Friday, February 27, 2009
Scraping by
The other day, the Fresh Direct truck pulled in front of St. Brigid's between Seventh Street and Eighth Street to park...in doing so, the truck got a little too close to the scaffolding around the church...the truck scraped forward anyway (you can see the marks...) What a noise! To be honest, I was worried this might shake the scaffolding enough to cause a collapse. And it wouldn't be the first time there has been a scaffolding collapse here.
Labels:
Avenue B,
East Village streetscenes,
scaffolding,
St. Brigid's
Noteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Spanky and our gang?
A sign that I like
Thursday, February 26, 2009
"The high cost of living has hit the Bowery"
From the caption that accompanied this archival AP photo:
A prospective customer grumbles under his breath at the prices scribbled on the window of this Bowery restaurant on New York's Lower East Side, Sept. 26, 1947. The high cost of living has hit the Bowery like every other place and it's tough on the residents. One of the biggest selling items is soup and coffee, for 10 cents. It used to be a Nickel. A room with a partition and an electric light is up from 30 cents to 40 cents. The dormitories are 35 cents up from 20.
[AP Photo/Ed Ford]
One shit playoff game...and we quickly forget
Trash treasures
Someone tossed a huge box of magazines out on the curb the other day. On top, the June 2001 issue of GQ featuring Heath Ledger on the cover.
Could have been easy money for someone...the issue is going for a starting price of $14.99 on eBay...
Could have been easy money for someone...the issue is going for a starting price of $14.99 on eBay...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition
The formula that killed Wall Street (Wired)
Remembering Candy Darling (The New York Times)
A record shop will stay in the Etherea space (Stupefaction)
Western Union at the Ludlow (BoweryBoogie)
Washington Square Park Blog turns one tomorrow! (Washington Square Park)
The story behind the Two Boots artwork (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
More economic malaise street stickers (Slap you in Public)
The way we ate then (Hunter-Gatherer)
Plays for 37 cents each (East Village Podcasts)
Hmmm...the Yonah Shimmel Knish Bakery (Greenwich Village Daily Photo)
While Lucy is on holiday (temporarily, we hope!) revisit some of her past with this short feature from 2004 in the Voice.
"Sophie's...remains a good place to stop time"
I finally watched the "Disappearing Manhattan" episode of "No Reservations" (this after blabbering away about it the last three months!). It debuted Monday night, and will air several more times. Grub Street yesterday provided a nice synopsis of what the episode covered.
In particular, I was interested in the last segment, in which Anthony Bourdain shoots the shit with Nick Tosches at Sophie's. It was all of about three minutes (and the shoot at Sophie's took nearly three hours, I was told).
Here's most of what transpired at Sophie's....
In particular, I was interested in the last segment, in which Anthony Bourdain shoots the shit with Nick Tosches at Sophie's. It was all of about three minutes (and the shoot at Sophie's took nearly three hours, I was told).
Here's most of what transpired at Sophie's....
Signs of the times: Mass for employment
On the fourth Wednesday of each month (such as today!), the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer on East Third Street near Avenue A has the following special service...
Labels:
East Third Street,
East Village streetscenes,
recession,
signs
Fun with dialogue balloons
Someone placed dialogue balloon stickers on ads around the neighborhood...readymade for some good old-fashioned defacing!
So far...
So far...
Who wants to go for a ride in the cellulite reduction treatment car?
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