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A photo via Steven of the Greenmarket this morning...
Workers have wrapped up the demolition of several one-level storefronts, including Rite Aid (and Shady's pizza!), on Avenue D between Sixth Street and Seventh Street...
In January, the Rite Aid relocated one block north to the vacant retail space in the Arabella 101 building.
As for 79-89 Avenue D, the approved permits on file with the city show a building with a total of 96,038 square feet (7,868 of them for the retail component). There are 110 dwelling units listed.
L&M Development Partners, one of the groups involved in the Essex Crossing development at the former Seward Park urban renewal site, bought the three parcels of 79-89 Avenue D in 2014 for $12.5 million.
We have not seen any renderings for the new building just yet. GF55 Partners, whose area work includes Jupiter 21 and 48 Bond, are the architects of record.
On Sunday afternoon, East Village-based artist Ori Carino unveiled a new mural at the "Thorneycroft Ramp" in Forest Hills, Queens. The ceremony was part of a day of events organized by the Queens Museum, which is currently showing "Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk."
Carino painted the image of the four Ramones at the ramp based on a 1975 photograph by photographer Bob Gruen.
Presiding over the unveiling was musician and author Mickey Leigh (brother of Joey Ramone), who recalled times spent at the ramp in his 2009 memoir, I Slept with Joey Ramone: "We’d always wind up at Thorneycroft, the apartment complex across the street from John's [Johnny Ramone] building...Invariably everyone would meet up at the Ramp to shoot the shit, pull pranks, hide from the cops, and of course get high."
[Carino]
[Marc H. Miller, curator of "Hey! Ho! Le's Go" and artist-musician Claudia Tienan, partner of Tommy Ramone]
The exhibition "Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!" is on view at the Queens Museum through July 31.
It is located in an R8A zoning district with an FAR of 6.02 (approx. 15,941 SF) or up to 7.2 FAR with Inclusionary Housing designated area bonus (approx. 19,066 sq. ft.) This prime development site is across the street from Hamilton Fish Park and a branch of the New York City public library, offering unobstructed southern exposures.
A new development would enjoy sweeping views of downtown and midtown Manhattan, Williamsburg, LIC and more.
The asking price was $8.9 million. According to public records, it sold for a little more than $7 million last fall to 298 East Village Owner LLC.
To date, there haven't been any any work permits filed for this property, which sits adjacent to two other new developments — The Adele on East Houston and Avenue D and The Robyn on East Third Street near Avenue D.
After 20 years, the iconic New York City record shop Other Music will be closing their doors on June 25, and three days later, they are bringing together a broad cross section of NYC artists they love for one last blowout party. Record shops are all about community, and none more so than Other Music, who for two decades created a haven for artists, fans, and music industry to come together for the love of records. Come celebrate 20 years of Other Music at this benefit concert and farewell celebration!
Julianna Barwick, Frankie Cosmos, Helado Negro, Menahan Street Band, Matana Roberts, Sharon Van Etten, Yo La Tengo, John Zorn's Simulacrum (with John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg and Kenny Grohowski) plus more special guests and surprises TBA!!
Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door. They go on sale Friday at the Bowery Ballroom box office and at Other Music on East Fourth Street between Lafayette and Broadway.
The News Cycle on the aborted early-morning Kanye West show at Webster Hall shows no sign of cycling out... local news crew are camped out outside the venue on East 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue...
There are all sorts of first-person accounts from the Kanyefest/Pablo Mob, including at The New Yorker and Los Angeles Times.
Neighbors who woke up to find their cars had been used as bleachers overnight were not amused.
"I thought it was going to be a quiet evening, a quiet day, and it was going to be safe," said optician Michael Gomez, 55, who parked his Chrysler and Impala in front of Webster Hall, and came back to find both had dents in the roofs and vomit on the ground nearby.
He estimated it will cost him thousands to fix his cars and says he cannot afford to make the repairs.
"I'm in shock. I'm stunned. I know I'm never going to park here again."
H/T EVG Pablo Mob correspondent Christine Champagne
Not a great sign, obviously. So we checked in with Screaming Mimi's owner Laura Wills to find out what was happening.
