Thursday, February 13, 2014

New mural for East Houston Street building that no one seems to want to buy or rent


[Photo Tuesday by @joncheese]

Worked started on a new mural for 269 E. Houston St. at Suffolk on Tuesday... and as of late yesterday afternoon...



BoweryBoogie ID'd the artist as Queen Andrea, who created a mural advertisement for Converse.

The Local 269 closed here in September 2012. There have been a few potential suitors, though nothing ever came of the various proposals for the bar space. We spotted nine different for rent/sale signs on the business last summer ... The whole building remains on the market for $12 million.

8 comments:

Laura Goggin Photography said...

I like it. Adds some warm color to the current snowy gray hellscape.

Anonymous said...

I have been try to remember what the name of it was when it was a lesbian bar? Anyone?

EV Grieve said...

@ anon 12:30

Meow Mix!

@Goggla

I like it too!

Scuba Diva said...

When it was Meow Mix, my roommate used to refer to it as "Kitty Litter."

Anonymous said...

why doesn't anyone that building? it's a beauty and it's by a park! tsk!

Anonymous said...

also the paint job is awesome:)

Gojira said...

Ah yes, Meow Mix, which in the 90s used to have Xena Night once a month, which Lucy Lawless dropped in on when she was on Broadway in Grease. She loved it, they loved her.

Anonymous said...

Loved it when it was Meow Mix. They had really good bands play too. Unfortunately, this location seems cursed.