Local legend Adam Purple on First Avenue Friday. Photo by @rahav via Twitter.
Read more about Adam Purple at Vanishing New York.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Riding the storm out
Local legend Adam Purple on First Avenue Friday. Photo by @rahav via Twitter.
Read more about Adam Purple at Vanishing New York.
This morning
I took a long walk this morning. It seemed like a holiday weekend Sunday morning. Not many people around. Some businesses not open.
Tompkins Square Park reopened yesterday. There was some damage, but not as extensive as after Hurricane Irene. The Tompkins Square Park Green Market is up and running on Avenue A.
From the outside, it almost looks like business as usual anywhere west of Avenue B. Of course, some restaurants lost all their produce during the blackout. For instance, there's a sign on Prune on East First Street saying as much. They hope to reopen tomorrow night.
The line for the BP station on Second Avenue at East First Street stretches north to St. Mark's Place. But it seems to be moving quickly. The NYPD is directing traffic there. A cab driver near the front of the line said that he had been waiting a little more than an hour. (It was not apparently as orderly yesterday, per some reader photos. Will post those later.)
Around 9:30, the NYPD stood watch as the gas arrived at the Mobil station on East Houston at Avenue C. (Photo above). The cars waiting extended east to Avenue D and north on D past East Third Street.
You can start smelling the moldy air around East Sixth Street between D and midway between B and C. This is where you see the most visible damage. Piles of wet, ruined furniture and clothes from flooded apartments and basement. Some of the hard-hit businesses include Zum Schneider, Associated, Arcane and The Yankee Deli, to name just a few.
Meanwhile, I'll pass along any relevant information via the EVG Twitter account or Facebook page. My Internet access is still out. Not a big deal. I could easily go somewhere with WiFi, but I need to be at home to manage a few storm-related items. I'll likely post again later today.
Anyway, it's a really beautiful fall day out.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
The latest updates will be on the EVG Twitter account
With lost produce & revenue, #EastVillage businesses need our support. Eat & shop local.
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) November 3, 2012
Follow along here.
MoRUS needs help drying out on its basement on Avenue C
From the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, 155 Avenue C:
The museum is racing against time to dry out its basement. Please, please, please share extra fans, dehumidifiers and heaters with us and spread the word that we need help. The space will be open all day today following the Alphabet City parade, which meets at 12:30 p.m. at East Houston Street and Avenue C.
Assessing the damage to businesses along Avenue C; Associated may be closed for 1 month
New York Natives takes a look at some of the storm-damaged businesses along hard-hit Avenue C. Things are particularly bad at the Associated at East Eighth Street. Per NYN:
[A]t The Associated Supermarket, flooding effected an entire basement and half the general floor with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of food completely spoiled. A supervisor estimated they would be closed for at least a month as he threw out sealed but still contaminated boxes of lettuce.
Help clean up local parks
Many city parks are reopening this morning... The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation sent out the following:
Here is a list (PDF) of the parks that remain closed.
New Opportunities to Volunteer
Many of New York City’s parks and playgrounds were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. If you would like to volunteer with NYC Parks to aid in clean-up and recovery, please review the list of parks and playgrounds below that are in need of assistance and go here to sign up.
Manhattan
East River Park
Saturday and Sunday
10am – 1pm
meet-up: East River Track Building located at E. 6th St.
Sara D. Roosevelt Park
Saturday and Sunday
10am – 1pm
meet-up: Hester Street and Sara D. Roosevelt Park
Here is a list (PDF) of the parks that remain closed.
Lower East Side volunteer needs
Via Hope for New York ...
• Help unload truck and distribute goods to those in need on Lower East Side Saturday 11/3 and Sunday 11/4. Meet @ 10th St & Ave D anytime after 8:30AM. Just show up!
