The art is by @EarlyRiser ... the photo from First Avenue and Ninth Street is by William Klayer.
Monday, March 7, 2022
Monday's parting shot
Today in mayoral visits to the East Village
Photo at East Village Organic on 1st Avenue by Steven
Thanks to everyone for the emails, texts, cards and letters about Mayor Adams taking a walking tour of the East Village today... to announce that #NYCisBack ...
As previously reported, NYC's indoor vaccine mandate is gone starting today. Restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and gyms are no longer be required to check for proof of COVID-19 vaccination from customers. In addition, the mask ban for students has been lifted.Hitting the streets in the East Village to spread the word: #NYCisBack! pic.twitter.com/q4gcq1MT8l
— City of New York (@nycgov) March 7, 2022
His tour included visiting with owners of several restaurants (Dallas BBQ, La Palapa, MáLà Project), eating lunch at Veselka and walking through Tompkins Square Park.
Updated 7 p.m.
There wasn't any shortage of the mayor's EV visit today... select news outlets include...
• Curbed
• amNY
• NY1
@NYCMayor vehicle blocking a crosswalk #walknyc pic.twitter.com/I4L6htRG4R
— Choresh Wald (@Choresh2) March 7, 2022
Sunny's Florist is BACK
Photos by Steven
Good news. After a winter hiatus, Sunny's Florist reopened Saturday on the SE corner of Second Avenue and Sixth Street...
Sunny's has been in this sliver of a spot for 32 years... and with arguably the best flowers in NYC.
The shop doesn't have a website or any active social media platforms ... Google lists the hours from 2:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Phone: (212) 473-0185
Two Boots supporting Ukraine with 2 new pizzas, including the Mr. Ze
Photos by Stacie Joy
Two Boots Pizza has partnered with Razom for Ukraine to help support the war-torn country.
The pizzeria, which has long named their special pies (see The Dude, the CBGB or Larry Tate), unveiled Mr. Ze after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the Lesya, for the Ukrainian writer-activist Lesya Ukrainka.
Each pizza includes key ingredients from two longtime Ukrainian businesses in the East Village. Mr. Ze has kielbasa from East Village Meat Market, while the Lesya has borscht from Veselka.
All proceeds from the sales of these pizzas will go to Razom for Ukraine, a nonprofit that supports the residents and culture of that country.
The special pizzas are available at the EV location, 42 Avenue A at Third Street, and the West Village outpost, 101 Seventh Ave. S.
At the Avenue A shop yesterday, EVG contributor Stacie Joy caught up with Two Boots staffers Antoline Lopez and Willicia Thomas with a Mr. Ze...
Two Boots also donated food for the Stand With Ukraine Community Concert at the Ukrainian National Home on Second Avenue this past Saturday.
Ramen Setagaya's St. Mark's Place location looking very closed
Photos by Steven
The space has been empty for several weeks...
This branch at 34 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue is no longer posted on the website... and Google lists them as permanently closed...
The affordable ramen spot got its East Village start in 2007 around the corner on Second Avenue before relocating here.
This closure comes after the arrival of a for-rent sign on the space earlier this year...
Purple reign: Incoming Taco Bell now looking more like a Taco Bell
Signage is next ... then it shouldn't be too long before they serve up those new Cantina Crispy Chicken Tacos with avocado ranch dressing.
There are currently more than a dozen Taco Bells in NYC. (Fun fact! Glen Bell opened the first Taco Bell in Downey, Calif., in 1962.)
As for this EV corner, Bluemercury, the luxury beauty retailer, closed here during the pandemic.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Weekend's parting shot
Photo by Stacie Joy
A shot from a very busy Saturday at East Village Meat Market... one of the neighborhood's longtime Ukrainian-owned businesses... find them at 139 Second Ave. between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street.
Week in Grieview
Posts from this past week included (with a photo on Second Avenue yesterday by Steven) ...
• How Veselka is helping with Ukraine relief efforts (Wednesday)
• One East Village family's protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Friday)
• 9th Precinct collecting medical supplies for Ukraine humanitarian relief (Saturday)
• Show your support for Ukraine on this Lower East Side storefront (Sunday)
• City has unvaccinated educators doing remote learning now from the former St. Brigid School (Tuesday)
• RIP Nick Zedd (Monday)
• The New Colossus Festival takes place next week at these local music venues (Friday)
• Gallery Watch talks with Robert Zehnder (Thursday)
• A quick visit to Jane, now open on 9th Street (Wednesday)
• The Black History Bowl returns to the Lower East Side (Sunday)
• Second time around: A Repeat Performance pops up at 3rd and B'Zaar (Wednesday)
• Davey's Ice Cream closes 1st Avenue shop ahead of a relocation (Thursday)
• A look at the in-progress new home of Bleecker Street Bar — on Broadway (Monday)
• A cafe-coffee shop in the works for Houston and Allen (Monday)
• Demolition watch: B Bar & Grill edition (Tuesday)
• K-Dogs and K-pop on St. Mark's Place (Monday)
... and EVG reader Peter d. shared these photos from Friday night along Avenue C between Eighth Street and Ninth Street... according to witnesses, the SUV stopped to make a U-turn... and a cyclist heading northbound broadsided the vehicle... the cyclist was said to be dazed, but conscious ...
Officers from the Police Service Area 4 on Eighth and C assisted the man. His condition is not known. The driver was cited for making an illegal U-turn, according to witnesses...
