Photos by Derek Berg
A high-energy show today in Tompkins Square Park with Pinc Louds, Mary Shelley (below), InCircles and Mike Yannich ...
Sunday, July 31, 2022
6 posts from July
• StreetEasy data: Median East Village residential rents surged 43% in the past 12 months (July 28)
• Seth Tobocman on the story behind a long-covered mural on 9th Street (July 21)
• Some 13th Street residents want the fried-chicken smell to stop (July 19)
• Opening-night crowd prompts the NYPD to shut down the art show at O'Flaherty's on Avenue C (July 15)
• A visit to Kembra Pfahler's new studio space on 6th Street (July 14)
• A very public eviction for Anwar Grocery on Avenue B (July 13)
Week in Grieview
• StreetEasy data: Median East Village residential rents surged 43% in the past 12 months (Thursday)
• Spazio Amanita coming to the Bowery (Thursday)
• The fullest full reveal to date at Zero Irving on 14th Street (Monday)
• Report: Alleged subway shooter who was arrested in the East Village set to stand trial in February (Monday)
• Another look at the long-stalled 75 1st Ave. (Wednesday)
• Openings: El Churro on Houston and Allen (Monday)
• Where to get your free East Village vintage clothing map (Saturday)
• Construction watch: 699 E. 6th St. (Tuesday)
• Here Nor There has left 9th Street (Monday)
• 112 4th Ave. hits the sales market (Tuesday)
• Key Food is closing an hour earlier now 'due to renovations' (Wednesday)
• Shopping the PP strip on Second Avenue (Friday)
• Signage alerts: C as in Charlie on Bleecker; Íxta on the Bowery (Wednesday)
• No, Panda Express hasn't opened yet (Thursday)
• Superiority Burger's summer salad interlude ends; full speed ahead on Avenue A (Wednesday)
• Something other than a smoke shop opens in a vacant storefront (Monday)
A mid-summer look at the wisteria of Stuyvesant Street
Photo yesterday by Steven
The wisteria ("the purple paradise of flowering beauty") outside 35 Stuyvesant St. at 10th Street is looking quite lush here as we enter August and the opening weekend for Brad Pitt's "Bullet Train" ... this after a slow start back in the spring, prompting concerns of root disease or something else not good. All appears well for now.
Today in street fairs
Meanwhile, the toilet tippers were out early...
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Saturday's parting shot
Photo by Lola Sáenz
Today at Sunny's Florist (the best flowers around) on Second Avenue and Sixth Street... Sunny's husband Paul Cho was there to help her open...
Where to get your free East Village vintage clothing map
You can pick up a free copy of the latest version at the shop, 545 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B ... which is open Wednesday-Sunday from 1-6 p.m.
Additions include the recently opened Thrift NYC at 226 E. 14th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
[Noted]
Friday, July 29, 2022
Friday's parting shot
From here to 'Eternity'
Metric — "the Canadian new wave torchbearers" — recently released album No. 8, Formentera.
The video here is for "What Feels Like Eternity."
The band will be out at Brooklyn Steel this October.
A Book Exxxposition at Le Petit Versailles
A lot is going on for the rest of the summer at Le Petit Versailles, one of our favorite community gardens. Here's a look at tomorrow's event...
Saturday, July 30
SOILED: A Book Exxxposition featuring erotic and pornographic materials by contemporary artists
Le Petit Versailles garden presents SOILED: A Book Exxxposition and showcase of artists who publish erotic zines, books and other artist multiples.
First organized by Matthew Leifheit in 2017, this year's iteration includes live performances and erotically charged films, in addition to artist multiples from Drake Carr + John Patrikas, Jeremy O. Harris, Rachel Stern, Michael Bailey-Gates and Shala Miller.
The order of events: Noon, book fair; 6 p.m., performances; 8:30 p.m., film program. You can reserve a space here.
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Le Petit Versailles is at 247 E. Second St./346 E. Houston St. between Avenue B and Avenue C.
The events are free, though donations are welcome.
Find more events coming soon to Le Petit here.
