Friday, January 31, 2014
9 photos showing the East Village of the 1970s
Some two weeks later, we finally looked at every single photo. We pulled a few from this neighborhood with their accompanying captions for you... (But you should really go here and see them all for yourself.)
[East 8th Street and Avenue B, 1975]
[Christodora House, 1978]
[Second Avenue looking at East 12th Street, 1975]
[Cylindrical fire escape on the façade of 62 East 4th Street, 1977]
[Phebe's on the Bowery 1975]
[107-113 East 14th Street, 1976]
[Fresh Jersey Eggs, Open Thursday Only at 72 East 7th Street, 1978]
[Varieties Theatre, 110-112 Third Avenue, 1979. Demolished in 2005.]
[Broadway and 14th 1977]
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A word about the new collection from the Museum's website:
These photographs by Edmund V. Gillon (1929-2008) are a recent addition to the Museum's Photography collection. Gillon is best known for more than a dozen books on New York City for the Dover Publishing Company. The bulk of the collection is architectural in nature, portraying the city’s historic districts, landmarks, architectural ornamentation, and civic sculpture. His photographs bring to life not only the countless readily apparent changes that have taken place in the city’s urban landscape over the past several decades, but also the many subtle changes that transformed neighborhoods such as SoHo, Tribeca, and Dumbo as they transitioned, building by building, from gritty wastelands into the vibrant urban oases they have become.
Friday, May 6, 2011
After the fire: East Village Farm returning Monday
[Special Monkey]
East Village Farm at Second Avenue and East Fourth Street is reopening Monday, as EV Grieve reader @mattheworley reports. EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams took this photo yesterday...
Meanwhile, nearly one year after the fire, there's no sign of life at the Stuyvesant Grocery (and the rest of the building) at 14th Street and Avenue A...
[Sergey]
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Major early-morning fire on Second Avenue and Fourth Street
Monday, March 18, 2019
[Updated] 2 reports of fires today
• 219 Avenue B between 13th Street and 14th Street. A fire broke out in the rear of the storefront this afternoon here that houses Revision Lounge. (Thanks to EVG reader @MerMerJ for the photos!)
According to Patch, about 12 units and more than 60 firefighters responded to the scene, where they had it under control in 45 minutes. One firefighter reportedly suffered minor injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Updated:
It's bad. The patio is destroyed and the back of the lounge has major damage. No one in building was hurt. Smoke is dissipating. Power is back on.
— Revision Lounge (@Revisionlounge) March 19, 2019
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• 340 E. 13th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. There were reports of a fire in an fifth-floor apartment here tonight on this block...
MAN ALL HANDS 340 E 13 ST, MULTIPLE DWELLING FIRE ON 5TH FLR,
— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) March 18, 2019
MAN ALL HANDS 340 E 13 ST, MULTIPLE DWELLING FIRE ON 5TH FLR, UNDER CONTROL
— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) March 19, 2019
Not much information at the moment about the fire ... here are some reader photos...
[Peter M./East Village]
[Peter M./East Village]
Updated:
EVG reader Jen Pace shared this footage...
Thursday, January 3, 2019
What the L: Cuomo calls off full L-train shutdown
Gov. Cuomo announced today that the 15-month L-train shutdown that was to start in April to repair Sandy-damaged tubes is no longer necessary.
During an early-afternoon press conference, Cuomo, joined by a team of Cuomo-appointed tunnel experts (engineering academics with unknown insights into MTA project management), unveiled a new renovation method using a different design for repairs that would require night and weekend closures of one tube at a time.
Details of the plan have yet to be released.
Per ABC 7:
"It uses many new innovations that are new, frankly, to the rail industry in this country ... With this design, it will not be necessary to close the L train tunnel at all, which would be a phenomenal benefit to the people of New York City," he said.
Cuomo said he does not believe this design has been used in the United States before, though it has been implemented in Europe.
The governor said that commuters should not worry about the integrity of the tunnel: Major structural elements were not compromised. The MTA needs to fix the circuit breaker house and power cables that were damaged after the tubes flooded and were therefore exposed to salt water.
