Nabe News: January 24
In which the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man comes to the Bowery [EV Grieve]
Mainstream media finally discovers crochet artist Olek. Daily News had an item in yesterday’s paper [Daily News; Previously]
Owners of Three Monkeys vow to return within 60 days. Cause of last week’s fire is still under investigation [Lo-Down; Previously]
Some Stuy Town residents are without hot water. Perfect timing with this arctic mass encapsulating the area [Lux Living]
The crime that led to the city’s gun control laws in 1911 [Cityroom]
Animal NY’s crusade against the New York Post’s editorial techniques [Animal NY]
The Underground Railroad stop at 339 West 29th Street, currently undergoing exterior renovation [Ephemeral NY]
Recent Stories
Clayton’s Corner: Martha Cooper to Middle Collegiate
Clayton Patterson sent his latest dispatch of imagery from his recent neighborhood walkabouts. The latest Clayton’s Corner is here. Legendary graffiti photographer, Martha Cooper, standing beside a payphone in Astor Place that features one of her iconic images. NY PopsUp spent last weekend at the International Center of Photography on Essex Street. It drew crowds […]
Upside Pizza Slinging Slices in Little Italy
Upside Pizza is now serving at the former home of Pomodoro in Little Italy. It opened on Spring Street this past Wednesday. Founder Noam Grossman and partners Eli and Oren Halali (behind 2 Brothers and Taqueria Diana) had been renovating 51 Spring Street since the fall. The pizza parlor opted for a gut renovation, resulting […]
Jing Fong Workers Protest Dining Room Closure and Rumored Shutdown
Despite the brisk weather, several dozen union members and Jing Fong employees rallied Tuesday morning in front of the East West Bank on Centre Street to save save the iconic dim sum restaurant. Advocates called on the Chu family, which owns the Elizabeth Street property (and the aforementioned bank), to stop killing Chinatown and to keep […]
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 […]
