EV Grieve

Monday, September 12, 2016

Former Capital One® space now for rent on 14th and 3rd

The Capital One® on the southeast corner of Third Avenue and 14th Street closed (bank branch down!) in July with the big move a few blocks to 14th Street and Broadway.

Now this prime corner space is on the rental market. The sign just went up... and the listing at RKF isn't live yet.

Will update with the rental info once it's available.

Meanwhile, what ~~bank~~ kind of business do you think might take this space? (We speculated that this was one possible landing spaces for the soon-to-depart M2M.)

Avenue B condos near former heroin hot spot named Poppy Lofts

The new condos at 26 Avenue B near Second Street now have a name and marketing team... Ryan Serhant's crew at NestSeekers International is behind this development called the Poppy Lofts...

Poppy Lofts is a rather generic name, though it does distinguish itself by not having a popstar moniker like newish nearby developments The Adele and The Robyn.

The Poppy Lofts website doesn't have any info yet about its origins. Maybe the name isn't actually a selection from a Random Name Generator. Perhaps the Serhant team is paying tribute to the East Village of the 1980s when the corner of Second Street and Avenue B was a notorious heroin cop spot. (Heroin is made from the resin of poppy plants, awkwardly noting.)

As Andrew Roth pointed out in "Infamous Manhattan," the intersection of East Second Street and Avenue B "probably saw more heroin retailing than any other spot on Earth."

Until the launch of Operation Pressure Point in 1984. Now the block between Second and Third is a notorious brunch hot spot.

In any event, no word just yet on the pricing for the two-bedroom lofts. You can register online here for info.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] 6-story apartment building ready to rise from the former Croxley Ales beer garden

[Updated] Report: 28 Avenue B has been evacuated

Full-stop work order served at construction site adjacent to evacuated Avenue B building

Resident wants stuff back that workers took from not abandoned apartment

Is 26 Avenue B ready for its new building now?

First glass at Steiner East Village

In case you are keeping track at home. There, just above the artificial-turf-covered sidewalk bridge...

Avenue A between 11th Street and 12th Street. Previously.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Sunday parting shot

Photo by Bobby Williams ...

Week in Grieview

[East 4th Street balloon parade yesterday via Derek Berg]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

Remembering Tom Mulligan (Thursday)

At the new location of Ess-A-Bagel (Friday)

Thirstea Café tea shop has closed on 10th Street (Tuesday)

It was the Summer of '16 (Monday)

Raphael Toledano is selling 5 more East Village buildings (Thursday)

A moment in the ongoing East Houston Reconstruction Project (Monday)

Abraço has moved across Seventh Street (Saturday)

Plywood comes down outside the incoming Taberna 97 on St. Mark's Place (Friday)

Check out the penthouse at the synagogue-turned condos on Sixth Street (Friday)

10Below Ice Cream now open on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Recent restaurant openings (Tuesday)

Paris Baguette opening a location in Stuy Town (Tuesday)

Team behind Avenue B's Pardon My French eyeing 2 spaces on Fourth Street (Wednesday)

Double rainbow action (Tuesday)

Down a psychic (Sunday)

A few details about the Wagamama coming to Third Avenue (Wednesday)

The 9/11 mural on 9th and A

The mural of the World Trade Center went up in the days after 9/11 here on Ninth Street at Avenue A.

I never knew who the artist was ... As I learned today, it is the work of Jesse Fischler, who co-owned the former Shrine Records on Ninth Street. (Thank you @thismikewolf)

It has, for the most part, remained untouched through the years — even with a new landlord and the departure of the existing businesses here. (The building was painted in late 2014.)

Other 9/11 murals in the neighborhood haven't fared so well. Chico's Twin Towers tribute on Avenue A at 14th Street was covered by ads then painted over. Back in 2003, Cooper Union had the "Forever Tall" mural painted over at 35 Cooper Square to make way for ads. (The whole building was eventually demolished anyway.)

And back in May, someone tagged/vandalized this mural on Second Street just east of Avenue B...

[Photo by Naomi Paulin]

Students had created this as a tribute to 9/11 victims.

FDNY Engine Company 343 on 2nd Avenue

Engine Company 343 was created to honor the 343 members of the FDNY who died in the line of duty on 9/11.

Photos on Second Avenue at Fifth Street by Derek Berg

About today's concert in Tompkins Square Park

Via the EVG inbox...

Celebrating the life of dearly-departed Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew and commemorating the events of Sept. 11, 2001 (with various speakers and literature tables).

And the bands:

• Flux Machine
• Material Support
• All Torn Up
• Breaking Glass
• The Brood
• Crack Rock Steady 7

Where: Avenue A + Seventh Street
When: Sunday, Sept. 11, from 2-6 pm

Brought to you by Time Warp Zine

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Saying goodbye to a familiar presence in Tompkins Square Park

[Photo by Michael Sean Edwards]

There was an informal remembrance early yesterday afternoon in Tompkins Square Park for Tom Mulligan, a longtime East Village resident who died earlier this summer.

[Photo by Peter Brownscombe]

Those who were in attendance said that a good number of people stopped by between 12:30 and 2:30...

[Photo by Steven]

As his longtime friend Michael Sean Edwards wrote on Thursday: "To many in the neighborhood, Mr. Mulligan was a distinctive presence, often seen in Tompkins Square Park ... reading The New York Times in the shade near Avenue B and Eighth Street."

[Photo by Steven]

Previously on EV Grieve:
Remembering Tom Mulligan

Abraço's new home on 7th Street debuts today

[Last day yesterday for Abraço at No. 86 via]

After nearly nine years at 86 E. Seventh St., Abraço has moved into a larger space across the street here between First Avenue and Second Avenue...

[Photo by Steven]

...the new address is 81 E. Seventh St. ...

[Photo by Vinny & O]

[Photo by Vinny & O]

With the larger space, Abraço owners Jamie McCormick and Elizabeth Quijada will also expand their menu offerings. (They were also OK'd for a beer-wine license.) Not sure just yet of the new hours... will update later.

A photo posted by @abraco_espresso on Sep 10, 2016 at 6:05am PDT

This space was previously home to Krystal's Cafe 81, which closed earlier this year. (Until Jan. 1, 2005, the address was home to Verchovyna Tavern aka George's Bar aka Bar 81.)

H/T Steven

Previously on EV Grieve:
Abraço looking to move into a larger space across 7th Street

Friday, September 9, 2016

There's a 6BC Garden Party & Fundraiser tomorrow (Saturday!)