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Saturday, December 25, 2010
The holiday tree of Tompkins Square Park
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Several readers have asked about history of the Tompkins Square Park holiday tree... there's a new sign, unveiled during last Sunday'...
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Things that aren't Jesus: St. Lazarus of Avenue B
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My apologies... yesterday (twice!) I misidentified this statute on Avenue B and 13 Street as Jesus. I didn't mean to be flip about this...
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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the gas station...
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Second Avenue and First Street last evening. Photos by Bobby Williams.
Friday, December 24, 2010
[Updated] Jesus is now chained to a fence on Avenue B
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Well, I did go back to Avenue B and 13th Street tonight to see if the statue of Jesus on the market for $50 (plus $5 delivery!) was still t...
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Comfort and joy
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The Casualties at Coney Island High from 1995. Gets me in the holiday spirit. (I could have used "Kill Everyone" from their pre-C...
Going rate for Jesus today: $50 (plus delivery fee)
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Avenue B at 13th Street. Chino is asking $50 for it ... throw in an extra $5 and he'll deliver it.
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Fined Christmas tree vendor leaves early; plenty of trees left elsewhere
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Here's the scene today on Second Avenue along the St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery... As Patrick Hedlund reported at DNAinfo yesterda...
Who is this dagger-carrying mystery man arrested in the East Village?
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From the Post today : Authorities have two questions for a bushy-bearded mystery man found wandering the East Village with a giant dagger ...
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Heavily armed cops spotted on the Bowery
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We spotted four heavily armed NYPD officers this morning — decked out in riot gear and whatever kind of heavy artillery that they carry — on...
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When a cab ride will (nearly) cost you an arm and a leg (well, at least an arm)
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From the NYPD Daily Blotter in the Post today: A hack from hell rolled up the window on the arm of a man and dragged him for several bloc...
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Le Souk is back open and loud as ever
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We know that Le Souk is throwing a New Year's Eve bash at their old space on Avenue B ... Perhaps the Le Soukers were giving the space ...
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A very Billy Christmas
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Here's the photo that accompanied Billy Leroy's holiday e-mail this year... (sent to us by a friend) The note reads: Wishing you a ...
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3 old-timey scenes from the holidays
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Oh, just three old-timey holiday scenes from the Museum of the City of New York archives.... First, Macy's from 1944 (no photographer l...
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
McDonald's gets festive for the holidays
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First Avenue near Sixth Street tonight.
Arlo and Esme closing on East First Street after 3 years
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The cafe/club combo is closing... at the former site of the universally reviled East Village Yacht Club .
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Onetime Tompkins Square Park crusty found murdered in Virginia
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[ Photo by Steven Hirsch, reprinted with permission ] The Local East Village brings word that Robert Edwards Dyck — known as Yardsale aroun...
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Counter closing in February
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As Eater reported on Nov. 16 , wd~50 pastry chef Alex Stupak received the OK from the CB3/SLA for Empellon, "a fine-dining Mexican rest...
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Reader question of the day (year?)
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From the EV Grieve inbox... from a reader... Do you recall hearing that Giuliani's administration was briefly considering putting all th...
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Questions over Christmas tree fine
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On Tuesday, DNAinfo's Patrick Hedlund reported that the Department of Transportation fined Roger Baust, who sells Christmas trees and w...
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A great new sign for C'est Magnifique?
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Many thanks to Ken Mac for sending along this photo ... a new awning for MacDougal Street mainstay/survivor C'est Magnifique .
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Fire advice
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While going through old e-mails last night, I came across a missive from DJ Xerox . He lives adjacent to Otto's Shrunken Head on 14th St...
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Give the gift of Mars Bar this holiday season
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Goggla passes along word that men's style T-shirts are available at the Mars Bar ... As of yesterday afternoon, there were only smaller...
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Laundry loyalties on Avenue B
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The new Quick Coin laundromat is now open on Avenue B near Fourth Street... in the former Carne Vale space... Meanwhile, a few doors to the...
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Noted
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Ninth Street and First Avenue. Santa? That's not the North Pole area code, though.
Two of the only affordable places to eat along Avenue B temporarily shuttered
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Plumbing issues shuttered China Wok and Cafe Rakka yesterday on Avenue B at Third Street... Hope they open soon... two of the few affordable...
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A great storefront (and noted)
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11th Street just west of First Avenue... Meanwhile, hanging inside the doorway... just took this shot for posterity. A reminder of what coul...
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Season's Greetings
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East Fourth Street near Avenue B.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Remembering Joe Strummer
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I was happy to see to see that a few people came by the Joe Strummer mural tonight at Seventh Street and Avenue A to pay their respects on t...
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More photos from tonight's First Avenue fire
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Thanks to jdx for these photos. Witnesses said the fire started around 7:30-7:40... It was under control by 8... The fire was between ...
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EV Grieve reader Anna sent along the above shot from tonight's fire on First Avenue... She saw a bus on the scene taking displaced resi...
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