Wednesday, August 16, 2023

When Loves Save[d] the Day

Photo by Steven

On Second Avenue at Seventh Street, there's tile art showing a former tenant of the corner space ... the one-time home of the vintage shop Love Saves the Day ... made famous, in part, by its appearance in the 1985 film “Desperately Seeking Susan.”

The East Village Love Saves the Day closed on Jan. 18, 2009. Word was their rent tripled. 

Their location remains open in New Hope, Pa.

The deadly Second Avenue gas explosion in March 2015 destroyed three buildings here, including the space (119 Second Ave.) that housed the shop for 43 years.

We've seen other tile art for some longtime businesses that are no longer with us, such as outside the former Stage across Second Avenue.

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 16, 2023 at 6:39 PM

    And a happy birthday to Madonna!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 16, 2023 at 7:39 PM

    Memories! Then the space became a middling ramen joint, which I grudgingly tried.

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  3. billAugust 16, 2023 at 8:29 PM

    I regret never having visited that store. The ground floor retail space has been vacant since the building opened. Why is that?

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  4. AnonymousAugust 17, 2023 at 9:45 AM

    Ah, was perfect for some last-minute Wigstock shopping. Miss it.

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  5. HonoriaAugust 17, 2023 at 9:56 AM

    miss that place

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  6. AnonymousAugust 17, 2023 at 11:23 AM

    I miss LSD dearly, but am thankful that they are alive and well in New Hope rather than incinerated in the explosion.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 17, 2023 at 4:17 PM

    When I was making my daughter’s Halloween costume, ( she went as a picnic) I desperately needed plastic ants for the red and white checked table cloth. Love Saved the Day.

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