Saturday, April 25, 2020
EVG Etc.: Recovering from COVID-19; taking aim at third-party delivery fees
[St. Mark's Place at 3rd Avenue]
• East Village resident Majorie Ingall on the recovery from COVID-19 (Tablet)
• Remembering downtown star — and East Village resident — Nashom Wooden (Popular Publicity ... previously on EVG)
• Jimmy Webb's love for NYC and tight pants (The New Yorker ... previously on EVG)
• The fruit cart returns to First Avenue just north of 14th Street (Town & Village)
• The Department of Transportation and the NYPD not into converting roadways into public space for coronavirus-crammed New Yorkers (Streetsblog)
• Thoughts on the shuttered Starbucks on First Avenue and Third Street and what the neighborhood might look like post pandemic (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
• Amelia and Christo, the red-tailed hawks of Tompkins Square Park, are well — AND PLEASE DON'T USE A DRONE TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THEIR NEST (Laura Goggin Photography)
• NYC rents remain high — for now (Curbed)
• New York state is facing a $13.3 billion budget shortfall (Gothamist)
• City Council is taking up a series of bills on April 29 that could introduce a stricter fee cap on third-party delivery services (Eater)
• Via the EVG inbox: Citywide music performance of "For Our Courageous Workers" planned April 29 at the 7 p.m. cheer for front-line workers (Tenth Intervention)
• Take a look around the 98 Bowery archives (Official site)
• The Hester Street Fair goes virtual (Vogue)
... and East Village-based artist-actor Robert Galinsky recently launched a 30-minute talk-variety show that streams live Monday through Friday at 10 p.m. on Facebook.com/RobertGalinsky. Upcoming guests include Tony winner Maryann Plunkett and documentarian Clayton Patterson.
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