The other night. Photo by Bobby Williams.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The Neighborhood School’s Holiday Fair is back
From the EV Grieve inbox...
[From a Holiday Fair a few years back...]
The Neighborhood School’s beloved Holiday Fair is back! On Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm, come on out to support a public school and have a blast. There’ll be carnival games, arts & crafts, face-painting, print-making, henna and temporary tattooing, a huge kid-built maze (made of deconstructed cardboard boxes — the urban equivalent of a corn maze), a raffle, our famous silent auction and great food from your favorite neighborhood vendors.
Auction items up for bids this year include an autographed, limited-edition Handsome Dick Manitoba bobblehead, classes in trapeze, parkour and trampoline at STREB; gift certificates to fabulous East Village and Lower East Side shops like The Bean, Exit 9, Alphabet City Acupuncture, Sugar Sweet Sunshine, East Yoga, Saxelby Cheesemongers, Grace Heaven Organic Salon, il laboratorio del gelato and more; fabulous Trina Turk jewelry; memberships at MOMA and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and many more. Bid online until Friday at 5 pm; live auction at the school on Sunday at 2:30 pm.
Admission to the fair is free and open to the public. Wondering what a progressive public school in the East Village is like? Come check us out! It’s a great (and cheap) way to have fun indoors with your kids on a cold winter’s day; you get to shop and nosh and your kids get to run around with their friends.
Proceeds from the fair support the Neighborhood School PTA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Report: Worker injured during demolition of former Mars Bar space
A member of the crew demolishing 9-17 Second Ave. was injured this afternoon after debris fell on him, DNAinfo reported. Per their account:
"A worker at the site, located at 11 Second Ave. at the corner of East First Street, suffered a leg injury in the incident about 2 p.m. and was transported to Bellevue Hospital, the FDNY said."
The DOB is apparently on the scene inspecting the rest of the site.
Previously.
Breaking: 7-Eleven sign going up right now on the Bowery
Thanks to EV Grieve reader LULU for the shot here on the Bowery near East Fourth Street. Paging Strutting Leo!
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] And the Bowery dies a little more: Here comes 7-Eleven
Exclusive first look inside the Bowery 7-Eleven
7-Eleven is now hiring on the Bowery
The East Village rolls out welcome wagon for new Starbucks
Spotted on the plywood at the incoming Starbucks on First Avenue and East Third Street... thanks to jdx for the photos...
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
Remember the Sahara Hotel on 14th Street and Third Avenue (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Big plans for 255 East Houston (BoweryBoogie)
Security cameras coming to Campos Plaza (The Lo-Down)
How about Zachary Taylor then?: P.S. 63 on East Third Street gets OK to dump William McKinley name (DNAinfo)
Video of the Farmers March from the East Village to Liberty Plaza Sunday (GammaBlog)
New Bond Street sandwich shop will pursue liquor license regardless of what neighbors think (Grub Street)
A look at the 23,000-square-foot Apple store in Grand Central (Gothamist)
And this is making the rounds now, so you may have seen it ... kindergarten students in South Korea sing the Ramones...
Reader report: Small fire at King Gyro this morning
EV Grieve reader Lambert Jack sent along this photo just after 7:15 a.m. today... He noted there there were four fire trucks and several police cars on the scene here along First Avenue...
Meanwhile, a reader who lives adjacent to King Gyro on First Avenue between Third Street and Fourth Street noted that a small fire broke out in the restaurant. The reader noted that firefighters were on the scene for 30 minutes, and there didn't appear to be any injuries.
Meanwhile, a reader who lives adjacent to King Gyro on First Avenue between Third Street and Fourth Street noted that a small fire broke out in the restaurant. The reader noted that firefighters were on the scene for 30 minutes, and there didn't appear to be any injuries.
About Bob Arihood and the future of Neither More Nor Less
As you know, Bob Arihood died back in September. His friend Mike sent along word last night ... Mike and Bob's family are maintaining the sites — Neither More Nor Less and Nadie Se Conoce — and they have also been able to "rescue" or conserve the vast majority of his work. The sites will be left up indefinitely, providing a treasure trove of photos and stories that captured the continuously evolving neighborhood.
There's also a new introduction at Neither More Nor Less that talks a little about Bob's past and what he meant to the neighborhood. Per the new intro:
He began photographing in a casual way in the 1960’s and 70’s, using a Leica M3 part of the time (and later M6). He never intended to become a photographer; it was never his dream, just a hobby, but he became more and more meticulous about this ‘hobby’. His main business was still building things, generally off of his own new ideas. After his last major venture ended circa 1994 or 1995, he became a full-time photographer, basically hanging out on the corner of Avenue A and 7th Street. There was no grand plan, just a commitment to becoming a master of what he did, and to keep evolving, to keep improvising himself out of scratch.
