Friday, May 18, 2018
'Eye' opener
Here's Philadelphia's Empath with "The Eye," a track from their recently released cassette "Liberating Guilt and Fear."
Empath opened for Iceage Wedesday night at Bowery Ballroom and will be at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 9 as part of the Northside Festival.
Mikey Likes It back in scooping action this evening
After a three-plus-week closure, Mikey Likes It is back in action ... 199 Avenue A between 12th Street and 13th Street...
Updated 5/19
They are open this Saturday afternoon... and there's a crowd... photo by Lola Sáenz...
Updated 5/21
Find more on the situation here.
Updated 5/19
They are open this Saturday afternoon... and there's a crowd... photo by Lola Sáenz...
Updated 5/21
Find more on the situation here.
Dance • Dance • Dance
Dance • Dance • Dance
Drums are drumming
Speakers speaking
Rhythms to the crowd
Costumes costuming
Prism colors
Moving right around
Bodies gyrating
Arms a-waving
Feet a rhythmic blur
This the most fun
That is happening
People will concur
Once a year
Just not enough
Then again not everyday
We need to
Catch our breath
To dance in other ways
When we are lonely
Perhaps sad and blue
Dancing is the thing to do
Find a corner
Put on some sounds
Then dance around and around
Now feeling better
Because we know a way
Of being happy everyday
Who says
We need to wait to dance
Till the next dance day
Dance • Dance • Dance.
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peter radley
The 42nd annual Saint George Ukrainian Festival is this weekend
The festival officially begins this evening at 6:30 on Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square.
You can find the full schedule of events here.
High times tomorrow with John Holmstrom's 'Stoned Aged' at Metropolis
East Village resident John Holmstrom, the co-founder, editor and illustrator of Punk Magazine, will be at vintage-clothing outpost Metropolis tomorrow signing copies of his new publication (zine!), Stoned Age.
Stoned Age "intends to bring back the fun of 20th century marijuana culture, when it was the choice of hipsters, beatniks, jazz musicians, hippies, and other misfits," per tomorrow's invite.
Holmstrom, who illustrated the covers of the Ramones albums "Rocket to Russia" and "Road to Ruin," will be in the store from 1-3 p.m., though there are activities happening all day at Metropolis, including DJ Drew Redmond "spinning old-school punk."
Metropolis is at 43 Third Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Q-and-A with John Holmstrom, founding editor of Punk Magazine
John Holmstrom on the CBGB movie and the East Village of 2013
RIP Mikey Evans
Mikey Evans, who spent his whole life as a resident of 190-192 E. Second St., died on Wednesday night.
I don't have a lot of background information at the moment. Evans had been in declining health in recent months.
Julio Pena and Beatrice Tosti di Valminuta, the husband-wife owners of Il Posto Accanto at 190 Second St. between Avenue A and Avenue B since 1995, shared the news in a series of Instagram posts yesterday:
With heavy hearts we are wishing our good friend & brother Michael Evans a loving farewell. The Lifeguard of 2nd Street will now be our Guardian Angel ... Those of us that had the pleasure of watching Mikey from sunup to sundown will forever remember his beautiful energy as he entertained and elevated our small community.
Those of us at Il Posto Accanto and Il Bagatto don't know a 2nd Street without Mikey because Mikey was here first.
He was one of a kind, and lived and died on his own terms. We would like to celebrate his life with everybody.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Get well soon, Mikey
Happening tomorrow (Saturday): The Dance Parade and DanceFest
You may have seen the police barricades in place along St. Mark's Place and parts of Tompkins Square Park... all ahead of the 12th annual Dance Parade and DanceFest.
The Parade kicks off at 1 p.m. at 21st and Broadway, and heads down to Eighth Street/St. Mark's Place ... and eventually into Tompkins Square Park for the DanceFest...
Organizers say that 10,000 (or so) dancers from 150-plus organizations will be taking part in the parade. This year's theme: "The Cabaret of Life," which celebrates the repeal of NYC's 1926 Cabaret Law last fall.
