Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
More on the East Fifth Street water main break
A follow-up on our previous post... There was a water main break this morning on East Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...
Several residents said they have been without water since 11 a.m. There's no word on when the DEP will restore service... signs on doors to the buildings say it will be off for "approximately 8 hours" ... Uh, so that would make it 7 p.m.
A few places are closed... (including Goat Town) If you have plans along here tonight at a drinking or dining establishment, then you may want to call ahead... There will likely be some delays in opening...
Several residents said they have been without water since 11 a.m. There's no word on when the DEP will restore service... signs on doors to the buildings say it will be off for "approximately 8 hours" ... Uh, so that would make it 7 p.m.
A few places are closed... (including Goat Town) If you have plans along here tonight at a drinking or dining establishment, then you may want to call ahead... There will likely be some delays in opening...
Water main break shutters Goat Town for tonight
Earlier this afternoon, we heard reports of a water main break on East Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B... (One resident noted some brown yucky tap water...)
Anyway, here are a few shots of workers at the scene... (photos courtesy of Jaime Darrow)
According to its website and Twitter account, Goat Town is closed tonight because of the break...
Anyway, here are a few shots of workers at the scene... (photos courtesy of Jaime Darrow)
According to its website and Twitter account, Goat Town is closed tonight because of the break...
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
Landmarks Preservation Commission still rejecting 35 Cooper Square (The Lo-Down)
A Q-and-A with LES resident and photo restoration expert Sebastian Wintermute (BoweryBoogie)
In the afternoon sun (Nadie Se Conoce)
NYC gets blowed up again real good by aliens (Curbed)
Standings named the best sports bar in NYC (New York)
Photographer Erica Simone creates series of nude self-portraits, so maybe not SFSW (Animal NY)
The creepiest hospital grounds in Manhattan (Scouting New York)
Remembering the Doll of Times Square (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Some NC-17 signage (Slum Goddess)
And from Page Six ... a place I've been to a few times but only in the winter:
Another piece of old Montauk is up for sale: the Shagwong Restaurant & Bar, on the market for $6.5 million. Owner Jimmy Hewitt is ready to sell the place, built in 1927, which has attracted stars in cluding the Rolling Stones, Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon, Yoko Ono and photographer and artist Peter Beard, whose work hangs on its walls. The whole building is on the block.
And speaking ELizabeth Taylor, RIP ... will watch "BUtterfield 8" again soon...
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Alan P. Miller, the senior director of the real estate investment firm Eastern Consolidated ... said that although parts of the market remained sluggish, investors were eager to get a piece of the Bowery. “All of the Bowery is gold,” he said. — The New York Times, March 19, 2011
That quote has stuck with me all week. It prompted me to revisit "The Bowery," a chronicle of life along this thoroughfare in the early 1970s by Michael D. Zettler. The book, now out of print, was published in 1975. When I read the book, I think "yellow," not gold.
The book ends with police discovering a man lying face up on the Bowery at Houston. (You'd have a good view of him from the outdoor seats at Pulino's.)
"Is he all right officer?"
"He's better off than the rest of 'em ... Sure is yellow, ain't he?"
"Yeah ... is he dead?"
"Stiff."
"Where does he go from here?"
"Why? You want him? The wagon'll be along in a moment they take 'em up to the morgue at Bellvue ... The kids who're going to be doctors get to cut 'em up ... there probably ain't much left to look at inside of him though."
He's eventually taken to Potter's Field on Hart Island, where he's buried in an unmarked grave with the rest of the John Does.
[Thanks to our friend Bryan at This Ain't the Summer of Love for bringing this book to our attention.]
That quote has stuck with me all week. It prompted me to revisit "The Bowery," a chronicle of life along this thoroughfare in the early 1970s by Michael D. Zettler. The book, now out of print, was published in 1975. When I read the book, I think "yellow," not gold.
The book ends with police discovering a man lying face up on the Bowery at Houston. (You'd have a good view of him from the outdoor seats at Pulino's.)
"Is he all right officer?"
"He's better off than the rest of 'em ... Sure is yellow, ain't he?"
"Yeah ... is he dead?"
"Stiff."
"Where does he go from here?"
"Why? You want him? The wagon'll be along in a moment they take 'em up to the morgue at Bellvue ... The kids who're going to be doctors get to cut 'em up ... there probably ain't much left to look at inside of him though."
He's eventually taken to Potter's Field on Hart Island, where he's buried in an unmarked grave with the rest of the John Does.
