LUNGS — Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens — is a new group to, as the flyer shows, "work to promote, protect and preserve gardening and greening on the Lower East Side." First meeting: Saturday afternoon at 1 in the garden at 311 E. Eighth St.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
LUNGS aims to promote and preserve Lower East Side gardens
LUNGS — Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens — is a new group to, as the flyer shows, "work to promote, protect and preserve gardening and greening on the Lower East Side." First meeting: Saturday afternoon at 1 in the garden at 311 E. Eighth St.
Making the case to 'save' Heathers
We haven't heard much about Heathers — for or against — since the CB3/SLA committee voted not to renew the East 13th Street bar's liquor license on Monday. Members of the 13th Block Association and other residents brought "No renewal for Heathers" signs to the meeting. Residents speaking out against the bar talked about the Heather's crowd smoking pot, urinating in doorways and what not. (The Times highlighted the ongoing noise issues in a lengthy article in January 2007.)
Owner Heather Millstone reminded everyone how surveillance tapes that she provided helped lead to the arrest of former NYPD officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin L. Mata.
According to the State Liquor Authority, the license for Heathers expires on Oct. 31.
As you know, the State Liquor Authority has the final say in these matters. This doesn't mean that Heathers will close. As we mentioned earlier, the CB3/SLA committee voted to deny TenEleven's license renewal in July, though the SLA later approved it.
Meanwhile, Keith Wagstaff, a writer for The L Magazine, checked in yesterday with a post titled "Save Heathers! Beloved E Village Bar Under Attack From NIMBYs." He writes:
2005? Well, OK. Also...
You can read the entire post here.
Owner Heather Millstone reminded everyone how surveillance tapes that she provided helped lead to the arrest of former NYPD officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin L. Mata.
According to the State Liquor Authority, the license for Heathers expires on Oct. 31.
As you know, the State Liquor Authority has the final say in these matters. This doesn't mean that Heathers will close. As we mentioned earlier, the CB3/SLA committee voted to deny TenEleven's license renewal in July, though the SLA later approved it.
Meanwhile, Keith Wagstaff, a writer for The L Magazine, checked in yesterday with a post titled "Save Heathers! Beloved E Village Bar Under Attack From NIMBYs." He writes:
This simply shall not stand. Heathers has been in the neighborhood since 2005; it is a bastion for a diverse mix of gay and straight creatives who are looking for a drink in an increasingly frat-like East Village bar scene.
2005? Well, OK. Also...
The main problems, as a person who has been going to Heathers consistently for years, is a) the bar is on a side street instead of a main avenue b) it's just too damn popular. The East Village bar scene is basically becoming divided into fancy, $13 cocktail places and beer pong douche-a-ramas. ... There are very few bars in the East Village with an artistic bent and affordable drinks, and if Heathers goes, there will be one less reason to leave Brooklyn.
You can read the entire post here.
[Updated] Discovery Wines opens today on Avenue B
Back in the late spring, Discovery Wine moved away from its home on Avenue A ... one of the businesses displaced with the arrival of Union Market... Discovery didn't travel too far — just to the southwest corner of Avenue B and Second Street.
According to the Discovery Wines site, the store will open today. (Updated, per a Discovery tweet — they'll open at 5.)
And this closes the chapter on 16 Avenue B...Previously, two different restaurant-club hybrids had tried to open a
The stores displaced by Union Market now have new homes ... in addition to Discovery Wines, the Houston Deli & Grocery is opening on Second and A ... and Joyful Nail on Avenue A...
More on 14-16 Avenue B here.
More on Union Market here.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
If you look directly into the light...
A red-tailed hawk will appear... A little after 6 this evening in Tompkins Square Park via EV Grieve reader Mish...
Another bakery for St. Mark's Place?
Heh. Noticed this out at the curb this morning near First Avenue... Called ConEd about getting the gas turned on. Should have it on in a few months.
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
10th Street and Third Avenue through the years (Off the Grid)
From the archives on this block: Klein's Fat Men's Shop (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
No more Edgar Oliver on East 10th Street (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Another worry in Tompkins Square Park: leptospirosis (The Villager)
LES Jewels and Jennifer Blowdryer at Theatre 80 on St. Mark's Sunday night (Neither More Nor Less)
A lot more additions to the EV Grieve animated GIF tribute site (EVGif)
Q-and-A with the bellhops of the Bowery Hotel (Runnin' Scared)
East River String Band in Washington Square Park (Slum Goddess)
Suggestions for a tour of Chelsea galleries (The Gog Log)
And the new LES-branded trash cans...
