Showing posts with label the Bowery. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 17, 2019

Thursday, January 17, 2019

The Bowery Bond closes on the Bowery



The Bowery Bond, a self-described artist collective selling woman's and men's clothing as well as a variety of accessories, jewelry and home decor, closed after the business day on Sunday at 352 Bowery between Fourth Street and Great Jones.


[Photo Sunday by Lola Sáenz]

The operators told patrons that they are looking for a new (and smaller) space in the area. The Bowery Bond arrived in May 2017.

According to the retail listing at Meridian, the asking rent is $27,000 for 2,250 square feet.

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Christmas miracle on the Bowery



On Wednesday morning, an EVG reader shared these two photos... showing workers outlining lane lines, crosswalks and other traffic markings on the Bowery at Houston...



The reader [sarcastically] thought that the contractors were marking the location for more roadwork.

Checking back in on the intersection... can it be that the never-ending East Houston Reconstruction Project has maybe actually ended???





As noted off and on through the years (starting with Mayor LaGuardia), completion of the $52.5 million East Houston Reconstruction project was overdue by five years. The Department of Design and Construction (DDC) started this project in June 2010, reconstructing/replacing combined sewers, trunk main, water mains, catch basins, fire hydrants, sidewalks, etc., etc., along East Houston Street, from the Bowery to the FDR Drive.

The work was initially scheduled to wrap up in 2013 (!!!), but was delayed again and again as the city reportedly ran into problems with existing underground wiring and pipes and unhinged bureaucracy.

The interactive map accessible via the DDC's website now shows a completion date of 12-25-2018!



Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Holiday music from Howl! Happening



Over in Extra Place off First Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery ...Howl! Happening is presenting some "Cool Bowery 'Sounds" for the holidays.

Press play to hear Christmas songs by the Fleshtones, Stiv Bators, the Ramones and the Dickies, among others...

Monday, September 24, 2018

Homeware brand Burkelman opening flagship store on the Bowery



Burkleman, a home and lifestyle brand currently based up in Cold Spring, is opening its flagship store at 332 Bowery between Bond and Great Jones later this fall.

The coming-soon signage arrived last Thursday.

Kevin Burke and David Kimelman started the high-end home-design shop in 2014 as an online-only business, before opening an outpost in a Cold Spring storefront in 2015. You can read more about them here.

The retail space was previously Intermix, who left the Bowery last fall after four-plus years at No. 332.

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

A new mural to keep an eye on at Great Jones and the Bowery



A very early WIP here on the southwest corner of the Bowery and Great Jones... not sure who the artist is just yet... JR is the artist (H/T xOMars!)



Thanks to Lola Sáenz for the photos...

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Report: A Moxy Hotel planned for the Bowery


[Google Street View]

There's yet another new hotel coming to the Bowery.

As The Real Deal reported yesterday, the Lightstone Group is in contract to buy 151 Bowery ... and will use the space — currently a lighting store at the southeast corner of the Bowery at Broome — to building their fourth Moxy Hotel in NYC.

The seller, Emmut Properties, previously had designs on an 8-story condo-hotel combo for the buildings at 151-153 Bowery (aka 331-337 Broome). Presumably the Moxy, Marriott's so-called millennial-friendly brand, will rise on this full parcel.

The 13-story Moxy East Village recently topped out on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue.

Other new Bowery hotels include the citizenM at 189 Bowery and Sister City at 225 Bowery.

Monday, June 11, 2018

The 7 restaurants that have closed on the Bowery in the past year



This past weekend, the owners of Hecho en Dumbo (b. 2010) and Cherche Midi (b. 2014) shut down their respective restaurants.

This makes, since last spring, seven restaurant closings on (or near!) the Bowery between Fourth Street and just south of Houston. Other recent casualties:

L'Apico (b. 2012), 13 E. First St. in the Avalon Bowery complex.

