Tuesday, August 2, 2011

*Everyday Chatter

The Lower East Side used to have things like the Garden of Eden in its vacant lots. Now it has this "curated backyard" you can rent for $50 per hour. [Gothamist]

Patricia Field says: "NYU killed 8th Street." [AN] [via Curbed]

Brooklyn Municipal Building to be given over to big box stores. [Racked]

How to be alone at McSorley's--go early. [LC]

Chelsea's celestial Galaxy Diner, vanished in 2009, has been replaced--by a tapas bar. At least the painted planets still cling to the bricks (for now):


On the short, unhappy life of the Walk Man sculpture. [EVG]

Don't miss Nick Paumgarten's Talk of the Town story about the whole city of lost trunks, filled with the treasures of the dead, in the basement of Stuyvesant Town. (Subscription required.) [NYer]

2nd Avenue Deli headed for Upper East Side. [Eater]

NYC's first 28 subway stations. [FNY]
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5 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyAugust 2, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    $50 to rent a lawn?

    You can also be alone at McSorley's on Christmas Eve. Uh, anyone care to join me this year?

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  2. Brooks of SheffieldAugust 2, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    Thanks for the link!

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  3. Marty WombacherAugust 2, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    "Guests are invited to furnish their private suburban backyard"

    Here's an idea, move to the suburbs, then you can have that shit 24/7. I moved here to escape suburban backyards.

    I wish I could join you Goggla, but sadly I'll be in Peoria on Christmas Eve (speaking of the suburbs!)

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  4. UtherbenAugust 2, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    Is that tapas bar the same El Cid that used to be on 15th St between 8th & 9th? Because if so, that's *good* news - they had awesome sangria and a good atmosphere.

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  5. James TaylorAugust 3, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    That "Curated Back-yard" is possibly the most revolting thing I've seen all week (in a week that's been full of revolting things).

    I never went to the Galaxy Diner.

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