Shopping the PP strip on 2nd Avenue
EVG reader CH shared these photos and text...
This past Friday, my friend and I were looking for a quick bite between two screenings at Anthology when we discovered that the ground floor of 50 Second Ave. is entirely occupied by establishments whose names consist of two words starting with the letter P: Pak Punjab, Proto’s Pizza and Puff & Pass.It happened to be the grand opening of Puff & Pass, who informed us that they had chosen their name based on those of their two neighbors. We proceeded to have four slices of pizza from Proto’s; after the second screening, we also purchased a box of Pocky sticks from Puff & Pass, as well as “Peanut Pista” biscuits and “Pass Pass Pulse” candies (this review is very accurate) from Pak Punjab.We’re not thrilled about whatever’s happening next door… praying that the Poetry Project or some other PP takes over.
EVG Etc.: Andy Warhol's durational cinema; Economy Candy's 85th birthday
Some headlines from other sources this past week (with a random photo from Avenue A)...
• City announces a new "public-private partnership" to help unhoused residents (NBC 4 ... city news release)
• Columbia University graduate student is in the ICU with brain trauma; police believe he was attacked on the L after drinks in the East Village (NBC 4 ... ABC 7)
• Police searching for two men for questioning in the murders of Nikki Huang and Jesse Parrilla (Daily News ... previously on EVG)
• The number of legal evictions in New York City grew each month in the first half of 2022 (City Limits)
• A look at the backers of Yuh-line Niou and Carlina Rivera for the open-seat Democratic primary race in the new NY-10 district (The Indypendent)
• More about "7 Gardens" in East Village community gardens (Artnet ... previously on EVG)
• Fine-dining destination Kajitsu, which first opened in the East Village before moving to Midtown East, is closing on Sept. 18 (Instagram)
• Upcoming screenings for Andy Warhol's most often-discussed but rarely-screened films representing experiments in durational cinema — "The Chelsea Girls," "Sleep" and "Empire" (Anthology Film Archives)
• Coming soon: "Easy Rider" in 35MM (Village East)
• Some history of the "Physical Graffiti" building on St. Mark's Place (Atlas Obscura)
• Economy Candy turns 85 (Untapped New York)
• Russ & Daughters Café on Orchard Street reopens after extended pandemic-related closure (Gothamist)
• About the "Sweet Green" installation at Chinatown Soup (Hyperallergic)
• Netflix-approved immersive "Squid Game" experience coming to 81 Essex St. on the LES (The Hollywood Reporter)
Thursday, July 28, 2022
StreetEasy data: Median East Village residential rents surged 43% in past 12 months
In the photo, the East Village resident and roommate reportedly paid $3,300 in rent in 2020... $4,700 last year... and a staggering $6,300 in 2022. They will likely need to move.
I heard from about a dozen (now-former) East Village residents via Instagram who said they found themselves in similar situations: landlords dropping exorbitant increases on their market-rate apartments in the past year. In most cases, the residents had to move away ... some went out of state to live with relatives ... another is couch-surfing in Brooklyn ... while one said he found a place in the farthest reaches of Queens.
The piece in the Times was prompted by a report Tuesday via StreetEasy titled, "As Pandemic-Era Leases Expire, NYC Renters Face Toughest Market in Decade."
An excerpt:
Despite gradually improving inventory, asking rents are rising steeply as landlords seek to reverse pandemic-era discounts. Rental demand has remained strong as more people gradually return to the city after a jump in outbound migration during the pandemic. Disappearing rental concessions also suggest landlords remain confident about demand. Meanwhile, priced out of Manhattan, many renters are shifting their search to more affordable areas in Brooklyn and Queens.
And...
