Thanks to an EV Grieve Facebook regular for letting us know that C’est Magnifique relocated earlier this month from Macdougal Street to East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
As the Times noted a few years back, Funzy and Josephine Albrizio opened the store on Macdougal Street in 1959 ... the next generation of the Albrizio family now run the jewelry store...
And from the Times, a familiar story...
After more than half a century in the same spot, Mr. Albrizio said he was unsure of C’est Magnifique’s future: the building that houses the shop changed hands around six months ago, and he fears that the new owner might raise the rent when his lease runs out in two years. "My uncle said to me, 'This place had a birthday; it was born,'" Mr. Albrizio said. "And everything that’s born dies. It's just the way it is. Nothing lasts forever."
Glad they found space here... and just maybe, their old neighbor, Bleecker Bob's, will find a new home here too...
The east village has now reached the point where being the new MacDougal Street is actually a plus. That's sad.
ReplyDeleteHooray! No need to go all the way across town for eyeball rings and gigantic ancient cameos!
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Wow! I love jewelry and I love that store. I don't love so much the cranky dude who couldn't trouble himself to show me the $1200 amethyst Matl necklace I wanted to buy (he wouldn't, so I didn't). But still, it's much more convenient, though my first 9th Street jewelry loyalty is forever pledged to Gregg Wolf Studio.
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