When the Gap opened on the NW corner of St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue in 1988, it felt — to some — like the corporate cavalry had arrived. That outpost eventually closed in 2001, but the memory lingers.
And now, in a small nod to that moment in neighborhood history, someone has affixed a Gap sticker onto the new Sephora signage — just in case anyone needed a reminder.
Oh!
The above photo is by Barry Joseph, and it was published in Ada Calhoun's book "St. Marks Is Dead."
Previously on EV Grieve:
• When the Gap moved into the East Village (January 2010)
3 comments:
I sure don't look forward to seeing that all them time as I'm getting around. I hope it goes away like the Gap did, but I'm not sure about that, because the neighborhood people have changed.
Great memories of Kim's Video......
Ada Calhoun's book is a very good read. St. Mark's will soon see a Sephorapacolypse Now. Oops, I flunked comedy school again.
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