Gas Meter Room

I was walking across East 7th Street on New Year's Eve day, when I saw these opened cellar doors leading down to… a door? a ventilation shaft? 

 

What is this thing?

Clearly, some East Village building owner does not want ConEd to read the gas meter!

Electrifying

East Villagers were stunned — stunned, I say! — to wake up this morning and discover the scaffolding in front of the formerly-beloved dieci on East 10th Street had a possible electrical condition!

Behold:

Possible electrical condition.

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

This is why a grounding wire is so important!

It's really quite shocking, to say the least.

#eastvillage #10thstreet #consolidatededison #dieci #scaffolding #groundingwire #yellowcones

Gas-Powered WiFi

Many East Villagers are of the mind that the beloved LinkNYC kiosks spring up magically.

Au contraire, Pierre!

Here is a Consolidated Edison worker working on a LinkNYC installation, on the East Village side of Third Avenue, back in December:

Back in December.

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

At least we know there's no chance of this thing exploding!

#eastvillage #conedison #linknyc #thirdavenue #worker

Blocking The Way

By now, the snow has almost all melted away, but a mere twelve days ago, the snow and its effects were still very much with us!

Here is a picture of a Con Edison barricade, and a Lift Plow Blade sign, blocking the pedestrian crosswalk that had previously been cleared of snow, at the corner of Avenue A and St. Mark's Place:

Blocking the pedestrian crosswalk.

If you are wondering how I knew it was a Con Edison barricade, this is how:

Repairing Your Steam System.

It's hard to know how this barricade wound up where it did, blocking the pedestrian crosswalk — it's even harder to know where it's been keeping itself since February of last year!

Directly across the street from this one was… another one!

Another one.

East Villagers can only hope that this improper use of barricades does not impede the repair of our beloved steam system!

#eastvillage #avenuea #stmarksplace #snow #barricades #conedision #steamsystem #signs #liftplowblade

Exit… Stage

Rumor has it that the beloved Stage Restaurant is closing for good, after being closed since last year, when Consolidated Edison discovered that the gas lines had been "inappropriately accessed"  and shut off their gas. This was followed by the Department of Buildings issuing a Full Stop Work order.

This was the scene outside yesterday evening:

Outside Stage Restaurant yesterday evening.

Stage was not that popular with East Villagers. First of all, there were no tables — only a line of stools at a counter! Also, the food was not very good.

Oh yes, and they didn't take debit/credit cards!

Hopefully, something will open here with better food, and a safer space!

#eastvillage #conedison #secondavenue #signs #stagerestaurant

Notice of Intention to Discontinue Service

On Wednesday, I told you that a Notice to Call For Inspection notice had been taped onto the door of an abandoned building on First Avenue, near East 2nd Street.

Yesterday, I passed by there again, only to find that the Notice to Call For Inspection notice was gone, and in its place was this Notice of Intention to Discontinue Service notice:

Notice of Intention to Discontinue Service notice.

I wonder if anyone called to make an appointment to have the building inspected?

If you're wondering what the rest of the building looks like, it looks like this:

The rest of the building.

At least we won't have to worry about any gas explosions here!

A safe East Village is a happy East Village!

#eastvillage #abandoned #buildings #conedison #firstavenue

Inside a Consolidated Edison Truck

I was walking across East 6th Street on my way home from work tonight, when I passed by this Consolidated Edison truck, where it looks like someone forgot to close the door:

Consolidated Edison truck door open.

Some kind of machinery or another inside, it looks like.

Yup.

#eastvillage #conedison 6thstreet trucks

Caution!

I was walking across East 6th Street yesterday, past the very groovy Earth School, when I happened upon this:

Orange cone and caution tape.

There must be some reason other than wet paint that they put the cone and caution tape there, since their paint dries almost immediately, but I can't for the life of me imagine what it is! It was probably put there by the people in the Christmas-lights-decorated Consolidated Edison truck.

Groovy East Villagers love caution!

#eastvillage #6thstreet #conedison #earthschool

Festive Consolidated Ed Trucks

I was walking across east 7th Street yesterday, when I saw this Consolidated Edison truck parked, adorned with Christmas lights!

Festive Con Ed truck.

Here is a close-up:

Close-up of festive Consolidated Ed truck.

Even the gas and electric company decorates for Christmas… in the East Village!

#eastvillage #7thstreet #christmaslights #conedison

Consolidated Edison Ready for Anything

These Consolidated Edison trucks were lined up along Avenue B in the East Village this morning, waiting for the call to repair any damage caused by the Polar Vortex:

Ready to move.

Luck favors the prepared!

#eastvillage #avenueb conedison polarvortex