...and they were always good for oddball DVDs that I never knew existed.
And, of course, whenever a little place like this shutters... you have to wonder/worry about what might arrive next ...
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Kinda weird and cool computer repair shop-plasma TV installers-DVD rental place closing on First Avenue
I suppose this isn't shocker ... The store formally known as Intervideo Electronics is closing. And you can see how they've tried to keep up with the times on their sign...
...and they were always good for oddball DVDs that I never knew existed.
And, of course, whenever a little place like this shutters... you have to wonder/worry about what might arrive next ...
...and they were always good for oddball DVDs that I never knew existed.
And, of course, whenever a little place like this shutters... you have to wonder/worry about what might arrive next ...
Apartment rental photo of the day
Woo!
Streeteasy has the listing for this a four-bedroom apartment at 440 E. Sixth St. going for $5,200:
Bonus bed photo!
Streeteasy has the listing for this a four-bedroom apartment at 440 E. Sixth St. going for $5,200:
Fully Renovated 6RM 4BR, Elevator, Huge Bedrooms, Oak Floors, Large Bathroom, High Celings, EIK, Large Living Room, Lots Of Sun Light, Apt Faces Front, Steps From Tompkins Park. Great Share For Four Because Everyone Gets a Large Bedroom, a Large Living Room, Oak Floors, an EIK, High Celings a Pre-War Elevator Buliding Located on the Corner of Avenue A and East 6 St. Students with Guarantors OK.
Bonus bed photo!
Pop Market Store now open in the Morrison Hotel
Last Friday, I noted that a PopMarket Store was opening in the Morrison Hotel space on the Bowery.
And the store opened yesterday. They have vinyl, CD/DVD box sets and T-shirts for just a handful of artists, including Johnny Cash, the Stooges, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, the Clash, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam and Michael Jackson.
The store will be here through June 30, longer if things go well... They're also showing select documentaries too.
And the store opened yesterday. They have vinyl, CD/DVD box sets and T-shirts for just a handful of artists, including Johnny Cash, the Stooges, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, the Clash, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam and Michael Jackson.
The store will be here through June 30, longer if things go well... They're also showing select documentaries too.
Waiting to hear about retail tenant for the Copper Building
As we noted last week, there looks to be activity in the retail space at the Copper Building on Avenue B at 13th Street.
Brian Meier, senior vice president at Prudential Douglas Elliman, said via email that the space was sold to an investor, who has a contract out on the storefront. No word just yet on who the new tenant will be...
In any event, you can likely rule out a Subway sandwich shop here.
Brian Meier, senior vice president at Prudential Douglas Elliman, said via email that the space was sold to an investor, who has a contract out on the storefront. No word just yet on who the new tenant will be...
In any event, you can likely rule out a Subway sandwich shop here.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
At the funeral tonight of 35 Cooper Square
Meanwhile, behind the plywood...
Photos by Bobby Williams
Crazy Eddie sent along a few shots too...
Read more about it here.
Get involved in the cause via the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors and Lower East Side History Project.
Updated:
Roger_Paw was there, and has more photos here. BoweryBoogie has coverage here.
That was fast: Nicky's Pho and Lingua closed after just 3 months
In early February, we noted that Nicky's Pho had opened on East Fourth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B...
[Photo via EV Grieve reader Hanser]
Grub Street reports that they have closed. Says co-owner Billy Dang, "I made a big mistake for taking the spot, because there’s not enough traffic and it’s not making enough money."
Bet the people opening the former Tonda space down the street will love to hear that lack-of-traffic line. Meanwhile, Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches remains open on Second Street just east of Avenue A.
Grub Street also reports that Lingua on First Avenue near Seventh Street has closed after three months.
Per Grub Street: "Perhaps the menu, which offered a slew of innards, like tripe Florentine, lamb sweetbreads, and tongue, was a bit too adventurous for East Villagers' tastes."
Grub Street reports that they have closed. Says co-owner Billy Dang, "I made a big mistake for taking the spot, because there’s not enough traffic and it’s not making enough money."
Bet the people opening the former Tonda space down the street will love to hear that lack-of-traffic line. Meanwhile, Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches remains open on Second Street just east of Avenue A.
