...and take a look back when J. Crew Liquor store was an actual liquor store:
Unearthed! The pool where Esther Williams once swam for Fox Movietone, long buried beneath Sony BMG's soundstage on 54th, now demolished for another condo tower. [Avatar]
Back to Doyers, where the battle for Chinatown rages on: Says Apotheke partner, “I’d like to maintain authenticity while I’m at the same time gentrifying.” Another says only the neighborhood natives have a right to complain. Exactly why we all must speak up. [TO] via [Eater]
More on the David's Bagels closure backlash. [Gothamist]
The EV fights back against bars--The Box and more denied liquor licenses. [Eater] & [SLES]
At Philippe Starck's appropriately nicknamed "yoo" condo tower, a fiddler fiddles while Wall Street burns. [EVG]
On the new Yankee Stadium: "the lettering 'Yankee Stadium' behind home plate is gold leaf. Its glass windows, which workers inside were cleaning with squeegees, are shiny and reflective like an office tower’s." [Times]
Business is tough in the Kingdom of Teacups. [Times]
On the new pixelated Rubik's Cube known as 56 Leonard: "it is another step in the transformation of Tribeca into Triburbia, where nannies push strollers by day and black towncars idle at night. Manhattan as stage set for wealthy foreigners and tourists."[TM] via [Curbed]
re the demise of Sony's west side studios, where I interviewed many bands and attended a few live tapings: This town dissapears block by block, no placards, no statues, no memories. It's like it's greatness never existed. The only thing that seems to maintain a prescence in NYC is the almigthy BUCK. History, culture, romance, beauty, be damned, the past doesn't exist nor is cared for here. and down we go.
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