tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1641794441498472100..comments2024-03-28T12:11:12.965-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Avenue B is for ChangeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-83255920147553031002012-08-06T12:12:14.667-04:002012-08-06T12:12:14.667-04:00The neighborhood has been in a slow decline for a ...The neighborhood has been in a slow decline for a good ten years now. Nothing new. The local artist and musician types have long fled the coup along with the once unique air that filled the streets. Replaced with trust funds and run of the mill night life. Still a couple okay bars but the scene has been bludgeoned with mediocrity and reality tv types.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68988501433228570922012-08-03T20:30:36.847-04:002012-08-03T20:30:36.847-04:00Don't fret. Ave B became the epitome of a shit...Don't fret. Ave B became the epitome of a shit hole (or barf hole, as it were). It was due for a nice "cleansing rain". Maybe it will be better this time around once businesses who don't want to be surrounded by shit hole barf lounges begin to retake the storefronts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-80268346089750295072012-08-03T10:43:38.770-04:002012-08-03T10:43:38.770-04:00wow, looks like an apocolypse.
the community boar...wow, looks like an apocolypse.<br /><br />the community board should be begging for restaurants, bars and cafes to open!<br /><br />Or maybe they want it to continue the slide back to the good old "edgy" and "gritty" days of the 80s when we had open air heroin dealers and lines of junkies.<br /><br />Good times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19404933087105227942012-08-03T09:33:07.135-04:002012-08-03T09:33:07.135-04:00Ill second Continuum, they are good guys. Bike ner...Ill second Continuum, they are good guys. Bike nerds, but good guys. I always focus on food service in these conversations, but what Ave B really needs is more stuff like Continuum.Hey19noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-86917612203924700862012-08-02T18:03:20.475-04:002012-08-02T18:03:20.475-04:00we are so busy in the united states saying we are ...we are so busy in the united states saying we are number one that we dont notice we are not anymore. there is so many more interesting things happening in other cities of the world. each one of our buildings should have huge mural monsters from head to toe. it would be the hottest thing. this is what happens when the rents and everything is too high. everything becomes conservative and scared.touristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57000315318893400142012-08-02T17:28:59.893-04:002012-08-02T17:28:59.893-04:00Thanks for the scary recap. On a positive note, I ...Thanks for the scary recap. On a positive note, I just read about a San Francisco group that brings pop-up shops to vacant storefronts. Sadly I doubt that EV landlords would be open to such a community supportive program. <br /><br />More can be found here:<br />http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5b63a0823e3b9c105434c46d7&id=468b11ee80&e=218370d6ea<br /><br />And here: http://www.yoursqft.com/Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-17963293206632768762012-08-02T17:23:43.914-04:002012-08-02T17:23:43.914-04:00Shit. Avenue C is in better shape. Ain't tha...Shit. Avenue C is in better shape. Ain't that something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43390921729109431312012-08-02T13:36:54.500-04:002012-08-02T13:36:54.500-04:00damn. was that your last post?damn. was that your last post?touristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14523730731755826542012-08-02T13:36:19.746-04:002012-08-02T13:36:19.746-04:00Wow, this is depressing.
