EVG Etc.: African-American history in the East Village; an EV avenue on the Upper East Side

EVG Etc.: African-American history in the East Village; an EV avenue on the Upper East Side
[Doggy bag on 7th Street earlier this week via Derek Berg]Good Samaritan assaulted at the McDonald’s on 14th Street near First Avenue (Town & Village)Co-working network The Wing is moving its corporate headquarters to the former Stuyvesant Polyclinic building on Second Avenue between St. Mark’s and Ninth Street (6sqft … previously) A guided tour of African-American history in the East Village (Off the Grid)Our local City Council rep, Carlina Rivera, discusses the opposition to the new stormproofing plans for East River Park (WNYC … previously)Details on the NYCHA, HUD tentative deal (Curbed)Get the lead out! Tests show lead levels 36x health standard in this Delshah Capital building on Ludlow Street (The Real Deal)Avenue A — on the Upper East Side? (Ephemeral New York)The Metrograph is screening Chantal Akerman’s mesmerizing documentary “News From Home,” featuring long takes of locations in New York City circa the mid-1970s (Official site)An interview with writer Laurie Gwen Shapiro, a lifelong Lower East Side resident (Untapped Cities) Another Ramone book to consider — Richie Ramone’s “I Know Better Now” (LA Weekly)15 things (maybe) you didn’t know about the East Village (6sqft … previously)The Posties declare winners and losers in the L-train shutdown switcheroo (The Post)CB2 says no to Elizabeth Street Garden redevelopment (Curbed) Is the Reported app is curbing bad taxi driving? (Streetsblog)A look at the residents of Westbeth Artists Housing, the first and largest federally subsidized artists’ colony in the country when it opened in 1970 (Artsy) … and here’s Eden with this crime report (at Tarallucci e Vino?) … Good morning! pic.twitter.com/XTcD3FOiAY— EdenBrower (@edenbrower) January 29, 2019https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js