Photos today by Bobby Williams.
Monday, April 8, 2013
If you're going to tonight's CB3/SLA meeting...
Just a reminder that it's in a different location this month (and hereafter) ...
Among the many items on the agenda:
• Golden Cadillac (RIP Boca Chica)
• Cagen
• The Asphalt Jungle
• Ex-Soho Billiards to Red Square
But no Living Room...
Find the full agenda here.
SLA & DCA Licensing Committee
Monday, April 8 at 6:30 pm — University Settlement Neighborhood Center
189 Allen Street (between Houston and Stanton ... north of main entrance.
Among the many items on the agenda:
• Golden Cadillac (RIP Boca Chica)
• Cagen
• The Asphalt Jungle
• Ex-Soho Billiards to Red Square
But no Living Room...
Find the full agenda here.
Here is the official poster for CBGB the Movie
Here, via the CBGB Movie Facebook page, is the official poster... The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively been posting the new, uh, posters for the past week. There are an additional four posters featuring the characters who portray Joey Ramone, Debbie Harry, Patti Smith and Stiv Bators.
You can find all those via THR here, including this one of actress Malin Akerman as Debbie Harry...
John Holmstrom, founding editor of PUNK magazine, designed the posters.
This one was just a teaser of sorts.
The 'No 7-Eleven' players in Tompkins Square Park
The No 7-Eleven gang visited Tompkins Square Park on Saturday for an afternoon of plays... games... and Reverend Billy from The Church of Stop Shopping ...
[Steve Carter]
[SC]
[Bobby Williams]
... and here's a video by Matteo Minasivia YouTube...
You may read a recap of the day via the brand-new No 7-Eleven blog right here.
[Steve Carter]
[SC]
[Bobby Williams]
... and here's a video by Matteo Minasivia YouTube...
You may read a recap of the day via the brand-new No 7-Eleven blog right here.
Early-morning motorcycle fire on East Third Street
Via Twitter, @katieaka reports that a motorcycle parked on East Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B caught on fire in the early-morning hours... We don't know the cause of the blzae. Back in January, at nearly the same spot, a pile of discarded Christmas trees caught fire in front of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer.
And it was a weekend for cars and motorcycles randomly catching on fire. (Read more about this in the comments.)
More about the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office closing/relocating
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A follow-up on Friday's item about the the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office closing/relocating... An EVG reader sent us this letter by the front doors at the branch on East 14th Street near Avenue A ... the letter has more details about what's happening here...
From Joseph J. Mulvery, facilities implementation, U.S. Postal Service:
"The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is proposing the relocation of the Peter Stuyvesant Station Post Office...to a yet to-be-determined location with the same zip code area.
The reason behind this proposal is the upcoming expiration of the lease on the present location. The lease will expire in February 2014, and we have been unable to reach agreement with the landlord on a new lease."
Jeez, the USPS can't even afford it here...
The letter was apparently posted on Wednesday.
And as a reminder:
There's a Town Hall scheduled on the matter between Community Board 3 and Community Board 6 on April 22. Location: — Campos Plaza Community Center (gym) at 611 East 13th Street (btwn Aves B & C)
Previously on EV Grieve:
UPDATED: Did you hear the rumor about the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office branch closing?
Di Bella Bros. ghost signage uncovered on East 13th Street
EVG regular evilnyc notes sign work over at the Hamptons Market on First Avenue and East 13th Street, which has revealed...
... the name of the former longtime tenant — Di Bella Bros., which opened here in 1925... A New York magazine article from August 1984 noted that Carmine and John Di Bella retired in the early 1980s ... and that they sold the business to Sue and Jason Shim, "who have mastered most of their recipes."
In previous posts about Hamptons, several readers noted Di Bella's delicious stuffed artichokes and bell peppers...
Will we be talking about Hamptons Market in such loving ways years from now?
Residents don't care much for neighbor peeing on the front of their building before going upstairs
Well then. A resident along East Fifth Street shares this... Apparently residents witnessed a man peeing in front of the building this past weekend ... then he went inside and upstairs to his apartment.
Which, based on the signs that someone attached to the front door and the tenant's door, didn't go over so well...
Said the resident: "Is this what the neighborhood is coming to? That the stupid woos and bros who have moved into the neighborhood feel the need to relieve themselves wherever and whenever they feel like it — even in front of THEIR OWN APARTMENT BUILDINGS, rather than walking up the stairs to use the facilities like a normal human being? WHAT is wrong with people?"
