Sunday, December 7, 2014

Week in Grieview



A night of protests over the grand jury decision not to indict the NYPD officer involved in the Eric Garner chokehold case (Thursday … and later)

City deems East Village Bed & Coffee an illegal hotel on Avenue C (Tuesday)

Simone Martini Bar closed for good (Monday)

Farewell De Robertis (Friday)

Discussing that explosion/bang/boom (Friday, 35 comments)

Out and About with Arthur Nersesian (Wednesday)

Movement underway to reoccupy the Yippie Museum (Thursday)

Two dessert closures on Second Avenue (Thursday)

Fresh & Co. coming to former Pie Face space on Fourth Avenue (Monday)

Decking the halls at 7B (Tuesday)

A new laundromat for Avenue B (Tuesday)

Dee Dee Ramone exhibit opens next week (Wednesday)

Fire at 251 E. Houston St. temporarily closes Gaia Cafe (Monday)

The ABCs of a new mural on Avenue C (Tuesday)

S & P Liquor & Wine back in business on East 5th Street (Thursday)

More about the End of Avenue A Block Association (Friday)

A bar called Matty's in the works for Idle Hands on Avenue B (Wednesday)

176 E. 3rd St. changes hands for the third time in seven years (Friday)

d.b.a is temporarily closed for renovations (Thursday)

Checkers check (Friday)

Don't dress up as Santa for this happy hour special (Monday)

… and on Tuesday morning, the Keith Haring sculpture arrived outside 51 Astor Place… it was still a little dark out, so our photos, well — they sucked… these are a little better…





… and we do enjoy the rotating monthly murals at Mikey Likes It on Avenue A… This month's Flavor of the Month is Home Alone.

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2 comments:

  1. BTDecember 8, 2014 at 7:32 AM

    Couldn't we get a Rodin sculpture? Instead we get "Plastic Man". Somehow appropriate, I guess.

    Mikey's storefront probably cost a heck of a lot less and I like it a lot better.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 9, 2014 at 11:10 PM

    Yes, Rodin! This is an outrage!

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