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[Updated] Show your support for Ukraine on this Lower East Side storefront
As EVG correspondent Stacie Joy notes, there are now markers attached to the plywood for passersby to leave messages of support for the besieged country...
Updated 7:30 p.m.A reader shared these photos from today... the space is filling up with messages...
Saturday, March 5, 2022
EVG Etc.: Ukrainian places to support in NYC; Vaccine mandate to end on Monday
• 15 Ukrainian places to support in NYC (Untapped Cities)
• There's a Support Ukraine rally today at 1 in Times Square (Instagram)
• Talking with students at St. George Academy on Seventh Street about loved ones in Ukraine (NY1)
• As the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies, Velselka serves as a space for nourishment and activism (Eater)
• Man arrested for string of attacks on Asian women, including several locally (Gothamist)
• Reactions as the city will lift the vaccine mandate for bars and restaurants starting on Monday (Gothamist)
• An interview with Hello Mary, who just released two new tracks (KEXP ... previously on EVG)
• NYC street vendor enforcement back at pre-pandemic levels (City Limits)
• An interview with Abdur-Rashiyd "JK" Rivera, who is living in a tent in Tompkins Square Park (The Post)
• About the plant-based Mexican food at Raíz Modern Mexican Kitchen on First Avenue (Grub Street)
• Catch the films of Agnès Varda, Chris Marker, Jacques Demy and Alain Resnais — and more! (Metrograph)
• A lost East Village alley from 1963 (Ephemeral New York)
• Nick Lawrence's teens of the LES from the 1960s (Official site)
A 'Stand With Ukraine' community concert today on 2nd Avenue
Veselka and Two Boots are providing the food.
Tickets are $15 and can be bought here.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to the Razom Emergency Response Fund.
9th Precinct collecting medical supplies for Ukraine humanitarian relief
A group of NYPD officers of Russian and Ukrainian descent has launched a citywide campaign to help Ukrainians after Russia's unprovoked invasion.Looking to help the people of Ukraine?
— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) March 2, 2022
Humanitarian aid is now being collected at your local precincts. Please only donate the items listed below before March 11, 2022. pic.twitter.com/TBgAHEYcjX
The requested items in this humanitarian effort are limited to first-aid kits, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, aspirin, bandages, gauze and tourniquets.
You can find donation boxes at all 77 NYPD precincts in NYC.
Closer to home, EVG correspondent Stacie Joy stopped by the 9th Precinct yesterday, where she ran into Det. Jaime Hernandez of Community Affairs ...
The drive runs through March 11.
The 9th Precinct is at 321 E. Fifth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
Plywood solidarity
As noted back on Monday, a coffee chop-cafe is in the works for this sliver of a space.
Friday, March 4, 2022
Friday's parting shot
Photo by Steven...
A lot of people have left comments or emailed about Stoli. The company, which people often perceive to be Russian, has denounced the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on its website:
Stoli® Group has had a long history of fighting oppression from the Russian regime. We unequivocally condemn the military action in Ukraine and stand in support of the Ukrainian people.“The safety and security of our Ukrainian team is our top priority. We are monitoring the situation closely and are already moving swiftly and decisively to provide support where needed, both to our people on the ground as well as partners,” noted Damian McKinney, Global CEO, Stoli® Group. “While we do not have any operations in Russia, we do in Ukraine and across many of the bordering countries.”The Stoli® vodka brands and its owner Yuri Shefler were exiled from Russia nearly two decades ago. “As the Founder of SPI Group of companies, I have personally experienced persecution by the Russian authorities and I share the pain of Ukraine and its people,” noted Mr. Shefler.
Stoli® Premium and Elit™ vodka are manufactured and bottled in Riga, Latvia. The brand is registered with the US TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) as a Latvian product.
Have the 'Blues'
NYC's Wah Together is one of the 100-plus bands playing the New Colossus Festival at neighborhood music venues next week.
The band features bassist Phil Mossman (ex-LCD Soundsystem), drummer Vito Roccoforte (the Rapture), producer/guitarist Steve Schiltz (Longwave) and vocalist Jaiko Suzuki.
The video here is for "You Got the Blues," the second single from the band's debut LP "Let's Wah Together," out today.
Also, today is a Bandcamp Friday, where all the sales go directly to the artists.
A mid-morning view of a favorite intersection
One East Village family's protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Given his migratory history (he has long kept snow-white pigeons on his roof ), Marinda suggested that he paint a Peace Pigeon. (His Avenue A home has also long featured the words P E A C E written in abstracted geometric black lettering out front.)
And later...
And now, a family friend has put the "Peace Pigeon" on T-shirts for sale online. About $8 from each sale will be donated to Voices of Children, an organization in Ukraine working to help families in this time of crisis.
You can find the T-shirts online here.
Said Anton in an email:
"When we in 1971 arrived in this East Village neighborhood it was still a vital immigrant population. Its larger mix was of Ukrainian, Polish and Italian heritage, their cultures so shared with us. Now those populations are slowly fading away and their children have moved on. Their restaurants, spoken languages, music, and beautiful colored flags have largely fallen silent. But their cultural contribution live on in us all, and our neighborhood history to remember," he wrote. "Now I am pleased to honor Ukraine's national flag colors as their Peace Dove."
Top two photos by Marinda van Dalen
The New Colossus Festival takes place next week at these local music venues
There is A LOT going on... check out the venue lineup here... and the band/musician (100-plus) rundown here.
It's a great (and inexpensive way) to check out a look at new/emerging bands. (Brooklyn Vegan highlights a few acts here.)
The New Colossus Festival started in 2019.
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