Which, based on the signs that someone attached to the front door and the tenant's door, didn't go over so well...
Said the resident: "Is this what the neighborhood is coming to? That the stupid woos and bros who have moved into the neighborhood feel the need to relieve themselves wherever and whenever they feel like it — even in front of THEIR OWN APARTMENT BUILDINGS, rather than walking up the stairs to use the facilities like a normal human being? WHAT is wrong with people?"
Medieval frog-gargoyle thing is gone. And we're doomed. DOOMED! (MORE DOOMED?)
When demolition commenced at 9-17 Second Ave. in December 2011, Goggla spotted the following on the plywood not to far away from the former Mars Bar...
Per Goggla: "I like to think it's warding away evil spirits..."
Indeed.
But, unfortunately, we recently noticed that this, this thing was gone.
Stolen? Removed by a worker? Eaten? We'll never know.
Evil spirits, be kind...
Per Goggla: "I like to think it's warding away evil spirits..."
Indeed.
But, unfortunately, we recently noticed that this, this thing was gone.
Stolen? Removed by a worker? Eaten? We'll never know.
Evil spirits, be kind...
Piccola Positano has apparently closed on East Fourth Street
The gate has been down at the Italian restaurant here just west of Avenue B the past week to 10 days. Prior to that, a neighbor told us that the eatery was only making pizza deliveries — no meals in the dining room.
We haven't 100 percent confirmed the closure just yet... there are no signs about "closed for renovations" or "on spring break" anywhere. The restaurant remained closed during the weekend as well.
Piccola Positano opened in late 2011/early 2012... the previous tenant, Tonda, seemed to have similar problems. It would be closed for weeks then randomly reopen for one weekend.
E.U., the first "gastropub" in the East Village, had the space before Tonda. And that was drama city. E.U. battled the SLA for 18 months before finally getting approved for a beer and wine license. (Read more E.U. drama here at Eater.)
A jinxed location?
Fourth Avenue pay phone receives back-rent payment notice
And then there's this. Spotted the other day on a pay phone on Fourth Avenue at East 12th Street...
So, based on this notice, the DVD Funhouse at 814 Broadway — one block over — hasn't paid a lick of its $21,218 monthly rent since they moved into the place in in early 2012... good for a whopping $250,898...
That's a lot of $2.99 Tyler Perry DVDs...
This weekend in possible David Schwimmer sightings on East Sixth Street
@evgrieve possible schwimmer sighting on the roof of the schwimmer mcmanse
— terrence geary (@artisanmatters) April 6, 2013
Unconfirmed. Man spotted in red shirt. Schwimmery looking.
Previously.
Reader report: Former Rawvolution space will be real-estate management office
Rawvolution, the raw vegan cafe/retail store on East 12th Street, closed last December "for renovations."
Of course, they are not coming back... workers have been renovating the space these last six or so weeks. A tipster on the block said that the storefront will be "a management office for the building."
This is one of the 28-29 buildings that Jared Kushner's Kushner Companies bought up in the East Village in recent months... Per the tipster: "Maybe it will be the central office for all of Mr. Ivanka Trump's East Village real estate holdings." More specifically, the reader understands that this will be an office for Westminster Management, a division of Kushner Companies.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Week in Grieview
[Tompkins Square Park via Bobby Williams]
A new 24-hour biscuit joint for Avenue A (Monday)
New identity for Identity (Friday)
What's next for the Bar 82 space? (Monday)
Cat Power's new video pays homage to NYC (Thursday)
Nobu alum coming to East Ninth Street (Monday)
What's replacing Boca Chica (Wednesday)
The line for Wylie Dufresne's new place on Second Avenue (Monday)
Glass box for Lafayette (Wednesday)
Anthology Film Archives brief transformation into the 27th Precinct (Monday)
Bleecker Bob's to the East Village? (Tuesday)
Out and About in the East Village 2013 recap (Wednesday)
Update on The Living Room's potential move to East Second Street (Thursday)
51 Astor Place's public plaza (Tuesday)
Masak closes on East 13th Street (Thursday)
The Sunburnt Cow is on the market (Thursday)
Here are the new members of CB3 (Monday)
Soho Billiards to Red Square? (Tuesday)
And things that we didn't cover this week, such as NYC's 8th Annual Pillow Fight Day yesterday in Washington Square Park...
[Bobby Williams]
Noted
Spotted on one of the burned-out cars on East Ninth Street today... a posthumous tag...
