[Photo via @fashionbyhe]
Several EVG readers noted that someone was projecting some NBA games/highlights this evening on the side of 220 Avenue A near East 14th Street….
Not the first time that we've seen some NBA action along Avenue A…
Saturday, April 19, 2014
NBA action on Avenue A
[Photo via @fashionbyhe]
Several EVG readers noted that someone was projecting some NBA games/highlights this evening on the side of 220 Avenue A near East 14th Street….
Not the first time that we've seen some NBA action along Avenue A…
Min's Market is closing today
[Photo via @TheWeeklyNabe]
Last call today for Min's Market on the southeast corner of Clinton Street and East Houston. Not surprisingly, a rent hike is to blame for this ouster.
Meanwhile, stuff is mostly on sale…
H/T Mike Brown/@Lot71
Record Store Day is underway
Here's the scene on East Fourth Street outside Other Music… where the line went around the corner on Lafayette … the store opened at 10.
Photo via Vinny and O …
More details on the Day here.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Hey, it's Record Store Day tomorrow
As the headline says, Hey, it's Record Store Day tomorrow.
Here's a list of the special releases/limited editions that will be available (for a price) at participating venues. (Who's going for the Ray Parker Jr. 30th anniversary "Ghostbusters" theme vinyl?)
Among the local record stores taking part…
Kim's, opens at 8 a.m. — details here
Other Music, opens at 10 a.m. — details here
Turntable Lab, opens at 10 a.m. — details here
And at Academy on East 12th Street …
Academy Records East Village store opening 10am for @recordstoreday ! We have tons of RSD merch as well as a killer selection of used recs!!
— Academy Records NYC (@AcademyRecords) April 17, 2014Find the list of all the local venues here.
As always, we enjoy supporting local record stores year-round…Good Records NYC ... A-1 Records ... Sounds ... Rainbow Music...
That pre-Easter rush
[Photo by William Klayman]
Wow. Here's the line early this afternoon for East Village Meat Market on Second Avenue... where everyone is stocking up for Easter...
The Times featured the shop in the City Room yesterday...
The weeks before Easter are now the market’s busiest time of year, as this vestige of the old community continues to draw customers, many who once lived nearby, or who worshiped at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church. Long departed from the neighborhood, they, or their families, now travel hours to shop for holiday fare they say is difficult to find elsewhere.
The Tompkins Square Greenmarket is open tomorrow (but not Sunday) for the holiday weekend
From the EVG inbox...
The Tompkins Square Greenmarket will be CLOSED Sunday April 20th, and OPEN tomorrow, Saturday April 19th.
As of now, attending farms will be:
• Stannard Farm
• Meredith's Bread
• Rogowski Farm
• Red Jacket Orchards
Food Scrap Collection 8-1
Textile Recycling 8-4
Noted
[Image via NYU Local]
The former home of Bleecker Street Records, forced to relocate after a rent hike to $27,000, will next become a Starbucks. (Grub Street)
Making up for not getting the Bleecker Bob's space, perhaps?
A checkup for the Bendy Tree of Tompkins Square Park
Workers today are tending to the Bendy Tree, the elm next to the the Hare Krishna Tree in the center of Tompkins Square Park ... workers are giving the tree an MRI (???) to check for decay, etc.
Hope that Bendy is OK — it's probably our most favorite tree in the Park.
Hey, you darn kids! Get out of the tree!
[Photo the other day via Bobby Williams]
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
[Disguises might help. Photo by Derek Berg]
Controversy as Steve Cannon leaves his longtime home at A Gathering of the Tribes (The New York Times)
Mamoun's raises price of their falafel sandwich from $3 to $3.50, Internet reacts (Gothamist)
The Easter rush at the East Village Meat Market (The New York Times)
Checking in on the hawks of Tompkins Square Park (Gog in NYC)
Listen to R. Crumb and The East River String Band in the Soundcheck studio ... segment airs tonight at 9...
A look at "The Real Estate Show Was Then: 1980" (The New York Times)
Permits OK'd for the 7,895th new LES hotel, Ian Schrager's Public Hotel (BoweryBoogie)
Report: Cycling makes city streets safer (The Washington Post)
Long-stalled First Avenue site now has a brand-new rendering
[Image via Google circa Jan. 2013]
The long-dormant site on First Avenue adjacent to your favorite Rite Aid on East Fifth Street is back from the dead… After years of stops and starts and various renderings, plans are now in place for an 8-story development that will look something like…
New York Yimby got the first look at the plans yesterday. Per their report:
Permits indicate the development will span 34,055 square feet, with the bulk of the project dedicated to residential use. 8,456 square feet will be given to ground-floor retail, while the remaining 25,599 square feet will be divided between 27 units. 75 First Avenue will stand 80 feet in total.
NYY points out that the site's developer is Orange Management, and the project's designers are HTO Architects and NO Architecture, who provide this eye-rolly description on their website:
The facade responds to the contradictory fire codes for the building envelope. The east façade can freely open up, maximizing natural daylight. The glass on the north facade is a gradient of glazing apertures, each floor changing the percentage of opening from low to high corresponding to more sought-after views above and more stringent fire ratings below. The roof HVAC bulkheads are clad in a metal lattice framework for a vertical garden, adding desirable lushness and evaporative cooling to the roof deck.
Plans here have evolved through the years with various developers and architects. A rendering from 2007 showed a 14-floor development looking something like... (pre the the 2008 rezoning) ...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Developer: A shorter building in the works now for 75 First Avenue
High-rise for 75 First Avenue back in play
Reader report: AlphaBet Cafe will not reopen
[April 1]
AlphaBet Cafe closed on April 1 … signs on the diner at East 14th Street and Avenue B pointed to a renovation/remodel …
[April 1]
However, yesterday, EVG reader Patrick heard from the building's landlord that AlphaBet Cafe will NOT be returning… the gate was up and workers were inside cleaning out the space. The landlord said that the Cafe owners had been behind in rent … and they voluntarily turned over the keys ahead of an eviction.
The landlord indicated that he did have an interested party in the restaurant… and hoped to have it rented in the coming weeks.
The folks at AlphaBet Cafe seemed to have a tough time last year … the DOH closed them down several times for various infractions …
Previously on EV Grieve:
AlphaBet Cafe is closed for renovations
Maria's Cafe returns for weekend-only business
[Last Saturday]
Maria's Cafe left its longtime corner stand at East Third Street and Avenue C back in January for a new gig in West Harlem.
Last week, some people were surprised to see Maria's back open here for business. Maria said that they're still at the place in Harlem during the week, but they'll be open on Saturdays and Sundays for the foreseeable future.
As a neighborhood tipster has told us last year, several of the small buildings here at the southeast corner of East Third Street and Avenue C will be demolished in the near future to make way for a new residential complex. (There's still nothing on file with the Department of Buildings to indicate any impending demolition.)
Anyway, enjoy Maria's strong coffee and inexpensive breakfast fare while you still can.
Thanks to EVG reader Billy for the tip!
Previously on EV Grieve:
Maria's Cafe is leaving the East Village for West Harlem
Concern for 32 Avenue C
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