... featuring more squeeze Lemonade pushcart races...
And, despite the humidity, you may be interested in trying on one of these...
You can also admire the brand-new signage at this new local business...
Showing posts with label the apocalypse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the apocalypse. Show all posts
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
In case you couldn't make yesterday's street fair on Fourth Avenue, you're in luck — there's another one today on Broadway between East 14th Street and Waverly Place... same stuff, of course...
... featuring more squeeze Lemonade pushcart races...
And, despite the humidity, you may be interested in trying on one of these...
You can also admire the brand-new signage at this new local business...
... featuring more squeeze Lemonade pushcart races...
And, despite the humidity, you may be interested in trying on one of these...
You can also admire the brand-new signage at this new local business...
Friday, August 24, 2012
Checking in on the Axis of 11
Back on Feb. 24, we noted that a 7-Eleven was in the works for 813 Broadway near 12th Street ... the cheap-o DVD shop packed up and moved across the street...
Jeremiah noted the arrival of the all-too-familiar signage yesterday...
The march continues...into the 7-Eleven zone...
Previously on EV Grieve:
7-Eleven to give its regards to Broadway
Jeremiah noted the arrival of the all-too-familiar signage yesterday...
The march continues...into the 7-Eleven zone...
Previously on EV Grieve:
7-Eleven to give its regards to Broadway
Friday, August 17, 2012
Summer Fridays rehash: An EV Grieve editorial (aka, this week's sign of the Apocalypse)
Hey, we're STILL digging into the EVG archives for these next few summer Fridays... We first posted this hard-hitting editorial on July 31, 2008 ...
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According to the Times today, shorts are no longer "an office don't. These days, they are downright respectable" at the office.
EV Grieve responds:
"Shorts are no longer an office don't" — OH YES THEY ARE.
"These days, they are downright respectable" at the office — NO! NEVER! NEVER EVER.
That is all. Thank you.
Oh, if you must, an excerpt from the article:
The willingness of men to expand the amount of skin they are inclined to display can be gauged by the short-sleeved shirts Senator Barack Obama has lately favored; the muscle T-shirts Anderson Cooper wears on CNN assignment; and the Armani billboard in which David Beckham, the soccer star, appears nearly nude.
Not a few designers are pushing men to expose more of the bodies that they have spent so much time perfecting at the gym. “We have all these self-imposed restrictions” about our dress, said Ben Clawson, the sales director for the designer Michael Bastian. “As men’s wear continues to evolve and becomes a little more casual without becoming grungy, it’s not impossible anymore to be dressed up in shorts.”
While Mr. Bastian is a designer of what essentially amounts to updates on preppy classics, even he has pushed for greater latitude in exposing men’s bodies to view.
[Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times]
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According to the Times today, shorts are no longer "an office don't. These days, they are downright respectable" at the office.
EV Grieve responds:
"Shorts are no longer an office don't" — OH YES THEY ARE.
"These days, they are downright respectable" at the office — NO! NEVER! NEVER EVER.
That is all. Thank you.
Oh, if you must, an excerpt from the article:
The willingness of men to expand the amount of skin they are inclined to display can be gauged by the short-sleeved shirts Senator Barack Obama has lately favored; the muscle T-shirts Anderson Cooper wears on CNN assignment; and the Armani billboard in which David Beckham, the soccer star, appears nearly nude.
Not a few designers are pushing men to expose more of the bodies that they have spent so much time perfecting at the gym. “We have all these self-imposed restrictions” about our dress, said Ben Clawson, the sales director for the designer Michael Bastian. “As men’s wear continues to evolve and becomes a little more casual without becoming grungy, it’s not impossible anymore to be dressed up in shorts.”
While Mr. Bastian is a designer of what essentially amounts to updates on preppy classics, even he has pushed for greater latitude in exposing men’s bodies to view.
[Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times]
Friday, August 3, 2012
Is this the warm, fuzzy feeling that you were expecting at 313 Bowery?
We've been wondering what would go into the retail space at 313 Bowery since the Riff pop-up shop closed in May... Now we know, thanks to a scoop over at the Observer: Patagonia. The outdoor clothing and gear store is moving into the two levels of combined 8,100-square-feet of space that once housed the CBGB Record Canteen and, later, the 313 Gallery.
