So we took a look inside this morning... not much of interest. Kind of looked like someone ransacked an IKEA store.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
That dumpster outside the Mars Bar
Early last evening, Goggla noted the arrival of a dumpster alongside the Mars Bar ... Perhaps it's in advance of tonight's street party-protest?
So we took a look inside this morning... not much of interest. Kind of looked like someone ransacked an IKEA store.
So we took a look inside this morning... not much of interest. Kind of looked like someone ransacked an IKEA store.
Why you can eat on (part of) Third Avenue today
Today marks the end of the 2nd Annual Kiehl’s LifeRide for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. Per the Kiehl's news release:
From July 31 to August 6, 2011, members of the Kiehl’s team, and a group of notable motorcycling enthusiasts, will be raising funds and awareness for amfAR during a seven-day motorcycle ride. This philanthropic journey was inspired by Kiehl’s longtime love of motorcycles and spirit of adventure.
Our very own Chris Salgardo, President of Kiehl’s USA, and Alain de Cadenet, Le Mans racer and ESPN “Speed Channel” Host, will lead riders from Pennsylvania to Massachusettes to New York City, with five stops along the way. The group of riders includes Tyson Beckford, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tricia Helfer, Justin Chatwin, Katee Sackhoff, Teddy Sears, Christopher Redman, Marguerite Moreau, Paul Cox, Paul d’Orleans, Conrad Leach and many other cherished friends of Kiehl’s.
So expect about 160 bikers on Third Avenue today rolling up to the Kiehl's HQ at 13th Street ... Meanwhile, you can eat stuff on Third Avenue ... All this is going on from noon to 4 p.m.
Here's the menu... including cupcakes from Magnolia ...
Hope that everyone is respectful of the Mystery Lot!
The menu also includes Cherrywood-smoked pork with chili vinegar and "bad ass chips" with blue cheese dressing ... and Sixpoint Brevity Belgian Wit...
Kiehl's is donating $100,00 to amFar today.
P.S.
Anyone remember the last time that we saw Tyson Beckford on a motorcycle? (Go here for the answer)
Meanwhile, traffic on Third Avenue will be a little dicey until 1 p.m.
Summer Streets start up today... today, next Saturday and Aug. 20 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. So Fourth Avenue is closed to vehicles...
...and thefuzz NYPD have the side streets blocked off along Third Avenue ...
...and the
[EVG Flashback] Shopping in the East Village — then and now
On occasion we'll revisit an old EVG blog post ... like this one from Aug. 14, 2008...
Here are some archival photos I came across showing locals doing their shopping on Avenue C and Sixth Street in April 1950.
Here's a photo I took the other day showing locals doing their shopping on Seventh Street near Avenue B.
Here are some archival photos I came across showing locals doing their shopping on Avenue C and Sixth Street in April 1950.
Here's a photo I took the other day showing locals doing their shopping on Seventh Street near Avenue B.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?
Earlier today in Tompkins Square Park... photos by Bobby Williams...
Closing delayed at Banjo Jim's
Banjo Jim's on Avenue C was set to close this past Tuesday night... however, as this message on the venue's website shows... the place will remain open a little longer...
C'mon, people — look sharp! The Google Street View car is still around
Bob Arihood spotted the car on Wednesday on Seventh Street at Avenue A. Now, as of this morning, the car has made it all the way over to 13th Street and Second Avenue...
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition ladder
A dramatic arrest outside Tompkins Square Park (Neither More Nor Less)
Ah, Crusty Meadow (East Village Corner)
Selling off some punk memorabilia (Stupefaction)
The P&G closes one last time (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Free sunglasses if you rent this crummy LES apartment (BoweryBoogie)
The majestic pool at Chelsea’s London Terrace (Ephemeral New York)
Bodega cats! (Runnin' Scared & City Room)
A tribute to the clocks of NYC (The Times)
Psychedelic Animation of Ken Kesey’s First Magic Trip on LSD (Wired)
Lady Gaga 'wants to play Amy Winehouse in Hollywood biopic' (NME)
Dave on 7th noted that workers were putting up a new banner outside the St. Brigid School on Seventh Street at Avenue B...
