EV Grieve's East Village Week in Review

Posts this past week included (with a start of a fish tale on Third Avenue via Derek Berg). Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here. 

• RIP Carlos ‘Chino’ Garcia, co-founder of CHARAS and longtime Lower East Side activist (July 28) 

• Haven Plaza residents rally over response to Legionella concerns (July 31) 

• Shelter intake operations begin on Aug. 1 at two East Village locations (July 31) 

• Petition to preserve Tompkins Square Park fitness area tops 2,000 signatures (July 28) 

• 2 local residents appear in new documentary about Flaco (July 30) 

• A quieter generator arrives at the 9th Precinct (July 29)

 
• Post announces an August close (July 29) 

• Signage alert: Barnes & Noble on Avenue A (July 28) 

• Rush hour on 2nd Street (Aug. 2) 

• Vending machines arrive at the 1st Avenue F station (July 29) 

• A handmade anniversary gift, one chess piece at a time (July 28) 

• Pippy and Star’s Revenge at Tompkins Square Park (July 28) 

• New trash enclosures arrive in Tompkins Square Park (July 27) 

• Openings: Lerivez Coffee on 12th Street (July 27) … Skinny Louie on 2nd Avenue (July 27) 

• Temakase Hand Roll Bar has left 2nd Avenue (July 29) 

• 6 posts from July (July 31) 

And King Geronimo in a retro Ken Griffey Jr./Mariners jersey Friday evening on Avenue A and Sixth Street (pic by Stacie Joy)