tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post1123142405138470484..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Pussycat FalloutJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-57504310339452308142011-06-11T13:11:03.202-04:002011-06-11T13:11:03.202-04:00..Yes the signage isn't the most significant l.....Yes the signage isn't the most significant loss to the Village as a whole. But it's a very significant loss to Minetta Street. That one small block has a fascinating history.<br /><br />Greenwich Village history walking tours would often stop at the FBPC sign. It was a natural stopping point to talk about the area when it was called Little Africa. The FBPC was in integral part of the story of the Street. I suppose the Sex In The City tours won this round.<br /><br />In this era of faux old timey McNally-ization of places and neighborhoods, the FBPC sign represented something authentic. As subtle and "insignificant" as it was, it added to the patina of the neighborhood. As anyone who watches the Antiques Roadshow knows, you shouldn't polish the brass, just maintain it and leave it alone.<br /><br />WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-18696581454698225252011-06-10T14:08:25.715-04:002011-06-10T14:08:25.715-04:00now that he has all that nice, bright red clean sp...now that he has all that nice, bright red clean space, he can write: Overpriced Margaritas made with cheap-ass tequila and sour mix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-28575931280891703602011-06-10T01:00:04.772-04:002011-06-10T01:00:04.772-04:00As I wrote in the comments section in the Times ar...As I wrote in the comments section in the Times article, this isn't just about a sign. The reason the preservationists and others -- like me -- are so overly sensitive is that the business interests have destroyed the soul of the Village and Manhattan in general -- something I don't have to remind Jeremiah's readers. That's why we get apoplectic over things like old signs. I don't expect Engelhardt to understand and there is something endearing about the old curmudgeon. But as others have pointed out, the only thing Panchito's has given the world is the absolute worst nachos I've ever had the misfortune of trying to eat. I went there years ago with a friend from Texas who knows decent Tex-Mex food and he was horrified. Cheese Whiz on Tostitos. And I ain't no foodie!Michael Simmonshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-simmons/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-58790133432509885792011-06-09T22:09:42.202-04:002011-06-09T22:09:42.202-04:00how did i miss that place? the pussy cat. i passed...how did i miss that place? the pussy cat. i passed it all the time but never went in. the mexican resturant still looks like the old village. this guy sounds bitter but this is not as bad as it could be. speaking of bob dylan, does he still have his house in the w. village?Slrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-36336941037024589452011-06-09T19:17:16.630-04:002011-06-09T19:17:16.630-04:00Too bad there was a story to get out. It just keep...Too bad there was a story to get out. It just keeps coming. The march towards nothingness.Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-18644838031188736862011-06-09T19:02:48.032-04:002011-06-09T19:02:48.032-04:00I am sorry to see that little bit of history slath...I am sorry to see that little bit of history slathered in garish red paint. And Englehardt's description of the Fat Black Pussycat as being a "cesspool" kind of fits Panchito's, too. <br /><br />This is such a great blog, even if almost every post depresses me.Bob Fingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985924051708608925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-78485325635630231522011-06-09T15:25:21.254-04:002011-06-09T15:25:21.254-04:00Hey here's a little Village character for you:...Hey here's a little Village character for you: Let's boycott the fucker's shop. His freedom to cover it up, our freedom to tell him to go fuck himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-10135924776910742632011-06-09T14:42:49.687-04:002011-06-09T14:42:49.687-04:00thanks W. glad the news got out, too. your tip has...thanks W. glad the news got out, too. your tip has traveled a long way!Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-49073143095448993272011-06-09T14:28:10.675-04:002011-06-09T14:28:10.675-04:00Just a note. I sent the story to Emphemeral NY and...Just a note. I sent the story to Emphemeral NY and Jeremiahs Vanishing NY at the same time on May 26th. JVNY picked the story up after I photographed the sign. JVNY immediately ran with it with my picture. I believe Lost City may have actually broke the story a couple of hours before, but without a current picture. <br /><br />Glad to see that the story been picked up. <br /><br />WWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16832225526108040476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-55928969138468424642011-06-09T13:54:13.802-04:002011-06-09T13:54:13.802-04:00thanks Ken. i got the story direct from a reader. ...thanks Ken. i got the story direct from a reader. cred to Brooks and Ephemeral.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-66524584162169722262011-06-09T13:37:56.133-04:002011-06-09T13:37:56.133-04:00Brooks' Lost City reported the news first, cop...Brooks' Lost City reported the news first, copping from Ephemeral NY on May 30. Credit where credit due....Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-53756229738029860912011-06-09T13:26:56.841-04:002011-06-09T13:26:56.841-04:00I find it funny that he says the Village is all ab...I find it funny that he says the Village is all about freedom and not rules, then rails against the FBPC for being a den of drugs, prostitution, and fistfights.<br /><br />Overall I think the sign holds very little residual meaning. This is not on par with losing the Cooper Square building.Little Earthquakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357902966348718076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-57910931806754545202011-06-09T13:13:45.643-04:002011-06-09T13:13:45.643-04:00Wow! I love that old crank! He's hilarious! Yo...Wow! I love that old crank! He's hilarious! You should go talk to him and get more stories of the "old" village out of him!!julie wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410026241201864506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-58635902413807631642011-06-09T13:05:11.328-04:002011-06-09T13:05:11.328-04:00I do like the term "taste Nazis".I do like the term "taste Nazis".ShatteredMonoclenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-74980477508144304942011-06-09T12:00:42.324-04:002011-06-09T12:00:42.324-04:00Englehardt states so incorrectly, "
