(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
San Loco isn’t the only new tenant coming to the once controversial Karl Fischer building at the corner of Grand and Driggs. On the southern side of the brick behemoth, at 229 Grand, Beyond Vape is “opening soon,” according to a banner.
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637 Driggs last year, when it was vacant.
Just weeks after San Loco closed its Avenue A store of 15 years, there’s been another shakeup in the empire: the Williamsburg store will close April 20, according to a manager who, citing a conversation with his boss, told us, “I think we lost our lease.”
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Shawn Talavera (Photo: Elizabeth Flock)
A candlelight vigil was held today for the 29-year-old Bushwick resident who was shot and killed last night off of Maria Hernandez Park.
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One of the Lower East Side’s most storied and significant art exhibits has been resurrected at James Fuentes Gallery, just a few blocks from where a group of guerilla artists broke into a city-owned building and staged The Real Estate Show on New Year’s Eve, 1979.
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St. Marks Place lost a prime peoplewatching spot when Japadog closed recently, but now it’s gained another place for freakspotting: Kung Fu Tea, the Taiwanese bubble tea chain, has opened another East Village outpost at 28 St. Marks — and this one has sidewalk seating.
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(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
The Bean isn’t the only cafe expanding into a recently constructed Williamsburg building: Morgan-stop favorite Swallow Cafe opened an outpost at 493 Driggs Avenue last month. This location has the same rustic vibe as the East Williamsburg one, though seating is limited to just a handful of stools. On offer: coffee brewed from Counter Culture beans, a variety of teas, cookies (including some vegan options), pastries, and some wraps and sandwiches. There was a chill Yeasayer vibe going on when we stopped in this weekend. Here’s another look at the space.
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A makeshift memorial outside of 320 Suydam. (Photo: Elizabeth Flock)
This past weekend, MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) teamed up with the Society of Illustrators at the 69th Regiment Armory for the 12th annual MoCCA Fest — a convention with artist booths and panel discussions celebrating the work of both amateur and established comic artists alike.
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After 35 years, iconic LES documentarian Clayton Patterson is leaving the Lower East Side for Austria. He echos what he told us at the B+B Newsroom: “I didn’t really leave the Lower East Side. It left me.” [NY Times]
But hey, at least East Village DJ Mia Moretti is keeping the “it girl” dream alive. [Syndey Morning Herald]
A Williamsburg woman who was arguing with her boyfriend fell to her death as she tried to climb into his window. [NYDN]
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