Showing posts with label Avenue A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avenue A. Show all posts

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Prepping for the Animal Rights March on Avenue A



Barricades line the east side of Avenue A from St. Mark's Place to 10th Street this morning ... ahead of today's Official Animal Rights March.

The march starts at the Flatiron Building at 2 p.m. ... and ends in Tompkins Square Park. You can read more about it on Facebook.

The march will impact bus service this afternoon along Avenue A...

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Summer of Love Redux


[Photo by Goggla]

An early evening concert atop a bus on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place... more details TK...


[Photo by Dave by 7th]

... and a few more photos via Steven...





... and via Cheyenne...







Updated:

Thanks to a reader for this...

Here's more via the Facebook invite...

We are a roving music jam hitting parks across NYC! Incredible musicians led by drummer Ethan Kogan with Laura Newman on vocals will make spontaneous magic beginning in Union Sq Park at 5pm. Then we hop on Tycho Dan's Blue Bird Bus and head to Thompkins Sq Park for sunset and finally MacCarren Park for a nighttime DJ set with Penny Lane.

Come dance! Bring your bike and follow the parade spreading splendid spontanious music to all!

5pm Union Sq Park
7pm Tompkins Sq Park
9pm McCarren Park Williamsburg

Monday, July 31, 2017

'Before we got Starfucked' — an exhibit on Avenue A tomorrow evening



Jen Fisher, who has operated the book stand on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place the past four years, is hosting an exhibit of East Village history at the space tomorrow evening.

Here are some details via the EVG info box...

Before we got Starfucked

A personal archive from the late 1980s to early 1990s of photographs, newspaper cuts, flyers and B&W Xerox books will be displayed on Tuesday, August 1 from 5:30-8 p.m.

The archive is based on 1980s and 1990s events such as The Tent City in Tompkins Square Park, the annual Stations of the Cross, Father George Kuhn, and the fight against gentrification as it was recorded and put together by a resident of the Lower East Side. Seen in the light of today's ongoing destruction of our neighborhood, we believe that this archive has acquired historical relevance as a record of the Lower East Side and the life it once contained.







Previously on EV Grieve:
Starbucks confirmed for Avenue A

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Paving the way on Avenue A


[Reader photo from last night]

After the milling action last week, crews returned last night to put down the new roadway on Avenue A...

Workers made it down to Sixth Street...



The new flyers taped up over the old flyers show that work will continue this evening...



And a look at how the freshly paved St. Mark's Place blends in with the freshly paved Avenue A...

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Today's Avenue A milling report



Workers were expected to mill Avenue A up to 13th Street last evening and overnight ... apparently the rain delayed the start of the milling festivities... which might explain why they just got to Sixth Street ...



Perhaps there will be more milling tonight. Also! Signs on St. Mark's Place note that milling will take place from Third Avenue to Avenue A tonight.

Monday, August 8, 2016

A muni-meter moment on Avenue A



EVG reader Melanie shared these photos from yesterday... the story begins when one of the juvenile red-tailed hawks, venturing further away from the confines of Tompkins Square Park, flew into the windows of New York Sports Club on Avenue A between Second Street and Third Street.

It then flew on top of a car and eventually landed on a muni-meter. Onlookers couldn't tell if the hawk was injured or just momentarily stunned... the hawk eventually flew off 10 minutes later...



Several residents also reported being stunned in 2014 the first time they saw the newly unveiled New York Sports Club building.

Monday, June 20, 2016

1st night of summer, Avenue A

A video posted by EV Grieve (@evgrieve) on



You have to click on the video to start... and to stop it... or it will keep on auto playing...

Thursday, April 21, 2016

TBT — Purple Rain on Avenue A



From June 9, 2014... when Prince was featured on the roll-down gate at Mikey Likes It, 199 Avenue A near East 12th Street.

The mural, created by Bronx-based artist Andre Trenier, was in honor of the shop's Flavor of the Month: Purple Rain (double blueberry ice cream with cheesecake chunks).

