*Everyday Chatter

The Nation endorses Bill de Blasio: "His candidacy is an opportunity for New Yorkers to reimagine their city in boldly progressive ways." [TN]

You have a little more time to dine at the original Odessa before it closes forever. [EVG]

Take a drive up Avenue D in the 1980s. [BB]

Watch The Birdman in its entirety--the story of an East Village CD and tape salesman. [Vimeo]

A Chelsea laundromat reveals its old sign. [FNY]

Big NYC developers getting subpoenas, including Joe Sitt, to see if they got tax breaks in exchange for campaign donations. [Crain's]

On the coming demolition of 5Pointz. [UC]

Union Street mural painted over. [HPS]

How landmarking helps affordability. [Villager]

Today and tomorrow: Huge record sale at the NYPL. [VF]

CBGB the movie, the trailer. [youtube]

"If any middle-class presence in a diverse neighborhood is evidence of gentrification...then it's impossible for a middle-class person not to gentrify." [AC]

Welcome to Bedwick. [Gothamist]

Mary Help of Christians is coming down in the East Village--luxury apartments are coming. Photo by reader Dan Spinello:

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