tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post3774142632153193746..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Panda in HellJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-55345031610995216672016-03-09T18:39:32.882-05:002016-03-09T18:39:32.882-05:00In the past any New Yorker worth their salt would ...In the past any New Yorker worth their salt would scoff at going to chain and not supporting a local business. Not the New Yorkers of today I bet. RJP3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08726623306550137937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-53545414455083387622016-02-25T10:33:39.251-05:002016-02-25T10:33:39.251-05:00That's a corner I know well. I lived across 4...That's a corner I know well. I lived across 46th Street (and one floor up) from 1989 to late '92. I watched men build out Zen Palate by hand (even bringing in a huge steel beam on their shoulders). The prior tenant was some non-descript unfinished furniture store, from the time Hell's Kitchen still felt like it was miles away from the action. I lived and worked in the neighborhood as far back as '85, and I remember how marvelously backward and affordable some of the area was.<br />This corner is part of the flow. Only owners can stave it off in places. The Galaxy coffee shop across 46th is still family-owned, and it goes back to the early 80's. It too has changed, and it's not the actor/model/comedian hangout it once was, but it's still local. It can't be surprising that chains want these spaces. Truthfully, we would have welcomed a thing like that in 1990, as the ease of getting dinner was challenged by theater restaurants vs. lousy convenience stores vs. bars. A new generation will simply see what is, not what was. Personally, I'd like to see Ninth Avenue with an EL train running over it, but that's not likely to be.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565030682360603009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-42538009772077499982016-02-24T11:56:41.109-05:002016-02-24T11:56:41.109-05:00What I'd give for a Howard Johnson's or Ho...What I'd give for a Howard Johnson's or Horn & Hardart in NYC ! rongeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566865793728147959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81398900788131634812016-02-24T11:22:51.640-05:002016-02-24T11:22:51.640-05:00This might actually do well in Times Square. But i...This might actually do well in Times Square. But in the old Zen Palate location....?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335760945374779613noreply@blogger.com