In addition, the videos that Bob had been filming of late are back on the site. Being so meticulous, Bob wasn't thrilled with the quality of the work. However like with his photos, he didn't always realize how much people valued his work.
Arleen Schloss and 'Wednesday at A's'
Filmmaker Stuart Ginsberg reached out yesterday to tell me about his in-progress documentary, "Wednesdays at A's," a feature that explores the work of artist/curator Arleen Schloss (pictured, above).
Via the "Wednesdays at A's" website: The film "explores how Schloss's art work evolved and changed with the times. Through exclusive archival footage shot by Schloss herself, mixed with interviews with people from the scene, we trace her life story and see – from her point of view — how New York City has changed from the 1970s to present day."
From 1979 to 1995, Schloss opened up her loft at 330 Broome St. in the Lower East Side to a group of then-unknown artists, actors and musicians that included Sonic Youth, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Eric Bogosian, Glenn Branca, Phoebe Legere and Alan Suiclde, among many others.
"I made the documentary because people like Arleen Schloss were important to the creative atmosphere of New York City," Ginsberg told me. "Unfortunately, we have forgotten about our history and people like Arleen who were a center point for artists, performers, actors and musicians. As for her work as an experimental artist, she was ahead of her time, and I feel it's necessary to recognize the artists who experimented with new forms of art before many other people did."
Ginsberg is currently in post production and is looking for finishing funds to transfer footage, buy some equipment and hire an editor. He has a Kickstarter campaign to help him reach his modest goal of $5,000.
Here's a trailer for the film...
I asked Ginsberg if he thought New York would see an environment like A's again.
"I don't think so. The scenes in the past dealt with real estate and a lower cost of living. You could get a cheap apartment for $400 and have a part-time job. Then devote another 40 hours a week to your art," he said. "The other reason why is that many talented people are now becoming web designers, video game designers, videographers, etc. The arts have become more professional and that's where people are spending most of their time. However, there will always be a scene as long as people in the arts get together to put on a play or exhibition."
And here's a link to a collection of her work. She still lives at 330 Broome St.
The Village Voice Web Award nominees for Best Neighborhood Blogs
• Bowery Boogie
• Fucked in Park Slope
• Jeremiah's Vanishing New York
• West Side Rag
I'm happy to be serving as a judge this time around... the Awards will be handed out tonight. Next stop: The Gold Coast California Grand State Finals!
But will they have bars called the 13th Step and Billy Hurricane's?
Well, SO MUCH East Village-related news yesterday... We'll take a sampling of what we're talking about via The Sun:
Swish?
We even got the news release from someone who thought we covered other East Villages. And it included a video. Dizzy.
After the Olympics, NYU plans to buy this East Village.
The Sun was yesterday given a first look at the apartments and townhouses which will accommodate up to 17,000 Olympic athletes next year before becoming a ready-made new neighbourhood for East Londoners.
The newly-named East Village, on the doorstep of The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, promises to join the city's top addresses — with its own postcode, E20 — from 2013.
In the meantime it will be the base for Olympians like Jamaican Usain and Paralympians from more than 200 countries next year, including 550 athletes from Team GB.
Yesterday an army of 3,000 fluorescent-jacketed, hard-hatted workers was putting the finishing touches to the £1billion state-of-the-art development — landscaping gardens, laying pavements and testing how airtight the swish, underfloor-heated apartments are.
Swish?
We even got the news release from someone who thought we covered other East Villages. And it included a video. Dizzy.
After the Olympics, NYU plans to buy this East Village.
Good things: Lucy's back open sooner than expected
A few weeks ago we noted that Lucy's was on another break ... per the sign on our favorite on Avenue A...
But. Last night, the lights were on, the door open, etc. And Lucy was back behind the bar a week earlier than expected...
But. Last night, the lights were on, the door open, etc. And Lucy was back behind the bar a week earlier than expected...
The shroud of St. Brigid's
Workers put up a tarp yesterday around part of St. Brigid's on Avenue B at Eighth Street, where the renovations continue...
...and last night...
Do not look at the flashing new Mediterranean Grill sign for too long
Over here at what was the Kebab Garden on First Avenue near St. Mark's Place... A reader said that the same owners are behind the Mediterranean Grill... But have you seen the sign? Still photos don't do it justice... it blinks and flickers and other things that seem a little seizurey ...
I'd have shot a video, but I'm afraid the result of people watching it ... would be like a scene from "The Happening." Or something. Looking forward to trying the gyros, though.
I'd have shot a video, but I'm afraid the result of people watching it ... would be like a scene from "The Happening." Or something. Looking forward to trying the gyros, though.
