East 14th Street near Avenue A this afternoon via EVG reader Michael...
Monday, March 31, 2014
EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition
[Drilling at the former Mary Help of Christians site via Bobby Williams]
A look at the new boxset Miles Davis Live at Fillmore East (The Arts Desk)
More abut Max Fish's possible return to the LES (BoweryBoogie)
Cooking at the Bowery Mission (DNAinfo)
A visit to Malaysia Beef Jerky in Chinatown (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Revisiting Record City on Broadway (Flaming Pablum)
Bill Cunningham's period fashion photos now at the New York Historical Society (Architectural Digest)
Is Little Italy on the brink of extinction? (New York Post)
133 Third Ave. lives on with 16 floors of glass and NYU dorm views
When we last checked in on the new building going up at 133 Third Ave. back in December 2012, a construction mishap (oopsies!) "sent wet concrete oozing through a wall and into an NYU dorm next door."
Anyway, we haven't seen much, if any, work here of late… but there is one new detail: A rendering on the plywood showing what's to come… (brace)
Those southern exposures are going to provide the best upclose views of an NYU dorm that money can buy!
Feeling lucky? 12 East Village co-ops hit the lottery
[Random photo of East 9th Street that really has nothing to do with this post]
The Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association is holding its first "affordable housing lottery" in 13 years… with lucky contestants vying for 12 below-market co-ops in the East Village.
Serena Solomon first reported on this Friday at DNAinfo. Per her article:
The winners of a housing lottery will be able to buy into the co-ops for "a few thousand dollars," and then they will only have to pay a monthly maintenance fee of less than $550, according to Val Orselli, the association’s director.
The last time the association sent out a request for applications was in 2001, and nearly 8,000 came in, Orselli said.
There are income requirements. To qualify for a studio, a person must make between $18,050 to $48,100. To qualify for a two-bedroom, a couple must make $20,600 to $55,000. (Updated via comments: Apparently only studios and 1-bedroom apartments are available.) Also, half of the units spread out in the 21 buildings that Cooper Square runs, are reserved for people who live within the boundaries of Community Board 3 — namely the East Village, Lower East Side and Chinatown.
To receive an application, you have to send a standard postcard to Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association c/o Postal, 75 East 4th St. Suite 4149, New York, N.Y., 10003.
And because someone will ask. This is straight from the Cooper Square website:
• You can not get an application online.
• You can not visit the MHA office to pickup an application.
• You can not call the MHA for an application.
• The ONLY way to get an application, is to mail a postcard as described above. You can not send a regular envelope, it has to be a postcard.
The application deadline is April 21.
An eviction notice for This Little Piggy Had Roast Beef
[March 12]
On March 12, the city closed This Little Piggy Had Roast Beef for "for operating without a permit."
A handwritten note appeared a few days later here at 149 First Ave. noting the oversight with the paperwork…
The says that they'd reopen "early in the week" (this being the week of March 17).
Now, though, an eviction notice has arrived on the door…
The notice is dated today.
Keep an eye out for a 'homeless' Richard Gere today
Filming continues today for "Time Out of Mind," a drama in which a homeless man (Richard Gere) tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Dakota Fanning).
Crews will be around parts of First Avenue between East Sixth Street and East 10th Street… Oh, just look at the sign for the film boundaries…
And here is just one photo that the Daily Mail had of Mr. Gere from the shoot last week…
Doc Holliday's turning 20 this week
Wow… 20 years for the bar (with two Ls) at 141 Avenue A at East Ninth Street…
[File photo from 2010]
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Zoltar caught moonlighting in Gettysburg, PA
EVG reader Dave - everywhere shared this photo from a recent trip to Gettysburg, PA. Despite the accusatory headline, this Zoltar is not the same as our Zoltar outside Gem Spa on Second Avenue. For starters, no tags! And his crystal ball wasn't smashed with a skateboard!
Week in Grieview
[Photo by EVG contributor jdx]
RIP Dennis Zentek (Monday)
Tompkins Square Park regular Spike struck and killed by SUV on Third Avenue (Thursday)
How about a Trader Joe's for Avenue A? (Tuesday, 85 comments)
Plans for new 9-floor building filed for Mobil station on Avenue C (Monday)
El Sombrero has closed (Sunday)
Out and About with Pamela Joy (Wednesday)
Virage closed for renovations (Monday)
M8 weekend service is returning (Friday)
Max Fish making an LES comeback (Thursday)
"Dirt dag" Urban Etiquette Sign! (Tuesday)
Plans revealed for 347 Bowery (Thursday)
The conclusion of "Dirty Old New York" (Wednesday)
Former Odessa Cafe & Bar is back on the market (Monday)
Ugh: 98-100 Avenue A lies in ruins (Tuesday)
Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (Tuesday)
First look at the all-new 50-62 Clinton St. (Wednesday)
Mod World the documentary (Friday)
Here's the new home for St. Mark's Bookshop (Thursday)
More about the future of the former 7A (Tuesday)
Saturday, March 29, 2014
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