Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.19.11: West Edition

Jim Carrey may be the latest celeb to buy in 176 Perry (Curbed)

In 1951 Washington Square Park had doggie problems (Ephemeral New York)

Grey Dog will be closing its flagship Carmine Street location (Gothamist)…but there will be a funeral next week (Eater)

Greenwich Village folk history documented in Canadian film (DNAinfo)

Fork in the Road filled us in and updated us on the beating that took place at the McDonald’s on 6th Avenue & West 3rd Street….but according to DNAinfo, the McDonald’s refused off-duty NYPD security

The Queer History Alliance presented a plan to CB2 to make the St. Vincent’s Triangle into an AIDS memorial (NY Times)

Minetta Lane ‘Salad House’ tries fresh photos to get its $3.75 million asking price (Curbed)