Here’s what museum goers have put on the walls at Pawel Althamer’s exhibit at the New Museum. (Photo: Scott Lynch)
Notorious East Village real estate developer Ben Shaoul is getting sued by his own parents, who allege almost $50 million in damages. [The Real Deal]
Williamsburg had the most AirBnb rentals last year. [NY Daily News]
The space that has long held Sounds record shop on St. Marks recently hit the market. [Wall Street Journal]
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The woman who was struck by a train at the Broadway-Lafayette station Thursday morning has been ID’d as Liza Dye, a Bed-Stuy comedian who was a regular at UCB East. The Beast is holding a benefit for her tomorrow and fellow comics have started a fundraising campaign that aims to raise $50,000 for her medical expenses.
Here’s the deal, via HelpLiza.com.
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(Photo: Jenna Marotta)
The bodegas-with-bongs trend continues, as the old New Corner Magazine, on the corner of St. Marks and Third Avenue, took down its grungy blue awning today and replaced it with the smokin’ signage above. The store still carries magazines and Necco candy wafers (and still has the same grumpy counterperson), but it now has hookahs in the window and a case in the back showing off various other smoking devices. Now can they score the coveted Action Bronson visit?
A group of concerned Lower East Siders is trying to put the kibosh on $1-slice joints, but they can’t keep you from scarfing down FREE pizza. Which is what Two Bit’s Retro Arcade is offering. This Tuesday from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. it’s Pizza Tuesdays, featuring free slices from Rizzo’s at 10 p.m. And free popcorn, too! As if that’s not enough, Shocked Minds drummer Kirk Podell will spin rock, punk, post-punk and garage, and there’ll be 25-cent arcade games and cult films on the big screen. AND Lady Bree will be pouring $4.50 pints all night. Granted, Two Bit’s isn’t the first bar to offer free pizza, but it’s the first to advertise it via an awesome Garbage Pail Kids flyer (by Bowery Boys bassist Sam Hariss). Respect!
(Photo: Ryan Porush)
Just a month after Greenpoint got a Swedish coffee shop, it has a Nordic one to match. Today, Budin opened on Greenpoint Avenue. A specialty latte can run you $7, but don’t be Scandi-lized: there are plenty of cheaper options, including a $3 espresso. Most of the coffee products are from roasters in Scandinavia that get their beans primarily from South American and Africa.
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Parish Hall is becoming Egg. (Photo: Melissa Hom)
Hours will be Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. on weekdays and 3 p.m. on weekends; breakfast, of course, is served all day.
(Photo: Roey Ahram)
Pride & Joy, the barbecue joint that was to replace Lucky Cheng’s, is suing the building’s owner for $22 million and alleging that structural issues like a termite infestation delayed its opening. [DNA Info]
The Landmarks Preservation Commission sent developers of a building next to the Merchant’s House Museum back to the drawing board once again. []
The fate of a 164-year-old synagogue “reflects a broader question gaining urgency across the Lower East Side: What can, and should, be saved?” [Wall Street Journal]
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That East River Ferry ramp isn’t the only thing that crapped out today — minutes ago above 177 First Avenue, near East 11th Street, a crew was struggling to untangle a mess of scaffolding that had collapsed on itself. Cops had taped off the area around Momofuku Noodle Bar and Iggy’s Pizzeria, and onlookers watched as workers battled a plastic tarp that was being whipped by the wind. Careful out there, folks!
This kind of weather demands a hot toddy, and Otto’s Shrunken Head wants to give ya one. Tonight at 8 p.m., they’re hosting a tribute to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, the hard-drinking, voodoo-vamping singer-pianist best known for “I Put a Spell On You” (and not as well known for “Constipation Blues”). Hawkins — who in the ’80s appeared in Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train and had a weekly engagement at an East Village restaurant called Jack the Ribber — died 14 years ago yesterday.
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Jerry Saltz remembers Hudson. The owner of Feature Inc. was among the first to exhibit the art of Takashi Murakami, Raymond Pettibon, Tom Friedman, Richard Kern, and many others. [Vulture]
Developers bought nearly $2 billion worth of Brooklyn land last year. Williamsburg saw the most property trades with 40 development transactions comprised of 74 properties totaling $284 million. [Real Estate Weekly]
An 80-year-old woman was struck and killed while crossing Manhattan Avenue. [Brooklyn Paper]
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