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Sunday, February 3, 2013

[Updated] The Silence of the Limbs

[East 10th Street via William Klayer]

OK, I wasn't going to post any of these. But my spirit has been broken. Or something. I'm amassing quite a collection of snow dicks, boobs and poop. They're everywhere.

[Montage via EVG reader Julie Larsen]

Heard that East Fifth Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square remain snow-dick free.

Otherwise, the dusting of snow last night left an array of snowffiti.

[East Sixth Street via EVG reader Billy]

Why?

[East 10th Street via EVG reader Marjorie]

I saw several disgusted residents wiping away the snow parts.

And do we blame NYU?

Updated 4:40

Pinhead shows that there were positive messages to come out of this as well...

Updated 11:15

And EVG reader Malin shared this one from all the way over on East 12th Street and Fifth Avenue, where they aren't immune to such hijinks...

Another reader noted that this dickfoolery made it all the over to Washington Square Park...

Photos of yesterday's East Village Bodega Walk

Yesterday, , as part of the ongoing No 7-Eleven movement, a handful of residents gathered on Avenue A and East 11th Street for a walking tour of nearby delis.

A chain-wearing Bob Holman, founder of the Bowery Poetry Club, led the walk... Shawn Chittle was along to take these photos.

For more information about the No 7-Eleven campaign, you can follow them on Twitter at @No7ElevenNYC ... and on Facebook here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] More from the anti-7-Eleven front on Avenue A and East 11th Street

Avenue A's anti-7-Eleven campaign now includes arsenal of 20,000 stickers

'No 7-Eleven' movement goes global with BBC report

This morning

If you've been outside this morning, then you've probably noticed that nearly every single car has some sort of snow penis on it. There are reports of attempts at female anatomy as well.

Thank you for the photos. We'll leave you with more pleasant snowscapes ...

Saturday, February 2, 2013

And it's still so early...

Spotted on Avenue B...

[Updated] Cooper Union debuts new outdoor seating

Ah. Nice!

At the site of the former skateboard ramp.

Updated 2-3

This morning on the other side of East Sixth Street. Oh well.

[Updated] Reminders: Bodega Walk today

As we mentioned on Monday, the 'No 7-Eleven' Committee is holding a Bodega Walk today... here's more information via the inbox...

As part of our resistance against the incursion of 7-Elevens into the East Village we are inviting you to come with us on the first walking tour of our neighborhood bodegas. We love these corner stores and need them to stay open and intact.

When a 7-Eleven opens the bodegas nearby always take a hit, often a lethal one. During Sandy bodegas remained open and gave their perishable food away. Whole Foods didn’t. Will 7-Eleven? The existence of each of these unique bodegas supports the reality that our neighborhood is a social place and the city is our home. We will chant, read poems, share info about each store and buy stuff before we move on to the next. The walk will take about an hour ending at Tompkins Square Bagels.

Bodega Walk
Saturday February 2nd @ Noon
11th Street and Avenue A

Shawn Chittle created a Google map with the delis surrounding the incoming 7-Eleven on Avenue A and East 11th Street. You can access that map here.

And at DNAinfo, Serena Solomon wrote an article on the walk. You can read that here.

UPDATED 11:05

Per the No 7-Eleven folks:

We'll be walking to 4 bodegas before winding up at Tompkins Square Bagels for a bite to eat. Here are the addresses:

Meeting at 11th and Avenue A @ Noon

1. 528 East 11th Deli & Grocery

2. Sheen Brothers
346 East 10th Street (Corner B)

3. Tompkins Finest Deli
153 Avenue A (10 St)

4. Poppy's Deli
191 Avenue A (12 St)

5. Tompkins Square Bagels
165 Avenue A (11 St)

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] More from the anti-7-Eleven front on Avenue A and East 11th Street

Avenue A's anti-7-Eleven campaign now includes arsenal of 20,000 stickers

'No 7-Eleven' movement goes global with BBC report

Snow Bills season has started

Spotted on the plywood on Avenue B at East Fifth Street.

Friday, February 1, 2013

I'm just sittin' on a fence

Avenue A along Tompkins Square Park today... via Bobby Williams...

H/T Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Things you miss sitting in a bar around 5:30 pm

Oops. Did it snow? Photos from 5:30 p.m. via Bobby Williams

Viva Alan Vega

Alan Vega, one half of Suicide, here with "Jukebox Babe" circa 1981.

Bonus photo:

Suicide outside CBGB circa 1979...

[Adrian Boot/urbanimage.tv]

Former dry cleaners becoming a handmade ice cream shop on First Avenue

Hmm. EVG regular William Klayer notes the arrival of a rather cryptic sign at the former dry cleaners at 137 First Ave. between St. Mark's Place and East Ninth Street... as you can see: Handmade ice cream ~ summer 2013. No other info right the moment.

The address had a new broker starting in late December.

Do you think that we already have enough dessert around here...? Not a dessert person here so, just asking...

Following the trash bag on East Sixth Street

Meant to post this earlier... but actual news happened... Spotted this morning on East Sixth Street at Avenue A...

... and on the other side of the cars that are practically touching on the street...

Who wants to diagram what happened here?

Breaking AND developing: No water in the East Village?

After the major water main break on Broadway and East 23rd Street about 10:40 ... we're hearing from various people in the East Village who say that their water has been shut off... (haven't heard anything official from the city about the water...)

@evgrieve we have no water at 2nd ave and 4th st. Hearing tales of a water main break in flatiron district. Wondering what the impact is.
— Erik (@ErikMKlein) February 1, 2013

@evgrieve 14th street and 1st avenue has no water.
— 14thStreetY (@14thStreetY) February 1, 2013

After water main break: RT @evgrieve Getting reports from all over the EV — no water.
— A Great Big City (@agreatbigcity) February 1, 2013

An update from the Twittersphere...

@evgrieve no water in Greenwich Village
— Joe Peltier (@AwesomeJoeP) February 1, 2013

And readers from the neighbor our reporting in via the comments...

Breaking (so to speak): Workers installing new window for the 7-Eleven on St. Mark's Place

[Bonnie DeWitt]

Last Saturday, a man described as a a "crazy street person" tossed an object through the window at the 7-Eleven on St. Mark's Place... this morning, as Shawn Chittle notes, workers are putting in a new window... and the windows here have proven to be quite sturdy...

[Updated] RIP Ed Koch

As you may have heard, Ed Koch, who served as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989, died early this morning. He was 88.

Here is his obituary at The New York Times.

Facebook is filling up with thoughts about Hizzoner. Via The Lower East Side Preservation Initiative:

His term corresponded to the 1980s artistic renaissance in the East Village and, not coincidentally, the first giant wave of gentrification. His often brash, contentious, energetic and multifaceted personality seemed to many to personify the character of the city itself.

Several people have sent along this interview with The Daily Beast from 2010... in which Koch discusses the Tompkins Square Riots of 1988...

Let's look at an aerial view of the neighborhood from 100 years ago

[Click on image to enlarge]

You may have seen this classic photo by Shorpy from 1913... I thought about it this past week while compiling the posts on St. Brigid's. (Like this post.)

EVG friend Pinhead linked to this photo a few years back for a St. Brigid's post on East Village Transitions.

Anyway, it's a shot looking to the east from the top of the Con Ed building on East 14th Street... Can you spot St. Brigid's? Tompkins Square Park?

Paying for these arrows by the hour, so ...