Week in Grieview

[Tompkins Square Park photo via Ex Vacuo]

Tracking the coming changes to East 13th Street between Avenue A and 1st Avenue (Thursday)

Photos from the 1970s-80s on East Eighth Street (Monday)

RIP Joy Ryder (Friday)

Out and About with Sheila Rothenberg (Wednesday)

Manitoba's crowdfunding campaign a success; bar will remain open (Thursday)

Hot properties for sale on East Seventh Street in 1836 (Monday)

The Casimir revamp (Wednesday)

Nimble Fitness opens on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

644 E. 14th St. prepped for demolition (Friday)

Officially down to one 2 Bros. on St. Mark's Place (Wednesday)

Raclette now serving croques and tartines on Avenue A (Tuesday)

Behold the miniature Cadillac with the Tiger in it! (Tuesday)

A look at the two soon-to-be-demolished East Village gas stations (Tuesday)

Lou Reed's musical favorites (Tuesday)

Happy Birthday McSorley's (Monday)

What's coming to 50 Clinton St. (Thursday)

Amona Deli & Grocery leaving the Red Square strip on East Houston (Wednesday)

Heights + Kenchi Bespoke Clothier coming to East Fifth Street (Tuesday)

Casablanca now serving hookahs and French-Moroccan cuisine on East Third Street (Thursday)

Restaurant wanted for 12 St. Mark's Place (Tuesday)

Fun in the snow with the adorable Tompkins Square Park wildlife

Awww, that's so sweet the way the rats and squirrels play together…



Photo this morning by Derek Berg

A look at Little Tokyo in the East Village

Over at Eater, Robert Sietsema has filed a comprehensive look at the neighborhood's Little Tokyo, highlighting some of the specialty shops and restaurants by category. Find the article here.

Sunrise Mart photo via Foursquare

Tompkins Square Park's February Wonderland

Photo yesterday by Fenton Lawless

The East River's ice age (circa 2015)

An EVG reader checked in on the East River earlier this morning… we no longer have the Freezepocalyptic conditions that we saw from Monday, but ice floes remain…



… and a panoramic shot…


[Click on image to enlarge]

Meanwhile, if you were planning on using the ferry service today… no luck…

Due to ice conditions in the East River, service is currently suspended until further notice. To sign up for text alerts, text ERF to 57682.

— East River Ferry (@eastriverferry) February 21, 2015

Window shopping for the next holiday!

Looking at Ricky's on Third Avenue near East 14th Street.

This looks like a promising item to help class up the day!

#Woo

Something other than a bar or restaurant is opening on the Lower East Side

The New York Times reports that Richard F. Taittinger — a great-grandson of the founder of the Taittinger Champagne empire — is opening a 5,000-square-foot art gallery at 154 Ludlow St., where a rent hike forced The Living Room to decamp to Williamsburg.

Here's more from the Times about the gallery:

It will show the work of a roster of internationally established, midcareer contemporary artists who are underrepresented in the American market, Mr. Taittinger, 34, said.

And!

He said he had chosen the Lower East Side over Chelsea as a location for the gallery because of the neighborhood’s potential.

“It is better to be a big fish in a small pond,” he said.

Work on the space got underway last month. The gallery is expected to open on March 3.

Previously, Lucky Cheng's was hoping to open a new LES outpost at No. 154 between Stanton and Rivington. However, the landlord reportedly pulled out of the deal.

Wind chill? What wind chill?

Christo in Tompkins Square Park today… apparently he was seen checking out even more new real estate in the area for nesting…

Photo by Bobby Williams

Blow Out

Here is Made Violent with "Two Tone Hair," a track from their new EP that is out on Tuesday. And the Buffalo-based band plays an early set tomorrow night at the Mercury Lounge.

How Zoltar passes his down time?

By reading Time Out?

Wait.

OK.



Or maybe this a paid product placement? Or just highjinks? After all, poor Zoltar had to endure another fallen piece of plexiglass on this frigid day ...



Photos by Derek Berg