World Famous Pee Phone™ imposter on Third Avenue.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Reports: 73-year-old East Village woman struck and killed by van while crossing East Houston
East Village resident Meipui Chow Leon, 73, was killed late yesterday afternoon by a van while crossing East Houston Street at Avenue B, according to published reports.
The Lo-Down reported that she was walking north in the crosswalk from Clinton Street to Avenue B.
Per DNAinfo:
That's when the driver of a 2011 Ford van, who was attempting to take a left from a southbound lane of Avenue B, plowed into her causing serious bodily trauma, police said.
An EVG reader, who took the above photo, said that four ambulances were at the scene at one point. According to witnesses, the van belonged to Whole Foods. DNAinfo reported that "the driver stayed on the scene, and was later cited for failure to yield and failure to exercise due care."
Clinton Street was closed until 9:30 last night, The Lo-Down noted.
[Updated] After 33 years, Odessa Cafe and Bar closes for good now on Aug. 31
[Thanks to @analogrombus]
There have been several closing dates for the Odessa Cafe and Bar at 117 Avenue A — first Aug. 15 then Sept. 6. There's now a new date — Aug. 31. And there's a sign up thanking patrons for their years of support.
The Odessa's assets were sold to new operators. (We don't have specifics on the incoming place, though CB3 documents described it as "a full-service American brasserie restaurant.") The Odessa Restaurant next door at 119 will remain open.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Building that houses Odessa Cafe and Bar for sale on Avenue A
Is the end nearing for Odessa Cafe and Bar on Avenue A?
Former GM from Tribeca's Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs part of team to buy the Odessa Cafe
Reader report: Odessa Cafe closes for good after Aug. 15
Reader report: Odessa Cafe and Bar will remain open through Sept. 6
All that jazz
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
In case you don't have anything to do on this dreary late August day... there's a street fair on Astor Place between Broadway and Lafayette. Hurry! There will likely only be 2-3 Street Festivals left before Labor Day!
Previously on EV Grieve:
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
Friday, August 23, 2013
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
[12th and B yesterday via Bobby Williams]
Jodi Lane sign returns to East 11th Street (The Villager)
Details on Communal Spaces 2013, a garden play festival on the LES next month (Broadway World)
The Bloomberg Years (The New Yorker)
Check out the list of John Zorn-curated selections to play next month at the Anthology (Anthology Film Archives)
Subway videos from the 1940s and 1970s (BoweryBoogie)
Only 17 out of 20 subway lines will be fucked up this weekend (Gothamist)
A big flip at 101 Delancey (The Lo-Down)
"Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride" held over for third week (IFC)
Herbie Hancock's NYC of 1975 (Flaming Pablum)
More trees dying around the fountain in Washington Square Park (Washington Square Park Blog)
...and tomorrow at the 6th Street Community Center... Details here.
Clearing the way for Brick Lane Curry on Second Avenue
Two-plus years ago Brick Lane Curry announced that they'd open a location at 99 Second Ave. near East Sixth St. ... the site of a long-dormant restaurant space (Remember Sea Salt?) ... EVG reader Ted E. notes that there's trash-removal activity there today... CB3 OK'd a full liquor license for Brick Lane last month.
Previously on EV Grieve:
At Sea Salt, the lights are still on, but no one is dining
Kita the Wonder Dog of East 10th Street supports Bill De Blasio for Mayor
[EVG file photo]
The latest from the NYC mayoral race.
We’ve been anxiously awaiting the moment when Kita the Wonder Dog of East 10th Street is ready to divulge which Mayoral candidate she is throwing her considerable weight behind.
She’s been wooed by all the major candidates as she seems to have her paws on the pulse of the neighborhood. The last time she voted here it was just after Superstorm Sandy and the lines were incredibly long so she’s hoping for smoother sailing this time.
She carefully considered all the candidates; briefly thought of supporting the former Congressman because she thought Weiner was a breed of dog. Another leading candidate behaves a bit too much like an attack dog so that put her off needless to say. Finally she’s informed us she’s supporting Bill De Blasio. Apparently she’s become quite chummy with him and his entire family.
Kita won't confirm for sure but we have an inkling that De Blasio promised his first act as Mayor will be to ban 7-11s and Yorkies named Max so that’s what finally won her over.
