I got a quick look inside the other evening...Someone was doing some repairs on the floor, though it didn't seem as if another tenant was coming to this space anytime soon.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A quick look inside the former Olivio's
Olivio's, the homey part gaming/part yarn shop at 55 Avenue C closed after 36 years this past July. While there was a modest rent increase, the father-son operation just couldn't make a go of it here anymore between Third Street and Fourth Street.
I got a quick look inside the other evening...Someone was doing some repairs on the floor, though it didn't seem as if another tenant was coming to this space anytime soon.
I got a quick look inside the other evening...Someone was doing some repairs on the floor, though it didn't seem as if another tenant was coming to this space anytime soon.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Noted
"At first glance, the term 'jazz rabbi' might seem incongruous, but the recent installation of Greg Wall, a well-known jazz musician, as the rabbi at the Sixth Street Community Synagogue, a modern Orthodox congregation in the East Village, shows that the porkpie and the yarmulke are not necessarily mutually exclusive." (The New York Times)
At least the South Street Seaport waited until after Halloween to put up the Christmas tree
The tree went up over the weekend...And, on a personal note: I'm just not ready for this!
How dry I am: That forgotten little plant at Kurve
Whenever I walk by the kraptacular Kurve on Second Avenue and Fifth Street, I see the sad little plant that has apparently been forgotten by the Thai Troopers behind the window screen.
The poor little thing. Just needs a little soil. Some water. Some Pad See Lew. Something.
The poor little thing. Just needs a little soil. Some water. Some Pad See Lew. Something.
In the new New York even the smokestacks have to be pretty
For some reason I've always liked those four smokestacks at the ConEd plant at 14th Street and the East River...I like the industrial look, I suppose...
In recent weeks, though, I've noticed that the stacks are getting a new coat of paint...
In recent weeks, though, I've noticed that the stacks are getting a new coat of paint...
Late night with 123 Third Ave.
Onward and upwards at 123 Third Ave. and 14th Street. The new 18-story glassy condo continues to take shape... still no information on the 123 Web site or details on a sales office, though.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Easy as...123 rises
Stopping work at 123 Third Ave.
Bread and buttah may officially be toast
Perhaps the saga of Bread and Butta on Avenue C near 11th Street is coming to an end. We've seen various legal documents slapped on the storefront this past year...and now, the windows have been whited out...
...and yet another legal notice awaits the owners. This one looks pretty final. Thanks to EV Grieve reader DianeB for this shot...
As far as we know, the place never even had the chance to open.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Bread and Butta needs more bread
...and yet another legal notice awaits the owners. This one looks pretty final. Thanks to EV Grieve reader DianeB for this shot...
As far as we know, the place never even had the chance to open.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Bread and Butta needs more bread
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Does Mark Sanchez have a "C.C. and Company" in his future?
Overheard one of the those "Is Mark-Sanchez-the-next-Joe-Namath" conversations the other day. I think they were talking about on the field. Or maybe off the field? The Jets rookie QB has already been featured in a cheesy photo spread...and has appeared in commercials... Fine, fine. Now he needs to star in an unintentionally hilarious biker movie, such as 1970's "C.C. and Company," like Broadway Joe. (Bought my copy when Woolworth's was going out of business on 14th Street.)
Oh, how romantic!
P.S.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Posts that I never got around to posting: When a limited time means the rest of the year
On Avenue B near Second Street. Took this photo about three weeks ago...
Posts that I never got around to posting: Somewhere in Brighton Beach
You know, just something about an ad for hemorrhoids next to a "Deli & Appetizing" sign.
Posts that I never got around to posting: Bicycles vs. fences
Took these in September on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. Am curious what came first, the bicycles or the signs...
Videos that I never got around to posting: Things that I find oddly comforting
That hummmmmmm at the ConEd substation on Avenue A between Fifth Street and Sixth Street.
Friday, November 6, 2009
With many apologies
Mötley Crüe - Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
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I missed this gem by Alex over at the New York Nobody Sings.
There are plenty of music videos that seem to go out of their way to feature Manhattan. For example, Motley Crue's largely lamentable "Girl Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" finds preternaturally annoying vocalist Vince Neil living in a spacious loft in the meatpacking district (while his band mates are still walking around Hollywood). Sixteen years after said video was filmed, the building that Vince supposedly lived in -- then the headquarters of legitimate meatpacking firm, Western Beef -- was turned into a tony Belgian restaurant called Markt. That restaurant lost its lease in 2007, and the space is now the home of the meatpacking district's own needless branch of The Apple Store.
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