After this morning's fire on Avenue A at Fourth Street. Via @philmichaelson
Thursday, November 11, 2010
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning edition
Man hit by falling AC on Second Avenue suing for $21 million (Daily News)
"Parrot aids girl in burglar chase" (EV Transitions)
A new EV Scribbler? (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Another hotel for the LES? (BoweryBoogie)
Last drink for Goggla (and everyone else) at Ruby's? (The Gog Log)
Who needs extras on the set of "2 Days in New York?" (Nadie Se Conoce — full-frontal peepee alert)
Year-round outdoor dining (Eater)
Ageloff Towers update
Dramatic shot of the Ageloff Towers fire by Cluglife.
Per DNAinfo:
Fire officials on the scene said they arrived to see flames blowing out three windows of the corner apartment. Firefighters battled the blaze from inside the building — water was seen shooting out windows and onto the street. It took firefighters roughly an hour to get the fire under control, officials said.
FDNY officials said a couple lived in the apartment. No one was injured, but the apartment was completely destroyed, fire officials said.
Assessing the Ageloff Towers fire damage
A shot taken from EV Grieve reader Samo around 9:30 at the Ageloff Towers on Fourth Street and Avenue A.
And as we were first to report (thanks to jdx): "Fire on the 6th floor, east 4th side, caused by a burning towel left on the radiator. no fatalities."
Updated: Gothamist has more details.
Previously.
More photos from the Ageloff Towers fire [updated with video]
Many thanks for your photos from this morning's fire at Ageloff Tower on Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street...
From Melis:
From MK:
Also from MK, a quick video....
Via @ahsirt
Previously.
From Melis:
From MK:
Also from MK, a quick video....
Via @ahsirt
Previously.
Flames coming from the Ageloff Towers
Phil of the East Village arrived at Ageloff Towers before fire crews and called 911... saw the trucks arrive. He took the above shot after firefighters arrived on the scene. We understand that the fire is under control...
[Photo via Twitpic]
Previously.
Ageloff Towers fire update
Breaking: Fire at Ageloff Towers
There's word of a fire at the Ageloff Towers on Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street... No other information just yet. Anyone with more info or photos?
[Photo via RyanAvenueA]
The Sin Sin saga continues
While Sin Sin may be physically gone from its space on Fifth Street and Second Avenue, there's plenty of behind-the-scenes drama.
At the end of September, The East Fifth Street Block Association, who has been battling the bar for several years, learned of a hearing that was taking place in October regarding a violation against Sin Sin issued in 2009 for a second-floor kitchen, which no longer existed, listed in their original application.
The violation was for making alterations without permission from the State Liquor Authority (SLA). The operation's license application was attached to the official violation issued, and from that it was apparent that the operation was nothing like its representation in its SLA application.
The application was for a full-service restaurant, staff being listed as chefs, sous chefs, waiters, dishwashers, etc. According to experts in the business, Sin Sin should have done like most other operators do — settle with the SLA and pay the fine. But they allegedly did not.
The East Fifth Street Block Association representatives thought that this hearing would be a good forum to relate to the SLA how, through an alteration to the premises and methods of operation, the space had become what they described as "a scourge on its neighborhood." SLA officials postponed the hearing from October to this past Monday.
However, given that workers have dismantled the bar, Association representatives were unsure if Sin Sin would appear at the hearing.
"It appears that they are gone, so we did not even know if they would show up," Block Association President Stuart Zamsky said via e-mail. "Out of the ashes came their SLA lawyer to fight the charges. And so, it is anybody's guess whether Sin Sin has really packed their bags. They have not turned in their license as they should, and they are fighting the fight."
The Block Association is also fighting the fight. At Monday's hearing, they delivered an array of documents to the State Liquor Authority, including:
• A printed version of Sin Sin's website (since removed from the web) and event posters, depicting the space as primarily a bar and dance club, not a restaurant.
• A printed version of user reviews, offering a perspective of the operation as it existed — a dance club with a happy hour, not a restaurant.
• A DVD documenting two separate occasions that depict a wilding crowd outside the cub and acts of assault, not usually associated with a restaurant.
• A letter signed by State Assembly member Deborah Glick, State Senator Tom Duane, State Senator Daniel Squadron, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer making mention of the fact that violence and prostitution have been associated with the club. Also stating that these representatives, "refuse to believe that support for free enterprise requires turning a blind eye to businesses that disrupt and endanger our communities." It refers to Sin Sin as an establishment that has spiraled out of control.
• A letter from Counsel Member Rosie Mendez asking for the revocation of Sin Sin's liquor license.
• A petition from more than 250 Sin Sin neighbors asking the SLA to revoke the bar's license.
Meanwhile, there's a "for rent" sign on the former bar's second-floor window.
The number is for the 85 Second Ave. Realty Corp. — Sin Sin's landlord. No word yet on the next steps. Sin Sin owner Philip Quilter didn't respond to e-mails asking about the bar's future.
Previously on EV Grieve:
'The neighborhood will not rest until you are gone and Sin Sin’s license is revoked'
NYPD hosting meeting between Sin Sin and neighbors tonight
East Village noise wars new battlefront: Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge
Why the president of the East Fifth Street Block Association carries a baseball bat
At the end of September, The East Fifth Street Block Association, who has been battling the bar for several years, learned of a hearing that was taking place in October regarding a violation against Sin Sin issued in 2009 for a second-floor kitchen, which no longer existed, listed in their original application.
