An early morning shot along Avenue A today...
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Week in Grieview
[Tropical paradise on 2nd Avenue via Derek Berg]
Posts this past week included...
Jury selection starts for defendants in 2nd Avenue gas explosion that killed 2 men (Tuesday)
Parks officials say they will NOT be putting down a synthetic turf in Tompkins Square Park; skateboarders rejoice (Friday)
On Avenue A, Coney Island Baby transforms into Lola; live music to share stage with club nights (Thursday)
Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen is back open for the fall (and winter and spring) (Wednesday)
2nd acts: Sushi counter for the former Amato Opera on the Bowery (Tuesday)
Artichoke Basille’s Pizza vying for former Nicoletta space on 2nd Avenue and 10th Street (Tuesday)
This week's NY See (Friday)
[At the 6 & B Garden via riachung00]
L train work moves to the entrance of the future Trader Joe's on 14th Street (Wednesday)
Report: Stabbing on Avenue A sends police on chase through Tompkins Square Park (Friday)
At Gallery 72, everything that John Holmstrom did with the Ramones (Thursday)
Frisson Espresso has closed on 3rd Avenue (Tuesday)
Reader report: A dog-kicking incident on 10th Street (Wednesday)
A new-look storefront emerges on 7th and B (Friday)
An unsettling find on 5th Street (Tuesday)
Now the Basics Plus on University Place is closing (Tuesday)
Report: Man arrested for attempting to kidnap 5-year-old boy outside Katz's (Monday)
Openings (Night Music) and reopenings (Sauce Restaurant) (Friday)
The return of "yuppie scum" at the former home of the Sunshine Cinema (Thursday)
Pub in the works for longtime corner bar space on Houston and Suffolk (Wednesday)
A warning about sitting on these tree guard railings on 5th Street (Monday)
Whatever happened to the former Heathers space on 13th Street? (Wednesday)
The Alley now in soft-open bubble tea mode on Cooper Square (Tuesday)
...and a photo via Eden from the women's restroom in Tompkins Square Park — "keep out crackheads" ...
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Today's free show in Tompkins Square Park
SOS & Friends are hosting a free concert — a little rock, metal and punk — in Tompkins Square Park this afternoon in the usual place.
The lineup:
2:30 p.m. — Phantom Rocket
3 p.m. — SOS NYC
3:30 p.m. — Drownyard
4 p.m. — Final Siege
4: 30 p.m. — Blueblack
5 p.m. — Violent in Black
5:30 p.m. — Crimshaw
Part 2 is Sept. 14.
Saturday, September 7, 2019
A farewell to Unkle Waltie
The 49th annual 10th Street block party is today (on 10th Street)
As always, there will be antiques, collectible and music brought to you by the 10th Street and Stuyvesant Street Block Association. #GoodTimes
H/T Steven
Friday, September 6, 2019
Breaking: Parks officials say they will NOT be putting down a synthetic turf in Tompkins Square Park; skateboarders rejoice
[EVG file photo]
On the eve of a rally to save the Tompkins Square Park multipurpose courts from a future of synthetic turf, Parks officials have announced that they will no longer move forward with their plans.
Organizers behind tomorrow's rally posted the news on Instagram...
As we reported on July 2, the city had plans — apparently only known to residents who may have attended a Community Board committee meeting in May — to cover the courts with synthetic turf, rendering the space useless for skateboarders and street hockey players, among other groups.
The turf project, happening at several area parks, is a result of the city's flood-protection plan that will close East River Park next March for 3.5-plus years. The city needs to find space for the sports teams and youth leagues who use the fields along East River Park.
More than 32,000 people had signed the petition — titled "Save Tompkins Square asphalt!" — since early July.
Instead of a rally tomorrow, the skateboarders are now planning a celebration.
Previously on EV Grieve:
• No winners yet in Tompkins Square Park synthetic turf battle (Aug. 27)
• Petition to 'Save Tompkins Square asphalt!' closing in on 19,000 signatures (July 8)
• Skateboarders upset over plan to add synthetic turf to the northwest corner of Tompkins Square Park (July 2)
Great 'Pains'
The Brooklyn-based Tempers have a new album, titled Private Life, coming out on Oct. 25. The video here is for the first single, "Capital Pains."
A back-to-school BBQ at La Plaza on Saturday
La Plaza Cultural is hosting its annual back-to-school BBQ tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 7) at the community garden on the southwest corner of Ninth Street and Avenue C.
Aside from the BBQ, there's a book bag/school supplies giveaway as well as other activities for kids.
The event is also in honor Ninth Street resident and fellow gardener Felicia Mahmood, who passed away on April 14. The La Plaza invite notes that Mahmood "pretty much singlehandedly organized, sponsored and ran this event for many years."
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.
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