Or else there were testing new way to discipline students...
And noted. Those bastards.
Is Fine Fare trying to kill this tree?
A reader sends along these photos from in front of Fine Fare on Avenue C at Fourth Street. According to the reader:
"Fine Fare did some repairs to their sidewalk and the workers just dumped the leftover cement onto the tree bed and left it there. This has been there for at least 2 weeks. This is a huge old majestic tree. I don't know what effect this is having on the tree, but it can't be good."
Nublu has (temporarily) moved — to OUTER SPACE!
A tipster passes along this shot... Nublu has temporarily moved from its current home at 62 Avenue C... The eclectic music club will be at 24 First Avenue for the time being...
Why? Here's Nublu's message to fans on Facebook:
"hey friends, the liquor issue is taking longer than expected so we're packing our bags and moving to a new temporary location (for at least 2 months) at 24 First Avenue btw 1st and 2nd street. The space is cool, low key and fits our vibe, and we're bringing our staff, our bands, our DJs and our spirit to this new location we call NUBLU IN OUTER PLACE. We're going to be open every night starting Wednesday."
Let's home they come back soon... Avenue C is losing its music... Banjo Jim's is gone ... TenEleven is waiting for a liquor license ...
For more on Nublu, read this piece in the Times from June.
Why? Here's Nublu's message to fans on Facebook:
"hey friends, the liquor issue is taking longer than expected so we're packing our bags and moving to a new temporary location (for at least 2 months) at 24 First Avenue btw 1st and 2nd street. The space is cool, low key and fits our vibe, and we're bringing our staff, our bands, our DJs and our spirit to this new location we call NUBLU IN OUTER PLACE. We're going to be open every night starting Wednesday."
Let's home they come back soon... Avenue C is losing its music... Banjo Jim's is gone ... TenEleven is waiting for a liquor license ...
For more on Nublu, read this piece in the Times from June.
Street party protest tomorrow night will include stop at the BMW Guggenheim Lab
First stop: the Economakis Dream Mansion on East Third Street near Second Avenue.
"This street fiesta will feature poetry by LES Jewels, music by Hank who plays on the street and others TBA. Afterwards we will go the the Mars Bar for beer. The Mars Bar is closed so it will be street. F the developer Donald Capoccia we will roast and eat him with bbq sauce."
Updated: In the comments, Penley notes that the protest will include a stop at the BMW Guggenheim Lab.
[Photo from the July 2008 protest outside the Economakis Dream Mansion]
Plan B for the former Graceland space
Yesterday, we looked at the status of 34 Avenue A ... today. let's check in on 24 Avenue A, where Graceland closed in April 2010.
Since then, not much has happened. Well, aside from Frank Prisinzano, who owns EV Italian empire Frank, Lil' Frankie's and Supper, wanting to open a fast-food Italian joint here. CB3 never approved the application. (Read that drama here.)
Meanwhile, RyanAvenueA tells us that the storefront has been been chopped into two pieces this week. (Signs went up in November showing how the space could be hacked into three spaces.)
For rent signs remain over the two spaces. And that new, smaller space makes us nervous — looks exactly the right size for, say, a Subway (sandwich shop) or Papa John's. Or Dunkin' Donuts.
Wouldn't you rather have had Raguboy?
Previously on EV Grieve:
"All uses considered" at former Graceland
More here.
Since then, not much has happened. Well, aside from Frank Prisinzano, who owns EV Italian empire Frank, Lil' Frankie's and Supper, wanting to open a fast-food Italian joint here. CB3 never approved the application. (Read that drama here.)
Meanwhile, RyanAvenueA tells us that the storefront has been been chopped into two pieces this week. (Signs went up in November showing how the space could be hacked into three spaces.)
