tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post8286255718346262552..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Astoria RexallJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81784763278084308492015-11-12T10:36:25.573-05:002015-11-12T10:36:25.573-05:00So many places I don't go, would probably neve...So many places I don't go, would probably never go, but wish would stay there forever.<br />We find comfort in old things - long leases and the calm of sameness. It's an expensive comfort, unfortunately. At least we're making note of these places - something the banks and corporate goliaths could well do without. Memory should only go back to the last commercial you heard, according to the current "model".<br />Even dear I. Koch was anti mom & pops. Gotta make room for the real stuff, mom & pops. NYC spent so many years in the dark time, where everything was old, just as it had during the Depression. After the depression we tried to tear down everything old. We just wanted to move on - now somewhat to our regret.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565030682360603009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-16986418808945478342015-11-11T17:17:55.108-05:002015-11-11T17:17:55.108-05:00Thank you Scott, & Jeremiah, for letting us kn...Thank you Scott, & Jeremiah, for letting us know. I walked along here last week, and wondered what had happened - so unfair. Astoria still has a lot of fine, independent businesses, and it's sad to see any of them go. Just along from Rexall, Brown's Army Navy - Money Refunded, & the wonderful K & T Meats, also on Broadway. There are many more.onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.com