Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

In an email blast from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP), Andrew Berman reports that the Landmarks Preservation Commission finally set a date to hear the proposal for the Russian Orthodox Cathedral on East Second Street.  Date of the hearing is slated for Tuesday, March 23.

As EV Grieve also noted, a new museum dedicated to American gangsters is opening at Theatre 80 on St. Mark’s Place.
From the Boogie inbox:
I am proud to announce the opening of the Museum of the American Gangster at 80 St. Marks Place (between 1st and 2nd Avenue), inside the historic Theater 80 building.
The Museum will [...]

[Photo via emahnsworld]

Saturday afternoon, a flatbed truck carrying an interesting bright red vehicle was parked alongside the median between East Houston and First Street, near First Avenue.  Its presence was conspicuous and virtually unavoidable – the perfect eye candy.