And here's a photo of the mural as of this evening...
... where a little bit of the Kenny Scharf mural remains in view...
Animal New York has more here ... and Runnin' Scared here ...
Thursday, June 23, 2011
"Lakota, North Dakota" on the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall
Earlier today, BoweryBoogie had in-progress photos at the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall ... The Inside Out Group presents the latest mural here, "Lakota, North Dakota" by JR. (Read more about it here.)
And here's a photo of the mural as of this evening...
... where a little bit of the Kenny Scharf mural remains in view...
Animal New York has more here ... and Runnin' Scared here ...
And here's a photo of the mural as of this evening...
... where a little bit of the Kenny Scharf mural remains in view...
Animal New York has more here ... and Runnin' Scared here ...
Report: 2 travelers busted for assault outside McDonald's
At Neither More Nor Less, Bob Arihood reports that the NYPD arrested two travelers early this morning after allegedly assaulting two men in front of the McDonald's on Third Avenue. According to witnesses, the two travelers were spanging in front of McDonald's. Two men drinking next door at the Continental struck up a friendly conversation with the travelers, who then reportedly threw punches without any warning.
As Bob noted, a dog that belonged to one of the travelers was left tied up near a tree. See Neither More Nor Less for all the details.
[Bob Arihood]
As Bob noted, a dog that belonged to one of the travelers was left tied up near a tree. See Neither More Nor Less for all the details.
One man's campaign against 'the doorshitter' on St. Mark's Place
From the EV Grieve inbox...
I have been living in NYC for 25 years. For the first time, I have a problem that seems to be hard to solve. I live on St. Marks Place between 2nd and 3rd.
For the past 6 weeks I’ve had a homeless man shit on the front door of my building. NOBODY wants to deal with it. 311, 911, etc just don’t care. I get it too, there are a lot bigger issues going on.
But see, it’s a quality of life issue for both me and my neighbors and this sub human of a homeless man. It’s not fun starting your day off when you walk out of your building to greet the world and it kicks off with a pile of shit, the stench and flies. I have caught the Doorshitter in action!
I was nice to him the first time. I told him he must stop and if he doesn’t I will take action. The Mad Crapper has continued his shitty assault on my door. I will stop this ace of a man dropping deuces if it’s the last thing I do!
I have now taken action….
• I have a photo of this man. I’ve met with all the shop owners on St, Marks between 2nd and 3rd. Everybody has an issue with him. When he’s spotted…they will point and scream “DOORSHITTER, STAY OFF OUR BLOCK”.
• I don’t want to hurt this man; I do want to freak him out so he’s scared to come back. Yesterday I had an encounter with The Mad Crapper. I screamed at him and followed him for blocks yelling things such as”STOP SHITTING ON MY DOOR”, WHY DO YOU SHIT ON MY DOOR”. “HEY, EVERYBODY LOOK, THIS MAN SHITS ON MY DOOR”, Etc. Needless to say he was freaked out.
• I am on a one-man flyer campaign. The goal here is to shame this man. It may be hard though because how can he have shame if he shits on doors. Attached is the flyer I have been hanging on St. Marks place. People have been taking them because they think it’s funny or think I’m a new street artist.
• I don’t want this problem to escalate I want this shot to stop. PLEASE, help me if you can.
As far as future steps, I’m unsure what to do…
Yes, this problem is funny but at the same time it stinks. It’s shitty and a real battle.
Jordy VS The Doorshitter…..it’s on!
PS 122 holding final performance Saturday; theater is moving for renovations
It has been more than a year since we checked in on this story. PS 122 on First Avenue at Ninth Street is getting a facelift...
The Architect's Newspaper had the details in April 2010 on what all this will look like. According to the story:
The construction is expected to be done by the summer of 2013.
And now that I've buried the lead... PS 122 is holding its final performance at this spaceSunday Saturday before the renovations begin, according to TheaterMania. The theater will temporarily vacate its home to an off-site location during the renovations. For more information on the weekend performances, visit the PS 122 site here.
