EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition

[Mini UFO on Avenue B? Via Bobby Williams]

Christine Quinn threatens media who run ad she doesn't like (The Village Voice)

Police say this guy tried to steal a purse on East Eighth Street (CBS)

Another fucking FroYo chain invades NYC (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

EV artist Stephen Tashjian (Tabboo!) has a new book out (Paper)

The East Village of a TV show called "Mad Men" versus the actual neighborhood in the 1960s (The New York Times)

Great old-timer Pizza Box closing on Bleecker (BoweryBoogie, Flaming Pablum)

TR Crandall Guitars now open on East Third Street (DNAinfo, previously on EV Grieve)

A tribute to 6 great diners (The Lo-Down)

Summer in the City, Spring edition (Slum Goddess)

DBGB hosting a pig roast featuring special guest Marky Ramone (Eater)

And, as we exclusively reported last night, it rained. And thundered!

Yeoooooooooow.
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) April 11, 2013

Also! Mark Benigno put together a composite of the lightning strikes...

Reimagining this 12-story East Village building, now on the market

So 200 E. 11th St. at Third Avenue is now on the market. Per the Massey Knakal listing: "Rarely do downtown elevated apartment buildings become available for sale. When they do, it is even more unusual that they are as untouched and with so much upside potential as 200 East 11th Street (AKA 55 Third Avenue)."

Indeed.

A deeper look at the listing (PDF!) shows what the new owner could do, such as converting one bedroom units into to two-bedroom units.

But! The biggest changes — at least for passersby — would happen on the outside of the building, where the listing notes "[a] buyer may wish to expand the residential floor plate above and restore the building above by reskinning glass."



Let's take a closer look at this reskinned glass.



The new rendering doesn't happen to show the current retail clients — M2M or the copy shop. The third storefront is home to The Smith.

There's no price listed for the building.

Here comes David Schwimmer's rooftop garden

EVG reader Eva notes that there's a special delivery being, um, delivered to David Schwimmer's new Mansion this morning on East Sixth Street.

"There is a lot getting dropped onto the roof of the Schwimmer manse.

Trees and a huge silo shaped thing just landed. Yes, full-grown trees are being hoisted onto the roof.

Eva promises to alert us when (if!) the Belize Oval II Hot Tub Spa goes up...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Is David Schwimmer the 'Friends' star who now owns the demolished 331 E. Sixth St. townhouse?

Outrage over total demolition of historic East Sixth Street townhouse

Here is David Schwimmer's East Village home

'Mania Days' back on Avenue A today; KATIE HOLMES HIGH ALERT

You may have noticed the fairly large production camped out in various streets around the neighborhood... such as Avenue A and St. Mark's Place...



...where crews were filming a scene yesterday for "Mania Days" at the Odessa Cafe...







...and the crew is back filming today...



We didn't mention this earlier because ... THE MOVIE STARS KATIE HOLMES, the former East Village resident who broke our collective hearts last summer following the dissolution of her fairytale marriage to actor Tom Cruise. (Ah, love is so fickle...)

And we were worried about The Pandemonium this sighting might cause. And you thought you'd never see her here again! (Except for a few weeks ago on Avenue B.)


[Via Just Jared]

Anyway, on a more serious note, the movie sounds serious. Per Just Jared:

The 34-year-old actress is reportedly starring in the film about “a manic depressive rapper (Luke Kirby) who gets involved with a manic depressive poet (Holmes) in a passionate affair that results in a pregnancy.”

Spike Lee is a producer; Paul Dalio, a producer at the David Lynch Foundation, makes his directorial debut. (Perhaps worth noting that his father is billionaire Ray Dalio, founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates.)

Anyway (again). Pensive Katie! on Avenue A... thinking about Mamani Pizza...


[Via Celebrity-Gossip-Net]

Previously on EV Grieve:
East Village reeling over breakup of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Non Katie Holmes photos by Bobby Williams

Your chance to have your bicycle blessed

Via the EV Grieve inbox...

What: Saint Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery will be holding its 1st annual Blessing of the Bicycles. The event is ecumenical and welcoming to all cyclists of all persuasions wanting to take a moment to contemplate a safe cycling season and to get their bikes blessed.

When: Saturday April 20, 2 pm. In case of rain the Blessing will be moved to the same time on April 27.

