Saturday, June 10, 2017
EV Grieve Etc.: Couple forced to smoke crack; the Strand at 90
[14th Street and 4th Avenue via Derek Berg]
In District 1, which includes parts of the Lower East Side and the East Village, "families choose where their children will go to elementary school, and in 2016, 84 percent of families got one of their top three choices for kindergarten. But their choices still added up to segregation." (The New York Times)
93,000 people applied for 104 subsidized apartments at Essex Crossing (DNAinfo)
Here are the new CB3 members (The Lo-Down)
"How the New Bowery Wall Commission Puts Rape Culture on Display" (Hyperallergic)
Pearl Theater, with roots in the East Village, files for bankruptcy (The New York Times)
Tenants Association asks Blackstone to keep Associated in Stuy Town (Town & Village)
Cross-Dressing and Drag on Screen (Anthology Film Archives)
Feds: A Brooklyn man lured two drunken patrons from the Wren on the Bowery to an apartment and forced them to smoke crack — and then used their credit cards while the victims were incapacitated (Daily News)
A river-to-river bus on 14th Street during the L train shutdown? (Streetsblog)
The Strand is turning 90 (Gothamist)
Frank O’Hara’s East Village (Off the Grid)
The Lower East Side Film Festival continues through June 15 (Official site)
Frank Lloyd Wright’s unbuilt East Village Towers coming to MoMA (B+B)
"Leave Home" gets the 40th anniversary deluxe treatment for the Ramones (Diffuser)
City wins court battle to reduce adult businesses (The Real Deal)
A look at some New York City miniatures (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
... and workers this morning were installing a new awning at the always-reliable Banh Mi Zon on Sixth Street just west of Avenue A...
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Friday, February 7, 2020
EVG etc.: Mokyo debuts on St. Mark's Place; The Strand expands to the UWS
[Seeing double on 7th via Derek Berg]
• Concerns mount over the hotel special permit plan below Union Square (amNewYork)
• Some of Steve Croman's tenants still have chronic issues with their apartments (Gothamist)
• Details on chef Kyungmin Kay Hyun’s new restaurant Mokyo on St. Mark's Place (Eater and Grub Street ... previously on EVG)
• The Strand is opening an outpost on the UWS (Westside Rag)
• Affordable housing lottery underway for this Essex Crossing building (The Lo-Down)
• More cities and states are saying no to cashless shops (NPR ... previously on EVG)
• NYCHA's 'RAD' plan (The City)
• Look ‘n Lick, a site-specific collaborative installation, continues at mh Project NYC, 140-142 Second Ave. — open Saturday and Sunday 2-6 p.m. (Official site)
• See "Casablanca" on Valentine's Day in the big auditorium at City Cinemas on Second Avenue and 12th Street Street (Official site)
• RIP Ivan Kral (Dangerous Minds) ... and Andy Gill (NPR)
• Patti Smith helps vandalized Portland, Ore. book shop (The Oregonian — h/t Daniel!)
Saturday, October 24, 2020
EVG Etc.: The Strand says its cash reserves are depleted, issues plea for business
• Manhattan's median asking rent fell below $3,000 — to $2,990 — for the first time since 2011 (Streeteasy)
• The East Village is well-represented in this listicle of the city's best Vietnamese restaurants (Eater)
• Catching up with the Mosaic Man (B&B)
• Video shows a male Karen — aka "Daren" — being aggressive on Astor Place after refusing to wear a mask (The Daily Dot)
Saturday, January 28, 2023
RIP Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine 1949-2023
— R.E.M. HQ (@remhq) January 29, 2023
"I've lost a hero.... You introduced me to a world that flipped my life upside down. I am forever grateful." - Michael Stipe pic.twitter.com/csmxXhKPht
Heartbroken and stunned to hear of the passing of Tom Verlaine. What an inspiration to so many guitarists, of which I was one. Brilliantly melodic, intense, orchestral, and groundbreaking. Thank you, Tom. R.I.P. 💔https://t.co/K8GVYEew6E
— Richard Barone (@RichardBarone) January 28, 2023
listened to Marquee Moon 1000 times. And I mean LISTENED, sitting still, lights down low taking it all in. awe and wonder every time. Will listen 1000 more. Tom Verlaine is one of the greatest rock musicians ever. He effected the way John and I play immeasurably. Fly on Tom.
