Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a reader-submitted photo from 1st Street) ...

• At long last, workers remove the sidewalk bridge from around Mariana Bracetti Plaza (Tuesday) 

• Little Amal made a big impression on the Lower East Side (Thursday) 

• A look inside the former Gracefully storefront on Avenue A, vacant now for nearly 8 years (Wednesday) 

• A short walk with a tall man (Thursday) 

• New cat owner opens Cosmic Cat Cafe on 2nd Street (Monday) 

• The Juicy Lucy kiosk returns to service on 1st Street (Friday) 

• Davey's Ice Cream officially debuts today in new 9th Street shop (Friday) 

• Solo Pizza has closed on Avenue B (Wednesday) 

• Art gallery Amanita debuts on the Bowery (Thursday) 

• Openings: MayRee on 1st Street (Wednesday)

• A Parish Picnic outside St. Stanislaus on 7th Street (Sunday)

• Buka bringing Nigerian cuisine to 1st Avenue (Monday) 

• La Pizza Italiya taking over the Baker's Pizza space on Avenue A (Monday) 

• City removes tree with Dutch elm disease from Tompkins Square Park (Thursday) 

• Empanada Mama makes it signage-on-the-plywood official on 14th and 1st (Friday) 

• To no surprise, 'emergency work' is necessary at the long-empty 6 Avenue B (Wednesday) 

• 345 Cantina takes over for Tableside on 6th Street (Tuesday) 

• Kenneth Cole reopening Bowery outpost with a 'Temporary' concept (Monday) 

• The P.F. Chang's outpost opens on University Place (Tuesday) 

• Yaki Sushi takes over for Hawkers on 14th Street (Monday) 

... and Ben freshened up the Ink on A storefront (66 Avenue A, and one of our favorite shops) this past week... with new paint and a more uncluttered display of magazines... (photo by Stacie Joy) ...

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