New York Sports Club not quite done branding their new Avenue A location

[Last week!]

Yep, more signage for the incoming gym at 28 Avenue A between East Second Street and East Third Street...



...some snow-friendly letters...



At this point Winter 2015 remains the rather vague opening date.

H/T @KennethRood

Previously on EV Grieve:
New York Sports Club in the works for Avenue A

Sidewalk bridge and scaffolding arrive ahead of planned New York Sports Club on Avenue A

New York Sports Club says hello on Avenue A

Familiar Burger-Klein sign has disappeared from Avenue A

Here is the New York Sports Club building on Avenue A

Getting to know — Essex Crossing

[Flyer spotted on 6th and B]

There's a community presentation tonight at 6 for anyone interested in learning more about Essex Crossing, the 1.9 million square feet of residential, commercial and community space coming to the Lower East Side once of these days.

The meeting is at the Grand Street Settlement, 80 Pitt St. between Rivington and Stanton.

You can read more about the mega-peject at The Lo-Down … BoweryBoogie … and Curbed.

Previously on EV Grieve:
A 14-screen Regal Cinemas theater with electronic reclining seats coming to the LES (30 comments)

Last night's empty East Village streets

[The Bowery and East 3rd Street via EVG reader Rob]


[1st Avenue and East 6th Street via Goggla]


[Avenue B and East 3rd Street via Stacie Joy]


[East 6th Street via Vinny and O]

Frank Ape asks a sensible question

A Frank Ape sighting on East Ninth Street near Avenue B … photo by Bobby Williams

The snowmen are evolving in Tompkins Square Park

They're climbing trees now...





Thanks to EVG reader Daniel for the photos!

The snowmen are evolving at Veselka

They are apparently cooking now... spotted outside Veselka earlier today on Second Avenue at East Ninth Street...

Noted

Spotted this morning on St. Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue… photo by Derek Berg

Report: Jimmy McMillan facing Feb. 5 eviction from St. Mark's Place apartment

[Photo from February 2013 by James Maher]

To the Daily News:

McMillan, founder of the fringe political party called The Rent Is Too Damn High, has filed suit in Brooklyn Federal Court seeking to stave off the eviction, which is scheduled to be carried out by a city marshal Feb. 5. Acting as his own lawyer, he is also demanding $1.3 million in monetary damages.

The 68-year-old Vietnam War veteran has been embroiled in a legal battle with the landlord, who claimed the one-bedroom flat on St. Marks Place wasn’t McMillan’s primary residence, and that he actually lives in Brooklyn.

McMillan is reportedly paying $872 a month for the apartment on St. Mark's Place. He says the Brooklyn address is for office use.

Find the full Daily News article here.

And how was your blizzard?

It was apparently pretty awesome for this group of thrillseekers, who, during the overnight driving ban, took to the middle of First Avenue and St. Mark's Place for a game of Beer Pong.

Brandon Wenerd captured the scene on video ... and provided a report to BroBible...

A few Bros take shots on the portable table, a neighbor from a building on the block tells them to shut the hell up, and a emergency vehicles go by (they did nothing to prevent them from passing or anything dangerous). It ends in the way all good beer pong games end: With a slam dunk breaking the table.

The pong dunk happens around the 3:20 mark and right afterwards an ambulance drives down the avenue with its sirens on, causing the Bros to hilariously flee. The Bro leader is quick to call them all a bunch of “pussies” when they realize it was an ambulance, not NYPD.

Behold...

Or if you just want the 6-second version...

Tonight's Community Board 3 meeting has been cancelled

It is true.

It will be rescheduled for either Thursday (1/29) or Monday (2/2). Please visit the CB3 website for updated information.

Despite alleged blizzard, snowffiti artists sticking it to the man, kind of

Just a little bit up Third Avenue near East 19th Street... a snowffiti artist gets testy with the NYPD...



Thanks to ‏@ThePeterHa for the photo

This morning's headlines this evening

Outside Gem Spa tonight via Derek Berg

Today, pretty much

Tompkins Square Park this afternoon via Bobby Williams

You won't be able to ride a Citi Bike tonight after 7 (legally, anyway)

System Alert: Citi Bike System will close at 7PM EST tonight due to extreme weather including heavy snow, high winds, and limited visibility

— Citi Bike (@CitiBikeNYC) January 26, 2015

They seem to have handled the pre-blizzard well...


[2nd Avenue earlier via Derek Berg]

Anyway you guys...

Please stay indoors and off the roads so the streets can be plowed safely! #bikenyc #staywarm

— Citi Bike (@CitiBikeNYC) January 26, 2015