Monday, January 15, 2024
Remembering when it snowed (part 2)
Up early with a giant statue of Kid Cudi on the East River
Photos by William Klayer
In recent days, a giant statue of Kid Cudi has been spotted along the East River... on a barge being pulled by a tugboat.
EVG regular William Klayer made the first sighting this morning at 6 ... as the promotion for Kid Cudi's forthcoming record, Insano, made its way from 14th Street down toward the Williamsburg Bridge...
Per the Laughing Squid, the statue has also appeared in Paris and Long Beach, Calif.
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Week in Grieview
• Documenting the demolition of Middle Collegiate Church (Monday)
• From the EVG archives: Asylum seekers at the former St. Brigid School (Sunday)
• East Houston Street Wine & Liquor is headed to a new larger space across East Houston (Wednesday)
• Wonder bringing its 'fast fine' delivery and food-hall concept to Stuyvesant Street (Thursday)
• Classic East Village lunch counter B&H Dairy looking good with new awning, storefront and neon signage (Friday)
• The J. Crew men's concept store on the Bowery has closed (Monday)
• ICP teams up with the Nuyorican Poets Café for open mic series (Thursday)
• G's Cheesesteaks will be the first retail tenant in 15 years at 6 Avenue B (Monday)
• Sadie's Ward officially takes over from the Whiskey Ward (Tuesday)
• High-end East Village sushi favorite Cagen has closed on 9th Street (Monday)
• A look at Area 140 First on 1st Avenue (Thursday)
• Openings: Crazy Burger on Avenue C (Thursday)
• The porta potties are MIA in Tompkins Square Park (Tuesday) ... New mats for the outdoor fitness area at Tompkins Square Park (Wednesday)
• Reports: Kushner sells 6-building East Village portfolio for $57 million (Tuesday)
• Trek officially closes on the Bowery (Monday)
• Mr. Kim quickly leaves St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)
... and now turning to sports, Lazio secured a Coppa Italia semi-final place with a 1-0 victory over AS Roma on Wednesday... and the reaction outside by Giovanni and Co. outside Via Della Pace on Fourth Street (photo by Derek Berg)...
From the EVG archives: Asylum seekers at the former St. Brigid School
Photo last week by Stacie Joy
Today, we're starting with the ongoing coverage of asylum seekers at the former St. Brigid School on Seventh Street at Avenue B.
On May 30 (link here), we were the first media outlet in the city to cover the school's use as a respite center (and, as far as we know, the only outlet with photos from inside the facility).
Subsequent coverage includes (complete list here):
Unfortunately, the situation here is only getting worse, as more and more asylum seekers are reaching their 30-day limits at shelters across New York City, and they line up in the cold outside St. Brigid so they can be placed back into new shelters.
One way to help is to donate to East Village Loves NYC, the volunteer-run nonprofit that has helped feed people in need throughout the city since the early days of the pandemic. More details here.
Peter Hujar will get his 'Day' in upcoming film
A biopic of the late East Village-based artist-photographer Peter Hujar is in the works... Deadline first reported that Ben Whishaw has the lead in the film directed by director Ira Sachs (the two worked together in the 2023 release "Passages.")Ben Whishaw to star in Ira Sachs’ new biopic of photographer Peter Hujar https://t.co/yYANYWazrW pic.twitter.com/vkzsQ58dCB
— Dazed (@Dazed) January 11, 2024
Per Dazed:
"Peter Hujar's Day" – which had apparently been scheduled to begin shooting in November 2023 but was delayed due to last year's strikes – will... be an "intimate" film about the renowned photographer. Hujar’s story promises to make a compelling film. He lived as he worked – unflinching, unsqueamish and uncompromising, equally drawn to the stark beauty of the human condition as he was to the danger of the abandoned West Side Hudson River piers (a notorious cruising location).
Hujar lived and worked above the Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater (today, the Village East by Angelika) on Second Avenue at 12th Street. Read more about the space where Jackie Curtis and David Wojnarowicz lived before and after Hujar right here.
And you're interested in more on the subject... "Peter Hujar's Day" is also a book that contains a transcript of a conversation between Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz. Per the description: Rosenkrantz asked Hujar to write down everything he did one day on Dec. 18, 1974.
A highly recommended book.
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Saturday's parting shot
Protection for 2 young trees on 14th Street
Remembering when it snowed
Friday, January 12, 2024
Friday's parting shot
Photo by Steven
Hey, it's Christo... one of the resident red-tailed hawks on the hunt in Tompkins Square Park this afternoon...
'Temple' rocks
Great triple bill this evening at the Knitting Factory at Baker Falls on Avenue A... headliners the Veldt (who we've been listening to a lot lately) with openers Iceblynk from Queens and Dead Leaf Echo, an underrated group from Brooklyn.
The video here is for Dead Leaf Echo's "Temple" from 2017.
Noted
Photo by Charles Hutchinson
The Christmas tree body bag as seen on First Avenue near St. Mark's Place...
Classic East Village lunch counter B&H Dairy looking good with new awning, storefront and neon signage
As previously reported, B&H received a storefront facelift between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place at the end of December, thanks to a Backing Historic Small Restaurants grant from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. (The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the new doorway and front windows plans.)
Also new: The B&H neon sign is hanging in the front window for the first time in three decades.
Now let's go get some blintzes...
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