Thursday, May 8, 2025

Thursday's parting shot

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Photo by Steven  Reps from PETA gathered in Tompkins Square Park today, urging the public to respect the area's pigeons.  The appeal com...
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Closing night highlights at the Lower East Side Film Festival: 'The Big Johnson' makes NYC debut (and takes the top prize)

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  The 15th edition of the Lower East Side Film Festival wrapped up on Monday evening with a closing night...
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Community Board 3 to discuss new entrance to Tompkins Square Park on 10th Street

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Community Board 3's Parks, Recreation, Waterfront, & Resiliency Committee meeting tonight includes this agenda item: Support to cr...
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Lane change underway at Key Food

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Workers yesterday removed one of the self-checkout lanes at Key Food on Avenue A and Fourth Street... ...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Wednesday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy The sandwich signs of Sunny & Annie's on Avenue B and Sixth Street ...

Ki Smith Gallery revisits hip-hop’s 'Golden' era through rare photographs

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Photos and text by Stacie Joy  In case you haven't had a chance to check it out yet ... Ki Smith Gallery's latest exhibition, ...

Today in overthinking discarded objects

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EVG reader Chris Rowland shared this photo today from Stuyvesant Street.  This is, obviously , a commentary on consumer culture or waste. ...

Rite Aid is closing its remaining New York stores, including on 1st Avenue in the East Village

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy As part of another Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, Rite Aid is reportedly closing (or selling) all 184 ...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Tuesday's parting shot

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From early this morning down on Pike Street (at Monroe) headed toward the East River with a Manhattan Bridge view...
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May 6 (as first spotted on May 5)

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An EVG reader spotted this last evening ( Happy Cinco de Mayo! ) on the SW corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street...
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When someone dumps an industrial-size fridge on Avenue C

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  On Monday, someone left a large industrial refrigerator near the southbound M9 stop on Avenue C between ...

Stripped to the studs: former church on 4th Street sees full gutting

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  The gutting of the former Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel at 256 E. Fourth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C a...
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Almost a full reveal at the all-new Barrier Free Living building on 2nd Street

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We nearly have a full reveal at the new state-of-the-art facility for Barrier Free Living at 270 E. Second St. between Avenue C and Avenue...
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The hit Hulu series 'Rafael's Interiors' (nudge, nudge) is filming in the East Village on Friday

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Filming notices are up around Tompkins Square Park and Fourth Street between Avenues A and C for the Hulu series "Rafael's Interi...
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Monday, May 5, 2025

Book readings: Artist-activist Ben Morea reflects on 'A Life of Rebellion'

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There's a new memoir from Ben Morea , a central figure in the 1960s Lower East Side anarchist guerilla-theater collective. His bio inc...

Today in LinkNYC factoids

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As seen today along First Avenue.  And for anyone invested in yesterday's  pigeon kidnapping post .
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More details emerge on Corner Bistro's proposed East Village location

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Photo by Stacie Joy  As we reported this past Friday, NYC classic Corner Bistro is eyeing an expansion to the East Village.  There is more ...
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