Tompkins Square Park around 5 or so...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Reader report: Shots fired early this morning?
From the EV Grieve inbox...
This is what happened: I was awake already for a short time, when at 4.12 am on the 26th, I heard two people coming along our block (E 9th bet 1st & A), talking quite loudly and clearly aggravated. They didn't seem drunk, just totally angry at each other. About a minute later, they must have left the block, I heard gun shots, twelve in a row, each regularly interrupted by a pause of about one half to one second. The shouting continued after that, then three more shots were fired, I heard one of the guys shouting/howling like being hit, and then a last single shot. After that everything was quiet. No police sirens, no nothing. Very very weird. I assure you I wasn't dreaming or drunk.
By the echo of the shots I assume that it happened either on 1st Ave or probably even on E 9th bet 1st & 2nd Aves. The sound would have been quite different if the shots were fired around Tompkins Square.
Anyone else hear/witness this...?
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
Last chance for "Art Around the Bowery" at the New Museum (The New York Times)
Robert Sietsema on Mighty Quinn's new BBQ (Fork in the Road)
Serving holiday meals at the Bowery Mission (Fox 5)
The LowLine's projected financial boon for SPURA sites (The Lo-Down)
Yesterday morning's red-tailed hawk show in Tompkins Square Park (The Gog Log)
Major LES drug bust (BoweryBoogie)
Renovation plans for Pier 17 (Curbed)
NYC's TV yule log tradition (Ephemeral New York)
IT'S GOING TO SNOW OR SLEET TODAY! (Gothamist)
And a new lamp shop is opening very soon here on East Sixth Street near Cooper Square ...
Out and About in the East Village — 2012 recap
Since Aug. 1, East Village-based photographer James Maher has provided us with a quick snapshot of someone who lives and/or works in the neighborhood for our series Out and About in the East Village.
Here's a look back at our 18 subjects from the year... we'll be back with Out and About in the East Village on Jan. 9.
• Aug. 1 — Mike Stupin
• Aug. 8 — Roger Jazilek
• Aug. 15 — Madeleine Von Froomer
• Aug. 22 — Patrice Suncircle
• Aug. 29 — Joey McGibbon
• Sept. 5 — Anthony Pepe
• Sept. 12 — Rembrandt Duran (and Lucy)
• Sept 26 — Jocelyn Francon Saldana
• Oct. 3 — Sarah "Sas" Stewart
• Oct. 10 — Derek Berg (and Nikita)
• Oct. 17 — Jesus Picayo (and daughter Alina)
• Oct. 24 — John Cannatella (and Paesano)
• Nov. 14 — Tamara Hey
• Nov. 21 — Cosmo Yannis
• Nov. 28 — Michael Feeney (and Misty)
• Dec. 5 — Karen
• Dec. 12 — Angel Eyedealism (and Marlena)
• Dec. 19 — Ben Treuhaft (and Zsofi)
An anti-7-Eleven sticker campaign
We've already seen some anti-7-Eleven sentiment outside where the convenience store will set up shop on Avenue A and East 11th Street...
Now there are these stickers... like the ones spotted alongside on Avenue B (on CVS stickers too — nice touch!)
Have you seen this stickers? Wasn't sure how widespread they are...
Meanwhile, nearby neighbors have said that they are already opposed to the new 7-Eleven.
Updated:
Wanted to note this painting that V.H. McKenzie created back in February in collaboration with Tompkins Square Bagels too...
Previously on EV Grieve:
7-Eleven alert: Are 2 chain stores replacing Bar on A and Angels & Kings?
First sign of the incoming 7-Eleven on Avenue A
Reviving those 7-Eleven + another chain rumors for Avenue A
Now there are these stickers... like the ones spotted alongside on Avenue B (on CVS stickers too — nice touch!)
Have you seen this stickers? Wasn't sure how widespread they are...
Meanwhile, nearby neighbors have said that they are already opposed to the new 7-Eleven.
Updated:
Wanted to note this painting that V.H. McKenzie created back in February in collaboration with Tompkins Square Bagels too...
Previously on EV Grieve:
7-Eleven alert: Are 2 chain stores replacing Bar on A and Angels & Kings?
