Tim Hortons has apparently closed for good on East Houston

Back on July 26 we noted that the Tim Hortons-Cold Stone Creamery combo on East Houston near Ludlow had temporarily closed ... signs pointed to "utility line maintenance," something that didn't seem to impact any of the other businesses along here...

A reader sends along word that they are done for good. The location is no longer listed on the Tim Hortons website. The phone just rings and rings. And the temporarily closed sign is gone.

The former NHL star, who spent some 20-plus years in the league, launched the business in Canada in 1964 ... he died in a car crash in 1974.

Previously on EV Grieve:
How do we feel about a Tim Hortons opening on East Houston?

Tonight

Wow. What a night. (There's even a free movie in the Park!) A view from the East Village this evening by Sally Davies.

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition

[Rickshaw Spidey preps the yarn cart. Photo by Bobby Williams]

Bill de Blasio for mayor (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

15 classic cars of the East Village (Liberation Iannillo)

A mystery behind Henington Hall on East Second Street (Off the Grid)

RIP to these NYC record stores (Flaming Pablum)

[Video] Summer rain in Tompkins Square Park (Gog in NYC)

A visit to Oda House on Avenue B (The New York Times)

Sexton to leave NYU in 2016 (Gothamist)

New owners for Kossar’s Bialys on Grand (The Lo-Down)

The turtles of M’Finda Kalunga Garden (BoweryBoogie)

Ghost signage on Delancey (Ephemeral New York)

... and starting tonight at CICNN151, 151 Avenue C...

This morning

Some morning streetscenes via EVG reader Sam Teichman ... not sure what had happened in that top photo on St. Mark's Place. Remnants of a wacky bridal shower or bachelorette party? Hard to say!

Long-stalled East 8th Street lot coming back as 9-story residential building — with penthouse

Work has resumed on East Eighth Street at Avenue D... site of a long-stalled parcel. Various plans came and went, and the lot hit the market for $5.2 million in July 2011.



The DOB has partially approved plans for the following: NEW NINE STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH PENTHOUSE.



Akeeb Shekoni of Queens-based Akson Architect is listed as the architect... and the building's owners are the vague 399 E8 Development LLC.

Meanwhile, there have been four complaints filed about the site since work began in recent weeks... including calls about a worker not wearing a safety helmet and a pile driver causing a crack in the adjacent building's wall. Inspectors didn't find any violations at the time of inspection.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Meanwhile, before we christen Avenue D the next Greenpoint...

Stalled development site on Eighth Street and Avenue D asking $5.2 million

Your chance to live in the coolest building that you will find with a McDonald's on the ground floor

Since the 1960s, 405 E. 13th St. (aka 404 E. 14th St.) has hosted and housed a dynamic community of artists, poets and filmmakers, a long list that includes Claes and Patty Oldenburg, John Chamberlain and Yayoi Kusama. (Wes Anderson is a current tenant here in the nondescript building near First Avenue.) The works of the building's past and current residents were on display this summer at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery. (Read our piece on this here.)

And now there's a listing for a unit here (something that doesn't seem to happen all that often). Per Halstead:

This sprawling East Village loft offers it all. It features great light from 3 different exposures, High ceilings, a brand new chef's kitchen, beautiful refinished hard wood floors, and an excellent location. Enter your spacious new home via keyed elevator and be blown away by the airy open feel. Perfect for entertaining and quiet evenings at home this Live/Work loft provides both flexibility and comfort. It is complete with a washer/dryer, 1.5 baths, a very large master bedroom, walk-in closet and a dining room ... you will be hard pressed to find a more convenient or inspiring location.

The price: $6,200 a month... take a look...







Previously on EV Grieve:
404 E. 14th St.: The coolest building that you will find with a McDonald's on the ground floor

A Films in Tompkins shocker: No rain expected tonight; also, Romeo and Juliet

Waaaay back on June 6, "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" was to be the first of the free music-movie nights in Tompkins Square Park. It turned out to be the first of six films that got KO'd by foul weather (or the threat of foul weather).

The Films in Tompkins people rescheduled this one for tonight... and, amazingly enough, the forecast doesn't call for any showers. Or rain.

As for the movie, this is the 1996 version directed by Baz Luhrmann ... with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

Speaking of Leonardo, the trailer for Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" looks pretty good, don't you think?



As for tonight, there's also free pre-movie music from Sweet Street Symphony.

And upcoming in the Park:

Aug. 22 — O Brother Where Art Thou

The Odessa Cafe and Bar remains open — for a few more weeks

Just repeating this from Friday morning... the Odessa Cafe and Bar at 117 Avenue A was set to close after service on Tuesday night... However, the Cafe will now remain open until Sept. 6... when it will give way to new owners who will open some kind of American Brasserie...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Building that houses Odessa Cafe and Bar for sale on Avenue A

Is the end nearing for Odessa Cafe and Bar on Avenue A?

Former GM from Tribeca's Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs part of team to buy the Odessa Cafe

Reader report: Odessa Cafe closes for good after Aug. 15

Reader report: Odessa Cafe and Bar will remain open through Sept. 6

Lyric Diner replacement closed for now on Third Avenue

EVG reader Patti passes along word that Taverna, the Greek restaurant that took over the Lyric Diner space on Third Avenue at 22nd Street, has apparently closed after six months.

There's paper over the windows ... and no note on the front door ... and no word of a closure on the restaurant's Facebook page or website. The Lyric closed last August without a note... though one appeared a few days later... Taverna was opened by the same ownership in February.

pcvstBee first reported on Taverna's closure on Tuesday.

Skateponging in Tompkins Square Park

Or is it Pingboarding? Regardless, photos by Bobby Williams today...

[Updated] Report: Man arrested for street sign bike theft

The Post had a follow-up today on our item about the man who stole a bicycle on 13th and A by climbing up on a table and removing a no parking sign from its metal post ... Anyway! According to the Post, the NYPD arrested 51-year-old Haram Guzman ... and charged him with petit larceny and possession of burglary tools. Witnesses picked him out of a lineup.

According to the headline, the East Village was "stunned by brazen do-badder."

Were you stunned?

Updated:

WABC 7 had a report on this as well tonight...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Man removes alternate side parking sign to steal bike on East 13th Street

'Dirty Old New York' on film

In case you haven't seen any of these... Jonathan Hertzberg has mashed-up movie clips from the 1960s and 1970s for a three-part series titled "Dirty Old New York, aka Fun City." (The videos made the rounds earlier this summer.)

Here's a look at video No. 3.



Jeremiah talked with Hertzberg yesterday. You can read that here.

Find video No. 2 here. And No. 1 is here.

And there will be a Part 4 soon...