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News about the East Village of NYC
Monday, March 2, 2009
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
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Former LES resident Richard Boes , a regular in the early films of Jim Jarmusch, died on Feb. 21. In recent years he had self-published seve...
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Bar with no name opens in former Mo Pitkin's space
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We were surprised to find the former Mo Pitkin's space reopened as a bar this past weekend. We knew something was in the works for the ...
A REAL bad sign: The Jagerettes at the Holiday
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1) I understand the fact that the beloved Holiday Cocktail Lounge on St. Mark's Place needs to make money to stay open...so why not attr...
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Signs from the recession: At Angelina Cafe
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Avenue A near Third Street.
The shroud of WaMu: The Bowery loses a bank
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The Washington Mutual closed up shop on Bowery and Bond ... WaMuers need to head over to the next closest WaMu location at St. Mark's ...
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Noted
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Our old friend Esquared passed along information about the Modern Day Depression-Era Fundraiser at the City Reliquary in Williamsburg ...L...
Sunday, March 1, 2009
New Port Authority plan could wipe out a dozen Midtown properties (including two good bars)
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From the Post : An $8.75 billion plan to build another train tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan may wipe out a dozen Manhattan properti...
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Trend stories we very likely won't read
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But you can ...
As hard as they tried, the Times couldn't find anyone to say Yes
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Hasn't this story been done already?....From the Times today: As Hard Times Loom, Will New York’s Streets Get Meaner? Uh-oh! If a shr...
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
The latest on Etherea
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Karate Boogaloo has the latest today on Etherea : It's officially closed, but employee DJ Brion hopes to get the lease and reopen/rebra...
The Times profiles a "community citizen"
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The Times profiles Robert Lesko today...here are a few passages from the piece : When he’s not working, there’s a good chance that Mr. Lesk...
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Sort of good news from the East Village of Des Moines!
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An update from the Des Moines Register : A classic 1930s service station in the East Village has been saved, for now. Historic East Village...
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Friday, February 27, 2009
"New Rose" x two
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A remake that I don't hate..."New Rose" by the (underappreciated?) Gumball and Mr. Don Fleming ... And the original...
Scraping by
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The other day, the Fresh Direct truck pulled in front of St. Brigid's between Seventh Street and Eighth Street to park...in doing so, th...
Noteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
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Off Broadway in the 20s.
Spanky and our gang?
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Three teens, maybe 15 or 16, were walking along Tompkins Square Park. Teen 1: "I'm not gonna get married 'till I'm 34."...
A sign that I like
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On Third Avenue in the 20s.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
"The high cost of living has hit the Bowery"
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From the caption that accompanied this archival AP photo: A prospective customer grumbles under his breath at the prices scribbled on the wi...
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Steamed hot dogs?
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Near the New York Stock Exchange.
Old and broken and new and shiny on the Bowery
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One shit playoff game...and we quickly forget
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On Park Avenue South.
Trash treasures
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Someone tossed a huge box of magazines out on the curb the other day. On top, the June 2001 issue of GQ featuring Heath Ledger on the cove...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition
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The formula that killed Wall Street ( Wired ) Remembering Candy Darling ( The New York Times ) A record shop will stay in the Etherea space ...
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"Sophie's...remains a good place to stop time"
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I finally watched the "Disappearing Manhattan" episode of "No Reservations" (this after blabbering away about it the la...
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Signs of the times: Mass for employment
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On the fourth Wednesday of each month (such as today!), the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer on East Third Street near Avenue A has the foll...
Fun with dialogue balloons
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Someone placed dialogue balloon stickers on ads around the neighborhood...readymade for some good old-fashioned defacing! So far...
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Who wants to go for a ride in the cellulite reduction treatment car?
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On Spring and Mulberry. And it just fits by a hair in that parking spot.
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...
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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.
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