Monday, February 6, 2017

196 Orchard's 'Culture & Cuisine'



An EVG reader asked if we had seen the stencils on the plywood at Ben Shaoul's incoming luxury condos on Houston and Orchard...



Residences ... culture & cuisine... It's part of the branding for the building, which will include a two-level Equinox (gym). The 196 Orchard website includes a 46-page digital publication/advertorial called "The Orchard Review." (You can access it here.)

Turn-of-the-century tenements with patina facades house biodynamic wine stores. The corner slice joint rubs elbows with the starred cuisine of Wildair and Contra. And a perfect date night is sharing a Katz's pastrami followed by a scoop of black sesame from Il Laboratorio del Gelato.

Anyway, the available condos here in the 11-story, 94-unit building range from a 551-square-foot studio for $1.075 million to a 2,069-square-foot three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom apartment asking $5.995 million.

Work is still in the foundation stage, as a look through the blogger portals show...



Sales for the residences launched back in September. A few weeks ago, the Lo-Down asked a Ben Shaoul spokesperson how sales were going here. The response: "While sales have been robust with multiple units placed under contract since launching sales in mid-Fall of 2016, the Sponsor is not disclosing specific figures at this time."



Previously on EV Grieve:
Making way for Ben Shaoul's new retail-residential complex on East Houston

Katz's is now the last business on East Houston between Ludlow and Orchard

Send a salami to your boy next door in the condo

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Sunday's parting shot



Avenue A and Sixth Street this afternoon...

Mid-afternoon mannequin break



Remainder from the 1/2-off sale?

Photo on First Avenue and St. Mark's Place by Steven...

Week in Grieview


[Photo on 2nd Avenue by Derek Berg]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

At the 'Lower East Side Rally Against Hate' in Tompkins Square Park (Monday)

Condos at Rite Aid's new neighbor on First Avenue will range from $1 million to $6 million (Thursday)

Rookie officer stationed at the 9th Precinct dies in car crash (Friday)

Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen is now open daily on Seventh Street (Monday)

Out and About with Lola Sáenz (Wednesday)

Report: East Village landlord Raphael Toledano close to losing prize Chelsea building (Tuesday)

Today is the last day for Turntable Lab before move to new 10th Street storefront (Thursday)

East 12th Osteria closes on 1st Avenue, moving to the West Village (Monday)

New bakery on the way for the Whole Foods Market® Bowery (Monday)

Mandolino Pizzeria has opened on 13th Street (Tuesday)

An appreciation: the Village East Cinema (Friday)

Pichi & Avo wrap up new work at the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall (Monday)

Todd Hase brings custom furnishings to Seventh Street (Wednesday)

Report: Anyway Cafe robbed at knifepoint (Wednesday)

There's a new barber shop on Ninth Street (Thursday)

Sugar Cafe closes after service today (Wednesday)

98 Favor Taste signage arrives on St. Mark's Place (Friday)

Reader mailbag: A call to keep the lights on the holiday tree in Tompkins Square Park (Friday)

Mr. White bringing 'new Southern cuisine' to St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

Progress at Little Tong Noodle Shop, coming soon to First Avenue (Friday)

Seat saved for Merrick Garland on Astor Place (Tuesday)

Checking in on Artichoke's new 14th Street home (Tuesday)

Gramercy Cafe closes; Gramercy Kitchen coming soon (Monday)

That last day of January when it snowed a little bit (Tuesday)

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Saturday, February 4, 2017

Friday, February 3, 2017

EV Grieve Etc.: Details on the LGBTQ Solidarity Rally; About the Bowery Presents deal



Details on the LGBTQ Solidarity Rally outside the Stonewall Inn tomorrow afternoon at 2 (Facebook)

NYU Anti-Fascists vs. the Proud Boys at NYU last night; 11 arrests (Gothamist)

Ex-con arrested after stealing jeep from the East Village (DNAinfo)

A look at Economy Candy in the 1980s (Ephemeral New York)

Black History Month in NYC: 15 historic sites to visit (Curbed)

C&B Café at 178 E. 7th St. near Avenue B turns 2 tomorrow (Instagram ... previously)

AEG deal to buy half of Bowery Presents does not include Bowery Ballroom or Mercury Lounge (Pitchfork)

This weekend: "Beyond Cassavetes: Lost Legends of the New York Film World (1945-70)" (Anthology Film Archives)

Nation senior editor Lizzy Ratner tells Jared Kushner's family story in a personal meditation on her own family's passage to America, which parallels that of Kushner's (The Nation)

Hanging around with some hawks (Laura Goggin Photography)


Troubles at the the Cornelia Street Cafe (Off the Grid)

An interview with Tod [A] of Cop Shoot Cop (Flaming Pablum)

The American Political Items Collectors show is Sunday in Seward Park (The Lo-Down)

There goes the Carnegie Deli sign (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

If you feeling like going out Sunday night but not have to be subjected to the Super Bowl, here's one option: Jimmy's No. 43 at 43 E. Seventh St. is offering a break from the game — no TVs with "old-time folk singers in the back room."

Or there's always a screening of the 1977 Paul Newman comedy "Slap Shot" down at the Metrograph on Ludlow Street Sunday night at 8:45 ...

Only 'Yesterday'



There's a new release of demos from 1982 by the Glasgow-based pop duo Strawberry Switchblade ... these New York Dolls fans only released one proper record in the day, which included the catchy "Since Yesterday" (circa 1984), which is apparently about nuclear war. Enjoy!

RIP Officer Bianca Bennett


Officer Bianca Bennett, who worked at the 9th Precinct on Fifth Street, died in a single-car crash in the Bronx on Wednesday night, according to published reports. She was 27.

Per the Post:

Sources say Bennett was a passenger in a red Dodge Durango driven by a fellow off-duty officer, who lost control and ran off the roadway. The SUV flipped and burst into flames.

The other officer reportedly sustained trauma and burns to both of his legs. He remains in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital.

The rookie officer was set to marry her high school sweetheart in April.