A new mural to mark the 30th anniversary of Basquiat's death

[Photo by Curt Hoppe]

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Jean-Michel Basquiat's death.

To mark this occasion, his friend and SAMO© collaborator, Albert Diaz, along with Adrian Wilson, created a mural outside 57 Great Jones Street near the Bowery, where Basquiat lived and worked at the time of his death. Basquiat was 27.

The mural reads: "I didn’t sign up to be used as a face for name brand crap."

In July 2016, the Greenwich Village Society of Historical Preservation, in partnership with Two Boots Pizza, unveiled a commemorative plaque outside the building ... marking the site of Basquiat's home and studio from 1983 to 1988...

Week in Grieview

[Photo Tuesday evening from 4th and A by Rob C.]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

City Council unanimously approves tech hub; some disappointment in lack of zoning protections (Thursday)

LPC OKs condoplex for gas explosion site on 2nd Avenue and 7th Street (Wednesday)

Chelsea Thai debuts on 1st Avenue (Monday)

This is what's happening with the former Grassroots Tavern space on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

RIP Milton Ellison (Wednesday)

AG announces details on how Croman tenants can receive restitution for harassment (Wednesday)

H Mart coming to 3rd Avenue in base of NYU's Alumni Hall (Friday)

Signage arrives for East Village outpost of Sakagura (Tuesday)

Cleaning up the Relaxation Garden on Avenue B and 13th Street (Monday)

The Braised Shop in soft-open mode on 10th Street (Friday)

It rained (Saturday ... Tuesday)

This week's NY See (Thursday)

The red-tailed fledgling is having the most fun in Tompkins Square Park (Monday)

Boris & Horton expanding on Avenue A (Tuesday)

The Ottendorfer Library is now closed for renovations (Monday)

Sign of Fire & Water on 7th Street (Thursday)

Citi Bikes with larger baskets are now roaming the streets (Wednesday)

Nai Tapas Bar closes on 1st Avenue ahead of move to 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)

Nobody Is Perfect has closed (Monday)

The Dessert Kitchen space is for rent on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)

Ben Shaoul's former Liberty Toye sales office is now for rent on Avenue B (Monday)

Checking in on the condoplex where 1st Street meets 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)

... and at 112 First Ave. near Seventh Street, the Hunan Slurp Shop has been in soft-open mode since May. On Friday, they celebrated their grand opening with this ceremony...


[Photo by Derek Berg]

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This part of Avenue B is closed at the moment for ConEd work

EVG regular Salim notes that ConEd crews are out this morning on Avenue B at Sixth Street ... at the site of an apparent lightning strike yesterday morning... for now Avenue B is closed to traffic between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. Sunny & Annie's and the other merchants along here are open.

Saturday's parting shot

A look at the pre-rain sunrise today from 14th Street ... thanks to EVG reader Durk Snowden for the photo...

Prepping for the New Village Music Festival in Tompkins Square Park

Crews have set up for the New Village Music Festival in Tompkins Square Park ... weather is looking really iffy at the moment... what's being billed as "New York's Hottest Music Fusion Festival" is schedule from 2-6 p.m.

Waiting on the manhole

As of about 8:30, Avenue B is closed between Fifth Street and Seventh Street ... ConEd and the FDNY are on the scene outside Sunny & Annie's... there's a smoking manhole and an unconfirmed report that this was caused by lightning...



Sunny & Annie's is temporarily closed, breakfast ruined.

Updated 1 p.m.

As you can see the Avenue is back open to traffic... and Sunny & Annie's is back open.



Multiple residents who live nearby say this was a lightning strike...

It was a dark and stormy morning

Top photo is on St. Mark's Place between Third Avenue and Second Avenue... as the storm approached from atop the Death Star ...



And a few minutes later...

Good morning ... wait for it ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/0I3rFeqYN4

— evgrieve (@evgrieve) August 11, 2018

Blinded me with Soft Science

Soft Science recently released their second record, titled Maps. The video here is called "Diverging." RIYL: Shoegaze.