Who: Open to all ages and cyclists of all skill level and experience.

Why: With expanded bike lanes and a new bike share program about to begin bicycle ridership is set to increase for 2013. New York City is a wonderful place to bicycle; cycling is good exercise and an alternative mood of green transportation. Saint Marks Church-in-the-Bowery is encouraging the community to consider cycling as part of their transportation and recreational options and offering a blessing to cyclists and their bicycles in contemplation of a safe and joyous bicycling season.

Conversations tonight about possible improvements to Tompkins Square Park

[Tuesday in Tompkins Square Park via Bobby Williams]

Tonight, CB3's parks committee will hear a request for support "for possible improvements to and restoration of Tompkins Square Park," per the meeting agenda. The East Village Parks Conservancy has a draft proposal for a three-phase restoration project. (Find a PDF of the proposal here.)

A few snippets from the proposal....

Tompkins Square is one of New York City’s most storied and beloved public squares, first opened in 1834 after the Stuyvesant family gifted the land to the city.

Over time, the Park’s design has been repeatedly altered to accommodate the politics and needs of the neighborhood’s growing population. Renovations in the 1960’s and 1990’s stripped the park of its elegant historic character.

It is time to envision a plan for the park that both looks forward in programming and sustainability and also back in materials and details to restore the park’s design integrity.

The first phase:

"Restore the park perimeter and entrances, reconstruct pavement, curbs and fencing, install tree guards, prune and plant trees. Link to the park’s history and surrounding gardens."



Anyway, all this is in the draft proposal phase, but the conversations are starting... CB3's parks committee meets at 6:30 p.m. at the BRC Senior Center, 30 Delancey Street.

Oh, the PDF includes this shot of the Park via 1934...



All this aside, what would you want to see improved in the Park?

Watch this guy go beserk inside Lebrini's Pizzeria on Avenue C

Bobby Lebrini, proprietor of Lebrini's Pizzeria on Avenue C at East Third Street, shared this video with us... the incident that takes place occurred about three years ago. (He filed a police report at the time; the NYPD has seen this.) He thought he'd share it for entertainment value... he's currently cleaning out his video collection. First of several, perhaps!

A few things. The set-up.

Man and woman walks into the pizzeria. She orders a slice. He doesn't order anything. And then she proceeds to break up with him.

The rampage begins in the last 30 seconds, if you'd like to move along to the end.

"I added music to lighten the mood a little," Lebrini said. "It's painful to watch for me to this day even though it happened three years ago. He never was caught and I'm pretty sure she is from the neighborhood, although I never spotted her again."

A few things for after you watch it.

Yes, that is shatterproof glass.

"He did break the two windows on the side doors, but amazingly the front window didn't break after two hits." The tab: 1 table, 3 chairs, 2 windows and 1 picture. "Approximately $1,500 that came out of my pocket because insurance didnt cover it.

"That's another thing — he didn't even buy a thing."

Progress at the 'slowly handmade' 154 Second Ave.

We haven't checked in at 154 Second Ave., the former home of the Sigmund Schwartz Gramercy Park Chapel, since the end of January.

Here's an update on the "luxury rental apartments" with ground-floor retail via EVG reader Terry Howell:

"As you can see, this building is being slowly handmade. I have listened to every one of those girders being hammered into place by hand over this winter. You can see a small pile of girders waiting to be placed and pounded together on the flooring. There is a crew of about 5-6 guys who are doing it all!

Meanwhile! It looks as if there is an empty space in the rear... Perhaps a Party Patio? (A reader called a patio where these bros always hang out on East Fifth Street the "Dick Deck.")

Or, preferably, maybe a little green space with grass and what not...



...And a view of the front from Tuesday...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Former funeral home looks to double in size with help from 'the controversial penthouse king of the East Village'

Redeveloped funeral home looking for a few live retail tenants

The walls come tumbling down at 154 Second Avenue

Bob Perl's East Village

The Commericial Observer has a piece this week titled "Robert Perl: The East Village’s Counterculture Landlord."

A few passages.

Mr. Perl, the president of East Village specialist Tower Brokerage, is a rarity among local landlords for his long tenure and his wistfulness about the gentrified area’s squalid punk rock past.

And!