And the quote of the day goes to the leasing executive who said this to the Observer:
“Patagonia loves historic space. 313 was just the perfect location. In the basement there are still the bathrooms from CBGB’s time that are scrawled with all the writing from club-goers over the years.”
BoweryBoogie has more on this here.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Avenue B is for Change
Let's put together all the recent changes on Avenue B that we've covered in recent months... We'll start on East Houston and head north ...
... where the liquor store remains closed after several years...
... and the hardware store next door is still on the market after closing last fall ...
At 14 Avenue B, another applicant is going before the CB3/SLA committee this month in hopes of opening some kind of bar-cafe-restaurant...
Across the street, The New World Order, a vintage boutique, closed in May... and the empty storefront offered up a photogenic night-time shot...
However, there is already paper over the windows... another business on the way in...?
On the corner, a well-placed tipster told us in April that Thomas DeGeest, founder of Wafels & Dinges, will open his first café based on the same concept as his popular food trucks in circulation around the city.
In late May, Zaitzeff abruptly closed... this space and the basement location next door of the former Dolphin Gym sit empty...
Next door, the former Croxley Ales Beer Garden is full of weeds ... while Croxley Ales plans to expand to the storefront to the north. (Not pictured)
Up on the southwest corner, a chunk of the ivy-covered building is empty after Mama's sudden departure...
On the east side of the street between Third Street and Fourth Street, the stretch of storefronts that included the LeSouk empire are empty... Neighbors have been buzzing about that rumor that the building will receive a few extra floors during an upcoming renovation (only rumor for now) ...
Max, the 12-year-old Italian place near Fourth Street, will have a new location in Williamsburg ... when that opens, according to The Wall Street Journal, the Avenue B location will close...
On the northwest corner of Avenue B and East Fourth Street ... Kate's Joint closed in April ... word is an organic market will be opening here...
And at Fifth and B, the former Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation will become upscale housing...
Meanwhile, expect some dumpsters here in the coming weeks and months...
The Hare Krishnas moved out of their home at 96 Avenue B last summer, as BoweryBoogie first reported.
[BoweryBoogie]
At 98 Avenue B, Pizza Grupo will be moving into Layalay, the former B&T hookah hotspot, from its current home at 186 Avenue B...
[Ah the memories! 98 Avenue B a few years ago...]
And, of course, at Eight Street... St. Brigid's continues its restoration...
[Monday... by Bobby Williams]
Between East Ninth and East 10th ... the former pet shop is still for rent... it closed in May...
On the corner of East 10th Street, the sidewalk shed finally came down outside the former Life Cafe space after too long ... the 30-year-old Life closed last Sept. 11, as we first reported... (And Ninth Street Espresso will expand into part of the space...)
Next door, Lakeside Lounge closed on April 30. Workers have gutted the exterior in preparation for a new bar from some folks involved with Niagara...
An applicant is on the August CB3/SLA docket for the former Mercadito Cantina space that we hear will be a BBQ joint ...
On the east side of the Avenue, No. 165 was on the market... with promises of retail and two-more floors. The building is now in contract, per Streeteasy.
Up on the next block, we've been writing about 185-193 Avenue B, a former theater and, later, church... workers just started demolishing the place to make way for a 12-story apartment building that will include community space and the new home for the Elim Pentecostal Church...
What else... a space for rent near East 13th Street...
... and the Copper Building retail space has yet another broker...
And as we reported last November, an "artisanal cocktail bar" is opening upstairs from Bee Liquors (in the space that has been home to White Noise and Uncle Ming's). Yesterday, Paper noted that the space will be called Pouring Ribbons, and run by American Bartender of the Year Joaquín Simó, who worked the last five-plus years at Death & Co.
Lastly, maybe, you can rent the former Luca Lounge space for the low price of $19,995 per month.