— Flea (@flea333) January 29, 2023
No. Not Tom Verlaine. 💔
— Garbage (@garbage) January 28, 2023
such a fucking drag RIP Tom Verlaine. a wonderful goddamn curmudgeon and a unique talent. he will be sorely missed. pic.twitter.com/TzeTmayRCA
— Byron Coley (@ByronColey1) January 29, 2023
Beautifully lyrical guitarist, underrated vocalist. Television made a new kind of music and inspired new kinds of music. Marquee Moon is a perfect record. Requiescat.
— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) January 28, 2023
🎈https://t.co/uxt7IMz2rO
Playing this one loud for Tom Verlaine
— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) January 28, 2023
pic.twitter.com/q8VfDOgUcO
More 2023 fretted heartbreak 💔. One of the GREAT Punk lead stylists. Tom Verlaine was a True Downtown HERO. Saddened & bummed to hear it.
— Vernon Reid (@vurnt22) January 28, 2023
Tom Verlaine’s playing meant the world to me. If I ever played anything that sounded like him I was happy. He set me on my path as a guitarist, thank you Tom. pic.twitter.com/wMTvkxuy04
— Will Sergeant (@Will_Fuzz) January 28, 2023
i didn't know him personally, but i felt that tom verlaine's music somehow knew me, if that makes any sense. the way he played guitar, the words he sang, the way he sang them, all resonated with me in a very natural and deep way. thank you for all the happy hours of listening TV pic.twitter.com/lm0892tGj7
— matthew caws (@nadasurf) January 29, 2023
A true original. No one played guitar like Tom Verlaine before or since. Sat crossed legged on the floor on his side of the stage in Roskilde as he played in Patti Smith’s band and that was as close to perfection as you can get. A sad sad day. Rest in Peace Tom 🥲 pic.twitter.com/445yrvH6m8
— Simon Raymonde (@mrsimonraymonde) January 28, 2023
Devastated by this news. Tom Verlaine was a true great. His role in our culture and straight up awesomeness on the electric guitar was completely legendary. Name 10 minutes of music as good as Marquee Moon. You can’t. It’s perfect. Rest in peace Tom x https://t.co/6HAwg5k9PS
— stuart braithwaite (@plasmatron) January 28, 2023
— Debbie Harry/BLONDIE (@BlondieOfficial) January 28, 2023
Peace and love, Tom Verlaine. 💔 pic.twitter.com/zewZz0sJQn
— Susanna Hoffs (@SusannaHoffs) January 28, 2023
Went by the book stalls outside Strand yesterday thinking I’d see you as usual, have a smoke, talk about rare poetry finds for a couple of hours, downtown NYC racing by our slow meditations on music, writing - gonna miss you Tom. TV Rest In Peace.
— Thurston Moore (@nowjazznow) January 28, 2023
Definitely feeling weird about the idea of a New York where you might not bump into Tom Verlaine browsing books outside the Strand. Something ended right here.
— Bryan Waterman (@_waterman) January 29, 2023
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
RIP Peter Schjeldahl
Peter Schjeldahl, a longtime resident of St. Mark's Place and "a half-century-long prose stylist of New York City's art scene," died on Friday of lung cancer, his daughter Ada Calhoun announced. He was 80.My father, Peter Schjeldahl, passed away today peacefully of lung cancer. He will be buried privately. In March there will be a memorial service honoring his life and work. My mother and I are grateful for all the messages and will be in touch when we can. pic.twitter.com/RVyrIkblWs
— Ada Calhoun (@adacalhoun) October 21, 2022
Peter was a man of well-developed opinions, on art and much else. He was someone who, after being lost for a time, knew some things about survival. We met more than twenty years ago. I was looking to hire a full-time art critic. I’d read him for years in the Village Voice. And a voice is what he always had: distinct, clear, funny. A poet’s voice — epigrammatic, nothing wasted.
