Sunday, July 10, 2022

Week in Grieview

Posts this past holiday week included (with a photo on Seventh and A by Derek Berg)... 

• Steve Croman sells 8-building portfolio (Wednesday

• Thrift NYC sets up shop on 14th Street (Tuesday)

• Plywood removal at the former P.S. 64 (Thursday

• City raises hourly wage for lifeguards to ease pool staff shortage (Thursday

• Unarrested development: activity at the long-stalled corner of St. Mark's Place and 3rd Avenue (Friday ... Saturday

• Openings: A'more Caffè on 2nd Street at Avenue A (Tuesday) ... Murphy's on 9th Street (Wednesday)

• Giving Tuesday: the return of twice-a-week alternate side parking (Tuesday

• Report of a gas explosion at La Mia Pizza on 4th Avenue (Sunday)

• HAGS sets July 20 opening date on 1st Avenue (Tuesday

• Workers remove this elm in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday

• Comings and goings on 10th Street: Montauk Salt Cave closes; and a new restaurant from 2 Momofuku vets (Thursday

• 4.5 years later: A tenant for the former Noho Star space on Bleecker and Lafayette (Tuesday

• Full reveal at El Churro on Houston and Allen (Wednesday

• Puff & Puff Convenience debuts on Avenue C (Tuesday

• The Ainsworth closes East Village location (Tuesday

... and speaking of the Ainsworth closing... a few readers asked (once again): Who's responsible for removing the curbside dining structure when a restaurant shuts down? The one outside the former Ainsworth on 11th Street at Third Avenue is one of the largest in the neighborhood...
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2 comments:

Sarah said...

I'm not one of the rabid anti-street-seating types, but restaurants really must be required to post a bond to cover the costs of dismantling the structure in case they close abruptly.

Anonymous said...

the fact that the city hasn't made all of the restaurant structures come down by now is insane.