Kita looks forward to seeing everyone at the polls on September 10.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Meet Kita
The further adventures of Kita the Wonder Dog of East 10th Street
The further (often truly) amazing adventures of Kita the Wonder Dog of East 10th Street
There goes the neighborhood, again (again) (again)
Over on East 12th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A... EVG reader Sharon Lawless spotted the following vanity plate... in the (former?) shadows of the almost-demolished Mary Help of Christians and the latest luxurious effort from Karl Fischer. She asks, is this the Ghost of Christmas Future?
Oh, yeah! Beverly Hills 10009.
Oh, yeah! Beverly Hills 10009.
CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice coming soon to St. Mark's Place
Iris Cafe closed last month exactly one month after opening at 33 St. Mark's Place. At the time, a worker hauling out trash bags from the Taiwanese-style bakery said that they would be expanding their menu and reopening.
Meanwhile, signs have arrived announcing an outpost of CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice, a Taiwan-based business with 800 stores worldwide, including several in NYC.
Per the CoCo website:
"Driven by a passion to serve drinks of the highest quality and incomparable variety to the urbanites of our new age, the founders set out to create a brand that was to become a symbol of flavor, sophistication and delicacy."
This space was previously home to Rockit Scientist Records, which closed in the spring of 2012.
Deathwatching Nicoletta
High-flying chef Michael White's Midwestern-style pizzeria Nicoletta opened on June 15, 2012 on Second Avenue at 10th Street.
News of its arrival was met with some instant disapproval around here.
Like!
Via Jeremiah Moss: "Here comes yet another fucking upscale pizzeria for the East Village, where there have always been plenty of good, cheap pizza places."
Some readers were tuned off by Nicoletta's T.G.I. Fridaysish interior and clipboard-toting hostesses standing guard by the door while keeping tabs on those early are-you-fucking-kidding-me 90-minute waits ... and some reviews were quite unkind, such as the 0 stars the Times dropped on it.
Anyway!
Fast forward to now... Eater put Nicoletta on its Deathwatch yesterday... Eater figures that White and partner Ahmass Fakahany will close the place and turn it into another concept from their Altamarea Group's restaurant arsenal.
Per Eater:
Nicoletta means well. On a recent Tuesday night, Team Eater had excellent chicken wings, passable fritti, an okay pizza, and slam-dunk ice cream sundaes. The service was great and the tab was low, but the restaurant was as quiet as a tomb.
The question is not whether Nicoletta will close, but when. The safe bet is that Altamarea will revamp the restaurant once the D.C. outpost of Nicoletta is off the ground. After that, White and Fakahany might re-think this space and give the neighborhood something that it will really embrace.
Previous Nicoletta posts have produced some negative Nicoletta comments. I've never been here... Perhaps you have? Does death become it?
Previously on EV Grieve:
Nicoletta product placement or just trash?
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival is Sunday in Tompkins Square Park
The East Village portion of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival is Sunday from 3-7. The acts: Lee Konitz Quartet, Sheila Jordan, Christian Scott and Aaron Diehl Quartet. You can find all the details here.
Warm up...
Warm up...
Juke Bar coming soon to Second Avenue
Blue Owl, the 7-year-old cocktail lounge on Second Avenue near East 12th Street, closed earlier in the summer... and there's a new venture for the basement space.
Serena Solomon at DNAinfo has the scoop on Juke Bar, which "will feature DJ's spinning different genres each night, including jazz, blues and R&B, and will serve small plates inspired by Southern cooking."
Among the menu items: pulled pork sandwiches, mac and cheese, deviled eggs and seafood dishes.
"Historically juke joints were where my people could go and drink and play music," said Juke Bar co-owner Daniel Glover, 38, whose mother is French Armenian and whose father is an African American from South Carolina. "They were these dark places, but with a lot of life."
Thursday, August 22, 2013
That 'Carrie' show
That "Carrie Diaries" shoot has been going on this evening on East Seventh Street near Second Avenue... action for the "Sex and the City" TV prequel is mostly outside Café Della Pace at the moment... might be here for awhile. Pull up a seat!
Movie night is a go in Tompkins Square Park
Being a Thursday, it always rains. And it did today! But! The free film ("O Brother Where Art Thou?") in Tompkins Square Park tonight is a go... not much of a crowd yet. (As of 7:30.) In fact, the film's star, George Clooney, is just standing there. Somewhere.
Today in East River alligator sightings
EVG reader Jenn Houser spotted this scene this morning near the Williamsburg Bridge.
In town to audition for the East River floating pool?
