The Penistrator is letting the fame go to his head

How else to explain this gargantuan snowpenis spotted on 12th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A?

EV Grieve reader Mike, who sent along the photo, notes (correctly), that "I'm sure the proud owner of the car will have no trouble selling the bits of snow he brushes off on eBay!"

Developers likely not thrilled by this pop-up rendering on the Bowery

[EVG photo from January]

Well, you know, a 13-story, 30,000 square-foot mixed-use residential development is in the works for 347 Bowery.

And someone, likely just a cheap Penistrator knockoff, saw fit to degrade the renderings on the plywood here at East Third Street by drawing a large [redacted].

Thankfully workers had painted over the offending doodle before any more harm could be done...



Previously on EV Grieve:
The Salvation Army's former East Village Residence will be demolished on the Bowery

Looks like 347 Bowery will be home to a 13-floor mixed-use residential development

The future of 347 Bowery (sorta!) revealed

Week in Grieview

[Photo on East 5th Street via Derek Berg]

Rumors: Duane Reade expansion will take over adjacent storefronts, including East Village Cheese (Wednesday, 73 comments)

How to help The Bowery Mission this winter (Friday)

Beer Pong, Blizzard Edition (Tuesday)

Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks moves to East Second Street (Thursday)

Open Pantry closes after 45 years on Second Avenue (Friday)

The buildings at 128-130 First Avenue are for sale (Monday)

The latest in the Wind Chimes Saga (Monday)

Happy No. 82 Ray! (Wednesday)

FroYo fizzles out on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

Before it snowed, Whole Foods Market® Bowery ran out of shopping carts (Monday)

Wannabe Penistrator sticks it to the Man during the snow (Monday)

Ahead of possibly historic blizzard, Key Food shoppers pretty much making a mess (Sunday)

Villacemita, serving authentic Puebla Mexican cuisine, announces itself on Avenue A (Monday)

An Imperial AT-AT Walker in Tompkins Square Park (Thursday)

C & B Cafe now open on East Seventh Street (Wednesday)

Japanese dining taking over the Sembrado’s Tacos al Pastor space on East 13th Street (Monday)

The Bourgeois Pig closes on East Seventh Street with move to the West Village (Thursday)

The new-look men's room at d.b.a. (Wednesday)

A look at the recently revealed 536 E. 13th St. (Thursday)

The Penistrator can't wait for the snow

Outside the Vitamin Shoppe on First Avenue at 14th Street...

Year-end self serve

There were nearly 2,500 posts on EV Grieve this year. Here are a few of them... And none of these would have really worked without your comments...thanks for being part of this site...



LeSouk has really closed (Nov. 2)



Mars Bar regulars get in the way of a Drew Barrymore photo shoot (Oct. 19)

The Times goes to the Mars Bar with one of those guys who's in "Gossip Girl" (Oct. 17)



Reading reviews of Tompkins Square Park on Yelp (Oct. 15)



Updated! Mysterious, low-flying helicopter returns... (Oct. 12)



The summer of pink shirts (Sept. 23)



Page Six Magazine says the Bowery calls to mind "an L.A. vibe" (Sept. 11)



East 12th Street now home to "THE ONLY REAL FRAT HOUSE AT NYU!" (Sept. 9)



A note for the people on the terrace tossing sandals and doing things that "should be done in private" (Aug. 17)



Observations from last night's noisy bars meeting (Aug. 13)



Aces & Eight GM offers some clarification on previous posts, comments (Aug. 4)



Uh-oh (July 22)



Work on Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre begins at former Two Boots space (July 2)



At Superdive (June 26)

CB3 didn't approve a liquor license for Superdive; "a nice neighborhood Internet café-bookstore" becomes a bar with keg service at tables (June 24)

East Village, please meet your new nightmare (June 18)



The Hells Angels kindly request that hotel guests please refrain from sitting on their bench (June 16)



Residents discuss the problems created by the Cooper Square Hotel: Meanwhile, across the street, a party for a sports car (June 3)



So this guy walks into the Mars Bar in a green shirt with a pink sweater around his shoulders... (May 29)



Pearl Theatre relocating; what's next for 80 St. Mark's Place? (May 28)

Bar threatens to call cops on a Thursday afternoon because some girls were standing in line to get free prom dresses next door (May 21)

Looking at the LES: "Those bridge-and-tunnel places are what made this area better" (March 5)



Why people move away (Feb. 4)

The Chocolate Wars (well, not at all, but we needed something that sounds CONTROVERSIAL) (Jan. 23)



An EV Grieve investigative report: In search of the Penistrator (Jan. 20)

Someone puts penis cake pan up for grabs on East 6th Street

Why not, we live among the land of the original penistrator ... and so many knockoffs...



Photos on East Sixth Street via Shawn Chittle

EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition

The Times is live-blogging the NYC City Council snow hearing (City Room) Or watch them live.

SPURA deadline looming (The Lo-Down)

More on the StuyTown Penistrator (Lux Living)

Ray is now making crepes (Nadie Se Conoce)

147 Houston continues proud tradition of quickly shuttered eateries (BoweryBoogie)

Trends in FroYo, Cupcakes (Eater)

Snow fun inside Mars Bar (Slum Goddess)

Andres Balazs buying the Hotel Chelsea? (The Real Deal)

Abel Ferrara speaks out about NYC (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

The Telegraph UK asks, Is this really the cover of the new Strokes album?

Anyone missing a dog around Second Street between Avenue A and First Street? Per a reader: "I was surprised last night by a dog trotting past me with a collar but no leash. Cute little white and brown spotted thing. Couldn’t really catch it or anything but felt bad if someone is looking for this guy."

Details on a service for Caveman, via the front window at Sophie's:

Donged! Penistrator proves that he doesn't need any stupid snow

Just noting some sidewalk work here on East 10th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue where that ugly new renovated building sits... and...

Oh no! A permanent sidewalk penis!

Look for a new sidewalk here soon...