Week in Grieview

Posts from this past week included (with a random photo Tuesday from the Manhattan Bridge) ... 

• StreetEasy data: Median East Village residential rents surged 43% in the past 12 months (Thursday) 

• Spazio Amanita coming to the Bowery (Thursday) 

• The fullest full reveal to date at Zero Irving on 14th Street (Monday) 

• Report: Alleged subway shooter who was arrested in the East Village set to stand trial in February (Monday) 

• At long last, this section of 1st Street is free of a sidewalk bridge (Tuesday ... Wednesday) 

• Another look at the long-stalled 75 1st Ave. (Wednesday) 

• Openings: El Churro on Houston and Allen (Monday) 

• Where to get your free East Village vintage clothing map (Saturday) 

• Construction watch: 699 E. 6th St. (Tuesday) 

• Here Nor There has left 9th Street (Monday) 

• 112 4th Ave. hits the sales market (Tuesday) 

• Key Food is closing an hour earlier now 'due to renovations' (Wednesday) 

• Shopping the PP strip on Second Avenue (Friday) 

• Signage alerts: C as in Charlie on Bleecker; Íxta on the Bowery (Wednesday) 

• No, Panda Express hasn't opened yet (Thursday) 

• Superiority Burger's summer salad interlude ends; full speed ahead on Avenue A (Wednesday)

• Something other than a smoke shop opens in a vacant storefront (Monday) 

• Meanwhile, signage for Runtz Tobacco arrives on 1st Avenue (Monday)

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A mid-summer look at the wisteria of Stuyvesant Street

Photo yesterday by Steven

The wisteria ("the purple paradise of flowering beauty") outside 35 Stuyvesant St. at 10th Street is looking quite lush here as we enter August and the opening weekend for Brad Pitt's "Bullet Train" ... this after a slow start back in the spring, prompting concerns of root disease or something else not good. All appears well for now.

Today in street fairs

The annual Third Avenue Festival hosted by the Cooper Square Committee takes place today on... Third Avenue! Between Sixth Street and 14th Street. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Meanwhile, the toilet tippers were out early...

Saturday's parting shot

Photo by Lola Sáenz 

Today at Sunny's Florist (the best flowers around) on Second Avenue and Sixth Street... Sunny's husband Paul Cho was there to help her open...

Where to get your free East Village vintage clothing map

Maegan and Alex, the proprietors of East Village Vintage Collective, maintain an updated map of vintage clothing stores in the neighborhood. 

You can pick up a free copy of the latest version at the shop, 545 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B ... which is open Wednesday-Sunday from 1-6 p.m. 

Additions include the recently opened Thrift NYC at 226 E. 14th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.

[Noted]

[Men Sobbing]... as seen at the former Gem Spa space (RIP May 2020) on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place... (and first spotted by @jeremoss! 😍)

Saturday's opening shot

Sunrise from Tompkins Square Park...

Friday's parting shot

As seen on 12th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... thanks to @thingswendysees for the photo!

From here to 'Eternity'

 

Metric — "the Canadian new wave torchbearers" — recently released album No. 8, Formentera. The video here is for "What Feels Like Eternity." 

The band will be out at Brooklyn Steel this October.

A Book Exxxposition at Le Petit Versailles

A lot is going on for the rest of the summer at Le Petit Versailles, one of our favorite community gardens. Here's a look at tomorrow's event...

Saturday, July 30 

SOILED: A Book Exxxposition featuring erotic and pornographic materials by contemporary artists 

Le Petit Versailles garden presents SOILED: A Book Exxxposition and showcase of artists who publish erotic zines, books and other artist multiples. 

First organized by Matthew Leifheit in 2017, this year's iteration includes live performances and erotically charged films, in addition to artist multiples from Drake Carr + John Patrikas, Jeremy O. Harris, Rachel Stern, Michael Bailey-Gates and Shala Miller. 

The order of events: Noon, book fair; 6 p.m., performances; 8:30 p.m., film program. You can reserve a space here. 

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Le Petit Versailles is at 247 E. Second St./346 E. Houston St. between Avenue B and Avenue C. The events are free, though donations are welcome. 

Find more events coming soon to Le Petit here.