Per The Wall Street Journal:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials spent years weighing repair options, including shutting down one track at a time to maintain some service between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
In 2016, they opted for a full shutdown, reasoning that it could be completed in half the time and at less expense than a partial shutdown. Initially, they said that a full shutdown would be needed for 18 months, but that timeline was later shortened to 15 months.
Judlau Contracting Inc., which won a $477 million contract to repair the tunnel, was offered incentives to finish the work ahead of schedule and penalties of $400,000 for every day beyond the deadline that the project was delayed.
Mr. Cuomo’s decision to alter the project raises questions about how the contractor can now finish the work on time. It also raises questions about contingency plans that were being put in place by the MTA and New York City following years of planning.
The L-train prep work started in July 2017 on 14th Street between First Avenue and Avenue B. This past summer, residents learned that this corridor was not only the main construction zone leading up to the L-train closure, but also during the 15 months the MTA expected the trains to be offline between Bedford Avenue and Eight Avenue.
Meanwhile, some quickie reaction via Twitter...
My hot take is that I have no idea if this is a better L-tunnel plan than what was supposed to happen. Obviously needs a lot of dissection. What I do know is that Cuomo took interest in this far later than he should have.
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) January 3, 2019
Now riders will be majorly inconvenienced for 3-5 years instead of 15 months of a total shutdown...#Cuomo plan very light on details except that it's a "breakthrough"
— David Krulewitch (@MovingBlock) January 3, 2019
Cuomo halting the L train shut down at this point is like when you've finally adjusted to life after being dumped and you feel fine in your new life and then they text you "I've been thinking a lot about you." https://t.co/Thcyvn6Efx
— Mel Owens (@melowens) January 3, 2019
Waiting until the last minute to cancel the L train shutdown -- after three years of anxiety, & a lot of uproot -- just to be hailed the hero, is the single most Cuomo thing possible https://t.co/7YBEFv2QUO
— Rebecca Fishbein (@bfishbfish) January 3, 2019
So I guess now the L train will never get fixed? Who does that help?
— Ananda Ferrari Ossanai (@aanunduh) January 3, 2019
Instead of shutting down the L train for necessary repairs we're gonna keep it running but it will be on fire. Enjoy!
— The Masked Zinger™ (@TimDuffy) January 3, 2019
How much has it already cost New Yorkers to pay for L train shutdown preparations that now won't be needed? There are A LOT of questions that need to be answered.
— Conor White (@conorjwhite) January 3, 2019
This 3-year-long L train hidden-ball-trick nonsense is the single most infuritiating event ever to occur
— Armin Rosen (@ArminRosen) January 3, 2019
reading all your L train jokes while on the L, feeling cyberbullied
— Alex Press (@alexnpress) January 3, 2019
Previously on EV Grieve:
Town Hall provides a few more details on the 24/7 construction at 14th and A
Renderings reveal the MTA's plans for the Avenue A L station; why does everyone look so happy?
Nightmare scenario for residents who learn that 14th Street and Avenue A will be the main staging area for the L-train reconstruction
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Week in Grieview
Friday, December 2, 2011
Lux Living punches the clock at the Meatball Factory
Our blogging friend Lux Living has written a few reviews hereabouts. The new Phoenix. And IHOP. We suggested that he review Papa John's or the new Cheesy Bacon Bowl at KFC on the corner of Second Avenue and 14th Street. He mentioned something about angioplasty or stents or something. Whatever. Despite our directive, he instead walked across the street and tried something else. So I wouldn't dig in if I was you. Next one might be at your head. I don't know where it's gonna go. Swear to God.
By Lux Living
I had originally planned on writing a review of the atrocious pizza coming out of the Papa John's on First Avenue, but really, how much can one say about pizza too heavily seasoned with oregano and a sauce made with more sugar than a Cadbury Egg?
Instead, the other night I went to The Meatball Factory, which recently opened on the corner of Second Avenue and 14th Street. The Meatball Factory should not be confused with their rivals, The Meatball Shop, located on the Lower East Side. Ask and they’ll let you know!
The menu breaks down like this: Choose your meatballs and choose your sauce for $8 or $9. There are eight choices of meatballs made from ingredients that will please everyone from the tree- hugging vegans to the blood-sucking, red-meat lovers and everyone in between. Once you choose your flesh - or vegan option – you can match it with a choice of eight sauces including a Fire Roasted Marinara, Shroom Central and Hells Bells Vodka Sauce. Pizzas, salads, fries and other side dishes are also on the menu.
