Photos by Steven
In case you are celebrating Christmas later this year... or want to celebrate it all over again... there are good deals on trees at Saifee Hardware on First Avenue and Seventh Street... where these are free...
Monday, December 26, 2022
Police arrest suspect connected to the Dec. 19 murder on Avenue A
During a press conference this morning, police said Roland Codrington, 35, went on a violent rampage in which he allegedly stabbed two men to death and assaulted several other people before his arrest on Christmas Eve.
Police said that 51-year-old local resident James Cunningham bumped into Codrington and his girlfriend around 1 a.m. on Dec. 19 outside Spike's on Avenue A between 13th Street and 14th Street. Video footage at the scene, police officials said, shows the two men arguing for about 20 seconds before the suspect is seen slashing Cunningham's throat.
NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said the two men had no prior connection before Dec. 19.
On Dec. 22, Codrington allegedly choked a bartender and stabbed two Good Samaritans at Teddy's Bar and Grill on Second Avenue in East Harlem. Media reports stated that Codrington showed up at the bar with a pit bull and a baseball bat.
Early Friday morning, a 60-year-old pediatrician was found dead in Marcus Garvey Park. Police said that Codrington and the victim, Bruce Henry, got into a verbal spat that ended with the doctor being stabbed multiple times.
The NYPD's investigation led detectives to Codrington and his girlfriend driving Henry's Mercedes-Benz in the Bronx on Christmas Eve.
Essing said Codrington faces two counts each of murder and attempted murder and additional charges of second-degree assault and criminal mischief.
Codrington had 12 prior arrests, Essing said. No word yet on charges against Codrington's girlfriend.
Here's a video of today's press conference...
Watch as Police Commissioner Sewell and NYPD executives provide an update on an ongoing police investigation. https://t.co/izdFygSP6O
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 26, 2022
MulchFest begins TODAY
Chipping Weekend then takes place on Saturday, Jan. 7, and Sunday, Jan. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Per the Parks Department:
We'll chip your tree and give you your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree.
Given how much more expensive trees were this season, some people may feel obligated to keep them longer than Jan. 8.
Thanks to Steven for the photo!
Monday's opening shot
Sunday, December 25, 2022
Week in Grieview
• Man found dead with a slash wound to his neck on Avenue A (Monday) ... NYPD release wanted poster in connection with Avenue A homicide (Thursday)
• Moroccan specialty shop Timbuktu being forced out after 20 years on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)
• Hamilton Fish Park Library reopens for limited service starting (Monday)
• A Punk Magazine-Iggy Pop holiday 'Loser' extravaganza at Metropolis (Thursday)
• Storefront renovations and reveals on 2nd Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Monday)
• When Santa Claus came to the Lower East Side — with an assist from the FDNY (Thursday)
• Season's Supermarket Greetings (Friday)
• No new trees for these 2 East Village spots (Thursday)
• Dunkin' debuts on East Houston (Thursday)
• An EVG 15-year anniversary (Wednesday)
• The East Village Sauce outpost shutters for now on 12th Street (Monday)
• Jell & Chill peacing out on 7th Street (Friday)
• Signage alert: Caleta on Avenue A, with a Jan. 7 debut (Tuesday)
• FULL reveal at 14 2nd Ave. (Monday)
... and a scene from the New York School of Burlesque student showcase last weekend at Drom on Avenue A (photo by Stacie Joy) ...
A Merry Mystery Lot Christmas
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Saturday's parting shot
EVG Etc.: East Village shroom bust; rent history insights
Photo by Derek Berg
• The DA's office has charged 33-year-old Kenwood Allen with two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of second-degree robbery, and two counts of second-degree assault for causing fatal overdoses of two people Allen robbed in venues on Seventh Street and Ludlow Street (The Post ... Gay City News ... press release from DA's office)
• Police arrest four people during an investigation into the sale of magic mushrooms at East Village stores Come Back Daily on 11th Street and City Clouds on Seventh Street (PIX11 ...
