Bobby Williams notes that workers yesterday put up the holiday lights on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. Or else Japadog is really going all out for its opening next month ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Holiday road
Bobby Williams notes that workers yesterday put up the holiday lights on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. Or else Japadog is really going all out for its opening next month ...
Monday, November 21, 2011
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
Two pit bull attacks in the past two weeks in the East Village (DNAinfo)
Building security questioned after an assault on Ludlow Street (BoweryBoogie)
More on the future of the former PS 64 (The Local, previous EVG coverage here)
Pizza at Pie on Fourth Avenue (Marty After Dark)
Paul Auster reads at the Green-Wood Cemetery (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Even Campbell's Soup is getting artisanal (New York Daily News)
Weird Macy's Parade balloons (Ephemeral New York)
Souvenir shop next to Ruby's on the Coney Island boardwalk forced to close (Amusing the Zillion)
Today it the last day to vote for the second annual Village Voice Web Awards (Runnin' Scared) ... and, given our long history of receiving bribes and kickbacks, we're pleased to be one of the judges this year (Runnin' Scared)
Claim: Ben Shaoul is the new owner of Cabrini nursing home, will convert to condos
As you may have read in the Nov. 3 edition of The Villager, the Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation on East Fifth Street at Avenue B is in danger of closing.
The Villager's Lesley Sussman reported that the building's current owner is an unnamed family trust, which is in the process of selling the property.
During the weekend, an anonymous reader left a comment on our post about 515 E. Fifth St., the site of a recent protest about the illegal addition to the building. The property is owned by Ben Shaoul's Magnum Management.
Per the commenter:
We just learned that Ben has purchased the property where Cabrini Home is at 542 East 5th Street from another private owner to convert to condos. The home says their lease runs out in April 2012 and they are being forced to close. Can't anyone stop him? They want to stay but so far, no dice.
According to a neighborhood source monitoring the situation, until the deal closed this past week, no one at Cabrini knew the names of the buyer. The source said that Cabrini officials have made an offer to the previously unknown new owner to pay a substantial amount of money just to receive a lease extension — in addition to more rent.
Previously, local politicians — including Assemblymember Speaker Sheldon Silver, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, City Councilmember Rosie Mendez and members of the Community Board 3 — sent a letter to attorney Kenneth Fisher, who is representing the buyer, asking for an extension of the current lease, The Villager reported.
The nonprofit, 240-bed nursing home — sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — provides health care for low-income elderly residents in the East Village. The location at Fifth Street and Avenue B opened in 1993. This location serves 240 patients and employs nearly 300 employees.
As The Villager noted, Cabrini officials have been planning to relocate to a still-unspecified site owned by the Archdiocese of New York in the next five years. However, without a lease extension and ample opportunity to find a new home, the facility is at risk of losing its state-issued operating license.
Inside Tompkins Square Bagels
Bagels Return To The Lower East Side from Shawn Chittle on Vimeo.
Many thanks to Shawn Chittle for creating this video that takes us inside the coming soon Tompkins Square Bagels on Avenue A ... Among other things, owner Christopher Pugliese walks us through his unique bagel-making process...
The Standard East Village makes it official; plus the Trilby sign is gone
On Friday morning, Page Six reported that André Balazs was ready to turn the Cooper Square Hotel into The Standard East Village.
Later on Friday, The Standard made it official on its website via a post by "Stan D’Arde," the "perennial voice of The Standard Hotels." Here's what "Stan" had to say ...
Let’s cut straight to the point. I know you have been hearing rumors that we at The Standard Hotels were bringing you, our Stan D’esirably loyal family, another property in New York City to call your own. Well, I’m here today to squash all those rumors and to give you the facts straight from the Stan’s mouth…
WE ARE VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 5TH ADDITION TO OUR STANDARD FAMILY WITH THE STANDARD, EAST VILLAGE!
There. I said it, and there’s no turning back.
