Sunday, May 17, 2026

Week in Grieview

Posts this past week included (with a photo in Tompkins by Derek Berg)
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• RIP Albert Fabozzi, who started the holiday tree tradition in Tompkins Square Park (May 13) ... A celebration of life for Albert Fabozzi in Tompkins Square Park (May 16)

• RIP Ben Morea (May 14) 

• A 13-story mixed-use development is now in the works for this 3rd Avenue lot (May 12) 

• Report: Judge keeps East Village intake center plan on hold (May 11) 

• At the first Show Brain show of 2026 in Tompkins Square Park (May 12) 

• Scenes of Nine Perfect Lives, a new local band with some familiar faces, at Irving Plaza (May 15)

• The 50th anniversary edition of the Ukrainian Festival is this weekend (May 13) 

• From Avenue C apartment to LES studio: 5 years of Good Time Pilates (May 14) 

• Checking out "Obscura," the latest exhibit at Ninth Street Espresso's 10th Street outpost (May 15) 

• Regina's Grocery & Deli debuts on 1st Avenue (May 11) 

• On the May CB3-SLA docket: The return of Kotobuki East Village; a Georgian-inspired bakery and cafĂ© for 6th Street (May 11) 

• Double the Han Dynasty signage on 3rd Avenue (May 12) 

• A new dining room for Katz's? (May 11)

• Signage alert: Tea Leaf and Creamery on St. Mark's Place (May 12) … Skinny Louie on 2nd Avenue (May 13) 

• The East Village Sephora debuts (May 13) 

And a few interior shots of the Sephora via Stacie Joy...

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