Nabe News: October 15
Posted: October 15, 2009 at 1:14 pm
The death of downtown, the dumpling festival, and Pee Phone antics, all in today’s LES neighborhood news!
Yelp reviewers give Tompkins Square Park a bad grade. “I don’t want a park with ‘character’ when what I really want is to nap outside without worrying about being pissed on, touched, robbed, etc.” [EV Grieve]
Alex laments the death of downtown. “Sure, there was certainly a time when ‘downtown’ meant something specific here. The Village, the East Village, Soho, Chinatown, TriBeCa, Chelsea, etc. – all these neighborhoods had their own signature flavors and archetypes. But in 2009, Manhattan has arguably become fairly homogeneous from tip to tip.” [Flaming Pablum]
A dumpling festival is coming to Sara D. Roosevelt Park on Saturday, October 24. There will be dumplings from around the world and an eating contest. We’re there, dude [Grub St]
Bacon vs. hot dogs [Vanishing NY]
A number 2 right beside the Pee Phone [Slum Goddess]
An obituary for Miriam Friedlander, city councilmember who represented the East Village and Lower East Side from 1974-1991. She passed away on October 4 at the age of 95 [The Villager]
Signs announcing Phase II of Washington Square Park re-design just arrived on scene [WSP Blog]
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