An addition to the Starbucks sign on St. Mark's Place at Avenue A ... previously
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Thoughts on the 'riveting retrospective' of Peter Hujar's work at the Morgan Library & Museum
Peter Hujar, the subject of a riveting retrospective @MorganLibrary, deserves to be better-known says @deborahsolo. Her review. https://t.co/nVcO4c1AOO
— WNYC 🎙 (@WNYC) February 16, 2018
An excerpt from Deborah Solomon's review at WNYC:
A photographer who specialized in tender black-and-white portraits of his friends along with the less likely subjects of cows and other farm animals, he was one of the essential chroniclers of the East Village scene in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. Many of his photographs pay undisguised homage to taut male bodies, reflecting a time of when Stonewall had brought a sense of freedom and AIDS had not yet descended. You can say that he made beautiful, optically pristine photographs about a scene on the verge of vanishing.
The Morgan Library & Museum is open:
Tuesday through Thursday: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Peter Hujar retrospective at the Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave. at 36th Street, is up through May 20. More details here.
Friday, February 16, 2018
'Alive' and kicking
The next record from Frankie Cosmos — New York native Greta Kline — is out on Sub Pop later next month. The video is for a track called "Being Alive."
The band is opening for Belle & Sebastian this June 8 at Forest Hills Stadium.
NYPD looking for this suspect in armed robbery of boutique on 7th Street
The NYPD is searching for a man they say robbed a boutique at gunpoint late Wednesday afternoon.
Here is info via Patch:
Police say the man entered the shop, located at 66 E. 7th St., at about 5:08 p.m. on Wednesday and began talking with an employee as if he was going to purchase something. The man then walked toward the store's counter, pulled out a gun and demanded money from the register, police said.
The man made off with $500 in cash and a cell phone, according to authorities.
The shop is Neon by Cheng between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
And via the NYPD...
The #NYPD is 👀 2 identify & locate this man #wanted for a commercial robbery. On Feb 14 inside a clothing boutique he displayed a handgun and demanded 💰. If you have any info we ask you 2 ☎️ #800577TIPS #EastVillage #NYC pic.twitter.com/7jKW5LXkXo
— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) February 16, 2018
Anyone with information that could help in the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). You may also submit tips online.
EV Grieve Etc.: Mapping East Village pizzerias; power-washing with Christo and Nora
[Photo today by Peter Brownscombe]
City Council members push Cuomo to declare a NYCHA state of emergency (Curbed)
Mapping all the East Village pizzerias (Best Pizza NYC)
The latest on 85 Bowery (The Lo-Down)
Lanaza's old murals look intact at the opening-soon Joe & Pat's on First Avenue (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York ... previously)
The 2018 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival is Feb. 23-25 at the Village East on Second Avenue (Official site)
Christo and Nora make the best of the rain (Laura Goggin Photography)
Theater for the New City on First Avenue announces Charles Busch's new show (Official site)
A new Safe Haven shelter is opening on East 17th Street in April (Town & Village)
The plan to fill in the East River in 1916 (Ephemeral New York)
Last year's subway outage will cost Con Ed $202 million (Bloomberg)
Shake Shack expects to open between 32 and 35 new restaurants in the U.S. in 2018 (CNBC)
The play "Imperfect Love" has been extended by a week (now to Feb. 24) at the Connelly Theater on Fourth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. The director, East Village resident Michael Di Jiacomo, described the work this way: "It's essentially the story of a little Italian theater troupe trying to survive circa 1898 — not unlike our situation." The play is presented by John Turturro, who did a film adaptation of the story in 1998. Find ticket info here.
[A scene from "Imperfect Love"]
And as recently noted, the Exclusive Smoke Shop and Deli on Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street became Vape and Smoke (which is not to be confused with Vape N Smoke on Second Avenue) ...
A tipster told us that they removed the sign because because passersby saw the bearded dude and thought this was a barber shop (for real) ... so now!
Former Trash & Vaudeville space on St. Mark's Place to become Wanyoo cyber café
Wanyoo, a Shanghai-based cyber cafe chain, has signed a lease for the two-level retail space at 4 St. Mark's Place.