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
Huge rent hike chases Bleecker Street Records from Bleecker Street (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
"Wild Style" reunion next week at East River Park (BoweryBoogie)
"Stylish Parisian it girl" buys on the Bowery (New York Post)
The scene on Lower Manhattan about 400 years ago (Ephemeral New York)
The theater drawings of Anthony F. Dumas (Off the Grid)
Cool East Village cats (Gog in NYC)
The United Palace Theater returns to its roots (Curbed)
Remembering South African jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin (Living With Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog)
Penny Pollak on the open mic and the big screen
For the past six years on Tuesday nights, Penny Pollak has hosted Penny's Open Mic at Under St Mark's Theater.
This coming Tuesday she is hanging up the mic (the show will go on without her, though).
Pollack is heading into production on her feature film with director Tony ("American History X") Kaye. She stars in "ABIGAIL: A Comedy About Suicide," which explores the themes she used in her one-woman performance titled "No Traveler (A Comedy About Suicide)." (The play debuted in 2010 during the Horse Trade Theater Group's Frigid New York Festival.)
Here, Pollak, a writer, actor, fire-breather, shares some thoughts on her years hosting the open mic as well as prepping for her film work.
Was it a difficult decision to end Penny's Open Mic after six years?
As much as I will miss the mic, the timing couldn't be more perfect. The way everything has fallen into place with my film, I couldn't be happier to work full time on it and see it come to life.
Also knowing that an Open Mic on Tuesday nights at Under St. Mark's will still be going with the same spirit puts my heart at ease. My house band Dan Ricker and Mike Milazzo with Kaitlin O'Connor will be hosting a new open mic in the same slot called The Open Mic Downstairs.
What have you taken away from that time?
I’ve made the dearest and closest friends I could ever meet, seen countless amazing performances. I’ve gotten to watch artists I respect take risks and had the opportunity to experiment myself and grow as an artist.
How is "No Traveler" evolving for the screen? This is more than a performance film?
It's a feature film called "ABIGAIL: A Comedy about Suicide." It explores the themes used in my play "No Traveler" but is a completely different story. We are in talks with an incredible ensemble cast and I’m very excited to be playing the lead.
How did Tony Kaye get involved?
I met Tony at my open mic. As well as being brilliant director he is also a very talented singer/songwriter. At the time he was making "Detachment" with Adrien Brody where there is a scene involving suicide. He came to see my play and immediately saw the potential for film. We would meet every week for quite a few months where he directed my writing into a whole new direction. We’re producing it under his company Above The Sea Productions.
Will you be filming in the East Village and Lower East Side?
The story takes place in the East Village so most of the filming will be here.
How do you plan on capturing the neighborhood?
As honestly as possible. I’ve lived and worked here since I moved to NYC and the neighborhood has shaped my life in a very deep way.
What is the timeline for production?
I’m leaving for LA right away to help finish pre-production and we hope to start filming as soon as possible.
Construction gear coming down from new residences on Seventh and A
[Bobby Williams]
On Wednesday, workers started removing the scaffolding and construction netting from 130 E. Seventh St. at Avenue A...
[Yesterday morning]
Since fall 2011, the building that houses 7A on the corner has been undergoing renovations... including converting some existing commercial space to residential use and reconstructing a portion of the existing penthouse, per the DOB. Public records show that the University of the Streets sold the building to Park Corner Development, LLC in September 2011 for $5 million.
[Yesterday afternoon]
No word if this units will be rentals or condos or something else...
Anyway, look for the rest of the sidewalk bridge to come down soon enough ... and maybe the 7A sidewalk cafe will see the sun again.
Last free Thursday night movie in Tompkins Square Park for the summer
Tonight marks the end of the free music-movie nights in Tompkins Square Park for the summer. This evening's selection: O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the Coen brothers movie starring George ("Grizzly II: The Predator") Clooney. (This was originally rained out on June 20.)
There's also free pre-movie music from The Dapper Dans.
Where did the summer go?
There's also free pre-movie music from The Dapper Dans.
Where did the summer go?
Today's sign of the apocalypse
Oh! "The Carrie Diaries" will be filming around the neighborhood today... signs are up along East Seventh Street, and perhaps elsewhere... crews for the CW prequel to "Sex and the City" were shooting on Essex Street Tuesday...
It revolves around the eponymous Carrie
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Let's star in a movie!
You may have seen some sort of film shoot going on today on East Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue... we walked back and forth dozens of times thinking it was connected to "The Smurfs," which filmed right here back in the heady days of April 2010.
Oh! Oops!
Anyway, we have no idea what this was all about. Maybe you do?
[Next stop — Cooper Union!]
