EV Grieve

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Capturing the Pigeon Lady

A reader notes that someone has been laying down feed for the pigeons multiple times a day at the entrance to Tompkins Square Park at Ninth Street and Avenue A.... and the number of pigeons has been growing ...

So, yesterday, in the aftermath of the blizzard of the century, the reader finally caught the pigeon feeder in the act. She empties out huge bags of (what look like) bread crumbs, multiple times every day. Who is she? And why does she revel in unleashing the pigeon apocalypse?

So!

The harbinger in action...

Observing her evil handiwork before departing (from behind the light pole)...

...the aftermath....

Another brick in the wall at St. Brigid's

This past summer, workers removed the entire northern wall at St. Brigid's here on Avenue B and Eighth Street... From what we can tell walking by the under-extensive-renovation church of late...

...workers are in the process of putting in a new wall on the Eighth Street side of the church...

Previous EV Grieve St. Brigid's coverage here.

Year-end updates: The new Lower Eastside Girls Club

As I reported earlier, 2010 is winding down, or something... I'm just checking in on the progress of a few high-profile developments that we discussed this year... Today, here's a few (pre-blizzard) shots of the new Lower Eastside Girls Club building going up on Avenue D between Seventh Street and Eighth Street...