See Madonna in the East Village again for the very first time

Fashionista has a post on "MADONNA: A Transformational Exhibition," a traveling collection of "unseen" photos of her Madgeness from her days in the East Village circa early 1980s... Photographer Richard Corman talks about meeting Madonna for the very first time... at her place in 234 E. Fourth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B...

I went into the building and the seas parted – there must have been 20 kids sitting on the stoop and in the hallway and then I went up to meet her. I really didn’t know what I was getting into, but as soon as I met her, as soon as she served me espresso on a silver plated tray with Bazooka bubblegum, I knew I was in for a ride.

The exhibit opens Thursday with a private event. Read the Q-and-A (and find more photos) here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Madonna in the East Village circa 1982

How can I really be expected to post today when 78 degrees™ is on the way?

As you probably know, the force of gravity has increased to move the Earth closer to the sun. Or is it the other way around?

No matter!

78 degrees?!

Should we be standing in line for something now? Water? Sunscreen? A sidewalk table at DBGB?

Previously on EV Grieve:
How can I really be expected to post today when the Storm of Feb. 8™ is on the way?

Here are your updated East Village bike share locations, probably

This past weekend, Citi Bike relaunched its website, as Streetsblog first noted. Membership sign-up isn’t available yet, they point out. But! The next Citi Bike demonstration is scheduled for April 21 (Earth Day) at Union Square.

In the meantime, workers are installing bike-docking stations in Brooklyn... and you can expect some here soon enough.

And the Citi Bike site now has updated information on the planned docking stations when the program finally rolls out next month.

Here are the planned East Village locations. (It's very possible that I missed one from the interactive map, which you can find here.) A modified list from the last time that we took a look.

• North side of East 14th Street near Avenue B
This station will have 33 docks and is located on the sidewalk.

• South side of East 11th Street near First Avenue
This station will have 35 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 11th Street near Second Avenue
This station will have 39 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• East side of Lafayette Street near E 8th Street
This station will have 55 docks and is located in a no-parking area of the street.

• East 7th Street near Cooper Square
This station will have 42 docks and is located in a public park or plaza.

• North side of St. Mark's Place near Second Avenue
This station will have 39 docks and is located in a no-parking area of the street.

• North side of St. Mark's Place near First Avenue
This station will have 31 docks and is located in a no-parking area of the street.

• North side of East 7th Street near Avenue A
This station will have 35 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 6th Street near Avenue B
This station will have 27 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 10th Street near Avenue A
This station will have 36 docks and is located on the sidewalk.

• South side of East 13th Street near Avenue A
This station will have 39 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• North side of East 9th Street near Avenue C
This station will have 38 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• East side of Avenue D near East 11th Street
This station will have 24 docks and is located in a NYCHA (public housing) development

• East side of Avenue D near East 8th Street
This station will have 24 docks and is located in a NYCHA (public housing) development

• South side of East 5th Street near Avenue C
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street

• South side of East 6th Street near Avenue D
This station will have 23 docks and is located on the sidewalk.

• East side of Avenue D near East 3rd Street
This station will have 23 docks and is located on the sidewalk.

• South side of East 2nd Street near Avenue C
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• North side of East 2nd Street near Avenue B
This station will have 37 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 2nd Street near Second Avenue
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 3rd Street near First Avenue
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 2nd Street near Second Avenue
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 4th Street near Second Avenue
This station will have 39 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

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Previously on EV Grieve:
Here are your East Village bike share locations, probably

Report: Citi Bike share back on track for a May debut, probably definitely

The East Village is in the 1st rollout phase of the bike-share program this May, probably for sure

Exciting new business opening on East 14th Street

The mostly awful but serviceable (mostly!) Cafe Amore's Pizza Restaurant closed on East 14th Street near Fourth Avenue just about this time last year.

Now! There's signage indicating who the new tenant will be.



Bank branch! Not a surprise! What else would you expect to open here? Or anywhere?

And h/t to EVG regular Gojira for the tip.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Marshal seizes Cafe Amore on East 14th Street

Father Pat lost his car in Friday night's fire on East Ninth Street

[EVG reader Galwegian]

Several people in the comments have pointed out that one of the cars destroyed in Friday night's fire on East Ninth Street belonged to Father Pat, certainly a well-known figure in the neighborhood ... his car is the red Honda Civic.

DNAinfo talked to Father Pat yesterday. Per the article:

"I heard some noise, and I saw a thick shadow and one of the cars was on fire," said Father Pat, who said not having a car will make his work more difficult.

"It’s a loss. It's disappointing. But I'm rolling with the punches."

Father Pat, 81, founded Bonitas House, a shelter for troubled teenagers and illegal immigrants, on East Ninth Street nearly 50 years ago. Here's an interview that GammaBlog did with Father Pat back in January.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Looking at the remains of last night's East Ninth Street car fire

Wiener watching on St. Mark's Place

From the EV Grieve Wiener Wire... workers put up the "world's best frank" lettering yesterday at the incoming Papaya King at 3 St. Mark's Place ...

Meanwhile (via Eater last Wednesday), Design Observer interviewed Andrew Bernheimer, the architect who designed the East Village Papaya King. Headline: How to Design an Iconic NY Fast Food Joint? Bernheimer studied everyone from from Katz's to Shake Shack for this creation.

Excerpt!

So how do you design a place that retains the je-ne-sais-quois authenticity of an iconic New York place without it becoming a generic franchise joint?

Use the language of their original store, and then deploy elements in slightly different ways. Don’t merely replicate things. For example, we decided to push the entry in from the street (the opposite of the original incarnation, which occupies a prominent corner on the Upper East Side) and widen it, to create a sheltered entry space. And we made it bright yellow, which picked up on their color scheme. Also, signage is really important. Sometimes we are taught in architecture school (or later on, learn in practice) that nostalgia isn’t valuable, and our impulse is to fight it. But in this case nostalgia was important, very much so.

Lastly, Wiener Watchers are predicting that Papaya King will be ... the place to be this summer... as evidenced by how the space is already attracting crowds...


[Saturday afternoon, via Stephen Popkin]

... and the leftovers from crowds...


[Sunday morning]

Via Twitter, the folks at Papaya King said that they are hoping to open by May 1. "Psyched to be coming downtown."

Taking another look at that crazy bed frame installation inside The Fourth

The Fourth is the name of the restaurant going into the space at the five-years-in-the-making Hyatt Union Square on Fourth Avenue...

Walked by it and stopped to admire this again inside the eatery...



Gives us the spins, for some reason...

3 spring-like scenes

Photos today by Bobby Williams.

If you're going to tonight's CB3/SLA meeting...

Just a reminder that it's in a different location this month (and hereafter) ...

SLA & DCA Licensing Committee
Monday, April 8 at 6:30 pm — University Settlement Neighborhood Center
189 Allen Street (between Houston and Stanton ... north of main entrance.

Among the many items on the agenda:

• Golden Cadillac (RIP Boca Chica)
• Cagen
• The Asphalt Jungle
• Ex-Soho Billiards to Red Square

But no Living Room...

Find the full agenda here.

Here is the official poster for CBGB the Movie

Here, via the CBGB Movie Facebook page, is the official poster... The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively been posting the new, uh, posters for the past week. There are an additional four posters featuring the characters who portray Joey Ramone, Debbie Harry, Patti Smith and Stiv Bators.

You can find all those via THR here, including this one of actress Malin Akerman as Debbie Harry...



John Holmstrom, founding editor of PUNK magazine, designed the posters.

This one was just a teaser of sorts.