Photos by Bobby Williams
Happy Birthday Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer was born on this date in 1952... he died in 2002 of an undetectable heart arrhythmia. And I would have mentioned this even if the mural in his honor was not blasted away by workers on Monday on East Seventh Street and Avenue A.
As I reported Tuesday, the same artists will replicate the original mural... Serena Solomon at DNAinfo had some more information about the timing of all this.
Helm Management, which manages the building at 132 E. Seventh St., will take three to four weeks to replace the brick wall.
After that, Niagara co-owner Jesse Malin said that graffiti artists Dr. Revolt and Zephyr will return to recreate the Stummer mural.
Roberta Bayley took the above photo of Strummer on East 14th Street near Avenue C. Find more of her work here. [H/T Alex at Flaming Pablum]
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
[Looks like fall, feels like summer]
City temporarily removes Jim Power's 9/11 mosaic on Astor Place (DNAinfo)
Penny Arcade on the vanishing downtown scene (The Observer)
Video! "Where You Been So Long" by Eden and John's East River String Band with Robert Crumb (YouTube)
New York is the most rude and arrogant state! (New York)
Remember Loew's Avenue B (Off the Grid)
A new anonymous Twitter account arrived today...
I feel so empty inside. @evgrieve
— 51 Astor Place (@51deathstar) August 21, 2013
New Bowery shanty (BoweryBoogie)
Controversial LES property owner buys more LES property (The Lo-Down)
A few more lost record stores (Flaming Pablum)
Thompson Street laundromat disappears (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
At the annual Johnny Ramone tribute (Rolling Stone)
From a reader:
"My partner and I found an obviously abandoned or lost housecat (had a collar on, box trained) at a construction site next to Bar 169 on East Broadway yesterday. We took her home as she was emaciated and needed some TLC."
Out and About in the East Village
In this weekly feature, East Village-based photographer James Maher provides us with a quick snapshot of someone who lives and/or works in the East Village.
By James Maher
James Maher is a fine art and studio photographer based in the East Village. Find his website here.
By James Maher
Name: Kathy Von Hartz
Occupation: Teacher
Location: Meltzer Park, 1st Street between 1st and A
Time: 1 pm on Monday, Aug. 19
I grew up in Puerto Rico, Cuba and Mexico. My father represented U.S. Steel exports and my mother was a teacher and they met in Puerto Rico. I spent my first 15 years in those three countries. I’m a teacher and my husband is a writer. He wrote for Time Life books and I taught at Head Start at Escuela Hispana Montessori.
My husband and I moved to the neighborhood 48 years ago after we were married. We lived on 6th Street between C and D for eight years. Affordability brought us here and once we had our first child, we found lots of room on East 6th Street.
Eventually we bought the building behind me. We could afford it on our teacher’s salary because nobody wanted to buy anything here. The building had been for sale for five years and nobody wanted it. It cost $64,000 for 10 one-bedroom apartments. But everybody still thought we were crazy. We could just make the mortgage payments and we renovated each apartment as it slowly turned over. We made do.
When we were living on 6th Street, we had a backyard for our children but I couldn’t let them use it. Teenage kids would get into the building on 5th Street, go up to the roof and throw bricks down into our backyard for fun. We made it through for 8 years and then one day as we rode the bus along Houston Street, I said, “Oh I want to live in one of those houses on 2nd Street that backs out onto Meltzer Park, because no one can throw anything down.” So I knocked on all the the five doors that backed out onto the park, and two of them said, “Yes we want to sell” and one of them was a better deal for us. So the park led us to this place.
Meltzer Park was built 42 years ago, two years before we moved in. When the 20-story Max Meltzer Senior Housing was built, they created the park because they needed to compensate for putting a skyscraper in a low-rise neighborhood. There were originally seven tenements here that had been torn down after a fire.
I formed the 2nd Street Block Association shortly after moving here. We got all of the 10 trees planted on 2nd Street. That was about 35 years ago. The City and the Parks Department had a superplan and they said they needed suggestions of where to put trees, for $20 a piece, and so I signed up immediately, sent a check for $200 and later we collected money from everybody and made wooden tree guards that are long since gone.
And then the drug situation became intolerable. We didn’t notice it when we first moved in, in 1973, but after a few years we did. They used to make their escape through the park. They’d line up for the drugs along 2nd Street in two phases. The money would be passed in one line and then you could go in another line and when the drugs came you got out of there. There would be someone on the corner with a whistle and when they whistled the guys with the drugs would just disappear through the park and get away from the police.
