Front loading for Irving Plaza shows just got more fancy

A little outside our normal geographic boundaries... but!

There has been a lot of activity over at the corner of Irving Place and East 15th Street... where the Galaxy Global Eatery closed at the beginning of 2011...

Last Thursday, Grub Street reported that two "nightlife operators" will open "a raw bar, a wine bar" serving "American fare." The new restaurant includes the space that belonged to the late 119 Bar, which Grub Street noted earlier as closing in February 2011, when front loading for shows at Irving Plaza forever changed...

Dryden Gallery moves away from Fourth Avenue

Back in April, we noted that the retail space on the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and East 13th Street — currently home to Brothers Deli and Dryden Gallery — is for lease...

Anyway, just noting that Dryden has moved out of its space ...

... just over to East 12th Street between Broadway and University...

RKF still has the listing on its website ... so nothing must be imminent here just yet...

Perhaps when the Hyatt Union Square finally opens across the street...

[July 31]

Stormy Sunday II

On East Houston a little earlier this evening... Photo by Barbara L. Hanson...

Stormy Sunday

Photos by Bobby Williams.

[Updated] At the 24th Annual Tompkins Square Park Riot Reunion show

EVG regular peter radley sent along a few photos from earlier this afternoon ... during the 24th Annual Tompkins Square Park Riot Reunion shows...

Here's Fly Orr with Zero Content...

... and Ruckus Interruptus...

Political activist and criminal defense attorney Stanley L. Cohen was one of the guest speakers during the day...

[Bobby Williams]

[Updated Monday]
And the following photos are by Paul DeRienzo...

Cohen with The Shadow's Chris Flash

Frank Morales with Warcry Priya...

...Laura, Deb and Mary — "The women behind the reunion," per Paul...

...LES Jewels, the NYPD share a moment...

...and dancing...

Breaking: Christmas in August; O Come, All Ye Faithful

EVG reader Rob just sent this along from First Avenue near East Third Street... no newspaper for authentication purposes... (So the judges will deduct a few points off for that...) Still.

UGH: Another large tree branch falls in Tompkins Square Park

Walking to watch the Tompkins Square Park Riot Reunion Shows this afternoon, we noticed that the Meadow was empty... it is hot, but...

Turns out that it's closed. The reason: A large branch fell, as these photos by Bobby Williams show... UGH.

A Park worker told Bobby that the limb came down around 2 a.m. ... (apparently it was a little windy last night?)

Last time a branch fell in the Park, workers had to take down the whole tree. We can't lose another one. By my probably inaccurate count, we've lost eight trees in the Park since Hurricane Irene last summer.

And now, 5 photos of garbage from this weekend

Splatter effect on East Second Street

Spotted on East Second Street between Avenue B and Avenue C... does anyone know who the artist is...?

More of the stars-and-stripes collection ...

Avenue A, 8:47 a.m., Aug. 5

[Updated] We do not know what this is on St. Mark's Place

Spotted by @thestarkonline on St. Mark's Place between First Avenue and Avenue A ... Uh... Good lord...

And in the light of day...

A Facebook friend thinks it's a piece of sausage.

Today in photos of Cadillacs

By Bobby Williams.

Curve your enthusiasm

"Rat poison. Curve your dog." East Fourth Street near Avenue C.

Photo via EVG reader Steven.

Scaffolding and blue paint at St. Brigid's

Workers are putting up scaffolding this morning at St. Brigid's here on Avenue B at Eighth Street... presumably to start work on the small spires for the north tower...

Meanwhile, glad we got a photo of this on the plywood the other day...

[Robert Miner]

Because a worker slapped on another coat of blue paint today...