Despite concerns, East Village Thai Restaurant to Re-Open Monday (32 E 7th). [Confirmed by restaurant worker.]
Jamie Lidell to play Webster Hall on Saturday (125 E 11th St)
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Cooper Union named #7 on its Newsweek’s Top 25 Desirable Schools
From Newsweek:
Cooper Union may be a small college—its campus spans just a few city blocks in New York’s East Village and serves only 920 undergraduates—but its list of accolades is not. This highly selective arts college is No. 7 on Newsweek’s list of most desirable schools, the fifth most desirable urban college and tops the list of most desirable small schools.
Yesterday, the chapel at 545 E 11th St was granted landmark status.
From AMNY:
The Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel on 11th Street between avenues A and B is a Gothic revival-style church that was completed in 1868. At two stories tall and all red bricks, it now houses the Father’s Heart Ministry Center.
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Potato pallet unloaded at fry-favorite Pomme Frites (123 2nd Ave)
Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/pommes-frites-new-york
Update: Zynga’s Agency to Clean Up ‘Mafia Wars’ Campaign in East Village
Zynga’s agency, Davis Elen, has responded and has committed to clean up the ‘Mafia Wars’ campaign within a week. We will keep everyone updated, but this is great news.
Everyone - thank you for your help spreading the word about this campaign:
NYTimes, BusinessInsider, NYObserver, NYPress, EVGrieve, Neighborhoodr, NYCTheBlog, BoweryBoogie, CitizenNYC, SFGate, Peter Feld, Young Manhattanite, everyone on Twitter, and all those here on Tumblr.
If you also have posted this story - please let me know so I can credit you here.
Thank you!
East Village Feed
Blind Barber on history, business inside 10th Street location (339 E 10th Street)
(Great video by Atif Ateeq)
Summer of Love: Following the massive Life Magazine-inspired ‘Times Square Kiss-In’ on Saturday, Couple Spotted near latin spot Boca Chica (13 1st Ave.)
(Great shot by photographer Craig Bagnostian)
