EVG Etc.: Looking for a purse-snatching suspect; remembering the anti-folk scene at the Sidewalk

EVG Etc.: Looking for a purse-snatching suspect; remembering the anti-folk scene at the Sidewalk
[From 7th and A this a.m.]In case you were wondering what all those helicopters were for last night: Manhunt continues for suspects who struck officer during chase on the FDR (CBS 2)Police looking for a suspect who snatched two purses last Saturday night, first on Sixth Street then on 11th Street (ABC 7)The Evelyn & Louis A. Green Residence, which provides senior housing at 200 E. Fifth St. and the Bowery, has obtained a $50 million refinancing (Commercial Observer) Man posing as NYCHA employee robs resident in wheelchair on the LES (The Lo-Down)An oral history of the anti-folk scene at the now-closed Sidewalk (Gothamist … previously on EVG)Mace, the cocktail bar on Ninth Street at Avenue C, closes after service tomorrow evening… ahead of a move to larger digs at 505 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B — the former Double Wide space. The Mace team will use the Ninth Street space then for some new bar concept (Eater … previously on EVG)We’re behind on a Citi Bike update: Meanwhile: Citi Bike electric fleet will grow to 4,000 — with $2 fee (Streetsblog)An interview with new Public Advocate Jumaane Williams (Gothamist)The base MetroCard fare will remain at $2.75, but monthly and weekly rates are increasing (amNY)Tix for all the shows at Webster Hall go on sale to the public today (Official site … previously on EVG)Happy 11th Blog Anniversary to our friend Cathryn at the Washington Square Blog! (Official site)Winnie’s is back with a new outpost on East Broadway (Eater)The Friends of the Elizabeth Street Garden vow to sue to stop an affordable housing development from replacing the garden (Curbed)EVG favorite “Cold War,” a Best Foreign Language Film nominee, is still playing at City Cinemas on Second Avenue and 12th Street (Official site)And turning to sports… now that Bryce Harper is a Phillie… the Blind Barber, the barber shop-cocktail lounge that first opened on 10th Street near Avenue B in 2010, is expanding to Philadelphia. Harper, who signed 13-year, $330 million deal to join Phillies yesterday, became a Blind Barber partner last year. (Philly.com)… and several readers asked if THIS was still a thing… YES, YES IT IS…