The feast of San Gennaro comes to Mulberry Street every year for ten days, and every year for ten days the neighbors howl in dismay. We actually used to know a woman on the block who simply moved her summer vacation every year to coincide with it. But while people who don't like the noise and smells can, in theory, just leave town, the chic little shops of NoLIta don't have that luxury. So now they are making moves to cut the festival off at Kenmare Street, rather than Houston where it currently ends.
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Neighbors Try To Cut San Gennaro Off at Kenmare
Jenna Jameson's Chinatown Hotspot
Earlier this year news of new clubs opening doors in Chinatown emerged, and it seems "clubland" is steadily growing in the 10013. The latest duo to stamp their name on a future hotspot are none other than ex-porn star/savvy-businesswoman Jenna Jameson and Heatherette designer Richie Rich. Though an exact address hasn't been released, the NY Post reports that it will be called The General Store and it will be housed in an old whorehouse. Sounds...
Sharing, Not Stealing, Bikes In New York
The project runs through tomorrow and gives anyone free use of the bikes, which can be used for up to 30 minutes (probably not long enough if you're following Owen Wilson's NYC biking itinerary). So far about 25 riders a day have given the bikes a spin (we checked out the storefront earlier today and there were plenty of them available).
Sting and Bowie's Burlesque
What will become of mainstay clam bar Little Charlie's once it closes shop later this year? The 5,500 square foot space at 19 Kenmare Street (which includes a basement and first floor) will turn in to a burlesque haven later this year, housing Ivan Kane's famous show Forty Deuce (originally named for 42nd Street). With tiered seating and a stage, the new space will be part of the transformation happening in the 14,000 square foot building purchased by David Zahabian for $10M.
"Clip/Stamp/Fold" Recalls Old-School Design
Today the NY Times reviews a new show at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Titled “Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X-197X,” the exhibit explores 70 architectural magazines published in New York and elsewhere during the period. Pamphlets and building instruction manuals are included in the "little magazine" category.
China in Chinatown: Transitio
Tonight through October 31, Solange Fabiao's video of Shanghai and Nanjing will be projected onto a screen at the corner of Canal and Centre Streets. The footage, part of Fabiao's Transitio series, is from the perspective of a car passenger going through various neighborhoods. At 40 minutes long, it loops from 6:30PM until 11PM each of the twelve nights. Fabiao's video of New York City was projected in Beirut last year, and projections in eight other cities (including Beijing in 2006, LA, Rio, Milan and Osaka) are planned. Gothamist will definitely be down there one night this week - it'll be grea to see the reaction of Chinatown residents who might be seeing home again though this.
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