Turns out the building was sold about a year ago, and Wills decided to relocate.
"We are one of the fortunate few who were given lots of time to explore other options," Wills said via email. "We had lots of time to find our dream location."
And that spot is 240 W. 14th St. between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue.
"We are very excited — it's a beautiful space. The parlor floor of a brownstone with lots of character and amazing light. It is very Screaming Mimi's," Wills said. "We're renovating now and we hope to be open by Sept. 1."
She will be staying on Lafayette Street through October and celebrating Halloween in both locations.
The shop has been in this storefront between East Fourth Street and Great Jones for the past 25 years. They were briefly around the corner at 22. E. Fourth St. before this. Screaming Mimi's, now in its 37th year, started on the Upper West Side.
This stretch of Noho is also undergoing a rapid luxurification phase, with the arrival of two upscale residential projects a block to the south... and with more on the way. (Here and here and here.)
"To be quite honest, we never considered staying. Lafayette Street was a wonderful home for almost 25 years but it has changed so much," Wills said. "I fear it will very soon be blocks of big glass and steel storefronts with no soul. Mostly everyone who opened when we did is gone."
She acknowledged that area of West 14th Street, where the West Village, Chelsea and the High Line converge, is also changing. However, Wills noted: "It still has character and characters!"
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The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation named Screaming Mimi's its Business of the Month in March. You can read about more history of the store in this post.
Cyndi Lauper worked at Screaming Mimi's in the early 1980s before her recording career took off ... here's Lauper returning to the store to shop in 1986 for an MTV clip...
After Governors Ball officials cancelled Day 3 of the outdoor festival yesterday due to the weather, several of the acts looked to play shows elsewhere. Headliner Kanye West announced a 2 a.m. show at Webster Hall.
The Daily Newsreports that it took two more hours after the show was canceled to clear the street. Police said one person was arrested for disorderly conduct.
Sugar Sketch, a bakery (cakery per the sign), is coming soon to the empty storefront at 172 E. Second St. between Avenue A and Avenue B...
Here's more about the proprietor from the Sugar Sketch website:
Martina Nardo has been a Pastry Chef and Cake Designer for the past six years in New York City. Born and raised in Rome, Italy, her passion for both food and art stems from her heritage. Her grandmother taught her to appreciate the simplicity of Italian cuisine, its flavors, and the cultural value associated with it. Her mother – a graphic designer and illustrator – has played a major influence encouraging her to apply creativity towards her cakes making them true works of art.
Upon receiving her BA in Psychology from the New School, she began her studies of the Culinary Arts at the Institute of Culinary Education and finished her studies with a degree in Cake Designs and Techniques at The French Culinary Institute in NYC. After working in several kitchen settings throughout Manhattan, Martina launched Sugar Sketch in 2013.
She has been making cakes, cupcakes and cookies by order... this will be the first retail space.
About 18 months after first hearing that the Duane Reade on Third Avenue and East 10th Street would be expanding into the two adjacent storefronts... we finally got our first look at the expanded space...
Woo!
Looks pretty Duane Reade-y.
No word on when the work on the new, longer drug store will be ready for Duane Reade-ing.
The listing notes that the landlord will deliver a fully renovated space. The only permit on file so far with the DOB is for the construction fence.
As for the landlord. The landmarked building (whose first owner in 1833 was Alexander Hamilton’s son) sold for $10 million in the spring. According to public records, the LLC that bought the property shares an address with Castellan Real Estate Partners/Liberty Place Property Management. (These landlords have been in the news in the past.)
The building, which includes four apartments here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, arrived on the market last fall for $11.9 million.
A film crew will be out today (until nightfall!) to shoot a TV commercial "featuring the innovative beauty of a new line of Cadillacs," per the posted signs. (Thank you Steven for the photo!)
Filming will occur on Stuyvesant Street, East Ninth Street and East 10th Street. The sign notes that their "working vehicles" will be parked on East 11th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
EVG reader Daniel caught a little of the action on 10th Street... you can see the innovative beauty behind the totally awesome high-tech selfie Benz...