[Images via]
The Architect's Newspaper had the details in April 2010 on what all this will look like. According to the story:
The Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has commissioned Deborah Berke & Partners to complete a $16 million renovation of the aging structure and bring it up to current code requirements.
While the crux of the commission involves upgrading the 1894 building’s outmoded ingress/egress routes and substandard mechanical systems, Berke also saw the opportunity to improve the interior and how it was organized. The center’s primary inhabitants — PS 122 Gallery, Performance Space 122, and Mabou Mines — all grew into their rooms organically over the years, without much thought about how they functioned as a whole.
The construction is expected to be done by the summer of 2013.
And now that I've buried the lead... PS 122 is holding its final performance at this space
[Images via]
Why the Open Road Park is closed
Yesterday, we reported that the NYC Department of Education closed the Open Road Park ... the playground popular with skateboarders adjacent to the East Side Community High School on East 12th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue...
In the comments, a reader noted the following sign outside the Park:
Dear Community Members:
We are very sorry to have to temporarily close the park. East Side Community High School is committed to making this space available to the community and reopening it as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there has been an increase in dangerous, disrespectful and illegal behaviors in the park. This includes, but is not limited to, drinking, smoking, fighting, vandalism and excessive littering. This has put our students and community members at risk. We will be working closely with the community and park users to discuss how we can maintain LES Park as a safe public space that serves the community (outside of school and camp hours.) East Side will be holding a public meeting next week to discuss this matter. More details will follow. Please feel free to email lespark@eschs.org with any questions or concerns. Thank you for your cooperation and patience.
Sincerely,
East Side Community High School
However, when we walked by early last evening, someone had apparently ripped down the signs...
DNAinfo has more on the story here.
Trying to save a parking space on East First Street
Early yesterday evening, a man was trying to hold a parking spot on East First Street near Extra Place. Meanwhile, another motorist pulled up to take the space. No, the man said. I'm reserving this spot. The woman rolled down her window, and said something like You can't save a space. She inched toward him. He didn't budge. They faced each other for a little longer than you might imagine.
The man motioned down the street to the person in the white car that he was saving the space for. The second motorist, a woman, then tried to back into the space. However, the first motorist wouldn't budge. An impasse. The man continued to gesture and claim that he had saved the space.
Then another man showed up. He got into the debate. You can't save a space. It appeared that he was friends with the woman in the first car. They continued the discussion.
Eventually, the man who had been saving the spot then parked the car two vehicles to the west of where he was saving the original space.
Drama over. The evening continued.
The man motioned down the street to the person in the white car that he was saving the space for. The second motorist, a woman, then tried to back into the space. However, the first motorist wouldn't budge. An impasse. The man continued to gesture and claim that he had saved the space.
Then another man showed up. He got into the debate. You can't save a space. It appeared that he was friends with the woman in the first car. They continued the discussion.
Eventually, the man who had been saving the spot then parked the car two vehicles to the west of where he was saving the original space.
Drama over. The evening continued.
20 years on St. Mark's Place
You can catch this exhibit by photographer Jesper Haynes starting tonight at Gallery Onetwentyeight, 128 Rivington St.
I planned on requesting a quick interview with Haynes... but decided to run an excerpt from his blog instead:
In 1986, I moved to my apartment on 90 St. Marks Place, in New York's East Village. It was above the St. Mark's Bar & Grill where the Rolling Stones had just filmed the video for "Waiting on a Friend". It was to be my home, and the backdrop for much of my photography, for the next 20 years.
In those days St. Marks was a rough place. It bustled with runaways and skate kids, with dealers and dime bag rappers and fabulously dressed low-lifes on their way to or from an after-hours club.
... however, life at St Marks began to change. The local fleabag movie house became a Gap clothing store. The Korean delis were replaced by Starbucks. Whole blocks were renovated and gentrified. St Marks was becoming hip. Rents began to rise and the artists, inevitably, started moving out.
