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[Tompkins Square Park via Grant Shaffer]
East Village artist Martin Wong's collection of graffiti art now at the Museum of the City of New York (The Associated Press via Newsday)
Remembering Rene Ricard (Hotel Chelsea Blog)
Roy Colmer, who photographed more than 3,000 New York doors in the mid-1970s, has died (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Q-and-A with Cari Luna, author of "The Revolution of Every Day" (Brooklyn Based)
Barramundi will close to reinvent itself on Ludlow Street (BoweryBoogie)
'inoteca closes on Rivington Street this weekend (Eater)
Water main break on the LES this morning (The Lo-Down)
Thanks to the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation for this post on EVG (Off the Grid)
...and, given our well-known affinity for intricate, handcrafted balloon dresses... EVG reader Gregory Patrick shares this photo from Professor Thom's on Second Avenue... where there was a Valentine's Day-related photo shoot for Dragon Fly Productions the other day ...
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