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  Rev Jen Speaks Out About Tenement Museum Firings

  Within the last few months, the neighborhood institution axed much of its staff. Rev Jen, known around these parts for her unique Troll Museum, was one of the unfortunate.

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  St. Jerome’s on Rivington is Officially Dead

  The bar made famous by Luc Carl is no longer in existence. Punk rock club St. Jerome’s at 155 Rivington Street closed for good Tuesday night, one day after Community Board 3 approved a new license for the [...]

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  Mars Bar Memories: The Diet Coke and Basement Dweller

  Hard to believe, but Mars Bar has been dead for almost two years already.

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  Post-Punk Comic Book Stars

  What do you get when you cross 80's icons with the Justice League? Awesomeness.

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  Report: Turmoil at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum

  It appears that over the past year, several highly-dedicated and passionate employees ranging from full time to per diem at this neighborhood institution have been forced to resign, were fired or bullied until [...]

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  Rediscovering the Original Pitt Street Location of Streit’s Matzo Factory [VIDEO]

  This is part one of a two part series written by Michael Levine, director of the documentary, Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream, which chronicles the history of the Streit’s Matzo factory on the Lower East Side.

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  Album Review: Vampire Weekend’s ‘Modern Vampires of the City’

  We are pleased to report that, as previously mentioned, the singles Vampire Weekend released prior to the album drop proved to be an accurate indicator of what was to come.

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  The Great (and Not So Great) Bike Debates

  What is it about bicycling that seems to fuel such controversy? In my EcoOptimism blog, I frequently write about synergistic win-win solutions – ones that can simultaneously address both environmental and economic [...]