July
Woo, it's 100 degrees out! Photo by Derek Berg...
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The great sinkhole of Tompkins Square Park...
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Noted on First Avenue...
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The Polish G. I. Delicatessen closes on First Avenue between Sixth Street and Seventh Street...
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DOUBLE RAINBOW... photo by James and Karla Murray...
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I know what you did last summer ... spotted at Avenue A and Ninth Street entrance to Tompkins Square Park...
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When you're late for the BBQ and can't find a cab, July 4 on Seventh and Avenue C ...
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At the wake for Cher, the willow of La Plaza... photo by Steven...
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August
About Jake, who roamed the East Village these past 11 years...
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Solar eclipse... photos by Frank Franca...
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The Confederate flag controversy on Avenue D and Eighth Street...
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Summer storm ... photo via EJ...
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The Village Voice announces that its ending its print edition...
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A Starbucks for St. Mark's Place and Avenue A...
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Tagging — then cleaning — the cube ... via Derek Berg...
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Webster Hall closes...
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Someone returns a book to the Tompkins Square branch 38 years after it was due back...
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Sea Monster performing in Tompkins Square Park during the David Peel memorial ... photo by Steven...
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September
Every recap needs a mannequin photo...
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Workers remove Cher from La Plaza... via Steven...
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Noted in Tompkins Square Park... photo by Bobby Williams...
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Higher ed on Sixth Street ... via Goggla...
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Hurricane Maria relief efforts continue at the Second Street firehouse...
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October
Cafe Orlin wraps up 36 years on St. Mark's Place...
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Jimmy Webb opens I Need More on Orchard Street ... photo by Walter Wlodarczyk...
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HiFi ends its 15-year run on Avenue A... via Dan Efram...
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RIP Flatbush... photo by Steven...
A crowd descends at the Halloween Dog Parade in Tompkins Square Park... via Steven...
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... and at the Dog Parade ... by Stacie Joy...
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Remembering Tom Petty at the Black & White Bar on 10th Street...
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So many adventures... photo by Derek Berg ...
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November
A fall sunrise from St. Mark's Place...
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Publisher abruptly shuts down Gothamist and DNAinfo...
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Friends and loved ones place flowers on Cooper Square where Elizabeth Lee was reportedly gunned down by a onetime boyfriend who had been stalking her...
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The latest iteration of the International Bar closes, merges with its sister saloon, the Coal Yard, one block to the south on First Avenue...
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Northeast corner of St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue will yield to a 7-story office building ...
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December
The beloved washer-dryer combo of 10th and B...
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The Grassroots Tavern will close after 42 years on St. Mark's Place...
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Pre-Supermoon via Goggla ...
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... and a holiday scene in Tompkins Square Park...
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