Nabe News: January 13
Telephone Bar donesky, NYU suicide, and winter woes, all in today’s neighborhood news!
The old Tower Records space at East Fourth and Broadway will become a temporary art gallery, sponsored by No Longer Empty. The exhibit is called “Never Can Say Goodbye” and runs Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 7pm until February 13 [Racked]
It’s really only a matter of time before the White House hotel at 338 Bowery ceases to exist [EV Grieve]
The “Rear Yard” exhibit at the Tenement Museum is finally complete. Just keep your eyes peeled for long underwear blowing through the neighborhood [Tenement Museum Blog]
After 22 years, it’s the end of the road for Telephone Bar and Grill on Second Avenue [EV Grieve]
Our frigid winter of 2010 has nothing on 1881, reportedly the coldest on record. Temperatures averaged near 27 degrees. Smallpox, diphtheria, and scarlet fever were also in the air at the time [Ephemeral NY]
A 37-year-old computer science professor at NYU committed suicide last night. Sam Roweis jumped from his sixteenth floor balcony in Washington Square Village [Gothamist]
Recent Stories
Mr. Fong’s Owner Plans All Day Cafe on Hester Street
Another day, another principal of Mr. Fong’s starting a new Lower East Side venture. Aisa Shelley – who co-founded the Chinatown hotspot with Lucas Moran, Noah Shelley, Daniel Eric Gold and Adam Moonves – is headed to 61 Hester Street. The long-inactive storefront previously occupied by L’estudio. There, Shelley will impart an “all day cafe” […]
Truck Hits ‘OhK Dog’ Dining Shed on Ludlow Street
Ludlow Street neighbors began Saturday with the sound of a large crash. It was the sound of the OhK Dog dining shed collapsing to the ground. From what we gather, a truck driver headed southbound on Ludlow struck the popular restaurant’s outdoor annex. No one was hurt in the incident. This was apparently the second […]
New 21-Story Tower Begins Ascent on Market Street
A former Lower East Side parking lot is meeting its skyscraping destiny. Another tower. The through-block parcel on Henry Street, just west of Market, is already on its upward ascent. The new mixed-use development at 59 Henry will ultimately rise 21 stories (227 feet), with 57,395 square-feet of residential floor area and 40,305 square-feet for […]
‘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 […]
