Nabe News: May 14
Crowbar-wielding ATM crooks, gym replaces music, and defining “curated,” all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
The police are after a crowbar-wielding duo who have looted free-standing ATMs across town. Surveillance footage show the pair attacking an ATM on Sullivan Street on March 31 [NY Post via Gothamist]
Looks like the old Tower Records space on 4th Street will become an Equinox gym. The storefront had remained vacant since Tower’s departure in 2006 [Observer]
An aerial view of Cooper Square and downtown from atop the original Cooper Union academic building [EV Grieve]
In this day and age, is “curated” now a code word reserved for those “aesthetically-minded” people? And more a reason to charge more cash for something? [Vanishing NY]
Apparently, the mayor likes to party at Chinatown Brasserie on Lafayette Street. Last night, Bloomie and company was reportedly out celebrating the retirement of someone in his office [NYC the Blog]
Looking back at four significant episodes in the early history of the NYPD, circa 1800-1915 [Bowery Boys]
Law & Order officially canceled [Gothamist]
McNally fires back at Adam Platt for his one-star review of Pulino’s [Eater; Previously]
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Recent Stories
Demolition Begins at Fire-Stricken Dim Sum Palace Building in Chinatown
Demolition started this week at 6 Chatham Square, which, until this month, housed neighborhood favorite Dim Sum Palace. Early morning May 1, a fire in the kitchen spread throughout the building, triggering a five-alarm response from the fire department. All told, five firefighters were injured battling the inferno over several hours. And according to Red […]
Eldridge Street Development Sells for $19.24M
A major real estate deal to report on Eldridge Street. It took three years, but the eight-story mixed-use building at 165 Eldridge traded last week for $19.25 million. Just under the initial 2019 asking price of $21 million. Buyer of record is Meng Lee and Karim Elsayyad of FREO Management. The transaction is not yet […]
The ‘Barrier Reefs’ Coming to Clinton Street Bike Lane
The Department of Transportation has chosen a winner to decorate the traffic barrier protecting the Clinton Street bike line. The city agency awarded artist Alison Cynamon as part of the ongoing Barrier Beautification mural project. The concrete slab runs from Delancey Street to South Street; an 840-foot stretch with roughly 1,980 square-feet of canvas to […]
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Ed Higgins Gets ‘Mail Art’ Retrospective at Van Der Plas Gallery on Orchard Street
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