Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Interesting new business opens on the Bowery and Houston

Over the weekend, the plywood came down on the SW corner of the Bowery and Houston to reveal the new business — Bank of America! 

This is the first tenant here in almost seven years ... the last at 284 Bowery was Cherche Midi, Keith McNally's French brasserie, which closed in June 2018. (Before this, McNally had unleased Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria.) 

This corner had also been a hot spot for street art these past six years, including a mural paying tribute to George Floyd by @fumeroism that arrived in early June 2020.
So much for bank branches being a thing of the past: A Wells Fargo opened one storefront to the south on the Bowery several years back. Now, if we can just get a psychic or nail salon to open in the space between, it will feel like 2008 or so...
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2 comments:

  1. noble neolaniMarch 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM

    Nothing makes my mouth water more than a restaurant pained battle ship gray!

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    1. GrieveMarch 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM

      Workers painted it gray for Bank of America... the original brick was left for the previous restaurants. Not sure why the landlord painted over the storefront like this. It looks awful.

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