DBGB (b. 2010), 299 Bowery


[The former Wise Men]

Wise Men (b. 2013), 355 Bowery

Agozar! (b. 2002), 324 Bowery

Paulaner Brauhaus (b. 2013), 265 Bowery



There was also Rebelle (b. 2015) at 218 Bowery just south of Prince Street.

In any event, there weren't any reasons provided for the closures. DBGB chef-owner Daniel Boulud told this to The New York Times: "In this location, it’s busy on weekends but erratic in the early part of the week."


[The memory of DBGB lives on in Extra Place]

There are, of course, plenty of other places to drink and dine along here, starting at Fourth Street and down to Houston — BBar and Grill, Phebe's, the Bowery Market, Great Jones Cafe (close enough), Gemma, the Wren, Sorbillo Pizzeria, Bar Primi, Think Coffee, Saxon & Parole, 310 Bowery Bar, Sláinte, Bowery Meat Company, Baar Baar and the food court at Whole Foods Market® Bowery. Perhaps there are just too many choices.

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Cherche Midi space on the market for new retail development on the Bowery at East Houston


[Via Google Streetview]

There's a new retail listing for 280-282 Bowery at East Houston.

The corner space is currently home to Keith McNally's bistro Cherche Midi while No. 282 houses Yasakart Restaurant Supply.

Here are details via RKF:

• At the nexus of SoHo, NoLIta, NoHo, The East Village and Lower East Side
• Steps from four major hotels: Bowery Hotel, Public Hotel, The Ace Hotel and CitizenM
• Across from Whole Foods Market, The New Museum and the International Center for Photography
• Second Floor space can be made available
• Lower Level can be converted to selling
• An additional 1,500 SF of Lower Level space can be made available in Space B

The rent is available upon request.

And here's the rendering showing the possibilities on this southwest corner of the Bowery and Houston...


[Image via RKF]

Rumors surfaced last month that McNally would be closing his four-year-old bistro. (A rep for McNally, who also runs the Odeon, Balthazar, Minetta Tavern and Augustine in the Beekman Hotel, confirmed to Grub Street that Cherche Midi will close in early June.)

This marks the second high-profile restaurant to close on the Bowery and East Houston since last August. Daniel Boulud shut down DBGB Kitchen and Bar after eight years in the Avalon Bowery complex between First Street and Houston.

If success restaurateurs like McNally and Boulud can't make these corners work... then what? An EVG reader left this comment on the previous Cherche Midi post:

My prediction for the gentrified Bowery, chain restaurants (as in Chipotle and Shake Shack, some run of the mall shops which most New Yorkers have never heard of, and all this surrounded by high end luxury condos. This is what the lack of urban planning and unleashed developer money brings.

Thursday, April 12, 2018

On the David Bowery



The David addition arrived at this Bowery street sign at Bleecker yesterday afternoon...



Not sure at this moment who's taking credit for this... There was a similar David Bowery tribute on the Bowery and East Houston in January 2016 after Bowie's death...

Friday, March 23, 2018

Report of a fire on the Bowery and 2nd Street



Several EVG readers reported a large NYPD presence on the Bowery and Second Street (aka Joey Ramone Place) just after 7 a.m. ...


Witnesses on the street level said that it didn't appear to be too serious...



Will update later if there are any further fire developments here...

H/T Lola Sāenz

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Taco Bell premiering its Nacho Fries on the Bowery; reservations available



Taco Bell recently announced that it was adding Nacho Fries to the $1 menu.

Today and tomorrow, you can head to 212 Bowery near Rivington for a sneak preview — or premiere.

Here's more info via OpenTable, where you can get a reservation for the fry seating:

Live Más Productions presents Nacho Fries, debuting in Taco Bell restaurants nationwide on January 25 for just $1. The most-anticipated menu item release of the year will be available crisped to perfection with bold Mexican seasoning and served with a dippable side of warm Nacho Cheese. Ahead of their nationwide release, Taco Bell will host fans in New York City for a complimentary, advance screening of Nacho Fries and the trailer “Web of Fries” that will leave fans hungry for more – more Nacho Fries that is. A five-star menu item like Taco Bell’s Nacho Fries is worthy of its own red carpet, and that’s exactly the treatment Taco Bell is rolling out with its first “big screen” debut.

