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Joey Ramone died on this date in 2001. He was 49.
We recently looked up to take in the Joey Ramone Place street sign on the Bowery and East Second Street…
For a moment we thought someone had stolen the sign again…
No, just looks like someone or something whacked it a few times…
Back in 2010, the Post reported that Joey Ramone Place is perhaps the most stolen of the 250,900 street signs in New York, according to the Department of Transportation. It has been stolen at least four times … and workers raised the sign to 20 feet. Standard street signs are between 12 and 14 feet off the ground.
Meanwhile the Joey Ramone Birthday Bash is May 19 at the Studio at Webster Hall. Find details here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Mickey Leigh on his brother Joey Ramone's 'New York City' video
Looking for Joey Ramone Place
More on Joey Ramone Place
I have one of those signs. I was already planning to take the first one when someone else nabbed it! I didn't think they'd replace it, but when they did, I took it right away. I have it mounted in my livingroom.
ReplyDeleteAnd you are proud of your thievery and of costing the New York taxpayer more money why, precisely?
ReplyDeleteLove Joey but the city should stop replacing the sign if so-called Ramones "fans" are going to insist on being assholes about it. The Ramones was never about stealing shit and trying to be all anti-establishment. They were about music.
ReplyDeleteJesus Christ, it's been 14 years since he died?! Can't believe it's been that long. He came to see my band play a few times in the late 90s and he was always super low key and incredibly cool. It was always humbling and amazing just to see him around. So sad to think that 3/4 of The Ramones are gone.
ReplyDeleteSorry to break it to you 12:37 but all four original Ramones have left us. :(
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