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Previously on EV Grieve:
Is David Schwimmer the 'Friends' star who now owns the demolished 331 E. Sixth St. townhouse?
Outrage over total demolition of historic East Sixth Street townhouse
The Dermot Company, developer and manager of the 12-story residential building, Arabella 101 [at 101 Avenue D], is pleased to announce that the building is now 85% leased. This marks another milestone for the Alphabet City residence, which just launched less than two months ago, and recently unveiled its landscaped roof deck.
Arabella 101 includes a mix of studio and one-bedroom apartments on the building’s upper nine floors, containing expansive windows, designer bathrooms, bamboo flooring, tenant-controlled air conditioning and heat, video intercoms and generous closet space.
A virtual doorman, game room, fully-equipped gym, laundry facilities, and bike storage are part of the amenity package offered to all residents. Residents also have access to the landscaped roof deck which offers picturesque views of lower Manhattan and the East River, and contains a grill, plentiful seating and a plethora of year-round plantings.
Remaining rents start at $2,400 per month for studios and $2,950 per month for one-bedrooms.
Manhattan: 227 East 7 St Crime scene being established in regards to a Dead body found in a parking lot.
— NY Scanner (@NYScanner) October 24, 2012
Name: John Cannatella (and Paesano)
Occupation: Actor
Location: 1st Avenue, Between 3rd and 4th
Time: 2:45 pm on Monday, Oct. 22
I’m an actor. I’m still acting. It’s steady work. I do comedy, drama, and I write and I make movies. 'The Third Testament' was one movie I’ve been in; 'When God Left His Shoes' is another, with John Leguizamo, but I’ve done mostly stage acting. I make my own movies too. I’ve acted all around this neighborhood.
I moved to the West Village way back in the 1960s to study acting and I lived there for awhile. Then I moved to the East Village when I got married and raised two children here. My daughter was born in 1976 and my son in 1981, so I’ve pretty much lived in the same apartment for 36 years — on 4th Street and 2nd Avenue.
Most of my favorite places are gone now. One was called La Focacceria on First Avenue, which was my favorite. It had genuine home cooked Sicilian food. The owner was there for ages and he had a really wide reputation — people would come from all over.
One time, I was with an improv group, headed by Jeremy Stevens, who is now a producer – he produced 'Coach' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond.' We were all pretty good. And one day he brings a couple of friends in, a man and a woman, and asks us if it’s okay if they join us for our show. We said sure. At the time I had been running dry. I wasn’t very happy; I was kind of forcing it. I was young and feeling a lot of self-pity. The venue was a restaurant called Hilly’s on 9th street and 6th Avenue. So I did a thing during the first half of the show and then I saw the man get up and he was funny and then the woman got up and she was funny.
Then there was an intermission. I went up to the balcony, where nobody was, and I sat there and I sulked. They started the second half of the show and everyone goes on and the man and the woman are still funny. Everybody leaves and I hear the director calling for me. I’m pouting. Jeremy comes up to the balcony and he sees me and he says, “What are you doing sitting here alone?” And I say, “Jeremy, get rid of me, I stink.” He says, “No you don’t, you’re still funny, you’re just going through a bit of a dry spot.” And I said, “I really stink. Those two kids you pulled off the street; they’re funnier than I am!” And he says, “You idiot! That’s Stiller and Meara — Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara!”
He tells me that everyone’s going to Trudy Heller's, the bar on the corner, but I was too embarrassed. And so he leaves and five minutes later I walk out and standing in front, leaning on a car, is Jerry Stiller. And he goes “John, yes? I really liked what you did and I was looking forward to seeing more of you. C’mon, come with us.” He put his arm around with me and guided me to Trudy Heller's. What a beautiful guy!
Here are some of the things we experienced in our first three months with her. Stop reading if you seriously might do one of the things listed below. Otherwise, take humor in our past suffering.
1) You own a non-spaded dog that gets dog period juice (that's right, I called it that) all over the apartment, and then you decide not to tell us about it until we find it is an epidemic of disgustingnesss. It was cleaned up by a maid.
2) You pull stuff out of the garbage and attempt to reuse it. In this case, the prior roommate removed a water bottle container that had been used to store urine during an emergency situation. Yes, our roommate drank from a plastic water-bottle filled with piss for seven days that she pulled out of the garbage. Fireworks followed. More can be told in person.
3) You attempt to fix a freezer frozen completely shut with a hammer. I can't make this shit up.
4) You let us know the day before rent is due that rent+utilities exceeds your budget during your first month living with us.
5) You regularly and randomly start crying during any serious conversation.
I was walking by there last night a bit after 10, and saw a moving truck. A group of maybe 5 were loading up equipment, chairs and stuff into the nearly full truck. The nail salon looked nearly empty ...
A new restaurant project is looking to blend burgers with burlesque in the East Village, under a plan by a veteran nightlife operator to combine classic American fare with the risqué dance performance.
The concept is "fully developed," said Simpson, who has a business plan in place and is eyeing several existing bars near bustling St. Mark’s Place to convert into a space with a 1890s Paris feel in the coming months.
The heavy-duty piece of construction equipment lost battery power over the weekend, and ended up in back of, above and in front of the vehicle ...
A construction worker finally moved the John Deere machine yesterday morning, telling The Post that its battery ran down by “accident.”