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We got a note from the Anonymous who scribbled “No McNally” on the walls of Village Paper: “I’m just a local person who is sick to death of how this neighborhood has been f’d up. When I have a dog to walk, I also throw bags of poop into the doorways of Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren stores. Haven’t had the opportunity lately.” …Brings me back to the heady days of the Pooper Cooper underpants.

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Unison Fetish has returned to Bleecker Street on weekends this month to perform their satirical cupcake song and dance routine. They march through the crowds of shoppers and tourists, a line of women–and one man–all attired in pink satin dresses and heels, holding cupcakes in their fists.

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Obit: “Jill Johnston, a longtime cultural critic for The Village Voice whose daring, experimental prose style mirrored the avant-garde art she covered and whose book Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solutionspearheaded the lesbian separatist movement of the early 1970s.” [NYT]

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The city changes, and has often changed in mainly stable ways. Sometimes, a single address tells the story. When we look at the northeast corner of 10th Street and Greenwich Avenue, we can see over a century of simple shifts, ending with an explosion, not just of fire.

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Historic, literary Algonquin Hotel to become a Marriott. And the suburbanization of NY continues. [GOG]

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