[EVG photo from yesterday]
In case you missed Stomp Day NYC this past Wednesday ... Stomp is throwing "a very special celebratory performance" tonight in honor of its
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Celebrating 25 years of Stomp
[EVG photo from yesterday]
In case you missed Stomp Day NYC this past Wednesday ... Stomp is throwing "a very special celebratory performance" tonight in honor of its
Week in Grieview
[On the gate at the now-closed Raul Candy Store on Avenue B]
Stories posted on EVG this past week included...
City OKs new building permits for mayor's tech hub on 14th Street (Wednesday)
Q&A: How Cheska Mauban came to open her namesake pizzeria in the Bowery Market (Thursday)
A last visit to Raul Candy Store (Friday)
City issues full vacate order on former P.S. 64 (Friday)
Last call at Sidewalk and St. Mark's Comics, now closed after a combined 70 years in business (Monday)
Love and resistance: Stonewall 50 programs at the Tompkins Square Library (Thursday)
145 2nd Ave., currently a Starbucks, is for lease (Thursday)
100 Gates project coming for East Village gates (Monday)
First signs of Bin 141, a new cafe on Avenue A and 3rd Street (Wednesday)
Last week for Puppy Love & Kitty Kat on 9th Street (Tuesday)
New playground equipment alert in Tompkins Square Park (Monday)
Ravagh Persian Grill is back in action on 1st Avenue (Monday)
This week's NY See (Monday)
FDNY responds to report of 'unstable wall' at 301 E. 10th St. (Tuesday)
Scenes from a 3rd Street construction zone (Wednesday)
[Updated] More mystery over those mysterious concrete barriers on 10th Street; our Stonehenge? (Tuesday)
Construction watch: 3 E. 3rd St. (Tuesday)
Renovations and a 3-day rent demand at Bait & Hook (Wednesday)
BeetleBug sits empty now on 9th Street (Monday)
Report: Discussions on a mixed-income community for former St. Emeric property (Monday)
... and a random photo of Tuesday's sunrise from down at the Brooklyn Bridge...
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Sunday's slow melt
Here are two early morning scenes from Tompkins Square Park via Vinny & O...
And snow is on the way...
Winter storm watch: 4-6” expected for NYC. Snow starts after 3pm today. Heaviest 8pm to 3am. Snow ends by 8am Monday pic.twitter.com/4WykAINhIY
— NY1 Weather (@NY1weather) March 3, 2019
The additional snow might be good news to the developers behind this new venture — currently at a standstill — in Tompkins Square Park...
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Last weekend for Leekan Designs
A heads up from an EVG reader that Leekan Designs closes tomorrow after 35-plus years in business... the shop, which specializes in antique and contemporary beads and jewelry and other accessories from China, Indonesia, India and Morocco, is at 4 Rivington St. just east of the Bowery.
💎Last 2 days of Closing Sale... ALL SILVER Jewelry and Beads 30%-50% OFF!!! Store Closes March 3rd!🎊 -#jewelry #silverjewelry #hilltribe #hilltribeaiover #karentribe #thailand… https://t.co/uoXfQZ4Hws
— LeekanDesigns (@LeekanDesigns) March 2, 2019
Owner Annie Lee recently told BoweryBoogie: "Time to close this chapter without sadness."
The business started in a SoHo loft, before relocating to the LES in 1999.
Friday, March 1, 2019
Friday's parting shot
[Photo today by Derek Berg]
A scene from the first Kerwin Frost Film Festival today... over at 82 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery... and the lineup... all free, though you'll need to wait in line...
Step by step
The Devil You Know, the latest release by the Coathangers, is out next Friday on Suicide Squeeze. The video here, which debuted on Wednesday, is for "Step Back."
EVG Etc.: Looking for a purse-snatching suspect; remembering the anti-folk scene at the Sidewalk
[From 7th and A this a.m.]
In case you were wondering what all those helicopters were for last night: Manhunt continues for suspects who struck officer during chase on the FDR (CBS 2)
Police looking for a suspect who snatched two purses last Saturday night, first on Sixth Street then on 11th Street (ABC 7)
The Evelyn & Louis A. Green Residence, which provides senior housing at 200 E. Fifth St. and the Bowery, has obtained a $50 million refinancing (Commercial Observer)
Man posing as NYCHA employee robs resident in wheelchair on the LES (The Lo-Down)
An oral history of the anti-folk scene at the now-closed Sidewalk (Gothamist ... previously on EVG)
Mace, the cocktail bar on Ninth Street at Avenue C, closes after service tomorrow evening... ahead of a move to larger digs at 505 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B — the former Double Wide space. The Mace team will use the Ninth Street space then for some new bar concept (Eater ... previously on EVG)
We're behind on a Citi Bike update: Meanwhile: Citi Bike electric fleet will grow to 4,000 — with $2 fee (Streetsblog)
An interview with new Public Advocate Jumaane Williams (Gothamist)
The base MetroCard fare will remain at $2.75, but monthly and weekly rates are increasing (amNY)
Tix for all the shows at Webster Hall go on sale to the public today (Official site ... previously on EVG)
Happy 11th Blog Anniversary to our friend Cathryn at the Washington Square Blog! (Official site)
Winnie's is back with a new outpost on East Broadway (Eater)
The Friends of the Elizabeth Street Garden vow to sue to stop an affordable housing development from replacing the garden (Curbed)
EVG favorite "Cold War," a Best Foreign Language Film nominee, is still playing at City Cinemas on Second Avenue and 12th Street (Official site)
And turning to sports... now that Bryce Harper is a Phillie... the Blind Barber, the barber shop-cocktail lounge that first opened on 10th Street near Avenue B in 2010, is expanding to Philadelphia. Harper, who signed 13-year, $330 million deal to join Phillies yesterday, became a Blind Barber partner last year. (Philly.com)
... and several readers asked if THIS was still a thing... YES, YES IT IS...
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