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Dear readers, thank you for your readership over the last five years — and for your support, story tips, photos, reader comments and more, and...
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Editorial: Just say No to COYHO
The City of Yes. … eh, yeah, sure, it sounds positive. But you can’t judge a sweeping, citywide development program just on a catchy name....
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‘It had to go now’: East Village pizzeria owner sheds his shed
BY CHRIS RYAN | Workers recently dismantled Eleven B pizza restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in the East Village. Owner Vincent Sgarlato got a bit of...
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Elizabeth Street Garden’s last stand: Little Italy green dream faces City Hall’s wrecking ball
BY SUSAN SILVER | On the eve of its possible execution, the legendary Elizabeth Street Garden was dotted with afternoon visitors soaking up its perennial...
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Biking’s his life — but Bowery rider says e-bikes are making life hell
BY OTTO FRITTON | As electric bikes have boomed in New York City, enforcement of traffic regulations against scofflaw riders has failed to keep pace....
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Posts tagged as “punk music”

Thanks, Shane MacGowan, you were someone; Irish punk singer bridged present and past

A drawing of singer Shane MacGowan, with the writer, at right, backpacking in Ireland after college. (Pencil illustration by Christopher Joseph Ryan)

Thanks, Shane MacGowan, you were someone; Irish punk singer bridged present and past

December 20, 2023

BY CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH RYAN | So, I’ve been asked to write a tribute to Irish music legend Shane MacGowan, and — despite the fact that…

Karen’s Quirky Style: Wishing I remembered CBGB

West Village model Karen Rempel sings the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.” on the sidewalk in front of the former CBGB, at 315 Bowery. (Photo by Philip Maier)

Karen’s Quirky Style: Wishing I remembered CBGB

October 31, 2021

BY KAREN REMPEL | I first heard about CBGB at a party in high school in Burnaby, British Columbia. My friends were playing the Talking…

Tompkins Riot Reunion concert set to rock this weekend

Wisdom in Chains played at a massive hardcore punk show in Tompkins Square Park in April. The Parks Department was not happy about the large crowd size, among other things, amid the ongoing pandemic, and pulled the organizer's permits for future events in the park. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

Tompkins Riot Reunion concert set to rock this weekend

August 5, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Aug. 5, 5:30 p.m.: The Tompkins Square Riot Reunion concert is back — live and also online. That’s the…

New York Junk stay true to gritty punk in ‘Dreaming’

New York Junk are back with a new album rooted in the spirit of Downtown rock.

New York Junk stay true to gritty punk in ‘Dreaming’

September 1, 2020

BY JOHN PIETARO | Rock-n-roll is universal, though it was conceived by the convergence of African American blues via “reeling and rocking” church traditions with…