[Thanks to our friend Bryan at This Ain't the Summer of Love for bringing this book to our attention.]
Fish Bar Film Nights
In recent months, Fish Bar on East Fifth Street has been playing some fine motion pictures Wednesdays during the Fish Bar Film Night.
Bartender Becca Brennan Chiappone selects the films. "I try to pick ones that are going to appeal to a big audience, but not a douchey audience," she said via email. "The NYU crowd will always come and go, but I want to keep the regulars happy. They've been coming to the bar for years now and they're all fascinating and intelligent people, so I try to show films that reflect the personality of the bar and the East Village."
In recent months, she has shown "Blue Velvet," "The Road Warrior" and "Lolita."
Tonight! It's "The Hunger," starring David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon's nipples.
A little taste.
The Fish Bar is at 237 E. Fifth St., west of Second Avenue. The movies start at 8:30 p.m. There's a Fish Bar Film Night Facebook page here.
Bartender Becca Brennan Chiappone selects the films. "I try to pick ones that are going to appeal to a big audience, but not a douchey audience," she said via email. "The NYU crowd will always come and go, but I want to keep the regulars happy. They've been coming to the bar for years now and they're all fascinating and intelligent people, so I try to show films that reflect the personality of the bar and the East Village."
In recent months, she has shown "Blue Velvet," "The Road Warrior" and "Lolita."
Tonight! It's "The Hunger," starring David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon
A little taste.
The Fish Bar is at 237 E. Fifth St., west of Second Avenue. The movies start at 8:30 p.m. There's a Fish Bar Film Night Facebook page here.
Whatever was in the Avenue A Sushi place is now closed
Avenue A Sushi between Seventh Street and Sixth Street closed last year around this time... After several weeks, the renovated space reopened in April... as either Avenue A Sushi or G2 Kurosawa — never did figure that out...
Anyway! A reader had noted that the place looked closed of late... I was waiting for confirmation from management when this sign appeared yesterday...
And who knew they were called Avenue A Bistro Bar now? The original Avenue A Sushi opened here in 1983.
P.S.
A scene outside Avenue A Sushi Bar/G2 from last September:
Bob Arihood, who took this photo, noted that the line went north to Seventh Street, and then west on Seventh Street... When RyanAvenueA asked management what the line was for, they responded later "What line?"
Anyway! A reader had noted that the place looked closed of late... I was waiting for confirmation from management when this sign appeared yesterday...
And who knew they were called Avenue A Bistro Bar now? The original Avenue A Sushi opened here in 1983.
P.S.
A scene outside Avenue A Sushi Bar/G2 from last September:
Bob Arihood, who took this photo, noted that the line went north to Seventh Street, and then west on Seventh Street... When RyanAvenueA asked management what the line was for, they responded later "What line?"
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Comments, noted
A comment left today on "[Updated] Resident starting a petition to have the 'Hot Chicks Room' sign removed at the Upright Citizens Brigade"
Anonymous said...
I can speak on behalf of the community and we are willing to settle with changing the sign to "slut jam"
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
New charges against officers in East Village rape case (City Room)
NYPD arrests Lou Reed's manager (Runnin' Scared)
This morning in Tompkins Square Park (Nadie Se Conoce)
More of old Times Square (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Signs of progress at new Allen Street hotel (BoweryBoogie)
Ranking the Papaya Dog on 14th Street and First Avenue (Marty After Dark)
As you've probably seen, Duran Duran has a new album out today... #FeelingOld
Residents Jeer NYU's new plans (The Local East Village)
Revisiting Zum Schneider (East Village Eats)
An interview with DeNiro from a few weeks ago in which he discusses Twitter (Parade)
And some scenes from yesterday evening via EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams...
A carbon monoxide scare in an East Ninth Street building...
EMTs transport a regular from Avenue A to the ER...
NYPD arrests Lou Reed's manager (Runnin' Scared)
This morning in Tompkins Square Park (Nadie Se Conoce)
More of old Times Square (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Signs of progress at new Allen Street hotel (BoweryBoogie)
Ranking the Papaya Dog on 14th Street and First Avenue (Marty After Dark)
As you've probably seen, Duran Duran has a new album out today... #FeelingOld
Residents Jeer NYU's new plans (The Local East Village)
Revisiting Zum Schneider (East Village Eats)
An interview with DeNiro from a few weeks ago in which he discusses Twitter (Parade)
And some scenes from yesterday evening via EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams...
A carbon monoxide scare in an East Ninth Street building...
EMTs transport a regular from Avenue A to the ER...
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