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Rivington Residents Take Stand Against Nightlife with Flyer Campaign

Posted on: October 8th, 2012 by

Spurred into action by recent liquor license applicantions for 106 Rivington and Rob Shamlian’s Tiny Fork clam shack at 167 Orchard Street, the grassroots LES Dwellers Association is on the proverbial rampage. Both applicants are in a resolution area. So now the block association is ratcheting up opposition to increased nightlife, most recently with a plethora of cartoonish flyers around Hell Square.

The smear campaign aims to rally the neighbors against over-saturation, appealing to those whose lives have been affected by the change. Stopping crowds, piss, and puke is essentially the message here. And to attend the SLA subcommittee meeting on October 15.

  • LES Resident

    I am SO happy that the neighbors are getting together and fighting back for their right to a better quality of life…. I have been a resident in the LES for 10 years now and even thou the neighborhood was already changing then it is now out of control!

    The truth is that from Wed. thru Saturdays we are invaded by crowds that have absolutely NO respect for the neighborhood or its residents and we are left behind with not only vomit and piss but also violence, trash and vandalism!

    I am not against nightlife at all but this situation is just out of control and not even the cops or calls to 311 seem to help.

    I have been violently yelled at for politely asking people to pick up their trash or stopped people from covering the front door of my building with graffiti.

    The worst part is that have been verbally attacked by highly intoxicated people, twice in the last year, just for walking holding hands with my partner. I have been called a fag and that is just plain WRONG!!! If things have not escalated and became violent it is because I held back and decided to shut my mouth but it is just NOT right!

    I am sick of this people and the bar owners who just want to make some cash no matter what!!

    • Stop the Madness

      Hell yeah. This movement to take back the LES is very encouraging and well-needed. This is the time to put a hold on future development. It’s about to get a whole lot worse with the opening of the frat-named Hair of the Dog on Orchard. Beer pong table my neighbors. Beer pong tables. This is what the LES has become. I don’t mind bars and restaurants but too many in such a cramped space, w/ most appealing to B&T crowd just isn’t healthy for anyone.

    • The Real L.E.S.

      LES Resident, I am sorry that you have gone through those situations. However, that has nothing to do with kids from the neighborhood trying to open a restaurant. So pick your fights with those who have harmed you, not those that would probably defend you in that situation, like these kids from the L.E.S. They are just trying to open up a restaurant on 106 Rivington St and these ladies are trying to make it difficult for them. Nothing to do with you!

      • The REAl Real LES

        Hey Real L.E.S…I think I heard a bell ring. Time to go back to school son. Get on your skateboard and b-tch somewhere else little one.

        • The Real L.E.S.

          It’s unfortunate that you have to be so childish with your comment. We want to try and keep this conversation elevated. So kindly refrain from these type of comments, they are unbecoming.
          Good Luck!

  • Save Orchard

    Yes, yes, yes. The entire LES is thoroughly saturated with nightlife pollution. There’s nothing wrong with a few bars and restaurants, but on the weekend our neighborhood devolves into a circus of pissing, puking, obnoxious drunks. I can’t count how many times I have gone outside in the morning only to find broken glass, vomit, and other garbage strewn around my doorstep on Orchard St. The expansion of nightlife needs to be curtailed to salvage any quality of life in the area.

  • Sylvie

    Wow! This is awesome. Finally, people are speaking out against the plethora of bars and clubs that make the Lower East Side a disgusting circus week night and weekends! It is exciting to see the community care and get involved! I hope change comes of this activism and we can get get some sleep at night once again!

    • The Real L.E.S.

      Sylvie, I suggest that you don’t paint everyone with the same brush. The ladies who are organizing against 106 Rivington never cared enough about the plethora of bars and clubs that you mention until these kids from 106 Rivington came about. Why? I will let you ask yourself that question. They’ve all of a sudden began an association to stop the bars and clubs in the neighborhood. This is only because this is personal to them. And by the way when this is all said and done (I’ve said it before), they won’t care about any of you….. So keep following D.Boyd and Yem and you will see that when they LOSE this battle, they won’t care about your battles!

  • les

    i am a bar owner in the area for the past 7 years. we close down by 2am even on weekends. we respect our neighbors (never had a complaint against us so far). just so you know we are also dealing with the “vomits” “pissings” “trashings” by people who just walk in from the street saying that they are looking for their friends, only to end up using the toilet (& sometimes dont even make it there) and making a mess that i couldnt not even describe. its not just bar owners’ fault in the area and we are not just cashing in. unfortunately some people just feel the need to act like animals.

    • Stop the Madness

      Thanks for this. I think we all understand it’s the work of a few establishments in the neighborhood that are causing most of the mess. Many of the tiny bars, probably like yours, are very welcome and loved. What we all remember about the LES. Lately CB3 wants to make this into the new Meatpacking District, and it’s gotten WAY out of control. The charm is being lost and we all need to make sure it’s not gone for good.

      • http://www.facebook.com/francesa1 Frances Anna Ayers

        Many of these bars create a noisy environment not just a few.

  • The Real L.E.S.

    Let me say something to all of you who were never here when this was a shit hole. Complain all that you want. You weren’t here when they were shooting people on building roofs. You weren’t here when they shot those two cops on Avenue A point blank in front of Tompkins Square Park. You weren’t here when: if you were a white person driving around here in a car, the cops would stop you because you were only buying drugs. So now that the kids who grew up here in the midst of all that chaos, want to open up a restaurant you all want to come out and bitch. Guess what…….. Back the F–k up and go on your way. These kids are this neighborhood…. born and bred! And they turned out to be true heroes in my book. So if you want to criticize anyone, go do it to those Long Island preps or midwestern sons of mommy and daddy, that come here to open a bar. NOT L.E.S kids who were born and bred!

