Bracing for 3 new floors at 31-33 Second Ave.

Just noting some recent activity at 31-33 Second Ave., where workers will add three floors to the existing building ... the most recent Work Permit shows plans for "shoring of front wall" here.



Approved plans on file with the city show that workers will remodel the existing commercial space on the ground floor ... remodel the existing apartments on the 2nd and 3rd floors ... and add on top of the existing building. Each floor will contain two apartments. Magnum Real Estate's Ben Shaoul is listed as the building's owner.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Ben Shaoul planning a 3-story addition at 31-33 Second Ave.

About the vacant storefront on the southeast corner of 7th and B

There have been a lot of rumors about the future of the storefront on the southeast corner of Avenue B and East Seventh Street, which last housed Amaran, the imported home goods store that closed in February. We heard the usual Starbucks-7-Eleven-chain store rumors, though nothing based on fact.

Last week, we reported that a yoga center was taking over the space. That report was not accurate.

Anna Pastoressa, president of the board of directors of the co-op at 184 E. Seventh St., shared information about the space.

"For many years, the philosophy of the co-op is not to allow chain stores, delis, restaurants or bars in any of its stores," she wrote in an email. "The building could make a lot more money by allowing food establishments or bars, but it would add noise, complaints and late-night hours. We have always given priority to local businesses and that's why we are offering the 1,700 square-foot store at a reasonable price."

To date, she reports that the co-op has received numerous inquiries and many applications, including one from a yoga business.

"The board is presently reviewing these applications, which are still coming in, but a decision will be made soon."

And that's the way it was

Tompkins Square Park this afternoon. Photos by Bobby Williams.

East Village fall out from the cancelled Great GoogaMooga festival

This happened today out in Brooklyn.

NYC Parks Dept, Prospect Park Alliance & #Googamooga have canceled today's event in the interest of safety & prevention of damage to park
— Great GoogaMooga (@GoogaMooga) May 19, 2013

Several East Village restaurants were part of the food lineup... a little fall out so far...

In life, there are fiascos, and then there is @googamooga. #cursed
— Northern Spy Food Co (@northernspyfood) May 19, 2013

We checked in with Northern Spy co-owner Christophe Hille about GoogaMooga. He figures the restaurant on East 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B lost in the ballpark of $10,000 for the event. They prepped 3,200 sandwiches to sell at their stand. Given yesterday's crap weather and today's cancellation, they sold less than 800. (Based on last year's demand, GoogaMooga officials suggested prepping 4,000.)

If Park officials allow trucks onto the soggy fields today, then City Harvest may take some of the unused food. Hille also plans on providing some of the leftovers to Trinity Church's Services and Food for the Homeless (SAFH) at East 9th Street and Avenue B. (He is a SAFH board member.)

"All vendors are in the same boat, so I'm not feeling any worse about [this] than everyone is," he said via Twitter.

After Sandy, Hille and his staff cooked up all their remaining food and gave it away to neighbors on East 12th Street.

Meanwhile, Luke's Lobster on East 7th Street is offering this deal...

$2 OFF lobster rolls TODAY in all NYC stores! @googamooga canceled today so we have a ton of extra beautiful lobster. Go! #BESTRAINYDAYEVER
— Luke's Lobster (@LukesLobster) May 19, 2013

Week in Grieview

[East 3rd Street yesterday morning]

Developer drama at the Children's Magical Garden (Wednesday)

Final countdown for 9th Street Bakery (Thursday)

Mee Noodle Shop returning to First Avenue (Tuesday)

At the 'Save Our Community Center March and Rally' (Wednesday)

Befouling a Citi Bikes docking station (Friday)

Details on new Mexican eatery opening on East 13th Street (Monday)

Tinto Fino is closing on First Avenue (Tuesday)

Former center for the Hare Krishnas for rent (Monday)

Maiden Lane opens full time (Friday)

Full reveal at the Death Star (Thursday)

Village Voice management doing its best to make sure no one ever reads the publication again (Friday)

The East Village Eye archive now online (Tuesday)

High-speed chase on East 14th Street (Monday)

Surma - The Ukrainian Shop on East 7th Street, since 1918 (Wednesday)

Demolition at 35 Cooper Square started 2 years ago (Monday)

Happy birthday Joey Ramone

He would be 62 today. And the 13th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash is tonight at the Bowery Electric.

[Photo via CBGB on Facebook]

New trees for Tompkins Square Park

Just noticed these this morning on the eastern part of the Park near Avenue B... good to see, considering we've lost quite a few trees in the past few years... Unless, this is some sort of tree crawl.

Noted

You probably saw this one coming over at the Colonel's place on East 14th Street and Second Avenue... probably would have been more wacky had the person put the R over the S instead of the !

