Storytelling with B&H Dairy owners Fawzy and Ola Abdelwahed

[Image via Facebook]

B&H Dairy owners Fawzy and Ola Abdelwahed are among the guests tomorrow night in the new "What's Your Story?" series co-hosted by the East Village Community Coalition and Fourth Arts Block.

Here's a description of the "What's Your Story?" event:

It’ll be an evening of storytelling (similar in format to “The Moth”) by neighborhood artists, residents and business owners. Free and open to the public; free drinks for the first 30 guests, free food for everyone!

Other featured speakers include Sophie Lo from the Museum of Chinese in America and Alex Campaz from Works in Progress NYC.

It all happens tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan 26) from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at UNDER St. Mark's, 94 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue.

Find more info here and here.

With a carrot nose, and two eyes made of lemons...

[Outside Cafe Mocha on 2nd Avenue via Derek Berg]

To be honest, the professionalism and craftsmanship of the now-defunct 5-foot snow penis in Tompkins Square Park took the spotlight away from some of the other more family-friendly snow creations that arrived after the blizzard... here are some of those snowpeople via Bobby Williams...







Feel free to leave your blistering critiques of the children's work in the comments!

[Updated] Woman has her face slashed on the 6 train at Bleecker Street this morning

The NYPD says a 71-year-old woman was slashed in the face while riding a southbound 6 train as it approached Bleecker Street around 7:15 a.m., according to published reports.

The injured woman, who told police that she did not know her attacker, was taken to Bellevue Hospital with a 4-inch laceration on the left side of her face.

The NYPD described the suspect as a light-skinned black or Hispanic 18-year-old man, wearing a red sweater and black sneakers, the Daily News reported. He reportedly fled the scene on board a southbound D train leaving the Broadway-Lafayette station.

Updated 1/26

Police released a sketch of the suspect... and noted that the attack happened on a downtown D train entering the Broadway-Lafayette station... and not the 6 arriving at Bleecker as originally reported in media outlets yesterday...



Gothamist has an update with video surveillance footage and relevant links here.

Anyone with information that could help in the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). You may also submit tips online.

Updated 1/27

Police arrested 21-year-old Damon Knowles, of Brooklyn, in the assault.

Morning slush hour

Astor Place outside the downtown 6 (though several other corners have a similar look).

A sign of peace at 118 E. 1st St.

Can't say for sure when this happened here at 118 E. First St. between Avenue A and First Avenue... someone painted a giant peace sign on the front of the building. (I don't recall seeing it on Friday afternoon. Anyone?)

In any event, might be a good time for a quick recap on what's happening here. As previously noted, the existing structure is being demolished to make room for a 9-story residential building. In total, there are seven units divided over 12,500 square feet of residential space, as NY Yimby first reported. (Given the size — about 1,800 square feet, NYY figures these will be condos.)

And it looks as if the city approved the plans back in November...



...while I haven't seen any renderings, perhaps these zoning diagrams on file with the city about what's to come will hold you over...



And as noted in a few previous posts about this address, No. 118 was home in the mid-1980s to Darinka, the performance space operated by Gary Ray that featured They Might Be Giants as its house band.

Previously on EV Grieve:
118 E. 1st St. arrives on the market with so many possibilities, and air rights

118 E. 1st. St. will yield to a new 9-floor residential building

Demolition of 118 E. 1st St. begins to make way for 9-story residential building

Coming soon signage arrives at Mamoun's new St. Mark's Place home

Just noting the signage is up at 30 St. Mark's Place, where Mamoun's Falafel will be relocating in the months ahead.

As we first reported on Dec. 30, the 45-year-old falafel joint is moving from its longtime home at No. 22 here between Second Avenue and Third Avenue for double the space.

Red & Gold Boil closed at No. 30 in early October.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Mamoun's Falafel is moving on St. Mark's Place

More about the Mamoun's Falafel move on St. Mark's Place

The $20k penthouses that rose from the ZP Auto Repair Shop on Lafayette

[EVG photo from 2011]

We've been following along with the developments at the corner of Lafayette and Great Jones for seven or so years now.

The corner was previously home to ZP Auto Repair Shop, who was able to secure a new space in 2011 in Brooklyn. (Jeremiah Moss noted at Vanishing New York that, despite brisk business, the shop lost its lease and closed last October.)

Now the rentals in the new building at 11 Great Jones (aka 372 Lafayette) are officially on the market.


[Photo from Friday]

Curbed had the first look last week:

The 11 apartments ... start at $11,750/month for a 2BR/2.5BA, and ask up to $21,000/month for a 3BR/4.5BA penthouse with a private terrace. "11 Great Jones Street was conceived as a response to the demand for high-end rental residences in the sought-after neighborhood," Noam Shemel, founder of developer Kano Properties, said in a statement.

Here are more details via broker Corcoran re: the penthouses:

The two Duplex Penthouses are among the finest in Downtown Manhattan, with soaring 11-foot High Ceilings and generous Private Terraces with Custom Outdoor Kitchens. PH-A covers 1,900 square feet with 850 square feet of outdoor space spread over Two Terraces; the Upper Roof Terrace has an amazing Outdoor Kitchen area with a Wolf Gas Grill and Marble Wet Bar, while a Lower Terrace has a Weber Grill.

