Their menu is loaded will all sorts of healthy takes on traditional Mexican dishes, which already seem to be pretty popular. Give that the food seems to be much better for you, as you might expect the dishes are a little bit pricier than less health-focused options, but not by much.
Al Horno takes over from the former Energy Kitchen store at this location, after their mysterious closure last year. We’ll have to wait and see how popular things like “energy tacos” are against all the more-traditional Mexican places around.
Progress is continuing at “The Canoe”– the pedestrian plaza along W 36th St between 9th& Dyer Aves, with an art piece being painted along the barrier last month:
Titled “Singing in the Rain” – and contrasting very much with today’s wonderful weather – the piece is by artist John Locke, and “presented by” the DOT’s Art Program and New York Cares.
The New York City Department of Transportation’s Art Program and New York Cares organized two Barrier Beautification painting events in conjunction with the New York Cares Day on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Manhattan-based artist John Locke joined 28 volunteers to beautify 200 feet of concrete barriers along 36th Street and 9th Avenue in Manhattan.
The animated design “Singing in the Rain” depicts Gene Kelly’s feet dancing to the popular song “Singing in the Rain.” The volunteers implemented the design with adjustable stencils in order to achieve the various dance steps. The artist hopes the design illustrates the pure joy of dancing through the streets of New York.
And some photos from the installation day last month:
Such a contrast with Gotham West towering over such a little ice cream truck. They’re gonna need to get a whole lot more artisanal to fit in around that area nowadays…
And sorry for the silence over the past week! We’re back!
Some time this afternoon, a piece of the façade of the building on the SW corner of W 53rd St &9th Ave fell down onto the sidewalk. Fortunately it doesn’t look like anyone was hurt, but it’s troubling…
The fire department were on the scene, roping off the area and heading up to the roof of the building to check things out:
In case you didn’t know, NYC has a law that buildings taller than six stories must inspect their facades for cracks, loose bricks, etc every five years. This building is under that limit, so who knows when anyone last inspected it, if ever.
Anyway, expect to see scaffolding going up in no time on that corner… And don’t worry, the phone booth was unharmed.
Update: It turns out that someone was injured from the debris: a 12-year-old girl was walking with her parent past the building, when she was hit by the falling debris. Fortunately she only had minor injuries, and was taken to the hospital quickly.
It’s been a long time coming, but the expansion of Vynl is finally here. We’ve gone from expecting this to be a completely separate new spot, to being just an extension of Vynl, but it turns out the whole “original” store is now closed – hopefully temporarily – and the new side is the way forward:
Meanwhile, the future of the old half is a mystery. Papers are already up on the windows, but we’re going to assume it’s renovations of some kind at least for the time being. Have to wait and see.
Anyway, the new place definitely “feels” a lot busier – the separation between the bar and the dining area the old place had is completely gone, so that might be a good or bad thing depending on what you’re into. Also no word on the fate of the musician dolls lining the walls of the old place… It’s a whole new Vynl.
Now that the weather is improving, the Hell’s Kitchen Farm Project is getting ready to start the farm back up. If you don’t already know, the HKFP is a community farm on the roof of the church on W 40th St, running since 2010.
Since it’s almost time to get started again, for Earth Day they’re running an Earth Day campaign to raise funds to help with the running of the farm. They’ve already reached their goal of $1000, but there’s still time if you want to contribute. Here’s the fundraiser.
In just over two weeks, the third Village Voice Choice Streets Food Truck Event (mouthful) will be on over by the Intrepid on Pier 86. There’ll be over 20 trucks with food to try, so there should be some more variety than the usual carts:
1,300 ticketholders will be presented with a exclusive tasting passport to gain access to over 20 of some of the city’s favorite and highly sought-after food trucks. Set amid the backdrop of the New York Landmark — The Intrepid — attendees will feast on Pier 86 and enjoy and evening of fabulous food, complimentary drinks, free tour of the Intrepid ship and an amazing view of New York City.
Tickets are $50-$70, so if you’re interested you can get them over here. We don’t really get a lot of “fancy” food trucks in our area, so it should an interesting interesting night.
On Saturday morning, a 64-year-old man was struck and killed after climbing onto the tracks at the 50th St 8th Ave subway station, to retrieve jewelry he dropped. More details from the NY Post:
The victim was waiting at the southbound C platform at the Eighth Avenue and West 50th Street subway station when he dropped a chain onto the tracks around 11:05 a.m., according to police.
He jumped down on the tracks, and was struck by a train, cops said. Authorities pronounced him dead at the scene.
Some sad news from earlier this week: on Monday afternoon a construction worker fell to his death from a building on W 33rd St between 9th&10th Aves, as the Post reports:
Cops say the man was working 12 stories above ground level at 434 West 33rd Street around 3:30 p.m.
The construction worker fell to the second story, where he landed on scaffolding, authorities said.
The man was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced DOA, according to authorities.
Very sad to hear. And making it even more troubling is how long it apparently took crews to remove the worker’s body from the site, according to commenters on CBSNY’s article on the incident. Our condolences to the man’s family…
