Photo in Tompkins Square Park today by Derek Berg...
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
The last Rhinoceros on this earth
Made from metal by clever craftsmen
Impervious to new cruel bullets
Three taking the noble stance of one
Grand beasts cleverly combined yoga
By making themselves greatly smaller
They may go unnoticed for a while
Dispelling fears of being no more
Vanished, no trace, of living before
Melted as plowshares into weapons
No more to traipse the great savanna
The Chinese with non a firming loss
This deed being but a double cross
Our love shown to the Rhinoceros.
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peter radley
Previously on EV Grieve:
Goodbye Sudan
A warning about off-leash dogs in Tompkins Square Park
[Photo from January by by Bobby Williams]
There have been an increasing number of complaints in recent months about people letting their dogs run loose in areas of Tompkins Square Park ... areas outside the Dog Run.
Now, someone has called in the Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP!).
PEP officers were in the Park yesterday talking to dog owners who had their pets off-leash... one of the officers told EVG Off-Leash Dog Correspondent Steven that PEP will be a more constant presence now in the Park... no word if they were handing out tickets or just issuing warnings...
On the David Bowery
The David addition arrived at this Bowery street sign at Bleecker yesterday afternoon...
Not sure at this moment who's taking credit for this... There was a similar David Bowery tribute on the Bowery and East Houston in January 2016 after Bowie's death...
Team behind West Village wine bar Entwine eyeing former Golden Market space
The applicant's questionnaire is now online at the CB3 website ahead of Monday evening's SLA committee meeting.
According to the paperwork (PDF here), the applicants also operate Entwine, a wine bar over on Washington Street (at West 12th) that serves Mediterranean-style menu items. (They were the subject of one of those annoying Boîte features at the Times in 2012.)
The bar-restaurant, which doesn't have a name just yet (TBD!), has proposed daily hours of 11 a.m. to midnight during the week and until 2 a.m. on weekends. The configuration shows 12 tables seating 38 guests and a bar with 14 stools.
There's also a proposed menu, showing a variety of sandwiches and tartines, and entrees that include grass-fed lamb chops, free-range oven-baked chicken thigh and grilled branzino.
The CB3-SLA meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Monday in the Public Hotel, 17th Floor, Sophia Room, 215 Chrystie St. between Houston and Stanton.
Golden Food Market closed last July after 35 years in business.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Restaurant in the works for former Golden Food Market on 1st Avenue and 7th Street
Golden Food Market closes on 1st Avenue and 7th Street
Construction watch: 298 E. 2nd St. (aka Houston House)
Checking in on 298 E. Second St., where East Village-based Starleeng Equities is putting up an eight-story, seven-unit residential building here between Avenue C and Avenue D along East Houston ... workers recently reached the top...
As New York Yimby reported back in 2016, the residential units should average 1,967 square feet apiece — most likely condos. There will be a duplex apartment on the ground and second floors, with full-floor apartments on the third through eighth floors.
The condoplex, going by Houston House, is environmentally friendly, with the design via Passive House specialists Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects and featuring cross-laminated timber (CLT).
City Realty had more details on this last week:
While Houston House won’t go for Passive House certification, it will still have several green features. CLT requires little energy to produce and will provide extra insulation in the building. Oversized, triple-glazed windows will help cut down on electricity and control heat loss/gain. Houston House’s commitment to the environment even extends to its amenities: The building will have a bike room.
Here's a look at the plywood rendering...
Nest Seekers International’s Ryan Serhant will be doing the condo selling here. Sales have not yet been announced.
According to public records, the building that housed the Houston Street Beer Distributors sold for a little more than $7 million in the fall of 2015.
[Photo from August 2016]
Previously on EV Grieve:
298 E. 2nd St. latest development site up for grabs
East Village now minus 2 beverage distributors
Something brewing (demolition) for former beer distributor on East 2nd Street
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Greetings from 1983
Last week Alex at Flaming Pablum shared his discovery of the East Village Walking Tour video from 1985... he's back with another find — a documentary from 1983 titled "Greetings From New York."
Here's the brief YouTube description for the 28-minute video: "Obscure documentary from 1983 with segments on downtown fashion designers, graffiti artists, and the hardcore scene."
RIP Anthony Pisano
[Photo by Marty Wombacher]
Anthony Pisano, a longtime East Village resident who lived in a converted storefront full of antiques and whimsical curiosities on Seventh Street, died last Friday. Pisano had cancer, according to a nephew. He was 86. (We don't have all the biographical information at the moment.)
Pisano lived here between Avenue A and First Avenue for nearly 40 years. You probably saw him sitting outside, the sounds of Sinatra coming from inside the apartment that people often mistook as some kind of store. When that happened, he often invited people inside for a look around.
From a 2010 New York Times feature:
One recent evening, two women strolling by stopped and stepped inside.
“Come in; satisfy your curiosity,” he said. Later Mr. Pisano explained that he gets many such visits every day. And each time, he says, he gets the same reaction. As the curious step into the recesses of the space, they’re startled to come upon a bed, a kitchen and a piano. It becomes apparent that this is no shop. It’s Mr. Pisano’s home.
“What is privacy?” he said. “Privacy prevents me from meeting people.”
He leaves the front door ajar ... Passers-by peer at a collection of unusual items — like a Bill Clinton doll on an antique model boat. Nothing is for sale, though he estimates he gives away 10 to 12 trinkets every day.
