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Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg
Friday, March 10, 2017
Gym rats: Personal info of former David Barton members found on Astor Place
NBC 4 had this report:
Paperwork containing the personal information of clients at a shuttered David Barton Gym ... was found strewn across the heavily-trafficked streets in the area Thursday.
News 4 cameras exclusively captured photocopies of identification cards, passports and visa information that had apparently been submitted with gym waivers for the luxury fitness chain.
It wasn't immediately cleared who tossed all this sensitive information on the curb.
The four David Barton Gym locations in Manhattan, including on Astor Place, shut down without any warning to its members or staff in late December.
Last month, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against Club Ventures Investments LLC d/b/a David Barton Gyms.
The Astor Place space will become one of New York Sports Clubs' collection of Elite clubs.
H/T Pinch!
EV Grieve Etc.: Vanishing New York the book; Boss Tweed a goner
[Photo on Astor Place the other day by Derek Berg]
Suspect arrested in assault of four women on the LES (The Lo-Down)
There's a livestream viewing of the ACLU's launch of People Power tomorrow afternoon at Lucky, 168 Avenue (Details here)
An interview with East Village resident Fenton Lawless on his 1976 subway graffiti documentary (Mass Appeal)
Boss Tweed's on Essex appears to have closed (BoweryBoogie)
A look at the politically-charged play by Guillermo Calderón debuting Sunday at the Wild Project on Third Street (BOMB)
About Vanishing New York the book (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
The Anthology Film Archives pays homage to queer cinema pioneer Barbara Hammer tomorrow (Official website)
Some history of 105 Second Ave., the former Fillmore East (Off the Grid)
The U.S., Canada and Spain win the honors for having the highest rates of severely cost-burdened renters (Bloomberg)
DNAinfo buys Gothamist (Gothamist... Jezebel)
That time in 1905 when a bar on Bleecker Street downplayed booze and played up soda, hot chocolate and ice cream sodas (Ephemeral New York)
French filmmaker Olivier Assayas's international trilogy at the Metrograph tomorrow (Official site)
The making of Lou Reed's "Street Hassle" (Dangerous Minds)
On Sunday, Neighbors to Save Rivington House host an event addressing the lack of health care facilities on the LES (DNAinfo)
Report: Former NYU student paralyzed in fall from 2nd Avenue building awarded $29 million in suit
The Post has the details:
Anastasia “Sasha” Klupchak, who was an honors student and varsity soccer player, is guaranteed the $29 million from the building owner East Village Associates after her lawyer struck an unusual deal with defense counsel on Monday.
Called a “high low settlement” the parties agreed that if the jury came back with a verdict that was less than $13 million, the defense would pay $13 million; but if they arrived at a figure over $29 million, the landlord would cough up $29 million.
The pre-verdict deal means the award cannot be appealed.
Klupchak, 22 at the time in 2008, was visiting a friend at 82 Second Ave. between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. She and her friend went out on the fire escape to smoke around midnight. When attempting to re-enter the apartment, "she fell through an unguarded opening in the fire escape platform." The 12-foot fall left her paralyzed from the waist down.
The landlord at the time, East Village Associates, was found liable "because a 1949 law prohibited the type of fire escape on the building." One of the six jurors found that Klupchak "was at least partially responsible for her injuries." She had been drinking on the evening of her fall, and the landlord's attorney said "that she treated the fire escape like a balcony instead of an emergency escape route."
Her attorney, Thomas Moore, noted that there was no provision in the lease that said tenants couldn’t hang out on the fire escape. He also got the landlord, Bernard McElhone of East Village Associates, to admit under cross examination that “tens of thousands of New Yorkers regularly” hang out on the structures.
Klupchak, who went on to pursue a Ph.D. in film studies at Emory, now teaches at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta.
As for the building, Icon Realty bought the property from East Village Associates in January 2013 for $3.1 million. Icon flipped the building in late 2015 to a South Carolina-based investor for $10.9 million.
“She cried with joy and [thanks]. She just kept saying, ‘I don’t believe it'” https://t.co/5FQCDjZFz6
— New York Post Metro (@nypmetro) March 8, 2017
Google Street View image from 2008
Thursday, March 9, 2017
At the International Women’s Strike march in Washington Square Park
There were activities across the city yesterday related to the International Women's Strike ... more than 1,000 people (per media estimates) gathered in Washington Square Park late in the afternoon for a rally and march to Zuccotti Park ...
Per coverage at Gothamist:
Thousands of women and their allies gathered in Washington Square Park late Wednesday afternoon to demand equality and justice for all women, particularly those who are most at risk to the Trump agenda — immigrant women were joined by trans women, queer women, sex workers, nurses, and labor and Black Lives Matter organizers.
