Bright Horizons signage arrives at EVGB on 14th Street

As noted late last month, Bright Horizons, one of the country's largest child-care providers, is opening at 524 E. 14th St. in the retail spaces at EVGB.

EVG reader Brian Carroll notes that the BH signage arrived back on Friday here at the newish residential complex between Avenue A and Avenue B.

This is the first retail tenant for No. 524. There's still another space available right next door. The day-care center joins Target, which opened in EVGB's corner spot at Avenue A (500 E. 14th St.) last summer.

Week in Grieview

[Space Invader's Lou Reed mosaic circa 2015 at 110 St. Mark's Place]

Report: 10 teens hospitalized after someone tossed chemical from above during party at First Houses (Monday)

Report: Preservationists want probe of the tech hub deal on 14th Street (Monday)

Sidewalk bridge collapses at explosion site on 2nd Avenue; box truck culprit, witnesses say (Friday)

A visit to Gem Spa (Friday)

At the NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally 2019 in Union Square (Sunday)

The Blind Pig is closing on 14th Street following 50% rent hike (Monday)

The 43rd annual Saint George Ukrainian Festival is May 17-19 (Thursday)

Countdown to the Dance Parade and DanceFest (Wednesday)

A new storefront for A Repeat Performance, and word about the next tenant (Friday)

Report: RGB gives nod to rent increase; final vote coming June 25 (Wednesday)

Tea time for 2nd Avenue and 5th Street (Monday)

Peeping Amelia and Christo's 2019 offspring (Wednesday)

New 3rd Street condoplex off the Bowery is called 3E3; first unit hits the market (Monday)

Hamilton Fish Park Library will operate with limited services during upcoming AC renovations (Tuesday)

Once again, everyone's favorite 14th Street triplex with a garage door for a wall is back on the market (Wednesday)

Asian Taste opens on 3rd and B (Thursday)

Winning projects revealed in District 2's Participatory Budgeting vote (Wednesday)

See the She NYC Arts Summer Theater Festival on 4th Street this June (Tuesday)

Capital One leaves the East Village (Friday)

Signup for the Washington Square CSA ends June 1 (Tuesday)

The Marshal visits Thaimee Table, who will return next week (Friday)

Honeybee's debuts on Avenue A (Friday)

11 Avenue C finally makes first appearance above street level (Tuesday)

The #Rethinklink campaign (Tuesday)

When workers unpack dry goods at the incoming H Mart (Monday)

The rent due at the now-closed Beijing Express (Monday)

Construction watch: 809 Broadway (Wednesday)

Lord, what fools these mortals be! A pop-up Shakespearean-themed restaurant for Broadway (Tuesday)

And that above post generated several great comments... like:

Anonymous said...
If music be the food of love ... separate checks

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are included in our lunch special

And...

DrGecko said...
And when there's a long line for the bathroom ...

Stand not upon the order of thy going, but go at once.

And...

Sir Francis Christopher William Bacon Marlowe Stanley, 69th Earl of EV said...
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Drunk? and speak parrot? and squabble? swear?

Do you think because you are virtuous, that there shall ne on more cupcakes and India pale ale?

Eight artisanal, organic, farm-to-table , curated, wild boars roasted at brunch, but twelve persons here splitting the bill or paying one with Venmo

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Spotted yesterday morning in Tompkins Square Park... a memorial for L-Doo









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Peter Brant and the legacy of Basquiat

[EVG photo from March]

Tomorrow (May 13) is the last day for the Basquiat exhibit at the Brant Foundation on Sixth Street.

On this occasion, J. Faith Almiron contributes an essay — titled "No One Owns Basquiat, Not Even Peter Brant" — to Hyperallergic that explores how Brant "has cogently influenced the legacy of Basquiat on several fronts."

And there are thoughts on the exhibit, which features some 70 works collectively valued at $1 billion:

Without guiding text or a road map, laypeople may feel disoriented or find the space aloof. On the top floor, there is a skylight that brings in natural luminosity against the artwork. If you follow it, the rooftop offers a panoramic view of the city.

Although it belies any pedagogical purpose characteristic of civic institutes like public museums, the bare presentation does not detract from the ethos and impact of the artwork. For example, the second-floor stuns with a wall of paintings framed on signature canvas stretchers innovated by former assistant Stephen Torton, from floor to high-vaulted ceilings.

And...

Beyond the high volume and overwhelming demand, Basquiat exhibitions diversify the demography of its attendees. Unlike any other artist before or since, Basquiat invites everybody into the museum — art nerds, hip-hop heads, immigrant kids, post-colonial ex-pats, rebels young and old, everyday Black and Brown folk, thirsty celebrities, and indeed rich white people too. Basquiat hails you to revel in his glorious defiance, then take a piss on the walls of an oppressor.

Previously on EV Grieve:
1 month in: Basquiat at the Brant Foundation

May flowers

The Mother's Day morning scene outside Village Farm Grocery on Second Avenue at Ninth Street (not to be confused with East Village Farm & Grocery on Second Avenue at Fourth Street) ...



And happy Mother's Day!

Thanks to Steven for the photos!

Saturday's parting shot

Sunbathing in Cooper Square this afternoon ...

A moment on Avenue A

License-plate spotting today on Avenue A at Fourth Street.

Photo by Vinny & O.

Wake up to the annual plant and bake sale at the 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden

The 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden is holding its annual plant and bake sale today and tomorrow... from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Plants for outdoors and indoors. Flowers and vegetable gardening. Lots of home-baked goods from garden members. Find it on the southwest corner of Avenue B at Sixth Street.

Friday's parting tweet

@evgrieve there’s also a naked guy on Houston between 1st as 2nd ave rolling in the street and punching cars. It’s been an eventful day

— bacondevil (@bacondevil) May 10, 2019

Revolution rock

"Mercedes Marxist," the new blast by Idles (or IDLES), is available to stream now... the actual vinyl is out in August. Embedded here for your pleasure is the audio track.

The band's playing at (a sold out) Brooklyn Steel tonight.

Updated: Sidewalk bridge collapses at explosion site on 2nd Avenue; box truck culprit, witnesses say

[Photos by Steven]

The recently erected sidewalk bridge on Second Avenue at Seventh Street collapsed this afternoon around 4:20, according to witnesses.



Updated: Workers on the scene said that the collapse occurred after a box truck collided with the sidewalk bridge. (One EVG reader said that a car had cut off the truck, causing it to swerve and collide with the sidewalk bridge.) There aren't any reports of injuries, which is amazing given the time of day on a nice spring afternoon. (Last summer and early fall, this was the site of a traveler-crustie camp site that led to tabloid headlines.)





Work started in January here on a seven-floor residential building with 21 condo units and ground-floor retail. Work had recently reached the second floor.

An explosion — due to an illegal gas system — on March 26, 2015, leveled three buildings, killing two men and injuring more than 20 others. The landlord of the former 119 and 121 Second Ave. and two others are still awaiting a trial date.

Thanks to Steven for the photos from the scene. And to Edmund John Dunn for an early alert about the collapse.

Updated 5/11

Workers have replaced the sidewalk bridge...