Monday, February 21, 2011
Silent night
After mentioning Friday that the lights were still on at the Tompkins Square Park holiday tree... they were extinguished this past weekend... Didn't even get to be lit up for Presidents' Day...
Reminders
Also for more Bowery history.... the Bowery History exhibit curated by Rob Hollander for the Lower East Side History Project and the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors closes on Wednesday. It's in the public space on the second floor of the Whole Foods on the Bowery.
Today in pop stars walking around the Lower East Side without pants
[And thanks for the e-mails about this. I think. More via Pop Dust and BoweryBoogie]
Photo via Splash.
Watch out for the Big Bad Wolf on the Bowery, Little Red Riding Hood
He'll tear down your grandmother's historic house and build a condo-hotel-luxury apartment complex-dorm...
This morning on the Bowery at East Fourth Street.
The East Village gets a taste of the Hamptons, sort of
Hamptons Market Place, with two locations on the West Side, is taking over the former Olympic Deli space on First Avenue at 13th Street ...
And the new owners have cleared out where the flowers were once sold on the 13th Street side...
...exposing part of the building's original features...
And the new owners have cleared out where the flowers were once sold on the 13th Street side...
...exposing part of the building's original features...
Tonda randomly open this past weekend
Tonda on East Fourth Street near Avenue B has been closed the past two weekends... We've asked people associated with the pizza place for comment, though have never received a response... seems a given that the place has closed.
Or not!
This past weekend, Tonda was randomly opened with an all-night happy hour, per their sandwich board. However, I didn't see anyone inside on Friday or Saturday night... and some of the gates were down — not very inviting...
This is all perplexing... I feel badly for anyone who still works here... and why not just be honest with the neighborhood?
Or not!
This past weekend, Tonda was randomly opened with an all-night happy hour, per their sandwich board. However, I didn't see anyone inside on Friday or Saturday night... and some of the gates were down — not very inviting...
This is all perplexing... I feel badly for anyone who still works here... and why not just be honest with the neighborhood?
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