City Hall news Council Member Defends ‘Tech Hub’ Vote in Wake of Heated Criticism Posted on August 14, 2018February 22, 2021 by Tara Yarlagadda Furthermore, she asserted that she had been in direct communication with him about the difficulties of getting zoning protections in the area south of 14th Street. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
Arts & Culture City Hall news Kidnappers, Quacks, and Go-Go Boys in One of Jared Kushner’s Buildings Posted on January 4, 2019February 17, 2021 by Philip Yiannopoulos In this interactive map , you can see how the orginal commissioner’s plan called for the demolition of all of Stuyvesant Street. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
news Yellow Fever and Red Scare: the Very Colorful History of Knickerbocker Village Posted on December 31, 2014 by Giulia Alexandra Infected streets were cordoned off, responders coated the city gutters in quicklime and coal dust and set fires in attempt to keep the fever from spreading. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
news The Many Acts of the Academy of Music, a ‘Sanctum Sanctorum of High Culture’ Posted on December 23, 2015 by Dusty Christensen * On August 16, 1908, the New York Times commented on the changing nature of 14th Street, influenced almost entirely by the entertainment industry. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
Arts & Culture news ‘Style Wars’ Producer Henry Chalfant Offers Panoramic Views of Graffiti’s ‘Golden Age’ Posted on November 14, 2016March 23, 2021 by Nicole Disser All of which can feel pretty gross when you think about graffiti’s beginnings as the street-level artwork of the oppressed. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
City Hall news Social Justice Another Weekend of Protests Shows Black Lives Matter Movement Broadening Posted on June 15, 2020February 16, 2021 by Erin O’Brien On Saturday, swaths of activist groups took to the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn, calling for sustained protest, abolishing the NYPD, and increased reform. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
news Forget Papal Canonizations, Here Are the Heroes and Heroines of the LES Posted on May 1, 2014 by Daniel Maurer Robert Graf is the president of the First Street Block Association. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
Arts & Culture news ‘I Can’t Wait to Open Our Doors to Real People’: Crystal Field On the Past and Future of Theater for the New City Posted on March 31, 2021April 1, 2021 by Gaby Messino What’s one of the most successful pieces of street theater you’ve done? … Oh, the name of the street theater this summer. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
Arts & Culture news Social Justice A Protest Historian Takes a Hard Look at Our Latest ‘Overturning of the World’ Posted on June 10, 2020February 16, 2021 by Alexander Jusdanis When else in history have demonstrations taken over the streets of almost every major city in the country? Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More
Business news After 79 Years, Essex Street Market Has Left the Building Posted on May 6, 2019February 17, 2021 by Nick McManus The vendors, staff and customers of Essex Street Market ringing the bells to close out the market’s original location at 120 Essex St., 5/5/17 at 6p. Not found: john’s 12th Score: 0.23 Read More