Week in Grieview

Posts from this past week included (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park by Steven) ... 

• ICYMI: Proof of vaccination now required for restaurants, bars, theaters and more (Wednesday) 

• Report: Madison Realty Capital moving to foreclose on leasehold for 3 St. Mark's Place (Tuesday) 

• The NYPD is collecting donations for earthquake victims in Haiti (Monday) 

• Good news-bad news about the water-main work on 7th Street and 1st Avenue (Monday) 

• Animal collective: Pillow-Cat Books coming to 9th Street (Monday) 

• Spellbound: Spooksvilla + Friends moving to 309 E. 9th St. (Thursday) 

• Kestrel maneuvers to rescue this fledging along Avenue B (Tuesday) 

• Report: Superiority Burger moving into the former Odessa space on Avenue A (Friday)

• Cure Thrift Shop opening later this month in new space on 3rd Avenue (Monday) 

• In the midnight hour, East Berlin will start a weekly film series (Tuesday) 

• Last weekend for Tea Drunk on 7th Street (Friday) 

• Express yourself: A look at the new FedEx space on Houston (Friday) 

• The expanding and shrinking pedestrian passage on St. Mark's Place at 3rd Avenue (Wednesday) 

• Stuyvesant Deli Grocery debuts on 14th and A (Wednesday) 

• Rakka Cafe has not been open lately (Wednesday) 

• Where are they now? Catching up with Gem Spa's former Zoltar in Bushwick (Thursday) 

• Like a diversion: Former local resident celebrates a birthday (Monday)

And we've seen signage on storefronts around the neighborhood as businesses take a late-summer break...

At East Village Buyers at 150 E. Third St., the temp closure note includes an apology, to which someone responded: "It's okay. We understand." (Thanks to Stacie Joy for the pics!)

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