Monday, June 22, 2009

Superdive is opening Thursday or Friday, the 25th or the 26th



Thursday is the 25th. Friday is the 26th. So is the bar opening Thursday, June 25, or Friday, June 26?

Previously on EV Grieve:
East Village, please meet your new nightmare

The accident waiting to happen happened

ConEd has been doing some work on First Avenue near St. Mark's Place.



With the metal plate and uneven surface, you can't help but think someone could take a nasty fall on this...



Well, unfortunately, such an accident happened early Friday evening. A woman tripped on the plate and plopped down. She was not injured. However, a woman walking directly behind her tried to stop, but got tangled up and fell. She smashed her face on the sidewalk.




Several people stopped to help. A chair was produced for her. She leaned back in the chair with a handkerchief covering her bloodied nose. Someone called for an ambulance. Someone called the woman's husband. Photos were taken of the uneven surface. Business cards were exchanged. Someone also called 311 and ConEd to complain.

The ambulance arrived and the dazed woman was treated for her injuries.





As of Sunday afternoon, the sidewalk remained as it did at the time of the accident.

Banks showing more attitude with ATM fees



On Seventh Street.

Trash Station

This is the scene that greeted passersby on Saturday morning in front of the new Yogurt Station on St. Mark's Place.



Someone ripped open the store's trash bags and dumped the contents, well, everywhere. Random tomfoolery? Or a message from unhappy locals fed up with crap like FroYo shops opening every 12 feet?



The store also received a $300 tickets for the mess.

Space available at 319 E. 10th St. (and don't forget to ask about the $13,500-per-month apartment!)

There are apartments and some commercial space for rent here at 319 E. 10th St. across from Tompkins Square Park...



In April, the renovated first-floor apartment went on the market ...



... for $13,500 a month. As the rental ad says, "the property also includes 1,000 square-feet of outdoor space along with a fire pit and a rotisserie grill -- perfect for entertaining friends and family in the upcoming summer months!"

Your new neighbors will love you!

Anti-ramen graffiti remains at former Love Saves the Day spot

Back in May, we noted some graffiti left behind by someone who, perhaps, didn't care much for the new ramen place coming to the former Love Saves the Day location at Second Avenue and Seventh Street.



Since then, we've continued to keep tabs on the progress of the renovation. On Thursday, we noted the removal of the plywood.



Oddly enough, though... most of the graffiti was left up...

That bus on Houston



Yeah, the one parked right near Red Square. Anyone have information about it...? Like, who it belongs to?

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Noted


Brandweek: What's wrong with the influencer model?

Duncan Watts: The claim that influencer matter or are important or influencers drive brand awareness, when you scrutinize them carefully, they turn out to not really be very meaningful. Or to put it another way, everyone thinks they know what an influencer is and everyone thinks they know why they matter, but everybody thinks something different. Is an influencer the hipsters in the East Village or Oprah Winfrey? What makes Oprah influential is very different from what makes the hipster in the East Village influential. And so by failing to differentiate carefully between all these different types of influencers you really undermine the ability of the theory to say anything predictive.

The Times mourns the Mayor of Seventh Street


Two weeks ago, The Villager did a nice piece on the passing of Pretty Boy, the cat dubbed "The Mayor of Seventh Street." The Times yesterday had a nice piece on Pretty Boy titled "Mourning the Mayor of Seventh Street." They also have a slideshow.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Mourning the loss of the Mayor of Seventh Street

[Photo via The Villager]

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Village X closes on St. Mark's Place: Tourists will need to find new store to buy "Take Me Drunk I’m Home" T-shirts



Village X at 36 St. Mark's Place has closed...



One of those store with band T-shirts, thumb rings, water pipes, etc. Big with the kids and tourists. But you knew that. (And how long was this here? I can't remember...)




The store was one of three along here busted for selling fake Baby Phat bling a few years back.

With an empty storefront, could this possibly mean another ramen or FroYo joint on the block?

In case you forgot what it looks like



The sun, not Third Street.

Street fair!



On Third Avenue, from St. Mark's to ...?




And the trash is already overflowing as of, oh, say, 10:30 a.m.