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The Hare Krishna Tree
…16-word mantra: ”Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.” It was Swami Prabhupada’s first outdoor chanting ceremony outside of India and…
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Celebrity Trees of Our Neighborhoods
…the East Village to the group’s distinctive 16-word mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare On October 9, 1966, Prabhupada…
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Changing Fashion of New York
…16-word mantra: ”Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.” It was Prabhupada’s first outdoor chanting ceremony outside of India and it…
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The Village in Bloom
…landmark. It was saved from felling in the 1950s by Hattie Carthan, a local advocate. There are several famous trees in our neighborhoods, too: two examples are the Hare Krishna…
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Carole Teller’s ‘Changing New York’ captures the city’s 20th-century transformation
…presence and a smaller brick and mortar shop on East 4th Street). A New York that chants more Hare Krishnas dancing on 2nd Avenue, west side between 2nd & 3rd…
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VILLAGE VOICES 2022
…Corcoran, Steven Gambrel, Top Hat Home Services, Veselka, The Whitney Museum of American Art FELLOW Kyung Choi Bordes & Peter Bordes, Jr., Anita Isola, Valerie Krishna, John Lamb & David…
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Things We’re Looking Forward To Doing Again, Part 4
…sometime between 1983 and 1987.Photo by Carole Teller. Watch some Hare Krishnas dancing in the street. Hare Krishnas dancing on 2nd Avenue, west side between 2nd & 3rd Streets, looking…
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VILLAGE VOICES
…Veselka, The Whitney Museum of American Art FELLOW Kyung Choi Bordes & Peter Bordes, Jr., Anita Isola, Valerie Krishna, John Lamb & David Stutzman, Nancy Langsan & Daniel Bernstein, Gavin…
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Margaret Woodrow Wilson: First Lady, Suffragist, and Village Socialite
…on the classical Hindu mystic Sri Ramakrishna, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by Swmai Nikhilananda, published in 1942. In spite of entreaties from the U.S. government, Wilson refused to leave India during…
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Business of the Month: Namaste Bookshop, 2 W. 14th St.
…music selection is vast and unique; besides favorites like Krishna Das, Snatum Kaur, Deva Premal ,and Jai Uttal, often there are featured artists from the eastern and world music scene…
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The Art of the Artist’s Studio
…Puducherry, India where she took the name ‘Nishti,” sanskrit for “sincerity.” From the ashram she edited the English translation of the classical work of the Hindu mystic Sri Ramakrishna. She…
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The Art of the Artist’s Studio
…the classical work of the Hindu mystic Sri Ramakrishna. She stayed in Puducherry until she died in 1944. No less notable a resident of No. 134 West 4th Street was…
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Business of the Month: Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books, 34 Carmine Street
…and Jiddu Krishnamurti; and even in the beautiful artwork of the editions of classics that he stocks. In truth, the store’s name has gradually gone from describing the political orientation…
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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Atelier 17
…the 20th century. Stanley William Hayter’s studio, Atelier 17, 1950s. Photos courtesy of Krishna Reddy. Throughout the 20th century, the area south of Union Square attracted painters, writers, publishers, and…
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Village Parks and Gardens Round-Up
…a ‘Gateway to the West Village’ Tompkins Square Park The Hare Krishna Tree in Tompkins Square Park. Image via edenpictures on Flickr. The Tompkins Square Park Riots of 1988 Get…
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Decades of Limbo To Finally End for South Village “Almost-Landmarks”?
…India where she took the name ‘Nishti,” sanskrit for “sincerity.” From the ashram she edited the English translation of the classical work of the Hindu mystic Sri Ramakrishna. She stayed…
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