More details emerge about attack on East Eighth Street Saturday morning
As reported Saturday morning, several residents said that a man had attacked a woman on East Eighth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.
On Monday, Patrick Hedlund at DNAInfo had more details about the assault, which occurred around 8:20 a.m. Saturday. The man, listed as Neil Essex, "allegedly threw the woman to the ground and began punching her in the face ... The complaint claimed that Essex then removed the woman’s pants and raped her while choking her so viciously that she lost consciousness."
Hedlund had a follow-up story last evening. Police sources said that Essex did not know his victim, "claiming that he pounced on her suddenly on the street in broad daylight."
According to the Post today: "Essex was arrested for allegedly killing his mother in 1984; the status of that case wasn’t immediately available."
One source said that Essex had been staying at a halfway house on East Sixth Street.
On Monday, Patrick Hedlund at DNAInfo had more details about the assault, which occurred around 8:20 a.m. Saturday. The man, listed as Neil Essex, "allegedly threw the woman to the ground and began punching her in the face ... The complaint claimed that Essex then removed the woman’s pants and raped her while choking her so viciously that she lost consciousness."
Hedlund had a follow-up story last evening. Police sources said that Essex did not know his victim, "claiming that he pounced on her suddenly on the street in broad daylight."
According to the Post today: "Essex was arrested for allegedly killing his mother in 1984; the status of that case wasn’t immediately available."
One source said that Essex had been staying at a halfway house on East Sixth Street.
No 7-Eleven for former Graceland; and the return of Houston Deli & Grocery
In June 2010, EV Italian eatery guru Frank Prisinzano said during a CB3/SLA committee meeting that the landlord of the former Graceland space on Avenue A and Second Street had four prospective tenants: Frank's fast-food Italian joint, a bank, a 7-Eleven and a bank.
Which caused us to play with PhotoShop.
Anyway, on June 22, 2010, the full Community Board 3 denied Prisinzano's application to open a fast-food style Italian restaurant here.
And the space has sat empty ever since... However, workers have been splitting up the space. There are now three different storefronts.
Anyway, remember that The Houston Deli & Grocery on Avenue A and Houston had to close in the spring to make room for the new fancy Union Market...?
EV Grieve reader Josh saw one of the fellows inside the corner space at the old Graceland. Per Josh: "The really nice guy who ran the corner market on Houston and A ... is opening up on the corner of 2nd and A at the old Graceland space. Says by the end of the month. Glad to see he'll be back in the neighborhood."
Not sure if they'll actually still be called Houston Deli & Grocery seeing as they're a block to the north... Still, we'll take it.
And no word yet on the tenants of the other two storefronts...
Which caused us to play with PhotoShop.
Anyway, on June 22, 2010, the full Community Board 3 denied Prisinzano's application to open a fast-food style Italian restaurant here.
And the space has sat empty ever since... However, workers have been splitting up the space. There are now three different storefronts.
Anyway, remember that The Houston Deli & Grocery on Avenue A and Houston had to close in the spring to make room for the new fancy Union Market...?
EV Grieve reader Josh saw one of the fellows inside the corner space at the old Graceland. Per Josh: "The really nice guy who ran the corner market on Houston and A ... is opening up on the corner of 2nd and A at the old Graceland space. Says by the end of the month. Glad to see he'll be back in the neighborhood."
Not sure if they'll actually still be called Houston Deli & Grocery seeing as they're a block to the north... Still, we'll take it.
And no word yet on the tenants of the other two storefronts...
Today's sign of the apocalypse: IHOP will have a bouncer
IHOP is so convinced its new East Village location is going to be an after-hours hipster hot spot that it has hired a bouncer.
An off-duty cop will stand guard outside the East 14th franchise each night from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. in order to keep the bar crowd at bay, manager Michael Carlos said, explaining, “When people have a few drinks, they can get rowdy.”
Hipster hot spot? Uh-huh.
Anyway, let's give it up to Niall Gibbons for this quote:
“IHOP is bland and belongs in Times Square — it doesn’t make sense in the East Village. The neighborhood has lots of character, but the character fades when something like this comes along.”
