tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post2224622231390534453..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Carole Teller’s Changing New York Jeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-29916171301517910062017-09-05T00:49:40.451-04:002017-09-05T00:49:40.451-04:00It is with fond memories I remember Schachts, the ...It is with fond memories I remember Schachts, the St. Marks Cinema and even remember a diner on Astor place before gentrification. These businesses are the life blood of our community and were our neighbors. The saturation of bars and other alcohol outlets have decimated our community, which is residential, not a drinking destination.Jean Standishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971114932046685069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-75564276213091151252017-08-16T00:47:39.556-04:002017-08-16T00:47:39.556-04:00I lived on E. 5 between A and B. I used to buy no...I lived on E. 5 between A and B. I used to buy nova and white fish at Schact's. last of the Jewish appetizer stores. Then Koreans bought it. Then there was a fire and that was the end of Schact's. Second Ave was lined with Jewish shops of one kind or another when I was taking music lessons at the 3rd St music school on 4th in the early sixties. There were even a couple of Jewish store holdouts on Ave A such as the kosher butcher between 5th and 4th in the very early 80s. At least I can still get a blintz at Veselka. and yes Veselka use to be a very funky E. Village coffee shop with an E. European component. Thanks for posting the great photos. Love the big black cube. what the heck has happened to the Astor Place area? Not my E. Village.Rodinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557909244564177795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-41153494130823993632017-08-13T11:12:36.210-04:002017-08-13T11:12:36.210-04:00There used to be a quality to New York, captured i...There used to be a quality to New York, captured in these photos, which is so lacking now. For lack of a better term, call it "grittiness," but it was a true authenticity of place. When I moved to Manhattan in 1980, each day when I stepped out of the door of my apartment building I knew I was living in a place like no other in the country. Equal parts danger and excitement, New York was hated and feared by those not desperate enough to need to live there. All the designer cupcakes and artisan cocktails in the world do not nearly begin to fill the void I feel when I visit the sites of my now-vanished haunts today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647505299908491003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-83645064337406490502017-08-13T10:13:41.422-04:002017-08-13T10:13:41.422-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647505299908491003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-20100333238715840832017-08-09T01:45:28.081-04:002017-08-09T01:45:28.081-04:00I miss the old NY, the green block standing on its...I miss the old NY, the green block standing on its corner on Astor. My friend & I tried to rotate it.....the 5 & 10 on 9th st & 2nd, My boyfriend & I used to work @ Block Drug opened by "Mr. Palermo" as I called him. Ha ha he loved to paint & write short stories. I think I still remember one called "Frankie & Johnny*...oh the St.Marks cinema, haha I went to see a movie with a guy I liked when I was just starting HS. I thought it was a musical "Tango in Paris".....good times, good memories....Thanks for capturing them in photos.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15699653540127821330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-18859592330392499532017-08-08T11:30:56.680-04:002017-08-08T11:30:56.680-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018698439789288968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-15378408231422591252017-08-08T09:53:32.259-04:002017-08-08T09:53:32.259-04:00I love how ratty Veselka was. Now it's so glit...I love how ratty Veselka was. Now it's so glitzed up compared to thenDowntownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270523045141776338noreply@blogger.com