Comments on: Storefronts of a fading New York http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540424 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540424 It's happening all across America, quirky local stores with their unique storefront marquees are disappearing, and being replaced with chain stores that have cookie-cutter storefronts. Such is life. It’s happening all across America, quirky local stores with their unique storefront marquees are disappearing, and being replaced with chain stores that have cookie-cutter storefronts. Such is life.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540425 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540425 @ #1: Ess-A Bagel is still around, and still making some of the best bagels in the city :) @ #1: Ess-A Bagel is still around, and still making some of the best bagels in the city :)

]]> By: bbonyx http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540437 bbonyx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540437 I'm suddenly hit with a massive craving for a Salami and Egg from the Carnegie. One of you cats in Manhattan go have one for me at lunch. I’m suddenly hit with a massive craving for a Salami and Egg from the Carnegie. One of you cats in Manhattan go have one for me at lunch.

]]> By: pitman http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540981 pitman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540981 My father-in-law had a sign company and last year my mother-in-law showed me a few dozen photos that were taken over the span of a few decades of signs that he and his father had done, mostly in NYC and on Central Ave. in Yonkers. When I get around to getting a scanner I will post them at: <a href="http://aaronsigns.blogspot.com/"> Aaron Signs. </a> My father-in-law had a sign company and last year my mother-in-law showed me a few dozen photos that were taken over the span of a few decades of signs that he and his father had done, mostly in NYC and on Central Ave. in Yonkers. When I get around to getting a scanner I will post them at: Aaron Signs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540481 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540481 @ #2, sadly, no. @ everyone, the murray's (and their dog tabasco) are the real deal. here's their flickrstream http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimandkarlamurray/ and website http://www.jamesandkarlamurray.com/ @ #2, sadly, no.

@ everyone, the murray’s (and their dog tabasco) are the real deal.
here’s their flickrstream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimandkarlamurray/
and website
http://www.jamesandkarlamurray.com/

]]> By: Downpressor http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-542859 Downpressor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542859 @#1 Gem Spa was there as of the first week of June 2009. Saw this book, really wanted to buy it for the times when I get all nostalgic about when I lived in NYC. Just didnt have the 9,000 Yen to drop at the time. I'll just have to be content with the photos I took on my last trip. @#1 Gem Spa was there as of the first week of June 2009.

Saw this book, really wanted to buy it for the times when I get all nostalgic about when I lived in NYC. Just didnt have the 9,000 Yen to drop at the time. I’ll just have to be content with the photos I took on my last trip.

]]> By: Chris Spurgeon http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540556 Chris Spurgeon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540556 I've got a little bit of skepticism of the premise of this book. Sure, New York now has a zillion Starbucks and Burger Kings, but there is *so much* street-level retail space in the commercial areas of Manhattan that it feels close to infinite. I think what's happening, and what the book also captures, is that newer independent retail spaces tend to present a much cleaner, more minimalist appearance to the street. Perhaps a big part of this change is stark looking shoe shops replacing the anarchic cluttered discount type places that the book celebrates? I’ve got a little bit of skepticism of the premise of this book. Sure, New York now has a zillion Starbucks and Burger Kings, but there is *so much* street-level retail space in the commercial areas of Manhattan that it feels close to infinite.

I think what’s happening, and what the book also captures, is that newer independent retail spaces tend to present a much cleaner, more minimalist appearance to the street. Perhaps a big part of this change is stark looking shoe shops replacing the anarchic cluttered discount type places that the book celebrates?

]]> By: stevew http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540563 stevew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540563 Curl Up & Dye Salon 2188 Broadway New York, NY Curl Up & Dye Salon
2188 Broadway New York, NY

]]> By: Brett Burton http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540819 Brett Burton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540819 @7 Don't be skeptical. This is a pretty real phenomenon. I see it all the time in Brooklyn. The worst is when some old timey family run spot gets taken over by the next generation. They inevitably take an incredible vintage bakery, restaurant, deli, butcher shop, etc. and remove everything cool about it. Then they replace the interior with horrible tacky modern stuff. Ironically, new places open up in the same hoods and spend tons of money to look like they've been their forever. @7
Don’t be skeptical. This is a pretty real phenomenon. I see it all the time in Brooklyn. The worst is when some old timey family run spot gets taken over by the next generation. They inevitably take an incredible vintage bakery, restaurant, deli, butcher shop, etc. and remove everything cool about it. Then they replace the interior with horrible tacky modern stuff. Ironically, new places open up in the same hoods and spend tons of money to look like they’ve been their forever.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540592 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540592 Well, this one seems harmless. Well, this one seems harmless.

]]> By: eggonstilts http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540604 eggonstilts Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540604 This reminds me of the web site <a href="http://www.forgotten-ny.com/">Forgotten NY</a> by Kevin Walsh which coves this topic along with other antiquated aspects of New York, such as painted ads on buildings, closed subway stations and cast iron lamp posts. Walsh has <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-New-York-Views-Metropolis/dp/0060754001/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200959276&sr=8-1">written a book</a> on the subject as well. He routinely schedules walking tours of the different borrows and out-of-the-way neighborhoods of the city. This reminds me of the web site Forgotten NY by Kevin Walsh which coves this topic along with other antiquated aspects of New York, such as painted ads on buildings, closed subway stations and cast iron lamp posts.

Walsh has written a book on the subject as well. He routinely schedules walking tours of the different borrows and out-of-the-way neighborhoods of the city.

]]> By: cosanostradamus http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540404 cosanostradamus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540404 . Reminds me of "Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer." Wonder if the Gem Spa is still there? Or Ess-A-Bagel? I know these are still there: <a href="http://blog-me-no-blogs.blogspot.com/2009/07/news-of-bruno-senile-mice.html">Bruno & The Escaped Chimps.</a> . .
Reminds me of “Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer.”

Wonder if the Gem Spa is still there? Or Ess-A-Bagel?

I know these are still there: Bruno & The Escaped Chimps.
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]]> By: monitorhead http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540920 monitorhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540920 reminds me of a book i happen to have thanks to my photo professor. Barbshop http://www.amazon.com/Barbershops-Tally-Abecassis/dp/1904772145/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1247525705&sr=1-1 reminds me of a book i happen to have thanks to my photo professor.

Barbshop
http://www.amazon.com/Barbershops-Tally-Abecassis/dp/1904772145/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1247525705&sr=1-1

]]> By: murrayhenson http://boingboing.net/2009/07/13/storefronts-of-a-fad.html#comment-540412 murrayhenson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540412 Is Paul's Boutique still around? Is Paul’s Boutique still around?

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