Tompkins Square Park looked something like Zuccotti Park in its heyday, as an Occupy Wall Street offshoot group held an event there.

A roundup of this morning’s news, including more on Life Cafe’s shuttering, a new dance series, more love for Lucy, an NYU dorm closing for renovations, and more.

When Alan Abramson opened his first edition of EVO, he knew he was holding something very special in his hands. The alternative newspaper was an invitation to the party that was the 1960s.

A veteran of The New York Ace, High Times, The New York Daily News and many other publications, Joe Kane describes how he got his start at EVO.

Rex Weiner co-founded The East Village Other’s successor, the pioneering New York Ace (1972–73) and according to his FBI file, was a founding staff member of High Times. He recalls getting his start at EVO.

Abe Peck, once Abraham Yippie, wrote Uncovering the Sixties: The Life and Times of the Underground Press. Here, he tells why The East Village Other was different. In short: because it colored outside the lines.

A little doggie yapping at nude mannequins in a display window? Just another night on the Bowery.

The Local hears more about those Ratner’s buttons being sold on Craigslist.

The ambitious expansion of New York University faced its first formal rejection last night, as Community Board 2 voted unanimously against the plan, saying it would turn Greenwich Village into a construction site for at least 19 years and fundamentally change the neighborhood for the worse.

Michael Clemens lived in apartments in Morningside Heights before he became a proud East Village resident. Here’s his story.

Two men are suspected of robbing a woman at gunpoint on East Third Street early Wednesday morning.

A roundup of this morning’s news, including another 7-Eleven, a bookstore roundup, a synagogue on the move, F. Murray Abraham as Galileo, and more.

Evan Bleier This banner promoting the Vagina Monologues(spotted at Astor Place earlier today) has nothingto do with Occupy Town Square, but we had toshare it somehow. Nearly a month after an Occupy Wall Street march rolled up to Tompkins Square Park but stopped short of entering it, an offshoot group called Occupy Town Square is […]

Curbed asked its readers to redesign the office building that developer Edward Minskoff is bringing to 51 Astor Place.

A Craigslist poster is selling buttons said to have been worn by the servers at Ratner’s, the 24-hour dairy restaurant that was located at 111 Second Avenue.

Tompkins Finest Deli is serving Mr. Bean sandwiches.

The new commanding officer of the Ninth Precinct is off to a good start after netting three suspects in a string of restaurant robberies.

A roundup of this morning’s news, including more 7-Elevens for Manhattan, 10 years of Lit, more on Barney Rosset, photos from the Two Boots Mardi Gras Benefit Ball, and more.

A glimpse at five more productions that will play at the Frigid New York theater festival.