Donation Needs
The Father's Heart
Need: Donations of 1) Bottled Water and 2) Fresh fruit & veggies all day Saturday 11/3. Bring donations directly to The Father's Heart at 545 East 11th St anytime between 8:30-2:30PM.
Bowery Mission
Need: The Mission is in great need of gasoline to power their generators, blankets, and sweatshirts. Please drop off any of these items at 227 Bowery, New York, NY, 10002 OR the administrative headquarters on Madison and 31st. Find more Bowery needs here.
There are plenty more ways to help citywide. Go here for more details.
• Help unload truck and distribute goods to those in need on Lower East Side Saturday 11/3 and Sunday 11/4. Meet @ 10th St & Ave D anytime after 8:30AM. Just show up!
Donation Needs
The Father's Heart
Need: Donations of 1) Bottled Water and 2) Fresh fruit & veggies all day Saturday 11/3. Bring donations directly to The Father's Heart at 545 East 11th St anytime between 8:30-2:30PM.
Bowery Mission
Need: The Mission is in great need of gasoline to power their generators, blankets, and sweatshirts. Please drop off any of these items at 227 Bowery, New York, NY, 10002 OR the administrative headquarters on Madison and 31st. Find more Bowery needs here.
There are plenty more ways to help citywide. Go here for more details.
Thanks to C-Squat
There are a lot of people to thank for their efforts following Hurricane Sandy... Many residents who I've talked with were particularly grateful of C-Squat residents.
You may have seen the free food and BBQ going all week outside the building at 155 Avenue C. Per Dave on 7th: "C-Squat feed more people [in the East Village] than the city did." The first sign of any kind of coordinated relief via the National Guard arrived Thursday evening to East 10th Street and Avenue D.
In addition, 155 Avenue C is home to MoRUS, where Time's Up! charged cell phones and other items with the stationary bike-powered generator.
Friday, November 2, 2012
To boost spirits: A post-Sandy parade for Avenue C
From the EV Grieve inbox...
[Image by Nicolina Art]
Alphabet City got really hammered by the hurricane. To boost spirits: a parade. Let's play a parade on Saturday at, say, 12:30 up Avenue C from Houston to C-Squat/MoRUS at East 10th Street.
We need musicians to RSVP — please let us know your instrument or section. Also circus friends, stiltwalkers, jugglers, and others, please come add festiveness and spectacle!
Please bring fruit and other supplies to give out, too. Zines, comics, and activity books make great throws for homes without power! Here's what to do with your dusty library...
[Image by Nicolina Art]
And now, the line for gas
Even before the power returned late this afternoon, cars convened at the Mobil station on Avenue C at East Houston.
EVG reader Krikor Daglian took the following photos.
Per Krikor:
Meanwhile, this gas station is set to close next month and become a new development of some sort.
EVG reader Krikor Daglian took the following photos.
Per Krikor:
Cars started lining up at the newly-powered Mobil on Avenue C and 2nd, despite the fact that the owners weren't there and the place was closed. Police came by and told everyone to leave. Just walked by again and it looks like the owners have arrived but the police are still blocking it off. Not sure what will happen next. People are pretty antsy to get gas. The traffic is horrendous.
Meanwhile, this gas station is set to close next month and become a new development of some sort.
[Updated] The power is on
And the crowd goes wild ...
Updated:
Here's the scene on East 10th Street and Avenue D just after 5... via @johnblack
Updated:
Here's the scene on East 10th Street and Avenue D just after 5... via @johnblack
Zombie alert tonight
"Shaun of the Dead" plays tonight at 7 in front of the St. Marks Church-in-the Bowery. East 10th Street and Second Avenue. Per the invite: "Bring radio, chair, blanket and hot beverages."
