Avenue B and Sixth Street. (Your move, Brooklyn.)
[Updated]
And just like that... One More Folded Sunset comes across a
Thursday, March 24, 2011
March 24
Avenue B and Sixth Street. (Your move, Brooklyn.)
[Updated]
And just like that... One More Folded Sunset comes across a
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
East Village photog survived beating, interrogations in Egypt (The Villager)
Looking at Elizabeth Taylor's New York City (City Room)
More on the the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (The Gog Log)
An interesting corner in Chinatown (Lost City)
Girls Prep charter school OK'd for 12th Street move (DNAinfo)
The TSP ping-pong table after its first snowfall (Nadie Se Conoce)
Elsewhere in the Park (East Village Corner)
Thundersleet! (Runnin' Scared)
March 29 — Brian Rose on "Time and Space on the Lower East Side" book (Brian Rose)
Last leg of a Times Square tour (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Inside Obscura on East 10th Street (The Local East Village)
The Delancey Ministers (BoweryBoogie)
Eataly's Huge Rooftop Beer Garden Coming Soon (Eater)
Eden & John's East River String Band namechecked on Page 6 (Page Six, via Slum Goddess)
And one more Supermoon! ... From Stephen Popkin via Third Avenue...
Elusive pigeon lady captured on film, sort of
We've discussed the elusive pigeon lady hereabouts before... she lays down huge bags of bread crumbs on Avenue A near Ninth Street for the rats pigeons. Begin the Pigeocalypse!
Anyway, a reader has sent along this photo moments after one ofher the pigeon lady's morning dumps, so to speak...
The bread crumb trail is getting hotter...
Previously.
Anyway, a reader has sent along this photo moments after one of
The bread crumb trail is getting hotter...
Previously.
Mural fiber
In recent weeks, you've likely seen two murals going up on East Village buildings...
On East Third Street between the Bowery and Second Street...
...and Eighth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...
[Photo by Sara Louise Tucker]
Here's what's going on...
This is part of a nonprofit event titled Artists Work and painted by Overall Murals. Via email, I spoke with Angel Saemai, a partner of Overall Murals.
The Third Street mural is based on an illustration by French artist Jules Julien while the Eighth Street mural is an original work by Spanish illustrator Gary Fernandez.
"The goal of these installations is mainly to bring cool contemporary artworks and enlarge them into mural form — making them accessible to all people and for their and the neighborhood's enjoyment (hopefully!)," she said.
Saemai said they only choose blank walls so not to paint over any existing artwork. So far, she said that feedback from East Village residents has been positive — "both for adding some color and life to the area as well as for the artworks themselves."
And you can watch a time-lapse video of the painting here at Hugo & Marie.
"We hope to make this an annual thing and make murals for different neighborhoods," she said.
[Photo via Overall Murals]
On East Third Street between the Bowery and Second Street...
...and Eighth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...
Here's what's going on...
This is part of a nonprofit event titled Artists Work and painted by Overall Murals. Via email, I spoke with Angel Saemai, a partner of Overall Murals.
The Third Street mural is based on an illustration by French artist Jules Julien while the Eighth Street mural is an original work by Spanish illustrator Gary Fernandez.
"The goal of these installations is mainly to bring cool contemporary artworks and enlarge them into mural form — making them accessible to all people and for their and the neighborhood's enjoyment (hopefully!)," she said.
Saemai said they only choose blank walls so not to paint over any existing artwork. So far, she said that feedback from East Village residents has been positive — "both for adding some color and life to the area as well as for the artworks themselves."
And you can watch a time-lapse video of the painting here at Hugo & Marie.
"We hope to make this an annual thing and make murals for different neighborhoods," she said.
Keep on truckin': Van Leeuwen opening dessert shop on Seventh Street
A reader sent along a link to a post on The Feast from last Friday reporting that popular food truckers Van Leeuwen will be opening their third cafe in the city — this one "at Second Avenue near 7th Street."
Per The Feast:
So, this explains what will be going in here...
As we noted last month, workers at the former City Copies on Seventh Street just east of Second Avenue would be home to "coffee and ice cream."
Previously on EV Grieve:
Coming soon to Seventh Street: coffee and ice cream
Per The Feast:
"[T]his first Manhattan branch will focus on locally-made ice cream, Intelligentsia coffee, and house-made pastries, but will be much larger.
"Expect the space to resemble the newest shop, which the young owners designed themselves with reclaimed wood and custom wallpaper."
So, this explains what will be going in here...
