Lowriders on Sixth Street and Avenue A...
H/T Goggla!
Updated:
Why they were here.
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Welcome to the neighborhood: Mockingbird dive-bombs fledgling on 8th Street
Earlier today, the first of Amelia and Christo's offspring to leave the nest received a welcome from a mockingbird on Eight Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...
... complete with a few dive-bombs...
Thanks to Steven for the photos!
A few more details about the new Emmy Squared
Emmy Squared opened last Saturday evening at 83 First Ave. at Fifth Street.
Reps for the Williamsburg-based pizzeria shared some specifics about this location — their third — via email the other day:
The all-day menu features signature dishes from Emmy Squared's Williamsburg and Nashville locations, such as Broccoli Salad with broccoli, radish, pear, dried cherries, peanuts + miso-soy dressing, Spicy Chicken sandwich with salsa pico, pickles, radish, bok choy + homemade ranch and [chef Matt] Hyland’s eponymous burger, Le Big Matt.
A combination of the restaurant’s red and white pies are joined by new selections exclusive to the East Village spot, like the New Orleans-inspired Emmyletta with mortadella, Ezzo pepperoni + olive salad and Curry Row with onions, peppers and cauliflower tossed in Brooklyn Delhi achaar alongside dipping chutneys, an ode to “Curry Row” on the neighboring 6th Street and Hyland’s love for Indian cuisine.
Open first for dinner with lunch service in coming weeks, the bi-level space accommodates over 100 guests upstairs and 30 guests downstairs ... The bar on the second level will open later in August.
Open Tuesday – Sunday; Closed Mondays.
Tuesday + Wednesday 5 pm – 11 pm.
Thursday – Saturday 5 pm – midnight.
Sunday 5 pm – 10 pm.
You can find Emmy Squared menu here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
East Village location of Emmy Squared debuts today on 1st Avenue
Emmy Squared makes it very official on 1st Avenue
After nearly 26 years, Three of Cups is closing on 1st Avenue; Emmy Squared arriving next?
Young hawk flies the nest
One of Amelia and Christo’s two red-tailed hawk chicks in Tompkins Square Park fledged the nest yesterday afternoon (2:02 p.m., per a hawk watcher on the scene)... Steven caught up with the fledgling at St Brigid's on Eighth Street and Avenue B late in the afternoon...
The fledging ended up flying across Eighth Street and perching on a fire escape... where Steven spotted her/him this morning.
Head over to Goggla's site for a complete narrative and many more photos.
'What About Me' at the 6 and B Garden tonight
There's a free screening tonight of Rachel Amodeo's 1993 film "What About Me" in the 6th and B Garden... starts at 8:30 p.m.
The film, shot in the neighborhood in the late 1980s and early 1990s, stars Amodeo, Richard Edson, Nick Zedd, Rockets Redglare, Judy Carne, Richard Hell, Johnny Thunders, Dee Dee Ramone and Gregory Corso, among others.
In a review of the film from 2017, The New Yorker's Richard Brody calls "What About Me" "a hidden masterwork."
Friday, July 13, 2018
Friday's parting shot(s)
Shawn Chittle shared these photos from an early-morning walk today through a very empty Tompkins Square Park ...
Noted
Paul Kostabi checks in with these photos of this Urban Etiquette Car Sign from over on Fifth Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square...
According to the multiple notes on the car... the note leaver alleges that the driver of the car hit his motorcycle. Accusations ensue.
Per the note:
"Based on the condition of your car and the way you parked, you are a bad driver on top of being an inconsiderate selfish asshole. I have filed a police report and you will be hearing from my insurance company!
Have a nice day!"
Up close and 'Personal'
Here's Escape-ism (starring Ian Svenonius) with the new track "Nothing Personal" ... from a record coming out this September on Merge.
This block of St. Mark's Place lost 2 trees this week
[Photo Wednesday by Steven]
On Wednesday, crews cut down the Callery pear tree from outside 26 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. The day before, a large branch fell from the tree, narrowly missing several nearby pedestrians and vehicles.
This wasn't the only tree lost on this block this week ... on Sunday morning, we saw that this young tree had been uprooted from outside 3-5 St. Mark's Place...
Not sure what happened... in any event, someone removed this tree on Wednesday...
Reiminders tonight: Films on the Green in Tompkins Square Park
The Films on the Green series returns to Tompkins Square Park tonight for a free screening of "Romantics Anonymous" (aka Les Emotifs Anonymes").
The 2010 French-Belgian rom-com directed by Jean-Pierre Améris, starring Benoît Poelvoorde and Isabelle Carré, follows two sweethearts "wracked by social anxiety."
Showtime is 8:30ish.
And here are a few photos from last Friday's screening of "Le Boucher" in the Park...
