Billy Leroy, proprietor of Billy's Antiques, was rather alarmed by this scene the other night ... when the Hampton Jitney was discharging passengers at Houston and Allen ... we didn't realize that this location has been a drop-off location...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Noted
Billy Leroy, proprietor of Billy's Antiques, was rather alarmed by this scene the other night ... when the Hampton Jitney was discharging passengers at Houston and Allen ... we didn't realize that this location has been a drop-off location...
Monday, September 26, 2011
One way to warn motorists about a sinkhole
On East Third Street via @ThePeterHa on Twitter. By this weekend, those sinkhole warning stakes will be for sale on 11th Street and Avenue A...
A new East Village meets old East Village kind of moment
EV Grieve reader Alex shared this anecdote just now...
A coworker told me this story this morning, thought you'd enjoy it:
"On my way to work, I saw a man in a beige suit with a laptop bag pissing on a Mercedes Benz just off Astor Place while talking on his cell phone. I shit you not."
Naturally, I asked for photographic proof; he says the guy turned around and looked at him, so he couldn't take a photo.
Space that houses Native Bean on Avenue A is for rent
If you walked past Native Bean on Avenue A this past weekend, then you probably saw that new "for rent" sign hanging above the gate...
The space is for rent. According to the listing at Tower Brokerage...
It's a 10-year lease at $10,000 per month. We understand that it's possible that Native Bean will stay here.
The space is for rent. According to the listing at Tower Brokerage...
It's a 10-year lease at $10,000 per month. We understand that it's possible that Native Bean will stay here.
Starbucks makes it official on First Avenue
It wasn't a dream ... EV Grieve reader Marjorie Ingall passes along this photo taken at 49 1/2 First Avenue, the former home of The Bean ... As you know, Starbucks is taking over this space ... And here's some evidence... a shot of the architectural drawings and notes that were lying on a window seat on display last evening ...
Next stop, Hell.
Next stop, Hell.
Morrison Hotel Gallery vacates the Bowery
Back in March, the Post reported that "The Bowery is about to lose its last remaining atmospheric links to CBGB" — the Morrison Hotel at 313 Bowery.
At the time, Steve Cuozzo noted that the Morrison was on a month-to-month lease... apparently the Morrison folks have decided to leave... as the sign on the door shows...the space was almost empty, save a few framed photos waiting to be boxed up...
So what's next? Something fancy, for sure!
Per Cuozzo in March:
The secret club Extra Place by Max's Kansas City is also part of the deal.
[Photo from September 2009]
The Morrison Hotel SoHo NYC Gallery remains open on Prince Street. We reached out to the Morrison folks for comment/confirmation, and are awaiting word from them...
At the time, Steve Cuozzo noted that the Morrison was on a month-to-month lease... apparently the Morrison folks have decided to leave... as the sign on the door shows...the space was almost empty, save a few framed photos waiting to be boxed up...
So what's next? Something fancy, for sure!
Per Cuozzo in March:
The 3300-square foot space at 313 Bowery now occupied by the Morrison Hotel music-photo gallery — named for the famous Doors album and a spiritual successor to the CBGB gallery that was adjacent to the club — has been put on the market by Elliott Azrak's The Max's Kansas City Co., which netleases the property's retail space from the Bowery Residence Committee.
"The netlease holders are looking for not just any tenant, but one who can leverage the history of the block and the unique Bowery demographic," one source said.
That could mean a restaurant/lounge — or another store similar to John Varvatos.
The secret club Extra Place by Max's Kansas City is also part of the deal.
[Photo from September 2009]
The Morrison Hotel SoHo NYC Gallery remains open on Prince Street. We reached out to the Morrison folks for comment/confirmation, and are awaiting word from them...
It's just another Saturday night on Avenue A
And on Saturday evening, this party bus rolled up to Diablo Royale on Avenue A... where a bridal party/bridesmaids extravaganza spilled out into the bar... an EV Grieve reader captured a moment of all this bar-hopping glory...
In total, the reader estimates the party bus idled here in front of the bar for a good 20 minutes or so...
... and a little video ...
In total, the reader estimates the party bus idled here in front of the bar for a good 20 minutes or so...
... and a little video ...
More photos of the near-miss air conditioner mishap yesterday outside Moonstruck Diner
Yesterday afternoon, we reported on that AC unit falling out of the window at Fifth Street and Second Avenue... and the unit landed on the Moonstruck Diner awning...
EV Grieve reader peter radley sent along these shots showing how the awning saved tge AC from hitting the sidewalk. Or someone's head. A Moonstruck miracle, really.
... and because we only recently discovered the arrow function ...
Previously.
EV Grieve reader peter radley sent along these shots showing how the awning saved tge AC from hitting the sidewalk. Or someone's head. A Moonstruck miracle, really.
... and because we only recently discovered the arrow function ...
Previously.
Hot Kitchen now open on Second Avenue
Hot Kitchen opened Thursday at 104 Second Ave. near Sixth Street. (The owners received the OK from the CB3/SLA in August to serve beer and wine with their Chinese cuisine...)
It seems like a nice, normal restaurant...
Nothing artisanal featuring tea seed oil from a grove of Camellia oleifera trees brought in daily from the southern Zhejiang province, the seeds of which are hand-pressed in the back room ... Uh, anyway, the food is pretty tasty — we got a few vegetable and rice dishes ... and there are more adventurous dishes on the menu, like "dry sauteed pig intestine with red chili" ($14) or "steamed fish head with minced pickle pepper" ($21).
Here is a quick look at part of the menu...
