Sort of good news from the East Village of Des Moines!

An update from the Des Moines Register:

A classic 1930s service station in the East Village has been saved, for now.

Historic East Village Inc. is raising the $60,000 needed to move the building from property purchased by businessman Jim Cownie in August. The group has already raised $40,000, including $10,000 from a Cownie family foundation.

The move will be to a temporary site at one of several possible locations until a permanent owner and location for the one-story building can be found, said Sarah Oltrogge, president of Historic East Village.

In October, the 78-year-old service station was identified by the Des Moines Rehabbers Club as one of the city's seven most- endangered buildings because of Cownie's plan to demolish it to create a site for development.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Something about the East Village of Des Moines seems strangely familar

"New Rose" x two

A remake that I don't hate..."New Rose" by the (underappreciated?) Gumball and Mr. Don Fleming...

And the original...

Scraping by

The other day, the Fresh Direct truck pulled in front of St. Brigid's between Seventh Street and Eighth Street to park...in doing so, the truck got a little too close to the scaffolding around the church...the truck scraped forward anyway (you can see the marks...) What a noise! To be honest, I was worried this might shake the scaffolding enough to cause a collapse. And it wouldn't be the first time there has been a scaffolding collapse here.

Noteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed

Off Broadway in the 20s.

Spanky and our gang?

Three teens, maybe 15 or 16, were walking along Tompkins Square Park.

Teen 1: "I'm not gonna get married 'till I'm 34."

Teen 2: "I'm going to wait until I'm 29."

Teen 3: "I'm just going to keep masterbating."

A sign that I like

On Third Avenue in the 20s.

"The high cost of living has hit the Bowery"

From the caption that accompanied this archival AP photo:

A prospective customer grumbles under his breath at the prices scribbled on the window of this Bowery restaurant on New York's Lower East Side, Sept. 26, 1947. The high cost of living has hit the Bowery like every other place and it's tough on the residents. One of the biggest selling items is soup and coffee, for 10 cents. It used to be a Nickel. A room with a partition and an electric light is up from 30 cents to 40 cents. The dormitories are 35 cents up from 20.

[AP Photo/Ed Ford]

Steamed hot dogs?

Near the New York Stock Exchange.

Old and broken and new and shiny on the Bowery

One shit playoff game...and we quickly forget

On Park Avenue South.