Ben Shaoul's former Liberty Toye sales office is now for rent on Avenue B

The former sales office for Ben Shaoul's Liberty Toye condoplex is now for rent at 44 Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street.

According to the listing at Steve Croman's 9300 Realty, the asking rent on the 1,500-square-foot space is $9,995 per month. The listing notes that this is "one of the hottest areas in NYC" and "Food Use is okay."

Before Shaoul's Toye team took over the long-vacant space last fall... the address was a laundromat.

Shaoul's Magnum Real Estate reportedly sold the nursing home-turned-residential building at Fifth Street and Avenue B for $85 million. (There isn't isn't any sign of this transaction yet in public records.)


[Photo from November]

Legal documents arrived on No. 44's front door earlier this summer stating that Shaoul owed the $9,300 base rent for March through June ... for a total of $41,345.91.

Week in Grieview

[Eduardo Kobra's Michael Jackson mural on 11th Street at 1st Avenue]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

1 of the 2 red-tailed hawk fledglings in Tompkins Square Park dies from secondary poisoning (Monday)

Tompkins Square Parkgoers irate after finding notices for use of controversial weed killer (Friday)

The Ottendorfer Library closing for 6 months to install new fire-suppression system (Wednesday)

The 23-year-old Starbucks on Astor Place is now closed for 'a major renovation' (Tuesday)

The latest installment of I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant (Thursday)

About Fiona Silver's 'Thunder and Lightning' (Monday)

Foot Gear Plus wraps up 38 years on First Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

This week's NY See (Thursday)

The Chipotle on St. Mark's Place has permanently closed (Wednesday)

July — August by peter radley (Friday)

Cinema of rock at the Anthology Film Archives this month (Thursday)

Pinks Cantina opening in the Bowery Market (Friday)

Activity in the former DF Mavens space (Tuesday)

Silky Kitchen in soft-open mode on 13th Street (Monday)

This block of 1st Street is trailer free for the time being after 6-plus years (Saturday)

Pado bringing 'Modern Japanese Cuisine' to 2nd Avenue (Monday)

Illegal hotel row mural defaced again in First Street Green Art Park (Wednesday)

Film Forum reopens after months-long revamp (Wednesday)

Pizza for 20 Avenue A (Monday)

Report: Rats running rampant in the Relaxation Garden on Avenue B and 13th Street (Monday)

407 E. 6th St. is for sale; one of the 'most sound-proofed properties in NY' (Tuesday)

Former Santander space for lease on Avenue A (Monday)

Beetle House founder brings ridiculous milkshakes to 6th Street with Cake Shake (Wednesday)

... and of interest from the LES ... the Lo-Down first reported this past week that the 186-year-old Federal row house on the corner of Grand and Ludlow is for sale...



The landmarked property is the longtime home of Ideal Hosiery, who plans on relocating to a yet-to-be-disclosed location.

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On Avenue B, East Village Fruit and Vegetable is gone, gutted

East Village Fruit and Vegetable closed at the end of the month on Avenue B between 13th Street and 14th Street.

As previously reported, the lease was up, and the owners couldn't make the increase in rent work. According to a longtime patron, the store owners also said that they wouldn't be able to compete with the new Target, which features a large grocery selection, on 14th Street at Avenue A.

In any event, workers have emptied out the space...



No word on a the space being for rent... or what might replace the previous longtime business...

Day 1 of the Tompkins Square Park police riot anniversary shows

Yesterday marked Day 1 of the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1988 Tompkins Square police riot.

Steven shared a few photos of the bands, including Jennifer Blowdryer...



... and Sea Monster...





... and Jeff Perlin of Breakdown...







Back at it this afternoon with more guest speakers and bands...

2 — D.I.Y.ing Breed
2:45 — Zero Content
3:20 — Skitzopolis
4 — David Huberman
4:20 — Team Spider
5 — Choking Victim

After the show, there's a multimedia presentation at the Museum Of Reclaimed Urban Space (MORUS), 155 Avenue C, starting at 7 p.m., "linking two generations of resistance" featuring comic slide shows by Eric Drooker and Seth Tobocman, with music.

Political Punk exhibit opening tonight Sunday NYC come check out the political Punk show with live performances slideshows starting at 7 at Museum of reclaimed Urban space 155 Avenue C New York City C squat #Punksquat #punkrock #NewYorkCity #Music #music brings people together #Revolution

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East Village Vintage Collective is celebrating 3 years on 12th Street this weekend

All weekend long at 545 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B...

