May 7, 2008
More NY: civil disobedience, Veniero's, High Line
Berlin Wall sections on 53rd Street between 5th and Madison. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
Sharpton-led protest ties up traffic at Manhattan bridges and tunnels (NY Times)
Several hundred protesters briefly shut down traffic at entrances to the Queensboro Bridge, the Triborough Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge and the Holland Tunnel and Queens-Midtown Tunnel this afternoon as part of a coordinated series of protests over the acquittal of three New York City police detectives in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell in 2006.
Dept. of Health closes Veniero's (Eater)
Yesterday, the DOH shuttered the 114 year-old East Village pastry house Veniero's. A sign in their window announced that the health violations and pest problems were due to a "Capital Improvement Project." Sure, that could account for some of the violations, but no renovations should lead to mice droppings in the chocolate. Get it together guys.
High Line park to get awesome rolling lounge chairs on the tracks (Curbed)
No good train track should go unused, so the brains at the High Line have decided to install some loungers on wheels. High Liners will be able to slide them together for impromptu sexy sunbathing parties, or spread them apart for some quiet time in which to ponder the looming Standard hotel. This one is just a prototype, so the final results may vary, but your brain now has permission to explode.
Polar Bear Club, Coney Island USA among groups planning anti-developer freak-in (Post)
Community organizations with 4,000 members combined told The Post yesterday that they plan to turn the May 22 opening of Coney Island's beach into a freak show to protest the city's revision of a rezoning plan that reduces a planned 15-acre amusement park to nine acres.
Digging the "you go girl" graffiti around New York City (CityRag)
Sources close to Discosalt have told us there is just one prolific guy responsible, running around the country spreading his national message of girl power like some feminist Johnny Appleseed. You Go Girl!"
Airport cabbies get free thank-you concert from forgetful violinist (Reuters)
A Grammy-nominated violinist who left his $4 million, 285-year-old Stradivarius in a taxi repaid the driver who returned it with a free concert at an airport taxi stand on Tuesday.
May 7, 2008 6:54 PM in Etceterology
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