2) As Eater reported, Eddie Huang is opening his second Baohaus location... coming to the Thai Me Up space. Having seen the gutted interior, July 25 seems like an optimistic opening date.
3) Plywood is up now at the coming-soon IHOP.
4) The Exquisite DVD store is open, though the space is for lease...
5) The new awning is up at the relocated Xoom. We expect to hear about an opening date very soon.
6) The Super Saving Store is closing near Third Avenue...
7) The Mystery Lot now features a Happy Hour...
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It will truly be a happy hour at the Mystery Lot when ET returns. And boy do I dread the unveiling of that IHOP.
you don't see streets like E 14th anymore. the section between 2nd and 3rd ave was especially interesting for its big trees and eclectic mix of businesses (royal wig, russian doll shop, shoe store, locksmith..)
Bugger. I miss Nathan's ...
14th street between 2nd & 3rd avenues was a 24-hour-a-day drug-infested crossroads between the 9th and 13th precincts for many many years.
with the proliferation of methadon clinics and medicaid mills many small businesses closed.
the rooming house located at 209 east 14th (run by the same guy as the Regina "Hotel" on 13th St (2-3) and the SRO on the corner of 14th and 3rd contributed to the downfall of the area. and there was an infamous medicaid mill in the basement of 209.
after years of meetings the 9th and 13th precincts were allowed to cross the street to chase or arrest dealers (and prostitutes and an occasional john).
community boards #3 and #6 signed a memorandum of understanding with the Beth Israel methadone centers (but not Medical M on 3rd Ave or Meth Aid on 2nd) to try and minimize the negative impact of some of their clients on the neighborhood.
then sweet 14 was born. i won't get into the political nightmare of those days except to say that a lot of dollars were expended but little changed until the two private methadone centers were closed.
perhaps those closings were the start of gentrification.
there were some wonderful small neighborhood stores around then that did not last past the early 70s.
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