Mr. Perl’s advocacy on behalf of Life Café owner Kathy Kirkpatrick during the rent dispute, and his affinity for the East Village’s increasingly blunted edge, suggests that he is a benevolent landlord in a neighborhood with an ingrained suspicion of, or antipathy toward, real estate professionals. “The cynicism they have today is very different from the ‘Die Yuppie Scum’ days” Mr. Perl said. “You were more likely to be lynched as a capitalist pig in the ‘80s than today. Money is something people look up to now, as opposed to deride.”

Read the article here.

[EVG file photo]

And, after the storm...

10th and C via Bobby Williams.

2 amazing photos of tonight's incoming East Village thunderstorm

Well, we're find out how well The Jefferson handles a thunderstorm!



A view from East 13th Street via EVG regular Katja...

April 10

Northeast corner of 12th Street and Third Avenue. The new issue of the Voice as the time stamp.

Report: Ditch Kills team scrap plans to open tiki-bar concept on Avenue B

The partners behind Long Island City hotspot Ditch Kills will not pursue opening a cocktail bar in the former Mercadito Cantina space, DNAinfo reported this morning.

This decision follows Monday night's contentious CB3/SLA meeting in which the committee denied the request for the lounge to be called The Asphalt Jungle at 172 Avenue B.

After Jean-Paul Buthier, owner of vintage shop Rue St Denis at 170 Avenue B, spoke out against the applicant, Dutch Kills partner Richard Boccato replied that he and his partner Ian Present were "not carpetbaggers," adding, "with all due respect, sir, your accent doesn't sound like a Native New Yorker," as Grub Street first reported.

According to DNAinfo, the committee's denial "shocked Present, who grew up on Avenue B near East 10th Street, just a block from where the proposed bar was slated."

“It would have been a dream of mine to open a bar on the block I grew up on,” said Present, who added his mother still lives on the street and that his family has roots in the neighborhood dating back more than 110 years.

Present and Boccato were applying for for a full liquor license, with a 1 a.m. closing time Sunday to Tuesday and 2 a.m. on Wednesday through Saturday.

“We respect the neighborhood,” Present told DNAinfo.com New York. “We know that it’s residential, and we weren’t looking to stay open till 3 or 4 am.

“I didn’t feel the decision was actually a reflection of the desires of the community," he added.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Dutch Kills crew aiming to take over former Mercadito Cantina space on Avenue B

[Updated] Report: CB3 says yes to Golden Cadillac, denies the Asphalt Jungle (17 comments)

About Mercadito Cantina closing:'Open letter to EV Grieve and CB3' (58 comments)

What's going on at Open Road Park?

EVG reader Steve Carter notes this morning that workers are on the scene at 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...

It appears that the workers are dismantling/pulverizing the benches and other seating areas around the park.

One young man with a skateboard said, "I got to go inside before I kill somebody."

There have been off-and-on again issues here the past few years... In June 2011, officials from East Side temporarily closed the park. During a public meeting, officials cited increasing incidents of discarding trash and debris, smoking cigarettes, selling marijuana ... and trouble with people not respecting set school or other programmed activities.

We'll see what's next here ...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Open Road Park closed now on 12th Street

Why the Open Road Park is closed

Out and About in the East Village

In this weekly feature, East Village-based photographer James Maher provides us with a quick snapshot of someone who lives and/or works in the East Village.

By James Maher

Name: Jasmin Olmo (and Rocko)
Occupation: Stay at home mother, Medical Assistant
Location: 9th Street and Avenue C
Time: 3:15 on Sunday, April 7

I’m 28 and I’ve lived in this area all my life. Right now I’m home with the kids and my husband works. I have two kids, an eight year old and a four year old, but I do have my certificate as a Medical Assistant. I did that for a year and then decided to take some time to take care of my kids. Hopefully once my son is in regular school then I can go back to work.

My grandparents were from Puerto Rico. My grandmother was born there. I believe she came here when she was a teenager with her mother. I think they came for a better life and everybody was moving here at that time. My grandmother cleaned houses but mostly she was a homemaker. She had 7 kids and her first very young so she was mostly home with them. I had my mother, my grandmother, and my great grandmother here. My daughter was able to see these generations of women and the family. We have a lot of family. My grandmother has 22 grandchildren. I’m the 22nd. I’m the baby.

