Updated 8/23
Sunday, August 22, 2021
[Updated] Flooding seen in Tompkins Square Park
The ongoing deluge from Tropical Storm Henri has flooded the east side of the main lawn of Tompkins Square Park ... Steven shared these photos from late this afternoon...
No sign of marine life just yet. Rain is expected to continue tonight. A flash-flood warning is in effect until 8:45 p.m.
Week in Grieview
Posts from this past week included (with a photo from Tompkins Square Park by Steven) ...
• ICYMI: Proof of vaccination now required for restaurants, bars, theaters and more (Wednesday)
• Report: Madison Realty Capital moving to foreclose on leasehold for 3 St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)
• The NYPD is collecting donations for earthquake victims in Haiti (Monday)
• Good news-bad news about the water-main work on 7th Street and 1st Avenue (Monday)
• Animal collective: Pillow-Cat Books coming to 9th Street (Monday)
• Spellbound: Spooksvilla + Friends moving to 309 E. 9th St. (Thursday)
• Kestrel maneuvers to rescue this fledging along Avenue B (Tuesday)
• Report: Superiority Burger moving into the former Odessa space on Avenue A (Friday)
• Cure Thrift Shop opening later this month in new space on 3rd Avenue (Monday)
• In the midnight hour, East Berlin will start a weekly film series (Tuesday)
• Last weekend for Tea Drunk on 7th Street (Friday)
• Express yourself: A look at the new FedEx space on Houston (Friday)
• The expanding and shrinking pedestrian passage on St. Mark's Place at 3rd Avenue (Wednesday)
• Stuyvesant Deli Grocery debuts on 14th and A (Wednesday)
• Rakka Cafe has not been open lately (Wednesday)
• Where are they now? Catching up with Gem Spa's former Zoltar in Bushwick (Thursday)
• Like a diversion: Former local resident celebrates a birthday (Monday)
And we've seen signage on storefronts around the neighborhood as businesses take a late-summer break...
At East Village Buyers at 150 E. Third St., the temp closure note includes an apology, to which someone responded: "It's okay. We understand." (Thanks to Stacie Joy for the pics!)
The Tompkins Square Park Greenmarket is CLOSED today
The arrival of Tropical Storm Henri has prompted the citywide cancellation of the Greenmarkets today... including at Tompkins Square Park.
H/T Steven
Saturday, August 21, 2021
With Henri approaching, Key Food still stocked with the essentials
With Tropical Storm Henri on the way, we wondered what Key Food might be like this evening on Avenue A. (Through the years the grocery has been picked over ahead of a storm.)
Today in photos of random trophies in Tompkins Square Park
Congratulations! (For something.) Your hardwork really paid off!
Thanks to Grant Shaffer for the photos...
Regarding Henri
We're officially on storm watch, as this random photo from First Avenue and Sixth Street doesn't really show.
As of 11 a.m., Henri is now a hurricane, and warnings have been issued for parts of Long Island, Connecticut and Rhode Island...
In NYC, we're under a tropical storm warning... with strong winds and heavy rains arriving overnight...#Henri has strengthened to a hurricane and is headed for Long Island and southern New England. Hurricane and Tropical Storm Warnings have been extended eastward. Here are the 11 am EDT Key Messages. See https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB for details. pic.twitter.com/lRb61AnHaj
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 21, 2021
Gothamist has a nice recap of all this here.We are continuing to monitor Tropical Storm Henri. Here’s the latest:
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) August 21, 2021
-New York City is under a Tropical Storm Warning. We expect strong winds and rain to begin late tonight and last through tomorrow.
Watching the neighborhood like a hawk
From near the top of Most Holy Redeemer on Third Street between Avenue A and Avenue B... Christo and Amelia take a moment to spend some sunset time together away from their Tompkins Square Park home.
Goggla spotted the Park's resident red-tailed hawks here on Thursday evening ... watching over the land like hawks...
As Goggla documented, it was a challenging summer for the pair.
Two of their three offspring did not make it this year. Thankfully the surviving juvenile is doing well, hunting rats and trying to beat the heat. As Goggla documented, it was a challenging summer for the pair.
Per Goggla in an email: "They seem like a couple who has sent their kid off to college, and they're now kicking back, waiting for whatever is next."
HBD Joe Strummer
HBD Joe Stummer, born on this date in 1952.
Mural by Dr. Revolt and Zephyr in 2003 ... and as seen outside Niagara this morning on Seventh Street at Avenue A.
Now enjoy this clip of Strummer playing with the Mescaleros on Letterman in October 2001...
Friday, August 20, 2021
Friday's parting DM
Any sightings? 🤔
Updated 8/21
A reader shared this from the @stoopingnyc Stories feed... apparently, the ostrich emu wasn't doing much running in its stuffed state...
Case closed! 🕵️♂️
And another view via @aczar ...
Updated 10:38 a.m. THE PLOT THICKENS!
The Emu(?) was around all day yesterday but disappeared overnight. I’m intrigued by the fact the it started the day with a Santa hat though. pic.twitter.com/gSWPefjPJ5
— Richard Frank (@Thtguyrich) August 21, 2021
Pace yourself
Parquet Courts this week announced details about their new album, Sympathy For Life, due out in October. Read more about that here.
The first single from the Brooklyn-based band's forthcoming record is "Walking at a Downtown Pace" ... as seen in the above video.
Rather random Avenue A fruit stand randomly gone
The fruit stand that arrived in mid-April on Avenue A near Sixth Street has apparently packed up and left.
They seemed to operate on an honor system, leaving the stand wrapped in a blue tarp and unattended overnight.
Any comments about their produce?
Today in photos of severed stuffed zebra heads on 5th Avenue and 9th Street
Why it's good to leave the neighborhood every so often! Morning! (And I have no idea how long that has been up there. Hopefully for months!)
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