Knowing I’d be ravenous in 20 minutes if I didn’t include a carb with my dinner, I ordered the fettuccini with two Meatzza, Meatzza meatballs (braised certified Angus beef brand short ribs, hanger steak and filet, buffalo, potato & parmesan) and the Hells Bells Vodka Sauce – of course – (Absolut Peppar, spicy cappicola, red bells, San Marzano tomatoes, oregano and cream) and a Chardonnay. They only serve beer and wine which is why I did not order a Jack and Coke.
The service was a bit scattered — my food came well before my wine — but once I had everything I ordered there was no speaking at the table because I was too busy enjoying my mini Italian feast. The Fettuccini was a little over cooked, the meatballs were great and I want the recipe for the sauce. I’d have preferred a basket of sliced bread rather than the two mini slices that come with the dish and the tablespoon of grated cheese delightfully sprinkled on top. Yeah, that didn’t cut it. I’m American. I need a small bucket of grated cheese on my table at all times. I need control of the cheese. And a little pepper maybe? Got it?
Let me be up front and say I am not a fan of eating in cavernous-sounding spaces with multiple TVs. When I go out to eat I want to hear what my friends are saying and enjoy my dinner without listening to a bunch of assholes screaming at a Jets game on the TV. Though nobody was screaming that night — other than the blitzed chick at the bar who drank too much red wine — there are several TVs and nothing on the walls to absorb sound, so even with the room a quarter of the way full it was a bit loud.
I enjoyed my dinner and for the price – two fettuccini dishes with meatballs, a Diet Coke and a stupid Chardonnay coming in at $41 - I’d recommend it. It was nothing fancy but for a quick, decent Italian dish in the neighborhood, go for it. Much better than that damn IHOP!
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Week in Grieview
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Sunday, August 30, 2015
Week in Grieview
[Outside St. Brigid's today on Avenue B via Bobby Williams]
RIP Shane Keogh (Sunday)
The Birdman of First Avenue is retiring, will close Rainbow Music next month (Thursday)
Rooftop fire on Third Avenue (Thursday)
New, confusing signs up at the former Lit Lounge space (Monday)
At the East Village Vintage Collective (Friday)
Another report of stolen packages from an East Village lobby (Wednesday)
Out and About with George Cameron (Wednesday)
Report: Uncle suing nephew broker Raphael Toledano over $100 million East Village deal (Friday)
A refurbished 330 Bowery comes into view (Thursday)
Le Marécage closes on First Avenue (Monday)
Superiority Burger adding another night to its schedule starting next week (Friday)
Highlights from the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)
Cow tippers at large (Monday)
Caracas Arepa Bar back open after an 18-day, gas-related hiatus (Thursday)
Former Russian Souvenirs shop for rent on East 14th Street (Monday)
A new marquee for the First Avenue McDonald's (Tuesday)
Several trees coming down in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday)
There'll be no more trespassing at the Cooper Union academic building (Monday)
NYPD busts the 2nd Ave. Convenience Store (Tuesday)
Reader report: Bike room burglarized at Icon's Second Avenue residential building (Wednesday)
Details on Black Seed's soon-to-open First Avenue location (Tuesday)
Virgola bringing oysters to East Seventh Street (Friday)
City removes Sandy-damaged willow from 9th Street Community Garden Park (Tuesday)
Yummy Asian Food coming to East Third Street (Wednesday)
New tape shop for East Second Street (Monday)
Something new in the works for 25 Avenue B (Thursday)
Arthouse cinema, bookshop planned for Ludlow Street (Tuesday)
Former Jones Diner lot on Lafayette primed for new development (Thursday)
Nicoletta looking to upgrade to a full liquor license (Wednesday)
… and apologies for not telling you about the pop-up shoe shop on Cooper Square on Friday…
[Photo by peter radley]
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Week in Grieview
[Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Bobby Williams]
Stories posted on EVG this past week included...