We got together at the office on a Saturday in late summer. Someone had shut off the building’s air-conditioning. Peter was pale, rivulets of sweat running down his face. I asked about an empty interval of time on his résumé. "Well, I was a falling-down drunk back then. Then I fixed that." He was harder on himself than he would be on any artist.Don’t misunderstand: in the many years of his writing for The New Yorker, Peter was perfectly willing to give a bad show a bad review, and there were some artists he was just never going to love — Turner and Bacon among them — but he was openhearted, he knew how to praise critically, and, to the end, he was receptive to new things, new artists. ... He took his work seriously — despite the cascades of self-deprecation, there were times when I think he knew how good he was — but he was never self-serious. He once won a grant to write a memoir. He used the money to buy a tractor.
When Peter got the news of his cancer — a cancer that he and his doctors kept at bay for longer than anyone imagined possible — Ada asked him if he wanted to revisit Rome or Paris. "Nah," he said. "Maybe a ballgame." And Ada arranged it, Peter wrote, "with family and friends: Mets versus Braves, at Citi Field. Glorious. Grandson Oliver caught a T-shirt from the mid-game T-shirt cannon. Odds of that: several thousand to one."Photos from June by Stacie Joy
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Week in Grieview
[When it rained every day last week via Derek Berg]
Posts from this past week included...
RIP Susan Leelike (Wednesday)
Police say these 4 suspects beat and robbed a man for $1 on 3rd and C (Wednesday)
200 new trees will grow in the East Village (Monday)
Details on the preservation and rehabilitation of 243 affordable housing units in the East Village (Tuesday)
Photos from Halloween night along Avenue B (Friday)
After 10 days, Bertie is found alive and well on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)
Pols call on Parks Department to save local community gardens at risk over new licensing agreement (Friday)
After Basquiat: the next exhibition coming to the Brant Foundation on 6th Street (Friday)
Squall Screaming, new work by peter radley (Thursday)
Have questions or concerns about the new Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital on 2nd Avenue? (Tuesday)
NYPD looking for suspect who tried to force his way into woman's apartment near 7th and A (Tuesday)
Kent takes over Vanessa's Dumpling House on 14th Street (Monday)
A Halloween-themed NY See (Thursday)
Hot Kitchen closes on 2nd Avenue (Thursday)
[A 5th Street scene via riachung00]
Joseph C. Sauer Park closed now for year-long renovation (Monday)
B Bar & Grill is still open (Tuesday)
Yakiniku West looking to reopen soon on 9th Street (Tuesday)
Looking for information on a hit-and-run (Thursday)
Your chance to own a meat grinder and commercial juicer from the former St. Mark's Market (Thursday)
The Caswell-Massey pop-up shop has officially popped up on the Bowery (Wednesday)
A look at the incoming Williamsburg Pizza on 14th Street (Monday)
The Wild Son is on the gate (Thursday)
Steamy Hallows, the Harry Potter-themed coffee shop on 6th Street, closes after Halloween (Wednesday)
So long Dean & Deluca (Monday)
Man caught with a brick in the backyard of the home linked to David Schwimmer on Sixth Street (Sunday)
Daytripper has not been open lately (Monday)
... and the new cold-weather gear has arrived at Gem Spa on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place...
[Photo by Steven]
In other merchandising news, the Strand has a new hoodie available ... and the B&H Dairy t-shirts are back in stock.
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Sunday, November 17, 2013
Week in Grieview
[Second Avenue, photo by Grant Shaffer]
About the new exhibit space at the former deli on East 12th Street and Avenue C (Thursday)
Renovations for HiFi (Wednesday)
Out and About with Nico. D. Smith (Wednesday)
Continuum Coffee closes (Monday)
It kinda snowed for a minute! (Tuesday)
The Strand and sprinklers (Thursday, 35 comments)
Jill Anderson closing on East Ninth Street (Wednesday)
Fair Folks & a Goat opening shop on East 11th Street (Monday)
Where to get coffee before 6 a.m. (Friday)
A "Missed Connection" at Veselka, maybe (Monday)
Idle Hands expands on Avenue B (Thursday)
Oaxaca Taqueria closes Extra Place location with move to East 7th Street (Tuesday)
The East Village of Michael Sean Edwards (Friday)
More changes for 37 St. Marks's Place (Tuesday)
CB3 not into Ben Shaoul's rooftop addition on East Fifth Street (Friday)
A look at the Jefferson's progress (Thursday)
Missing the Mars Bar, still (Tuesday)
New York City's first holistic vapor lounge is opening in the East Village (Monday)
Empire Biscuit (Tuesday, 71 comments)
Monday, October 10, 2022
Jeremiah Moss to discuss 'Feral City' at Book Club Thursday night
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Everyday is like Sunday
I didn't see it myself, but... apparently Morrissey was in the store today and came to the rescue of an elderly woman who fainted.