    • http://www.facebook.com/francesa1 Frances Anna Ayers

      Hello Real LES:I lived in this neighborhood for thirty years now way before the bars and clubs came into being,and yes we did have problems.And what you are saying is in fact directed to all us life long residents;if we don’t like the way the neighborhood has changed then we should back the F–k up and leave?I don’t think so buster.We are not going anywhere!We are going to stay and fight for the life of our neighborhood!

      • The Real L.E.S.

        I’m telling you that if you think trying to isolate these guys who were born and raised here for trying to open up a restaurant, then you have another thing coming. That’s what D.Boyd and Yem are trying to do and you are just helping. So if you don’t know the whole story behind 106 Rivington and why D.Boyd and Yem are trying to stop these guys, then stay out of the way.

  • Rivington resident

    How does a restaurant ruin a neighborhood especially guys from the same neighborhood,this don’t make any sense from what I’ve read it sounds to me like this is a personal problem! Very sad to read aren’t neighbors suppose to support one another?

  • The Real L.E.S.

    What happened Dave Gustav? I thought your blog was a neutral site. It is clear that your blog is tilted and you work with Stetzer. Where is the article, stating that 106 Rivington was granted approval for a full liquor license by the CB3 SLA Committee. Guess we weren’t wrong about your intentions. We will remember this, believe me.

    • http://www.boweryboogie.com/ Dave Gustav

      Oh you mean this one? http://www.boweryboogie.com/2012/10/106-rivington-secures-cb3-approval-for-full-liquor-license/

      Get a life dude. I don’t know Stetzer and it’s clear you’re ignorant. We don’t have to post anything we don’t want to post. Or let you comment here for that matter. I will remember this, believe me.

      • The Real L.E.S.

        Yeah…. you mean now that it is buried and you have to go into LES Dwellers article first. We saw you sitting next to the Dwellers on Tuesday. Glad you are so neutral…. Good Luck with your blog.

        • http://www.boweryboogie.com/ Dave Gustav

          I wasn’t at the meeting. Good luck with your nightclub or whatever it really is. Guess this means you won’t put me on the VIP list.

          • LovelyLes

            @davidgustav:disqus Glad someone else notice what i was talking about, hey dave you just came out your face of what i was saying all along,you are affiliated with the so called “dwellers” & Susan stetzer this woman (susan) couldn’t sit still at the meeting lol!!! She kept on telling the 106 supporters to wait outside cause it was a fire hazard so it could look like they had the same amount of people on both sides, but never told nothing to the opposing people that were there,but hey who you thought you was fooling? Definitely not me I like your comment… “GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NIGHT CLUB”Shows your TRUE COLORS “CHIEF”!!!!! IF you wasn’t at the meeting wonder who took those pics,wasn’t DBOYD this time, she was clearly sitting down, let me guess, one of your photographers? Your a joke an you call yourself a website representing the L.E.S PLEASE!!!! You should get a life “DUDE”…..

          • http://www.boweryboogie.com/ Dave Gustav

            I’ll do you a favor and spell it out for you since this is starting to bore me. Personally I could give two shits about you and your friend opening a nightclub. What I care about is that you guys come to this site and start commenting anonymously trying to bully people who don’t feel the same way you do. All we posted on here was that your buddies aren’t answering questions. So instead of answering them, you start harassing people? You guys really don’t realize that you are the ones giving it a bad reputation? So wave some signs at meetings and good luck to everyone. We’ll keep covering the story as fair as we can, but your harassment makes it hard to not question what is going on.

            Here’s what’s gonna happen. Everyone acts civil and sticks to facts, not name calling. There’s no problems if people comment with different opinions. That’s why they don’t get deleted. For your reference, here’s the rules: http://www.boweryboogie.com/terms-and-conditions/

          • LovelyLes

            @davidgustav:disqus This is real professional of your vocabulary “CHIEF” goes to show me how fair you been to the applicants of this location,Your stating were harassing people were just stating facts an correcting the lies you an they have been saying this whole time.I don’t need to know the rules, you already broke your own rules you idiot so why should i go by some rules that a liar assumes we follow please thats why your website lacks of community support due to the fact that you an your so called columnist are just saying lies an treat every new business like its a problem to the neighborhood.Like you said you don’t give “TWO SHITS” really well we don’t either!!!!!

  • Three

    The lady who owns Sutra on First & 1st is very influential on the CB3 in every meeting approving anything to do with beer, wine or liquor. Her club is one of the most rowdy and obnoxious venues in the area, recently extending her blockade of rowdy patrons onto the extended curb of the new bus stop.

  • LES Dwellers

    The LES Dwellers does not have any connection to anyone on the Bowery Boogie team. We appreciate, however, Bowery Boogie’s commitment to covering the the stories that effect the Lower East Side. We credit Bowery Boogie’s coverage of our neighborhood as an important resource for the residents, keeping us informed and aware of the issues and developments that will effect us. We would have made this statement earlier had we known this dialogue was going on. This comment board was just brought to our attention yesterday. We wanted to set the record stright as we felt Bowery Boogie and its’ moderator Dave Gustav was being unfairly treated. We as a group elected to stop posting comments regarding 106 Rivington because we felt the discussion had strayed from being productive to becoming personal and negative.

    We are pleased with CB3′s final decision to adhere to policy for Resolution Zones–beer, wine and midnight closing, thereby protecting the residents who are trying to hold on to what is left of a severly diminishing quality of life. Thank you CB3.

  • Tromba

    I love hell square debauchery @trombanyc

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