Despite today's snowfall 😒 ... not everyone is understandably feeling the Christmas spirit this March.
Here then, a question via the EVG inbox:
Any idea how we can get the dried-out holiday wreath in Tompkins Square Park taken down? It's time.
Any idea how we can get the dried-out holiday wreath in Tompkins Square Park taken down? It's time.
[I]n April 2014, a close friend recommended that we sell our banana pudding to help fund a repair for Lloyd's car, Ella, a sonic yellow 2004 Subaru WRX Impreza STI, who was in a fender bender. So we started the hashtag #Baonanas on Instagram. We were amazed by the community's reaction to our silly little hashtag.
Arka opened its doors in 1951 on 7th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue. The owners were Roman Porytko and Jaroslav Pastushenko, two immigrants from Ukraine who were able to start a new life in the United States under the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, which allowed Europeans who had lost their homes in World War II permanent residence in the U.S.
In the 1980s, the East Village continued to flourish and grow, which resulted in steep rent increases. In 1985 Arka was hit with a 1000 percent rent increase from $300 per month to $3,000 per month and announced that after 35 years, they were going to close their doors. Signs announcing their closure were placed on each of the three large windows of the ground-level store."I happened to be walking by the Seventh Street shop one day ... when a sign in Arka's window caught my eye," explained business entrepreneur Mykola Drobenko to the Ukrainian Weekly in 1986. A few days later, Drobenko returned with an offer to buy the business.
Rowdy teens have harassed and attacked workers in an East Village deli for months. The police have done nothing about it, the store owner says.
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 7, 2022
“Sometimes, they have a metal rod, and sometimes, a baseball bat. ... The police say they can’t do anything.”https://t.co/vE25lKuLpt
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
@NYCMayor vehicle blocking a crosswalk #walknyc pic.twitter.com/I4L6htRG4R
— Choresh Wald (@Choresh2) March 7, 2022