Will the 6-shots-of-anything-for-$12 sign at the former Continental go down with the building?

We've already noted the arrival of the sidewalk bridge around the northeast corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place ... as workers enter the next phase of demolition ...



The Continental was the last business here to close, wrapping it up on New Year's Eve.

The bar's six-shots-of-anything-for-$12 sign remains intact on the marquee under the sidewalk bridge...



We mentioned this on Twitter over the weekend. There was some interest in the sign...

Serious question: can someone grab this for me https://t.co/nBdYSVTYkE

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) May 4, 2019

And other things on the corner...

I’m eyein’ the Korilla flag.

— Jacob Ford (@unitof) May 4, 2019

After retiring the live music in the fall of 2006, the Continental became home of the five-shots-of-anything-for-$10 promotion before that changed to five-shots-of-anything-for-$12 in the spring of 2017. (Then later six shots...)


[Via Google Street View]

Previously on EV Grieve:
The Continental's 5-shot deal bumped from $10 to $12

Demolition permits filed for northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place

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

New building plans revealed for 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place

Concern over potential air-rights transfer for new office building on St. Mark's Place and 3rd Avenue

Developers of 3 St. Mark's Place are looking to increase the size of their proposed office building at 3rd Avenue to 10 floors with air-rights deal

The lobbyists behind the air-rights transfer and zoning variance for 3 St. Mark's Place

When workers unpack dry goods at the incoming H Mart

In this week's episode of H Mart is coming soon, workers are now stocking the Asian-American grocery chain with non-perishable items here on Third Avenue between Ninth Street and 10th Street...





Previously and previously and previously.

Coming soon: We discuss the point-of-sale software for the H-Mart POS system!

The rent due at the now-closed Beijing Express

Beijing Express came and went pretty quickly at 92 Third Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street.

Some rent-due legalese has been up on the now-closed restaurant's front door... noting a balance due of nearly $60,000, including the base rent of $17,500 for each month dating to January and other assorted charges, such as water and sewer service...



The quick-serve restaurant lasted four months... taking over for Gala BBQ, which opened and closed within three months. Previously, Blue 9 Burger had a 14-year run here.

At the NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally 2019 in Union Square

The NYC Cannabis Parade and Rally — said to be New York's longest-running annual marijuana legalization event — returned to Union Square yesterday.

A few thousand people were estimated to attend the rally, part of the Global Marijuana March to promote, educate and advocate cannabis culture.

Speakers this year included New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and New York State Director of Drug Policy Alliance Kassandra Frederique.

EVG contributor Stacie Joy shared these photos from Union Square...




















[Marijuana activist Dana Beal on the left]

Week in Grieview

[4th Street Food Co-op pic by riachung00]

Posts on EVG this past week included...

2nd Avenue gas-explosion defendants due back in court June 21 (Monday)

Mount Sinai Beth Israel files plan for 7-story hospital on 13th Street (Tuesday)

Anna returning to the East Village (Thursday)

Elvis has left Great Jones; 'seafood focused neighborhood restaurant' coming soon (Monday)

Developers eye air rights at Campos Plaza for long-stalled 14th Street development (Friday)

RIP Felicia Mahmood (Friday)

Confirmed: At least 2 chicks for red-tailed hawks Amelia and Christo in Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday)

The 12th Street bike lane will return (Friday)

Those sidewalk bridges around Village View will be there for at least 2 years (Tuesday)

After another seizure, Desi Galli returns to service tonight on Avenue B (Friday)

This week's NY See (Monday)

1 weekend down: L-train slowdown recap (Monday)

It's May — time for Lower East Side History Month (Wednesday)

Demolition nearing for the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Egads! 7th Street Village Farm morphs into an E Smoke shop (Friday)

A visit to the Bhakti Center on 1st Avenue (Thursday)

A look at the all-new 101 E. 10th St. (Thursday)

A Town Hall to discuss the future of the neighborhood's former religious properties (Thursday)

Schmackary's bringing cookies to Cooper Square (Wednesday)

Avenue A Copy Center & Shipping Outlet has closed (Monday)

Avenida Cantina is now Eastpoint on Avenue B (Thursday)

Basics Plus apparently not closing on 3rd Avenue after all (Monday)

The Marshal takes over Bar Taco on Avenue C (Tuesday)

Workers still on the clock at 250 E. Houston St. (Monday)

New restaurant alert for the former Kambi Ramen House on 14th Street (Monday)

...and like First Avenue in previous weeks, it's now Second Avenue's turn for milling (from Third Street to 13th Street) ...



... and in the asphalt milling machine lane...





Per the weekly city schedule, work will start on the Avenue again on Tuesday.

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Painting a smile

EVG regular Lola Saénz passed along these photos from Avenue A at 14th Street... of the WIP mural by BlusterOne© ...



Look for more of BlusterOne©'s work starting on Thursday with a show at 212Arts on 12th Street.

Curt Hoppe's 'Downtown Portraits'

The work of Curt Hoppe, a longtime resident of the Bowery, is currently on view in two venues — Howl! Happening (above) and the Frank Bernaducci Gallery — in an exhibit titled "Downtown Portraits."

Here are more detail via the EVG inbox...