— Strand Book Store (@strandbookstore) September 23, 2012
The tweet making the rounds tonight...
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Testing, testing
EVG reader William Klayer spotted a preliminary tree lighting last night in Tompkins Square Park … ahead of tomorrow's tree-lightng ceremony between 4-5 p.m.
And maybe they need another strand of lights on the tree?
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Christmas comes early on Avenue A with filming for the new Netflix series 'Dash & Lily'
[Top 2 photos by @Jason_Chatfield]
Crews were out today along Avenue A and Third Street shooting scenes for "Dash & Lily," an eight-episode holiday romantic comedy series set for Netflix in 2020. (The show is based on the young-adult book series "Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares" from authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.)
Two Boots served as the location for the shoot this morning...
And given the holiday theme... Third Street was dressed with a Christmas tree stand... As Cáit O'Riordan, who shared this photo, joked on Twitter: "Ah! I thought I’d blacked out and missed Halloween."
Expect to see more of "Dash & Lily" around the neighborhood... they'll be filming along here again tomorrow... and there are posted notices on other streets, including 12th Street near the Strand.
You can read this article for more background on the series, which stars Austin Abrams and Midori Francis.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Posts that I never got around to posting: Unusual fenestration pattern
City Reality listed the Pros and Cons for One Ten Third Avenue...
Pros:
Doorman
Concierge
Roof deck
Good public transportation
Close to Union Square
Many balconies
Unusual fenestration pattern
Courtyard
Fitness center
Close to Strand book store
Close to many movie theaters
Cons:
Considerable traffic
No sidewalk landscaping
Unusual fenestration pattern
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Q&A with the authors of the 'Rock & Roll Explorer Guide to New York City'
Longtime friends Mike Katz and Crispin Kott, both obsessive music fans and history buffs (and at least one is a self-described failed drummer), channeled their love of rock & roll and NYC into a new book titled "Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City."
The book, via publisher Globe Pequot, provides a five-borough look "at how bands came together, scenes developed and classic songs were written."
I asked Katz and Kott a few questions via email about the book and what readers can expect...
How did the idea for this book come about?
Katz: We’ve known each other for 25 years and share a deep fascination not only with music, but with its history. We also share an appreciation for the cultural uniqueness of New York and all the incredible artists who have lived and worked here over time. Beyond that we’ve spent years walking the streets and learning the terrain of this town.
We were kicking around a few nebulous ideas for trying to tell the story of New York Rock & Roll when we attended a reunion of the Velvet Underground at the New York Public Library in December 2009.
Lou Reed and his bandmates all talked about their various adventures throughout the city, and it hit us that this might be a way in. Examine history geographically, street by street and neighborhood by neighborhood, like a travel guide. It took us a while longer to settle on a specific format, and how best to organize the narratives of several key artists, but we believe we’ve come up with something that’s informational yet fun to read.
How did you decide what NOT to include? There isn’t any shortage of NYC music history and trivia. (For example: The site of GG Allin’s last show is now a Duane Reade on Avenue B.)
Kott: We actually had that GG Allin death site on Avenue B in an early draft of the manuscript but we ultimately felt it was too grim to include. Not that there isn’t plenty of grimness in the book.
Early on we decided that with the exception of places that were both well known and historically significant, we didn’t want to include anyone’s current home address. We expanded that to include former residences that were still the homes of family members. That came up quite a few times, actually. But we didn’t want anyone bothering musicians or their families at home, so we left those out.
And we shared with our editors and publisher a goal of not putting out a book that was cumbersome or unwieldy, so that sometimes meant weighing the cultural significance of one location against another to see which to keep and which to cut. We also knew that by doing this we risked people just like us saying we’d made the wrong choices sometimes, but if we kept everything in there you’d have to carry the book around in a wheelbarrow.
Katz: From the outset we knew we wanted to create something portable and affordable that people could carry in their backpacks and read on the subway. We weren’t interested in producing something heavy and encyclopedic that sat on a shelf. It had to be interactive and encourage readers to get out and explore; to go where their heroes had gone. That dictated policing our own obsessive tendencies.