So I got the people in Meltzer to lock the park at night so that they couldn’t have the passage through. And eventually Howard Hemsley formed a group of people in the area called Before Another Shelter Tears Us Apart. They made a video of drug dealing and crack smoking on 3rd Street, where the men’s shelter is, because they had all these people coming to stay at the shelter and they didn’t have enough room for them. That video turned everything around. It helped spread awareness.
My husband would confront the dealers in a very respectful way and they would actually listen to him and move off the street. He would go up and tell them, “Please move; there are children on this block; there are old people on this block; we can’t have this.” They would say, “Yeah man, I understand” and go away.
So they moved down between Avenue A and B. But then we noticed this pattern where people with New Jersey plates would find parking on this nice wide street and then they’d walk down to Avenue A to get their drugs. We’d see it out the window from our house, so I had these stickers that stuck like crazy ... we’d write on them, “We know why you’re here. No drugs on this block. Keep away” and put it across their windshield.
They would come back to their car and we’d pull the shades down in our living room and with a bullhorn we’d say, “We know why you’re here. Stay away from this block. This is a drug free block.” And they’d take off, first trying to get this sticker off, but they couldn’t get it off. We did that for a couple months and eventually it pretty much went away.
Now the Housing Authority is short on cash and they want to get rid of the whole park and all 31 enormous trees. They want to put a 12-story building in its place. It’s called the Infill Plan.
We’re horrified and we’re fighting it. We’ve formed Friends of Meltzer Park. It’s horrible for us, but in Meltzer Towers there are 250 seniors, half of whom have breathing problems and other things that come to people our age. There are so many reasons for this park. We all need greenery.
James Maher is a fine art and studio photographer based in the East Village. Find his website here.
City temporarily closes The Brownstone on East 12th Street for illegal occupancy
On Monday, the city served a full vacate order on The Brownstone, the self-described "Jewish social club" at 224 E. 12th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
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According to public documents, the city issued the order "for altered building occupied without C of O [certificate of occupancy]."
According to The Brownstone website:
New York City does not fall short in the way of bars, cocktail parties or other social events, however, it’s finding relatable people to identify with that can be difficult to come by. Enter The Brownstone, the new Jewish social club that sophisticated New Yorkers have been longing for.
Gracing Manhattan’s East Village, The Brownstone is a one-stop shop for college students and Young Professionals to meet their needs as Jewish inhabitants of NYC. If it’s time to shake up your weekly work routine because you find yourself constantly surrounded by the same crowd, come meet new faces at one of our social events. If you are searching for that nice Jewish partner to bring home to mom and dad, join us at one of our dating events. If you are seeking a business opportunity, attend our networking events that feature prominent leaders from various fields and industries. If interested in further cultivating your Jewish identity, enroll in our classes that range from Hebrew Ulpan to Dating in Today’s World.
Sounds as if they were fitting into the East Village just fine. In a complaint dated Aug. 8:
APARTMENT BUILDING CONVERTED TO DORMITORY WITH ROOFTOP BEING USED AS PARTY SPACE, SERVING ALCOHOL & PLAYING AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
There's no mention of the closure on The Brownstone's website, Facebook page or Twitter account.
Previously on EV Grieve:
12th Street brownstone becoming mini university for Jewish education
Looking at the East Village Brownstone
Otto's Tacos, opening this fall on Second Avenue
Work continues at 141 Second Ave. near East Ninth Street where Otto's Tacos will be opening soon... this week, the workers removed the signage of the previous occupant — the short-lived Good Guys.
We asked proprietor Otto Cedeno for more details on his restaurant.
On the concept:
"This project has been a year-plus in the making and I'm humbled beyond belief to have a restaurant amongst all the greats in the East Village. I'm originally from Orange County, Calif., and the genesis of this concept was to put the food I grew up with in a city that's now turned into home for me," he said. "I've been an on/off East Village resident for the last 10 years, and couldn't think of a better area to open my first restaurant."
On the menu:
"We have a very simple and focused menu that allows us to spend time and flavor on each item ... we're keeping everything from the brand to the buildout to the menu simple. We want our customers to feel comfortable and right at home ... [and have] a fantastic dining experience in a grab-and-go atmosphere."
On his background:
"This is my first restaurant, actually. Prior to this I was the director of production and operations at Livestream.com. My background is film production and tech. This was a lifelong dream of mine to do and thought, 'I'm alive now, who knows if I will be later, let's just go for it.'
We are beyond excited to open."
Cedeno is planning for a mid-September opening. CB3 approved a beer license for Otto's last month.