Rumors: Ground floor at 147 First Avenue will include the Bean AND a bar
As we first reported, The Bean is opening an outpost at the former home of Anjelica's Herbs on First Avenue and Ninth Street...
And, now, that persistent rumor: The ground floor will also house a bar. Per an EVG reader:
Yes! The always reliable construction worker! Sure, it's possible. But we've been wrong here before... remember the motel? Or the full demolition? (Hey, we're one out of three so far!)
Meanwhile! Looks like the painting is continuing... and we see some charcoal gray creeping up...
The upper floors are still set for luxury apartments... still looking like what a reader described as something that blew in from the Hamptons...
And, now, that persistent rumor: The ground floor will also house a bar. Per an EVG reader:
"I heard from someone who talked to the workmen that a BAR is going to take half the former herb store on the ground floor. The Bean will have half, and a bar will have the other half. I dunno, seems like very small spaces for two establishments. And dear God, ANOTHER bar???"
Yes! The always reliable construction worker! Sure, it's possible. But we've been wrong here before... remember the motel? Or the full demolition? (Hey, we're one out of three so far!)
Meanwhile! Looks like the painting is continuing... and we see some charcoal gray creeping up...
The upper floors are still set for luxury apartments... still looking like what a reader described as something that blew in from the Hamptons...
RIP Ball Park Lanes
Every so often we venture away from the neighborhood... yesterday, we were reminded that we never ran this post after seeing the news of a planned high-end hotel near Yankee Stadium...
On a recent trip to Yankee Stadium, I was sorry to find that the Ball Park Lanes was sealed up and for sale... In June 2010, Gothamist reported that the 51-year-old bowling alley was closing for renovations. Despite an ongoing landlord dispute, they expected to be back open by the end of last year's baseball season.
So I thought that I'd find them up and running this season... but when I went to my first game late in the summer, I stopped by for a pre-game beer at the bowling alley's snack bar.
[JVNY]
Apparently the landlord had won.
The bowling alley was directly across the street from the old Yankee Stadium ... Jeremiah put Ball Park Lanes on his endangered list before the arrival of the new stadium. (Read his post here.)
Massey Knakal is listing the space. It's going for $4.3 million.
Hard to say what will come here... there is a lot of potential, as plans show. Great for community space and affordable housing — if that's what ultimately comes here.
Not so good for baseball history buffs...
[The southern wall outside Ball Park Lanes]
[Location of the former Yankee Stadium]
Previously on EV Grieve:
With high rises and new shops in the works, it's time to take a look at the area around Yankee Stadium
At the new Yankee Stadium
Meanwhile, across 161st Street...
On a recent trip to Yankee Stadium, I was sorry to find that the Ball Park Lanes was sealed up and for sale... In June 2010, Gothamist reported that the 51-year-old bowling alley was closing for renovations. Despite an ongoing landlord dispute, they expected to be back open by the end of last year's baseball season.
So I thought that I'd find them up and running this season... but when I went to my first game late in the summer, I stopped by for a pre-game beer at the bowling alley's snack bar.
Apparently the landlord had won.
The bowling alley was directly across the street from the old Yankee Stadium ... Jeremiah put Ball Park Lanes on his endangered list before the arrival of the new stadium. (Read his post here.)
Massey Knakal is listing the space. It's going for $4.3 million.
Hard to say what will come here... there is a lot of potential, as plans show. Great for community space and affordable housing — if that's what ultimately comes here.
Not so good for baseball history buffs...
Previously on EV Grieve:
With high rises and new shops in the works, it's time to take a look at the area around Yankee Stadium
At the new Yankee Stadium
Meanwhile, across 161st Street...
The East Village pep talk diaries
Last Tuesday, we posted an email from a longtime East Village resident who was losing faith in the neighborhood. We asked for people to submit comments on the things that they like about the East Village. So far we're at 62 comments. Like this one:
Anonymous said...
I also highly recommend early-morning Sunday walks! Far east 14th, with storekeepers hosing the sidewalks. It's very peaceful. More to love:
St. Mark's Church in the Bowery
Chico murals and Jim the Mosaic Man
Trash & Vaudeville
East Village Books (St. Marks b/t 1st/A)
We'll periodically post some of the comments. Read all the comments here.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
And now, photos of Ice-T in front of Sunny & Annie's
Today, crews from "Law & Order: SVU" were filming around the neighborhood... in front of Sunny & Annie's on Avenue B at Sixth Street in particular...Not exactly newsworthy given how many times something from the "Law & Order" franchise filmed around here through the years...
