Still House, which sells jewelry and home goods, is moving from 117 Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Avenue ... to 307 E. Ninth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue (next to Mudspot) ...
The signage for the Ninth Street location arrived yesterday...
EVG correspondent Steven, who shared these photos, said that they will be making the move in about three weeks.
The Ninth Street space was previously the women's boutique Pinkyotto.
The pizzeria's ownership decided to focus on other projects. It had been reported that Emmy Squared, the Williamsburg pizzeria serving Detroit-style pizza, was taking over. (CB3 OK'd their new liquor license back in December.)
A few readers asked what was happening with the space... there hadn't much activity here. In fact, a look inside in late January showed a motorcycle parked in the former dining room...
Since then, the space has been cleared out...
I reached out to the Emmy Squared folks a few weeks back... and they didn't have any updates just yet. They originally expected to open this spring, per Eater.
This Sunset mural went up last evening on the gate of the former Sunshine Cinema on East Houston ... not sure at the moment who the artist is, and if the new owners of the property — who plan on putting in a 9-story boutique office building — commissioned the work.
Homeless woman on First Street awaits reunion with her pit bull named Red (Daily News)
28 years after his death, composer Julius Eastman, who lived in the East Village, gets a publishing deal (The New York Times)
A former top city official sues Mayor de Blasio for $5 million-plus over claims he was illegally fired for blowing the whistle on alleged City Hall corruption (The Post)
More about the clay pot cooking at Clay Pot on St. Mark's Place (Eater ... previously)
A visit to Spark Pretty on Ninth Street (Nylon ... previously)
A Q-and-A with East Village-based author Arthur Nersesian (Convicts ... previously)
Boubouki closing in the Essex Street Market next week (The Lo-Down)
NYU prez apologizes after dining hall serves Black History Month meal that included red Kool-Aid and watermelon-flavored water as well as ribs and collard greens (Washington Square News)
Roland, auctioneers of antiques, leaving its home in the St. Denis building at 11th Street and Broadway (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Three stars for Szechuan Mountain House on St. Mark's Place (Eater)
The Who’s 1968 Live At Fillmore East — the former concert venue on Second Avenue at Sixth Street — has been fully restored and mixed for an April 20 release (Addicted to Noise)
5 Pointz owner plans to appeal $6.7M settlement verdict (Curbed)
The building that used to house Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s Karpas Health Information Center on First Avenue at 18th Street has been sold and will soon be demolished (Town & Village)
Airbnb and the unintended consequences of "disruption" (The Atlantic)
And watch bearded drag queen Levonia Jenkins performs Fergie's recent rendition of the National Anthem at Club Cumming on Sixth Street (via Hornet)
East Village-based photographer Gudrun Georges recently highlighted one of her favorite shops in the neighborhood — Downtown Yarns, 45 Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street.
From Gudrun's photo site:
Rita Bobry, the owner who studied art and loves to work with colors, opened this gem of a store 17 years ago ...
The store has a finely edited collection of yarns, many of them local and sustainable, as well as all of the necessary supplies for the needle crafts.
The store offers a whole range of classes from beginner classes to advanced sweater design workshops. The super friendly staff is always happy to help.
There is Rita who besides being an expert knitter always comes up with the most stunning window displays.
You can find more of Gudrun's photos from Downtown Yarns here.
Performance Space New York — formerly PS 122 — celebrated its grand reopening with a free night of their longest-running program "Avant-Garde-Arama" on Sunday night.
The multi-stage show welcomed hundreds of people to check out the wonderful renovated venues in the building on First Avenue at Ninth Street and kick off its new season in earnest. You can find the full list of performers here.
[Pharmakon]
[Cornelius Loy]
[Pat Oleszko and Brooks Leslie]
[Murray Hill backstage]
[Charles Dennis]
[Salley May]
[The audience]
Performance Space is hosting an East Village Series through June. Find that schedule here.
The first level of the incoming condoplex at 75 First Ave. recently made it above the plywood here between Fourth Street and Fifth Street... However, the site remains locked up... the city served up a full stop work order back on Jan. 12.
The DOB complaint notes "no protection for pedestrians" (not all that safe for cyclists either as the construction site and trucks take up the bike lane) ...
DOB records show that there's an outstanding $10,000 penalty due as well for "failure to designate and/or have a construction superintendent present as required."
Sales commenced last August for the 8-floor, 22-unit condoplex. The four units on the market are asking between $1.79 million and $2.25 million.
Things seem to be progressing pretty slowly here. We noted the foundation work here dating back to October 2016. And it's not a very large site.
The Stone wraps up its 13-year run (some 7,500 performances, and no refreshments or merchandise!) this weekend on Avenue C at Second Street.
John Zorn announced back in December 2016 that he would be relocating his experimental performance space ... which turned out to be at the Glass Box Theatre at the New School. (Zorn has been hosting weekend residencies there since June.)
He will continue as artistic director of the nonprofit venue, with musicians doing all the curating and volunteers providing support. Artists will continue to receive all revenue from tickets, which will remain priced at $20. The seating capacity — 74 — will stay the same. “And our aesthetic will not alter one bit,” Zorn said.
For Zorn, the move isn’t one of need, his club’s lease wasn’t up. “It was simply time for a change,” he said.
The final show on Avenue C is Sunday night. Find the lineup of remaining shows here.
The corner space hit the market last August. The listing, which stipulated "no bars," is off the market as of Dec. 17.
As we first reported back on Sunday, the Webster Hall marquee became partially dislodged from the front of the landmarked building on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue.
On Monday, workers started erecting a sidewalk bridge for protection until repairs can be made. Steven shared these photos from this morning ... where workers appear to continue to secure the marquee...
With the temporary structure in place, 11th Street is open again to traffic.
The new owners of the building, Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, along with AEG-backed The Bowery Presents, filed permits in December to renovate the facility — for use in years ahead as a concert hall — and make it ADA compliant. Those permits are still waiting the city's approval, per the DOB.
