Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Documentary on photographer Jay Maisel's life at 190 Bowery opens today



As a reminder, "Jay Myself," the documentary about photographer-artist Jay Maisel's time living in 190 Bowery, opens today (July 31) for a two-week run at the Film Forum on West Houston.

Maisel bought No. 190 Bowery at Spring Street in 1966 for $102,000. He sold the six-story, 72-room building where he lived with his wife and daughter to Aby Rosen in early 2015 for $55 million.

The sale of No. 190 — the circa 1898 Germania Bank Building — was the biggest, and most interesting, downtown real-estate transaction in recent years (and maybe ever).

Here's the official trailer...



So far the reviews have been positive.

Find ticket info at this Film Forum link.

Previously on EV Grieve:
This documentary takes you inside Jay Maisel's move from the legendary 190 Bowery
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7 comments:

  1. noble neolaniJuly 31, 2019 at 9:59 AM

    wealthy hoarder sells building, the end.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 31, 2019 at 12:35 PM

    Does Noble ever have anything positive to say? What a drag.

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  3. MrNiceGuyJuly 31, 2019 at 3:39 PM

    Great photographer smartly purchases an entire building, makes it his own, fascinates other New Yorkers who never got to see inside, movie is made about it

    There's a pretty big difference between hoarding and art, I'd call this art...

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  4. XTCJuly 31, 2019 at 4:20 PM

    Sometimes there isn't much of a difference between hoarding and art.......but having said that all that old hand made stuff has a quality that doesn't exist any more. Compared to all the mass produced shit and junk made in China Maisel's collection is like a museum for a culture that disappeared. I just wonder why he didn't sell years ago. What do you do with 55 million when you're 85?

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  5. noble neolaniJuly 31, 2019 at 5:43 PM

    @12:35 PM
    Sorry, not today.

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  6. Daniel AubryAugust 1, 2019 at 10:18 PM

    What do you do with 55 Million when you're 85 ? You spend it.
    Jay bought himself an 18 million dollar townhouse in Brooklyn,
    and I'm sure he'll find uses for the rest....

    I happen to live next door to the Germania Bank building. I love it
    that Abby Rosen spent a small fortune cleaning up the building and
    that most of the graffitti are back ! Downtown Lives !

    Daniel Aubry

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  7. Laura GogginAugust 11, 2019 at 9:16 PM

    I saw this film last week and loved it. Wonderful photographer and an extremely interesting person.

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