[Photo of Pitts by Steven]
Pitts, a longtime East Village resident and poet/spoken word performance artist, is performing at ABC Beer Co. tonight at 7...
ABC Beer Co. is at 96 Avenue C between Sixth Street and Seventh Street.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Pitts (and company) performing this evening at ABC Beer Co.
[Photo of Pitts by Steven]
Pitts, a longtime East Village resident and poet/spoken word performance artist, is performing at ABC Beer Co. tonight at 7...
ABC Beer Co. is at 96 Avenue C between Sixth Street and Seventh Street.
March madness
Sunday morning (3/12) forecast update - Blizzard Watches have been expanded westward into metro New Jersey for Monday night into Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/0Euv8y1wwA
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) March 12, 2017
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Report: Video captures beating on Orchard Street early Friday morning
Video of horrifying attack on #LowerEastSide. If you recognize these guys, call @NYPD7Pct. #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/5tUrfrpiTr
— Josh Einiger (@JoshEiniger7) March 11, 2017
Here's what unfolded via the Post:
The 24-year-old victim was being chased north on Orchard Street by two men who caught up to him between Stanton and Rivington just before 3 a.m. Friday, according to police.
His attackers repeatedly punched and kicked the man before escaping in a black car, cops said.
And from the Daily News:
The brutal beatdown happened so fast that security guards at nearby bars weren't able to break it up in time, said a man who witnessed the aftermath.
"Nobody could help this person. It was over that quickly," said Chad David, 51.
The video shows several people walking by the attack.
Per CBS 2:
The witness and others screamed at the assailants when the violence began.
“And they wouldn’t stop — just going on and on and on, like, and that’s when I was yelling: ‘Stop! Stop! He’s down! Just leave it! Go!’” the witness said.
No one dared to intervene physically.
PIX 11 says the victim is in serious condition.
Media accounts do not provide descriptions of the suspects. Police say they do not know what motivated the attack.
Anyone with information that could help in the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). You may also submit tips online.
Updated 3/12
CBS 2 spoke with the victim's mother...
Held to the ground and beaten, surveillance video outside 156 Orchard St. shows the 24-year-old victim, William Franco, trying to cover his head while two men kick, stomp, and punch him into the pavement.
His mother lives about a block away from where the attack happened. CBS2’s Jessica Borg spoke exclusively with her Saturday, getting her reaction to the beating.
“Like any mom would be — worried, that’s it,” she said.
Police sources tell CBS2 Franco and the two men had gotten into an altercation at a nearby bar right before that attack. The police sources say Franco claims he never met the attackers before Friday morning.
“He probably don’t know them,” his mother said.
Updated 3/13
DNAinfo reports that the fight started at Pianos. The victim had reportedly been asked to leave the bar.
Per DANinfo:
The spat started inside the bar and music venue at 158 Ludlow St., where the 24-year-old victim and his attackers got into a fight early Friday morning and the victim was booted from the bar, police said.
The victim then waited outside the bar for the suspects to exit, at which point the brawl started up again, the NYPD said.
Friday, March 10, 2017
Someone left (or dragged) a piano to Tompkins Square Park today
At the entrance on Avenue B at Ninth Street... come, sing a song...
Photos by Lola Sáenz
Updated
Scuba Diva came across this scene earlier in the day...
Hanging in the 'Balance'
Depeche Mode have a new record coming out... and a tour, which includes dates at Madison Square Garden this September, to support the release. (Tix went on sale today.) The video here is from 1983 — "Get the Balance Right."
Gym rats: Personal info of former David Barton members found on Astor Place
NBC 4 had this report:
Paperwork containing the personal information of clients at a shuttered David Barton Gym ... was found strewn across the heavily-trafficked streets in the area Thursday.
News 4 cameras exclusively captured photocopies of identification cards, passports and visa information that had apparently been submitted with gym waivers for the luxury fitness chain.
It wasn't immediately cleared who tossed all this sensitive information on the curb.
The four David Barton Gym locations in Manhattan, including on Astor Place, shut down without any warning to its members or staff in late December.
Last month, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against Club Ventures Investments LLC d/b/a David Barton Gyms.
The Astor Place space will become one of New York Sports Clubs' collection of Elite clubs.
H/T Pinch!
EV Grieve Etc.: Vanishing New York the book; Boss Tweed a goner
[Photo on Astor Place the other day by Derek Berg]
Suspect arrested in assault of four women on the LES (The Lo-Down)
There's a livestream viewing of the ACLU's launch of People Power tomorrow afternoon at Lucky, 168 Avenue (Details here)
An interview with East Village resident Fenton Lawless on his 1976 subway graffiti documentary (Mass Appeal)
Boss Tweed's on Essex appears to have closed (BoweryBoogie)
A look at the politically-charged play by Guillermo Calderón debuting Sunday at the Wild Project on Third Street (BOMB)
About Vanishing New York the book (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
The Anthology Film Archives pays homage to queer cinema pioneer Barbara Hammer tomorrow (Official website)
Some history of 105 Second Ave., the former Fillmore East (Off the Grid)
The U.S., Canada and Spain win the honors for having the highest rates of severely cost-burdened renters (Bloomberg)
DNAinfo buys Gothamist (Gothamist... Jezebel)
That time in 1905 when a bar on Bleecker Street downplayed booze and played up soda, hot chocolate and ice cream sodas (Ephemeral New York)
French filmmaker Olivier Assayas's international trilogy at the Metrograph tomorrow (Official site)
The making of Lou Reed's "Street Hassle" (Dangerous Minds)
On Sunday, Neighbors to Save Rivington House host an event addressing the lack of health care facilities on the LES (DNAinfo)
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