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Staten Islander, bicycle commuter, parent, flack for local public television station, preservationist, foodie, traveler, etc.
Staten Islander, bicycle commuter, parent, flack for local public television station, preservationist, foodie, traveler, etc.
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May 25, 2006
I had the pleasure of celebrating "Feast of St. Joey" with my daughter this past May 19 in the East Village. The celebration of the late Joey Ramone's 55th birthday was alloted all the pomp and circumstance deserving of a cultural visionary. We were especially honored to help carry a giglio of Joey from Tompklns Square Park through the hallowed streets (St. Marks Place, The Bowery) to a potluck celebration was held at CB's 313 Gallery and offshoot multimedia venue of the legendary CBGBs. The event included music by the Hungry March Band, and open mike renditions of Ramones classics. If you can imagine what a marching band playing Ramones covers in a small venue must sound like, you have a clue of what kind of day it was. And in the process, they raised money for the Joey Ramone Foundation for Lymphoma Research. Please keep an eye out for future Hungry March events, including the Mermaid Parade - Sat. June 24 - Coney Island. (photo of the Joey Ramone giglio by Fred Askew.)
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cbgb, east village, feast, hungry march band, mermaid parade, punk, ramones
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Posted on 5/25/2006
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May 24, 2006
Creative Time has put out a call to artists for this year's Art Parade. If you want to be a part of this Sept. 9 Soho procession, here's the info:
I LOVE A PARADE!
The 2nd Annual Art Parade
Call to Artists
If you missed the Art Parade last year, we'll assume you learned your lesson and you'll mark September 9 in your calendar now. If you want to be the one waving to the crowd - artists, performers and designers are cordially invited to create floats, placards, portable sculptures, kites, performances and street spectacles. Submit your proposal to artparade@deitch.com. Only really fabulous ideas entertained.
THE 2nd ANNUAL ART PARADE presented by Deitch Projects, Creative Time and Paper Magazine, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2006, 4PM, WEST BROADWAY
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art, creative time, parade, soho, west broadway
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May 18, 2006
Join the Hungry March Band for a processional form "Rock n Roll High School" in Forest Hills to CBs tomorrow to honor the memory of Joey Ramone. Here are the details from the Hungry March website [http://www.hungrymarchband.com/joey.html]:
Feast of St. Joey procession
Fri, May 19, 2006,
ROUND UP YOUR PUNKS!
HIGH NOON: Meet up outside Forest Hills High School, 67-01 110th Street in Queens -- the real Rock-n-Roll High School -- for a ten-mile pilgrimage to the sacred spots in the Ramones legacy, ending at Tompkins Square Park. Note: HMB will not be playing for the pilgrimage - it's pure sufferin'-for-your-religion, Canterbury-Tales-relivin', tho not without fun and games pilgrimage-makin'.
Then, at 7:00 PM: From TSP, the Hungry March Band will join the procession in proper pilgrim-freak style, with a Joey giglio, self-flagellation and other saintly pursuits, and lead the way to Joey Ramone Place and CBs Gallery for an evening of feasting and frolic. Contact Joe Tuba for details on the pilgrimage!
FEAST OF ST. JOEY CELEBRATION AT CB'S
Fri, May 19, 2006, 8pm
NIGHT-TIME FEAST of ST. JOEY, with DEVA! THE RAMOONES! FUR CUPS FOR TEETH! And the Hungry March Band behaving as punkly as they know how! ALSO: START YOUR OWN RAMONES COVER BAND FOR THIS SHOW! ONE SONG PER ACT DURING OUR OPEN MIC. PLUS: Potluck Dinner! Bring food to get in for $5, otherwise it's $10 AT THE DOOR. CBGB Gallery-313 Bowery at Bleecker. 212.677.0455 cbgb website
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cbgb, east village, feast, party, procession, punk, queens, ramones, tompkins square
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May 12, 2006
The newest night spot to sprout out of the Meatpacking District is The Plumm. The former site of Nell's keeps the velvet rope intact, allowing invitation-only attendance. (I only got in by being on the list for a book party.) The room is dark with rich paneled walls aglow with the warm light of large, boxy, orange chandeliers that put the club somewhere between a 19th century men's club and a Shanghai brothel. Low rectangular couches are placed squarely about, giving good sightlines to people-watch across the length of the club. Margaritas were sweetly-tart with just a little salt on the rim. Music was just loud enough to make conversations only slightly difficult. Black and white nude photos by Ian Cutler of shadows and patterns across fine flesh canvases sets a sultry mood. Seeing as how there have been several establishments in this space in the past year or so, I suggest you pick this fruit before it falls -- it may not get the chance to ripen.
The Plumm, 246 West 14th Street, Chelsea/Meatpacking District, between 7th and 8th.