• More about Kōbo by Nai, now open on Avenue A (The New York Times... previously on EVG)
• How to get your rent history in NYC (The City)
• Revisiting the great Veniero's on 11th Street (Eater)
• Adam Zhu on the enduring creative stamina of New York (Document Journal ... previously on EVG)
• Latke time at Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery (NY1)
• Remembering filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.'s influence on the LES (The Daily Heller)
• Winter memories in the East Village (Laura Goggin Photography)
• Riding with the Citi Bike Boyz in Tompkins Square Park (Curbed)
• An oral history of the Pyramid Club on Avenue A (Document Journal) What's next for the space? (EVG)
• The most borrowed books from NYC’s public libraries this year (Gothamist)
• Yo La Tengo pays tribute to the Ramones with Marky Ramone at the Bowery Ballroom (Brooklyn Vegan)
• Recent EV arrival Anna Delvey, still under house arrest, has made $300,000 this year selling her art online (Artnet)
• How the Lower East Side has changed since 1988's "Crossing Delancey" (New York Jewish Week)
Saturday's opening shot
The temperature was in the single digits (9) as of about 8:30 a.m., with wind chills below zero. There's a wind-chill advisory today, as highs will only reach 18, per the National Weather Service.
Friday, December 23, 2022
Friday's parting shot
Photo by Derek Berg
A professional line waiter at work today outside New York Theatre Workshop on Fourth Street...
It's Xmas time
East Village-based singer-songwriter Jesse Malin has released a new video for "Xmas, etc.," a re-recording of the song that appeared on his debut LP, The Fine Art of Self Destruction ... that record will be expanded and reissued in celebration of its 20th anniversary early next year. (Read more about that here.)
You can catch Malin and his band at Webster Hall on March 25, 2023.
Noted
Season's Supermarket Greetings
Photos by Stacie Joy
While out and about this holiday season, EVG contributor Stacie Joy starting keeping tabs on the neighborhood's grocery stores (such as Associated on Avenue C above) to see how the markets were decorating for the season.
Many places were on the bah-humbug-y side, perhaps with just a few cashier-area holiday tinsel-y ornaments.
These were the groceries putting in the holiday décor effort, starting with Pioneer/Met Fresh on Avenue D between Eighth Street and Ninth Street ...
... Union Market on Houston and Avenue A...
... H-Mart on Third Avenue between Ninth Street and 10th Street ...
...New Yorkers Food Market on Second Avenue between Seventh Street and Sixth Street...
... Whole Foods Market® Bowery ...
... and the clear winner in the grocery holiday games — Key Food on Avenue A and Fourth Street,
Key was also the only shop with any Hanukkah signage and opting for the traditional Chanukah spelling...
Please note that Key closes at 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve (tomorrow) and will be closed all day on Christmas. So plan ahead. (Sidenote: We finally found where they stock the mustard now — aisle 1, which doesn't make sense, after the Great Key Reorganization. Stayed tuned for the next investigative series on mustard presentation.)
Jell & Chill peacing out on 7th Street
You just have three days left for the shop's traditional handcrafted Bīng Fěn Ice Jelly, a Sichuanese cold dessert jelly. Jell & Chill closes after service on Sunday.
Per the shop's Instagram account: "Given the current circumstances we chose not to renew our lease."
The owners are looking to open in another NYC location.
Hours: Today from 3-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 2-8 p.m.
Thursday, December 22, 2022
When Santa Claus came to the Lower East Side — with an assist from the FDNY
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
The 7th Precinct and FDNY Engine 15/Ladder 18/Battalion 4 came together this past Saturday on Pitt Street to help brighten the holidays for some Lower East Side families.
Christopher Lee, co-owner of the Parkside Lounge on Houston and Attorney, filling in for the real Santa Claus who was busy prepping for Dec. 24, distributed toys to happy children and their grateful parents.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy was on hand for some of the quality Santa time...
[Updated] NYPD release wanted poster in connection with Avenue A homicide
Updated 12/26
Police have arrested Roland Codrington (see below). He is accused of two murders — on Avenue A and a doctor Friday in Marcus Garvey Park. In both deadly assaults, the victims were killed with a knife. And in both deaths, the suspect did not previously have any interaction with the victims.
More details to follow.
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Police have placed reward posters near the crime scene. The poster states the 9th Precinct "is attempting to identify and apprehend this individual." (Thanks to the reader for the photo.)
According to published reports and police sources, 51-year-old James Cunningham was found on the sidewalk with lacerations on his neck just before 1. a.m. He reportedly had a glass of seltzer at Spike's, 218 Avenue A, where he was a regular, per the Daily News, and was attacked after leaving. Police and media reports say that the suspect jumped Cunningham during a confrontation. Police have not yet revealed a motive in the deadly attack.