Since you’re already part of our family, you know how very unique all of the siblings are. The Standard Hotels in Hollywood, Downtown LA, Miami and New York are each special in their own way, and this latest property already fits right in.
Don’t get too excited though! Unlike The Standard, New York, this Eastside counterpart, located on the corner of East 5th Street and Bowery at Cooper Square, is going to be a more mellow alternative to all the boom in your Westside room. Spanning 21 floors with 145 rooms offering stunning cityscape views, The Standard, East Village will offer you all the spacious comforts and high ‘standards’ to which you’ve grown accustomed.
Over the next year, we’ll be refurbishing the rooms, revamping the restaurant and reimagining the public spaces to make everything perfect for you. Oh, and when I say I’ll be “working”, I mean I’ll be at the bar sipping my martini, pointing at things and telling people where another bar should probably belong.
We’re really excited to be moving into the hood with old friends like Creative Time and The New Museum and to meet all the new friends waiting for us. We know we’ll see you there, so keep checking back for updates. I’ll be keeping you posted every step of the way.
xoxo
Stan
xoxo right back atcha Stan!
Meanwhile, there are already a few noticeable changes. Or at least one.
Like! Remember the Trilby hitchin' post that workers installed last July?
Gone!
Please do not throw bottles out your windows and into the courtyard
A reader brought our attention to this sign hanging on a Jakobson Properties building on East 12th Street... The sign is dated Oct. 31... not new, though still entertaining.
Quantum Leap makes it official
As we reported, Quantum Leap, the vegetarian restaurant on First Avenue near 12th Street, closed last Thursday due to a rent hike...
... someone put up a sign in the window making it official... and telling people to visit their original Thompson Street location... via a photo by @JorgeO ...
... someone put up a sign in the window making it official... and telling people to visit their original Thompson Street location... via a photo by @JorgeO ...
Sahara East is back open
As we pointed out last Wednesday, the state closed down Sahara East on First Avenue for "nonpayment of taxes."
EV Grieve correspondent blue glass noted that they were able to reopen again this past weekend.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
City unveils new mattress and TV lanes on First Avenue
Of course, some jerk walking his mattress the wrong way nearly knocked me down.
Photo yesterday by blue glass.
What do you do if your Aston Martin Vantage Volanté breaks down on Houston and The Bowery?
Billy Leroy, the proprietor of Billy's Antiques, passes along this anecdote from last night ... at the crossroad of the world — Bowery and Houston.
So this fellow has a $100,000Aston Martin DBS 1984 Aston Martin Vantage Volanté that breaks down. As Billy notes, instead of calling a tow truck, the man decides to have a buddy tow him with a few feet of twine ...
As you might expect, it snapped.
So Billy was nice enough to lend the man a chain from his tool room at Billy's Antiques.
Billy notes that the man was kind enough to return the chain.
And the Ghosts of the old Bowery strike again.
So this fellow has a $100,000
As you might expect, it snapped.
So Billy was nice enough to lend the man a chain from his tool room at Billy's Antiques.
Billy notes that the man was kind enough to return the chain.
And the Ghosts of the old Bowery strike again.
DOH temporarily closes Atlas Cafe
A visit by the DOH on Friday has knocked out Atlas Cafe over on Second Avenue... 87 violation points.
Have you found a clear, pretzel-shaped acrylic sculpture?
Also, a record for adjectives in a headline.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
About the First Street Green Cultural Park
Now that the BMW Guggenheim Lab has moved on to confront comfort in Berlin, what's happening to the lot? Gothamist got the scoop yesterday from the volunteers at First Street Green:
The lot-turned-park will host dance, sculpture, painting, readings, music, performance, film, and annual competitions to build temporary canopies to house all of those things.
There's a kick-off party on Dec. 10 ... as Gothamist noted, First Street Green will unveil a "wishing wall" ... where you can suggest ideas for the space. (And preferably ones that don't involve liquor licenses ...)
Bobby Williams took the photos here yesterday... workers are putting in a new gate and what not.
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