EVG reader Mark White shared this photo... spotted early this morning on Second Street and Avenue B. Unfortunately, anything likely considered dope was already long gone...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
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EVG reader Mark White shared this photo... spotted early this morning on Second Street and Avenue B. Unfortunately, anything likely considered dope was already long gone...
A playground dedication on 12th Street
The official opening of the new playground at the Children’s Workshop School/East Village Community School/P.S. 94 The Spectrum School took place this morning.
A rep at the Trust for Public Land, one of the organizations that helped fund the new playground, shared this before-and-after photo at the school on 12th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...
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Here's more from the media advisory on the opening... via the EVG inbox...
The new playground will bring 41,000 residents within a 10-minute walk of a park that includes a turf field, game tables, play equipment, running track, a stage, trees, and other green infrastructure elements.
This park is open to the entire community after school hours and on the weekends, and includes features that can be enjoyed by all ages, from children to seniors. This playground was made possible through funding provided from the Manhattan Borough President’s office, former New York City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, and supporters of The Trust for Public Land.
The opening of this playground is part of the Trust for Public Land’s Playgrounds Program, which serves to create vibrant, educational and fun playgrounds for New York City’s schoolchildren. All Trust for Public Land playgrounds include student participation in the design process, providing them with hands-on learning of the science, technology, engineering, architecture, and math that goes into physical aspects of designing playgrounds, and also the survey, consensus-building, and budgetary steps that go into the social aspects of deciding what will be included in their school’s playground.
Meanwhile, the official opening for the playground at P.S. 19 on First Avenue between 11th Street and 12th Street is planned for June 18 at 11 a.m.
Previously on EV Grieve:
More details on the all-new playground coming to P.S. 19
Sauce Pizzeria coming to 12th Street
The Sauce signage recently went up in the windows at 345 E. 12th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
There isn't any other info at the moment about who's behind this venture. (Sauce does have an Instagram account.)
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Updated 9 a.m.
Several readers have suggested that this is a spin-off of Sauce Restaurant on Allen and Rivington.
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The space, just a few storefronts away from Motorino Pizzeria, was last home to S'MAC, who moved to the corner at First Avenue last summer.
Thanks to Lola Sáenz for the tip!
The new Mast Books space is shaping up
Mast Books has wrapped up its last weekend at 66 Avenue A ... ahead of a move this week a few storefronts away to 72 Avenue A. (Today is the last day at No. 66 with a 4:30 p.m. close.)
In the top photo, you can see how their new corner space at Fifth Street is looking, at least from the outside. Mast hopes to be open here by Friday.
Meanwhile, tonight, there's a book signing with Michael Stipe in which you can preview the new space...
Mast, which sells new, used and rare books, opened on A in May 2010.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Mast Books launches sale ahead of short move on Avenue A
An RIP memorial on Avenue A and 5th Street
Señor Pollo is now Punto Rojo on 1st Avenue
In case you didn't see the recent signage switcheroo on First Avenue between 13th Street and 14th Street... Punto Rojo has taken over for Señor Pollo, which specialized in reasonably priced Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken.
As we understand it, there's new ownership, but the same staff for the bakery-restaurant that serves traditional Colombian food.
Signs on the window promise a new menu soon. (The menus and receipts still say Señor Pollo.)
Punto Rojo also has outposts in Jamaica, Queens, and Hicksville, N.Y.
Joli Beauty Bar leaves 1st Street
The eastern storefront at 44 E. First St. is now on the rental market. (Steve Croman's 9300 Realty lists the space at $5,795 per month.)
Joli Beauty Bar closed earlier this month after nearly three years here between First Avenue and Second Avenue. The owners, who decided to part ways, address the closure in this Instagram post. The brand will live on as a mobile beauty service.
Julius Klein had this space for his studio/gallery for years before he was Cromanated in the spring of 2012.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Report: Bargoer dies after passing out at No Fun on Ludlow Street
A friend discovered the unresponsive woman and called 911, cops said https://t.co/ZTgzWiJ5OV
— New York Post (@nypost) May 28, 2018
The Post reports today that a 25-year-old Brooklyn woman "lost consciousness" while sitting on a couch at No Fun on Saturday night.
According to the Post:
A friend discovered the unresponsive woman and called 911, cops said. When police arrived, the concerned caller told them the victim had been drinking and using cocaine earlier in the day, police sources said.
No drugs were found at the time.
The woman, whose name has not been made public, was pronounced dead at Beth Israel.
No Fun, at 161 Ludlow St. between Houston and Stanton, is "often considered by neighbors to be one of the worst quality-of-life offenders within the confines of Hell Square," according to BoweryBoogie in reporting on a recent street brawl outside the establishment.
In 2016, the owners of No Fun sued the Lower East Side Dwellers community organization for defamation.
As The Lo-Down reported:
Operators of the bar ... took issue with the Dwellers’ contention in emails and during a public meeting that the night spot lacked a certificate of occupancy. They claimed that this assertion damaged the bar’s reputation.
The lawsuit was dismissed in state supreme court earlier this month.
