Morrison Hotel Gallery vacates the Bowery

Back in March, the Post reported that "The Bowery is about to lose its last remaining atmospheric links to CBGB" — the Morrison Hotel at 313 Bowery.

At the time, Steve Cuozzo noted that the Morrison was on a month-to-month lease... apparently the Morrison folks have decided to leave... as the sign on the door shows...the space was almost empty, save a few framed photos waiting to be boxed up...

So what's next? Something fancy, for sure!

Per Cuozzo in March:

The 3300-square foot space at 313 Bowery now occupied by the Morrison Hotel music-photo gallery — named for the famous Doors album and a spiritual successor to the CBGB gallery that was adjacent to the club — has been put on the market by Elliott Azrak's The Max's Kansas City Co., which netleases the property's retail space from the Bowery Residence Committee.

"The netlease holders are looking for not just any tenant, but one who can leverage the history of the block and the unique Bowery demographic," one source said.

That could mean a restaurant/lounge — or another store similar to John Varvatos.

The secret club Extra Place by Max's Kansas City is also part of the deal.


[Photo from September 2009]

The Morrison Hotel SoHo NYC Gallery remains open on Prince Street. We reached out to the Morrison folks for comment/confirmation, and are awaiting word from them...

It's just another Saturday night on Avenue A

And on Saturday evening, this party bus rolled up to Diablo Royale on Avenue A... where a bridal party/bridesmaids extravaganza spilled out into the bar... an EV Grieve reader captured a moment of all this bar-hopping glory...

In total, the reader estimates the party bus idled here in front of the bar for a good 20 minutes or so...

... and a little video ...

More photos of the near-miss air conditioner mishap yesterday outside Moonstruck Diner

Yesterday afternoon, we reported on that AC unit falling out of the window at Fifth Street and Second Avenue... and the unit landed on the Moonstruck Diner awning...

EV Grieve reader peter radley sent along these shots showing how the awning saved tge AC from hitting the sidewalk. Or someone's head. A Moonstruck miracle, really.

... and because we only recently discovered the arrow function ...

Previously.

Hot Kitchen now open on Second Avenue

Hot Kitchen opened Thursday at 104 Second Ave. near Sixth Street. (The owners received the OK from the CB3/SLA in August to serve beer and wine with their Chinese cuisine...)

It seems like a nice, normal restaurant...

Nothing artisanal featuring tea seed oil from a grove of Camellia oleifera trees brought in daily from the southern Zhejiang province, the seeds of which are hand-pressed in the back room ... Uh, anyway, the food is pretty tasty — we got a few vegetable and rice dishes ... and there are more adventurous dishes on the menu, like "dry sauteed pig intestine with red chili" ($14) or "steamed fish head with minced pickle pepper" ($21).

Here is a quick look at part of the menu...

...delivery service starts next week ... so until then...

Chickpea reopens today on East 14th Street

At least according to the workers inside the location here near Third Avenue ... seems as if this place has been closed for renovations for, well, a really long time...Maybe March?

Exclusive first look inside the new Capital One bank branch at 123 Third Ave.

...and,lets take a look inside! Where the branch will feature... free coffee!

... and part of Bloomberg's bike-share program? You can ride from teller to teller?

[EVG repost] Japadog opening first New York City location on St. Mark's Place

We first posted this Saturday... in case you missed it (17 comments) ...

Today in passive-aggressive notes on East Fourth Street

We watched the woman place this on the door of 234 E. Fourth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B (Madonna's old building!) earlier this evening ... "To the guys that applauded my parking job (you live on the top floor). Thank you! It totally made my day — I had a really long day at work!"

Graffiti any mother can love

Avenue A between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place...

[Dave on 7th]

Air conditioner falls out of window on Second Avenue

Around 1 p.m., we were walking south down Second Avenue, thinking about how many women wear football jerseys on Sundays when.... we heard a commotion! It sounded like an accident. Then we saw what had happened. An air conditioner fell out of a window from an apartment above the Moonstruck Diner at Fifth Street...

Thankfully, it landed on the Moonstruck awning...

Based on eyewitness accounts, we think this is what happened. Unscientifically...

This happened just one block to the north ... and almost one year to the date of another AC accident, though that one was far more serious.

Related reading at Runnin' Scared from July:
How Often Do Air Conditioners Fall Out of NYC Windows and Kill People?

