THURSDAY Sasha Velour’s Nightgowns Thursday, April 20 at National Sawdust, 8:30 pm doors, 10 pm show: $18 advance, $22 doors If you live in Brooklyn…
This Tiny, Adorable Astor Place Cube Can Be Yours For a Mere $30,000
It cost a hefty $180,000 to restore the Astor Place cube, but you can have one of your own for just $30,000. Yes, it’s an original. But before you…
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…
The Astor Place Cube Returns Next Month
It was a year and a half ago that the Astor cube got boxed up and carted away, and the city hasn’t been the same…
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…
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…
Peter Cooper Is Back, But When Will the Astor Place Cube Return?
After months of hiding inside of a wooden box while his eponymous triangle was rebuilt, Peter Cooper has come out to smell the roses (or…
East Village’s Newest Dorm Building Drops the Drapes
Between the Cube going bye-bye and the ongoing construction of a new pedestrian plaza, Cooper Square has been a mess lately. But at least there’s…
Watch the Astor Place Cube Get Crane Lifted and Taken Away For a Long While
They tried to make the Astor Place cube go to rehab, and we said, “No, no, no.”