The Unhelpful Door

I know I wrote about this door on East 9th Street once, a long time ago — I just can't find the post!

Anyway, it sure has a lot of locks, doesn't it?

A lot of locks.

You might think, with this many locks, this building would be pretty safe.

Behold:

Boarded-up building.

Back in April, there was a fire here that rendered the building unlivable.

First Sushi Park now Yakiniku West. At least Stage Restaurant didn't burn down!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #boardedupwindows #doors #fire #locks #yakinikuwest

Re-Parcelling Second Avenue

Ever since the aftermath of the Second Avenue explosion and fire around this time last year, the vacant lot that was left behind was undifferentiated; it was a single lot.

A little while ago, it was re-parcelled:

Re-parcelling fence, view 1.

Re-parcelling fence, view 2.

It's important to know where the property lines are, so you know where to position the rat traps!

It looks like the rats come from the property on the corner (the left side of the picture) — the traps all point that way!

#eastvillage #secondavenue #fir, #eastvillageexplosion #fences #rattraps

Disaster Tourism

People are, no doubt, familiar with the fire on Second Avenue that burned down four buildings back in late March. It was a terrible fire, and pointed out the danger so many people face in the East Village, as the tenement buildings age.

Things have returned to normal for those who were not displaced, and that means tour busses are starting to include the site on their routes. These pictures are from yesterday evening:

Tour bus at fire site.

People lined up outside the beloved B&H Restaurant for some dairy food:

Cheese blintzes, anyone?

Meanwhile, others lined up outside the beloved Enz's for the chance to buy some rockabilly clothing:

Move it on over, Stray Cats!

Others took in the plywood poster fence, now behind a chainlink poster fence:

Plywood poster fence behind chainlink poster fence.

Cashing in… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #bhdairy #enz #fire #secondavenue