And in case you haven't heard the news... Prince has died. He was 57.

Monday, March 21, 2016

Top Nails is moving next door on Avenue A



Renovations continue inside the former Sustainable NYC storefront. Several tipsters have told us that Top A Nails will be moving here from their current space next door. The husband-wife owners confirmed the move, likely happening in another month.

Meanwhile, there is a small for lease sign now on the salon's front window here between St. Mark's Place and East Ninth Street...



Per the listing, the asking rent is $6,800.

Sustainable NYC, the eco-minded general store and café, closed for good last summer after seven years in business.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Avenue A sinkhole no longer sinking (for now)


[Yesterday! Wednesday!]

Nearly two weeks after its debut on Avenue A and East Third Street... the city has filled in the sinkhole, as EVG reader John Iz has dutifully noted (he documented it for us here) ...



No official word just yet about how many pylons were swallowed lost during these two weeks.

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Oh hi, there's a hole here


[Last Sunday]

Last Sunday, we noted the sinkhole in the works on Avenue A at East Third Street. It had already eaten a pylon, and was on its way to becoming a rare 5 Pyloner and potential film franchise for Dwayne Johnson.

Anyway, EVG reader John Iz shared these photos showing the developments here this past week... and the DOT's various attempts to warn vehicular traffic of the hole in the Avenue...

Tuesday!



Wednesday!



Thursday!



Friday! (Yesterday!)



What else might the DOT place here to warn motorists of the sinkhole?

Updated:

John shared photos from the hole from Saturday...



...with bonus shot of the can of spray paint used to mark the perimeter...

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Strong start for sinkhole season; more pylons on the way



This one is developing quickly on Avenue A at East Third Street... Also: pylon down. Repeat, pylon down.

Anyway, not to play favorites, but I think I prefer the sinkhole that's on First Avenue and Seventh Street a little more. For starters, that one has better effects, like smoke/steam/CHUD.

H/T ‏@thee_thomtobias

Saturday, February 20, 2016

East Village Smoke Shop & Grocery now open on Avenue A



The small shop is up and running at 89 Avenue A near East Sixth Street... aside from the smoking-related supplies, they sell the usual deli fare (sodas, gum, snacks, etc.)

The former tenant here, D-Lish Pita, closed last summer.

H/T EVG reader Perri Silver

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Another smoke shop for Avenue A



Several readers have told us that a smoke shop is opening in the former D-Lish Pita space on Avenue A at East Sixth Street... we haven't been by when anyone has been working on the space... though the gate is partially open, revealing some of the items that will be for sale...





The store is next door to 99¢ Pizza, which opened in late December. As for smoke shops on Avenue A, Smoke & Beer opened between East 13th Street and East 14th Street earlier this month.

Anyway, it's nice that some new retail shops are opening ahead of the residential developments going up ... like this one... and this one.. and this one ... and this one.. and this one.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

This block of Avenue A is awfully quiet, and why is Lucy's closed?



Not much happening on Avenue A between St. Mark's Place and East Ninth Street... as far as storefronts are concerned..

Nino's and Yoshi Sushi are entering the third month of closure, apparently due to a gas leak in the building. (And the landlord previously issued eviction notices.)

The space between these two restaurants remains vacant. The 10 Degrees Bistro closed back in August. (The team behind Shoolbred's and Ninth Ward got the OK last month from CB3 for a beer-wine license to open a cajun-style restaurant here.)

Continuing north... EVG regular Peter Brownscombe shared these photos from last Wednesday night... Lucy's has been closed...



... and the note on the door isn't the most comforting — closed until further notice.



Lucy tends to take several breaks during the year, though she always leaves a sign with a reopening date. She has randomly closed for a short period of time without any explanation (here and here). Anyway, not sure what is happening here.

And the rest of the block... Top A Nails is open... the former Sustainable NYC is for rent... and Doc Holliday's anchors the corner at Ninth Street... for now there are just two of seven businesses open on the block...