Aug. 23, 2009: Remembering Eric "Taz" Pagan

In a comment about the Second Avenue shooting early this morning... a reader noted that Aug. 23 marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of Eric "Taz" Pagan out Forbidden City on Avenue A.

All coverage.

Raindrops keep falling on B Bar patrons' heads....

During this afternoon's downpour... a reader files a report (including the above photo) from the Bowery:

"crazy roof leaks at b bar. puddles on floor. patrons holding umbrellas."

Perhaps they'll need to building up the wall outside to keep out the floodwaters...

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Space pods prove to be no match vs. earthling cabs, trucks, drunken weekend revelers

On Friday, we pointed out the photo from Blue Glass on First Avenue and 10th Street... where ample space pods had taken up residency...



And now....as Blue Glass notes... the pods have taken a beating this weekend...

Remembering a firefighter on Third Street

Yesterday, we noted the memorial service for the FDNY's Stephen Schwartz at the Most Holy Redeemer Church on East Third Street...

A Scouting Life took this photo and several others of the procession ...

Police investigating robbery on Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place

According to nearby workers, the magazine shop on the corner of St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue was robbed some time late last night. The store was currently closed, though we could see the owner inside.




The officer on duty would only offer that the store was currently closed.

Save our gardens

The East Villager checks in with an editorial on the preservation of our community gardens:

Why must the community gardens continue to be a battleground? Clearly, these green oases have become such integral parts of our communities. They provide so many benefits — to our health and nutrition (cleaning our air, yielding fruits, vegetables and herbs), to our sanity, to our quality of life and the very livability of our neighborhoods. All of that must surely be abundantly clear by now to our mayor and our Parks commissioner.

Read the whole editorial here. Read garden advocate Ben Shepard's piece on the matter on The Huffington Post.

Previously.

NEXT Saturday in Tompkins Square Park

More info. here.

Woman struck by vehicle on Avenue C and 10th Street

Just after noon, a woman walking west on 10th Street across Avenue C was struck by a vehicle turning left...



Police and emergency vehicles responded in a near instant...





There was no discussion of blame — the driver or the pedestrian. Everyone was concerned about the victim's status. She was moving. Paramedics put a neck brace on her as a precaution and placed her inside an ambulance. Meanwhile, a police officer used a fire extinguisher to spray a pool of blood that had collected in the middle of Avenue C.

Remembering firefighter Stephen Schwartz

First, if you're car is parked on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B right now, then it's very likely being towed...





The street is blocked off...



...leading up to a mass at the Most Holy Redeemer Church on Third Street in honor of Firefighter Stephen Schwartz.



He was stationed at Engine 28 and Ladder 11 on East Second Street...





Schwartz died this past June 26.

Second Avenue, 9:14 a.m., Aug. 21

Call the Shred Hotline

Houston and the Bowery.

I wanna Rock

Nothing to do with anything, really. Though I recently heard this on WCBS-FM. And I always rather enjoyed the song.