"Downtown Portraits" explores Hoppe’s work as a photographer and realist painter — penetrating layers of cultural history to reveal the changing faces of the neighborhood. The 105 photographs in the series will be shown at Howl! Happening, while 20 larger-than-life paintings will be shown at Frank Bernaducci Gallery.

Hoppe, a realist painter and photographer, has enjoyed a successful 40-year career driven by meaningful relationships with pioneering downtown creators. While many of the artists, writers, musicians, activists, and art entrepreneurs appearing in the photographs that make up the series at Howl! are now well known, this project is conceived not as a hall of fame but as personal homage.

Hoppe has been inspired not only by his subject's youthful achievements but also by their lifelong perseverance and creativity. These are definitely not images of beautiful young creatives, but rather visions of determined survivors who continue to influence our culture.

"I want this exhibition to be forward-looking," he says. "These artists found a way to survive and to thrive, and their wisdom continues to have a profound impact on today’s culture. We're cooler now than we were back then. Our lives are on our faces."

His project is not about vanity or celebrity or self-promotion, but rather, like a yearbook of friends one hung with, learned from, and created mischief with, the show traces the lines of connection of some of the most influential creators of our time including John and Charlie Ahearn, Penny Arcade, Patti Astor, Beth B, James Chance, Diego Cortez, Brett DePalma, Jane Dickson, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Richard Hambleton, John Holmstrom, Lady Pink, Arto Lindsay, Colette Lumíère, Tom Otterness, Walter Robinson, Marcia Resnick, and Robin Winters, among others.

[Photo from the Frank Bernaducci Gallery]

The exhibits are up through May 22. Find more info here.

Howl! Happening is at 6 E. First St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday

The Frank Bernaducci Gallery is at 525 W. 25th St. in Chelsea. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday

Previously on EV Grieve:
Bettie and the Ramones head back to the Bowery

Lower East Side artists now larger than life — on canvas

Q-and-A with Curt Hoppe: Living on the Bowery, finding inspiration and shooting Mr. Softee

Avenue A and Omega

A quick follow-up to the (now updated) post from Tuesday about the new deli that opened on the southeast corner of Avenue A and Second Street ... signage is up — welcome Omega Salad Bar & Deli (not the name we expected!) ... as is the ramped entryway.

The previous post has more details on what his transpired here at 20 Avenue A in recent years.

Friday's parting shot

Volunteers were out today chalking on Fourth Street (and elsewhere) as part of Lower East Side History Month. Find the full events calendar here.

Thanks to Derek Berg for the photo! (Find more of his work on Instagram.)

Dream on

Death & Vanilla, who hail from the Swedish city of Malmo, have a new album — "Are You A Dreamer?" — out next Friday on Fire Records. This audio track is for "Nothing Is Real."

The 12th Street bike lane will return

An EVG reader reports that workers tore up 12th Street last night ... the reader, who sent the above photo, noted this between Avenue B and First Avenue. Gone for now is the bike lane that arrived back in the fall.

And we heard from other readers who were confused about what's happening here. After all, the city announced last Thursday that the 12th Street and 13th Street bike lanes would remain despite the full L-train shutdown called off by Gov. Cuomo in early January. Did the city change its mind?

Via Twitter, the DOT said the painted bike lanes will return...

This roadway was milled this week. There is typically a two week gap between milling and paving to allow utilities and others to repair the infrastructure below the street.

— NYC DOT (@NYC_DOT) May 3, 2019

As was announced last week, DOT will be adding more delineators and loading zones along 12th/13th Streets. More info: https://t.co/oU7IHQw2Yb

You are welcome to share transportation suggestions at any time here: https://t.co/C4A23H2Cu2

— NYC DOT (@NYC_DOT) May 3, 2019

EVG Etc.: Seniors march for their M14 stops; cats gather on 11th Street tomorrow

[Signage still intact on 1st Street. Photo by riachung00]

An increase in reported hates crimes, NYPD says (The Post)

New Yorkers argue rent law reforms at Assembly hearing (amNY)

Seniors speak out against possible cuts to M14 local service (CBS2 ... Patch ... previously on EVG)

Top cop explains bike-bell crackdown in Tompkins Square Park (Gothamist ... reaction at Streetsblog... previously on EVG)

On Fifth Street, this one-bedroom residence spans over four levels and includes three outdoor spaces, and it's for sale (6sqft)

Sietsema digs that pleasing big tray of chicken at Jiang Diner on Fifth Street (Eater ... previously on EVG)

There's a pop-up cat cafe on 11th Street tomorrow (Instagram ... B+B)

You can dine outside at Kossar's on Grand Street now (The Lo-Down)

Bike Expo returns to Basketball City this weekend (Official site)

Farewell to the White Horse Tavern (Grub Street)

The Old School Kung Fu Fest returns (Anthology Film Archives)

A wide-ranging interview with CJ Ramone (Consequence of Sound)

... via the EVG inbox... more details at this link...

Ecological City: Procession for Climate Solutions on Saturday, May 11, with 20 site performances celebrating ecological sustainability initiatives throughout the community gardens, neighborhood, and East River Park waterfront on the Lower East Side. Ecological City 2019 features a spectacular creative community affirmation of the community’s vision for the #ESCR (East Side Coastal Resiliency) waterfront development plan, including a 40-foot Mobile Mural – LES Ecosystem of Sustainability.

RIP Susan Springfield of the CBGB art-punk band the Erasers. Read more about the band in this profile.