Thanks to John Marshall Mantel for the photos.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Reminders tonight: Memorial in Tompkins Square Park for Monica Shay
Monica Shay died on Thursday after being shot last weekend at the Pennsylvania country home she shared with her husband Paul. She was 58. Tonight at 8, her friends and loved ones will gather in Tompkins Square Park for a memorial vigil.
As The Villager noted, she and her husband Paul, who is expected to recover, were prominent neighborhood activists. "They helped the East Village squatters who took over city-owned buildings in the 1980s. They also supported the encampment that homeless people set up in Tompkins Square Park."
The memorial will be held at Seventh Street and Avenue A at the entrance to the Park.
[Photo of Monica Shay from 1990 by Clayton Patterson via The Villager]
Love blossoms at the Tompkins Square Park dog run?
EV Grieve reader Caiti notes that her mutt puppy Jagger and Butter the English mastiff were making friendly over the fence between the little dog run and the big dog run today... Nice that we can all get along...
Reminders today: Free concert in Tompkins Square Park
And the lineup...
2:10 - 2:30: Lance Blisters
2:35 - 3:05: Jennifer Blowdryer and band
3:10 - 3:40: David Peel
3:45 - 4:15: FLY with Zero Content
4:20 - 4:45: The Drunkard's Wife
4:50 - 5:15: Chink Floyd
5:20 - 6:00: High Teen Boogie
East Village crusties go national thanks to The Huffington Post
Thanks to the readers who sent along the link to a Huffington Post, um, post on Steven Hirsch's Crustypunks site.
Although the site is in the HuffPo's New York section, the piece is featured on the main page...
Aren't you proud?
Although the site is in the HuffPo's New York section, the piece is featured on the main page...
Aren't you proud?
A new era for composting?
On East 12th Street. Taking chairs now? If so, then I have some mattresses in front of my building that I can drag over...
Remembering Barnacle Bill yesterday in Tompkins Square Park
Yesterday, William Scott — better known as Barnacle Bill — would have turned 46. Bill passed away in 2009. In his honor, someone set up a makeshift memorial for him along Crusty Row in Tompkins Square Park...
As Lorcan Otway wrote for The Villager in May 2009:
You can read more about Barnacle Bill here.
Photos by Bobby Williams.
As Lorcan Otway wrote for The Villager in May 2009:
“Barnacle” was well known in the East Village as a gentleman and a gentle man, in spite of his hardscrabble looks. Bill wore a nose ring, and had a large, upturned scar on the left side of his mouth, giving him the look of a pirate, but that was the farthest from the reality of this man.
You can read more about Barnacle Bill here.
Photos by Bobby Williams.
Friday, July 8, 2011
To Rupert and the gang
An instant request (because of this) from EV Grieve reader Raffi... The Jam with "News of the World" from 1978.
[Oops! Posted the "Coming to America" trailer by mistake earlier...as you were.]
Report: CBGB brand up for auction
CBGB Founder’s Estate to Auction Brand Tied to N.Y. Punk Club
The CBGB brand will be sold by the estate of Hillel “Hilly” Kristal, founder of the New York rock & roll club that launched the Ramones and other punk acts.
Streambank LLC was hired to sell intellectual property rights related to the CBGB brand, the bank said yesterday in an e-mailed statement. The assets include trademarks, domain names, recordings and artifacts from the club, which closed in 2006.
The brand still resonates worldwide and could be used for new opportunities in live clubs, apparel and interactive media, Streambank said. The acronym stands for “Country Blue Grass Blues.”
“We’re expecting it to trade well in excess of a couple million,” said Jack Hazan, a principal in Needham, Massachusetts-based Streambank, which specializes in intangible asset transactions.
Now I'm trying to think of the worst CBGB-related branding opportunity...
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
Save Jerry's Newsstand on Astor Place (Save Jerry's)
Debate over the East Village historic district (The Local East Village)
Manhattan rents keep going UP (Curbed)
Cosmos, the diner on Second Avenue and 23rd Street, is "closed for renovations." Worry. (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Testing out a Red Bull Creation on Second Avenue (Neither More Nor Less)
An interview with Big Gay Ice Cream owner Bryan Petroff (Grub Street)
An arrest on East Second Street last night (BoweryBoogie)
Your least favorite NYC block? (Flaming Pablum)
Bastille Day celebrations begin this weekend (Nonetheless)
...and EV Grieve reader LULU notes new addition to the plywood outside the former Teriyaki Boy on East 10th Street...
EV Grieve reader Chris noticed that part of the awning was down at Something Sweet yesterday...
We're told someone came by and, in a bit of tomfoolery, jumped up and accidentally pulled the awning down...
Free concert in Tompkins Square Park tomorrow
And it's a great lineup... this is the make-up date for the show that was cancelled on June 12.
