Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Subway snack stop: Vending machines arrive at the 1st Avenue F station

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Photos by Stacie Joy  We've seen a few social media reports in recent days of cashless Coca-Cola vending machines arriving at subway sta...
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ICYMI: Temakase Hand Roll Bar has left 2nd Avenue

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Photo by Steven A recent closure to note... Temakase Hand Roll Bar has closed at 157 Second Ave. between Ninth and 10th Streets.  Temakase f...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Tuesday's parting shots

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Photos by James Chambers  Up close this morning in Tompkins Square Park with one of the young red-tailed hawks... who is likely just three ...
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A handmade anniversary gift, one chess piece at a time

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Yesterday, two East Village residents celebrated their anniversary at the chess tables near the Seventh Street and Ave...
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Pippy and Star's Revenge at Tompkins Square Park

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Photos by Stacie Joy This past Saturday afternoon's free Show Brain gathering in Tompkins Square Park featured a five-band bill, includ...

RIP Carlos 'Chino' Garcia, co-founder of CHARAS and longtime Lower East Side activist

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Photo from 2021 by Stacie Joy  Carlos "Chino" Garcia, a pioneering Lower East Side community organizer whose decades of activism ...
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Monday, July 27, 2026

Monday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  On Sixth and B, one last sit before sanitation arrives...

Noted

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Spotted on Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue today: a Christmas tree that's still committed to seeing this through... ...
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Petition to preserve Tompkins Square Park fitness area tops 2,000 signatures

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Photos by Stacie Joy Reporting by EVG and SJ Back in May , we reported that the city's planned reconstruction project for the Tompkin...
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Signage alert: Barnes & Noble on Avenue A

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The first of the coming-soon signage for Barnes & Noble is up at 181 Avenue A, between 11th and 12th Streets.  The bookseller is expec...
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New trash enclosures arrive in Tompkins Square Park

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  If you've walked through Tompkins Square Park in the past week, you may have noticed a long row of n...
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Openings: Lerivez Coffee on 12th Street

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Lerivez Coffee opened earlier this month at 515 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.  Pedro Chavez ( below ) and...
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Openings: Skinny Louie on 2nd Avenue

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Skinny Louie opened Friday at 141 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street.  The EV outpost marked the debut by giving ...
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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Week in Grieview

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Posts this past week included (with a random skyline pic).  Never miss a post with the weekly EVG newsletter. Free right here .   • Remem...

Remembering Chino Garcia

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Carlos "Chino" Garcia, the longtime Lower East Side community organizer and co-founder of CHARAS-El Bohio  c...
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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Saturday's parting shot

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Early morning Saturday view from 10th and A...