A proper gentleman always removes his Cheesehead Hat upon entering a motor carriage.
Uh, go Giants?
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Today in photos of a Green Bay Packers fan getting into a cab on East 14th St.
A proper gentleman always removes his Cheesehead Hat upon entering a motor carriage.
Uh, go Giants?
The East Fifth St. Tree Committee reveals its policy about carts
By now, some people may know better than to chain a bike to the tree guards on East Fifth Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square … to be fair, they have no mercy for your cart either.
You've been warned! Bam.
Photos yesterday by Derek Berg
Previously on EV Grieve:
The East Fifth St. Tree Committee back in action
The East Fifth St. Tree Committee is alive and well, and they do not mess around
And now, a word from the East Fifth St. Tree Committee
Saturday, November 16, 2013
The first nice Sunday of 1987 in the East Village
Spotted this over at the always-interesting Flaming Pablum and wanted to share it here… It's a video from Nelson Sullivan titled "The first nice Sunday of 1987 in the East Village."
We've posted some of Nelson's videos from this era before, like here … and here.
A commenter at Flaming Pablum noted that Sullivan's archive is now at the Fales Library at NYU.
Sullivan died of a heart attack on July 4, 1989.
Brody is missing
An EVG reader passed along this flyer to post … spotted this morning up on East Ninth Street near Avenue A...
Friday, November 15, 2013
The Strand using sprinklers to evict the homeless — now in comic form
As DNAinfo first reported yesterday, the Strand installed an outdoor sprinkler system to drive away homeless people sleeping under their red awning along East 12th Street, according to employees. (Management had said the sprinklers were there to clean off the sidewalk.)
The incident prompted Strand employee Greg Farrell to draw a comic based on his firsthand experience of the situation.
The comic is posted at the blog "Strand Ask Us," a nine-part account of the labor struggle that took place between the workers and management at the bookstore in the spring of 2012. (A book on this is due next year from Microcosm publishing.)
Farrell said that the sprinklers were installed this past summer. "So, in fairness, there was no risk of anybody freezing to death at the time."
Updated 2:17
At Vanishing New York, Jeremiah Moss discusses the sprinkler situation ...:
So many of the corporations in the city do horrible, inhumane things every day, on a much larger, often global scale, than spraying water on the homeless. Boycott the businesses that rely on sweatshop and child labor. Boycott the businesses that commit horrifying daily acts of animal cruelty. Boycott the businesses that deliberately destroy the fabric of our communities--and our environment. Do not boycott the Strand. To attack the Strand and not Apple, Amazon, The Gap, and others like them, is a gross misplacement of anger and energy.
The East Village of Michael Sean Edwards
EVG contributor Michael Sean Edwards shared some recent photographs with us from around the neighborhood… and we're sharing them with you… (click on image to enlarge, yes)
Through the years, we posted some of the 1970s-1980s photography of Michael Sean Edwards (like here ... and here) Find more of Michael's photos here.
Reader mailbag: Where is a good place to get a cup of coffee in the East Village before 6 a.m.?
OK, technically it was a Twitter mailbag… as the question came via a tweet… Anyway!
Can we talk about how hard it is to find a cup of coffee in the East Village before 6 am? Any recommendations for 24-hour spots?
Well, many of the coffee places (whatever you might like — 9th Street Espresso, Mud, The Bean, Think, Everyman, Third Rail, B Cup, Ost, etc., etc.) tend to open at 7 a.m. and beyond.
So. Quickly. Rays's Candy Store, Gem Spa, Sunny & Annie's…
How about it? (Unacceptable answers include 7-Eleven and "Make it at home your self lazyass.") We know that people don't seem to be too opinionated about coffee and coffee shops, right? Don't be too shy!
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We often get reader queries ... asking for help with, say, donating clothes or books ... or finding an East Village-based caterer... If you have a question for the masses, then try the EV Grieve email...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Reader mailbag: Places to eat that have that old East Village vibe (45 comments)
Reader mailbag: What do I do about my new neighbors who smoke pot all the time? (52 comments)
Free Cooper Union presents #TwoWeeksOfLeaks
From the EVG inbox…
Free Cooper Union has received a collection of anonymously leaked confidential documents pertaining to The Cooper Union’s Board of Trustees and the Administration of Jamshed Bharucha. For the next two weeks we will be releasing one document per day to our press contacts.
