Starting The Copper Age

Walking by the Copper Building on Avenue B at 13th Street at night... you'd get the idea that people have moved into the luxury condos...





Indeed, one reader has reported that he or she has seen moving trucks out front. And a Streeteasy commenter said: "I was told the first tenant will be moving in on August 4th."

Speaking of Streeteasy, just five of the 17 units remain on the market. Of those left to sell, three of the units are the super-swanky penthouses... including the pièce de résistance (which is French for expensive condo) — the four-bedroom, four-bathroom home with "sweeping" views of downtown Manhattan. Last fall, the price of this 4x4 was bumped up by $250,000 to $3.85 million, where it remains today....

From the Copper to the Cooper

Speaking of people moving into pricy new East Village developments ... NYC the Blog first reported that people are now living inside 2 Cooper Square.

Meanwhile! The 2 Cooper website has added new visuals.... some handsome black-and-white photos (in stop-motion!) depicting a scene on the Bowery that is really open to interpretation...






I think they just gave Sak's a free Fall Coat Preview ad. (And that guy looks nothing like Javier Bardem!) Whatever! You have to admit it's better than 2 Cooper's early visuals.



So, as the 2 Cooper site shows, there are 12 units available... ranging from $3,150 for a studio to a two-bedroomer for $14,500. Here's the two bedroomer...



There's also one unit with a eastward-facing terrace for $6,050... Luckily, the new residents will not be looking down at the B Bar at "some random drunken girl puking her guts out." No matter — you'll forget all this after time in the soft-tissue therapy room inside 2 Cooper.

Previously on EV Grieve:
2 Cooper Square looking for some "masculine, attractive, intelligent" Clive Owens types with kids — but, lordy, not kids who actually live with them!

There goes the neighborhood for real: 2 Cooper Square will open with the highest rents ever in the East Village

Going Your Way

[John F. Conn]

2 4 Flinching recently compiled a slew of NYC subway photos from the late 1970s and early 1980s.... including....


[Bruce Davidson]


[John F. Conn]

[Via BoingBoing ... thanks to Mick for the link!]

New Bowery diner insensitive to people with sunburns

As Grub Street reported on Friday, Peels is the name of the new diner from the Freemans gang coming to Bowery and Second Street...



As someone who has been sunburnt, I find this name offensive. Days after the sun exposure, my skin has peeled, and seemingly no amount of aloe and lotion has... Ha... but seriously, according to Grub Street:

Co-owner Taavo Somer affixed a short, blank-slate name to a modern, utilitarian design: a to-go counter situated to expedite takeout orders, communal seating for quick lunches, and an upstairs dining room equipped with booths of all sizes. The all-day menu offers egg dishes like the Yosemite (poached, with succotash), a “build-a-biscuit” program, and blueberry-and-corn shortcake, plus soda-fountain drinks and Stumptown coffee. Dinner ... to come

Meanwhile! Yesterday, as Eater noted, the plywood covering the windows came down...



The sign on the door reads "opening soon."

Why well-groomed men of America now know about Community Board 3

First spotted this item over at Eater ... Ben Conniff, co-owner of Luke's Lobster on Seventh Street, wrote a piece for GQ about the eatery's attempt to get a beer/wine license from the CB3/SLA.

"Community Board Approval: Unlike the legal system, which makes decisions based on objective analysis of evidence, community boards prefer to rule by arbitrary gut feelings. In January I watched the board tear apart the underdressed owner of a family pizza restaurant because of a paperwork error he made five years ago. When it was my turn to go before the board, I wore a tie. Approved!"

Though this is likely some kind of health code violation

Via.

Hot bartender at Finnertys - m4w - 39 (East Village)

You served me today. I thought you were really hot. I wanted to jump over the bar and lick you all over

Another EV Heave exclusive

EV Heave checks in with a report that Cooper Union officials installed a Vomit Watching Tower atop their academic building this past weekend to help spot the Serial Vomiter. (Of course, this likely isn't true.) Full report here.

East Village Eatery etc.: Leaving Lady GaGa unattended at ApizzA; riding bartenders at Cheap Shots; building a sidewalk cafe at Cienfuegos

The former Pinisi Bakery branch on First Avenue near First Street has quickly morphed into a /sandwich/noodle/rice shop....



Cienfuegos, a four-part planned series of Cuban-themed bars and restaurants at Sixth Street and Avenue A, is getting its shelter for the planned sidewalk cafe...



...and during yesterday's rain, parts of the overhang were flapping around in the wind....



Subtle humor at Cafe 81 on Seventh Street... "Beat off the heat..."



Gem Spa is seeing some daylight...




...and the punching game thing is gone!



The recently reopened Hanover Cafe at the former Mondo Kim's on St. Mark's has yet another addition...hope the sushi bar was put in after they were shuttered....



ApizzA's Lady Gaga sidewalk board on Avenue A was left unattended Saturday morning!



This would look cool in the Grieve living room, which is also the kitchen.



