And now, photos of Rose McGowan in her room at the Standard East Village

Via her Twitter account.

Outside Cooper Union, the NYPD warns about death from above

Heh. "Authorized Drone Strike Zone." But just 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., though that includes Sunday, per the sign.

More about the signs via The New Yorker here (subscription required) ... and CNN.

Spotted by EV Grieve reader Blaine this morning.

On the Bowery, a synagogue opening above 7-Eleven

Over on the Bowery, in the space above the 7-Eleven and below the 52E4 pool, "a former Deadhead couple" will open a synagogue, the Post reports today in an article titled "Hasid shul of rock."

As the paper notes, this address is near the former CBGB space.

“CBGB was the hub of punk-rock culture, driven by passion, excitement and energy — an energy that’s an expression of spiritual thirst,” said [Rabbi Dov Yonah] Korn, 33. “Two blocks north, we’re harnessing that energy in a Jewish way.”

Also!

“The Bowery used to be a place you wouldn’t walk around at night,” Sarah Korn said. “But now it’s safe, it’s hip, and it needs a shul.”

Rabbi Korn said Jewish East Villagers and NYU students alike will be welcome to their Chabad Serving NYU synagogue — who have been running this since 2002 — when the space opens later this winter.

Curbed noted this opening in January 2011:
A Rabbi and John Legend Walk Into a Bowery Condo Building...

Owner: Painting over art on Life Cafe's roll-down gates was 'sacrilegious'

On our post Friday about work permits at the Life Cafe, Goggla pointed out that workers had painted over the restaurant's roll-down gates at 10th Street and Avenue B...

Sure enough... a photo of the gates from a few years ago...


Apparently this development came as a surprise to Life Cafe owner Kathy Kirkpatrick, who left this comment on the post:

It is sad and tragic to see Scott Borofsky's graffiti art destroyed. Removing it from the gates of Life Cafe was sacrilegious. His art was an iconic and important element of the fabric of the outdoor art arena from the 1980s. I am touched by the ongoing sentiments of support and loss expressed here and elsewhere. I miss you and many of my staff still tell me they miss being with you all at the Cafe as well. I want you to know that I'm still fighting for Life but cannot say more at this time. However, when this is over I promise to share the full Life story of the last few years.

Here's the hole in the ground where 9-17 Second Ave. was

...and on the plywood outside the construction site ...

Previously.

Exclusive first look inside the First Avenue Starbucks

Coming soon to First Avenue and East Third Street...

And.

The door is open!

Is that a Starbucks-issued snow shovel?

Then! A worker spotted us and closed the door.

Reminders tonight: CB3/SLA committee meeting; plus, several scratches

Just a reminder that the CB3/SLA licensing committee meets tonight at 6:30 — JASA/Green Residence, 200 East 5th Street at Bowery. (We looked at the items on the agenda here.)

Here's an updated look at the February docket. As you can see there are a few scratches for whatever reasons... most notably, Nublu and Nevada Smith's...

Previously on EV Grieve:
The founder of Pirate's Booty is taking over the Holiday Cocktail Lounge

Oh no! Robin Raj is no longer Robin Raj!

On Friday, EV Grieve reader evilnyc passed along the following photo from Third Avenue near 14th Street.

A name change at Robin Raj!

We went to investigate and found everything to be ... exactly the same...

Simon Doonan's The window displays...

...the cartoon food (and, what, exactly, is that to the left of the cake?)

... the broken LED light board zipper thing...

Everything is the same except the name...

The name will likely grow on us. Once we can say it three times fast while holding our tongue.

Robin Raj moved here from the corner in January 2009.

Actually, the space has been on the market. Apparently the new owners are keeping it as is.

Check out the rents (and key money). We heard that they paid just under $30,000 when they were on the corner of 14th Street and Third Avenue... and that the landlord was raising the rent to $60,000. Not sure what 5 Napkin Burger is paying, but that's a lot of burgers either way...

For all of our Robin Raj coverage, including an alternate ending, please go here.

Speaking of businesses with new names that are exactly the same...

In case you missed our post from late Friday afternoon... Roastown Coffee is now Eastside Bakery.net on St. Mark's and Second Avenue...

Oh, that new name! Per a commenter: "so can i just walk in or do i have to log on?"

And we did walk in (our first time here). The counter person said that the new sign went up on Friday... and that there weren't any other changes. All said with a shrug.

And this space was once home to a Gap. Read about that here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Roastown Coffee coming to Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place

Head games on St. Mark's Place

By Bobby Williams.

Week in Grieview

[St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue this morning]

A death in the Grassroots family (Monday)

Schwimmer confirmed as owner and destructor of 331 E. Sixth St. (Monday)

Celebrating a Giants Super Bowl victory on Third Avenue in Speedos (Tuesday)

The eighth Subway opens in the East Village (Wednesday)

East Village Farms (and EVG) on WABC-7 (Thursday)

Neighborhood schoolkids express themselves about Starbucks (Friday)

Interpol (not the band) gets involved in East 13th Street short-term rental (Friday)

The Pink Dorms of East 14th Street (Thursday)

First mention of the East Village in The New York Times (Tuesday)

No more East Village Farms (Wednesday)

316 E. Third St. prepped for the end (Tuesday)

New beginnings for Obscura Antiques (Tuesday)

This is what concert posters on East 10th Street looked like on Feb. 12, 1989 2012

Eh.