Sunday, April 10, 2011
Someone needs toilet training
Spotted by a reader on the northwest corner of First Avenue and 13th Street around 4:41 a.m.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Today in photos of a Ferrari on the Bowery
Photos by EV Grieve Ferrari correspondent Bobby Williams.
RIP Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of "Network," "Serpico," and "Dog Day Afternoon" died last night. He was 86.
Per The Washington Post:
"Dog Day Afternoon" is on of my all-time favorite films... (and if you've never seen the movie, then you may NOT want to watch this trailer... gives away a few too many plot points...)
Or how about "The Pawnbroker" from 1964 with Rod Steiger...
Per The Washington Post:
A Philadelphia native, Lumet moved to New York City as a child, and it became the location of choice for more than 30 of his films. Although he freely admitted to a lifelong love affair with the city, he often showed its grittier side.
Such dramas as "Prince of the City," "Q&A," "Night Falls on Manhattan" and "Serpico" looked at the hard lives and corruptibility of New York police officers. "Dog Day Afternoon" told the true-life story of two social misfits who set in motion a chain of disastrous events when they tried to rob a New York City bank on an oppressively hot summer afternoon.
"Dog Day Afternoon" is on of my all-time favorite films... (and if you've never seen the movie, then you may NOT want to watch this trailer... gives away a few too many plot points...)
Or how about "The Pawnbroker" from 1964 with Rod Steiger...
More on the MTA v. an East Village artist
The Wall Street Journal has more today more about the story we posted yesterday on the MTA v. East Village artist VH McKenzie.
Here are some excerpts from the Journal's article:
Earlier this week, she received a letter from an intern who works for the MTA's marketing and advertising division requesting she stop selling the cards and remove any MTA-branded items from Etsy.com, an online marketplace. Alternatively, the intern said the artist could pay the authority for a license to utilize the MTA's brand in her artwork.
The MTA uses unpaid interns to search online for trademark infringement "when they have the time," says Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the MTA.
And!
Through close to 120 licensees, the MTA generates about $500,000 a year in revenue, or about what it expected to save from cutting one express-bus line during a round of service cuts last year. Typically, artists enter into licensing deals with the authority, giving up about 10% of net revenue.
And!
Still, copyright lawyers say the MTA may not have a strong case.
"If all she is doing is painting over the MTA's logo with her own artistic expression, there wouldn't be any claim the MTA would have unless there's some statute that makes the card sacrosanct," says David Leichtman, a partner at New York law firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi and chairman of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. "The MTA...likely can't force her to take a licensing fee."
Previously on EV Grieve:
Is this East Village artist a threat to the sanctity of the MTA’s intellectual property?
At the St. Brigid School flea market
Earlier this morning, we mentioned the flea market at the St. Brigid School... And Dave on 7th stopped by, describing it as "genuine LES."
With plentiful curling irons for sale...
... it also provides an opportunity to see more of the school here on Avenue B and Seventh Street.
With plentiful curling irons for sale...
... it also provides an opportunity to see more of the school here on Avenue B and Seventh Street.
Another closed deli to note
In yesterday's roundup of closed/renovated East Village delis, we forgot to mention D&M on 12th Street at Third Avenue... Not sure exactly when it closed... But this would make 14 delis that have closed or been sold and renovated in the last year or so ...
...with the previous tenant's signage still in view...
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Another East Village corner market closes; 13 and counting for the last year or so
...with the previous tenant's signage still in view...
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Another East Village corner market closes; 13 and counting for the last year or so
A ping pong photo op in Tompkins Square Park
EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams stopped to take a photo of this couple playing ping pong in Tompkins Square Park yesterday...
When they spotted his camera, the couple — who are deaf — motioned Bobby over. The man pulled out his own camera and had Bobby take their picture. Bobby took one for himself too.
After posing for the shot, Bobby says they went happily on their way into the Park...
When they spotted his camera, the couple — who are deaf — motioned Bobby over. The man pulled out his own camera and had Bobby take their picture. Bobby took one for himself too.
After posing for the shot, Bobby says they went happily on their way into the Park...
Today in flea markets
Seventh Street and Avenue B. Just walk toward the woman ringing the bell. And let me know if it's worth going to...
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