Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Barry Supply Co.

VANISHING?


The Barry Supply Co. has had this enigmatic storefront on West 17th Street for the past 40 years. It reminds me of something from a Ben Katchor comic. Sadly, this week there's a FOR RENT sign in the window. I don't know what that means. But it is amazing they've lasted this long with such a gloomy and poignant window display of "hard to get items."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Spoke to the manager Carlos.The for rent sign
is for the floors upstairs in the building.
This is a unique place. All sorts of items, but
mostly window and door parts and hardware.

Jeremiah Moss said...

thank you--that's good news