As we noted last month, workers at the former City Copies on Seventh Street just east of Second Avenue would be home to "coffee and ice cream."
Previously on EV Grieve:
Coming soon to Seventh Street: coffee and ice cream
NYC 1983
Thanks to EV Grieve reader Crazy Eddie for sending this link along... Andrew Sullivan posted this yesterday at the Atlantic (via The Daily What)... a stop-action tour of NYC circa 1983... (and look — no cellphones!)
Here's the description:
A five minute film by Rick Liss.
A portrait of New York City circa early 1980s.
Which was an extremely fertile time creatively in New York City. This is a record of the city at that time.
Music principally by Laurie Anderson
[Oops! I didn't realize that Alex had this over at Flaming Pablum on March 15!]
Here's the description:
A five minute film by Rick Liss.
A portrait of New York City circa early 1980s.
Which was an extremely fertile time creatively in New York City. This is a record of the city at that time.
Music principally by Laurie Anderson
[Oops! I didn't realize that Alex had this over at Flaming Pablum on March 15!]
March 23
Spotted by EV Grieve reader David Goodwin, a Third Street resident, last night on Second Avenue next to Heart of India.
Despite the lack of a newspaper cover for authentication purposes, the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring (ICTTS) will allow this tree to enter this year's competition. Why? According to one ICTTS official: "Anyone who stopped in last night's weather to take a photo deserves to be in the running to become America's next last Christmas tree thrown away for the year."
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
More on the East Fifth Street water main break
A follow-up on our previous post... There was a water main break this morning on East Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...
Several residents said they have been without water since 11 a.m. There's no word on when the DEP will restore service... signs on doors to the buildings say it will be off for "approximately 8 hours" ... Uh, so that would make it 7 p.m.
A few places are closed... (including Goat Town) If you have plans along here tonight at a drinking or dining establishment, then you may want to call ahead... There will likely be some delays in opening...
Several residents said they have been without water since 11 a.m. There's no word on when the DEP will restore service... signs on doors to the buildings say it will be off for "approximately 8 hours" ... Uh, so that would make it 7 p.m.
A few places are closed... (including Goat Town) If you have plans along here tonight at a drinking or dining establishment, then you may want to call ahead... There will likely be some delays in opening...
Water main break shutters Goat Town for tonight
Earlier this afternoon, we heard reports of a water main break on East Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B... (One resident noted some brown yucky tap water...)
Anyway, here are a few shots of workers at the scene... (photos courtesy of Jaime Darrow)
According to its website and Twitter account, Goat Town is closed tonight because of the break...
Anyway, here are a few shots of workers at the scene... (photos courtesy of Jaime Darrow)
According to its website and Twitter account, Goat Town is closed tonight because of the break...
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
Landmarks Preservation Commission still rejecting 35 Cooper Square (The Lo-Down)
A Q-and-A with LES resident and photo restoration expert Sebastian Wintermute (BoweryBoogie)
In the afternoon sun (Nadie Se Conoce)
NYC gets blowed up again real good by aliens (Curbed)
Standings named the best sports bar in NYC (New York)
Photographer Erica Simone creates series of nude self-portraits, so maybe not SFSW (Animal NY)
The creepiest hospital grounds in Manhattan (Scouting New York)
Remembering the Doll of Times Square (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Some NC-17 signage (Slum Goddess)
And from Page Six ... a place I've been to a few times but only in the winter:
Another piece of old Montauk is up for sale: the Shagwong Restaurant & Bar, on the market for $6.5 million. Owner Jimmy Hewitt is ready to sell the place, built in 1927, which has attracted stars in cluding the Rolling Stones, Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon, Yoko Ono and photographer and artist Peter Beard, whose work hangs on its walls. The whole building is on the block.
And speaking ELizabeth Taylor, RIP ... will watch "BUtterfield 8" again soon...
Unknown white male
Alan P. Miller, the senior director of the real estate investment firm Eastern Consolidated ... said that although parts of the market remained sluggish, investors were eager to get a piece of the Bowery. “All of the Bowery is gold,” he said. — The New York Times, March 19, 2011
That quote has stuck with me all week. It prompted me to revisit "The Bowery," a chronicle of life along this thoroughfare in the early 1970s by Michael D. Zettler. The book, now out of print, was published in 1975. When I read the book, I think "yellow," not gold.
The book ends with police discovering a man lying face up on the Bowery at Houston. (You'd have a good view of him from the outdoor seats at Pulino's.)
