*Everyday Chatter

It's a sign of the times. Just as I was thinking, Jesus, there's an awful lot of Europeans around my neighborhood these days, I stepped into East Village Wines to find this sign. Euros Accepted:


Good news from the Pennsylvania Hotel: The Historic Districts Council has endorsed the recommendation to preserve the hotel. [Save the Hotel]

I bet this one would die for a Crackberry--here she is, taking up not one but three elderly/disabled seats on the crowded M14 bus. She only looked up once from texting--not when an old lady hobbled onto the bus with a cane, but when someone bumped her boot, which, as you can see, she kept sticking out in the aisle:


More evidence that the city is dying. Specifically, it's starving--for artists. [AMNY via Queens Crap]

Ghosts of New York--an abbreviated look at 2007's lost buildings. [NY Mag]

Find out what's in store for Coney Island at next week's public meetings. [Gowanus L]

East Village business owners are fighting back against chains. Cross your fingers their plans become a reality. [Villager via Curbed]

Papered windows, fixtures for sale, Sucelt is so very cerrado. What will take its place? It's too small for a bank. I predict a Pinkberry or a Red Mango is on its way: