...we've wondered who has been playing here. The gang from John Varvatos taking on Extra Place newcomers Daniel Boulud?
Maybe! Though on this day, here's who we saw playing... Kids!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Driving to the hole in Extra Place
Since discovering the basketball hoop in Extra Place a few weeks ago...
...we've wondered who has been playing here. The gang from John Varvatos taking on Extra Place newcomers Daniel Boulud?
Maybe! Though on this day, here's who we saw playing... Kids!
...we've wondered who has been playing here. The gang from John Varvatos taking on Extra Place newcomers Daniel Boulud?
Maybe! Though on this day, here's who we saw playing... Kids!
Argosy appears to be the latest East Village vintage clothing shop to close
We haven't seen much activity lately at Argosy, the vintage clothing store on East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Avenue A...
...and some important-looking court documents appeared on the gate this week...
...and the mail continues to collect inside the gate...
If this turns out to be a permanent closure, then Argosy is the latest East Village thrift store/boutique to shutter in the last 18 months or so, a list that includes:
More vintage doom: Beauty Crisis is closing
Monk Thrift Shop on Avenue B
Atomic Passion on Ninth Street
O Mistress Mine on 11th Street
Andy's Chee-Pees on St. Mark's Place
Physical Graffiti turns into a tea shop
Junk on St. Mark's Place
Personal Affairs on Seventh Street
Amon-Ra Showroom on East 10th Street
The Monk Thrift Shop on Avenue C
Previously on EV Grieve:
East Village vintage stores doomed?
...and some important-looking court documents appeared on the gate this week...
...and the mail continues to collect inside the gate...
If this turns out to be a permanent closure, then Argosy is the latest East Village thrift store/boutique to shutter in the last 18 months or so, a list that includes:
More vintage doom: Beauty Crisis is closing
Monk Thrift Shop on Avenue B
Atomic Passion on Ninth Street
O Mistress Mine on 11th Street
Andy's Chee-Pees on St. Mark's Place
Physical Graffiti turns into a tea shop
Junk on St. Mark's Place
Personal Affairs on Seventh Street
Amon-Ra Showroom on East 10th Street
The Monk Thrift Shop on Avenue C
Previously on EV Grieve:
East Village vintage stores doomed?
Pork pie hats for East Ninth Street
Meanwhile, a little east of Argosy on Ninth Street, a shop called Pork Pie Hatters is coming soon...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Even Zarkana can't magically fix this stalled tourist bus
On First Avenue near Seventh Street... Where do you suppose the tourists wandered off to?
[Photo by Bobby Williams]
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
Remembering the Kiev (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Johnny Bizarre's tongue in a mousetrap (Neither More Nor Less)
264 Bowery won't be a bar after all (BoweryBoogie)
The Best Coffee in the East Village and Lower East Side (Serious Eats)
Lunching at Peels and feeling like a tourist (Flaming Pablum)
Bloomberg's taxi choice is as suburban as expected (Lost City)
At the wedding of Reverend Jen Jr and Taco (Slum Goddess)
Good lord: Vin Diesel rapping with Arthur Russell in 1986 (NYPress)
And while in town, Chico is busy touching up some of his previous murals...
...such as this one on Avenue C and 10th Street...
Like clockwork, 123 Third Avenue on time, pretty much
So, we've been watching the work on the southeast corner of 14th Street and Third Avenue (aka "East Union Square") starting in April 2008, when the sidewalk shed started going up... and the Tanning Zone came down ...
Workers demolished the two-story building, and the future 123 Third Avenue started going up in the fall of 2008...
September 2009...
The signs said all this would be done by May 1, 2011. (Yeah, right!) Which was Sunday.
So how did they do? I took these shots on April 30...
And now, the sidewalk shed is gone...
Given the number of stalled and dead projects, 123 stayed on track. (Curbed looked at 123's rendering vs. reality last week.)
And as this penthouse party invite* for last night shows, 123 has sold 90 percent of the units... with some $3.6 million (and up!) penthouses left to scramble for...
Not bad for something that looks like the dorm across the street, though with better amenities.
* The 123ers did invite me, though I couldn't attend you know.
