Posts that I never got around to posting: Gold Street roadblock

On Gold Street in the Financial District.

Posts that I never got around to posting: That guy in the convertible who kind of almost hit me but didn't notice

10th Street and Avenue B.

Posts that I never got around to posting: This issue of The Onion was pure garbage

At Houston and Bowery.

Posts that I never got around to posting: Craigslist ad of the day

A man such as me should not be going to bed without a kiss - m4w - 29 (Lower East Side)

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Date: 2009-08-16, 3:04AM EDT

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Beautiful summer night....I am in my home, alone. I have been alone for sometime, and did not mind it at all, for some time. But I seriously miss laying with a special her, smelling her scent and kissing her so passionately everytime, that we both have soaking wet pants in minutes. Smelling her hair....rubbing my finger tips all over her back side.....

Those nights were great and should be replicated tonight. I can not sleep cause I have dreams about it and wake up dissappointed I didn't say something before. So I am saying something, reply! I am 29 from manhattan can host. Not a weirdo at all, just a nice busy guy. I am half latin and half european and look white. Baby faced, short light brown hair, dreamy light brown eyes, 5"9 with an athletic build. 150lbs.

I have picture and will not go to sleep till about 4:30. I'll have to use a sleeping pill to replace my "sleeping pill" (hint: YOU).

It's 3:00 am on a Sunday morning. I am pretty sober. i have some wine and 420. And a nice bed i can not enjoy without you. I am a perfect gentleman, and maybe this can lead to much more. i am just in a rush tonight. I have pictures, so should you. This not about sex (it could be if its right). This is about sensual kissing and not being alone when the sunrises till tomorrow evening! It's Sunday, lets worship each other, stranger.

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition

The return of the Fedora (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

38 Delancey ready for action! — Except for the part about not having a Web site (BoweryBoogie)

Matt Harvey talks to Richard Hell about "Destiny Street Repaired (NYPress)

A new Figaro Cafe for Bleeker? (NY Barfly)

Fight turns deadly at Project Rescue shelter on the Bowery (Runnin' Scared)

OTB is broke; has a fleet of 87 cars (The New York Times)

Former police cadet robs Avenue A bank branch (Daily News)

Crooks posed as cops for ATM holdup on 13th Street and Avenue B (NY1)

The history of Wigstock (Ephemeral New York)

The Post rips off another blog (New York Shitty)

"Kiss Loves You" plays Friday at the Anthology Film Archives (Slum Goddess)

Save the date for the Lost New York conference (Patell and Waterman's History of New York)

Old Yankee Stadium continues to be torn down (Demolition of Yankee Stadium)

The lead to yesterday's TGI Friday's feature in the Post:

It's Friday night, and an unruly parade of tipsy, young New Yorkers spills out from a popular Manhattan bar and onto the sidewalk, blocking foot traffic and drawing complaints from irate neighbors.

But this isn't the East Village, and the bar in question isn't Le Souk.

The year is 1965, and the new hot spot is T.G.I. Friday's -- Friday's for short -- on the northeast corner of 63rd Street and First Avenue.

And now on newsstands...

Volunteers needed for Howl!

Eric at the East Village History Project left this comment...

The Howl! Festival could actually use a few volunteers (no pay) this year to help put up/take down the art wall around Tompkins Square park. The hours are: 5-8 pm on fri evening, 8.30 till 11 am sat. 6pm - 10 sunday -- but any minimal hours are appreciated. If interested/available please email eric(AT)east-village.com -- thanks!

229 E. Second St. sprouts a roof deck

Here's what 229 Second St. between Avenue B and Avenue C looked like two years ago...



And, slowly, a six-floor apartment building has grown in this spot. According to the DOB, the ground floor will be used for a community facility.

Wonder if the folks at the unnamed community facility will have access to the new roof deck that recently made an appearance...




And the view from Houston...




None of the apartments have shown up in any listings, as far as I'm aware.

Butter Lane gets the neon treatment

A new sign for Butter Lane Cupcakes on Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue. Makes it a little easier to spot coming from Avenue B.

Bowery gets etched into E2E4

A Bowery entrance to the 15-story tower at Fourth Street. Oh, from this angle it looks as if Bowery is spelled Bow ry. But the "e" is actually there...

Previously.

Evolution looking pretty classy (so far!) for a Vegas-style bottle-flipping, fire-trickery-type new bar

At Second Avenue and Fourth Street.

For further reading:
E4volution Mach II? (Hunter-Gatherer)

Previously.

Window shopping at Quiznos

Beef dip? Toasty bullets? The torpedo? Subtle! May I suggest some other new menu items, such as the Beef Bayonet, the Pork Sword or the Smoked Meat Log? With Winkle Doodles for dessert.

Uh, sorry. On Broadway and 12th Street.

East Village finally getting that crucial pita/sports bar combo

As Eater first reported, the former Bounce Deuce on Second Avenue and Sixth Street is becoming something else... now the signage is up...




And as you can see, the Queens-based Pita Pan is taking over...Their fries look good.

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