Here's the official website with more info.
And in case you were wondering if the whole thing will be called off because of the rainy forecast... No!
Rain or Shine we are dancing on Saturday, May 19th!
— Dance Parade NYC (@DanceParadeNYC) May 17, 2018
Boutique health studio shaping up on 6th Street
Fit Ritual is a new boutique health studio opening tomorrow evening at 543 E. Sixth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy got a look inside the other day as workers were continuing to build-out the space...
Their Instagram account notes that Fit Ritual will offer fitness trainings, diet and nutrition, and massages. (The Fit Ritual website isn't active just yet.)
The studio's grand opening is tomorrow evening from 5-7 p.m.
The owners have been East Village residents since 1988, and previously operated Team Wellness & Massage Center in North Bergen, N.J.
This storefront was last home Love Shines, the boutique that closed in March 2017 after 20 years. Love Shines still operates as an online-only business.
New for lease sign at the old 7-Eleven space on St. Mark's Place
Just noting that a new for lease sign arrived this week at 37 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... this prime, 2,000-square-foot space has been vacant since the 7-Eleven closed here in late November 2013.
The listing at Winick notes that the rent is available upon request, and that the possession is "immediate."
Winick originally had the listing, before another broker took over at the start of 2017. Anyway, maybe this will be the year for a new tenant here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A few more details about renting the former 7-Eleven space on St. Mark's Place
After nearly 4 years empty, 37 St. Mark's Place may be getting new retail tenants
Thursday, May 17, 2018
So long East Village Cheese
Workers removed the East Village Cheese sign today here on Seventh Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... Derek Berg shared these photos...
A clothing boutique will be taking over the space, per a source on the block.
The cheesemonger closed in early December after two-plus years at this address. More background on the Cheese drama here.
Noted
In case you saw some cyclists riding rather erratically on 10th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A this past week... there was a reason...
Anyway! The DOT said that they were aware of the wonky bike path outline ... and, as NBC 4 reports, the DOTfixed painted over the errant line yesterday.
Updated 1 p.m.
EVG reader Daniel sends some photos of 10th Street now... he notes the wavy line has been removed, but not re-repainted ...
Daniel also shares how to make a 311 request to take care of street-line issues, including disappearing bike lanes. You may submit a form with the city here.
Anyway! The DOT said that they were aware of the wonky bike path outline ... and, as NBC 4 reports, the DOT
Updated 1 p.m.
EVG reader Daniel sends some photos of 10th Street now... he notes the wavy line has been removed, but not re-repainted ...
Daniel also shares how to make a 311 request to take care of street-line issues, including disappearing bike lanes. You may submit a form with the city here.
CSA sign-up time at the 14th Street Y
Via the EVG inbox...
Now's the time to get your 2018 share! Don't wait, sign up now! New for the 2018 season: Shares will now be delivered on a bi-weekly basis from early June through the end of October, for a total of 11 distributions.
Also new for 2018, shares will include seasonally available fruit, such as, strawberries, blueberries, peaches and apples! Farm share members will pick up a pre-boxed share filled with certified organic produce and fruit (organic when available) every other Tuesday in the lobby of the 14th St Y from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Each box will contain 8-12 different items, including vegetables, herbs and fruit! The cost of the share for 2018 is $415.
Sign up online at our website. (The website also includes contact information for Ben and Liz at Mountain View Farm and Alice, the distribution coordinator at the 14th Street Y.)
The farm was voted Best Local CSA for 2018 in the Valley Advocate Reader's Poll! This makes 10 years in a row that the farm has been voted Best Local Farm or Best Local CSA!
We look forward to another season with everyone! Thank you for choosing Mountain View Farm and supporting local agriculture...
RIP Beverly Bronson
[Image courtesy of House with Heart]
Beverly Bronson, a longtime East Village resident who owned the antiques shop A Repeat Performance, died on Sunday of cancer. She was 70.
The news came via House with Heart, the charity that Bronson founded in 2001 to aid impoverished children and women in Nepal.
