Old firehouse on East 11th Street no longer really looks like an old firehouse

In January, we posted about the former firehouse converted into residences on East 11th Street just east of Avenue B... two units were available to rent... the space is no longer on the market ...

... and it no longer has that firehouse look out front — workers painted it black yesterday.

Apparently black is in for former firehouses-turned-residences in NYC — just ask Anderson Cooper.

Updated: Dave on 7th notes that this space is now home, in part, to ALLDAYEVERYDAY, an integrated marketing communications and entertainment company whose clients include Michael Kors, Gawker Media and Cee Lo, among many others.

Peephole reminder

In case you missed our post from Saturday, East Village artist J. Kathleen White's latest peephole dioramas are now on display along the fence outside the Ninth Street Community Garden at Avenue C. You can check out the art anytime — not just when the garden is open.

The streaking sky

Photo by Shawn Chittle.

An EV Grieve Election 2012 update

Noted on Second Avenue.

The Bowery Bears (and Bunnies)

On Wednesday, BoweryBoogie noted the arrival of some blindfolded bunnies and bears hanging from power lines on the Lower East Side... He traced these to artist Manny Castro and electronic dance duo HeartsRevolution ...

Anyway, here's another batch from this past week on the Bowery at Great Jones...

In case you are looking to buy a pug French bulldog

You're in luck! Spotted these flyers around Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place this weekend...

Sunset trail

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Fight on the food line

Earlier today on Avenue A outside Tompkins Square Park. Photo by Steven Hirsch. (Follow him on Instagram here.)

At the East Ninth Street Block Party

Always a pleasant neighborhood gathering here between Avenue A and First Avenue... photos by Bobby Williams...

Why we still need Big Gulps and Double Gulps

Handy outdoor urinals, of course... So thank goodness they are exempt in the big soda ban!

For further reading:
Health Board Approves Bloomberg's Soda Ban (The New York Times)