Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
CB3's baffling liquor-license approvals policy (Blah Blog Blah)
How the East Village is getting "Lucky" (BoweryBoogie)
The mid-70s photography of Francisco Hidalgo (Flaming Pablum)
RIP La Nueva Rampa on 14th Street (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
The Bowery Hotel hosts an Interpol after-hours party (City Room via Nonetheless)
East Village designer creating an Oscar-night dress (Daily News)
IFC Center to screen No Wave doc "Blank City" (Stupefaction)
Pacino's 70s starts at the Film Forum (Film Forum)
A trip to Brennan and Carr in Sheepshead Bay (Eater)
And via Fresh Paint NYC — a tour of new TATS Cru walls, including on Second Street at Avenue A.
Seems like old times
EMTs on Crusty Row. Skinhead butting his head against the door at Lucy's. Bob Arihood has the photos at Nadie Se Conoce.
At the San Isidoro y San Leandro Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite
Last Thursday night, a small fire broke out on the third floor of the San Isidoro y San Leandro Church at 345 E. Fourth St. near Avenue D, as DNAinfo reported.
I'm not sure about the extent of the damage. I hope that it's minimal. This is one of those hidden treasures in the neighborhood... I've been meaning to do a little photo essay of the church...
According to the always invaluable New York City Songlines, San Isidoro y San Leandro Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite is "named for brothers who were successive bishops in Seville, circa 600 AD. Originally a Russian Orthodox Church, built circa 1895."
And here are some shots from last summer... when the church held a rummage sale...
I bought a few records for like 10 cents each. But you should really take a look inside some time if you have the chance.
Oh, and this isn't the part where I tell you that the church has been sold to developers... Just appreciating it while it's still here... Here's a video tour.
I'm not sure about the extent of the damage. I hope that it's minimal. This is one of those hidden treasures in the neighborhood... I've been meaning to do a little photo essay of the church...
According to the always invaluable New York City Songlines, San Isidoro y San Leandro Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite is "named for brothers who were successive bishops in Seville, circa 600 AD. Originally a Russian Orthodox Church, built circa 1895."
And here are some shots from last summer... when the church held a rummage sale...
I bought a few records for like 10 cents each. But you should really take a look inside some time if you have the chance.
Oh, and this isn't the part where I tell you that the church has been sold to developers... Just appreciating it while it's still here... Here's a video tour.
A letter to Robert B. Tierney, Chair, Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Mr. Tierney:
Since you are its chairman, I am writing to you to express my utter disgust at the refusal of the Landmarks "Preservation" Committee to step in and save 35 Cooper Square, a 186 year old gem of a historic survivor on the East Village's Bowery. To refresh your memory, I can do no better than excerpt an elegiac post from the blog EV Grieve, lamenting its imminent destruction:
Historians believe 35 Cooper Square was born in 1825. The oldest building on Cooper Square, and one of the oldest buildings of the original Bowery, this charming Federal style building with the traditional gambrel roof, twin-pedimented dormers, and large end chimneys also boasts historical and cultural associations ranging from a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant (it was owned in the early 1800s by Nicholas William Stuyvesant, Peter's great-grandson) to Diane DiPrima, the most influential woman of the Beat Generation.
35 Cooper Square stood for 40 U.S. Presidents, from James Madison to Barack Obama, as well as the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Under the stipulations of the Landmarks Law, it qualifies on architectural, historical and cultural criteria for designation as a NYC individual landmark," said David Mulkins, chair/co-founder of the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors
"The building itself is a rare specimen that has remained standing since the transition of the Bowery from a residential area to one that was home to a variety of commercial venues in the early 19th century," added New York Assemblymember Deborah Glick. "While there have been some changes made to the façade of 35 Cooper Square, the building still retains its original twin peaked dormers, chimney, and gambrel roof, and is unmistakably representative of a bygone era in New York City history."
Despite the astonishing history, rarity and historical relevance of thie small treasure, you "preservationists" declined to take action. And why? Because for some reason the stucco coating applied to the building's facade some time in its almost two centuries of existence was enough to negate every reason that might have been put forth to save it.