...delivery service starts next week ... so until then...
Chickpea reopens today on East 14th Street
At least according to the workers inside the location here near Third Avenue ... seems as if this place has been closed for renovations for, well, a really long time...Maybe March?
Exclusive first look inside the new Capital One bank branch at 123 Third Ave.
...and,lets take a look inside! Where the branch will feature... free coffee!
... and part of Bloomberg's bike-share program? You can ride from teller to teller?
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Today in passive-aggressive notes on East Fourth Street
We watched the woman place this on the door of 234 E. Fourth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B (Madonna's old building!) earlier this evening ... "To the guys that applauded my parking job (you live on the top floor). Thank you! It totally made my day — I had a really long day at work!"
Air conditioner falls out of window on Second Avenue
Around 1 p.m., we were walking south down Second Avenue, thinking about how many women wear football jerseys on Sundays when.... we heard a commotion! It sounded like an accident. Then we saw what had happened. An air conditioner fell out of a window from an apartment above the Moonstruck Diner at Fifth Street...
Thankfully, it landed on the Moonstruck awning...
Based on eyewitness accounts, we think this is what happened. Unscientifically...
This happened just one block to the north ... and almost one year to the date of another AC accident, though that one was far more serious.
Related reading at Runnin' Scared from July:
How Often Do Air Conditioners Fall Out of NYC Windows and Kill People?
Thankfully, it landed on the Moonstruck awning...
Based on eyewitness accounts, we think this is what happened. Unscientifically...
This happened just one block to the north ... and almost one year to the date of another AC accident, though that one was far more serious.
Related reading at Runnin' Scared from July:
How Often Do Air Conditioners Fall Out of NYC Windows and Kill People?
Video shows NYPD using pepper spray during 'Occupy Wall Street' march
As you may have read, the NYPD arrested nearly 80 people near Union Square yesterday in the “Occupy Wall Street” march.
This video that someone sent us shows NYPD officers shooting pepper spray and tackling people participating in the march on 12th Street near University Place.
According to WCBS, "The NYPD, on the record, called every arrest justified." Gothamist has more here.
Here's another frame-by-frame video showing the NYPD using the pepper spray on women behind a barricade on 12th Street...
Bob Arihood has a video with one of the women who was spray right here.
This video that someone sent us shows NYPD officers shooting pepper spray and tackling people participating in the march on 12th Street near University Place.
According to WCBS, "The NYPD, on the record, called every arrest justified." Gothamist has more here.
Here's another frame-by-frame video showing the NYPD using the pepper spray on women behind a barricade on 12th Street...
Bob Arihood has a video with one of the women who was spray right here.
Remembering Keba Brown on Avenue D
On Sept. 13, 22-year-old Makever “Keba” Brown was struck and killed on the FDR during a police pursuit, as DNAinfo reported.
There is a makeshift memorial for him in front of the Jacob Riis Houses building where he lived at 90 Avenue D. Friends and loved ones are also leaving messages outside Rite Aid near Seventh Street...
As Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo reported, his death has sparked tension between some in the public housing community and the NYPD, with incidents of tenants of the Riis and Lillian Wald houses "hurling items at cops out of their windows."
Per DNAinfo:
A viewing was held yesterday at the Ortiz Funeral Home on First Avenue. Brown leaves behind three sons, ages 7, 6 and 3, according to DNAinfo.
Brown's brother Lawrence White. Photo: DNAinfo/Patrick Hedlund
You can find more photos and the story here.
There is a makeshift memorial for him in front of the Jacob Riis Houses building where he lived at 90 Avenue D. Friends and loved ones are also leaving messages outside Rite Aid near Seventh Street...
As Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo reported, his death has sparked tension between some in the public housing community and the NYPD, with incidents of tenants of the Riis and Lillian Wald houses "hurling items at cops out of their windows."
Per DNAinfo:
Brown was approached by police late on Sept. 13, after he was observed making a hand-to-hand drug transaction in the complex, an NYPD spokesman said. Brown took off running toward the FDR Drive at East Sixth Street with police in pursuit, but cops said they lost him before he bolted across the highway’s southbound lane and was struck and killed by a livery cab in the northbound lane about 10:48 p.m.
A viewing was held yesterday at the Ortiz Funeral Home on First Avenue. Brown leaves behind three sons, ages 7, 6 and 3, according to DNAinfo.
You can find more photos and the story here.
More photos of the uprooted tree on East Sixth Street
Following up on our earlier post about the downed tree on East Sixth Street just east of Avenue A ...
EV Grieve reader Elizabeth Frayer of New York Natives ... sent along these next three shots of the Japanese Pagoda tree ... the Parks Department and FDNY are on the scene...
And from EV Grieve reader Carl Bentsen ...
As several people have pointed out...the base of the tree looks rotted out... without any/many roots...
EV Grieve reader Elizabeth Frayer of New York Natives ... sent along these next three shots of the Japanese Pagoda tree ... the Parks Department and FDNY are on the scene...
And from EV Grieve reader Carl Bentsen ...
As several people have pointed out...the base of the tree looks rotted out... without any/many roots...
Downed tree on East Sixth Street near Avenue A
With all the rain that we've had going back to Irene, the ground is awfully soft... which likely led to this uprooted tree overnight on East Sixth Street near Avenue B...
[Top two photos via EVG reader Kevin Rose]
Here's a photo this morning via @AraRoden ... Sixth Street, as you might imagine, is currently closed along here...
Here's a photo this morning via @AraRoden ... Sixth Street, as you might imagine, is currently closed along here...
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