First, a great photo by Michael Sean Edwards...
Meanwhile...
...and spotted on the plywood surrounding the pit...
Previously.
Monday, February 6, 2012
With a rubble yell: Here's 51 Astor Place these days
Just a quick post to document what's left of 51 Astor Place... the former Cooper Union engineering building...
First, a great photo by Michael Sean Edwards...
Meanwhile...
...and spotted on the plywood surrounding the pit...
Previously.
First, a great photo by Michael Sean Edwards...
Meanwhile...
...and spotted on the plywood surrounding the pit...
Previously.
East Village signs of the times: Bye Polonia, Joe's Bar and Octavia's Porch
Someone removed part of the now-closed Polonia sign on First Avenue...
...where right next door the sign is working at the new Subway...
...on East Sixth Street, someone took down the remaining letters for Joe's Bar...
...and on St. Mark's Place, the sign is up for the incoming panuozzo place...
Finally, on Avenue B near East Third Street, the Octavia's Porch sign is gone... presumably on its way to the Bad Restaurant Name Hall of Fame.
This will be the second location of the Park Slope-based Mexican eatery Fonda.
...where right next door the sign is working at the new Subway...
...on East Sixth Street, someone took down the remaining letters for Joe's Bar...
...and on St. Mark's Place, the sign is up for the incoming panuozzo place...
Finally, on Avenue B near East Third Street, the Octavia's Porch sign is gone... presumably on its way to the Bad Restaurant Name Hall of Fame.
This will be the second location of the Park Slope-based Mexican eatery Fonda.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Noted
Per @hattmayes — "in front of the NYU dorm. People flooded the street and some guys in speedos jumped on a cab."
Suddenly, everyone is a New York Giants fan!
As you may have heard, the New York Giants are playing the New England Patriots tonight at 6:30. The winner will be crowned this year's Wimbledon champion.
And as you might expect, there are plenty of bandwagon jumpers... Like, do you recall seeing signs that this Duane Reade on 14th Street near First Avenue was the official pharmacy of the Giants during the regular season?
And where were these savings at Trader Joe's earlier?
Anyway, we looked around at various specials for tonight... didn't find anything that stupid. Did you?
And as you might expect, there are plenty of bandwagon jumpers... Like, do you recall seeing signs that this Duane Reade on 14th Street near First Avenue was the official pharmacy of the Giants during the regular season?
And where were these savings at Trader Joe's earlier?
Anyway, we looked around at various specials for tonight... didn't find anything that stupid. Did you?
Last day for East Village Farms
Today is the last day for East Village Farms on Avenue A. A lot of things are on sale. (But not everything — saw some annoyed people who thought their items would be half off.) All the beer is 30 percent off, and they have a pretty good selection. (At 30 percent off, it's now about the same price as Key!)
Anyway, took a few shots of the store's well-worn exterior before it's wiped away...
Employees here have said the landlord plans to tear down the building. But we've never heard this officially from the landlord. And there still aren't any permits of any kind on file with the DOB. So expect the space to sit empty for some time.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A little bit of Hollywood on Avenue A
East Village Farms is closing; renovations coming to 100 Avenue A
Inside the abandoned theater at East Village Farms on Avenue A
Reader reports: Village Farms closing Jan. 31; building will be demolished
Tacos Morelos is back on Avenue A and Second Street
Oops. Meant to note this earlier. Did anyone see them Friday or Saturday? The cart was out of commission last week while the Taco Morelos folks waited for a new permit or something.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
The Coen Brothers want to dress up East Ninth Street
The Coen Brothers are ready to film the 1960s period piece "Inside Llewyn Davis," and they need your help. As you can see from the flyers that the crew posted yesterday, the production would like to request permission "to temporarily dress several storefronts and buildings" to fit the period here on East Ninth Street.
Per On Locations: "The movie follows a protagonist loosely based on singer Dave Van Ronk, a friend of Bob Dylan’s. Oscar Isaac stars as the title character while Justin Timberlake co-stars as another folk musician, his wife will be played by Carey Mulligan, and John Goodman will play a jazz musician who takes a road trip with Davis."
The crew will film on Feb. 16 from 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. Expect the color-coded Justin Timberlake sighting-level system to be on Red all that day and night.
H/t @chriswytenus
Here's to Ben
As you may have read, Ben Gazzara, always a favorite here, died yesterday from pancreatic cancer. The acclaimed actor was 81.
Per the obit in the Times today:
Here's the trailer for "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," the 1976 John Cassavetes mob drama.
Per the obit in the Times today:
He grew up in a building at 29th Street and First Avenue, where, he wrote in his autobiography, he slept on the fire escape in summer and occasionally heard screams from the patients at Bellevue psychiatric hospital.
Here's the trailer for "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," the 1976 John Cassavetes mob drama.
The Ludlow getting the inevitable non-fast-food tenant
Well, this isn't really newsy ... BoweryBoogie pointed this out back in December... just kinda wanted it for the record... Anyway, four years after opening, The Ludlow has another retail tenant here on East Houston at Ludlow...
Nail salon! And that name! Petition!
Nail salon! And that name! Petition!
Friday, February 3, 2012
We'll always have the L train
14th Street and First Avenue via the Long Lost Intern of EV Grieve (LLIOEVG).
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
Urban etiquette signage: "By the turn of the century, the East Village was being taken over by assholes" (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Tahini says that they are NOT CLOSING on Third and St. Mark's to make way for another Michael "Bao" Huynh Baotery (Eater)
Check out the Lower East Side Heritage Film Series at Seward Park Library (The Lo-Down)
Godard films Jefferson Airplane atop a Midtown hotel in 1968 (This Ain't the Summer of Love)
Why does the East Village have so many NFL team bars? (The New York Times)
The Oak Room closing for good at the Algonquin Hotel (The New York Times)
Condos replacing parking garages in Manhattan (The Real Deal)
See The City Skyline Change, From 1876 To 2013 (Gothamist)
City preps new safety plan for Delancey (The Villager)
Full-length Renoir at the Frick starting Tuesday (Nonetheless)
The rat was outside Beth Israel on 16th and First Avenue yesterday...
And today...
Max moving to Williamsburg; closing Avenue B space
On Tuesday, Eater reported that Max, the 12-year-old Italian place on Avenue B near Fourth Street, was opening a new location in Williamsburg this spring. In a follow-up piece today, The Wall Street Journal reported that Max is actually closing its East Village location.
Luigi Iasilli, an owner, wrote in an email that he plans to close the East Village location as the neighborhood is getting "slow."
"I finally found what I believe I was looking for," he said of his Williamsburg site. "For me, [it is] going back to the roots, small space, $3,000 rent, a small yard, a mixed ethnic neighborhood with only a bodega across the street."
Slow?
Anyway, this departure will leave four empty storefronts on the east side of Avenue B between East Fourth and East Third Street. Just think — four new bars.
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