2:10 - 2:30: Lance Blisters
2:35 - 3:05: Jennifer Blowdryer and band
3:10 - 3:40: David Peel
3:45 - 4:15: FLY with Zero Content
4:20 - 4:45: The Drunkard's Wife
4:50 - 5:15: Chink Floyd
5:20 - 6:00: High Teen Boogie
Sidewalk aims to reopen by Aug. 5
Sidewalk closed back on March 1. And the restaurant-bar-performance space at Avenue A and Sixth Street has been ongoing extensive renovations these past four months. It seems as if the place will never reopen.
However, there is good news from a Sidewalk insider. Via email, he told us, "It looks like things are finally getting close to completion." He said one of the previously silent partners is taking over as the active manager.
Some other tidbits:
• "From what I know, the menu should be the same, but stripped down to about a third of the size, mainly the items that were selling. Prices should be about the same."
• "The music program will be basically picking up where it left off ... with the Antifolk Festival pushed back to the fall."
• "As far as the back room goes, we've thrown a bit of money into upgrading the sound system and backline. There was an event booked for Friday, Aug. 5 a while back that everyone was excited about and we've set that date as the goal for trying to get everything done." [Ed. note — Boog City]
Meanwhile, Sidewalk's long-running open mic nights on Mondays have been taking place at a Gathering of Tribes on East Third Street ... another organization that could use your support.
A sidewalk memorial for the Mars Bar
The Yippie Museum Cafe adding 'specialty coffees and light food'
Last Friday, we noted the Yippie Museum Cafe on Bleecker Street between Elizabeth and the Bowery is undergoing renovations... There's a sign out front now that explains what's going on here...
Pangea has a new lease on Second Avenue
As we reported back in the spring, Pangea and the restaurant's landlord on Second Avenue were in a dispute. As a result, Pangea had to close for several days.
Then the landlord apparently lined up Karczma, one of Greenpoint's favorite Polish restaurants, to be the new tenant, even submitting their name for the June CB3/SLA docket.
During all this, the RFK real-estate listing noted that Pangea was a "former tenant."
I asked Pangea owner Stephen Shanaghan where he stood with the landlord.
"We did sign a new agreement with the landlord in court last Thursday," he said. "One of the conditions was that he instruct RKF to remove this listing which has been up since February."
He said the lease is through December 2015. "Unfortunately, it's only until [then], but I'll take it."
Then the landlord apparently lined up Karczma, one of Greenpoint's favorite Polish restaurants, to be the new tenant, even submitting their name for the June CB3/SLA docket.
During all this, the RFK real-estate listing noted that Pangea was a "former tenant."
I asked Pangea owner Stephen Shanaghan where he stood with the landlord.
"We did sign a new agreement with the landlord in court last Thursday," he said. "One of the conditions was that he instruct RKF to remove this listing which has been up since February."
He said the lease is through December 2015. "Unfortunately, it's only until [then], but I'll take it."
Yesterday at the former 35 Cooper Square
Perhaps they're breaking into the Cooper Square Hotel? In any event, first signs of workers that we've seen here in weeks. Photos by Bobby Williams.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Monica Shay has died; memorial vigil scheduled in Tompkins Square Park Saturday night
According to various published reports, Monica Shay, 58, was pronounced dead at 3:07 a.m. today in her room at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa. Monica Shay is the third victim to die after the massacre Saturday night at the country home she shared with her husband Paul. Their nephew, Joseph Shay, 43, was killed in the shooting. His girlfriend, Kathryn Erdmann, 37, of Fall River, Mass., was also critically wounded. Her 2-year-old son, Gregory, was shot and killed while he slept.
Paul Shay, 64, and his nephew's girlfriend, Kathryn Erdmann, 37, were expected to survive bullet wounds to the head, the Daily News reported.
On Monday, a SWAT team killed Mark Richard Geisenheyner, the ex-con who police say was responsible for the murders.
Monica Shay worked for the Pratt Institute where she was the director of its arts and cultural management program.
There will be a memorial vigil for Monica Shay on Saturday night in Tompkins Square Park at 8 p.m.
There are no rain delays in table tennis
This afternoon by the ping-pong table in Tompkins Square Park.
And a little later, by the new Tompkins Square Park Baths...
Photos by Bobby Williams.
Now you can live in the home of Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, a.k.a. Roman and Williams
And we're assuming without them around under foot. So, here, on the fourth floor of 25 E. Fourth St. off the Bowery is the home of Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, a.k.a. Roman and Williams, the design team behind the Standard Hotel (including the Standard Grill and the 18th Floor Club), the Ace Hotel and the redesign of the Royalton Hotel lobby.
And, as the Stribling listing shows, this is a big deal!
So how do hip designers, uh, design their own home?