Still! It gave us a chance to add to our Ice-T collection... courtesy of Bobby Williams...
Still! It gave us a chance to add to our Ice-T collection... courtesy of Bobby Williams...
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
About the love affair between a man and the NYC subway line (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Bob Arihood's photos at the Occupation of Wall Street (Neither More Nor Less)
Support the East Village Greenway Project (Stuy Town Living)
Crusties in the fall (East Village Corner)
An illegal rat poison ring broken up in Chinatown (The Lo-Down)
Auctioning of Elaine's (Eater)
Alex celebrates a milestone (Flaming Pablum)
A look at King Bloomy's Upper East Side townhouse (Curbed)
The hookers of Soho — in 1870 (Ephemeral New York)
Lou Reed and Metallica's 'Lulu' poster banned by London Underground (NME)
Debbie Harry discusses her hits (Entertainment Weekly)
Dee Dee Ramone would have been 60 this past Sunday (Punk Turns 30)
Here's Dee Dee in a scene from "What About Me," filmed in the neighborhood in 1991...
Read more about the movie by East Village filmmaker Rachel Amodeo here.
[Updated] The East Village IHOP is now OPEN
This news comes via Jennifer, who's across the street at Xoom.
Now accepting First Meal photos via grieve98@gmail.com
Updated 1:00 p.m.:
Speaking of photos... EV Grieve reader Rebecca just sent us this one... "Great service and familiar food."
Check out the carry-out menu in the interim...
Now accepting First Meal photos via grieve98@gmail.com
Updated 1:00 p.m.:
Speaking of photos... EV Grieve reader Rebecca just sent us this one... "Great service and familiar food."
Check out the carry-out menu in the interim...
The Cooper Square Hotel gets the OK to be Balazsed
A shame we missed it. Heard it was some good theater. Per Jetty-Jane Connor's report at Eater, one resident in favor of the transfer said, "We have the option to choose between badly managed nightlife or well managed nightlife, and I firmly believe having an upscale, well-managed establishment will be an improvement to this neighborhood."
The CB3/SLA committee didn't seem to mind that any this may very well turn into the Meatpacking District East. (Or maybe it already has.) The transfer received the committee's unanimous approval.
Here's DNAinfo's recap from the meeting.
[Balazs image via]
Little Italy parking garage will receive a 'superstructure' residence with squash court
During an early-morning walk down Mulberry Street Sunday before the Feast, I stopped to look at the parking garage here between Prince and Spring ... As far as parking garages go, this one has a nice, um, Little Italy feel to it...
Curious about the address, I did a little research ... Well! I learned that the building is for sale:
And the rendering on file:
According to a video from the construction manager of the project:
Here's the video that explains how all this is going to work ...
And luxury housing reaches a whole new absurd level...
Curious about the address, I did a little research ... Well! I learned that the building is for sale:
Massey Knakal has been exclusively retained for the sale of 224 Mulberry. This once in a lifetime opportunity to develop a premier single family residence, boutique condominium, retail flagship or exclusive office. 224 Mulberry, in the heart of chic SOHO/Nolita, offers the opportunity that is almost impossible to find in New York City. Simply put, where in New York City can one find on-site parking, a protected panoramic view that is unique to the neighborhood, and 75 feet of width, all in one building?
And the rendering on file:
According to a video from the construction manager of the project:
The new luxury residence features a family and chef’s kitchen, squash court, 5 bathrooms, a private elevator, multiple terraces and many more high-end residential features and finishes. Specified items include a Shuco curtain wall system, a Levolux louver screen and Trespa paneling for the exterior.
One especially interesting engineering detail allows the new building superstructure to rest on isolation pads in order to minimize the transfer of vibration and noise from the parking garage below, which will remain in operation once the project is complete.
Here's the video that explains how all this is going to work ...
Planning the addition/alteration to 224 Mulberry Street, New York City from RJ Diaz on Vimeo.
And luxury housing reaches a whole new absurd level...
Breaking: IHOP not open yet on East 14th Street
We had today circled on our calendars as the EVIHOP opening day on East 14th Street ... And, although it looks open with a handful of diners inside, an IHOPPER says that they are still training... and she hesitated to even speculate when they might open. But soon enough. Probably!
And we got the to-go menu. Sorry. No deliveries!
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