The violation was for making alterations without permission from the State Liquor Authority (SLA). The operation's license application was attached to the official violation issued, and from that it was apparent that the operation was nothing like its representation in its SLA application.
The application was for a full-service restaurant, staff being listed as chefs, sous chefs, waiters, dishwashers, etc. According to experts in the business, Sin Sin should have done like most other operators do — settle with the SLA and pay the fine. But they allegedly did not.
The East Fifth Street Block Association representatives thought that this hearing would be a good forum to relate to the SLA how, through an alteration to the premises and methods of operation, the space had become what they described as "a scourge on its neighborhood." SLA officials postponed the hearing from October to this past Monday.
However, given that workers have dismantled the bar, Association representatives were unsure if Sin Sin would appear at the hearing.
"It appears that they are gone, so we did not even know if they would show up," Block Association President Stuart Zamsky said via e-mail. "Out of the ashes came their SLA lawyer to fight the charges. And so, it is anybody's guess whether Sin Sin has really packed their bags. They have not turned in their license as they should, and they are fighting the fight."
The Block Association is also fighting the fight. At Monday's hearing, they delivered an array of documents to the State Liquor Authority, including:
• A printed version of Sin Sin's website (since removed from the web) and event posters, depicting the space as primarily a bar and dance club, not a restaurant.
• A printed version of user reviews, offering a perspective of the operation as it existed — a dance club with a happy hour, not a restaurant.
• A DVD documenting two separate occasions that depict a wilding crowd outside the cub and acts of assault, not usually associated with a restaurant.
• A letter signed by State Assembly member Deborah Glick, State Senator Tom Duane, State Senator Daniel Squadron, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer making mention of the fact that violence and prostitution have been associated with the club. Also stating that these representatives, "refuse to believe that support for free enterprise requires turning a blind eye to businesses that disrupt and endanger our communities." It refers to Sin Sin as an establishment that has spiraled out of control.
• A letter from Counsel Member Rosie Mendez asking for the revocation of Sin Sin's liquor license.
• A petition from more than 250 Sin Sin neighbors asking the SLA to revoke the bar's license.
Meanwhile, there's a "for rent" sign on the former bar's second-floor window.
The number is for the 85 Second Ave. Realty Corp. — Sin Sin's landlord. No word yet on the next steps. Sin Sin owner Philip Quilter didn't respond to e-mails asking about the bar's future.
Previously on EV Grieve:
'The neighborhood will not rest until you are gone and Sin Sin’s license is revoked'
NYPD hosting meeting between Sin Sin and neighbors tonight
East Village noise wars new battlefront: Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge
Why the president of the East Fifth Street Block Association carries a baseball bat
Matt Damon pop art on Third Avenue
The southwest corner of Third Avenue and 11th Street above the Village Pourhouse is prime movie ad space...
And until the Cher-Christina Aguilera ad went up ...
you could still catch a little leftover Matt Damon...
It's from the ad for August 2009 release "The Informant."
The remnants look like some half-finished photorealist painting by Chuck Close...
Thankfully, we weren't treated to leftovers of this instead...
Anyway, I wonder how long this little bit of Matt Damon sticks around...
And until the Cher-Christina Aguilera ad went up ...
you could still catch a little leftover Matt Damon...
It's from the ad for August 2009 release "The Informant."
The remnants look like some half-finished photorealist painting by Chuck Close...
Thankfully, we weren't treated to leftovers of this instead...
Anyway, I wonder how long this little bit of Matt Damon sticks around...
Tree that ConEd killed disappears
For months, ConEd had been working on 11th Street just east of First Avenue ... In late June, ConEd finished up the job... leaving behind a dead tree where the steampipe was working...
Now, as EV Grieve First Avenue correspondent Blue Glass has recorded, workers have removed the dead tree...
...and started up the work again....
Previously on EV Grieve:
ConEd kills a tree
Now, as EV Grieve First Avenue correspondent Blue Glass has recorded, workers have removed the dead tree...
...and started up the work again....
Previously on EV Grieve:
ConEd kills a tree
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Report: Graffiti artist deemed 'mentally unfit' to stand trial
From DNAinfo:
An East Village graffiti artist was deemed mentally unfit Wednesday to face charges that he fatally stabbed a fellow tagger in the neck in a dispute over a girl, prosecutors said.
The murder case of Jairo Pastoressa, 25, will be put on hold while the alleged murderer is held and treated at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center on Ward's Island. Pastoressa's lawyer would not disclose his client's diagnosis with he's while under psychiatric care.
[Photo by Jefferson Siegel via DNAinfo]
Meanwhile, TBD explores why Gawker posted a bloody photo of victim Christopher Lusko lying on Seventh Street.... Gawker removed the photo several days later after objections from Lusko's family and friends.
Previously.
'2 Days' this afternoon on Avenue A
"2 Days in New York" filming today at the Odessa Cafe on Avenue A... Several people spotted Vincent Gallo on the scene. Apparently he has a cameo or something. While leaving, he was heard saying, "that was easy." And he may have had some free time to rag on Kanye West.
The crew has been filming all over the place... BoweryBoogie has more on it here. The comedy is written and directed by Julie Delpy... and features Delpy and Chris Rock in a sequel to "2 Days in Paris."
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