EV Grieve

Monday, September 20, 2010

East Village room not meant for large coaches

Speaking of typos...

Via Streeteasy:

Large room for rent in a Prime East Village Townhouse. Easily fit a queen size bed, small coach & entertainment unit.

So, this implies that I'd have no room for my Rex Ryan?

[Ryan photo via]

East Village Finest Deli is now open

Here on Avenue B and Fourth Street at the former home of Finest Pizza and Deli ... looks pretty good to me, and better then the pizza before it...

Sunday, September 19, 2010

The 84th Annual Feast of San Gennaro

To be honest, I forgot this had started Thursday... until I was looking at Bob Arihood's Nadie Se Conoce... He has this photo and others... I love this shot...

Here's the rundown. And why didn't Liev and Naomi let me know?

InGardens Concert Series this afternoon

First up....

First Street Garden (between First and Second Avenue)
1:30 pm: William Parker's Segments of Light for 15 Bassists
3 pm : Rob Brown, Gerald Cleaver + William Parker
4 pm : Josh Roseman Group - Josh Roseman (trombone), Peter Apfelbaum (bass organ/sax), Jonathan Goldberger (guitar), David Treut (drums)

The whole schedule is here.

Pedestrian struck by Cadillac on Third Avenue

Vautrin, a photographer whose work we have published here before, sent along these photos. As Vautrin notes, last night at 9:09, a Cadillac sedan turning from 8th Street/Astor Place onto Third Avenue struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk. Police arrived in due course. Ambulance from Beth Israel arrived very promptly. From the photo, the pedestrian appears to have suffered a lower right leg/ankle/foot injury. And the smile on the face of the ambulance attendant in the last photo may be taken as a relatively favorable sign.

Seventh Street, 9:12 a.m., Sept. 19

Day 2 of the Mary Help of Christians flea market

The first three photos from yesterday here are from EV Grieve contributor Blue Glass... dunno who the last one came from... Anyway, 8 to 5 today at 11th Street and Avenue A...

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Sticker art prompting pro-con Islamic center debate

You've probably seen this stickers on the northern stretch of Avenue A and on 14th Street... it's an attempt to promote some pro-con discussion about the mosque/community center that apparently has been in the news lately....

So... how's it going so far....?

Hmmm....

From the EV Grieve Lost-and-Found

Abandoned wig on Seventh Street and Avenue B. If you can prove that it's yours, then you can come by to pick it up. Just providing a community service.

Mysteries of our time — solved!

I like Colin Moynihan's piece in the Times today about Momo's 8-mile-long tag throughout the city... You've seen it...And probably already knew who was responsible for it.... I didn't realize it was such a mystery. Still, a good recap. Per the article:

Although it has existed for four years, the paint line has escaped most people’s notice. And among those who have paused to register its presence, few have probably spent much time contemplating its origin. It is, after all, just a simple bit of paint: one more arcane marking in an urban landscape filled with street art and random splashings; a small-caliber mystery in a big city rich with secrets.

“The orange drip that flows through the East Village,” Sharon Jane Smith, 57, mused on Sunday as she gazed at the section of the line that meandered past her East Village shop, A Repeat Performance, on First Avenue near East 10th Street. “I have no idea where that orange drip came from."

Best Roof Talk Ever has more on Momo here.

And here is the video Momo made about the project...

Welcome to the Mary Help of Christians flea market

I'll go back later....but it's on.

The Mary Help of Christians Church Flea Market returns today

EV Grieve reader Shawn Chittle sent along this photo from yesterday afternoon... prep work for The Mary Help of Christians Church Flea Market, which returns today to 11th Street and Avenue A...

If you swing by, then let me know how it is... good stuff? Total crap? Drugs? Porn?

Friday, September 17, 2010

There must be something wrong boys

The Chameleons / The Chameleons UK, from 1983. For no reason.

More Howl!

Many of the Howl! Festival's high-profile events took place last weekend in Tompkins Square Park... However, there are plenty of other events left this month... all the way to Sept. 30... Check out the Howl! site... and East Village Howler for more details...

Speaking of last weekend... Here are some Art Around the Park photos from Minnie Romanovich... via her Flickr...