RIP Carmen Pabón (Wednesday)
Annual New York Cares coat drive underway (Thursday)
A new art gallery on Second Street (Friday)
Village View ends talk of privatization (Monday)
Out and About with Eric Paulin (Wednesday)
A look at East Houston before the arrival of Red Square (Friday)
McSorley's reopens after bout with DOH (Monday)
Patisserie Florentine coming soon to 10th Street (Tuesday)
Chipping away the exterior detail at 112-120 E. 11th St. (Friday)
East Village is closing after tonight (Saturday)
FryGuysNYC coming soon to Second Street (Thursday)
Vivi Bubble Tea coming to former Organic Avenue space on Third Avenue (Monday)
Report: Pretty ugly AMC Village 7 building sells for $32 million (Thursday)
CB3 douses plans for hookah bar Fire and Ice on Third Street (Thursday)
Ray's Candy Store named best East Village restaurant (Thursday)
Kati Roll Company is now open on Second Avenue (Tuesday)
The cube and Astor Place officially welcomed with ribbon cutting (Wednesday) Then Astor Place closes for "Game of Thrones" fan event (Thursday)
East Village Burritos & Bar is now Spicewala Bar Indian Cuisine (Monday)
Dean & Deluca vet bringing Fat Cat Kitchen to 14th Street (Tuesday)
Switch Playground now open on 12th Street "for the body and soul" (Wednesday)
Future Swiss Institute gets the plywood treatment on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Monday)
Coyote Ugly opens its first location in Kyrgyzstan (Wednesday)
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Say goodbye to the temporary fire truck garage on East 14th Street
[EVG file photo from August 2013]
Workers today disassembled the temporary structure outside Engine Company 5 on East 14th Street near First Avenue. For the past 10 months, the pen had been housing the truck from Ladder Company 3 on East 13th Street near Fourth Avenue ... while that station house underwent repairs ...
[Photo by EVG reader Pinch]
Previously on EV Grieve:
This open, airy, East Village studio seeks $2,600 a month
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Week in Grieview
[Photo from 4th Street by Derek Berg]
Stories posted on EVG this past week included...
RIP George Cameron (Wednesday)
Cars to give way to a bus-only corridor most hours on 14th Street during the L-train shutdown (Tuesday) Citi Bike will expand ahead of L-mageddon time (Thursday)
City Planning Commission OKs tech hub for Union Square (Thursday)
Judy talks about her apartment of 40 years (Thursday)
City pools open (Wednesday)
B&H Dairy has new-look menus (Tuesday)
Rose and Basil has gone out of business (Friday)
9th Street's Zucker Bakery closing after 7 years in business (Tuesday)
This week's NY See strip (Thursday)
Moxy East Village opening date now set for late 2019 on 11th Street (Monday)
Giant alligator false alarm (Friday)
Christo and Amelia's kids are growing and growing... (Monday)
Final vote from the Rent Guidelines Board (Tuesday)
Korilla BBQ has closed on 3rd Avenue (Thursday)
Openings and closings on this block of 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)
The 411 on 886 (Monday)
The new Westside Market on 3rd Avenue opens (Thursday)
Ippudo closed for renovations through July 17 (Monday)
In Tompkins Square Park, we lost a piano but gained, for now, a wicker vanity table (Tuesday)
The Neighbors move out early at First Street Green Art Park (Tuesday)
Cheers Cut has not been open lately on St. Mark's Place (Monday)
... workers removed the sidewalk bridge from outside 86 E. 10th St. between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue this past week ... which had been there since an apartment fire on Feb. 7. In case you forgot what the Black & White looked like...
... and the heatwave is drying up the perpetual puddle/pool at the M14 stop on Avenue A near Ninth Street...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
2nd Avenue update (March 29)
[Photo yesterday by Derek Berg]
The latest headlines
Possibility of criminal charges in New York City building collapse growing (ABC News)
Months before East Village blast, utility found gas line was tapped in dangerous way (The New York Times)
Investigators question whether cause of East Village explosion is criminal (WABC-7)
East Village explosion underscores city's infrastructure woes (Crain's)
Heartless visitors snap selfies at East Village blast site (New York Post)
Donations and Services
• The Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC continues to collect donations to help address the needs of residents displaced by the explosion. Find the website here with more details.