Workers demolished the two-story building, and the future 123 Third Avenue started going up in the fall of 2008...
September 2009...
The signs said all this would be done by May 1, 2011. (Yeah, right!) Which was Sunday.
So how did they do? I took these shots on April 30...
And now, the sidewalk shed is gone...
Given the number of stalled and dead projects, 123 stayed on track. (Curbed looked at 123's rendering vs. reality last week.)
And as this penthouse party invite* for last night shows, 123 has sold 90 percent of the units... with some $3.6 million (and up!) penthouses left to scramble for...
Not bad for something that looks like the dorm across the street, though with better amenities.
* The 123ers did invite me, though I couldn't attend you know.
Pangea reopens tonight at 5
Last Friday, we reported that Pangea on Second Avenue between 11th Street and 12th Street has been closed of late. Owner Stephen Shanaghan told us that he was embroiled in "a landlord-tenant dispute."
Shanaghan sent us an email yesterday:
They'll be open at 5.
Previously.
Shanaghan sent us an email yesterday:
"After a long day in court, I am pleased to say Pangea has come to a new agreement with the landlord."
They'll be open at 5.
Previously.
Bike rack that housed iconic blizzard bike is... gone!
Readers continue to keep tabs on Caffe Cotto, currently undergoing a gut renovation on Avenue C at Eighth Street...
[Bobby Williams]
[Dave on 7th, who wonders what the chains will be for...]
Meanwhile! EV Grieve reader AC notes something is missing along the sidewalk here on Eighth Street... something that you attach bicycles to...
Why yes... you remember this iconic photo that became one of the iconic shots of the iconic Blizzard of the iconic Dec. 26, 2010....
Perhaps there was a reason the bike went missing last month. Bikes can sense these things, you know.
So the snow is gone (though I think parts of 11th Street still haven't been plowed). The bike is gone. The bike rack is gone. But we have our memories.
Anyway, people are upset, though not really. Still, someone etched this into the Cotto doorway...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exclusive: Q-and-A with the bike that became an iconic symbol of the 2010 Holiday Blizzard
Meanwhile! EV Grieve reader AC notes something is missing along the sidewalk here on Eighth Street... something that you attach bicycles to...
Why yes... you remember this iconic photo that became one of the iconic shots of the iconic Blizzard of the iconic Dec. 26, 2010....
Perhaps there was a reason the bike went missing last month. Bikes can sense these things, you know.
So the snow is gone (though I think parts of 11th Street still haven't been plowed). The bike is gone. The bike rack is gone. But we have our memories.
Anyway, people are upset, though not really. Still, someone etched this into the Cotto doorway...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exclusive: Q-and-A with the bike that became an iconic symbol of the 2010 Holiday Blizzard
UPS can't even afford the East Village
EV Grieve mailbox correspondent Blue Glass notes that the UPS store at 168 Second Ave. near 11th Street has closed...
...the sign on the door explains why....
...the sign on the door explains why....
First the 'Black Swan' Oscar snub, now this for Mila Kunis
EV Grieve reader Kurt notes that a worker was painting over one of the far-too-numerous Mila Kunis tags in the neighborhood... this one on 11th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue...
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Mila Kunis 'Black Swan' Oscar campaign heats up
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Mila Kunis 'Black Swan' Oscar campaign heats up
A new canopy for Gallagher's Steakhouse, eventually
A new canopy for Gallagher's Steakhouse, celebratings its 81st year on 52nd Street, arrived yesterday...
... the old one was looking rather worn...
...however, there appeared to be some issue with the new one (or maybe it was just a fitting?) ...
...so it was back to the shop for both...
Previously.
... the old one was looking rather worn...
...however, there appeared to be some issue with the new one (or maybe it was just a fitting?) ...
...so it was back to the shop for both...
Previously.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Fun with HBO in Tompkins Square Park
HBO was filming a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" promo something documentary in Tompkins Square Park today... EV Grieve contributor Bobby Williams was on hand for the fun...
...which involved a mime...or someone dressed like one...
... and the ping-pong table...
So the ping-pong table is going to be famous then?
...which involved a mime...or someone dressed like one...
... and the ping-pong table...
So the ping-pong table is going to be famous then?
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