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Early-morning car fire on East 9th Street
Blockbusters: ('Alleged') 'Bearial Shroud' discovered on East Second Street
This, of course, was the somber scene on East Second Street between Avenue B and Avenue C last Sunday morning... Easter Sunday morning...
And now, there are claims, thus far unsubstantiated, on the very same fence, that ... well, see for yourself...
A neighbor, who asked not be named, said that archaeologists excavated the only known JoBear la Stuffing-era burial shroud in the East Village.
What's more, the remains of the bear wrapped in the shroud are said to hold DNA evidence of a picnic basket. Carbon-dating studies suggested the shroud was made between A.D. 2007 and 2009.
However, until researchers can conduct more, uh, research, the use of "alleged" will accompany the description to help temper expectations and prevent the block from becoming a tourist trap for various pilgrim types.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A brief history of humiliating Teddy bears in the East Village
And now, there are claims, thus far unsubstantiated, on the very same fence, that ... well, see for yourself...
A neighbor, who asked not be named, said that archaeologists excavated the only known JoBear la Stuffing-era burial shroud in the East Village.
What's more, the remains of the bear wrapped in the shroud are said to hold DNA evidence of a picnic basket. Carbon-dating studies suggested the shroud was made between A.D. 2007 and 2009.
However, until researchers can conduct more, uh, research, the use of "alleged" will accompany the description to help temper expectations and prevent the block from becoming a tourist trap for various pilgrim types.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A brief history of humiliating Teddy bears in the East Village
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Lining up to Load OUT
A reader noted the line earlier for Load OUT! — A Reuse and Repurposing RIOT ... today until 3 p.m. at 19 E. Third St. between the Bowery and Second Avenue
Per the invite:
Attendees are invited to take home all the donated costumes, props, and furniture they find. Artists are invited to participate for free. The general public will be charged a $5 entrance fee to participate. Whatever you decide to take away with you is FREE of charge.
Looking at the remains of last night's East Ninth Street car fire
Around 8 a.m., three police officers were on East Ninth Street ... at the scene of last night's fire between Avenue B and Avenue C that likely wiped out three cars... We overheard an officer asking the security guard on duty at the former P.S. 64 about the plywood outside the building ...
...later, via a reader...
... and EVG reader Galwegian, who noted the street cleaning is Monday on this side of the street...
More to come... At this point, we're not sure of the cause of the fire...
Updated noon:
After the planned meeting outside Ben Shaoul's Magnum Real Estate office last evening, John Penley headed here around 9 ... where he was joined by a handful of other people protesting the proposed dorm development of P.S. 64.
Via Facebook, Penley said that he "was tired and feeling sick and left about midnight." As for the other people in the group? "Later I was told cops had threatened to arrest people. I didn't hear about what happened until this morning."
The resident who took the top photo on this post said that he heard the protestors earlier, but didn't see anyone at the scene when the fire started around 1:20 a.m.
[Updated] Early-morning car fire on East 9th Street
A reader reports that there was a three-car fire last night next to the former P.S. 64 on East Ninth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C. The reader puts the time of the fire at 1:24 a.m. The FDNY had the fire extinguished by 1:45 a.m., according to the reader.
And via Twitter...
pic of the initial car on fire, doesn't do the scene justice. 12 firefighters on the scene at 9th and b. twitter.com/drelly/status/…
— lauren drell (@drelly) April 6, 2013
And another video...
At last evening's Ben Shaoul 'meeting' on Broadway
As reported earlier in the week, longtime East Village activist John Penley was planning a weekend-long campout at the offices of developer Ben Shaoul's Magnum Real Estate on Broadway. However, those plans changed, from a weekend-long campout to what Penley said would be "a meeting about the situation especially about others affected by Shaoul and his sledgehammer."
From these photos, via Facebook, you can see that several people joined Penley in front of the Magnum offices on Broadway just below Houston...
The NYPD was on the scene, though we're unaware of any actions that they may have taken again Penley and company...
At 9 p.m., Penley planned to stop by the former the former PS 64 and CHARAS/El Bohio community center on East Ninth Street to protest developer Gregg Singer's plan to turn the building into a dorm. We hope to have more on that later.
As for the "sledgehammer" nickname, that dates back seven years... you can read background at Curbed and The New York Times.
Previously on EV Grieve:
John Penley changes plans for weekend campout at Ben Shaoul's office; gentrification meeting instead
Friday, April 5, 2013
Reminders: 7th annual NYC Anarchist Book Fair is this weekend
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