–Two 20-year-old Aussie tourists were arrested after climbing up on a beam of the Brooklyn Bridge to take selfies. [New York Post]
–At Lalo in Chinatown, El Rey vet Gerardo “Gonzalez’s Mexican and SoCal-inspired fare, informed by his San Diegan upbringing and Mexican heritage, remains some of the most forward-thinking around.” [Village Voice]
–How East Village poet Ron Padgett spends his Sundays. “I don’t really mind that N.Y.U. kids and investment bankers have taken (the community) over,” he says. “That’s New York. Neighborhoods change.” [New York Times]
–Remembering Edward G. Robinson, who died on this day in 1973. The film icon was raised on the Lower East Side. [Haaretz]
