Nabe News: June 15
The bar with an identity crisis – E4volution, Evolution, 2×4, Ambiance, etc. – still can’t make up its mind. Last we heard, the nightspot at the corner of Fourth Street and Second Avenue would become a Bennigan’s. Not so, says Hunter-Gatherer. Just more of the same, ““Flair”, he replied, “flipping bottles, fire tricks…you know, bringing a Las Vegas style bar to New York.” [Hunter-Gatherer; EV Grieve]
A look at Washington Square Park in the 1960s [Greenwich Village Daily Photo]
The graffiti above the Roxy – “WERRROSLURRR” – is now covered by sheet-metal paneling. Just a new canvas for neighborhood artists [Vanishing NY]
Remember the old Cooper Union academic building? [Flaming Pablum]
The “pestilent practitioners” of street dentistry at the turn of last century. Edgar Parker was one such dentist who offered his services with musical accompaniment and dancing girls [Ephemeral NY]
Looking back at Manhattan in the 1970s [Slate via Observer]
Spiderman sighted in the East Village [EV Grieve]
Recent Stories
DOT to Pave Pock-Marked Pell Street; Sheds Removed
Pell Street is finally on deck for a resurfacing, forcing numerous Chinatown businesses to dismantle their street shed annexes. Those who operate outdoor dining sheds along Pell Street received notice this week from the Department of Transportation to dismantle structure ahead of scheduled street repaving. This small neighborhood street – which once terminated at Division – […]
Immersive ‘Squid Game’ Experience on the Lower East Side
Netflix smash, Squid Game, is coming to real life. On the Lower East Side. In the fall, international gaming company Immersive Gamebox will take space inside 81 Essex Street, the big-box building occupied by the International Center of Photography. Its primary experience will be a multiplayer game built around the Squid Game series. The immersive […]
Owners of Gertie Eye Market Street for ‘Jackie’ (Updated)
Huertas and Gertie meet for Jackie. That is the narrative for a new restaurant in Two Bridges that features the owners behind both aforementioned establishments. Indeed, Nathan Adler and Rachel Jackson (principals behind Brooklyn’s Gertie) are planning a new Italian-American restaurant at 42 Market Street. The fourteen table concept, dubbed Jackie, will feature “good food […]
Trash Talk: Taking Stock of the Constant Pileup on Rivington Street
The Lower East Side, whose residents are struggling amidst sanitation budget cuts, under-maintained restaurant sheds, and absent landlords and/or vacant leaseholders, suffer the scourge of refuse. One Rivington Street resident walked much of the length of the east-west stretch to find – and document – how trash buildup, stagnating pools of mystery sludge, dilapidated street shanties, and overall […]
Uncapped: Nobody Beats IZ THE WIZ
IZ the WIZ: hands down one of the most illustrious and renowned graffiti writers in and outside of our fair city. May he continue to Rest in Peace. In this installation of Uncapped, guest contributor, Freddy Alva, is back with an excerpt from the new issue of his Black Book Series magazine: Pound for […]
