Lauren Carol SmithGood morning, East Village.
The Associated Press tells us that Gavin DeGraw, who was attacked by at least two men in the East Village on Monday night, has been released after a night’s stay at Bellevue Hospital. A police source tells the Post that the singer was too drunk to remember the attack clearly, but his brother Joseph insists he was drinking nothing but cranberry juice.
If that incident isn’t keeping you away from the nightlife, the folks at DNA Info remind us that the first-ever AlphaBet City Dolly Film Festival starts tomorrow. Thirty independent films will be screened at bars and restaurants between Avenues A and C, from First Street to 14th Street.
Two new Bowery restaurants are coming along: Yesterday EV Grieve noticed that Veselka Bowery was readying its tables, and now Bowery Boogie notes that the Bowery Diner, from the owners of Peels, has put up some signage.
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation writes that the Landmarks Preservation Commission did not vote last night on a proposed new six-story apartment building at 372 Lafayette Street. Instead, commission members asked the developer, architect Morris Adjmi, to return at a later date with revisions. Renderings for the building can be found on the society’s Web site.