Updated 5/29
The Post updated their article with the name of the victim — Emily Fayssoux, a North Carolina native who graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She reportedly worked in fashion marketing.
Double rainbow outside Juicy Lucy on 1st Street
A look at the two new rainbow murals at the Juicy Lucy stand on First Street at First Avenue... courtesy of Antony Zito.
The EVG reader who shared this photo also pointed out the discarded Rainbow Apples box here...
Sunday, May 27, 2018
At the 2018 Loisaida Festival Community Parade
EVG reader Brucie shared these photos from this morning... at the start of the 2018 Loisaida Festival Community Parade, which took place on parts of Avenue C and Avenue D. (You can read more about how the props for the parade came together here)...
The parade ended on Avenue C and 12th Street at the Loisaida Festival's Main Stage...
... and later...
Report: Uber driver collides with 3 parked cars on Avenue D
Just after 10 this morning, an Uber driver reportedly sideswiped several parked cars on Avenue D near Fifth Street before flipping his vehicle.
EVG reader Sylvia G. shared these photos...
According to the Daily News, after hitting two unoccupied parked cars, the driver rear-ended a vehicle that was double-parked with someone inside. The Uber driver's black Toyota sedan overturned from the force of the impact, trapping him inside.
EMTs took the Uber driver and the victim in the double-parked vehicle to Mount Sinai Beth Israel for neck and back injuries, per the News. No word on what caused the collision. No charges have been filed yet against the Uber driver.
Week in Grieview
[Photo on 7th Street yesterday by Derek Berg]
Stories posted on EVG this past week included...
A (familiar) new owner for the 11th Street Bar (Monday)
7-story residential building pending at the former Lucky Cheng's space (Friday)
When Caitlin met Cáit (Thursday)
Bird watch: A nesting American robin on 3rd Street and Avenue B (Tuesday)
Inkstop Tattoo closing later this summer after 21 years on Avenue A and 13th Street (Wednesday)
Mast Books launches sale ahead of short move on Avenue A (Tuesday)
Mikey Likes It returns after short closure for repairs (Monday)
Introducing Grant Shaffer's NY See (Thursday)
On the sales market: 428 E. 13th St. (plus air rights) (Thursday)
Afandi Grill bringing food from Central Asia to 1st Avenue (Thursday)
The buzz at La Plaza Cultural (Wednesday)
Former Lovecraft space for rent on Avenue B (Tuesday)
Dian Kitchen now serving rice noodles on 9th Street (Monday)
Icon Realty shaves $4 million off of its 9th Street townhouse ask (Tuesday)
24 St. Mark's Place sells for $12.9 million (Tuesday)
Suffolk Arms signage stripped away; Suffolk Arms V2 on the way? (Monday)
Beer and wine notice for Fire & Water on 7th Street (Monday)
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Saturday, May 26, 2018
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A Fleet Week participant last night on Second Avenue at 10th Street ...
James and Karla Murray, who shared these photos, noted the vehicle-craft had Montana plates.
Friday, May 25, 2018
The Undead headlines tomorrow's free show in Tompkins Square Park
Tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon in Tompkins Square Park... via the EVG inbox...
Celebrate the commemoration of the May 27, 1991 Tompkins Square police riot, with political activist speakers, info tables and intense bands, including:
• The Undead
• Coach N' Commando
• Nihilistics
• SPIKE Polite and Sewage NYC
• Universal Truth Machine
• Karnage
Reversal of 'Fortune'
Protomartyr's new EP, Consolation, comes out on June 15 via Domino USA.
The above video is for "Wheel of Fortune," one of two songs on that EP featuring Kelley Deal of the Breeders.
A blue jay harasses Christo atop St. Brigid's
Multiple sources said that Christo the red-tailed hawk was taking a break from the egg-watching duties in the nest in Tompkins Square Park... when a pesky blue jay moved in for an unprovoked dive bomb atop St. Brigid's on Avenue B at Eighth Street... EVG correspondent Steven captured the attack...
EV Grieve Etc.: NYC's disappearing affordable housing; more on the MoMa-MoMaCha lawsuit
[Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Derek Berg]
ICYMI — An investigation into how the city's affordable housing stock is being wiped out by tenant harassment and displacement (The New York Times)
Steve Croman tenants on Ridge Street have a message for their landlord (The Lo-Down)
The health department issues warnings about cocaine laced with fentanyl that is circulating in the city (NY1)
Disability advocates rally for subway accessibility at the Third Avenue L stop (Town & Village)
Vegan Live NYC happens tomorrow at the Sixth Street Community Center (Facebook)
The latest on the MoMa-MoMaCha lawsuit (Artsy ... previously)
What to order at Zen Yai Pho Shop on Sixth Street (Eater ... previously)
Extensive film series highlights 1968 and the political and social events that took place throughout the world (Film Anthology Archives ... Metrograph)
Starting today, you can shoot arrows and throw axes at Gotham Archery on Allen Street (Metro)
A look at the former Julian’s pool hall on 14th Street (Ephemeral New York)
John and Yoko late night on WNET (Dangerous Minds)
Revisiting Canal Street (Flaming Pablum)
... and art by Cate McNider adorns the walls at Sister Jane on 13th Street through July 11...