Photos by N. Charles via Facebook
Hello humans of Tompkins Square Park
Amelia and Christo's two offspring are getting more active by the hour ... leaving their nest in Tompkins Square Park to test their wings (branching) ... Goggla shared the top photo, showing just how large the hawk chicks are getting (this is what happens when you eat rats every day...)
Goggla figures it could be fledge time for the two at any moment. Head over to Goggla's for more photos of the hawklets as well as a narrative on the latest hawk developments.
Meanwhile, Steven shared these photos of the parents enjoying a nest break atop St. Nicholas on 10th Street and Avenue A late Wednesday afternoon... that's Amelia taking flight...
Celebrate Open Garden Day NYC (by going to a community garden tomorrow)
[6th Street & Avenue B Garden]
GreenThumb is celebrating its 40th year tomorrow with an Open Garden Day NYC from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in community gardens in the five boroughs.
Per the EVG inbox...
On July 14, dozens of community gardens will be opening their doors to the public on the same day. Enjoy a day of free activities and share in our gardens. Activities will include arts and music, greening and composting, food and environmental justice events, garden workdays, and much more.
The open gardens represent some of the more than 550 community gardens overseen by GreenThumb, the largest community gardening program in the country. Gardens range from small community spaces meant for relaxation to large plazas and urban farms. More than 20,000 community gardeners volunteer their time to manage these vital open spaces.
Here are the local gardens taking part (find the full list here):
• 11th Street Community Garden
422 E. 11th St.
Things to do:
Listen to live music.
• 6th Street & Avenue B Garden
78-92 Avenue B
Things to do:
Scavenger hunt tour, Weeding ID and library, Sugar Shock Math, and bead crafts for kids.
• Campos Community Garden
640-644 E. 12th St.
Things to do:
Visit the garden for food, herbal teas, fragrant natural body products, cooking demonstrations, and much more made with garden fresh ingredients.
• Creative Little Garden
530 E. Sixth St.
Things to do:
Tour the garden and enjoy a Bastille Day-themed celebration with music performed by French musician and a garden member, Mathieu Eveillard.
• Dias Y Flores
520-522 E. 13th St.
Things to do:
Tour the garden.
• Hope Garden
193 E. Second St.
Things to do:
Listen to live music.
• Le Petit Versailles Garden
247 E. Second St.
Things to do:
Check out exhibitions and video screenings.
• Orchard Alley
350-54 E. Fourth St.
Things to do:
Attend a free yoga class.
• Sage's Garden
281 E. Fourth St.
Things to do:
View the art exhibits.
NYC's first Fithouse is no longer open on the Bowery
The city's first Fithouse location, which debuted to a lot of press in March at 276 Bowery just south of Houston, has closed.
Gymgoers are instructed to head over to the new outpost in NoHo (712 Broadway near Washington Place).
The boutique fitness brand, which offers high-intensity interval training, pilates, yoga and barre classes under one roof for $99 a month, has plans to open NYC 12 locations.
According to the Post in February: "As part of its fast-paced expansion, FitHouse will use so-called shotgun leases — extremely flexible arrangements that allow the landlord or the studio to cancel with a 60- or 90-day notice."
Sounds as if Fithouse took the shotgun approach on the Bowery, though the official word from the new Noho branch is that this was just a pop-up location.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exercise studio plans to open 15 NYC locations; 276 Bowery is 1st
Thursday, July 12, 2018
The Manhattanhenge Project
[Almost Manhattanhenge-y on 9th Street the other night]
Time again for Manhattanhenge, in which the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid, prompting people to stand in the middle of 14th Street (send photos!).
Per the American Museum of Natural History: Tonight at 8:20 (cloud coverage permitting!) you'll be able to see the full sun on Manhattan’s grid; tomorrow evening at 8:21, the half sun will be on display.
EVG Etc.: David Wojnarowicz at the Whitney; James and Karla Murray at Seward Park
[At FishCheeks on Bond Street via Walter Wlodarczyk for NYC & Co.]
