Today in photos of angry looking storm clouds

As I first reported, it rained today.

And our brave correspondents, uh, braved the rain for these photos...

Via Matt LES_Miserable...

And from Greg Masters...

...from EVG...

...and Shawn Chittle...

Bomb Pop opens tonight at Bullet Space

New exhibit at Bullet Space opens tonight at 6... (the exhibit is up through Oct. 27).

At 292 E. Third St. between Avenue C and Avenue D.

Death Star crane construction KOs half of Third Avenue today

Crews here from the Galactic Empire to install the superlaser weapon to work on 51 Astor Place.

Previously.

Oh, you just HAD to know what was in the box

Spotted at East 10th Street near Fourth Avenue. And is this some new Marc Jacobs line for Fashion Week?

Free concert tomorrow in Tompkins Square Park

Via the EV Grieve inbox...

[David Peel from July 2011]

Tomorrow in Tompkins Square Park:

The Comrades 2 - 2:20
Mans Gin 2 - 2:55
Alienz 3 - 3:25
Jennifer Blowdryer 3:35 - 4:00
David Peel 4:10 - 4:40
A Truth 4:50 - 5:20
The Non-Prophets 5:30-6:00

This show commemorates the events of September 11, 2001 and embraces new activist energy while celebrating the vitality of the counter cultural scene that has survived on the Lower East Side, despite the rampant gentrification, soaring rents and lost venues that have contributed to the cultural genocide sweeping New York City.

Brought to you by The SHADOW, Wombat in Combat and......Those Fucking Anarchists...

[Thanks to John Marshall Mantel for the photo]

[Updated] East 10th Street Block Fair today

[Bobby Williams]

A much better street fair.

Updated:

A few photos from the Block Fair via Bobby Williams...

Morning on First Avenue

Live on the sunset strip

Photo by Bobby Williams.

No tech bubbles

The bubble fellow is back... Photos this evening in Tompkins Square Park by Bobby Williams.

All together now...

Patti Smith from 1988 with "People Have the Power."

So, how about that 'nightlife district' in the East Village?

Well, it doesn't seem as if that idea for an East Village "nightlife district" is off to a rousing start. On Wednesday night, CB3's Economic Development Committee met to hold preliminary conversations about zoning changes that would place restrictions on the location of clubs and large bars.

As Grub Street reported today, committee co-chair Richard Ropiak said while the idea might have worked 20 years ago in the East Village, "it ain't going to happen now."

Paul Seres of New York City Hospitality Alliance told Grub Street that the city "probably isn't ready for a dedicated club district, but that it might be able to create one 'post-Bloomberg.'"

Bloomberg only has one or two more terms, right?

[Image via]

Today on First Avenue

... between East 13th and East 14th Streets...

Is that a yarn hammock?

Looks comfortable.

Photos by Dave on 7th.