I Have to Pee!: PUBLIC BATHROOMS IN NYC
Retired Bathroom on Allen and Delancey Streets (Photo © Untapped Cities by Christoffer Delsinger) Recently untappednewyork discovered this at Bedford Avenue and N.7th in Williamsburg. Looks like something is in the works for 2010! I first became intrigued with public bathrooms upon seeing the reppropriation of the Astor Place women’s room into a newsstand. Then … Read more
ST. MARK’S PLACE: Beyond the Beatniks
An architectural tour about what is not there? Eric Ferrara of the East Village History Project/East Village Visitors Center (and a criminal historian!), in conjunction with the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation (GVSHP), unveils layers of history beginning at the exact location in Astor Place where three indian tribes converged for a thousand years, … Read more
