Image at Snack Dragon on East Third Street via @saywhatagain
Friday, May 27, 2011
EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition
Rape trial fallout: What proof does a woman have to have? (The New York Times)
Neighborhood reaction to the verdict (DNAinfo)
The Scribbler returns (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
A scene from Tompkins Square Park the other night (Nadie Se Conoce)
Moving discounts at Discovery Wines (East Village Eats)
A rundown of some LES-related Memorial Day Weekend happenings (The Lo Down)
East River String Band covering Cee-Lo Green (Slum Goddess)
From the Mars Bar with love (The Gog Log)
Alex is back with another NYC band photo quiz (Flaming Pablum)
A Howard Johnson for Allen Street? (BoweryBoogie)
Developer: A shorter building in the works now for 75 First Avenue
Anthony Marano, the developer at 75 First Avenue, sent us an email following our update on the site the other day. (Read that post here.)
He said that this rendering shows the building that the city approved before the zoning changed in November 2008. It's a little different than what we saw before.
Marano said that they have re-structured the financing and are working on plans to proceed with a shorter building — roughly 80 feet shorter. So perhaps something like the above but not as tall.
As for rentals or condos, he said, "We are trying to do rentals, but it will be subject to the final offers we get for financing."
Previously.
He said that this rendering shows the building that the city approved before the zoning changed in November 2008. It's a little different than what we saw before.
Marano said that they have re-structured the financing and are working on plans to proceed with a shorter building — roughly 80 feet shorter. So perhaps something like the above but not as tall.
As for rentals or condos, he said, "We are trying to do rentals, but it will be subject to the final offers we get for financing."
Previously.
When the city installed sheep lanes
So, according to the NYPL Digital Gallery, here we are at the "Junction of Broadway and the Bowery, 1831. [Union Square.]"
It's difficult to get your bearings without a Duane Reade to help.
It's difficult to get your bearings without a Duane Reade to help.
Mystery Lot monster leaves before getting annexed by NYU
Our friend Lux Living passes along the following photo with this upsetting news, "It seems the doomed monster of the 13th Street Mystery Lot fame has been beamed back up to his home planet."
[A moment of silence]
In reality, workers who were there to mow the rocks and weeds Tuesday most likely removed the little fellow.
And now, a fond look back...
[Via James and Karla Murray]
And, after a storm...
What is your favorite memory of the Mystery Lot Monster/Alien? Were you suspicious that it never applied for a liquor license? Or become a boutique hotel? Or annexed by NYU?
Previously.
[A moment of silence]
In reality, workers who were there to mow the rocks and weeds Tuesday most likely removed the little fellow.
And now, a fond look back...
And, after a storm...
What is your favorite memory of the Mystery Lot Monster/Alien? Were you suspicious that it never applied for a liquor license? Or become a boutique hotel? Or annexed by NYU?
Previously.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Howl! on First Avenue
With a reminder that the annual Howl! Festival is next weekend... Check the Howl! website for details.
Photo by Bobby Williams; mural by Chico and Joel.
Manitoba's files for Chapter 11 protection
Genco Importing Inc., which operates Manitoba’s in the East Village, on Thursday filed for bankruptcy protection in Manhattan looking for a little breathing room to tweak its operations and file a restructuring plan. But don’t fear, Manitoba’s fans — the company plans to keep operating during the case.
Such a plan would likely be funded by a capital infusion from current majority owner Steven Van Zandt, a founding member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band who also played a role on HBO’s “The Sopranos.”
Founder and minority owner Richard Manitoba, known from his punk rock days as Handsome Dick Manitoba, blamed the bar’s hard times on its 2008 citation for certificate occupancy violations. The bar made all changes by the following summer but ran up a $100,000 tab doing so.
[Updated] 2 cops cleared of East Village rape charges, convicted of misconduct
Two New York City police officers were acquitted of rape and other felony charges but convicted of official misconduct, a misdemeanor, following a trial in which they were accused of taking advantage of an intoxicated woman they had helped into her apartment.
After more than six days of deliberations, a jury found New York City Police Officers Kenneth Moreno, 43 years old, and Franklin Mata, 28, not guilty of rape, burglary and falsifying records. Mata was also acquitted of tampering with evidence.
An update from the Daily News:
The NYPD fired two Manhattan cops Thursday just hours after they were acquitted of raping a helpless East Village woman.
Officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were given the boot because the jury convicted them of official misconduct for going back to the woman's apartment three times without telling their superiors.
"The guilty verdict reached today involved a violation of the officer's oath of office and merits immediate termination," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. "Both officers will be terminated today."
Both cops face up to two years in prison on the misdemeanor charges when they are sentenced June 28.
Kelly lowered the boom after a relieved Moreno branded the now 29-year-old accuser a liar.
"I thought she made the whole thing up," Moreno said moments after he and Mata were found not guilty of rape charges that could have sent them to jail for up to 25 years.
Gothamist is reporting that there will be a demonstration tomorrow against the acquittal outside the Manhattan Criminal Court building at 100 Centre Street from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
'No wonder the Bowery has become the flip-flop and Baby-stroller Mecca of the World'
You know what pisses me off?
All these "neighborhood activist/artist types" who are mourning/protesting the demolishing of 35 Cooper Square, which is a horrible and sad event. But they also supported "The Festival of Bad Ideas," which was sponsored by Goldman Sachs.
No wonder the Bowery has become the flip-flop and Baby-stroller Mecca of the World.
It will be a joy when Billy's finally closes. I won't have to look at all these #$%@& Yuppies anymore.
Octavia's Porch closes after 6 months
The "Global Jewish" restaurant from "Top Chef" alum Nikki Cascone at 40 Avenue B barely lasted six months, and it was rocky from the start. Early on some residents questioned the name — which paid homage to the passageway in Rome's former Jewish ghetto.
Perhaps this is currently a jinxed spot... Chabela's and Russo's have been in and out of here in fairly quick succession in recent years.
Previously.
[Props to Dave on 7th for the photo]
Lower East Side artists now larger than life — on canvas
It's likely that you spotted a few workers carrying a large portrait of Clayton Patterson up the Bowery the other day...
Indeed, the portrait is the latest from Curt Hoppe, the legendary hyper-realist artist who is among those showing new work starting this Saturday at the Woodward Gallery on Eldridge Street.
Hoppe is currently working on a series of paintings of fellow Lower East Side artists. Here's Patterson posing with his portrait.
Curt also sent along his portrait of Arturo Vega ...
...and in progress.
Curt hopes to show this series together — likely 15 portraits in total ... we're looking forward to seeing these.
[Photos courtesy of Curt Hoppe]
Previously on EV Grieve:
Q-and-A with Curt Hoppe: Living on the Bowery, finding inspiration and shooting Mr. Softee
Indeed, the portrait is the latest from Curt Hoppe, the legendary hyper-realist artist who is among those showing new work starting this Saturday at the Woodward Gallery on Eldridge Street.
Hoppe is currently working on a series of paintings of fellow Lower East Side artists. Here's Patterson posing with his portrait.
Curt also sent along his portrait of Arturo Vega ...
...and in progress.
Curt hopes to show this series together — likely 15 portraits in total ... we're looking forward to seeing these.
[Photos courtesy of Curt Hoppe]
Previously on EV Grieve:
Q-and-A with Curt Hoppe: Living on the Bowery, finding inspiration and shooting Mr. Softee
Bump on 10th and B sends kids to the hospital with bruises and bloody lips
Yesterday morning, 13 school kids were injured when a school bus reportedly went over a speed bump too fast, the FDNY told DNAinfo.
The students were headed to the Ross Global Academy on East 12th Street around 8:30 a.m. The accident happened at 10th Street and Avenue B, the school's executive director, Richard Burke, told Patrick Hedlund.
He said the injuries were minor, "including bumps, bruises and bloody lips."
There isn't actually a speed bump on Avenue B at 10th Street. Still, there's a pretty decent slope with some potholes. I've been sent airborne a few times on the M8 when the driver is trying to beat the light...
In any event, the city might what to take a closer look at this intersection before it gets worse than bumps and bloody lips.
The students were headed to the Ross Global Academy on East 12th Street around 8:30 a.m. The accident happened at 10th Street and Avenue B, the school's executive director, Richard Burke, told Patrick Hedlund.
He said the injuries were minor, "including bumps, bruises and bloody lips."
There isn't actually a speed bump on Avenue B at 10th Street. Still, there's a pretty decent slope with some potholes. I've been sent airborne a few times on the M8 when the driver is trying to beat the light...
In any event, the city might what to take a closer look at this intersection before it gets worse than bumps and bloody lips.
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