Despite alleged blizzard, snowffiti artists sticking it to the man, kind of

Just a little bit up Third Avenue near East 19th Street... a snowffiti artist gets testy with the NYPD...



Thanks to ‏@ThePeterHa for the photo

This morning's headlines this evening

Outside Gem Spa tonight via Derek Berg

Today, pretty much

Tompkins Square Park this afternoon via Bobby Williams

You won't be able to ride a Citi Bike tonight after 7 (legally, anyway)

System Alert: Citi Bike System will close at 7PM EST tonight due to extreme weather including heavy snow, high winds, and limited visibility

— Citi Bike (@CitiBikeNYC) January 26, 2015

They seem to have handled the pre-blizzard well...


[2nd Avenue earlier via Derek Berg]

Anyway you guys...

Please stay indoors and off the roads so the streets can be plowed safely! #bikenyc #staywarm

— Citi Bike (@CitiBikeNYC) January 26, 2015

[Updated] An in-progess look at East Village bars (and a few other places) open tonight

[Randomly, earlier]

Well, someone asked us on Twitter.

Please add to the (not exhaustive) list in the comments... and we'll update, unless we go out. Confirmed so far:

Avenue A:
Common Ground
HiFi
Niagara
Flinder's Lane
Boulton & Watt
The Library

Avenue B:
7B/Vazac's
Manitoba's
The Roost
Dream Baby
Fonda
Mona's
Boxcar Lounge
Gruppo until 8 p.m.

Avenue C:
The Wayland
ABC Beer Co.
Edi & the Wolf
Summit Bar

First Avenue:
The International
Coal Yard
Three of Cups
Hearth (as long as the subways remain up and running)
d.b.a.
Tile Bar
Spiegel (at East Second Street)
Lunasa

Second Avenue:
Professor Thom's
Lit Lounge
Veselka

Others:
• William Barnacle Tavern between First Avenue and Second Avenue (live Irish music)
• Blue & Gold East Seventh Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue
• St. Mark's Ale House on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
• The Grassroots on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
• East Village Social on St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue
• Lavagna on East Fifth Street near Avenue B
• Sophie's on East Fifth Street near Avenue A
• Josie's on East Sixth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B
• The Immigrant on East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue
• Big Bar (until Dax needs to leave) East Seventh Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue
• La Palapa on St. Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue
• Jimmy's No. 43 on East Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square
• In Vino on East Fourth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B
• Double Down on East 12th Street near Avenue A
• Solas on East Ninth Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
• Cake Shop on Ludlow Street
• Fourth Street Food Co-Op (until 9:30)
• Von, 3 Bleecker St. near the Bowery
• Parkside East Houston and Attorney
• Fontana's, 105 Eldridge
• Jeromes at Rivington F+B, 155 Rivington
• Pete's Tavern (a little outside the neighborhood... open until 11:30)

And remember — the Mayor says there won't be any food deliveries made after 11 p.m.!

Will the blizzard bring an end to the Great Wind Chimes Saga of East 7th St.?

One can hope and dream... (Also, not sure where the note writer is getting his or her wind velocity info...)

Previously on EV Grieve:
In a strong wind, these wind chimes on 7th Street are keeping residents awake

A Wind Chimes of East 7th Street postscript

Getting started

Looking south this afternoon on Avenue A (above) and First Avenue ...



Photos by Peter Brownscombe

Mmmmm, icing; also, be careful

The scene on Second Avenue between East Fifth Street and East Fourth Street...



Photos by Derek Berg

Pre-storm intensity picks up: Whole Foods Market® Bowery out of shopping carts

Oh shit!

Photo via Mercedes Sanchez...

And bonus no-cart-photo from last night at Key Food on Avenue A...


[Photo by Vinny and O]

Some alternatives via Twitter...

@evgrieve Whole Foods line went to the entrance which they had closed. I went to Westside Market and the old Met on 2nd Ave & am done!

— Thirsty Pete (@thirstypete) January 26, 2015

@evgrieve Meanwhile, at the corner market by my apartment, I can find everything I need and walk right up to the counter and buy it.

— Academy Records NYC (@AcademyRecords) January 26, 2015

@evgrieve @thirstypete commodities on 1st ave and 11th is not insane and has fresh produce in.

— beepia.ms (@beepiams) January 26, 2015

A quick check on the pre-blizzard line outside Trader Joe's

EVG reader Bonnie (who is not shopping) sent this in just before 11 a.m. here on East 14th Street ...

Interesting new business opening on East 14th Street

Yep. Signage has arrived at the former 99-Cent Discount Center on East 14th Street for a Domino's Pizza.

[Silence]

The space here just west of Avenue A will be adjacent to the new retail-residential complex that the developers said they are catering to millennials.

Thanks to the EVG reader on East 14th Street for the photo

The buildings at 128-130 1st Avenue are for sale

There's a new listing for these two buildings just south of St. Mark's Place.

Here's how Halstead is listing 128-130 1st Avenue:

Two contiguous mixed-use buildings near St. Marks Place, featuring 52-feet of frontage on First Avenue. Approximately 12,000SF interior plus full-basement, with 5-Stories & 19 units, including 16 one-bedroom apartments (most have been renovated), & 3 commercial spaces: (1) a 42-seat Hawaiian Restaurant (soon to open), (2) a newly-opened Bakery, (3) a store that is delivered vacant.

Excellent investment opportunity, ideally located in the heart of Manhattan's hottest emerging neighborhood, with an impressive rent-roll that will increase substantially over the near future.

The price is $14.9 million.

As for those retail spaces.

So the former Mediterranean Grill will be a Hawaiian restaurant. Sweet Generation opened on Jan. 11 in the former First Avenue Pierogi and Deli space. And the wonderfully cluttered Rainbow Music is the third storefront. Based on the listing, the Birdman's shop won't be here much longer. (Last March we heard that the shop was going to be closing in the months ahead.)

The Kurowycky family owns the buildings here. Last July, the family decided to retire after running First Avenue Pierogi and Deli for the past 30 years.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Reader report: The fabulous Rainbow Music is closing this year in the East Village

Last day for First Avenue Pierogi and Deli