For rent signs remain over the two spaces. And that new, smaller space makes us nervous — looks exactly the right size for, say, a Subway (sandwich shop) or Papa John's. Or Dunkin' Donuts.
Wouldn't you rather have had Raguboy?
Previously on EV Grieve:
"All uses considered" at former Graceland
More here.
City gets results from digging through the trash
Two weeks ago, we noted watching a sanitation department official sort through discarded mail in the trash can on the corner of Avenue C and 11th Street.
So, yeah the city can and will fine you $100 for throwing trash from your apartment into city-owned trash cans on the street.
EV Grieve reader thisboyshouts passed along this yesterday: "Someone in my building, a couple of doors down from that corner, got a ticket this morning for doing exactly that from the sanitation dept. It was tacked on to the front door of the building for all to see. The SD has the address, you think they could at least mail it..."
Previously on EV Grieve:
The city is working hard to fine you for throwing away household trash
'Rent is too Damn High' guy facing eviction because his 'Rent is too Damn Low'
Meanwhile! The building's owner, Lisco Holdings, claims that McMillan has violated his lease because he doesn't really live here — he actually lives in Brooklyn. McMillan says this is his office and party HQ.
To be continued. Expect more drama and bad puns.
Read the whole article here.
Looking at the incoming Agave Azul on First Avenue
Several people have asked us what's going on with the former David's Bagels space at 228 E. First Ave. near 14th Street... workers began renovating the space back in April 2010.
Soon enough, this will be home to an "authentic home-style Mexican" restaurant called Agave Azul. CB3 OK'd a liquor license for them this past April.
And how's how things look inside Agave Azul yesterday, via a photo from blue glass...
... and Crazy Eddie sent along this shot a little earlier...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Will 228 First Avenue become part of Taco Town?
Soon enough, this will be home to an "authentic home-style Mexican" restaurant called Agave Azul. CB3 OK'd a liquor license for them this past April.
And how's how things look inside Agave Azul yesterday, via a photo from blue glass...
... and Crazy Eddie sent along this shot a little earlier...
Previously on EV Grieve:
Will 228 First Avenue become part of Taco Town?
You may now sign up for the TV/VCR
Outside St. Brigid School on Avenue B yesterday ... FYI — I have dibs on it today from 1-1:16 to watch 8 Minute Abs With 8 Minute Buns.
Exit 9 on schedule to open new Avenue A store next month
After 16 years at 64 Avenue A, Exit 9 packed up and moved away in late June ... but, as Jen Doll reported at Runnin' Scared, they were only moving across the street to the former Urban Roots space.
So, work continues in their new home.
Per the store's Twitter feed:
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exit 9 exiting from Avenue A
So, work continues in their new home.
Per the store's Twitter feed:
Previously on EV Grieve:
Exit 9 exiting from Avenue A
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Smiles, everyone, smiles! The Google Street View car is in the East Village!
Bob Arihood caught the car in action yesterday. (Neither More Nor Less)
Report: Man in van allegedly selling narcotics leads police on 10-block chase
From the NYPD Daily Blotter today in the Post:
An ex-con drug dealer on parole fled from cops in a stolen minivan after allegedly being spotted peddling narcotics near Tompkins Square Park, authorities said.
At 7 a.m. on July 27, officers approached a 2008 Chevrolet Uplander on St. Mark's Place near Avenue A and asked the man behind the wheel, Robert Ball, to step out, court papers state.
But Ball, 37, hit the gas and almost clipped a sergeant, cops said.
With police in pursuit, he sped for almost 10 blocks, blowing red lights, before getting caught in traffic, cops said. He was cuffed, and a license-plate check revealed the minivan had been stolen that day, court papers add.
Former Sin Sin space back on the market
Earlier today, a tipster noted that the city slapped a stop-work order on the under-renovation space on Second Avenue at Fifth Street that once housed Sin Sin.
