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News about the East Village of NYC
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Ice capades at Cooper Square Hotel
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The last, oh, three or four times that I've walked by this service entrance to the Cooper Square Hotel ...there are bags of ice just sit...
When an enormous town house just won't do
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From the Times today: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s town house at 17 East 79th Street is the epitome of Upper East Side elegance: five stori...
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Blood for coffee
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Measuring Tempo
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So there are new ads on the bus shelter at Third Avenue between 13th Street and 14th Street for this HIGH-TECH wonder of a living space, Tem...
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A work permit at Ryan's Irish Pub
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There's now a work permit in the window of Ryan's Irish Pub on Second Avenue near Ninth Street. (One wasn't visible when the pla...
Noted
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Along East Ninth Street.
Flower bounty
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On Madison Avenue in the 30s.
Why the Bowery will be "Ugly" today
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Fliers were on the Bowery near the Bowery Hotel.
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Bourdainster blogs about "Disappearing Manhattan"
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The Bourdainster blogs about tonight's episode of "No Reservations"... We're calling Monday night's show "DISAPP...
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Joe Strummer gets a new look, skyline
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On the side of Niagra on Seventh Street and Avenue A. Joe Strummer's mural, which went up in 2003, gets an update. Before: After: And in...
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Extra Place is getting prepped for pavement
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Extra Place is getting paved. Here's the flier telling residents.... "Keep your windows in the closed position"? Previously on...
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Scaffolding finally comes down at Third Avenue and 13th Street
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This scaffolding was up for at least two years. Last spring, Cafe Deville and Cosmic Cantina were named two of the worst outdoor tables at ...
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Sleepless in Stuy Town: Welcome to "Noise Town"
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The good people behind stuyvesant town's lux living made note of the flier (to the right) at First Avenue and 20th Street. Sounds like...
A note on the women's room at Milano's
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On Houston near Mulberry.
Open to interpretation
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On the Bowery. Near Fourth Street.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
That scene from "Revolutionary Road" filmed in the East Village
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I finally got around to watching the ( cough ) promo copy of "Revolutionary Road" that a friend passed along...(Been also meaning...
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Looking at "The French Connection"
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"The French Connection" won five Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Actor (Gene Hackman). In honor of the 1971 c...
"I wouldn't be able to do any of these things without the bus"
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The Daily News has a brief on the M8 protest yesterday. Anyone go to the event? More than 100 bus riders urged the MTA Saturday to keep th...
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
What's doing in San Francisco?
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This Page 1 article in the San Francisco Chronicle today caught my attention...: It's one of the seediest stretches in San Francisco,...
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Wall Street afterlife: "Because even sad clowns are a hoot at a birthday party"
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From the Times today : This week’s news that the city plans to spend $45 million to retrain jobless Wall Street executives may, understanda...
Friday, February 20, 2009
All this and more
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Happy birthday , Cheetah Chrome. The Dead Boys.
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EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
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M8 rally tomorrow ( Colonnade Row ) Last chance weekend at Etherea ( Stupefaction ) Tenants at 47 E. Third St. have until Aug. 31 to vacate ...
"Disappearing Manhattan" and opium chitchat with the Bourdainster (and is the Brooklyn Bridge going to disappear?)
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The Anthony Bourdain/"No Reservations"/Travel Channel site posted more information on their "Disappearing Manhattan" e...
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Why getting around the Financial District is so fun!
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Need to get somewhere in a jiffy? You'll be better off, oh, crawling. Pearl Street! Liberty Street! Maiden Lane! Wall Street! Fulton Str...
Report: In this recession, not even beer is recession-proof
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This chart makes my head hurt. Still! According to FiveThirtyEight.com , who broke this story: As you can see, there has generally not been ...
Note taped to the front door of the week
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Somewhere in the East Village.
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LES dawn... sunrise over Williamsburg
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Here's the latest work from filmmaker Paul Dougherty . He explains the video: "I'm not keen on the new luxury towers cropping u...
Why you won't be seeing some high school productions of "Rent"
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As the Times reports today : Theater directors and students at more than 40 high schools across the country have selected a new show for th...
Dumpster of the day
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East Second Street near Avenue A.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Is Walmart sniffing around Union Square?
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Maybe! Patrick Hedlund has the story in his Mixed Use column this week in The Villager. Best Buy's name has also been floated, he rep...
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"Coney Island will be open for business in 2009"
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I'm reprinting a comment left by Electricia on my Coney Island post from this morning: Your observation that you ran into about 50 peop...
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EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
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Looking back at the murder of Lee Morgan, gunned down at Slug's on Third Street and Avenue C ( This Ain't the Summer of Love ) About...
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