Grub Street also reports that Lingua on First Avenue near Seventh Street has closed after three months.
Per Grub Street: "Perhaps the menu, which offered a slew of innards, like tripe Florentine, lamb sweetbreads, and tongue, was a bit too adventurous for East Villagers' tastes."
The damned: 'Dirty Old Tonight' screens today at BAM
BAM is screening "Dirty Old Town" today at 4:30, 6:50 and 9:30. (Find more details here.) The no-budget fictional film finds Billy Leroy with 72 hours to save Billy's Antiques from becoming a Starbucks.
Today, the Voice called it a "Low-Budget Ode to No-Budget NY." And per W magazine, "the result is a vibrant, visceral portrait of the streets of New York at their most sublime."And from NYPress, "'Dirty Old Town' isn’t really about the fantastic cast of non-actors the producers have unearthed, but the bits of the city being willfully forgotten."
Watch the trailer here.
High-rise for 75 First Avenue back in play
Looks like Revival Week continues. (For example, there's the hotel on the Bowery and Orchard Street back in action on long-dormant sites.)
Meanwhile, there's activity again at the long-dormant site at 75 First Avenue next to the Rite Aid on East Fifth Street. Workers repaired and painted the plywood here...
There's also a new permit on file.
When we last looked in on this development, DOB permits noted that a 14-story, 30-unit condo/apartment building was in the works. Thomas O'Hara was listed as the architect. According to his site:
Here's what it was intended to look like:
HOWEVER, O'Hara is no longer listed as the architect. According to permits, the site is still owned by Ozymandius Realty on West 14th Street. 75 First Avenue is listed under the company's current development projects, though there isn't further information about plans.
So this is one to keep an eye on. There will be a 14-story building of some kind here. And will this revive those Rite-Aid-is-closing rumors?
Meanwhile, there's activity again at the long-dormant site at 75 First Avenue next to the Rite Aid on East Fifth Street. Workers repaired and painted the plywood here...
There's also a new permit on file.
When we last looked in on this development, DOB permits noted that a 14-story, 30-unit condo/apartment building was in the works. Thomas O'Hara was listed as the architect. According to his site:
This cutting edge design with angled balconies and glass facade is designed to attract young cutting edge crowed of the east village.
Here's what it was intended to look like:
HOWEVER, O'Hara is no longer listed as the architect. According to permits, the site is still owned by Ozymandius Realty on West 14th Street. 75 First Avenue is listed under the company's current development projects, though there isn't further information about plans.
So this is one to keep an eye on. There will be a 14-story building of some kind here. And will this revive those Rite-Aid-is-closing rumors?
Here's what left of 186 years of history on Cooper Square
A stairway to a ghost building on the Cooper Square Hotel.
And as a reminder, the 35 Cooper Square funeral/rally is tonight at 6 right here.
Meanwhile, here are a few shots from yesterday via EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams...
Reminders tonight: Supporting the Essex Street Market
From Cynthia Lamb in a post at the Lo-Down:
The future of the Essex Street Market is finally being brought to the table at the upcoming Community Board 3 meeting [tonight at 6:30 pm, 189 Allen Street], in light of the public outcry over its possible demolition. The agenda calls for a discussion, which includes representatives from Project for Public Spaces, an organization that seeks to “transform public spaces into vital places that highlight local assets, spur rejuvenation and serve common needs.” The Essex Street Market already is a vital place and a local asset; it can continue to be rejuvenated, and it does serve common needs. How fortunate we are to have such a lively, diverse, historic market in our neighborhood.
[Photo via The Lo Down]
[Updated] 'Dateline NBC' elicits epic meltdown at Bikes By George
Thanks to a reader for passing along this link to Sunday's "Dateline NBC, in which Chris Hansen blows the lid off the stolen-bicycle industry or something after selling an alleged hot bike for $25 at Bikes By George on East Fourth Street.
Per the "Dateline" promo, "it's the most explosive confrontation of Hansen's career." Ugh. Basically, Hansen confronts Dominic Philbert, George's son, about having bought a stolen bike. And the cameras keep rolling as Dominic becomes increasingly agitated and menacing, uttering the memorable "God does not like ugly, man" several times. It's local gotcha TV news at it's worst. (And this is supposed to be the network's signature broadcast for NBC News?)