First sign of the incoming 7-Eleven on Avenue A
Reviving those 7-Eleven + another chain rumors for Avenue A
A 'grand reopening' at La Vie
In late November, a tipster told us that the State Liquor Authority had revoked La Vie's liquor license on East First Street. (The license had apparently expired in February 2011, but La Vie had been operating under the NY State Administrative Procedures Act, aka SAPA).
As we understood it, La Vie can still apply to have its license reinstated at a future SLA hearing. Meanwhile, there was a "sorry but due to an emergency La Vie will be closed" sign on the door.
An East First Street resident pointed us to La Vie's Facebook page... where there's a post stating that they have reopened as of last Friday ... ("Cash only" per a sign on door...)
Meanwhile, there's no record of an active license on the New York State Liquor Authority website...
However, a neighbor with knowledge on the ongoing situation here explained it this way:
"They petitioned a court for a stay of the SLA's decision based on financial hardship while the Article 78 proceeding is pending."
Neighbors have long complained that La Vie was operating as a club under the guise of a restaurant. According to residents speaking out at past CB3/SLA meetings, the dance music emanating from the two-level club is loud and disruptive to their quality of life ... and there's often chaos in the streets as clubgoers come and go.
As we understood it, La Vie can still apply to have its license reinstated at a future SLA hearing. Meanwhile, there was a "sorry but due to an emergency La Vie will be closed" sign on the door.
An East First Street resident pointed us to La Vie's Facebook page... where there's a post stating that they have reopened as of last Friday ... ("Cash only" per a sign on door...)
Meanwhile, there's no record of an active license on the New York State Liquor Authority website...
However, a neighbor with knowledge on the ongoing situation here explained it this way:
"They petitioned a court for a stay of the SLA's decision based on financial hardship while the Article 78 proceeding is pending."
Neighbors have long complained that La Vie was operating as a club under the guise of a restaurant. According to residents speaking out at past CB3/SLA meetings, the dance music emanating from the two-level club is loud and disruptive to their quality of life ... and there's often chaos in the streets as clubgoers come and go.
Publicity campaign continues for the tree house living room
Been a few weeks since we checked in on the tree house living room. So! Back in late November, the tree house living room over here on First Avenue near East 14th Street received a mention in New York magazine's "Neighborhood News" feature...
... a fact that the tree house's new publicity team stealthily has noted at the scene...
Meanwhile, we understand that the tree house living room is carefully weighing several TV cameos as well as a feature spread in Dwell ...
Previously.
Fish Bar Film Night: 'Trading Places'
Haven't mentioned the Fish Bar Film Night in some time. (Read more about it here.)
There's a fine holiday offering tonight (at 9-ish) with "Trading Places."
Fish Bar
237 East Fifth Street, between Second Avenue and Cooper Square.
And all together... Constance Fry, Constance Fry...
There's a fine holiday offering tonight (at 9-ish) with "Trading Places."
Fish Bar
237 East Fifth Street, between Second Avenue and Cooper Square.
And all together... Constance Fry, Constance Fry...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Holiday meal for a red-tailed hawk in Tompkins Square Park
EVG reader Lia shares this photo of the red-tailed hawk's Christmas meal today in Tompkins Square Park ... some type of unspecified rodent washed down with a Monster Energy drink... Always a fine pairing...
Season's Greetings, etc.
[Christmas spirit at the 7-Eleven on the Bowery]
Noted
Free Xmas trees on 1st Ave. outside Rite-Aid. twitter.com/evgrieve/statu…
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) December 25, 2012
When we shot turkeys on the Bowery for Christmas
Per the description at the New York Public Library Digital Galleries:
A Christmas "turkey-shoot" on the Bowery. (1897)
Happy holidays to you... and whatever your traditions are...
Monday, December 24, 2012
Henry with your coat so bright...
Andrew Adam Newman on Ave C shares this... from tonight in Tompkins Square Park ... with his dog Henry... "He was thrown over the fence at the Tompkins Square Park dog run and abandoned eight years ago."
And Henry has had a loving home ever since...
Looking at the snow (sort of), enjoying the quiet streets
Dave on 7th is out looking at the snow... and enjoying the empty holiday streets...
Breaking: Workers gutting Little Italy Pizza on Third Avenue
Little Italy Pizza opened up here at 23 Third Ave. at St. Mark's Place in August... and EVG regular Stephen Popkin notes this afternoon that workers were gutting the space... not sure yet if this is some kind of renovation or permanent closure...
