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Scenes from the Ceremonies
By THE LOCALMatt Logan, Michael Natale and Tim Schreier, community contributors to The Local East Village, share their images of Friday’s ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
The Cost of Living
By SARAH SHANFIELDIf you don’t live here in the East Village, you all naturally assume that we collectively get up around 10:30 a.m., rearrange our dreadlocks, drink coffee while sitting on a fire escape, admire the worn painted ads on the sides of our buildings, and then begin our long day of dance auditions before our bartending gigs start at 5 p.m. You are not wrong about any of this, and we are ALL like this. However, it has recently come to my attention that real estate in the East Village is incredibly expensive.
In Appreciation
By RICHARD G. JONESThe Local expresses its gratitude to the students, photographers and East Village residents who have shared their talents with the site.
Your Voices | A Week in Review
By THE LOCALA sampling of reader reactions to posts that have appeared on The Local East Village during the past week.
A Century Later, Recalling A Fire’s Toll
By KENAN CHRISTIANSENRemembering the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire who resided in the East Village.
Thank You, East Village
By DANIEL MAURERA mosaic of 160 people who make the East Village what it is.
Footage From Saturday’s ‘Bodega Walk’ Against 7-Eleven
By DANIEL MAURERA small group chanted anti-7-Eleven slogans at the site of the incoming store on Avenue A and then voiced support for local delis in front of New York Health Choice, Yankee Two, and others.
The EVO Takeover That Never Was and the Mafia That Never Were
By PETER LEGGIERIEditor-owner Peter Leggieri addresses reports that The East Village Other dodged taxes and fell pray to the Mafia.
At One of the Bowery’s Last Flophouses, Pilates Amidst The Poverty
By MEREDITH BENNETT-SMITHA personal trainer aims to install a fitness studio in the Whitehouse Hotel, one of the last Bowery boarding houses still sheltering permanent residents.
Panhandling as a Social Experiment
By MEGHAN KENEALLYThe Local interviews Chris Coon, who is conducting a “social experiment” by trying to see how long it will take him to ask one million people for a donation to help get him out of homelessness.