If you made it this far without bursting into tears or something... I've counted 22 empty storefronts. (I didn't mention a few that have been closed for some time.) Still, for all these sweeping changes... there are some really good places on Avenue B, from bars (Mona's, Manitoba's, Vazac's, B-Side) to stores (Bee Liquors, Sunny & Annie's, Amor Bakery, Wendigo) to institutions (GOLES, Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union) to restaurants (Cafe Rakka, Y Cafe — you have your favorites ...) ... and just two franchises: one national (Subway); and one local (Duane Reade). Wonder how long that chain-free feeling will last...
Previously on EV Grieve:
There are more than 20 empty storefronts along Avenue B
... where the liquor store remains closed after several years...
... and the hardware store next door is still on the market after closing last fall ...
At 14 Avenue B, another applicant is going before the CB3/SLA committee this month in hopes of opening some kind of bar-cafe-restaurant...
Across the street, The New World Order, a vintage boutique, closed in May... and the empty storefront offered up a photogenic night-time shot...
However, there is already paper over the windows... another business on the way in...?
On the corner, a well-placed tipster told us in April that Thomas DeGeest, founder of Wafels & Dinges, will open his first café based on the same concept as his popular food trucks in circulation around the city.
In late May, Zaitzeff abruptly closed... this space and the basement location next door of the former Dolphin Gym sit empty...
Next door, the former Croxley Ales Beer Garden is full of weeds ... while Croxley Ales plans to expand to the storefront to the north. (Not pictured)
Up on the southwest corner, a chunk of the ivy-covered building is empty after Mama's sudden departure...
On the east side of the street between Third Street and Fourth Street, the stretch of storefronts that included the LeSouk empire are empty... Neighbors have been buzzing about that rumor that the building will receive a few extra floors during an upcoming renovation (only rumor for now) ...
Max, the 12-year-old Italian place near Fourth Street, will have a new location in Williamsburg ... when that opens, according to The Wall Street Journal, the Avenue B location will close...
On the northwest corner of Avenue B and East Fourth Street ... Kate's Joint closed in April ... word is an organic market will be opening here...
And at Fifth and B, the former Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation will become upscale housing...
Meanwhile, expect some dumpsters here in the coming weeks and months...
The Hare Krishnas moved out of their home at 96 Avenue B last summer, as BoweryBoogie first reported.
At 98 Avenue B, Pizza Grupo will be moving into Layalay, the former B&T hookah hotspot, from its current home at 186 Avenue B...
[Ah the memories! 98 Avenue B a few years ago...]And, of course, at Eight Street... St. Brigid's continues its restoration...
Between East Ninth and East 10th ... the former pet shop is still for rent... it closed in May...
On the corner of East 10th Street, the sidewalk shed finally came down outside the former Life Cafe space after too long ... the 30-year-old Life closed last Sept. 11, as we first reported... (And Ninth Street Espresso will expand into part of the space...)
Next door, Lakeside Lounge closed on April 30. Workers have gutted the exterior in preparation for a new bar from some folks involved with Niagara...
An applicant is on the August CB3/SLA docket for the former Mercadito Cantina space that we hear will be a BBQ joint ...
On the east side of the Avenue, No. 165 was on the market... with promises of retail and two-more floors. The building is now in contract, per Streeteasy.
Up on the next block, we've been writing about 185-193 Avenue B, a former theater and, later, church... workers just started demolishing the place to make way for a 12-story apartment building that will include community space and the new home for the Elim Pentecostal Church...
What else... a space for rent near East 13th Street...
... and the Copper Building retail space has yet another broker...
And as we reported last November, an "artisanal cocktail bar" is opening upstairs from Bee Liquors (in the space that has been home to White Noise and Uncle Ming's). Yesterday, Paper noted that the space will be called Pouring Ribbons, and run by American Bartender of the Year Joaquín Simó, who worked the last five-plus years at Death & Co.
Lastly, maybe, you can rent the former Luca Lounge space for the low price of $19,995 per month.
If you made it this far without bursting into tears or something... I've counted 22 empty storefronts. (I didn't mention a few that have been closed for some time.) Still, for all these sweeping changes... there are some really good places on Avenue B, from bars (Mona's, Manitoba's, Vazac's, B-Side) to stores (Bee Liquors, Sunny & Annie's, Amor Bakery, Wendigo) to institutions (GOLES, Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union) to restaurants (Cafe Rakka, Y Cafe — you have your favorites ...) ... and just two franchises: one national (Subway); and one local (Duane Reade). Wonder how long that chain-free feeling will last...
