East Village in images, 2014 (Part 1)

January

Hawk shenanigans


[Photo by Goggla]

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Saving Jerry's Newsstand


[Photo by Jeremiah Moss]

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Rabbit season at the Death Star



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So long 7A



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At Hanksy's 'Surplus Candy' art show in an abandoned East Village tenement



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Polar vortex!


[Photo by Rob & Mike]

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In the fog


[Photo by Grant Shaffer]

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February

A makeshift memorial on 2nd Avenue for those who died during the uprising in Ukraine


[Photo by Dan Efram]

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So long Peter Stuyvesant Post Office branch


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

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Slushathon!


[Photo by Gudrun Georges]

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RIP



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Hey, it's winter


[Photo by Derek Berg]

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March

The Blarney Cove sign is down! The Blarney Cove sign is down!



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Steamed


[Second Avenue and East 13th Street by Grant Shaffer]

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April

Car slams into Saifee Hardware


[Photo by @wlodarczyk]

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The "Heroines of the Lower East Side"



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Sunset now


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

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Ugh


[Photo by William Klayer]

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Citi Bike bath


[Photo by Derek Berg]

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Noted


[Photo by Dave from 2nd Ave.]


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May

Manhattanhenge


[East 14th Street photo by Pinch]

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In the rain


[Photo by Michael Sean Edwards]

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East Houston pipe break action


[Photo by @maraaltman]

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When lightning strikes


[Photo by James and Karla Murray]

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Giuseppi Logan, now with a flute



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Murder suspect arrested


[Photo by Frank Franca]

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Mother's Day on Avenue A


[Photo by Jeremiah Moss]

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An evening with Alan Cumming at Theatre 80


[Photo by Stacie Joy]

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Another 'riot' in Tompkins Square Park, this time for the cameras


[Photo by Michael Donovan]

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June

Rainbows...


[Photo by Rob and Mike]

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Hello and goodbye to the Cadillac with the Tiger in it



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Those baby hawks


[Photo by Francois Portmann]

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And subsequent baby hawk rescue


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

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At the annual NYC Drag March


[Photo by editrrix]

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An East Seventh Street street scene


[Photo Derek Berg]

New Yorkies Eve

Derek Berg spotted those Yorkies (mother, son and friend) outside Porto Rico Importing Co. on St. Mark's Place today …

Police searching for man now suspected of 2 sexual attacks

[Image from the Dec. 28 attack]

The man accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman inside an East Sixth Street apartment building early Sunday morning is also wanted for forcibly touching another woman on Dec. 16, police said.

According to published reports, the previous attack occurred in a building along FDR Drive. Gothamist reports from the NYPD report: "a 19-year-old woman walked into the elevator 'when the suspect entered behind her and grabbed her buttocks and breasts and attempted to forcibly kiss her. A struggle ensued and the victim fled the elevator and the building where again, the suspect grabbed her buttocks before fleeing the location.'"

The police released this video from the East Sixth Street incident … from a building between Avenue D and the FDR…



The Daily News describes the suspect this way: "dark skinned, around 25 years old, approximately 180 pounds, and wearing a dark baseball cap during both attacks."

Anyone with information that could help in the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). You may also submit tips online.

Today is the last day in business on East 5th Street for Jamie the check-cashing guy

[Photo from August by James Maher]

Back in July, the owners of three business had to vacate their storefronts due to a structural issue in an apartment above in 300 E. Fifth St. just east of Second Avenue.

Since then, Jamie the check-cashing guy, whose family has owned the business for 68 years, had been operating from a secure van outside his shop.

Unfortunately, he wasn't able to make it work as repairs dragged on in the building.

Today is his last day.

The check-cashing business has been at the current address for 58 years … and on East 10th Street for 10 years before that. Jamie's grandparents opened the shop in 1946.

We interviewed him for our Out and About in the East Village feature back in September.

My grandparents used to take me into the store when I was 8 years old. They had four stores. All the brothers and my grandfather had a store. There was another store on Broadway and Bleecker. I was always taken to that store. That was where my grandmother would take me, away from my grandfather and uncle. I was always the guy running up the bills, when everything was pen and paper. On the weekends if I didn’t run out fast enough it was, ‘You’re helping grandma today.’ That was how I got started.

Previously on EV Grieve:
3 small businesses temporarily closed due to structural issues at 300 E. 5th St.

Updated: Gone but not forgotten

Remembering a few of our friends and neighbors who died in 2014...

