A New Avenue B

This was certainly the weekend for street work! First, the repair of the First Avenue glacier, and then this, on Avenue B and East 8th Street:

Avenue B and East 8th Street.

Automobile drivers who were hoping to drive up Avenue B were thwarted in their efforts to do so, while work proceeded:

Thwarted in their efforts.

No matter — East Villagers are always happy when the neighborhood gets a new renovation!

#eastvillage #avenueb #renovations

The CHUD Conspiracy

Old-time East Villagers remember the days of the Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers (CHUDs). Bad times, indeed!

I was walking down Avenue C yesterday, when I saw something that gave me pause:

Pause-giving site.

I moved closer, slowly, and focussed my camera into the dark unknown:

The dark unknown.

No CHUDs here!

A documentary was made about the CHUDs, in 1984. 2600 (seen spray-painted beside the manhole cover, in the top picture) is the name of a hacker magazine, co-founded by a man whose pen name is Emmanuel Goldstein, a character from George Orwell's book titled, curiously enough: 1984!
A coincidence? I think not!

Are hackers are reviving the CHUDs… in the East Village Today?

#eastvillage #avenuec #chud #2600

Suggestive Balloon Sculpture

I was walking across East 6th Street yesterday, when I saw this suggestive balloon sculpture, abandoned on a doorstep:

Suggestive balloon sculpture.

East Village sculptors love to push the envelope!

#eastvillage #sculptures #balloonsculptures #6thstreet

Wheelchair Accessibility

Last week, I reported that the beloved Vazac's was now wheelchair accessible.

In that story, I mentioned the beloved Manotiba's also being wheelchair accessible. Today, I have proof:

Proof of Manitoba's wheelchair accessibility.

Unlike Vazac's, that has no way for the wheelchair-bound patron to alert the staff inside of their desire to enter, Manitoba's has a bell that can be rung for assistance!

Staying one step ahead of the competition… that's the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #wheelchairs #manitobas #avenueb

East Village News Lives!

Back on Halloween Day, I reported to you the demise of East Village Breaking News. Rather than recap, you can read about it here.

But fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people: East Village Breaking News lives!

It turns out that the RSS feed broke, and my tweets were not being forwarded. (Don't you hate when that happens?!)

But now the RSS feed is fixed — all is right with the world… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #breakingnewsnetwork #eastvillagebreakingnews #rssfeed

No Glacier For You

This past Saturday, I was walking by the site of the former First Avenue glacier, at East 2nd Street, when I saw what I could only describe as a concentrated effort to prevent the return of said glacier (and with it, the naming of said glacier after its discoverer: me)!

Behold:

No glacier for you, East Village!

If the city doesn't want a glacier on First Avenue — a guaranteed tourist attraction! — they must have a good reason.

And it's probably better that polar bears don't roam the streets… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #2ndstreet #firstavenue #glaciers

Fence Sparks

Work continues apace on the new fence construction at Orchard Alley Community Garden, on East 4th Street.

Yesterday morning, workers were sawing through iron rods, probably to reinforce the concrete they will soon pour.

Here is what that looked like:

Nothing spruces up a neighborhood like a black, wrought-iron fence!

#eastvillage #4thstreet #orchardalley #communitygardens #fences

Oh My Nails

It's hard to know if the name of this beloved nail salon on East 7th Street is exclaimed: "Oh! My Nails!" or "Oh My! Nails!"

What is known is that they have twinkley lights wrapped around two wine bottles in their window, to lure in customers:

Nothing brings 'em in like twinkley lights!

#eastvillage #7thstreet #ohmynails #twinkleylights

A Couch, A Chair, and A Broom

A couch, a chair, and a broom walk into a bar…

The bartender (who was Hank Penza!) said: "What is this, a joke?"

#eastvillage #jokes #7thstreet

Another Discarded Bike Frame

It seems like only yesterday I was writing about a dismantled and discarded bike frame, and here today is another one, this time on the corner of Avenue A and East 7th Street:

Another abandoned bike frame.

No yellow leaves surround this one, though — but there is a tire!

I wonder if they're related?

#eastvillage #7thstreet #avenuea #bicycles