Photo by Stacie Joy
A shot from a very busy Saturday at East Village Meat Market... one of the neighborhood's longtime Ukrainian-owned businesses... find them at 139 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Week in Grieview
Posts from this past week included (with a photo on Second Avenue yesterday by Steven) ...
• How Veselka is helping with Ukraine relief efforts (Wednesday)
• One East Village family's protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Friday)
• 9th Precinct collecting medical supplies for Ukraine humanitarian relief (Saturday)
• Show your support for Ukraine on this Lower East Side storefront (Sunday)
• City has unvaccinated educators doing remote learning now from the former St. Brigid School (Tuesday)
• RIP Nick Zedd (Monday)
• The New Colossus Festival takes place next week at these local music venues (Friday)
• Gallery Watch talks with Robert Zehnder (Thursday)
• A quick visit to Jane, now open on 9th Street (Wednesday)
• The Black History Bowl returns to the Lower East Side (Sunday)
• Second time around: A Repeat Performance pops up at 3rd and B'Zaar (Wednesday)
• Davey's Ice Cream closes 1st Avenue shop ahead of a relocation (Thursday)
• A look at the in-progress new home of Bleecker Street Bar — on Broadway (Monday)
• A cafe-coffee shop in the works for Houston and Allen (Monday)
• Demolition watch: B Bar & Grill edition (Tuesday)
• K-Dogs and K-pop on St. Mark's Place (Monday)
... and EVG reader Peter d. shared these photos from Friday night along Avenue C between Eighth Street and Ninth Street... according to witnesses, the SUV stopped to make a U-turn... and a cyclist heading northbound broadsided the vehicle... the cyclist was said to be dazed, but conscious ...
Officers from the Police Service Area 4 on Eighth and C assisted the man. His condition is not known. The driver was cited for making an illegal U-turn, according to witnesses...
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[Updated] Show your support for Ukraine on this Lower East Side storefront
As EVG correspondent Stacie Joy notes, there are now markers attached to the plywood for passersby to leave messages of support for the besieged country...
Updated 7:30 p.m.A reader shared these photos from today... the space is filling up with messages...
Saturday, March 5, 2022
EVG Etc.: Ukrainian places to support in NYC; Vaccine mandate to end on Monday
• 15 Ukrainian places to support in NYC (Untapped Cities)
• There's a Support Ukraine rally today at 1 in Times Square (Instagram)
• Talking with students at St. George Academy on Seventh Street about loved ones in Ukraine (NY1)
• As the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies, Velselka serves as a space for nourishment and activism (Eater)
• Man arrested for string of attacks on Asian women, including several locally (Gothamist)
• Reactions as the city will lift the vaccine mandate for bars and restaurants starting on Monday (Gothamist)
• An interview with Hello Mary, who just released two new tracks (KEXP ... previously on EVG)
• NYC street vendor enforcement back at pre-pandemic levels (City Limits)
• An interview with Abdur-Rashiyd "JK" Rivera, who is living in a tent in Tompkins Square Park (The Post)
• About the plant-based Mexican food at Raíz Modern Mexican Kitchen on First Avenue (Grub Street)
• Catch the films of Agnès Varda, Chris Marker, Jacques Demy and Alain Resnais — and more! (Metrograph)
• A lost East Village alley from 1963 (Ephemeral New York)
• Nick Lawrence's teens of the LES from the 1960s (Official site)
A 'Stand With Ukraine' community concert today on 2nd Avenue
Veselka and Two Boots are providing the food.
Tickets are $15 and can be bought here.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to the Razom Emergency Response Fund.
9th Precinct collecting medical supplies for Ukraine humanitarian relief
A group of NYPD officers of Russian and Ukrainian descent has launched a citywide campaign to help Ukrainians after Russia's unprovoked invasion.Looking to help the people of Ukraine?
— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) March 2, 2022
Humanitarian aid is now being collected at your local precincts. Please only donate the items listed below before March 11, 2022. pic.twitter.com/TBgAHEYcjX
The requested items in this humanitarian effort are limited to first-aid kits, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, aspirin, bandages, gauze and tourniquets.
You can find donation boxes at all 77 NYPD precincts in NYC.
Closer to home, EVG correspondent Stacie Joy stopped by the 9th Precinct yesterday, where she ran into Det. Jaime Hernandez of Community Affairs ...
The drive runs through March 11.
The 9th Precinct is at 321 E. Fifth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
Plywood solidarity
As noted back on Monday, a coffee chop-cafe is in the works for this sliver of a space.
Friday, March 4, 2022
Friday's parting shot
Photo by Steven...
A lot of people have left comments or emailed about Stoli. The company, which people often perceive to be Russian, has denounced the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on its website:
Stoli® Group has had a long history of fighting oppression from the Russian regime. We unequivocally condemn the military action in Ukraine and stand in support of the Ukrainian people.“The safety and security of our Ukrainian team is our top priority. We are monitoring the situation closely and are already moving swiftly and decisively to provide support where needed, both to our people on the ground as well as partners,” noted Damian McKinney, Global CEO, Stoli® Group. “While we do not have any operations in Russia, we do in Ukraine and across many of the bordering countries.”The Stoli® vodka brands and its owner Yuri Shefler were exiled from Russia nearly two decades ago. “As the Founder of SPI Group of companies, I have personally experienced persecution by the Russian authorities and I share the pain of Ukraine and its people,” noted Mr. Shefler.
Stoli® Premium and Elit™ vodka are manufactured and bottled in Riga, Latvia. The brand is registered with the US TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) as a Latvian product.
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