It's the time of year for, um, Year in Reviews... Jeremiah Moss checks in with some of the big losses from 2010 ... Meanwhile, BoweryBoogie takes a look at a few of the Lower East Side eateries that quickly flamed out...
And the folks at Grade "A" Fancy have gone cinematic with their tribute to the lost joints of NYC this past year... As Karen and Jon write, "The city will be poorer for the loss. Each of these had its own unique charms, but we relied on all of them to temporarily shut out the horrors of the homogenized Disneyfication New Yorkers have all had to endure over the last decade or so."
Now to their video...
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Kenny Scharf's mural restored
After getting tagged a few days ago, Kenny Scharf's mural at the old Deitch Wall has been cleaned up... from a few minutes ago...
Meanhwile, via Animal NY, famed graffiti photographer Martha Cooper expresses disappointment in what happened to Scharf's work. Writes Cooper at 12ozProphet: "Much as I admire vandals, I feel these perps were mean-spirited and heartless." Be sure to check out the wall here on Houston and the Bowery circa 1983.
The man who has been living next to the trash at Starbucks
A reader notes that a man has been living in a snow pile next to the Starbucks on Second Avenue at Ninth Street the last few days... Apparently the employees of Starbucks and the pet store next door are used to him by now... He also refuses any kind of assistance from police or Social Services... Per the reader: "He's right in front of a bus stop too. All bundled up and packed in w/ the snow, garbage and pigeons."
Billy's survived the blizzard...
...but will it survive the Suburbanization of The Bowery?
A rather ominous message from Billy's Antiques ...
Meanwhile, American Gothic Billy's Style ... Spider and Sugar Bear...
[Photo by Billy Leroy]
A rather ominous message from Billy's Antiques ...
Meanwhile, American Gothic Billy's Style ... Spider and Sugar Bear...
[Photo by Billy Leroy]
Unruly patron tosses trash can through the HiFi front windows
A tipster passes along word that an unruly patron tossed a trash can from Avenue A and 11th Street into the front door and window at EV Grieve favorite the HiFi...
Per the tipster, the patron — known to those in the bar — became verbally abusive Sunday evening and was told to leave. He walked to the corner and returned with the trash can. Which ended up in the window. Given the blizzard, the police couldn't immediately respond to the scene. The bar did file a report later, though.
Per the tipster, the patron — known to those in the bar — became verbally abusive Sunday evening and was told to leave. He walked to the corner and returned with the trash can. Which ended up in the window. Given the blizzard, the police couldn't immediately respond to the scene. The bar did file a report later, though.
16 Handles closed until New Year's Day
Looks as if some renovations are going inside the Second Avenue FroYo mainstay....
Their Facebook page says they're be back open late Saturday afternoon...
Their Facebook page says they're be back open late Saturday afternoon...
Posts that I never got around to posting in 2010: Cooper Square Hotel Guests
Written but never posted on July 18...
I walked by the Cooper Square Hotel the other morning ... and the two people in the attached photo walked out the front doors...
A bellhop type held the door open for them and bid the couple farewell...then he looked at his co-worker and they both started snickering... Maybe the laughter had nothing to do with the couple. Or, more likely, the Cooper Square Hotel continues to act like a high school bully....
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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