Thursday, April 29, 2010

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition



Ray's benefits denied again (Neither More Nor Less)

Punk redux (Flaming Pablum)

Billy Leroy is a "believer in the spirits and ghosts of the old Bowery" (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

Remembering "Little Spain" on West 14th Street (Ephemeral NY)

The future of Coney Island boardwalk is worse than you think (Curbed)

Farewell to Freddy's (The Brooklyn Paper)

Proposed Belgian Ale House in the "Crazy Landlord" building on Second Ave. unleashes some branding (Eater NY)

A Bank of America treasure map? (BoweryBoogie)

Smart Crew hits Second Avenue...



Also, noted on 10th Street:

3 comments:

Erin Bradley said...

I would love to see a story* on that building the Smart Crew hit. I wonder about it every time I walk by. It's so creepy and scary-looking. Who owns it? Why has it been vacant so long? What was it before it closed down?

*Apologies if you've done one already.

EV Grieve said...

Hi Erin. I know! I've always been fascinated by that building too.

Jill did a nice piece on it here:

http://mingum.blogspot.com/2009/02/haunted-house-of-second-ave.html

Erin Bradley said...

Whoa. That was more than I could have ever dreamed up in my imagination. Thanks for the link.