Video shows NYPD using pepper spray during 'Occupy Wall Street' march

As you may have read, the NYPD arrested nearly 80 people near Union Square yesterday in the “Occupy Wall Street” march.

This video that someone sent us shows NYPD officers shooting pepper spray and tackling people participating in the march on 12th Street near University Place.



According to WCBS, "The NYPD, on the record, called every arrest justified." Gothamist has more here.

Here's another frame-by-frame video showing the NYPD using the pepper spray on women behind a barricade on 12th Street...



Bob Arihood has a video with one of the women who was spray right here.

Remembering Keba Brown on Avenue D

On Sept. 13, 22-year-old Makever “Keba” Brown was struck and killed on the FDR during a police pursuit, as DNAinfo reported.

There is a makeshift memorial for him in front of the Jacob Riis Houses building where he lived at 90 Avenue D. Friends and loved ones are also leaving messages outside Rite Aid near Seventh Street...

As Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo reported, his death has sparked tension between some in the public housing community and the NYPD, with incidents of tenants of the Riis and Lillian Wald houses "hurling items at cops out of their windows."

Per DNAinfo:

Brown was approached by police late on Sept. 13, after he was observed making a hand-to-hand drug transaction in the complex, an NYPD spokesman said. Brown took off running toward the FDR Drive at East Sixth Street with police in pursuit, but cops said they lost him before he bolted across the highway’s southbound lane and was struck and killed by a livery cab in the northbound lane about 10:48 p.m.

A viewing was held yesterday at the Ortiz Funeral Home on First Avenue. Brown leaves behind three sons, ages 7, 6 and 3, according to DNAinfo.

Brown's brother Lawrence White. Photo: DNAinfo/Patrick Hedlund

You can find more photos and the story here.

More photos of the uprooted tree on East Sixth Street

Following up on our earlier post about the downed tree on East Sixth Street just east of Avenue A ...

EV Grieve reader Elizabeth Frayer of New York Natives ... sent along these next three shots of the Japanese Pagoda tree ... the Parks Department and FDNY are on the scene...

And from EV Grieve reader Carl Bentsen ...

As several people have pointed out...the base of the tree looks rotted out... without any/many roots...

Downed tree on East Sixth Street near Avenue A

With all the rain that we've had going back to Irene, the ground is awfully soft... which likely led to this uprooted tree overnight on East Sixth Street near Avenue B...

[Top two photos via EVG reader Kevin Rose]

Here's a photo this morning via @AraRoden ... Sixth Street, as you might imagine, is currently closed along here...

Day 1 of Oktoberfest at Zum Schneider

Always seems to be a line for the Oompahpahing...especially opening day...

The Zum Oktoberfest schedule is here.

Photos by Dave on 7th.

At the FAB! Festival today

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Cue the long lines: Japadog opening first New York City location on St. Mark's Place

Here come the lines. Japadog, the crazy popular Vancouver-based artisanal hot dog stands, is opening its first brick-and-mortar (whatever) shop on 30 St. Mark's Place.

Oh my. This will get really delirious.

Jeremiah Moss first brought us the possibility of a Japadog invasion back in March 2010.

Per Jeremiah:

Knowing New York's current passion for (1) standing in line for trendy food, (2) all things Japanese, (3) adorable, artisanal sidewalk food vendors, and (4) cheap, white-trash food turned into semi-haute cuisine (burgers, cupcakes, bacon, pizza, et al.), I predict that Japadog will be immensely successful here.

He goes on.

[W]hen the now bigger, much more powerful Japadog announces plans for a three-story, outdoor, hot-dog and beer pleasure palace to be erected on a quiet street in "Nolita," the community will rally against them, successfully blocking construction.

Read the whole post here.

Get Your Pickle On this afternoon

From the EV Grieve inbox...

The 4th Street Food Co-op and Biocitizen school of environmental philosophy invite you to learn how to pickle the old fashioned way and explore the wildest edge of the DIY culinary frontier!

Participate in these spine-tingling high-wire lacto-acidophilus fermentation demonstrations—and more: 1/2 Sour & Garlic pickles! Ginger carrot pickles! Kim Chi! Sour kraut! Sour beets! Gundru! You'll see — and be invited to experience — all the tools, ingredients and techniques so you can DIY!

Improve your health with home-made probiotics! Save money! Increase self-reliance! Just in time for fall harvest! Get your pickle on!

Today during the FAB! Fest, 1pm-5pm, in front of the 4th Street Food Co-op, 58 East 4th Street between Bowery and 2nd Ave.