Sunday, March 4, 2012

A sneak preview of Sunday morning, March 18

Spotted on the Bowery...


...and nearby... one doesn't necessarily have to do with the other. But.


And we've alerted our friends at EV Heave. (Warning: Graphic photos of you know what)

[Broadway at 11th Street]

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Retna at the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall

Yesterday, workers finished prepping the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall...


Tonight, the work begins on a new mural...

Thanks to @JeanaCosta for the photo...

Per Weldon Arts (via ANIMAL) ... Los Angeles-based graffiti writer Retna is creating the new mural...

BoweryBoogie has more here.

Summer, winter in 1940s New York

We spotted this yesterday over at our friends at ANIMAL ... as they describe it " some silent amateur footage of Manhattan during World War II. Just a stroll through summery Greenwich Village, springtime Coney Island, and fun in a snowstorm."

Today in Jimmy McMillan sightings

The folks at Luke's Lobster on Seventh Street noted the presence of The Rent Is Too Damn High Party leader Jimmy McMillan this afternoon...



The car is often a giveaway...

[Updated] Cops close Anwar Grocery on Avenue B


Happened last night here near the corner of Seventh Street...


As you can see, cops cited them for "illegal sale of alcoholic beverages."

East Village Eats noted that the NYPD busted the grocery on New Year's Eve as well.

Also. During a three-day sweep last November, the State Liquor Authority charged 118 licensed groceries and liquor stores throughout New York City with underage alcohol sales ... including these five in the East Village:

• St. Marks Convenience Inc., 31 St. Marks Place
• Ave A Deli & Grocery, 123 Avenue A
• Anwar Grocery (Pending license), 106 Avenue B
• Yoo's Convenience, 50 2nd Avenue
• C & B Grocery, 248 E 14th Street

Noted


Avenue A at 10th Street ... a fairly recent addition...

Saturday morning trends: Brown furry things stuck in trees

Last Saturday ...


Today on 13th Street near First Avenue...


What brown furry thing will we find stuck — or placed! — in a tree next Saturday morning?

Friday, March 2, 2012

My life as a dog


Earlier in Tompkins Square Park ... photo by Bobby Williams...

Life Cafe cut in half

A tipster told us yesterday that workers would be cutting the former Life Cafe space in half here on 10th Street and Avenue B. The workers accomplished this today...



Previously.

One track mind



Railroad Jerk with "Rollerkoaster" circa 1995.

At the Grand Opening of the Bowery 7-Eleven (PRIZE WHEEL!)


EV Grieve reader Lulu sends along this photo from the apocalypse party with prizes Grand Opening of the 7-Eleven on the Bowery... PRIZE WHEEL!



Previously.

[Updated] Report: Worker falls through subway grate in front of IHOP

[DNA/Tuan Nguyen]

We're receiving reader reports that someone fell through a subway grate on East 14th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. As Fox first reported:

A worker fell through a subway grate on E. 14th Street in Manhattan Friday morning, said FDNY officials.

It is not clear why the grate, which serves as a ventilation shaft for the subway tunnel below the sidewalk, gave way.

The worker who is in his 60s was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with neck injuries, added EMS officials.

One reader said that it occurred in front of IHOP ... which the report (and photo) by DNAinfo confirms ...

The Times noted that the man was not seriously injured.

Updated:

The worker DID NOT fall through the grate. He was standing on a ladder beneath the grate and fell.