Apparently the bakery-cafe-bar concept is dead. The space is now on the Tower Brokerage site ... currently asking $15,000 per month.
A stop-work order for the former Sin Sin space
A tipster notes the stop-work order here on Second Avenue at Fifth Street. Per the DOB: "BORO COMMISSIONER HAS ORDERED ALL WORK STOPPED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO PERMIT HOLDER WITHDRAWL UNDER PERMIT #120552286-01-EW-OT"
Yes, of course!
As DNAinfo first reported, a cafe-bakery-bar called Sweet Boutique is in the works for this space. Sweet Boutique withdrew its application for the July CB3/SLA meeting.
Legacy Russell's East Village Open Ceremony project
It's likely that, in the last few weeks, you've seen Legacy Russell sitting with her typewriter in Tompkins Square Park or outside St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.
[Photo by Digital Man]
The artist has been transcribing people's memories of the East Village and Lower East Side as part of her Trust Art project, Open Ceremony.
Per the news release, the project is broken up into four "rites," each aiming to experiment with a different facet of public worship and remembrance as inspired by those rapidly changing neighborhoods.
The first of the four, Rite of Remembrance: Memory Transcription, brought Russell to Tompkins Square Park, Sarah Roosevelt Park, and St. Mark's Church with a table, two chairs and a typewriter, asking residents both old and new: "What memories do you have of living in this neighborhood?" (Sample response! "I remember paying 80 dollars a month in rent. Now THAT is rent control.")
Russell will be out today in Tompkins Square Park from 3-7 p.m.
I asked her what inspired her to do this.
"I am born and raised in the neighborhood and as an artist so much of my own history and so much of what I am today is in many thanks to the creative climate of the East Village," she said. "Living in the Lower East Side now, I am curious to come to a better understanding of what the current climate is in the area — who my neighbors are, how people are processing these changes (mourning the losses, feeling a sense of anticipation about what's to come, etc.), how folks arrived at this site, why people choose to leave, why people choose to stay or move here, and so forth."
And how does she think the first phase of the project has gone so far?
"The project thus far has surpassed my wildest expectations in its reception — people have been lining up to share their stories, have emailed me, have reached out with a real readiness to discuss how they feel about the East Village and Lower East Side as two sites undergoing major shifts," she said. "Acting as a 'native stenographer,' I want to be sure to reach as many people as possible, in the interest of making sure that as many of these personal narratives and histories are chronicled."
She posts some of the memories @OpenCeremony. And on Facebook. For more on the project, go here.
The artist has been transcribing people's memories of the East Village and Lower East Side as part of her Trust Art project, Open Ceremony.
Per the news release, the project is broken up into four "rites," each aiming to experiment with a different facet of public worship and remembrance as inspired by those rapidly changing neighborhoods.
The first of the four, Rite of Remembrance: Memory Transcription, brought Russell to Tompkins Square Park, Sarah Roosevelt Park, and St. Mark's Church with a table, two chairs and a typewriter, asking residents both old and new: "What memories do you have of living in this neighborhood?" (Sample response! "I remember paying 80 dollars a month in rent. Now THAT is rent control.")
Russell will be out today in Tompkins Square Park from 3-7 p.m.
I asked her what inspired her to do this.
"I am born and raised in the neighborhood and as an artist so much of my own history and so much of what I am today is in many thanks to the creative climate of the East Village," she said. "Living in the Lower East Side now, I am curious to come to a better understanding of what the current climate is in the area — who my neighbors are, how people are processing these changes (mourning the losses, feeling a sense of anticipation about what's to come, etc.), how folks arrived at this site, why people choose to leave, why people choose to stay or move here, and so forth."
And how does she think the first phase of the project has gone so far?
