New York’s First BitCoin ATM Open for Business in the Village

Posted on September 3, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

The very first ATM for use with BitCoin is up and running in a shop right here in Greenwich Village. For those of us still getting used to sending emails and text messages, BitCoin usage might not be ... Read More

Hand-Made Hardware, but Not for Your PC

Posted on August 7, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

The P.E. Guerin foundry was established in 1857 by Pierre Emmanuel Guerin. Today the company specializes in ornate, 18th-century French and English hardware, such as door knockers and knobs, hooks and... Read More

Caffe Dante Entering Second Century

Posted on July 6, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

There are not many things that can brag about being 100 years old, but on MacDougal Street there is an eatery even older than many of the trees: Caffe Dante. Next year Caffe Dante will celebrate its 1... Read More

LGBT Activist DeLarverie Mourned at Village Memorial Service

Posted on June 3, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

The Greenwich Village Funeral Home was the venue for a crowded memorial service held in honor of Stormé DeLarverie who died on Saturday, May 24. She was 93 years-old. The service took place several d... Read More

DiCaprio Moving Into the Village; May Have to Leave Car Behind

Posted on May 7, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

Ten million greenbacks does not seem to be enough these days to get both an apartment and a parking spot in New York’s current hot real estate market. Just ask Leonardo DiCaprio, who just put down a... Read More

Community Board 2 Says “No” to Wiccan WitchsFest

Posted on April 4, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

Despite holding peaceful street fairs two years in a row, the Community Board of Greenwich Village, CB2, voted against allowing the Wiccan Family Temple from holding a third annual fair this coming Ju... Read More

Chumley’s Face Obstacles in Their Bid to Reopen

Posted on March 4, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

Since a wall collapsed in 2007, Chumley’s, the iconic bar at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, has been closed, and its liquor license expired since 2009. Jim Miller, manager of the bar that s... Read More

Village Mourns Pete Seeger

Posted on February 4, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

Greenwich Village, known as a birthplace of artistic movements, mourned the death of one of its beloved symbols, the father of modern protest music, Pete Seeger. Seeger died on January 28, 2014 at the... Read More

Part of The Village Now New York’s Newest Historic District

Posted on January 4, 2014November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission decided in a unanimous vote to make south Greenwich Village the South Village Historical District. The 13-block area is New York’s newest addition... Read More

Push for New School by Activists in Seward Park Project

Posted on December 3, 2013November 20, 2016 by nycrushhour

As the Seward Park development project gets ready to go into action local activists, with the help of their elected representatives, have also been getting into high gear in their demand for a new sch... Read More

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