Here's part of the message from House with Heart:
It is with heavy hearts we share the sad news that our beloved founder, Beverly Bronson, has died from cancer. She passed peacefully today on Mother's Day in Naples, Florida, at the home of her daughter, surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Beverly lived an extraordinary life. From her early life in England to the decades she spent living in New York’s East Village to her work in Nepal, Beverly opened her heart to those in need. She walked and acted in kindness, compassion, selflessness, and most definitely, with determination.
Her bright spirit lives on in the lives of all she touched, including those of us who worked with her closely as directors of the House with Heart board. That spirit will guide us as we continue her work on behalf of the children and women in Nepal.
We send our deepest condolences to Beverly’s daughter, Kyla; her son-in-law, Matt; her grandchildren, Kyle, Hannah, and Ava; her partner, Mike Ogletree; and, of course, to the children and staff of House with Heart.
Bronson, a London native, moved to New York City in the early 1970s and worked in publishing and in the theater before opening A Repeat Performance in 1980. After five years on St. Mark's Place, the shop, offering a range of unique antiques and unusual items, moved to its present location at 156 First Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street.
She first came to Nepal in 1999 to volunteer as a social worker. In 2001, she found two young boys whose mother had abandoned them. The boys became the first two members of House with Heart.
In recent years Bronson had spent a good deal of her time in Nepal. Here's A Repeat Performance co-owner Sharon Jane Smith talking about Bronson in an Out and About in the East Village feature from 2015:
Beverly has branched out into a home in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she is on her way to now to do renovations and hunker down for the monsoon season. It’s the place that had the earthquake. The house is still standing and the kids are camped out in the yard, waiting for the house to be retrofitted. She’s there to offer support and she doesn’t even like to camp, but she’s camping out in the monsoon. God bless her.
A memorial service will be held in the coming months to celebrate Bronson's life, according to House with Heart board members.
Target sets July 21 opening date on 14th Street and Avenue A
Target has gotten specific with its "July 2018" opening date. The small-format store on 14th Street and Avenue A will debut on July 21, the company announced yesterday. (H/T Curbed!)
As reported last summer, this Target will take up two levels, selling men’s and women’s apparel and accessories, food (with grab-and-go sandwiches, salads, beverages), health and beauty items, and electronics.
The Target is the retail centerpiece (for now!) at EVGB ("East Village's Greatest Building!!!"), the nickname that Extell Development bestowed upon this retail-residential complex
Officials also said that the EV Target will employ 110 people.
Meanwhile, Target also announced that they're opening a similar small-format store — not too far away — on Second Avenue and 29th Street in Kips Bay Court next year...
By 2019, Target will reportedly have eight outposts in Manhattan.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Target is hiring on 14th Street and Avenue A
Time to rent at EVGB, where studios ('lofts') start at $3,695
Target offers details about its flexible-format store opening summer 2018 on 14th and A
Breaking (pretty much!): Target is coming to 14th Street and Avenue A (55 comments)
More on Target, and a look at its incoming home on 14th Street and Avenue A
Extell's new development at 524 E. 14th St. launches lottery for 50 affordable units
New 7-floor buildings for East 14th Street include 150 residential units
The disappearing storefronts of East 14th Street
Hunan Slurp Shop now in soft-open mode
Signage at Hunan Slurp Shop, 112 First Ave. between Sixth Street and Seventh Street, points to a month-long soft-opening phase that started yesterday. (Per Eater, reservations are required for this first week.)
The chef, Chao Wang, reportedly spent the past 25 years as an oil painter.
Here's a little preview via Eater:
Now, he’s opening a restaurant inspired by his hometown of Hengyang in the Hunan province of China.
Wang’s Hunan version of mifen (rice noodles) will not be as “aggressive” in its spicy-sour flavoring compared to Yunnan soup noodles, according to a statement, instead looking to the ingredients such as fish for umami or subtler flavors. Mifen variations on the menu include a bowl with bone marrow and a Tonkotsu-style broth and another stew with pig’s feet. Cold and hot small plates are also on the menu, like braised chicken feet tossed in spicy oil and stir-fried smoked pork and bean curd.
