With the surprise return of the Astor Place Cube yesterday came many reactions. At least, for those who noticed it had disappeared in the first…
It’s Leaf-Peepin’ Season in Cooper Square: New Plaza Gets Dozens of Trees
The long redesign of Cooper Square and Astor Place is finally nearing completion– knock on wood. This morning, landscapers worked to plant dozens of new…
Another Mosiac Man Lamppost Returns to Astor Place; Cube Still Nowhere to be Found
Jim Power, better known around the East Village as the “Mosaic Man,” was on hand for the reinstallation of another of his ceramic-encrusted lampposts along…
More Salad Tossers Coming to Astor Place, Sweetgreen Sprouting New Location
In just a couple of weeks, 10 Astor Place will be home to yet another franchise of the ever-popular mini-chain Sweetgreen whose salad-tossing expertise and local-farm-to-tongs…
Some Pieces Still Broken, But Mosaic Man’s Work Returns to a New Astor Place
Jim Power, working out his makeshift studio at the 6th Street Community Center, is busy getting ready to leave his mark on the new Astor Place…
Mosaic Poles Return to Astor Place, But Cube Won’t Be Back Til August
Last month, the city’s Department of Design and Construction told us the Astor Place cube was set to return in June. Today was supposed to be the…
A New Sock Man On the Block, Man
We were bereaved last month when The Sock Man’s awning came down for good after 33 years on St. Marks Place. But what’s this? This…
Work Begins at Astor Place and the Cube Will Soon Return From… Jersey!?
Hard to believe, but it’s now been over a year since our beloved Astor Place cube was boxed up and unceremoniously hoisted onto a flatbed and…
The Many Acts of the Academy of Music, a ‘Sanctum Sanctorum of High Culture’
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. New York City publisher Horace Greeley considered the…
Jeff Koons Balloon Bunny Bout to Make Fanciest Drug Store this Side of Heaven
As construction around Astor Place continues to make things noisy and horrible around Cooper Square — for real though, navigating those sidewalks is beginning to…