Barclays Center “a more graceful approach”
ABC No Rio to be Demolished
Is Punk, DIY Art in NYC Going Down With The Building?
“Going Down With the Building” literally, Michael Alan’s Living Installation at ABC No Rio (photo by Worm Carnevale)
Southpaw club closing, kid’s Tutoring Center to open instead
Two New York City musical mainstays — Bleecker Bob’s Golden Oldies, a record store in Greenwich Village andSouthpaw, a performance space in Park Slope — are calling it quits. And what will replace them may provide fresh evidence that the city has traded its longtime rock ’n’ roll edge for something mellower, and a bit corporate.
Muslim New Yorkers call for Kelly, Browne resignation
Muslim NYers Call For Police Commissioner’s Resignation
And Bloomberg’s response: they are doing a heck of’a job!
Harlem Churches decimated by gentrification
The gentrification of Harlem has helped deplete their ranks, as younger residents, black and white, have arrived but not taken up places in their pews. Longtime Harlem families, either cashing in on the real estate boom over the past decade or simply opting to head south for their retirement, have left the neighborhood and its churches.
Some Harlem Churches in Fight for Survival
Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
2012: Atlantic Yards is coming
NYT asks “Or will it be a vortex of traffic, trash and other civic headaches, as some residents fear?”
Really NYT, there is some hesitation and doubt in your mind as to what it’s going to be?
We are f$$$d. Brooklyn is f$$$d. Thank you, again, Michael Bloomberg.
Bloomberg cracks down on Washington Square Park
The department’s rule, one of many put in place a year ago, was intended to control commerce in the busiest parks. Under the city’s definition, vending covers not only those peddling photographs and ankle bracelets, but also performers who solicit donations.
Another greedy landlord, another New York institution gone
As passers-by gazed at him, Mr. Leroy, 52, took a puff on a cigar and told them, “Welcome to the old Bowery,” before turning to enter the shop, housed beneath a faded and tattered canvas tent between the Bowery and Elizabeth Street. Soon, Mr. Leroy said, he will hang a banner at the store announcing that the tent is coming down. He said his landlord planned to start construction on a two-story brick building there in late winter.
Barclays vs Christie’s Jamaican Patty
Paul Haye, who runs Christie’s Jamaican Patties on Flatbush Avenue and Sterling Place, says he’ll close by January, claiming his landlord — who last spring welcomed embattled sports bar Prime 6to the neighborhood — gave him the boot in order to collect higher rent from a new tenant, now that Barclays Center is closer to completion.
Is Ray Kelly’s NYPD Spinning Out of Control?
Is Ray Kelly’s NYPD Spinning Out of Control?
By Between racist cops, rape cops, ticket-fixers, gun-runners and ‘white shirts’ gone wild, New York’s Finest are losing their shine. Is the commissioner to blame?
Arrested for not having ID
Dismal Tale of Arrest for Tiniest of Crimes
Jeff Swensen for The New York Times
Samantha Zucker in Pittsburgh, where she attends college. She was arrested in Manhattan.
By JIM DWYER
Published: New York Times, November 1, 2011
Here, in the pointless arrest of Ms. Zucker, is a crime that is not even on the books: the staggering waste of spirit, the squandering of public resources, the follies disguised as crime-fighting.
Cooper Union Rejects St. Mark’s Bookshop Request
The Cooper Union Rejects Request by St. Mark’s Bookshop to Lower Rent but Cooper Square Committee Remains Undeterred by this Setback.
October 27, 2011. New York, NY: While Cooper Union’s negative decision is a disappointment, the Cooper Square Committee remain committed and vows to increase its efforts to ensure that the St. Marks Bookshop will not become another casualty of the economy. Cooper Union is the landlord for the St Mark’s Bookshop.
Friendly’s Faces an Unhappy Ending
If you grew up on the East Coast of the U.S., you’ve likely dined at a Friendly’s restaurant in your lifetime, and very possibly more than once. It was the depressing, suburban chain restaurant that was a little less depressing than the others, mainly because the promise of an ice cream sundae — the “Happy Ending,” as their menu dubbed it, sweetly oblivious to any vulgar connotations such a term might imply — awaited you after every overcooked hamburger and soggy tuna melt.
Brown Power at #OccupyWallStreet
Brown Power at Occupy Wall Street! 9/29/11
Hena Ashraf September 30, 2011
Once again, it is Thursday night, and once again, I am writing this because I think it needs to be documented and shared. And once again, this is about mass actions taking place in NYC. Once again, please feel free to share this.
The following is from my perspective:
Tonight was my 4th time down at Occupy Wall Street. I felt drawn to the protests, like I needed to be there, and I guess I was meant to be, as well as the people I ended up with.
