Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Peter Graves passed away over the weekend from an apparent heart attack. He was 83. So sad.  We quite enjoyed watching Mission: Impossible in our youth, and certainly loved his exceptional role as Captain Oveur.  Rest in Peace.

Fox comes for Ray, Telephone dead, and East River beaches, all in today’s neighborhood news for the Ides of March!

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Last month, we received a scare after seeing crews unloading debris into a dumpster outside 87 Rivington Street.  At the time, it seemed that all signs pointed to demolition – the yellow box with RO drawn on shuttered gates, boarded windows, and constant site activity.  However, freshly renewed DOB permits issued a few weeks ago indicate otherwise.

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Utilizing chalkboard signage to mark a storefront is not the smartest of ideas, as evidenced by The Norry at 78 Rivington.  Their nameplate was all but erased during the washout of this past weekend.

Today, during the third consecutive day of rain and gale-force winds, the Lower East Side is a flooded umbrella cemetery.  The skeletal remains of umbrellas litter the streets – most are upturned and in precarious positions near garbage cans, or in the middle of traffic.  Herewith, a few choice snapshots of the carnage.

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At the southwest corner of Delancey and Forsyth Streets, in the shadow of Templo Adventista del Septimo, a tiny parcel of Sara D. Roosevelt Park has become a colorful junkyard of sorts.

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