The cafe, which has a location in Flushing, reportedly signed a 20-year lease for 2,600 square feet on the ground floor and 1,400 square feet in the basement of the under-renovation landmarked building between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
[Via the Wanyoo website]
They optimistically hope to be open early this summer.
Until February 2016, 4 St. Mark's Place housed Trash & Vaudeville for 41 years. The store relocated to 96 E. Seventh St.
The Hamilton-Holly House (aka 4 St. Mark's Place), built in 1831, was once owned by Alexander Hamilton’s son. The building, which changed hands for $10 million in the spring of 2016 for $10 million, is currently undergoing a gut renovation and expansion.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exclusive: After 40 years, punk rock mainstay Trash and Vaudeville is leaving St. Mark's Place
[Via]
4 St. Mark's Place is for sale
More residential units and a 5th-floor addition in the works for landmarked 4 St. Mark's Place
Bareburger is leaving 2nd Avenue; new outpost slated for Orchard Street
Bareburger is on this month's CB3-SLA docket for a new beer-wine license for 173 Orchard St. between East Houston and Stanton. (Their questionnaire is online here.)
While Bareburger, which sells a variety of organic and all-natural burgers, is expanding with multiple locations in NYC and overseas, the East Village site on Second Avenue at Fifth Street will be closing in the weeks ahead.
Matt Kouskalis, who owns and operates a handful of the city's Bareburger outposts, confirmed the East Village closure. He said escalating rents at the location were behind the reason for the move.
"So we are moving to a slightly smaller and cozier spot on the Lower East Side," he said via email. "We are sad to leave the East Village but our new location is only a few blocks away and our delivery area will remain the same!"
He said he hoped to be open in late April on Orchard Street.
Bareburger debuted on Second Avenue in January 2012. The previous tenant in the two-level space was neighborhood scourge Sin Sin.
Previously on EV Grieve:
'The neighborhood will not rest until you are gone and Sin Sin’s license is revoked'
NYPD hosting meeting between Sin Sin and neighbors tonight
East Village noise wars new battlefront: Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge
Why the president of the East Fifth Street Block Association carries a baseball bat
197 E.. 3rd St. is for sale — again
[Image via Massey & Knakal]
The building on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B is back on the market. It went up for sale in March 2016 with a $7.5 million price tag.
According to public records, an LLC with a Midtown address bought the property for $6.3 million in a sale recorded in August 2016.
Here's more on the latest via the Massey & Knakal listing:
197 East 3rd Street consists of an occupied retail unit on the ground floor along with the majority of basement and 16 apartments above. All of the residential units are rent stabilized due to enrollment in the J-51 Tax Abatement program; however, 8 apartments are renting at market with high legal rents that permit preferential rents at market. The buyer can add value in a variety of ways including roof deck installation, retail expansion and future upside in the remaining 8 unrenovated apartments (half the building).
The 8 apartments renting at market were just completely gut renovated with upgrades including brand new floors, lighting, exposed/pointed brick walls, new tile work throughout the bathrooms and kitchens and a complete set of Bosch appliances (washer/dryers, refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves and gas ranges).
In addition to the 8 renovated apartments, the building underwent an extensive renovation which included lobby and common area renovations, a video intercom with Kerisys security key fob installation, façade upgrades, new electrical system throughout (800 amps with new conduit/cables and 80 amp electric panels in each residential unit), completely new lighting in the common areas and much more.
Due to all the work that was performed throughout the building, current ownership is in the process of applying for rent increases due to Major Capital Improvements which should go into effect mid-2018. These increases will result in approximately $10,000 in additional annual net income.
Asking price: $9.2 million.
The retail tenant is No Malice Palace, which eventually returned after the death of owner Phil Sherman. This past Christmas it temporarily served as Donner and Blitzen's Reindeer Lounge.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Thursday's parting shots
Christo in Tompkins Square Park late this afternoon... photo above by Steven... and below by Bobby Williams...
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