EV Grieve

East Village news since 2007

EVG Week in Review for June 1-8.

• City issues RFP for affordable housing development on 5th Street (Monday)

• The hidden charms of a soon-to-sell loft building and the former home of Sixth Street Specials (Thursday)

• Cleanup planned for E-bike hub on 11th Street following spike in complaints (Tuesday)

• The Astor Place Greenmarket will not be returning (Wednesday)

• EV Rite Aid remains open for now (Wednesday)

• A band to know: Bec Lauder & the Noise (Friday)

• Talking Heads celebrate 50 years with 'Killer' new video (Thursday)

• The history of 2 East Village backhouses (Tuesday)

• Off the wall: Longtime 'Alphabet City' mural erased (Wednesday)

• New broker for Avenue A storefront that has been vacant for nearly 11 years (Tuesday)

• Signage alert: Eim Khao Mun Kai on 2nd Avenue (Monday)

• Macy’s Fireworks returning to the East Side, rightful home of all things spectacular (Thursday)

• The hollyhocks on the former St Emeric's property (Wednesday)

• Sweep the leg, Johnny! Take in a screening of 'The Karate Kid' at First Park (Sunday)

• 88 Coffee debuts at the Bowery Market (Monday)

• Openings: Lil Sweet Treat on 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)

• Openings and closing on these 2 blocks of 1st Avenue (Monday)

Below: A sunrise view from Astor Place looking across Stuyvesant Street, the only street in Manhattan that runs true west to east.