Tuesday, September 29, 2020
A few details about tomorrow's video shoot on Avenue A
New hours for the city's free meal pick up
• P.S. 19 Asher Levy, 185 First Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street
• P.S. 64/Tompkins Square Middle School 600 E. Sixth St. at Avenue B
The meal features an assortment of sandwiches or wraps, a vegetable, a piece of fruit and milk. (There's a daily menu here.) Multiple meals can be picked up at once. There is no need to prove residency or bring any other form of ID.
Construction watch: 11 Avenue C
After nearly four years of construction ... here's a look at how the 10-story 11 Avenue C (aka 350 E. Houston St.) is shaping up...
Foundation work began in December 2016 here on this lot that housed the neighborhood's last gas station.
The well-worn plywood rendering lists a March 2018 completion date...
A return for Tokio7?
Monday, September 28, 2020
Today in freebies on 6th Street
A belated happy birthday to Pedro A. Campos
[Updated] New York Sports Clubs is reopening today on Avenue A
Town Sports filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy [on Sept. 14] after facing debt coming due this fall as well as reduced cash flow and liquidity due to coronavirus-related closures.
Company executives need access to capital “so they can reopen the gyms with appropriate health and safety improvements, and comply with relevant consumer protection laws and obligations,” said Nicole Greenblatt, a lawyer representing Town Sports, during the court hearing.
And!
After its bankruptcy filing, Town Sports sought to reassure its roughly 600,000 members that it wasn’t going out of business through postings on its gym brands’ websites.
The company has requested to give back 22 location leases to its landlords and potentially reject 13 more locations, depending on lease negotiations.
This past spring, NYSC members were angry that the club was still charging them membership fees despite the COVID-19 closure. Town Sports did eventually offer refunds.
Gov. Cuomo allowed gyms to reopen with limited capacity in the city on Aug. 24.
Meanwhile, the ground-floor retail space here at 28 Avenue A has been vacant since Gracefully closed in November 2014. No word on the rent ask. What is wrong with this storefront?
P.S.
In other local gym news, Ludlow Fitness on Delancey will not be reopening.
45 E. 7th St. now with its perforated cornice parapet
Kyuramen bringing ramen to 210 E. 14th St.
This marks only the second U.S. Kyuramen outpost, joining the one in Flushing.
This arrival also marks the third ramen chain to set up shop in the East Village this year, joining Strings Ramen on Second Avenue at 12th Street and Sanpoutei Gyoza & Ramen, which remains closed for now on Second Avenue near Fifth Street.
Chickpea was the last tenant at 210 E. 14th St., closing in April 2018.
H/T Upper West Sider!
Il Mattone space now going as the Pizza Spot on East Houston
The well-regarded Il Mattone first opened in Tribeca in 1992. This outpost debuted in May 2019 ... and had not reopened since the PAUSE went into effect back in March.
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Week in Grieview
Spies like us: So long to the 7-month-old 'My Spy' ad at the AMC Village 7
After nearly seven months watching over Third Avenue, the four-story ad for "My Spy" has been removed from the AMC Village 7 at 11th Street...The ad arrived in late February to woo potential moviegoers to see the family-friendly action comedy starring Dave Bautista... which was set to open on March 13, but never made it into a theater with the COVID-19 crisis.
May Bautista continue to watch over us all, amen 🙏
— This Isn't Michael (@micheil) September 26, 2020
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Theaters remain closed in the city. However, there has been activity inside this AMC outpost of late.