Week in Grieview

[Bobby Williams]

2013 East Village summer in review (Tuesday)

The life aquatic at the Avenue D Rite Aid (Friday)

"Modern Australian" for Avenue A (Thursday)

We love The Baroness (Wednesday)

The changes coming to Fourth Avenue and East 13th Street (Friday)

About a burlesque mentoring project (Tuesday)

Dr. Doom loses the hot tub (Tuesday)

The incoming 7-Eleven on Avenue A looks fucking horrible (Wednesday)

Your CB3/SLA September highlights (Tuesday)

First Avenue Pierogi & Deli returns from summer break (Tuesday)

Memories of the Odessa Cafe and Bar (Wednesday)

FroYo confirmed for Avenue A (Tuesday)

Welcome Taverna Kyclades (Thursday)

New sponsor for the Halloween Dog Parade (Thursday)

Noted

Steven Hirsch notes this vandalism this morning on East 10th Street and Avenue A... Someone punctured/flattened three of the van's four tires...

Zoltar seeks higher power to boost fortunes

Done on the down-low too...

A wedding proposal under the Hare Krishna Tree in Tompkins Square Park

[Bobby Williams]

Word is that she said yes.



Proposal photo via Steven Hirsch.

Sundays this fall: 'No 7-Eleven' rallies on Avenue A

Via the No 7-Eleven blog.

The heartbreaking reality of Rite Aid's former Photo Department

The last vestige of the Photo Department. Replaced by a display of beer and toilet paper. Discarded on East Fifth Street. It just wants to process film. Dream over.

(Digital?) Photo by EVG reader Blake C.

Area blogger finally realizes dream held since School of Journalism

Byline in The Globe!



OK, so it's a "photo courtesy." It's still cause for an Arrowbration.



Previously.

Today's lost and found

East Houston and Chrystie Street.

Reader report: Roof fire on East 11th Street

Per EVG reader Joe... the FDNY was on the scene on East 11th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C around 9:40 and quickly extinguished the flames... no word on damages at the moment... Another reader put the fire at 167 Avenue B near East 11th Street... either way, the fire is out...

More details when they are available...

...and from the @FDNY

MAN ALL HANDS 604 E 11 ST, MULTIPLE DWELLING FIRE ON THE ROOF,

— FDNY (@FDNY) September 7, 2013

The golden age...

Photo by Bobby Williams

The long shadows of summer...

Photos late this afternoon/early evening via EVG contributor peter radley...

Packing up the Cold Stone-Tim Hortons combo on East Houston

A tipster passes along this photo from this afternoon on East Houston near Ludlow... where workers are cleaning out the the Cold Stone-Tim Hortons combo that recently closed.

Wonder how many businesses have come and gone these past 125 years next door to Katz's...

Presentations: history of social revolt around Tompkins Square Park

[Tompkins Square Riot of 1874 via Wikipedia]

From the EVG inbox...

World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg, in his role as neighborhood organic historian on New York's Lower East Side, will speak Saturday Sept. 7 at the Tompkins Square Library on the history of social revolt around the legendary Tompkins Square Park. Highlights will include the 1857 unemployed riots, the 1863 draft riots, the 1874 depression riots, the 1877 rally in support of the national railroad strike, the city's destruction of the park to convert it into a drill ground for state militia, and the successful neighborhood campaign for the Park's restoration in the 1880s. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of how this cycle continued into the 20th century, with the riots 1967, 1988 and 1991.

Saturday, Sept. 7, 2 – 4 PM

Tompkins Square Library
331 E 10th St.

Sponsored by the New York Nineteenth Century Society

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition

[Bobby Williams]

A bloody rampage in Union Square (Gothamist)

More love for the late Odessa Cafe and Bar (Untapped Cities)

Maiden Lane hopes to expand on Avenue B (Eater)

The Standard East Village has a new townhouse (Curbed)

Robert Kennedy campaigns on the LES circa 1964 (BoweryBoogie)

They Might Be Giants have a new foodcentric video (Grub Street)

Salt Bar closing on Clinton Street (The Lo-Down)

The High Line by J. Crew (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Renting a West Village apartment in 1955 (Ephemeral New York)

A letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol (Dangerous Minds)

Oh, the Times Square Visitor Center doesn't actually suck so badly (Scouting NY)

Found art!

@evgrieve First Ave/11th St. pic.twitter.com/BXhCm9GA4v

— Ann Marie Duross (@AMDuross) September 6, 2013

Behold the undersea world of Rite Aid on Avenue D

After transforming the exterior walls of the First Avenue Rite Aid into an outdoor scene... The Royal Kingbee UW, a Bronx-born graffiti artist, turned his attention to the Avenue D outpost this week ... now with an underwater theme...





Above photos by Bobby Williams.

Meanwhile, Goggla, who admirably served as our EVG Senior First Avenue Rite Aid Correspondent, received a promotion to Rite Aid Associate Photo Editor... and promptly shared these...

A new look for the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and East 13th Street

We noted yesterday that changes were coming to the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue at East 13th Street ... the Young Chow Restaurant has already moved out... and the Blimpie/Lite Choice is next ...

Meanwhile, a tipster sent along the above listing for the corner... showing that the spaces will be combined ... the example in the rendering: Walgreens! Maybe not a bad idea — there's isn't a Walgreens within less of a block from here! Oh, read the comments — apparently the Walgreens is for real.

As for the rent at this location — it's upon request.

CoCo Fresh Juice & Tea now open on St. Mark's Place; also, mascot alert

Oh, that CoCo Fresh Juice & Tea opened this week at 33 St. Mark's Place, last home to the short-lived Iris Cafe.

It's a Taiwan-based business with, well, that many stores worldwide (including several in NYC)...



Don't know much about the place... but they do have a photogenic mascot... (hope this thing is St. Mark's proof.)



This space was previously home to Rockit Scientist Records, which closed in the spring of 2012.

No Wave Films 1976 - 1985

Our friend Marc H. Miller passes along word about the latest edition to the 98 Bowery website ...

NO WAVE AND INDEPENDENT FILM, 1976-1985
AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND EPHEMERA

Because the photos were intended as advertisement, they effectively capture the essence of the films; and, in most cases, the filmmakers were themselves involved in the making and selection of the still images. These stills stand on their own, not only as vivid reflections of the films but also of the broader 1970s zeitgeist that the films consciously sought to embody.

Films by Amos Poe ~ Scott B & Beth B ~ Charle Ahearn ~ Richard Kern ~ Gordon Stevenson ~ Eric Mitchell

You can find the galleries here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Life at 98 Bowery: 1969-1989

Revisiting Punk Art

Community facility space available on East 7th Street

In case you're in the market for some community-faciltiy space... there's a new listing for 52 E. Seventh St. just east of Second Avenue. Per Massey Knakal:

This lower level space features an open layout ... It also has a rear yard area available to the tenant. Given the zoning, it would be ideal for a religious, medical, or educational facility, among other uses. Following its recent renovation, it now offers ample electricity and would be ready for possession in the immediately. Additionally, the surrounding neighborhood features a vibrant community with favorable demographics.

[Ed note: Favorable demographics to what?]

Per the listing, neighboring tenants include Subway and 7-Eleven.

Price is available upon request...

Today in sidewalk repairs

Bah! You take your eyes off it for one minute and ... East Ninth Street and Avenue C via Bobby Williams.