All the roads in Alex Harsley’s life have led him to photography (many of these roads he traversed as a young man keen on tearing…
Bushwick’s Glitzy New Luxury Building on the Rheingold Brewery Site Is Ready For Its Close-Up
The Denizen Bushwick, an eight-story luxury rental building on the site of the former Rheingold Brewery, has finally opened one of its buildings, consisting of 444 units…
‘Store Front’ Photographer Karla Murray Races Against Time to Document ‘Fun and Funky’ NYC
Longtime East Village photographers James and Karla Murray installed a structure in Seward Park recreating the Lower East Side’s Cup and Saucer, which closed after more than…
New Target Desperately Tries to Fit Into the East Village: Does It Hit the Mark?
I had been caught in the pouring rain without an umbrella, and my shirt was soaked through like a wet dog on the night of…
In East Williamsburg, Plan to Build On Public Housing Property Gets Frosty Reception
A parking lot at the Cooper Park Houses is set to be replaced by a high-rise building, and residents of the East Williamsburg housing development aren’t happy…
5 Pointz Artists Go to Court With Building Owner Who Demolished Street Art Mecca
The 5 Pointz building was a world-famous haven for spray-paint artists, until it was whitewashed in 2013 and then torn down to make way for luxury apartments.…
LES Residents Call For City to Intervene On ‘Nightmarish’ Mega Towers
In another installment of “the rent is too damn high,” Two Bridges residents are demanding that the city increase its oversight of the mega-towers coming…
East Village Community Gardens to Host Screenings of National Security Docs
Does government surveillance really get your goat? (To be honest I have never really understood that expression but I am just going to run with…
Brandon Harris Talks Gentrification, Race, and the Perennial Struggle of Making It in NYC
In his first book, Making Rent in Bed-Stuy (HarperCollins, 2017), New York-based writer and filmmaker Brandon Harris uses his memoir of “trying to make it…
What’s Going On With the Great Jones Cafe?
New Yorkers today learned some shocking news: beloved Cajun/Creole restaurant Great Jones Cafe will close tonight and may or may not reopen. Tipsters told EV…