
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For those who need some spiritual intervention while preparing your taxes this year
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On Avenue D.
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What's on the minds of the neighborhood's youth?
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Let's take a look at the chalk art some schoolchildren recently left in Tompkins Square Park...based on this they seem to be well-read.....
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Looking at the crack at St. Brigid's
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The Villager recently has an article on the architectural plans to renovate St. Brigid's at Eighth Street and Avenue B....One of the m...
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