Updated: Bob Arihood spoke with Dominic today. Per Neither More Nor Less:
Read the whole post here.
Per the "Dateline" promo, "it's the most explosive confrontation of Hansen's career." Ugh. Basically, Hansen confronts Dominic Philbert, George's son, about having bought a stolen bike. And the cameras keep rolling as Dominic becomes increasingly agitated and menacing, uttering the memorable "God does not like ugly, man" several times. It's local gotcha TV news at it's worst. (And this is supposed to be the network's signature broadcast for NBC News?)
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Updated: Bob Arihood spoke with Dominic today. Per Neither More Nor Less:
"Dominic , contrary to what he says on the tape , told us that he did give a man , a paid actor, $25 for the the bicycle . He claims accurately that the tape shows nothing of this transaction . Dominic told us that the actor told him that he had lost his job and that he needed money to feed his kids . Dominic claims that he purchased the bicycle to help the guy who seemed to have some serious financial difficulties."
Read the whole post here.
Is Karczma the landlord's backup plan for Pangea on Second Avenue?
• Karczma (Karczma NY Inc), 178 2nd Ave (op)
This is the address of Pangea. As for Karczma, Eater noted that "presumably this is a new location of one of Greenpoint's favorite Polish restaurants."
Earlier this spring, Pangea owner Stephen Shanaghan told me that he was embroiled in "a landlord-tenant dispute," which caused the restaurant to close for several days in early May.
However, after spending all of May 4 in court, "Pangea has come to a new agreement with the landlord."
Upon hearing of the listing for Karczma, Shanaghan told me, "It appears that the landlord had a backup plan in the works. I hope it all turns out in our favor."
Previously.
More on this past weekend's Avenue B party bus
A reader shared information after seeing our post from yesterday titled Buses, Bouncers and a Mysterious Avenue B part spot:
I took [a photo] of the party bus at approximately 3 a.m. on Friday night (early Saturday morning). By that point there was a cop car, an ambulance and a fire truck within the span of 2nd and 4th Streets on Ave B. One kid was unconscious sitting (more like slumped) on a stoop; when the cops asked his friends how old the kid was, they said 17. Saw another kid already in the ambulance.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
More about the rally to mourn the loss of 35 Cooper Square and save the Bowery
From the EV Grieve inbox... The funeral and rally is tomorrow night at 6:30 in front of 35 Cooper Square
Rally to Mourn the Loss of 35 Cooper Square and Save the Bowery!
May 25, 2011 – We come together as a community to mourn the loss of 35 Cooper Square and to call upon the City to take specific steps to insure that no more historic buildings are lost on the Bowery. The wanton demolition of this historic 1825 Federal-style house is a blatant reminder of how vulnerable the Bowery is to rampant out-of-scale development. [Last year, the distinctive upper floors of the Germania Bank Building (185 Bowery) were destroyed in order to preempt objections to a 30-story luxury hotel plan.]
The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors has identified and submitted to the Landmarks Preservation Commission 21 buildings recognized by historians and community members as top priorities for protection. They are the tangible survivors of three centuries of the Bowery’s rich and colorful history. Losing any of them would greatly diminish the physical evidence of the Bowery’s contributions to the city’s and the nation’s cultural and architectural history. By protecting these buildings, the City will be ensuring the bare minimum needed to keep the Bowery a real place instead of a convenient brand for real estate development. Recognizing the dangers that threaten these buildings, we urge LPC Chair Tierney to schedule his promised meeting with us as soon as possible.
However, landmarking is not enough! The City must act to relieve the intense development pressure the area labors under. The east side of the Bowery is the release valve for all speculative energy focused on the neighborhood. There is a giant “BUILD BIG HERE” sign written in the air above the Bowery that only height limits can erase. Until the City lowers the allowable height to a reasonable level, we are going to see more and more luxury buildings growing higher and higher year by year.