And it can be your home for $3.5 million.
And, as the Stribling listing shows, this is a big deal!
Here is a rare opportunity to live in a treasure of contemporary design history. This full-floor loft is the home of Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, a.k.a. Roman and Williams, one of the most significant and era-defining design teams of the 21st Century. The space has four glorious exposures, sun-flooded light from 14 windows and open south and east views. It features a windowed cook's kitchen with six-burner range, a tranquil living room, a studio, and a walk-in closet. Most of all, it includes all of the Roman and Williams furnishings, collectibles and custom design elements that have made this loft famous. More than a residence, it is a magic environment. Located in wicked hot NoHo, between Lafayette Street and the Bowery, 25 East 4th Street is proximate to great restaurants, clubs and shopping. This property is one of one.
So how do hip designers, uh, design their own home?
And it can be your home for $3.5 million.
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
More crusties expelled from Tompkins Square Park (Neither More Nor Less)
The latest on the "new" Essex Market (The Lo-Down)
How d.b.a.’s Ray Deter changed the NYC beer scene (Grub Street)
Trouble finding curtains at 123 Third Ave.? (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Former Playboy hostess is now a designer at Dusty Buttons on East Ninth Street (Daily News)
Will there ever be another Mars Bar? (NYPress)
Remembering Alice Donut (Flaming Pablum)
Bluestockings bookstore on Allen Street closed for renovations (BoweryBoogie)
More on the opening of People's Pops on Seventh Street (PopSugar)
A sleeper car ad on the old New York Central (BoingBoing)
July 6
Early yesterday evening, Henry Jackson exited the SBS at 14th Street and First Avenue ... where he spied this Christmas tree "unceremoniously dumped in front of StuyTown." He noted that it even had a blue tag at the top like you'd see on the trees sold on street corners.
And, to show its authenticity, an SBS receipt...
When apprised of the discovery, Gruber MacDougal, spokesperson for the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring and Summer (ICTTSS), gave a thumbs up as he boarded a private flight to Pacaya Samiria Reserve in Peru where he plans to swim with endangered pink Amazon dolphins.
And, to show its authenticity, an SBS receipt...
When apprised of the discovery, Gruber MacDougal, spokesperson for the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring and Summer (ICTTSS), gave a thumbs up as he boarded a private flight to Pacaya Samiria Reserve in Peru where he plans to swim with endangered pink Amazon dolphins.
[Updated] LES Jewels has already colonized the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop
This morning on Seventh Street... under the shelter of the new awning. Photo by @beatsforlyfe.
Oh no word yet on an opening date... but the (ice cream?) machinery should arrive tomorrow.
Thurston Moore curating music for BMW Guggenheim Lab's opening-night party
Work continues over at the BMW Guggenheim Lab on First Street ...
Meanwhile, the Guggenheimers are gearing up for the opening-night reception on Aug. 2, which you're invited to only if you received an invitation. (Yeah, we didn't get one either.)
Here's part of the invite someone who was invited shared with us...
We're not sure if Thurston Moore will actually be there, or if he's just sending along some mix tapes or MP3s or what not for the bash...
Oh, and it opens to the rest of you schlubs on Aug. 3.
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Guggenheim wants our rat-infested First Street lot
Residents pitching in to help refurbish First Street garden
Designs for urban life apparently don't include trees
Continuing to question the BMW Guggenheim Lab's benefits to the local community
Meanwhile, the Guggenheimers are gearing up for the opening-night reception on Aug. 2, which you're invited to only if you received an invitation. (Yeah, we didn't get one either.)
Here's part of the invite someone who was invited shared with us...
Peter Lawson-Johnston, Honorary Chairman, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
William L. Mack, Chairman, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Jennifer Blei Stockman, President, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
Harald Krüger, Member of the Board of Management, BMW AG
The BMW Guggenheim Lab Team
request the pleasure of your company for an opening reception of the BMW Guggenheim Lab.
An evening of music curated by Thurston Moore, long-lost footage from TV Party (1978–1982) presented by Glenn O'Brien, and summer fare by Roberta’s.
Street-smart attire.
Space is limited. RSVP essential by XXXXXXX
The BMW Guggenheim Lab is a mobile urban laboratory that will launch in New York City on August 3, 2011, before traveling to Berlin and Asia in a six-year initiative that will explore innovative ideas and designs for city life.
We're not sure if Thurston Moore will actually be there, or if he's just sending along some mix tapes or MP3s or what not for the bash...
Oh, and it opens to the rest of you schlubs on Aug. 3.
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Guggenheim wants our rat-infested First Street lot
Residents pitching in to help refurbish First Street garden
Designs for urban life apparently don't include trees
Continuing to question the BMW Guggenheim Lab's benefits to the local community
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