You can read more about this ongoing story here. Bob Arihood has more at Neither More Nor Less here.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Another protest outside the Continental tonight
EV Grieve reader AWKWORD notes that protestors — organized by the Answer Coalition — have returned to the Continental on Third Avenue this evening to protest what they consider to be discriminatory acts by the bar’s bouncers....
You can read more about this ongoing story here. Bob Arihood has more at Neither More Nor Less here.
You can read more about this ongoing story here. Bob Arihood has more at Neither More Nor Less here.
Table tennis tagging
A little more than two months since the city installed a new permanent ping-pong table in Tompkins Square Park, someone has tagged it...
We're not always whistle-blower types. But, in this case, we will admit we know who's responsible...
We're not always whistle-blower types. But, in this case, we will admit we know who's responsible...
Marshal seizes Hirai Mong on St. Mark's Place
Here at 12 St. Mark's Place, a restaurant space that has seemingly been about 10 different things in the last 10 years... Hirai Mong opened last March in the former Gama space.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Former Gama space becoming a fusion restaurant and bar
Previously on EV Grieve:
Former Gama space becoming a fusion restaurant and bar
Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream now open on Seventh Street
Thanks to the multiple tipsters who pointed out that the Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream shoppe is now open on Seventh Street just east of Second Avenue... And, apparently, they are happy to be here.
Previously.
Previously.
A marriage proposal by mural on Second Street (and she said yes)
Multiple readers/tipsters sent along word yesterday about a marriage proposal on the mural on East Second Street at Avenue A... as this photo from RyanAvenueA shows...
And later, Ryan (different one!) notes that the Caitlin of the mural said yes. Hey, he's not even on his knee!
The Late Adopter has a nice shot of the mural too here.
And later, Ryan (different one!) notes that the Caitlin of the mural said yes. Hey, he's not even on his knee!
The Late Adopter has a nice shot of the mural too here.
Your chance to ride the Lady Gaga train
I read somewhere (not sure where exactly) that Lady Gaga ads were now adorning subway cars... Thanks to EV Grieve reader Tony for these shots of the S train in Times Square...
A new mural by Chico at 10th and C
EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams caught up with Bobby Williams Chico yesterday afternoon working on a new mural on 10th Street just east of Avenue C...
Friday, May 27, 2011
Free this weekend: Bike Noise 4; David Peel; a lot more!
So, that's it for me. I'm headed out for a weekend of golfing, sailing and socializing at my place in Sagaponack. See you back on Tuesday!
Haho. That's a good one. But seriously. See you here.
For more information, visit:
Theater for the New City here.
And the good people at The Shadow here. And thanks to Wombat in Combat.
Haho. That's a good one. But seriously. See you here.
For more information, visit:
Theater for the New City here.
And the good people at The Shadow here. And thanks to Wombat in Combat.
Obscura Antiques owners share weird wares with Conan O'Brien
Mike Zohn and Evan Michelson, owners of Obscura Antiques and Oddities on East 10th Street, appeared on "Conan" last night... As you probably know, they have their own show, "Oddities," on the Science Channel.
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
Rape trial fallout: What proof does a woman have to have? (The New York Times)
Neighborhood reaction to the verdict (DNAinfo)
The Scribbler returns (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
A scene from Tompkins Square Park the other night (Nadie Se Conoce)
Moving discounts at Discovery Wines (East Village Eats)
A rundown of some LES-related Memorial Day Weekend happenings (The Lo Down)
East River String Band covering Cee-Lo Green (Slum Goddess)
From the Mars Bar with love (The Gog Log)
Alex is back with another NYC band photo quiz (Flaming Pablum)
A Howard Johnson for Allen Street? (BoweryBoogie)
Developer: A shorter building in the works now for 75 First Avenue
Anthony Marano, the developer at 75 First Avenue, sent us an email following our update on the site the other day. (Read that post here.)
He said that this rendering shows the building that the city approved before the zoning changed in November 2008. It's a little different than what we saw before.
Marano said that they have re-structured the financing and are working on plans to proceed with a shorter building — roughly 80 feet shorter. So perhaps something like the above but not as tall.
As for rentals or condos, he said, "We are trying to do rentals, but it will be subject to the final offers we get for financing."
Previously.
He said that this rendering shows the building that the city approved before the zoning changed in November 2008. It's a little different than what we saw before.
Marano said that they have re-structured the financing and are working on plans to proceed with a shorter building — roughly 80 feet shorter. So perhaps something like the above but not as tall.
As for rentals or condos, he said, "We are trying to do rentals, but it will be subject to the final offers we get for financing."
Previously.
When the city installed sheep lanes
So, according to the NYPL Digital Gallery, here we are at the "Junction of Broadway and the Bowery, 1831. [Union Square.]"
It's difficult to get your bearings without a Duane Reade to help.
It's difficult to get your bearings without a Duane Reade to help.
Mystery Lot monster leaves before getting annexed by NYU
Our friend Lux Living passes along the following photo with this upsetting news, "It seems the doomed monster of the 13th Street Mystery Lot fame has been beamed back up to his home planet."
[A moment of silence]
In reality, workers who were there to mow the rocks and weeds Tuesday most likely removed the little fellow.
And now, a fond look back...
[Via James and Karla Murray]
And, after a storm...
What is your favorite memory of the Mystery Lot Monster/Alien? Were you suspicious that it never applied for a liquor license? Or become a boutique hotel? Or annexed by NYU?
Previously.
[A moment of silence]
In reality, workers who were there to mow the rocks and weeds Tuesday most likely removed the little fellow.
And now, a fond look back...
And, after a storm...
What is your favorite memory of the Mystery Lot Monster/Alien? Were you suspicious that it never applied for a liquor license? Or become a boutique hotel? Or annexed by NYU?
Previously.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Howl! on First Avenue
With a reminder that the annual Howl! Festival is next weekend... Check the Howl! website for details.
Photo by Bobby Williams; mural by Chico and Joel.
Manitoba's files for Chapter 11 protection
Genco Importing Inc., which operates Manitoba’s in the East Village, on Thursday filed for bankruptcy protection in Manhattan looking for a little breathing room to tweak its operations and file a restructuring plan. But don’t fear, Manitoba’s fans — the company plans to keep operating during the case.
Such a plan would likely be funded by a capital infusion from current majority owner Steven Van Zandt, a founding member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band who also played a role on HBO’s “The Sopranos.”
Founder and minority owner Richard Manitoba, known from his punk rock days as Handsome Dick Manitoba, blamed the bar’s hard times on its 2008 citation for certificate occupancy violations. The bar made all changes by the following summer but ran up a $100,000 tab doing so.
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