Second Avenue and East Ninth Street this evening... via @durua ...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
East Village warming centers
Someone just asked about warming centers in the East Village... here are two... you have a few hours left before they close for the night....
• JOHN PAUL II FRIENDSHIP CENTER
103 E 7TH ST. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• SIROVICH SENIOR CENTER
331 E 12TH ST. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Find the citywide list here.
• JOHN PAUL II FRIENDSHIP CENTER
103 E 7TH ST. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• SIROVICH SENIOR CENTER
331 E 12TH ST. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Find the citywide list here.
Because this is soothing our frazzled nerves
Several readers have been reporting incessant noise this morning somewhere around the Con Ed Substation on East 14th Street and Avenue C. One reader thought, at first, there was another explosion.
Turns out that a pile driver is putting in the foundation support for the new apartment complex on Avenue B and East 12th Street. There isn't much escape from the noise. Meanwhile, many nearby residents are still without electricity, water and heat. (And there is a school directly next door.)
Here's what 30 seconds of the construction noise sounds like. It has been going on the entire morning. The whole block seems to be vibrating. One resident said that he is worried about a building collapse.
Turns out that a pile driver is putting in the foundation support for the new apartment complex on Avenue B and East 12th Street. There isn't much escape from the noise. Meanwhile, many nearby residents are still without electricity, water and heat. (And there is a school directly next door.)
Here's what 30 seconds of the construction noise sounds like. It has been going on the entire morning. The whole block seems to be vibrating. One resident said that he is worried about a building collapse.
And maybe no hope...
Spotted several variations of this sign in the side streets around Avenue C and Avenue D...
Tompkins Square Park and all other city parks closing at noon today
Funding Alphabet City Rescue Mission
From the EV Grieve Facebook page... East Village resident Jenny Adams started this fundraising project...
We need some help down here. Our little section of Manhattan — affectionately known as Alphabet City - was completely flooded when the East River broke its banks during Hurricane Sandy.
This area has a lot of heart, and it's also got a lot of housing projects, lower income families and people who were struggling to make do before this storm.
I've been talking to neighbors and friends on our street, where most of the buildings took on 10 to 15 feet of water in the basements. Besides being weeks away from restoring running water, power and heat in a lot of them, the housing projects are in dire need of assistance.
As of this morning, Adams has raised $6,400 of her $10,000 goal. She also updates the site with her latest relief efforts...
We dropped off dozens of blankets and jackets and socks. 50 hats, 50 scarves and 50 mittens. 50 Power bars, Clorox bleach, rubber gloves and can openers.
AND! We somehow managed to find 12 packages of D Batteries!
(If you live in Lower Manhattan right now, you know that finding a store with a D Battery is the equivalent of finding Narnia ... in your shoe.)
Today, we spent roughly $900 for people in need. Oh, and we gave Diane at K-Mart a $200 gift card to give to her sister in New Jersey. Her sister lost everything in the storm, but we are working to make it better.
Find the fund-raising page and more information here.
Second Avenue Subway now a Good Guys Burger
Yesterday, workers quickly dismantled the Subway on Second Avenue at East Ninth Street... and a reader noted that they worked into the night to unveil....
... that this space is becoming a Good Guys location...
Are the Good Guys related to the Five Guys?
... that this space is becoming a Good Guys location...
Are the Good Guys related to the Five Guys?
The East Fifth St. Tree Committee back in action
A reader points out that new signs have appeared here on East Fifth Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square... The post-Sandy grace period has evidently ended...
...Per the reader: "Note rail with Romney sign does not have a flyer. They must have paid the Tree Committee for a permit."
Previously.
...Per the reader: "Note rail with Romney sign does not have a flyer. They must have paid the Tree Committee for a permit."
Previously.
Losses at El JardÃn del ParaÃso
Part of a downed willow tree remains blocking the sidewalk on East Fourth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D outside El JardÃn del ParaÃso...
In addition, a reader notes that someone placed this flyer in his building nearby.
No word on the condition of the other livestock/critters in the community garden.
In addition, a reader notes that someone placed this flyer in his building nearby.
No word on the condition of the other livestock/critters in the community garden.
Heathers has new owners
Yesterday, we noted the item about an Election Night Party at Heathers on East 13th Street. As a follow-up, the bar just east of Avenue A has been sold. We saw the listing for the space dating back to the spring... apparently the sale quietly went through late in the summer...
The partners are Greg Brier, Mark Dizon, Mike Herman and Ray LeMoine.
LeMoine said they kept the news of the sale pretty low-key. As for changes?
"We intend to keep Heathers the same," he said.
Owner Heather Millstone opened Heathers in 2005 ... and the bar quickly became a lightning rod for noise complaints. (The Times had a lengthy article in January 2007 about the ongoing noise issues between the bar and neighbors.) You can read more about the bar's recent CB3 issues here.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Storm hawk
Wonder where red-tailed hawks go to ride out a hurricane...? Photos in Tompkins Square Park today by Bobby Williams.
Romney victory party tonight at Heathers
I was a little slow and thought it was real for a moment.
One of the newish co-owners kindly spelled it out for me.
Per Ray Lemoine: "This is a joke party. As in, we fucking hate Romney and this is satire."
But there is an Election Night party here.
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