I second the recommendat...Wow, this is depressing.<br /><br />I second the recommendations for Sigmund's, Mona's, Manitoba, 7B, Sonny & Annie's...gotta give some love to Amor Bakery btw 13th & 14th as well.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20942261085835511592012-08-02T13:08:41.269-04:002012-08-02T13:08:41.269-04:0011;13 - one solution is to not allow empty spaces ...11;13 - one solution is to not allow empty spaces to be tax write offs -the market has spoken and the market says the rents are too high.nygrumpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-1739864824641077642012-08-02T11:41:47.048-04:002012-08-02T11:41:47.048-04:00There's a fab clothing designer who lives in t...There's a fab clothing designer who lives in the storefront of his space between 12/13th Sts, west side. He repurposes clothing and fabrics and always has something interesting in the window, and has been in the hood at least as long as me (~15 years). I hope he stays forever. Because I am a dope, I can't remember his name right now ... Geo?LvVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45538874917044697612012-08-02T11:36:23.110-04:002012-08-02T11:36:23.110-04:00great article. :)great article. :)jdxhttp://jdx.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-452858482920084992012-08-02T11:27:58.478-04:002012-08-02T11:27:58.478-04:00Continuum Cycles near 13th, my go to bike shop. It...Continuum Cycles near 13th, my go to bike shop. It might seem elitist and insufferable from the outside, and I didn't want to go here at first but these guys have been quite helpful and forthright and their prices seem lower than anyone else's, so now I go out of my way to get my stuff here. Also Gruppo Pizza is great esp. if you like very thin crust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72558668625755056652012-08-02T11:13:09.998-04:002012-08-02T11:13:09.998-04:00Inherited Discovery Wines from Avenue A too. But ...Inherited Discovery Wines from Avenue A too. But this miserable story does confirm that the choice is between nightlife and empty storefronts, not between nightlife and mom'n'pop businesses. Short of legislation to stop rent increases, they can't survive.<br /><br />Sad, but what's the alternative?Wilfridhttp://www.pinkpignyc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45901423599771497662012-08-02T11:11:05.797-04:002012-08-02T11:11:05.797-04:00The Manitobas were looking for alternative space s...The Manitobas were looking for alternative space some months back. Nothing seemed to come of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65608896961734637952012-08-02T11:03:35.217-04:002012-08-02T11:03:35.217-04:00You just know that 7-Eleven and Subway are droolin...You just know that 7-Eleven and Subway are drooling over all those empty storefronts. Thank God for Mona's and Manitoba's, the M & M's of Avenue B!Marty Wombacherhttp://www.trippingwithmarty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-7925096608351320492012-08-02T10:37:44.895-04:002012-08-02T10:37:44.895-04:00@Fashion by He
Do you mean the former PS 64-CHARA...@Fashion by He<br /><br />Do you mean the former PS 64-CHARAS/El Bohio on East 9th Street between A and B?<br /><br />Sitting empty still after 10 or so years... Being pitched for "community use" now...EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-60386048663225833452012-08-02T10:11:52.177-04:002012-08-02T10:11:52.177-04:00thank you cb 3thank you cb 3James Famularohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216146616080733657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-47553923783987815802012-08-02T10:09:23.663-04:002012-08-02T10:09:23.663-04:00whats the deal with that run down school, think it...whats the deal with that run down school, think its on 12th street? any update on what is being done with it?Fashion By Hehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829535931355646962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71291560163019853672012-08-02T09:57:14.727-04:002012-08-02T09:57:14.727-04:00Thank you CB 3 for denying every applicant that ap...Thank you CB 3 for denying every applicant that applies for a liq lic or beer & wine licAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27348720016821113872012-08-02T09:52:13.373-04:002012-08-02T09:52:13.373-04:00Another Bloomburg success story!Another Bloomburg success story!nygrumpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18988069771348893852012-08-02T09:10:17.045-04:002012-08-02T09:10:17.045-04:00Wow, great reporting, when you lay it all out like...Wow, great reporting, when you lay it all out like that, it really is stark. <br /><br />I didnt know some sort of market was moving into Kates Joint, thats great, Im tired of being under the thumb of Gracefully. <br /><br />I know I say this every time, dont forget Sigmunds and Snack Dragon, both good, honest businesses, and Paradiso Tiramisu for that matter, they put up w my intro to Italian, they get a nod for that. <br /><br />Also have to agree, great to still have Mamas bar, 7b and B Side, great spots. <br /><br />So Cafe Buon Gusto is worth trying? Ill have to go soon, good food and no corkage fee is tough to find.Hey19noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85009143467747792632012-08-02T08:32:13.875-04:002012-08-02T08:32:13.875-04:00It is merely the next wave. The businesses that ar...It is merely the next wave. The businesses that arrived in the 1990s to cater to the Indie Rock-Thrift Store Crowd (Mama's, Lakeside, Kate's) have gone just like those people have moved on or whose tastes have changed.<br /><br />Now, a modest luxury phase sets in to cater to the New Money, the recent arrivals with cash and assets who want proximity to Wall Street as well as Silicon Alley. This explains why we have new housing at Cabrini, organic markets and artisanal cocktail bars. <br /><br />Soon enough, when a studio on B is running $5K, it will all change again. It always does. It always will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-76385845032549229902012-08-02T08:05:00.961-04:002012-08-02T08:05:00.961-04:00Damn. Great post.
So what the hell is going on?Damn. Great post.<br /><br />So what the hell is going on?Morgan Tsvangiraihttp://zimbabweprimeminister.orgnoreply@blogger.com