EV Grieve
News about the East Village of NYC
Friday, May 23, 2008
Highs and lows this week
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Such good news this week about St. Brigid's . Meanwhile, this is what's left of the Tower of Toys as of Friday afternoon around 4.
"A handful of its buildings may seem grimly picturesque, but for the most part this is unappealing New York"
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That's Simon Jenkins writing in today's Guardian UK . It's a reaction to the National Trust for Historic Preservation naming th...
Dumpster of the Day
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10th Steet between Avenue A and First Avenue.
I had this dream in which I woke up and every corner in the city was now a condo, bank and Duane Reade
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Then I woke up for real and.....AHHHHHHHHHH!
The Brooklyn Bridge really overdid it last night during its 125th birthday
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Can't even call this a hangover. Still, what a blowout!
I'm really tired of suggestive advertising
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What exactly does "come to your happy place" mean? Now this is just too much!
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Hmm, feel like seeing a movie at my neighborhood theater -- what shall I see?
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"Just because a building is old does not mean that it is historically significant"
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That's Mitchell L. Moss, professor of urban policy and planning at NYU's Wagner School of Public Service, in an op-ed in today'...
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Days of Heaven? 7th Heaven? Little bit of heaven? Heaven sent?
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Pennies from heaven? I think $20 million deserves better than "Pennies." Still, at least they didn't play up the "America...
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"They tore it down. They tore it down. They tore it down."
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Indeed. That's what a man remarked (over and over) this morning as he walked by the rubble that used to be the Tower of Toys in the comm...
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A St. Brigid's killjoy
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I exchanged e-mails with a friend in the neighborhood last night about the new life for St. Brigid's. He seemed initially happy, I thoug...
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St. Brigid's as it was...and as it will be...
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I had mentioned Paul Dougherty, a longtime video maker, in a post on April 24. Given the good news about St. Brigid's, let's take a...
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