Every era and every artist presents its own set of rabbit holes to get lost in. We had to make sure we had enough primary information to satisfy the casual fan, and yet provide a quality selection of deeper details for the superfans. Some artists demand it, like Dylan or the Velvet Underground, certainly.
Covering all the pertinent eras, and there were more than we bargained for, was another challenge. So much of the music that laid the groundwork for the rock era was made in New York, too, and we felt we had to provide that context. New York has long been a major hub of the music industry, but we chose to focus primarily on the performers. We do tell the stories of certain key entrepreneurs, songwriters, and producers, though, too.
We had to make plenty of hard choices, and frequently called and messaged each other at all hours to work through many conundrums. We joke that all the stuff we didn’t use will go in the deluxe slipcased edition!
The East Village receives ample coverage in the book. Obviously there’s CBGB and the Fillmore East. What are a few of the under-the-radar places (or historical tidbits — like Nico lived at 101 Avenue A!) that people may not be aware of?
Kott: My favorite find in the East Village was the location of the former Kiwi Club, which was a regular hangout of a lot of the people associated with the early CBGB scene. And the Dead Boys lived in squalor above the place, too. I spoke to Legs McNeil and James Marshall, and both gave me great detail about what the place was like, but it took more digging to track down the actual address. It’s possible longtime East Village residents remember the place, but I was a kid when all that was happening so I’d have never known.
Katz: One of the things that people may not be aware of is how many identities some of these venues had. The Fillmore East, for example, aside from its roots as a Yiddish theater, has been known in the rock era as the Village Theater, the Villageast, and The Saint, in addition to the Fillmore.
You’re both music fans. What was your favorite discovery about the NYC music scene while researching the book?
Katz: Staying in the East Village, I really enjoyed researching the Fugs, and how central they were to developing the unique countercultural atmosphere of the area. They were serious troublemakers dedicated to pushing the buttons of a conservative society, but in the form of a band. And they faced real peril. They were repeatedly harassed, arrested, and threatened by the authorities, as well as terrorists. People are often unaware of how dangerous the ’60s could be.
Kott: I don’t know that it’s a discovery as much as a confirmation of what I already suspected, but the more layers we peeled back, the more we found a city that was a lot more connected than people give it credit for. I don’t know if there’s anywhere else in the world where so many different genres could come together and intermingle the way they have in New York City.
When you say “punk” to someone, they might have a narrow idea of what that means. But look at those first wave groups that came out of CBGB: Talking Heads, Blondie, Television, Ramones, Suicide, Mink DeVille — the list goes on and on, and none of them sounded the same. They all came from different places and had different influences, and most of them were open to not only hearing what was going on beyond the Bowery, but also bringing different elements of that into their music.
How do you think this current time period in NYC music might be remembered years from now for a future Explorer Guide?
Kott: I hope it carries on and we get to revise the book every so often forever to include artists that won’t make their mark for another five or 10 years. With Lizzy Goodman’s excellent "Meet Me in the Bathroom," people can experience an early aughts scene that grew around bands like the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs and wonder if something like that could ever happen again in this city. Whether there’s another total cultural shift through rock & roll that comes out of New York City, I don’t know. But there will always be new exciting artists here. The new Parquet Courts record is out in a couple of weeks, and I can’t wait.
Katz: One of the underlying subtexts of our book is the perpetual struggle to find places for music to be heard and for musicians to live. New York gets more expensive and less accessible for young artists every day, yet somehow it soldiers on. There are a plethora of great music venues throughout the five boroughs that cater to virtually every musical genre. Some will close and others will take their place.
While it’s easy to be cynical and grim I remain hopeful that New York will remain central to contemporary music in our country. It has to be, our population is too interesting and diverse to accept anything less.
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The publication date is June 1, but the book is already available in some shops, such as the Strand (see below) and online. The official launch takes place June 3 out at Rough Trade in Williamsburg. Follow @rrexplorernyc for updates as well as some archival rock pics from NYC.
[Photo from the Strand on Tuesday]
Sunday, November 15, 2020
EVG Etc.: Looking for holiday volunteers; Remembering Aldo Tambellin
Monday, January 14, 2013
And now, a photo of Morrissey not looking so happy on First Avenue
Several people spotted Morrissey in the East Village yesterday... on First Avenue with two friends looking for a cab. EVG reader Krist Sorge sent me the above photo ... via Instagram.
