Nabe News: March 30
Congrats to Kirby for a great job orchestrating the second installment of Vanishing City yesterday at Dixon Place!
Good World might be getting a brief reprieve. Apparently, the W Hotel, which owns the building housing the eatery, has halted work on their “project.” Obviously, this isn’t conclusive evidence either way [Eater]
Jeremiah is lobbying for the nickname “Mets Field” to stick as local parlance [Vanishing NY]
Six years ago today, the smoking ban in city bars took effect [EV Grieve]
Tomorrow, Tompkins Square Park will be host to the first Unemployment Olympics [News from the Big Apple via Cityroom]
Scoping out the Polo bikers in the sunken court at Sara D. Roosevelt Park [Hunter-Gatherer]
A WTF school bus [Lost City]
Lastly, never ask a cabbie to drive you to Newark [NYC Taxi Photo]
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