A warning about sitting on these tree guard railings on 5th Street

An update on the ongoing campaign to keep people and squirrels from upsetting the eco-system of this planter on Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

The Urban Tree Guard Etiquette Sign asks that people refrain from sitting on the tree guard railings ... because the tree guards are coated with grease to keep squirrels from digging in the planters.

In response, someone placed a "More Humanity Towards [sic] Animals" sticker on the sign...



It's not immediately clear if the sticker is in direct response to the sign... or perhaps just randomly placed. (A "More Humanity Toward Pants" sticker might be appropriate. Grease stains are tough, though not impossible, to remove.)

As previously reported, this tree guard is within the East Fifth St. Tree Committee boundaries.

Week in Grieview

[A view of 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place]

Posts this past week included...

Welcoming baby Luna (Thursday)

No winners yet in Tompkins Square Park synthetic turf battle (Tuesday)

Book Club makes it official on 3rd Street (Monday)

Another driver wedges car on the bike lane adjacent to the FDR (Thursday)

This week's NY See (Saturday)

The Marshal has seized Savor Por Favor on 2nd Avenue (Monday)

The McDonald's on 1st Avenue is back in McAction (Monday)

The former DeRobertis building on 1st Avenue is now the Slater, where the penthouse is $15k (Thursday)

Niconeco Zakkaya debuts on 10th Street (Thursday)

Check in: Moxy East Village closer to opening (Monday)

Brasserie Saint Marc — still coming soon to 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)

The disappearing northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Brooklyn's the Modern Chemist opening an outpost on East Houston (Wednesday)

The former Bruno Pizza space is for rent on 13th Street (Tuesday)

Boticarios has apparently closed on 1st Street (Monday)

The totem of Broadway (Tuesday)

Broadway Apothecary coming to the old Milk and Hops spot on Broadway (Monday)

First Lamb Shabu is (finally) open on 14th Street (Monday)

Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea signage arrives on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

An LES coffee casualty (Wednesday)

... early Monday morning, someone spray painted DB (a David Berman tribute?) along the Con Ed substation on Avenue A from Sixth Street to Fifth Street...





Also on Avenue A: the cowboy is back (again) here between Third Street and Fourth Street...



Last weekend, the artist removed her "Call Me By Your Name" Braille mural that went up for Pride Month...


[Photo by Vinny & O]

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Sunday outside the former Sidewalk

Here's a look today at part of the former Sidewalk space on Avenue A at Sixth Street.

Interior work continues for a new bar-restaurant, as we've been reporting.

The Sidewalk, with a long-standing open-mic night, closed in February after 32-plus years in business. The owner was ready to retire and move on.

A live music element was expected to continue when the next place opens, but most details haven't been made public. Laura Saniuk-Heinig, one of the restaurant space's new co-owners, did not respond to our previous email seeking more information about the new venture.

Meanwhile, as the top photo shows, the corner space continues to attract a variety of tags and wheatpaste art ... including one of Sally Long Dog...

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A new Sally and Harry mural by @earlyrisernyc is up! Check it out, just don’t pee on it! #myblock #calledit #peerightsreserved Location: 6th Street and Avenue A

A post shared by Sally Long Dog 🐾 (@sallylongdog) on Aug 25, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT

Updated 9/2

Some company for Sally Long Dog (via @earlyrisernyc) ...



Previously on EV Grieve:
The building housing the former Sidewalk sells on Avenue A

New owners set to take over the 33-year-old Sidewalk Bar & Restaurant on Avenue A

1-floor expansion planned for Avenue A building that housed the Sidewalk

Saturday's parting shot

Moving day on St. Mark's Place... photo by Vinny & O

6 posts from August

[A hug for the Hare Krishna tree via Steven]

A mini month in review...

Welcoming baby Luna (Aug. 29)

I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant (Aug. 14)

Car making U-turn strikes woman on Avenue B sidewalk (Aug. 12)

Time capsules: The Gap of St. Mark's Place (Aug. 8)

The Sunshine is gone, and an empty lot awaits a 9-story office building (Aug. 7)

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black in Tompkins Square Park (Aug. 5)

Grant Shaffer's NY See

Here's the latest NY See panel, East Village-based illustrator Grant Shaffer's observational sketch diary of things that he sees and hears around the neighborhood.

Today in Tompkins Square Park: the New Village Music Festival

The ninth annual New Village Music Festival (aka NVMF) takes place today (Aug. 31!) in Tompkins Square Park from 2-6 p.m.

The event, billed as "New York’s hottest multicultural fusion concert," presents a variety of musicians and artists spanning several genres. Find more details on the free show at the Facebook Events page.

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Steven shares these photos... showing workers setting up for the event...

Street scenes

Good morning from 10th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue. Looks like a good spot (X).

The Weird! revolution continues tomorrow night at Otto's Shrunken Head

The next monthly edition of Get Weird!, the rock-and-roll party at Otto's Shrunken Head, is tomorrow (Saturday night).

The free show includes the garage-psych of the Abyssmals and the surf-roxotica the Black Widows.

Otto's is at at 538 E. 14th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

Orquesta Manoeuvres

A summer send-off with "Unpretentious Beauty" by the Japanese-based Clive Tanaka y su Orquesta.

The "Orquesta" has a new record out now called Pre​-​Sunrise Authority.