My turn came in 2006 when my landlady, with whom I had developed a very close friendship, died. Her daughter inherited the building. Being a businesswoman, in a city that was now all about business, she saw the chance of higher rents and a different breed of renter. She duly gave us a three-month notice of eviction.
I still dream of that apartment and the intense, beautiful, often riotous, times I had there.
These photographs are an honest, spontaneous record of what I have lived and of the lives and loves for which my home in St. Marks became the setting.
A few highlights from the week-long exhibit:
Opening Reception Thursday June 23 6-9 PM
Slide show, Book signing and Artist Q & A - Tuesday June 28 7 PM
Closing Party Thursday June 30 6-9 PM
A precarious-looking porta-potty
A poop accident waiting to happen under the sidewalk shed on Second Avenue near Sixth Street. Photo by EV Grieve reader LULU.
Your chance to star in a movie with Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling
Well, if you're a 15-20 year-old boy. Flyers spotted along Avenue C.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
June 22
Wow, and one day after the ICTTS became the ICTTSS. Goggla checks in rather tentatively this evening. "I'm assuming someone else already submitted this as there was an am New York conveniently left nearby."
No! So she made this discovery on Second Avenue at Seventh Street. "Real trees — I touched them," she said. "I have a closer shot of the dated paper as well."
Gruber MacDougal, spokesperson for the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring and Summer (ICTTSS) had no immediate reaction.
[Updated]
Goggla sent along some other photos of the tree ...
Please don't let the pop-up piano in Tompkins Square Park see this
Because we don't want the piano in the Park now to think that this is what happens when pop-up season ends on July 2... tossed to the curb... thanks to EV Grieve reader Hilary for the photo on Sixth Street near Avenue A today...
Open Road Park closed now on 12th Street
An EV Grieve reader told me that the NYC Department of Education has closed the popular Open Road Park ... the park, adjacent to the East Side Community High School on East 12th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue, is a major space, of course, for skateboarders...
Three skateboarders stood rather glumly outside the fence on the 11th Street entrance last evening. None of them had any idea what was happening with the park...
I'm told the school closed the park on Monday. I reached out to the folks who look after Open Road. Via Facebook, they said, "Sorry, we don't know right now. The school is figuring out next steps."
Meanwhile, I sent an email to the address listed on the flyer. It bounced back, noting that "Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently."
Three skateboarders stood rather glumly outside the fence on the 11th Street entrance last evening. None of them had any idea what was happening with the park...
I'm told the school closed the park on Monday. I reached out to the folks who look after Open Road. Via Facebook, they said, "Sorry, we don't know right now. The school is figuring out next steps."
Meanwhile, I sent an email to the address listed on the flyer. It bounced back, noting that "Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently."
[Updated] In time for summer, the travelers return
Last Wednesday at this time, we were discussing the seemingly empty space in Tompkins Square Park where the summer travelers typically congregate...the discussion was fueled, in part, by a piece in the Times titled In East Village, Harbingers of Spring Are Missing.
Since then, the travelers have seemingly returned. Bob Arihood noted some travelers sleeping on East Fourth Street the other day ... Melanie took a photo of a group on Second Avenue... and we've all seen more and more of them arrive on Crusty Row...
And, as these photos by Bobby Williams show, some travelers were enjoying a nice day in Tompkins square Park yesterday...
The Lo-Down has an op-ed today on what the displacement of the travelers means for the East Village. You can read that piece here.
Since then, the travelers have seemingly returned. Bob Arihood noted some travelers sleeping on East Fourth Street the other day ... Melanie took a photo of a group on Second Avenue... and we've all seen more and more of them arrive on Crusty Row...
And, as these photos by Bobby Williams show, some travelers were enjoying a nice day in Tompkins square Park yesterday...
The Lo-Down has an op-ed today on what the displacement of the travelers means for the East Village. You can read that piece here.
