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Serial restaurant dabbler and assassinator Michael “Bao” Huynh has given up on trying to make money after countless diehard efforts and is leaving tonight for Vietnam, the land of opportunity. Bao III, Obao, Mickey’s Burger, Bia, BaoBQ, Bar Bao, Pho Sure. Nothing really worked for Hunyh, at least not for long...
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— Lisa Colagrossi (@LColagrossi7) January 25, 2013
Celebrate the sixth installment of LAST UNICORN, a blacklight phantasy dance & performance night brought to you by life curators Jacquelyn Gallo & Rosalie Knox.
*DJ SETS (this month enjoy a hot Ménage à Mike dj pileup)
• Dj Dubious Luxury - Mike Doughty delivers large beats & twisted cut ups you wouldn’t expect but will enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/dubiousluxury
• Dj Mike Bill$ - straight up ninja bringing your favorite ‘heroes of the Obama generation’ to the dance floor
• Dj Nuke Iran - Mike C serves pure dance magic, we just can’t get enough
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES:
- Super Bad Brad - legendary NYC street performer, Brad Prowly, stops by to bless us with his voice from beyond
*PLUS+++
Go-Go Gonzo dancing by REVE; special visual projection experience; free blacklight manicures & $5 house vodka drinks until midnight!
$6/ FREE BEFORE MIDNIGHT - MUST say ‘Last Unicorn’ at the door
1848 — Workers place the church's cornerstone
1858 — St. Brigid's School opens on East Eighth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C
1861 — Church holds a Requiem Mass for the men of the 69th New York State Militia who had been killed during the Civil War
[1869]
[1880s]
1889 — Church finally consecrated
1890 — the first Greek Catholic Mass in New York City was celebrated in the basement by Rev. Alexander Dzubay
[1928]
[1935]
1954 — New St. Brigid's School opens on Avenue B and East Seventh Street, where it remains today
1962 — Church spires removed because of safety concerns
1988 — Church allows homeless advocates and protesters of the police action to mobilize under its roof during the Tompkins Square Park Riots
[EVG, circa 2008]
1992 — East wall begins separating from the building
2001 — Cardinal Edward M. Egan closes the church
2006 — Demolition begins; parishioners file suit against the Archdiocese, temporarily halting work
2008 — Anonymous "angel" donates $20 million to restore church
2013 — Church reopens
As men washed themselves of the filth of a night and day of demolishing the interior of St. Brigid's , a crow sat cawing and harried by small but agitated and persistant birds atop the Gaelic cross at the peak of the facade of the 1848 landmark church of " Mary of Gael ", St. Brigid , the mother church of the Irish immigrants of the middle 19th century .
I am not a soothsayer and thus can not say what the presence of a crow cawing on a cross at a time like this does presage . Is there some dark fate and certain final loss with this church that we must without choice come to know and if so, should we not protest such fate extremely ? Shall this landmark and icon ,our connection with our past , just perish ? Today , the demolishers punched a hole in a stained glass window for fresh air as they demolished the precious interior and then punched a hole in the back wall of the church to defecate the brutally demolished interior of the church into the lot behind the church .Tommorow all will return to court to decide finally whether this demolishing shall stop .
The community wants this church to be saved ...preserved . But it seems there are now powerful forces dead set against saving this church ; powerful forces , the archdiocese , the bishops and the Cardinal , it seems , want St Brigids reduced to ruble . I do not truly understand why . Some say offers to purchase the church at a fair market price and then return St. Brigid's to the community have been made . It is said that the Cardinal has said no to such offers ,thus , can it be that there is more than just the money value of St. Brigid's demolished that is of concern to the archdiocese . The civil courts and the Landmarks Preservation Committee so far seem to be powerless to save this church . Finally ,why has some one not sought in canon law a path to the good grace and aid of His Holiness the Pope and the mother Church when the community now needs them most ?
Ever since St Brigid's was saved, I've wondered why, after going to literally the last hour in trying to demolish the church and sell off its incredibly valuable real estate, the Archdiocese would suddenly accept the offer of an anonymous donor and essentially rebuild the whole church from scratch.
My theory is that the "donor" is in fact the Archdiocese itself, and they needed to remain anonymous because they had just closed like four parishes in the neighborhood.
Interestingly, the parish that survived the cuts was St Emeric, which is housed in a nondescript church located on a dead-end street behind a power plant.
At some point a year or two ago, I saw flyers on Avenue C announcing that the Cardinal would be holding a mass at St Emeric. That's a BIG deal for a little church in a nondescript building behind a power plant.
Then came the announcement that St Emeric would "merge" with St Brigid's, and that the parish priest would come from St Emeric. That clinched it for me.
This was a deal between St Emeric and the Cardinal (who, by the way, is going to lead the first mass in the new church, again a very BIG deal) to rebuild the church and turn it over to whatever order St Emeric's is. And it all had to remain anonymous and unassociated with the Archdiocese or else the other parishes that were closed, in possession of perfectly good structures would be up in arms. This way it had nothing to do with them, they were at the mercy of a wealthy donor.
In the end, I'm just glad the building was saved, but that's how I think it all happened.
Melissa Scott, 28, was caught red-handed Sunday for allegedly stealing a pair of Jimmy Choo boots from Cadillac's Castle at 333 E. Ninth St. — after biting both a store employee and a police officer who tried to restrain her, according to the clothing store's owners and cops.
