Another Chance

I was walking home from work last night, when I passed by the beloved Jillery, at the corner of Avenue B and East 7th Street, only to discover that they are closing:

Store closing.

Just as the Chinese word for "crisis" is the same as the word for "opportunity", this store-closing gives us another chance to get a Chase bank branch to open here!

Just imagine, a shiny Chase bank:

Shiny Chase bank.

…instead of this graffiti mess:

Graffiti mess.

It makes my skin tingle just thinking about it!

#eastvillage #7thstreet #avenueb #chasebank #jillery

New Graffiti Mural

I was coming out of Tompkins Square Park onto Avenue B this past Sunday, when I saw this new graffiti mural on the East 7th Street wall of the beloved Jillery:

New graffiti mural.

Until recently, this wall was blank — or white, if you prefer!

This wall was a very popular site for photographers and models. It probably still will be, for different photographers and models!

Edgy backgrounds for edgy East Villagers!

#eastvillage #7thstreet #avenueb #jillery #models #murals #photographers #tompkinssquarepark

First Day of School

This past Thursday was the first day of school for public schools in the East Village, and across the city. Jillery, a store at Avenue B and East 7th Street, had this outside, to entice the groovy parents and groovy kids on their way to the groovy Earth School:

I don't know if the candy was supposed to be free, or if you were meant to pay for it inside, and thus see all of the Back-To-School specials available for purchase.

I like when school is in session; the streets always seem empty during the Summer.