[A view on Avenue A yesterday by Grant Shaffer]
An ongoing lead-dust nightmare in this 12th Street building currently owned by Madison Realty Capital (The Villager)
City Council passes bill to increase transparency for urban renewal areas (The Lo-Down)
Thoughts on "What About Me," Rachel Amodeo's drama shot in the East Village in the early 1990s, playing Dec. 27 and Jan. 1 as part of MoMa's "New York Film and Video: No Wave–Transgressive" series (The New Yorker)
Critic Robert Sietsema likes Gino Sorbillo Pizzeria, recently opened on the Bowery (Eater ... previously)
Incoming vendors at the New Essex Market include a new concept from Radouane Eljaouhari, who ran Zerza (and briefly, the dubious 'Merica) on Sixth Street (The Lo-Down)
A cinematic celebration for Jonas Mekas’s 95th birthday (Anthology Film Archives)
A feature on the mother-son who run Au Za’atar on Avenue A at 12th Street (The Daily Meal)
Some photos from the East Village Arts Festival at the Tompkins Square Library (Slum Goddess ... previously)
Essex Crossing rental will be named for Sonny Rollins (Curbed)
The Luke’s Lobster’s "Star Wars" giveaway (The Voice)
From the Gilded Age, Christmas in the tenements (Ephemeral New York)
And several EVG readers have shared crowdfunding campaigns currently underway for two East Village residents... Barbara Caporale, a longtime community gardener and activist who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, is in danger of losing her home. You can read about the campaign here. There's also a campaign for Jimmy Carbone, owner of the currently closed Jimmy's No. 43 on Seventh Street. The campaign is to help him cover medical treatment and other debts. Read about that here.
