Week in Grieview

[Last night's sunset from 3rd and B]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

New state legislation aims to combat predatory equity (Tuesday)

Council Member Carlina Rivera introducing bill that would fine Airbnb for undisclosed listings (Thursday)

RIP Anthony Bourdain (Friday)

Here's Lady Jday's Sing For Hope piano that will be in Tompkins Square Park the next few weeks (Tuesday)

The latest I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant (Thursday)

Hecho en Dumbo is closing after 8 years on the Bowery (Monday)

This week's NY See (Thursday)

End is nearing for the businesses on the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Monday)

Tokuyama Salon Cafe now serving coffee and croissants on 6th Street (Wednesday)

Demolition permits filed to bring down former Lucky Cheng's building on 1st Avenue (Monday)

Third Street Music School's free noontime summer music series starts (Wednesday)

Cherche Midi makes closing official (Saturday)

1st glass: 80 E. 10th St. shows off its floor-to-ceiling windows (Wednesday)

Mast Books now open in its new corner space on Avenue A (Friday)

Emmy Square signage arrives at the former Three of Cups (Monday ... Thursday)

Suki to sell sushi from 7th Street (Thursday)

It's 2 a.m., do you know where your potato pancakes are? (Wednesday)

Corner space on 7th Street and Avenue B for rent as Jillery wraps up its business (Monday)

New retail space hits the market at 116 St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Wet plate photography in Tompkins Square Park (Monday)

A record payday for an East Village walk-up co-op (Tuesday)

Tarallucci e Vino East Village remains closed for renovations (Friday)

Hot pot switcheroo on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)

That's all for Lucky's Famous Burgers on East Houston (Friday)

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The Post notes that Christo 'has gone from sugar daddy to baby daddy'

The Post continues to keep tabs (like here and here) on that hunky red-tailed hawk Christo ... today's feature, on Page 3 in the paper, begins:

Tompkins Square Park’s biggest tail chaser has gone from sugar daddy to baby daddy.

The red-tailed Romeo named Christo — who was servicing three lady hawks at once — is now the proud father of at least two hatchlings with his second and most recent side chick, Amelia.

The eggs arrived on April 25 ... and Goggla got the first glimpse of one of the hawklets last week.

Here's a photo via Steven of one of the hawklets from early this week...



... and here's Christo dropping off some dinner...



Goggla has more photos here. And as she notes: "All seems well so far with this new hawk family."

3 things to do today

Via the EVG inbox...

• Learn how to brew Kombucha (black tea and sugar) and Jun (green tea and honey), La Plaza Cultural, Ninth Street and Avenue C, 3-5 p.m. Details here.

• Eric Paulin Jazz in the Garden, Green Oasis Community Garden & Gilbert's Sculpture Garden, Eighth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D, 2-5 p.m. Details here. [UPDATED: The concert has been cancelled due to the threat of rain]

• Costume Making for the Mermaid Parade, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, 155 Avenue C between Ninth Street and 10th Street, 1-4 p.m. Details here.

Saturday's parting shot

First Street near First Avenue this morning...

Sunday afternoon in Tompkins Square Park: Puke Island Part 8

And the bands tomorrow ...

2 p.m. — Methlab
2:45 — Project 872
3:30 — Silence Equals Death
4:15 — Baelfire
5 — Point Blank

More info here.

Cherche Midi makes closing official

It’s been an amazing four years. Come join us for one final toast this weekend, we will remain open through this Sunday, June 10th.

A post shared by Cherche Midi (@cherchemidi_nyc) on Jun 8, 2018 at 4:05pm PDT

Cherche Midi, Keith McNally's French brasserie on the southwest corner of the Bowery and Houston, has officially announced — via Instagram — that it will close after service tomorrow.

Until now, it was a foregone conclusion that they'd be shutting down after four years in business. In March, Patch reported on a state filing announcing that the restaurant would be laying off its 46 employees on June 11.

A rep for Cherche Midi later confirmed a summer close to Grub Street, though didn't provide an exact date.

And as first reported in April, a listing for the space arrived at RKF...


[Image via RKF]

However, this listing has since been removed. (Leased?)

McNally, who also runs the Odeon, Balthazar, Minetta Tavern and Augustine in the Beekman Hotel, opened Cherche Midi in the summer of 2014 ... taking the place of his Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria, which apparently helped triple the rents of its neighbors.

In other Bowery closings, Hecho en Dumbo ends its eight-year run at 354 Bowery after service this evening.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Report: Cherche Midi looks to be closing on the Bowery

Cherche Midi space on the market for new retail development on the Bowery at East Houston

Late spring cleaning for Samuel S. Cox in Tompkins Square Park

Thanks to EVG reader Sparber for these photos from Thursday... in which the Samuel S. Cox statue on Seventh Street near Avenue A in Tompkins Square Park gets a touch up heading into the summer...



Here's some history of the statue via the Parks Dept.:

After the statue’s unveiling on Independence Day 1891, the New York Tribune noted, somewhat less charitably, that Cox’s “usually genial countenance is strained” and “out of harmony” with the Congressman’s natural demeanor. “The likeness is not a good one, and the facial resemblance is hardly suggestive,” the article added. A New York Times account of the ceremony questioned whether the statue “will ever be greatly admired as a work of art.” Nevertheless, a reported 2,500 letter carriers came from as far away as New Orleans and Memphis to participate in the moving ceremony to honor Cox at the statue’s unveiling.

The statue originally stood near Cox’s home on East 12th Street at the intersection of Lafayette Street, Fourth Avenue, and Astor Place. In November 1924, due to a street-widening project in the vicinity of Astor Place, it was moved to its current location at the southwest corner of Tompkins Square Park.

At the time of the statue's arrival in Tompkins Square Park, several EVG readers questioned the wisdom of this placement, noting Cox's past as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and his status as a native Ohioan. A few readers were also concerned about the street-widening project at Astor Place, with one noting the area would soon become "Lower Manhattan North" and "a playground for even more aristocrats!"

Cowboy up on A

Over on Avenue A yesterday, Solus (via the L.I.S.A Project NYC) started work on the above mural here between Third Street and Fourth Street...

And today...



This retail space has sat empty since the Citibank branch closed in January 2017.

And how the space was looking before the cowboy mural arrived...



H/T The Dusty Rebel!

Today, on 3rd Avenue, a street festival

Indeed. From 14th Street to Sixth Street.

At this hour, belts were the only thing available for purchase...



Other vendors were still setting up the tents and putting together the mannequins...



... and firing up the deep fryers...



The Cooper Square Committee is today's street festival (avenue festival?) host.

And as far as street festivals go, this is one of the better ones...

Friday's parting shot

First Avenue...

So 'Happy' together

Jungle recently released two tracks from their sophomore release, due out on June 22. The video here is for "Happy Man."

The London-based collective play at Brooklyn Steel on June 18. (That show is sold out.)

Mast Books now open in its new corner space on Avenue A

Several readers have noted that Mast is making its corner debut today on Avenue A and Fifth Street...



They moved here from a few storefronts to the south.

Last night, Mast hosted a conversation between Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Ryan Martin in the new space.