A special premiere at Theater for the New City
[Image via Facebook]
On Sunday afternoon at 2, Theater for the New City is unveiling a state-of-the-art, wheelchair-accessible elevator as part of the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts.
Via the EVG inbox:
The elevator will serve TNC’s fourth theater on the lower level as well as its costumes, props and mask collection, additional audience bathrooms and much used rehearsal room. It will also offer access to the theater’s archives...
TNC is billing this as a grand opening complete with ribbon cutting and champagne as the theater names the elevator The Gerald Rupp, after its largest individual donor, who will be present and take the first ride.
“The elevator will support disabled individuals and the frail elderly, as part of Theater for the New City’s push for complete diversity in audience, as well as, the stage,” Crystal Field, executive artistic director, said.
The first 50 attendees will be able to follow suit and everyone attending will get a chance to test out the elevator’s internal telephone.
Kitty Lunn, dancer, choreographer, director of Infinity Dance company for abled and disabled dancers will host the event. The Infinity Dance Company and Yip Harburg Foundation’s Rainbow troupe will perform.
Theater for the New City is at 155 First Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street. You can find the rundown for the 23rd annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts here. The programming starts tonight at 6.
7-story residential building pending at the former Lucky Cheng's space
[Photo of 24 1st Ave. from April]
Developer Sergey Rybak filed plans with the city yesterday for a 7-floor, 22-unit residential building at 99-101 E. Second St., part of the L-shaped assemblage that once housed Lucky Cheng's. In total, the building will encompass 19,000 square feet, as The Real Deal first reported.
[Photo of 99-101 2nd St. from April]
As we first reported in March, Rybak, of the South Brooklyn-based Rybak Development, was the winning bidder during an auction in February. According to EPIC Commercial Realty, who represented the buyer and the seller, the winning bid was $12.25 million.
So far, there aren't any demolition permits on file.
Hayne Suthon, who owned and and operated Lucky Cheng's, the cross-dressing cabaret, also lived on the upper floors at 24 First Ave. She died of cancer at age 57 in June 2014.
No. 99-101 Second St. housed a variety of short-lived restaurants in recent years, including Bento Burger ... Marfa... and Waikiki Wally's.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Onetime home of Lucky Cheng's and adjacent property on the development market for $26 million
Building that housed Lucky Cheng's on 1st Avenue now on the auction block
Onetime home of Lucky Cheng's and adjacent property sell for $12 million
The 31st annual Loisaida Festival is Sunday
This year's Loisaida Festival takes place from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday (rain or no rain) in its usual place — along Avenue C from Sixth Street to 12th Street.
Here's more about this year's edition, via the EVG inbox...
This year’s Loisaida Festival aims to connect local community-based and led efforts in Loisaida’s recovery and resurgence post-Sandy, to the many grassroots and emergent leader efforts that have taken hold in Puerto Rico that have brought hope to communities and empowered local residents to unite and act on their own behalf. “Bridging Resurgence: From Sandy to Maria,” the 2018 Loisaida Festival theme, is also an urgent reminder of the continuing struggle of those still recovering from Hurricane Maria’s devastation of the Island. The Loisaida Center remains committed to the Island’s recovery as an affirmation of our neighborhood’s Puerto Rican heritage.
And here are some links to what you can expect to find ... on the main stage, hosted by Flaco Navaja and Jeannie Sol... at the Loisaida Festival Community Parade, which starts Sunday at 11 a.m. ... and read more about the Festival poster that Gustavo Castrodad created here.
Also on Sunday, four VIVA Loisaida Award honorees will be recognized. The recipients are Damaris Reyes, executive director of GOLES; Aixa Torres, president of the Alfred E. Smith Houses Tenant Association; the Rivera-Fargas family, whose mother, Adela Fargas, owner of Casa Adela, died in January; and Dr. Manuel Moran, founder and artistic director of the Society of Educational Arts (and founder of Teatro Sea at the Clemente).
Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish celebrating 175 years this weekend
On Sunday, Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish is celebrating its 175th year in the neighborhood.
Via the EVG inbox...
On Sunday, May 27, we will gather with our congregation, elected officials, and community leaders for worship with Bishop Don McCoid of the Metropolitan New York Synod presiding and former Pastor and founder of Trinity's Services And Food for the Homeless, Pr. Bob Wollenburg preaching.
Broadway musicians and the TLES choir will provide special music. After worship, we will meet for a toast, presentations by community leaders, a catered reception, and live music in our garden on the corner of 9th Street and Avenue B.
Find more info here.
Meanwhile, church reps recently unearthed this short documentary from 1992 that was created as a fundraising appeal for the building that the church currently resides in on Ninth and B...
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Grant Shaffer's NY See
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East Village-based illustrator Grant Shaffer recently introduced a new comic series, NY See. It's an observational sketch diary of things that he sees and hears around NYC — mostly in the East Village.
Starting today, we'll share the panels here in an ongoing feature.
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