EV Grieve

Monday, January 10, 2011

Another picket planned outside the Continental

On Dec. 10, a group organized by The ANSWER Coalition demonstrated outside the Continental on Third Avenue for what they say are acts of bias by the bar’s bouncers against African-American patrons ... there is a flyer taped to a streetlight near the bar with details of another picket ... on Jan. 29 from 8-10 p.m.

Bar owner Trigger Smith denied the allegations, telling the Local East Village that patrons were not being turned away because of the color of their skin but because the bar has a policy against admitting patrons who do not adhere to its unwritten dress code.

“It just so happens that more people of a certain minority wear these things than others. But I don’t want white trash either, or Jersey Shore boys.”

Previously on EV Grieve:
Patrons accuse the Continental of discrimination

The exterior of the former Rhong Tiam continues to amuse

The former fancy Kurve/Rhomg Tiam space on Second Avenue and Fifth Street continues to look a little, well, neglected... as always, we enjoy seeing what we'll find here next... such as abandoned furniture ...

However, our friend Miss Heather at New York Shitty came across some dandy urban artifacts here this past weekend... She found what she likes to call the 2011 East Village Survival Kit!* (*also good for use in the Lower East Side, Williamsburg, East Williamsburg or Greenpoint, among other locales, she notes...)

Per New York Shitty:

During the renovations at Sala...

The winterized doorway is providing shelter for the less fortunate...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Sala is 'closed for renovation'

DBGB expanding sidewalk cafe?

Ha. Previously.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

My annual excuse for posting photos of people in their underwear

Today was the annual No Pants Subway Ride... which is why so many people asked me why folks were walking around the East Village tonight in parkas, hats, scarves and... underwear... here are some scenes from today at Union Square taken by Constantino Diaz-Duran, who gave me the OK to post these... You may find more photos via his Twitter account here.

Fire, fire... pants on fire?

After today's No Pants Subway Ride, we saw plenty of underwear-clad revelers in the neighborhood... EV Grieve reader Steve snapped a quick shot of this group on East Fourth Street near Avenue B stopping traffic....

Yesterday afternoon in Tompkins Square Park

Yesterday afternoon, an EMS crew was dispatched to Tompkins Square Park ...

...a man, believed to be inebriated, had passed out ... Bobby Williams was on the scene... the responders picked up the man and took him away....

First blow of 2011: Faux Penistrator(s) on the loose

Despite the Great Snowstorm of Dec.26-27 2010, we never spotted the handiwork of the renowned Penistrator. However, after the light snowfall the last two days... well, see for yourself on this hood on Seventh Street between First Avenue and Avenue A...

Meanwhile, a reader sent along this shot from inside a StuyTown elevator.

Might this all be a warmup for the incoming snow expected on Wednesday?

Hot dogs in cold weather

Thanks to BaHa for sending along some shots from the snow-covered Tompkins Square Park Dog Run... where the dogs were having a blast, she notes...

Things that we find frozen in the street

Seventh Street and Avenue B.

No confirmation (yet) that these belong to Erik Estrada.

Your chance to heckle Tom Selleck this week — not once but twice

"Blue Bloods," the oddly named NYC cop drama starring our beloved Magnum P.I. and the guy from New Kids on the Block who's become a pretty good actor, is filming in the neighborhood this week... around Avenue A and St. Mark's Place tomorrow... and near the Bowery on Tuesday...