Nabe News: July 13
The former Mondo Kim’s on St. Marks Place will become a karaoke joint, giving Sing Sing some competition [EV Grieve]
Both Jeremiah and Bob Arihood have detailed accounts of yesterday’s first weekly picnic with Reverend Billy in Tompkins Square Park. His procession led through Crusty Row to Ray’s Candy Store [Vanishing NY; Neither More Nor Less]
Hollister has bare-chested “surfer dude” types hanging outside the flagship store in anticipation of its opening on Thursday [Racked]
Going back in time to when trolley cars cut through Union Square. “Instead of Whole Foods we’ve got Automatic Vaudeville, a penny arcade offering a basement shooting gallery, peep shows, and phonographs in individual listening booths.” Great Scott! [Ephemeral NY]
A cupcake truck spotted on Third Avenue [Hunter-Gatherer]
Times Square goes red, and what we should expect from its new suburban aesthetic [Lost City]
Contractors of tenement buildings rarely needed to use blueprints, as the structures were so simplistic. Improvisation was not uncommon. Much of the ornamentation was pre-fab and often scrounged from warehouses and manufacturing lots [Tenement Museum Blog]
Recent Stories
‘Caribea’ Grill Readies Space Left Vacant by Domino’s on Allen Street
Ever since Domino’s ditched its decades-old Allen Street location three years ago, the commercial space has been a vacancy consistently peddled on the market. Now, a new concept is a-knockin. Caribea is as it sounds – a fast casual pan-Caribbean grill. The restaurant at 203 Allen will seat fourteen tables and a stand-up bar, for […]
The Projects Jockeying for the $20M Chinatown Revitalization Funds
Several months ago, Governor Hochul announced a $20 million grant in the form of the Downtown Revitalization initiative (DRI). Some forty sites around Chinatown were identified during the DRI process, which is led by a Local Planning Committee of community representatives and supported by State agency staff and a consultant team. That list was ultimately […]
Displaced Chinatown Business Returns Months After Devastating Fire
Four months after a deadly fire knocked out 78 Mulberry Street, one of its businesses returned to the scene. Ewa Trading Company reopened in its former Chinatown home earlier this week. The store had spent some of the interim displacement period selling from a shuttered Vietnamese restaurant a few paces north. The two-alarm fire broke […]
EDC Sues Essex Restaurant for Back Rent over Former Essex Market Lease
Three years removed from its relocation across Rivington Street, the city filed suit against the Essex restaurant for alleged unpaid rent. The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) sued Essex for nearly $60,000 in unpaid back rent on the former Essex Market building it previously occupied, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. The city entity claims that […]
Exile on Orchard Street: Tenement Museum Recreates Exhibits During Renovations
The Tenement Museum is amidst a preservation project at 97 Orchard Street, but will continue its programming with replicas not too far away. The 1863-era tenement this past Sunday embarked on “vital” restoration work to preserve its walls, floors, roof, as well as the installation of a new HVAC system that will provide improved climate […]
