Previously on EV Grieve:
More on the fire at 240 Houston
Thursday, July 8, 2010
More shots from after the fire
Many thanks to EV Grieve reader Krikor for sharing these photos... (Via Flickr)
Previously on EV Grieve:
More on the fire at 240 Houston
Previously on EV Grieve:
More on the fire at 240 Houston
After the fire
Check out Jeremiah's photos (like this one) of the firefighters after batting the blaze at 240 Houston.
Previously on EV Grieve:
More on the fire at 240 Houston
BoweryBoogie is also on the scene. He overheard a firefighter say the whole roof is gone at 240.
The Lo-Down is there too. They're reporting all the residents were safely evacuated.
More shots of 240 Houston
More on the fire at 240 Houston
I noticed that scaffolding recently went up here at the site of the fire, 240 Houston ... And Gothamist points to a complaint here via the DOB dated June 22:
SCAFFOLDING IS BEING INSTALLED ON THE SIDEWALK, THEY HAVE INSTALLED FOUR OF THE SUPPORTS ON THE PROPERTY OF 244 E HOUSTON WITHOUTPERMISSION AND THERE ARE NO PERMITS/PLANS POSTED FOR THE CONSTCTN
Fire on Avenue A and Houston
[Top photo via WCBS]
Much more to come.
Per NY1:
Firefighters are currently battling a three-alarm fire on the roof and upper floors of a building in the East Village.
About 188 firefighters from 33 units are putting out the flames, according to the FDNY.
Black smoke rising from the fire could be seen throughout much of Lower Manhattan.
Houston Street has been reportedly closed to traffic.
It is not yet known how the hot weather contributed towards the fire.
Walking toward the fire
I was walking south on First Avenue and 10th Street when I heard the helicopters... and then I saw the smoke coming from what turned out to be 240 Houston. Walking there, a few people walked out of storefronts... "Where's the fire? Where's the fire?" No one could tell, just yet...
Noted
Via @purelygenius: Sidebar in the East Village is offering $5 LeBomb James shots. That's not a typo.
Via @16Handles: "Have you checked out our newest flavor in East Village? Clockwork Orange Sorbet. Handle It!"
Via @16Handles: "Have you checked out our newest flavor in East Village? Clockwork Orange Sorbet. Handle It!"
What's Great About America: Ray's
As we mentioned, the Ray's delivery team was featured on the John Stossel-hosted Fox program "What's Great About America" this past weekend...and here is the segment. The Ray's piece starts at the 4:30 point or so...in case you want to skip by the opening stuff with Bono and Angelina....
Thanks to Matt at Neighborhoodr for this link. He has more Ray's-related items here, such as a deal on Save Ray's gear (only through today, though).
By the way, as Scoopy noted, the Ray's delivery team is on hiatus during the summer...
Thanks to Matt at Neighborhoodr for this link. He has more Ray's-related items here, such as a deal on Save Ray's gear (only through today, though).
By the way, as Scoopy noted, the Ray's delivery team is on hiatus during the summer...
Spending $2 million to combat "unpleasant perceptions of OTB parlors and clientele"
At the Times today, Russ Buettner looks at the latest OTB wretched excess...spending millions on consultants and research ... Why?
Much of the [the consultants'] effort involved wrestling with unpleasant perceptions of OTB parlors and clientele.
As the Times notes, "For now, the consultants’ expensive work product appears to have no more value than a torn race ticket on a dirty linoleum floor." The new OTB boss doesn't care for the work that was done by his predecessor.
Wonder how much longer before the whole OTB system is shuttered... they're what, $200 million in the hole now? Go to one while you can.
This line from the Times a few years back sums it up best about the future of the OTB: It is an ever-narrowing slice of New York that still belongs to the hustler and the old-timer. Soon it may be extinct...
Like everything else that helps give the city some character.
[Photo at the Delancey OTB by EV Grieve]
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