EV Grieve

Another week, another mix of endings, beginnings and neighborhood moments. We said our goodbyes to White Trash after 31 years, stopped by REI on its final day in New York City and visited an East Village kitchen where sour cherries become summer jam.

• After 31 years, White Trash is closing on 5th Street (July 21)

• How an East Village resident turns sour cherries into sweet summer jam (July 23)

Photo by Stacie Joy

• At the last day of REI’s flagship NYC store (July 24)

• Barryville General expanding next door on Avenue A with a cafe (July 20)

• Volunteers honor founders of Backpacks for the Street on the Lower East Side (July 21)

• Freedom Village gets a colorful new mural from Scooter LaForge (July 20)

• Plywood arrives at long-vacant lot on 1st Avenue as work begins on new 7-floor building (July 22)

• An L7 moment at Irving Plaza (July 19)

• Ladybird announces year-end closing on 7th Street (July 20)

• Watching the World Cup final (July 19)

• Scenes from ‘Smell the Flowers,’ a 1-night-only East Village art show (July 25)

Astrid, Vlad and Crane by Stacie Joy

• Reader reports: Stickett Inn closes ahead of a move to a new space (July 23)

• On the rental market: 235 E. 4th St. (July 22)

• Openings: Two Cookies on 1st Avenue (July 23) … Rollcraft on 10th Street (July 22) … Dim Sum Bloom on 1st Avenue (July 20)

• A penny for your thoughts? (July 22)

Lastly… I just starting Guy Trebay's elegant memoir, “Do Something.” Progress is slow because I keep stopping to reread sentences — not out of confusion, but out of admiration. The cadence, the precision, the way they unfold... each sentence feels like a small work of art.