EV Grieve

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Today in now and thens: Southeast Corner of Fourth Street and the Bowery

1932...

1970s...

Now...

For more about this corner, go right here.

Top photo by Charles Von Buren via The Museum of the City of New York

Middle photo via the Phebe's website.

This snow was meant for packin'

Some photos from late afternoon yesterday in Tompkins Square Park courtesy of Bobby Williams...

Totale Pizza looking closed on St. Mark's Place

Totale Pizza opened on St. Mark's Place near Second Avenue back in May... The place has been looking a little closed of late...

Maybe just some slow-week renovations? Anyway, I rarely see anyone inside here, though I heard the pizza is quite tasty .... The owners are also behind the cheapo 2 Bros up the street...

D-Lish Pita expected to open soon

That's the word anyway here on Avenue A near Sixth Street... workers said the place should be ready for d-lish food in "the next few days." Here at the former home of Habib's Place...and France's Beauty Salon.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Snow dogs

East Third Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

Welcome back to New York!

We've heard many hellish travel stories this week... our friend Marty Wombacher passed along these shots from LaGuardia tonight... he made it back to the New York, though he was waiting it out at a bar for the two-hour cab line to subside...

Scharf Attack: Deitch Wall tagged

Billy Leroy, proprietor of Billy's Antique's, passes along these photos ... noting that the Kenny Scharf mural on Houston and The Bowery has been hit...

Updated: Sorry... missed that Animal NY already had this... See their photos here.

Mounds of trouble

These photos are courtesy of @MichaelTSanchez.

A second wind

I love these East Village photos from yesterday courtesy of Krikor. (Find more of his shots here at Flickr.)

Yes!

Superdive featured in the MTA's Tow Trucks of 2011 calendar

New Year's will be rung in with Superdive Surprises

Speaking of Superdive... Eater brings word that Superdive is open on New Year's Eve...

And it may not be the only time to enjoy Superdive in the New Year...

There's still a bus stuck at 14th Street and First Avenue

@ThePeterHa shot this yesterday. As of this morning, the bus is still stuck like this...

Riding in the bike lane? Bring your snow tires

Today in post-blizzard photos of the East Village

To be honest, this is more for the benefit of residents who are marooned elsewhere or vacationing somewhere warm (fuckers!) ... Um, several people who are out of town asked me what it's like out there today. Here is my report.

Getting to the curb/street remains challenging at certain corners...

...a police van got stuck here at Avenue A and Seventh Street... Some guy walked buy, and in a Nelson Muntz way, pointed and said, "Ha, ha!"

...people are having snow sex...

...and leaving their boots behind.

Christmas is over!(?)

Spotted yesterday afternoon on Avenue A and 13th Street — the first tree disposal of this holiday season... Last year, we spotted the first tossed tree on Dec. 24. BoweryBoogie spotted some tree trashing on Dec. 21.

Capturing the Pigeon Lady

A reader notes that someone has been laying down feed for the pigeons multiple times a day at the entrance to Tompkins Square Park at Ninth Street and Avenue A.... and the number of pigeons has been growing ...

So, yesterday, in the aftermath of the blizzard of the century, the reader finally caught the pigeon feeder in the act. She empties out huge bags of (what look like) bread crumbs, multiple times every day. Who is she? And why does she revel in unleashing the pigeon apocalypse?

So!

The harbinger in action...

Observing her evil handiwork before departing (from behind the light pole)...

...the aftermath....

Another brick in the wall at St. Brigid's

This past summer, workers removed the entire northern wall at St. Brigid's here on Avenue B and Eighth Street... From what we can tell walking by the under-extensive-renovation church of late...

...workers are in the process of putting in a new wall on the Eighth Street side of the church...

Previous EV Grieve St. Brigid's coverage here.

Year-end updates: The new Lower Eastside Girls Club

As I reported earlier, 2010 is winding down, or something... I'm just checking in on the progress of a few high-profile developments that we discussed this year... Today, here's a few (pre-blizzard) shots of the new Lower Eastside Girls Club building going up on Avenue D between Seventh Street and Eighth Street...