Pisano moved into the space in 1978. At the time, Pisano, a musician and former merchant marine, rented three spaces: the storefront, the apartment above it and the store next door, where he opened a cafe. He paid $150 a month for each, per the Times.
He also raised his two children, Anthony Jr. and Antoinette, here.
Marty Wombacher paid a visit to Pisano's home for this blog post in 2012. As Marty wrote: "He's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet."
[A scene from "This Is My Home"]
Pisano's nephew launched a crowdfunding campaign to help pay for funeral expenses.
Per the GoFundMe page:
Everyone who knew him called him “Tony.” But for me it was “uncle Tony.” He lived his life simply and didn’t gather much monetary savings. His wealth came from love and compassion for his fellow human beings and sharing conversation.
As his remaining family is trying to pull together to fulfill Anthony’s final wishes. It is a very difficult task to afford a proper burial and memorial for him.
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Paradiso has closed on Avenue B
[Photo via @KGleasonWriter]
Paradiso, the low-key Italian cafe run by Alessandra Veronese and her husband Jose at 105 Avenue B, has closed.
A sign greeting patrons here near Seventh Street notes that they are "moving on! To wherever the future is taking us!"
Not sure at the moment why the cafe closed. They opened here in January 2009.
There's a new listing for the space, which has a $4,200 monthly asking rent.
Veronese previously operated La Casalinga (1991-2008) at 120 First Ave. near Seventh Street.
Karma Books now open on 3rd Street
Karma Books, an offshoot of the Karma gallery on Second Street, opened this week at 136 E. Third St. between Avenue A and First Avenue ... in the former home of St. Mark's Bookshop.
An EVG reader who took a quick look inside the store reports an art-focused selection, with some big coffee-table books on contemporary art as well as rare and special editions.
Here's a selection of their titles, as seen on Instagram ...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Bookstore coming to the former St. Mark's Bookshop on 3rd Street
CB3 commitee OKs upgraded license for live music and DJs at Club Cumming — with stipulations
It was standing-room only — even on the sidewalk outside — at Monday night's CB3-SLA committee meeting at the Perseverance House Community Room, 535 E. Fifth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
The main event: a license alteration for Club Cumming to include live music and DJs. As previously reported, Club Cumming on Sixth Street was under investigation by the State Liquor Authority for its live music programing, including piano and cabaret nights, which was happening without the proper permits. The bar-cabaret between Avenue A and Avenue B suspended its live music and DJs until they could apply for the appropriate license.
Several dozen supporters showed up at the meeting — so many that CB3 reportedly asked people to wait outside the Perseverance House Community Room...
Here's a recap via Bedford + Bowery:
Ultimately, CB3’s SLA and DCA four present committee members did vote unanimously to grant the license alteration, which would allow live music and DJs “provided they are not scheduled and that there are no ticket sales or entrance fees.” The committee stated this was because the bar’s zoning “does not provide” for them, and they lacked the power to change that.
According to CB3 officials, the situation with Club Cumming had more to do with compliance rather than complaints. (And it wasn't reported if anyone spoke against the upgraded license.)
“The bottom line is how [the Department of Buildings] interprets it,” stated District Manager Susan Stetzer. Historically, [committee chair Alexandra] Militano added, the DOB has not allowed scheduled performances and ticketed events to exist in a residential area, even at spaces licensed to have live music and DJs. Club Cumming’s address, 505 East 6th Street, is in zoning area R7B, a type of “residential district.”
It will be interesting to see how CC's owners, Daniel Nardicio and Alan Cumming, revamp their schedule once the license gets the final OK via the SLA.
Cumming, an East Village resident who spoke at the committee meeting, later thanked the Club's supporters on Instagram yesterday:
Last night our community board approved the change to our license so that live performance and DJs can happen again at @clubcumming. Now we just have to have the actual license changed by the State Liquor Authority and the show can go on again! It was a truly humbling and beautiful thing to see so many people turn up and show their support for our little bar, and to hear those who spoke express how important it has become as a safe community gathering place that both nurtures new talent and celebrates the artistic and cultural legacy of the East Village.
Club Cumming opened last September in the former Eastern Bloc space.
You can read coverage via Patch here.
In case you are screaming for more ice cream
[Image via Oddfellows]
Two ice cream shops with local roots are expanding.
• OddFellows is opening its fifth location today on East Houston at Mott, as BoweryBoogie first noted.
This branch will be a Coffee & Cream by OddFellows Ice Cream Co.
Per the OddFellows website:
"Coffee & Cream by OddFellows Ice Cream Co. will feature 12 rotating flavors of ice cream plus sorbet, soft serve, and of course, coffee. Not just any coffee. We have hired a great crew of baristas and we'll offer a rotating selection of beans from across the country. We are starting with one of New York City's finest: Café Integral (Nolita). We'll also have coffee soft serve, a special coffee sundae, matcha, kombucha on tap, cold brew on tap and more."
This marks the fifth location for the Brooklyn-based brand ... which also has an outpost on Fourth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery.
• Morgenstern's has designs on a new outpost on West Houston at LaGuardia. According to Patch, they have also filed for a liquor license for this location.
The Commercial Observer reported that the monthly rent is $35,000. They are expected to open in June. The shop is owned by Nick Morgenstern, who also ran the now-closed GG’s on Fifth Street.
This Morgenstern's replaces the Silver Spurs coffee shop, which closed at the end of March after a decrease in business and an increase in rent. Silver Spurs debuted on this corner in 1979.
Morgenstern's first shop opened at 2 Rivington Street between the Bowery and Freeman Alley in 2014.
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