Nabe News: May 3
American Apparel hooligans, rooftop burglar, and the Caped Crusader, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
Last night, a man was spotted jumping between rooftops in the East Village. NYPD arrived at the scene, including air support, as they believe he is the burglar responsible for a string of recent robberies [EV Grieve]
A group of angry teenage hipsters anarchists smashed the windows of the flagship American Apparel on Broadway. Bob Arihood has more pictures [Gothamist; Neither More Nor Less]
The Caped Crusader will reportedly return to the silver screen in the summer 2012. Tentative release date for “Batman 3” is July 20 [Variety]
Over the weekend Patti Smith had a discussion event with Jonathan Lethem in the Great Hall of Cooper Union. When asked if it’s still possible for starving artists to make it in the city, she replied, “New York has closed itself off to the young and the struggling. So my advice is: Find a new city.” [Vanishing NY]
The oldest working phone number in Manhattan is for the iconic, soon-to-be-razed Pennsylvania Hotel. Glenn Miller immortalized the number in his song of the same name, PA 6-5000 (736-5000). It dates back to at least the 1930s [Ephemeral NY]
The seventh floor of 225 Lafayette Street was home to Entertaining Comics, whose stable included Mad Magazine and Tales from the Crypt [Scouting NY]
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Clayton’s Corner: Martha Cooper to Middle Collegiate
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Forever Stalled Delancey Street Condo Tower is Finally Rising
Stop the press – there is actual real world progress to report on a long-stalled development at the east end of Delancey Street. The 12-story “boutique condo” at the corner of Delancey and Pitt Streets has seen some serious progress in recent months, after spending most of its life cycle as a stalled steel skeleton. […]
Asian Man Pummeled Outside East Broadway Station in Latest Biased Attack
An Asian man was assaulted in an unprovoked attack outside the East Broadway subway station Tuesday night, adding to a recent spate of biased assaults against Asians across the city. Cops said the 56-year-old victim was entering the F train station – the Rutgers Street entrance by Woo’s Wonton King – at about 8:50pm when […]
