Sunday, May 8, 2022
Remembering Paul Adrian Davies
Longtime East Village resident Paul Adrian Davies died last month at age 69.
His friends and family are gathering early Tuesday evening (May 10) for a celebration of his life ... 5:45 p.m. in the Green Oasis Community Garden on Eighth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D.
Read more about Paul here.
Week in Grieview
• About Raife Milligan, the NYU student who police said was killed by a drunken driver on Houston Street (Friday) ... Driver arrested after crash on Houston and 1st Avenue; pedestrian dies (Monday)
• At the rally in Foley Square to support abortion rights (Tuesday)
• Rent hike forcing 37-year-old Guerra Paint & Pigment Corp. to leave the East Village (Wednesday)
• RIP Howie Pyro (Thursday)
• Italian favorite Via Della Pace opens in new East Village home on 4th Street (Tuesday)
• At the March Against Gun Violence (Sunday)
• Tree cutting and fencing in East River Park reaches the 6th Street pedestrian bridge (Wednesday)
• Report: 8 arrested in latest sweep of unhoused encampment on 9th Street (Wednesday)
• The cube on Astor Place is still behind barricades (Friday)
• Rite Aid on Avenue D empties out ahead of rumored closure (Tuesday)
• What to know about HAGS, a queer and trans-led dining destination opening on 1st Avenue (Thursday)
• A look at 'Contact,' an immersive art installation (Friday)
• PlantShed debuts on 2nd Avenue (Monday)
• A campaign to support the landmark designation of the Eye and Ear Infirmary on 2nd Avenue (Tuesday)
• Cadence reopens tonight in new 7th Street home (Wednesday)
• An Astor Place corner primed for new development (Thursday)
• Farewell to the rat-infested tree pit of 5th Street (Friday)
• Polishing up 8 Avenue B for a new nail salon (Thursday)
• 2 tenants for the renovated storefronts at 21-23 Avenue B (Monday)
• P.F. Chang's makes it signage official on University Place (Monday)
Welcoming baby Isabella Jane
Photos by Stacie Joy
A happy Mother's Day to mothers everywhere...
The East Village has a new resident, born in an at-home water bath on Third Street near Avenue B.
Isabella Jane was born to her parents, Juana and Edward Rivera, on April 15, and she weighs in at six pounds, eight ounces, and is just about 19 inches long. East Village-based midwife Cara Muhlhahn assisted in the delivery; she was present for all four of the family’s births.
Also in attendance were Edward, Jr., 9; Rex, 5; and Luna, 2, plus grandparents and extended family.
Welcome, Isabella Jane!
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Tompkins Square Park Greenmarket is a go today
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Saturday's parting shots
Photos by Steven
Christo, one of the resident red-tailed hawks of Tompkins Square Park, surveys the downed tree on the corner of Seventh Street and Avenue A ... before catching dinner...
[Updated] Tree down in Tompkins Square Park
Updated 5/8 3:30 p.m.
The city removed most of the fallen tree... at least the parts on the sidewalk and Park entrance... thanks to Steven for these photos...
City workers are back to remove the remaining portion of the trunk... photos again via Steven...
Bringing home the bacon from Key Food? Here's where to find it now; milk too
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
Major changes continue on the shelves of Key Food on Avenue A at Fourth Street. (As first noted here. And here. And sorta here.)
Reports are coming in far and wide — from aisles 1 to 6 — and, quite frankly, this reporter is having difficulties keeping up with the speed of change in shelving moves this past week.
Let's start with a big one.
Bacon?
Shunted to the very back of the store, hidden, facing the end bank of freezers where the frozen fish used to be. (Now empty.) Frozen veggie freezers are also now empty.
Observation: "Our bacon section was relocated" — as if it had no choice.
Juices missing?
Nope, they are now where the milk used to be.
And where for art thou (dairy) milks? With yogurts, where the fish freezers used to be in the very far back of the store. Plus, freezers that were empty now are hosting fruits that used to be in the first aisle near the produce.
Noted
The new news site Hell Gate has the story from this past week — that young adults/influencers/etc. do not use the in discussing the East Village or the West Village.
"I just heard of this like a month ago, that East Village is actually the East Village, and only locals get it," said one TikToker.
The story is for Hell Gate subscrbers only. The Post has a recap of it here.
The screengrab is via Gothamist.
Saturday's opening shot (aka, the weight of the wheatpastes)
Friday, May 6, 2022
A look back at 'No Way Out'
Howie Pyro, a DJ and longtime veteran of the New York punk and underground scenes, died this week at age 61.
Here's Pyro with bandmates Jessie Malin, Danny Sage, Michael Wildwood and Richard Bacchus from D Generation. This is "No Way Out" from the band's debut record in 1994.
A look at 'Contact,' an immersive art installation
Photos by Stacie Joy
"Contact," a new immersive show by Michelangelo Alasa, continues at the Duo Multicultural Arts Center (DMAC), 62 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.
Here's more about what to expect:
"Contact" is a theatrical installation created by queer Cuban-American artist Michelangelo Alasa ("Confessions of a Cuban Sex Addict") when his husband Nick of 48 years passed from Covid. He made Contact for himself as a way to make a bridge between here and there, a place where he could reflect, find peace, and have a transformative, contemplative personal experience. It is a place filled with beauty, storytelling and joy.
Join him as he shares his journey with you and wander through spaces filled with evocative images followed by a sit down in a beautifully table scaped setting where he will serve you complimentary desserts and drinks.
Alasa recently gave EVG contributor Stacie Joy a tour of the space...
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