Big day today for the Lower Eastside Girls Club... they'll be holding a press ceremony for their official groundbreaking for their new home on Avenue D between Seventh Street and Eighth Street .... aside from some local politicians, Rosario Dawson will be on hand...
And there is significant progress here to note....
Meanwhile, Girls Club Executive Director Lyn Pentecost told me about the five murals on their construction fence along Avenue D ... painted by some of the leading women in the graffiti movement: TooFly, Lenora Jayne, Marthalicia and CeCe. (You can read more about it on Lenora Jayne's blog here.)
All very good news...
Friday, October 29, 2010
Jumpin' at the Coal Yard
As we reported back in the summer, the painfully generic Lilly Coogan's shuttered on First Avenue near Sixth Street... And, Molly and Shawn from the International the next block north, have taken over this space....
And the bar is now open... and, we're not ones to fuss, but....
By far the best new bar to open in the East Village of late... simple...inexpensive... full of locals (at least earlier in the business day) ... and no TV (thank you!)...
And the bar is now open... and, we're not ones to fuss, but....
By far the best new bar to open in the East Village of late... simple...inexpensive... full of locals (at least earlier in the business day) ... and no TV (thank you!)...
Labels:
First Avenue,
great bars,
International Bar,
Lilly Coogan's
Meanwhile, on the Second Avenue bike lane...
Two nights ago...on Second Avenue and Seventh Street...
Last evening...on the other side of the Avenue, where this sign was...
Last evening...on the other side of the Avenue, where this sign was...
Wig stock
7B adds a little Megadeath on the jukebox
Thursday, October 28, 2010
A memorial on Seventh Street
In front of 272 E. Seventh St., where 21-year-old Christopher Jusko was stabbed to death early Monday morning.
Police still searching for man who tried to abduct 4 year old
The latest from NY1:
According to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, the man in the above surveillance video put his arms around the boy, saying something like “you’re coming with me kid." It happened shortly after the boy, his twin sister, and their nanny exited a taxi cab at Avenue B and 6th Street in the East Village at around 11 a.m. yesterday.
The suspect is described as a black man, 45 to 55 years old, with a slim build, about 5'6" to 5'8" tall, and was wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt with writing on the front and faded black jeans.
Anyone with information in regards to this attempted abduction is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
You can also submit your tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website or texting your tips to 274637(CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.
Reader looking for an East Village charity to make clothing donation
From the EV Grieve inbox...
"Do you know any East Village charities, for seniors preferably, who are in need of good-quality clothing donations? I have bags of stuff I've never had on my back that need to be liberated from my closet: I thought I would try to donate outside the usual places I give to, like Housing Works and Salvation Army...and especially in the neighborhood."
Any (serious) suggestions?
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
CB3 continues debate on liquor license approval (The Lo-Down)
The Grumbler examines the awesome They Live (The Grumbler)
Razing 119 Orchard (BoweryBoogie)
Was that Rihanna and Dr. Dre shooting a video last night on Seventh Street and First Avenue? (Neighborhoodr)
Not much left of the beloved Fedora (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Memories of Pete Townshend at the Fillmore East (Huffington Post)
And I'm still making my way through this letter from Louis that I found on St. Mark's Place...
And that PSA featuring a younger Lady Gaga (at the 40-second mark) that's making the Internet rounds...
Sane 'exhibitionist' looking for two female roommates for fun — not to mention clean, safe sex
No lease, though! As always, Craigslist! (Shockers! It has already been removed!)
$200 Exhibitionist guy wants 2 female roommates (East Village)
Date: 2010-10-26, 5:42PM EDT
I am a young single guy looking for a 2 female roommates. I am an exhibitionist... Its artistic and not in dirty way. I am also looking for clean and safe sex. I am clean, sane, friendly and respectful and fun to be with. So, if you are female and open minded, please drop me a note and we can be roommates. Ideal for female college students and artists. No lease, month to month. Send email with your picture.
[Hat tip to the EV Grieve reader who sent this along...]
Inside Otto's Shrunken Head after the fire
As you know, an early-morning fire broke out at Otto's Shrunken Head on Sunday... Everyone I've talked with has said the same thing: It could have been a lot worse...
Still, it's pretty bad... Thanks to DJ Xerox, who plays at Otto's and lives in the same building on 14th Street, for passing along these photos of the damage. Co-owner Nell Mellon told me Sunday night via e-mail that the showroom was the hardest hit in the bar.
