Photos by Stacie Joy
Petopia reopens today (11 a.m.!) at 29 Avenue A at Second Street ...
Workers have been doing roofing and façade-repair work in the NYCHA-owned First Houses on Avenue A between Second Street and Third Street.
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Petopia reopens today (Tuesday!)
Monday, December 25, 2023
Monday's parting shot
Noted
Photo by Steven
In case you wanted to be first with dropping off your Christmas tree today ... we had the first arrival early this afternoon at the site of the MulchFest signage in the center of Tompkins Square Park.
MulchFest is coming up on Jan. 6-7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Christmas Eve's parting shot
Week in Grieview
• New Yorkers Foodmarket is closing soon on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)
• Displaced 14th Street tenants seek support after city orders them to vacate their building (Monday)
• EV Loves NYC looks for support and a partnership with the city to aid in feeding asylum seekers (Tuesday)
• Home for the holidays: The East Village Community Cookbook is ready for pre-order (Thursday)
• End of days for High Vibe on 3rd Street; 'I would like to stay open!' (Friday)
• A new name and expanded space for Downtown Threads on Avenue A (Wednesday)
• Reports: State directs Mount Sinai to stop its closure of Beth Israel (Saturday)
• Instant Noodle Factory ready to punch the ramen clock on 7th Street (Monday)
• Petopia close to reopening on Avenue A (Wednesday)
• The former Gaia Italian Café is for rent on 3rd Street (Monday)
• Openings: Chick-N-Smash on 1st Avenue (Thursday)
• ICYMI: Cacio e Vino has closed on 2nd Ave.; new cafe on the way (Tuesday)
• Closings: Mi Salsa Kitchen on Houston and Allen (Monday)
• No more love for Cinnamon Girl on 2nd Avenue (Thursday)
• The new smoke shops of lower Avenue B (Tuesday)
• EVG turns 16 (Thursday)
... and on Second Street, a Bad Santa for the holidays...
When it was time to light up the clocks on the bell tower at Most Holy Redeemer
Photos and video by Stacie Joy
Last evening, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of New York, presided over a mass and ceremony to dedicate the newly restored bell tower at Most Holy Redeemer/Nativity Parish on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.
The four clocks on the tower that reaches 232 feet have been in disrepair for the past two-plus decades.
Outside, parishioners and residents gathered as Cardinal Dolan blessed the bell tower ... and the clocks were to be illuminated for the first time.
There was a countdown to the big moment... then an awkward pause and some chuckles as it took a moment for the lights to come on...
The four clock faces on the circa-1851 church will now be illuminated...
You can read more about the church's history and the restoration project in the links below...
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Saturday's parting shot
Photo by Lola Sáenz
Happy holidays from Pompeyo at the great Zaragoza Mexican Deli & Grocery, 215 Avenue A between 13th Street and 14th Street...
Something to strive for this holiday season
Photo by Stacie Joy
Seen at the Union Square Greenmarket today...
Reports: State directs Mount Sinai to stop its closure of Beth Israel
Per Gothamist:
"Continuing to close beds without approval is unlawful and may result in civil penalties of $2,000 per day for each day that the beds or services are closed without approval," wrote Stephanie Shulman, director of the Division of Hospitals and Diagnostic and Treatment Centers at the health department, to Elizabeth Sellman, Beth Israel’s president and CEO.The letter also said the department would pursue other remedies, such as a court order, if the closures don't stop.
Background:
Mount Sinai submitted a proposal to the state health department in October to close Beth Israel by July 2024. The health system then submitted an addendum last month saying it would be necessary to close some services before the end of the year because of an exodus of doctors and decreased patient volume, which it said put patient safety at risk.
Reaction:
📢Our statement on @HealthNYGov issuing a cease & desist to @MountSinaiNYC Beth Israel Hospital. 📢 pic.twitter.com/so1AHIrkdL
— Harvey Epstein (@HarveyforNY) December 21, 2023
There is also a survey for community members to let the New York State Department of Health know how important the community hospital is... and why Beth Israel needs to be be saved. Find the survey here.We have received word from the NYS Dept. of Health that they have issued a cease and desist directing Mount Sinai Beth Israel to stop closing beds and services without prior approval. This is big news and more to come #SaveBethIsrael
— Carlina Rivera (@CarlinaRivera) December 21, 2023
Reminders: A ceremony for the restored bell and clock tower at Most Holy Redeemer
There's a dedication ceremony this evening for the recently restored bell and clock tower at Most Holy Redeemer/Nativity Parish on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of New York, will preside over a 5:30 p.m. mass and ceremony featuring a procession on Third Street (the block will be closed to traffic during this time).
Cardinal Dolan will bless the bell tower, which will be illuminated for the first time. The new electronic carillon system will also play a rendition of "Silent Night." Then, the bells will play Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music in its entirety.
Saturday's opening shot
Friday, December 22, 2023
Friday's parting shot
Have yourself an etc., etc.
A version of a holiday song that maybe you aren't tired of yet (and isn't by, say, Wham, the Waitresses, Paul McCartney & Wings ... all fine classics, but.)