Bharucha and the college’s trustees have claimed to run a transparent and accountable administration, yet the community has unilaterally been barred from participation in decision-making and access to financial and organizational information. On Nov. 11, the Board prematurely cancelled the election of a student representative because the process adopted by students was too democratic. Transparency without accountability means nothing, and Cooper’s Board has demonstrated that they are accountable to no one.
In addition to documents queued for release in the next two weeks, Free Cooper Union is calling for additional leaks pertaining to the mismanagement perpetrated by Cooper Union’s past and present Board and Administration. Information may be emailed to cooperunionsos@gmail.com or sent to our voicemail at 917-746-5634.
In celebration of open flows of information, on Nov. 24 from 6 to 9 pm, students will be performing a second reading of the Board transcript leaked this summer by The Village Voice at e-flux, 311 East Broadway.
And here is yesterday's selection:
Today’s document is a guide of “Helpful Information for Administrative Assistants” to former president George Campbell. The guide is highly indicative of the oppressive corporate culture and the luxurious wasteland of hierarchy and bureaucracy that have come to characterize Cooper Union’s administration:
“Office Cautions:”
“The blinds in the Reception Area must be drawn to the same level at all times...This is the President’s pet peeve.”
“Unless you like being admonished by the President about using his office as a highway, it’s advised that you refrain from [walking through] while he’s around.”
“When ordering lunch, ask to have all salad ingredients brought separately (GC is allergic to cucumbers, Lawrence and Ronni do not eat onions). That also allows you to construct the salad yourself and make it look nicer.”
“He likes weak coffee, black. Place coffee thermos and mug to the left of his computer.”
“Hotels: Dr. Campbell likes to stay at nice hotels when on College business: Ritz Carleton is his favorite, especially while in LA (he always stays at the Ritz Marina Del Rey when in the LA area — make sure to book the executive level suite, ocean view room).”
“Cars: Dr. Campbell prefers to drive a luxury SUV during the winter and a luxury Cadillac in the summer/spring or in warm climates. If a luxury car isn’t available, order a convertible. He likes to have a car on almost all of his trips as he prefers to drive to different venues.”
CB3 not into Ben Shaoul's zoning variance for 515 E. 5th St.
variance application filed by Shaoul's reps.
Members of the Tenants Association of 515 East 5th Street say that the CB3 vote will clear the path for the case to be heard at the BSA. "It might take a month or two for all the necessary paperwork to change hands, but the decision probably won't be made until the middle of next year," said one Association member.
A recap on the situation here: The BSA had previously ruled that Shaoul needs to remove the 6th and 7th floors. However, his attorneys had requested that the city grant a zoning variance to "permit the constructed enlargement, minus the penthouse, to remain."
Given the seven-plus-year history here, this is likely far from being resolved. The extra floors were added in 2006.
You can read more about the history here at the Post, Curbed, DNAinfo and The Villager.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Never-ending battle wages on over additional floors at 515 E. Fifth St.
CB3 hearing on illegal rooftop additions at 515 E. 5th St. re-scheduled for another month
Never-ending battle over additional floors at 515 E. Fifth St. promises to keep being never-ending
'Beautifully executed meditations on neighborhood life' at Dorian Grey Gallery
From the EVG inbox...
The work of legendary neighborhood artists James Romberger and Rick Prol is on exhibit at the Dorian Grey Gallery on East 9th St. The show has been extended through Nov. 23. The works are beautifully executed meditations on neighborhood life.
Find a preview of the show, as well as background on Romberger and Prol, right here.
[Image: James Romberger, 2nd Street Lot, Pastel on paper, 2004 via Dorian Grey]
Thursday, November 14, 2013
OK, who dropped the bag of whippets?
EVG reader Sam S. spotted these on East Fifth Street... We have them now in case you need to finish making the whipped cream for your sundaes, or pies or biscuits.
Lunch break
Ah, fall! Me. You. The leaves! And a red-tailed hawk eating a rat in Tompkins Square Park.