Both my parents were from the neighborhood and they met very young, in junior high school, and they were together ever since. My father was a Marine and then he worked for Sanitation. My mom also cleaned houses when she was young and then there was a point in her life where things were really rough. Both of them are now deceased, so it’s great hearing stories about them being young and the things they’ve done. My mom was a wild one when she was young. Hearing stories about her, it’s like, “Okay I’m definitely not like my mother.” That’s one thing that my grandmother used to always say to me, she was like, “You, next to your mother, you are an angel. Your mother used to do some crazy stuff.”

I can tell you, there are these projects on Avenue D, they start on 6th Street and go down to Houston Street, called the Lillian Wald Houses. My grandmother was one of the first tenants to move into those projects. She knew everyone who moved in and all of the families that were there for all those years. She was head of the tenant patrol for years. I probably have a family member in each project. We have family throughout the whole neighborhood and everyone knows each other. My Aunt still lives over there.

Me and my friends would run around the projects playing manhunt, playing hide and seek, and my mom would be in front of one building and I’m on the whole other side of the project. She didn’t have to worry because she knew everybody and everybody knew us, so if I was doing anything wrong they were definitely going to tell her. We would play manhunt and there would be like 10 of us in the elevator acting stupid and we’d get stuck in there for like two hours, hot as hell, in the summer, just hoping and praying that nobody’s parent would find out. But of course, somebody would find out. We caused a lot of trouble growing up but she didn’t have to worry about us. Nowadays it’s really different. I won’t let my daughter go downstairs to the store by herself or walk to school by herself. That’s the sad thing about it.

On my block on 10th Street on the weekends everybody’s outside playing music and somebody’s always having a party. If you walk down 10th Street between B and C, there’s always going to be people out. But I remember in the summer you could walk down Avenue D and everybody was outside with their kids. I mean everybody, in front of the stores just hanging out. The East River, I remember when I was like 7 or 8, every weekend in the summer they would have music out there. They would have a DJ in one spot and a Spanish band in another and have food. That’s what I can remember about being in this neighborhood. There was always music and food and people dancing and rejoicing and just hanging out and kids running around. Back then you didn’t have to worry about your kids running around. Nowaways it’s not like that anymore. You’ll see people here and there but a lot of people left. They’re out in Florida or down south. If you go to Miami you’ll see a bunch of people that you know from your neighborhood.

The only time you see a whole bunch of people now is during the Loisaida Festival. Every May, every Memorial Weekend, they have a big festival down Avenue C. It’s right before the weekend of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, so you’ll see a lot of people selling flags and t-shirts and there’s all types of food. You can come and eat, they have some rides for the kids, and they usually have like five Spanish bands come out. People dance in the streets and the kids are running around. You’ll see people that you haven’t seen in years. Everybody comes back for Loisaida because they know they’ll see people that they haven’t seen in awhile. They come back to see family and friends. That’s always fun to see.

James Maher is a fine art and studio photographer based in the East Village. Find his website here.

Easy as...: Alphabet Plaza makes first appearance above ground

Work continues here at East Houston and East Second Street/Avenue D... future home of a 12-story mixed-used apartment building called Alphabet Plaza ... the new structure has made its first appearance above ground, as these photos from EVG Facebook friend Edward Arrocha show...





Still waiting to see new renderings... as well as learning what franchises will be leasing the retail space (smart money is on Walgreens).

Previously on EV Grieve:
Will Avenue D finally turn into Avenue C?

Listing appears for Houston and Avenue D development

Report: 12th-story 'Alphabet Plaza' in the works for Second Street and Avenue D

Alphabet Plaza ready to rise on Avenue D

Alphabet Plaza is rising on East Houston and Avenue D

202 First Ave. is for sale

There's a new listing at Eastern Consolidated for 202 First Ave., the story-story building that houses No Relation between East 12th Street and East 13th Street.

A few details from the listing:

Of the 20 residential units, 5 apartments (25%) are Rent Stabilized with an average monthly rent of $1,016, which represents over a 50% discount to current market rates. The remaining fifteen (15) one, two, and three bedroom apartments (75%) are free market with an average monthly rent of $2,903. 8 of the units have a washer and dryer and 3 units are duplexed with rooftop terraces. In total, the 20 occupied apartments are renting at well below market rates with an overall average monthly rent of $2,431, offering tremendous upside to new ownership.

