Sunday, April 13, 2008

Spring has sprung on Avenue C

›
People waiting in line for an outdoor table at Zum Schneider yesterday afternoon. Meanwhile, activity continues at 111 Avenue C next door, h...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

Signs of the times

›
Random collection of photos that I've taken in the neighborhood the past few years.

He would have loved the 37 bank branches that popped up around the corner

›
So someone told me that Butch Cassidy (as in Butch and the Sundance Kid, Newman and Redford!) lived briefly in the East Village. That someon...
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Miracle on Pearl Street

›
Outside my jurisdiction again! But I do work around the corner from this project at Maiden Lane and Pearl Street. So I have the pleasure to ...

"How many rich jerks that want to be in Sex and the City can there possibly be in America?"

›
In a Q-and-A published at Gothamist today, singer-songwriter (and Brooklyn resident) Mike Doughty was asked: If you could change one thing...

"We want to show our opposition to right-wing Republicans opening yuppie wine bars in our neighborhood"

›
From today's Page Six : BRUCE Willis is not being warmly welcomed by the anarchists, Marxists and counter-culture riffraff of the Lower ...
5 comments:
Monday, April 7, 2008

EV etc.: 40 years and 196 cultural works

›
This week's New York magazine looks at 196 cultural works "that best defined the city since this magazine began." Which was ...

What's new at 315 Bowery?

›
The New York Post has a piece today on the new John Varvatos boutique, which opened over the weekend at the site of the former CBGB on the...
Sunday, April 6, 2008

What would Hilly think? Let's ask his son

›
Page Six Magazine , which is FREE every Sunday in the New York Post (even though you pay $1 for the paper), has a feature this week titled ...

Tompkins Square Park, 7:42 a.m., April 6

›

Forgotten NY's tour of the East Village

›
Forgotten NY toured the East Village and took some excellent photos that capture the spirit of the neighborhood. There's Avenue B . Also...
Saturday, April 5, 2008

Just steps from Avenue Sea

›
From an open house sign:

East Ninth Street between A and First Avenue, 7:45 a.m., April 5

›

Coming soon....something else we don't want or need?

›
This place was Rice Bar, 158 Avenue C at 10th Street, a pan-Asian-fusion something-or-another joint that opened in the fall of 2004. I can&#...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

EV etc.: Bowery Electric opens, and the owners at least understand and appreciate the area's history

›
Bowery Electric officially opened last week at the site of the former Remote Lounge (never went) at 327 Bowery near Second Street. Grub Stre...
Monday, March 31, 2008

Madonna is over New York

›
Former East Village resident Madonna, a singer who, like Cher and Donovan only goes by one name, is over New York. She says this in the new ...

It's not your imagination: There are more buildings going up (and why you can blame Albany)

›
Says this week's New York magazine: According to a Department of Buildings spokesperson, there’s been “a significant jump in the number...

Yankee Stadium 2009 Opening Day

›
Every so often, EV Grieve will -- gasp! -- venture above 14th Street. Such as catching a game at Yankee Stadium. Today, of course, is openin...
Sunday, March 30, 2008

Meanwhile, just another day in the neighborhood

›
And our dumpsters being rated today? Wonder what a two-star dumpster looks like? (Sorry...)

27 years, 1 dumpster

›
Jeremiah had the awful news about Fontana's shoes being gutted on Friday. Walked by myself and saw the aftermath. He had been at this ...