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High-end topless club hopes to swing it near sports pier BY LINCOLN ANDERSON A veteran operator of high-end topless clubs hopes to turn the 24-hour adult video store at the corner of Clarkson and West Sts. into an upscale new strip club — and says the added security the club will offer will make the street safer for Little Leaguers traveling to and from Pier 40’s ball fields. Thomas Wolfe, a former employee at Scores, took
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Three members of the original Smithereens — from left, guitarist Jim Babjak, drummer Dennis Diken and singer Pat DiNizio — played a farewell concert at Kenny’s Castaways on Monday night.
Kenny’s Castaways closes on a changing Bleecker St. BY LINCOLN ANDERSON Part of the once-legendary Bleecker St. music scene, Kenny’s Castaways shut its doors early Tuesday morning after a farewell concert by the Smithereens, who shot to fame in the mid-1980s after honing their act there. Fans of the club as well as longtime residents of the street called it the ending of an era. Pat Kenny, an Irish immigrant,
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opened Kenny’s Castaways on Bleecker St. in the mid-1970s, relocating it from its former Uptown location, where it had been a supper club. Other rockers who performed there and went on to find stardom included Bruce Springsteen, the New York Dolls, Phish and Patti Smith. It was rumored Springsteen might show up for the club’s closing night, but he wasn’t there.
Kenny also owned The Bitter End down the street for a while and was involved with the late Art D’Lugoff at the old Village Gate. Kenny also opened the Cat Club, where Don Hill was his right-hand man and where Billy Idol played. At one point, Kenny had a music club in Toronto called The Diamond.
over the property in August. In an interview at the video store this Tuesday, he said he plans to convert the space “as soon as possible” into a high-end strip joint. “We’re keeping it under 100 people,” he said. “It’s a small venue, a classy venue. We’re going for quality, not quantity.” In an effort to reach out
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As Times cuts ties with N.Y.U., local bloggers sound off BY SAM SPOKONY It’s lasted for more than two years — but, as they say, all ’hood things must come to an end. The New York Times announced in June that, by the end of the year, it will terminate its partnership with New York University’s journalism school on The Local East Village Blog, which allowed students to dig into the stories
generally covered by established community newspapers and neighborhood bloggers. The site was founded in September 2010, and has featured articles from dozens of N.Y.U. students and community members. The Times is pulling out because hyperlocal news is “not an area of investment at the present time,” a
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