Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Citizen app alert of the day
DeColores Community Yard collecting books for displaced Ukrainian families
Looking for Ukrainian-language books? You could try Arka on Second Street or the Ukrainian Museum on Sixth Street.
Images via Instagram
13-story mixed-use building slated for 5th and D
The proposed 125-foot-tall development will yield 62,200 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 85 residences, with an average unit scope of 731 square feet. The concrete-based structure will also have 15 inclusionary housing units and a cellar but no accessory parking.
Public records show that Manny Ashourzadeh, via Golbar LLC, is behind this new project.
The work permit filed on Thursday lists 746 E. Fifth St., an empty lot, as the building's address. Given the size of the development, the project will likely include the former Uncle Johnny, the longtime grocery store that closed last month...
As with any one-level parcel of properties, there was speculation that this corner was ripe for new construction.
In recent years, several new developments, including the Adele ... Arabella 101 and NIKO East Village, have risen along this Avenue D corridor.
A fundraiser for Noor, a cat struck by a car on 10th Street
The two were able to carefully transport the cat, named Noor, to the Village Veterinarian on 11th Street.
Unfortunately, the collision left Noor with many injuries, including pneumothorax, pulmonary contusions, traumatic brain injury, a left humeral fracture, abrasions and bruising.
Rachael and Matt are taking responsibility for Noor's care and will foster him through the recovery.
Rachael also said they'll likely adopt him. "I'm already attached after one day, and we are in love with this little guy," she said in an email. (Noor usually stays in the Half Moon Smoke Shop on 10th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue, which won't be an option post-surgery.)
There's a crowdfunding campaign underway to help pay for Noor's surgery. You can find more information at the GoFundMe here.
Rest easy, citizens of 12th Street — the large animal invader has been slain
The address was listed as a building on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B.
The report prompted A LOT of speculation — at least in the EVG Instagram Stories.
What could this large animal invader be? A crocodile? A deer? A bobcat? C.H.U.D.? Chupacabra? So many possibilities! (Also, keep in mind that Citizen has posted inaccurate information in the past.)
Ever-curious EVG contributor Stacie Joy ventured over to the building to learn more about this urban creature/home invader...
Stacie spoke with the super, Oly, who held up the slain beast...
So how did what appears to be a baby mouse on a glue trap end up as a "large animal" home invader?
Here's what we pieced together based on some Instagram messages and the visit to the building.
The residents of the unit heard a "loud" screeching coming from the kitchen. Living adjacent to a community garden, maybe an opossum found its way into the building and was trapped in an airshaft or in the walls. Thinking it was some kind of animal control situation, they called 311. The 311 operator then told the residents to contact their local police precinct.
It's not clear at the moment how this became a "large animal invader." Perhaps the NYPD was curious, too, as we're told eight officers eventually responded to the scene.
Monday, March 21, 2022
Monday's parting shots
The melody of the song is adapted from the Ukrainian folk song "Oy Marichko," and features renowned Ukrainian trumpeter Semjon Barlas (now in Berlin). All proceeds go to Ukrainian-American organization Razom For Ukraine, playing a vital role in relief efforts.
Thanks to Steven for the top photo and Eden for the shot in the Park...
March 21
The fruit vendor is BACK on 1st Avenue and 6th Street
H/T Steph and Isa!
Himalayan Vision is closing on 2nd Avenue
Tenzin, the owner, says his last day will be March 26. Until then, he has discounted items by 20 to 80 percent ...
Tenzin said he simply couldn't make the rent anymore and decided to close. (There was not a rent increase, and at the same time, the landlord was not going to negotiate a lower rate.)
Himalayan Vision and Millie, the store cat... will be missed... 
Himalayan Vision is open noon-8 p.m. ... and closed on Wednesdays.
And we were told that Tenzin won't be able to keep Millie. So if there's anyone interested in adopting her, please reach out to Tenzin at the shop. [Updated 3/26: Millie has a new home!]
Top two photos by Steven... Millie photo by Lola Sáenz
Checking in on the USA Super Stores, opening soon on 3rd Avenue and 10th Street
Workers have been filling the space with large displays of items, including Marcal toilet paper ...
... and tins of McKenzie & Lloyds Danish Style Butter Cookies ...
We first reported on this pending arrival on Feb. 3. Looks like the place will be open SOON.
USA Super Stores have been opening in former Duane Reade/Walgreens outposts around the city, including Avenue D and Second Street.
