Students from the Children's Workshop School on East 12th Street took part in parade today in honor of World AIDS Day 2016 ... their route took them through Tompkins Square Park...
Photos by Derek Berg
Thursday, December 1, 2016
East Village students show support on World AIDS Day
Students from the Children's Workshop School on East 12th Street took part in parade today in honor of World AIDS Day 2016 ... their route took them through Tompkins Square Park...
Photos by Derek Berg
The Lightstone Group flips 10th Street residential building
[Photo of 85 E. 10th St. from September]
Back in the spring, the Lightstone Group paid $127 million for a 6-building portfolio on East 10th Street and East 11th Street. Five of those buildings, 112-120 E. 11th St., are currently being demolished to make way for a 13-floor hotel for the Marriott's Moxy brand.
And now, a resident of the other address in the deal, 85 E. 10th St., which abuts the hotel conversion, shares news that the building here between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue has been sold.
Per the resident:
New ownership put notes under tenants' doors announcing the sale and promising improvements to the property, including adding a package room, virtual doorman system with surveillance cameras throughout the building, much to the relief of tenants who regularly complain of packages that go missing!
And!
New owners also boast they will be "sprucing up the common areas and keeping the premises very clean and the air smelling pleasant." Also good news to tenants since the building usually reeks of garbage and marijuana, has an outdated ugly lobby, filthy hallways and stairwells and an overgrown, leaf-covered backyard common area no tenants use.
According to The Real Deal, Mallory Management bought the 121-unit rental building on 10th Street for $72.5 million. Residents in the back of No. 85 will have unobstructed views of the demolition at 112-120 and subsequent construction of the Moxy hotel, which is expected to open in late 2018.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Updated: 6-building complex on East 10th Street and East 11th Street sells for $127 million
Report: LPC OKs renovation and expansion of 4 St. Mark's Place
[EVG file photo of 4 St. Mark's Place]
On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) signed off on renovations and an expansion for the Hamilton-Holly House aka 4 St. Mark's Place aka the former storefront for Trash & Vaudeville.
The landmarked building (built in 1831 and sold to Alexander Hamilton’s son two years later) changed hands for $10 million in the spring.
As we first noted back in June, the building's developers, Castellan Real Estate Partners, need the proper LPC approvals before any work can take place.
The proposed plans show that the 4-floor building would increase its residential units from three to eight... with the help of a fifth-floor addition and expansion in the rear ... (the proposed renderings are on the left)
[Click for more detail]
...and the profile section...
New York Yimby has a full recap of the LPC meeting here.
A quick takeaway from NYY:
The commissioners were okay with most of the proposal, but not the fifth floor, because it would knock out the rear dormers. Nor did they like the new window at the basement level. They also had issues with the signage proposed for the front. In the end, they approved the proposal, but with the elimination of the new fifth floor and the new basement window. Without that additional floor, there might be a reduction in residential unit count. The applicant will also work with the LPC staff on the signage.
The LPC presentation included this photo of No. 4 from 1940...
Eastern Consolidated is currently listing two retail spaces at the building between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
Until this past February, 4 St. Mark's Place housed Trash & Vaudeville for 41 years. (The store is now at 96 E. Seventh St.)
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exclusive: After 40 years, punk rock mainstay Trash and Vaudeville is leaving St. Mark's Place
4 St. Mark's Place is for sale
More residential units and a 5th-floor addition in the works for landmarked 4 St. Mark's Place
Try not to rock the boat while 'Ocean's 8' films here today
Fans of the first seven Ocean's movies will be pleased to know that crews will be back filming scenes for "Ocean's 8" here today.
[Pause for bad joke to sink in]
Anyway! This all-female spin-off of the Ocean's Trilogy has an ensemble cast that includes Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Mindy Kalig, Awkwafina, Dakota Fanning, among others.
Cast and crew will be filming (or trucks are taking up space) on First Avenue between Sixth Street and St. Mark's Place, Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Avenue A, and Sixth Street between First Avenue and Avenue A. Posted notices say crews will be filming roughly from 6 a.m. to midnight.
The film has a June 8, 2018, release date.
Updated 7:30 a.m.
Looks as if crews are setting up to shoot inside Blue & Gold on Seventh Street.
A look at the former Rodeo Bar, currrently being transformed into the Gem Saloon
And from up on Third Avenue at 27th Street, EVG reader Stephen Popkin shares these photos of the new facade of the incoming Gem Saloon ... owned by the folks who run East Village bars Phebe's on the Bowery and Penny Farthing on Third Avenue ...
