Seen and Heard Around the Village: 5.2.11 – 5.6.11

Historic Designation Sought for East Village (NY 1)
Two open-air drinking establishments to open on the Highline (Gothamist)
Remembering Kiev (Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY)
Westbeth Worries About Transition to Rent Regulation (The Villager)
Best coffee in the East Village (Serious Eats)
Mars Bar Prepares to Sober Up After 20 Years (Washington Square News)
Automatic Public Toilet planned for First & First (EV Grieve)
RIP 35 Cooper Square (Patell and Waterman’s History of New York)
Stonewall Uprising DVD (edge)
Bond Street: chic and exclusive in the 1830’s (Ephemeral New York)