SPRING 2012 Eas R t i v e NewsGUIDING LET THE CUP OF JOE r LIGHT CHILDREN PLAY Pushcart Coffee is now open at 221 The House The East River Playroom, located at East Broadway and is becoming a Committee is 573D Grand Street, is still accepting neighborhood treasure. Pushcart proud to memberships. The annual price is takes pride in brewing Stumptown bring you $175. To sign up send a note to Coffee and serving fresh pastries, the new [email protected]. The sandwiches, and soups sourced from “Guide to East Playroom is open 24 hours and can local farmers markets, bakeries, and River Cooperative.” The Guide, be rented for private parties. kitchens, including those owned by which was created by House Commit - tee member and East River News ed - VIVA LA FLACA itor Julian Swearengin, is a helpful Our friends at tasty local Mexican collection of information about various favorite La Flaca (384 Grand at Suf - amenities and resources at East folk) are offering a 10% discount River and its surrounding community. during May for all East River resi - Copies are available in the Manage - dents who present a copy of this re - ment Office and online under “Coop - view. Our undercover reporter erator’s Guide” at the East River noted: “The food is extremely tasty, website: http://coopvillage.coop/eas - well seasoned and inexpensive. My tRiverHC/erNewsDocs/ . family of four had a wonderful lunch some of our neighbors. Inside their consisting of a thick guacamole, a cozy space, Pushcart pairs a vintage MEET THE NEIGHBORS spicy hamburger, a chorizo burrito, aesthetic with 21st century technol - The successful tour of “Meet the and my vegan daughter had a veg - ogy to offer a comfortable and dy - Neighbors” nights in the lobbies of etable soup and a corn on the cob namic community space. Buildings 1 and 4 continues in Build - topped with Mexican cheese.” ing 2 on April 23 from 7:00 pm to SPURRING 8:30 pm. These events are brought DEVELOPMENT to you by the House Committee and Plans for the Seward Park Urban are a great way to make connec - Renewal Area are beginning to take tions with friends and neighbors shape: over drinks and snacks. Ⅵ The development will encompass 1.65 million square feet on nine HELP WANTED parcels. The House Committee is looking for Ⅵ It will be a mixed-use project volunteers with Photoshop, CAD, (40% commercial and 60% residen - and 3D modeling expertise to help tial). There could be up to 100,000 with future projects. If interested, square feet for community uses please send a note to erhousecom - (medical centers, cultural facilities, [email protected] . etc.) Most buildings will include both Eas t residential and commercial. Among cost $20, and permits for juniors R the commercial uses under consid - below 18 cost $10. One-hour single- i eration are a movie theater, a hotel, play tickets cost $15. Memberships v News e and a relocated and enlarged Essex and reservations are available at r Street Market. http://www.nycgovparks.org/per - Ecology Center at 212-477-4022 or Ⅵ There are expected to be 900 mits/tennis-permits The courts are a [email protected] . residential units, half of which will be part of The Brian Watkins Tennis Fans of East River Park should affordable housing. Club, which opened in 1991, and is also keep an eye out for the annual named for a 22-year-old tourist from Summer Stage calendar of events, A WORLD CLASS Utah who was slain while attempting including concerts and performances EDUCATION to protect his parents from subway scheduled for the band shell. Be A uniquely new, internationally-fo - muggers. The tennis club honors sure to check http://www.summer - cused private school has opened Watkins’s avid interest in tennis. stage.org/index.html for updates. along the M-21 and M-14 bus lines at 2nd Street and Second Avenue. FUN IN YOUR REDISTRICTING The World Class Learning Academy BACKYARD As a result of a complex redistricting (www.wclacademy.org) offers chil - Join your neighbors for two fun filled process following the 2010 Census, dren aged 2-11 a high-quality, inter - Saturdays this Spring planting, clean - All of East River Cooperative will be national education aimed at ing, and helping to spruce up the in Representative Nydia Velazquez' preparing students to meet the landscaped areas of East River Park. district, while Sheldon Silver and growing challenges of a rapidly On Saturday April 21 from 9 am - Daniel Squadron will continue to be changing world. Students benefit 2 pm, families and friends from our Assemblyman and State Sena - from an academic program based Grace Church School are planning tor starting in January, provided on a unique combination of the In - a park clean-up day. Team Leaders they are re-elected. City Council dis - ternational Primary Curriculum, the are needed to help facilitate garden - trict lines are still being redrawn. National Curriculum for England and ing activities. Wales, and the highly respected In - On Saturday, May 19 from 9 am - MAKING A POINT ternational Baccalaureate Diploma 2 pm, East River Park will host the Local Law 11 requires repair work to Programme. Several East River res - annual IT'S MY PARK DAY, a day of be done on East River’s brickwork idents have already enrolled at the events, fun and volunteer activities for every 10 to 15 years. Scaffolding school, which occupies the former the whole community. Come to the will be required for each building site of the La Salle Academy. Fire Boat House at the Grand Street being repaired. You will not need to Plaza and meet your neighbors while remove your air conditioner, and TENNIS ANYONE? helping to spruce up the park. blinds and curtains should be closed Tennis classes are offered for all No gardening experience is nec - if you have privacy concerns. The levels every Friday and Saturday on essary for either event, but a willing - work is scheduled to begin soon outdoor courts just five blocks away ness to get dirty is definitely a plus. and should be completed by De - E a s t at The Shuang Wen School (P.S. For more information or to volunteer, cember 2012. R i v e r 184M; South Street and Mont - please contact the Lower East Side N e w s gomery). Classes are two EAST RIVER HOUSE d e s i hours and are limited to 6 COMMITTEE g n e d students. The cost is $40 and The East River News is brought to b y P the coach is very experi - you by the House Committee, a h i l l i p s enced. To sign-up email gbiz - group of your East River Cooperative D e s i [email protected] . neighbors who are elected to advise g n , s Tennis is also offered in the Board and Management Office on p h i l l i issues of importance to shareholders. p East River Park until Novem - s 6 @ ber. Full-season permits for You may contact us through the Man - n y c . r r . adults 18-61 cost $200. Per - agement Office or confidentially at er - c o mits for seniors 62 and over [email protected] . m.