The space was previously home for 27 years to the Rodeo Bar. The former Rodeo Bar sign has been removed from the building... its fate unknown at the moment...
As we first reported in July 2014, the Rodeo Bar — billed as "NYC’s longest running honky-tonk" — closed for good after 27 years in business. In a message on Facebook, the owners said that recent rent increases, "combined with a changing landscape, have made it impossible for us continue."
Kips Bay Corner reported yesterday that the Gem Saloon is expected to open on Jan. 4.
Back in June, a broker for the landlord told this to The Commercial Observer: "The Rodeo Bar was in operation for over 25 years, and hadn’t renovated or changed the interior in many years. The new tenants will transform the space into a first-class eating and drinking establishment. The tenant plans to renovate the entire space, to cater to a sophisticated clientele, that enjoy a wonderful atmosphere and quality food and spirits."
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Noted
Letter for Santa from residents of this East Ninth Street building... hoping the hot water issues doesn't continue...
Out and About in the East Village
In this ongoing feature, East Village-based photographer James Maher provides us with a quick snapshot of someone who lives and/or works in the East Village.
By James Maher
James Maher is a fine art and studio photographer based in the East Village. Find his website here.
By James Maher
Name: Henry Hills
Occupation: Filmmaker
Location: Tompkins Square Park
Time: Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m.
I grew up in Atlanta. I was in San Francisco for four years and I moved here in 1978 - 6th Street between A and B for the first year, and 9th between B and C for 6 months. My apartment was burglarized, I got mugged twice in the park, but I had a great apartment. Then I subletted a place in SoHo for six months, I lived on the first block of Ludlow for eight years and then I renovated a building on 8th Street with a group of people — an artists' building.
When I was here in the 1970s ... there were a lot of empty storefronts, especially on Avenue B, but most of the storefronts weren’t stores. There would be a lot of little artist spaces that would come and go. Ray’s was there of course. Leshko’s was there but I liked Odessa better. You could eat supper for about $2, and there was an old woman who knew the regulars, and she would always give you extra portions. The kitchen in my place was impossible to cook at home, plus you couldn’t possibly buy groceries and eat as cheap as Odessa’s or Leshko’s.
We started as a study group in 1981. We got a site in 1985, and we moved in 1988. I’ve been there ever since. It was an artist-housing program that the Koch administration had proposed. It was basically people who were being displaced from SoHo, and they were moving them to Forsyth Street, but the Community Board freaked out because they were giving low-cost housing money to relocate artists who were being pushed out of Tribeca to the Lower East Side.
I got an application, and it was clear that with the deadline you had to hire a development team to do this, so we formed a study group. We figured we were all college graduates – we’d figure out how to fill out this application ourselves. So we ... put in an application. It was defeated by the Community Board. We went and asked them to spell out exactly what they opposed, because they didn’t want to say they hated artists. They just didn’t want this funding for low-cost housing to go to middle-class artists. I mean, it wasn’t all middle class — none of us had any money, but most of us came from middle-class backgrounds.
I’m a filmmaker. I’ve always made short films. I show a lot at Anthology Film Archives on Second Avenue and Second Street. This filmmaker friend Peter Hutton died last summer, so people got some friends and former students of his to go out and shoot a camera roll in 16mm. I shot a camera roll of the Hare Krishna Tree as a memorial to Peter and showed it at Bard College a few weeks ago and out in Brooklyn two weeks ago. I was out shooting today. I’m just making a little short film on the Hare Krishna Tree for my wife Martina, who’s also a filmmaker.
I just finished a new film called HHHHH - my first 16:9 movie. All the images revolve around the letter H. It’s a kind of game planned to avoid narrative, but still make it entertaining and a lively movie. I made a movie called SSS, which is on YouTube. I shot it when I was renovating the building. It’s a dance movie, shot entirely on the street. I worked with a bunch of dancers, and if it was a sunny day I would just call them up and we’d find one of the gardens or some rubble-filled lot or something, and they would improvise movement. I composed this movie. You can really see the neighborhood during that time and also the 1980s clothing styles.
I love Tompkins Square Park. I come here and sit almost every day. I think it’s the nicest neighborhood in town – every block has a garden. It’s unbelievable. I live in the back, between two one-way streets, a dead end and the park, with a tree in the backyard and stuff. It’s very quiet.
