As this photo that Goggla sent us shows... it's now one of the many rolldown gates around the neighborhood featuring the latest ad campaign (it's about bringing back the nightlife to the city) from Cole Haan...
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Garage door at Downtown Auto now part of ad campaign for fashion label
Over at the former Downtown Auto Space on the Bowery and Great Jones... we always liked this mural ...
As this photo that Goggla sent us shows... it's now one of the many rolldown gates around the neighborhood featuring the latest ad campaign (it's about bringing back the nightlife to the city) from Cole Haan...
As this photo that Goggla sent us shows... it's now one of the many rolldown gates around the neighborhood featuring the latest ad campaign (it's about bringing back the nightlife to the city) from Cole Haan...
Somehow, East Village nightlife primed to become more fucking ridiculous
Let's go right to the article!:
In recent weeks, major nightclub operators associated with the Meatpacking District, SoHo and West Chelsea have been sniffing around the E. Houston corridor from the Bowery to Avenue A, where the weathered and fully licensed lower First Ave. properties Sutra Lounge and Lucky Cheng’s are prized commodities.
According to our sources, those interested in either these spaces (or a handful of unlisted ones in the area) include operators from Pink Elephant, Greenhouse, Hudson Terrace, Acme, 1Oak and Electric Room.
And here's a quote from a member of the Community Board 3's State Liquor Authority & Department of Consumer Affairs Licensing committee:
“The East Village is ripe for the picking right now,” says Ariel Palitz, who’s closing Sutra Lounge after nine years. “There’s an opportunity to change the culture and the makeup of the neighborhood from the underground nightlife experience to a high-end clientele.”
Yes! Especially if you're trying to sell a lounge space near East Houston!
And from Alex Picken, described as a "nightlife real estate specialist" ...
“It’s a good location for nightlife, because the residents for the most part are a younger age group,” he says. Picken also notes that a neighborhood used to loud bars won’t be impacted by a switch to lounges and clubs.
Yes, because a switch to lounges and clubs will have zero fucking impact on the neighborhood! And we're all 22! And want clubs and lounges everywhere! WOO!
The piece also mentions the coming changes to the former Nice Guy Eddie's space and Club Element on East Houston...
Good thing the MTA put in those bus bulbs to handle the overflow of limos and stretch Hummers on First Avenue...
Rogue bike discarders threaten sanctity of the East Fifth St. Tree Committee
On Monday, we noted that the East Fifth St. Tree Committee had returned with a vengeance, removing bikes from a tree guard between First Avenue and Second Avenue ...
Now, EVG reader Podunk notes more threats of discarding bikes parked on the sidewalk along East Fifth Street (between Second Avenue and Cooper Square), though it appears to be the work of another individual ... or, perhaps, a splinter group... Regardless, like the East Fifth St. Tree Committee, these people mean business...
Now, EVG reader Podunk notes more threats of discarding bikes parked on the sidewalk along East Fifth Street (between Second Avenue and Cooper Square), though it appears to be the work of another individual ... or, perhaps, a splinter group... Regardless, like the East Fifth St. Tree Committee, these people mean business...
Tokyo Rebel is leaving Avenue B
... for parts unknown just yet, as the sign shows...
And why? Per the Tokyo website:
Simple — our lease is up, and that's given us an opportunity to look for a better location. We signed a 3 year lease in 2009 knowing that by this time, we'd have a good idea whether or not we wanted to keep on keeping on, and whether we liked our current location or wanted to find a new one.
The good news is we definitely want to stay open. But we think we can do better than our current spot. We'd like a place that's easier to get to for more of our customers, for one thing. New York can have some challenging weather, so being nearer more transportation options is important for us and our customers.
We're also looking for a space that's better for events - ideally one we can host events in itself! But if not, then at least closer to appropriate venues. Hopefully we can run more events once we reopen.
After Aug. 25, you can still find their rock-punk-gothic goods at their website.
Still, another loss for Avenue B.
[Updated] Blackbird opens tonight at former Lakeside Lounge; 'for people who don’t want to be part of the woo-woo scene'
We've been curious about what would be taking over the Lakeside Lounge space on Avenue B... BoweryBoogie got the scoop late last week — the place will be called Blackbird, "owned and operated by Lakeside principal Laura McCarthy and a current 'bartender from Niagara.'"
Per BB's tipster:
Definitely NOT a whiskey bar. And not a dive. Just a bar for people who don’t want to be part of the woo-woo scene and who are too smart to wait in line for an $22 cocktail. [It's] intended to be a beautiful but comfortable bar with a rock & roll vibe.