The restaurant's media outreach included Urban Daddy, who called the Slurp Shop "a modern space for modern Chinese made by a highly talented, highly homesick chef-slash-artist."
You can find the menu and photos of the food here.
The storefront was previously a Ricky's, which closed in April 2016.
Previously
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Wednesday's parting shot
A freebie from outside LaMama... in recents days the theater-arts organization has been putting out items (old props, etc.) for people to take here on Fourth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery.
Photo today by Derek Berg.
EVG Etc.: SoHo House expansion on the LES; New Essex Street Market update
[NYU graduation day, as seen on St. Mark's Derek Berg]
Details on the East Village Independent Merchants Association's Spring Mixer tomorrow night in celebration of Lower East Side History Month (Official site) Find more LES History Month events here.
Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, on protecting the neighborhood from Tech Hub overdevelopment (GlobeSt)
Errol Louis on "Shelly Silver’s other offenses" (Daily News)
SoHo House looks to be expanding on Ludlow Street (BoweryBoogie)
Update on the New Essex Street Market (The Lo-Down)
David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" in 35mm (Metrograph)
How Basquiat "became the vandal who defied the odds" (New York Post)
NYC's best doughnuts (Grub Street)
... and EVG reader Andy on 7th shared this photo... the aftermath of a tree that was recently removed on Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...
[Tree Stump Comment Section]
The 9th Precinct's Sector B NCOs wants to hear from you
Sean Walsh, a neighborhood coordination officer (NCO) for the 9th Precinct, shared the above flyer with me... with details on the quarterly meeting for residents living in Sector B — which covers 14th Street to Seventh Street from First Avenue to Avenue C.
Here's what Officer Walsh had to say:
"We are trying to encourage as many people to attend as possible. We want to hear the concerns of the neighborhood to help give us an idea of what to focus on to make this neighborhood safer, and to alleviate some of the issues that people are experiencing. No problem is too small and not to be discouraged from attending. These meetings take place quarterly and are always within the area each NCO covers. This program can only be as effective as the neighborhood wants it to be."
The meeting is tomorrow (Thursday!) at 6:30 p.m. in the Campos Plaza Community Room, 635 E. 12th St. at Avenue C.
The 9th Precinct and NYPD launched the NCO program last fall. The 9th Precinct is split up into four sectors, with two officers assigned to each of these areas. Find the sectors along with details on upcoming meetings here. Find a list of the 9th Precinct's NCOs here.
LPC OKs 3-story addition to 827-831 Broadway
[Courtesy of DXA studio]
In their third appearance before the Landmarks Preservation Committee (LPC), the owners of 827-831 Broadway received the OK yesterday for a glass addition atop the twin cast-iron buildings here between 12th Street and 13th Street.
Last November, the LPC voted to landmark the circa-1866 buildings where artists Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Paul Jenkins, among others, lived and worked. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation campaigned for more than 18 months to help spare these buildings from demolition.
The LPC then rejected plans for a rooftop addition designed by DXA studio in January (too overwhelming) and April.
Here's some of Curbed's coverage from yesterday:
The third try finally seemed to pay off for the architecture firm with the Commission unanimously praising the efforts of the architects. The glass addition has now been reduced to three stories and has a 36-foot setback from the street level, making it a lot less visible from the street level than in previous iterations.
“It’s a marvel to take all that information and create something that is sensitive and elegant,” said Meenakshi Srinivasan, the chair of the Landmarks Commission, shortly before the Commission voted to approve the structure.
The LPC didn't have much to say about a seven-floor addition on an adjacent property at 47 E. 12th St. that's also part of the overall development. That addition will proceed for use as office space.
Reps for DXA studio issued a news release with more details on the project...