In summary, the in-place rents at the Property are substantially below market and the building is in excellent physical condition. It has been very well maintained, evidenced by its continuous 100% occupancy. Located in one of Manhattan’s most desirable submarkets, the Property offers an opportunity for investors to reposition the building and capture the significant upside potential.

The listing notes that No Relation "recently signed a new 5-year lease with no options, 3% increases per annum."

Asking price: $13 million.

[Updated] Nevada Smiths might be opening today in their new Third Avenue home

[A look inside a few weeks ago]

We've heard rumors for months now that Nevada Smiths was opening in their new home at 100 Third Ave. — dating back to October ... and every time, those rumors were wrong... Last evening, Zagat reported that the soccer bar would be opening today. Nothing official about this just yet on the Nevada Smiths Facebook page.

Nevada Smiths has been moonlighting at Webster Hall since late 2011. We first reported on the move and demolition of the bar's old home in November 2011.

DANinfo's Serena Solomon got the first look at the $3 million Nevada Smiths last July. The space will reportedly sport 20 plasma televisions scattered throughout the space as well as a pair of massive projection screens that measure 18 feet by 10 feet.

Meanwhile, here's a little look at what used to be in the building at 100 Third Ave.

Updated 5:30 p.m.
Several readers confirmed that the new Nevada Smiths did open earlier this afternoon.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Nevada Smiths is closed, and here's what's next

Those persistent rumors about 74-76 Third Avenue and the future of Nevada Smith's

The East Village will lose a parking lot and gain an apartment building

Here then, where Nevada Smiths once stood

Here's what's left of the motorcycle that caught on fire Sunday night

The one on East Third Street that was parked in front of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer.

No word yet on the cause of the fire.

Thanks to ‏@katieaka for the photo.

Today's hawk

Late this afternoon in Tompkins Square Park. Photos by Bobby Williams.

Giuseppi Logan

Always good to see Giuseppi Logan in Tompkins Square Park. Photo by Bobby Williams.

[Updated] Taylor Mead is (temporarily) leaving New York

Taylor Mead, the poet and former Warhol star currently living in hellish conditions during his Ludlow Street building's gut renovation, was scheduled to appear Sunday at the Anthology Film Archives.

He was to appear with director Michel Auder to discuss the 1970 cult classic "Cleopatra," which Mead appeared in alongside Nico and Gerard Malanga. However, that appearance has been moved up to tonight.

Per the Anthology website:

Since going to press with our Spring schedule, we've learned that Taylor Mead will be temporarily leaving NYC (for an undetermined period of time) just before our originally scheduled program on Sun, April 14. As a result, we have added a screening on Tues, April 9, with Taylor in person! Since this may be the last chance to see Taylor here in NY for some time, this evening is not to be missed! Come say goodbye to Taylor as he embarks on an adventure out west!

As you may have read, Ben Shaoul bought the building Mead lives in last summer. Mead, 88, continues to live in his rent-stabilized apartment while the rest of the building is converted to market-rate homes. (Mead has lived here for 34 years and pays $380 a month in rent.)

According to a report in the Post, "Workers hammer outside his door from 7 a.m. till the evening. Plaster falls from his walls and roaches crawl up his legs. The kitchen sink doesn’t work."

Word began to spread via Mead's friends and family last week that a buyout/relocation deal was in the works.

As for tonight, the film starts at 7.

Updated 10 p.m.
We asked Clayton Patterson, who has been working to help Mead, for an update. He said that Mead will be spending a few weeks with his niece in Denver... and that there are possibles trips to New Orleans and Upstate New York to follow... "then hopefully back to the LES." Patterson noted that Mead has not ben receiving any help from any local officials. He received one visit from reps from the offices of Councilwoman Margaret Chin and the Cooper Square Committee, as BoweryBoogie noted. "If Taylor had to rely on these political groups and our politicians he would probably be dead by now," Patterson said last night via email. He was unaware if Mead had reached a buyout agreement with the landlord.

[Image via]

Bleecker Bob's closes on Saturday

Via the store's Facebook page:

ONLY 5 days left!!!!!
get to Bleecker Bob's NOW!!!
we're closing this Saturday April 13!!!

