Monday, December 3, 2012

Hope fades for a tidy tree house living room

Time to check in again on the tree house living room over here on First Avenue near East 14th Street ... An Urban Etiquette Sign recently appeared asking people to be respectful of the space and not leave trash around.

Flashback!


But the sign hasn't been effective.

And now? It's just getting uglier.


And someone even brought Bushwick into it!


Previously on EV Grieve:
Despite Urban Etiquette Sign, trash still piles up in tree house living room

Repaving East Houston

This past Friday morning, we had a conversation about the incoming bike lanes on East Houston... (read that post here).


Meantime, here's a great shot of the repaving from last week via EVG reader Eric Bryant ... looking east...

Sunday, December 2, 2012

A bike was stolen here yesterday afternoon on Avenue B


Avenue B between East Sixth Street and East Seventh Street...

Noted

Week in Grieview

[Spotted last week on Avenue C]

East Village Thai is back open (Monday)

Tim Hortons now open on East Houston (Saturday)

Q-and-A with Anonymous (Friday)

Natori closes on St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)

"The winningest man in barbecue" taking over the Lucky Cheng's space (Thursday)

Daniel Craig in the East Village (Friday)

Dream Baby (Tuesday)

LaVie closed for now on East First Street (Thursday)

Anger over the construction noise at 185 Avenue B (Monday)

Out and About with Michael Feeney (Wednesday)

A Daryl Hall moment (Wednesday)

Koffeecake Corner rumors! (Thursday)

Soho Billiards space for rent on East Houston (Tuesday)

Stogo closes (Monday)

A Black Friday improv gag at the First Avenue 99-cent store (Monday)

Report: Prop gun lands 11 year old in handcuffs, suspension

An item from the Post today:

An East Village 11-year-old was handcuffed and taken into custody last month after strolling into MS 345 on the Lower East Side with a play pistol — a black plastic prop given to him by an after-school theater company.

Violeta Hernandez, 68, said her grandson, whose name is being withheld by The Post, was supposed to be a cowboy in a play at the Theater for the New City in the East Village.

Instead, the pint-size actor was suspended and shipped off to an “alternative-learning facility” in Harlem for two weeks and is still traumatized by the ordeal, she said.

Police and school officials say that the gun was dangerous, and classified as an "air pistol." The family is considering legal action. Read the whole article here.

'Winter's Tale' filming today around Cooper Square; Russell Crowe alert

So this is filming today...


'Winter's Tale' ... described by IMDB as: "A fantasy story set in 19th Century and present-day Manhattan and revolves around a thief, a dying girl, and a flying white horse" by Academy Award-winning writer Akiva Goldsman...

There's a big cast that includes Russell Crowe, Will Smith, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Colin Farrell, Eva Marie Saint and "Downton Abbey"'s Jessica Brown Findlay.... Not sure who will be filming around Cooper Union today...



Filming has also taken place in Sandy-ravaged Red Hook, where some residents have grumbled about the shoot delaying the clean-up process, per Page Six.

Noted

In case you need to use the men's room in Tompkins Square Park...


Saturday, December 1, 2012

Outbreak


10th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C today... photo via Bobby Williams...

Hello! Is it me you're looking for?


H/t Lionel Ritchie, duh. Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Bobby Williams.

Noted


Tompkins Square Park...

What's with all the cabs parked on Avenue A?

That's what a reader asked yesterday after seeing cabs lined up on Avenue A the past few days... EVG regular Creature noted this too with the following three photos...




[From Thursday via Bobby Williams]

I didn't see all this myself... and really have no idea. Anyone know?

Updated: Thanks. Answer in the comments.

NOW it feels like the holidays with the arrival of Trailer Park Santa

Oh, we knew something was missing from the holiday tree stand on East 14th Street at East First Street... the trailer just seemed so... bare.


Yes. Of course! Trailer Park Santa! He arrived this past week


Suitably grubby for this intersection.


So hang your stockings and say your prayers,
'Cause Trailer Park Santa Claus comes tonight.

Noted

East 10th Street and Fourth Avenue...