Wednesday, December 12, 2007

*Everyday Chatter

Yesterday I posted on the decapitation of the Playpen. Here's more news about the hotel that's coming to take its place. [Curbed] Wait--it gets worse: The Playpen is not just decapitated. It's dead. [Curbed]

Basquiat graffiti discovered in Soho condo conversion? [1010wins]

Take a look at some of New York's last racing pigeons. [NY Times]

Can't wait for I Am Legend? Hungry for a little Manhattan apocalypse? Get ready with a peek at Hollywood's love affair for destroying New York. [Bowery Boys]

Welcome to SuburbiAstor Place. Now that Walgreens is open for business, we've got a chain trifecta. There are 4 clones in this photo, can you find them all?


14th Street is getting another giant chain drugstore. Between 1st and 2nd, where Gristede's once was, so shall Duane Reade be -- according to the demolition/construction guy I talked to this morning on the scene:


It's this time of year when I most miss Kurowycky Meats. They always had a warm, welcoming Christmas display in their window. Luckily, we still have Baczynsky's East Village Meat Market:


McSorley's has their pot-bellied stove stoked--for warming their customers' pot bellies these cold winter days. Mmm...toasty:
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 12, 2007 at 11:10 AM

    Yes, Jeremiah, we have become one big generic shopping mall, supersized, mega dormed to death, welcome to the new hideous new york....
    Suzannah B. Troy
    www.myspace.com/suzannahbtroyartistcom

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  2. NestaDecember 19, 2007 at 1:47 AM

    It is definitely a Duane Reade in the old Gristedes spot. And there's a Duane Reade right across the street, which just opened a few years ago (replacing a Love Pharmacy). I don't get it?

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