Avenue A this morning.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
A moment with Super Bad Brad in Tompkins Square Park yesterday
Thanks to EVG reader John G. for sharing this video of Brad Prowly (aka "Super Bad Brad") from Tompkins Square Park yesterday...
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Saving the world in time for Easter
Our friend Curt Hoppe sent along these photos from today... where Arturo Vega was installing a mural on Prince and Elizabeth...
Vega says that it's "for the people saving souls."
Tomorrow is Opening Day at Coney Island, where Zoltar is only $1
Coney Island has its grand opening tomorrow... the Cyclone, Luna Park and Deno's Wonder Wheel Park are all set to reopen ... this after millions of dollars in Hurricane Sandy-related repair work and upgrades.
Our friends at Amusing the Zillion have been carefully documenting the opening-day developments. Find more details on rides and restaurants here ...
Per ATZ:
The amount of activity far exceeds anything we’ve seen in past years because of the extra added work of recovering and rebuilding from Superstorm Sandy. Even though Palm Sunday, Coney’s traditional opening day, is early this year, the great majority of the rides, games and eateries are ready to open.
Sandy KO'd Deno's Wonder Wheel Park's Zoltar. But! There is a new one...
And, as ATZ reminds us, the Coney Island Zoltar is only $1, as opposed to the $2 Zoltar outside Gem Spa.
Speaking of Zoltar... here's a shot of our own Zoltar this morning ... flashing some jewelry and his carefully placed flute, as always...
[Thanks to Amusing the Zillion for permission to repost the photos]
[Updated] Cab ends up on sidewalk outside Horus Café on Avenue A and East 10th Street
A reader sent along this photo from Avenue A at East 10th Street... we do not have any information on what happened or if there were any injuries... another reader thought it happened around 10:15 a.m.
Updated 10:41
Via @mikebarish — "didn’t see it happen but saw him extricating himself (with police help)"
Friday, March 22, 2013
This might be the largest pink limo ever in the East Village
Bill the Libertarian Anarchist spotted this on Ninth Street between Second and Third Avenues... Per Bill: "I walked off 35 feet for the length. Biggest limo I ever saw."
Why there'll never be a Ramones bio-pic
Marky won't let it happen.
The drummer insists former bandmate Johnny Ramone's widow, Linda, who is the driving force behind a proposed new film about the band, is not qualified to oversee such a project - because she has little insight into the band and was not around when the group formed and first started performing together in New York.
And!
But even if that project was in the works, Marky wouldn't be a part of it - because he doesn't like how his peers have been portrayed on film.
He adds, "I wouldn't allow my image to be in it... They can't get it right unless there are people involved that were there in the nucleus. I know it would be inaccurate, like The Runaways movie; that was a good indicator of how these movies go."
[Source: Express UK]
At the residents meeting for the Smith Houses
On Wednesday night, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) officials briefed residents of the Smith Houses on the Lower East Side about their plans to to lease playground and community-center space to developers within public housing areas.
As The Lo-Down reported, members of the Smith Tenant Association boycotted the meeting, in part, because residents wanted at least a 10-day notice and opportunity to review the proposals. The city pushed ahead anyway.
Six Lowa, a DJ and music producer who was born and raised in the Smith Houses (his grandmother has been a resident since the complex opened in 1953), attended the meeting to document what took place. He shared his thoughts on a newly created blog. (You can read that here.)
He concludes:
My personal thoughts are that the projects in the Lower East Side and along the FDR Drive have always been eyed at by developers for some years now. They now realize it's prime real estate next to the waterfront, all 3 bridges, City Hall, South St Seaport, World Financial District, & Police Headquarters. It all starts with the building of private housing on NYCHA playgrounds and parking lots. What's next? Whose next?
[Boycotters outside the meeting. Photos courtesy of Six Lowa]
The Daily News has coverage of the meeting here.
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
Homeless man sets himself on fire inside the Bleecker Street Station (BoweryBoogie)
John Penley concludes his NYU campout (The Villager)
Lovals grumble about the cabs stacked up outside at the Madina Masjid mosque and Islamic Center of America at the corner of East 11th Street and First Avenue (DNAinfo)
Update on the New Amsterdam Market (The Lo-Down)
Call Martin Scorsese: Condos planned for Mulberry Street condos (Curbed, previously on EV Grieve)
A mini-documentary on Jayne County (BlackBook)
Rainy Union Square in 1912 (Ephemeral New York)
Photos of Greenwich Village in the 1950s (Gothamist)
History of 1 Astor Place (Off the Grid)
Johnny Rotten reviews "Katy Perry: Part of Me" (Dangerous Minds)
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