Today in videos lampooning Citi Bikes

Posted last Thursday by the folks at Above Average. And filmed in the East Village.

May have been funnier (or more relevant!) back in, say, early June.

Still...

H/T THE NOTORIOUS L.I.B.E.R.A.T.I.O.N.

How green is your street or building?

From the EVG inbox...

I thought your readers might enjoy Rentenna's new NYC Green Heat Map which shows the density of trees in Manhattan, as well as the borough's biggest parks and all of the current active farmer's markets.

Rentenna ranks every rental apartment building on a scale of 1-100, based on a multitude of factors, including transit, amenities, and now our new Green Score which takes into account the apartment's proximity to parks and farmers markets. The Green Map takes it a step further by incorporating the tree density per block so renters can find that beautiful tree-lined street they always wanted.

Here is the site if you're interested.

And from the look of the mappy thing, the East Village is pretty green. Now if we could only get MORE parking spots for cars! (Bwahahaha)

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition

[East Houston Street via Michael Sean Edwards]

At the memorial for LES Jewels (More than Usual ... The Villager)

Bubbles and a model in Tompkins Square Park (Gog in NYC)

[Video] Crime in Union Square circa 1982 (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Plywood arrives outside future home of fucked-up looking condo on Norfolk (The Lo-Down)

A barren SPURA in 1979 (BoweryBoogie)

Keynoter speakers announced for the CBGB Music & Film Festival (News release via MarketWired)

The former Elk Hotel space seeking millions in potential rent (The Real Deal ... previously)

Progress on the 2nd Avenue Subway (Gothamist)

Creating some new bike lanes on Sixth Avenue (The New York Times)

... and a video via the group Right of Way...

The Russ & Daughters Cafe is going to happen

The appearance of a "Russ & Daughters Cafe" on the CB3/SLA's September docket stirred up plenty of interest ... though it was seemingly short-lived after the item was scratched from the agenda.

But!

At the Times today, Florence Fabricant reports that R&D plan to open a 65-seat restaurant in February at 127 Orchard St. "It will serve all their specialties, including items like blintzes and gefilte fish," per the Times.

Out and About in the East Village — An early fall recap

Every so often we'll take a break and recap the East Village residents who we've profiled each Wednesday here ... Many thanks to East Village-based photographer James Maher and everyone who has taken part in this series... Here's who you may have missed during the latter half of the summer... Back next week with someone.

July 17 — Michael Duggan

July 24 — Elizabeth Cunningham

July 31 — Elissa Jiji

Aug. 7 — Hannah Rad

Aug. 14 — Richard “Handsome Dick” Manitoba and son Jake, 10

Aug. 21 — Kathy Von Hartz

Aug. 28 — Angel “Petroleum” Luis Roman

Sept. 4 – The Baroness

Sept. 11 — Sven Furberg

Sept. 18 — Christopher Tanner

Night falls on Karl Fischer's incoming unit on East 3rd St.

We've been keeping tabs on 316-318 E. Third St., the future home of a Karl Fischer-designed, 33-unit apartment building between Avenue C and Avenue D ... However, we haven't been by recently ... and were surprised to see it cut such a full figure at night ... especially looking at it from East Houston... (Wasn't this just a pit the other day? Seems like it.)



It will look like this one day...


[Brody/Amirian]

Meanwhile, in unrelated matters, neighbors on this same block have reported an uptick in drug sales and use... there's an emergency meeting tonight at PS 14 to address the issues.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Another parcel of East Village land ready for development

Landmarks Preservation Commission rejects hearing for 316 E. Third St., paving way for 7-floor condo

Emergency meeting called to discuss 'the blatant drug activity' on E. 3rd St.

Army & Navy Bags reportedly spared from crippling rent hike

Some possible good news for fans of Army & Navy Bags, the 40-year-old shop at 177 E. Houston St. between Orchard and Allen.

DNAinfo's Serena Solomon reported yesterday that the shop will likely be able to remain open after its landlord Serge Hoyda agreed to a lower rent increase than he had initially offered.

Last month, Hoyda said he would nearly triple the $3,800-per-month rent for the 300-square-foot space, as BoweryBoogie first reported.

The new leases isn't a done deal. The landlord is still drawing up the papers. There was also a demand to "improve the front of the store to look more like other tenants along the block, including the pricey new restaurant Preserve 24, Russ & Daughters and American Apparel," Solomon wrote at DNA.

[Image via Yelp]

East Houston storefronts start to get CVS'd

Oh, just noting that work has picked up over at that blando building on East Houston between Mott and Mulberry...



Soho Billiards closed here back in the fall... and the Subway and dry cleaners cleared out in August. All this to make room for a CVS, as BoweryBoogie first reported.

Could have been worse. Could have been a [_________].

Previously on EV Grieve:
Retail space that included Soho Billiards is up for grabs on East Houston Street

Tonight in photos of a mannequin that someone discarded on E. 5th St.

[Via Twitter]

Yes! Slum Goddess spotted this right now on East Fifth Street near First Avenue. Hurry!

Seeking 'Shelter' in Tompkins Square Park

[Bobby Williams]

Films crews were set up today in Tompkins Square Park for "Shelter," which marks the directorial debut of actor Paul Bettany ... he is directing his wife, Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly, in a drama called "Shelter." According to published reports, the plot is "a closely guarded secret," though he did tell The Telegraph earlier that the film is a "love story set among the homeless living on the streets of Manhattan."

They filmed on Astor Place on Saturday...



The Daily Mail has more photos and stuff here.

As for the filming in the Park, we didn't get any paparazzi shots... though Bobby Williams did find Jennifer Connelly's stand-in...

Noted

A scene today in Tompkins Square Park via EVG contributor Derek Berg ... a resident humanely caught a rat in her apartment... and released it into the wilds of Tompkins Square Park...

Tourists taken for a $500 pedicab from Times Square to (hoo boy!) Coyote Ugly

And, well, the three tourists from Michigan are pretty pissed about it.

The Post has the story today. It happened back on June 14 when the three women (first time here – welcome!) traveled the 2.9 miles from Times Square to First Avenue's home of boobs, denim shorts and beer. And shots.

And when they arrived?

The driver initially demanded $163.60. Jennifer’s friend, Mary Simons, 40, was stunned by the fee, but said she would pay and then fight it when she got back home.

After Simons paid, Halladay said the driver snapped that it was that much per person, not for the three of them.
“We couldn’t believe it,” Halladay said. “We were standing with our mouths hanging open.”

Good for a $500.80 tab! (Good thing the beers are cheap at CU!)

Long story, but the women paid the tab and figured to fight it later. If I read the piece correctly (possibly not), then two of the three women received a refund from their banks ... and they tracked down the pedicab driver (Ibraiym Denizov) ... and filed a complaint with the city Department of Consumer Affairs.

And what's the lesson here?

[Pic via]