The rally, which capped off the Day Without A Woman strike, demanded justice for all, regardless of economic status. At one point the crowd closest to the Washington Square Arch chanted, "Feminism for the masses, not just the ruling classes!"
EVG contributor Derek Berg was at the start of the march, and shared these photos...
Extell's 14th Street developments are all grown up now
Let's check in on Extell's two, seven-story residential buildings going in on 14th Street from Avenue A to Avenue B... starting with a look on Avenue A toward the southeast corner...
... and from the entryway to Stuy Town...
...and looking at the end of No. 500 toward Avenue A...
... and two shots of No. 524, the smaller of the two buildings...
...and a view from the 13th Street side...
Together, the buildings will yield 150 residential units (of those, 32 will reportedly be below-market rate). The buildings will include outdoor space for tenants, such as: "gardens, ornamental grasses, a full bocce court, pergola covered dining with an open air grill kitchen, and framed hedge walls," per marketing materials.
There will also be 56,610-square feet of retail space. As previously reported, Target is leasing 27,306 square feet in No. 500's corner space for a small-format store expected to open in the summer of 2018.
[Fast-forward to the summer of 2018]
There's still a persistent rumor that a Trader Joe's will take the remaining retail space at No. 500.
The excavating started on the property in June 2015.
Previously on EV Grieve:
New 7-floor buildings for East 14th Street include 150 residential units
Target offers details about its flexible-format store opening summer 2018 on 14th and A
The disappearing storefronts of East 14th Street
[2011]
... and from the entryway to Stuy Town...
...and looking at the end of No. 500 toward Avenue A...
... and two shots of No. 524, the smaller of the two buildings...
...and a view from the 13th Street side...
Together, the buildings will yield 150 residential units (of those, 32 will reportedly be below-market rate). The buildings will include outdoor space for tenants, such as: "gardens, ornamental grasses, a full bocce court, pergola covered dining with an open air grill kitchen, and framed hedge walls," per marketing materials.
There will also be 56,610-square feet of retail space. As previously reported, Target is leasing 27,306 square feet in No. 500's corner space for a small-format store expected to open in the summer of 2018.
[Fast-forward to the summer of 2018]
There's still a persistent rumor that a Trader Joe's will take the remaining retail space at No. 500.
The excavating started on the property in June 2015.
Previously on EV Grieve:
New 7-floor buildings for East 14th Street include 150 residential units
Target offers details about its flexible-format store opening summer 2018 on 14th and A
The disappearing storefronts of East 14th Street
[2011]
Ciala bringing 'Georgian and European cuisine' to 2nd Avenue
A new restaurant-cafe called Ciala is in the works for 77 Second Ave. between Fourth Street and Fifth Street.
According to the application on file (PDF) at the CB3 website ahead of Monday's SLA committee meeting, Ciala will serve "Georgian and European cuisine." (Ciala is seeking a beer-wine license.)
The layout shows 17 tables with a total of 49 seats ... and a five-seat service bar. The applicant, listed as David Kurtanidze, is proposing hours of 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily, including for the outdoor seating.
The previous tenant here, Ballaro, which served Italian coffee and pastries during the day, and beer, wine and small plates in the evening hours, closed after seven years in February 2016. (Ballaro made headlines after drunken Taylor Swift fans apparently terrorized the staff by demanding they play more of the pop star's music on the house stereo in August 2015.)
The CB3-SLA meeting is Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Thelma Burdick Community Room, 10 Stanton St. (corner of the Bowery).
Thanks to Steven for the photos!
Sister Jane officially opens Friday on 13th Street
An EVG reader shared this photo from yesterday... showing workers putting up the signage for Sister Jane East Side Tavern on 13th Street west of First Avenue...
And just in time for a soft opening last evening ... before a grand opening tomorrow.
Later, EVG reader Samantha S. sent along a photo from inside...
Per Samantha: "Love it so far — the owner is so nice and the menu looks fantastic! Solid beer and wine selection. No cocktail menu (yet). Should be a good spot!"
Michael Stewart, a co-owner of Tavern on Jane at 31 Eighth Ave., is also behind this venture, a neighborhood bar/restaurant, in the former Redhead space.
Previously
Haile Bistro expected to reopen next week on Avenue B
We recently noted that Haile Bistro, the Ethiopian restaurant on Avenue B between 11th Street and 12th Street, had been closed of late without any explanation.
Now, though, there are "closed for renovations" signs posted on the front windows ... noting a reopening on March 14...
A comment on the previous post from a former owner states that another family member will now be running Haile, which opened in 2013.
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