EVG Etc.: More concerns at the Jacob Riis Houses; tributes for East Village Eye founder Leonard Abrams

Recent headlines in other media outlets include (with a spring in Tompkins photo by Stacie Joy)...

• Jacob Riis Houses residents concerned about soil contamination after arsenic scare (PIX 11) 

• Bob Perl, president of East Village-based Tower Brokerage, started the Ukrainian Habitat Fund to help war refugees find apartments in NYC at reduced rents (NPR)

• Remembering Leonard Abrams, founder of the East Village Eye (The New York Times... THE CITY ... previously on EVG) 

• Marking the one-year anniversary of the Sunset Park subway shooting (NY1) ... suspect Frank James was later arrested on First Avenue) 

• Superbueno, a new Mexican-American bar from Ignacio Jimenez and Greg Boehm, opens on Friday in the former Boilermaker space on First Avenue and First Street (The New York Times) 

• Brooklyn's Thief Bar opening an outpost on Ludlow Street this Thursday (Thrillist) 

• A series of documentaries that involve their subjects in the filmmaking process (Anthology Film Archives) 

• Take a virtual tour of the Fillmore East on Second Avenue circa 1970 (Far Out Magazine) 

• The bands of Dimes Square (Nylon) 

• The return of the "Miss Subways" contest (6sqft) 

• People are apparently hating food influencers more these days (NY Post)

Check out the black-and-white film classics at Village East by Angelika

Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue at 12th Street is introducing a new monthly film series — "Classics in Black & White." 

The series, happening on the third Monday of the month, starts tomorrow (Monday!) with "The Maltese Falcon" screening at 4 and 7 p.m. 

Upcoming films include "Sunset Boulevard" (May 15), "The Philadelphia Story (June 21) and "Double Indemnity" (July 17). You can find ticket info here.

Sunday's opening shot

A quiet Sunday morning (so far)... a view from Avenue A and Third Street.

Saturday's parting shot

Might be time to revive the Vans of the East Village series... as seen on Avenue B near 12th Street today...(thanks to Sonya for the shot!)

Cafe Mogador turns 40

Today, Rivka Orlin and her family celebrated 40 years of serving Moroccan-inspired cuisine at Cafe Mogador, 101 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue...

 

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2023 wisteria watch

The 2023 wisteria watch is on here outside 35 Stuyvesant St. at 10th Street... several readers have been sharing photos of the purple paradise of flowering beauty® ...

There were concerns going back to last spring, when the vines never came to a full bloom ... by the end of May, however, it was looking pretty lush. Then there was a major pruning session in October. 

A reader shared this thought on the jigsaw-puzzle-inspiring wisteria: "I know there were fears the plant wasn’t doing well but it has survived the winter and hopefully will soon thrive!"

Here are two more reader photos...

Saturday's opening shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

Flashback to yesterday morning in Tompkins Square Park, where a Parks employee created a photogenic dust bowl ...

RIP Vivian Trimble

 

Using this Friday-at-5-video post to remember Vivian Trimble, a keyboardist and vocalist from Luscious Jackson. She died on April 4 of cancer treatment complications. She was 59. 

The video for "Citysong" is from the band's debut release from 1994. 

In recent years Trimble lived in New Hampshire with her husband and two sons. However, she was active in this community during her time in NYC, which Performance Space New York on First Avenue and Ninth Street acknowledged in a tribute on Instagram.... 

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When the city gives you a sidewalk bridge...

There's a sidewalk bridge and scaffolding outside 545 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B these days... so the owners of the retail tenant here, East Village Vintage Collective, decided to host a sidewalk pop-up tomorrow (Saturday!) featuring a handful of local vintage entrepreneurs. 

The sidewalk (and indoor) thrifting will occur from noon to 6 p.m.

Radio daze: This 1941 Zenith — featuring microstatic FM reception — needs a home

Photos by Stacie Joy

A building super rescued this Zenith Radio Corp. 1941 Model 10-H-573 from a basement on Avenue C.

It still works, and receives broadcast AM, "microstatic FM reception," and two shortwave bands all in an attractive spinet cabinet. But there's a but: it "smokes when you turn it on." (Who doesn't tbh?)

Take a look at this beauty ... and imagine cranking up the Glenn Miller... 

It's currently sitting in a bar on Avenue C while looking for a new home... drop us a line if you have a (serious) interest... 

P.S. 

Found this...

 

FULL storefront reveal of the future Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen on 14th and A

On Wednesday, workers removed the plywood from the renovated storefront at 442 E. 14th St., just west of Avenue A. (This photo by Edmund John Dunn; thanks to Pinch for taking a photo as well!)

As we noted in August 2022, this space is the future home of a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.

No word on an opening date.

This makes the second EV Popeyes: an outpost opened in October 2020 at 39 First Ave. between Second Street and Third Street.

The new Popeyes combined two storefronts — the Lower East Side Coffee Shop, which closed here after 13 years in February 2021 ... and New Herbal World, which offered a variety of herbs, teas and tonics, and acupuncture, moved to Lafayette Street in September 2019. 

Dim Sum Go Go signage arrives on 1st Avenue

Signage arrived yesterday for the Michelin- and Zagat-rated Dim Sum Go Go at 221 First Ave. between 13th Street and 14th Street. (Thanks to Pinch for the photo!)

As we reported back in July 2021, this will be their second NYC location outside the flagship space at 5 E. Broadway in Chinatown. We reached out about details on an opening date. (Update: In a message, Dim Sum said they hope within the next few months.)