Quarter-over-quarter, NYC rental inventory rose 14% to 65,697 available units in Q2. The strong increase may seem like a positive development for renters, but many of these rentals are expired pandemic-era deals that re-entered the market with significantly higher asking rents. Throughout 2020 and 2021, many landlords offered steep discounts and free months of rent — deals that have mostly lapsed by now.Landlords have been raising rents more aggressively on units they leased during the pandemic in effort to recoup the earnings they lost. On average, rentals that were listed in 2020 or 2021 and relisted in Q2 2022 showed a 20.4% increase in asking rents per year. In comparison, rentals that were listed in 2018 or 2019 and relisted in Q2 2022 showed a rent increase of 4.5% per year. The 20.4% jump in rent is nearly four times as steep as the yearly increase a tenant would have seen otherwise – which can mean the difference between losing and keeping their current home.
Per the report, Manhattan's median asking rent rose to $4,100 by the end of the second quarter — the highest on StreetEasy record and equivalent to 55% of the borough's monthly median household income.
In the East Village, the StreetEasy data shows the median asking rents on active listings in the second quarter jumped 43.1% to $4,150 from the same period in 2021
Map here via Bloomberg's article on the topic...
And there have been articles about hour-long lines to view some pretty humdrum East Village units. And there have been lines to check out larger units, such as a three-bedroom space asking $5k-plus on 10th Street at Second Avenue (photo from July 16 by Steven)...
Some parting thoughts from StreetEasy's report:
Unfortunately, the recent improvement in rental inventory has been largely driven by households being priced out of increasingly unaffordable rentals. In addition, as interest rates rise, more would-be homebuyers may be forced to resign themselves to renting, pushing up the demand for rentals even further. During this transition in the NYC market, we foresee rent increases continuing at least through the end of this summer.
Spazio Amanita coming to the Bowery
Here's more about the gallery, founded by Caio Twombly, the son of sculptor Alessandro Twombly and grandson of the painter Cy Twombly:
Amanita was founded in 2021 with the primary goal of supporting artists, from all backgrounds and nationalities, at various levels of their careers. Amanita provides our artists with resources and exhibition opportunities to help foster and grow their practices. Amanita has gallery locations in New York City and Florence, as well as a residency program in the Etruscan town of Bassano in Teverina. In addition to our permanent gallery locations, Amanita has organized exhibitions in Miami, LA, Milan, and St Moritz.You can follow the gallery's Instagram account for updates.
Patagonia was in this storefront for nine years, departing back in the fall.
Previously, the address was a pop-up shop for a rock-inspired clothing line called Andrew Charles created by Andy Hilfiger and Steven Tyler ... and the Morrison Hotel Gallery. And before all this: The space adjacent to CBGB housed the CBGB Record Canteen and, later, the 313 Gallery. The former CBGB next door at 315 Bowery remains the John Varvatos outpost.
No, Panda Express hasn't opened yet
On closer inspection (H/T Steven!), this outpost of the quick-serve chain based in California wasn't open just yet ... with a worker stating they would be ready for guests next week.
A look inside the establishment, the former AT&T store and the Vitamin Shoppe, shows just a few tables for indoor Panda Expressing. However, there are three tables (no chairs!) (randomly?) set up on the 14th Street side of the storefront.
So perhaps this outpost will have outdoor dining... stay tuned!
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Wednesday's parting shot
Photo by Derek Berg
We had another serving of "Yogurt" today... the code name for "Up Here," a new musical series set in the 1990s for Hulu.
The cast includes Mae Whitman, Carlos Valdes, John Hodgman and (above, I think!) two-time Tony Award recipient Katie Finneran.
As you likely noticed, this is a big production with film trucks on Avenues A and B, Seventh Street... and more.
Key Food is closing an hour earlier now 'due to renovations'
Photo by Stacie Joy
The renovating continues at Key Food here on Avenue A and Fourth Street... this means, per the unproofed signage on the door, that the grocery will be closing now at 11 p.m. to accommodate the renovations.
As previously reported, nothing is off the table during this reorg. As we've seen, the frozen foods section relocated from aisle 1 to 6 ... while the produce was revamped and expanded, just for starters. And we still can't find the Saltines.
There was talk of widening the aisles (do they already look a little wider?) ... but we don't for sure what they'll be doing with that extra hour of closing time.
To be continued...
Updated 7/28
Key will be back to the midnight close tomorrow night (Friday!)
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