With this weekend's snowfall, we expected as much...On Avenue A near Fourth Street...
Unfortunately, much of the possible evidence was tainted before we could properly examine it.
Bob Arihood also captured some of the Penistrator's work from the weekend storm.
UPDATED:
While out and about earlier, we found more handiwork from this shameless snoffiti artist...
Previously on EV Grieve:
An EV Grieve investigative report: In search of the Penistrator
A stunning development: Is Haley Joel Osment the Penistrator?
Snow is in the forecast tonight, which means....
Monday, December 21, 2009
The Ludlow roof used for PETA's nude photo shoot
Last week, you may have read about PETA's latest "Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" ad that we unveiled in Times Square featuring Bethenny Frankel, who is apparently on "The Real Housewives of New York City."
Anyway, the photo shoot took place atop The Ludlow at Ludlow and Houston, according to PETA.
Perhaps The Ludlow can figure out a way to work this into their marketing materials.
Hmmm...How about:
"Red Square has the first head of state of the Soviet Union...
...but we have Bethenny Frankel!"
If you want, you may watch a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot, which also features images of animals getting clubbed to death.
Anyway, the photo shoot took place atop The Ludlow at Ludlow and Houston, according to PETA.
Perhaps The Ludlow can figure out a way to work this into their marketing materials.
Hmmm...How about:
"Red Square has the first head of state of the Soviet Union...
...but we have Bethenny Frankel!"
If you want, you may watch a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot, which also features images of animals getting clubbed to death.
Cooper Union's new academic building "is a genuine triumph,a canny exercise in architectural multilingualism"
At Time magazine, Richard Lacayo weighs in on the the still-pretty-new Cooper Union academic building...and here we go:
The East Village is a New York City neighborhood with a complicated vibe. It's a place where restaurant equipment wholesalers and ancient brick walk-ups rub shoulders with spanking new condo towers and hip hotels with signature martinis. Almost everywhere there are also traces of the hippie-Boho culture that settled in before the 1960s and does what it can to keep its flag flying.
Yes, yes...
It's difficult to insert a new building into those streets and get it to speak to so many different contexts. The ideal combination of grit and elegance, muscle and intellect is hard to arrive at, and over the last four or five years some local projects by name architects have gotten it wrong. But Cooper Union's new academic building, which opened this fall, is a genuine triumph, a canny exercise in architectural multilingualism.
Permanent Brunch branding: Introducing the Burger
Permanent Brunch on First Avenue is now known as Permanent Brunch & Burger, as Grub Street said it would be. Think they'll serve a bacon burger?
Former Baluchi's space turning Japanese
The Baluchi's Indian eatery on Second Avenue between Sixth Street and Seventh Street will soon be this...
E2E4's private, gated drive gets plowed
Or at least shoveled yesterday morning for those residents who likely don't live here yet.
Perhaps enough room for a toy car.
On Saturday, the 15-stories of condo at East Fourth Street and the Bowery were starting to feel a little homey.
Previously.
Perhaps enough room for a toy car.
On Saturday, the 15-stories of condo at East Fourth Street and the Bowery were starting to feel a little homey.
Previously.
Plump Dumpling opens in new location
The Plump Dumpling has opened at its new location on 11th Street and Second Avenue...just steps from its former space. At the former Citi-Spaces office. Hope the Plump owners paint over that color combo...
Previously on EV Grieve:
A short history of Citi-Spaces at Second Avenue and 11th Street
Marshal law at former Citi-Spaces location
Previously on EV Grieve:
A short history of Citi-Spaces at Second Avenue and 11th Street
Marshal law at former Citi-Spaces location
More signs for U2/2U perhaps?
At the mammoth three-story karaoke/billiards/gourmet deli palace Friday afternoon, when the Cafe Hanover was supposed to open. It was still not open as of yesterday.
Previously on EV Grieve:
2U (or U2) Karaoke is now open on St. Mark's Place; Hanover Cafe coming soon
Cooper Union retail space back on the market
The retail space at the new Cooper Union is back on the market.
It served as the information center for Performa 09, which ran through Nov. 22.
And what happened to all that wood?
And I wonder if anyone ever claimed the free couch...
It served as the information center for Performa 09, which ran through Nov. 22.
And what happened to all that wood?
And I wonder if anyone ever claimed the free couch...
Sunday, December 20, 2009
White night
Thanks to EV Grieve reader ~evilsugar25 for sharing these excellent photos from last night's storm of the century/decade/year.
Getting into the true spirit of the holidays
At the Post today, V.A. Musetto takes a break from writing about Asian film starlets to discuss three must-see Christmas slasher flicks: "Black Christmas," "Silent Night, Deadly Night" and "You Better Watch Out." As V.A. notes:
John Waters says "You Better Watch Out" is "the best seasonal film of all time." He adds: "I wish I had kids. I'd make them watch it every year and, if they didn't like it, they'd be punished."
And a merry Christmas to you, John.
Life on Mars today
Life on Mars debuts today at the Mars Bar. NYPress caught up with co-curator Grimace, who discussed whether the artwork will change the endearing atmosphere in Mars Bar:
Artwork has always been a very strong element of the look and feel as well as the patrons of Mars Bar. Throughout its 25-year history, many artists such as Basquiat, Keith Haring and Lee Quinones have spent time here, and today many of the people that hang out here and even the bartenders are artists as well. If you focus your eyes in the dim Marsian light, you can always see a ton of art everywhere in Mars Bar. There are canvases behind the bar, custom paintings on the walls, windows and outside. This combined with the history of Mars Bar, the Old-New-York feel that is impossible to get almost anywhere in downtown Manhattan, and very special regulars that have been patrons of Mars Bar for years with many stories to tell, along with the raw art, make the entire bar a living, breathing, drinking art piece on it’s own. This is not something that can ever be re-created in a stuffy Chelsea gallery.
Related:
hijinks and shenanigans at Mars Bar.. (Slum Goddess)
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Let it snow (unless you have a flight tonight)
Here comes Santa Claus...right in front of the Ninth Precinct....
A very nice event for the kids today on Fifth Street. They all seemed thrilled. I appreciate the community spirit.
Meanwhile, I did not have my sound monitoring equipment with me. At this hour around 10 a.m. or so, it seemed as if the sound was above the nominal 70 dB at 100 feet, the level the Ninth Precinct makes the bands in Tompkins Square Park adhere to...
Craft-o-holics back at it tonight
Local 269 Bar
269 E. Houston St. (@ Suffolk)
from 6 til 9pm (later if it's rockin' during the snowstorm!)
FREE/DONATIONS ACCEPTED
Daniella aka Our Lady of Perpetual PMS
Jenny Devildoll Gonzalez
Elisa Velasquez
Jessica Delfino
The Chi-Ciones
Here comes Santa Claus...right down St. Mark's Place...
Has anyone else spotted the SantaCar? Here it is on St. Mark's near Second Avenue. Missed the shot of the young men giving Santa the middle finger. Damn.
Friday, December 18, 2009
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