Friday, June 3, 2011
This week in discarded mattress epidemics in the East Village
If I took a photo of every discarded mattress that I spotted this past week, well, then I'd have a lot of photos of discarded mattresses to share...
Still, with these, you get the idea...
Dave on 7th sent these next three shots along... And Dave on 7th said, "never seen so many discarded mattresses as I have in the last week."
Seconded.
And I only spotted one mattress that had been wrapped in plastic per the City's wishes...this one of Avenue C at Second Street...
Still, with these, you get the idea...
Dave on 7th sent these next three shots along... And Dave on 7th said, "never seen so many discarded mattresses as I have in the last week."
Seconded.
And I only spotted one mattress that had been wrapped in plastic per the City's wishes...this one of Avenue C at Second Street...
Inside the fire-damaged laundromat on Avenue B
On Tuesday night, a fire started inside the Laundry & Dry Cleaners at 44 Avenue B. Now residents want to know what what happened. Laundromat management believes some "oil-filled clothes" from a nearby restaurant were left behind in a dryer.. and were the cause of the blaze. Nothing conclusive, just a theory... Stacie Joy sends along some photos from the damaged laundromat...
Bold Bowery bums burglarize Bowery Beef
Grub Street has news that Bowery Beef has been robbed several times of late... Here's part of the email to Grub Street from Bowery Beef's Ray LeMoine, who says that since opening, "we've seen some spectacular bum crime."
Most notably, in the last week nights our register has been robbed three times. By the third attempt the take was approximately $6 in coinage--pretty baller. Last night they just took the whole register. This morning, just after opening, another cool junkie snatched aniPod from behind the counter while our barrista used the bathroom. In the last seven days crime has cost us over $1000. Of course, we are a unique operation. Our cafe is the entryway to the Bowery Poetry Club, known for open mic poetry slams, sweet late-night funk fusion concerts and "Ladies in Free B4 11"-style ragers. But they post a security guard in the cafe. So these are some bold junkies.
20 years later: An East Village riot and the closure of Tompkins Square Park
Paul DeRienzo presents the story of a riot on May 27, 1991 (Memorial Day) that was the pretext used by NYC officials to close Tompkins Square Park and evict a tent city of homeless people on June 3. The Park remained closed for the next 14 months...
DeRienzo created the following via his reports on WBAI radio (with images by Bob Arihood). He posted all these this week on the 20th anniversary of the events.
You can find more of his segments here. The Times has an article today on the anniversary here.
DeRienzo created the following via his reports on WBAI radio (with images by Bob Arihood). He posted all these this week on the 20th anniversary of the events.
You can find more of his segments here. The Times has an article today on the anniversary here.
This weekend, the Howl! Festival; plus Allen Ginsberg photos
You can visit the Howl! website for schedules and stuff. There are more details at the East Village Howler blog.
Meanwhile, Allen Ginsberg was born on this date in 1926.
And here are two photos Ginsberg took of Jack Kerouac in 1953... you may have seen other shots from this series on Seventh Street...
...and in front of Vazacs on Avenue B and Seventh Street...
... and lastly, Ginsberg walking on, according to the Getty Images caption, 10th Street at Avenue B in June 1966.
2 views of Tompkins Square Park — from 1936 and 1942
Well, with the attention on Tompkins Square Park this weekend... here are some archival photos via the Parks & Recreation website.
First!
Looking southeast on Jan. 14, 1936... with St. Brigid's in the background...
And!
Looking northwest from Seventh Street and Avenue B, July 29, 1942
If you look closely on the bottom right of the photo, then you can see someone tagging "yuppies go home" on the entrance way...
First!
Looking southeast on Jan. 14, 1936... with St. Brigid's in the background...
And!
Looking northwest from Seventh Street and Avenue B, July 29, 1942
If you look closely on the bottom right of the photo, then you can see someone tagging "yuppies go home" on the entrance way...
An idea for Tompkins Square Park circa 1879
Continuing along... via the Parks & Recreation website, here is a rendering from 1879 of a music pavilion for the Park.
And what the bandshell, built in 1966, looked like at the time of its demolition in 1991.
[Bandshell photos via Flickr]
And what the bandshell, built in 1966, looked like at the time of its demolition in 1991.
[Bandshell photos via Flickr]
And the Big Finish
Lastly, from Parks & Rec, a photo simply titled:
'The Finish, Tompkins Square Park' Manhattan, 1906 Annual Report
Were these motorcycles torched because of a parking-space dispute?
Yesterday morning, someone apparently torched the two motorcycles that are always parked along the 200 block of East Third Street...
EV Grieve reader Gregory Patrick notes that the owner of the bikes often shuffles the motorcycles around to ensure himself a permanently available parking spot in front of his house.
And according to Gregory, it "looks like someone did not approve of such greed in these times of increasingly difficult available parking."
This would not have happened on another block of East Third Street...
EV Grieve reader Gregory Patrick notes that the owner of the bikes often shuffles the motorcycles around to ensure himself a permanently available parking spot in front of his house.
And according to Gregory, it "looks like someone did not approve of such greed in these times of increasingly difficult available parking."
This would not have happened on another block of East Third Street...
At 35 Cooper Square — that's all, folks
EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams took these yesterday afternoon. Mission accomplished!
Previously.
Your chance to hear about the demolition of 51 Astor Place on Monday nightt
On Monday night, you can hear about the demolition plans for 51 Astor Place — the former Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art building.
I haven't heard anyone upset by the demolition of what looks like some auxiliary college campus building circa 1973.
Meanwhile, you know what's coming next...
[Top image by Bobby Williams]
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