From an article in The Forward today: Israel has a shortage of civilian gas masks, but you wouldn’t know it from walking down Manhattan’s St. Mark’s Place, where the masks are on sale in half a dozen stores for a mere $25 each. The Israeli model 4A1 ga... »
Bloc Party @ Webster Hall in 2008 (more by Chris La Putt) Whoever said the August 8th Bloc Party show at Terminal 5 would get moved down to Webster Hall was very wrong. Not only did the large NYC show... »
For rent signs are up at Kate's Joint in the East Village. Apparently, the Indiegogo campaign to save the restaurant didn't work. EV Grieve has also learned from a "reliable tipster" that Starbucks mi »
Three days after alleged anarchist protesters ran amok in the East Village, an anarchist meeting on Sixth Street was disrupted by a verbal altercation between an organizer of the event and a man he later accused of being a police spy. »
What we're reading in The Times and elsewhere, including articles about the finances of State Senate Democrats and the introduction of Famous Roio's Pizza in Greenwich Village. »
Bloc Party at Terminal 5 in 2009 (more by Faith-Ann Young) After rumors of Bloc Party kicking out frontman Kele Okereke circulated and were denied, Kele posted a note to the band's website stating that they've signed to Frenchkiss. He... »
Last month, we noted that Miron Properties took took over the space that previously belonged to the 123 Third Avenue sales office on East 10th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue... Something compelled up to take a look inside... where we not... »
There are persistent rumblings on jihadist websites calling for attacks. There were new propaganda videos posted this week from al Qaeda's new leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, pledging to "do everything in order to deprive America of security." »