There is good news to report: If all goes as expected, the front room at Otto's will reopen tomorrow night. (Check their Twitter feed to make sure they are open.) No timetable just yet for the back room.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Assessing the damage at Otto's Shrunken Head
Breaking: Early-morning fire at Otto's Shrunken Head
Still, it's pretty bad... Thanks to DJ Xerox, who plays at Otto's and lives in the same building on 14th Street, for passing along these photos of the damage. Co-owner Nell Mellon told me Sunday night via e-mail that the showroom was the hardest hit in the bar.
There is good news to report: If all goes as expected, the front room at Otto's will reopen tomorrow night. (Check their Twitter feed to make sure they are open.) No timetable just yet for the back room.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Assessing the damage at Otto's Shrunken Head
Breaking: Early-morning fire at Otto's Shrunken Head
Pipe dreams on 14th Street
EV Grieve reader Joe, who captured the World Famous EVLambo©, passes along these shots of a rather tight turn here on 14th Street and Second Avenue last night around 10:30 ...
And your guess is as good as mine...
And your guess is as good as mine...
Three-building parcel on Avenue B now on market for $21 million
Massey Knakal has listed the three buildings making up 40-44 Avenue B.
Here's the description:
Three adjacent 24’ wide buildings combine for 72’ of frontage along Avenue B in the heart of the East Village. The properties are five-story plus basement walk-up mixed-use apartment buildings. The buildings combine for approximately 23,697 total above grade square feet. There are 4 stores and 33 apartments of which 1 is rent stabilized, 2 are rent controlled and the remaining 33 units are all free market. The buildings consist of 25 one-bedroom apartments and 11 two-bedroom units. The rent regulated units have average rents of $652 per month versus the average rent of a free market (renovated) one-bedroom apartment of $2,430 per month. The average rent of the two-bedroom units is $3,316 per month. In addition there are four retail stores that have leases expiring between February 2103 and June 2022. The average rent for the four stores is $62/SF, nearly 50% of what market rents are for retail along the Avenue B corridor. All of the free market units have been renovated to include new hardwood floors, marble tiles in the bathrooms, granite countertops and new appliances including dishwashers in the kitchens and washer/dryer in the units. ... Expenses are extremely low as the tenants in 40-42 have their own individual boilers and pay for their own heat and hot water. Vacancies at these buildings are few and far between.
No mention in the description that these buildings were heavily damaged during a four-alarm fire back in 2004.
[Fill in the blank]
Looking north on Seventh Street and Second Avenue last evening....alongside the southbound bike lane...
No sign of development sign on empty Cooper Square lot
Back in August, the development sign went up on the empty lot at Sixth Street and Cooper Square.... Never did see a listing for it at the Massey Knakal site.
Anyway, as of this week, the sign is gone...
Perhaps the lot has already been sold (doubtful) ... or maybe a new, bigger sign is going up? Regardless, we're curious about this sign development....
Anyway, as of this week, the sign is gone...
Perhaps the lot has already been sold (doubtful) ... or maybe a new, bigger sign is going up? Regardless, we're curious about this sign development....
Labels:
Cooper Square,
Cooper Square Hotel,
development site
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Police looking for man who tried to abduct 4 year old on Sixth Street
Per ABC 7:
Police in the East Village are looking for a man who they say attempted to abduct a 4-year-old boy.
The little boy was walking with his nanny west bound on 6th Street between Avenues A and B around 11 a.m., when the suspect picked up the boy and tried to walk away with him.
The nanny started to scream and grabbed the child away from the suspect.
The suspect is described as a black man, 45 to 55 years old, with a slim build, about 5'6" to 5'8" tall, and was wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt with writing on the front and faded black jeans.
Anyone with information in regards to this attempted abduction is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
You can also submit your tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website or texting your tips to 274637(CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.
More double rainbows!
The above shot is from Paul Dougherty outside his window this evening at 5:35. He quickly quickly collaged it together ... "the most perfect rainbow I've seen, going from 14th & 1st Ave to the waterside towers in Williamsburg."
...and a shot a reader sent along from Midtown...
Earlier!
Somewhere over the double rainbow on 14th Street
Cool shot from earlier this evening via @pauljonwallace.
Triple bonus points for the double rainbow shot from this vantage....
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