The Ontological-Hysteric Theater is leaving its performance space at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery in June, according to the Theater's Web site. The Ontological, which has had a permanent home at St. Mark’s since 1992, will wrap up their run at the Church on June 30. The Incubator presenting programs will take over the performance space on July 1.
And now... Hello 238 E. Fourth St.! Well, over here between Avenue A and Avenue B the former one-level construction company razed to become home a multi-million-dollar penthouse by the world-famous Bob and Cortney Novogratz is now in full view...
Is this a garage for a mini-Cooper? (There is a driveway left from the Construction Company that had this address before....)
The owner of 238 E. Fourth St., design writer Sue Hostetler, will live on the first four floors.
Anyway, workers removed the construction netting this past week, giving us a better idea of what Seventh Street's new neighbor will look like...
And, for the record, I echo Jeremiah's sentiments about this space: "Not that I had great love for the Miracle Grill, but I'm sad to say its garden is about to sprout a condo that's taller than its neighbors."
However! EV Grieve reader Dan was walking by on Saturday when two workers were removing the B&H sign. He took the two photos below. Will B&H simply refurbish the old sign or put up something new?
Now, it appears to be getting some competition... I spotted this beaut the other day on the same block... (the Free Willie Nelson was parked east of First Avenue...)
Also, someone purporting to be the owner of the Free WIllie Nelson recently left me this note:
Thank you for your kind remarks about the Free Willie Nelson. Unlike every other vehicle parked in the streets of manhattan the Free Willie Nelson gives back to the community with a nice deck on the rear where people can sit and smoke, eat a snack, sit in the sun and watch the world go by, or chat. Often my friends come by and we sit inside and jam. It's worth noting the Free Willie Nelson is the same size as my apartment, there by doubling my living space. Unlike my apartment it costs about $800 per year to own and it transports up to sixteen people out to the Mermaid Parade, Floyd Bennett Field, Dead Horse Bay, Wood-stock or away from ground zero on that terrible day.
This summer we are talking about putting on a rooftop garden.
I know that not everyone is going to get it or like it but if you take a man in the street poll, except for the people who want the parking spot, most all really like it.
This is a ride for the nomadic spirit, the open road and a romantic time in our history when people weren't afraid to boldly just go.
For the record: Mark me down for getting it and liking it.
Superdive was originally on tonight's CB3/SLA docket for a full transfer of their liquor license.... no more, though, as a look at the updated rundown shows...
We've been following the saga of Bread and Butta on Avenue C near 11th Street for the past year or so... Prospects didn't look so good there for awhile...but, as EV Grieve reader Brad212 noted, the coffee shop is hiring...
Author David Freeland hosts a stellar panel of historians, experts and urban planners to explore what happens to the city when a neighborhood’s cultural soul is stripped away to make way for luxury housing and bland architecture. Details here. (The event was originally scheduled in February... but the snowpocalypse took care of that...)
