Christo and Dora are pretty much doing it all the time now

Christo and Dora have been busy mating this past week (or so)... Steven, who shared these photos yesterday, and others saw the red-tailed hawks mate on their namesake building, the Christodora House on Avenue B... then an hour later in a tree in Tompkins Square Park.

Afterwards, they hung out together for 30 minutes...



Goggla figures that Dora is due to lay eggs very soon. Christo and Dora have to date raised 10 hawklets.

A morning scene in Tompkins Square Park

East side of the Park ... along the benches between the Seventh Street and Eighth Street entrances... a pool of blood, a blood-stained scarf and disposable gloves used by EMTs.

Via @greally

The Girls Club Comix Fest is happening NOW

Support Girls and Women Artists at our Girls Club Comix Fest Today 11am - 5pm. Workshops, panels, vendors and a special #comix #hackathon!!! Plus an exclusive #Girl made animation premiere!!! 👩🏿‍🎨💪🏾

A post shared by The Lower Eastside Girls Club (@girlsclubny) on Mar 24, 2018 at 6:11am PDT

Apologies for the very late notice... but if you are out and about today... until 5 p.m at the Girls Club, on Avenue D at Eighth Street.

This Saturday from 11AM to 5PM join us for the Third Annual Lower Eastside Girls Club Comix Fest!!! Hosted by Fly @fly_peops !!! Presentations by: Sabrina Jones @sabjones, Regine Sawyer @rslockettdown, Javier Cruz Winnik @thelearningcurv, Ray Felix @bronxheroes !!! Comix Market featuring member-created zines “The Big Storm Game” and “Our Time”. !!! Comix #Hackathon!!!Workshops!!! Premiere of our member created short animation: “The Wonders of the Lower Eastside” !!! Readings of girl-written spoken word poetry!!! 👩🏿‍🎨 All fun- All day! #comix #art #girlpower

A post shared by The Lower Eastside Girls Club (@girlsclubny) on Mar 21, 2018 at 11:29pm PDT

And how was your National Puppy Day?

Video from outside Third Street Music School Settlement on 11th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue...

Happy #nationalpuppyday! This pup really wanted to imagine the possibilities at Third Street #puppy #pupday #puppyday #pitsofinstagram

A post shared by Third Street Music School (@3rdstreetnyc) on Mar 23, 2018 at 12:36pm PDT

It follows

A Place To Bury Strangers will release their new album, Dead Oceans, on April 13. The above video is for "Never Coming Back."

Memorializing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire victims

[Photo by Derek Berg]

Sunday marks the 107th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire ... ahead of that, volunteers are out today taking part in the chalking project (organized by Street Pictures), writing the name and age of the victims in front of the buildings where they lived on the Lower East Side.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the largest industrial disaster in the city's history ... causing the death of 146 garment workers (mostly young women) who either died from the fire or jumped to their deaths.

The Triangle Waist Company was located on the northwest corner of Greene Street and Washington Place just east of Washington Square Park.

Find more information at The Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition.

Derek Berg also spotted this today... footsteps on St. Mark's Place that lead toward Greene Street and Washington Place...

Vintage photobooth finds a new East Village home

[On the way to Avenue C]

Early last month, Trixie told me about her vintage photobooth that needed a new home.

It had resided inside HiFi these past five-plus years. She thought that the bar taking over for HiFi on Avenue A would keep it. Unfortunately, the proprietors of Coney Island Baby weren't able to accommodate the photobooth.

This morning, Trixie, a longtime East Village resident, reports that she finally found a taker for the Autophoto Model 14 photobooth, which started its career at Nunley's Carousel and Amusement Park in Baldwin, Long Island, in the 1960s.

"We talked to a lot of people, so many people, and had some very interesting leads, but in the end we were able to keep it in the East Village," she said.

The photobooth has made the blocks-long journey to Bedlam, a bar that opened in 2010 on 40 Avenue C between Third Street and Fourth Streets.

I'm only vaguely familiar with Bedlam.

"It’s a neat place with a lush Victorian feel. Lots of wonderful taxidermy and anatomical specimens. It’s beautifully appointed," Trixie said. "The photobooth is there now, set up and ready for action.

"I think that Bedlam will be a good fit and make a happy home for our dear old photobooth."

The booth was previously at the Lakeside Lounge, which closed in April 2012, on Avenue B.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Lakeside's photobooth has a new home

Report of a fire on the Bowery and 2nd Street

Several EVG readers reported a large NYPD presence on the Bowery and Second Street (aka Joey Ramone Place) just after 7 a.m. ...

FDNYalerts MAN ALL HANDS 2 E 2 ST, MIXED OCCUPANCY FIRE ON THE 3RD FLR,

— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) March 23, 2018

Witnesses on the street level said that it didn't appear to be too serious...



Will update later if there are any further fire developments here...

