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Posts published in April, 2012
Onetime Anarchist Haunt Gets New Tenant, Historical Marker
By JARED MALSINAfter standing vacant for over a year, the First Street storefront that was once a raucous saloon frequented by Emma Goldman and other radicals has finally found a new tenant.
The Day | Richard Price on Junkies and Yuppies
By DANIEL MAURERA roundup of this morning’s news.
Street Scenes | Talk of a Walkout
By STEPHEN REX BROWNA call for Cooper Union students to walk out of classes.
Good News If You Live in a Rent-Stabilized Apartment
By DANIEL MAURERThe Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to rent control laws brought by the owners of an Upper West Side brownstone who say they are being unconstitutionally forced to subsidize their tenants’ below-market rents.
Source Unltd. Gets ‘Green’ Grant For New Awning
By STEPHEN REX BROWNThe copy shop won the money through a program run by the Lower East Side Ecology Center.
Soggy Kick-Off to First Park’s First Season
By LAURA EDWINSYesterday’s rain washed out the dance performances and children’s events that were to kick off the inaugural season of programming at the former home of the BMW Guggenheim Museum. But that didn’t stop a few die-hard supporters of First Park from clustering around a newly installed sculpture by Robert Sestok.
Write For The Local, and Join Us This Summer
By THE LOCALAnd are you a high school or college student interested in reporting the neighborhood this summer? Then register for our Summer Academy.
Satirist Nikolas Kozloff on East Village Anarchists, Pet Owners, and Pie Men
By DANIEL MAURERThe author of a new novel set in the East Village, “Post-Academic Stress Disorder,” talks about his time in the neighborhood.
The Day | Lakeside Remembered, and 20 Other Morning Reads
By DANIEL MAURERA roundup of this morning’s news.
Man Hospitalized After Tumble From School Building
By DANIEL MAURERA man fell off of the roof of East Side Community High School early Sunday morning around 4 a.m., the fire department said.
On East Fourth, Art Gallery Makes Room for Nail Salon
By LAURA EDWINS and DANIEL MAURERAn art gallery on East Fourth Street has lost half its space and may have to stop showing local artists. Moving in: a nail salon.
Bookshop Pleads Again for Customers
By STEPHEN REX BROWNThe store is urging its followers to buy a book and help it become financially secure.
Richard Hell on Robert Bresson
By DANIEL MAURERLongtime East Villager Richard Hell will introduce a screening of Robert Bresson’s “The Devil, Probably” at BAMcinématek next Thursday.
Bang on a Can at B&H
By DANIEL MAURERA bite at B&H Dairy with the composers who started Bang on a Can in the East Village 25 years ago.
Making It | Paul Brickman of H. Brickman & Sons
By SHIRA LEVINEThe third-generation owner of H. Brickman & Sons hardware store talks about the key to staying in business for nearly 80 years.
Stringer Scores ‘Green’ Fridges for Fourth Street Residents
By DANIEL MAUREREarlier this morning, Borough President Scott M. Stringer gave away 16 energy-efficient refrigerators to low-income residents of Cooper Square — the latest step in a “model block” initiative meant to promote environmental sustainability on Fourth Street between Second Avenue and Bowery.
The Day | Beating Accusations in Community Center Arrest
By DANIEL MAURERA roundup of this morning’s news.
Street Scenes | Anarchy in the E.V.
By DANIEL MAURERSigns of anarchy on Avenue B.
Tenants Being Booted from Third Street Buildings Prepare to Dig In
By LAURA EDWINSTenants of three buildings on East Third Street who’ve been given 60 days to vacate met last night to weigh their options.
Want Free Socks? A Man Named Skullphone Wants to Give Them to You
By DANIEL MAURERthe Los Angeles-based street artist last seen purdying up construction containers on East Fourth Street, is piling 1,000 custom produced socks in the gallery behind Lit lounge.