Mr. Tierney, unlike you, I do not claim to be an expert in architecture. But even I know that a stucco coating is not permanent and can be removed with a hammer and prybar, so for the LPC to make this coating of a mud-like substance and its underlying mesh the sole reason to condemn 35 Cooper Square to death is the most pathetic, jaw-dropping and specious reason I could imagine.
But were it not torn down, of course, then the destroyer of this gem (who definitely doesn't live in the vicinity of the Bowery) would not be able to line his pockets at the expense of our already-ravaged neighborhood, where a seemingly endless flood of large, out of scale and horrifically ugly buildings are being thrown up willy-nilly all over the Bowery and Lower East Side, with irretrievable history being permanently lost in the process. And all the while you and your committee stand idly by and watch, like sleazy voyeurs.
I know there is no way this lovely piece of New York's past will be saved, so won't bother asking you to reconsider the ill-thought-out decision condemning it. So allow me to close by saying that I consider you a disgrace, a total sell-out to corporate real estate interests, who has no real desire to preserve history if there's money to be made by outside interests. And as to those lickspittle, cringing toadys who make up the rest of the "Preservation Committee" (it is to laugh), not one of whom had the spine to stand up and protest, they are just as despicable as you. Had you weasels been around in 1962, you would probably have applauded the destruction of the original Penn Station.
For shame - upon all of you. Your unwillingness to take a stand in this, and in so many other cases, has condemned New York to become a megalopolis bristling with ugliness, rather than a place in which history stands a chance of surviving.
Lisa Ramaci
[Photo taken yesterday by Bobby Williams]
Rats, mice and filth flies — oh my!: Looking at the Coyote Ugly DOH violations
When we first mentioned the other night that the DOH had shut down Coyote Ugly, the most recent report on file mentioned 40 points worth of violations... But that one was old! The DOH has filed the latest inspection ...
Still waiting to hear back from someone at Coyote Ugly.
Previously.
Still waiting to hear back from someone at Coyote Ugly.
Previously.
Joy to the world, this Presidents' Day Weekend!
The lights on the holiday tree at Tompkins Square Park are still lighting up the East Village, um, sky ...
They were extinguished last year on Feb. 7, but the lights weren't actually removed. Remember when they were turned on for St Patty's Day?
They were turned off in 2009 on Feb. 7 as well.
Anyway, I've softened my stance on this important topic in the past two years. Leave 'em on year round then! But! I worry about the children. (One reader mentioned that his 2-year-old still thinks Santa is on the way...) And I worry about Slum Goddess, who may possibly leave a comment on this topic here.
And earlier this month...
They were extinguished last year on Feb. 7, but the lights weren't actually removed. Remember when they were turned on for St Patty's Day?
They were turned off in 2009 on Feb. 7 as well.
Anyway, I've softened my stance on this important topic in the past two years. Leave 'em on year round then! But! I worry about the children. (One reader mentioned that his 2-year-old still thinks Santa is on the way...) And I worry about Slum Goddess, who may possibly leave a comment on this topic here.
And earlier this month...
East Village Radio launching new website today
From the EV Grieve inbox...
In an effort to better present original music, talk, and special programming, East Village Radio will launch a newly designed website on Friday February 18, 2011.
East Village Radio, an innovator and leader in Internet radio, will unveil the redesign of its new website on Friday February, 18, 2011 to promote and provide a streamlined user experience. The website incorporates a sleeker design architecture that optimizes the overall site visit, showcases new programming features and institutes a new media player for both the live stream and on-demand archives.
When the new site launches, users will be required to visit http://www.eastvillageradio.com in order to listen to the live stream. The new media player is accessible via the EVR homepage, as well as all subsequent and secondary pages within the site.
This is the tattoo that Vanessa Hudgens got at East Side Ink on Wednesday
The former Disney star was reportedly at East Side Ink on Avenue B next to Manitoba's where she was continuing to distance herself from "High School Musical" and its sequels. You can read more about it at E! Online if you'd like.
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