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Save Beth Israel coalition holds ‘victory march’ after recent wins
BY PHYLLIS ECKHAUS | Chanting “Save Our Community Hospital!” activists with the Campaign to Save Beth Israel and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary braved...
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Police arrest suspect in brutal sucker-punch of young woman in Greenwich Village
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A 6th Precinct detective recently arrested a man accused of randomly punching a young woman in Greenwich Village — so hard...
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‘Blank ballot’ protest scores 15% in NYC in Dem presidential primary
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Showing the ongoing divide among Democrats over the Israel-Gaza conflict, 15 percent of the party's New York City voters submitted...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center...
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Erik Bottcher unveils ‘fang-tastic’ rat-control plan
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | One of Erik Bottcher's top issues is sanitation, so perhaps it's not so surprising that he is proposing a groundbreaking...
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Posts tagged as “Petco”

Comings & Goings: French, Southern…Petco!

The stylish interior of the new Union Square Petco. (Photo by Caroline Benveniste)

Comings & Goings: French, Southern…Petco!

July 1, 2023

BY CAROLINE BENVENISTE | In June there was lots of activity on Bleecker and Christopher Streets. French and Italian spots continue to open, and more…

New Petco store dogged by protests over nonunion construction

Scabby, the in-demand union rat, has been replaced by a truck blasting Petco and the Tammany building's owners. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)

New Petco store dogged by protests over nonunion construction

May 4, 2023

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Historic Tammany Hall was once headquarters for a political society dating back to the 18th century that became a Democratic Party…

New Petco in Union Square attracts its first animal: Scabby, the union rat

The union rat is making a stand outside the new Petco store currently being built out at 17th Street and Union Square East. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)

New Petco in Union Square attracts its first animal: Scabby, the union rat

January 7, 2023

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Petco’s flagship New York store has yet to relocate into the historic Tammany Hall building at 44 Union Square East, despite…

Petco to relocate to Tammany Hall building on Union Square East, open new pet hospital

The new dome atop 44 Union Square East is meant to evoke a tortoise shell, a symbol of the Lenape tribe. By the end of the year the building will have tortoises and turtles for sale as pets.

Petco to relocate to Tammany Hall building on Union Square East, open new pet hospital

April 8, 2022

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Once home to a symbol of political corruption, the bloodthirsty Tammany Tiger, a historic building on Union Square East will be…