In case of emergency on Avenue A...

Oh shit!



At East Ninth Street this morning...

The very end of the Dance Parade

Late night/early morning on Avenue A and East 10th Street... Photo by Shawn Chittle.

Dance party

Dance Parade... DanceFest, etc. today....





















Photos by Bobby Williams.

Shall we dance?

EVG contributor peter radley took these photos in Tompkins Square Park today ... at the end of the Dance Parade and beginning of the DanceFest...

Here comes the Dance Parade

Coming through now on St. Mark's Place at Second Avenue... where they will end up in Tompkins Square Park for the DanceFest.



Photos by Stephen Popkin.

We'll post more photos this evening...

Intermix arrives on the Bowery

Steve's on the Bowery closed back in September... the deli lost their lease... Previously, BoweryBoogie had the scoop that the Intermix brand was taking over the Steve's space. The company describes itself as a "fashion boutique for trendsetters, A-Listers and glam fashionistas."

Well, Intermix has arrived... it opens today, per Racked.



And up on the right-hand sign there's a message that this is a "temporary storefront sign."

A little now and then:



Previously on EV Grieve:
Steve's on the Bowery has closed, more 'glam fashionistas' on the way

Steve's on the Bowery is for lease

Noted

On the Bowery... for all you haters who say that 7-Eleven serves fattening foods and stuff.

Things people do in the Starbucks on Astor Place

Hunker down to play some MLB 2K11 ... via a reader who stopped by to use the bathroom.

Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!

Ah! What's this? A street fair? On Third Avenue? Yes, indeed!



The street fair runs from East 14th Street down to the Cape May Bird Observatory East Sixth Street... Will be a shitshow pause at St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue when the Dance Parade goes by...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!

Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!

Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!

Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!

Prepping for the Dance Parade and DanceFest (and DANCE FEVER)

Prep work continues this morning ahead of the annual Dance Parade and DanceFest ... the parade route comes across St. Mark's Place and into Tompkins Square Park...





Here is the official press (woo!) advisory on today's events:

A WORLD RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER, A DANCE INNOVATOR, A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING DJ JOIN 10,000 DANCERS IN THE 7TH ANNUAL NYC DANCE PARADE AND FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013

[New York] May 18, 2013 – Dance Parade New York presents its Seventh Annual Dance Parade and DanceFest on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Joining 10,000 local and international dancers are three Grand Marshals: world-renowned choreographer, Jacqulyn Buglisi, DanceAfrica founder, Baba Chuck Davis, and Grammy Award-winning DJ, Louie Vega.

Dance Parade and DanceFest is the only event to celebrate dance in all its myriad forms. It is a moving street parade through Greenwich Village, with a festival featuring staged performances, free workshops and dance classes in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. For this year’s theme, Unity Through Dance, 200 dance groups will performing 80 styles of dance from African to belly dancing, hip-hop, Peruvian, roller disco, Jamaican Dance Hall, tango and zouk. The event will also feature 100 youth who have participated in Dance Parade’s Community Engagement Education program sponsored by New York City Departments of Parks and Recreation, with additional support by Dance Parade’s Board of Directors, and a grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Greg Miller, Executive Director of Dance Parade New York said "Dance Parade and DanceFest are a celebration of dance, and all dance shows a collaboration of spirit and imagination, and pleasure in movement."

Dance Parade originated as a reaction to a 2006 lawsuit against New York City’s 1926 Cabaret License Law that restricts social dancing. After New York State Supreme Court Judge ruled that social dancing was not considered expressive activity protected by the State Constitution’s freedom of expression amendment, the organization leveraged an outpouring of vibrant cultural and dance expression into what became a nonprofit artistic and cultural event.

Anyway, have fun, even though dancing is a sin. Or something to be enjoyed in the privacy of your own empty warehouse...

Check out this long line in Tompkins Square Park

Mysterious substance!

This morning on East 10th Street

Reminders: The Ukrainian Festival is this weekend

It started today at 4... these two shots are from Bobby Williams early on... goes until 11 tonight and tomorrow night ... 5 p.m. on Sunday... always one of our favorite neighborhood events....

Percy's Tavern owner cleans off poop-smeared Citi Bikes docking station on East 13th Street

Earlier, we noted that someone smacked a large piece of dog poop on the Citi Bikes docking station on East 13th Street and Avenue A. This angered Larry Watson, the owner of Percy's Tavern on 13th and A.

"I think this behavior is disgusting! As a dog owner, I hate when people don't bother to clean up after their dogs in their own neighborhood ... but this a childish," he told us. "Whether you agree with the bikes or not, protest or support it in an adult form. I cleaned it off!"