Nabe News: July 13
Tires to trend, the Paranoid Scribbler, and neon bar signs, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
Pay your final respects to Downtown Auto & Tire at 348 Bowery. The parcel of land is for sale, and already has interest from Segafredo, “the only global café with Italian credibility.” And there’s already a liquor license application with Community Board 2 [EV Grieve]
Thanks to a two-alarm fire yesterday at 628 Broadway, Urban Outfitters is temporarily closed for cleanup. A sign says it should reopen soon [Racked]
Some classic neon bar signs [Ephemeral NY]
An organic graffiti wall continues to unfold on Tenth Street. The “Paranoid Scribbler” has been at work with plenty to say [Vanishing NY]
Behold, the new limited “unlimited” MetroCard, and at a higher price to straphangers [Second Avenue Sagas]
Remember the short-lived St. Mark’s automat, BAMN? [The Gog Log]
On this day in 1863, the Civil War draft riots began across the city [NY1]
Recent Stories
Unprovoked Stabbing on Worth Street has Chinatown on Edge
In an apparently random attack yesterday evening, a 36-year-old Chinese man was stabbed in the back, and severely injured, by Brooklyn resident Salman Muflihi. The attacker wielded an eight-inch knife in the incident outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse on Worth Street, then surrendered at the entrance of the Manhattan DA’s office on Hogan Place. […]
Uncapped: In Conversation with Clayton Patterson and Cochise
Oh hey, Boogie Faithful, it’s your favorite historian here announcing our new graf-related podcast. We’ve done a few episodes, literally, and for the latest, Clayton Patterson has come out of his Boogie corner. We chatted, we laughed, we discussed some esoteric, anecdotal and priceless Lower East Side history. Local native and artist Jose “Cochise” Quiles also […]
Jing Fong Waiters Urge Landlord to Reinstate Dining Room
Chinatown shook to its core last weekend upon news that Jing Fong is closing down its massive dining room next week (March 7). The restaurant will continue operating as a ghost kitchen to fulfill orders for takeout, delivery, and outdoor dining on its patio. They’re reportedly on a month-to-month lease. “With our drastic decline in […]
Small Business Owners ‘Permanently Close’ to Demand COVID Relief
Local small business groups, along with the Cooper Square Committee, East Village Community Coalition, and Village Preservation are hosting a rally today in the name of economic survival. It’s part of a statewide week of activism to find commercial rent relief in the city. With that, businesses who fear forever closure due to rent burdens […]
Fired Laundry Workers Accuse Liox Cleaners of ‘Union Busting’
The Liox Cleaners chain is facing a raft of opposition in the wake of alleged “union busting.” Tuesday afternoon saw the first of two picketing actions outside the Allen Street location, just north of Delancey. According to the distributed literature, “On February 19, the Liox laundry chain fired the immigrant woman workers of the Wash […]