BBQ tonight at Matilda
BBQ Friday 2night! At Matilda 11th St at Ave C. Come support the East Village w/food & bev! 6-11pm! PLEASE RETWEET @boweryboogie @evgrieve
— Daily Food & Wine (@DailyFoodnWine) November 2, 2012
Noted on Avenue C
People are siphoning gas out of abandoned cars on Avenue C
— Zach Mack (@zmack) November 2, 2012
More scenes from outside Key Food yesterday
Where the dumpster was set up for employees to pitch produce and other items... I've heard varying accounts of the scene here. (I didn't see this.) A few news accounts painted this as an apocalyptic scene.
Here's the view from London at the Daily Mail:
Here are photos from Edward Arrocha, who noted via Facebook:
And C-Squat residents later cooked up the food for any hungry neighbors...
Here's the view from London at the Daily Mail:
Shocking images captured groups of residents sifting through garbage outside a Key Food supermarket at Avenue A and East 4th Street in the East Village yesterday.
Families, elderly people and young residents were seen climbing into the dumpster hunting for whatever they could find to eat.
Here are photos from Edward Arrocha, who noted via Facebook:
Outside of Key Food, a trip. Kudos to C-squat for liberating the food... but shame on the horders who took so much more then their fare share in spite of hungry neighboors... share, repost, let the world see New York...
And C-Squat residents later cooked up the food for any hungry neighbors...
Food trucks at Astor Place, Tompkins Square Park until 4 today
Via the New York City Food Truck Association... Food trucks will be out today in the city ... including:
Astor Place
- Rickshaw Truck
- Toum
- Wafels & Dinges
Tompkins Square Park
- Sweetery Truck
- Mexico Blvd.
Astor Place
- Rickshaw Truck
- Toum
- Wafels & Dinges
Tompkins Square Park
- Sweetery Truck
- Mexico Blvd.
Landlord serves eviction notice during Hurricane Sandy blackout
OK. But then.
Per the reader:
I was in our apartment Wednesday afternoon when someone knocked. Our hallway is pitch black, so I wouldn't open the door. A guy on the other side had "paperwork" for me to "sign." It was a 30-day notice of termination of tenancy!
They also had a bunch of guys collected outside the previous morning with a dumpster to demolish and gut another apartment in the buiding. There is no light in the halls. It was impossible and completely unsafe ... and they didn't work, thankfully for them.
Dr. Dave Ores providing free food, medical care again today on East Second St.
for LES residents: free sandwiches & coffee at 1pm, FREE MEDICAL CARE from 1-6pm. @drdaveores's office: 189 e 2nd at ave b. (cc @evgrieve)
— lia bulaong (@lia) November 2, 2012
He provided this yesterday too.
Also, Dr. Ores could use some help today making sandwiches if anyone is interested...
EVG on Twitter
Posting and updating at the EV Grieve Twitter account today too...
One of the 777 drivers on Ave. C told me he waited 7 hours in line for gas last night.
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) November 2, 2012
Energy bikes at ABC No Rio today
From the EV Grieve inbox...
From C-Squat this week...
Time's Up! will continue to provide free bike-powered assistance on Friday, Day 4 of power outage, from noon - 6pm on the Lower East Side
WHAT: Time's Up! will be setting up their energy bikes to continue offering downtown residents, left without power now for 4 days, a place to charge their cell phones and laptops. Food will also be offered by ABC No Rio Community Center.
WHEN: Friday, November 2, 2012, from noon - 6:00pm.
WHERE: In front of ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington Street, between Clinton & Suffolk in the Lower East side.
NEW YORK, NY (November 2, 2012) -- On Friday, November 2nd, Time's Up! will be setting up their energy bikes to continue offering downtown residents a free place to charge their cell phones and laptops, in front of ABC No Rio Community Center from noon - 6pm. Volunteers pedal the Time's Up! Energy Bikes to produce electricity that directly powers the charging stations. The energy bikes have been assisting New Yorkers without power since the first full day of the blackout.
The Time's Up! Energy Bike, that was previously used to power Zuccotti Park for Occupy Wall Street, was on display at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) in the East Village.
