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Kill Bill (31-B), dining shed foes cry as Council poised to make pandemic gutter structures permanent
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Get outdoor dining out of the gutter already! That's what members of CUEUP (Coalition United for Equitable Urban Policy), who...
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‘Always there when you needed him’: Sean Kavanagh-Dowsett’s friendship, charm and irreverence recalled at packed memorial
BY SHARON WOOLUMS | The service for Sean Kavanagh-Dowsett at Greenwich Village Funeral Home on May 9 drew an overflow crowd, with some mourners stranded...
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Ralph Lee, Greenwich Village Halloween Parade founder, theater artist, dies at 87
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Ralph Lee, the legendary father of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, died Fri., May 12, at Westbeth Artists Housing. He was...
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Foxface sandwiches owner wins Theatre 80 St. Mark’s with $8.8 million bid; Otherwise, not many bites at auction
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The winning bidder for Theatre 80 St. Mark's used to sell some mean muffulettas there. Ori Kushnir and his life partner...
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Philip Mortillaro on life, locksmithing and the key to finding purpose
BY ALEX EBRAHIMI | "Hello, Greenwich.” That's what you hear when you call Greenwich Locksmiths. As if the Village itself is picking up the phone....
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Posts tagged as “land use”

City Planning to give ‘Zoning 101’ presentation at C.B. 3

City Planning to give ‘Zoning 101’ presentation at C.B. 3

October 18, 2022

Want to follow in the footsteps of Doris Diether, the legendary Village activist, and become the next zoning maven? Or do you already know something…

Doris Diether, legendary Greenwich Village activist, dies at age 92

A favorite photo of Doris Diether, in mid-laugh, by David Mulkins of Bowery Alliance of Neighbors a.k.a. BAN. (Photo by David Mulkins)

Doris Diether, legendary Greenwich Village activist, dies at age 92

September 17, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Fri., Sept. 17, 11:30 p.m.: Doris Diether, the iconic Community Board 2 member who was an ally of Jane Jacobs,…

EXCLUSIVE: Allie Ryan running for Council District 2 as an independent

Allie Ryan in Tompkins Square Park with her two daughters. (Photo by Chris Ryan)

EXCLUSIVE: Allie Ryan running for Council District 2 as an independent

March 24, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated March 26, 1 a.m.: Another candidate is tossing her hat in the ring for City Council District 2. She’s not…

Scrap ill-conceived long-term planning scheme

Powerful planning czar Robert Moses with a model of his hoped-for Battery Bridge project in the 1930s. It took an order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to block the embattled bridge project and get the lower-impact Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel built instead. (C.M. Stieglitz, World Telegram / Library of Congress)

Scrap ill-conceived long-term planning scheme

March 1, 2021

BY SEAN SWEENEY | The City Council has introduced legislation to amend the City Charter to create an expensive, “comprehensive,” long-term land-use plan, supervised by…