This Duane Reade by Walgreens closed in early March 2020 ... several years after expanding and gobbling up several small storefronts, forcing Excel Art and Framing Store and East Village Cheese (which was never the same) to relocate.
A'more Caffè coming to 2nd and A
The sign promises premium coffee roasted in NYC.
The business has a new Instagram account that notes "something good is coming."
This retail space was previously BikeFix NYC, which relocated to a larger storefront on Sixth Street.
The former Barnyard Cheese Shop is for rent on Avenue B
In early December, Beatriz Gutierrez decided to reopen her popular sandwich shop/market for weekend-only service at 168 Avenue B between 10th Street and 11th Street. It was done by the end of January.
This past week, the smaller for-rent sign on the storefront was joined by a much-larger banner.
Barnyard closed in October after Gutierrez could not find someone to helm her kitchen. Her longtime cook, who lost a brother during the pandemic, left to be with his family in Mexico.
Barnyard Cheese Shop's companion business next door, Brix Wines, remains open.
The white and red stripes: The new-look KFC on 14th Street
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Week in Grieview
• Holyland Market is closing on St. Mark's Place; owner to focus on hummus biz (Monday)
• A visit to Archie's Press on 10th Street (Thursday)
• Gaia Italian Café Shop is coming to the East Village (Thursday)
• Cooper Union: Longtime Stuyvesant Street businesses "informed us of their decision to vacate the property" (Wednesday)
• Report: Relief supplies for Ukraine stolen from 2nd Avenue nonprofit (Wednesday)
• 9th Precinct now issuing tickets to anyone parking in Neighborhood Loading Zones (Tuesday)
• Gallery Watch: Emily Oliveira at Geary on the Bowery (Friday)
• Longtime East Village artists bring 'Double Trouble' to the Tompkins Square Library branch (Tuesday)
• A broken gate at 89 1st Ave., where permits are still pending for a new building (Wednesday)
• La Fleur Café to set up shop on 9th Street (Monday)
• The taco cart is BACK on 2nd Street and Avenue A (Thursday)
• Indoor service is back at Abraço (Sunday)
• Openings: Nudibranch on 1st Avenue (Wednesday) ... Openings: Essex Squeeze on 5th Street (Tuesday)
• A new restaurant for the Papilles space on 7th Street (Tuesday)
• Avenue A Deli and Grill shapes up (Monday)
... and from EVG reader David Sippel from Friday on Second Avenue at 14th Street — a mini-tree discard for the books...
Support for Ukraine at Archie's Press
Photos by Stacie Joy
Owner Archie Archambault, an East Village resident, is donating the proceeds of his Little Ukraine print (available in-store only) to humanitarian aid for the war-torn country. (He was also going to distribute them to any shop to display in their windows)...
We featured Archie's Press this past week in a post here. Since EVG contributor Stacie Joy's previous visit, Archie created the Ukraine flyers.
Meanwhile, while Stacie was at the shop yesterday, Archie worked on a new flyer with his Vandercook SP-15 letterpress...
... and the final product...
Archie's is at 219 E. 10th St between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
Store hours:
Monday 1-6 p.m.
Tuesday-Wednesday Closed
Thursday-Friday 1-6 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday noon- 6 p.m.
Sunday's opening shot
Per this cut-n-paste:
In 2022, the March equinox happens on Sunday, March 20, at 11:33 A.M. EDT. This marks the return of spring to the Northern Hemisphere.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
A 'Wild Style' anniversary
Here's a climatic scene filmed at the now-demolished East River Park amphitheater...
New at MoRUS: 'Fighting Words: Political Pictures (New Voices in Comix)'
Details via the EVG inbox...
MoRUS celebrates the subversive power of comics with a group show of works by artists who participated in ABC No Rio’s Comix as Political Expression course at the museum. "Fighting Words: Political Pictures (New Voices in Comix)" will open on Saturday, March 19 with a reception beginning at 4 pm. The show will be available for viewing through Sunday, April 3 on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m., or by appointment.Participating artists are Yasmeen Abdallah, Mark He, Annabelle Heckler, Vanessa Glynn, Sam Johnston, Ariel Kleinberg, Adi Talwar, Seth Tobocman and Tamara Wyndham.
Varying in focus and medium, the works were created during the ABC No Rio course led by Tobocman at MoRUS in the fall of 2021. The exhibited works grapple with and uplift contemporary social and political struggles from the climate crisis, police brutality and worker organizing to emotional and physical health and social isolation.
MoRUS is located at 155 Avenue C between 9th Street and 10th Street.
Poster by Mark He
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