"The tidal surge flooded the basement of the MoRUS museum, but we were able to use the energy bike that was on display to power the water pump and drain out the basement," said Keegan Stephan, one of the designers of the Time's Up! Energy Bike.
"Time's Up! wanted to do our part to help our neighbors in need with the resources we have available, bicycles and eager cyclists ready to pedal all day to juice up cell phones so people without power can stay connected. Two energy bikes were set up outside on Avenue C for East Village residents affected by the storm. Today, Nov 2nd, we will head over to pedal on the Lower East Side," said Time's Up! volunteer Barbara Ross.
From C-Squat this week...
NEVER MIND Report: Con Ed says power back on to all of Manhattan by the end of today
Per Bloomberg News this a.m.:
UGH!
Bloomberg has a follow-up story saying:
Manhattan, slowed by power outages, flooded subways and closed markets since Sandy struck Oct. 29, should have electricity fully restored by the end of today, Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED) spokesman Robert McGee said.
UGH!
Bloomberg has a follow-up story saying:
Mike Clendenin, a spokesman for the New York-based utility, corrected another company spokesman who told Bloomberg Radio this morning that all of Manhattan would be restored today.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Heading back home
I tried to do the Grieve today from the neighborhood, but it wasn't working... spotty Internet access... it was just taking too long to get anything posted. So instead of roaming around, I zipped up to Lightsville for a good portion of the morning and afternoon to be more productive. Will likely do the same tomorrow. I'd much rather stay put... Meanwhile, if you have any Sandy-related stories to share, please send them to the EV Grieve email.
Be well tonight.
How you can help the Bowery Mission
Via the Bowery Mission website...
Current Needs
• Financial donations — We are serving three times as many as normal, and we will need to restock food and resources once we have power.
• Gasoline for our generators that are providing emergency power -- Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street), 45-51 Avenue D (between 4th and 5th Streets), or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Blankets at The Bowery Mission Transitional Center — Please deliver to 45-51 Avenue D (between 4th and 5th Streets) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Sweatshirts at The Bowery Mission ‚ Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Large and XL coats and hoodies — Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Men's jeans sizes 34-50 — Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Men's boots sizes 8-13 — Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Pantry items such as sugar, oatmeal, coffee, rice, potatoes — Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
Volunteer Opportunities:
Help provide food for 200 people at a time (make and/or get and drop off at the Mission - 227 Bowery)
Make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and drop them off
Trays of cooked food, ready to be served
Large amounts of Gatorade and Iced Tea - Currently only serving water
Current Needs
• Financial donations — We are serving three times as many as normal, and we will need to restock food and resources once we have power.
• Gasoline for our generators that are providing emergency power -- Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street), 45-51 Avenue D (between 4th and 5th Streets), or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Blankets at The Bowery Mission Transitional Center — Please deliver to 45-51 Avenue D (between 4th and 5th Streets) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Sweatshirts at The Bowery Mission ‚ Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Large and XL coats and hoodies — Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Men's jeans sizes 34-50 — Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Men's boots sizes 8-13 — Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
• Pantry items such as sugar, oatmeal, coffee, rice, potatoes — Please deliver to 227 Bowery (at Prince Street) or our Administrative Headquarters at 132 Madison Ave. (Madison & 31 St).
Volunteer Opportunities:
Help provide food for 200 people at a time (make and/or get and drop off at the Mission - 227 Bowery)
Make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and drop them off
Trays of cooked food, ready to be served
Large amounts of Gatorade and Iced Tea - Currently only serving water
Community
@zmack on @abcbeerco cleanup — 'we got hit very badly. But the sense of community is incredible and we're not giving up!'
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) November 1, 2012
Keep hearing the same variation of this... the sense of community... the community spirit after Sandy hit the area...
Find more EVG on Twitter
Meant to say much earlier that I'm tweeting and retweeting stuff @EVgrieve ...
@evgrieve There's a charging station at the corner deli of East 7th and 1st Ave.
