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Occupy protesters march through NYC, support Oakland
WABC New York City News
Jan 30Occupy Wall Street protesters marched through the East Village Sunday night in solidarity with Occupy Oakland protesters. The New York protesters say they are marching in solidarity with Occupy Oakland protesters. Marchers chanted, "Whose street? Our s... »
K.T. Tunstall Rocks Out of the East Village
The New York Observer
Jan 26The East Village has a lot of cool things, like Momofuku and gutterpunks summering in Tompkins Square Park, but it still lacks a big black horse and a cherry tree. Perhaps this helps explain why Scottish folk rocker K.T. Tunstall has sold her home of t... »
Row-house error of historic proportions
New York Post
Jan 18The city Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday took emergency action to block a landlord from adding a rooftop pad to a 165-year-old building on a classic row-house block off Tompkins Square Park. Too bad the move came several hours after the cit... »
East Village Block Landmarked
MyFoxNewYork New York
Jan 18The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission held an emergency public hearing Tuesday and then unanimously voted to designate a block of brownstones facing Tompkins Square Park a historical landmark, but acted too late to stop a developer from s... »
East Village Block Landmarked
MyFoxNewYork News
Jan 17The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission held an emergency public hearing Tuesday and then unanimously voted to designate a block of brownstones facing Tompkins Square Park a historical landmark. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
A challenging new way to play ping pong in Tompkins Square Park
EV Grieve
Feb 05Photo by Bobby Williams. »
Morning Reads: Protest Leads to Arrests, Danny Chen Resolution, Record Store Blues
The Lo-Down
Jan 30A group marching in solidarity with Occupy Oakland ended up around Tompkins Square Park last night; police arrested about a dozen protesters (NYT, EV Grieve). A City Council panel passes a resolution calling on the Army to institute better “cultural se... »
Arrests Reported as Protesters March Through East Village
The Local East Village
Jan 30Protesters showing solidarity for Oakland made a symbolic stop outside of the former Charas/El Bohio building before ending their march outside of Tompkins Square Park. »
[UPDATED] Happening now: Occupy Wall Street march winding its way through the East Village
EV Grieve
Jan 30We're getting all sorts of reports about an Occupy Wall Street march currently in the East Village — part of #SolidaritySunday ... We have some reader reports... and are currently following @ChristRobbins from Gothamist who is on the scene... Here are ... »
The Blockbuster on East Houston is closing
EV Grieve
Jan 29Several readers emailed us this weekend with news that the Blockbuster on East Houston (part of the Red Square strip) is closing. Well, we've heard this before as far back as December 2009. BoweryBoogie heard the rumors too. Plus, the store has been on... »