Now word just yet if they have found space in the East Village.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[UPDATED] Let's help Bleecker Bob's find space in the East Village

Bleecker Bob's is for rent

Workers remove last fire-damaged car from East Ninth Street

A fire on East Ninth Street late Friday night destroyed three cars parked next to the controversial former P.S. 64 between Avenue B and Avenue C... this afternoon, workers removed the remaining car from the street...



Photo and video via MoRUS.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Early-morning car fire on East 9th Street

Looking at the remains of last night's East Ninth Street car fire

Father Pat lost his car in Friday night's fire

[Updated] Report: CB3 says yes to Golden Cadillac, denies the Asphalt Jungle

Golden Cadillac received the OK last night from the CB3/SLA committee to take over the former Boca Chica space on First Avenue at East First Street, Grub Street's Mary Reinholz reported this morning. (Read more about Golden Cadillac here.)

Meanwhile, regarding another big-ticket item, we heard from several attendees of last night's meeting about the contentious nature of the discussion over The Asphalt Jungle, the new cocktail lounge from the Dutch Kills team. They were applying to take over the former Mercadito Cantina space at 172 Avenue B.

Jean-Paul Buthier, owner of vintage shop Rue St Denis next door, was one of the people to speak out against the applicant. From his view, there are already enough bars on Avenue B ... "Maybe we need more AA meetings."

We'll let Grub Street pick up what reportedly happened next.

Seemingly stung by the Frenchman's comment, [Dutch Kills partner] Boccato replied that he and his partner Ian Present had roots in the East Village and were trying to create a safe and reputable establishment. "We're not carpetbaggers," he said, adding, "with all due respect, sir, your accent doesn't sound like a Native New Yorker." The barman's zinger elicited groans and protests from spectators, and even resulted in calls from committee chair Alexandra Militano for attendees to settle down.

The committee later voted to deny the Asphalt Jungle application. Read the rest of the Grub Street post here.

Updated 4-10
The Dutch Kills team have said they will not move forward with this project on Avenue B.

Tree of life

Yesterday in Tompkins Square Park via EVG contributor jdx.

See Madonna in the East Village again for the very first time

Fashionista has a post on "MADONNA: A Transformational Exhibition," a traveling collection of "unseen" photos of her Madgeness from her days in the East Village circa early 1980s... Photographer Richard Corman talks about meeting Madonna for the very first time... at her place in 234 E. Fourth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B...

I went into the building and the seas parted – there must have been 20 kids sitting on the stoop and in the hallway and then I went up to meet her. I really didn’t know what I was getting into, but as soon as I met her, as soon as she served me espresso on a silver plated tray with Bazooka bubblegum, I knew I was in for a ride.

The exhibit opens Thursday with a private event. Read the Q-and-A (and find more photos) here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Madonna in the East Village circa 1982

How can I really be expected to post today when 78 degrees™ is on the way?

As you probably know, the force of gravity has increased to move the Earth closer to the sun. Or is it the other way around?

No matter!

78 degrees?!

Should we be standing in line for something now? Water? Sunscreen? A sidewalk table at DBGB?

Previously on EV Grieve:
How can I really be expected to post today when the Storm of Feb. 8™ is on the way?

Here are your updated East Village bike share locations, probably

This past weekend, Citi Bike relaunched its website, as Streetsblog first noted. Membership sign-up isn’t available yet, they point out. But! The next Citi Bike demonstration is scheduled for April 21 (Earth Day) at Union Square.

In the meantime, workers are installing bike-docking stations in Brooklyn... and you can expect some here soon enough.

And the Citi Bike site now has updated information on the planned docking stations when the program finally rolls out next month.

Here are the planned East Village locations. (It's very possible that I missed one from the interactive map, which you can find here.) A modified list from the last time that we took a look.

• North side of East 14th Street near Avenue B
This station will have 33 docks and is located on the sidewalk.

• South side of East 11th Street near First Avenue
This station will have 35 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 11th Street near Second Avenue
This station will have 39 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• East side of Lafayette Street near E 8th Street
This station will have 55 docks and is located in a no-parking area of the street.

• East 7th Street near Cooper Square
This station will have 42 docks and is located in a public park or plaza.

• North side of St. Mark's Place near Second Avenue
This station will have 39 docks and is located in a no-parking area of the street.

• North side of St. Mark's Place near First Avenue
This station will have 31 docks and is located in a no-parking area of the street.