Both penthouses are comprised of three Bedrooms and three Baths, along with two half-Baths and a Lounge Area with a Custom Wet Bar. A direct Keyed-Elevator opens to these spectacular Lofts featuring only the finest of Custom Finishes, including 7” White Oak Floors, Floor-to-Ceiling Windows with bright, Eastern Exposures, and Extra High 10’5” – 11’ Ceilings. Each Designer Kitchen is fully-equipped with Gaggenau Appliances, including 5-burner Cooktops and Dishwashers, REXA Custom Cabinetry and Carrara Marble backsplashes and countertops individually hand-cut in Italy.

Back to 2009...



Previously on EV Grieve:
New skyline for Lafayette Street?

Another corner still primed to fall on NoHo

Demolition starts on former garage and lot; new developments coming for Lafayette Street

Looking at the future luxurious corners of Lafayette Street

Alumni Day: Cycle 19 of the Centre-fuge Public Art Project is underway

Work has started on the next round for the rotating outdoor gallery/construction trailer here along East First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

Here's more info via the Centre-Fuge website:

Cycle 19 is a collaborative effort by 10 artists, all of whom participated in a cycle on the trailer during 2015.

Artists represented in Cycle 19 are Andy Golub, Below Key, Hiss, Key Detail & Yu-Baba, Leon Rainbow, Pawn, Ramiro Davaro-Comas, Rez Shoalin, Smurfo, Vince Ballentine & Zero Productivity.

Established in 2012, Centre-fuge Public Art Project has re-purposed the DOT trailer into a rotating street gallery. Anyone has the opportunity to submit a mural proposal, in the form of a sketch, for an upcoming Cycle to be selected by our curators.

The goal of Centre-fuge is not only to re-beautify an incredible city, but also to encourage the community to express itself in a public forum, to alleviate and inspire, to express and reclaim. The project is dedicated in memory of friend, creator and Lower East Side neighbor, Mike Hamm. A recreation of Mike Hamm’s work is permanently installed on the eastern face of the trailer.

Once complete (the snow threw off their schedule), this will be on view through late April.

Week in Grieview

[East 4th Street this morning via Vinny & O]

Suspect in custody for East Sixth Street slashing (Thursday)

Where the empty storefronts are (Tuesday)

John Holmstrom's Punk playlist (Saturday)

Closing portraits at The Sock Man (Thursday)

A sign of hope for St. Mark's Bookshop (Wednesday)

The new owner of Nonna's Pizza on Avenue A says hello (Wednesday)

NYPD patrol tower arrives on Avenue C and East 12th Street (Monday)

When the Megalopolitan Blizzard hit the East Village (and NYC) in February 1983 (Friday)

Lucy's is back open on Avenue A (Thursday)

Honoring folk legend Lead Belly on East 10th Street (Wednesday)

Plans in the works to convert 650 E. Sixth St. to condos (Friday)

Muggings on East Ninth Street and East 10th Street (Wednesday)

Out and About in the East Village with Spike Polite, Part 2 (Thursday)

Here's the first season of programming for the Lower East Side's newest movie theater (Thursday)

Tatyana Boutique is closing on the Bowery (Wednesday)

Raw food celebrity chef Matthew Kenney bringing vegan pizza to Second Avenue (Thursday, 31 comments)

Wi-Fi kiosks on Third Avenue ready for Internet action and smartphone charging (Tuesday)

Landlord Raphael Toledano's criminal past (Thursday)

It snowed (Saturday ... Sunday)

Here's what's left of the block of University Place that once housed Bowlmor Lanes (Friday)

The Patricia Field storefront is for rent on the Bowery (Thursday)

North Star Tattoo has closed on East Seventh Street (Tuesday)

... and if you missed the blizzard, a friend of EVG shared this video...

Noted

Very special EVG correspondent Christine Champagne spotted this on East Fourth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B... wonder if this vehicle is an import...

The morning after the day of the blizzard

[2nd Avenue at East 10th]

Just a few early morning photos... as people and machines continue to dig out from yesterday's snow "event." According to The New York Times, Central Park counted 26.8 inches of snow, the second-highest total ever recorded.

I do not know how much snow fell in Tompkins Square Park. What I was going to use as a gauge has been destroyed or stolen. Anyway. Enjoy the day. And it's really slippery out. As you might expect.


[East 1st Street near 1st Avenue]


[Avenue A near East 12th]


[Outside Gem Spa, duh]


[Tompkins Square Park]


[St. Mark's Place between 2nd and 3rd]


[2nd Avenue at East 1st]


[Door handle ice dagger at the Standard East Village]


[Tompkins Square Park]

Breaking: Penis snow sculpture down by dawn in Tompkins Square Park

The 5-foot snow sculpture of a penis erected during the height of yesterday's blizzard in Tompkins Square Park is gone, as these photos from about 7:20 a.m. today show...



As several observers noted, it doesn't appear as it was knocked down as much as removed. Penis sculpture watchers in the Park this morning note that there weren't many snow chunks lying around the base here closest to the Avenue A and East Ninth Street entrance.

There are a few detailed remains, which show the great care and attention that went into this monument of [whatever you think of sculptured snow penises].



A last look...


[Photo via ‏@sandispino]

Of course this wasn't the first (scroll down) sculpture of a snow penis in Tompkins Square Park ... and it won't be the last. [#profound]

An East 3rd Street blizzard time-lapse

Snow etiquette FYI

Jut a friendly reminder... in these challenging blizzard-y times, try not to take — purposefully or not — someone else's boots...



... and no matter how tempting those snow piles look for sledding...



... please check first to make sure there's not a vehicle under that pile of snow... like here on Avenue B and East Sixth Street...



Thank you Dave on 7th!