Rachelle's Reading List, Tuesday February 7th, 2012
The first mention of the 'East Village' in The New York Times [EvGrieve]
52 years ago today the New York Times mentioned the "East Village" in print for the very first time, forever memorializing the would be home of Lady Gaga, and countless other hipsters hailing from all over America.
The article was titled "'Village' Spills Across 3D Ave." And it appeared on Page 1. As the article notes, the destruction of the Third Avenue El in 1956 "helped stir up a minor social and realty revolution on the Lower East Side." The article makes a lot of interesting observations... such as the growth of "high-rent apartment houses" that popped up along Fourth Avenue, replacing some second-hand book shops in the process.
Vassili Verrecchia Shows Off His Favorite Things In His Paris Home
While his brother, Timothee, runs the NYC office, Vassili takes on the Paris-based side of things. To gain some insight to what inspires such a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Vass to show off some of his favorite worldly and sentimental possessions in his Paris home. See where Vass's travels have taken him...
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As a Viet Nam vet all I can say is get over it. Unless they allowed you to kill everyone then it is not considered a victory. This country celebrates winners. They are not too concerned about backlash from VN vets because over half of us are dead or dying. We are too small a group to protest, and most of us do not give a shit about a parade. I am sure they will apologize for not having the parade. When you really think about it do you really believe a parade is going to make a difference in anyones life?