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An Ode to the Urban Laundromat 27 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
We've talked to photographers obsessed with capturing the city's vanishing newsstands, its disappearing bodegas, and its fading storefronts. Now we meet one who has taken on the photographic preservat...
W. 46th Tower to Come 26 Aug 2013 | 05:09 pm
When last we checked with 301 West 46th, on 8th Avenue, it was being readied for demolition. Since then, it's almost vanished. Old plans for a new tower here were obsolete, scrapped when the market c...
*Everyday Chatter 23 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
Wednesday, Aug 28, rally to keep Quinnberg out of office--5pm at 7th Ave and Greenwich. [FB] Greenpoint to get a massive condo tower complex complete with Poor Door. [NYS] A review of the Bloomberg ...
Bleecker Street Records 22 Aug 2013 | 04:59 pm
After more than 20 years in business, Bleecker Street Records will be vanishing from Bleecker Street. But it will be reappearing right around the corner, in a new space at 188 West 4th St., between J...
Greenwich Laundromat 21 Aug 2013 | 04:40 pm
VANISHED When the Torrisi company announced their takeover of Rocco's restaurant on Thompson Street, I took a look at the neighboring Greenwich Laundromat and thought, "That's not going to last." It...
10th Ave. Gas Station 20 Aug 2013 | 04:32 pm
VANISHED Time to add yet another casualty to the High Line's hit list, as every single blue-collar business along its length is rapidly being wiped out. When the blindingly bright luxury condo 245 ....
Rally at St. Vincent's 19 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
Today at noon, join mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio for a "Hospitals Not Condos Rally" at the site of the former St. Vincent's, on the northwest corner of Seventh and Greenwich Avenues. Supportive cel...
Nighthawks in the Flatiron 16 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
Yesterday, the Whitney Museum installed a temporary recreation of Edward Hopper’s painting Nighthawks in the Flatiron Building's Prow Artspace. The Whitney's Curator of Drawings, Carter E. Foster, be...
*Everyday Chatter 16 Aug 2013 | 04:27 pm
"Bill de Blasio will reportedly hold a press conference this Mon., Aug. 19, at noon, at the site of the former St. Vincent’s Hospital" ...and he'll be promising a new hospital. [Villager] A goodbye t...
NYC Before & After 15 Aug 2013 | 04:29 pm
If you haven't yet had a chance to visit Paul Sahner's blog NYC Grid, now is a good time to start. He recently launched a "Before & After" feature in which he re-creates shots from the Library of Cong...
