On a recent trip to the New Museum to see its Come Closer: Art Around the Bowery, 1969-1989 exhibition, I was reminded of the Bowery of my youth. There were certainly no art museums dotting its landscape (or star-chef restaurants...
An update on the fight to save 35 Cooper Square, the 1827 row house threatened with demolition. Community groups and local elected officials finally got a sit-down meeting yesterday with Arun Bhatia, the building's owner. While reporters were not...
Historian and Co-Chair of the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, David Mulkins, will return to Tenement Talks tonight with his popular presentation, "The Bowery: Past, Present and Future." Mulkins has collected an amazing series of historical images of this iconic...
Italian artist Marienella Senatore and the visionaries behind the organization, No Longer Empty are teaming up for an exciting public art project, titled "About Face." The project will be part of the New Museum's large scale "Festival of New...
The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors and Two Bridges Neighborhood Council will host "Bowery History: A Celebration" - an evening of cocktails, music, performance, film and speakers - This Tuesday at Dixon Place. The evening will be hosted by Kent...
David Mulkins, co-founder and chair of the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, will be at the Tenement Museum tomorrow evening for an "illustrated talk on the legendary street," and a discussion titled: Bowery - Past, Present and Future. The Bowery...
Despite the fact that the city faces a $5 billion loss in revenues and has decided to layoff 2-thousand employees, the City Council has not reduced pork barrel spending one cent. Next year's budget includes more than $48 million...
