Saturday, July 29, 2023

EVG Etc.: A street co-naming for Economy Candy; new food options on St. Mark's Place

Second Avenue at 12th Street 

Added several new posts...

Woman struck in the left arm by a stray bullet last evening while sitting in a car on Orchard between Houston and Stanton (ABC 7)

• Police arrest man accused of harassing women along Second Avenue and Fifth Street (The Post

• As NYC limits access to migrants and asylum seekers, many are left homeless (NPR

• The corner of Rivington and Essex will now bear the name "Morris 'Moishe' Cohen Way" in honor of Economy Candy's founder (Time Out

• Why more deliveristas are turning to gas-powered mopeds (Streetsblog

• 3 newish places to eat on this block of St. Mark's Place (Eater ... previously on EVG)

• 2 EV spaces in this listicle of essential NYC coffee shops (Eater)

• About Avenue A's Foxface Natural — "NYC's most original new restaurant" (Grub Street

• The new Bush Tetras record is now out (Wharf Cat Records ... previously on EVG

• A few more chances to see "Make Me Famous" — a documentary on 1980s-era East Village-based painter Edward Brezinski — on a big screen in the next few days (Official site... previously on EVG

• About Essx, a new retail concept on Essex Street (Wallpaper*)

8 comments:

  1. You scared me that Economy Candy had closed, EVG!!!

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    1. i had the same thought! was worried for a second there haha

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    2. Me too!!! Lol!!!

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    3. Great photo as usual!!! Waiting for the photo book!! The blue sky is worthy of the Go Gos song, Beneath the Blue Sky.

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  2. What would be the end with lower 2nd Ave? Clean it up, 9th precinct. Aggressively!

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  3. Sorry for the Economy Candy scare!

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  4. And I changed the headline to prevent any future scares!

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