Monday, November 22, 2010
City will now bust your ass if you stop in the bus lane
Via CBS New York: Starting today, if you’re caught on camera in a First and Second Avenue bus lane during restricted hours, you can be fined by mail for between $115 and $150. You’re also not allowed to off-load anything in the lanes during posted hours.
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition
An interview with EV Grieve and Jeremiah Moss (I Loved New York)
At the Museum of the American Gangster on St. Mark's Place (New York Times)
Ludlow Street development headed for the auction house (Curbed)
Almanac for New Yorkers circa 1938 (Shawn Chittle)
The death of the corner bar (Ephemeral New York)
Inside the gutted Fedora (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
A Mars Bar tattoo (Slum Goddess)
A fire scare at the Bowery Whole Foods Saturday morning (BoweryBoogie)
Through the years with the Grace Church on 10th and Broadway (EV Transitions)
A reader notes all sorts of activity during the weekend at the former Butcher Bay space on East Fifth Street.... it will be called Ghost Town or Goat's Town.
The future of 326 and 328 E. Fourth St.
On Friday, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) noted that he city had already issued permits to develop the historic townhouses at 326 and 328 E. Fourth St.
Here's a look at the approved work plans...
The plans show that two floors will be added to the existing structure. The architect is Ramy Issacs, who New York magazine dubbed "The controversial penthouse king of the East Village." DOB records show that Terrence Lowenberg owns the buildings. Lowenberg is also behind the renovations at 147 First Avenue, as Curbed reported.
Per the GVSHP: "This was a tragic mistake by the city, allowing these wonderful pieces of the East Village and the city’s history to be destroyed, especially given the very poor track record of the architect in this case."
They continue: "In spite of this tragic loss, GVSHP is moving forward with our project to thoroughly document the history of every building in the East Village as part of a broader effort to push for expanded landmark protections in this historic, under-protected neighborhood."
The Times has more on the history of the buildings here back in September ...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Historic East Fourth Street artists' collective soon to be condos
Two side-by-side townhouses on East Fourth Street await your renovation
Here's a look at the approved work plans...
The plans show that two floors will be added to the existing structure. The architect is Ramy Issacs, who New York magazine dubbed "The controversial penthouse king of the East Village." DOB records show that Terrence Lowenberg owns the buildings. Lowenberg is also behind the renovations at 147 First Avenue, as Curbed reported.
Per the GVSHP: "This was a tragic mistake by the city, allowing these wonderful pieces of the East Village and the city’s history to be destroyed, especially given the very poor track record of the architect in this case."
They continue: "In spite of this tragic loss, GVSHP is moving forward with our project to thoroughly document the history of every building in the East Village as part of a broader effort to push for expanded landmark protections in this historic, under-protected neighborhood."
The Times has more on the history of the buildings here back in September ...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Historic East Fourth Street artists' collective soon to be condos
Two side-by-side townhouses on East Fourth Street await your renovation
D-Lish Pita marks another new business catering to a nightlife crowd
Last November, Habib's Place on Avenue A near Sixth Street abruptly closed.
A year later, a new tenant plans to open soon...
To to be honest, at first glance, I thought the sign read "D-list Pita," which seemed to be a rather defeatist name for a restaurant. D-list? (And it appears to be a clone of Cheep's on Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place.)
Anyway, when workers removed the Habib's signage last November ... we all got a peek at the former tenant — France's Beauty Salon.
In a post this past August, Jeremiah shared a photo of the salon from sometime in the mid-1990s...
Nothing again falafel places... but, once again, a new business arrives that caters to a more late-night crowd... we've talked about this plenty, but I [continue to] wish there was a way to encourage other types of non-food and nightlife-related businesses to open here...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Of the 147 storefronts on Avenue A, 70 of them are bars, restaurants or vacant
A year later, a new tenant plans to open soon...
To to be honest, at first glance, I thought the sign read "D-list Pita," which seemed to be a rather defeatist name for a restaurant. D-list? (And it appears to be a clone of Cheep's on Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place.)
