Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Man Stabbed Near the Corner of Avenue A and 11th Street
Around 9:15 PM Tuesday night a man was stabbed near the corner of Avenue A and 11th Street . A man suspected of doing the stabbing , reported to be wearing a white shirt , fled the scene of the crime heading south on avenue A . We do not know the reason for the stabbing at this time .
The victim who was removed to hospital was reported to possibly have among other injuries a punctured lung .
Monday, November 05, 2007
For Mosaic Man , No More Pulling of Hair ...
Yes , it is now a better and saner time for Jim and Jesse Jane . No more living in a park or sleeping the night in the street . Jim and Jesse have an appartment in Brooklynn .Jim sold his web site , eastvillge.com , but now has a site that has a very similar name and has all the content of the old site , http://www.mosaicman-eastvillage.com/ as well as a new site http://www.eastvillage.tv/ .
To our mind , and perhaps here we are just prejudiced and thus too judgemental , Jim sold his site for far too little to a Mr. Weiss who we feel simply capitalized on Jim 's desperation , misery and misfortune because he could ... a behavior being nothing new or unusual in todays East Village .
According to Jim , Mr. Weiss is in some way in the real estate bussiness as well as an owner of numerous other web-sites . Who knows what will become of http://www.eastvillage.com/ in Mr. Weiss's hands .
For us this sale is just another example of the destruction of something that , though a bit disfunctional at times and under-utilized , was a major constituent of what was the East Village .... it amounts to a loss for anyone that loved the character of the East Village. The principle of the maximization-of-asset-performance wins again .
Jim used the money from the sale to rent an appartment in Brooklynn near the intersection of Broadway and Myrtle ave . The appartment is a basement appartment with a backyard that Jess Jane loves . It is only 2 stops from the lower east side by the J train .
Jim is still working on his Mosaic Mile project and now has some assistance with that project . Bob Holman and his NYU class has obtained not-for-profit staus for the mosaic project . The project site can be found at http://www.empowerjimpower.com/ . Individuals and groups can donate money , materials and labor at this site . The group is sponsoring a walking tour of the Mosaic Mile on November 17 ,2007 .
Today Jim was in an up-beat positive mood as can be seen below as we photographed him in Tompkins Square Park talking to "TheVillager" about his recently improved situation and his plans for the future .
Red Tailed Hawk Eats Pigeon in Tompkins Square Park Tree as Squirrel Watches ...
Friday, November 02, 2007
A Children's Halloween in Tompkins Square Park
On Halloween at crepuscle some very jubilant costumed children ( and some costumed parents too ) marched with a band from their school , The Neighborhood School , to Tompkins Square Park
In the park this Halloween night there was music to enchant all ... and for those that could climb the fence , a great central lawn for a magical playground too .
Halloween Night Fights - Part 2
A bit more than an hour after the events at Cheap Shots pictured in the previous post occurred , more violence was seen on 1st avenue between St Marks Place and Ninth street : a man and woman were stabbed.
It appeared that the man was stabbed in the head and that the woman was stabbed in the leg.
Both the man and woman were treated as necessary at the scene and then taken to the hospital . We do not know the seriousness of their medical conditions .
We believe at this time that the stabber fled the scene and was not caught by police .
The connection of this violent event with events in the the bar Cheap Shots is not clear but the injured young woman can be seen in the previous post standing at the entrance of the bar .
This time police closed the bar , at least for the night .
Halloween Night Fights - Part 1
Halloween night around 11 PM at 142 1st avenue as the neighbors above watched , police attempted to bring under control and end a fight at the bar Cheap Shots . A fight which had either started inside the bar and moved outside or simply started on the sidewalk in front of the bar . A fight which left some bleeding , bruised and in pain .
Among those claiming injury was a pregnant woman in a leopard patterned outfit and high-heeled boots who claimed that she had been kicked in the stomach and was in pain .
At least two were arrested as the general disorder continued outside the bar . Police closed the bar while several individuals continued to confront each other and argue contentiously occaisionally comming close to blows .
We do not know the cause of the fight or who it was that started it .
After a half hour or so as things calmed down on the sidewalk outside the bar the police allowed the bar to re-open . This was probably not a wise action on the part of the police as can be seen in the following post .
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