• North side of East 7th Street near Avenue A
This station will have 35 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 6th Street near Avenue B
This station will have 27 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 10th Street near Avenue A
This station will have 36 docks and is located on the sidewalk.

• South side of East 13th Street near Avenue A
This station will have 39 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• North side of East 9th Street near Avenue C
This station will have 38 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• East side of Avenue D near East 11th Street
This station will have 24 docks and is located in a NYCHA (public housing) development

• East side of Avenue D near East 8th Street
This station will have 24 docks and is located in a NYCHA (public housing) development

• South side of East 5th Street near Avenue C
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street

• South side of East 6th Street near Avenue D
This station will have 23 docks and is located on the sidewalk.

• East side of Avenue D near East 3rd Street
This station will have 23 docks and is located on the sidewalk.

• South side of East 2nd Street near Avenue C
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• North side of East 2nd Street near Avenue B
This station will have 37 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 2nd Street near Second Avenue
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 3rd Street near First Avenue
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 2nd Street near Second Avenue
This station will have 31 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

• South side of East 4th Street near Second Avenue
This station will have 39 docks and is located in the parking lane of the street.

Reactions?

Previously on EV Grieve:
Here are your East Village bike share locations, probably

Report: Citi Bike share back on track for a May debut, probably definitely

The East Village is in the 1st rollout phase of the bike-share program this May, probably for sure

Exciting new business opening on East 14th Street

The mostly awful but serviceable (mostly!) Cafe Amore's Pizza Restaurant closed on East 14th Street near Fourth Avenue just about this time last year.

Now! There's signage indicating who the new tenant will be.



Bank branch! Not a surprise! What else would you expect to open here? Or anywhere?

And h/t to EVG regular Gojira for the tip.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Marshal seizes Cafe Amore on East 14th Street

Father Pat lost his car in Friday night's fire on East Ninth Street

[EVG reader Galwegian]

Several people in the comments have pointed out that one of the cars destroyed in Friday night's fire on East Ninth Street belonged to Father Pat, certainly a well-known figure in the neighborhood ... his car is the red Honda Civic.

DNAinfo talked to Father Pat yesterday. Per the article:

"I heard some noise, and I saw a thick shadow and one of the cars was on fire," said Father Pat, who said not having a car will make his work more difficult.

"It’s a loss. It's disappointing. But I'm rolling with the punches."

Father Pat, 81, founded Bonitas House, a shelter for troubled teenagers and illegal immigrants, on East Ninth Street nearly 50 years ago. Here's an interview that GammaBlog did with Father Pat back in January.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Looking at the remains of last night's East Ninth Street car fire

Wiener watching on St. Mark's Place

From the EV Grieve Wiener Wire... workers put up the "world's best frank" lettering yesterday at the incoming Papaya King at 3 St. Mark's Place ...

Meanwhile (via Eater last Wednesday), Design Observer interviewed Andrew Bernheimer, the architect who designed the East Village Papaya King. Headline: How to Design an Iconic NY Fast Food Joint? Bernheimer studied everyone from from Katz's to Shake Shack for this creation.

Excerpt!

So how do you design a place that retains the je-ne-sais-quois authenticity of an iconic New York place without it becoming a generic franchise joint?

Use the language of their original store, and then deploy elements in slightly different ways. Don’t merely replicate things. For example, we decided to push the entry in from the street (the opposite of the original incarnation, which occupies a prominent corner on the Upper East Side) and widen it, to create a sheltered entry space. And we made it bright yellow, which picked up on their color scheme. Also, signage is really important. Sometimes we are taught in architecture school (or later on, learn in practice) that nostalgia isn’t valuable, and our impulse is to fight it. But in this case nostalgia was important, very much so.

Lastly, Wiener Watchers are predicting that Papaya King will be ... the place to be this summer... as evidenced by how the space is already attracting crowds...


[Saturday afternoon, via Stephen Popkin]

... and the leftovers from crowds...


[Sunday morning]

Via Twitter, the folks at Papaya King said that they are hoping to open by May 1. "Psyched to be coming downtown."

Taking another look at that crazy bed frame installation inside The Fourth

The Fourth is the name of the restaurant going into the space at the five-years-in-the-making Hyatt Union Square on Fourth Avenue...

Walked by it and stopped to admire this again inside the eatery...



Gives us the spins, for some reason...