"Is he all right officer?"
"He's better off than the rest of 'em ... Sure is yellow, ain't he?"
"Yeah ... is he dead?"
"Stiff."
"Where does he go from here?"
"Why? You want him? The wagon'll be along in a moment they take 'em up to the morgue at Bellvue ... The kids who're going to be doctors get to cut 'em up ... there probably ain't much left to look at inside of him though."
He's eventually taken to Potter's Field on Hart Island, where he's buried in an unmarked grave with the rest of the John Does.
[Thanks to our friend Bryan at This Ain't the Summer of Love for bringing this book to our attention.]
That quote has stuck with me all week. It prompted me to revisit "The Bowery," a chronicle of life along this thoroughfare in the early 1970s by Michael D. Zettler. The book, now out of print, was published in 1975. When I read the book, I think "yellow," not gold.
The book ends with police discovering a man lying face up on the Bowery at Houston. (You'd have a good view of him from the outdoor seats at Pulino's.)
"Is he all right officer?"
"He's better off than the rest of 'em ... Sure is yellow, ain't he?"
"Yeah ... is he dead?"
"Stiff."
"Where does he go from here?"
"Why? You want him? The wagon'll be along in a moment they take 'em up to the morgue at Bellvue ... The kids who're going to be doctors get to cut 'em up ... there probably ain't much left to look at inside of him though."
He's eventually taken to Potter's Field on Hart Island, where he's buried in an unmarked grave with the rest of the John Does.
[Thanks to our friend Bryan at This Ain't the Summer of Love for bringing this book to our attention.]
Fish Bar Film Nights
In recent months, Fish Bar on East Fifth Street has been playing some fine motion pictures Wednesdays during the Fish Bar Film Night.
Bartender Becca Brennan Chiappone selects the films. "I try to pick ones that are going to appeal to a big audience, but not a douchey audience," she said via email. "The NYU crowd will always come and go, but I want to keep the regulars happy. They've been coming to the bar for years now and they're all fascinating and intelligent people, so I try to show films that reflect the personality of the bar and the East Village."
In recent months, she has shown "Blue Velvet," "The Road Warrior" and "Lolita."
Tonight! It's "The Hunger," starring David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon's nipples.
A little taste.
The Fish Bar is at 237 E. Fifth St., west of Second Avenue. The movies start at 8:30 p.m. There's a Fish Bar Film Night Facebook page here.
Bartender Becca Brennan Chiappone selects the films. "I try to pick ones that are going to appeal to a big audience, but not a douchey audience," she said via email. "The NYU crowd will always come and go, but I want to keep the regulars happy. They've been coming to the bar for years now and they're all fascinating and intelligent people, so I try to show films that reflect the personality of the bar and the East Village."
In recent months, she has shown "Blue Velvet," "The Road Warrior" and "Lolita."
Tonight! It's "The Hunger," starring David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon
A little taste.
The Fish Bar is at 237 E. Fifth St., west of Second Avenue. The movies start at 8:30 p.m. There's a Fish Bar Film Night Facebook page here.
Whatever was in the Avenue A Sushi place is now closed
Avenue A Sushi between Seventh Street and Sixth Street closed last year around this time... After several weeks, the renovated space reopened in April... as either Avenue A Sushi or G2 Kurosawa — never did figure that out...
Anyway! A reader had noted that the place looked closed of late... I was waiting for confirmation from management when this sign appeared yesterday...
And who knew they were called Avenue A Bistro Bar now? The original Avenue A Sushi opened here in 1983.
P.S.
A scene outside Avenue A Sushi Bar/G2 from last September:
Bob Arihood, who took this photo, noted that the line went north to Seventh Street, and then west on Seventh Street... When RyanAvenueA asked management what the line was for, they responded later "What line?"
Anyway! A reader had noted that the place looked closed of late... I was waiting for confirmation from management when this sign appeared yesterday...
And who knew they were called Avenue A Bistro Bar now? The original Avenue A Sushi opened here in 1983.
P.S.
A scene outside Avenue A Sushi Bar/G2 from last September:
Bob Arihood, who took this photo, noted that the line went north to Seventh Street, and then west on Seventh Street... When RyanAvenueA asked management what the line was for, they responded later "What line?"
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Comments, noted
A comment left today on "[Updated] Resident starting a petition to have the 'Hot Chicks Room' sign removed at the Upright Citizens Brigade"
Anonymous said...
I can speak on behalf of the community and we are willing to settle with changing the sign to "slut jam"
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