• A parishioner from Church of the Nativity, Mildred Guy, lost her home in the fire. Today, Nativity will be collecting clothes, sheets and funds for displaced victims from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Donations will be going to the Red Cross. The Church is at 44 Second Ave. between East Second Street and East Third Street.
• Theater for the New City on First Avenue is offering FREE clothing from their costume collection ("costume" street wear) to its neighbors displaced by the explosion. They have coats, jackets and other clothing. Call 212-254-1109 to make an appointment.
• From 5-8 p.m. today, Professor Thom's is hosting a fundraiser for their Second Avenue neighbors. Per a Professor Thom's manager: "100 percent of all donations collected will go directly to helping our neighbors who have been affected by this."
The Loft at Professor Thom's (219 2nd Avenue between East 13th Street and East 14th Street) A $25 donation gets a bracelet for $1 well drinks & domestic beer, $2 wine and imported beer.
• EVG reader Sierra writes in to say:
We have an apartment on 9th Street and Avenue C. We can easily live in half of it as it's currently two apartments not yet combined. Our home is furnished and completely private. A single person or couple would be best for the size of the space. We can offer a two-week stay, just ask for proof of address.
Email her here
• EVG reader Gojira also has an extra room for a displaced resident. "I have a large, unused room in my apartment, free to a displaced single or couple, but you must be okay with cats. Email me here. I can host for a month. Proof of address required."
• A displaced resident named Alex left this comment on a previous post:
Hello! I live at E 41 7th, and we are displaced and awaiting news. If anyone is interested in volunteering anything, you can contact the Red Cross...or take things to 169 Avenue B. They already have lots of things. But as a displaced person who will most likely be in long term shelter for a while, a few things that needed (and got elsewhere! Yay!), but others may need are: ear plugs and eye masks (for sleeping in shared housing), slippers, pajamas, mittens/gloves/hates/scarves (I had a coat, but didn't need gloves on Thursday when I left, but needed them today). New underwear & simple socks. Laundry detergent, even small containers of it, shower caps, bathrobes, travel things, small individual instant coffee things, simple cups/mugs, plates & cutlery (I'm in shelter and got food, but don't have a cup for coffee).
• Manhattan Mini Storage is offer free storage for displaced residents. Details here
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Week in Grieview
[Caught in the rain on Avenue A via Derek Berg]
Stories posted on EVG this past week included...
Q&A with the authors of the "Rock & Roll Explorer Guide to New York City" (Thursday)
Printed Matter will have a bookstore inside the Swiss Institute's new 2nd Avenue home (Tuesday)
Funny business: Comedy club replacing comedy club on 4th Street (Monday)
The latest I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant (Friday)
At Dual Specialty Store (Thursday)
Don't be surprised to see a human take your order (and cash) at the Astor Place Shake Shack (Monday)
Tinkersphere leaves 5th Street for the Lower East Side (Friday)
An injured opossum on Avenue B (Monday)
The former East Village Cheese space has a new tenant on 7th Street (Friday)
Bareburger making its Orchard Street debut (Thursday)
Moxy East Village arrives at the lobby level (Monday)
Pink Bear Ice Cream and Steam Rice Roll has apparently closed on 14th Street (Tuesday)
Cafe Zaiya has closed on Cooper Square (Wednesday)
About the bar-restaurant proposed for 2 St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)
2 years later, 136 2nd Ave. ready for its restaurant (Wednesday)
Hot Box looking ready to debut on 2nd Avenue (Monday)
Report: Ravi DeRossi bringing Fire & Water to 7th Street (Tuesday)
... and something for the birds on St. Mark's Place... photo by EVG reader Hansley Yunez...
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Out and About in the East Village
By James Maher
Name: Cheryl PyleJames Maher is a fine art and studio photographer based in the East Village. Find his website here.
Occupation: Musician (Flute and Bass), The Flute Mistress of Epic Doom Metal
Location: 11th Street Between A and B
Time: 2 on Saturday, Feb. 2
I moved to the East Village from San Francisco after college in 1980 because I had been meeting a lot of jazz musicians who said that the jazz was in New York. I stayed with a friend, a bass player’s wife, on 14th street near 6th Avenue and we went around to all of the jazz clubs. There was Fat Tuesday’s, Village Vanguard, Jazz Forum, Jazzmania and Lush Life — there were tons of clubs. There was also Bradley’s on University Place, where everyone would go after they played and would hangout till 6 or 7 in the morning.
