EV Grieve
News about the East Village of NYC
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A Post headline that will actually scare you: "1 IN 3 GIVE HALF PAY TO LANDLORDS"
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From the Post today: More than half a million New Yorkers are handing over at least half their paychecks each week for rent, a congressman ...
The ransacking of Pelham One Two Three
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There's no point in bitching about unnecessary Hollywood remakes. Still! I'm getting increasingly annoyed after reading various repo...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
There won't be anyone left to enjoy those safe, clean streets if we can't afford to live here
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The new Citizens Committee for New York City Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey Report is now out. You can download the whole thing here . ...
And this little piggy wants to turn three landmark homes into one
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Oops. Outside my neighborhood again. But. Jeez. As the Times reports: When Andrew Carnegie decided to build himself a mansion in 1898, he h...
Monday, April 28, 2008
EV Grieve Etc.: New group to fight gentrification in Chinatown
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From The Village Voice : The ongoing war between the forces of gentrification and the middle and working classes of the "old New York&q...
A penthouse for all seasons
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Materialicious has this post today about a swanky penthouse in the East Village: Pulltab Design was retained to design a series of renovati...
EV Grieve: Figure of the day
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The total cost of tuition (including room and board) at NYU starting this fall: $50,182 Increase over last year: 5.9 percent Increase in the...
Sunday, April 27, 2008
"Everything old is new again"
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The latest issue of The L Magazine has a piece a short piece on the new John Varvatos boutique on the Bowery: In many ways, it’s the perfec...
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Picky, picky
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On that note... So this community garden on 8th Street is open from midnight to 5 p.m.? Or noon to 5 p.m.? I always get confused. As Wikiped...
This one is dedicated to the nights of New York City
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Here's an exclusive sneak preview of the first single off the new record by Julian Casablancas. Oh, wait.
Friday, April 25, 2008
EV Etc.: $801,000 for a basement
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Well, it is in the Dakota . From the AP : While $801,000 may sound like a lot for a basement den that cannot legally be used as a dwelling, ...
"Honoring a great New Yorker" (aka This week's sign of the apocalypse)
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Tonight through Sunday, the Empire State Building will be purple, pink and white in honor of Mariah Carey. Why? Says the ESB's Web site ...
Questions of the day
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Why is this newish spa on First Avenue and 2nd Street called Water Front? (The East River isn't exactly that close.) Meanwhile, I saw th...
NYC in all its black-and-white glory, yesterday and today
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I opened up the 20th anniversary issue of the New York Press this morning. And the photo on Page 4 got my attention. It's a shot of a ...
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Life before...and after the luxury high rises on the LES
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Spending too much time on YouTube these days...I came across these videos by Paul Dougherty, a longtime video maker. Here's his YouTube ...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Questions of the day (in which I don't have answers)
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When people moved into apartments on lower floors with nice Eastern views at 2 Gold Street (which opened in March 2005) did they know anothe...
Madison Street, 5:48 p.m., April 23
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Madison Street, 5:47 p.m., April 23
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Scenes from a walk
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Haven't actually walked on Irving Place in a while. First, I was happy to see that John's Shoe Repair is still around. We all know w...
Hate to see what they'd say about a place they didn't recommend
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For some reason I came across this listing for Mona's on Not For Tourists : "Depressing. Recommended."
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