EVG Etc. Food crawl on St. Mark's Place; Book Fair at the Metrograph

[The red-tailed fledgling in Tompkins Square Park via Derek Berg]

Diesel buses a concern during L-train shutdown (Town & Village) And get ready for commuter hell (The Post)

St. Mark's Place food crawl (Eater)

Metrograph's first ever Film Book Fair is this weekend. Alongside the fair will be a weekend of film screenings that celebrate the written word (Metrograph)

Lower East Side activists continue the fight for Rivington House (Curbed)

SummerStage tomorrow (5-7 p.m.) at the East River Amphitheater with Porches, Sunflower Bean and Crumb (Official Site)

History of the Community Synagogue Max D. Raiskin Center on Sixth Street (Off the Grid)

"Don't Look Back" — part of the Rock 'N Film series — screens on Sunday (Anthology Film Archives)

Shove Mink's crocheted Kembra Pfahler dolls (Dangerous Minds, maybe NSFW)

... and coming up Sunday afternoon at the 6 and B Community Garden...

Woahhh Sunday’s gonna be ILLLY!!! Performances by @erikzajaceskowski @elizafax @analogcinema @ms._abigail_rock and more!!!

A post shared by Nyssa Frank (@nyssafrank) on Aug 8, 2018 at 4:35pm PDT

A mosaic to cure what ales you

[Photo by Steven from July 16]

A few weeks back, Steven ran into Jim Power, who was prepping a new mosaic in honor of McSorley's Old Ale House.

The mosaic is now in place on St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue ... looking ready for a full reveal...

H Mart coming to 3rd Avenue in base of NYU's Alumni Hall

H Mart, an Asian-American supermarket chain based in Lyndhurst, N.J., is opening an outpost on Third Avenue at Ninth Street in the long-vacant retail space of NYU's Alumni Hall. (H/T Upper West Sider!)

Signage arrived this week in the front window of the former Birdbath space and Citi Habitats office next door. (Both of these businesses left in the summer of 2014, and have sat empty ever since.)

Based on the work permits filed with the DOB, the market will encompass at least 3,800 square feet.

Not sure how much space that means along these empty storefronts...



Most of these spaces have been vacant now three to four years.

When M2M closed on Third Avenue and 11th Street in February 2017, the owners of the Asian market posted signs that they'd be opening a new outpost in the former Birdbath space. (Those plans obviously never materialized.)

As for H Mart, this will be the third location in Manhattan (the others are on West 32nd Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side). Overall H Mart has more than 70 outposts in the United States and Canada.

I'm familiar with the store, though I've never been inside one... if anyone wants to chime in about H Mart in the comments.

Updated 9 a.m.

West Side Rag has photos and insights (link here) from the H Mart grand opening on Broadway back in February.

The Braised Shop softly opens this weekend on 10th Street

The Braised Shop, which will offer a variety of Taiwanese street food, will be in soft-open mode starting tomorrow here at 241 E. 10th St. at First Avenue.

We originally thought this was going to be the second outpost of the Taiwan Bear House, the popular bento-box shop down on Pell Street. Turns out that one of the Braised Shop owners is the co-founder of Taiwan Bear House.

Updated 8/13

Eater has a preview...

Like Taiwan Bear House, the Braised Shop offers a simple menu. But here, the focus is on luwei, a method where various ingredients get braised in a broth. Options include pork belly, beef, fish fillet, broccoli, corn, and other proteins and vegetables. Each one starts at $2.50, and diners can choose as many as they want. All of it goes on top of noodles, the way it’s eaten in Taiwan.

Meanwhile, here's a look at their made-to-order offerings...

A post shared by The Braised Shop (@thebraisedshop) on Jul 31, 2018 at 10:26am PDT

Pick whatever seems appetizing (ALL!) and we’ll chop it all, braise in broth and boom! 🤤 想吃什麼自己挑！ #TheBraisedShop #滷味店 #Taiwanesefood

A post shared by The Braised Shop (@thebraisedshop) on Jul 31, 2018 at 10:27am PDT