Sunday, August 17, 2025

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo by Derek Berg of an incredible NYC tattoo in Tompkins Square Park)... 

• The entire northern section of East River Park, including the running track, closes on Sept. 8 (Wednesday, Aug. 14) 

• Michael Lydon, a longtime East Village resident, musician, author and rock journalist, died on July 30. He was 82. (Monday, Aug. 11)

• The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival returns to Tompkins Square Park this Aug. 24 (Tuesday, Aug. 12)

• Video: Fight spills onto the tracks at 1st Avenue L stop (Monday, Aug. 11)

• Summer road trips: Genre Is Death and Lydia Lunch at TV Eye (Saturday, Aug. 16)

• A look at the coming-soon Corner Bistro (Monday, Aug. 11)

• A rare look inside the Basilio Scientific School Association on Avenue B (Thursday, Aug. 14)

• This week in Dodging film crews (Monday, Aug. 11)

• Openings: Baos & Bowls on 13th Street (Monday, Aug. 11) … Gelatin Labs on 1st Street (Wednesday, Aug. 13)

• Croc stump tree well gets a refresh on Avenue A (Tuesday, Aug. 12  Friday, Aug. 15)

• Where gallery meets shop: A look at 'Art Bodega' on 3rd Street (Wednesday, Aug. 13) 

• Owners of C as in Charlie and Kisa ink lease at former Ferns space on 1st Avenue (Wednesday, Aug. 13) 

• This might be the First great deli name we've seen in a while (Wednesday, Aug. 13) 

 ... and we received an explanation about the tagging at the two for-lease storefronts at 106 Avenue B near Seventh Street ...
Per a reader: "This wasn't just tagging, there was a full-ass art gallery show happening the night of Aug 8th with photographs, shirts with art drawn on them, etchings, and zines all on the wall."

H/T CS on B

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