A post shared by Maegan Hayward (@redsvintagethreads) on Aug 4, 2018 at 12:45pm PDT

Their anniversary will be next month.

Previously on EV Grieve:
At the East Village Vintage Collective

Living in the plastic bag age

Just noting another one of the Citizens of the Anthropocene — the anthropomorphic race of plastic-bag humanoids that previously lived in the trees of Tompkins Square Park... this one is on St. Mark's Place east of Second Avenue...



Thanks to EVG reader Chris Rowland for the photos!

This block of 1st Street is trailer free for the time being after 6-plus years

Workers have removed the trailer that has sat here on First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue these past seven years.

A reader who lives nearby said that crews will be starting water-main work on this block.



Since January 2012, the trailer served as an outdoor gallery via the Centre-fuge Public Art Project.

Centre-fuge was up to Cycle 23. (The art has not changed here since last August.)

The trailer was supposed to be relocated someplace nearby (I didn't walk around looking for it. Yet!)

Perhaps it will return to this spot. The Department of Transportation uses the trailer as an office for the East Houston Reconstruction project that is due for completion in 2077 (give or take a decade).

Anyway, here's a look back to May 2014... when Lexi Bella created a collection titled "Heroines of the Lower East Side" as part of the first Lower East Side History Month...

The great 'Escape'

An audio version of "I Can't Escape Myself," the first track from the Sound's 1980 debut album Jeopardy. An under-appreciated band.

Breakdown and Choking Victim headline Tompkins Square Park police riot anniversary shows this weekend

Via the EVG inbox...

Come and commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1988 Tompkins Square police riot. This will be the first of a two-day event (Aug. 4-5), followed by another two day commemoration on Sept. 8-9.

After the Sunday show in the Park, there will be a multimedia presentation at the Museum Of Reclaimed Urban Space (MORUS), 155 Avenue C, starting at 7 p.m., linking two generations of resistance. Comic slide shows by Eric Drooker + Seth Tobocman, with music.

There will also be a screening of "By Any Means Necessary," a classic documentary on the Tompkins Square Movement. Additional speakers and performers to be announced.

Here's the lineup for the shows in Tompkins Square Park:

Saturday, Aug. 4
2 Jennifer Blowdryer
2:45 Professor Louie
3:30 Iconicide
4:15 Sea Moinster
5 Breakdown

Sunday, Aug. 5
2 D.I.Y.ing Breed
2:45 Zero Content
3:20 Skitzopolis
4 David Huberman
4:20 Team Spider
5 Choking Victim

Guest speakers will include:

• Father Pat Maloney
• Activist attorney Norman Siegal (formerly of the N.Y. Civil Liberties Union)

Find more info and any updates here.

Ahead of the event at MoRUS on Sunday ... there's a sneak preview of their political punk exhibition tonight from 6-9. (The museum is between Ninth Street and 10th Street.)

Political punk exhibition opening Friday, August 3rd at MoRUS (155 Ave C). Performances by Seth Tobocman and Eric Drooker and screening on Sunday, August 5th from 7-10pm. With more live performances and screening TBA. Updates at: http://www.morusnyc.org/political-punk-exhibition

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TODAY- POLITICAL PUNK Radical Action in Radical Times! Photos From DIY Venues and shows at Silent Barn, Club Anarchy, HECK, Secret Project Robot, and The Glove will be exhibited this Today August 3rd (Photos by #DestinyMata) at @morusnyc 6-9pm Big Thanks to @rockdove1er & @autonomous_t0ddler for putting me on and helping me make this happen 📸🙏🏾❤️ ・・・ Political punk exhibition opening Friday, August 3rd at MoRUS (155 Ave C). Performances by Seth Tobocman and Eric Drooker and screening on Sunday, August 5th from 7-10pm. With more live performances and screening TBA. Updates at: http://www.morusnyc.org/political-punk-exhibition

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July - August

July - August

Day long with light

                      heavy with heat

sounds of laughter

       shaved ice blocks

children’s eyes bright

            their colored treat

lawns decorated with bodies

      some moving

some not

some turn slowly

      as a burger on the grill

sizzling hot

  oppressive  flushed face

   

shade a premium

             beating the heat

       

wearing brightest lightest clothes

  

becoming summer’s damp

    embrace

until

                  the nights draw in

summer will conspire

                                   holding us in its fire

resigned we

                                   will try not to let it win.

     •

     peter radley