Spotted this morning on Second Avenue... in front of the Starbucks at East Ninth Street... Someone wrote "Kill him" in chalk with an arrow pointing toward the sidewalk space outside the 13th Step...
Anyone know what this is about?
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Noted
Spotted this morning on Second Avenue... in front of the Starbucks at East Ninth Street... Someone wrote "Kill him" in chalk with an arrow pointing toward the sidewalk space outside the 13th Step...
Anyone know what this is about?
I can't really think of a headline for this
EVG reader John came across this mini photo shoot this morning on East Sixth Street at Avenue B...
Now I wanna sniff some glue
Chico is working on a new mural at the newly reopened Croxley Ales on Avenue B ...
... and a better shot via @salim ...
Friday, June 28, 2013
Downed limb in Tompkins Square Park
A few readers sent along photos from Tompkins Square Park this morning... noting a downed limb in the southeast corner of the Park... we didn't see it ourselves, so we're not sure how extensive the damage is...
Drag March Madness starts tonight in Tompkins Square Park
Marchers will start gathering at 7 p.m...
From the Drag March Madness Facebook event page...
Once more the time has come to clutch our pearls and put on our marching pumps and make Manhattan a place worth being in again.
The Drag March in New York City emerged 20 years ago at the Stonewall 25 commemoration when the organizing committee for that event asked that drag and leather folk to leave their wardrobes at home. Instead of buying into this attempt at "normalizing", the Drag March celebrated Gay Spirit in all of its' manifestations and became the most authentic celebration of all that Stonewall truly was and is.
And a few Park photos from last year ... via @emmsape ...
Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken signage arrives
A sign has arrived to mark the impending arrival of Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken on Second Avenue and East First Street, as this photo via @superterrific shows... this is the latest outpost from chefs/restaurateurs Eric and Bruce Bromberg of the Blue Ribbon empire...
CB3 signed off on a beer-wine license for the place back in November.
This corner of of the Avalon Bowery
A case against using the term 'crusty'
[At a recent Thursday night PBJ Dinner in Tompkins Square Park]
Andréa Stella, executive director and co-founder of The Space at Tompkins, submitted the following post.
With the summer in full swing, a lot of our clients are coming back to New York, and we wanted to take a moment to give an explanation for a term that has been and will inevitably be thrown around while they're here.
Three reasons why we don't call our clients "crusties"
1) The term "crusty" is derived from "Crust Punk," a punk movement started in the 1980s out of England with followers who referred to themselves as "crust punkers." Being a "crusty" is like calling someone a Deadhead. 99% of our clients do not refer to themselves as crusties, so we don't either. The term gets thrown around a lot in the East Village because it's a quick way to define a group of folks who look a certain way, but that doesn't make it accurate.
2) When asked, "What do you consider yourself?" — almost everyone told us their name. The first time I asked someone that question, I felt like an idiot because I know that personally, I don't walk around introducing myself as, "Hi, I identify as a white female and my name is Andréa." I start with my name.
3) Our clients are individuals, and most of them are trying to transition out of their current situation. It may not always look like it to outsiders, but there are many complex issues right under the surface that each person copes with in their own way. Tagging someone as "crusty" deepens the stigma and does not promote positive change.
We're The Space at Tompkins, a harm reduction organization whose mission is to help homeless travelers move towards improved health and self-sufficiency. We've been doing this since 2009.
Learn more about The Space at Tompkins here.
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