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News about the East Village of NYC
Sunday, January 18, 2009
"It was a gray city, a weary one, an older one"
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Novelist Kevin Baker has an op-ed in the Times today. It's about his arrival in NYC in the late 1970s. Here are a few excerpts from th...
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Perfectly good things someone is throwing away
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On East Seventh Street.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The Holiday Cocktail Lounge lives
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Not sure if these signs went up yesterday or today at the Holiday on St. Mark's Place...Good news, nonetheless. If it was open last nig...
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Meanwhile, don't expect to see this guy at the Holiday then
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This is from a post I did last July 8 . Seemed like a good time for a rerun: We were talking about the Holiday Cocktail Lounge on St. Mark...
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Noted
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MAYOR Bloomberg, after presenting his State of the City address at Brooklyn College, crossing the street to Applebee's , where his party...
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Work out like Derek Jeter -- for at least seven days
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This time of year sports clubs like to make us feel fat (fatter?) and pasty (pastier?). So we'd better join! Anyway, for some reason, I ...
Friday, January 16, 2009
Freedom of Choice
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For two reasons. 1) It's like 2 degrees out. So let's get warmed up by Devo from the Central Park SummerStage from August 2004. (Oh...
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On East Seventh Street: Dessert Row seems a little deserted -- Chocolate Bar has closed
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Wow. East Seventh Street , particularly on the north side of the street closer to Avenue A, seemed to be booming there for a bit . No more....
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Wishful thinking
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On Water Street in the Financial District this morning. Only off by four hours and, maybe, 50 degrees.
24 hours...and 99 cents
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In a recent post on two old signs that I like, commenter StuyTownFullofYunnies mentioned the flashing neon of the newish coffee shop on 14...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Voice remembers longtime EV resident Richard Leck
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Runnin' Scared had a lovely feature obituary earlier today on Richard Leck, a longtime East Village resident who recently died of heart...
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A note from the EV Grieve Enterprise Virtualizer/Workday Systems Liaison (you know, IT)
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Hello. To recognize the shifting paradigm shifts in the global marketplace, I stupidly changed my URL last month. Anyway, the transition h...
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Noted
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From The Superficial: Sarah Jessica Parker wants to cast Britney Spears in the new Sex and the City movie , according to MTV UK : It seems B...
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EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition
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An East Village resident's apartment proved to be a prized asset when she went to Craigslist in search of a swap near Washington, D.C.,...
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Recessive economy, high unemployment, falling housing market: What year is this...?
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I'm currently reading a rather academic book titled "From Urban Village to East Village: The Battle for New York's Lower East S...
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A sterile new sign for the Blarney Stone
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The Blarney Stone on Fulton Street near Nassau in the Financial District is a fine joint for some beers and affordable quality food. And the...
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Speaking of landmarks and chicken fat, Cindy Adams thinks East Houston has a problem
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From her column in the Post yesterday: NOW, Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber's glamorous glorious gorgeous premiere of "Defiance&q...
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Are bag snatchers getting more brazen or are people getting dumber? YOU decide
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From the Police Blotter in this week's issue of The Villager : A woman who put her bag on the corner of the bar at Anchor Bar, 310 Spri...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition
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Expect more empty storefronts in Manhattan ( New York Times ) Bartender wanted ad of the day: "Styled like a hipster Bennigan’s, this B...
Where are all the ads?
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Have you noticed how many blank walls there are around the neighborhood these days...? Buildings that typically always have some sort of ban...
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