EV Grieve

Monday, May 21, 2012

Last day to vote for your favorite NYC 'historic places'

Today is the last day to vote in the Partners in Preservation contest in which 40 New York landmarks are competing to win grants (awarded based in part on the number of online votes each organization can gather).

Per the news release about all this: "The program will infuse $3 million in grants to preserve the city’s historic buildings, icons and landmarks."

And there are two East Village historic places in the running...

• DMAC - Duo Multicultural Arts Center on East Fourth Street
Project: Restoration of 6 murals, decorative tin ceiling

• St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
Project: Restoration of the portico

Supporters can vote for the place of their choosing at the Partners in Preservation website.

Previously.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Today

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Also today

By peter radley in Tompkins Square Park.

To atone for yesterday's sinning.

Week in Grieview

When W.H. Auden was displeased with the new liturgy at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery (Thursday)

Looking for a quiet block to live on (Wednesday)

A petition to have the north side of Delancey co-named for Deshane Santana (Thursday)

The future of 260 Bowery (Friday)

We learned about the proper way to open this door (Tuesday)

St. Brigid's exposed (Wednesday)

Alan Rickman will play Hilly Kristal (Tuesday)

A bat-shit crazy story on East 14th Street (Sunday)

Alphabet City Beer Co. opens (Wednesday)

Kita goes swimming, maybe accidentally (Friday)

Car fire (Wednesday)

So long Friend House (Monday)

Here's Max Fish in Asbury Park (Tuesday)

Another chance to read my Joe Strummer dream post — woo! (Friday)

An interview with the topless advocate

Moira Johnston, the activist who has been raising awareness that it's OK and perfectly legal for women to be topless in the city, continues to receive attention. (Amazing, huh?)

The Post has a brief today about her...

Also, via Gothamist, we learn that Joey Boots filmed a video interview with her the other day at Union Square. Highlights include the man who says she is "going against God's law." She's topless here, so NSFW...

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] There is a woman who has been walking around the East Village topless

Painting Calliope

And leftover from yesterday... a few photos of the freshly painted Calliope on Second Avenue at East Fourth Street... People involved with the Waverly Inn and Prune are behind the new venture at the former Belcourt...

At the Ukrainian Festival

Day 3 of the The Ukrainian Festival gets under way this morning... on Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square... here are a few scenes from yesterday via Bobby Williams...

About a crime scene on St. Mark's Place

Several readers this morning pointed us to the front of The Saint on 56 St. Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue... there is a crime scene of sorts in front of the steps. According to a neighbor, police here say that someone fell down the stairs and cracked his or her head on the sidewalk. Detectives were called in earlier to make sure there wasn't any foul play associated with the fall, the neighbor said.

The barricades in front of the building were leftover from yesterday's Dance Parade. Workers have since removed the barricades.