Friday, June 3, 2011

Day-O Today

After a failed landmarks scuffle to save the rounded metal facade of the long-empty Day-O restaurant on Greenwich Ave., new colonial-style restaurant Monument Lane opened in the space in April.

Just for the record, here's the corner over the past 25 years and today.


photo: westvillagebob's flickr, 1986


photo: Ken Mac, GVDP, 2009


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7 comments:

  1. BronxBoys77June 3, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    Great place if you want a $16.00 burger... 8-( At least there is Johnny's across the street!

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  2. AnonymousJune 3, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    Wow - the real loss was the La Marionetta Pizzeria sign! *sigh*

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  3. Ken MacJune 3, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    deevolution and pure evil.

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  4. AnonymousJune 3, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Ironic that there was an outcry against the removal of an incongruous 20th century addition, when the replacement storefront looks like a plausible recreation of the original.

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  5. AnonymousJune 3, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    i like the new resturant. it works better than the modern chrome one. its closer to what the area should look like. good move!

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  6. VisuaLingualJune 4, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    You know, I'm a bit mixed on this. It looks like the facade has been restored to its original appearance. Even though the previous sign was old [and cool], is this change bad? It's a ton better than covering up either facade with a shiny new intervention.

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  7. SpragueDJune 5, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    Glad that steel eyesore is gone -- never fit into the neighborhood. The new place seems much nicer.

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