EV Grieve

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Cafecito reopens tonight on Avenue C

Cafecito on Avenue C near East 12th Street reopens tonight... first time that the Cuban eatery has been able to open since the surge from Hurricane Sandy flooded their establishment on Oct. 29.

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A quick post-blackout observation

Just a post-Sandy blackout observation... BoweryBoogie noted this too the other day: an uptick in graffiti that occurred during the blackout ... a few examples...

BoweryBoogie heard (unconfirmed) that the NYPD arrested four graffiti artists for tagging walls during the blackout.

There was enough snow on the ground to make this...

On East Fourth Street via EVG regular Steven Matthews... tomorrow, we'll have photos of the creations the children make from volcanic ash...

Noted

And this was this scene yesterday morning on Avenue B along Tompkins Square Park ... hope that it survived the nor-easter...

Photos by Robert Miner.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Broadway near Eighth Street tonight

Photo by 8E

Snow daze

Second Avenue and East Ninth Street this evening... via @durua ...

The last thing we needed

A nor'easter. A few scenes from the storm via Bobby Williams.

East Village warming centers

Someone just asked about warming centers in the East Village... here are two... you have a few hours left before they close for the night....

• JOHN PAUL II FRIENDSHIP CENTER
103 E 7TH ST. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

• SIROVICH SENIOR CENTER
331 E 12TH ST. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Find the citywide list here.

Because this is soothing our frazzled nerves

Several readers have been reporting incessant noise this morning somewhere around the Con Ed Substation on East 14th Street and Avenue C. One reader thought, at first, there was another explosion.

Turns out that a pile driver is putting in the foundation support for the new apartment complex on Avenue B and East 12th Street. There isn't much escape from the noise. Meanwhile, many nearby residents are still without electricity, water and heat. (And there is a school directly next door.)

Here's what 30 seconds of the construction noise sounds like. It has been going on the entire morning. The whole block seems to be vibrating. One resident said that he is worried about a building collapse.

We need some help down here. Our little section of Manhattan — affectionately known as Alphabet City - was completely flooded when the East River broke its banks during Hurricane Sandy.

This area has a lot of heart, and it's also got a lot of housing projects, lower income families and people who were struggling to make do before this storm.

I've been talking to neighbors and friends on our street, where most of the buildings took on 10 to 15 feet of water in the basements. Besides being weeks away from restoring running water, power and heat in a lot of them, the housing projects are in dire need of assistance.

As of this morning, Adams has raised $6,400 of her $10,000 goal. She also updates the site with her latest relief efforts...

We dropped off dozens of blankets and jackets and socks. 50 hats, 50 scarves and 50 mittens. 50 Power bars, Clorox bleach, rubber gloves and can openers.
AND! We somehow managed to find 12 packages of D Batteries!

(If you live in Lower Manhattan right now, you know that finding a store with a D Battery is the equivalent of finding Narnia ... in your shoe.)

Today, we spent roughly $900 for people in need. Oh, and we gave Diane at K-Mart a $200 gift card to give to her sister in New Jersey. Her sister lost everything in the storm, but we are working to make it better.

Find the fund-raising page and more information here.