Nabe News: April 28
Harry Wieder, Toy Tokyo, and merit badges, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
Community Advocate Harry Wieder was struck and killed by a northbound cab on Essex Street after a committee meeting last night. Fellow board members witnessed the accident in horror. He was 57 [DNAinfo]
After being shut down last October for lack of an “assembly permit,” the Jane Hotel is on the road to recovery. Cityroom reports that the West Village nightspot, which has drawn the ire of neighbors, recently received the necessary permits to reopen [Cityroom]
Shepard Fairey has tagger-buddies bookend his new piece at the corner of Bowery and East Houston [Vanishing NY]
Collectible shop Toy Tokyo is moving a few blocks away to 91 Second Avenue [EV Grieve]
The Boy Scouts of America are now offering a video game merit badge. Seriously [NY Press]
An old New York souvenir table cloth showing landmarks [Scouting NY]
The GVSHP just unveiled a new website showing current landmark applications [GVSHP]
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 […]
