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News about the East Village of NYC
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Looking at the Tompkins Square Park riots in black and white
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As the week's issue of The Villager notes: Just in time for the 20th anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park riots, East Village photog...
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Hair
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Pipeline 29 checks in with this report on the new Freeman's Barber Shop in the West Village: With its manly nautical theme, chalkboard...
Welcome to Lettertown!
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Good thread on Gawker this afternoon on two Bushwick residents referring to their neighborhood now as "BillyWick" or "BushBu...
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An EV Grieve editorial (aka, this week's sign of the Apocalypse)
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According to the Times today, shorts are no longer "an office don't. These days, they are downright respectable" at the offic...
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The New York Post on John Penley: "quite possibly New York City's cuddliest anarchist"
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The New York Post profiles John Penley today. And we begin: AS the unofficial leader of what is known as the East Village "slacktivist...
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Remembering Petrella's Point
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For 30 years, Adam Petrella ran the funky newstand with the directions at Bowery and Canal called Petrella's Point. (You might remember ...
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Appreciating what's left of the Bowery while it's still there
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The gloom and doom about further development on the Bowery has been well documented. ( Jeremiah took in the Lighting District in a post y...
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THIS is the Bowery that I miss!
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A CLASSIC! (And it's APPROVED by Bela Lugosi's estate!) Here's how allmovie descibes this 1942 CLASSIC: Bowery at Midnight cast...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
I challenge them to work in "Octopussy"
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Sean Connery continues to squabble with his neighbor on 71st Street. I only follow the story to see how the Post can work in a James Bond ...
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Tour buses continue to remind us of awful summer movies
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On lower Broadway, July 29.
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East Village 1988: "A Neighborhood of Vigorous Opinions"
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[Photo by dmax3270 via Flickr ] Gertrude Briggs, 77, has been selling used art, dance, and literary books at her store, Books 'n' Th...
"every time i look at this photograph, i want to cry..."
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That headline is part of the caption to this photo from 1987: " Astor Place looking west towards the subway and restaurant...every time...
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Commoners have nerve to use dumpster in front of new building that will be reserved for wealthier people
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On East Seventh Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.
Tonight in Tompkins Square Park: Bag searches (oh, and a movie)
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More bag searches in store for tonight's movie presentation in the Park? As for the movie, it's Better off Dead . An American clas...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
"How to not be a douchebag tourist in NYC"
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That's the headline to a post on joshinthecity, a blog by a 36-year-old Sydney, Australia, resident. He starts: "I didn’t write t...
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EV Grieve Etc. -- the economy is doomed edition
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From an op-e d by in today's Post by Nicole Gelinas, a Manhattan Institute fellow: Our elected leaders have been making long-term spend...
Signs that the economy is really bad
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The ATMs don't work anymore. People throw away their luggage because they can't afford to travel. People can't afford to fix the...
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Revisiting the decline of New York City
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As you can see, the Sept. 17, 1990, issue of Time had this cover story, The Rotting of the Big Apple. Excerpt: Skyrocketing real estate pri...
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Hooters and Red Mango
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This thought crossed my mind when I saw the Red Mango sign in the window of the former CBGB T-shirt shop the other day: What if someone is ...
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If you're thinking about driving on: Beekman Street
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Uh. Good luck. And you may want to throw it in four-wheel drive. (Also, I've always liked the sign for the Beekman, hidden there a bit ...
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