When I moved from Ludlow Street I could not believe how quiet it was. Here there are lot of people in rent-control apartments, there are the buildings where the tenants took over or people renovated, and also there is a bunch of public housing. So when you walk in Tompkins Square Park you don’t feel like you’re in a neighborhood full of millionaires.
James Maher is a fine art and studio photographer based in the East Village. Find his website here.
Former Sunburnt Cow space on Avenue C is the new home of Viking Waffles
The retail space at the renovated (and taller by one floor) 137 Avenue C has been on the market for the past 15 or so months. The building's ground-floor was previously home to drunk-brunch hotspot Sunburnt Cow until April 2014.
Now The Commercial Observer has the scoop on the new tenant — Viking Waffles, which is opening its first retail space here. The location will also serve as Viking's wholesale manufacturing business, currently housed in Long Island City.
So what are Viking Waffles? Per the VW website:
Unlike Belgian waffles, Norwegian waffles are thinner, softer, fluffier and their heart-like shape fits conveniently in your hand making for a great snack on the go.
Viking Waffles are all-natural, gluten free, ready-to-eat and packed with 24g of protein and only 2g of sugar!
The packaged waffles are currently sold just in gyms around the city such as Barry's Bootcamp and Solace Crossfit as well as retail outlets like Westside Market on Third Avenue and 12th Street.
The broker at No. 137 noted that Benedicte Engen, a Crossfit trainer who founded Viking Waffles, only signed a five-year lease because "if their sales continue the way they’ve been going they will surely outgrow the space."
Previously on EV Grieve:
Renovations in store for 137 Avenue C, home to the Sunburnt Cow
The Sunburnt Cow closes for good at the end of this month
137 Avenue C, hollow on the inside
137 Avenue C — still standing!
137 Avenue C getting its extra floor
[Photo from April 2014]
Dahlia's-replacing salad and juice bar closes after 3 months on 2nd Avenue
After less than three months in business, 100% Healthy Blend (or maybe just Healthy Blend) has closed at Second Avenue and Fifth Street.
EVG regular Carol From East 5th Street, who shared the top photo, noted that workers were cleaning out the space yesterday.
There's also a notice from the Marshal, indicating that the property is now in possession of the landlord...
The quick-serve restaurant featured a sprawling menu that included create-your-own salads ... as well as juices, smoothies, empanadas, arepas and much more.
The corner spot was last home to Dahlia's, busted by the SLA after serving a reported 50 minors one night in January. The Mexican restaurant then closed in May.
Post, a new cafe, opens on Avenue B
Back in the fall of 2015, we heard that a new cafe was in the works for 42 Avenue B between Third Street and Fourth Street.
In recent weeks it looked as if the place was getting ready to open... The cafe, called Post, debuted last week. EVG reader @Jason_Chatfield shared these photos from yesterday...
The menu shows several varieties of biscuits for breakfast ... as well as coffee and tea...
Lunch and dinner are coming soon, per the Post website.
And we don't know too much else about Post at the moment. (Updated: Gothamist has more on Post here.)
The address was previously home to Coyi Cafe, which closed in January 2014 after five years in business.
SantaCon battle lines forming
Just 10 days out now from SantaCon 2016. So far, no word on where the annual [____________] will take place. Regardless, even if the hot action happens elsewhere, there are sure to be plenty of residual Santas and friends in these parts...
... which is why battle lines are already forming...
Once again, the Continental at 23 Third Ave. near St. Mark's Place is welcoming the SantaConners...
...though the sign arrived some six weeks later than last year...
Meanwhile! Around the corner at 6 St. Mark's Place...
...Barcade has put up some No Santa signage...
And noted...their response to the amNewYork piece on how to avoid SantaCon...
... which is why battle lines are already forming...
Once again, the Continental at 23 Third Ave. near St. Mark's Place is welcoming the SantaConners...
...though the sign arrived some six weeks later than last year...
Meanwhile! Around the corner at 6 St. Mark's Place...
...Barcade has put up some No Santa signage...
And noted...their response to the amNewYork piece on how to avoid SantaCon...
🎅🏼 is a lover of free will, liberty and this great city! If you choose to avoid #SantaConNYC on 12/10 we respect your decision. #bahumbug https://t.co/kVCDZezO1q
— Santacon NYC (@santacon) November 29, 2016
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