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.
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8 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyFebruary 13, 2014 at 12:05 PM

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

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 12:30 PM

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

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  3. EV GrieveFebruary 13, 2014 at 12:38 PM

    @ anon 12:30

    Meow Mix!

    @Goggla

    I like it too!

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  4. Scuba DivaFebruary 13, 2014 at 1:17 PM

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

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 3:28 PM

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

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 3:29 PM

    also the paint job is awesome:)

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  7. GojiraFebruary 13, 2014 at 3:50 PM

    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.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2014 at 12:32 AM

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

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