The new landlord has taken notice, posting warnings against posting — along with a few other messages, including: "I have an owner who loves me very much!" and "I'm a HISTORICAL building, NOT your CANVAS!"
As usual, the notices haven't slowed the layering of wheatpaste. (Do people really stop and read these before slapping up ads for Hello whipped toothpaste?)
An undisclosed buyer purchased the historic building just west of the Bowery last summer for $5.7 million. So far, there are no permits on file with the Department of Buildings for any renovations.
The address has a long history — most notably as the 41-year home of the Yippies, founded by Abbie Hoffman and Paul Krassner. The space closed in 2014 after a lengthy legal battle.
A lot has passed through those doors — and across those walls.
My deceased roommate actually lived in this storefront over 30 years ago—after it had been home to a furrier. How times change.
ReplyDeleteCalm down millionaire who will undoubtedly convert to a single family residence, or at the least "luxe" condos. Once you strip out all the personality and annihilate one of the last bastions of old school Downtown with a construction shed and make it generic like so much of NYC, this too will pass, much like all that made Manhattan so unique.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say this... But after the recent article that involved tagging I noticed an up tick in graffiti in the EV. Who would have thunkit that our spray paint criminals read.
ReplyDeleteI miss the boxing gym that used to be there. I used to watch the people training in front of that building on the street practicing boxing with each other. Things like that are becoming fewer and fewer in this city.
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