Up in smoke: Parks Dept., police crack down on Washington Square pot bazaar
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 15, 2:45 p.m.: On second thought, maybe don't come to the casbah... . There's a new Parks Department captain...
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Podcast: COVID anti-vaxxers and ‘fascist pseudo-anti-fascism’
In Episode 92 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg takes note of what he decries as "the increasingly extremist anti-vax 'protesters,'" who don the yellow star and explicitly...
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Dee Pop, Bush Tetras drummer, dies at 65; Played with wide array of musicians, from experimental to punk
BY JOHN PIETARO | Dimitri Papadopoulos, known as Dee Pop to a fan base of millions, died in his sleep at his home in Brooklyn...
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Chain reaction: Corey Johnson finally talks with East River Park activists
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Oct. 8, 1 p.m.: Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Thursday finally spoke with East River Park activists who have been...
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C.B. 2 pans sweeping but half-baked sidewalk cafes and Open Restaurants plan
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Community Board 2 isn’t taking any shed — at least not without proper public review and input. Its members voted nearly...
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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…