Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Former Citi-Spaces office becoming a restaurant (Update: Plump Dumpling expanding into this space)
The former Citi-Spaces offices on Second Avenue at 11th Street is being converted into a restaurant, per the newly issued work permits.
Update:
Via Eater, we learned that Plump Dumpling next door on 11th Street will expand into this space. (A Passion for Food)
Remember when I suggested that Bounce Deuce wasn't really closed for good, that it would reopen in the fall?
I could be wrong. I caught a glimpse inside. It's a mess. Though the TVs are still in place.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Bounce Deuce to return?
Previously on EV Grieve:
Bounce Deuce to return?
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Bounce Deuce,
rumormongering,
Second Avenue,
Sixth Street
"Duane Reade has been a sin"
Labels:
Avenue B,
Duane Reade,
East Village,
graffiti,
Second Street,
signs
Stepping Up at the Umbrella House
The local barber shop leasing space from the Umbrella House on Avenue C looks nearly ready to open.
In April:
Previously on EV Grieve:
What's happening at the Umbrella House?
In April:
Previously on EV Grieve:
What's happening at the Umbrella House?
Noted
Labels:
ads,
consumerism,
defacing posters,
First Avenue,
Sixth Street
Monday, August 3, 2009
RIP Tony Rosenthal, the sculptor who created the Astor Place cube
Charlie Finch has the feature at Artnet:
Here's the cube circa 1970 (Via)
After it was tagged in April 2006 (Via)
Tony Rosenthal, the sculptor of the revolving black cube on Astor Place, died over the weekend at age 94. For myself and thousands of other East Villagers, this was the work of art that touched (and was touched by) us most. The memories of Village life revolve with it.
I first felt Alamo (the name of the cube) soon after it was installed in 1967. Coming home from concerts at the Fillmore East, guys would spin it to impress their girls then hop the subway for points north and south.
Here's the cube circa 1970 (Via)
After it was tagged in April 2006 (Via)
Labels:
Astor Place,
Astor Place cube,
East Village,
the Alamo,
Tony Rosenthal
Prepping for Julia
Crews are out preparing for the massive "Eat, Pray, Love" shoot tomorrow -- most notably on Fifth Street near Second Avenue. (A few signs said that filming would also occur today...I didn't see any filming.) The ensemble cast features Julia Roberts.
Well, let's hope this film is good for the sake of Miss Roberts. To be honest, her career has been in a tailspin since 1988's "Satisfaction."
(You'll notice the movie also features Britta Phillips and Deborah Harry.)
Well, let's hope this film is good for the sake of Miss Roberts. To be honest, her career has been in a tailspin since 1988's "Satisfaction."
(You'll notice the movie also features Britta Phillips and Deborah Harry.)
Labels:
East Village,
Eat Pray Love,
filming in New York,
Julia
Meeting set to discuss bars and noise on Avenue A
Specifically on Avenue A between 12th Street and 14th Street, where two new bars have opened this summer to enthusiastic crowds.
According to the information that I received:
The meeting will be Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 6:30 p.m.
It will be at the Dias Y Flores Garden at 520-522 E. 13th St. (between A and B).
District 2 City Council member Rosie Mendez will run the meeting along with Susan Stetzer, district manager of Community Board 3. They will address the overabundance of bars and the noise they cause, what can be done by residents and what is being done and will be done by Mendez's office and CB3.
The Dias Y Flores Garden.
Related:
Noise complaints? What you can do about via CB3 (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Aces & Eights now serving food
During the May 11 CB3 SLA Licensing Committee meeting, Aces & Eights, the frathole on Avenue A in the former Mo Pitkin's space, heard it from residents and CB3 members. As Eater reported:
Anyway, that food has arrived. Per the menu now on the front window:
A number of EVill oldtimers stood up to complain about noise, while the CB members questioned the lack of food in the restaurant, the 13 TVs (they were allowed to have only two), and the advertisements for drinking games. In his defense the owner said food was on the way — though we think it's safe to assume he means wings, nachos, and bar snacks — and that beer pong should not be equated with binge drinking, "It's one pitcher divided into 16 cups!" The peanut gallery had a good laugh, and the committee decided to write a letter to the SLA.
Anyway, that food has arrived. Per the menu now on the front window:
Don't be alarmed
Weekend recap: Chain stores, Superdives, drunken hooligans and Julia Roberts
Seventh Street to get a chain-store smoothie shop.
Julia Roberts and "Eat, Pray, Love" filming all over the EV today and tomorrow.
The Post writes about Superdive, which was closed for private parties again.
"Drunken hooligans" the norm now in the EV.
I can't believe someone would sell this!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Arizona-based smoothie outlet coming to Seventh Street
Xoom Juice. At the site of the former Tiny Living shop, which closed in April, on Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue. Xoom has three locations in Tuscon, Ariz. So what are we in for? According to their Web site:
what's the xoom difference? good question
well, for starters, it's what we leave out of our drinks: no sherbet, no sorbet, no ice cream, no added sugar, no high fructose corn syrup, or anything to artificially flavor our smoothies.
so what's left? how about just pure fruit, 100% fruit juice, organic soymilk or milk, and a bit of yogurt (frozen or fresh or non-dairy), and a *xoomer* nutrient boost. that's it. end of story.
we do this for two reasons:
1) it is really healthy
2) it tastes fabulous
we figure why mess with mother nature?
we just blend it together
The Tuscon Weekly has named Xoom the "best smoothie" the last four years... though, having never been to Tuscon, we're not sure what their competition is like...
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