Friday, January 5, 2024
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Thursday's parting shot
Development watch: 50-64 3rd Ave. (and TLK by Tigerlily Kitchen is still open)
Demoliton prep continues on the west side of Third Avenue between 10th Street and 11th Street, where six buildings will come down in the months ahead.
As we first reported, a residential complex is expected to rise along this parcel — 50-64 Third Ave. (See the rendering here.)
Per previous reports, Kinsmen Property Group — a joint venture between State Building Group and another Toronto company, Madison Group — bought the walk-up buildings over the past three years, paying more than $60 million for the parcel.
Only one building will remain on the block after the demolition — 48 Third Ave., the 5-story property owned by Isfahany Realty Corp. on the northwest corner at 10th Street with Healthy Greens Gourmet in the retail space.
On Tuesday, workers were spotted removing the fire escape from the corner building at 11th Street, where Ainsworth was the last retail tenant in the space ... (thanks to Jacob Ford for these two shots)...
Meanwhile, plywood now covers the other vacant storefronts and entrances on the block...
However, they are participating in the winter Restaurant Week (Jan. 16 – Feb. 4) with a special dinner prix fixe.
Hospitality veteran Michelle Morgan opened the restaurant featuring a healthy, Hong Kong-inspired menu in late 2021.
P.S.
Kotobuki closed in the fall at 56 Third Ave. ... the restaurant is still offering deliveries in the area and plans to open in a new space in the East Village. More here.
Jen the bookseller closes the book on her Avenue A vending days
Photo from February 2020 by Steven
After nearly a 9-year presence during warmer-weather months on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place, Jen the bookseller has announced that she is starting a new chapter in her life and will no longer be street vending here.
She made the announcement yesterday on Instagram:
I deeply loved and appreciated every conversation i had, every exchange of ideas, all the books that we shared, and the friendships and the projects that were born of Vortexity Books. i am forever grateful for all the spontaneous laughter, the tears, the love, the chaos, the rage, and the honesty that the streets revealed. We went through ALOT together ... if you ever stopped by the table — know that i loved you and that this community forever changed how i view the world, and has reconfirmed my belief in the power of books and their ability to unite people.
And...
Long live all of you who made this project exist by being with me on the street ... and in spirit around the world and who read and believe in books as much as i do. i hope to see you all again and work with you on other projects...
Thanks to Jen for all the quality books at reasonable prices through the years... her arrival each year always marked the beginning of spring and warmer days ahead.
Le Dive owners looking to take over the Boiler Room space on 4th Street
File photo by Stacie Joy
On Monday evening, the Golden Age Hospitality reps will appear before CB3's SLA committee.
As for the unnamed new concept for No. 86, there will be food service with various sandwiches (turkey club, BLT, croque monsieur, etc.) and cocktails, according to the sample menu on the questionnaire here. The configuration shows 21 tables for 42 guests (with plans to use the unenclosed roadway space from 5-10 p.m.) The proposed hours are daily from 5 p.m. to 4 a.m.
After a two-plus-year court battle over pandemic-related back rent payments, the Boiler Room announced last summer that it was leaving its home of 34 years ... ownership will be moving to 45 Second Ave. between Second Street and Third Street (previously home to the Moroccan specialty shop Timbuktu) later this year.
Monday's meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Find the Zoom link here. This is a hybrid meeting, and there is limited seating available for the public — the first 15 people who show up at the Community Board 3 Office, 59 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.
Yuca Bar closed for renovations on 7th and A
Photos by Steven
Yuca Bar is now closed for renovations on the NW corner of Seventh Street and Avenue A ... door signage points to a Jan. 25 reopening date for the restaurant offering Latin cuisine and weekend brunches ...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Wednesday's parting shot
The space has been home to the Half Gallery since early 2020.
A look back at today's sunrise — the best so far in 2024
Longtime East Village sewing shop Gizmo will be relocating in early 2024
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
Updated 2/26: Unfortunately, the deal for a new Gizmo space fell through, and Rosa and Hossein are searching again for a new space. Details here.
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After 32 years in business on First Avenue, Gizmo will relocate at the end of February.
Owner Hossein Amid (below) said that his rent has increased at 160 First Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street to a point where he can no longer afford it.
Amid is considering two smaller spaces, either on 10th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue or 14th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
"Staying on the Avenue is too expensive," he said. "We are downsizing, a smaller store, but still in the neighborhood."
Meanwhile, there are some sales at the shop packed with fabrics, notions and thread. They also offer sewing machine repair services.
Gizmo is usually open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and closed on Sundays. Phone: (212) 477-2773.
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