Seventh Street and Avenue A this morning. I always enjoy walking around in the morning, looking for odd things left behind on the street.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Things left on the street
Seventh Street and Avenue A this morning. I always enjoy walking around in the morning, looking for odd things left behind on the street.
What do you call this?
A catwalk! Thank you very much — I'll be here all weekend!
Avenue B and Second Street.
Friday, November 19, 2010
City doesn't give a shit about these historic East Village townhouses
On Tuesday, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) and other groups... not to mention various politicos ... rallied to help save the historic townhouses at 326 and 328 E. Fourth St. The GVSHP doesn't have good news to report:
Unfortunately, as we gathered in front of the houses on Tuesday to make this last appeal to the city to consider landmark designation, the city was issuing permits to the developer to allow the houses' destruction, effectively foreclosing the possibility of landmark designation.
Former Señor Swanky's will soon be a new 'local'
And over at Bleecker and LaGuardia, the former Señor Swanky's is shaping up... As Eater noted, it will become a gastropub aimed at a more "mature" audience. And, given the sign, maybe for local mature audiences? In this neighborhood? Good luck! [Thanks to Goggla for the tip on this...I attended the CB2 meeting last summer when the owners here made their pitch...]
The back room at Otto's Shrunken Head reopens tonight
As you know, a fire severely damaged Otto's Shrunken Head on 14th Street on Oct. 24. While the front room reopened on Oct. 30 ... the back room needed a lot more attention. Otto's regular DJ Xerox passes along the good news that the back room reopens tonight with the Rebel Night Rockabilly dance party, and then the first bands take the stage tomorrow night.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Assessing the damage at Otto's Shrunken Head
Breaking: Early-morning fire at Otto's Shrunken Head
Bank robber looks familiar
Police have released the photo of a man they say robbed the Capitol One Bank at 21 University Place on Eighth Street, according to DNAinfo.
Despite the similarities in the photos, I suppose we can rule out one possible suspect....
Despite the similarities in the photos, I suppose we can rule out one possible suspect....
A reader question
An EV Grieve reader sent this photo of an ad for the M15 Select Bus Service that just went up this week ... the reader wondered why the ad was in the N-Q-R stop on Broadway and 40th...
This car needs a nickname
Several readers have noted the red Ferrari parked here on Avenue B near Tompkins Square Park earlier this week. What will EV Lambo have to say about this?
St. Brigid's in need of more divine intervention?
The renovation of St. Brigid’s is more extensive than expected, The Villager reports this week.
Lincoln Anderson reports that "a number of alarming rumors have been circulating in the neighborhood about the project, including that the $10 million restoration fund for the church has already been spent and that there is a significant cost overrun; that the church’s windows’ being removed in 2006 caused water damage that weakened the walls, requiring extra work to shore up the foundations; and that both the north and south walls need to be removed and totally rebuilt so that the eastern wall can be tied into a stable structure."
However, Joseph Zwilling, a spokesperson for the New York Catholic Archdiocese, said the rumors are untrue. He also denied that the church is seeking more donations to complete the renovations.
In addition, Zwilling didn't offer an anticipated completion date for the church.
Last summer, Edwin Torres, chairman of the Committee to Save St. Brigid's, told me the work was expected to be wrapped up in the summer of 2011. Looking at the church today, that time line doesn't seem very likely.
Previous EV Grieve St. Brigid's coverage here.
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