Hey, what's for dinner?

Just looking at the floor-to-ceiling goodness of the Copper Building on Avenue B and 13th Street... these appear to be the model homes for prospective homesteaders...




Well, I hope the new residents get curtains or something before anyone moves in... or will we always be treated to a show?

Meanwhile, across the street from the Copper Building...

A newish ad for 13th Street at Avenue B...



... was this based on market research for incoming Copper Building residents...?

Imagining Avenue A and Second Street with a 7-Eleven

OK, this is half-assed Photoshopping at its finest... still... just trying to wrap my head around this... picking up on the vigorous debate from yesterday (thank you to everyone for the spirited comments)... As you know, EV Italian eatery guru Frank Prisinzano said on Monday night that the landlord of the former Graceland space on Avenue A and Second Street had four prospective tenants: Frank's fast-food Italian joint, a bank, a 7-Eleven and a bank.

Of course it's very possible this was just a scare tactic... still, given 7-Eleven's recent emergence in Manahattan, it's probable. (As The Real Deal reported, the chain is planning on opening 100-150 new locations in the five boroughs inthe coming few years.)

Regardless, Prisinzano's dream of another outpost isn't dead despite the CB3/SLA committee's deadlock Monday night -- the full CB3 will hear this whole thing again next week.

There are no easy answers here... Jill puts it into some perspective in the comments about life with another Frank here:

The issue with that space is that it is huge, not that anybody thinks it will become a bar. He also put in for a sidewalk cafe ... I believe the total occupancy quoted was 190. That's a hell of a lot of people to bring to that corner all at the same time, with loads of turnover ("5-10 minute wait for fast food.") Do the math -- potentially 1,000 people coming in there every night if it's truly an in and out kind of place that is successful. Crikeys.

Indeed. I imagine the new suitor for this prime space will remain a hot topic this summer... is there any compromise?

Imagining Avenue A and Second Street with ... oh STOP IT!

A campaign against Dogs Tied Up

I received a note the other day from an EV Grieve reader who has had enough with seeing unattended dogs tied up around the neighborhood (and other parts of the city) ... The resident, who also works in the East Village, has dogs of his or her own... and, well, here's some background:

"My biggest pet peeve is people who tie their dogs up to fire hydrants, parking meters, lamp posts and such. While they do their shopping, dining, drinking -- what have you. They think they are 'multitasking' but in reality they are subjecting their beloved family pets to thievery, abuse and death."

So the resident started a blog dedicated to tied-up pups... appropriately titled Dogs Tied Up NYC. (There's also a Facebook page.)

"From here on out I will be taking photos of dogs that I see tied up. And I will sit and wait until their owners show up. And they will be riddled with questions as to why they left their family pet tied up unattended. They will not have a legit answer, cause there is NO excuse."

[I took the top photo outside Cotto Cafe on Avenue C and Eighth Street earlier this summer.]

World Keg fever at Nevada Smith's

Yesterday evening after Brazil-North Korea...

Why you might hear a tape-bow violin coming from the Cooper Square Hotel penthouse tonight

An EV Grieve reader passed this along...

On June 16, there will be a listening party for Laurie Anderson's HOMELAND, her first studio album in 10 years. Nonesuch releases it June 22. This will take place in the Penthouse of the Cooper Square Hotel, as part of the Annie
O Music Series. Laurie will briefly perform.

Anyway, you'll see plenty more of Anderson this summer, like this Saturday with Lou Reed at the Coney Island Mermaind Parade... and July 14 on Letterman...

$85 the easy way: Looking for a speed-dating spy

An ad appeared on Craigslist that captured my attention... However, the author quickly removed the ad... luckily I found it elsewhere...

Spy Needed. Females only please. (Lower East Side)

There will be a speed dating event, and I am worried my soon to be fiance will be attending. I'm not the jealous type that normally does this, but since I'm about to take a big step of giving her a ring, I need to make sure. Your job will simply be to stand in front of this restaurant and look for her arrival. That's it. IF you can get inside and get a snapshot of her in the act of "speed dating" I would pay an extra $50. Offering $85 for this because it should not take you more than 1 hour. The location and time will be disclosed to you.

Always wonder if these are real... are someone's testing the plot to a made-for-Lifetime movie...

13th Street, 8:08 p.m., June 15

Noted

"A rodent expert says half of lower Manhattan’s train lines are either infested with rats or show conditions ripe for attracting them." (The Associated Press, via the New York Post)

MTA will get the L out of there

A follow-up to the post over the weekend about the MTA's new FML signs... Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo reported yesterday that the MTA will change the sign...

"I guarantee you the people who install the signs have absolutely no idea what that [phrase] means," said NYC Transit spokesman Charles Seaton, noting that the new sign will display the letter L below the F and M.

No word yet on the JZ line.

[Top image via Gothamist; FML image via Digitalisms. Thanks to Digitalisms for getting this whole thing out there!]

Another brown out: Verizon battles graffiti artists, take two

Back in April, workers painted over all the delicious tags on the Verizon building on 13th Street and Second Avenue... Then, in May, there was an epic bout of tagging...

So, yesterday, Verizon once again had workers paint the 13th Street wall brown... and as these photos courtesy of EV Grieve reader evilnyc show, the brown paint was barely dry before the building was tagged again...






Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building

Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over