East 14th Street should have settled into a cycle of decline and upshift. Instead it was counted on 120-year skid that hasn't bottomed out yet.
Originally published November 14, 1977
“Oh yeah, he fed her to the homeless,” says Hank, who lives on East 5th Street. “A few days after it happened, before it hit the papers, while the rumors started spreading around the Village, the homeless in the park were going, ‘Yeah, Dan did give us soup yesterday.’ They were goofing on it but they were pretty much grossed out.”
Originally published October 10, 1989
“Where is that whole happy tormented crowd I used to know? Driven from the Village to the Lower East Side too ... where? Where are they? Or maybe the question should be: where am I?”
Originally published August 10, 1972
In 1972, the Voice reported on the closing of "the Last Punk Rock Bodega". In 2019, it's still open... for now
May 11, 2020
“I’ve been declared hip for so long that it makes my skin crawl,” he says. “When somebody says, ‘John Lurie is hip,’ it’s like sticking worms on my back.”
Originally published October 30, 1984
When a mysterious graffiti tag started appearing around New York, the Voice went looking for the artist behind ‘SAMO’
March 20, 2019
Target may have apologized for its faux-CBGB facade, but appropriating neighborhood icons is at the heart of planned gentrification
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The former Sutra Lounge owner is trying to assure Lower East Side residents and bar operators she can ease red tape without allowing rowdy behavior
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