Anyway, yesterday, Bayou shared the photo of the ghost signage for "Appetizers" on what was most recently New Herbal World.
As a follow-up, EVG regular Edmund John Dunn, who grew up nearby with his family, shared the following photo... of his brother (photoshopped to protect his privacy!) from the early 1960s... the photographer is looking to the east, with the corner of Avenue A visible in the background... as well as the ConEd plant in the distance ... 
Here's a blown-up look without getting too grainy...
On the corner is a Horn and Hardart retail store (not an automat) ... then a greeting cards store... then Mindy's luncheonette... then the deli/shop with the appetizing sign.
The previous post on the ghost signage has a little more history about the place.
Meanwhile, back to that top photo, workers dispensed with the ghost signage in combining the storefronts — New Herbal World and Lower East Side Coffee Shop for the next tenant: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.
awesome sleuthing
ReplyDeleteI miss all of those cheepo Bargain stores on 14th and A..Reasonable and a real service to the Community!
ReplyDeleteIs it me or does the sidewalk seem wider?
ReplyDeleteBRAVO Edmund John Dunn! Great reporting on this, and it makes me long for that much-earlier era. And that Barricini's sign - only people my age even know what Barricini's was!
ReplyDeleteI remember Baricinis.
ReplyDeleteSo it looks like 1 lane of traffic in each direction. Can't tell if there's a lane of parked cars on the north side, but most of the street is given over to pedestrians. And there are lots of people.
ReplyDeleteWait, there was a Barricini candy store on the corner of 14th and A??? And I MISSED it??? Daaaaaaamn....
ReplyDeleteWe always called every business that was there after them Barricini's, but I just realized the other day that it didn't translate to the place that's there now.
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