Photos today by Bobby Williams
Sunday, January 12, 2014
We say goodbye to the East Village weekend by showing photos of animals eating things
Photos today by Bobby Williams
Shitty Week in Grieview
[Yesterday morning in Tompkins Square Park]
RIP Don Holley (Thursday)
7A is closing (Wednesday)
… and here is what might be next there (Wednesday)
Viva Herbal Pizzeria closes (Friday)
Wacky Wok closes (Tuesday)
Sapporo East (and likely Shima) closes (Monday)
Picnic closes (Thursday)
Gray's Papaya abruptly closes, and Liquiteria is moving in (Friday)
10 questions for 2014 (Friday)
It was cold (Tuesday)
Info about the affordable units at Alphabet Plaza (Wednesday)
IBM biz unit moving to 51 Astor Place (Thursday)
More fucking froyo (Thursday)
Good news about Jerry's Newsstand (Wednesday)
New newsstand in the works for St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue (Thursday)
New spot for composting (Tuesday)
The Year in East Village Photos Part 2 (Monday)
Out and About in the East Village 2013 recap (Wednesday)
Construction watch at 277 E. Seventh St. (Tuesday)
Updated: City temporarily closes Frank Restaurant for some BS sidewalk violation
We heard from a nervous fan of Frank Restaurant yesterday… he/she wanted to know why the Italian mainstay at 88 Second Ave. was not open yesterday or today … calls to the restaurant went unanswered… turns out the Department of Consumer Affairs temporarily closed Frank…
As we understand it, the temporary closure has to do with a sidewalk violation — something to do with the large planters outside. For that they lose a weekend of business. The place should be back open tomorrow.
Updated 1-13
BoweryBoogie has more on the temporary closure…
We were told the DOC shut down Frank for two reasons, the sidewalk fencing was “too high” and that their Christmas tree wasn’t to fire code.
East Village may be home to city's first Bitcoin ATM
Here's how the machine works, per the Post:
The machine, designed and manufactured in Portugal, looks like a typical deli ATM — but functions more like a vending machine. You put in dollars and receive bitcoins back on your phone.
Users first download a bitcoin wallet mobile app — such as BlockChain or Mycelium — and set a password. A black-and-white QR code appears. They press the phone against the ATM’s glass window so it can scan the code, then feed in cash.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
[Updated] Milady's closes for good after tomorrow night
Word is spreading on Twitter that Milady's, the well-worn neighborhood bar and restaurant on Prince Street at Thompson, closes for good tomorrow night.
Last Call at #MiLady's 1/12/14. #Soho #NYC #history #closing #restaurant #bar #taverns
— tim schreier (@timmywvillage) January 11, 2014Will miss this NYC establishment RIP MILADY's pic.twitter.com/0WtkNjMEW4
— Jesse Marco (@JesseMarco) January 11, 2014So we just lost Milday's, Gray's Papaya and Cooper Union. When does the municipal name change to "Bank of America presents New York"?
— Sasha Frere-Jones (@sfj) January 11, 2014@evgrieve Milady's closing?! Who do I punch in the balls about this?
— david blend (@daveblend) January 12, 2014We called, but no one is picking up the phone right now.
The building is (or was) for sale. One listing we spotted:
15,000 sf, five story elevator-ed Gorgeous brick building in fantastic SoHo location. Building has been completely gut-renovated. Fully built and fixtured restaurant on Lower Level, Ground, Second floor. Building will be delivered vacant. Incredible opportunity for luxury residential conversion.
Updated:
Gothamist gets confirmation on the closure tomorrow night. Ughs.
Electrical fire on East 10th Street
Dave on 7th reports that an electrical fire broke out this afternoon around 2 on East 10th Street just east of Avenue C... the FDNY is on the scene…
Report: Cooper Union Board says no to proposal that would keep the school tuition-free
[EVG file photo]
Gothamist has the story:
Cooper Union will officially start charging its undergraduates tuition, after the Board of Trustees rejected a 54-page report compiled by a Working Group of alumni, staff, students and trustees that outlined a plan to keep the school free.
Felix Salmon has an opinion piece on the decision today at Reuters titled The shame of Cooper Union.
An excerpt:
The minute that Cooper starts charging tuition, it loses its soul. It becomes a second-choice college in the most expensive part of the most expensive city in the world, which will never regain the kind of love and loyalty among its students and teachers that produced the summer’s sit-ins and the fall’s Working Group Report.
Tree down on East 13th Street
Just off Second Avenue. Anyone know when this happened? How it happened?
Looking at Swoon's bombed Hurricane Sandy-inspired mural on the Bowery wall
This happened back during the snowstorm on Jan. 2 into Jan. 3, as AnimalNY first pointed out… hadn't seen it ourselves… and wanted to note it as well…
Graffiti writer PIXOTE marked the wall some 30 feet above the mural back at the end of December.
MulchFest is underway!
Until 2 p.m. today… and back at it tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Tompkins Square Park.
Earlier, we spotted the crew on Second Avenue… parked in front of Little Poland… perhaps a pre-mulch breakfast?
Hope that they got some stuffed cabbage!
Don't be shy about frolicking in that remaining East Village snow!
Or maybe it's part of a meteorite. Either way! Enjoy! Enjoy!
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