photo by Jonathan Walland
The 79-year-old deli closed at the end of December--for reasons no one fully understands.
Its famous Walls of Fame were recently stripped and its contents auctioned:
photo: Ken Jacowitz
photo: Ken Jacowitz
photo: Ken Jacowitz
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Man lives until it is remembered. Our memory - that's all. I started doing art project "1937 Carnegie Deli"
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Amazing to think of the number of souls who came and went, wearing those floors down. And now it's lifeless. Being picked liked the carcass of a dead animal.
This is really one of those losses I felt was beyond imagining - at least years ago before all the other unimaginable losses in that very neighborhood. I did enjoy that delicatessen, met friends there, ate well. Perhaps the sign will be sent out to Vegas where the imaginary New York lives.
Here's a commemorative mug (and clock):
https://society6.com/product/carnegie-deli-mug_mug#s6-6401820p30a27v199
I loved that sight. JS
Downtowner 9:32- The same could be said for New York city as a whole- Amazing to think of the number of souls who came and went, wearing those streets down. And now it's lifeless. Being picked liked the carcass of a dead animal.
In "Broadway Danny Rose" the neon sign was practically another character in the movie. Go to 3:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtQ-aWhtGA
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