Tuesday, August 24, 2021
A striped awning for the Tile Bar
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My first reaction was also to note that I didn't know Tile Bar was the actual name. Is it? I thought they were related somehow to WXOU in the West Village, but maybe I'm thinking of another place.
ReplyDeleteThat name goes back to the 80s.
ReplyDeleteI've always called it The Tile Bar, because it didn't seem to have an actual name. It's slightly disconcerting to have that name now be official.
ReplyDeleteIts official name was WCOU Radio. Maybe still is. But almost from the very beginning (1983) people called it the Tile Bar. There were some who called it the Radio Bar, but that didn't last long. It's been known as the Tile Bar pretty much ever since. The awning pretty much cements it.
ReplyDeleteBar, Brooks Brothers, and beyond
ReplyDeleteSince the 80s I called it Radio Bar because of the clock. Iam not liking the awning.
ReplyDeleteWas cool to call it Tile Bar when it wasn't actually its name.
ReplyDeleteThat awning is great (for an ice cream parlor)
I'm pretty sure legal name of this bar is WCOU Radio Bar, which was a sister bar of WXOU radio Bar on the west side (sold by the owners awhile back). It has been referred to by locals as "Tile Bar" since the mid 80's though.
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