Thursday, March 5, 2015

You may now watch the documentary about former East Village boutique Mod World for free


[Photo from 1997 by EVG reader Dave Buchwald]

Last year around this time we told you about "Mod World," the documentary on the offbeat boutique that had a 12-year-run (1994-2006) at 85 First Ave. near East Fifth St.

Now, filmmaker-editor Jeff Turboff, a former East Village resident, tells us that the movie is available for free viewing at Vimeo. (Watch it here.)

You can read our Q-and-A with Turboff here.

11 comments:

Walter said...

So many of these funky little EV stores have disappeared, replaced by Chase Bank and Starbucks. Wasn't there a Spanish Wine Store for a while at that location, after Mod World?

EV Grieve said...

You're right... Tinto Fino closed here in May 2013

Anonymous said...

I wish time could stand still. I wish I didn't have to get older.

Walter said...

Thanks, EVG. Yes, that's what it was 'Tinto Fino'. Wish I could have supported them better, but I'm not a wine drinker

Anonymous said...

Mod world was a fun place to buy presents (especially change purses with holograms), and sometimes they played good music, I remember being in there in the late 90's and hearing this ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35hDrzcHnIA I also remember the owner and his dog, Romeo was it?

Anonymous said...

What were Mod
world's beginning and ending dates?

Anonymous said...

I remember the owner saying he was going to LA, a year or so after the store closed.

g whiz said...

I think the owner lives in Buffalo now, RIP Mod World, Love Saves The Day, Little Ricky's and all those other fun, quirky shops of the EV

~ evilsugar25 said...

@gee whiz -- YES!! to all of those and more! Cha Cha Tchotka, Atomic Passion, Waldorf Hysteria... and all those record stores and book stores!

Walter said...

'Good Records' is still around on 5th Street between 2nd & Bowery. One of the few surviving record stores.

Anonymous said...

I remember Downtown Music Gallery on that block in the early to mid 90s