Can the neighborhood's affordable housing co-ops survive the next big storm? (Next City)
NYCHA took six months to comply with federal lead rules (The Post)
Preview of David Wojnarowicz’s Whitney retrospective (Vulture) In conjunction with the Whitney program, NYU's Mamdouha Bobst Gallery presents "The Unflinching Eye: The Symbols of David Wojnarowicz" tonight through Sept. 30 (Official site)
Shocker: Many New York City neighborhoods are unaffordable for renters (The Post)
30 restaurants that make up the East Village’s "booming Chinatown North" (Grub Street)
"The New York Woman" film series continues at The Quad (Official site)
James and Karla Murray's "Mom-and-Pops of the L.E.S" opens Saturday in Seward Park (NYC Parks)
[Huetek's Patti Smith mural on 2nd Street at 1st Avenue]
Jeremiah Moss discusses Extell's One Manhattan Square on the Lower East Side, "the latest luxury monstrosity to vandalize our skyline and bully its way into our low-rise neighborhoods." (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Bicycle Habitat closing Lafayette Street location after 40 years in business (BoweryBoogie)
A few screenings of Lynne Ramsey's great "Morvern Callar" at the Metrograph (Official site)
Three decades later Jean-Luc Godard's "The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company" makes its U.S. debut (Film Anthology Archives)
Marc H. Miller discusses his new exhibit, "Downtown Art Ephemera, 1970s-1990s," which runs through July 25 at the James Fuentes Gallery, 55 Delancey St. (Vice)
A preview of 886 on St. Mark's Place (Eater)
A feature on the LES-based jazz group Onyx Collective (New York)
Catch a free screening of "The Wizard of Oz" in Seward Park on July 21 (The Lo-Down)
South Florida-based Kavasutra Kava Bar, with a location on East 10th Street, slammed for Instagram post seen as transphobic and sexist (NBC Miami ... Sun Sentinel)
When Yul Brynner didn't want you to litter in NYC (Flaming Pablum)
The former Tammany Hall morphing into the luxurious 44 Union Square (Commercial Observer)
.... and in case you haven't seen the mural behind P.S. 751 on Fourth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... the mural was unveiled in May. However, the gates were always locked when I went by, so I never had a chance for a decent photo.
So thanks to AFineLyne for sharing these via GothamToGo...
The nonprofit group, Artolution and the students at P.S. 751 and Harvey Milk High School came together to create this 160x25 mural to capture their diversity and individuality...
...and a resident misplaced a backpack with two laptops and other work-related items back on June 28... he's hopeful that the bag, which went missing between Seventh and Ninth Street/First and Second Avenue, turns up... the Craigslist post is here ...
[Photo by Steven]
Grant Shaffer's NY See
[Click on image for more detail]
Here's this week's NY See, East Village-based illustrator Grant Shaffer's comic series — an observational sketch diary of things that he sees and hears around the neighborhood.
Grey Lady owner looking at new venture for the old Out East space on 6th Street
A co-owner of Grey Lady on Delancey Street (and Grey Lady East in Montauk) is among the applicants vying for a new liquor license for the former Out East Space on Sixth Street, according to documents on the CB3 website.
There's not much information about what type of restaurant applicant Callum McLaughlin tends to open at Out East, which closed without any notice after eight months in business last December here between Avenue A and Avenue B. CB3 describes this as a sale of assets.
Presumably the new venture will be a seafood-centric spot similar to the Nantucket-style food served at Grey Lady. (McLaughlin is a Nantucket native.) New York magazine says the Grey Lady's "brief menu is a pleaser." Out East aspired to have a (new) Montauk beach vibe.
The CB3 questionnaire shows proposed hours of 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday, with an 11 a.m. opening on Saturday and Sunday. The bi-level space has room for 38 tables — seating 96 diners. (There are also two, 10-seat bars on each floor.)
McLaughlin previously looked at opening an oyster bar and restaurant on the Upper East Side in early 2017. Those plans apparently never materialized.
CB3's SLA committee meets Monday night at the Public Hotel, 17th Floor, Sophia Room, 215 Chrystie St. between Houston and Stanton. The proceedings start at 6:30.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Former Out East space for lease on 6th Street
Dry cleaners where Kim's Video got its start on Avenue A is closing
Today is the last day in business for Sammy's Cleaners at 99 Avenue A between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. (Thanks to EVG reader Paul W. for the photo and tip!)
The sign on the door announcing the closure thanks Sammy's customers for their patronage. Not sure why they are shutting down.
The spot was, until late 2016/early 2017, Kim's Cleaners...
[Google Street View]
Owner Yongman Kim launched his (now-departed) Kim's Video empire from here in 1987 ... before eventually moving the video business a few storefronts to the south to 85 Avenue (now Somtum Der), which enjoyed its reign
[Photo from 1997 by Dave Buchwald]
Taiwan Bear House bringing bento boxes and bubble tea to 10th Street
Taiwan Bear House will be opening an outpost on 10th Street at First Avenue (between Snowdays and United Copy & Print in the same building that houses Tarallucci E Vino).
The cafe sells a variety of bubble tea, bento boxes and fried chicken.
The restaurant opened its first outpost on Pell Street in 2015, and earned a "Critic's Pick" at the Times.
Per the Times:
The fried chicken is inspired by the “popcorn” style of chicken sold at night markets in Taiwan, boneless hunks of meat perfumed with Chinese five-spice and slightly feverish, with a chewiness just under the surface. The pork chop is dredged not in the usual sweet potato starch but in panko. Purists may object, but the sheath of crumbs comes out well bronzed, somehow crispy and wispy at once.
Still, if I had to choose, I would forgo pork chop or chicken for a larger heap of that minced pork, the cheapest bento option, and the best.
You can find their menu here.
Thanks to Steven for the photo and tip!
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