Hickey's has closed--the dive bar near Penn Station was expected to shutter in 2008. Now it has. [EVG]
Greenwich Village bar The Stoned Crow is closing. Says Marty of his encounter with the owner of the photo-covered dive: "Betty looked sad... she told me the bar is closing due to steep rents from her greedy-ass landlord." [365]
The Walker finds "real, honest-to-God local entertainment" on the shuttle train. [WIC]
Riding the holiday Nostalgia Train. [BB]
Some people oddly excited about new bank branch. [NYO]
Take a walk from Coney to Midwood. [FNY]
Go back in time on a Coney Motordrome bike. [ATZ]
Along the fence at the 13th Street "mystery lot," a new work of art--clothing and hangers arranged to spell MATERIALISTIC:
Sad news about The Stoned Crow and Hickey's. Two more down. And Fedora told me that the new owners were going to keep the original sign. Why am I not surprised they went back on that? I think I'll stay away from the new place and remember it as it was.
ReplyDeleteNo, not the Stoned Crow! I love that place. :( What a shame. At this point, we should just gather all our dead favorite places and re-open them all in one space: Max Stoned Crow Fish Fedora...on Mars.
ReplyDeletereally sorry to hear about the stoned crow. thanks sucks!
ReplyDeleteI've said it once before and I will say it again:
ReplyDeleteNew York just get it over with already.