Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Johnny Thunders died on this date in 1991
John Anthony Genzale, Jr
Born July 15, 1952 Queens, New York City
Died April 23, 1991 (age 38) New Orleans, Louisiana
Doll... Heartbreaker.
Previously on EV Grieve:
On the phone with Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls
A few nibbles for Something Sweet
Just checking in with the owners of Something Sweet, who are looking for help to revive the longtime bakery on First Avenue and East 11th Street. After our last post, the owners said that they did receive some interest, including pro-bono help from an attorney.
Per Something Sweet: "Out of all the responses there are a few possibilities."
Sidenote: The owners even reached out to David Schwimmer's agent. They figured he would be living here soon... why not at least ask? Oh, and how did that go with the agent?
"[They] denied at first even representing him, then said that they can get in touch with him by fax. But they were not interested in what I had to say."
Previously on EV Grieve:
Something Sweet still looking for help to revive its beloved business
Monday, April 22, 2013
Still the one
Today on Avenue A at East Seventh Street... still my favorite East Village intersection... photo by Bobby Williams.
[Updated] Citi Bike docking station arrives on Lafayette Street
Right alongside the Puck Building... per EVG reader Clint Smeltzer.
And look for them to arrive closer to the East Village (here) very soon...
Updated 2:10 p.m.
Docking station... now docked! Two more photos from Clint...
And: "[A]s I was walking away another truck load of them drove by and continued up Lafayette."
Updated: Fire reported at 224 Avenue B
MAN ALL HANDS 224 AVE B, MIXED OCCUPANCY FIRE IN BASEMENT AND WALLS,
— FDNY (@FDNY) April 22, 2013
Firefighters are at the scene at 224 Avenue B...
Per EVG reader Derrick Loris, who took these photos: "Light smoke, sound of saws.... got under control pretty quick. Never saw a flame."
Standing by for more information.
Updated 11 a.m.
Per Derrick, who is at the scene:
"Amor Bakery is the victim of the fire at 224 Avenue B. No extension into the floors above or Mona's is the word at the moment..."
Updated 11:40 a.m.
And from ace photographer East Village Hawkeye...
Per East Village Hawkeye: "A tenant's husband was allowed to remain in building with his cats, so that may confirm the danger was minimal."
Updated 12:31 p.m.
A resident at 224 Avenue B shares a few photos from inside the building...
Per the resident: "Roof above the bakery was torn off. (Photo above) You can see the debris discarded in one of the pics. FDNY did not require us to evacuate and were in my unit several times during the course of the fire to check for smoke ..."
The resident noted that the apartment shown in the photos had been vacant...
Call for an East Village 'slow zone'
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Catching up with an op-ed that appears in this week's issue of The Villager. Here, CB3 member Chad Marlow, and the group that he founded in 2011, the Tompkins Square Park & Playground Parents’ Association (TSP3A), are kicking off a major neighborhood safety initiative.
It involves applying to the Department of Transportation to have them create what the group is calling the "Tompkins Square/Alphabet City Slow Zone" (TSACSZ).
The TSACSZ, in short, is an effort to improve pedestrian safety for children and all others who live/work/play in the proposed 0.38 square-mile zone by reducing motor vehicle speeds. As Marlow writes, the slow zone program "takes a well-defined, relatively compact area, and reduces its speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 20 miles per hour, with further reductions to 15 miles per hour near schools."
The above map previews the proposal, using crash data demonstrating how dangerous the area is. Per the op-ed:
According to Transportation Alternatives, from 2005 to 2009 (the five most recent years for which State Department of Motor Vehicles data is available), there were 143 pedestrian injuries and 70 cyclist injuries in the proposed TSACSZ. There were also two pedestrian fatalities. That means the proposed TSACSZ averages 42.6 injuries and 0.4 deaths annually. By way of comparison, only one existing slow zone — Elmhurst, with an average of 44.6 annual injuries — is even in the same ballpark as the proposed TSACSZ.