When I used to go to the Village Vanguard and Max was the owner, he would let all of the jazz musicians in for free, and he’d be down there, this little guy with a cigar, and he would say, “Did you find some gigs? Did you find a place to live?” He was that kind of New York guy. My first Christmas Eve here I spent down there; he let me in for free. I think Elvin Jones was playing and his mom was there and it was just a very old New York kind of family atmosphere for jazz.
So I met a lot of jazz musicians and I met this drummer from San Francisco and he said, “Oh, I think I have this apartment building in the East Village and you can move in without first and last months rent.” We came over here and the neighborhood was scary. There was a couple here, Ice and Joyce, and they said, “Take an apartment. The landlord abandoned the building. Pay us when you can.” The rent was $180 a month. I took this apartment, my friend Todd took the one downstairs, and another piano player took the one in front. Then the city offered to sell us the building for $5,000 in 1981, so we all put in $250 dollars and bought it. And I’m still here.
The dynamic of the building was pretty cool because Ice and Joyce were very cool. There were a lot of artists and musicians and dancers. Even though we were all broke, it was a great time. A lot of times we didn’t have heat, so you’d just have to take cold water baths and stuff. It was pretty raw but we all knew each other. We have been ongoing fixing the building. I’ve painted several times. I sanded the floors myself. We did a building repair on the roof. We landscaped the backyard and fixed it up so we could sit out there when it’s warm. We put in a new boiler. I was just doing plumbing last week. I love doing plumbing. We all have tools.
But the neighborhood was really really scary. The building right across the street had a lot of drug problems and I think there were seven murders there. I remember my mom came to visit from California in 1984 and we walked out and there was this car stripped on the street in a blazing fire. This stolen car ring from New Jersey used to bring cars over, strip them and light them on fire on 11th street. It was like a war zone. I always carried Mace with me. One time I was putting my key into my door and this guy put a knife to my throat. He cut my chain off but I had Mace in my hand and I Maced him. He threw me down and ran away. That was my one mugging situation.
I had mostly been playing the jazz flute since I moved here. Being in this creative atmosphere is really important and it has given me some opportunities to play with some amazing people. I was able to record at RCA BMG in Midtown with some of my jazz idols, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian. And in 1999, I started playing the electric bass and rock and heavy metal. I got into that whole scene. We played at CBGB, which was just fantastic. It’s kind of crazy to have this jazz side and then this heavy metal side. In 2008, I did a recording for an epic doom metal band in Denmark called Altar of Oblivion. I found myself being called the flute mistress of epic doom metal.
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Week in Grieview
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Reaching the top at Zero Irving (aka tech hub)
Here's what is turning out to be a monthly look at 124 E. 14th St., aka Zero Irving (and formerly the Union Square Tech Training Center and 14 @ Irving ... and tech hub for life!) ... workers are apparently up to the tippy top here at Irving Place...
The latest Zero Irving e-newsletter (14th @ Irving Construction Update #36, and, by the way, #2 is already a collector's item) states the following updates:
Superstructure Concrete
The project’s superstructure contractor will be completing the 23rd floor slab the week of 9/7. They will continue to place stairs at the top of house, in addition to mechanical pads, curbs and the buildings parapets. Upon completion of this miscellaneous concrete the contractor will begin demobilization. This will include cocoon removal, removal of shoring and decking material and other demobilization tasks.
Cellar
The project’s electrical contractor is finishing installation of Switchgear Room equipment and feeder conduits in coordination with Con Ed’s site visits. End line boxes will be completed, along with overhead conduits throughout the cellar. Con Ed is anticipated to complete their pulls and tie-ins to switch gear room. The project is expecting permanent power by October 2020.
General Site
The project’s mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection contractors continue work on site to install sleeves and layout embeds and all other materials being placed into the deck on the 23rd floor.
The new building — long contested by local preservationists and community groups (see links below) — sits on the former site of a P.C. Richard & Son on city-owned property.
