Not much of a Henge last night… people were out ready, though…
Perhaps it will by more Henge-worthy this evening at 8:12 for the Full Sun on the Grid.
Photo on Third Avenue and East 14th Street by James and Karla Murray
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Waiting for Manhattanhenge
Not much of a Henge last night… people were out ready, though…
Perhaps it will by more Henge-worthy this evening at 8:12 for the Full Sun on the Grid.
Photo on Third Avenue and East 14th Street by James and Karla Murray
Friday, May 29, 2015
Sees the day
Thee Oh Sees have a fine new record out titled "Mutilator Defeated At Last." There haven't set any tour dates around NYC just yet… so until then, enjoy some live footage from a show in Paris the other night…
[Updated] Avenue A is getting part of its sidewalk back
The orange barricades have been blocking much of this sidewalk in recent months, prompting at least one person to write signs asking for the return of this part of Avenue A.
Updated
A reader noted that the sidewalk is open … and Manny seems to be fully restocked.
EV Grieve Etc.: New bowling alley for the LES; Celluloid classics at Anthology Film Archives
[Photo on 1st Avenue by Derek Berg]
A bowling alley/entertainment venue called Splitsville Lanes set for Essex Crossing (The Lo-Down)
Celebrating some classic celluloid at Anthology Film Archives (The Wall Street Journal, find the schedule here)
Juice war shaping up in the East Village (The Awl)
At CB3's fundraiser to help Second Avenue businesses recover (NY1)
Reviews of newcomers Noreetuh and Oiji on First Avenue (Grub Street)
The hawklets are growing so quickly on Avenue A (Gog in NYC)
Some LES photos from the 1980s (BoweryBoogie)
When McSorley's finally admitted women (Ephemeral New York)
Try the Ramones or New York Dolls cookies (Dangerous Minds)
Be careful when installing your AC (New York magazine)
NYC-area airports are pretty awful, research says (Gothamist)
The Black Rose, which opened at 117 Avenue A a few weeks back, debuts their first live DJ series tonight: the Friday Night Disco Body Boogie Party, featuring 1970s disco DJ Joey Carvello spinning vinyl and hosted by Rebecca Lynn of Mobile Mondays. Starts at 10 p.m. More info here.
… and RIP Scandalous, who died Thursday at age 13 (and a half)… She lived on East Seventh Street with her owner Drew Rabbitclub…
Manhattanhenge requests the pleasure of your company this weekend
[Photo from Union Square last July by James and Karla Murray]
Manhattanhenge — "when the setting sun aligns precisely with the Manhattan street grid
Here are the particulars via Gothamist:
Half Sun on the Grid
Friday, May 29 8:12 P.M. EDT
Monday, July 13 8:21 P.M. EDT
Full Sun on the Grid
Saturday, May 30 8:12 P.M. EDT
Sunday, July 12 8:20 P.M. EDT
The weather promises to be quite lovely this evening, so the Manhattanhenging should go well. Had a good practice run last evening... via @WonderlandNYC...
More about the new Café Pick Me Up-Gnocco combo on East 10th Street
As we previously noted, Café Pick Me Up on Avenue A at East Ninth Street will close for good after service on Sunday.
The owners also operate Gnocco, and plan to move the cafe to that restaurant at 337 E. 10th St. just west of Avenue B next week.
DNAinfo's Lisha Arino has a few more details on how all this will work.
Gnocco has only been open for dinner, but beginning June 3, it will expand its hours and will start serving most of Café Pick Me Up’s coffee and food offerings, including pastries, sandwiches and omelets, said Gian Luca Giovanetti, who co-owns both locations with Pierluigi Palazzo and Clemente Valguarnera.
Daytime customers will also be able to order pizza at lunchtime, Giovenetti added. Gnocco will be open for breakfast, lunch and delivery every day starting at 10 a.m., he said.
Gnocco seats 74 people, he said, and includes a backyard outfitted with a few power outlets.
The Café Pick Me Up-Gnocco mashup is expected to open Wednesday, where you can get a free coffee starting at 10 a.m.
Café Pick Me Up's owners have said that a rent hike at 145 Avenue A courtesy of Icon Realty as well as higher property taxes led to the decision to close the 20-year-old space.
Icon is currently listing the storefront… asking $15,000 a month for the space, which includes 600 square feet on the ground floor and 724 square feet in the basement.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Rent hike forcing Cafe Pick Me Up into its smaller space next door on Avenue A (59 comments)
[Updated] Cafe Pick Me Up expected to close for good after May 31
Café Pick Me Up closes Sunday night ahead of a move to share the Gnocco space on East 10th Street
Reader report: Con Ed enjoys digging up East 6th Street
From the EVG inbox this past weekend...
So, this is at least the fourth time since January that Con Ed has torn up East Sixth Street between Avenue A and B in front of our building. Jackhammers, heavy machinery, later tar and mechanical stompers. CRAZY NOISE! They obviously can’t find the problem.
My issue is they invariably show up at 6 p.m. on Friday to start the work. Start jackhammering about my son’s bedtime at 8. Now it’s a holiday weekend so its probably triple time. I think its a kind of boondoggle. There is no reason that this work always starts at 6 on Friday.
It makes the apartment uninhabitable. Of course, if there is a leak then they are simply incompetent. They were here two weeks ago and ripped the sidewalk in front of our building. I don’t know what’s worse, the noise or the fear they are incompetent.
Is there anything to do about it?
Going mobile on 2nd Avenue
Slum Goddess spotted this double-wide headed down Second Avenue at East Fifth Street last night…
Any ideas of where it's going?
Reminders: The Follow Me Friday Small Business Crawl on 2nd Avenue is tonight
Reposting from last week ... Via the EVG inbox...
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Council Member Rosie Mendez today announced the Council will host a “Follow Me Friday” tour of the East Village with local business owners, community members and elected officials on Friday, May 29.
The Follow Me Friday Small Business Crawl will help highlight and promote East Village businesses recovering from the aftermath of the March 26 building explosion ... and will begin with a moment of silence at the site of the explosion on 2nd Avenue and 7th Street. The small business tour will begin at 5:30 PM and will include the following stops:
• Moment of silence for victims of recent explosion (Northwest Corner of 2nd Avenue and East 7th Street)
• Tour of Moishe’s Bake Shop (115 2nd Avenue)
• Tour of New Yorker Market (107-113 2nd Avenue)
• Tour of Café Mocha (116 2nd Avenue)
• Tour of Bar Virage (118 2nd Avenue)
• Tour of Himalayan Vision (127 2nd Avenue)
• Tour of Enz’s (125 2nd Avenue)
• Tour of Jimmy’s No. 43 (23 East 7th Street)
Those wishing to join the event should RSVP by sending an e-mail here
Thursday, May 28, 2015
This evening in photo opps on St. Mark's Place
Probably NSFW
A reader sent us some photos from 20 St. Mark's Place this evening around 6-ish … where some kind of photo shoot was taking place on the steps in front of Sounds…
Later, EVG reader Sammy provided some narrative here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue:
I think it must be a photo shoot but the only ones taking pics are the bystanders. Soon she is completely topless and posing. After a few minutes she comes down to street level and shoots the shit with some people who had been watching. Takes some pics with people. Then a dude with a wheeled duffel bag says, "OK we gotta go," and without really covering up, she leaves with this guy. I have no idea what the hell was going on.
Thursday night twilight
Photo of Second Avenue and East Fourth Street tonight by EVG reader Lilly Artymshyn
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