Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with an early Father's Day scene on Avenue A via Derek Berg). 

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• Remembering longtime East Village artist and activist Agosto Machado (March 25) 

• Two Boots' longtime Avenue A home listed for the first time in 30 years as lease talks continue (March 24) ... Checking in with Phil Hartman on Two Boots' future on Avenue A — and the East Village (March 26) 

• 11 years after the deadly Second Avenue gas explosion (March 26)

• DOT plans bike and pedestrian changes around Astor Place and the East Village (March 26)

 
• Commemorating the 115th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (March 25) 

• The CityBench that baffled residents on 3rd Street has been removed (March 26) 

• A timely discussion on Iran at the Francis Kite Club (March 27) 

• Inside the New Museum's reopening on the Bowery (March 23) 

• A cold Spring night with the waxing Moon (and a reminder the Earth keeps moving) (March 25) 

• Photos by Francesca Magnani: ImillaSkate at Ninth Street Espresso (March 27) 

• A surreal sendoff to winter at Parkside Lounge (March 24) 

• Signage alert: JoJu on St. Mark's Place (March 25) … Wine Art Laboratory on Avenue B (March 24) … Fire Escape on Avenue A (March 23) … Whits on St. Mark’s Place (March 23) 

• And now, your Paulie Gee's East Village Slice Shop signage (March 27) 

• $1 slices mark Emmy Squared’s East Village return (March 23) 

• Pizza Hub's run on 1st Avenue appears to be over (March 24) 

• Fresh pavement for Avenue A (March 24) 

We mentioned that Tropic Berry had quietly shuttered at 45 First Ave. ... EVG reader Taz Urnov shared this pic showing that the for-rent sign has arrived...