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Avenue A at 9th Street via Bobby Williams]
Permanent protection for the Siempre Verde Community Garden? (
The Lo-Down)
Kossar’s Bialys closer to reopening (
BoweryBoogie)
The former Winnie's Bar in Chinatown looks to be getting —
shocker! — an upscale makeover (
DNAinfo) ... that looks suspiciously familiar (
Grub Street)
A photo tour of Autre Kyo Ya, now open at 10 Stuyvesant Street (
Eater)
The political past of East Fourth Street (
Off the Grid)
Check out the "Essential LES Guide" (
The Lo-Down)
A new pair of adult red-tailed hawks hanging around the Lower East Side (
Gog in NYC)
How a Russ & Daughters manager helped fulfill his mother's last wish (
DNAinfo)
Some 2015 NYC vanishings (
Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Real estate horror stories from 2015 (
Gothamist)
ICYMI: Bidding farewell to NYC after 2 days (heh):
I take pride in knowing that I lived in New York when it was still gritty. When you could still ride a Ferris wheel in the middle of a giant toy store. When you couldn’t walk across Forty-second Street without getting hassled by crowds of topless painted women. When the M&M’s store didn’t have a limit on the number of pounds of candy you could smuggle out in your conference’s complimentary tote bag. (
The New Yorker)
What's in Patti Smith's suitcase? (
BoingBoing)
New York magazine's Where-to-Eat-in-2016 list includes East Village spots Noreetuh (First Avenue), Oiji (First Avenue), Babu Ji (Avenue B) and Superiority Burger (East Ninth Street) (
New York)
Diversions: The Punk Rock Fun Time Activity Book (
Dangerous Minds)
RIP Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister: His friends and fans share their thoughts (
BBC News) ... a collection of his best quotes (
The Guardian) ... and Alex contemplates life without Lemmy (
Flaming Pablum)