"The project thus far has surpassed my wildest expectations in its reception — people have been lining up to share their stories, have emailed me, have reached out with a real readiness to discuss how they feel about the East Village and Lower East Side as two sites undergoing major shifts," she said. "Acting as a 'native stenographer,' I want to be sure to reach as many people as possible, in the interest of making sure that as many of these personal narratives and histories are chronicled."
She posts some of the memories @OpenCeremony. And on Facebook. For more on the project, go here.
34 Avenue A is for rent, again
There is a new "for rent" sign up in the window at 34 Avenue A, most recently home to Aces & Eights ...
Backing up for a minute. We first noted the building was for sale back in May for $4.65 million. The listing is no longer active at the Living Real Estate Group. Someone removed the listing at Streeteasy on July 16. Nothing in the city property records indicates that a sale was made... or is in the works.
So, we can assume the current owner is now trying to lease the space again. A rep for Coldwell Banker Commercial said that she was hired by the owner to lease the current retail, and said she knew nothing about the building sale. (So much for the rumor via a commenter that there was a lease on the table for a Subway sandwich shop here.) The rental listing wasn't online as of last evening at the Coldwell site.
Meanwhile, as you probably know, CB3 has rejected all the recent plans for a bar-restaurant-performance space here.
At this point, it's clear that the CB3 won't approve any nightlife-related operation here. How about a shoe store then?
Backing up for a minute. We first noted the building was for sale back in May for $4.65 million. The listing is no longer active at the Living Real Estate Group. Someone removed the listing at Streeteasy on July 16. Nothing in the city property records indicates that a sale was made... or is in the works.
So, we can assume the current owner is now trying to lease the space again. A rep for Coldwell Banker Commercial said that she was hired by the owner to lease the current retail, and said she knew nothing about the building sale. (So much for the rumor via a commenter that there was a lease on the table for a Subway sandwich shop here.) The rental listing wasn't online as of last evening at the Coldwell site.
Meanwhile, as you probably know, CB3 has rejected all the recent plans for a bar-restaurant-performance space here.
At this point, it's clear that the CB3 won't approve any nightlife-related operation here. How about a shoe store then?
Sidewalk now re-opening next week
When we last checked in on the Sidewalk's reopening, an insider told us they were aiming to be open by Aug. 5. As in tomorrow.
However!
A publicist working for the Sidewalk said: "We are currently looking at opening the second week of August as opposed to August 5." There is a soft opening Monday for family and friends.
Meanwhile, yesterday, Bobby Williams took these photos of workers removing the graffiti from the restaurant's rolldown gates on Avenue A and Sixth Street.
... and a quick look inside the dining room...
Previously.
However!
A publicist working for the Sidewalk said: "We are currently looking at opening the second week of August as opposed to August 5." There is a soft opening Monday for family and friends.
Meanwhile, yesterday, Bobby Williams took these photos of workers removing the graffiti from the restaurant's rolldown gates on Avenue A and Sixth Street.
... and a quick look inside the dining room...
Previously.
Veselka Bowery now hiring, putting out chairs
As the signs show here on Veselka's new East First Street location... the open call for the waitstaff and what not starts today...
And look — chairs!
No exact date just yet for the opening. But ... it's ... getting... closer.
And look — chairs!
No exact date just yet for the opening. But ... it's ... getting... closer.
Tonight in Tompkins Square Park: 'Pope of Greenwich Village,' permed hair
Tonight marks the sixth of the free music-movie nights in Tompkins Square Park. This evening's photoplay: One we're looking forward to watching in the comfort of our own home — "The Pope of Greenwich Village," starring Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts' permed hair. (C'mon, admit — it is a little distracting, that hair.)
And upcoming...
Aug. 11 — Kickass
Aug. 18 — Rosemary’s Baby
Aug. 25 — The Godfather
Sept. 1 — Stake Land
Here's the official website for the summer movies.
And upcoming...
Aug. 11 — Kickass
Aug. 18 — Rosemary’s Baby
Aug. 25 — The Godfather
Sept. 1 — Stake Land
Here's the official website for the summer movies.
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