Week in Grieview

[The hand shadower with apparently no shadow on the Bowery by Derek Berg]

Welcome back Ray! (Friday)

A memo from the NYC Department of Pedestrian Etiquette (Monday)

Details on the financial assistance available to businesses affected by the Second Avenue explosion (Thursday)

Ben Shaoul curtails rooftop ragers at Bloom 62 (Tuesday, 63 comments)

CVS is the first retail tenant for the Death Star/51 Astor Place (Monday)

Cops: This cyclist has nabbed 2 phones from pedestrians (Monday)

The NYC films of BAM's Indie 80s series (Thursday)

Russian Souvenirs closes on East 14th Street (Thursday)

Out and About with Maurice Whitaker and Laura K. Reich (Wednesday)

Looking at all the new construction along Avenue A (Wednesday)

A look at the backlogged work orders and violations of local New York City Public Housing properties (Wednesday)

Here then, the new Moishe's Bake Shop sign (Monday)

Out with Euzkadi on East Fourth Street (Monday)

Contrada appears to have closed (Wednesday)

What happens to the neighborhood once the planet gets warmer (Wednesday)

10 stories of condos in the works for the long-vacant corner of 4th Avenue and East 10th Street (Tuesday)

La Lucha space for rent on Avenue A (Monday)

Looking at One Great Jones Alley, "a private paradise" (Monday)

Archie meets the Ramones! (Tuesday)

Signage arrives for interesting new business on East 14th Street (Monday)

Joli Beauty Bar coming to East First Street (Monday)

A look at three recent business openings (Thursday)

And this week in Tompkins Square Park:

• Observer editors write, "it's time to take back Tompkins Square Park" (Wednesday)

• Extra police and media foot patrols in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday)

• Mayor de Blasio visits (Thursday)

• After recent complaints, city vows to crack down on stuffed lions in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday)