We have a long "sistory" with the community, especially the annual Drag March that begins in Tompkins. Along with the Church Ladies for Choice, we have been organizing, facilitating, and participating in the march since its inception during Stonewall 25 in 1994. So, it's natural that we would hold this ritual here. Many people in our community have been suffering so much pain and strife in the last year, we feel that by bringing people together, even if at a social distance, it will help and give hope to those needing it.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Sisterly Love in Tompkins Square Park
A sign of spring in Tompkins Square Park
Zooming in on the iconic work of East Village-based photographer Roberta Bayley
East Village-based photographer Roberta Bayley is the guest tomorrow night (March 17!) for the Coney Island Museum's Ask The Experts on Zoom series.
The evening includes a screening of the 33-minute documentary "Roberta Bayley: She Just Takes Pictures," which highlights her iconic punk-era photography from 1975 to 1986 (like the shot of Debbie Harry above!) ... and a Q&A session with Bayley and Beth Lasch, the film's director.
Dian Kitchen has closed on 9th Street
Photo from 2018 by Steven
36 St. Mark's Place for rent again as Joe's Steam Rice Roll closes
Hot dogs? How about Korean-style corn dogs for 147 Avenue A
This looks to be the first NYC location for the expanding company that has franchises in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Monday, March 15, 2021
An open window at the former P.S. 64
Report of a roof fire at 170 E. 2nd St.
Witnesses reported seeing "intense flames" coming from the roof.FDNY on the scene of the rooftop fire at Ave A @ 2nd @evgrieve pic.twitter.com/yfQaH35swV
— Alice Bodemyr-Dunaway (@alicedunaway) March 15, 2021
Owners of Tribeca's Khe-Yo plan to bring Laotian cuisine to 12th Street
The Wafels & Dinges outpost on Avenue B has closed
W&D founder Thomas DeGeest, who lived with his family in the neighborhood, confirmed the closure to EVG contributor Stacie Joy. (All photos from Friday by Stacie.)
Jian Bing Man coming to 1st Avenue
This savory crisp-fried crêpe is all about bold contrasts of flavor and texture: eggs, spread over the surface of the wheat and mung bean flour pancake as it cooks. Each one is cooked fresh to order on a circular cast-iron grill, just the way you want it.
Sunshine Cinema-replacing office building reaches the top on Houston
From acclaimed architect Roger Ferris, the only new development of its type on the Lower East Side, 141 East Houston is a new frame for viewing the neighborhood. Column-free and unbounded by walls, it reinterprets the area through a bold geometric perimeter of cladding and glass. State-of- the-art workspaces and private terraces reframe expectations, while a well-connected location recasts perspectives.
With its glass frame and dynamic courtyard running the length of its eastern side, doubling as a second facade, 141 East Houston challenges the distinction between indoors and out.
• Sunshine Cinema-replacing office building moving forward; demolition watch back on
• Discarded theater seats and goodbyes at the Sunshine Cinema
• The 9-story boutique office building coming to the former Sunshine Cinema space
• A celebratory ad on the purchase of 139 E. Houston St., current home of the Sunshine Cinema
• The boutique office building replacing the Sunshine Cinema will be 'unbounded by walls' with an outdoor space called Houston Alley
2 new plant-based restaurants arrive for takeout and delivery on 1st Street
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Week in Grieview
Tonight, the city will honor the 30,000 New Yorkers who have died from COVID-19
As Gothamist reports, 30,031 people have died from COVID-19 in New York City — 25,147 deaths categorized by the city as confirmed, and 5,027 considered probable.One year. One city.
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) March 14, 2021
Tonight we remember and honor the New Yorkers we lost to #COVID19.
Join us: https://t.co/nro6pm8sRc #COVIDMemorial pic.twitter.com/68skVpaqBX
Report: Kavasutra ownership blasts educators who teach remotely, 'pussy leftists' for wearing masks
"It has come to our attention that we may have upset some people with our last post. We've been reading your comments and we understand how we may have effected [sic] some of you, so we want to be very clear: masks are for leftist losers. Teachers unions are trash. Women are born with ovaries. And we are doing slams at midnight tonight."As The Miami Herald noted in its headline Friday: "This South Florida bar just managed to insult almost everyone in two Instagram posts." On Friday, the editorial board at The Denver Post suggested to its readers that they "steer clear" of the two Kavasutra outposts in that city.
EVG Etc.: Gov. Cuomo's rise and fall; Eisenberg's possible revival
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Saturday's parting thank you note
On the Bowery: Stop Asian Hate
Another chance to Zumba on the open streets of Avenue B this afternoon
Your Rite Aid on 1st Avenue signage update
Friday, March 12, 2021
Friday's parting shot
March 12, part II
Friday I'm in love
March 12
Concern for the barking dogs at 58 St. Mark's Place
I posted on Next Door, where I was able to find a man across the courtyard who had already posted about the dogs, and could identify the building and posted a video of the dogs barking and scratching at the back entrance, as well as someone who had seen the dogs moved into the same building at the time when the barking started.
Unfortunately, what we learned is that the dogs are being kept in the abandoned unit that formerly was home to Clay Pot at 58 St. Mark's Place. It's empty. So every time I report it to 311, they send a police officer who knocks on the door, no one answers, and they shut the animal neglect ticket.The Office of Health and Mental Hygiene isn't answering their phones or returning messages. The barking is near-constant day and night, and obviously very distressed and suffering. I have been posting flyers outside the door, which get ripped off, and I found a ConEd notice this week saying that there was no tenant in the unit but it was still receiving gas, which would be shut off.I (and the others on NextDoor) am now worried that if it gets cold again, or if electricity is cut off, those dogs will freeze to death, or die of sheer neglect in the dark.Is there anything else EV Grieve readers can think of? I have tried 311 and the 92nd St ASPCA (both of which send the complaint to the local NYPD precinct, which knocks and leaves), flyers, Next Door. I'm at wit's end and feel as though I am just waiting for the dogs to die tragically.