The 3 story addition will be composed of slumped, reflective glazing that’s curved form references the organic and spontaneous qualities of the art work of de Kooning and his contemporaries. “We felt the reflective nature of the glass could serve to capture the kinetic quality of the surroundings, broadcasting back color, textures, and movement, helping us see the world around us in a different way,” said Partner Jordan Rogove. “The reflection also turns the lens back on New York City, a place forever changed by the immense contributions of the New York School painters making it the capital of the art world for the first time.”
The original 4 story Italianate warehouse building that the addition sits atop will be fully restored. A new historical wood storefront will be installed at 831, and 827’s existing wood storefront will be restored. The addition’s slumped glazing is arranged in the same rhythm as the original building, balancing two sympathetic facades built of the material and technologies of their respective times.
As previously reported, Quality Capital and Caerus Group bought the parcel in 2015 for $60 million.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Report: 14-story building planned for 827 Broadway
An appeal to landmark these buildings on Broadway
There's a proposed addition for the recently landmarked 827-831 Broadway
Report: LPC rejects glassy addition for landmarked 827-831 Broadway
Dan and John's new dining room expected to open this week
[Photo last Thursday by Steven]
Dan and John's is nearly ready to debut their new dining room next door to their current take-out location at 135 First Ave. here between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street,
Co-owner John Henninger recently told me that they were hoping to be open by Friday. They were just waiting for the new license from the SLA.
The expanded space will have at least 10 tables as well as a bar seating six people. (The current Dan and John's just has a few stools, and operates mostly as a take out and delivery operation.)
Dan and John's opened on First Avenue in October 2015. They are also regulars on the Smorgasburg circuit and last year started selling their wings at Citi Field for Mets game.
The space next door had been empty since March 2017 when Rustico, the cafe that specialized in crêpes and Italian coffee, closed.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Dan and John's Wings opening a storefront on 1st Avenue
Dan and John's Wings looking to expand on 1st Avenue
[Updated] Mikey Likes It remains closed, and people are getting worried
Earlier last week, Andre Trenier created one of his 1980s-flavored murals on the gate at Mikey Likes It, 199 Avenue A near East 12th Street.
The murals always correspond with the ice cream shop's new flavor of the month. Unfortunately, the painting has been the only activity here of late. The storefront has been closed since at least May 1, and some readers/Mikey fans are concerned.
The shop, which is active on social media, hasn't posted anything on Instagram since May 1:
Sorry for the inconvenience both locations are closed today. We are finishing up spring cleaning, we will be right back in a couple days 👍
Meanwhile, the shop's phone is currently out of service. (Mikey's Harlem location is also closed.)
By the way, Saturday marks the four-year anniversary for Mikey Likes It on Avenue A.
You can read our two-part interview with Michael "Mikey" Cole from September 2014 here and here.
Updated 5/18
And they are back open!
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Tree down on 9th Street
At least one tree casualty from the storm that rolled through late this afternoon... EVG reader Penny Rand shared these photos from Ninth Street just a little east of Avenue B along the Christodora House...
"I watched it get uprooted and tossed like a little twig," she said...
Updated:
Here's another photo via EVG reader Brad212...
Reminders: The 9th Precinct's monthly Community Council Meeting is tonight
The 9th Precinct's Community Council meetings take place on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. ... at the 9th Precinct, 321 E. Fifth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
This is an opportunity for residents to address any concerns and ask 9th Precinct officials for their input on recent crime statistics. (Find the PDF of the most recent crime stats here.)
If you're planning ahead, then note that the Community Council does not meet in July and August.
A home for sale in this pastel-colored townhouse on 7th Street
[Image via Compass]
The top-floor residence at 262 E. Seventh St., a four-unit townhouse co-op between Avenue C and Avenue D, has arrived on the sales market.
Here's the listing via Compass (and h/t to 6sqft!):
Bright and airy, this penthouse apartment situated in a historic townhouse co-op combines old world charm with functional modern living. This rare offering is perched in the treetops facing both north and south and situated on one of the East Village's most coveted blocks.
