Juicy News: Organic Avenue Headed For Third Ave
An outpost of Organic Avenue, a chain with several locations around town, is setting up shop at 30 Third Avenue, which was vacated by STA Travel last summer.
View ArticleSo How About This Weather?
With warm weather upon us, we asked East Villagers about their spring looks and what winter wear they couldn't wait to bury in their closet.
View ArticleOwner of East Village’s 8th Subway, Opening Tomorrow, Thanks the Haters
Joanna Marshall The East Village will get its eighth Subway tomorrow morning. Mohammed Matin, owner of the sandwich shop coming to 41 Third Avenue, said it was the “proximity to young people” that sold...
View ArticleThe Day | Cooper Union Has Dibs On Ex-PS 64 Dorm
GammaBlog Good morning, East Village. As you can see above, the former Life Cafe space is getting a new restaurant, Maiden Lane. Michael Natale, who posted interior shots to The Local’s Flickr pool,...
View ArticleAs Spring Blooms, Trees Take Root in City Sidewalks
Daniel Maurer Last week a dump truck pulled up near the corner of Second Avenue and East Fourth Street and workers added a touch of the Southern bayou to the East Village by planting a bald cypresses...
View ArticleBike-Share Stands Popping Up
Joanna Marshall Citi Bikes Though it won’t launch until sometime next month, the bike share program is finally kicking into high gear. This morning, we noticed that racks had materialized on Mott...
View ArticleRemembering Liz Christy On Earth Day
Liz Christy sunning in the garden. Some forty years ago Liz Christy and her group of rebel gardeners, the Green Guerillas, set out to transform an abandoned lot into something resembling the Dutch...
View ArticleThe Day | Richie Havens Dead at 72
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View ArticleStudents Demand Answers As Cooper Union Ends Full Rides
Following an announcement that Cooper Union would cut scholarships for incoming students to 50 percent next year, current students and faculty members furiously scribbled questions onto slips of paper...
View ArticleSchool Historian: ‘You Can See Peter Cooper Rolling Over In His Grave’
Joanna Marshall Students ringed Cooper Union’s Foundation Building to “give it a hug” after an announcement that the school would end its practice of providing full scholarships to all undergraduates....
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