• RIP Colin Alevras, who ran the the Tasting Room with his wife Renee on East First Street from 1999-2006 before moving to Elizabeth Street. He died of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. (
The New York Times)
• Assessing Mayor Adams' street sweeps six months later: "Property destroyed, people separated from services, no reduction in street homelessness" (
1010 WINS)
• Dysfunction in the Adams administration fuels housing crisis (
The Post) ... And the mayor parties until late at Little Sister at the Moxy East Village (
Page Six)
• State court keeps possibility of permanent outdoor dining program alive (
Gothamist)
• New program will convert unused newsstands to rest stops for delivery workers (
The City)
• Primary Wave Music has acquired a major stake in Joey Ramone's music-publishing assets for around $10 million (
Variety)
• Fake heiress Anna Sorokin (aka Anna Delvey) is living in the East Village upon her release from prison yesterday (
The New York Times...
the Post)
• The story of Angel Ortiz, Keith Haring's overlooked collaborator (
i-D)
• Some history of the recently opened Nine Orchard hotel on the LES ... aka, the old Jarmulowsky Bank building (
The Forward)
• Double Chicken Please on Allen Street named one of the world's best bars (
6sgft)
• The evolution of the egg cream (
Eater)
• Iggy Pop Covers Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker" (
Pitchfork)
• THIS WEEKEND: A few screenings left of Kathryn Bigelow & Monty Montgomery's "The Loveless" and Abel Ferrara's "The Addiction" (
Anthology Film Archives)