The group believes that the proposed TSACSZ will benefit the neighborhood's residents, visitors and businesses by creating a safer, cleaner neighborhood with less traffic noise, among other things.
Aside from other NYC neighborhoods, Marlow points to the successful implementation of such zones in several international cities, including Berlin, Zurich, Dublin, London and Helsinki.
Finally, Marlow reveals a personal reason behind this proposal. In 1995, a drunken driver struck Marlow's father, an accident that left him with quadriplegia and a severe brain injury. His father died 13 years after the accident.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A proposal to help curb the East Village crusty population
Parents group upset about number of rats in Tompkins Square Park
Meanwhile in London, the Barclays Cycle Hire
Well, with all that talk about Citi Bikes coming here soon, probably ... here's a dispatch from EVG London Correspondent Dave on 7th from a few weeks ago...
"A well-worn program here in London. Must say they are everywhere, and fairly innocuous. It's been quite cold, so I don't think many people have been riding much. I've been told they are quite popular for commuters to the point that there are sometimes arguments over trying to grab the last spot in a corral. But, there always seems to be another corral nearby."
The Barclays Cycle Hire launched in July 2010.
"A well-worn program here in London. Must say they are everywhere, and fairly innocuous. It's been quite cold, so I don't think many people have been riding much. I've been told they are quite popular for commuters to the point that there are sometimes arguments over trying to grab the last spot in a corral. But, there always seems to be another corral nearby."
The Barclays Cycle Hire launched in July 2010.
A sign at Croxley's mentions the 'incompetent contractors next door'
[Last Thursday at 26 Avenue B via EVG reader Eric]
As we previously reported, there's a full Stop Work Order on 26 Avenue B, the construction site adjacent to No. 28, the building that had to be evacuated late last Monday afternoon..
Construction recently commenced in the empty lot on a new 6-story apartment building. DNAinfo reported that a resident at 28 Avenue B started to notice cracks in her ceiling after construction began.
The DOB noted the following about No. 28:
FDNY REQUESTS A STRUCTURAL STABILITY INSPECTION DUE TO VERTICAL CTACK AT REAR OF BUILDING FROM THE 1ST TO TOP FLOOR AND
Category Code: 30 BUILDING SHAKING/VIBRATING/STRUCT STABILITY AFFECTED
Aside from displacing residents, the evacuation shut down the tenant on the ground floor — Croxley Ales. And this sign arrived to greet would-be patrons this past weekend...
Also, the DOB is allowing partial work to continue at the construction site...to "perform stabilization" to 28 Avenue B, according to city records.
[H/t EVG reader Chad]
New Nino's will be the old Nino's
[Bobby Williams, from Thursday]
You may have noticed some renovations going on at the former Nino's space on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place... A tipster shared this:
A friend said they saw work going on in Nino’s space and asked what was happening? An older guy said he was Nino’s brother and they were re-opening. He said they sold it to this other guy and he screwed the place up so they are coming back and put it back the way it was. If it is true it is pretty cool.
Indeed, it is true... Via Eater, we learned that Nino Nino Camaj is returning to reopen the pizzeria that he previously sold, as first reported by the Local.
Do you think this means the return of the fountain drinks and year-round holiday decorations?
As for the last version of the non-Nino's Nino's, well, let's just try to forget about that stripped-down, charmless place.
Previously.
Bank branch becomes bank branch at former site of the Fillmore East
And over on Second Avenue near East Sixth, EVG contributor peter radley notes that the Emigrant Savings Bank will become an Apple Bank starting today...
And the address had a long history as various theaters and clubs... most notably the Fillmore East...
... and here's a photo of Timothy Leary circa 1966 from its days as an off-Broadway venue:
The Emigrant Savings Bank started going up in this space in 1997...
Previously.
Jeremiah wrote about the Fillmore East here ...
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