via NY Times
Founder Steve Rosenthal writes on the studio's Facebook page:
"After an amazing 28 year run, I will have to close The Magic Shop Recording Studio. March 16, 2016 will be our last day open. Everyone knows why I have to close, so there is little point in rehashing my story."
He thanks Dave Grohl, The Foo Fighters, and Lee Johnson "for stepping up big time last year to try and save the studio." As the Times reported yesterday, the legendary studio was in a landlord dispute. Rosenthal tried to buy the property, but the co-op board said no. Lou Reed, David Bowie, and many others recorded here.
via Magic Shop Facebook page
In his Facebook note, Rosenthal adds:
"One last thing, I get that New York City is always changing and adapting like the living city it is. Maybe what I believe in is no longer of value, but it was for us and we lived it.
As the city becomes more of a corporate and condo island, some of us wish for a better balance between money and art, between progress and preservation, and we hope that one day we will see a reversal of the destruction of conscience and community we are witnessing.
Or maybe not...
After all I'm just a guy from The Bronx."
Until recently I lived in the Bronx. Is it at all feasible to move this place to the Bronx? I know, probably a crazy question.
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