Die Hard, Yuppie Scum, Jump, Jump: East Village Protest to Stop Unleashed Greed

East 1st Street and Bowery, June 13 2008-- East Villagers vociferously protest the gentrification of the neighborhood, the so-called "redefined" Bowery (developer terminology), the proliferation of wine bars such as the one owned by Bruce Willis, sterile glass architecture typified by Avalon Chrystie Place, and rampant residential and small business evictions. The protest march continued past the former CBGBs, the Bowery Hotel, to 47 East 3rd street where a landlord couple invoked eminent domain to evict a large number of tenants and reclaim the entire building for themselves (see earlier post on this bldg on this blog), then across Tompkins Square where a French film was being shown by the Parks Dept and the French Film Office (for free) past Bill Castro who scuttled away at the sight of the protesters and on to the Christadora building.