Sources told the Post that "Cunningham himself was just arrested 10 days ago and charged with menacing with a knife."
Anyone with information that could help in the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). You may also submit tips online. All calls are strictly confidential.
Updated 12/25WANTED for Homicide in Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/mwvePZlmQR
— NYPD 121st Precinct (@NYPD121Pct) December 24, 2022
Sources say the suspect, identified as Roland Codrington, is also wanted for an attack at an East Harlem bar on Thursday night.
Updated 12/26The following individual has been identified as Roland Codrington. If you have any information on his whereabouts contact @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS. https://t.co/7UPzMAj5eA
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 24, 2022
Here's the press conference announcing the arrest of Codrington.
Watch as Police Commissioner Sewell and NYPD executives provide an update on an ongoing police investigation. https://t.co/izdFygSP6O
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 26, 2022
A Punk Magazine-Iggy Pop holiday 'Loser' extravaganza at Metropolis
Photos by Stacie Joy
Iggy Pop recently announced that he has a new record, Every Loser, (his 19th studio album) coming out next month.
As part of this release, there's also a new edition of Punk Magazine (No. 22 for those of you keeping track) — 47 years after the very first issue. This edition is available along with the record via Iggy's website.
Ahead of this release, East Village resident John Holmstrom (above), the co-founder, editor and illustrator of Punk Magazine, provided a sneak preview of the edition on Saturday night at Metropolis Vintage on Broadway and 11th Street.
The party included some Punk fans and contributors, such as illustrator Bruce Carleton and East Village-based photographer Godlis...
In a recent newsletter, Holmstrom provided the back story on how this Every Loser issue of Punk came together.
It started with a text this past July from the record's producer, Andrew Watt, who is a Punk fan (especially Mutant Monster Beach Party in issue No. 15).
This guy, Andrew Watt, said he wanted me to devote an entirely new issue of Punk to Iggy's new album. He wanted it to be an authentic Punk magazine, with the whole scraggly, hand-lettered mess of photos and comic strips we usually came up with."What was your last issue number?" he once asked."Twenty-one," I replied. (Our CBGB Tribute!)"Then this will be Punk magazine Number Twenty-two," Andrew said. (And to be honest? He stuck to this promise all the way through. This is an authentic Punk Magazine. I enjoyed complete creative control throughout.) An entire issue devoted to Iggy Pop… Great idea, right? How could I say "No!"? So I agreed to do it. What could go wrong?
And...
Andrew told me how he was sure I would like the new Iggy LP. I have to admit I was skeptical at first. You know: "That’s what they all say." A few weeks later, he sent me the tracks, and I was blown away. "Best Iggy Pop solo LP!" I gladly told him. By now, I would have killed an army of Nazi Disco Zombies to produce this new issue of Punk Magazine that details Iggy's amazing career and highlights his amazing new album!To me, Iggy was the first "Punk." He started it all, the most important person in the history of punk rock, best musician, most influential, etc. Once I heard this amazing new Iggy LP I started putting ideas together and researching everything about Iggy I could find on the Internet. I have to admit I hadn't kept up with all of the intimate details of Iggy's career since the 1970s, but he was always there. I always noticed that he was up to this or that.There's a lot about Iggy Pop on the internet, but most of it refers to The Stooges and Iggy's drug years before he cleaned up his act in the early 1980s. Well, yeah, these are all interesting stories, but mostly old and retold many times over.So rather than tell the same old dismal stories about "The Depths of Drug Addiction" or track down the many photos where he cut himself on stage, I decided to focus on Iggy's amazing creative career and his work: a bunch of great studios LPs, lots of quotable Iggy quotes, a massive number of film roles, (too many music videos to list), etc. So I got started on putting together the magazine.
This issue of Punk can only be purchased through the official Iggy Pop website.
You can subscribe to Holmstrom's newsletter here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
No new trees for these 2 East Village spots
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
Days later, however, we were surprised to see that the newly created tree wells in front of 40 Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street and 26 Avenue A between Second Street and Third Street were filled in ...
We tracked down a city official who told us the following: "The trees can't go in by 40 Avenue B and 26 Avenue A because the buildings have basements under the sidewalks that Parks found when they excavated. [That is likely] true of the others, though without specific addresses cannot confirm."
Meanwhile, you can follow this link to request a street tree on your block — hopefully in a spot not above a basement.
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