The City cannot continue to ignore the devastating impact overdevelopment is having on long-time residents, small businesses and the artists’ community that still exists on the Bowery. The only way to truly save the Bowery from becoming a non-place is to put fair and equitable heights on the entire east side of the street. The broad support for this has been expressed by some of our most prominent writers, artists, and business leaders, including Luc Sante, Philip Glass, and Keith (Balthazar) McNally, who has written, “Development in any neighborhood may be inevitable, but in as noted and distinctive an area as the Bowery, it is desirable only as long as it preserves the neighborhood’s character while enhancing its value” (letter to City Planning, 6-12-09).
With the Bowery poised to be listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places, the City cannot continue to ignore this street’s architectural, historical and cultural importance. The Bowery has played a seminal role in the emergence of tap dance, vaudeville, minstrel shows, abstract expressionism, Beat literature and punk rock. As the convergence point for multiple historic neighborhoods (Chinatown, Little Italy, NoHo, East Village and Lower East Side), it needs to be preserved and protected in order to maintain the flow and historic sense of place of all these unique areas. As Pete Hamill stated at the candlelight vigil for 35 Cooper Square, “In order to make the present as rich as possible, you have to have a sense of the past….This is our inheritance.”
We, as a united community, call upon the City to:
• protect the Bowery’s remaining historical resources.
• change the sky’s-the-limit zoning on the Bowery’s east side to the more reasonable height caps that exist and help protect its west side.
• schedule a public hearing on the future of the Bowery.
• extend the proposed East Village Historic District study area to include portions of the Bowery.
As Amanda Burden, Chair of the City Planning Commission, has so aptly stated, “Once you lose a building, you lose character and history.” The City must now step up and save the character and history of the Bowery.
David Mulkins, Chair
Bowery Alliance of Neighbors
184 Bowery, #4
New York, NY 10012
(631) 901-5435
mulbd@yahoo.com
Victor Papa, President
Two Bridges Neighborhood Council
275 Cherry Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 566-2729
tbnc275@aol.com
Simeon Bankoff, Exec. Director
Historic Districts Council
232 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 614-9107
sbankoff@hdc.org
On the CB3/SLA June docket: Takers for Barbao, Sin Sin, Kurve — and 34 Avenue A, again
The June CB3/SLA agenda is out... (it should be on the CB3 website shortly) ...
SLA & DCA Licensing Committee
Monday, June 20 at 6:30 pm — JASA/Green Residence, 200 E. 5th St. at Bowery.
Among the items of interest:
Applications within Resolution Areas
• To Be Determined, 14 Ave B (op)
The East Village Brewery & Beer Shop, who borrowed the Prime Meats menu, is back on the docket.
• To Be Determined, 34 Ave A (op)
More activity on the former Mo Pitkin's/Aces & Eight space. And still no idea who is behind the venture... just yet.
• JujoMukti Tea Lounge (JujoMukti Inc), 211 E 4th St (wb)
• The Saint Mark's Red House (TTD& G LLC), 115 St Marks Pl (wb)
This is Barbao, which, as you're painfully aware, has been closed of late. I guess we know why now.
• MAT NA Bar and Grill (6 St Marks Restaurant LLC), 6 St Marks Pl (wb)
Looks like something for the shuttered Cafe Hanover eatery that was once Mondo Kim's.
Sidewalk Café Applications
Bistro Nomad (78 Second Ave Sandwich Shop, Inc), 78 2nd Ave (alt/expansion of sidewalk café to 10 tables and 21 chairs)
New Liquor License Applications
• Company, 242 E 10th St (op)
Hmm...
• Café 81, 81 E 7th St (op)
Hmm...
• Karczma (Karczma NY Inc), 178 2nd Ave (op)
This is Pangea's address... We're find out what this is all about...
• Empellon, 105 1st Ave (op)
This is the address of Counter. wd~50 pastry chef Alex Stupak received the OK from the CB3/SLA last November for a "fine-dining Mexican restaurant."
• Luzzo's (Luzzo's East), 211-213 1st Ave (op)
• Bar Veloce (175 2nd Ave Corp), 175 2nd Ave (op)
• Slices Group, Inc., 248 E 5th St (op)
This was once home to Sin Sin. According to reports, the landlord's son wanted to open a bakery here. Slices Group? This sounds more like pizza. Or bacon!
