Back in April, Anthony Bourdain visited some of his old stomping grounds (and new ones) in the East Village and Lower East Side for an episode of…
Clayton Patterson Brings Back the Clayton Cap With a Little Help From His Friends
The most exciting thing to happen in fashion this month has nothing to do with Fashion Week. Far, far away from the uptown tents, Clayton…
From the Allen Street Boys to Satan’s Sinners, Street Gangs of the Lower East Side
Last week, Elliot Caldwell was fatally shot outside of Campos Plaza, the NYCHA public housing project where he’d grown up. An EV Grieve commenter noted that the 23-year-old…
Clayton Patterson Fights ‘Homogenization, Destruction of Anything Independent and Outside’
Last year, Clayton Patterson announced that he and Elsa Rensaa, his partner and collaborator of more than 40 years, were moving from the Lower East Side…
‘We Have Lost Our Mind’: Clayton Patterson’s Response to Taylor Swift
Just in case Chico’s cheeky memorial doesn’t get the message across to Taylor Swift and the New York trolling tourism board, another LES legend, Clayton Patterson,…
Marty Mar Turns the Page On ‘Lower East Side Story’
Speaking of artistic tributes to the neighborhood, here’s the latest mural to go up on the E&S Wholesome Foods wall, on Essex Street. No, it…
The Story of Kim’s Video & Music, Told By Its Clerks and Customers
When the last remaining location of Kim’s Video & Music announced it was closing for good, most agreed it was just another nail in the…
Looking Back at the First Tompkins Riot Reunion, on the Eve of the 26th
It’s going to be a throwback weekend off of Tompkins Square Park. Not only is Clayton Patterson holding court Friday at Pyramid Club, but on Saturday…
Clayton Patterson Will Be at the Pyramid, Not in the Alps
Back when The Times triggered laments of “RIP LES” by reporting that Clayton Patterson was leaving the neighborhood for the Austrian Alps, we knew we…
Clayton Patterson Had a Farewell Show: Is It Really Goodbye For the LES Legend?
Word that Clayton Patterson was leaving the Lower East Side for Austria really rattled those who considered him the neighborhood’s “last bohemian,” as the Times…