Rite Aid finally shoveling their sidewalks

Earlier, a resident who lives and works near the Rite Aid at First Avenue and Fifth Street told us that the drug store never shovels their sidewalks... creating treacherous footing for shoppers...

However, around 5, we got word that Rite Aid dispatched three men to clear the sidewalk...

The first shot is from EV Grieve reader Brian...

And ...

...thought they haven't gotten around to the Fifth Street side just yet...

First Avenue Rite Aid still hasn't shoveled their sidewalk

From the EV Grieve inbox...

I live on 1st Ave & work on 5th St between 1-2. The Rite Aid on the corner of 5th St & 1st, 81 First Ave, has not shoveled their sidewalk — this happens every single time it snows. I've called the store, called the district manager, tried to get a message higher up than that. I've asked the precinct to say something. I'm sick of this & it's obviously a danger.

No Thunder Blizzard coverage is complete without photos of co-eds in their underwear or snowball fights

And you can find more photos and tomfoolery at NYULocal ... snow day photos here...

...monumental snowball fight shots here...

Updated: Oh... these are making the rounds... The shots were sent to other folks as well... Gothamist had the underwear photos earlier. Meanwhile, I think there's something going on in Egypt...

Now that we're done looking at pretty pictures of snow...

... we're hearing about what hell it was getting around via the MTA...

The long wait for an L this morning at 14th Street... pic via Nat Esten, who said "what a mess."

We also heard from people waiting for buses... that never came, even though the Avenues were clear...

EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition

The Post on LES real estate (BoweryBoogie)

Second Avenue and St. Marks Place in 1985 (Ephemeral New York)

Trends! Another rat on the subway (NYC the Blog)

Who's the richie moving into 54 Bond? (Curbed)

Nolita doesn't want the San Gennaro Feast (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)

The photography of Paul McDonough (Stupefaction)

"Aunt Jemima Breakfast for Tigers" at Ray's (Nadie Se Conoce)

Secret LES bar closes, still hidden (Grub Street)

NYPD looking for this creep who tried to attack a 12-year-old girl on the LES (The Lo-Down)

The NYPD's knife crackdown (Gothamist)

A true coffee lover (East Village Corner)

And! Thanks to everyone for all the snow shots... We have more!

From St. Mark's resident Kevin Wang...

And from Crazy Eddie...who includes a bonus StuyTown shot...

And from I Feel Fat:

An orange crush

Houston and Norfolk this morning via EV Grieve reader Samo.

Everyone was knee-deep in it this morning

Avenue A near Second Street... thanks to Jennifer at Xoom for the shot.

A Thunder Blizzard Wonderland

Tompkins Square Park is a post Thunder Blizzard Wonderland. (And I promise to stop using Thunder Blizzard soon enough!)

As these photos from EV Grieve reader Melissa Kipp show...

'Wow'

That was the reaction of a man taking in Tompkins Square Park this morning after the Great Thunder Blizzard of 2011.

And if you want some more 'wow,' then check out Bob Arihood's photos from 2 a.m. in Tompkins Square Park. (Nadie Se Conoce)

Thunder Blizzard damage: Downed awning at Kafana

EV Grieve reader AC notes that the awning at Serbian eatery Kafana (try the Gibanica!) on Avenue C came down during last night's storm...

The Great Thunder Blizzard of 2011

As you may have noticed last night, it snowed. Again. A lot. It's actually nice where I am in Bermuda, so... (That joke never gets old!)

Team coverage starts now! (And more photos to come...)

From James Maher... (More here at James Maher Photography)

10th Street near Second Avenue from Laura F.

A few minutes later, a tree falls (no one was injured)

Some more shots of the downed tree via SoulSeller:

East Fifth street via Alex...

From EV Grieve contributor Shawn Chittle.... Notice three things from these late-night shots: You can't see the Williamsburg Bridge per usual; the streets haven't been plowed yet; the delivery guy comes through!

Seventh Street and Avenue A during the Thunder Blizzard

These shots are all via Finitor. You can find a lot more of his photos here at Flickr.

I love Joe Strummer... but the future is written in terms of tomorrow's weather: More snow.

Is the 9th Precinct for rent?

Oh, probably not! But this Streeteasy listing gave us a jolt (and laugh!) of sorts... It's a rental (one bedroom, one bathroom!) at 323 E. Fifth St. For $20,000. Then you start looking at the details...

The 9th Precinct is at 321 E. 5th St. ... the building directly to the east is 325 ... This listing is certainly a mistake of some kind... Or maybe the city is renting out some of the extra space to help close the budget gap...

2011, the year punk pizza broke: Two Boots introducing the CBGB slice

Lenny Kaye will be on hand Friday afternoon at 2 for the unveiling of "CBGB (OMFUG)" pizza — available only at the 74 Bleecker St. Two Boots near Broadway.

Per an e-mail:

"Join us for a free taste of 'The CBGB (OMFUG),' check out the rock 'n roll memorabilia, and look out for other indigenous pizzas coming soon to all Two Boots locations."

The pizza has chicken, broccoli, garlic and basil pesto. (A slice is $3.75.)

As the tipster who sent this along noted, "I'm not sure how well broccoli goes with pesto, but it's Two Boots — they'll make it work."

20 years after 'Punk Broke'

The headline in the post above this one was in reference to "1991, the Year Punk Broke," the documentary that followed Sonic Youth, Nirvana, the Ramones and others on their European summer tour — during the summer of 1991.

The film came out in 1992, and I haven't seen it in about, oh, 19 years. I started watching it again recently, though I didn't finish just yet ... Instant reaction! Surprisingly timeless. And Thurston Moore always looks as if he's 18 or 19...

Hope fades for a new Carmine's at the Seaport

[Via Jeremiah's Vanishing NY]

Back in July, amNewYork reported that Carmine's, the 107-year-old Italian eatery in the South Street Seaport, had abruptly closed. The reason: Higher rents.

Ugh.

Some reaction from the faithful:

From Brooks at Lost City: "The decor was priceless, a dusty nautical theme, wooden bar, wooden booths, falling apart. It had its regulars and its lifer waitresses ... It had a soul and a life."

At Jeremiah's Vanishing NY: "It never ceases to amaze me how places so old can just shutter like that, after everything they withstood to survive."

As we reported, a few days after the closure news, a very reliable source said that Carmine's was planning on reopening further north on Front Street. Unfortunately, we've since learned that the deal fell through ... ditto for the plan to lease space in the Best Western Hotel on Peck Slip.

On his Facebook page Monday, Carmine's owner Greg Molini wrote, "I've tried to find a spot for a year, but it's just not going to happen."


[Photo by Goggla via The Gog Log]

6:38 p.m., Seventh Street, Jan. 26

Filming for "The Last Quartet" continues this evening on Seventh Street between Avenue C and Avenue D. While it's a fairly small production, one reader noted: "Film crew showed up at 4 am on Avenue C and 7th Street. Apparently had trouble parking, woke my roommate up yelling directions to the trucks."