Waiting for the rest of Joe Strummer

On Friday, workers removed the remaining sidewalk bridge and scaffolding from 132 E. Seventh St. at Avenue A ... where, you know, the 10-year-old Joe Strummer mural got blasted away... (We heard from Niagara insiders that the mural would return, we just didn't have the confirmation from ownership at the time.)

Well, workers repaired the crumbling wall where the Strummer mural lived...



By Saturday, the wall was being prepped...



And yesterday, as first noted, Dr. Revolt, the original artist, started work on the new mural.





According to a tweet from Malin, there will be a celebration party for the mural at Niagara on Thursday evening.

All photos by Bobby Williams.

When Tompkins Square Park had a Milk House

I'm pretty sure that I've posted these before. Regardless! A few people mentioned these photos after the shots I posted Thursday morning of Tompkins Square Park circa 1904 ...

Details from the photo credit:

Bain News Service, publisher.

Milk House, Tompkins Sq.; hot day

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

Here's another shot...



One reader put the date from July 1911, when a heatwave in the city was blamed for 146 deaths in six days, according to this article (PDF!) in the Times. Ephemeral New York has more on the Milk Houses here.

The Milk House lost its lease the following year and became a Shake Shack.

Photos via The Library of Congress.

Former Affaire space on the market on Avenue B

Affaire, the French bistro and lounge, closed at 50 Avenue B back in August. A venture called Brownstone Bar & Grill, serving "Caribbean/Southern food," was on the CB3/SLA docket for a new liquor license this month. However, this applicant has been scratched from the agenda... and based on the new "for lease" sign out front, we likely won't be seeing Brownstone here.

Before Affaire, the space was home to China 1, which neighbors really hated.

A quick look at Twist, now open on Avenue A

Bill the libertarian anarchist stopped by Twist, the new yogurt shop at 70 Avenue A between East Fifth Street and East Fourth Street...

"I just sampled an organic chocolate yogurt at Twist. Excellent indeed. Jim is the proprietor. He hopes to show art made by local artists. He has a bit of work to do on the walls, but expects to have it done soon."

Till Death Do Us Rock

Today in Tompkins Square Park, Frank Wood marries Johnny Eggz and Christa McNamee. Johnny's band is the Mighty Pragmatics. Wedding party and post-concert tonight at Otto's on East 14th Street ... with bands playing all night...

Photo and details via Steven Hirsch.

Week in Grieview

[Photo on First Avenue by Goggla]

A walk in Alphabet City in 1978 (Friday)

RIP LES Jewels (Saturday, 51 comments)

An appreciation: Star Shoe Shop (Tuesday)

The future of 181 Avenue A, aka the former Mary Help of Christians (Monday)

Avenue A 7-Eleven AC woes (Monday)

Rosie Mendez wins the Democratic primary (Wednesday)

New mural honors Tompkins Square Park (Friday)

Tompkins Square Park in 1904 (Thursday)

Prepping 100 Avenue A for demolition (Tuesday)

Out and About with Sven Furberg (Wednesday)

Bike helmets that we like (Tuesday)

Lightning! (Thursday)

A trash complaint about Taverna Kyclades (Thursday)

Picnic opens on Second Avenue (Tuesday)

12 years of Bloomy (Monday)

The Stuyvesant Stationery shop is closing on East 14th Street (Friday)

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[Photo by Gregory Patrick]

Meanwhile, at DayLife...

Part of DayLife today on Orchard Street... Per the DayLife website:

DayLife is a FREE 3-block special event that covers Orchard Street in astroturf and pushcarts, and includes the best in LES food and fashion vendors.

Photo via EVG reader Evan.

Happening now: The Joe Strummer mural is returning! The Joe Strummer mural is returning!

As we first reported on Aug. 19, workers blasted away the 10-year-old Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara on Avenue A and East Seventh Street as part of ongoing exterior renovations at 132 E. Seventh St. As promised, though, the mural was to return... and it's starting to happen right now with the original artist Dr. Revolt ...

Thanks to @gaminette for the photo!

AlphaBet Cafe back open on East 14th Street and Avenue B

[Bobby Williams]

Just noting that AlphaBet Cafe, a fine little place for an inexpensive meal, is back open ... they were closed for several days due to a gas problem, according to signs on the door.

The New York City Marble Cemetery is open until 5 today on East 2nd Street

From the EVG inbox...

The New York City Marble Cemetery invites you to visit on our Neighborhood Open Day on SUNDAY SEPT. 15 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Come and enjoy our peaceful green space

*Upcoming Dates*

Our Fall Open Weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Oct. 12 and 13
10 am to 5 pm
With historical displays, photos and artifacts
Visit and learn more of the history of the Cemetery and those interred here.

East Second Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.