And there's some ghost signage beneath... difficult to see, but it looks like the letters Bet _ _ _ _ & Grill.
Via the NYC Municipal Archives, we found this street view from the early 1940s... you can see the neighboring business, a wine store and an A&P (33 and 35 First Ave.). No. 37 looks to be a restaurant...
The photo from the 1980s is too blurry to help, unfortunately.
And you can see a snippet of the El train ... plus the cars are facing south on what is now a northbound thoroughfare.
As noted, the three-building parcel here — 33 to 37 First Ave. — is slated for demolition for some unspecified new development.
Above photo by Stacie Joy
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Sadly, more hideous glass boxes to mirror the current market. Hideous but, at least there " not empty." RIP.
That is a real shame I used to get my best Chinese takeout food from the Double Dragon. Now what are the developers going to build there more ugly cookie cutter apartments starting close to $4,000 for a studio? On the ground floor retail space that will mostly remain vacant because of the high commercial rents that they will no doubt charge. This is happening all over the LES/EV and it is destroying the unique originality of the neighborhood.
Thank you for the old photos - it's incredible to be able to see what once was. I wish Shawn and family all the best - they fed me well for years. Hope to find them in the neighborhood sooner rather than later (optimistic, I know).
I never knew 1sr ave had an El train, i do know 3rd ave had one. There is a youtube video of someone riding the 3rd ave El train all the way down to what is chinatown (modern day), you can see the domed building on Canal st and Bowery.
I only found out about New Double Dragon in the last two years after having lived in the EV for a long time. I was so happy to have a good, normal, and affordable chinese spot! I'm really bummed about losing them - I hope they find a new spot in the neighborhood... but don't have too much hope.
Why are all of the photos from the 1980s on the NYC Municipal Archives website so blurry? They are useless. What is the point of having something that nobody can see or appreciate?
To be fair, for many the 80's were just that - a blur.
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