Photo by Derek Berg
Remote work schedule today in Tompkins Square Park...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Incoming...
Thanks to EVG reader Michael Kramer for sharing this shot! (Click on the image for a bigger view!)
A return to 'Alphabet City' at Metrograph
You have three chances to see the cult-y classic-ish "Alphabet City" from 1984 on a big screen at Metrograph this coming Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Here's the Metrograph description of Amos Poe's crime drama, filmed in and around the East Village...
A squalid slab of vintage '80s Downtown grottiness, Poe's features a leather-jacketed, Pontiac Firebird-driving Vincent Spano as a heroin dealer who decides to turn his back on the dope game when his gangster overlords command him to burn down the tenement building where his mother and sister live — but soon discovers his bosses aren't going to let him walk away without a fight.
Shot by DP Oliver Wood in the scuzzy-glamorous style he would later perfect on 'Miami Vice,' with a score courtesy of Chic's Nile Rodgers, 'Alphabet City' is a seedy snapshot of Avenue A looking worse — and better — than it ever did.
Behold...
And Poe will be at the theater for an introduction and Q&A during Saturday night's screening.
Tickets, right this way.
Metrograph is at 7 Ludlow St., just above Canal.
City issues RFP for the renovation and operation of the snack bar at First Park
The Lazy Llama currently holds the lease, which is up in April 2024, here in the space between First Street and Houston adjacent to the First Avenue F stop.
The coffee shop, which has a cafe across the way at 72 E. First St., between First Avenue and Second Avenue, has been operating from the kiosk since July 2021. (They can apply for the new lease/agreement as well.)
Here's some info from the RFP:
The snack bar kiosk is an octagonal, 10-foot by 15-foot structure featuring a brick exterior, a pass-through counter and window, and a unique, wildlife-inspired roof. The interior includes a service area and storage. The kiosk sits just above the 2nd Avenue F train and is a prime location for commuters and park patrons to stop and enjoy the offerings of the snack bar.
And!
The concessionaire will be required to renovate, operate, and maintain a café at a high standard of quality. The café should make a significant improvement to the ambiance of the park and surrounding area while providing a convenient service to the public. Proposers should submit a menu and price list in their proposals that demonstrate quality, variety, and affordability. Proposers should include some low-cost items on their menus. Parks will favorably view proposals that incorporate ethnically diverse and/or healthy food choices, such as salads, fresh fruit, yogurt, nuts, granola...
A "recommended" remote prospect meeting is tomorrow (Wednesday, July 26) at 11 a.m. The meeting link via Teams is here.
You can find a copy of the RFP via this site. (Click on the "Concessions Opportunities at Parks” link.)
Proposals are due on Aug. 25 by 3 p.m.
Previous local businesses at the kiosk include S'MAC and Mudspot Café.
Asbestos abatement ahead of demolition at the NW corner of 1st Avenue and 2nd Street
Photos by Stacie Joy
As we previously reported, demolition permits are on file for the three-building parcel of 33-37 First Ave. at Second Street.
Last week, asbestos abatement notices went up at 33 First Ave., the building on the corner that previously housed the First Avenue Laundry Center (and the spa upstairs) ...
Asbestos abatement notices also just arrived at No. 37,where New Double Dragon was the longtime tenant... the quick-serve restaurant closed earlier this month with hopes of relocating someday. The middle space, No. 35, has been vacant since Stars shuttered in 2015. The storefront had been home to a string of concepts, including Empire Pizza II, IL Gusto Italiano and Farid's Middle Eastern Grill Food & Pizza, among others.
Public records list R.M.H. Estates as the landlord of all three properties dating to 1984. There are no permits on file for a new building on this corner as of now.
In other news, there's a new mural on the wall along Second Street (where KRS-One was) ... a statement piece from Adrian Wilson (@Plannedalism) incorporating the immigrants crossing sign that the California Department of Transportation started using in 1990...
We've also spotted workers prepping the south-facing wall at atop No. 37 for a new ad.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Monday, July 24, 2023
Scrooged
Photos by Steven
During this past weekend, someone destroyed the plaque about the Tompkins Square Park holiday tree on the fence around the main lawn...
This tree dedication and memorial plaque was new as of the past Christmas season. In early 2020, someone stole the previous version that had been in place for almost 20 years.
Here's a December 2022 photo of the plaque (via Stacie Joy)...
Albert Fabozzi first planted the Christmas tree in 1992 to honor and memorialize his partner, Glenn Barnett, as well as others who died of AIDS.
RIP to the 'RIP ST MARKS' tag
Soon to fade from view: the obituary on the west-facing wall of 5 St. Mark's Place that someone painted here in the summer of 2019 — RIP ST. MARK'S...
And while we're here, a progress check four blocks to the south... where 360 Bowery at Fourth Street recently topped off...
When the two buildings are complete, nearly 30 floors of office space will be added along the corridor.
On this topic... New York magazine's current cover story explores how commercial landlords are scrambling to stave off a real-estate apocalypse as developers try to downsize their office space, from the Financial District to Hudson Yards.
Summer scheduling: Lucy's returns after Aug. 10
P.S.
Liking that Spirograph-y lettering!
Pizza signage update on 9th Street
That was apparently just a pizza placeholder ... as there's now signage up for the actual business name — Nuovo York Pizza, aka "New York Style."
No word yet on an opening date.
This space has been vacant since Toasted Deli went dark at the end of 2022 after nearly 18 months in business.
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