Previously on EV Grieve:
There are more than 20 empty storefronts along Avenue B
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Noted
Looking at this morning's headlines...
Per a broker in the article: "Right now, he said, the average rent for a one-bedrooms in Williamsburg is $3,300, $2,875 in Long Island City and $2,800 in the East Village."
Photos by Dave on 7th.
Per a broker in the article: "Right now, he said, the average rent for a one-bedrooms in Williamsburg is $3,300, $2,875 in Long Island City and $2,800 in the East Village."
Photos by Dave on 7th.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Starbucks confirmed for 219 First Ave., former home to Allen Ginsberg's favorite Chinese restaurant
Back on April 26, a worker at the newly unveiled 219 First Ave. told EV Grieve reader Greg Masters that a Starbucks was opening in the retail space here...
Of course! But you never know with such intel from construction workers.
Anyway, in the last few days, paper went up on the windows here at East 13th Street ...
A newly issued work permit points to the incoming tenant...
Well, a Starbuck singular.
And while we let that sink in... might as well bring up again that the ground floor here once housed the Mee Noodle Shop, a favorite spot for Allen Ginsburg.
As the Times noted in its obituary on Ginsberg from April 1997:
Ah Lan Chong, a waitress at Mee's Noodle Shop and Grill on First Avenue, which was Mr. Ginsberg's favorite Chinese restaurant, remembered Mr. Ginsberg in simpler, less heavily freighted terms.
Sure, she knew he was someone important, someone artistic. She could tell that from overheard conversations and from the way other diners would sometimes point at him when he entered. But to Ms. Chong, he was mainly the unfussy man with a dependable hankering for steamed flounder in ginger sauce. "When he came in," she said, "we knew what he wanted."
And so it goes...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Today in rumors of another Starbucks opening in the East Village
219 First Avenue ready for a chain store, probably
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The parking apocalypse
Brooklyn-based photographer Nick Laham took this photo last night of that really scary parking garage on East Ninth Street between Second And Third Avenues... and, given the clouds, the lot is looking a little more apocalyptic...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Breaking international news: 7-Eleven sign arrives on St. Mark's Place
Thanks to Charlie on 7th for the photos.
And this sign is going right here...
Previously on EV Grieve:
7-Eleven continues to feast on the East Village; next up, St. Mark's Place
Thursday, April 5, 2012
And now, the East Village via Google's augmented-reality glasses
Our friends at Wheeeeeeee! shared the video below... Nick Bilton at the Times has been writing about Google's sorta-secret augmented-reality glasses — Project Glass. Yesterday, Google shared its first venture into wearable computing in this video that shows the potential uses of the glasses... and the East Village has a starring role...
Please discuss.
Meanwhile, will someone please check on Jeremiah Moss?
Please discuss.
Meanwhile, will someone please check on Jeremiah Moss?
Sunday, April 1, 2012
[Updated] Not an April Fool's gag: 'The Carrie Diaries' filming on the Bowery and Bond today
So... "Sex and the City" prequel "The Carrie Diaries" follows Carrie Bradshaw during her senior year of high school during the early 1980s and subsequent move to New York... And it will be a series on the CW... and today, crews are on the Bowery and Bond Street to film scenes for the show... [Updated: Crews are also on Astor Place and Lafayette]
...and the crew brought in some early 80s classics for the shoot...
And did Ian Schrager OK these clunkers to be parked so close to 40 Bond?
Updated 3:01 p.m.
Cars aren't the only retro parts of the shoot... here are extras on Lafayette that Organizing the Soup spotted...
At least we think they're extras.
...and the crew brought in some early 80s classics for the shoot...
And did Ian Schrager OK these clunkers to be parked so close to 40 Bond?
Updated 3:01 p.m.
Cars aren't the only retro parts of the shoot... here are extras on Lafayette that Organizing the Soup spotted...
At least we think they're extras.
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