Anyway, when workers removed the Habib's signage last November ... we all got a peek at the former tenant — France's Beauty Salon.
In a post this past August, Jeremiah shared a photo of the salon from sometime in the mid-1990s...
Nothing again falafel places... but, once again, a new business arrives that caters to a more late-night crowd... we've talked about this plenty, but I [continue to] wish there was a way to encourage other types of non-food and nightlife-related businesses to open here...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Of the 147 storefronts on Avenue A, 70 of them are bars, restaurants or vacant
Signage up for 'Top Chef' alum Nikki Cascone's new Avenue B eatery
In recent years, 40 Avenue B has been home to Chabela's, a Dominican restaurant, and Russo's, a pizzaria.
Now, we have new signs up for the next eatery to give the space a whirl — Octavio's Porch. Back in June, the owners pitched this to the CB3 as a "global Jewish" restaurant that will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Eater reported that Top Chef alum Nikki Cascone, who owned the now-shuttered 24 Prince, is behind this new venture. (Thought the name of this place was supposed to be Little Printz Cafe.)
Time Out just ran some photos of menu items here. You can read an interview with her at Fork in the Road here. Eater has a look at the menu here. Eater also notes the restaurant opens on Nov. 29.
[Cascone photo via Fork in the Road]
Now, we have new signs up for the next eatery to give the space a whirl — Octavio's Porch. Back in June, the owners pitched this to the CB3 as a "global Jewish" restaurant that will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Eater reported that Top Chef alum Nikki Cascone, who owned the now-shuttered 24 Prince, is behind this new venture. (Thought the name of this place was supposed to be Little Printz Cafe.)
Time Out just ran some photos of menu items here. You can read an interview with her at Fork in the Road here. Eater has a look at the menu here. Eater also notes the restaurant opens on Nov. 29.
[Cascone photo via Fork in the Road]
Teriyaki in a hurry on Third Avenue
The space that housed the Village Crown Moroccan restaurant on Third Avenue near 12th Street has sat empty for years... until now...
An Empire (Pizza) grows on First Avenue
The Village Restaurant and Pizza joint on First Avenue near Second Street closed in October...
It's now the second outpost of Empire Pizza, whose other shop is at 314 Fifth Ave. at 32nd Street.
It's now the second outpost of Empire Pizza, whose other shop is at 314 Fifth Ave. at 32nd Street.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Living around: Tompkins Square Park
The Times real-estate section has a "Living Around — Tompkins Square Park" feature today titled Grit, Glam and Green, in One Vibrant Package. Here are a few passages:
Susan Stetzer, the district manager of Community Board 3 and an East Village resident since 1970, said the park had attained a state of relative quiet, aside from complaints about the handful of “very loud” concerts it hosts throughout the year.
“There’s no issues there,” Ms. Stetzer said. “We have a big playground that was renovated very, very recently. It’s very nice. The park is well used. We have a rat problem, but so does a lot of the rest of New York City.”
Speaking as a resident rather than as a district manager, she described something bittersweet about having witnessed the slow gentrification of the park. The playgrounds — there are actually three — are shinier and more colorful than when she used to take her son there in the late ’70s and early ’80s. But, she said, they loved the park then, too, and that era had its advantages.
“It was a much stronger, much closer community then,” Ms. Stetzer said. “Everyone knew everyone, and they weren’t necessarily people like you.”
Cost newsbox is missing
On Tuesday, I posted photos from EV Grieve reader AWKWORD showing new street art created by graffiti legend Cost... The box on Second Avenue near Houston was part of the recent Showpaper exhibit...
I went to take some photos of it this weekend... and the newsbox is gone...
Stolen? Or confiscated by the city?
For more on the boxes, check out the NYPress cover story this week.
I went to take some photos of it this weekend... and the newsbox is gone...
Stolen? Or confiscated by the city?
For more on the boxes, check out the NYPress cover story this week.
Three makes it a trends post!
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