Photo from Earth by Grant Shaffer.
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Friday, November 11, 2016
Reader report: An election comment, then an assault
An EVG reader reported being assaulted last night around 10:15 on Eighth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C. Here's what he shared with us:
The reader reported the incident to the NYPD.
I am a 54-year-old white straight male. A youngish man walked beside me and said, "Sucks about the election, huh?" I responded "yup." And then ... my hat was knocked off my head, and three other young men appeared. All wearing hooded sweatshirts. Someone pushed me. Someone shouted "fucking faggot!" And someone spit on me. Someone took a punch at me, but hit my jacket. I screamed for help...but no one was on the street. They ran."
The reader reported the incident to the NYPD.
I couldn't describe them. But they were white. Young. And I think they all wore hoodies. I am okay. But incredibly shaken...the cops were kind of helpful, but without details, were not sure they could help more, other than to "look out for more incidents in the area."
Heavy trash
Brooklyn's Surfbort opens for Thee Oh Sees tonight at a sold-out Bowery Ballroom. (They're also on a bill Nov. 21 at Baby's All Right.)
The above video is for "Trash."
Rendering (and porta-potty) watch: 75 1st Ave.
Just a quick follow-up post about 75 First Ave., where an 8-story condoplex featuring 22 residences will rise here between Fifth Street and Fourth Street.
Renderings are up on the plywood... not a lot of detail, but you get the idea...
The building, designed by HTO-Architect, looks to be a cantilever ... taking up some space over the Rite Aid next door...
The big porta-potty is also off the Avenue (as seen in the top pic) ... though cyclists still need to veer into traffic to pass the site...
Since I took the top photos, workers have added a warning sign about construction in the bike lane.
Previously
Worrying about Healthfully
Several EVG readers have expressed concern in recent weeks over the longterm health of Healthfully Organic Market, 98 E. Fourth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
Per one reader: "The shelves are looking sparse ... and they seem to be posting their hours weekly."
As of this week, the shop has been closed during posted business hours. There's no word for patrons about a temporary closure on the door or elsewhere. (Healthfully's Facebook page has not been updated since 2012.)
And yesterday, a reader noted that there's a 40 percent off everything inventory sale going on...
At the end of the summer of 2011, Kim Kardashian, her sister Kourtney and 50 photographers discretely shopped at Healthfully.
[Photo by Zinno Park]
Live above the (soon-to-depart) Citibank at 50 Avenue A
[Photo from 2014]
As noted last month, the Citibank at 50 Avenue A is closing for good in January. Several readers commented that the building housing the bank branch is rather unattractive.
I never thought much about it. There is a residence in the building for sale. Perhaps it's much better from the inside. Here's a look at the listing via Streeteasy:
This beautifully renovated apartment, one of the loveliest two bedroom, two full bathrooms currently on the market in the east village, is spacious, serene, and light-filled. Three blocks from Tompkins Square Park, four from the F train, and a five minute walk to SoHo, it's location puts you in one of the most convenient and authentic spots from which to experience our magical city.
The new renovation includes sanded oak floors, a raised ceiling with painted beams, exposed brick in every room, open kitchen, mosaic tiles in the bathroom, and custom made, rustic fixtures and furniture, which can come with the apartment. Rustic wood wraps the roaring fireplace, there is washer/ drier setup in unit, stainless steel oven, microwave, dishwasher, air con units and a powerful heating system under the individual apartment's control. There is a ton of storage space in the apartment and additional small, medium and large storage units available in the basement.
Located in a super safe (a new camera intercom is going in this month), conveniently located building on Ave A and third, you are steps from a 24 hour grocery store with plenty of organic produce, one block from the newest and largest New York Sports Clubs, within two blocks of a 24 hour Duane Reade, Union Market, bookstores, art galleries, restaurants, community gardens bars, nightlife, theaters and so much more.
And two pics...
Asking price: $1.25 million. And there's an open house tomorrow afternoon from 2:30-4:30.
This post still has nothing to do with the East Village, except for the part about 2 Boots Pizza
As I first noted back on Sept. 16, renovations for a Two Boots on Nassau Street in the Financial District turned up ghost signage for onetime tenant Loft's Candies...
It was unknown if Two Boots would keep the neon or have it removed...
Now East Village-based photographers James and Karla Murray report via Instagram that 2 Boots will be restoring the sign.
Per James and Karla: "Instead of just removing the signage, the good news is that Two Boots will be restoring the sign ... We love when we hear that a new tenant appreciates the history of a store and its signage. In this case, the Loft's sign features the candy store's mid century logotype."
The work on the sign started earlier this week...
Two Boots, which got its start on Avenue A (different location than its current home) in 1987, now has 17 locations in six states.
Previously on EV Grieve:
This post has nothing to do with the East Village, except for the part about 2 Boots Pizza
On Avenue A, Soothsayer is now Chao Chao
The family-owned Soothsayer, a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant at 171 Avenue A between 10th Street and 11th Street, is now going by Chao Chao.
Here's more about the new venture via its website:
Chao Chao means a number of things in Vietnamese, depending on various accent marks and their placement. All meanings are food and hospitality related: a welcoming “hello”, a warming “soup”, delicious “meatballs”, or “shrimp balls” a sizzling “wok”, and, the accentuation used for the restaurant’s name, tangy “fermented tofu”.
Chao Chao is the brainchild of Stuy-Town native, Stephan Brezinsky. The concept is based in his life experience, growing up around Alphabet City in the 90s, listening to the Beastie Boys, and going home to feast on his mother’s Vietnamese home cooking.
Here's a look at the menu...
[Click for more detail]
Soothsayer closed without any notice to patrons at the end of September. They were on CB3's SLA October docket for an upgrade to a full liquor license. (CB3 issued a denial on the license.) Soothsayer opened in January.
As for No. 171, it was the former home of 171A, a studio used by the Beastie Boys, Bad Brains and Reagan Youth, among other bands.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Thursday's parting shot
A view atop St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church on Avenue A at 10th Street via Steven...
EV Grieve Etc.: Anti-Trump protests continue; the 'effortlessly cool' LES
[Subway art on 7th Street via Derek Berg]
Trump demonstrations in NYC (Gothamist ... B+B ... with more on the way)
After Trump's win, no clear answers for New York City's undocumented immigrants (Politico)
Yuh-Line Niou elected to State Assembly (The Lo-Down)
Arts and Election Day in the East Village (The New Yorker)
71-year-old man robbed twice in two weeks in the Wald Houses (Daily News)
A walk through the shops and galleries of the "effortlessly cool" Lower East Side (The New York Times)
A visit to Thursday Kitchen on East Ninth Street (The New York Time ...previously)
The elusive Cooper's hawk in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography)
A look at menu item at the new Nordic restaurant n’eat on Second Avenue (Grub Street)
Sales of air rights falling in NYC (The Real Deal)
"Anguish," an "undeservedly obscure, offbeat thriller" from 1987, plays Saturday afternoon at 4:45 (Anthology Film Archives)
Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side” 44 years later (Off the Grid)
...and over at Academy Record on 12th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A...
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