Previously on EV Grieve:
• Behold Civic Hall, the high-tech future of Union Square — and NYC
• Speaking out against a 'Silicon Alley' in this neighborhood
• City Council unanimously approves tech hub; some disappointment in lack of zoning protections
• The conversation continues on the now-approved tech hub for 14th Street
• P.C. Richard is gone on 14th Street; preservationists want answers about tech-hub commitments
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Week in Grieview
[Outside Davey's Ice Cream on 1st Avenue yesterday via Derek Berg]
A makeshift memorial for East Village explosion victims Nicholas Figueroa and Moises Ismael Locón Yac on 2nd Avenue (Thursday and Saturday)
How your donations helped people in need at The Bowery Mission in 2014 (Friday)
The Wall Street Journal on the ongoing issues at Icon Realty's 128 2nd Ave. (Tuesday)
Ben Ari Arts is a shell of its former self on Avenue A (Tuesday)
San Marzano reopens (Friday)
The Stage donates its bulk food and supplies (Friday)
Out and About with Mildred Guy (Wednesday)
Rumor: Tompkins Square Bagels possibly opening a 2nd East Village location on 2nd Avenue (Monday, 32 comments)
The 'Postmodern Polynesian' of Mother of Pearl replacing Gin Palace on Avenue A (Friday)
More about Babu Ji, opening next month on Avenue B (Wednesday)
Reader report: 421 E. 6th St. will house Peter M. Brant's personal art collection (Thursday)
Tuome back in business after a kitchen fire (Wednesday)
Johnny Favorite's now serving slices (and sorbet) on East 4th Street (Thursday)
T-swirl crêpes for where Subway's 6-inch subs once roamed on East 14th Street (Monday)
Ben Shaoul and friends paid $75 million for the one-level group of properties next to Katz's on East Houston and Orchard Street (Thursday)
SenYa now open on 1st Avenue (Wednesday)
5 weeks in, Long Bay closes for now (Wednesday)
First Avenue bagel update (Tuesday)
And a Black Seed bagels check-in (Tuesday)
Earth Day rainbow! (Thursday)
First look at Pancake Paradise on Avenue C (Monday)
NatureEs calls: About the organic cafe coming to where Mars Bar 2.0 was in the works (Tuesday)
What lies beneath the Moishe's sign (Wednesday)
From pudding to macaroni at 102 St. Mark's Place (Monday)
Zoltar moves to the left (Friday)
And Rosie's opened on Friday, and by Saturday the "s" was burned out here on Second Avenue and East Second Street …
[Photo via Spike]
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Week in Grieview
[Entrance to the 14th Street flea market via Bruce Beschner]
• Carlina Rivera states her opposition over plan to transfer air rights for new St. Mark's Place office building (Thursday)
• Officially on egg watch now in Tompkins Square Park (Saturday)
• Coffee time: New counter space coming to Gem Spa (Friday)
• A moment with Wayne Diamond as he checks out "The Wayne Diamond" at Russo's (Wednesday)
• Ralph's Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream coming to Avenue A (Tuesday)
[Photo on 2nd Avenue by Derek Berg]
• SMØR now open for dinner on 12th Street (Wednesday)
• Why the playground at P.S. 19 has been closed for community use (Friday)
• Another fire at 204 E. 13th St. (Monday)
• The state's plastic bag ban is NOW in effect (Sunday)
• Suki is moving to a larger space around the corner (Monday)
• Half Gallery debuts on 4th and B (Saturday)
• More of the explosion site condoplex comes into view at 45 E. 7th St. (Monday)
• Former PS 64 not subject to the city’s new crackdown on deteriorating buildings (Tuesday)
• Heavy lifting at the future tech hub (Monday)
• Breaking the internet 1995 style at the Anthology Film Archives (Thursday)
• "The Icon variable" (Friday)
• Queens of the Street group art show opens on 11th Street (Friday)
• Prince Tea House announces its arrival on 10th Street (Tuesday)
• Time for the Life Time signage on Cooper Square (Thursday)
• The Marshal seizes the former Hot Kitchen space (Monday)
• That Duane Reade by Walgreens closed on 10th and 3rd (Monday)
[Everyone's favorite Almodovar film]
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