Photo today by Gail George.
Report: The Strand used sprinklers to prevent the homeless from sleeping alongside the store
"It was to keep people from sleeping out there," said a Strand bookseller who asked that her name not be used. "People used to sleep over there and in the morning we have to put out the book carts, so it was a little bit difficult and uncomfortable for some people."
However, a store manager denied that the sprinklers were intended to drive away the homeless, rather that they are used for cleaning the sidewalk.
And a reaction from Marcus Moore of Picture the Homeless: The sprinkler tactic was "an attack on the homeless population" and "this is not what caring people do to each other."
[UPDATED] About Whale and Crown, a new exhibition space in a former deli on Avenue C
[Photo by Mark White.]
You may have seen the transformation of the former deli on Avenue C at East 12th Street … it was turned into a gallery space late last month for Brooklyn-based artist RAE. The show opened on Oct. 26.
Turns out the space is the idea of East Village resident Jim Chu, the longtime owner of several bars at 145 E. Houston St., most recently White Rabbit, which closed in August.
"It didn't take long for me to come up with something more fun and less commercial," he said of what he's calling Whale & Crown, a space for art and exhibitions at 656 E. 12th St. at Avenue C.
We asked Chu a few questions about the space.
Were you purposefully looking for something less commercial after White Rabbit... or did this just kind of fall into place?
I didn't know what exactly I was going to do after White Rabbit, but I needed something more organic, without the pressure to be commercial. The business I left on Houston Street in 2013 was very different than the one I started on 11th street between B and C in 1992. I have never been the person to build 'coolness,' make a scene or any of that. I ran places where my neighbors came in and my neighbors were doing cool things so cool things were happening on their own.
When my rent got to $15,000, there isn't room for anything organic. About a month after I closed White Rabbit my friend approached me about the bodega around the corner from my apartment, and it encapsulated all of these ideas.
What's the thinking behind Whale & Crown?
Although the opportunity originally came to me through a neighbor, Whale & Crown is a shared opportunity. There's no way it was possible to do this on my own — so I called on a great group of designers, entrepreneurs and artists and everything came together in less than a month. We lucked into an amazing space that is in limbo, but perfect for experimentation. RAE had mentioned an idea of this installation he wanted to do in a bodega more than two years ago. I always told him it was impossible, but this was a perfect fit.
What kinds of events/exhibits do you want to see in the space?
The space is a resource. We have ideas and sometimes we'll use it for them. The rest of the time the space will be occupied by people we know, people we meet, friends of friends, strangers that reach out to us with the kind of idea that we latch onto. In many ways it's like an exquisite corpse — each contributor adds their part to the conversation.
Meanwhile, you can still catch RAE's exhibit through Saturday.
Exhibition hours:
Thursday - Saturday 2 pm-7 pm.
Updated:
The space is now called Specials on C
Idle Hands stretching out on Avenue B
[Photo via Ray LeMoine]
After three years of life below Billy Hurricane's and later Station B, Idle Hands — the "Bourbon, Beer & Rock" bar — is taking over the entire space at 25 Avenue B. (East Village Eats first caught wind of this impending change this past Friday.)
The official grand reopening is this coming Wednesday, per the Idle Hands website.
Billy Hurricane's quietly became Station B back in June.
And a lot of people pretty much hated Billy Hurricane's, like Robert Siestema, who wrote this about the place for The Village Voice in May 2011:
You look up at the street sign and realize you're in the hippest nabe in the world, the old E.V. And it dawns on you that soon the entire length of Avenue B will be lined with shit holes like this, crass dining and drinking establishments that might have been invented by Guy Fieri. Yes, now we're in the Fieri-verse, a realm of ostentatious overconsumption so abject, that nori rolls may come wrapped in bacon so as not to frighten the regulars with seaweed.
Meanwhile, East Village Eats is optimistic about this Idle Hands takeover. "Honestly, I think this is a good thing for the neighborhood," he wrote.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Whatever happened to simple bar names...concepts?
Billy Hurricane's looking to hire attractive, sexy, fun, loud and pushy female bartenders who are still in school — and rock
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