BY BEN TOGUT | On Sunday, Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir gathered at the East Village’s Earth Church to saint beloved bookstore owner…
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BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Chinatown and Lower East Side organizations rallied together outside the Department of Buildings’ offices near City Hall on Mon., April 11,…
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Each New York City neighborhood tells its own story — from the long-established mom-and-pop stores, to the eclectic cast of characters…
Michele Herman’s new novel, ‘Save the Village,’ reflects on power of community amid a changing world
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | “Save the Village,” Michele Herman’s new fictional work about life in Greenwich Village, is a literary love letter to her…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In a blistering verdict on Mayor de Blasio’s Soho/Noho upzoning plan, Community Board 2 on Monday night voted nearly unanimously to…
BY REV. DONNA SCHAPER | James Baldwin, one of many famous visitors to Greenwich Village, is said to have said in 1967: “We need to…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Lower East Side and Chinatown activists blasted local politicians Tuesday for unfairly tarring the group East River Park ACTION as racist over…
BY HARRY PINCUS | As a certified artist, who bought a space in an old harpsichord factory in 1975, I am concerned about the recent…
BY JEFFERSON SIEGEL | Labor Day was no holiday for housing activists who turned out in large numbers to protest the displacement of communities of…