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That's a wrap for Harry Styles in the East Village. After 2+ months of fans, some unhappy neighbors and an arrest that made international headlines, @Joy_of_photos looks back at the Together Together pop-up shop's time here, plus one last drama. bit.ly/4kwpPre
EVG's Stacie Joy checking out 1 of the city's new public toilets on Delancey at Suffolk on the Lower East Side... you will know when your time is up 😳
The 6-story Jean-Michel Basquiat mural at the Bowery & Great Jones Street is complete. Artist Owen Dippie signed the work on Tuesday, marking the end of a 6-plus-week project. Dippie paid for this with his own $. Mural based on a 1982 pic by Gianfranco Gorgoni. 📷 @Joy_of_photos
The @nyknicks win again at the 36th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade today. 📷 @Joy_of_photos
After Bonnie Slotnick’s arrest outside the Harry Styles pop-up in the East Village, @Joy_of_photos talked with other 2nd Street business owners about the crowds, blocked storefronts and impact on business. bit.ly/4jhvMrt
ICYMI: A confrontation outside the Harry Styles pop-up on 2nd Street ended w/ East Village bookseller Bonnie Slotnick, 72, arrested & spending 12 hours in custody. She tells @Joy_of_photos what happened & about the friction on the block leading up to it. bit.ly/3TGH3Y3
East Village bookseller Bonnie Slotnick, 72, spent 12 hours in custody after an altercation with the line-security team outside the Harry Styles pop-up on 2nd St. In an interview with @Joy_of_photos, she explains what happened — and what led up to it. bit.ly/3TGH3Y3
The colorful building at 4th & B is back in full bloom. Landlord Tony Echeverri used more than 300 gallons of paint — including Mayan Gold Aqua Leaf, Spring Lilac and Charmed Violet — to give the longtime East Village standout its latest look. Pics @Joy_of_photos
A nearly 6-story-tall mural of Jean-Michel Basquiat is taking shape on the SW corner of the Bowery at Great Jones. The work, now in the outline phase, is by New Zealand-based street artist Owen Dippie. Basquiat lived two buildings west at 57 Great Jones St. when he died in 1988.
A Citi Bike pursuit ended in a noonday fistfight Wednesday in the middle of Avenue A at 13th Street, where one man accused the other — who got the worst of the ensuing fight — of pushing kids in Tompkins Square Park. Clip by Ali Royals. #EastVillage