"The...Englehardt states so incorrectly, "<br />"There are buildings that are worth preserving. Ninety per cent of what's in the Village isn't."<br /><br />Hey, wake up! You got it backwards! Ninety per cent of the Village IS landmarked.<br />This codger must be losing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-18171216363831289322011-06-09T09:20:31.975-04:002011-06-09T09:20:31.975-04:00It does suck, and I don't understand why he...It does suck, and I don't understand why he'd opt to paint over it but so be it. He's not tearing down the building or selling out to a bank branch.<br /><br />We'll probably all be freaking out when Panchito's starts facing financial struggles and we'll all be clamoring for it's survival, even though it's just bad Mexican food and shoddy margaritas helmed by a crankpot.Blayzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01136105375595309776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-50841135044911842162011-06-09T09:15:16.580-04:002011-06-09T09:15:16.580-04:00Complete overreaction from everyone involved. We ...Complete overreaction from everyone involved. We should not be complaining about the loss of a sign, we should be complaining about the loss of places like the Fat Black Pussycat. Who cares about the sign? If a Starbucks moved to that spot and kept the sign, would it be ok?<br /><br />Honestly, there is little left in this city that is worth saving. What we need to preserve is the old school NYC attitude, not some sign. Go visit your re-ensembled CBGB in Vegas whenever it opens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-38899736330353763782011-06-09T08:43:12.861-04:002011-06-09T08:43:12.861-04:00i have to say, i kind of like the hard-ass guy, to...i have to say, i kind of like the hard-ass guy, too. it's not like some cupcake shop or Marc Jacobs store moved in and painted it. i wish he hadn't painted it, but if someone had to, maybe having it be some cranky old Villager is a not bad way to go.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-65903000507208657172011-06-09T08:37:57.494-04:002011-06-09T08:37:57.494-04:00Honestly, how many of us eat at Panchitos? It'...Honestly, how many of us eat at Panchitos? It's a hang for tourists and the visiting parents of NYU students. I kinda' like his hard-assed take on The Old Days. And I agree with others who said there are bigger challenges (such as NYU's relentless growth).SpragueDhttp://www.ratdiary.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-9899755015597243242011-06-09T08:30:26.546-04:002011-06-09T08:30:26.546-04:00I, for one, will never spend another dime in Panch...I, for one, will never spend another dime in Panchito's, until and unless it gets a new owner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-57400509203885380872011-06-09T08:20:24.691-04:002011-06-09T08:20:24.691-04:00The two or three times I went on that street there...The two or three times I went on that street there was always a fight going on. And the girls in the place were an imitation of the whores I could get on 3rd Ave between 12th & 14th Streets. School girls made out to look the hookers. Boring.Mykola ( Mick) Dementiukhttp://www.MykolaDementiuk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-76405621852428698622011-06-09T07:56:14.276-04:002011-06-09T07:56:14.276-04:00By his description, it sounds like he was in there...By his description, it sounds like he was in there, maybe once, somebody asked him to buy pot, and an underage girl told him to piss off. And he's carried the resentment around for 50-plus years, only letting it out when he's old and getting senile, with his back against the wall for being such a douchebag. My guess is, he's lived in the Village since '51 but was never part of the scene he wanted to be part of because he's too straightlaced and boring.<br /><br />And what Anonymous said, too.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-15678336135010677762011-06-09T07:37:56.912-04:002011-06-09T07:37:56.912-04:00Odd that the mainstream media picked up on this pa...Odd that the mainstream media picked up on this particular issue, whiel the wholesale slaughter of our history that has gone on these past 20 years. I am certainly too young to have gone to the FBPC (and I am in my 50s) so he may in fact be right about it. At any rate this is just the painting over of a fading sign, since the club itself has been closed since before most people were born, it isn't that big a loss. Compared to the carnage chronicled on this and other blogs, and ignored in the press, it's pretty insignificant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-86705654733508773842011-06-09T07:34:37.213-04:002011-06-09T07:34:37.213-04:00Point taken. Still don't agree with him, neces...Point taken. Still don't agree with him, necessarily; even dicey, quirky, smoky history is something to behold in these days of controlled, spiffy blahness. But he sure is a one-off Village character, that's for sure! His words did soften the blow a bit for me.Ellen Fagannoreply@blogger.com