Nabe News: May 7
Fairey in trouble, time travel, and the crazy landlord, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
It took three weeks of piecing together the clues, but investigators now blame a faulty electrical box for the seven-alarm fire that ravaged 283 Grand Street [WCBS; Previously]
The International Playground pop-up shop which first debuted on Orchard Street last December is now a permanent entity. Its new digs are at 13 Stanton Street [Racked]
The so-called “crazy landlord” cleans up the corner of Second Avenue and Third Street, which will soon become the Belgian Ale House [EV Grieve]
Jim Joe continues his markup of the entire Lower East Side. No surface is safe [NYC the Blog]
An interview with Giuseppe Gonzalez of newcomer Painkiller on Essex Street [Fork in the Road]
The ultimate heavy metal typeface has arrived [dafont via Flaming Pablum]
City officials consider Shepard Fairey’s mural at the corner of Bowery and East Houston as illegal advertecture. An advertisement for his show at Deitch Projects. The Environmental Control Board will decide the fate of the mural next month [Gothamist]
British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has three “realistic” ideas on the future of time travel. Think McFly, think! [MSNBC]
Recent Stories
East Village Artist M. Henry Jones, Contemporary of Keith Haring, Dies
M. Henry Jones, a member of the East Village arts scene for over forty years, died last week (either June 16 or 17) at the age of 65. We’re told, though unconfirmed, the cause of death was a form of cancer. Jones was a neighborhood fixture for decades, in part, because of his storefront studio […]
Under the Floorboards at Long-Vacant East Houston Lot
Bereft of substantial activity in nearly two decades, the long-vacant parcel at 49 East Houston Street is in deterioration overdrive. An eagle-eyed tipster notes that the floorboards atop the existing foundation are now busted. Creating a pseudo entryway into the cellar level. Before its demise fourteen years ago, 49 East Houston had been a one-story […]
Developer Begins Demolition of Rutgers Street Playground for Temporary Parking Lot
Demolition work began this week on a Lower East Side park that is a focal point in the tension between the community and developers on the waterfront. The backhoes are out and job now underway at Rutgers Park, the small public space beside the Lands End II residential development. Removal of the playground began yesterday, including […]
The 3 Lower East Side Walk-ups that Sold for $35M
Earlier this month, we reported that SMA Equities, the Long Island real estate firm with controversial history on the Lower East Side, sold a portfolio of its area properties. SMA unloaded three tenement walk-ups to Daniel Fishman of GAIA Real Estate – 102 Norfolk Street, 177 Ludlow Street, and 99 Allen Street – for an […]
H&M Debuts Pop-up Hotel on the Bowery this Weekend
Fashion retailer, H&M, is headed to the Lower East Side this week with a pop-up hotel concept. Starting tomorrow, prospective guests can access the so-called Hotel Hennes via the eponymous 3 Freeman Alley. The three-day publicity stunt will be open through Saturday, from 2 to 9pm. Guests will be able to check in for an […]