— POP BOP & SNAP (@popbopandsnap) November 1, 2012
The Bowery Mission needs help
URGENT NEED: We greatly need gasoline to power our generators. We're running very low. Please bring to 227 Bowery if you can!
— The Bowery Mission (@BoweryMission) November 1, 2012
The scene at Associated this afternoon
The Associated supermart on Ave C is emptying itself into a dumpster. Many folks from the hood arriving w handcarts. flic.kr/p/dpKYUd
— finitor (@finitor) November 1, 2012
As @Finitor noted in a follow-up tweet: "Situation I observed is more about people making calm sensible use of unspoiled discards, NOT desperation."
As noted earlier, the store here at East Eighth Street was hit hard by the storm surge Monday night. There are unconfirmed reports of looting here too.
A Con Ed call
An end in sight?? Received call from ConEd that service should be restored by 11pm Saturday for 5th St b/w A & B. @evgrieve @nheastvillage
— Angela Smith (@angela_g_smith) November 1, 2012
Anyone else receiving the robo calls?
Father's Heart needs volunteers to help deliver food to the elderly who weren't able to leave
From the EV Grieve inbox...
RSVP here.
Friday, November 02, 2012, 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Group: Father's Heart, Hurricane Sandy Relief
Location: The Father's Heart, 545 East 11th Street
Attendance Limit: 25
Volunteers needed to help The Father's Heart distribute food to the elderly who were not able to evacuate on Aves C & D.
RSVP here.
C-Squat and MoRUS helping power the neighborhood
Courtesy of Times's Up!, C-Squat and the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Spaces (MoRUS). Read more about it about at New York Natives here.
The folks at C-Squat also broke out the BBQ... Last night via @Finitor... ...
[Updated] Claim: People are dumpster diving for food in the East Village
people are dumpster diving in the East Village looking for food. that's how bad it is post #sandy
— Courtney Dunlop (@BeautyEditorNYC) November 1, 2012
Updated:
Here's a tweet via Jonathan Vigliotti, a correspondent for News 4 New York...
Desperate families in East Village dumpster dive for discarded groceries. @nbcnewyork @nbcnews twitter.com/JonVig4NY/stat…
— Jonathan Vigliotti (@JonVig4NY) November 1, 2012
A reader who witnessed this thought it wasn't necessarily out of desperation ... just people taking advantage of free groceries, with the rummaging happening to find the items that hadn't expired...
Updated 5:59:
[Updated] East Village restaurants that are serving now
Fork in the Road has a list of East Village restaurants open right now.
Find the article here.
Quickly:
• Paradiso on Avenue B
• Ray's on Avenue A
• Macaron Parlour on St. Mark's
• Oyama on 1st Avenue
What else? Please let me know in the comments.
Updated:
Luke's Lobster on East Seventh Street
JoeDoe on East First Street for drinks at 6 p.m.
Spina on Avenue B at East 11th Street
Professor Thom's on Second Avenue
Shervins Cafe on East Seventh Street near Avenue A opens at 6
Bar 82 on St. Mark's Place near St. Mark's
Zerza on East Sixth Street
Find the article here.
Quickly:
• Paradiso on Avenue B
• Ray's on Avenue A
• Macaron Parlour on St. Mark's
• Oyama on 1st Avenue
What else? Please let me know in the comments.
Updated:
Luke's Lobster on East Seventh Street
JoeDoe on East First Street for drinks at 6 p.m.
Spina on Avenue B at East 11th Street
Professor Thom's on Second Avenue
Shervins Cafe on East Seventh Street near Avenue A opens at 6
Bar 82 on St. Mark's Place near St. Mark's
Zerza on East Sixth Street
Free medical care until 6 p.m. on East 2nd Street
Via Dr. Dave Ores:
I’m open today if I can help anyone. Until 6 pm. 189 E 2nd Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.
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