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Lisa Julian (aka Spike or Lucretia), Tompkins Square Park regular


[Photo by Lori Der Hagopian]

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Rebecca Lepkoff, acclaimed street photographer


[Image via]

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Erdelyi Tamas, aka Tommy Ramone, the last surviving original member of the Ramones


[Via Brooklyn Vegan]

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Michael Brody, longtime East Village resident, mysterious neighbor


[Courtesy of Lili Barsha]

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Mike Bakaty, owner of the city's longest-running tattoo parlor

[Photo by James Maher]

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Hayne Suthon, owner and operator of Lucky Cheng's


[Photo by Biljana Ustic via Facebook]

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Derek Lloyd, popular figure in the local theater community


[Image via PS 122]

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Dennis Zentek, co-founder of d.b.a.


[Photo by KM Keller via Facebook]

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Akkas Ali, florist at East Village Farm and Grocery



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Marty Thau, music producer-manager-entrepreneur


[Thau, right, with David Johansen and Muddy Waters in the early '80s. Photo via Facebook]

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Will Connell, saxophonist/composer



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Don Holley, father, champion of East Village schools

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Evelyn Dahab, author, bar owner


[Image via Facebook]

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Maggie Estep, writer-poet-performance artist and all-around cool person


[Photo from October 2013 by Marissa Molnar via Facebook]

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Several readers reminded us about Anne Ardolino, aka Anntelope, aka 1st Avenue rooftop pigeon lady, poet, animal rescuer, neighbor, friend …


[Photo by Clayton Patterson]

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Karen Kristal, matriarch of CBGB


[Photo via CBGB on Facebook]

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Wen Hui Ruan, father, retired garment worker


[Photo from 2006 via CBS 2]

St. Dymphna's owners look to take over the former Yaffa Cafe space on St. Mark's Place

[EVG file photo]

The owners of St. Dymphna's, the neighborhood pub at 118 St. Mark's Place, have plans to open a restaurant in the former Yaffa Cafe on the same block.

There's not much information just yet regarding the plans. This is one of the items scheduled for the January CB3/SLA committee meeting.

According to paperwork (PDF!) on file at the CB3 website, the new restaurant will feature 16 tables (three of the tables are on the sidewalk cafe) with a total of 35 seats.

The proposed hours are 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Food will be served during all business hours. The paperwork doesn't include a proposed name for the new venture or what type of food will be served.

There is, however, a diagram showing the layout…



The plans for the restaurant do not include the back garden, which the city ordered Yaffa's owners to discontinue using back in September. After nearly 30-plus years in business, the DOB issued a partial vacate order on the backyard space because it didn't have the proper fire exits and because it was zoned for residential use. Yaffa's owners decided not to reopen the restaurant.

Meanwhile, the owners of The Wayland are opening a tavern-restaurant in the former Simone Martini Bar space at First Avenue and St. Mark's Place. Yaffa's owners also operated Simone, which closed at the end of last month.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Yaffa Cafe is officially gone; back garden dismantled

More about Yaffa Cafe closing

Reader report: An assault on East 4th Street

Via the EVG inbox…

A man walking east on the south side of East 4th Street between First and Second Avenues at 3 this morning was brutally hit in the face so hard he was knocked to the ground by a person who was walking west.

The person who was assaulted is very large and it had to have been a vicious hit. No money was taken. It may have been a hate crime as the person had just left the Boiler Room, the gay bar near Second Avenue. The victim refuses to file a police report and the 9th Precinct does not take third-party reports.

And that is the only information the reader included…

Honoring 'Honeymooners' star Joyce Randolph at Theatre 80

On Saturday night, Joyce Randolph, best known for playing Thelma "Trixie" Norton on the TV classic "The Honeymooners," added her name and handprints to the celebrity walk of fame outside Theatre 80 at 80 St. Mark’s Place.

Randolph's cement imprimatur joins others such as Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford and Myrna Loy.



EVG contributor Stacie Joy, who took these photos, shared this about the 90-year-old Randolph.

"She was witty, sharp, funny and gracious — and endlessly patient with the media requests."

In addition, Penny Arcade gave a sweet introduction and spoke of how Randolph inspired her and about what an ensemble team could create.

In 2010, The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation recognized Theatre 80 with the Village Award for its place in the history of the community. And maybe you can get a drink at the great bar at Theatre 80 — the William Barnacle Tavern.