Photos from Tompkins Square Park this weekend by EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams...
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Tonda was open last night
Yesterday, we noted that Tonda, the pizzeria at 235 E. Fourth St. near Avenue B, had been closed this week. However, we walked by last night around 8:30ish and the place was open...
Today in ads for buying houses in New Jersey without any cash
Second Avenue and Ninth Street. Seems legit to me!
Possible delay in emergency responses today
We'll periodically have information on local fire companies that service, in part, the East Village ... including when they are closed for periods of time...
Engine 28 and Ladder 11 will be conducting Multi-Unit Drill (aka. MUD), beginning at 11 a.m. (as well as every Saturday morning). During this time, both units may be delayed to emergency responses. The reason being that during Multi-Unit Drill, a Ladder Company (aka. Truck), runs and tests all of the SCOTT Air Masks, the many meters and tools, and extends all portable ladders as well as the aerial ladder (the large ladder on top of the truck). The Engine also runs and tests all SCOTT Air Masks, meters and tools, as well as connecting to a fire hydrant and running the Engine's pumps to make sure they work properly, thereby checking water pressure. Hoses and hose fittings are also tested.
Delays are caused when an alarm is received at the time these various tools, ladders, pumps, fittings are being tested. Since either company may not respond without their full complement of equipment (they would be ineffective without them), they must be put back on the rig. All efforts are made to test one piece of equipment at a time and place it back on the rig to lessen the degree of delayed response.
Engine 28 and Ladder 11 will be conducting Multi-Unit Drill (aka. MUD), beginning at 11 a.m. (as well as every Saturday morning). During this time, both units may be delayed to emergency responses. The reason being that during Multi-Unit Drill, a Ladder Company (aka. Truck), runs and tests all of the SCOTT Air Masks, the many meters and tools, and extends all portable ladders as well as the aerial ladder (the large ladder on top of the truck). The Engine also runs and tests all SCOTT Air Masks, meters and tools, as well as connecting to a fire hydrant and running the Engine's pumps to make sure they work properly, thereby checking water pressure. Hoses and hose fittings are also tested.
Delays are caused when an alarm is received at the time these various tools, ladders, pumps, fittings are being tested. Since either company may not respond without their full complement of equipment (they would be ineffective without them), they must be put back on the rig. All efforts are made to test one piece of equipment at a time and place it back on the rig to lessen the degree of delayed response.
The problems with manholes this time of year
They explode.
From the Times today: There have been at least 19 manhole fires or explosions since New Year's Day in New York City. Per the article:
All these incidents — only one of which involved an injury, minor — are part of an annual cycle as predictable as crocuses in March and mosquitoes in June: the surge in manhole fires as salty slush seeps down into the city’s maze of subterranean utility closets.
How to explain the manhole explosions then in other times of the year...? Such as in September ... or October...
On the street, and in the sky
All shots by New York City-based emcee and street journalist AWKWORD, captured in the East Village with his Motorola Droid camera.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Ladder 3 out for right now
We'll periodically have information on local fire companies that service, in part, the East Village ... including when they are closed for periods of time...
Ladder 3, located at 13th St. & 4th Ave. Is currently CLOSED due to mechanical issues with their truck
Ladder 3, located at 13th St. & 4th Ave. Is currently CLOSED due to mechanical issues with their truck
Yet another rendering emerges for the new hotel on the Bowery
So you've seen the renderings of the first two designs for the hotel coming to 347 Bowery at Third Street....
Here's the latest:
According to a news release, the new hotel "is capable of destroying a neighborhood with a single destructive beam."
I think they'll need special zoning for that.
Here's the latest:
According to a news release, the new hotel "is capable of destroying a neighborhood with a single destructive beam."
I think they'll need special zoning for that.
An update on the Three Monkeys fire scene
BoweryBoogie has an update on last night's fire at Three Monkeys on Rivington and Ludlow. As BB notes, it doesn't look so good.
NYPD: Laptop thieves accidentally started fire and killed a dog on Seventh Street
Per the NYPD Daily Blotter in the Post today:
Two burglars accidentally set a Lower East Side apartment on fire while trying to flee, police sources said.
The suspects first tried to break into a first-floor apartment on East Seventh Street at 11:30 p.m. Jan. 5. When the 79-year-old woman who lives there began screaming, the suspects clambered down a fire escape.
They then entered a ground-floor apartment and swiped jewelry, a laptop computer and credit cards. While slinking off, the two perps — who had been using a lighter as a flashlight — accidentally set something on fire. They escaped in a cab, paid for with a stolen credit card, as the flames ravaged the apartment, sources said.
One firefighter was injured and the tenant's dog was killed.
The NYPD is looking for the two men in the photo above. Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or submit tips at nypdcrimestoppers.com or text info to 274637 (CRIMES), entering TIP577. Photo and info via Runnin' Scared.
For more on this photo, go here.
Possible delay in emergency responses today
We'll periodically have information on local fire companies that service, in part, the East Village ... including when they are closed for periods of time...
Engine 28 will be conducting Building Inspection this afternoon from 1-4 ... as well as every Friday afternoon. Building Inspection may cause delays in response because parts of their Buidling Inspection District are not in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd due emergency response area.
Engine 4 is CLOSED 12:30 to 4:30 for training.
Engine 28 was CLOSED this morning to exchange tools and gear for a new rig.
Ladder 11 is CLOSED from 12:30 to 4:30 for training.
Engine 28 will be conducting Building Inspection this afternoon from 1-4 ... as well as every Friday afternoon. Building Inspection may cause delays in response because parts of their Buidling Inspection District are not in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd due emergency response area.
Engine 4 is CLOSED 12:30 to 4:30 for training.
Engine 28 was CLOSED this morning to exchange tools and gear for a new rig.
Ladder 11 is CLOSED from 12:30 to 4:30 for training.
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