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chelsea, club, flesh, mararitas, meat packing, nells, night spot, photography, plumm, velvet rope
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May 10, 2006
New York preservationists are honoring their own tomorrow, May 11. Here is the invitation from the Historic Districts Council:
Please join us tomorrow, May 11, for the 16th Annual Preservation Party Featuring the 7th Annual Grassroots Preservation Awards. Rain or Shine! (After all, we are an “umbrella” organization.)
Come celebrate with HDC and help honor our six deserving grassroots awardees. The members of this diverse group are bonded by their incredible dedication and commitment to preserving New York City’s irreplaceable historic neighborhoods.
2006 Grassroots Awardees:
The Coalition to Save the Austin, Nichols & Company Warehouse; Victoria Hofmo; Tottenville Historical Society; Linda Eskenas; Council Member Letitia James of the 35th District; and CityLand.
Thursday, May 11, 2006, 6:00-8:00pm
St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery
Garden and Parish Hall
East 10th Street & Second Avenue
$25/person $15/Friends of HDC, payable at the door
E-mail ftolbert@hdc.org or call 212.614.9107 for more information.
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austin, awards, grassroots, historic districts council, party, preservation, st marks in the bowery, tottenville
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May 09, 2006
Monday afternoon was so glorious, I thought I'd take my bike out for lunchtime and head down the Hudson River Park Bike Path for some sun and people watching. I thought I might stop off around Greenwich Village and sit a bit before heading back up to W33rd Steet. Well, I managed to get down to Battery Park City and ride around the waterfront a bit.
On the return trip coming out of Nelson Rockefeller Park and behind Stuyvesant H.S., a very attractive couple was headed the opposite direction. Not surprising, the young man was enjoying the weather with his shirt wide open to the sun with his ebony abs for all to see. And right beside him, so was his young lady companion -- rightly proud of her fine alabaster figure in full view through her open shirt flapping behind her like a black flag of victory.
So, I continued on, despite my thoughts of circling back for another viewing. And a few feet beyond, was a group of older Jamaican women, all very upset over what they'd just been exposed to. "Did'chew see dat wo-man dress dat way. Just what does she tink she's doing?" I heard as I rode by.
I just had to share that experience since it's the first time since it became legal in NYC that I've seen anyone take advantage of the right to bear bare breasts in public. I've always said I need to get out more for lunch!
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battery park city, bike riding, exhibitionist, hudson river park, lunch time, park
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Posted on 5/9/2006
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May 03, 2006
Next time your tooling around lower Manhattan, behind the Alexander Hamilton Customs House (Museum of the American Indian), check out the innocuous structure that calls itself 3 New York Plaza.
The NY Health and Racquet Club at 3 New York Plaza occupies the site of the infamous US Army Building of Alice's Restaurant fame -- "They got a building down New York City, it's called Whitehall Street, where you walk in, you get injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected." It is of course the site where many young men from the New York area went for their induction physicals. Today, young business folks go there to get physical and chug down a few Starbucks.
The 1886 structure was an imposing red brick structure with a domed roof. The health club builders didn't demolish the entire building -- the basic structure lies under the glass facade. The "renovation" (mostly demolition) went ahead full speed as preservation efforts went ahead. I remember when I was a teenager seeing the crew jackhammering out the Department of War emblem over the entrance. By the time it could be heard for landmarks consideration, too much damage was done, and work was allowed to proceed without any fines. The current atrocity was completed in 1983.
It had been abandoned for years, and friends of mine had heard rumors that the building acually housed a missle silo. Ah, nothing like a good conspiracy theory.
A good NY Times article is online at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE2D91E30F936A35750C0A963958260
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conspiracy, demolition, department of war, health club, missle, preservation, starbucks, vietnam
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Posted on 5/3/2006
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May 01, 2006
After months of biking in freezing rain, wind, slush and generally horrid weather, across the debris-strewn bike paths of Staten Island and six flats later, I am pleased to announce that spring has finally arrived for the New York City cyclist. And with that, please join me in celebrating Bike Month. Morning, day and night rides are scheduled from the heart of Central Park to every far-flung desination – the Palisades, a Staten Island chocolate factory, the Brooklyn Waterfront, the Grand Concourse, Rockaway Beach, and everywhere in Between. The Bicycle Film Festival, graffiti tours, night rides and more, including the Five Borough Bike Tour. More than 150 events are set, thanks to Transportation Alternatives and the NYC departments of Transportation and Health. The details are here at the Bile Month 2006 Web site: http://www.transalt.org/calendar/bikemonth2006/
(have a Bike Month photo, e-mail it to me and I’ll post it here.)
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Posted on 5/1/2006
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