With incredibly low maintenance, high ceilings and a generous south facing private outdoor terrace, this voluminous two-bedroom, two-bath home boasts a remarkably versatile layout. Upon entering you are greeted by an open living area with a kitchen that would delight any home chef. The designated dining space is a dream for entertaining and the home office space is conveniently located by one of the large north facing windows.
The apartment has been architecturally designed to provide a tremendous amount of built-in and hidden storage. The kitchen is loaded with top of the line finishes and living area features a decorative whitewashed brick fireplace currently configured to burn ethanol. Above the fireplace is a remote operated oversized projection screen. The well thought out and stylish bathrooms provide the option of a master ensuite and second full guest bath.
Asking price: $1.35 million.
This is one of five pastel-colored townhouses dating to the 1840s on this south side of the street. In September 2016, a permit was filed with the DOB to demolish the circa-1843 townhouse next door at No. 264. Preservationists aimed to get the buildings landmarked, though the Landmarks Preservation Commission later announced that they would not consider the residences here for that designation.
There haven't been any further developments in recent months about the future of No. 264.
Previously on EV Grieve:
City says no to landmarking row of 7th Street homes, clearing way for demolition of No. 264
The past, present and future of 264 E. 7th St.
7th Street townhouse once owned by John Leguizamo to be demolished for new development
New owner: 'My goal is to keep Eisenberg’s the way that it has been'
There was concern that new owners might make significant changes to the 90-year-old lunch counter — or perhaps close it altogether.
However, the new owner, Warren Chiu, tells Town & Village that it will be business as usual for years to come.
Chiu said Eisenberg’s first came onto his radar a few years ago when he lived several blocks to the north. He often ate there with his two children (now two and three years old) after trips to Madison Square Park.
"So I know the neighborhood well and I like historic, old places like this one," Chiu said. "My goal is to keep Eisenberg’s the way that it has been."
While this is his first time owning a restaurant, Chiu has a background in hospitality. He is vice president of development of Warwick International Hotels, so he’s operated hotel restaurants and bars.
Meanwhile, Konecky seemed please by his business departure. "I’m delighted," he told T&V. "For me it’s a good change."
He said that he got tired of the day-to-day pressure of running a business in NYC
"Everything was a fight with the city," Konecky said. "I’d never done it before. Some people (who’ve been in the business longer), they’re a little more steely to it. It just got to me."
He gave an example of how recently he considered raising prices to keep up with rising food costs, but couldn't justify doing so. "I was afraid to go to $10 for a tuna sandwich," he said. "It sounds like a lot of money."
Wendigo Productions closing its retail-consignment shop on Avenue A
A 50-percent-off sale continues over at the retail portion of Wendigo Productions, 24 Avenue A near Second Street.Wendigo, which produces live events, concerts and tours, and represents and promotes local artists, will close the small shop in mid-June.
However, Wendigo's Art on A Gallery next door will continue on.
Speaking of the gallery, the closing reception for Gina Volpe's show "Hypnic Jerk" is this Thursday evening from 6-8.
Reader submitted photo from Saturday evening.
Monday, May 14, 2018
RIP Glenn Branca
Glenn Branca, the avant-garde composer and guitarist, died yesterday of throat cancer, according to published reports. He was 69.
Reg Bloor, his wife and collaborator, shared this message...
#glennbranca pic.twitter.com/qfWPRf7qaw
— Reg Bloor (@RegBloor) May 14, 2018
Here's more about Branca via Billboard:
Branca is perhaps best known as a member of New York’s very short-lived no wave scene, which aimed to emancipate punk from the aesthetic trappings of rock 'n' roll. While The Ramones and the New York Dolls brought punk to the public as basically rebranded, updated hippies, Branca and his cohorts had other plans.
By treating listeners to endless drones, austere classical moves or prepared instruments like screwdrivers stuck in guitar strings, Glenn Branca’s basic M.O. never wavered in his decades-long career. And some of the young noisemakers he had in his madcap ensembles — Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Michael Gira — were listening.
You can find feature obituaries on Branca at Billboard ... Brooklyn Vegan ... and The Guardian.
