EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition

[Bobby Williams]

Coney Island road trip with The Chillmaster (Marty After Dark ... and video of the Chillmaster dance via YouTube)

A depressing Surf Avenue now and then (The Gog Log)

Revisiting Coney Island's World in Wax Musee (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

What evil lurks in the Tompkins Square Park Chupacabra Hole? (Neither More Nor Less)

Lower East Side galleries are hosting a fall season opener tomorrow night (The Lo-Down)

Someone tossed a 40-ouncer of Coors Light through the glass ceiling of an LES restaurant (Eater)

Remembering Piels (Ephemeral New York)

A victory for the Bowery Lighting District (BoweryBoogie)

Which explains the 7 24 year olds living in 4C: Solo living drops in Manhattan (AP)

Former Veniero's baker opens his own place in Bay Ridge (Daily News)

Color photos of New York from the 1940s (The Atlantic)

Speaking of The Atlantic — The Awl co-founder Choire Sicha's reading list includes EV Grieve (The Atlantic Wire)

Are you there God? It's me, Veselka

A "Today" show correspondent filed a report early this morning from Veselka on Second Avenue... We look forward to seeing this online, perhaps. Meanwhile!

Per the TV, Veselka has "God amazing food."

Well, we love The Baczynski, but we're not quite ready to put it in God's stratosphere.

Photo via Shawn Chittle.

Outrage over total demolition of historic East Sixth Street townhouse

A few weeks ago, we pointed out the ongoing demolition at 331 E. Sixth St., described in a real-estate listing this way: "this home with its magical Tuscan inspired garden proves to be one of the finest East Village houses available."

Yesterday, Labor Day, we walked by and saw workers on the scene ... and not much else. This house that dates to 1852 is now a pile of rubble.

So much for the DOB permits that show that "side masonry walls to remain." As far as we can tell from the street, nothing remains.

We've heard from a few outraged neighbors about this. Meanwhile, a Very Special Tipster noted the following message outside the construction site.

For more on the property, read Off the Grid's post on it here.

First Avenue white out

As we first pointed out, the Bean will open up in the retail space at 147 First Avenue at Ninth Street, the former home of Anjelica's Herbs ...

As Curbed reported last year, developer Terrence Lowenberg of Icon Realty is the owner of 147 First Avenue ... and he hired Ramy Issac — "the controversial penthouse king of the East Village" — to design the luxury apartments coming to the upper floors here...

Per the DOB, there aren't any additional floors or penthouses slated for the property. While Issac & Stern haven't released any renderings, we have an idea of what it might look like... As you may have noticed in recent days, workers spent the weekend painting the building white...

Friday!

Saturday!

Sunday!

Monday!

One reader thinks the building will ultimately "look like something that blew in from the Hamptons."

EV Grieve reader Anthony Devers passed along a few before shots...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Ninth Street and First Avenue shocker: Motel ... Hello?

Blockbuster: 147 First Ave. set for demolition

Parking lot becomes another parking lot — for now

As we reported last week, the Manhattan Parking Group was closing its lot at 74-84 Third Ave. at 12th Street. On Thursday morning, crews arrived to remove the signs.

According to multiple sources, this space will some day house a new apartment building. There's nothing on file yet with the DOB to suggest anything imminent.

Meanwhile, new management took over the lot last Friday, though one source said this was a temporary arrangement.

Meanwhile, workers are testing soil samples to monitor the water level here... such exploratory drilling is required prior to the start of any construction project...

The good, the bad and the Ugly Kitchen

Sorry, a little early for that headline...

Here on Restaurant (turnover) Row on First Avenue, Grub Street noted that Ugly Kitchen is likely Soft Opening this week at the now-departed Veloce Pizzeria space.

This past weekend, a Very Special Tipster© caught a glimpse of Ugly Kitchen's exterior ...

...and here is the Soft Opening drink menu ... starting with an $11 Cucumber Peach Martini described as "Organic Cucumber Vodka and peach."

... and the food menu.

We rather like the reflection of the Golden Arches in the menu.

P.S.
Anyone know what happened to the tree in front of this address?

Please do not walk into the East Village IHOP

An addition to the "we are not open" sign on the EVIHOP on East 14th Street...

You will have to wait two more weeks.

Plywood Proclamations: You Are Pizza! We Are Pizza! Eat the Pizza! Eat The Pizza!

Speaking of Restaurant (turnover) Row, a sign is now up for the incoming L'asso EV pizzeria on First Avenue near Seventh Street ...

As you may recall, L'asso partner Greg Barris told Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo that "we're definitely going to make people a little worried. There’s an endless amount of pizza in that neighborhood, but there really isn’t anyone doing what we’re up to."

There was a line for the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop pretty much all weekend long

At least when we looked. Here's a photo from last night. They opened on Saturday. You may have heard about it. Anyway, someone finally topped "The Help" at the weekend box office.

[EVG repost] The greatest plea-warning that you will read this or any other weekend, probably

We first posted this Friday night... you may have missed it during the holiday weekend...

In case that you haven't seen these along Avenue A this evening... we watched them go up around 5 ...

One way to feed to the pigeons without feeding the rats

By hand. In Tompkins Square Park today.

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Ted Nugent called, he wants his Méridienne sofa back

First Street near Second Avenue.

Breaker, breaker: The Bandit spotted on Second Avenue

Perhaps dining at a nearby "choke and puke"? (And if you really want to watch the trailer for this cinematic milestone ... go here.)

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches closed for renovations on Second Street

Just catching up on items from the last few days... Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches on Second Street just off Avenue A is closed for renovations... if the sign out front is correct, then they should reopen on Thursday...