Raven bar, Lower East Side, New York

[editor]

Ahhh, from one area of gentrification to another, soon enough it will be goodbye Greenpoint hello Queens.

Greenpoint filled up with folks priced out of the turbo-gentrifying Williamsburg, but that's changing rapidly too.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Blimey

Like something you see on TV. Poor guy

I take it they've not caught the guy yet then?

 

[1927]

That is sad news. They were such a lovely bunch at the Raven. I used to hang out there all day on wet days in NY, when trudging the streets diodnt seem to appealing. All the staff would have a drink with you play pool etc. Really was my home from home, and all the staff were like mates even tho you'd never met them before!

 

[editor]

There's some really depressing comments on the NY Daily News article, with gun nuts and racists posting up their vile shite.

 

[christonabike]

Only been in it once, but it's sad to hear this news

I always remember the places that I feel at home in, and this was one of them

 

[editor]

The scumbag killer has been caught. Taz was just trying to stop the fight.

An ex-con from East Harlem was busted Monday for gunning down a bouncer and wounding two other men outside a popular East Village club, police said.

Louis Rodriguez, 29, shot and killed Eric (Taz) Pagan outside Forbidden City, a hip Asian-themed bar on Avenue A after a fight early Sunday, cops said.

Police said the quarrel started when Rodriguez rolled up on the club in a white van and accidentally struck bar patron Salvador Moran, 31, as he stood outside with Pagan and Robert Calbo, 30.

Moran and Rodriguez started arguing until Rodriguez ended the back-and-forth with gunfire, hitting Moran in the neck.

Calbo was shot in the hand trying to push the gun away, police sources said.

That's when Pagan jumped in and tried break up the fight.

He was fatally shot in the face, cops said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...guez_in_murder_of_bouncer_eric_taz_pagan.html

 

[editor]

Tribute outside Forbidden City for Eric "Taz" Pagan
http://evgrieve.com/2009/08/tribute-outside-forbidden-city-for-eric.html

 

[Pie 1]

Jesus, what an awful story.

His kids & friends must be devastated.

 

[skyscraper101]

Sad news

 

[editor]

I've written a little piece remembering this fantastic bar:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/the-raven-bar-east-village-nyc-remembered/

 

[Mation]

Gosh. I've just seen the posts about Taz.

 

[editor]

Gosh. I've just seen the posts about Taz.

It was really shocking, wasn't it? He was a nice bloke.