Some Stuff That's Interesting

Bloomberg's genius lawn-furniture piazzas aren't relieving traffic congestion as it was thought they would. [NY Times]

Telephone Bar in East Village closes after 22 years, taking its familiar wall of red London phone booths with it. I will miss it. [EV Grieve]

New York once had a neighborhood called Linoleumville. Seriously. [EV Grieve]

A beautiful shot of Harlem's Lenox Lounge. [Greenwich Village Daily Photo]

Aphrodisia Herb Shoppe is closing on Bleecker Street after 41 years. [JVNY]

The story behind an abandoned building on E. 43rd. [Scouting New York]