The pop-up is open today from 4-8 p.m. and tomorrow from noon to 4 p.m. and again 5-9 p.m.

Friday, September 15, 2017

Thursday, August 24, 2017

The Joey Ramone street sign returns to Joey Ramone Place


[Photo from this morning]

After nearly a month-long absence, the city returned the Joey Ramone Place street sign yesterday afternoon (H/T Jessie Malin!) to the northeast corner of the Bowery and Second Street. (This block of Second Street is co-named for the frontman of the Ramones.)

It appeared that the light pole on this corner was under repairs. (Plus, the street sign looked as if it had been bashed a few times.)

The sign first went up in November 2003. The sign remains pretty high up there ...


[Photo from this morning]

This placement happened several years ago after the sign was previously stolen a half-dozen times. So workers raised the sign to 20 feet. Standard street signs are between 12 and 14 feet off the ground, per the Post.



Meanwhile, the two-year-old Joey Ramone-CBGB 40th anniversary mural a block away at Bleecker and the Bowery has been painted over in place of a Debbie Harry-Blondie mural by Shepard Fairey. Will post on that a little later.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Pop-up bubble tea exhibit brings crowds to the Bowery


[Photo yesterday by Derek Berg]

The Boba Room made its debut Saturday at the Open Space Gallery on the Bowery between Third Street and Fourth Street.

Here's more about the pop-up exhibit via Gothamist:

Conceived of by Chaimi Food Studio co-founders Yanqiong Zeng and Iris Danlu Xing, Boba Room is an intersection of art, design and food that combines the duo's appreciation for food with their backgrounds and experiences in visual art, photography and food engineering and science.

And per The Daily Meal: "For those who are in the dark about boba, it’s an edible, chewy ball made from the cooking and cooling of tapioca. Boba is used in bubble tea."

The Boba Room is open through May 6 (from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the week; 10 p.m. on weekends). Tickets are $10 each ($7 for kids or seniors).

Monday, February 13, 2017

A new era of Bowery bums, plus more workout choices



Over the weekend the Post checked in with a feature on the boutique gyms and studios that continue to pop up along the Bowery and various side streets.

The article, titled "Bowery, once gross, now bursts with boutique gyms," provides an overview of the new spaces, such as New York Pilates, who use some butt sidewalk signage for their studio at 262 Bowery.

Meanwhile! There are more gyms on the way ... coming-soon signage has been up since November for Rumble, which will offer boxing-inspired, group-fitness classes on Broadway at Fourth Street (there's a location on West 23rd Street)...



Also on Broadway... the new Equinox Fitness at Bond Street looks close to opening is now open (thanks commenters!)... (the entrance is on Bond)...


Tuesday, October 18, 2016

The storefront at 332 Bowery, current home of Intermix, is for lease



There's a new listing for 332 Bowery between Bond and Great Jones... the space currently houses Intermix, but the multi-brand fashion retailer is apparently looking to sublease the space, per the listing at RKF. (The rent is arranged, and the sublease is through 2022.)

Until September 2012, the address was home to Steve's on the Bowery, which had been around 30-plus years. Intermix opened in May 2013.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Steve's on the Bowery has closed, more 'glam fashionistas' on the way

Steve's on the Bowery is for lease

Intermix arrives on the Bowery

Monday, September 12, 2016

Noted



An EVG reader found some amusement in the fact that crews are filming scenes for the TV shows "Friends From College" and "Elementary"on the Bowery this week...

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Fashion Week on the Bowery



Lost and found (or discarded) at Bond.

The shirt is in pretty good shape except for the blood stains.