Tea Drunk coming soon to East Seventh Street
Red, the boutique featuring jewelry and apparel from owner Donatella Quintavalle, closed back in March on East Seventh Street next to Butter Lane ... a tipster notes the arrival of a sign announcing a new tenant — Tea Drunk.
Don't be alarmed by the name!
Here's a description of the shop via Facebook:
Mission
Our mission is simple: to open access in the west to the finest Chinese teas in the world, and to provide an authentic tea experience that embraces traditional methods of production and consumption. No imitations, no impersonations. Just full-bodied, first-class, traditionally harvested tea.
Description
Even within China, where the demand for fine tea is huge and counterfeits abound, it’s hard to find authentic tea like ours. And that’s just in the local markets! Imagine how much harder it gets to find farm-sourced teas all the way across the pond in the States. So if you’re sick of the knock-off brands and you want the real deal, come to us. We’re confident that our tea is THE best available Stateside. But don’t take our word for it — try some for yourself!
Here's the store's website with more info. Meanwhile, the space to the east of Butter Lane remains on the market.
Fire-damaged Mono + Mono remains closed, new roof on the way
[Via jdx]
Mono + Mono at 116 E. Fourth St. remains closed since a two-alarm fire swept through the restaurant four months ago to the day.
Last update that we heard came via the restaurant's Facebook page on May 7, a message that read in part:
Due to the recent fire, we're now renovating the restaurant.
We're committed to reopening in a few weeks as your favorite East Village destination for 30,000 jazz albums, Korean fried chicken and soju cocktails.
Thanks for your support. We'll be back stronger than ever!
We haven't heard a thing since then... the restaurant hasn't seen much action lately.
However, there is a work permit dated Aug. 13 for the following (the DOB's ALL-CAP format): "ROOF REPLACEMENT AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING FIRE DAMAGED MEHANICAL EQUIPMENT FROM ROOF."
The permit is pending approval. Estimated price of the job: $83,500. A "full vacate" remains in effect for the address.
Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Early-morning fire at 116 E. Fourth St., home of Mono + Mono
(Kind of) An update on Mono + Mono
East Noodle & Izakaya has apparently closed on Second Avenue
Well, yeah... it hasn't looked open lately... The phone is temporarily disconnected... and there are piles of trash bags inside the restaurant, as you might be able to see from this photo...
If memory serves (usually not), this was the second ramen place to try the location of the former Love Saves the Day... a renovation that brought out some anti-ramen graffiti and tiresome daily blog updates by one local blogger.
Love Saves the Day closed on Jan. 18, 2009, after 42 years in business.
Previously.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Let's dance
At the Tompkins Square Park dog run this afternoon... Do they have a cabaret license?
Photo by Bobby Williams.
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
[East 7th St. via Bobby Williams]
Neighborhood School still needs a principal (DNAinfo)
CB3/SLA highlights from last night (BoweryBoogie)
No 7-Eleven update (New York Post)
Hip hop King Kong at East River Park (The Lo-Down)
Still fly life at the 6th Street Community Garden (Gog in NYC)
Recalling a horrific fire on the LES (Ephemeral New York)
NYC likes electric cars (Runnin' Scared)
Wiping out the blue-collar businesses along the High Line (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Yesterday's rainbow (Gothamist)
Listen to Kim Gordon's new band (Pitchfork)
The Joe Strummer mural will return
As noted last night, workers blasted away the 10-year-old Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara on Avenue A and East Seventh Street as part of ongoing exterior renovations at 132 E. Seventh St. And the good news: A Strummer mural will return, per Niagara's Jesse Malin...
Joe Will be back on the niagara ( east 7 th st.wall) in the EV NYC . In a few weeks Rastas ! pic.twitter.com/iIBKJL6QGx
— Jesse Malin (@jesse_malin) August 20, 2013
And now, until then, various photos of the mural since 2009... (I have some photos from 2003-2008 on film stored conveniently where I can't find them...)
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And here's a repost from May 18, 2012... So I guess this is my fault.
I had a dream recently that someone painted over the Joe Strummer mural on the side of Niagara. And when I saw it — while inexplicably riding a bike the wrong direction on Seventh Street (no comments! This was a dream!) — a new mural was in progress. It was black and purple and looked like a bruise.
And it was going to be Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones.
I took photos and rushed home to post the photos. (Traveling now with the traffic, harumpf!) I was in such a hurry, I didn't stop at the site of a construction accident. (No one was injured.)
As far as I can remember, this was my first blog-related dream.
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