And just checking out another recent chalkboard sign at Cheap Shots/Spanky's on First Avenue ... Hey, working here people!



...still definitely leaving the youthful crowd behind!

V Magazine's take on St. Mark's Place style: Cheetos, acid-washed jeans

The September "New York" issue of V Magazine includes a feature on St. Mark's Place. According to a post at Focus on Style:

The promo for V Magazine's "Saint Marks Place" spread featuring modern supermodel Agyness Deyn comes with the tag line,"The Secret of Downtown Style? Anything Goes When the Attitude is Right. If these East Village Denizens Look Right At Home In Their Magpie Mix of Knits, Mesh, Denim, and Velvet. It’s Because They Are."

Well, yes sort of, but frankly, the Cheetos and acid washed jeans look more like "middle of nowhere trailer" to me but then again that is the East Village vibe — take anything and make it look cool!

Hmmm...

[Advance photos of Agyness Deyn shot by Alasdair McLellan for the upcoming V MAGAZINE – The New York issue (#67)]

Another pretzel ad plot twist

A quick Pretzel Crisps ad recap:

The first ad!



Complaints! Then!



Still, complaints! Now!



NYC the Blog has been busy reporting on this story. You can read it all here.


Previously on EV Grieve:
Into thin air: Pretzel maker removing 'too thin' ads


[Thanks to Thanks to EV Grieve reader K. Knipfing for the top two photos]

Would you pay $54 million for this East 11th Street tenement building?

Back in February, I made mention of this 20-unit building on East 11th Street on the market for $6.7 million...



According to the listing, "Tenants are quiet, respectful of the property, orderly, and pay timely."

Anyway, I looked at the property again the other day on Streeteasy .... and whoa! Look at the price now!



$54 million! Yes, just a decimal point too far on the Streeteasy listing. The price is actually $5.4 million now, per the realtor.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Buy this 11th Street apartment building, where the residents "quiet, respectful of the property, orderly, and pay timely"

Not to mention the ability to yell 'woo, woo!!' while exiting a bar

Well, via a Craigslist ad:

need wild, "party girl" types for reality-show pilot (East Village)
Date: 2010-08-22, 9:15AM EDT

Talent must be:

Over 18
Physically perfect/gorgeous (we decide, not you)
WILD (willing to do ANYTHING nonadult on camera)
Fame-hungry attention-whore types
Intelligent
Able to make viral videos/taped audition (required)
Willing to be the target of "sexy" humor

For consideration, please submit the following:

Resume/portfolio
Reels
Link to active video channel or one homemade video
Statement of age (be 18+)
Contact information

As you may be called shortly after submitting, please be ready to speak, and ready to tape a brief video audition.

For a second, I thought this was another Billy Hurricane's ad.

[Updated] Police investigating shooting on Second Avenue and Fifth Street

Police are investigating an early morning shooting on Second Avenue and Fifth Street near Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge. Police have recovered four shell casings from the scene.







Concerned neighbors recently met with Sin Sin management to discuss problems they were experiencing "as a result of Sin Sin's method of operation, ranging from people partying in their cars, to crowds on the street, trash and waste deposited by patrons, violence from patrons."

[Updated] Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo has a follow-up on my report from this morning:

A man is in critical condition after being shot twice on a busy stretch of Second Avenue early Sunday morning, police said.

The unnamed victim, 43, was shot in the chest and arm at the corner of East Fifth Street at about 4 a.m., NYPD sources said.

He was transported to Bellevue Hospital and remains in critical condition, police said.

The club's owner, Philip Quilter, told DNA that he "didn't believe the people involved were inside the place at any point."

Previously on EV Grieve:
NYPD hosting meeting between Sin Sin and neighbors tonight

East Village noise wars new battlefront: Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge

Aug. 23, 2009: Remembering Eric "Taz" Pagan

In a comment about the Second Avenue shooting early this morning... a reader noted that Aug. 23 marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of Eric "Taz" Pagan out Forbidden City on Avenue A.

All coverage.

Raindrops keep falling on B Bar patrons' heads....

During this afternoon's downpour... a reader files a report (including the above photo) from the Bowery:

"crazy roof leaks at b bar. puddles on floor. patrons holding umbrellas."

Perhaps they'll need to building up the wall outside to keep out the floodwaters...

[Via]

Space pods prove to be no match vs. earthling cabs, trucks, drunken weekend revelers

On Friday, we pointed out the photo from Blue Glass on First Avenue and 10th Street... where ample space pods had taken up residency...



And now....as Blue Glass notes... the pods have taken a beating this weekend...

Remembering a firefighter on Third Street

Yesterday, we noted the memorial service for the FDNY's Stephen Schwartz at the Most Holy Redeemer Church on East Third Street...

A Scouting Life took this photo and several others of the procession ...

Police investigating robbery on Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place

According to nearby workers, the magazine shop on the corner of St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue was robbed some time late last night. The store was currently closed, though we could see the owner inside.




The officer on duty would only offer that the store was currently closed.