• Cooper Craft & Kitchen (Trim Castle Corp), 87 2nd Ave (op)
It's the former Kurve/Rhong Tiam space that the Dempsey's owner wants to turn into a craft beer-focused restaurant. The East Fifth Street Block Association had been opposed to this license. Read that here.
Are more people throwing away mattresses these days?
Dave on 7th sent along this photo from this morning on Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
Which reminds me that I have about 10 photos of discarded mattresses on my camera from the last few days (students moving out?) ... And most of them weren't wrapped in plastic per the City's wishes. In the photo here, it appears that the mattress was wrapped, but the bedbugs simply broke free.
Which reminds me that I have about 10 photos of discarded mattresses on my camera from the last few days (students moving out?) ... And most of them weren't wrapped in plastic per the City's wishes. In the photo here, it appears that the mattress was wrapped, but the bedbugs simply broke free.
Breaking: Workers enter the Mystery Lot; fate of Monster unknown
@TheDevo alerts us to some people inside the Mystery Lot this morning looking at the fallen monster.
Trouble in paradise?
Likely not! These photos by Adam K suggest that the workers are merely Mowing the Mystery Lot...
We hope that they're only mowing, anyway...
Trouble in paradise?
Likely not! These photos by Adam K suggest that the workers are merely Mowing the Mystery Lot...
We hope that they're only mowing, anyway...
Buses, bouncers and a mysterious Avenue B party spot
For the second consecutive weekend, crowds have flocked to the space next door to, or on top of, the former Le Souk at 47 Avenue B. However, this time, it appears the gathering is far more organized.
There are some guys working the door...
...and there were three party buses full of party people...
A resident took these photos around 3 a.m. early Saturday. The resident noted: "It appears they show up by bus (many buses) and disappear into the doorway next to Le Souk for a few hours. Then, drunk, they filter out later on to the waiting buses. There are some chaperones or minders who herd them like silly teenage sheep. No idea what it's all about. I just know they are wicked loud and young."
A reader left this comment, which makes it look as if the party went on for two nights (or mornings):
The State Liquor Authority terminated Le Souk's liquor license in October 2009. While this all may not have anything to do with Le Souk, who has tried to hold parties at this space in the past, several people did sign on to Foursquare from 47 Avenue B on May 21.
There are some guys working the door...
...and there were three party buses full of party people...
A resident took these photos around 3 a.m. early Saturday. The resident noted: "It appears they show up by bus (many buses) and disappear into the doorway next to Le Souk for a few hours. Then, drunk, they filter out later on to the waiting buses. There are some chaperones or minders who herd them like silly teenage sheep. No idea what it's all about. I just know they are wicked loud and young."
A reader left this comment, which makes it look as if the party went on for two nights (or mornings):
There were 3 "party" buses on Ave B Sat night. When I called 311 at 3 am I was left in a never ending holding pattern. Then I hung up and called 911. The operator hung up on me. That's my city now. Endless suburbanite spawn in large groups shipped in on buses. Annoying transplants doing annoying things on my dime as they claim expression of themselves. I just want to know, is there no person in the town you were raised that misses you? It is a large country we live in, why do you all move here? It's not that great, and it's full.
The State Liquor Authority terminated Le Souk's liquor license in October 2009. While this all may not have anything to do with Le Souk, who has tried to hold parties at this space in the past, several people did sign on to Foursquare from 47 Avenue B on May 21.
'How to Make it in America' films at Ray's Candy Store
Last Monday, Ray was busy cleaning a DOH-shuttered store on Avenue A... And this past Monday (uh, yesterday), a reopened Ray's was the backdrop for a scene from the HBO show "How to Make it in America."
The film crew was lined up along Avenue A...
Photos by Bobby Williams.
Meanwhile, Bob Arihood has an anecdote on the filming here.
The film crew was lined up along Avenue A...
Photos by Bobby Williams.
Meanwhile, Bob Arihood has an anecdote on the filming here.
Back to the Chillmaster's
Last week, Marty Wombacher visited the legendary home of the Chillmaster on East Third Street in the First Houses. (You can read about that here.) This past Sunday, he returned — with friends. Catch the action here.
Bob Arihood was there too to capture the moment(s). See his photos at Neither More Nor Less.
[Photo by Marty Wombacher]
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