The other day I noticed that someone added a heart and sign on the corner of Second Avenue and East 7th Street, where the three buildings came down following the March 26 gas explosion.
I thought it might be in memory of the two victims, Nicholas Figueroa and Moises Ismael Locón Yac.
But it's actually for the former business at 119 Second Ave. — Love Saves the Day...
...someone misses the store...
Updated 2/15
EVG reader Daniel shared these photos he took earlier in the month ... when Nicholas Figueroa's father Nixon and brother Neal placed Valentine's Day messages on the fence...
Great place! I used to buy firecrackers there as a kid. This was the mid 80s, when selling firecrackers to a 7 year old was still kosher in the East Village.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this store is sorely missed. I still have the Playtex Living Bra mannequin I bought there.
ReplyDeleteI miss that store too. A LOT.
ReplyDeleteThe SMALL BUSINESS JOBS SURVIVAL ACT would have saved LSD.
ReplyDeleteKT said
ReplyDeleteThe SMALL BUSINESS JOBS SURVIVAL ACT would have saved LSD.
It might have also saved Live Shop Die.
Small Business Survival act may not have saved LSTD: They closed in part because the owners wife passed away and he felt it lost its soul. From a 2008 NYT article: Store closings often are tied to rising rents in Manhattan. But that is only one reason Love Saves the Day is shutting its doors. Mr. Herson said the death in August of his wife, Leslie Herson, 65, who started the store, left it without its soul. “It’s hard to carry on without her,” said Mr. Herson, who will continue running a second store with the same name in New Hope, Pa
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