Wednesday, December 10, 2008

About that iconic Pepsi-Cola sign in Queens



The City Room has the answer:

In Manhattan, they’re asking what happened to the “Pepsi-Cola” sign. In Queens, they’re asking what happened to the “aloC-ispeP” sign. In both cases, the answer is that it has been temporarily dismantled and will be reinstalled nearby. In any case, the Hunters Point waterfront will not lose this distinctive, ruby-red, 120-foot-long, 72-year-old presence.


(Photo via Wired New York)

Tipstering with good intentions: Versace to the Bowery?


I always appreciate any tips... So! A tipster just e-mailed claiming that a Versace store was opening on First Street at the Bowery. The tipster said the item was in Luxury Briefing. Which does me no good since the thing is subscription only. Anyway, it's a former Versace designer opening the store, as Racked reported in October. He has done work for Sarah Jessica Parker, which means this may become a stop on the Sex and the City tour. (OK, sorry. Because I made this joke, it'll probably really happen now.)

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition




The Yanks pay $160 million for their next Carl Pavano (amNY)

Firefighter fisticuffs at McFadden's (Gothamist)

UGH. Bumper cars at Astroland are destoryed (Kinetic Carnival)

Some history of Vesuvio Bakery (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

A little Borscht for lunch (Stupefaction)

About that shit building where Cedar Tavern used to be (Flaming Pablum)

Minetta Tavern stripped of its history (Eater)

Be offended at Varick and Vandam (Greenwich Village Daily Photo)

Where TVs go to die (BoweryBoogie)

Time suckers: New York magazine on Google Books

As Ryan Tate reported on Gawker, New York is available now in the new magazine search on Google Books. Gawker highlights Barbara Goldsmith's classic "La Dolce Viva" article from April 29, 1968, that told of the seedy side of Andy Warhol's entourage. That same issue includes a feature on the growth of graffiti art in the city.

Anyway, I've just spent about an hour reading that issue. See you next week!

Lots of buildings seem to be for sale

Seem like more than usual? And none of these are the 17 buildings for sale that Curbed reported on last Friday.



10th Street between A and B.


7th Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Union.


Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.


Avenue C between Eighth Street and Ninth Street.


Eighth Street between B and C.

Noted

In a post last March on a fancy open house on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B, I made reference to liking the doorway below...the building is next door to the big new one with $5,000 rents.



Anyway, not sure how long ago this happened (Jill?), but the building with the doorway got all gussied up.

Being a New Yorker vs. being from New York


I’m growing tired - have been tired for some time, I suppose - of writers using their New York residency as a rhetorical device. Maybe this was once acceptable, when being from the Upper West Side or the East Village had a concrete connotation, but increasingly the device feels like an amateurish way of bragging about living in New York, about - woah - renting an apartment in a city that’s - woah - big.
(Caine Blog)

Just a short walk to every faboo place that you can possible think of!!!!


A friend of mine in the neighborhood is looking for a new rental. Someplace not to far from his current home near Avenue A. The Mrs. wouldn't mind at least looking a little further west. Anyway, he's now sharing some of the annoying apartment ads that he has come across. I don't know, the one below doesn't seem any dumber than the usual. Of course, I'm not seeing 100 of these ads at a time.

Spectacular Soho Apartment * Skylights * W/D and D/W * Just a BEAUTYTRULY a BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL apartment * Super Mini-Loft and HUGE, GORGEOUS SPACE * Spectacular kitchen with skylight, dishwasher, washer and dryer, microwave, FABULOUS counter space * Breakfast counter * Exposed brick * Skylights * Hardwood floors * Full, windowed bathroom * SENSATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOCATION - near everything that makes Soho living sooooooooo wonderful (close to all the fabulous restaurants, cafes, boutiques, gourmet shops, services, transportation) and a short walk to Greenwich Village, Noho, Nolita, Tribeca, Lower East Side (you can even walk to the East Village and even Chelsea) * A MUST SEE IF EVER THERE WAS ONE !!!!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Santa fight

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition (for the evening)



Get ready for $2.50 subway rides (City Room)

Why more women are boozing it up (New York)

Concern about the fate of the Tile Bar? (Eater)

Jeremiah talks with Karen, the Love Saves the Day sidewalk vendor (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

Defending Wes Anderson (Hammer to Nail)

Don't Mess With the Zohan doesn't make David Denby's top-10 list (The New Yorker)

Encountering a brass band after happy hour (Hunter-Gatherer)

Scaffolding ruins a nice holiday shot




On 15th Street near Union Square.

This seems like a nice spot for an ad



View from Houston of a new apartment building going up on Second Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.