Meryl Meisler’s New Exhibition Captures the Diversity of the LES in the ’70s, ’80s
Her oeuvre is filled with dynamic images of the city’s nightlife , but “LES YES!” offers a poignant glimpse into what was one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods. … Katz and Meryl Sitting Outside His Apartment House, NY, NY May 1985” (Photo Meryl Meisler / Courtesy of The Storefront Project & Stephen Kasher Gallery) Meisler admits that she’s seen…
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Citi Bike Sets Up Shop in Riis Houses, Hoping to Boost Low-Income Ridership
The partnership with Citi Bike, announced yesterday, is part of NYCHA’s ongoing 10-year plan to make neighborhoods cleaner, safer and more connected. … …of this year, a study found that just 18 percent of Citi Bike stations are located in areas with median household incomes of less than $50,000 a year.
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Week in Film: OG Midnight Pulp and a Number of Noir Nights Coming Your Way
…bunch to live in a city where we're at the wellspring of new film and the source of cinematic reconsideration, where grind-house becomes art-house and a dum-dum boy can be made into a bandana-wearing teddy bear genius. … Following each screening, film scholars will lead a discussion, so if you've been pining away for your college film history courses of yesteryear, audit these babies instead of freaking out your former profs.
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Sugar Gallery Has Bitter Words For Montana’s Trail House
Masback insisted the issue with the garbage is something the restaurant is working to address, and pointed out the Trail House isn’t the only establishment on the block with piles of garbage out front. … …ana Masback told B+B he spoke with Skaggs over the phone yesterday, and wrote that “we are handling the issue as friendly…
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When Amiri Baraka Was LeRoi Jones, ‘King of the Lower East Side’
And increasingly the racial balance in our house shifted, as a black avant-garde — writers, musicians, painters, dancers — became part of the new East Village, just coming into that name. … …strong enough to SPEAK what had to be said, for all of us, for black people, yes, particularly for black people, because they were the root and origin of my conviction, but for anyone anywhere who wanted Justice!
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We Got This: NYC’s Recent History of Combatting Outbreaks
Yesterday, as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New York climbed to 142, with 7 new ones in New York City, Governor Cuomo announced that the state would produce 100,000 gallons of hand sanitizer… … Later in November, the White House announced almost $15 million in possible Ebola funding for New York.
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