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Morning Reads: Remembering Abe Lebewohl, Silver Dollars, Jill Zarin’s 1500 Minutes

As a second Second Avenue Deli location opens on the Upper East Side, the Lebewohl family rededicates itself to finding Abe Lebewohl's killer (Channel 4). Sheldon Silver and Joe Lieberman help David Weprin raise money for Congressional race (Daily News). Follow-up:...

Morning Reads: Nervous Non-Profits, Bridge Battles, Bar Crackdown Due to “Newbies in Fancy Buildings”

Non-profits, including the Lower East Side's Henry Street Settlement, watch anxiously as "the market wobbles." (NPR) Our two representatives in the U.S. House (Carolyn Maloney and Nydia Velazquez) figure prominently in a new survey of the most active and least...

Morning Reads: Soho BID Battle, Time Share Backyard Debuts, James Franco Gallery Happening

In defense of the proposed SOHO Business Improvement District (Villager). New York Poker flees Avenue C (EV Grieve). The Time Share Backyard makes its debut (Guest of a Guest). James Franco, international man of many talents, presents "High/Low Robe Lowe" at Asia...

Morning Reads: IPhone Robber Gets Six Years, Second Ex-Cop Sentenced Today, “White Zombie Chick” Reminisces

16-year old Zenquell Rodriguez is sentenced to six years in prison for a series of iphone and ipod robberies on the Lower East Side (Post). Former East Village cop Kenneth Moreno, convicted of sexual misconduct and jailed Monday, will be...

Morning Reads: Lighting District’s Demise, Former Cop Sentenced, Cafe Charbon’s Future

A "dim future" for the Bowery lighting district (WSJ). A former East Village cop, implicated in rape case,  is sentenced to jail for misconduct. The judge tells Kenneth Moreno: “you told a story that was incredible. Your testimony was classic...

Morning Reads: Public Housing Survey, Cops Face Sentencing, Blue Moon Still on the Market

In advance of their 11 a.m. news conference, neighborhood affordable housing groups release a survey highlighting maintenance/repair problems in NYCHA buildings (Daily News). Two East Village cops acquitted of rape but convicted of official misconduct will be sentenced today (Channel...

Morning Reads: Soho Fire, “Rent is Too Damn High” Guy Faces Eviction, Chinatown Changes

A fire in Soho sends 11, including 10 firefighters, to the hospital (WNBC). Jimmy McMillan, the "Rent is Too Damn High" guy, is fighting eviction from his East Village apartment (Post). The Chinese population of Manhattan's Chinatown dropped 17% in the...

Morning Reads: 1993 Rape Confession, More on the Time Share Backyard, Beneath the Bowery

A prisoner in Virginia yesterday admitted to the rape of a girl on the Lower East Side in 1993 (NYT). More on the Time Share Backyard on Ludlow Street; lawmakers say they'll "keep a close eye on the partying." (Post) A...

Morning Reads: Guggenheim Lab, Miracle on Stanton Street, Summer Streets

The new BMW Guggenheim Lab is a "mobile intervention in urbanism." (Artinfo). Fate smiles on the Stanton Street Shul (The Forward). DJ Turmix debuts a monthly boogaloo party at Nublu on Avenue C (Daily News). Summer Streets: the next three Saturdays you'll...

Morning Reads: Chinatown BID Foes Get City Hall Meeting, Voting from the Grave, Pacino’s Daughter Arrested for DUI

Opponents of the Chinatown BID will meet with the chair of the City Council's Finance Committee (Daily News). Dead residents enter the fray, as the Lower East Side's district leader campaign heats up (Post). Al Pacino's daughter is busted for drunk...
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JESSOR, A Show About the Architect of the Grand Street Co-ops, Opens Tomorrow at Citygroup

A new exhibition featuring the works of New York architect Herman Jessor, who designed more than 40,000 units of...
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