This is a cover of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by the Beths... (The Cat Power cover is great too.)
Hold your horses, we're posting these photos!
Top photo yesterday by Cecil Scheib; pic below by Steph
We received LOTSA photos of these horse sculptures ... first arriving on Sixth Street at Second Avenue... and now overnight on Sixth Street between Avenue A and First Avenue...
One reader said these are the work of Deborah Butterfield ... updated: Franco Cuttica.
... and hopefully, we didn't just spoil someone's Christmas surprise!
Spiritualized: End of days for High Vibe on 3rd Street; 'I would like to stay open!'
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
The end is near for High Vibe after 30 years at 138 E. Third St. Street between Avenue A and First Avenue.
Robert "Bobby" Dagger, owner of the health/natural foods and goods store, plans to close on Dec. 31 after a rent hike courtesy of the landlord, the NYCHA, and an underwhelming response to a crowdfunding campaign.
Everything is marked to go inside the small, comfortable shop...
He tried local City Councilmember Carlina Rivera's office, though that didn't lead to anything.
"They were nice but didn’t provide any help," he said.
So now what?
"If I got $40,000, I can stay open. I would like to stay open! NYCHA raised my rent during COVID and only gave me three months of concession," Dagger said. "NYCHA doesn't care about small businesses. For 30 years, I paid taxes here. We're a link in the chain here, keeping America alive. I'm all for immigrants, but what about us? We're paying taxes for these people."
Previously on EV Grieve:
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Thursday's parting shot
Photo by Lola Sáenz
A favorite moment on Thursday evenings outside Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street — the changing of the letters on the marquee...
(Sweet??) 16
Above: A joke from Sophie's a few years back
ICYMI (and 99.999999999% of people did), the item was a cut-n-paste from Page Six about the possible sale of Sophie's (Fifth Street!) and Mona's (Avenue B) ... and before Josie's (Sixth Street) was part of the family.
I'd spent some time at Sophie's and couldn't imagine an EV world without it. So, like any once-a-week bar regular would do, I created a Blogger site called Sophie's Bar Blog blog (honest, that's what the name was)... as a way to chronicle the sale of Sophie's (sorry, Mona's) and the possible end of its several-decades existence.
After a few weeks of under-the-radar chronicling on a site that no one was reading, we learned that Bob, the owner of the bars, was selling them to his brother Richard and another friend (hi, Kirk!).
That was that, or so I thought. Now I've told this story a few times, so if you've already read it, I'll make some shit up to make it seem more interesting than it actually was.
I announced the end of Sophie's Bar Blog blog. [Crickets] Vanishing New York author/blogger Jeremiah Moss somehow had seen the site (thanks, Google!), and he encouraged me, just because Sophie's and Mona's were going to be OK, to keep the site going, covering other comings and goings.
So Sophie's Bar Blog blog was rebranded to EVG (I give this site six months!).
And here we are 16 years after the first post.
Two people recently told me they started reading the site in high school and were in their late 20s/early 30s. Which is really cool and obviously terrifying.
A sincere thank you to everyone who has read the site and continues to read it, sharing comments and tips and creating a sense of community.
A BIG thank you to everyone who contributes to the site, particularly Derek Berg and Steven, for their ongoing daily dispatches... and to Stacie Joy for her intrepid reporting from bell towers, abandoned schools or former motorcycle clubs.
May your holidays be filled with warmth, peace, and joy ... and had we created an Etsy account 16 years ago, Sophie's Bar Blog blog T-shirts, hoodies, and customizable tabletop beer pong games.
Home for the holidays: The East Village Community Cookbook is ready for pre-order
As EVG's Stacie Joy first reported in August, the cookbook was the idea of three East Villagers who bonded during the pandemic — Will Kroeze, pastor at Trinity Lower East Side, Dan Hyatt, a middle school teacher, and Will Horowitz, a chef and author who co-founded Ducks Eatery and Harry & Ida's Meat and Supply Co.
The final product includes more than 100 recipes from an array of local restaurants (C&B Café, Katz's, Nom Wah Tea Parlor, Russ & Daughters, SMØR, Superiority Burger, and Veselka, among many others) and residents (Alan Cumming and Richard Hell, to name two).
Donations for the East Village Community Cookbook start at $30. Proceeds will benefit Trinity Lower East Side Services and Food for the Homeless (SAFH) and community fridge on Ninth Street and Avenue B.
Per the organizers: "Each pre-order comes with a certificate of purchase to send as a quick holiday gift to a loved one!"
You can pre-order a copy here.
A mass and inauguration for the new bell tower at Most Holy Redeemer
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
There's a dedication ceremony this Saturday evening for the recently restored bell and clock tower at Most Holy Redeemer/Nativity Parish on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of New York, will preside over a 5:30 p.m. mass and ceremony that will feature a procession on Third Street (the block will be closed to traffic during this time).
Cardinal Dolan will bless the bell tower, which will be illuminated for the first time. The new electronic carillon system will also play a rendition of "Silent Night."
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