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Photos by Bobby Williams.

Reminders tonight: A discussion on proposed rent hikes

Reposting this from yesterday...

This is at the corner of the Bowery where the CB3/SLA meetings usually take place.

Noted

Dave on 7th notes a crucial new business opening along Broadway at Eighth Street...

Formerly home to stores such as Benetton ...

The Economakis Mansion's latest feature: Branded Plywood!

Last Thursday and Friday, I did a little guest-posting at Curbed. Here is an item from late Friday afternoon...

Renovations continue at the Economakis Mansion at 47 E. Third St., the former site of a bitter tenant battle. Although it has been nearly two years since the 15-unit tenement emptied out to make way for a jumbo single-family home, the eviction wounds are still fresh.

Which is one reason why EconoWatchers are keeping an eye out for the slightest development, fueling rumors of a private garage along the way. Meanwhile, there is one new item to note: The Economakis-branded plywood. Rather stately, don’t you think?

Previously on EV Grieve:
And Economakis gets the whole building for his dream mansion

The 47 E. 3rd St. protest in video

At the 47 E. 3rd St. protest

Conspiracies: Where are all the fliers?

Former Sin Sin space to become bakery — with full-liquor license

The former Sin Sin space is on the docket for this month's CB3/SLA meeting on June 20. According to DNAinfo, a bakery-café tentatively called "Sweet Boutique" will open here in the next few months. The building's owner tells DNAinfo that the bakery will have food display cases and café seating on the ground floor with more seating, waiter service and a "small bar" on the second level.

And the early verdict from the East 5th Street Block Association? "It's a little confounding. I am unsure as to why a bakery would need a full liquor license," Association president Stuart Zamsky told DNAinfo's Patrick Hedlund.

Countered building owner Alex Shkolnik: He needs to serve alcohol and keep late-night hours for business to stay viable. "They have to have liquor," he said. "I don't think it's going to be bar."

Meanwhile, we need to add a "bakery" category to the community board-State Liquor Authority drinking game.

Previously on EV Grieve:
'The neighborhood will not rest until you are gone and Sin Sin’s license is revoked'

NYPD hosting meeting between Sin Sin and neighbors tonight

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

State seizes Luca Bar on St. Mark's Place for unpaid taxes: report

This past Thursday evening, EV Grieve reader Patrick was headed into the Luca Bar on St. Mark's Place near Avenue A for a drink... However, he was turned away by a marshal on the scene. He figured the owners would take care of what needed to be taken care of...

However, the Italian bistro remained closed over the weekend...

[Photos courtesy of Patrick]

According to The Local East Village, the owners of the bar owe state tax officials $31,385.49, not including interest and penalties; that the bar has six open warrants for unpaid taxes dating to November 2009.

Goat Town now peddling ice cream on East Fifth Street

Multiple tipsters pointed out that Goat Town now has an ice cream stand in front of their East Fifth Street restaurant... For the last month, they were one of The Madison Square Eats food stands in Madison Square Park. Friday was the last day for that.

Is Terakawa Ramen opening in the former Teriyaki Boy space on East 10th Street?

Last week, we reported that Teriyaki Boy on East 10th Street had closed... Blue Glass says that workers (pictured here, on a break) have been busy renovating the space...

Meanwhile, multiple tipsters report that a Terakawa Ramen outpost will open here. They've already opened in two former Teriyaki Boy spaces around the city.

Coming soon: Another Thai restaurant for Third Avenue

Work continues at 99 Third Ave. near 13th St., site of the former Friend House. Coming soon: Ngam, a full‐service Thai restaurant.

CB3/SLA approved a beer-wine license here back in January... as I recall, Hgam's owners will use its backyard as an herb and vegetable garden. And not an outdoor bar.

A climax to Howl!

East Village-based photographer Stacie Joy shares these photos from Low Life 5: Flaming Queens, the two-hour grand finale to the Howl! Festival last evening...

Revisiting Art Around the Park on a Sunday

Crazy Eddie sends along photos from Art Around the Park today...

And one shot from inside the Howl! Festival...

Melanie also has some photos at East Village Corner... and you can find some photos at One Folded Sunset too...

Still life on Avenue A, sort of

One of the murals in Art Around the Park this weekend...

...and its real-life inspiration across Avenue A ...

Week in Grieview

Teriyaki Boy closes on East 10th Street (Tuesday)

Laundromat fire on Avenue B (Wednesday)

A discarded mattress epidemic? (Friday)

Two motorcycles torched over a simmering parking dispute? (Friday)

Exit 9 moving out (Thursday)

An Avenue A food-truck invasion in the works? (Thursday)

SOS Chefs closes (Wednesday)

Your Subway Sandwich signage on Avenue B (Tuesday)

Former Burial Society now a hole in the ground — thanks developers! (Thursday)

Tagged ping pong table cleaned (Thursday)

And remembering Fleet Week 2011

Fleet Week photo by Stephen Popkin

Madonna, Kate Middleton J. Lo and Lady Gaga in Art Around the Park

If anything, Chico knows SEO!

Reminders tomorrow night: A discussion on proposed rent hikes

This is at the corner of the Bowery where the CB3/SLA meetings usually take place.

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