EV Grieve

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Tonight in random fireworks display

Woo! It's May 16! Anyway, that explosiony noise you heard tonight was not related to Con Ed. Rather! Fireworks!

Thursday, May 16, 8:30 PM: Pier 36 East River
Sponsor: XA Experimental Agency

Putting the docking stations to good use ahead of Citi Bikes

EVG reader Orchid spotted this tonight on East Fourth Street near Second Avenue... looks like the docking stations work! Oh, and let me know when 45 minutes is up!

Tompkins Square Park this afternoon

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Snoopy came home

Spotted on East 12th Street by Andrew Adam Newman on Ave C.

[Headline h/t]

Cement and 'peaceful support' today at the Children's Magical Garden

[Nicole Turcotte]

A reader sent us the following email this morning about the Children's Magical Garden, the scene of a showdown yesterday between a developer and residents:

"The developer's workers showed up with a truck full of cement and began cementing the fence in place despite promises yesterday that they would not do so."

The Lo-Down has a photo and more about this here.

Meanwhile, this afternoon from 2-4, residents will be gathering for "peaceful support" and banner making at the longtime garden on Stanton and Norfolk.

This story is receiving a lot of media attention. Aside from the outlets that we linked to yesterday, find more articles at:

Runnin' Scared

The New York Times

The Villager

DNAinfo

WNBC 4

NY1

The end is here for 9th St. Bakery

As you may know, 9th St. Bakery has been on a month-to-month lease, with hopes of lasting through the summer in the face of a big rent hike.

Unfortunately, Oleg, who has owned the bakery with his wife Tetyana since the 1990s, told EVG contributor Derek Berg yesterday that the landlord has ended the lease. The bakery must be out by early June.

A bakery has stood here the past 87 years.

And what will be taking the bakery's space? Some kind of smoothie/juice shop.

Perhaps Oleg will, in fact, start that delivery service.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Reader report: 9th St. Bakery is closing after 87 years (59 comments)

[Photo by Derek Berg]

Plywood removal means full reveal at 51 Astor Place

Workers removed the remaining plywood around 51 Astor Place, and the front entrance and public plaza are now in full view...

And was there always a pay phone here? (And is this thing going to remain? Seems so unfabulous for the address.)

And I don't know why I took this shot.

EV Grieve Eatery Etc.: Saints Tavern is purple; Organic Avenue is open

Haven't done one of these in eons. Behind!

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On St. Mark's Place, the newish Saints Tavern got a very purple makeover on Tuesday... (it used to be red)...

[Bobby Williams]

Of course, there is some precedent on the block for purple...

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After a long period of inactivity, workers have recently started renovating the former Spa Belles location on Second Avenue near East Seventh Street... prepping it to be a ~~fucking~~ Twister self-serve frozen yogurt shop ...

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Work continues at 115 Avenue C near East Eighth Street, where Apartment 13 will soon call home ... it's the new restaurant from Paul Seres, the former president of the New York Nightlife Association and a partner in The DL on Delancey and Ludlow... read more about it here. Meanwhile, workers finally removed the ~~iconic~~ sign from the last tenant — The Porch.

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In case you missed this one earlier... Fu Sushi closed on Avenue B between East 11th Street and East 12th Street last August. The Post reported back in January that a new Ethiopian restaurant is opening in its place ... called Haile Ethiopian Bistro, and owned by Menasie Haile and Gemada Hiwot. The signs have been up now for what, six weeks? Anyway...

[Dave on 7th]

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And the new outpost of Organic Avenue opened last Friday on Third Avenue and East Ninth Street... in the space of the former travel agency...

According to their website:

[T]he leading provider of organic cold pressed juices, raw food cleansing programs, snacks, superfoods, truly natural beauty products, healthy lifestyle education and community building events. The company helps people learn how to transition and maintain a healthy lifestyle that is pleasurable and sustainable, while also friendly to people, animals and the environment.

If you don't want to buy 238 E. 4th St., then you can at least rent it — for $27,500 a month

The luxury home at 238 E. Fourth St. (just west of Avenue B) has been on and off the market the past year or so ... the 6,500 square-foot condo with ~~paparazzi shield~~ private garage, south-facing garden, "Open Eat-In Boffi Stainless Steel Chef's Kitchen with a Wolf Stove" etc. Allegedly Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz looked at it. The four-floor home remains on the market for a now-reduced price of $6.995 million.

But now, starting on July 1, you may rent the first four floors... for $27,500...

You can read the listing to see what you get on those four floors.

Also, this unit is not the penthouse that those Novogratz people with 38 kids designed. That apparently has been sold, per Streeteasy.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Is this home fit for James Bond?

Dance Parade 2013 — and DanceFest — is Saturday

[Shawn Chittle]

The parade ends up in Tompkins Square Park for DanceFest ... where it "comes alive with choreographed performances, workshops and social dance–all free to the public. For 2013, there will be 4 stages: A Performance Stage, Family Friendly Stage and Teaching Stage. DJ Louie Vega will headline the Groove Area on stage with a live band."