Most recently, the space was home to Tahini, which closed for good in June... and a few years back... St. Mark's Pizza.
Anyway, did anyone ever try Little Italy Pizza? They had a breakfast deal too... Almost seemed like the brightest storefront around...
Most recently, the space was home to Tahini, which closed for good in June... and a few years back... St. Mark's Pizza.
Anyway, did anyone ever try Little Italy Pizza? They had a breakfast deal too... Almost seemed like the brightest storefront around...
SantaCon evil spreads upstate
EV Grieve reader John M. writes in ... he's upstate visiting relatives for the holidays... "and what greets me on the front page of the local newspaper, The Daily Gazette?"
The article is only available online to subscribers... the gist: A local named Michelle takes credit for 'borrowing' the idea from NYC, saying, "I usually go to the one in New York City, but I had my sister and niece visiting from Sicily. I couldn't miss out on all that time with them, so I got really bummed, because I would miss out on an annual thing with all my friends."
The article reports that she then organized her own event, initially for just a few friends, but that snowballed pretty quickly.
Per the article:
"In keeping with the theme of the New York City event, which is a fundraiser, [she] reached out to the Franklin County Community Center and promised to donate food, even if she had to go out and buy everything herself," the article states, and notes that a pickup truck filled with non-perishable food items by early afternoon.
Last paragraph of the story: "[She] hopes that in the future all the local bars will be open early for the event, and she also wants to see it expand with carolers in the streets, like in New York City."
John M. takes exception with that caroling part.
"She calls drunks screaming snatches of Christmas songs at the top of their lungs — even in subway cars — 'carolers?'"
The article is only available online to subscribers... the gist: A local named Michelle takes credit for 'borrowing' the idea from NYC, saying, "I usually go to the one in New York City, but I had my sister and niece visiting from Sicily. I couldn't miss out on all that time with them, so I got really bummed, because I would miss out on an annual thing with all my friends."
The article reports that she then organized her own event, initially for just a few friends, but that snowballed pretty quickly.
Per the article:
"In keeping with the theme of the New York City event, which is a fundraiser, [she] reached out to the Franklin County Community Center and promised to donate food, even if she had to go out and buy everything herself," the article states, and notes that a pickup truck filled with non-perishable food items by early afternoon.
Last paragraph of the story: "[She] hopes that in the future all the local bars will be open early for the event, and she also wants to see it expand with carolers in the streets, like in New York City."
John M. takes exception with that caroling part.
"She calls drunks screaming snatches of Christmas songs at the top of their lungs — even in subway cars — 'carolers?'"
Candlelight Caroling tonight in West Stuyvesant Square Park
Lordy I can still hear the drunken Santas butcher Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" on East Fifth Street that one Saturday...
[Pause]
Tonight at 5:30 in West Stuyvesant Square Park on Second Avenue and East 16th Street...
... there'll some classy holiday cheer...
IT WAAAAAAAS DECEMBER 24TH ON HOllllllllllis AVENUUEEEE... uh, faa lala IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN HOLLLLIS QUEEEEEEEEENS!
[Pause]
Tonight at 5:30 in West Stuyvesant Square Park on Second Avenue and East 16th Street...
... there'll some classy holiday cheer...
Puts the 'Ass' in Classic Burger
Resident claim: Living above Mighty Quinn's can be mighty smelly
Mighty Quinn's opened last Wednesday on Second Avenue and East Sixth Street, and people have been very enthusiastic about the Texas and Carolinas-inspired barbecue.
As Eater noted, pitmaster Hugh Mangum "is smoking all his meat in a pit the size of most people's livings rooms, using oak, apple, and cherry wood."
Sounds good, though perhaps not if you live in one of the apartments upstairs... A reader left this comment on a previous post:
The giant room-sized meat smoker has serious ventilation problems. We live in the building and our apartments & hallways reek of barbecue, all the way to the top floor — it's coming up through the radiators,walls & floors. Additionally, the ventilation system on the roof is going 24/7 & sounds like a jet plane idling. I'm sure everyone on the block can hear it. It's quite intrusive. The Health Dept. is coming to check it out. We're distressed! There's a reason smokehouses are located down country roads — they stink up the place, even if the food is delicious...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Life behind IHOP: 'My apartment now smells like the kitchen of a cheap hotel after the breakfast rush'
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