A mirror moment on Second Avenue today via Derek Berg...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Someone put out a box of free toilet paper
Bayou spotted this in-demand product on 10th Street and First Avenue ... and there is a note: "This is an abundant universe. Stop hoarding!"
When the Post Office is out to lunch
There was a lunchtime line today at the Peter Stuyvesant Retail Post Office on 14th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue... turns out the branch was closed for lunch between noon and 1:30 p.m., something P.O. regulars here can't recall seeing before... the lobby doors were also locked, so patrons couldn't even drop off pre-paid mail or check their mailboxes...
Thanks to Sonya!
Chair notes
Some discarded chair signage from today on 10th Street and Second Avenue... some concern about the fate of this seat...
The first note reads: "Chair is for overnight security. Do not take it. Do not throw it away."
And the second note: "Security guards that use the chair, please put it back where it belongs!!!"
Thanks to Lola Saénz for the photos!
Neighborhood Food Swap in action
Several community leaders recently launched the Neighborhood Food Swap to help feed families in need on the Lower East Side during the COVID-19 crisis.
To date, the group, which includes John M. Blasio, Alana Sivin and Aura Olavarria, have identified 31 multi-person families who could use a meal. They've also collaborated with two East Village restaurants, S'MAC on First Avenue at 12th Street, and Khiladi on Avenue B at 11th Street, to serve as partners and deliver the meals.
Thanks to $500 in donations to the Food Swap website, S'MAC owners Sarita and Caesar Ekya delivered meals for 90 NYCHA residents living in the Baruch Houses on Houston and Columbia Street this past Thursday evening. EVG contributor Stacie Joy was there as the volunteers distributed the meals ...
[Sarita and Caesar Ekya]
You can learn more about the Neighborhood Food Swap here.
Winter Flowers return this spring at La Plaza Cultural
[Photo Sunday by Dave on 7th]
Winter Flowers, the unique sculptures that adorned the fence at La Plaza Cultural for nearly 20 years, returned to part of the community garden/green space over the weekend.
Last spring-summer, La Plaza received a new fence here on Avenue C at Ninth Street. The previous chain-link fence was sagging in spots and in need of repair.
With that, the handmade sculptures from discarded materials that Rolando Politi started creating in 2000 had to be removed in the fall of 2018. The collection had grown to nearly 250.
[Photo from September 2018]
While GreenThumb community gardens operating on NYC Parks property are currently closed to the public (open to gardeners only for necessary maintenance) you can check out the Winter Flowers along the fence simply walking by... and we've already heard from several residents who said they were happy to see Rolando putting these colorful creations back along Avenue C...
Somos extends COVID-19 testing at St. Brigid
The temporary COVID-19 testing site has been extended by a few more weeks behind the former St. Brigid School at 119 Avenue B between Seventh Street and Eighth Street.
The site, run by Somos Community Care, also has new hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. As EVG contributor Stacie Joy reports, walk-ins are still possible but they would prefer that you make an appointment. Somos reps also promised better staffing of the phone lines. (Several readers reported that they couldn't get through to make an appointment.)
Both diagnostic and antibody tests are available.
Previously on EV Grieve:
At the COVID-19 testing site at St. Brigid
Cafe Himalaya is back open
Cafe Himalaya, the Tibetan/Nepalese restaurant at 78 E. First St. between Avenue A and First Avenue, recently reopened for takeout and delivery.
They are open from noon to 9 p.m. (or so) Tuesday through Sunday.
The restaurant, which opened in 2001, also recently started an Instagram account if you want to see their daily specials and/or menu items...
Monday, May 25, 2020
A Memorial Day Weekend pizza and mask giveaway on Avenue D
Text and photos by Stacie Joy
If you happened to be on Avenue D yesterday, then you may have been treated to free slices (courtesy of Avenue D Pizza), bottles of water, masks and gloves during a Memorial Day Weekend event for local residents...
The giveaway was sponsored by Prison to the Streets, Lawyers & Labels, I'm Everywhere and LES Tha 6th Boro.
Re-openings: International Bar, Hearth
More and more restaurants and bars are reopening for take-home service. Notable reopenings include International Bar at 102 First Ave. at Sixth Street. Molly & Co. have set up a table at the front door to order drinks to take home daily from noon to 8 p.m.
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[Hearth photos by Lola Saénz]
Hearth reopened yesterday on 12th Street at First Avenue ... for now, they're offering a take-home drink service from 2 p.m. until dark ...
Coming soon from Hearth: A new food menu with take-home and delivery service ... as well as some pantry items.
Other recent reopenings include the Bowery Electric on the Bowery and Kelly's on Avenue A (Thursday through Sundays)...
For more on what's open, check out this interactive EV map.
... word from the East Village
... word from the East Village
you asked me how things are.
I now live in a quiet, even for
a ghost town, streets walked
by the masked, all keep their
distance.
There are still the noise makers
and air breathers, mask sneerers.
There are no readings to attend,
books to buy, the Libraries
now empty rooms.
Yet the parks oasis upon oasis.
Still to enjoy the great Elms, the
summer bird migration and that
chance of catching a darling bird
with a shutters click.
Then home to walk my hallways,
read my own books, then sit before
this one eyed God, who lets me
share with ones too far away.
•
peter radley
Photos by peter radley
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Louise and Danny spotted this pine-fresh Christmas tree on 10th Street between and Avenue B and Avenue C today...
Happy Memorial Day!
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