And a selection of thoughts on Branca via Twitter...
RIP Glenn Branca. Such sad news. I have fond memories of seeing him play furiously in the dank basement of Lit Lounge in the East Village to an audience of less than a dozen people. Glad I got to see him play.
— Geeta Dayal (@geetadayal) May 14, 2018
"I was out there playing to a Phil Collins audience and coming home and listening to Glenn Branca," Bowie in 1997, recalling the '80s
— Bowiesongs (@bowiesongs) May 14, 2018
And just remember, without Glenn Branca we'd not have Sonic Youth, Swans, and so much music that speaks of such intensity and passion.
— Scanner (@robinrimbaud) May 14, 2018
The X Magazine benefit in 1979 was perhaps the most amazing series of concerts that I have ever seen.
— John Lurie (@lurie_john) May 14, 2018
Glenn Branca, playing with Theoretical Girls was the best band in the program. It changed my life. Sorry I never had a chance to tell him.
Glenn Branca started out giving zero fucks about what people said he could and couldn’t do, and then when his ambition outstripped his ability, he went out and learned, practiced, honed. A genuine artistic hero.
— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) May 14, 2018
Oh no Glenn Branca died. Goddamit. His music always defined my conception of a kind of New York cool that barely exists anymore
— nuanced opinion guy (@charles_kinbote) May 14, 2018
Glenn Branca’s influence on and stewardship of the genre-bending music scene that exploded out of NY in the 70s & 80s can’t be understated. He was a true giant of modern experimental music, and will be sorely missed #glennbranca pic.twitter.com/mIDsBLwxdc
— Phil Tomlinson (@philatom) May 14, 2018
RIP Glenn Branca. This is still the greatest clip on YouTube https://t.co/DG4Um8PO2J
— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) May 14, 2018
A Mother's Day gift
EVG regular Jose Garcia shared these photos... a discovery that he made late-last night on 11th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...
Per Jose:
My guess is the prior caretaker(s) carried it out to dispose of it under cover of darkness.
Is there a walk of shame equivalent for discarded holiday shrubbery?
Today in discarded timeless classics
EVG reader David shares this photo... showing an Eames Lounge Chair and ottoman (black/rosewood) discarded on the curb outside 217 E. Third St. between Avenue B and Avenue C.
Currently priced at $4,500.75 online.
The latest on the city's rat-curbing initiatives
[Photo from May 9 by EVG reader Annabelle]
The Post checks in on the mayor's latest effort to curb the city's rat population ...
The city has begun stationing an army of workers in 30 parks in Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx to warn people that it “has experienced problems with rats” and make sure they know that “rats are a health hazard, especially to children and seniors,” according to internal Parks Department e-mails and sources.
But some residents say the move only shows that City Hall is a Mickey Mouse operation.
“You know what would be more useful? If de Blasio had them empty the trash more often,” said Rob Wooster, in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village Sunday.
Chelsea Casey, 28, who was at the park with her three kids last week, added, “I don’t know what warning people about rats in New York City will achieve.”
Union members with the Parks Department said workers with both the agency’s Parks Enforcement Patrol and Urban Park Rangers divisions were first dispatched last week. The union said the move is sapping valuable manpower that is meant to police the city’s 30,000 acres of park land.
Last July, the city delivered new solar-powered trash cans to points in and around Tompkins Square Park as part of the mayor's $32-million plan to combat vermin in rat-popular neighborhoods, like this one. (The Daily News reported at the time that each can costs $7,000.)
As the top photo shows, the big bellies aren't really helping with the overflow of trash — at least when they're not emptied, as Rob Wooster told the Post.
The city would not respond to questions from the Post about whether the cans have been effective.
[Avenue A and 10th Street]
Previously on EV Grieve:
8 more solar-powered, rat-proof trash cans arrive in Tompkins Square Park
Looking at the Big Belly 1.0 and 2.0 in and around Tompkins Square Park
City ready to attack rats in Tompkins Square Park (and elsewhere) (again)
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