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From The Archives

Where Have All the Hipsters Gone?

“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?”

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MUSIC ARCHIVES

Beastie Boys: The Portable Lower East Side

"For all their hard work and emergent craft, the Beasties are no longer about making records — today they make culture."

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Neighborhoods

Chinatown ’89: Rubbing Two Neighborhoods Together

Friction Between Asians and Latinos Grows With Influx

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ART ARCHIVES

Jean-Michel Basquiat and the Birth of SAMO

When a mysterious graffiti tag started appearing around New York, the Voice went looking for the artist behind ‘SAMO’

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NEW YORK CITY ARCHIVES

The TRGT Fiasco Was No Mistake

Target may have apologized for its faux-CBGB facade, but appropriating neighborhood icons is at the heart of planned gentrification

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Neighborhoods

City’s ‘Nightlife Mayor’ Faces a Tough Crowd on Her Home Turf

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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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

For Want of a Garden, an Election Could Be Lost

Plans for a senior housing development atop Little Italy’s Elizabeth Street Garden could cost Margaret Chin her council seat

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MUSIC ARCHIVES

Velvet Wonderland: Rediscovering The Velvet Underground’s New York

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Living

‘When It Rains Outside, It Rains Inside’: Tenants Say Notorious NYC Landlord Is Practicing ‘Construction as Harassment’

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Neighborhoods

As Giant Luxury Towers Loom Over LES and Chinatown, Residents Protest Mayor de Blasio’s ‘Racist’ Zoning Laws

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