Aby J. Rosen, owner of the gloriously graffitied Germania Bank building at 190 Bowery (soon to be outfitted as a high-end office building for fashion agencies…
4 Readings: Whingeing About Work, Surveying the Surveillance State, and More
WEDNESDAY Dave Isay presents Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street. Feeling unmotivated at…
Los Sures, a Time Capsule of Bygone Williamsburg, Gains Wider Distribution
Couldn’t get enough of Los Sures, the time capsule documentary of life in Puerto Rican Williamsburg back in 1984? You weren’t alone. The film, originally…
Meet Fabrice Grinda, the Minimalist in the $6 Million LES Penthouse
As he rang in 2015, Fabrice Grinda, a 41-year-old tech entrepreneur from France, took stock of his life. He’d been living out of suitcases for…
A Rom-Com Set During Superstorm Sandy Taps the ‘Quirky, Diverse East Village Fantasia’
If you were living downtown in 2013, you probably remember the strange suspended week of superstorm Sandy. Maybe you lined up at a pay phone, or held…
Lawyer Becomes Gallerist, Sets Up ‘Hometown’ in Bushwick
Years ago, Adam Yokell was sitting in the art library of London’s Victoria and Albert museum, applying for an LSAT course. Maybe it wasn’t the most…
New Supertall Joining Extell on the Waterfront Draws Resident Ire
The area known as Two Bridges, below the Lower East Side, melting into Chinatown and hemmed in by the waterfront, has long been defined by its…
WNYC’s Gentrification Podcast Is a Wrap, But the Conversation Continues IRL
If you care about the gold rush sweeping Brooklyn and you haven’t been listening to WNYC’s There Goes the Neighborhood podcast…well, you must be living…
De Blasio Makes It Rain, Pours More Money Into East River Flood Protection
We all remember when superstorm Sandy plunged the East Village into darkness after a 14-foot storm surge caused an explosion at the ConEd station (in fact, there’s…
4 Talks: Biblical Prosties, a Mag for Dads, and Edward Mapplethorpe’s Cute Babies
TUESDAY WORD Presents: Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus with Chester Brown April 26 at 7 p.m. at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street Comics,…