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September 10th, 2009

Educational Alliance Presents “Artist Couples on Display”

Chris Bors and Ketta
Ioannidou, Cuz Opposites Attract, 2009,
oil and acrylic on canvas, diptych, 43” x 68”

The Educational Alliance Art Gallery will open their show, The Better Half: Artist Couples on Display this evening at 6pm. The show represents young artist couples who are balancing careers, creating art and being married to another artist. A [...]

September 10th, 2009

City Briefs Community Board on Allen Street Mall Project

City officials updated members of Community Board 3 last night on the ongoing transformation of the Allen Street pedestrian malls. The Parks and Transportation Departments are in the process of installing new benches, landscaping, bike lanes and turn signals. The project spans from Houston Street all the way to the East River. [...]

September 10th, 2009

New York Press Endorses PJ Kim

City Council candidate PJ Kim has picked up the endorsement of New York Press:

This
district—which includes the Lower East Side, Chinatown, Battery Park
City, Tribeca and the Financial District—has seen some of the most
intense development (as well as conflicts) since Councilmember Alan
Gerson took office in eight years ago. While the incumbent has tried to
effect change during [...]

September 10th, 2009

Family Businesses, Hipster Hunting, Cannoli Craze

Crain's looks at how New York's family-owned businesses survive. Among those profiled: Moscot Opticians, which started with a pushcart on Orchard Street.

Are they serious? A new HBO show is casting (via Craigslist) "Tattooed Hipsters, Indie Rockers, and Lower East Side Hispanic Types."

New York Press loves [...]

September 10th, 2009

LES Schools Showered With Attention from Politicians, Candidates

 

Five days away from the New York City's Primary Election, City Council candidates are missing no opportunity to meet potential voters. Now that the summer is over, they have many new venues in which to press the flesh: the city's public schools. Yesterday, Margaret Chin stopped by [...]

September 10th, 2009

Gotbaum Endorses Gerson

Yesterday on the steps of City Hall, District 1 City Councilmember Alan Gerson won another endorsement, that of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum. They were joined at the event by members of Workers United, Local 23-25. A press release from the campaign said, “The New York Times described (Gerson) as an “honorable public servant.” True – [...]

September 10th, 2009

Community Day in Luther Gulick Park This Sunday

We’ve been following the campaign by a newly formed community group to give one of Manhattan’s most blighted public spaces, Luther Gulick Park, a face lift. Sunday afternoon, they’re hoping to draw a broad cross-section of the neighborhood to the park (Delancey and Willett Streets) for a “Community Day“. There will be activities for the [...]