in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
Brooklyn Comes to Manhattan The two-years vacant corner space at Sixth Avenue and Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, occupied by Duane Reade until April 2017, is getting a new tenant. I noticed that the “For … Read more…
10,000+ Square Foot Space in Greenwich Village at West 8th Street and Sixth Ave. Has Remained Vacant Since Jan. 2013 The corner building at West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue that formerly housed Barnes & … Read more…
Integral Yoga was my go-to “health food” store when I lived 3 1/2 blocks away on Hudson Street. Tho’ I don’t get there as often now, I have always loved going into this West 13th … Read more…
Marlon Brandon arrived in Greenwich Village in 1943 and stayed with his sister who lived near Patchin Place. In his 1994 autobiography, the actor wrote about this experience singling out the “ecstasy of sleeping on … Read more…
Prime Greenwich Village; A Block from Washington Square Park I heard awhile back that the stores on the Southwest side of West 8th at MacDougal were being shuttered because the building was sold, set to … Read more…
Other Spots on the Beleaguered Strip Now Vacant: Il Bambino, Mountain Side Craft Uncle Sam’s Army-Navy Store at 37 West 8th Street will be closing at the end of this month after 20 years on … Read more…
West 8th Street and MacDougal Street now look a bit bleaker… Economy Foam & Futons, in business since 1937, closed May 1st departing West 8th Street for Chelsea, “bought out by a company called Greentex,” … Read more…
City Hall Protest in 1958 Organized by Jane Jacobs, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Mead & Other Notable Individuals to Curtail Robert Moses’s Roadway Plan, End Traffic New York University recently presented Narrative and Counternarrative: (Re) Defining … Read more…
The Fixers Collective offers New Yorkers an opportunity to get help fixing gadgets, appliances and electronics that they’ve so wanted to repair but had no idea where to turn. This coming Sunday, April 22nd, for … Read more…
What will this generation impart on this Greenwich Village public space? I believe that much about current Washington Square Park is informed by the Arch Conspirators’ takeover of the Arch in 1917 – and the … Read more…
[Sponsored Post] Have you ever dreamed of living across from Washington Square Park? There aren’t that many residential scenarios right on the park but here is one from a Greenwich Village neighbor who is relocating … Read more…
Community Board 2 oversees a large area including, yes, Washington Square Park, and also surrounding Greenwich Village, SoHo, NoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown, Hudson Square and Gansevoort Market (Their listing of the neighborhoods, not mine.). Board … Read more…
Renowned Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village has been particularly impacted by the closing of “mom-and-pop” shops witnessed throughout New York City, hard to miss by its proliferation of vacant storefronts. Fresh on the heels of … Read more…
One block of Sixth Avenue between West 8th Street and Waverly Place is now showing signs of blight as Duane Reade at 378 Sixth Avenue has closed. It joins nearby Barnes & Noble which previously … Read more…
