51 Astor Place's glass act

Just noting some progress at 51 Astor Place, where panels of glass now adorn the north side along East Ninth Street... photos yesterday by EVG regular William Klayer.

At first glance this reminded me a little of the New York Hilton...

Previously on EV Grieve:
51 Astor Place demolition begins July 1; 17 months to build new black-glass tower

East Village — the new Midtown?

Lenin showing support for Obama in 2012?

Photo of Red Square on East Houston via EVG regular peter radley.

This is what East 14th Street looked like on the evening of Oct. 29, 2012

[Photo by Jane Israelson Rubin via Facebook]

This year, we'll post photos like this of various buildings, streetscenes, etc., to capture them as they looked at this time and place...

Resources to help NYC’s businesses recover from Hurricane Sandy

You can find all the details at Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's website here.

Line for the BP station down to two blocks

Shortest that I've seen it here on Second Avenue and East First Street since the power returned...

Businesses coming back to life on Avenue C

Here are a few photos that EVG reader Robert Walker shared from last Monday night after the Sandy storm surge raced down Avenue C (here at East Eighth Street) ...

[Via The Guardian UK]

Late this afternoon, I walked by and saw the businesses here at East Eighth Street back open...

Also on Avenue C, Alphabet City Beer Co. reopened today in a limited capacity... Co-owner Zachary Mack reports that they suffered major losses, including their taps and walk-in cooler... but they are opening cans and bottles... You can read more about how they were able to reopen here. Next door, the Bobwhite Lunch & Supper Counter was also hoping to be back open tonight ...

The 'despair' at Campos Plaza

WNYC has a report on the "despair" at Campos Plaza on Avenue C at East 12th Street...

Afternoon gas check

Waiting for a gas delivery at the Mobil station on East Houston and Avenue C...

...where cars are parked back to Avenue D and north several blocks up the Avenue. Mobil photos via EVG reader William Klayer...

And at the BP station on Second Avenue at East First Street, Shawn Chittle notes the line goes back to St. Mark's Place...

There's only 1 voting change in our area

Thats's for people who were to vote at the Bard HS Early College poll site. This will now be at PS 188/196 at 442 East Houston.

Find all the changes in the five boroughs via the Board of Elections here.

GOLES accepting donations on Avenue B

Via GOLES:

Anyone who would like to donate non-perishable food, water, blankets, flash lights or batteries, GOLES is accepting them at their office (169 Avenue B) today from Noon to 7 pm and the rest of this week until power is restored in buildings that still don't have power due to flood damaged basements. Volunteers are welcome, even if you can only spare an hour.

An anecdote from the blackout

A longtime East Village resident shared this anecdote from last week... about a trip to the West Village to check on an elderly housebound couple ...

We ran for, and caught an infrequent bus. Surprisingly, although packed, people cheerfully made room for us. At some point, a rumor circulated that it was the bus driver's birthday. The entire bus sang "happy birthday," followed by "hip, hip hooray." The bus driver got on the loud speaker and said his birthday wasn't until March. We all had a good laugh, and felt better for it.

The scene outside 100 Avenue A

Previously.

Free post-flood mold prevention training tonight

No gas at BP this morning

As of around 10 a.m., the BP station on Second Avenue at East First Street was out of gas... and waiting for a delivery...

The line of cars waiting for gas stretched back to East Sixth Street.

While the line has been fairly orderly, there were tense moments here Saturday afternoon.