After five years here at 350 E. Ninth St., Matiell is leaving for the roomier confines of the Upper East Side at the end of the month... a sign on the door notes they will have triple the space at their new home on the corner of East 87th and Lex...
Good for Matiell for finding such spacious accommodations ... perhaps more bad retail news for this stretch of East Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue ... where storefronts are yielding to real-estate offices.
Also, as previously reported, the owners of Archangel Antiques are retiring ... and the storefront at No. 334 a few doors to the west is closing on June 30.
The real-estate offices take over the EV storefronts the less these realtors can expound the "cute shops" and "fun businesses" the neighborhood is famous for, grieve.
ReplyDeleteGood point, anon!
ReplyDeleteI spoke w/ Matiell last summer and he seemed sad about the state of EV rents and the ability to break even anymore. Great guy, hope it works out for him up there. Will definitely miss his selections.
ReplyDeleteWow the fricken upper west side is cheaper than the EV?
ReplyDeleteLove the owner of that shop. Really nice guy. I think he'll be do well uptown.
ReplyDeleteI keep trying to remember what was here before the clothing stores (there was another here before Matiell)...anyone know? I vaguely recall being disappointed that whatever it was closed, or moved, and I wasn't thrilled with a clothing store. (That's just me, not expecting others to think that.)
ReplyDeleteAnyone?
Well, the 9th street is changing so fast. Everything is turning to a flash/camera like. Now you see it, now you don't.
ReplyDeleteFialka Vintageet boutique is leaving the 9th street. It is already closed. Fialka operated for 28 years in that place.