Tonight: 'Sacred Sounds'
From the EV Grieve inbox...
More info here.
"Sacred Sounds"
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 7PM
Free, open to all.
Twelve East Village faith organizations and traditions gather for their third annual interfaith, intercultural recitation and music event.
Where:
The Bhakti Center
25 First Avenue
More info here.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
123 days (and nights)
Shawn Chittle spoke with LES Jewels on Avenue A last night. Jewels reports that he has been sober for 123 days, and is getting some support from local officials in getting a room at the Lee, the low-income housing development and training center on East Houston and Pitt Street.
Also, he says, he misses Bob.
One December day that felt like October
Seventh Street and Avenue A late this afternoon via Bobby Williams.
To the people who live in the apartment with the new (and bright) lights in the window
Spotted on East 10th Street by Andy on Ave. C.
Maybe they're Interpol fans? (Feel free to boo that line.)
Looking at the renovated Whitehouse on the Bowery
To be honest, it has been about 18 months since we last heard anything about the Whitehouse Hotel, the hostel/flophouse combo that was barely hanging on and retaining some of the Bowery edge of yore. In May 2010, Curbed posted a notice of a housing court hearing for the hotel's remaining permanent residents.
And the prognosis looked dire, as developer Sam Chang continued his plans to purchase the property and build a nine-story hotel on the carcass, per The Villager.
Anyway, fast forward to now. We spotted this sign adjacent to the hotel on what used to be Sir Shadow's studio...
Fitness studio for Whitehouse guests? Huh? So we went over to the Whitehouse site and found ... well, a fancy new website... that apparently isn't so new.
According to the website:
"Introducing Bowery's Whitehouse Hotel and Hostel of New York, the coolest hostel in the No-Ho District of Manhattan in New York City for students, backpackers, and travelers on a budget. Just reopened in January 2011 after over $100,000 of improvements and renovations, our hostel will prove to be second to none for your New York City experience."
The site is full of social media options (Facebook! Twitter!) ... and contests...
How did we miss all that? Hard to see sometimes under that sidewalk shed that has been up for years.
So here's what a room looks like these days... adorned with Sir Shadow's work. BoweryBoogie interviewed him about this here ... (We're waiting to here where Sir Shadow is these days.)
A single room is $30, which we understand was the going rate about 10 years ago. In any event, we don't know what happened to the former tenants... On the positive side, it's still being used as an inexpensive option for travelers with a respectful nod to the past, unlike the vile Bowery House down the way, which treats its remaining destitute residents as "an asset to the property" for the well-heeled tourists looking for an authentic skid row experience.
And the prognosis looked dire, as developer Sam Chang continued his plans to purchase the property and build a nine-story hotel on the carcass, per The Villager.
Anyway, fast forward to now. We spotted this sign adjacent to the hotel on what used to be Sir Shadow's studio...
Fitness studio for Whitehouse guests? Huh? So we went over to the Whitehouse site and found ... well, a fancy new website... that apparently isn't so new.
According to the website:
"Introducing Bowery's Whitehouse Hotel and Hostel of New York, the coolest hostel in the No-Ho District of Manhattan in New York City for students, backpackers, and travelers on a budget. Just reopened in January 2011 after over $100,000 of improvements and renovations, our hostel will prove to be second to none for your New York City experience."
The site is full of social media options (Facebook! Twitter!) ... and contests...
How did we miss all that? Hard to see sometimes under that sidewalk shed that has been up for years.
So here's what a room looks like these days... adorned with Sir Shadow's work. BoweryBoogie interviewed him about this here ... (We're waiting to here where Sir Shadow is these days.)
A single room is $30, which we understand was the going rate about 10 years ago. In any event, we don't know what happened to the former tenants... On the positive side, it's still being used as an inexpensive option for travelers with a respectful nod to the past, unlike the vile Bowery House down the way, which treats its remaining destitute residents as "an asset to the property" for the well-heeled tourists looking for an authentic skid row experience.
The complimentary hotel bike wars, because it sounds controversial
Speaking of places to stay on the Bowery ... We keep noticing subtle changes at the newly christened Standard East Village... (Look winterizing!) The former Cooper Square Hotel now offers complimentary bikes to its guests...
[Bobby Williams]
(And you can watch a video about it here.)
Down the way, the Bowery Hotel introduced free bikes for guests in April 2009.
[Via]
Meanwhile, the Whitehouse is apparently no longer offering complimentary grocery carts...
(And you can watch a video about it here.)
Down the way, the Bowery Hotel introduced free bikes for guests in April 2009.
Meanwhile, the Whitehouse is apparently no longer offering complimentary grocery carts...
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