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[Earlier]
Looking good here now in the middle of Second Avenue and East Seventh Street...
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... where a sinkhole was threatening the integrity of [___________].
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“Edie NightCrawler and I teamed up to make our dream show, not only to showcase our individual work (choreography and burlesque, respectively) but also neoburlesque legends and pioneers that have paved the way and whose work we admire.
With the commercialization of performance art (especially in the last 5-6 years), the sadly disappearing venue situation in NYC, and the theatre aspects of vaudeville becoming more scarce, I feel there needs to be opportunity to create a fresh approach for newer audiences while staying true to the original neoburlesque intent and in order to keep the old faithfuls coming back.
Judging from the audience response, it seems there is a hunger for these types of shows. And this wouldn't be possible without Stephen Michael Rondel giving us a chance to use The C.O.W. as venue. He has done a tremendous job in putting a new face on an old East Village venue and is looking forward to have burlesque as well as other performances in that space.”
Dear Customers and Neighbors,
The First Park location of S’MAC is now closed. We are sad to see it go and enjoyed our time there but we can still satisfy your mac & cheese cravings at our two other locations that are going strong!
East Village
345 East 12th Street (btw 1st and 2nd Ave)
Murray Hill
157 East 33rd Street (btw 3rd Ave and Lexington)
Thanks so much for your patronage over the past 1.5 years!
The S'MAC Team
With S'Mac closed, the part of First Park that housed it — along with all the benches where regular people hung out — is now chained shut. I hope this isn't going to last until a new business takes over — it's a PARK & should be a public space!
UPDATE: Tonight's screening of EASY RIDER has been canceled due to bad weather. Films In Tompkins will resume as scheduled next Thursday with DRIVE.
Scott Gastel, a spokesperson for the Department of Transportation, told The Villager he didn’t believe there was any connection between the installation of the new-style cantilever signs and the disappearance of the Jodie Lane Place co-naming sign and the other traditional-style street signs that had been attached to that pole. It looks like the signs were removed with a hacksaw — a thin, jagged strip of green from the removed signs can still be seen.
On Monday, in an e-mail, Gastel assured The Villager that a sign honoring Lane, plus the other removed signs, will be put back up on the pole.
"DISPOSSESSED" is more than a lament over my eviction; it's also about the history of apartments ... specifically the history of apartments in NYC, and our relationship with our possessions. There are ruminations about the community within cities and tenement housing from Jane Jacobs and Luc Sante. Clayton Patterson and Paul Garrin have contributed some video ... And at the end of the play, everyone gets a book from my ridiculously extensive library.
Alphabet Scoop's spring reopening will be delayed due to the need to repair the steps to the store. We had an engineer examine them and they cannot be used until they are either repaired or replaced. They are the original steps, created in 1867 when the building was erected. Please pray that the project will move along quickly.
Ugh! Still no word from the engineers regarding replacing or repairing Alphabet Scoop steps! It sure feels like ice cream weather!
— Alphabet Scoop (@ABCscoop) April 9, 2013
Engineers' report in, drawings prepared, permits being drawn up, contact with NYC Landmarks and Preservation and... http://t.co/29W4M2dzdq
— Alphabet Scoop (@ABCscoop) May 6, 2013
The job (of replacing the store's steps) is out for bid! Yay!
— Alphabet Scoop (@ABCscoop) June 19, 2013
John Woody, 40, laid in wait for his estranged wife, Patricia Woody, 33, to return to her apartment in the Riis Houses ... He apparently used slivers of wood to clog the key hole on the front door, a police source said.
As she struggled to get the door open, Woody pounced, a second source said.
“She was trying to get the door open with the key when her husband came up behind her with a razor,” the source said. “He cut her across the head, face, neck and back.”
Last week my bedroom started to smell. Smells are hard to communicate and harder to describe. This one is chemical — turpentine, mineral spirits, toxic, strong. My bedroom became uninhabitable.
Mt bedroom is on the top floor. Of the 6 walls we have: ceiling shared with building roof; floor shared with downstairs neighbors we've never seen; north wall has a window; east wall has the door to the living room; south wall shared with my other bedroom; west wall is brick and has nothing on the other side of it (we are a story higher than the building to the west).
At first we thought The Smell was coming from the tenant downstairs who we've never seen.
I've been sniffing around the bedroom so much I have a headache. And a burning in my eyes and throat. The Smell is awful. It peaks during the evening, is strong through the night, starts diminishing in the morning, is almost gone by the afternoon, and starts again. It has a pattern, but seems also inconsistent at the same time.
The motor runs continuously. The truck is rarely manned and I have never seen any actual construction work occurring. The truck occupies both a bicycle lane and the initial portion of the crosswalk for pedestrians crossing westward ... it also blocks traffic, biker and pedestrian visibility. The truck has been there, motor running, for approximately five weeks now (since June 1).
Community Board #3 is approving this beer wine license although this is a location in an area with numerous licensed premises and at a previously unlicensed location because 1) this applicant is agreeing to early closing hours and food service during all hours of operation, 2) there will be a substantial retail component to this business with the sale of Spanish specialty goods, and 3) there is substantial support for this application in that the applicant furnished three hundred six (306) signatures and letters from area residents in its support.