About the arrests in Tompkins Square Park Saturday afternoon
At Neither More Nor Less, Bob Arihood reports on the multiple arrests that occurred in Tompkins Square Park Saturday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. in the stretch of walkway between the chess tables and Crusty Row.
In addition, as this video shows, the NYPD escorted a press photographer out of the Park for having used his cell-cam to photograph one of the arrests.
Meanwhile, Bob's post also has more information about Lisa, who was recently arrested while sitting at the chess tables — and not playing chess. Despite what you may have read elsewhere, Bob's original reporting was accurate.
In addition, as this video shows, the NYPD escorted a press photographer out of the Park for having used his cell-cam to photograph one of the arrests.
Meanwhile, Bob's post also has more information about Lisa, who was recently arrested while sitting at the chess tables — and not playing chess. Despite what you may have read elsewhere, Bob's original reporting was accurate.
Miracle (Grills): A Ricky's and not an eatery opening on First Avenue
As Jeremiah first noted yesterday, a Ricky's is opening at the long-dormant Miracle Garden space on First Avenue near Seventh Street...
... and the store will also fill the retail space at the newish apartment building at 92 Seventh St., the site of the Miracle Grill's former garden...
An interesting turn of events... the space had been on the market as a restaurant...
Given the adjacent Foodie Row of Seventh Street, Foodie Row Watchers figured this space was destined for something artisanal or drizzled or food trucked...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Former Miracle Grill garden not-so-suddenly looks like a condo
Former Miracle Grill space on the market
One restaurant, two buildings
... and the store will also fill the retail space at the newish apartment building at 92 Seventh St., the site of the Miracle Grill's former garden...
An interesting turn of events... the space had been on the market as a restaurant...
Given the adjacent Foodie Row of Seventh Street, Foodie Row Watchers figured this space was destined for something artisanal or drizzled or food trucked...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Former Miracle Grill garden not-so-suddenly looks like a condo
Former Miracle Grill space on the market
One restaurant, two buildings
Exit 9's short exit on Avenue A
As we reported back on June 2, Exit 9 had announced that it was leaving its home of 16 years on Avenue A. At the time, a commenter said that the gift shop would be moving just down the street.
Yesterday, our friend Jen Doll at Runnin' Scared had the scoop that the shop would open at the former Urban Roots space one block to the south. The new space is expected to be ready in September.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exit 9 exiting from Avenue A
Today's sign of the apocalypse: Sigma Burger Pie
Lauren Shockey at Fork in the Road caught this signage on West Third Street at the former home of the Fuelray Bar & Lounge ... Sigma Burger Pie promises "a fraternal order of food."
At least it's safely tucked away between LaGuardia and Thompson... Anyway, we feel for you.
Where's Ben from Neighborhood Barbers?
A reader sends along an email with news that Ben has quit his chair at Neighborhood Barbers on East Ninth Street for a new job. The other barbers won't provide any forwarding information, and the resident would like to find Ben, who has been his longtime barber... Anyone?
[Photo via]
Cleaning sidewalks, with hopes of raising $1,000 by July 1
Spotted on 11th Street near Avenue A by Shawn Chittle ... alongside the Mary Help of Christians flea market lot...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
An afternoon at the opera, kind of
And a few photos from earlier today by the Tompkins Square Park pop-up piano... where members of the Amore Opera performed as part of Make Music New York day... (Photos by Bobby Williams)
And Bob Arihood has a rather funny photo involving a can of Four Loko during this... right here.
And Bob Arihood has a rather funny photo involving a can of Four Loko during this... right here.
There's an artist in here somewhere...
Earlier today, we noted that famed camouflager Liu Bolin would, uh, camouflage himself in Kenny Scharf's mural on the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall today...
Here's a photo via The Wooster Collective...
[Photo by Samdarko Eltosam]
You can find more photos here.
Here's a photo via The Wooster Collective...
