Morning Reads: Avenue D Attack, “The Immigrant” at Cannes, Brooklyn Bridge Birthday

By
Ed Litvak
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The man arrested for allegedly assaulting a gay man on Avenue D will not face hate crime charges (NY1).

Cannes review: “The Immigrant” reflects the Lower East Side experience in the 1920’s in “quietly wrenching terms.” (Hollywood Reporter)

Special projects planned to mark the 130th birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge (NY1).

On 2nd Avenue: scrap(ing) up the few traces of gentility amid the falafel and the fraternity crowds (NYT).

Sakamai on Ludlow Street; “A Japanese restaurant filtered through an American consciousness, respectful of tradition but not bound by it.” (NYT)

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