C.B. 2 rejects mayor’s Soho/Noho rezoning, calling it ‘falsely presented’ as expanding affordable housing
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...
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Anger and chaos at C.B. 2 meeting on Washington Square Park
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The party scene in Washington Square Park is supposed to be about peace and love. But a chaotic Community Board 2...
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East Siders are ‘mad as hell’ at meeting on Open Restaurants
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated July 14, 2:30 p.m.: Enough is enough already! That was the message sent loud and clear by East Village and...
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Don’t give away the streets to landlords and restaurants
BY LYNN ELLSWORTH | I love sidewalk cafes. I especially like the nice ones that have comfy chairs and plantings that separate me from people...
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E-novel by Seaport author captures present uncertainty
BY TED C. FRANKEN | “Because death is unknown, life becomes the puzzle.” That’s the theme of the E-novel "War In A Beautiful Country," by...
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Posts tagged as “Stonewall Inn”

‘Gay Liberation’ conservation, another monumental moment

Conservator John Saunders applied a special white lacquer-and-wax coating to George Segal's bronze sculpture in Christopher Park. The coating is then heat-sealed onto the monument with a blowtorch. (Courtesy NYC Parks Department)

‘Gay Liberation’ conservation, another monumental moment

July 5, 2021

Monuments need TLC, too. A few days before Gay Pride Weekend, the Parks Department did its annual care and preservation of George Segal’s “Gay Liberation…

Halasa calls for end of N.Y.P.D. Vice Unit

Marni Halasa, fourth from left, and supporters at the MLK Day event outside the Stonewall Inn. (Courtesy Marni Halasa)

Halasa calls for end of N.Y.P.D. Vice Unit

January 26, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Jan. 26, 5:45 p.m.: Calling it “a hotbed of corruption,” Council candidate Marni Halasa is demanding the elimination of…

Stonewall crowd rejoices in defeat of Donald and his wall

The legendary Stonewall Inn, on Christopher St. (Photo by Another Believer)

Stonewall crowd rejoices in defeat of Donald and his wall

November 7, 2020

West Village writer Kate Walter filmed the jubilant scene on Christopher St. outside the Stonewall Inn on Saturday afternoon after Joe Biden announced triumph in…