You can find more photos here.
A Christmas in June game changer
To be honest, we were expecting some kind of October surprise this June. And today, on the first official day of summer, we got it.
After an emergency Board of Directors meeting, Gruber MacDougal, spokesperson for the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring (ICTTS), has announced that the organization has adopted a new name.
Please welcome the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring and Summer (ICTTSS).
Why did this happen? Sources say that it is because of a tree sighting on the Bowery upstairs at the Sunshine Hotel, first spotted by Goggla back in April. Although it looks to be an artificial tree, ICTTSS officials feared the backlash if this tree got tossed after June 21.
MacDougal, who is in London after unsuccessfully bidding on Picasso's Jeune fille endormie at Christie’s International, wasn't immediately available for comment.
After an emergency Board of Directors meeting, Gruber MacDougal, spokesperson for the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring (ICTTS), has announced that the organization has adopted a new name.
Please welcome the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring and Summer (ICTTSS).
Why did this happen? Sources say that it is because of a tree sighting on the Bowery upstairs at the Sunshine Hotel, first spotted by Goggla back in April. Although it looks to be an artificial tree, ICTTSS officials feared the backlash if this tree got tossed after June 21.
MacDougal, who is in London after unsuccessfully bidding on Picasso's Jeune fille endormie at Christie’s International, wasn't immediately available for comment.
Police swoop in on student outside PS 19
Just after 3 this afternoon, EV Grieve reader Sarah reported a strong police presence outside PS 19/Asher Levy School on First Avenue at 12th Street. According to witnesses, there were 15 police officers on the scene. Witnesses noted that the police searched the backpack of a boy, who looked about 12 years old, and found nothing.
People are now Making Music
Oh, in case you were wondering why people were randomly making music today... it's because today is Make Music New York, which according to the publicity stuff, is "a unique festival of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City, all on June 21st, the first day of summer. MMNY takes place simultaneously with similar festivities in more than 460 cities around the world — a global celebration of music making."
EV Grieve reader Sam notes a band called My Glorious Mess is now playing on East Third Street just East of First Avenue...
And yelling "Free Bird" isn't really funny anymore.
Here are two more shots of My Glorious Mess via jdx ...
Here's the website with the rundown of all the performances in the East Village this evening.
EV Grieve reader Sam notes a band called My Glorious Mess is now playing on East Third Street just East of First Avenue...
And yelling "Free Bird" isn't really funny anymore.
Here are two more shots of My Glorious Mess via jdx ...
Here's the website with the rundown of all the performances in the East Village this evening.
A suspicious cooler?
A reader, Emily, came across this unattended parcel on 10th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... and decided that it looked rather suspicious... so Emily called 311, whose operator then called 911... And a response team is on the way...
Liu Bolin will camouflage himself in the Kenny Scharf mural today
Well, all sorts of things happening this week at the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall ... To the news release!
Liu Bolin Camouflages Himself in Popular Kenny Scharf Mural
On June 21, world-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Liu Bolin will camouflage himself into a popular Kenny Scharf mural for his first live painting/ performance piece in the United States. The work will mark the first time Liu Bolin will collaborate with another contemporary artist. Kenny Scharf's colorful, spray-painted Houston Street mural has received an incredible amount of both attention and accolades since it went up on the corner of Houston and Bowery in Lower Manhattan on December 10, 2010.
"Bringing together two of the most influential contemporary artists of our generation, both who truly represent their cultures, is an important moment in New York City’s art world” explains Marc and Sara Schiller from Wooster Collective. "We're thrilled that this once in a lifetime project has come together and can't wait to see the results."
The performance was conceived by the New York based curatorial group Wooster Collective, and Eli Klein Gallery who is bringing Liu Bolin from China. It is supported by Goldman Properties, the owner of the property and longtime supporters of public art throughout SoHo.
We don't know what time this is happening just yet...
Bolin at work in Paris:
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