*Everyday Chatter

You can help the flower man who was horribly injured by the drag racer on Second Avenue this week. [GF]

"Our great, global cities are turning into vast gated citadels where the elite reproduces itself." [FT]

There's nothing organic about this global hyper-gentrification. [CL]

Rally this Sunday to stop another 7-Eleven from invading the East Village. [No 7-11]

Stop the high-end privatization of Washington Square Park. [WSP]

Success! "The potential demolition of PS 199 on 70th street and PS 191 on 61st has been averted." [WSR]

Check out Dirty Looks: On Location, "a series queer interventions in New York City spaces." [DL]

June 23: Say goodbye to the founder of City Reliquary as he moves to Hawaii--it's a Luau! [CR]



Andrew Berman celebrated by Vanity Fair for being "savvy and pugnacious enough to recognize that there is no respite for the preservationist, ever, from those who would make the Village 'bigger, glassier, newer.'" [VF]

A crummy chain shoestore invades Coney Island. [ATZ]

Go inside the poor, gutted Amato Opera House. My heart still hurts for this one. [BB]

That 14th Street building with the McDonald's is way more interesting than you imagined. [EVG]

Enjoy the great Saul Leiter's color photos of old NYC. [IP]

Appreciating the St. Regis cab call sign. [NYN]

St. Vincent's Hospital skinned for the super-rich. [TRD]

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