*Everyday Chatter
Before Whole Foods --James and Karla Murray posted this shot of Bowery's backside from Chrystie. Can you guess the year? [ J&KM ] Support the Lenny Waller Project and help save the history and culture of BDSM in NYC. As the city giddily welcomes the next leg of the High Line , let's not forget the neighborhood that will vanish all around it. [ NYT ] Marty and Shawn make it out to Coney before it's all vanished. [ MAD ] The new Veselka on the Bowery is looking fancy. [ EVG ] In Williamsburg: " The crush of outsiders in the neighborhood 'absolutely is Topic A'...They walk into me when they walk down the street texting. 'Don’t get me started on their giant $800 strollers running over my ankles... A lot of people from the old days carry guns. One of these days one of these suburban kids is going to say the wrong thing to the wrong person.'" [ NYT ] Scenes of 1970s Harlem in Gil Scott-Heron's "The Bottle." [ NYer ] June 3: ...