Wanyoo Cyber Cafe arrives at the landmarked 4 St. Mark's Place

News arrived back in February 2018 that Wanyoo Cyber Cafe was taking part of the retail space in the renovated 4 St. Mark's Place.

The Wanyoo signage finally arrived on Friday, with a grand opening close behind (they are officially open)...



Wanyoo, Asia’s largest gaming café chain, has a location in Flushing. They reportedly signed a 20-year lease for this space in the landmarked building between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

Until February 2016, 4 St. Mark's Place housed Trash & Vaudeville for 41 years. The store relocated to 96 E. Seventh St.

The Hamilton-Holly House (aka 4 St. Mark's Place), built in 1831, was once owned by Alexander Hamilton’s son. The building, which changed hands for $10 million in the spring of 2016 for $10 million, also underwent a gut renovation and expansion.

Chi Snack Shop moved into the parlor-level space with the Imogene boutique back in the fall...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Exclusive: After 40 years, punk rock mainstay Trash and Vaudeville is leaving St. Mark's Place


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4 St. Mark's Place is for sale

More residential units and a 5th-floor addition in the works for landmarked 4 St. Mark's Place

Watching us like hawks

Nice to see Christo (left) and Amelia, the resident red-tailed hawks of Tompkins Square Park, hanging out today ... thanks to Steven for the photos...

Week in Grieview

[Photo outside Veniero's by Lola Sáenz]

A holiday night to remember a loved one at Dress Shoppe II on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)

New Citi Bike station arrives on 1st Avenue (Monday)

The Associated has closed on 14th Street (Monday)

Hit sandwich connoisseurs Foxface opening a new venture in the former Harry & Ida's space on Avenue A (Wednesday)

Gallery moving into doomed 4th Street restaurant space (Friday)

The Trash Bags rock Union Square station (Friday)

Fat Cat Kitchen closes on 14th Street (Wednesday)

Red Gate Bakery opens its gates today on 1st Street (Thursday)

Merry ChristmASS from Rite Aid on 1st Avenue (Friday)

MulchFest 2020! (Tuesday)

Land of Buddha, a Himalayan gift shop, taking over the former St. Mark's Comics (Tuesday)

Tenants call out Madison Realty Capital: Stop warehousing rent-regulated apartments (Friday)

These were the top reads from East Village libraries in 2019 (Friday)

You've got that Lovenburg feeling (Tuesday)

Hakata Zen is (almost) back on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

Le Sia remains closed for renovations on 7th Street (Tuesday)

A few scenes from the snow squall (Wednesday)

28 years of Unsilent Night and making 'beautiful music in the street' (Tuesday)

Santa fires up Christmas on 2nd Street (Wednesday) ... Christmas spirit at the 9th Precinct (Monday)

The Pure Green space is for rent on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)

Joe's Steam Rice Roll back open on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

SantaCon came to town. Again. (Sunday)

... and yesterday, Dec. 21, marked the 12th anniversary of this website, which started with this post...



And so, 30,595 posts later... thank you to everyone who has followed along, shared comments and tips, commiserated over a lost business or remembered a neighbor who left too soon... A special thanks to the site's many contributors, especially Stacie Joy, Steven and Derek Berg.

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RIP Ron Edgecombe

[Photo via Facebook]

Ron Edgecombe, a longtime local resident dating back to the early 1980s, died this past week. He was 61. A friend said that he had contracted pneumonia.

He worked as a stagehand at venues around the city, most recently at the PlayStation Theater in Times Square. He was also a familiar presence at the free concerts in Tompkins Square Park.

Friends are leaving remembrances on this tribute page on Facebook.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Stump town: More on the tree art of Ian Dave Knife

[Photo by Steven]

In recent weeks we've posted about local artist Ian Dave Knife making art from dead tree stumps around the neighborhood (here and here).


[Photo by Steven]

He is featured today in the Post in an piece titled "East Village man Ian Dave Knife turns NYC eyesores into street art."

An excerpt:

Knife’s mission is to brighten every locale where a once-magnificent tree has been reduced to a lonely stump due to fungus or decay.

“There’s a void when the tree is missing. You see the gap,” the Zimbabwe-born activist artist told The Post. “It’s human nature that we want to grieve or sympathize with the tree. You feel the loss. I want to replace that gap.”

His latest is work in progress in on Avenue A at Sixth Street...



Read more about his work and influences here.

Updated 12/23

EVG reader Kerri Savage shared this photo... as he continues work on Avenue A and Sixth Street...



...and the final product, via Kerri...

Early Happy Easter wishes on this Dec. 22

Spotted on Seventh Street at Avenue B by Dave on 7th... not creepy at all!

Saturday's parting shot

BMX Christmas on Second Avenue today via Derek Berg...

It happened on 5th Street

Always the best Christmas lights in the neighborhood... Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...

A Winter Solstice celebration today at the Campos Community Garden

Volunteers at the Campos Community Garden are hosting their Winter Solstice celebration today from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Among other things, you can burn your grievances "to open space for new goals in the coming year" and enjoy candied lemons made from the garden's very own lemon tree.

Campos Community Garden is at 640 E. 12th St. between Avenue B and Avenue C.

Friday's parting shot

[From the top left] Jax, Atticus and Alistair dressed up in Tompkins Square Park today... photo by Derek Berg...

Merry ChristmASS from Rite Aid on 1st Avenue

Something to entertain you while waiting in line at the Rite Aid on First Avenue and Fifth Street.

Holiday hijinks or this is just how the monogrammed stockings happened to end up here high on the shelf? Anyway, 50-percent off!

Thanks to Stacie Joy for this photo ...

Not for 'Nothing'

A reconfigured Rocketship returned with its first record in 13 years with Thanks to You, an under-the-radar release from this fall. The dream-pop track here is for "Nothing Deep Inside."

Local to express: The Trash Bags rock Union Square station

Last night, the LES-based Trash Bags held their record release party in a rather unusual venue — the band brought their thrash 'n' roll to the 14th Street/Union Square station (the L-train mezzanine) ... sadly we missed it ... here are two clips...

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@THETRASHBAGS record release subway party 12/19/19

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The band's debut record, produced by Billie Joe Armstrong, is available now via Muddguts ... you can likely find the vinyl down at the Cast, the boutique at 72 Orchard St. run by band members Moan Elisa and Chuck Bones.

The Trash Bags are on a bill tomorrow (Saturday!) night out at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn with local singer-songwriter Fiona Silver.

Day and night on the Tompkins Square Park basketball courts

A look this morning and last night courtesy of Vinny & O...