H/T Lola Sāenz

EV Grieve Etc.: A 'crisis point' for the NYCHA; stand-out dishes at Mama Fina on Avenue A

[Flashback Friday to Monday morning, 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's]

A "crisis point" for the NYCHA (Curbed) ... Cuomo says no state budget unless NYCHA improvements approved (ABC-7)

NYPD rejects request for records on hit-and-run killing of East Village resident Neftaly Ramirez last year (Streetsblog ... previously)

De Blasio donor testifies the mayor told him "do what you’ve got to do" with illegal contributions (Daily News)

The changing landscape of small businesses in the East Village, and what it means to the community (Thirteen/MetroFocus)

On Avenue A, Mama Fina serves Filipino food with "exquisite results" (Eater ... previously)

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire this weekend (The Lo-Down)

A visit to the KGB Bar on Fourth Street (amNewYork)

Club Cumming on Sixth Street looking to change their method of operation to allow for live music/DJs (Page Six)

NYC population reaches a record high (Curbed)

If you're interested in speaking out against Albany seeking to repeal Residential FAR Caps (The Municipal Arts Society of New York)

Eggs in Dora's future? (Laura Goggin Photography)

About the East Village subbing for Hell's Kitchen in "Jessica Jones" (Variety)

Madonna pics from the early 1980s (Dazed ... previously)

U.S. theatrical premiere of "12 Days," a well-regarded documentary filmed inside a psychiatric ward in France (Anthology Film Archives)

Priced at $16 and sold 3,044 times, the Outlaw Country drink at Death and co. generated $53,218 in gross revenue, or $48,024 before taxes and comps, in 180 days last year (Forbes)

A walk from the East Village to the West Village in 1986 with Nelson Sullivan (Flaming Pablum)

A Live Skull reunion (Dangerous Minds)

History of the Allen Street baths (Ephemeral New York)

Shakespeare & Co. is opening two new bookstores in NYC (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York ... previously)

And Trinity Grace Church on 11th Street is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt in Tompkins Square Park on March 31 at 10:30 a.m. ...



Details here.

Noted

Some good news today at least... one of the missing snowman heads was discovered in Tompkins Square Park...

@evgrieve snowman head FTW! pic.twitter.com/EJxyAO0ZW3

— EdenBrower (@edenbrower) March 22, 2018

The art of decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs on Saturday

Via the EVG inbox...

On Saturday afternoon, the Ukrainian Youth Association is hosting a class on learning the art of decorating pysanky – Ukrainian Easter eggs. Dyes, beeswax and a stylus are used to decorate the eggs with traditional Ukrainian designs. You can take what you make home with you. The class is at the Ukrainian National Home, 140 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street.

After nearly 26 years, Three of Cups is closing on 1st Avenue; Emmy Squared arriving next?

Anthony Barile, an owner of Three of Cups, which opened on First Avenue at Fifth Street in December 1992, announced on Facebook last night that the pizzeria and Italian restaurant — along with the Three of Cups Lounge — will close after service on April 1.

The day has come where I must share the sad news that Three of Cups will be closing. I’ve thought often about what I might say when this day came and each time I pushed the thought from my head, but here we are.

The reasons are many that we are at this moment, with all of them meaning that I can’t sustain it any longer. It’s the end of the longest thing I’ve continuously been involved with, almost 1/2 my life, nearly 26 years.

My wife worked here before we were married, my children grew up playing here and my son has worked here with me for the last two years. Three of Cups is a big part of our home and lives.

I am thankful to all the fine people that have worked with us to make it happen everyday, without them it never would have. There are too many to list here, but if you know Three of Cups, you know them too. I wish them the best of what life has to offer.

Our customers are the best, so many loyal souls over so many years. Without you we’re obviously not here all these years. Our staff and customers made Three of Cups what it was.

Three of Cups has always been a home for the unique souls of the East Village.

I’ve learned so much from all these people; staff and customers alike, and I’m grateful I had that opportunity.

So many fun, heartwarming and crazy times shared with friends, family, customers and staff! It’s the end of an era and it will all be greatly missed.

I want to acknowledge my long time partner and dear friend, Santo Fazio who all those years ago brought me along for this crazy trip, I love him for that.

Please come by before we close the doors for good, we’ll share a drink and toast to the good times. Our last day will be Sunday, April 1.

Last June, Three of Cups posted news that they had secured a new lease.

Meanwhile, on Monday, the owners of Emmy Squared were on the CB3-SLA docket for a new liquor license for the Three of Cups space. (A PDF of their questionnaire is here.) A CB3 flyer had been posted in the window...



Eater reported in December that Emmy Squared, the Williamsburg-based restaurant serving burgers and Detroit-style pizza, was taking over the GG's space on Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. It's not clear if the Emmy team will still be taking this space, which remains dormant since GG's closed on Dec. 23.

Back on First Avenue, the retail condominium space at No. 83-85 had been on the market for $5.4 million.

Updated 1:30 p.m.

A rep for the Emmy Squared rep told Eater... that they are "considering the First Avenue space for a new Emmy Squared and the former GG’s space for a new restaurant concept."