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Posts published in August, 2012
Street Scenes | St. Marks Full Of Grace
By DANIEL MAURERA look at the near-complete Grace Jones mural going up just a block away from Joe Strummer, on St. Marks Place near Avenue A.
Obscene Cuisine: Deep-Dish Muffuletta Pizza, Cheesesteak On a Bagel
By DANIEL MAURERCan we tell you about a couple of completely insane additions to the menu?
Video: After 101 Years of Printing, Teigman Stops the Presses
By LAURIE GWEN SHAPIROShortly after Labor Day, Alan Teigman will close Teigman Press, the Lower East Side print shop that four generations of his family has operated over the course of 101 years. Take one last look inside.
Days Before Class, 46 Cooper Gets an Edgy New Awning
By STEPHEN REX BROWNThe school is on the verge of welcoming its first class of ninth graders.
The Optimus Prime of Art Galleries Makes Its St. Marks Debut
By DANIEL MAURERA Moishe’s moving truck has been converted into a roving art gallery.
The Day | Tensions Rise in Union Square
By STEPHEN REX BROWNA roundup of this morning’s news, including a bully in Union Square and the death of a legendary feminist.
Street Scenes | Head’s Up: Grace Jones
By STEPHEN REX BROWNA mural of onetime Warhol muse Grace Jones has started going up on the side of Sushi Lounge, on St. Marks Place, just a block from Niagara’s Joe Strummer wall.
Want to Adopt Star the Pit Bull? Talk to Her Lawyers
By STEPHEN REX BROWNThe one-eyed pit bull is now in the care of “a law firm for dogs,” and headed for rehab.
He’s Fighting Rats Down There So We Don’t Have to Fight Them in the Park
By STEPHEN REX BROWNDepartment of Health workers were spotted today dropping poison into a sewer grate across from an entrance to the park.
Video: Martin Scorsese On the Downtown Origins of ‘Mean Streets’
By SEBASTIAN PIRASThe director talks about the film’s roots on Houston Street, in footage newly edited to mark the classic’s release on Blu-ray.
Film Crews On Avenue A and at Mary Help of Christians
By DANIEL MAURERWith one last mass set for next Sunday, Mary Help of Christians is being used for film fodder again. Plus: Tom Selleck on Avenue A?
Wanna Cover It? NYC Lit Crawl and Ruckus NYC
By DANIEL MAURERThe latest two pitches to come in via The Local’s Virtual Assignment Desk are wonderfully high fallutin.
Travel Agency Goes West, Leaving Another Vacancy at 3rd Ave and East 9th
By DANIEL MAURERSTA Travel has followed Atlas Barber School in leaving the building at Third Avenue and East Ninth Street, across the street from the rising 51 Astor office tower.
The Day | CBGB Owners Hand Deliver Letter in Support of Russian Punk Band
By STEPHEN REX BROWNA roundup of this morning’s news, including the CBGB’s owners’ trip to Moscow and more rowdiness at Solas.
Star the Pit Bull Loses an Eye, But Recovering Her Hearing
By STEPHEN REX BROWNNew photos show Star the pit bull’s battle scars.
Epic Block Parties: Public Theater’s Rededication, FAB! Festival
By DANIEL MAURERThe Public Theater and Fourth Arts Block are both celebrating themselves with outdoor blowouts involving food trucks, musical and theatrical performances, and more. Here are the details, just announced.
Nightclubbing | Max Blagg
By PAT IVERS and EMILY ARMSTRONGPat Ivers and Emily Armstrong continue sorting through their archives of punk-era concert footage as it’s digitized for the Downtown Collection at N.Y.U.’s Fales Library. The latest: poet Max Blagg and the summer of heroin.
Here’s the Suspected Chase Bank Robber
By STEPHEN REX BROWNA surveillance image depicts the suspect grabbing a wad of cash.
Norman’s Sound and Vision: Broken Record Store
By DANIEL MAURERA photo of the former home of Norman’s Sound and Vision as it was cleared out yesterday.
C.B. 3 Agenda: New License for Nublu, How Best to Keep Skatepark Open
By STEPHEN REX BROWNA roundup of items from the just-released Community Board 3 agenda.