And they're opening tonight, per a BoweryBoogie follow-up post. BB received an invite, which reads in part:
Please join us for riveting deejays, nightly open bar from 9-10 p.m, and simply the most charming people you will ever see in one room together ever again.
Late yesterday afternoon, we saw workers racing to get the place together...
Previously.
UPDATED:
The opening has been postponed... no opening date just yet...
Rumors: Former Life Cafe has a suitor
We also received a rather cryptic tip that someone is taking over the former Life Cafe space on the corner... (9th Street Espresso is expanding into half of the storefront, as The Villager first reported.)
The for lease signs have been removed... and the space is no longer on the NYREX site for available retail ...
We spotted workers inside the former Life, but they appeared to be using the space as an annex for the renovations next door at Blackbird...
Know anything about the situation here? Please send them our way via the EV Grieve email
The Dude abides tonight in Tompkins Square Park; plus, 'The Big Lebowksi,' pizza
The Films in Tompkins series continues tonight with "The Big Lebowski," plus pre-movie music by Main Squeeze Orchestra. And! A Two Boots 25th Anniversary Event. Which means free pizza.
And the movie's plot, in case that you've never seen it... via Wikipedia:
Anyway, whatever you do, don't go over the line tonight...
And, as always:
And the movie's plot, in case that you've never seen it... via Wikipedia:
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeff Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler, who is referred to (and also refers to himself) as "The Dude". After a case of mistaken identity, The Dude is introduced to a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski. When the millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is later kidnapped, he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release. The plan goes awry when The Dude's friend Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) schemes to keep the full ransom.
Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, David Huddleston, Julianne Moore, Tara Reid, and John Turturro star in the film, which is narrated by a cowboy known only as "The Stranger," played by Sam Elliott.
Anyway, whatever you do, don't go over the line tonight...
And, as always:
Free. Gates Open at 6 p.m. Music Starts ½ Hour before the Start of the Film (sundown)
Aug. 16 — Poltergeist, Music by Timbila
Aug. 23 — (rescheduled from July 26) Goldfinger, Music by The Luddites
Dates subject to Rain Delays.
Films In Tompkins is sponsored by Ella, The Blind Barber, Two Boots, Grolsch, GalleryBar, Tower Brokerage and NYC& Company.
East Village IHOP warns about advertises for new location
Up on the front door here along IHOP Way (aka East 14th Street)... Perhaps this is for the IHOP rumored to be opening in Tribeca ... The Tribeca Citizen is keeping tabs on the rumors of an IHOP on the corner of Church and Franklin.
H/T Eater.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Reader report: Smell of smoke, and, maybe, a missing snake on East Fifth Street
A reader sent along these photos these evening... noting that the FDNY responded to a call at 225 E. Fifth St. ...
... a firefighter said that a resident had smelled smoke...
... meanwhile, during all this, the man outside was yelling, looking for his snake.
...it was ultimately a false alarm... the only damage were the two broken front doors at No. 225 ... Don't know about the snake.
... a firefighter said that a resident had smelled smoke...
... meanwhile, during all this, the man outside was yelling, looking for his snake.
...it was ultimately a false alarm... the only damage were the two broken front doors at No. 225 ... Don't know about the snake.
[Updated] Where you can get your free vibrator tonight on Third Avenue
As a summer heat wave sweeps the nation, the makers of Trojan™ Vibrations bring record highs into the bedroom by deploying a fleet of Trojan™ Vibrations Pleasure Carts across New York City. Brand ambassadors will be on hand to distribute free Trojan™ vibrators and pleasure seekers can take the "What's Your Vibe?" quiz onsite to find the perfect Trojan™ Vibrations product for them.
And, tonight, a Pleasure Cart will be on Third Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets from 7-10.
Andrew Adam Newman wrote about the campaign at The New York Times... Per the article:
Trojan plans to distribute 5,000 each of the Tri-Phoria device, which retails for $40, and the Pulse, which retails for $30, for a total retail value of $350,000. It goes without saying, surely, but Trojan asserts this is the biggest handout of vibrators ever.
Updated:
Well, this never happened. Gothamist noted that the Trojan folks and their marketing team never got the proper street permits. ... and this was this afternoon at the start of the giveaway in the Flatiron District... Meanwhile, on the Trojan Facebook page, people are pissed. Said one man:
After failing at 23rd St, I went to 13th and 3rd at around 6:30. There was a small group of people there. Closer to 7pm, the Ryder truck stopped in the middle northbound lane at the light for about 5 minutes, with flashers on. I was on the east side of 3rd, but crossed afterwards and a guy there said the driver said they were closed down for the day, no cart today, and then drove off. NOBODY EVEN GOT OUT OR STAYED THERE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IT WAS CANCELED!
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