Early Edition: August 25
Posted: August 25, 2010 at 6:00 am
Philippe Petit: Man on Wire in East River Park
Posted: August 24, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Philippe Petit is the French high-wire artist who became an international sensation for his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers. That event was chronicled in the film Man on Wire. Now, Supreme, the sixteen-year-old bastion of downtown skate culture, has some video of Petit a bit closer to ground.
Nabe News: August 24
Posted: August 24, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Bedbugs crown, Chabad expansion, and Louis Lepke, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
History Hunt – Week 7 Answered
Posted: August 24, 2010 at 11:41 am
The answer to this week’s History Hunt is 126 Forsyth Street, now home to the Templo Adventista del Septimo. Congratualtions to Diarmuid Joye for winning the prize pack of books. Well, folks, we’ve reached the conclusion of the History Hunt series. We would just like to reiterate our thanks to the Tenement Museum, the readers, and everyone else out there who helped make the hunting a success.
Coming Soon: Silkstone’s Fat Radish at 17 Orchard Street
Posted: August 24, 2010 at 6:32 am
17 Orchard Street has been under wraps since our previous checkup in September 2009, when the Silkstone catering company was seeking a full liquor license for the space; Community Board 3 subsequently denied their application. But now a year later, there are signs of life anew behind the cast iron facade. The Silkstone founders – Britons Ben Towill and Phil Winser – are reportedly in the final stages of their new restaurant venture here, The Fat Radish.
Shadow Puppets at East Houston Graffiti Wall [Video]
Posted: August 24, 2010 at 6:26 am
It was only a matter of time before the intermittent slideshow advertising on the graffiti wall was hijacked by drunken shadow puppeteers. Saturday night, a pair of passing dudes put on the briefest of shows for the sidewalk crowds and those stuck in traffic.