BoweryBoogie posted a photo here.
As BB notes, the former the lyricist and vocalist of The Smiths was last spotted around these parts coming to the aid of a woman who passed out at the Strand in September.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Who called the Ramones a 'bumptious band of degenerate no-talents'?
The author did not care for The Ramones, saying that the only place for their "notoriously discordant music is the sweaty downtown Manhattan dives to which they are no doubt accustomed."
At author at the time was 17-year-old Steve Morrissey, who would grow up one day to save fainting woman at the Strand. And front the Smiths and enjoy a successful solo career.
[Click to enlarge image]
Per Buzzfeed, you can buy the issue on eBay ... going for $56.89.
Monday, July 18, 2011
The Bean's new home on Broadway
...at the former home of Quiznos and its toasty bullets.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Updating: Coronavirus-related closures and suspensions in the East Village
[Sanitizer shelves at Rite Aid on 1st Avenue via Stacie Joy]
Here's the start of a list (March 13) of coronavirus-related closures or suspended activities in the East Village. We'll continue to update as more announcements are made. Send any relevant info to this email. Find the bars-restaurants listing at this link.
Updated 5 a.m. 3/16: Mayor de Blasio has announced that restaurants, bars and cafes will only be allowed to serve only take-out and delivery starting 9 a.m. on 3/17.
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• The Cooper Union Library is now closed through March 22.
• The the 14th Street Y is now closed for at least a week.
• The Brant Foundation, 421 E. Sixth St., is closed indefinitely. More info here.
• The Pyramid Club, 101 Avenue A, is closed until further notice.
• Howl! Happening, 6 E. First St., is closed until further notice.
• The Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave., has suspended all screenings for the rest of March, effective immediately.
• New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E. Fourth St., is suspending all public programming for 31 days, effective immediately.
• All public events and performances of shows at La MaMa are suspended as of tomorrow (March 13) until further notice.
• Bowery Ballroom has is rescheduling its slate of shows through the end of the month.
• Webster Hall on 11th Street is closed until further notice.
• Mercury Lounge on East Houston is rescheduling its slate of shows though March.
• The annual Zoroastrian Fire Jumping Event, set to take place March 17 in Sarah Roosevelt Park, has been cancelled this year.
• The Swiss Institute on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place exhibitions has put a hold on all public programs and education workshops effective immediately.
• The Ukrainian Museum on Sixth Street is closing its galleries and discontinuing all programs until further notice.
• Events at the Third Street Music School are currently postponed.
• Nublu and Nublu Classic on Avenue C are closed for the weekend.
• The Bhakti Center at 25 First Ave. has suspended all public events, including weekly yoga classes and all other workshops, until March 27.
• Fun City Tattoo on St. Mark's Place is now closed through March 28.
• Alongside Abrons Arts Center, the East Village Dance Project has suspended group classes until at least March 29. They're experimenting now with holding virtual sessions.
• Academy Records at 415 12th St. closes indefinitely after 3/15. They'll still be selling records via Instagram and Discogs.
• Mast Books at 72 Avenue A is closed for now.
[Photo by Steven]
• Spark Pretty, 333 E. Ninth St.
• City Fun Shop, 45 First Ave.
• The Strand, 828 Broadway
• Exit9 Gift Emporium, 51 Avenue A
• Downtown Yarns, 45 Avenue A
• Turntable Lab, 84 E. 10th St. (You can shop online there!)
Monday, July 19, 2010
Living local: Here comes the 123 Third Ave. sales center!
Given the paper on the front windows, it's likely not open just yet...
Still. Let's take a look inside!
So. First things... I guess "Live Local" is their catchphrase of choice. I mean, you're technically living local no matter where you live, right? (Curious if anyone suggested, say, Livin' la Vida Local?)
And what does living local entail? Well! Whole Foods! The Strand! Paragon! The Coffee Shop!
... and Gramercy Tavern? That's a mere six-plus blocks away! (And phooey on your Union Square Cafe, Danny!)
... and they subscribe to the Times...(Take that Wall Street Journal!)
I guess it all makes sense now why the 123 ad went up here back in January ...
Still no prices just yet on the 123 website.