At long last, fresh-baked bread is coming to the Essex Street Market. We’re told Pain d’Avignon – the Long Island City wholesale bakery – will be opening its first retail location in the market on Monday. They’ve been spending the last several months renovating the space once occupied by chocolate maven Roni-Sue Kave (she moved to a larger spot in the Essex Market last year). This afternoon workers were putting the finishing touches on the tiny shop near Essex Farm Groceries. As the Village Voice’s Rebecca Marx put it last December, the bakery will “fill an artisinal bread void in the Lower East Side, which, aside from Falai Panetteria, lacks a bakery selling something besides bialys, challah, knishes, or cupcakes.”
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February 20th, 2010
February 20th, 2010
Officials acknowledge an NYPD dispatcher pushed a wrong button, sending emergency crews to Avenue C in Brooklyn rather than Manhattan. A 6-year old boy, experiencing cardiac arrest, died (NY Post). Urging Shelly to kill the Aqueduct deal (NY Post). Sen. Charles Schumer is willing to support the campaign to federalize a handful of city and state run public housing developments – but there’s a catch (Real Estate Rama). Reconsidering John Zorn’s Masada, in the aftermath of two sold out shows at the Abrons Arts Center (NYT). Tomorrow’s fundraiser for Zucco (Facebook). Tonight at University Settlement: A House of Dreams – inspired by turn-of-the-century circus, early silent film, and the impact of pop culture on the lives of immigrant boys from New York’s Lower East Side circa 1909 (Downtown Art). February 20th, 2010
Longtime LES resident Michele Campo of the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors sent along these pictures of the demolition of 185 Bowery, which finally got underway this past week. The Real Deal reported two years ago that the global real estate firm Brack Capital bought the townhouse for $8 million. They also own three adjacent lots (187, 189 and 191 Bowery. All together, the company sunk about $30 million into the investment. |
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